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Chrysakis, Thanos: A Scar In The Air (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $14.40 In Stock A continuation of Chrysakis' "inscapes" series, compositions based on the structural and aesthetic capacity of sonic matter using field-recordings, synthesized & acoustic sounds. |
Flow Trio (Belogenis / Morris / Downs): Rejuvenation (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The first studio release for the trio of tenor saxophonist Louis Belogenis, bassist Joe Morris and drummer Charles Downs, profound NY free improvisation. |
Frith, Fred: Big Picture (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Two cycles of compositions from Fred Frith: "The Big Picture - For Saxophone Quartet and Two Improvising Soloists" and his legendary 90s copositions: "Freedom in Fragments". |
Frith, Fred: Still Urban (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock A commissioned work by Stanser Musik-Tage created during Frith's residency at the Benediktinerinnen-kloster Maria-Richenbach and premiered at the Festival on April 22, 2004. |
Gjerstad / Lonberg-Holm / Sen / Nilssen-Love: The Cello Quartet (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Extraordinary reed player Gjerstad on alto sax and clarinet in a quartet with two cellos (Fred Lonberg-Holm & Amit Sen) and all around drummer Paal Nielsen-Love. |
Gjerstad, Frode / Parker, William / Drake, Hamid: On Reade Street (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Insanely great improvisation in the 3rd recorded outing for this amazing trio, bringing Free Europe and New York Downtown players together for 3 extended compositions. |
O'Leary / Van Der Schyff / Horvitz: Flux (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Guitarist O'Leary exchanges musical dialogue with drummer/percussionist Dylan van der Schyff and (prepared) pianist Wayne Horvitz over 15 taut improvisations. |
Taylor / Dunmall / Chang: Crossing (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The title "Crossing" was penned by the group as a metaphor for the way in which their individual experience and musics meet and interact, fueled by a common love of improvisation. |
Watts, Trevor Drum Orchestra: Burundi Monday (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Live recordings of the Trevor Watts Drum Orchestra from 1983, a turning point in his career towards evolving a complex, polyrhythmically-driven approach to improvised structures. |
Watts, Trevor Moire Music: Moire Music (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Watt's supergroup with Lol Coxhill, Simon Picard, Veryaon Weston, &c., amazing rhythmic music recorded live in 1985 for the Arts Council, Contemporary Music Network Tour. |
Zorn, John: Film Works XXIII: El General (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Zorn's 23rd Filmworks presents Eleven cues recorded for a striking documentary focusing on the life of controversial Mexican dictator Plutarco Elias Calles. |
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal (Impressus Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of 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. |
Deluxx: The Tidy Boy (Spirit of Orr -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock One part Sonic Youth, one part early Residents, Deluxx is the anomalous output of NY/Boston transplant Mark Peretta, a one-man band of crazy riffs and warped song-spieling. |
Martusciello, Elio: Unoccupied areas (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock |
Irabagon, Jon With Special Guest Barry Altschul: Foxy (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Drummer Barry Altschul joins saxophonist Jon Irabagon and bassist Peter Brendler in an incredible trio of free improvisation and hard playing that's not afraid to put a little cheesecake on the cover. |
Martusciello, Elio: To Extend the Visibility [PAL DVD] (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $28.95 Out of Stock Beautifully packaged PAL DVD of 6 films by Elio Martusciello (Taxonomy) including two original texts by Tim Hodgkinson & Sebastiano Giacobello & visual works by Ester Curcio & Ale Sordi. |
Fujiwara, Tomas Trio: Variable Bets (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Merging different sub-genre of NYC's rich jazz and creative music scene, drummer Tomas Fujiwara's trio with Brandon Seabrook on guitar and Ralph Alessi on trumpet furtively builds into a free jazz album of contrasting dynamics and superb playing. |
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. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
Martel, Frank / L'Ouest Celeste: Ye - Yi - You - Ya (Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Trio Sowari (Beins, Denzler, Durrant): Shortcut (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Trio Sowari's second recording, subtle interactions using a wide palette of sound and approaches, mixing electronics and acoustics in amazing improvisation. |
Various Artists: Victoriaville Matiere Sonore (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Francisco Lopez initiated this project in 2006 with the Pogus CD "Montreal Sound Matter", now expanded into an acousmatic group of linked tracks from a group of impressive sound artists. |
AMP: Stringency (Meta Records -- Germany ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Universe of AMP are the Swiss twin brothers pianist Michael and drummer Florian Arbenz, in a 7 piece group mixing modern jazz with an active string section. |
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. |