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Angeli, Paolo: Tibi  (Hybrid Disc - CD + Video)
Angeli, Paolo:
Tibi (Hybrid Disc - CD + Video)

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $17.95    




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The DVD movie and CD soundtrack of 10 years of Nanni Angeli's photo documentation of the strange story of Paolo Angelis exotic, extended giant Sardinian guitar.

Artaud Beats, The: Logos
Artaud Beats, The:
Logos

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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After performing at Jean-Herve Peron's 2010 Avant Garde Festival, Yumi Hara (keys, violin & voice), Geoff Leigh (winds & electronics), John Greaves (bass & piano) and Chris Cutler (drums & percussion) present their first studio album mixing open-minded composed and improvised music.

Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani:
Cardinal

(Impressus Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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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.

Cusack, Peter: Sounds From Dangerous Places   (2 CD's + 90 Page Hardback Book)
Cusack, Peter:
Sounds From Dangerous Places (2 CD's + 90 Page Hardback Book)

(ReR -- Great Britain )


Price: $32.50    




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Two CDs and a 90 page hardback book with photos, info and interviews from audio documenter and experimenter Peter Cusak, recording in Chernobyl, The Caspian Oilfields, and various dangerous locations in the UK.

Huy (Junji / Kazuhisa / Yoshida): Huy
Huy (Junji / Kazuhisa / Yoshida):
Huy

(Magaibutsu Limited -- Japan )


Price: $14.95    




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The Japanese trio of Hirose Junji on tenor saxophone, Innocence label founder Uchihashi Kazuhisa on guitar, and Yoshida Tatsuya on drums, initiating Magaibutsu's "Improv Session Series" with this on-fire album of controlled chaos, recorded live at Foxhole in Kichijoji.

Lacy, Steve: The Sun
Lacy, Steve:
The Sun

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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Four sessions of music mostly against the Vietnam War - all featuring Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi, in sextet, trio, and quintet with associates including Enrico Rava, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Richard Tietelbaum, &c.

Morris, Joe: Perpetual Frontier The Properties of Free Music [BOOK]
Morris, Joe:
Perpetual Frontier The Properties of Free Music [BOOK]

(Riti Publishing -- USA )


Price: $24.95    




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Joe Morris wrote this book to discuss aspects of free music, including responses to his questionnaire written by Joe McPhee, William Parker, Jamie Saft, Ken Vandermark, Marilyn Crispell, Nate Wooley, Jack Wright, Matthew Shipp, &c.

Moser, Michael: Resonant Cuts: (2 CDs AND BOOK)
Moser, Michael:
Resonant Cuts: (2 CDs AND BOOK)

(Edition Rz -- Germany )


Price: $39.95    




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Book and 2 CDs documenting a 2010 concert and sound installation by Carsten Seiffarth and Michael Moser, with Polweschsel & guests (Burkhard Beins, Axel Dorner, &c) performing the concert.

MusicWorks: #105 Winter 2009
MusicWorks:
#105 Winter 2009

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The great Canadian magazine of improv and compositional music, with articles on Joelle Leandre, Tom Ze, James Rolf, Nicole Lizee, plus a 15 track CD including those artists.

MusicWorks: #106 Spring 2010 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#106 Spring 2010 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The great Canadian magazine of improv and compositional music, with articles on Yannis Kyriakides, Charles Stankievech, Anna Friz, loK8Tr, plus a 12 track CD including those artists.

MusicWorks: #107 Summer 2010 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#107 Summer 2010 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Canada's premiere new music magazine's Summer 2010 issue with articles on Marilyn Lerner, Richard Marsella, Richard Windeyer, Psychotropic Sonics, plus a 12-track CD.

MusicWorks: #108 Winter 2010 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#108 Winter 2010 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Canada's best music magazine, accompanied by a CD, with articles on Kyle Brenders, Barry Truax, Swedish Sound Art, UrbanVessel, and how to build a synthesizer for $10.

MusicWorks: #113 Summer 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#113 Summer 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $17.95    




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Canada's premiere music magazine in their Summer 2012 issue with articles including Jean-Francoise Laporte; Rose Bolton; Cassandra Miller; Derek Charles; plus a 10 track CD with tracks from those and other artists.

MusicWorks: #114 Winter 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#114 Winter 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Winter 2012 issue with 8 track CD; on the cover and featured: Tim Hecker; Featured Pheeroan Aklaff; Featured: Michachu & The Shapes; Profile on Zosha di Castri. Articles on Circuit Bending; Sonic Geography of NYC, Time Square.

MusicWorks: #115 Spring 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#115 Spring 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Spring 2013 issue with 9 track CD. On the cover and featured: Akio Suzuki; Featured: Nicolas Bernier and Martin Messier; Featured: Edrem Helvacioglu; Profile on The Ratchet Orchestra. Plus reviews, events, words, &c.

MusicWorks: #116 Summer 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#116 Summer 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Summer 2013 issue with 8 track CD. On the cover and featured: Colin Stetson. Profile on Buffalo new music. Articles on SlowPitch's Emoralis, soft-circuit sound sculpture. Plus reviews, events, words, &c.

MusicWorks: #117 Winter 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#117 Winter 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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On the cover: Giorgio Magnanensi; Articles on Charlemagne Palestine; Sarah Neufeld; The Beirut Scene; Instant Places' Elastic Planets; Features on The Ondes Martenot; plus reviews of live events, recordings, books, &c &c.

MusicWorks: #118 Spring 2014 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#118 Spring 2014 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Spring 2014 issue of Canada's best new music magazine, with articles on Margaret Noble, Nate Wooley, Victor Gama, plus articles, reviews, and a 13 track CD with tracks including Noble, Wooley, Gama, &c.

MusicWorks: #96 Fall 2006 with CD
MusicWorks:
#96 Fall 2006 with CD

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Musicworks: #119 Summer 2014 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#119 Summer 2014 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The summer 2014 issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine and accompanying CD, with articles on Isaiah Ceccarelli, Petra Glynt, Erin Sexton, Caduc, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Louis Andriessen, Gil Delindro, plus reviews, listings, &c. &c.

Musicworks: #120 Fall 2014 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#120 Fall 2014 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Fall 2014 issue with a 12 track various artist CD from Canada's premiere new music magazine. On the cover: Kris Davis; articles on Wolf Edwards; Video Game Music; Ross Bolleter; plus Coppice; Lido Pimienta; The Muted Noise; live and recorded reviews; &c. &c.

Musicworks: #121 Spring 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#121 Spring 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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On the cover, Jean Derome. Inside: Walter Smetak; Barbara Hannigan; Ian Tung; Cris Derksen; Alex Zhang Hungtai; plus reviews of recordings and events, a label profile, essays, &c. &c.

Musicworks: #122 Summer 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#122 Summer 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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On the cover, Allison Camerson. Inside: Dave Burrell's Unsung Songbook; Peter Ablinger's Art of Time; Sabrina Schroeder's Stircrazer; plus reviews of recordings and events, label profiles, essays, &c. &c.

Musicworks: #124 Spring 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#124 Spring 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The Spring 2016 issue of Canada's best creative music magazine covering composed, improvised and experimental music. Articles include: Juan Camilo Vasquez' Caliope (canto de las abejas); First-Place Winner, Musicworks' 2015 Electronic M...

Musicworks: #125 Summer 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#125 Summer 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Canada's premier new music magazine in their 125th issue, articles include Ayo Leilani; Ocean Bug and Bird Songs; Gabriel Dharmoo; crys cole; Thin Edge New Music Collective; plus a CD with tracks from Witch Prophet; Gabriel Dharmoo; Tim Brady; crys cole; Marc Saba; &c. &c.

Parker, William Quartet: Sound Unity
Parker, William Quartet:
Sound Unity

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Three
Various Artists:
I Never Meta Guitar Three

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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The 3rd issue from Elliott Sharp's compiled series of guitar work in the 21st century, demonstrating new sounds, processes, techniques, melodies, riffs and gestures from a who's-who of modern improvising guitarists, a must-have release for all guitar fans and players.

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Too
Various Artists:
I Never Meta Guitar Too

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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An ongoing compilation organized by Elliott Sharp that is dedicated to solo guitar with 16 original tracks by various artists ranging from acoustic, electro-acoustic, electric, all the way to electronic.

Musicworks: #126 Fall 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#126 Fall 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Canada's premiere music magazine, with articles on The Sound Future of Virtual Reality; Roarke Menzies; Heidi Chan; Erin Gee; Eric Normand; Carmen Braden; Nick Dourado; plus a CD with recordings from Eric Normand, Carmen Braden, Erin Gee, Nick Dourado, Heidi Chan, and Plumes Ensemble.

Gourdon, Yann / Maxime Petit / Jean-Luc Guionnet: Soli - Fanzine [3 CD + BOOK]
Gourdon, Yann / Maxime Petit / Jean-Luc Guionnet:
Soli - Fanzine [3 CD + BOOK]

(BeCoq -- France )


Price: $39.95    




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A strange and bizarrely beautiful "fanzine" of three CDs, one each from hurdy gurdy drone artist Yann Gourdon, bass guitarist Maxime Petite, and Jean Luc Guionnet on organ, with illustration by artists Fredox, Celine Guichard, and 38Fillette; an odd and absorbing package.

Gomberg, Billy / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi : [4X4  Poster/Print w/ Downlo
Gomberg, Billy / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi :
[4X4 Poster/Print w/ Download Link]

(Winds Measure -- USA )


Price: $10.95    




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Of interest to lowercase/Wandelweiser fans, the quartet of Billy Gomberg, Anne Guthrie, Richard Kamerman and Takahiro Kawaguchi use synthesizer, french horn, found objects, & field recordings, frequency generators, to create evolving sound environments of unique sound and timbre.

Suzuki, Akio / Lawrence English: Boombana Echoes Fan  [CD + PRINTS]
Suzuki, Akio / Lawrence English:
Boombana Echoes Fan [CD + PRINTS]

(Winds Measure -- USA )


Price: $21.95    




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Experimental sound performer Lawrence English on drums, electronics and field recordings joins forces with Akio Suzuki on the amazing analapos instrument (see video) for three tracks of unusual and alien sound, punctuated with strange references and percussive devices.

Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL]
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver):
An Air of Unreality [VINYL]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $19.95    




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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.

Musicworks: #127 Spring 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#127 Spring 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Spring 2016 issue of Canada's premier music magazine, including a 10-track CD of musicians featured in this issue's magazine. Contents include: articles on Craig Aalders' el8dEra 3m; , Eighty-five scores celebrate Pauline Oliveros; Toronto label All-Set! Editions; Thin Edge New Music Collective; electronic composer John Mills-Cockell; and much more!

Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa: Reflected Waves [60 pages 21x25 cm + DVD video 1h48mn]
Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa:
Reflected Waves [60 pages 21x25 cm + DVD video 1h48mn]

(Passage d'encres -- France )


Price: $25.95    




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Eric La Casa and Jean Luc Guionnet recorded this conceptual work in Melbourne, Australia, combining different scales of time, space, & attention, with different working strategies to create a gallery installation, and this book & DVD package exploring the acoustic phenomenon of "standing waves" to engage with the physical relationship between sound and space.

Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements
Wisseltangcamatta, The:
Movements

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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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.

 
La Casa, Eric :
Paris Quotidien [CD+60 page booklet of photos & text]

(Swarming -- France )


Price: $14.95    




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Eric La Casa documents his home environment in Paris through audio investigation and field recordings, creating 3 large works that reveal the properties, singularities, banalities and features of his audio environment in perspective to his status as a citizen of the city, presented in a gatefold CD package with a color 60-page booklet of photos and text.

MusicWorks: #110 Summer 2011 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#110 Summer 2011 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Summer 2011 issue of Canada's premiere music magazine and CD, with articles and tracks from Gregory Oh, Grimes, Doldrums, The Vegetable Orchestra, Terri Hron, Miguel Azguime, Rachel Wadham, &c.

MusicWorks: #112 Spring 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#112 Spring 2012 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Canada's premiere new music magazine, with Philip Glass on the cover, plus articles on Jocelyn Morlock, Farah, D'Eon and Gill, and Olivia Block, and a 12 track CD of works by those and other artists.

Talibam! & Sam Kulik: Discover AtlantASS [CD & Graphic Book]
Talibam! & Sam Kulik:
Discover AtlantASS [CD & Graphic Book]

(Belly Kids -- Great Britain )


Price: $17.95    




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NY's Talibam! team up with artist graphic artist Sam Kulik to tell the absurd and fantastic story of a young teen named Franklin who gets abducted by a revolutionary jazz fish into the undersea world of Atlantis.

Travassos: Life Is A Simple Mess [BOOK + CD]
Travassos:
Life Is A Simple Mess [BOOK + CD]

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $19.95    




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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.

Mincek, Alex : Torrent
Mincek, Alex :
Torrent

(Sound American/Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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NY Composer and Zs founder Alex Mincek's first release since 2011 also launches Sound American's Young Composer Portrait series, presenting 4 chamber works--"Pendulum VII"; selected movements from "Harmonielehre"; "Pneuma"; and "Torrent"--performed by Wet Ink Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, and Yarn/Wire, in a deluxe hardcover book package with interviews and notes.

Parker, William : Conversations II Dialogues & Monologues [CD & BOOK]
Parker, William :
Conversations II Dialogues & Monologues [CD & BOOK]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $44.95    




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The 2nd volume in New York free improvising basist William Parker's "Conversations" series, more than 500 pages with 32 interview between William Parker and artists including Marshall Allen, Tim Berne, Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Dresser, Henry Grimes, &c &c, plus a CD excerpting those interviews and punctuated with duos between Parker and saxophonist Kidd Jordan.

Musicworks: #129 Winter 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#129 Winter 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Canada's premiere creative and new music magazine in their 129th issue, Winter 2017/18, with Geronimo Inutiq on the cover, plus articles on University of Victoria's music department, reedist Karen Ng, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Kamancello, Quasar saxophone quartet, Biophilia, Spool, and an 11-track CD with music from those artists and more.

Musicworks: #130 Spring 2018 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#130 Spring 2018 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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In it's 40th year, the Canadian music journal Musicworks, with a reflection on their journey, alongside articles about guitarist Sam Shalabi, composer Sarah Hennies, the music series SONICBernheim in Louisville, Kentucky, electronic-music producer Vanese "VJ" Smith (Pursuit Grooves), and a 13-track CD with music from the those artists and more.

Kawaguchi / Olive / Oshiro: Airs
Kawaguchi / Olive / Oshiro:
Airs

(845 Audio -- Japan )


Price: $12.95    




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Using guidelines related to form, time, sound source and density, the trio of Tim Olive on magnetic pickups, Takahiro Kawaguchi and Makoto Oshiro on self-made instruments, recorded these compositions live, named for the atmosphere of the recording environment.

Lacerda / Manso / Nilssen-Love / Zenicola: Bota Fogo
Lacerda / Manso / Nilssen-Love / Zenicola:
Bota Fogo

(Bocian Records 2014/QTV/PNL -- Norway )


Price: $15.95    




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A live recording of two extended improvisations at Audio Rebel's Quintavant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the quartet of Arthur Lacerda on guitar and electronics, electric bassist Felipe Zenicola, guitarist Eduardo Manso, and drummer/percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love.

Kahn, Jason : Space Text Sound [BOOK]
Kahn, Jason :
Space Text Sound [BOOK]

(Editions -- Switzerland )


Price: $14.65    




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A 244 page book documenting text material used in three of sound experimenter Jason Kahn's recent installations: "An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Hong Kong (After Perec)" (2016), "Drifting" (2016) and "Other Ghosts" (2015), emphasizing how words can convey the sense of place sounds can, and how these words impart a feeling for inner spaces.

AMM (Previost / Rowe / Tilbury): An Unintended Legacy [3 CDs]
AMM (Previost / Rowe / Tilbury):
An Unintended Legacy [3 CDs]

(Matchless -- UK )


Price: $44.95    




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A beautiful 3-CD set with a hardcover book presenting 3 full concerts from 2015 & 2016 of the AMM trio configuration of John Tilbury (piano), Keith Rowe (guitar) and Eddie Prevost (percussion). The 70 page book, dedicated to saxophonist Lou Gare, includes an AMM discography, plus photos, and essays by Paige Mitchell and Allen Fisher; Keith Rowe; Eddie Prevost; and Seymour Wright.

Musicworks: #131 Fall 2018 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#131 Fall 2018 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The second issue in the 40th anniversary year of Canada's foremost magazine exploring new music in composed, improvised, experimental and other unusual musics, articles including Peggy Lee, Circuit Bending, composer Maria de Alvear, an article on the Bug Incision label, plus a 14-track CD with tracks to accompany the articles, plus album reviews, live reviews, &c. &c.

Various Artists: Sound American Vol. 2 [BOOK]
Various Artists:
Sound American Vol. 2 [BOOK]

(Sound American/Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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The second print volume from Sound American's online music journal edited by Nate Wooley, collecting volumes 4 through 7 with interviews with Canary Records' Ian Nagoski, Dick Spottswood, John Corbett, Bobby Zankel and Elliott Levin, Pauline Oliveros, Hal Rammel plus articles on Jack Rose by Chris Forsyth, an instrument celebration of Harry Partch, &c. &c.

Fujii, Satoko : Diary 2005-2015 [Scorebook]
Fujii, Satoko :
Diary 2005-2015 [Scorebook]

(Libra -- Japan )


Price: $39.95    




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A book of scores to accompany the double CD of 56 Satoko Fujii compostions titled "Diary 2005-2015", performed by respected classical pianist and educator Yuko Yamaoka, released as part of Satoko Fujii's ambitious 60th birthday monthly album set.

Musicworks: #133 Spring 2019 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#133 Spring 2019 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Spring 2019 issue of Canada's premier new music magazine, with articles on Montreal's Dominique Fils-Aime; Composer Linda Catlin Smith; Strasbourg-based Canadian composer and heckelphonist Samuel Andreyev; Camae Ayewa and Carmel Farabakhsh; plus a 10-track various artists CD with tracks from the above, including a work by Wadada Leo Smith, &c. &c.

Wire, The: #396 February 2017 [MAGAZINE] <i>[Used Item]</i>
Wire, The:
#396 February 2017 [MAGAZINE] [Used Item]

(The Wire -- UK )


Price: $7.20    




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On the cover: Run The Jewels, hiphop's 24 carat duo of El-P and Killer Mike; interview with Russian composer and Tarkovsky collaborator Edward Artemiev; Lisbon's new jazz vanguard; + Dubplates & Mastering's Rashad Becker Invisible Jukebox; views, news, reviews, &c.

Taylor, Hollis: Absolute Bird [2 CDs]
Taylor, Hollis:
Absolute Bird [2 CDs]

(ReR Megacorp -- UK )


Price: $34.95    




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An unusual and distinctive record from violinist and ornithologist Hollis Taylor, a book with 2 CDS presenting 41 tracks of recordings of the Australian pied butcherbird, each track pairing a bird, environmental sound, and a single instrumentalist, with an impressive list of performers who take unique approaches to the challenge of accompanying a bird.

Various Artists: Money Will Ruin Everything, The Second Edition 2CD/BOOK
Various Artists:
Money Will Ruin Everything, The Second Edition 2CD/BOOK

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $59.95    




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The overdue 2003 release of Rune Grammofon's 10 year anniversary book and 2 CD set, revised and superior to the 1st edition with new art, more tracks, more pages, &c.

Parker, William : Conversations III [BOOK]
Parker, William :
Conversations III [BOOK]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $54.95    




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The third book in New York improvising bassist William Parker's interview with other improvisers, here with 33 interviews, 29 works of art by Jeff Schlangler and 13 photographs by Jacques Bisceglia; interviews include Steve Dalachinsky, Pheeroan Aklaff, Hamiet Bluiett, Craig Harris, Gerry Hemingway, Jason Kao Hwang, Ingrid Laubrock, Joe McPhee, &c.

Musicworks: #135 Winter 2020 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#135 Winter 2020 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Winter 2019 issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine and CD, with articles on Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pierre-Yves Martel, Jennifer Thiessen, Wesley Shen, Julia Kent, Tim Olive, Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, the CD including works by each, plus reviews of recent Canadian and international recordings as well as the fourth annual Calgary New Music Festival.

Stevens, John: Search and Reflect [BOOK]
Stevens, John:
Search and Reflect [BOOK]

(Rockschool -- UK )


Price: $39.95    




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A reprinting of drummer/percussionist John Steven's music workshop manual used in his London-based organisation Community Music with practical application for running music workshops based on improvisation, originally published in 1985, this edition was re-published by Rockschool in 2007, with additional forewords by Steve Beresford and Maggie Nicols.

Prevost, Eddie: An Uncommon Music For the Common Man [BOOK]
Prevost, Eddie:
An Uncommon Music For the Common Man [BOOK]

(Matchless -- UK )


Price: $39.95    




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Percussionist, Improviser and AMM founding member Eddie Prévost's fourth book presents a fascinating series of reflections and challenging insights on music in its various forms, and the development of improvised music at the intersection of contemporary compositional and conceptual forms; alongside a personal history of Prevost's life and his relationship with music.

Brown, Don / Dan Reynolds: D=D [HARDCOVER BOOK w/ CD]
Brown, Don / Dan Reynolds:
D=D [HARDCOVER BOOK w/ CD]

(Sacred Realism -- Germany )


Price: $29.95    




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The culmination of 15 years of work is this ambitious installment of Bryan Eubanks with Joe Foster, Dan Brown, and Dan Reynolds' sound project, in a CD of diverse compositions merging concrete, acousmatic sources and field recordings, with an accompanying 391 page book of letters, notes, aphorisms, scores, images, and commentary from the artists & contributors.

Sun Ra: Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972) [4 BOOKS]
Sun Ra:
Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972) [4 BOOKS]

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


Price: $46.95    




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Four books of poetry by Sun Ra: two pamphlets that accompanied early Sun Ra albums issued in the late 1950s — Jazz By Sun Ra (1957) and Jazz In Silhouette (1959) — and two published more than a decade later later by Infinity Inc./Saturn Research: The Immeasurable Equation and the very rare Extensions Out: The Immeasurable Equation Vol. II.

Musicworks: #139 Spring/Summer 2021 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#139 Spring/Summer 2021 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Spring/Summer issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine, including an 11-track CD of music from the artists covered in each issue, with articles: Sobey Art Award wubber Lou Shppard; a 30-page section exploring climate emergency through nine sound and music artists; Brooklyn-based composer and violist Tanya Kalmanovitch; Ashley Au; James Goddard; David Psutka; &c. &c!

Kahn, Jason: Infinity Suite [BOOK + CD]
Kahn, Jason:
Infinity Suite [BOOK + CD]

(Editions -- Austria )


Price: $15.58    




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A 60 page book and CD from sound artist Jason Kahn, the audio composition representing an interconnected set of sound impressions focused on the Indian city of Varanasi, using field recordings of life on the street, the people, animals & music heard there, into the holy sites of the city, the school rooms, ending with a cremation and inevitable quiet at end of day.

Sharp, Elliott: IrRational Music [BOOK]
Sharp, Elliott:
IrRational Music [BOOK]

(TerraNova Press -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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An insightful look at the history of New York composer, saxophonist and guitarist Elliott Sharp, "Sixteen Pieces in the Shape of a Memoir" as Sharp looks back at his musical influences and approach to playing and composing, with observations on music, art, politics and technology, a fascinating set of essays from a vanguard artist's point of view.

Brotzmann, Peter: Along The Way [BOOK]
Brotzmann, Peter:
Along The Way [BOOK]

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


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A beautiful 228 page limited edition hardcover book chronicling the last decade of artwork by saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, created spontaneously while on the road or between tours using materials at hand; featuring essays by Brotzmann, Thomas Milroth, John Corbett, Markus Muller, Sotiris Kontos, Stephen O'Malley, Heather Leigh and Karl Lippegaus.

Le Trio Expansible: L'Atelier de musique experimentale [CD w/ BOOK]
Le Trio Expansible:
L'Atelier de musique experimentale [CD w/ BOOK]

(Tour de Bras -- Canada )


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Exploring the history of improvisation in Montreal, Tour de Bras issues this unreleased 1973 recording from Le Trio Expansible of Yves Bouliane (Ensemble Supermusique) on double bass, Bernard Gagnon on guitar and Robert Marcel Lepage (Ambiances Magnetiques) on clarinet, including archival documents from the Experimental Music Workshop with texts by co-founder Raymond Gervais.

Somnoroase Pasarele: 0RT0 (I-IV)
Somnoroase Pasarele:
0RT0 (I-IV)

(Aubjects -- USA )


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An exploration of texture and mood through electronics, performed by Romanian poet and plastic artist Gili Mocanu between 2015 & 2016, divided in four suites of striking and specific interpretive sound inspired by the eclipse of August 21, 2017, detailed in a beautiful 16 page booklet of eclipse imagery from the artist, packaged in a DVD snap case.

Musicworks: #140 Fall 2021 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
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(Musicworks -- Canada )


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Canada's leading avant music magazine in their Fall 2021 issue, with articles on Understory (Nicole Rampersaud, Parmela Attariwala, and Germaine Liu), Frank Denyer, Taylor Brook, record & live reviews, plus a 14 track CD with pieces from Rocío Cano Valiño, Understory Show One: Gabriel Dharmoo/SlowPitchSound/Lan Tung, Frank Denyer, Nick Storring, &c.

Musicworks: #141 WINTER 2021/2022 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#141 WINTER 2021/2022 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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The Winter 2021/22 issue of Canada's premiere music magazine explores the creative ideas of artists engaged in beautiful, daring musical acts of innovation, celebration, and resistance--Alanna Stuard, Yves Charuest, Roxanne Nesbitt, New Age Doom & Lee Scratch Perry--plus Beny Esguerra, Jessica McMann, Juro Kim Feliz, Backward Music; and recorded & live reviews, features, &c. &c.

Mayas, Magda / Tina Douglas: Objects Of Interest [CD + BOOK]
Mayas, Magda / Tina Douglas:
Objects Of Interest [CD + BOOK]

(Room40 -- Australia )


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Following the visual scores of multi-disciplinary artist Tina Douglas, pianist Magda Mayas uses objects and preparations on piano, clavinet & rhodes keyboards to expand on Douglas' sculptural and tactile scores, exposing the fragility or imperfections in each, allowing one melody, chord or noise to become the focus of Maya's aural rendering and interpretations.

Rosenfeld, Marina: Index [CD + BOOK]
Rosenfeld, Marina:
Index [CD + BOOK]

(Room40 -- Australia )


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A series of live recordings and related materials that trace the development of turntable artist Marina Rosenfeld's tactile approach to experimental sound, using dub plates--vinyl albums she has had pressed to develop a personal library of sound for performance--here in six improvisations accompanied by a 24-page book with a discussion between Rosenfeld and Lawrence English.

Kwang, Goh Lee: Draw Sound [3-inch CD + BOOK]
Kwang, Goh Lee:
Draw Sound [3-inch CD + BOOK]

(Herbal International -- Germany )


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An unusual release of drawings and coins - 98 tracks in 8 1/2 minutes, where each track is the sound of one or more coins dropping by the hand of sound artist Goh Lee Kwang, plus one track from Woody Sullender; the book has pencil drawings apparently inspired by the sound.

Lost Kisses: My Life is Sad & Funny [DVD]
Lost Kisses:
My Life is Sad & Funny [DVD]

(Silber Media -- USA )


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Brian John Mitchell's Lost Kisses started in 2002, a stickman comic about a self-centered jackass trying to forge a heart of gold, transferred to DVD with a making of.

MusicWorks: #109 Spring 2011 [MAGAZINE + CD]
MusicWorks:
#109 Spring 2011 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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Musicworks Spring 2011 issue with Music Technology Futures on the cover, plus articles on Cleo Palacio-Quintin, Paul Walde, Daniel Peter Biro, and 10 track compilation CD.

Musicworks: #123 Fall 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#123 Fall 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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Features: The Expanding Universe of Yamantaka // Sonic Titan; Yamantaka // Sonic Titan; The Retro Aesthetic of Le Revelateur; JOYFULTALK (Drip Audio); Muuixx; Hard Rubber Orchestra; Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville; Allison Cameron and Contact; plus live and recorded reviews.

Musicworks: #128 Summer/Fall 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#128 Summer/Fall 2017 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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Summer 2017 issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine, with a CD featuring tracks from selected artists covered in the magazine; Bekah Simms; Senyawa; Pantayo, HanHan, and Luyos MC; Brodie West; Artificiel; Another Timbre's Canadian Composers Series; Vicky Chow; Festival de International Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, 33rd Edition reviewed; &c. &c.

Musicworks: #132 Fall 2018 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#132 Fall 2018 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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The final issue of the premier Canadian new music magazine Musicworks' 40th anniversary year, with Darcy Spidle on the cover, plus articles on Luke Nickel, Lina Allemano, Andre Cormier, Joseph Shabason, Thanya Iyer, the Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, plus a 9 track CD with music from Darcy Spidle, Shabason, Iyer, Luke Nickel & Heather Roche, &c. &c.

Musicworks: #134 Fall 2019 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#134 Fall 2019 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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Fall 2019 issue of Canada's premier music magazine covering contemporary, improvisation and experimental music, plus reviews of recordings, books, and events; this issue has articles on Ana Sokolovic, Charlie Morrow, Nadah El Shazly, Laraaji, Amy Brandon, William Kuo, Sami Blanco, Silla and Rise, Mystery & Wonder Records, including a CD with tracks from the same.

Musicworks: #136 Spring 2020 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#136 Spring 2020 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Spring 2020 issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine covering improvised, composed and experimental music, with reviews of recordings and live events and extensive articles, this issue featuring Anthony Pateras, Xuan Ye, sound artist April Aliermo and composer Lieke van der Voort; with a 15 track CD of work from those and other featured artists.

Musicworks: #137 Fall 2020 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#137 Fall 2020 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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Fall 2020 issue of Canada's finest new music magazine, focusing on guitars--hollow, heavy, bowed, cracked, pedalled, flung, trusty companions & feedback demons; Plus articles on Casey Koyczan, Susan Alcorn, Amy Brandon, Aidan Baker, Eliza Kavtion, C. Diab, Markus Lake, Catherine Debard, Cloud Chamber, &c; and an 11-track CD with music from the aforementioned.

Musicworks: #138 Winter 2020/2021 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#138 Winter 2020/2021 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The final issue of 2020 is is dedicated to the art of conversation in music and about music during the age of pandemic; with Debby Friday on the cover, plus articles about Victoria-based composer Anna Höstman, Tehran-born Araz Salek, Tkarón:to-based saxophonist and composer Olivia Shortt, with a CD including tracks from those artists, plus reviews, articles, &c.

Musicworks: #142 Summer 2022 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#142 Summer 2022 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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The Summer 2022 issue of Canada's essential music magazine exploring improvised, compositional, experimental and other musical hybrids, this issue with composer Gayle Young on the cover, articles on violist Ig Henneman, composer Du Yun, Mark Ellestad, plus reviews, interviews and a 10-track CD with music from artists covered in the magazine.

Rosenfeld, Marina: roygbiv&b [BOOK]
Rosenfeld, Marina:
roygbiv&b [BOOK]

(Run/Off Editions -- USA )


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A handsome spiral-bound book to accompany experimental sound artist and turntablist Marin Rosenfeld's roygbiv&b project riffing on the title through performance memory exercises, with text including a "User's Manual", a foreward by musicologist Benjamin Piekut, color & b/w images from the performance & exhibition, and four fold-out pages with scores.

Kahn, Jason : Voice and Sky [BOOK + CD]
Kahn, Jason :
Voice and Sky [BOOK + CD]

(Editions -- Switzerland )


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Sound experimenter and electroacoustic organizer Jason Kahn revisits previous works and expands on them with the book and CD release, with an essay on his approach towards public space interventions and text / sound installations, a track listing, photographs from the locations of his field recordings, and texts and prose poems to accompany the listener.

 

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