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Corringham, Viv / Lawrence Casserley: Anemoi (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Lawrence Casserley is a pioneer of real time electroacoustic music, since the 60s working with other artists and developing his Signal Processing Instrument, using physical gestures to process and morph sounds; here he works with British vocalist and Deep Listening teacher Viv Corringham in an other-worldly collaboration of voice and electonics. |
Kontakte Trio (Trevor Taylor / Ian Brighton / Steve Beresford): Kontakte Trio (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock An important and well-matched trio of electroacoustic improvisers, and a welcome addition to guitarist Ian Brighton's return to active music life, with Steve Beresford on piano, prepared piano and electronics, and Trevor Taylor (Circuit) on percussion and electronics, six unhurried improvisations of intricate interplay and interchange themed on physics. |
Mayas, Magda / Jim Denley: Tempe Jetz (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A pairing of two innovative players, Berlin-based pianist Magda Mayas and Australian sound and wind artist Jim Denley, Mayas playing inside and out of the piano and Denley on alto sax and bass flute, both providing field recordings adding unexpected elements in a set of extremely balanced recordings that entrance the listener with unlikely and captivating settings. |
W-2 (Sam Weinberg / Chris Welcome): Fanatics [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $7.95 Out of Stock The Brooklyn duo of saxophonist Sam Weinberg (Captain Phillips) and synth player Chris Welcome (Chris Pitsiokos, Mike Pride) in an album of abrasive, rhythmically abraded and contorted electro-acoustic improvisation, each player embedding themselves into each other's sound, at time making their instruments indistinguishable from one another. |
Vossas 4, Eckard (Vossas / Fields / Henkel / Nabatov): Conference Of Analogies (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A live concert of collective free improv recorded at Cologne's Loft from electronic artist Eckard Vossas leading his impressive quartet of Brad Henkel, Simon Nabatov and Scott Fields, Vossas performing on synth, electronics, Kyma Sound System, and Continuum Fingerboard, pianist Nabatov also on Crackle board, Henkel on trumpet, and Fields on electric guitar. |
Deep Tide Quartet (Archer / Macari / Cole / Shaw): See One, Do One, Teach One (Discus -- UK ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Originally a studio project, The UK Deep Tide Trio of Martin Archer on sax, Kim Macari on trumpet, Laura Cole on piano and Walt Shaw on percussion & live electronics evolved into a performing organization based on the strength of their open-ended approach to free jazz and improvisation, heard here balancing melody and structure in well-paced and thoughtful improv. |
Ned Rothenberg (Shakuchi): Rothenberg: Ryu Nashi/No School - New Music For Shakuchi (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock New York multi-reed and wind player Ned Rothenberg performing on the shakuhachi in orignal compositions performed with viola and spoken word in beautiful and nuanced performances. |
Rutherford, Paul: In Backward Times (1979-2007) (Emanem -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Four very different previously unissued concert settings featuring trombonist Paul Rutherford: 2 festival solos - one from 1979 with electronics and one from 2004 without; a 1988 duo with Paul Rogers a few months before their ROGUES CD; and a 2007 trio with Veryan Weston and Marcio Mattos, which turned out to be Rutherford's last public appearance. |
Mats Gustafsson / Craig Taborn: Ljubljana [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock Celebrating the 400th release of Clean Feed Records, Swedish free jazz phenomenon, saxophonist Mats Gustafsson meets with NY jazz pianist Craig Taborn for an unlikely yet highly satisfying encounter that pushes each improviser into unfamiliar, edge-of-their seats, territory. |
Abecassis, Eryck / Francisco Meirino: La Gueule Du Loup (Fragment Factory -- Germany ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Recording at the GRM Studios, the French duo of Eryck Abecassis and Francisco Meirino (phroq) use unpatched modular sythesizers that they program during performance, adding a level of risk and unpredictability to their detailed and rich sonic conversation, informed by decades of research and performance that both musicians bring to this intensely interesting album. |
Elks, The (Kai Fagaschinski / Liz Allbee / Billy Roisz / Marta Zapparoli): This Is Not The Ant (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An extremely balanced group of electroacoustic improvisers, Kai Fagaschinski on clarinet and Liz Allbee on trumpet make up the acoustic side, though sounding as electronic and other-worldly as Billy Roisz on e-bass and electronics and Marta Zapparoli on reel-to-reel tapes and tape machines, creating incredibly wide-ranging and psychedelic sonic environments. |
Akiyama, Tetuzi / Jason Kahn / Toshimaru Nakamura: Between Two (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A subtly complex and sophisticated album of electroacoustic improvisation from the trio of Japanese sound artists Tetuzi Akiyama (guitar) and Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) and Switzerland-based American drummer Jason Kahn performing live at Ftarri in Suidobashi, Tokyo, during Kahn's stay in Japan, a rich and detailed exploration. |
Foussat, Jean-Marc / Jamal Moss / Jean-Francois Pauvros: plays Tristan Tzara : L'homme Approximatif [VINYL] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $19.95 In Stock An album of spoken word and sound, Jean-Francois Pauvros reads from Tristan Tzara's "L'homme Approximatif" (The Approximate Man) over flutes from Chicago producer and flautist Jamal Moss, AKA Hieroglyphic Being, and Jean-Marc Foussat on synth and voice, a mysterious album of subtle insinuation with an intriguing underpinning of electroacoustic sound. |
dis.playce (Marcoll / Seidl): Habitat (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock An organized sound work paying homage to German cartographer Karl Ortmann; and a piece built around the video installation "MSTM Wall" by British media artist Ian W. Coel. |
Travassos: Life Is A Simple Mess [BOOK + CD] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $19.95 In Stock A fascinating book of artwork from Clean Feed visual designer and electronic improviser Travassos, with perceptive text from Nate Wooley punctuating the imagery, plus an accompanying CD with audio work ranging from improv to electroacoustic from bands with Travassos as a member: One Eye Project, Pinkdraft, Pao, Fluke, Iff + Travassos, and Big Bold Back Bone. |
Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Eric La Casa / Philip Samartzis: Soleil d'Artifice (Swarming -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The first 2009 release for French The Swarming label is the trio of saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, and electronic artists Eric La Casa and Philip Samartzis, using unusual procedures and investigations to create impressive and dynamic sonic journeys. |
Various Artists: Asian Meeting Recordings #1 (Doubtmusic -- Japan ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Otomo Yoshihide started The Asian Meeting Festival in 2005 to foster creative interaction between Japanese and other Asian musicians, since 2014 curated by DJ Sniff, and here in the 2017 edition at GOK Sound, in Tokyo, Japan with a who's-who of players including Yoshihide, Ryoko Ono, Ko Ishikawa, Son X, KEITO, Yuji Ishihara, Yuen Chee Wai, &c. &c. |
Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mark Feldman / Evan Parker / Ikue Mori: Miller's Tale (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Collective improvisation from a quartet of masters -- NY based Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, Mark Feldman on violin, Ikue Mori on electronics, and London improviser Evan Parker on soprano and tenor sax -- for four pieces as a quartet and five duos of varying configurations, folding back the structure of the band through more intimate conversations; simply excellent. |
Camarasa, Xavier / Jean-Marc Foussat: Dans les Courbes (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Matching two distinct keyboards--Xavier Camarasa's piano with Jean-Marc Foussat's synthi AKS--two improvisers present two extended works roughly translating to "The Immensity of The Instincts" and "There, or all is water ...", contrasting between melodic and otherworldly sounds, a complex tapestry that guides and excites the listener in an unusual convergence. |
Favriou, Fabrice / Jean-Luc Petit / Julien Touery : S/T (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Translating to "Fever Counts" and "At Lightening", the trio of Jean-Luc Petit on bass clarinet and alto & sopranino sax, Fabrice Favriou on electric guitar, and Julien Touery on piano and objects create impressive improvisations, the first a disruptive piece of detailed electracoustic colective interaction, the second a swelling work of sonic landscape. |
Janek, Klaus / Miriam Akkermann: The Tartini (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Over the years I don't think I reviewed a lot of music by Klaus Janek, who plays processed double bass. In Vital Weekly 962 there was his release with Claudio Rocchetti, a tour document of their concerts in the Far East. Here he shows ... |
Hein, Nicola / Paul Lytton: Nahezu Nicht (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "Although humanity's most in-demand and pervasive instruments the popularity of drums and guitars - or their equivalents - is so universal that there's no sanctioned method to play either. This is especially true with Free Music where adven... |
Uliben Duo: Shared Memory (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock "The Uliben Duo's CD Shared Memory (Creative Sources CS 327 CD) more accurately describe the performance of French bassist Benoit Cancoin facing the live processing of German Ulrich Phillipp. In other circumstances Phillips also plays b... |
Chrysakis, Thanos / Kurt Liedwart / Nuno Torres / Ernesto Rodrigues : Skiagraphia (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Three label leaders come together for an album of free electroacoustic improvisation--Thanos Chrysakis (Aural Terrains); Kurt Liedwart (Mikroton); Ernesto Rodrigues (Creative Sources), with Nuno Torres on sax--for an extended dialog built of exotic and microscopic sound, string aberrations, and reed abnormalities; exceptional. |
Barriere, Lali / Ferran Fages / Guilherme Rodrigues / Ernesto Rodrigues : Llop (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A large work for cello, viola, sinewaves and electronics from the quartet of Guilherme Rodrigues, Ernesto Rodrigues, Ferran Fages, and Barriere, the first two foundation members for Creative Sources, the latter two frequent collaborators, Barriere bringing a mathematical background to the improvisation that blends acoustic and electronic sources in compatibly sinister ways. |
Variable Geometry Orchestra: Maat Mons (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "As always, the geometry is of the n-dimensional sort. The number of dimensions that vary is impressive: membership, instrumentation, location, duration, and so on. Certainly, the overall shape of each VGO performance is highly variable... |
Urban Scales (Lebegue / Gargaud): Ztext (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock ... |
23RedAnts & Pablo Orza : Nothing Here Is What It Seems (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "An interesting title to begin with. The situation of feeling like an extraneous body in a system that works according to peculiar principles. Or, in a more "mental" acceptation, the priceless condition of being completely delivered fro... |
Matthews, Wade / Abdul Moimeme: Lisbon - 10 Sound Portraits (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock ... |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Andre Hencleeday / Carlos Santos: Infinite Series (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock ... |
Area, David / Tomas Gris / Ernesto Rodrigues : Chorismos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An album of patience and concentrated listening from the lowercase trio of David Area on electronics, Tomas Gris on guitar and objects, and Ernesto Rodrigues on harp and objects, each player subtly coaxing sounds out of their instruments while the electronics act as environmental ambience over which tones slowly voice, recede and occasionally punctuate. |
Redox: Orbitals (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The trio of Kaja Farszky on marimba & percussion, Annette Giesriegl on voice and electronics, and Katharina Klement on piano for a gripping album of free/ea improvisation, splitting the release in 3 parts from a live concert in 2015 at Sonnenhang House Concerts Series in Kumberg/Austria, and 3 parts recorded at Croatian Radio in Zagreb in 2016. |
Insub Meta Orchestra: 13 & 27 (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Coordinated and composed by d'incise and Cyril Bondi, this incredible Swiss-based collective of 30 to 40 experimental musicians was founded in 2010 and has presented concerts and recordings since; this CD presents two works, "13 unissons" splitting the orchestra into 13 subgroups; and "27 times" where each musician plays 27 times in 30 minutes; phenomenal. |
Munich Rat Pack (Schindler / Kolb / Tramontana): Hell Dunkel: Sound Notes For Wind Trio Plus (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Live recordings from Pollat-Pavillion in Munich, Germany in 2015 from this seriously fun spontaneous collective improvising trio of Udo Schindler on reeds, cornet, euphonium, and monophonic analogue synthesizer, Philipp Kolb on trumpet, tuba and live electronics, and Sebastiano Tramontana on trombone, voice and whistling; expect the unexpected! |
Gjerstad, Frode / Fred Lonberg-Holm: The Houdan (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A live recording from Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 2017 between frequent collaborators, Norwegian improviser Frode Gjerstad on reeds and Chicago improviser Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and electronics, their second FMR album as a duo, alongside their work in the Cello Quartet and VCDC, showing the progression of their dynamic and fascinating dialog. |
Muira, Yoko / Jean Michel Van Schouwburg: On The Shore Of Dreams (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The peforming duo of Tokyo pianist Yoko Miura on conventional piano, toy piano and melodica, and free improvising vocalist Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg are recorded in the studio for 14 succinct and unusual improvisations, Fou Records leader Jean-Marc Foussat recording the affair and providing electronics on one track; wonderfully weird and informed. |
Piiptsjilling (Zuydervelt / Kleefstra / Baars / Kleefstra): Fiif (Peter Foolen Editions -- Netherlands ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Piiptsjilling is the duo of guitarist Romke Kleefstra and vocalists Mariska Baars & Jan Kleefstra, joined here by Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, combining poetry with vocals, guitars and electronics in improvisational settings, creating rich sonic environments over which the voice guides the listener, speaking in one of the Germanic Frisian languages. |
Taborn, Craig / Ikue Mori: Highsmith (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Two of Downtown NY's most innovative performers collaborate for an album placing the rich acoustic piano work of Craig Taborn beside the slippery electronics of Ikue Mori, the result of their live performances that started at New York's Village Vanguard in 2016 and leading to this album, which presents a set of 11 unique and sophisticated dialogs. |
Mori, Ikue (w/ Jim Black / Okkyung Lee / Sylvie Courvoisier): Obelisk (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Ikue Mori's Obelisk project brings together her unique electronics with Downtown Scene key players, Jim Black on drums, Okkyung Lee on cello, and Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, an album driven by Mori's melodic compositions that take unexpected twists and turns in dramatic and lyrical playing, Mori's electronics bringing an exotic charm and ringing beauty to her works. |
Camoes, Joao / Jean-Luc Cappozzo / Jean-Marc Foussat: Autres Paysages (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock "Autres Paysages" or "Other Landscapes" pins the description on the rich, turbulent, and mesmerizing music this trio creates, with French violist Joao Camoes and Jean-Marc Foussat on the EMS Synthi AKS collaborating for their 3rd album, joined by trumpeter Jean-Luc Cappozzo, as acoustics and electronics subsume and survive seamlessly in an inspired set of recordings. |
Chiesa / Mariage: Oort (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Spacious improvisations from the French duo of guitarist Jean-Sebastien Mariage and double bassist David Chiesa, slowly unfolding discussions of subtle nuance and contemplative colors. |
Kahn / Millioud / Wiget / Weber: sin asunto (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Inspired by Albert Ayler's work for strings, Jason Kahn wrote this graphical score for amplified percussion, Vincent Millioud on violin, Bo Wiget on cello, and Christian Weber on contrabass. |
Rodrigues / Gauguet / Guerreiro: Early Reflections (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Violist Ernesto Rodrigues and Ricardo Guerreiro on computer are joined by saxophonist Bertrand Gauguet for two improvisations of subtle & rich sound work: intertwining sax breathing, intense sonic pressure, and long string tones developing beautiful audio environments. |
Frangenheim, Alexander / Nikolaus Neuser / Richard Scott: Trialectics (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Active and exciting electroacoustic improvisation with a strong emphasis on the electronics from Richard Scott and his uniquely developed modular synthesizer, from this Berlin-based collective trio with double bassist Alexander Frangenheim and trumpeter Nikolaus Neuser, exploring Trialectics, a complex system of 21st century thought and formal logic. |
Octopus (Rodrigues / Humm / Curado / Piosik / Hencleeday / Almeida / Santos / Godinho): Vulgaris (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Correctly configured, the Portugese ensemble Octopus is an octet, and though named after the most common of the breed, this 8-tentacled orchestration of strings, flute, trumpet, piano, guitar, electronics and percussion, all using extended techniques, slides deftly and with incredible restraint through a large, detailed dark-water work of electroacoustic improvisation. |
Lencastre, Jose / Jorge Nuno / Pedro Santo : 08.30/18.09/10.10/10.18 (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Three free improvisations from the Lisbon, Portugal trio of Jorge Nuno on electric guitar, Jose Lencastre on alto saxophone and Pedro Santo on drums, four pieces titled for the length of their dialog as they explore spacious sound sculpting and energetic free playing, a nicely balanced set of work that transition with finesse between ardor and tranquility. |
VCA (Vilanova / Castrillon / Andean): Ceres (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Electroacoustic improvisation from the trio of Marc Vilanova on saxophone, Sergio Castrillon on cello, and pianist James Andean also performing on objects and electronics, in nine collective improvisations of close-knit dialog balancing intense activity and silent space, building tension and releasing it in unexpected and wonderfully eccentric ways. |
Ozo: A Kind of Zo (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Acoustic free improvisation with an ea-attitude, improvising drummer/percussionist Pedro Oliveira (Bernardo Sassetti) and classical pianist Paulo Mesquita used prepared instruments in a dialog that contrasts solid rhythmically melodic piano progressions with a mix of propulsive percussion, deep resonant tones, environmental timbre, and percussive interventions. |
Lang, Klaus / Arditti String Quartet: 20 Jahre Inventionen III (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The string quartet sei-jaku by German composer Klaus Lang, documented on this CD, was performed on June 30, 2002 in the Grober Sendesaal of the SFB Berlin by the Arditti String Quartet during the festival Inventionen 2002. |
Various Artists: Lao Dan / Rick Countryman / Colin Webster: Saxophone Anatomy (Armageddon Nova -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Saxophone solo improvisation omnibus by three free saxophonists from around the globe: Lao Dan from China recording in an underground bomb shelter in an agressive solo performance; US ex-pat Rick Countryman from the Philippines in a traditional yet extremely free jazz exposition; and London's Colin Webster on baritone sax for an exploration of extended techniques. |
Schindler / Erel / Tramontana: SoundEnergyTransformation (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Multi-reedist Udo Schindler is captured live at Ars Musica, in Stemmerhof, Munich performing on clarinet, soprano sax, and euphonium in a trio with sound artists Korhan Erel and trombonist Sebastiano Tramontana, a uniquely voiced concert that places intricate reed and brass playing against unusual electronic interactions, balancing energetic and spacious moments. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Les porteuses d'O (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal's superb ensemble of improvisers explore the integration of composed music with improvisation, here in 3 graphic scores from from Danielle Palardy Roger, Joane Hetu, and Lisa Cay Miller, allowing individual performers extensive freedom within fixed compositional frameworks leading to extraordinary and unexpected results, captured lived at Amphitheatre du Gesu in 2017. |
Chrysakis, Thanos: Equinox (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A remarkable album of electronic composition from sound experimenter and improviser Thanos Chrysakis, ten stunning compositions that explore a diverse set of tones across a broad spectrum of rich deep timbre and beautiful high frequency ringing, bell-tones at times taking the focus, at others providing a rotating basis for ethereal experiments; sophisticated and engaging! |
Klaxon Gueule: Ceci n'est pas [3 CDs] (Sono Sordo -- Canada ) Price: $24.95 Out of Stock Translating to "this is not", the experimental Montreal trio of Michel F. Cote, Alexandre St-Onge and Bernard Falaise have for 20 years experimented in sound, bridging rock, experimental and improvised forms, here in a 3-CD retrospective of studio works from the last 16 years with collaborators Jean Derome, Ellwood Epps, Sam Shalabi, Philippe Lauzier, and Christof Migone. |
Derome, Jean : Resistances (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock With many participants from Ensemble Musique and the Montreal Musique Actuelle scene, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jean Derome directs an ensemble into the exploration of electricity and "Resistances", blending electronics, turntable, 60 Hz hums and other electronics into an orchestra of improvisers executing his dynamic 16 movement composition. |
Falaise, Bernard : Lezardes et zebrures (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A wonderfully inventive and enjoyable solo guitar album from Montreal guitarist Bernard Falaise, a member of Miriodor, Klaxon Gueule, les Projectionnistes, Diesel and other groups, here mostly focused on acoustic guitar with open turning fed into effects pedals, alongside pieces for electric guitar, glockenspiel and melodica; magnifique! |
Tandaapushi: Borromean Rings (JVTLANDT -- Norway ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The second album from this Norwegian electric improvising power trio, using dark rhythmic grooves over which guitar, electric piano, amplified objects, no-input mixing board, and pianet emerge, creating hypnotic states that lead to exultant moments through sinuous melody, building and releasing intensity while maintaining a consistent gauzy undertone. |
Dessen, Michael Trio: Somewhere In The Upstream (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Blending the acoustic aspects of his regularly performing trio with unusual electronics, trombonist Michael Dessen's NY trio with bassist Christopher Tordini and drummer Dan Weiss carve out a unique territory that balances lyrical, aggressive, and swinging aspects of free jazz with other-worldly interactions, in an album honoring late saxophonist Yusef Lateef. |
Loubatiere / Warnecke: Couleurs Chimeriques (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock An album of rich aural environments contrasted with clamorous action and disintegrating sound from the duo of French percussionist Rodolphe Loubatiere performing on snare drum and Berlin-based sound sculptor Pierce Warnecke, their second album as a duo presenting a sophisticated and diverse set of compositions that both entrance and disrupt their listeners. |
Zuydervelt, Rutger (w/ Ilia Belorukov / Rene Aquarius): The Red Soul (Sofa -- Norway ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Music for the movie "The Red Soul" by Jessica Gorter, a chilling and fascinating look at the legacy of Josef Stalin, from an electroacoustic trio of Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) editing and processing the playing of saxophonist Ilia Belorukov and percussionist Rene Aquarius, a dark and muted set of 14 emotional tracks that reflect a dark history. |
Charles, Xavier / Bertrand Denzler / Jean-Sebastien Mariage / Matthieu Werchowski: Metz (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Kerbaj, Mazen / Toshimaru Nakamura: East of Where? (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Turkish free improviser trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj, best known for the "A" Trio, meets Japanese no-input mixing board pioneer Toshimaru Nakamura for an insanely energetic duo of squelchy electroacoustic improvisations, both players staying on the electric side, and on the far side of lowercase ea-improv as the two ebb and flow a wild dialog of sound. |
Akiyama, Tetuzi / Magnus Granberg / Henrik Olsson: Whose Words? (Ftarri / Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A surprising joining of improvisers and composers from Japanese acoustic guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama playing with Swedish composers and performers, Magnus Granberg on clarinet and Henrik Olsson on percussion and electronics, the latter two part of the chamber ensemble Skogen, for five works of profound calm and center through slow harmonics weaving beautiful aural statements. |
Lehn Schmickler (Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler): Neue Bilder (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock A stunning album of electronic interaction between long-time collaborators Thomas Lehn on analog synthesizer and Marcus Schmickler on computer, created from two performances in Munster, Germany in 2016 and in Wels, Austria in 2013, resulting in a dynamic album that's both vicious and beautiful, relentless yet manageable, a masterpiece of impressive sonic power. |
Schindler, Udo / Korhan Erel : leben | nebel (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Live at the 66th SALON fur Klang+Kunst in Krailling, Munich, Germany finds festival leader Udo Schindler on cornet, bass, contrabass clarinet, soprano saxophone in a duo with Berlin-based Istanbul-born computer musician Korhan Erel, who designs his own unique instruments with unusual controllers, performing 9 singular dialogs of ethereal and unorthodox sound. |
Miura, Yoko / Jean-Marc Foussat: When Lowlands Consume the Space (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Two approaches to keyboards from Japanese acoustic pianist Yoko Miura and keyboardist Jean-Marc Foussat (Fou Records) recording these extended and excursive improvisations in Paris in 2017, contrasting Foussat's alien and encompassing synthetic and electronic worlds with Miura's sophisticated playing inside and out of the piano. |
Rollet, Quentin / Jean-Marc Foussat / Christian Rollet: Entree Des Puys De Grele (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The french electroacoustic improvising trio of synth player and engineer Jean-Marc Foussat (Fou Records) with the father/son pair of saxophonist Quentin Rollet (Workshop De Lyon) and drummer/percussionist Christian Rollet (Rectangle Records, Bisou), in a rich, intensifying and often enthusiastically exploding set of extended and masterful improvisations. |
Porta Chiusa: Because Life Should Be So Wonderful (I) (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock A beguiling and atmospheric work of overtones, harmonics, tonal and microtonal progressions from a trio of clarinetists (Hans Koch, Michael Thieke, and Paed Conca) with Japanese vocalist Maki Hachiya, an immaculately paced and exotic work of sound. |
Tickmayer, Stevan Kovacs: Repetetive Selective Removal of One Protecting Group (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock |
Vogel, Sabine : Aus dem Fotoalbum eines Pinguins (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Turbamulta (Raon / Sa / Ferreira / Martins / Aroso): Turbamulta (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock With orchestration of harp, daxophone, idiophones, piano, cello, guitar, percussion, sampling & electronics, the Portuguese quintet Turbamulta (roughly translates to "rowdy mob", though clearly a very sophisticated mob) was born from the band Powertrio of Eduardo Raon, Joana Sa and Luis Martins, expanded to blend compositional, EA and improv approaches into something unique and beautiful. |
Acre (Baron / Boschi / Bonini): Unexpected Variations (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The Italian Acre trio of Ermanno Baron on drums & objects, Ginomaria Boschi on guitar & effects, and Marco 'uBiK' Bonini on laptop, tapes, theremin, in a five-part improvised work using a "free game" methodology to promote new modulations and configurations in organic and synthetic sounds and timbre, make each player subsume into their collective sound. |
Animals & Giraffes (Greenlief / la Rocco / Leidecker): Landlocked Beach (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A fascinating work of spoken word and free improvisation from writer Claudia La Rocco and the duo of Phillip Greenlief on sax and Wobbly (aka Jon Leidecker) on electronics and live sampling, La Rocco's unexpected text of the mundane and the fantastic repeated, manipulated and mangled, bringing the words in and out of focus as the music and sonic environment. |
Nauseef, Mark: All In All In all (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Influenced by rock, jazz, Javanese and Balinese gamelan, NY drummer Mark Nauseef's career has embraced an inclusive blending of styles, heard in this fantastic new album embracing compositional and ea styles, recorded with previous collaborators including Tony Oxley, Bill Laswell, Walter Quintus, along with Sylvie Courvoisier, Pat Thomas, Miroslav Tadic, & Arthur Jarvinen. |
Tarry, Chris / Dylan van der Schyff: Sponge (Spool -- Canada ) Price: $7.95 Out of Stock An unusual and absorbing record of percussion and electronic improvisation from bassist and tape machine manipulator Chris Tarry and Vancouver drummer and samplist Dylan van der Schyff. |
Shed Metal (Daniel Kernohan / Dan Lander): Equivalent Insecurity (Spool -- Canada ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Verge Music founder Daniel Kernohan aka Dee Kay and radio host Dan Lander developed this album of electroacoustic interaction between 1987-1989 in a dilapidated row house on "the wrong side of the tracks" in Toronto, using "instruments, toys, stuff, sound" to create an amusing, sometimes startling, and insightful series of interactions; unpredictable and interesting. |
Domeniconi / Schlegel / Suter : Quince Dreams (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Three versatile improvisers with pedigrees including Christian Weber, Christian Wolfarth, Objets Trouves, Big Bold Back Bone, &c, the Swiss trio of Roberto Domeniconi on piano, Jan Schlegel on electric bass, and Sheldon Suter on drums use unusual and extended techniques integrated within free improv in this coproduction with RSI Rete Due Radiotelevision, Switzerland. |
Chulki, Hong / Will Guthrie: Mosquitoes and Crabs (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Recording in Seoul, South Korea at Mullae Arts Village in 2016, the duo of Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie and improvising noise artist Hong Chulki release 8 pieces with concise works under 1 minute to larger improvisations up to 8 minutes, contrasting interesting rhythms with indescribable electronics, found sounds, and unusual environments. |
Lonberg-Holm, Fred / Amphibians Of the Everglades feat Gustave Matamoros: Bow Hard At The Frog (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Extending his interest in accompaniment with field recording, Chicago cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm took his cello into the Florida Everglades along with soundscape artist and field recordist Gustavo Matamoros, seeking out night creatures, particularly vocalizing frogs, edited down to six intriguing tracks of "outdoor interspecies improvisation". |
Jun, Yan / Jason Kahn: None Of Us (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Five recordings from the duo of Jason Kahn and Yan Jun, recording ostensibly on voice, though all recordings from their rehearsals and live performances were muted, deleted, or suffered technical issues, so what remains are the extraneous sound of the rooms and concert spaces, alone or layered, the final piece layering incidental sounds from 5 concerts. |
Escargot (Quost / Emaille / Malmendier / Fertin / Freres): Dart Love (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The Canadian free improvising electroacoustic quintet Escargot of Timothee Quost on trumpet and no-input mixer, Camille Emaille on percussion, Tom Malmednier on snare drums, Xavier Fertin on clarinets, and Louis Freres on bass, in a playful and oft-times bizarre set of collective improvisations, wonderfully eccentric work of strong technical skill and unusual techniques. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Andrew Lafkas / Bryan Eubanks: 0 Minutes And 0 Seconds (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Lisbon-based viola player Ernesto Rodrigues joins three Berlin-based musicians--cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, double bassist Andrew Lafkas and electronics artist Bryan Eubanks--merging the lowercase approaches of Creative Sources groupings with experimental electronics for a 5-part album that ranges from the subliminal to assertive tones and momentum. |
Schiller, Christoph / Eric Ruffing: Trance (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Finding common ground between the acoustic past and the electronic present, the duo of Christoph Schiller on spinet and Eric Ruffing on analogue synthesizer present two extended improvisations of tempered interaction, exploring periods of extended sound, timbre and decay, scrabbling inside playing, restrained electronic whines, and active pointillistic playing. |
Variable Geometry Orchestra: Ma'adim Vallis [2 CDS] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $21.95 In Stock Two mesmerizing, diverse, and incredibly sophisticated large scale conductions led by Ernesto Rodrigues and an ensemble of more than 30 performers on reeds, guitars, strings, electronics, pianos, voice, megaphone, brass, drums and percussion, rich yet restrained with moments of mystery and excitement, in two complete concerts from Lisbon in 2017 & 2018. |
Caloia, Nicolas : Les Bonnes Histoires (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Bridging contemporary and improvised music, Montreal double bassist Nicolas Caloia wrote these pieces for textured and impossible rhythms; blending pieces by Nancarrow and Grand Master Flash; and manipulating poems by Genevieve Letarte; with supporting improv from Jean Derome & Lori Freedman. |
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AMM (Previost / Rowe / Tilbury): An Unintended Legacy [3 CDs]
Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / Matthew Shipp: The Clawed Stone
Marteau Rouge / Keiji Haino: Concert 2009
Mahobin (Fujii / Anker / Tamura / Mori): Live at Big Apple in Kobe
Musica Elettronica Viva: Symphony No 106
Fujii, Satoko / Otomo Yoshihide: Perpetual Motion
Wooley, Nate (w/ Ingrid Laubrock, Sylvie Courvoisier & Matt Moran): Battle Pieces
Transmap+ (Evan Parker / Matt Wright / Robert Jarvis): Grounded Abstraction
Parker, Evan ElectroAcoustic Septet: Seven
Ikeda / Prevost: The Whole Moon Rests in a Dewdrop on the Grass
Oxley, Tony: Unreleased (1974 to 2016)
Lamb, Catherine / Harmonic Space Orchestra: Prisma Interius VII 7 VIII
Dagg, Henry / Evan Parker: Then Through Now
Campbell, Roy / William Parker / Zen Matsuura: Visitation Of Spirits - the Pyramid Trio Live, 1985
Satoh, Masahiko / Otomo Yoshihide / Roger Turner: Sea
Lytton, Paul / Nate Wooley: Known / Unknown
McPhee, Joe: Route 84 Quarantine Blues (Black Cross Solo Sessions 2)