October 2009 |
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Anandan, Ganesh / Hans Reichel: Self Made (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The acclaimed daxophonist Hans Reichel meets shruti stick and metallophone inventor Ganesh Anandan for these expressive and unconventional dialogs. |
Phosphor (Beins / Dorner / Hayward / Krebs): Phosphor II (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Electro-acoustic improv from the Phosphor grouping, an amazing set of musicians who began working together in 2001 and have developed a complex and incredible form of interplay. |
Braxton, Anthony Quartet (Moscow) 2008: Composition 367b (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Braxton's with Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson and Katherine Young performing at the DOM in Moscow, incredible and unusual music from his "Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet". |
Dark Blue World: The Perilous Beauty of Madness (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock DarkBlueWorld is Elizabeth Fischer's essential rock vehicle for collaborations with noted Canadian musicians, including Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee, Amy Denio, Jesse Zubot, &c &c. |
Furt: Sense (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 In Stock The duo of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer in 12 studio tracks of semi-composed electronics, and a live improvised tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen. |
Gonzalez, Dennis: Songs Of Early Autumn (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Trumpeter Gonzalez' quartet with Joe Morris on bass, Timo Shanko and Luther Gray in an album of Gonzalez compositions & group improvisations celebrating the New Egland fall. |
Grutronic: Essex Foam Party (psi -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Live performances from this quartet of electroacoustic improvisers using intuitive and performance-oriented technologies to create surprisingly frothy and amazing sound. |
Houle, Viviane: Treize (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Out free improvising vocalist Viviane Houle's debut solo release in duos with a veritable who's-who of Vancouver's finest improvisers including Peggy Lee, Jesse Zubot, &c. &c. |
Jones / Chabala: Undercurrents (Roeba -- USA ) Price: $9.95 Out of Stock Brighton, UK turntable/electronics improvisor Daniel Jones and the American guitarist Barry Chabala meet for an album of ringing and beautiful lowercase sound. |
Kassap / Tchamitchian / Lopez / Lavant: Ascension, Tombeau of John Coltrane (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The trio of clarinetist Sylvain Kassap, bassist Claude Tchamitchian and drummer Ramon Lopez with Denis Lavant interpreting Franck Medioni's jazz poem to John Coltrane. |
Leandre, Joelle / Lewis, George : Transatlantic Visions (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock The live recording of basist Leandre and trombonist Geroge Lewis at the Vision Festival XIII concert, awarded "Best Performance of the Year" by All About Jazz NY. |
Leandre, Joelle / William Parker: Live At Dunois (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock 11 years after their last duo release on Leo, influential bass players William Parker and Joelle Leandre come together for these performances at Sons d'Hiver festival. |
Lerner, Marilyn: Arms Spread Wide (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock New York pianist Marilyn Lerner in a trio with Ken Filiano and Lou Grassi, instant compositions with great structure, virtuosity and melodic content. |
Malfatti, Radu / Klaus Filip: imaoto (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The improvising duo of trombonist Radu Malfatti and electronics/sinewave artist Klaus Filip in two extended and beautiful works that investigate the edges of ultraminimalism. |
Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6: Dulcet Crush (Hatology -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock Trumpeter Manuel Mengis 3rd Hat release, 8 original compositions of sophisticated and enjoyable modern jazz from a sextet with dual sax and guitar leads. |
Murayama, Seijiro / Soundworm: Space & Place (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Percussionist Murayama and Soundworm (Hiromits Shoji) in a work following a score that switches between clusters of live microphones as Murayama improvises to the resulting sound. |
O'Leary / Wollesen / Saft: The Synth Show (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $12.68 Out of Stock Mark O'Leary's 9th release on Leo Records is a trio with drummer Kenny Wollesen and Zorn compatriot Jamie Saft, synthetic jazz in an ECM mold with rich, slowly unfolding soundscapes. |
Ochs, Larry Quintet: Stone Shift (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Larry Ochs Sax & Drum Core with Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura and the dual drummers of Scott Amendola and Donald Robinson performing live at Teatro Fondamente Nuovo in Italy. |
Rodrigues / Davidson / Rodrigues / Faustino: Fower (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Three tracks of acoustic improv from an understated string quartet that uses extended techniques and the whole of their instruments to make unusual and rewarding music. |
Rowe, Keith / Toshimaru Nakamura: ErstLive 008 (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The fourth set from Keith Rowe's duos at Erstwhile's AMPLIFY 2008 festival in Tokyo, a duo with long-time partner Toshimaru Nakamura, intense ea-improv from two masters. |
Rutherford, Paul: Tetralogy 2CD (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $24.95 Out of Stock Four situations with the late, inventive tromobonist Rutherford, with electronics solo, in trio and in a quartet; remarkable and unusual improvisation from one of the greats. |
Stellari String Quartet: Gocce Stellari (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Philipp Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug, Marcio Mattos & John Edwards performing live at the Uncool Festival in Switzerland, 2007, and in studio recordings from 2006. |
Threadgill, Henry Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volume I (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Henry Threadgill's Zooid with Liberty Ellman, Jose Davila, Stomu Takeishi and Elliot Kavee in all new Threadgill compositions, important and influential modern jazz! |
Wilson, Tony Sextet: The People Look Like Flowers at Last (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Price: $10.80 In Stock Tony Wilson Sextet's was formed almost 20 years ago to perform his original compositions and arrangements, here performing Benjamin Britten's Lachrymae and 4 original works. |
Zorn, John: Femina (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock A beautifully packaged work performed by Sylvie Courvoisier, Iku Mori, Laurie Anderson, Jennifer Choi, Carol Emanuel & Shayna Dunkelman in Zorn's tribute to women in the Arts. |
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal (Impressus Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The quartet of Cosottini, Melano, Pisani, Miano (EAQuartet Electroacoustic) in compositions referring to the 4 cardinal map points using graphic scores, games, open readings, &c. |
Vlor: Six-Winged (Silber Media -- USA ) Price: $10.95 In Stock The long-distance collaborative Vlor project constructs rock and sound work from a wide array of rock influcences leveraging their dichotomy to creative a cohesive brooding music. |
Murayama, Seijiro / Eric La Casa: Paris: Public Spaces (Ftarri/Swarming -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Twelve recordings constructed from 2012 field recordings of public locations in Paris by Eric La Casa and Seijiro Murayama, including subway stations, parks, open gardens, tunnels and fountains; a fascinating portrait of communal sound in this great city. |
Brady, Tim / Bradyworks, Quatuor Molinari: My 20th Century (CD + DVD) [DVD] (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Tim Brady with Bradyworks and Quatuor Molinari in a CD/DVD release of four synchronized musical, video & theater works, ambitious and fascinating compositional pieces. |
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL] (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock A live performance at Judson Church in Manhattan as part of the 20th Vision Festival from the NY/France free improvising trio of Joelle Leandre on double bass, Mat Maneri on viola, and Gerald Cleaver on drums and percussion, two tracks of steadily building, incredibly compatible dialog. |
Labbe, Pierre: Manivelle (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Saxophonist Pierre's Labbe's 1st release in 6 years, performing original compositions in a quartet with guitarist Bernard Falaise, drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli & bassist Clinton Ryder. |
Schick, Ignaz / Martin Tetreault: Live * 33 * 45 * 78 (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Montreal/Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetreault and Berlin turntablist Ignaz Shcick in two sets of recordings from two encounters in Belgium and Switzerland, 2006. |
Teller, Jorgen: Delete Nature (Ninth World -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Solos for triggered guitar from midi and effects guitarist Jorgen Teller, 15 complex and conceptual works that balance clean and noisy guitar work in perplexing ways. |
Narthex (Baron / Blairon): Formnction (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Saxophonist Marc Baron & bassist Loic Blairon recorded 6 improvisations and then recomposed and organized them into these two 30 minute works, one acoustic and one digital. |
Lost Kisses: My Life is Sad & Funny [DVD] (Silber Media -- USA ) Price: $10.95 In Stock Brian John Mitchell's Lost Kisses started in 2002, a stickman comic about a self-centered jackass trying to forge a heart of gold, transferred to DVD with a making of. |
de Leon, Mario Diaz: Enter Houses Of (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock NY composer Mario Diaz de Leon, who is influenced by Scelsi, Ligeti, Dumitrescu & Radulescu, focuses on acoustic & electronic hybrids that often fuse both elements into unified meta-instruments. |
Wiens, Rainer: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A series of solos and duets between Kalimba player Rainer Wiens and an impressive set of improvisers including Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein, Frank Lozano, &c. |
Stangl, Burkhard / Kai Fagaschinski: Musik-Ein Portrat in Seh (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Occupying a unique area between composition & folk music, classical & jazz/improv, tension & serenity, these duos also include recordings from Klaus Filip and dieb13. |