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![]() Zorn, John Bar Kokhba Sextet: Lucifer: The Book Of Angels Volume 10 (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This Book of Angels release is the first recording in 10 years from this Masada ensemble blending Sephardic and Ashkenazi sonorities with latin, surf, world music and more. |
![]() Dadge, Chris / Rachael Wadham: 100 Silk Buttons from the Room Upstairs (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Chris Dadge & Rachael Wadham, who toured in 2007 in support of Peter Evans, play piano and percussion augmented with found objects, violin, percussion and junk. |
![]() Empty Cage Quartet: Stratostrophic (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock West Coast jazz musicians Mears, Tiner, Kikuchi and Johnson in a fiery set of original compositions from shuffle swing to free jazz blowouts, liner notes by Leo Smith. |
![]() Zorn, John: The Dreamers (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performed by the players from Electric Masada, The Dreamers combines a lifetime of Zorn's passion for wide-ranging styles and genres in amazing grooves and hooks. |
![]() 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. |
![]() XT (Seymour Wright / Paul Abbot): Pah' (Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of Paul Abbot on drum kits, percussion & computer, and Seymour Wright on alto saxophone and feedback, in a massive edge-of-your seat live recording from London's Cafe Oto in 2015, a mix of brutal and beautiful playing with unexpected and surprising twists. |
![]() Chrysakis / Slaven / O'Sullivan / Wigens: Zafiros en el Barro (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Intricate and beautifully paced electroacoustic improv from the quartet of Thanos Chrysakis (laptop, synth & radio), Ken Slaven (berimbu, autoharp, violin), James O'Sullivan (guitar) and Jerry Wigens (clarinet & mandolin). |
![]() Tsahar, Assif / Tatsuya Nakatani: Come Sunday (Hopscotch Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing at Astor Place in the East Village, NYC every Sunday for 3 years prior to this recording created the unique sound and tight interactions of these remarkable recordings. |
![]() Borbetomagus / Shaking Ray Levis: Coelacanth [10" VINYL] (Agaric -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 1991 collaboration between Shaking Ray Levis and Borbetomagus in an exquisite mix of over-amplified and otherwise bewilderingly fierce free improv. |
![]() Chrysakis / Villegas / Mayne: Palimpsesto (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Thanos Chrysakis with Dario Villega and Oli Mayne in improvised set using electronics, prepared pianos, percussion, &c, a colored palimpset of sound. |
![]() Dadge, Chris: I'd Drive Your Ass Across The World, If I Had To (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Debut Solo recording from Calgary drummer/percussionist Chris Dadge, two medium length tracks of solo drumset improvisations with subtle and occasional amplification. |
![]() Heumen, Robert van : Fury (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dutch improviser van Heumen (N Collective, OfficeR, &c.) in a dynamic and shifting solo work of laptop electronics, noise textures, and text. |
![]() Bent Spoon Trio + 3: Dead Salems Dance in Their Ashtrays (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Bent Spoon Trio + 3 (Thom Golub, Jay Crocker, Danny Meichel) from their monthly series at Theatre Junction in Calgary. |
![]() Bopp, Christiane: Noyau de Lune (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A tour-de-force of solo improvisation from French trombonist Christiane Bopp, flawlessly captured by sound engineer Jean Marc Foussat, as Bopp transforms her instrument through technical skill, lyrical ability, and unusual technique, creating virtual duets, furtive expression, and thundering emotion, an absolutely impressive example of modern trombone language. |
![]() Brainhack Musicbox (Bobrytsky / Lisovsky / Boldenko): Brownarium (Brainhack Musicbox -- Ukraine ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Each track named after a mythical Scottish character, the Ukrainian trio of Stanislav Bobrytsky on modular synth, Pavlo Lisovsky on tenor saxophone and Anton Boldenko on viola create a music merging free jazz principles with modular synthetic drone, creating an orchestral sound that still elucidates the detail of their uniquely orchestrated, rich sonic explorations. |
![]() Brousseloux, Augustin / Jean-Marc Foussat / Quentin Rollet : Qui A Vu Ce Mystere... (Improvising Beings -- France ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two large works of improvisation using electric guitar, synth and alto saxophone from the trio of Augustin Brousseloux, Jean-Marc Foussat, and Quentin Rollet, complex and evolving works with a psychedelic edge, blending experimental, rock and jazz into something truly unique. |
![]() Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A studio album between three UK master improvisers -- John Butcher on sax, John Edwards on double bass, and Mark Sanders on drums -- the trio pushing the envelope in technique and dialog in nearly telepathic playing that transports the listener into their environment, as the music builds and releases in effortless ways that are stunning and exulant; highly recommended. |
![]() Dadge, Chris: A Moth That Smiles As It Burns Is Better Than You (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live recording of a solo performance from percussionist/Bug Incision label leader Chris Dadge live at Weeds Cafe in Calgary on percussion, violin, and acoustic guitar. |
![]() Fleischhaker-Munro: German Witchcraft (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut studio recordings from Calgary, Canada's Mark Fleischhaker and Scott Munro, electronically manipulated vocals with a loose sense of the word. |
![]() Funf (Babin, Cornell, Crispo, Jacques...): La Regle [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sporadic sonic exchanges exploring guidelines, graphic scores, or completely improvised, with an expansive instrumentorium from the sextet of Magali Babin, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Martine H Crispo, Anne-Francoise Jacques, Emilie Mouchous, and Erin Sexton. |
![]() Hetu, Joane: Recits de Neige (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pieces in 4 movements - Snow; Never Cold; Gusts; Landscapes - performed by Ensemble SuperMusique: Joane Hetu, Jean Derome, Diane Labrosse, Pierre Tanguay, Scott Thomson & Alexandre St-Onge. |
![]() Mind Games (Niescier / Maroney / Ilgenfritz / Drury): Ephemera Obscura (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A unconventional yet lyrical album of creative jazz from the New York quartet of Angelika Niescier on alto sax, Denman Maroney on hyperpiano, James Ilgenfritz on contrabass, and Andrew Drury on percussion, Maroney's piano preparations and Drury's objects complementing complex time signatures and intricate notated materials that yield lush, beautiful music. |
![]() Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock UK multi-reed master Evan Parker brings an all-star electroacoustic septet to the 2014 Victoriaville Festival for the massive and wonderfully detailed two part composition "Seven", performed with Peter Evans, Okkyung Lee, George Lewis, Ikue Mori, Sam Pluta, and Ned Rothenberg. |
![]() Sharp, Elliott: Octal Book 3 (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 3rd volume in NY guitarist Elliott Sharp's "Octal" project, using a Koll 8-string guitar/bass, an electroacoustic hollow-bodied guitar with 2 extra bass strings, presenting unedited improvisations of technical and sonic power. |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |