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	Roberts, Cath / Olie Brice: Conduits Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 32102 Catalog Code: RPR1135 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Recording in real-time during the pandemic, UK improvisers, baritone saxophonist Cath Roberts (Favourite Animals, Madwort Sax Quartet) and double bassist Olie Brice (Olie Brice Quintet, Tobias Delius, &c) recorded these extended improvisations simulateously at their homes, beautifully paced and intently listening as they keep the conversation going despite a world of restrictions.
	Grimal, Alexandra: Refuge Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 32096 Catalog Code: RPRSS017 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Recorded using the natural resonance from the base of a stone double spiral staircase in the Castle of Chambord, France, improvising soprano saxophonist Alexandra Grimal explores her own personal language and the affect the ambience brings to her adept playing, through beautifully melodic lines, long arpeggiations, or short bursts of penetrating utterance.
	Warelis, Marta: A Grain of Earth Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 32095 Catalog Code: RPRSS014 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Working inside and out of the piano and sometime evoking wild sounds that seem to have no relationship to the instrument, Polish-born and Amsterdam-based pianist Marta Warelis explores the concepts of realities beyond our perception, and a thought that we are a part of a big organism where everything goes endlessly bigger and smaller in scale of size, time and speed.
	Fluke - Mogul, Gabby: Love Songs Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 32094 Catalog Code: RPR1141 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
An album of raw and emotional "love songs", 17 unique solo violin improvisations and vocal utterance as the New York improviser runs her bow with passionate openness and intimacy through raspy edges, ardent plucking, introspective aching, and moments of beauty, all displayed through immense technique and powerful control over her instrument.
	Kitamura / Ho Bynum / Reid / Morris: Geometry of Trees Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31751 Catalog Code: RPR1144 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The Geometry quartet of Tomeka Reid on cello, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, Kyoko Kitamura on voice, and Joe Morris on guitar in their sophomore release of subtly ferocious acoustic improvisation, acute and obtuse angularity through both highly interactive playing and spacious sprawls that merge melody and pointillist styles, expanded through Kitamura's imagistic vocals; outstanding.
	Koketsu, Masayo: Fukiya Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31750 Catalog Code: RPRSS011 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
An extended monologue on the alto saxophone from Tokyo-based Masayo Koketsu (Carrier/Koketsu/Fuwa/Itani), driven by an innate sense of timing to introduce assertive utterances, growls, throttling and intense interaction offset with long pauses, digressive asides and reflective moments, a remarkable album of modern free jazz in the Japanese tradition.
	Child of Illusion (Pitsiokos / Santos Silva / Zetterberg): Khimaira Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31749 Catalog Code: RPR1138 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The 3-headed monster Khimaira--a lion head in front, a goat head at its back and a snake head at its tail--is rendered by the transatlantic trio of NY saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva and Swedish bassist Torbjourn Zetterberg, using profound technique, snarling interaction and contemplative patience to coax the beast in masterful interplay.
	Kaluza, Anna / Jan Roder: Am Frankfurter Tor Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31748 Catalog Code: RPR1140 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Collaborating since 2004, Berlin alto saxophonist Anna Kaluza and double bassist Jan Roda--a member of Kaluza's Quartet with trombonist Christof Thewes and drummer Kay Lübke--in a studio album of duo improvisations, documenting their live performances in the same configuration since 2020 through ten succinct dialogs of informed affinity.
	Masked Pickle (Scemama / Malmendier / Weil): 7 Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31747 Catalog Code: RPR1137 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A fully free, quirky and marvelous set of virtually indescribable improvisation from the trio of French vocalist Clara Weill (known from her work with Fred Frith), Olivia Scemama on bass and Tom Malmendier on drums, three active international collaborators with powerful technical skills and a strange sense of humor willing to take their music where ever it oddly leads.
	Bourne, Matthew / Emil Karlsen: The Embalmer Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31643 Catalog Code: RPR1139 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
First meetings between British pianist Matthew Bourne and Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen, two intrepid and like-minded improvisers using unusual techniques, preparations, inside playing and unusual percussive sources that fuel technically superb performances from both musicians, heard in six improvisations informed by masterful skill and creative drive.
	Ullen, Lisa / Elsa Bergman / Anna Lund: Space Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31642 Catalog Code: RPR1136 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The debut of this thoroughly modern piano trio from Sweden of pianist Lisa Ullen, bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund, merging traditional and free jazz forms along with influences from contemporary compositional music, approaching their collective music using a diverse set of strategies and techniques that yield a spectrum of captivating conversations.
	Pavone, Jessica : When No One Around You is There but Nowhere to be Found Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31427 Catalog Code: RPR1128 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Extending her interest in new forms for the solo viola, augmented by effects and voice, New York composer and improviser Jessica Pavone's fourth solo album of composed viola pieces is the result of years of concentrated long tone practice and an interest in repetition, song form and sympathetic vibration, a uniquely, sometimes quirky, and compelling album.
	Burnett, Aaron: Correspondence Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31426 Catalog Code: RPRSS010 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Known for his ensemble The Big Machine with Peter Evans, Carlos Homs, &c., NYC saxophonist Aaron Burnett steps out for a solo album of intense improvisatory exploration, demonstrating his background in classical saxophone studies that fuels an ardent intensity in personal expression, a tremendous balance between technique and passion.
	Mendoza, Ava: New Spells Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31338 Catalog Code: RPR 1125 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A joint release between Astral Spirts and Relative Pitch, guitarist Ava Mendoza conjures five assertive and rugged "spells" performed on solo electric guitar, passionate works of raw technical skill and bold power as she improvises over two songs composed by herself, alongside pieces written for her from Devin Hoff, Trevor Dunn and John Dikeman.
	Lee, Robbie: Prismatist Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31277 Catalog Code: RPR SS009 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
With a history of both improvisation and rock, NY saxophonist and sound artist (Creature Automatic, Love As Laughter) concentrates on the sopranino saxophone in this solo album, performing acoustic feats of impressive technical skill, and on many tracks performing with tuning forks and live electronics, sequenced in a compelling journey of contrasts and wonder.
	Allbee, Liz: Rille Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31210 Catalog Code: RPR 1124 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Berlin trumpeter Liz Allbee's solo work focuses on the interaction of voice, extended approaches to her instruments, which includes her self-designed quadrophonic trumpet, electronics and acoustic homemade instruments, on Rille presenting four enigmatic works of dramatic pacing--environmental and rhythmic--guided by impressionistic spoken words and moments of tonal clarity.
	Richards, Steph / Joshua White: Zephyr Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31209 Catalog Code: RPR 1132 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Exploring the sonic and visual territory of water, centering on concepts of metamorphoses and breathing underwater, pianist Joshua White and trumpeter & flugelhorn player Steph Richards also employ resonating water vessels and percussion as they present three fluid and introspectively fathomed works in multiple movements: "Sacred Sea"; "Sequoia"; and "Northern Lights".
	Zethson, Alex Ensemble: Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31208 Catalog Code: RPR 1130 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Exploring how a composition can provide a sense of weightlessness, and influenced by the music of gamelan, krautrock, Tony Conrad & Arnold Dreyblatt, composer Alex Zethson structured these works to influence the 13 performers in his ensemble into a state of intense focus and listening as they strike, bow and pluck their instruments, creating an ecstatic sense of infinite motion.
	Rogers, Erin: 2000 Miles Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31081 Catalog Code: RPR SS005 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Focusing intently on multiphonics and long-form statements on the saxophone, the second solo album from Canadian-American saxophonist based in New York City, Erin Rogers, is a tour-de-force of unusual language on the instrument, exploring every inch from the reeds to the pads in manners uniquely harrowing, ingenious, awe-filled, unorthodox, and always inspired.
	Garcia, Violeta / Chris Pitsiokos: Uanmortaim Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31080 Catalog Code: RPR 1129 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
From fractured and fragmented to assertively raw improvisation in the unusual pairing of saxophone and cello from Chris Pitsiokos on alto and Argentinian cellist Violeta Garcia, using intense approaches to their instruments in a reactive set of 11 concise dialogs, a well-matched meeting of innovative improvisers uniquely responding to and clearly enjoying an eccentric conversation.
	Lopez, Brandon Trio: Live at Roulette Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31004 Catalog Code: RPR 1123 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Calling his music jazz and not jazz, bassist Brandon Lopez demands of his listeners to dance, as the quartet of Lopez, Steve Baczkowski on saxophones, Gerald Cleaver on percussion and Cecilia Lopez on synthesizer are heard in this energetic live concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, blurring free jazz with experimental sound that never loses its strong grooves.
	Lopez, Cecilia : Red (DB) Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 31003 Catalog Code: RPR 1133 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Argentinian sound artist based in NYC Cecilia Lopez engages fellow Brandon Lopez Trio double bassist Lopez and drummer Gerald Cleaver for a performance of improvisation, installation and architecture, using woven wire nets filled with instruments and hung from Roulette Intermedia's ceiling to act as a complex feedback organism with which the trio interacts.
	Fluke-Mogul, Gabby: Threshold [Used Item] Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30902 Catalog Code: RPR1110 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
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	Lubelski, Samara : Partial Infinite Sequence [Used Item] Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30870 Catalog Code: RPR1102 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
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	Johnson, Hermione : Tremble [Used Item] Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30843 Catalog Code: RPR1116 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
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	Avenaim, Robbie / Chris Abrahams / Jim Denley: Weft Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30681 Catalog Code: RPR 1126 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The Australian trio of percussionist Robbie Avenaim, keyboard player Chris Abrahams performing on a Waldorf Q+ Synthesiser and bass flutist Jim Denley, all compatriots in a variety of groupings, in an extended studio improvisation of spacious textures and rapidly understated percussive elements, aptly titled for the weaving and cris-crossing threads on a loom.
	Doneda, Michel / Frederic Blondy / Tetsu Saitoh: Spring Road 16 Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30680 Catalog Code: RPR 1121 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
After 30 years of collaboration between French saxophonist Michel Doneda and Japanese double bassist Tetsu Saitoh, this 2016 recording was to be their last due to the premature passing of Saitoh, the two heard here in a trio with pianist Frederic Blondy recorded for Radio France in a remarkable and consuming performances of fully free and often darkly savage improvisation.
	Belisle-Chi, Gregg: KOI - performing the music of Tim Berne Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30679 Catalog Code: RPR 1134 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
After hearing Matt Mitchell's solo piano album performing the music of saxophonist Tim Berne, Brooklyn-based acoustic guitarist Gregg Belisle-Chi asked himself how Berne's compositions would sound on his own instrument, reaching out to the composer for guidance as he went into the studio to interpret and record these 10 Berne compositions.
	Gjerstad, Frode / Isach Skeidsvoll: Twenty Fingers Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30525 Catalog Code: RPR 1114 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A sparkling and energetic encounter between Norwegian saxophone legend Frode Gjerstad and fellow Norwegian and relative newcomer, pianist Isach Skeidsvoll of groups Bear Brother and Garrubo Band, the two spurring each other to intense levels of interaction, stepping back at times for introspective moments only to plunge forward in a wonderfully enthusiastic dialog.
	Phillips / Butcher / Solberg: We met - and then Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30524 Catalog Code: RPR 1122 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 Out of Stock
The debut of the advanced and innovative collaboration between improviser and prominent double bassist Barre Phillips, British saxophonist John Butcher and Norwegian drummer, percussionist and improviser, Stale Liavik Solberg, recording at the Blow out Festival in Oslo, Norway in 2019, and at Offene Ohren, Einstein Kultur, in Munchen, Germany in 2018.
	Mayas', Magda Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour): Confluence Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30436 Catalog Code: RPR 1120 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Composed by pianist Magda Mayas for an octet of superb avant improvisers including Rhodri Davies, Zeena Parkins, Michael Thieke, Angharad Davies, &c. and performed live at the 2019 Music Unlimited 33, in Wels, Austria, this extended work uses a graphic score to interpret 12 photographs taken over an hour observing the merging waters of the Rhone and the Arve rivers.
	Cranes: Matthias Muller / Eve Risser / Christian Marien: Formation < Deviation Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30435 Catalog Code: RPR 1127 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 Out of Stock
Darkly powerful sonic interaction through transformative use of their instruments, the trio of trombonist Matthias Müller, drummer Christian Marien and pianist Eve Risser obscure their sources through non-traditional techniques, energetically and mysteriously evoking industrial mechanisms with riveting nuance and inventiveness, an exceptional achievement.
	Parkins / Rasmussen / Sawyer: Glass Triangle Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30158 Catalog Code: RPR 1118 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The boisterous and wonderfully controlled Downtown NY trio of Zeena Parkins on electric harp & objects, Mette Rasmussen on alto saxophone & objects, and Ryan Sawyer on percussion burn through six free improvisations of enthusiastic drive and incredible interaction using "string, breath and bell, harp, horn and drum" in a great example of modern creative improv.
	Regev, Reut / Igal Foni: Two Much Never Enough Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30157 Catalog Code: RPR 1115 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The husband and wife duo of New York free improvisers, Reut Regev on trombone and Igal Foni on drums, both bringing electronics to their session, in surprisingly their debut duo release after two decades of musical collaboration and shared life, their assurance and intimacy evident in the relaxed spontaneity and sheer musicality they bring to their dialogs.
	Emmeluth, Signe: Hi Hello I'm Signe Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30006 Catalog Code: RPR 1113 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A single piece recorded live for Ingebrit Haker Flaten's 2020 Sonic Transmissions Festival finds the Danish saxophonist in an extended improvisation of varying moods, applying a diverse set of methods and technical approaches to the horn, from quiet meditate work to full-throated exuberance, in a remarkably personal journey of confident exposition.
	Fluke-Mogul, Gabby: Threshold Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30005 Catalog Code: RPR 1110 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Applying extended techniques from rubbing & scraping to sawing and striking, New York violinist Gabby Fluke-Mogul presents a bold solo violin album of 6 pieces with titles like "Bruise" or "Teeth", drawing an incredible gamut of unusual sounds from the violin and its body, occasionally adding vocal utterance, all laid out with a wonderfully quirky sense of timing.
	Alcorn, Susan Quintet: Pedernal Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29810 Catalog Code: RPR 1111 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
An innovator in integrating pedal steel guitar into modern improvised music, Cleveland-born, Baltimore-based pedal steel guitar player Susan Alcorn's quintet enlists a superb set of New York players--Mark Feldman on violin, Michael Formanek on double bass, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Ryan Sawyer on drums--taking on a diverse set of Alcorn compositions.
	MoE w/ Mette Rasmussen / Ikuro Takahashi: Painted Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29809 Catalog Code: RPR 1109 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
During their 2019 Japan Tour, the collaboration of the Norwegian experimental rock band MoE and alto sax virtuoso Mette Rasmussen extended their trio with legendary drummer Ikuru Takahashi to record this energetic, rough and tumble album exploring the boundaries between free improvisation, skronky rock, and other confrontational, conceptual crossover forms.
	Blum, John / Jackson Krall: Duplexity Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29734 Catalog Code: RPR 1100 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A dynamic and red-hot album of free improvisation from two New York legends--pianist John Blum and drummer/percussionist Jackson Krall--both in jaw-dropping form as they present two extended improvisations, "Blood and Bone" and "Wind and Wing", appropriate for the energy and intense and seemingly physically-defying technical skill each brings to their playing.
	Leap of Faith: Principles of an Open Future Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29677 Catalog Code: RPR 1112 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
An embraceable & explorative example of the core duo of the Boston-area free improvising ensemble Leap of Faith (the foundation of the Leap of Faith Orchestra) of David Peck on reeds and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, both employing the enormous Evil Clown arsenal of percussive and sonic devices, in two large works recorded at their headquarter studio.
	Schubert / Schlippenbach / Blume: Forge Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29676 Catalog Code: RPR 1117 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
"Merge" aptly describes the nearly telepathic interplay between these three European Free Improv masters -- Alexander von Schlippenbach on piano, Frank Paul Schubert on alto & soprano saxophones, and Martin Blume on drums -- recorded live in 2019 at Ruhr Jazz Fest, in Bochum, Germany, for an expansive 47 minute improvisation and a brief "Forgin the Work" conclusion.
	Wick, Jacob / Brad Henkel: Lovely Bag You Have Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29675 Catalog Code: RPR 1108 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Two like-minded experimenters and improvisers meet in Berlin to extract a fascinating mixture of both unusual and traditional tones & textures on their trumpets, energetically disassembling their instruments in aberrant ways to create clicks, clacks, airy hisses and other inexplicable sounds, revealing a dialog of solid ideas that captivate and surprise their listeners.
	Ulher, Birgit / Franz Hautzinger: Kleine Trompetenmusik Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29674 Catalog Code: RPR 1107 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Translating to "Little Trumpet Music", the duo of trumpeters Birgit Uhler and Franz Hautzinger, Uhler also performing on radio & objects, use extreme techniques and approaches to their improvisations, focusing on extraneous sounds from their instruments in enigmatic and captivating ways, expansively defining reductionism in masterfully idiosyncratic ways.
	Lubelski, Samara : Partial Infinite Sequence Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29673 Catalog Code: RPR 1102 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Performing solo on violin with surrounding effects that emphasize the dramatic tension in her extended sequences, Samara Lubelski presents two substantial journeys into the infinite, swirling in delays and reverb as her bow transitions from rapid up and down to long drawing and sustaining, pulling a variety of sounds that elate her listeners in spirals and eddies.
	Neuringer, Keir / Shayna Dulberger / Julius Masri: Dromedaries II Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29672 Catalog Code: RPR 1099 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Hard-edged free long form improvisation from the 2nd album from the Dromedaries trio of Keir Neuringer on saxophone, Shayna Dulberger on bass, and Julius Masri on drums, performing at Seizures Palace, in Brooklyn, using unusual rhythmic structures over which the trio's instrumental physicality ranges from savage playing to impressive flights of virtuosity.
	Johnson, Hermione : Tremble Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29671 Catalog Code: RPR 1116 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Using an imaginative set of piano preparations, Auckland, New Zealand pianist Hermione Johnson draws unusual timbral and tonal qualities from the prepared piano, deftly improvising with dexterous technical skills to create unusual rhythmic and timbral environments, each a marvelous, miniature universe of unexpected voicings, evoking gongs, guitars, kotos, &c.
	Jooklo Trio (Genta / Vanzan / Lopez): It Is What It Is Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29670 Catalog Code: RPR 1119 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A raucous blast of free jazz, electrifyingly extending the Italian improv unit Jooklo Duo of drummer/percussionist David Vanzan and saxophonist Virginia Genta, here on amplified tenor & sopranino saxophones, with New York improviser Brandon Lopez on electric bass, burning six hair-raising pieces of aggressive free improv of exemplary relentlessness.
	Brotzmann, Peter / Lonberg-Holm, Fred: Memories Of A Tunicate Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29360 Catalog Code: RPR 1104 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
While both improvisers were in New York City for the 2019 Vision Festival, multi-reedist and European Free Improv legend Peter Brötzmann met Chicago cellist and electronics artist Fred Lonberg-Holm to record their 3rd album together, their 1st album in the studio a diverse set of incredible concentration, with Brötzmann performing on tenor saxophone, woodwind, and clarinet.
	Shiraishi, Tamio: Sora Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29211 Catalog Code: RPR SS003 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Japanese saxophonist living in NYC Tamio Shiraishi, an associate of Keiji Haino, has a unique approach to his solo work, often playing outdoors in concert with nature, or using the natural resonance of his performance space, recreating the sounds of wind, birds, water, and any other natural "noise" sounds, here in a live performance at Issue Project Room & 6 studio recordings.
	Berne, Tim / Nasheet Waits: The Coanda Effect Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29210 Catalog Code: RPR 1103 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A tour de force saxophone duo between two masterful New York players--alto saxophonist Tim Berne and drummer Nasheet Waits--recording live at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn NY in 2019, in two impressive dialogs: "Tensile" for nearly 40 minutes of articulate expression and powerful rhythmic interaction; and the more introspective "5See" of impressive technique and intention.

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