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Bosetti, Alessandro / Chris Abrahams: A Heart That Responds From Schooling (Unsounds -- Netherlands ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The 2nd release from Italian composer/performer Alessandro Bosetti and Australian pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks), a very intimate album of sonic explorations that spans improvised fragments and original renditions of compositions like Steve Lacy's "Esteem" with Bosetti's lyrics. |
Bumsteinas, Arturas : Different Trains (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A collection of experimental, electroacoustic, and comprovized works from composer, sound artist, performer, and improviser Arturas Bumsteinas, inspired by Central European cultural landscape, including a radio play commisioned by Bolt Records. |
Fujii, Satoko Tobira: Yamiyo Ni Karasu (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Pianist Satoko Fujii's Tobira ("door") expands the original trio configuration of Todd Nicholson on bass and Takashi Itani on drums, with trumpeter/husband Natsuki Tamura, playing inventive free improvisation with sophistication in melodic heads and superb soloing. |
Gintas K: Blind Man Tales (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Gintas K, in a moment of frustration, took more than 40 elements from some recent work he was preparing and put them into multichannel software which, with a few corrections, became this surprising and complex work of organized and detailed sound. |
Kaze: Uminari (Circum-Libra -- Japan/France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Natsuki Tamura & Christian Pruvost on trumpets, Satoko Fuji on piano and Peter Orins on drums for a quartet where all members are active compositional contributors, creating a powerful ensemble sound with strong soloing using modern creative techniques; excellent! |
Lambkin, Graham / Michael Pisaro-Liu: Schwarze Riesenfalter (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Balancing active organized sound worlds from Graham Lambkin with Wandelweiser discretion from Michael Pisaro-Liu in five tracks that punctuate concrete sound compositions with Feldman-esque piano progressions, bound together by a short poem; captivating and elusive. |
Masecki, Marcin : Variations (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Composer & pianist Marcin Masecki wrote this work, inspired by Frederic Rzewski and presenting variations on the Chilean song "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido" (The town united will never be defeated) and invited pianist Piotr Nowicki to perform it for this recording. |
Mirt: Khmer & Siam Recordings (SAAMLENG -- Poland ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Blending field recordings of temples, rain, bells, cicadas, radios, and other regional sounds from Khmer & Siam with native music to create a rich audioscape of those exotic lands, both mysterious and liltingly melodic on a beautiful journey in sound. |
No Pair (Chiapperini / Elia / Trapani / Fusco): Chaos and Order (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A mix of free jazz, rock, and avant-garde experimental music from clarinetist Francesco Chiapperini in a quartet with Gianluca Elia on tenor sax, Dario Trapani on electric guitar, and Anotonio Fusco on drums; lyrical modern jazz with a good dose of free chaos. |
Pisaro, Michael : Melody, Silence (For Solo Guitar) (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A collection of materials for solo guitarist, written by Michael Pisaro-Liu and here performed by Christian Alvear, presenting the performer with up to 12 fragments which can be played in any order and which allow for various transformations, cuts, extensions and silences. |
Sandstrom, Nisse Quintet: Live at Crescendo (Moserobie Music -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A live recording of lyrical post-bop jazz from Swedish legend, tenor saxophnoist Nisse Standstrom, in a live recording from 2014 fronting a quintet of creative players Jonas Kullhammar on tenor sax, Leio Lindberg on piano, Kenji Rabson on bass, and Moussa Fadera on drums. |
Skuggorna Och Ljuset / Magnus Granberg: Would Fall From The Sky, Would Wither And Die (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A new composition by clarinetist and composer Magnus Granberg, the leader of the highly acclaimed ensemble Skogen, this time with a new, smaller group that includes percussionist Erik Carlsson, performing his beautiful, melancholic music. |
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. |
Kaze: Tornado (Circum-Libra -- Japan/France ) Price: $16.95 In Stock With two trumpets, drums and piano, Kaze's 2nd release with Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, and Muzzix members Christian Pruvost and Peter Orins, hits like the album title, but surprises with contrasts from torrential power to beautiful melodic interplay. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 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. |
Denley, Jim: Through Fire, Crevice and The Hidden Valley (Splitrec -- Australia ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Recorded live in an Australian National Park on a 15-day walk, saxophonist Jim Denley performs solo on the alto saxophone in response to and in conversation with the environment around him using the natural acoustics of this rugged and awe-inspiring region. |
Friends and Neighbors: Hymn For A Hungry Nation (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Taking their band name from an Ornette Coleman album, this European quintet presents new compositions in the style of Ornette, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and John Carter, ecstatic free jazz with a hard bop foundation, extended with modern technique and experience. |
Sands, The: Beast To Bone (Self Released -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Singer/songwriter Julie McGeer leads a band of some of Western Canada's foremost players from the jazz and indie scene including Peggy Lee, JP Carter, Paul Rigby, Cole Schmidt, Darren Parris & Barry Mirochnik in an embraceable album combining jazz, indie pop and folk roots. |
Baloni: Ripples [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock The trio of Belgian reedist Joachim Badenhorst, French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot, and French-German bassist Pascal Niggenkemper formed the Baloni trio in Brooklyn in 2008, presenting a blend of chamber and free jazz; reserved to frenetic playing that consistently surprises. |
Valiente, Candelaria Saenz / Marcin Masecki: Hymnen (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Based on the anthems of nations that have endured recent struggles, from the duo of Marcin Masecki on keys and Candelaria Saenz Valiente on vocals and percussion, embraceable songs with unusual structures paying tribute to the beautiful themes for each nation. |
Sokolowska, Joanna Halszka: Msza [Used Item] (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $9.00 In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. "The album is a studio version of a chamber opera prepared by Joanna Halszka Sokolowska at Opera// REMIX at Komuna// Warszawa. The... |