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Ceccaldi, Theo Trio, Trio + Joelle Leandre: Carrousel -and- Can You Smile (Ayler -- France ) Price: $21.95 In Stock Two albums together. "Carrousel": The Paris based Theo Ceccaldi Trio crosses improv with chamber music in a string trio of lyrical, subtle and advanced improvisation. "Can You Smile": Ceccarelli expands his trio with bassist/free vocalist Joelle Leandre for rich, interactive improvisation. |
Lenoci, Gianni / Gianni Mimmo: Reciprocal Uncles (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The Italian duo of pianist Gianni Lenoci and soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo using extended and unusual techniques through eight improvisations mixing melody, timbre and tone. |
Roebke, Jason: Every Sunday (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The music of bassist Jason Roebke and his trio of guitarist Matthew Schneider and drummer Marcus Evan is rooted in the leader's solid bass work and the tasteful and informed lyrical freedom of his sidemen, as heard in this live performace Chicago's Hungry Brain. |
Weiss, Dan: Fourteen (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Fourteen musicians perform drummer Dan Weiss' ambitious compositional project, a through-composed work featuring an ensemble with guitar, horns, voices, harp, piano, organ, bass and percussion, with players including Weiss, Matt Mitchell, Judith Berkson, David Binney, &c. &c. |
Bailey, Derek / Berthiaume, Antoine / Frith, Fred: Soshin (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Composer and improviser Antoine Berthiaume in a compilation of guitar duos with Derek Bailey and Fred Frith exploring the full range of guitar improvisation. |
Berthiaume / SirJacq / Teale: Leaves and Snow (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The trio of Antoine Berthiaume (guitar, percussion), Quentin SirJacq (piano, percussion) and Norman Teale (electronics) mix jazz, contemporary, and rock in an improvisational context. |
Berthiaume, Antoine: Small Tease (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Guitarist Berthiaume steps away from composition and jazz to record an album of intricate instrumental guitar songs with folk influences, playing solo and in small ensembles. |
Berthiaume, Antoine / Donato, Michel / Tanguay, Pierre: Ellen's Bar (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Guitarist Antoine Berthiaume leads the trio of Michel Donato (bass) and Pierre Tanguay (drums) in this lively album of eleven original compositions. |
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. |
Chenard, Sylvie / Maryse Poulin / Alexandre St-Onge / Martin Tetreault: Ocean pour la suite (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A collection of duo recordings featuring guitarist Sylvie Chenard playing with Maryse Poulin (sax), Martin Tetreault (turntables), and Alexandre St-Onge (electronics). |
Derome, Jean: Canot-Camping: Expedition 4 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Excellent recording made while on a canoe and camping trip by 11 improvisers from the Montreal musique actuelle scene on their fourth expedition of the kind. |
Derome, Jean / Malcolm Goldstein / Rainer Wiens: 6 Improvisations (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Having worked together in many projects for many years, this is the 1st trio record from Montreal improvisers Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein & Rainer Wiens, six free studio improvisations showing the subtle and sophisticated dialog that such long association yields. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Bruit court-circuit (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Danielle Palardy Roger, Alexandre St-Onge and Martin Tetreault each composed works for this stellar group of nine Montreal-based musique actuelle players, a startling and wonderful release of style, approach and concept. |
Frith, Fred Guitar Quartet: Ayaya Moses (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Fred Frith's leads a quartet of electric guitars (Rene Lussier, Nick Didkovsky, Mark Stewart) through 10 different journeys that explores the dynamic potential of this unique group composition. |
Greenlee, Shawn: Nysa (Utech Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Hetu, Labrosse, Parkins, Roger, Tenko: La legende de la pluie (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Compositions for synthesizers, electric harp, tabletop guitar, accordion, alto saxophone, percussion and voices performed by Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse, Zeena PArkins, Danielle Palardy Roger, and Tenko. |
Klaxon Gueule (Cote, Falaise, St-Onge): Pour en finir (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal's electroacoustic trio of Michel F Cote (percussion), Bernard Falaise (guitars) and Alexandre St-Onge (bass), in their 6th release, 12 succinct tracks of sophisticated improv merging unorthodox approaches for peculiarly satisfying compositions. |
Klaxon Gueule: Cote, Falaise, St-Onge: Grain (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Michel F Cote, Bernard Falaise, Alexandre St-Onge, Christof Migone, and Sam Shalabi, all members of the excellent group Klaxon Gueule, in a minimalist release of improv. |
Leandre, Joelle, Quentin Sirjacq: Out of Nowhere (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock An engaging encounter between bassist Leandre and pianist Sirjacq, delicate yet intense interaction from two sophisticated & listening players from different generations. |
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Quartetski Does Stravinsky with drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli, guitarist Bernard Falaise, reedist Phillipe Lauzier, viole de gamaba player Pierre-Yves Martel and violinist Joshua Zubot reinterpret Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in honor of its 100th anniversary. |
Tabassian / Martel / Tabassian: Masafat (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Geographic improvisations from this trio of string and percussion players, with each track named by location and distance between Montreal and Chelsea, Ontario. |
Disguises, The (Thomson / Caloia / Charuest / Hood / Tanguay): Songs 7 Dances from The Muted Note (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Eleven songs by Montreal trombonist Scott Thomson, settings of poems by P.K. Page (1916-2010), one of Canada's distinguished literary figures, in a band with Pierre Tanguay on drums, Yves Charuest on sax, Nicolas Caloia on double bass, and Susanna Hood on vocals. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Les accords intuitifs (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Montreal's most creative large ensemble, led by Joane Hetu & Daniell Palardy Roger, in their 5th release presenting works composed between 1976-2015 featuring twenty musicians playing in different combinations, showing the creative breadth and skills of this amazing band. |
GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Geste (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Eric Normand's Quebec based 12-piece GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation) in an album of 5 improvisations and a piece by percussionist Danielle P. Roger; wonderfully creative music with eclectic instrumentation that's simultaneously challenging and fun. |
Martin, Simon (w/ Quasar, Bozzini Quartet, Trio de guitares contemporain): Hommage a Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composer Simon Martin pays hommage to Quebec painters Ozias Leduc, Paul-Emile Borduas, and Jean-Paul Riopelle in contemplative works for each artist, performed by the ensembles Quatuor Bozzini, Quasar quatuor de saxophons, and Trio de guitares contemporain. |
Quasar (quatuor de saxophones): Du souffle (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal saxophone quartet Quasar (Jean-Marc Bouchard, Marie-Chantal Leclair, Mathieu Leclair, & Andre Leroux) in their 3rd incredible album of contemporary saxophone compositions, presenting 14 rich and varied compositions, including commissioned and premier works. |
Seino, Takumi / Antoine Berthiaume: ARC - Beneath the Surface (Voice of Silence -- Japan ) Price: $10.80 Out of Stock |
Thomson, Scott: Heures Indues (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Co-founder of the Association of Improvising Musicians in Toronto (AIMToronto) and a member of The Rent, Scott Thomson presents a solo trombone release of explorative approaches to the instrument, masterful work from one of Canada's leading improvisers. |
Normand, Eric: Mattempa (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Based on Canadian physician & author Jacques Ferron's book "Gaspe Mattempa", bassist Eric Normad leads a quintet into a mythological audio world with Raphael Arsenault (violin), Philippe Lauzier (bass clarinet), Alexandre Robichaud (trumpet) & Antoine Letourneau-Berger (percussion). |
Carrier, Francois / Michel Lambert / Rafal Mazur: The Joy Of Being (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Live recordings from Alchemia Jazz Klub in Krakow, Poland in 2015 of the freely improvising trio of Francois Carrier on sax and Chinese oboe, Michel Lambert on drums, and Rafal Mazur on acoustic bass guitar, uniquely intertwining interchanges of joyful dialog. |
HMZ (Hubsch / Martel / Zoubek): Drought (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A live performance at the Loft in Cologne, Germany, 2015 from the recording and performing trio of Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba & objects, Pierre Yves Martel on viola da Gamba & harmonica, and Philip Zoubek on the prepared piano, restrained yet highly active playing. |
Xu Fengxia: Black Lotos (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock Xu Fengxia traditional Sanxian & Guzheng player and free vocalist in duo with drummer/percussionist Lucas Niggli for suspenseful cross-cultural improvisations. |
Architek Percussion: Metatron (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Architek Percussion ensemble is a Montreal quartet performing works by Canadian composers, using percussion, drums, sampling, electronics and synth in wonderfully odd ways, here with two guest performers presenting works composed and mixed by Elliot Britton. |
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. |
Girard-Charest, Emilie: Emilie Prefere Le Chant (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Emilie Girard-Charest is a Montreal cellist, composer and improviser, here presenting 5 works, one of her own and 4 from Fredrik Gran, Sergio Castrillon, Maxime Corbeil-Perron and Joane Hetu, using extreme techniques and electroacoustic accompaniment in both joyful and terrifying ways. |
Quartetski: Quartetski Does Bartok - Mikrokosmos, Sz 107 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composed between 1926 and 1939, "Mikrokosmos" was Bela Bartok's attempt to solve certain technical problems in the art of piano playing, here adapted by the 5-piece Quartetski into a fascinating series of progressive exercises and etudes, oddly enough presented without a piano. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Christopher Butterfield: Trip (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini string quartet worked with composer Christopher Butterfield, who wrote two of these pieces ("Trip" and "Fall") specifically for QB, alongside three other works from 20 years of composing that use unusual instructions and scores for the performers. |
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. |
Lussier, Rene / Robert Marcel Lepage / Quatuor Bozzini: Chants et danses ...with strings (Vol. III) (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Taking two of Montreal's most vital musicians, guitarist Rene Lussier and clarinetist Robert Lepage, and joining them with the far-ranging string quartet Le Quatuor Bozzini for a stunning album that merges chamber music, noise music, and improvisation without leaving behind melody, intention and direction; magnificent! |
Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Live recordings at LOFT in Cologne, Germany from the trio of George Wissel on prepared saxophone, Achim Tang on doublebass, and Simon Camatta on drums & percussion, performing seven "Movements" that use prodigious technique with reserve and direction, revealing the structure of their work as the pieces build and recede in fascinating ways. |
Honsinger, Tristan / Nicolas Calioa / Joshua Zubot: In The Sea (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The transatlantic string trio of Amsterdam-based cellist Tristan Honsinger (also on voice) with Montreal free improvisers violinist Joshua Zubot and double bassist Nicolas Caloia in an album of informed improvisation that bring an upbeat approach to authoritative dialog which is both sharp-witted and irreverent, but never less than engaging. |
Brady, Tim: 24 Frames - Scatter [2 CDs] + Trance [CD + DVD] (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $27.95 Out of Stock Putting together two releases from Montreal guitarist and composer Tim Brady's "24 Frames" project: "Trance" (CD + DVD) and "Scatter" (2 CDs), performed solo and with his Bradyworks ensemble. |
Brady, Tim: Three Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock A chamber opera that tells the story of the life of the Canadian doctor and humanitarian Norman Bethune by interweaving extracts from Bethune's own letters with poetry of the 1930s. |
Brady, Tim: Unison Rituals (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Five original chamber works for saxophone and ensemble by composer and saxophonist Tim Brady for his second release on Ambiances Magnetiques. |
Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Lieux-dits (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli's debut album is inspired by voyages in the French Alps and the Pyrenees and features artists Jean Derome, Francisco Lozano, Steve Raegele, and Clinton Ryder. |
Cote / Ceccarelli: Vulgarites (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A plethora of objects being struck and stroked from the meeting of drummers Cote (Bruire, Klaxon Gueule) and Ceccarelli, complex interactions of percussion, feedback and electronics. |
Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu: Shaman - Nous percons les oreilles (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound. |
Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu; Nous percons les oreilles: La vie, c'est simple (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Using saxophones and their voices, Jean Derome and Joane Hetu create songs of improvisation that invoke their primal human nature in creative and beautiful ways. |
Fabbro, Guido Del : Ctenophora (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Violinist Guido Del Fabbro in a 5-piece work with violin, voice, electronics and synthesizer, blending compositional and electroacoustic principles for an unusual, rich, and thoroughly modern album. |
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. |
Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger: Phenix (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 24 miniature works from the fantastic and intense improvising trio of Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse and Danielle Palardy Roger, inspired by the eternal revival of the legendary Phoenix. |
Martel, Frank / L'Ouest Celeste: Ye - Yi - You - Ya (Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Nozen (Nisenson / Tanguay / Falaise / Mailloux): Live au Upstairs (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Nozen is a crossroads of contemporary jazz, musique actuelle and the musical traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, contrasting styles giving birth to a deep and spontaneous music. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: Bruiducoeur, prieres des infideles (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Composer Danielle Palardy Roger presents a work for a 13-voice mixed choir, two speakers, two soloists, and two percussionists in a satirical elegy that is an account of a man's last agonizing moments. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: Le Caillou 1998-2013 (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Written in 1998, Danielle Palardy Roger's game piece composition was performed at the first Ensemble SuperMusique concert, here in 7 versions recorded at various locations in bands including Joelle Leandre, Joane Hetu, Guido Del Fabbro, Jean Derome, &c. &c. |
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. |
Tabassian, Ziya: Tombak (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Anaphoria Island ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Percussionist Ziya Tabassian plays solo tombak, the main percussion instrument used in Persian classical music, in 9 pieces that explore the large range of tones and nuances of the instrument. |
Wellman, Linsey / Mike Essoudry : Mike Essoudry + Linsey Wellman (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock 1st release for the duo of wind player Linsey Wellman and percussionist Mike Essoudry embracing stasis and movement, meditation and exuberance, delicacy and amplitude. |
d' Orion, Erick / Martin Tetreault : Avant (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Montreal Musique Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetreault and sound artist Erick d' Orion created this project as a tribute to the original explorers of electronic music and musique concrete -- GRM, Stockhausen, Henry, Oram, Schaeffer, &c. -- using historic sound recordings and new sources, presenting this incredible concert live at Au Mois in Quebec. |
Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Drunk On The Blood Of The Holy Ones (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The trio of Jim Hobbs, Timo Shanko and Django Carranza in a studio release of original upbeat and amazing riff based compositions, along with a nifty skate video. |
Marteau Rouge (Pauvros / Sato / Foussat): ... Un Jour Se Leve [VINYL] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The free improvising trio of Makoto Sato on drums, Jean-Francois Pauvros on guitar and Jean-Marc Foussat on synthesizer & voice in a studio album of unique electro-acoustic dialog recorded in Paris in 2013. |
Asencio, Jon / Sylvie Chenard: Ocean a vendre / for sale (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Guitarist and singer Sylvie Chenard in duet with musician/performance artist Jon Asencio, joyfully exploring the energies of resistance and anarchy, in shades of science-fiction and totalitarian reality. |
Auclair, Melanie: Decor sonore (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A series of 20 short tracks by cellist Melanie Auclair that combine music with ambient sound with players such as Lori Freedman, Antoine Berthiaume, Luc Sicard, etc. |
Brady, Tim / Bradyworks: 24 Frames - Scatter [2 CDs] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Montreal creative guitarist Tim Brady and his Bradyworks (Lori Freedman, Karen Young, &c) performing 6 duos for electric guitar with other instruments, and 12 compositions for electric guitar (with and without effects pedals). |
Ceccarelli, Isaiah: Breviaire d'Epuisements (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli's work for percussion, two voices, two bass clarinets and viola da gamba, woven from the delicate fabric of the tension between darkness and light. |
Ensemble SuperMusique: Y'a du bruit dans ma cabane (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A supergroup of the AM collective with Derome, Hetu, Labrosse, Roger, Tanguay and Tetrault, in adventurous and far-reaching improvisation that have to be heard to be believed! |
Lauzier / Martel: Sainct Laurens (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sparse but detailed improvisational journeys from the long-running duo of saxophonist Philippe Lauzier and bassist/electronic artist Pierre-Yves Martel. |
Lepage, Robert Marcel: Canard Branchu (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A rich work for clarinets, bass and drums orchestrated for six musicians including Actuelle core players Lori Freedman, Pierre Tanguay, and Lepage himself, through 14 works that may have something to do with a swamp. |
St-Jean (Babin / Falaise / Labbe / Leclerc): Projectionnistes, Les: Copie zero (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Claude St-Jean's band, Les Projectionnistes (Tommy Babin, Bernard Falaise, Pierre Labbe, Remi Leclerc), plays an ecletic mix of songs ranging from alternative jazz, rock, and improv. |
Roger, Danielle Palardy: Pinta, Nina & Maria (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 3 live recordings from 3 ensembles - GGRIL, Ensemble SuperMusique and ECM+ - exploring relationsips between early music and contemporary creative music; with Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse, Bernard Falaise, &c. &c. |
Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: Wow! (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sax and flute player/Ambiances Magnetique label leader Jean Derome's excellent jazz trio with bassist Normand Guilbeault and drummer Pierre Tanguay, in their 4th release, with three Derome originals and 4 standards including a Dolphy number. |
Charles, Xavier / Michel F Cote / Franz Hautzinger / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand: Torche! (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An exceptional free improvising quintet of Montreal & Quebec improvisers--bassist Eric Normand, drummer Michel F. Cote, and bass clarinetist Philippe Lauzier--with French clarinetist Xavier Charles and German trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, performing live during the 2016 Festival de Musique de Creation, creating fascinating commotion with incredible restraint. |
Mayas, Magda / Pierre-Yves Martel / Eric Normand: Boule-spiel (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Quebec improvisers Pierre-Yves Martel on Viola da Gamba, objects, and feedback, Eric Normand on electric bass and snare drum, are joined by Berlin pianist Magda Mayas for two extended works of free improvisation, manipulating and contorting strings with an electroacoustic edge, dark ruminations of exquisite detail, patience, and adroit interaction. |
Emaille, Camille: Bekkos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A student of Christian Dierstein and Fred Frith, French percussionist Camille Emaille, working in both modern compositional and improvised music and influenced by Middle Eastern and Persian approaches, presents an album of solo percussion work selected from eight improvisations recorded in Bromont, Canada, using a diverse and unusual set of percussive instruments. |
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! |
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. |
Cordame: Satie Variations (Malasartes -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Montreal's six-piece Cordame and composer Jean Felix Mailloux arrange and interpret 18th century composer Erik Satie's work "17 Variations" in celebration of his 150th birthday, adding a lilting swing and beautiful features allowing the orchestration of piano, harp, violin, cello, double bass, and percussion to improvise over these enduring melodies. |
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. |
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. |
Quatuor Bozzini / Gyula Csapo: Deja? Koja? (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The Canadian Council for the Arts commissioned this work by Hungarian composer Gyula Csapo, a student of Morton Feldman amd John Cage, realized by Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini quartet, "Deja? Koja?" meaning "Already? Where to?" is a three-part work with two intermissions, an epic work that references the same basic materials in a variety of perspectives. |
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. |
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock A series of musical "mobiles" from European composer Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, sonic transformations of the visual experiences of Alexander Calder's dynamic sculptures. |
Niggenkemper, Pascal Vision 7: Lucky Prime (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock NY based German-French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper in a European septet with reedist Frank Gratkowski, pianist Eve Risser, violist Frantz Loriot, vibraophonist Els Vandeweyer, voicals Emilie Lesbros, and drummer Christian Lillinger recording at the Loft, Cologne. |
Beaudoin-de-la-Sablonniere, Louis / Eric Normand / Louis-Vincent Hamel: Brulez les Meubles (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Seeking to extend the guitar trio into new and unique territory, the Quebec trio of Eric Normand on electric bass, Louis Beaudoin-de-la-Sablonniere on electric guitar, and Louis-Vincent Hamel on drums, reference performers like Jim Hall, Sonny Sharrock, John Abercrombie, & Bill Frisell while focusing on harmolodic force and unusual melodic lines. |
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Taylor, Mike: Trio, Quartet & Composer, Revisited
Marteau Rouge / Keiji Haino: Concert 2009
Honsinger, Tristan / Nicolas Calioa / Joshua Zubot: In The Sea
Frith, Fred / Darren Johnston: Everybody's Somebody's Nobody
Kjaer, Julie 3 (Kjaer / Edwards / Noble): Dobbeltgaenger
Kowald, Peter / Kent Kessler / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Flats Fixed
FEN (Otomo Yoshihide / Ryu Hankil / Yan Jun / Yuen Chee Wai): No One's Island
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman: Mobile For Shakespeare
Quatuor Bozzini: Alvin Lucier: Navigations
Frith, Fred And Helen Mirra: Kwangsi - quail [VINYL]
Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!!
Leandre, Joelle : A Woman's Work [8 CD BOX SET]
Insub Meta Orchestra: 13 & 27
GGRIL [feat John Butcher / Isaiah Ceccarelli / Xavier Charles]: Facon [2 CDs]
Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault : Printemps 2021
Monicker (Scott Thomson / Arthur Bull / Roger Turner): Libr'aerie
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
Quatuor Bozzini / Gyula Csapo: Deja? Koja?
Quartetski: Quartetski Does Bartok - Mikrokosmos, Sz 107
Roebke, Jason: Every Sunday