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![]() Cimnari, Matteo: Mental Core Drilling (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Matteo Ciminari leads an adventurous sextet through a labyrinth of polyrhythms, dissonant harmonies, and unexpected textures, with virtuosic contributions from Maurizio Moscatelli, Simone Maggio, Mattia Borraccetti, Michele Sperandio, and Luca Orselli, creating an unpredictable yet lyrical fusion of progressive structure, free jazz, and playful experimentation. |
![]() Dunmalll, Paul (Dunmall / Sanders / Bellatalla / Adams): Jazz Suite Outcome Of Choice (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded at Birmingham's Custard Factory in 1999, tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall leads drummer Mark Sanders, bassist Roberto Bellatalla, and guitarist John Adams through a set of Dunmall compositions, delivering lyrically expressive free jazz improvisations that blend dynamic interaction with inventive melodic exploration. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko Tokyo Trio: Dream A Dream (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Satoko Fujii's Tokyo Trio, featuring bassist Takashi Sugawa and drummer Ittetsu Takemura, expertly balances structured compositions with intuitive improvisation on their third album, recorded in Paris after touring the material across Japan and Europe, exploring shifting moods and intricate interplay through richly lyrical piano lines, subtle rhythmic dialogue, and inventive collective expression. |
![]() Gjerstad, Frode: Stavanger 9 9 2024 (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live 2024 performance at Spor 5 in Stavanger, Norway, uniting saxophonist Frode Gjerstad with pianist Margaux Oswald and drummer Ivar Myrset Asheim in an engaging set of collective free improvisation marked by dynamic interplay, impressive dialog from reserved introspection to expansive kinetic energy across shifting textures and intensities. |
![]() Hemispheres : II (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A cross-cultural instrumental suite uniting British and Australian musicians, featuring the resonant didgeridoo and rhythmic sticks of Paul Rider-Boon, the rich woodwinds of Susie Hodder-Williams and Chris Caldwell, atmospheric electronics and guitar from Sam Hodder, and the expressive voice of Clifton Bieundurry, spiritually merging indigenous sound with contemporary improv and electronica. |
![]() Henderson, Joe / Kenny Dorham / Andrew Hill / McCoy Tyner: Our Thing to In 'N Out Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Joe Henderson, alongside Kenny Dorham and Andrew Hill, revisits the essence of the 'New Thing' in jazz with the remasters and reissues of Our Thing to In 'N Out, showcasing mastery of both conservative and adventurous impulses through a sly blend of inside and outside tactics, marked by intricate solos and dynamic group interplay that highlight the evolving soundscape of early 60s Blue Note recordings. |
![]() Kunz, Christopher / Florian Fischer: Die Unwucht, Disperation And Focus First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock German saxophonist Christopher Kunz and drummer Florian Fischer capture the essence of German forests in their outdoor recording, titled to translate as 'The Unbalance, Desperation and Focus,' where sauntering saxophone and dynamic drums blend with environmental sounds to evoke a profound intimacy, growing with each listen and inviting deep engagement with nature's wild and humane aspects. |
![]() La Noed (w/ Carlos Mascolo): De la liberte (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by Maggie Nelson's reflections on freedom, this intuitive and boundary-defying quintet — featuring saxophonists Simona Castria and Angelo Manicone, Carlo Mascolo on no-input trombone, Valerio Metteo on organismic synthesizers, and João Pedro Viegas on bass clarinet — explores collective improvisation as a form of resistance, creating a deeply expressive tapestry untethered from ego or hierarchy. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Decoding the Evolution of Meaning (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Boston-based improvisational ensemble Leap of Faith, led by multi-instrumentalist David Peck (PEK) and cellist Glynis Lomon, presents a drummerless seven-piece configuration recorded live at Evil Clown Headquarters, navigating expansive free improvisation with horns, strings, electronics, and unconventional percussion in an explorative chamber-like performance of subtle dynamics and spontaneous interplay |
![]() Maneri, Joe / Tyson Rogers / Jacob Braverman: In The Shadow, First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Capturing a multidimensional dialogue through breathy microtones, atonal piano fragments, and ambiguous percussion, Joe Maneri on sax and clarinet, Tyson Rogers on piano, and Jacob Braverman on drums craft abstract improvisations exploring the delicate interplay of shadow and light, revealing emotional nuances and identity in richly layered, spontaneous constructions of impressive expressive intensity. |
![]() Toyozumi, Sabu / Richard Allan Bates / Rick Countryman: The Separation of Sound and Space (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The trio of Sabu Toyozumi, Richard Allan Bates, and Rick Countryman delve into a contemplative exploration anchored by Bates's electric upright bass, whose resonant tones foster rich harmonic dialogues between Toyozumi's textured percussion and Countryman's fluid alto saxophone, emphasizing the nuanced interplay of sound and space. |
![]() Transcendence (Bob Gluck / Christopher Dean Sullivan / Karl Latham): Music Of Pat Metheny (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by the compositions of Pat Metheny, the Transcendence trio of pianist Bob Gluck, bassist Christopher Dean Sullivan, and drummer Karl Latham blends intent listening and explorative improvisational mastery into an expressive and dynamic performance, recorded in parallel with Gluck's book Pat Metheny: Stories Beyond Words in a heart-felt and sincere tribute to the guitarist's work. |
![]() Tret Trio (Ron Hall / Tobias Weindorf / Phillipp Van Endert): Crow Jam (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautifully lyrical and introspective trio recording from saxophonist Rob Hall, keyboardist Tobias Weindorf, and guitarist Philipp van Endert, sharing compositional duties across a set of chamber-like modern jazz works recorded in Germany, where nuanced improvisation, melodic sensitivity, and a refined sense of space define this elegant and democratic debut from the pan-European Tret Trio. |
![]() Zero Point (Rick Countryman / German Bringas / Itzam Cano / Gabriel Lauber): Determinism (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An exciting meeting of free improvisers featuring saxophonists Rick Countryman and Germán Bringas — whose synesthetic explorations have defined Mexico City's free jazz underground since the '90s with his band Zero Point — updated here with bassist Itzam Cano and drummer Gabriel Lauber, Countryman joining while in Mexico City for this fiercely interactive 2022 session of profound sonic reflections. |
![]() Cocks, Laura: FATHM [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $21.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Flutist and TAK Ensemble member Laura Cocks crafts an intimate, breath-driven solo work that blurs sound and silence, guiding listeners through fragmented melodies, hushed textures, and resonant pauses, offering a deeply personal and poetic meditation on presence, absence, and the physicality of listening. |
![]() Hemphill Stringtet, The : Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Celebrating the profound compositional legacy of Julius Hemphill through inventive string adaptations of his saxophone quartet and sextet works, violinists Curtis Stewart and Sam Bardfeld, violist Stephanie Griffin, and cellist Tomeka Reid channel Abdul Wadud's expressive spirit, transforming Hemphill's blues-inflected jazz into vividly textured chamber improvisations with lyrical intensity. |
![]() O'Farrill, Adam : For These Streets (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Brooklyn trumpeter Adam O'Farrill leads a superb octet — Mary Halvorson (guitar), Patricia Brennan (vibes), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), and others — through dramatically inventive compositions inspired by the literature and arts of the 1930s, balancing angular rhythmic intensity, rich melodic lyricism, and expressive improvisational depth with adventurous sophistication. |
![]() Schindler, Udo / Erhard Hirt / Ove Volquartz: Shifting Types of Amazement (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A compelling live performance from Munich's Waldkirche Planegg uniting Udo Schindler's inventive bass clarinets, Erhard Hirt's textural guitar and computer interactions, and Ove Volquartz's resonant low reeds, weaving a rich tapestry of spontaneous, intricately layered improvisations infused with subtle electronic nuances. |
![]() Simulacrum: Mecanique Analytique (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An intricate electro-acoustic exploration from David Peck's Simulacrum sextet — featuring expansive horn and reed textures, a robust three-member electronics section, and eclectic percussion — in a sonically adventurous live session at Evil Clown Headquarters, resulting in vibrant improvisations blending organic timbres with dynamic electronic atmospheres. |
![]() Yoko, Ono / The Great Learning Orchestra: Selected Recordings From Grapefruit [2 CDs] (KARLRECORDS -- Germany ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock For the first time on record, Yoko Ono's seminal 1964 conceptual text Grapefruit is sonically realized in a full album, as Stockholm's Great Learning Orchestra interprets 20 of Ono's event scores through ensemble performances, environmental recordings, and experimental sound actions, bringing her visionary work into vivid and imaginative musical form. |
![]() Jeong / Bisio Duo w/ Joe Mcphee / Jay Rosen: Morning Bells Whistle Bright (ESP -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A meeting of deep lyrical expression and adventurous collective free jazz, as Korean pianist Eunhye Jeong and bassist Michael Bisio expand their intuitive duo with the soulful power of Joe McPhee on tenor saxophone and the dynamic energy of drummer Jay Rosen, in a resonant, poetic session beautifully captured at Park West Studios for ESP-Disk. |
![]() Brotzmann, Peter / John Edwards / Steve Noble / Jason Adasiewicz: The Quartet [2 CDs] (Otoroku -- Austria ) Price: $31.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of Peter Brötzmann's final recordings, captured live at Cafe OTO with vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist John Edwards, and drummer Steve Noble, presenting two nights of emotionally charged and fiercely expressive performances that blend power, lyricism, and deep intergenerational connection in a fitting and resonant farewell to the legendary saxophonist. |
![]() Thomas, Pat: The Solar Model of Ibn-Al Shatir (Otoroku -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fourth solo piano album from British improviser Pat Thomas on Otoroku, recorded at London's Fish Factory and drawing from his Sufi faith and the legacy of Arabic scientific innovation, as Thomas explores cosmic motion and spiritual resonance through dynamic inside-piano techniques, harmonic clusters, and deeply personal, rhythmically charged improvisations. |
![]() Archer (Dave Rempis / Terrie Ex / Jon Rune Strom / Tollef Ostvang): Sudden Dusk (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fierce and unpredictable quartet of international improvisers — saxophonist Dave Rempis, guitarist Terrie Ex, bassist Jon Rune Strøm, and drummer Tollef Østvang — recorded live in Chicago and Milwaukee, delivering a balance of explosive energy and nuanced restraint in a tightly coiled interplay of sonic provocation, rhythmic drive, and free-form invention. |
![]() Devouring the Guilt (Bill Harris / Gerrit Hatcher / Eli Namay): Not To Want To Say (Kettle Hole Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Releasing their first album in 2017, the collective trio of Chicago improvisers Bill Harris on drums, Gerrit Hatcher on tenor saxophone and Eli Namay on bass (now based in Pittsburgh), this third release is their first studio album, in two long-form improvisations that work on a spontaneous canvas of edgy contemplation and assertive conversation. |
![]() Expanse (Percussion Edition): Clangorous Sounds Arise (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A powerful large-ensemble improvisation drawing on the metallic percussion roots of early Metal Chaos Ensemble, this edition of Expanse features Evil Clown regulars alongside Berklee percussionists — including rising drummer Andy Korajczyk and instrument inventor Ken Lovelett — in a resonant, textural work of shimmering sonorities and kinetic interplay, recorded live with real-time signal processing. |
![]() Glenn's, Jordan BEAK : The Party (Queen Bee Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An electrifying fusion of diverse musical traditions, this evening-length composition showcases the dynamic interplay of guitarists Karl Evangelista and David James, bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, vibraphonist Mark Clifford, percussionist Robert Lopez, drummer Jon Arkin, and Val Esway, seamlessly blending composed structures with spontaneous improvisation to capture the ensemble's innovative spirit. |
![]() Birge, Jean-Jacques + 16 musiciens: Pique-nique Au Labo 4 (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock In a vibrant fusion of spontaneous themes and collective improvisation, Jean-Jacques Birgé leads a 17-member ensemble through dynamic performances recorded at Studio GRRR and live during APÉRO LABO sessions, blending diverse instrumentation and real-time composition to create an album of unpredictable auditory journeys. |
![]() Sonic Chambers Quartet: Kiss Of The Earth (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut album from the Sonic Chambers Quartet — co-led by multi-reedists Byron Asher and Tomas Majcherski with bassist Matt Booth and drummer Doug Garrison — presents a deeply expressive and texturally rich orchestration merging American avant jazz tradition with European chamber influences, shaped through collaborative composition, adventurous improv, and a strikingly unified ensemble sound. |
![]() Zethson, Alex / Nikos Veliotis : Cryo (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Alexander Zethson (Vathres, Fire! Orchestra, Angles) and cellist Nikos Veliotis (MMMD, In Trance 95) present two expansive, darkly immersive improvisations that drift through glacial landscapes of resonant, slowly shifting textures and austere tonal drones, sculpting elemental sound environments of profound stillness and contemplation through deep-listening and hypnotic intensity. |
![]() Birge, Jean-Jacques : Perspectives Du Xxiie Siecle (Musee d'ethnographie de Geneve -- Switzerland ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Commissioned by Geneva's Museum of Ethnography, Jean-Jacques Birgé crafts a richly imaginative sonic fiction using field recordings, archival folk material, and electroacoustic composition, with a remarkable ensemble including Nicolas Chedmail, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Jean-François Vrod, Sylvain Lemêtre, and Else Birgé, evoking a post-human journey through reinvention and memory. |
![]() Bothen, Christer 3: L'INVISIBLE (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A deeply intuitive trio session from Swedish bass clarinetist Christer Bothen with bassist Kansan Zetterberg (aka Torbjourn Zetterberg) and vibraphonist/drummer Kjell Nordeson, balancing lyrically meditative spaciousness with surging energy through dreamlike, open-ended improvisations that reflect Bothen's lifelong pursuit of spiritual expression in sound. |
![]() Expanse Percussion Edition: Sonorant Pandemonium (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A powerhouse configuration of Evil Clown's Expanse Percussion Edition, balancing horns, electronics, and an extraordinary array of metallic and membrane percussion, as David Peck, John Fugarino, Hilary Noble, and a team of improvisers — including percussionists Michael Knoblach and Sergio Bellotti — shape a dynamic, textural journey of shifting grooves, chaotic interplay, and expansive sonorities. |
![]() Expanse: Panoramic Extent (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An electrified offshoot of Evil Clown's improvisational collective, this powerful quartet featuring PEK, Jonathan LaMaster, Robin Amos, and Michael Knoblach channels the post-rock energy of Boston's Cul de Sac through spontaneous electroacoustic interplay, melding elaborate electronics, extended strings, and an arsenal of percussive and wind instruments into a rich, groove-laced and sonically expansive performance. |
![]() Klinga, Erik: Elusive Shimmer (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swedish composer Erik Klinga crafts radiant electroacoustic works from Buchla synth, pipe organ, drum machine, and field recordings, weaving melodic ambient vignettes that shimmer with warmth and light, moving through celestial textures, gliding rhythms, and bird-like flourishes in a richly detailed debut recorded at StockholmÕs Royal College of Music, the first of a planned trilogy on Thanatosis. |
![]() La Casa, Eric: Zones Portuaires 2 (Swarming -- France ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working from recordings made at maritime ports between 2017 and 2023, sound artist Éric La Casa constructs a compelling suite of documentary compositions shaped by the industrial rhythms, constraints, and spatial tensions of global harbours, blending field recording and sonic observation into a tactile, immersive portrait of male-dominated coastal labor environments. |
![]() Lavant, Denis / Jean-Jacques Birge / Lionel Martin: Les Dements (2 CDS) (GRRR / Ouch! -- France ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following their 2022 album Fictions, French saxophonist Lionel Martin and multi-instrumentalist Jean-Jacques Birgé reunite with actor Denis Lavant for a second collaboration, captured in a spontaneous two-disc session of spoken word and electroacoustic improvisation, as Lavant delivers chosen texts with surreal intensity amid vividly shifting soundscapes. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Correlations (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An expansive octet of seasoned improvisers from the Evil Clown collective — including PEK (David Peck), Glynis Lomon, Michael Caglianone, and Albey onBass — navigate pure improvisation through a sprawling live session of rich, shifting textures, contrasts, and unexpected sonic juxtapositions, ranging from subtle ea-improv to full-out ensemble peaks across a transforming soundscape. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Pinpoint Diffractions (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A sextet edition of Evil Clown's flagship ensemble Leap of Faith, this session features core members David Peck and Glynis Lomon joined by regular collaborators John Fugarino, Michael Caglianone, Scott Samenfeld, and percussionist Michael Knoblach in a vividly textural improvisation, merging winds, strings, electronics, and an arsenal of unique instruments into a richly layered, evolving sonic tapestry. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Prior Credences (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A drummerless quartet of woodwinds, brass, strings, and electronics from the Evil Clown collective core ensemble Leap of Faith, navigating expansive free improvisations, shifting through dense and dynamic sonic transformations with a broad instrumental palette that emphasizes suspended textures, chamber-like interplay, and moments of controlled chaos. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Spectral Radii (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A compact yet sonically expansive set from the Boston-based Evil Clown collective, featuring PEK, Glynis Lomon, John Fugarino, and Michael Knoblach in a highly textural electroacoustic improvisation, blending a massive arsenal of traditional, extended, and invented instruments into a dense, spontaneous tapestry that embodies the group's signature broad-palette aesthetic. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: Room 2017 (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A transitional yet quintessential Metal Chaos Ensemble set, this septet blends horns, Chapman Stick, electronics, guitar, drums, and an arsenal of metallic percussion with spoken word, creating dense free improvisation that balances spacey electronics, chaotic interplay, and shifting sonic textures within the group's evolving aesthetic. |
![]() Microtub (Hayward / Simonsen / Taxt): Thin Peaks (Thanatosis Produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The sixth album from the microtonal tuba trio of Robin Hayward, Peder Simonsen, and Martin Taxt, exploring the acoustic phenomena of half-valve combinations in two richly harmonic compositions developed during an artist residency in Andersabo, Sweden and recorded in Oslo, creating uniquely resonant and surprisingly consonant spectra shaped by each instrument's signature tuning. |
![]() Neurodivergent Orchestra: Beyond the Planet of Banana Cream Pies (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blending absurdist humor with an expansive sonic palette, this large-scale improvisation from the Neurodivergent Orchestra — a wacky banter-driven Evil Clown offshoot featuring David Peck, Count Robot, DNA Girl, Tim Mungenast, and a roster of veteran collaborators — combines spontaneous spoken word, electronics, and exotic instruments for a wildly surreal and playfully chaotic journey. |
![]() Perturbations: Unhinged (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Perturbations ensemble — featuring PEK, Michael Caglianone, John Fugarino, and Joel Simches — delivers a dense, sometimes unhinged and exploratory session of free improv, where layered reeds, brass, electroacoustic textures, and a vast arsenal of unconventional instruments evolve through continuous transformation, shaped in real time by Simches' dynamic electronic processing. |
![]() Poudingue: La Preuve (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A song-oriented, genre-blurring album from the French quartet Poudingue (Pudding), drawing from the spirit of Rock in Opposition with richly layered arrangements, experimental textures, and playful lyricism, as multi-instrumentalist Nicolas Chedmail, guitarist Frédéric Mainçon, synthesist Jean-Jacques Birgé, and drummer Benjamin Sanz fuse improvisation and composition into an irreverent and inventive set. |
![]() Simulcrum: Automatons (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Originally intended as an octet, this quartet edition of Simulacrum features David Peck, Eric Dahlman, Robin Amos, and Michael Knoblach navigating a dense electroacoustic improvisation with expanded electronics, handmade instruments, and unorthodox sound objects, embracing radical lineup shifts and the spontaneous resilience of pure freeform experimentation. |
![]() Turbulence Orchestra and Sub-Units: Tempestuous Hubbub (2 CDs) (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A massive 22-member improvising ensemble, the Turbulence Orchestra and Sub-Units are heard live in Vermont, with five dynamic sub-unit performances and a full-orchestra hour-long guided improvisation, blending structured conduction, graphic notation techniques, and a chaotic palette of woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion and even rubber chickens in an intense and unpredictable sonic experience. |
![]() Turbulence: Nested Phenomena (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An ad hoc quintet edition of Evil Clown's Turbulence ensemble, recorded live at headquarters in Waltham, MA, where leader David Peck joins frequent collaborators Eric Dahlman, John Fugarino, Scott Samenfeld, and newcomer Andy Korajczyk for a dense, multi-layered free improvisation with an astonishing arsenal of horns, winds, percussion, electronics, and eccentric instruments. |
![]() Turbulence: Objections To Realism (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Originally intended as a Leap of Faith chamber set, this richly detailed Turbulence quartet emerged from last-minute changes, assembling David Peck, John Fugarino, Tom Swafford, and Scott Samenfeld in a balanced wind and string ensemble for an intricate improvisation, blending strings, horns, electronics, and the evil clown arsenal of instruments in a texturally nuanced performance. |
![]() Various Artists: In Fractured Silence (SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Originally compiled for Steven Stapleton's United Dairies label and now remastered, this snapshot of late 20th-century experimental/industrial music brings together the surreal collage of Nurse With Wound's Stapleton, the brooding piano of Robert Haigh (Sema), the chamber-styled acoustics of Hélène Sage, and the sonic provocations of Un Drame Musical Instantané. |
![]() Zethson, Alex / Johan Jutterstrom: It Could / If I (Thanatosis Produktion / Astral Spirits -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first duo album from Stockholm's long-standing duo of Johan Jutterström and Alex Zethson, reimagining songs from jazz standards to Leonard Cohen and the Pet Shop Boys as deconstructed etudes and expressive palimpsests, where meaning emerges through reinterpretation, erasure, and the intimate process of performance and transformation. |
![]() Bauder, Matt / Zach Wallace / Aaron Siegel: Memorize The Sky (482 Music -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock |
![]() Bromander, Vilhelm Unfolding Orchestra: Jorden Vi Arvde (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A stunning second album from Swedish bassist and composer Vilhelm Bromander's Unfolding Orchestra, expanding on his acclaimed debut with richly textured, spiritually resonant compositions inspired by political urgency and environmental reflection, featuring a 13-piece ensemble delivering lush orchestrations, patient development, and profound, hopeful expression. |
![]() CHANGES TO blind (Phil Zampino): Volume 9 - I Wave on a Fine Vile Mist [CD + DOWNLOAD] (Squidco -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The ninth and first concept album from Phil Zampino's CHANGES TO blind project, composed from synthetics, samples, field recordings, plunders, and voice, draws on a childhood 10" circus record to explore life's strange loop through sonic experimentation, collage, and poetry-blurring memory, absurdity, and existential inquiry in a deeply personal, carousel-like narrative. |
![]() Expanse: The Insistence Of Cacophony (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A spontaneous quartet improvisation navigating unexpected lineup shifts, this Expanse session brings together David Peck, Jonathan LaMaster, Michael Knoblach, and newcomer Cyrus Shauoul in a richly layered journey of electronic textures, percussive chaos, and unconventional instrumentation, blending horns, strings, and noise into an unpredictable and engaging sonic experience. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Crawling Into Consciousness (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A seven-piece ensemble rich with seasoned Evil Clown regulars, this expansive session brings clarinetist David Peck and cellist Glynis Lomon together with horns, percussion, bass, and Jiaxin Wan's evocative guzheng, weaving long-form improvisation through shifting timbral landscapes, dynamic interplay, and a wildly imaginative palette of traditional, experimental, and eccentric instruments. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Isotropic Radiators (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A richly orchestrated sextet from the core Leap of Faith ensemble, this session features PEK and Glynis Lomon joined by seasoned Evil Clown collaborators — including four horns, electronics, and an extensive array of percussion — for an immersive, evolving work of free improvisation, blending intricate textures and vibrant sonorities in a seamless, dynamic concert-length performance. |
![]() Lehman, Steve Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman leads his trio with bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Damion Reid, joined by tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, in a vibrant live homage to Anthony Braxton's small ensemble works, blending intricate modern jazz interplay with searing emotional expression in a bold, high-energy celebration of Braxton's enduring influence. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: Barsoom (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Adapting to last-minute lineup changes, this Metal Chaos Ensemble session trades its typical sextet rock-influenced edge for a more textural, electroacoustic chamber approach, as PEK, Michael Caglianone, Bob Moores, Gabe Boyarin, and Mike Gruen conjure a richly layered sonic tapestry of winds, guitars, electronics, metal percussion, and narration within their aesthetic of spacey, chaotic improvisation. |
![]() Mori, Ikue: Of Ghosts And Goblins (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electronic innovator Ikue Mori presents a captivating 9-part work drawing inspiration from Lafcadio Hearn's chronicles of Japanese folklore, through intricate laptop electronics and synthesizer work, conjuring a series of instrumental miniatures that evoke the ethereal presence of fox spirits, phantoms, and other spectral entities, a mysteriously enchanting and seductive work. |
![]() Myers, Jackie: What About The Butterfly (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist and vocalist Jackie Myers delivers a lyrically rich and microtonally innovative album recorded with an exceptional ensemble, including Bobby Watson, Rich Wheeler, Trent Austin, and members of the Fountain City String Quartet, blending spectral composition, soulful jazz vocals reminiscent of Billie Holiday, and detailed arrangements into an expressive and compelling release. |
![]() Painkiller (Harris / Laswell / Zorn): The Great God Plan (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The legendary Painkiller trio of John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris reunites to deliver two expansive tracks that blend heavy metal intensity with ambient textures and brooding lyricism, a significant evolution in the trio's sonic journey as they create two haunting tapestries inspired by Arthur Machen's gothic novella The Great God Pan. |
![]() Segel, Jonathan / Chaos Butterfly: Hall of Mirrors [2 CDs] (Demagnetized -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drone-based electroacoustic improvisations led by Jonathan Segel on Halldorophone, guitar, and Buchla synth, joined by an expanded Chaos Butterfly ensemble in longform, time-dilating works where evolving feedback, percussion, winds, and electronics blur structure and narrative into immersive, densely active yet often beautifully delicate sonic landscapes. |
![]() Smith, Ches: The Self (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A solo debut on Tzadik from Downtown NY percussionist Ches Smith, presenting eighteen concise works performed on drums, vibraphone, timpani, glockenspiel, and small percussion — an intimate and exploratory set of improvisations revealing Smith's deep command of rhythm, texture, and form across a dynamic and extended palette of percussive sound. |
![]() Uehla, Julia and Dalava: Understories (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing from Moravian folk songs transcribed by her great-grandfather, vocalist Julia Úlehla leads the Vancouver ensemble Dálava in a haunting and emotionally charged set blending Czech and English vocals with experimental improvisation, as Aram Bajakian, Peggy Lee, and Joshua Zubot weave a deeply layered, otherworldly sonic journey that bridges ancestry and avant sound. |
![]() Various: Evil Clown Shorties Volume 5 (2024-2025) (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Spanning 14 compact improvisations drawn from nine shifting ensembles within the modular Evil Clown collective, this volume distills the creativity of PEK's longform sessions into concise sonic snapshots — each "Shortie" capturing a distinct moment from the various ensembles as a focused sampler of the label's wide-ranging free improvisation ethos. |
![]() Zorn, John (Medeski / Marsella / Hollenberg / Grohowski): Through The Looking Glass (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The sixth chapter in the Downtown NY quartet of Matt Hollenberg (guitar), Brian Marsella (piano), John Medeski (organ), and Kenny Grohowski (drums), performing John Zorn's compositions inspired by Chaos Magick — an individualistic practice that values personal experience over tradition — expressed through intricate, soulful, and powerfully imagined works. |
![]() Zorn, John (Edgcomb / Greene / Hanes): The Bagatelles Vol. 3 Trigger (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third volume in John Zorn's Bagatelles series features the explosive trio Trigger — Aaron Edgcomb on drums, Will Greene on guitar, and Simon Hanes on bass — tearing through Zorn's intricate compositions with fierce precision and raw energy, delivering a searing and radical interpretation of these works drawn from Zorn's expansive 2015 collection of 300 pieces. |
![]() Zorn, John (Ikue Mori): The Bagatelles Vol. 4 Ikue Mori (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Downtown NY improviser, sound artist and drummer Ikue Mori reimagines John Zorn's compositions from his Bagatelles book through her distinctive electronic lens, crafting a solo album where composed structures meet spontaneous digital improvisation, revealing new dimensions and highlighting her innovative approach to sound and form. |
![]() Courvoiser, Sylvie / Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Their third album in collaboration, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson deepen their intuitive musical dialogue in a set of alternately composed pieces — melding percussive piano, swirling guitar effects, and poetic abstraction into a haunting, fluid, and visceral soundworld shaped by mutual experience, instinct, and a sense of sonic adventure. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid: Purposing The Air [2 CDs] (Pyroclastic Records -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing on poet Erica Hunt's sixty-part "Mood Librarian," composer Ingrid Laubrock presents a stunning 2-CD song cycle of miniature vocal duets — performed by an extraordinary ensemble including Fay Victor, Theo Bleckmann, Sara Serpa, and others — each piece a poetic and sonic fragment brought vividly to life with precision, emotion, and profound collaboration. |
![]() Agnel, Sophie / Joke Lanz: Ella (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An exciting meeting of French pianist Sophie Agnel, known for her extended and prepared piano techniques, and Swiss turntablist Joke Lanz, renowned for his work in noise, experimental music, and performance art, presenting a dynamic and playful duo of spontaneous improvisation blending percussive textures, sonic collage, and energetic interaction revealing a sense of humor and awe. |
![]() Der Vierte Zustand: Layers (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The Cologne-based free improvising trio Der Vierte Zustand — vocalist Hanna Schörken, guitarist Christina Zurhausen, and drummer Ramon Keck — om a compelling blend of experimental soundscapes, noise rock influences, and free jazz energy, driven by Schörken's acrobatic wordless vocals, Zurhausen's effects-laden guitar textures, and Keck's dynamic rhythms. |
![]() Gayle, Philip : Sunrise Crazy (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A richly textured exploration of acoustic and electronic soundscapes, fully displaying Philip Gayle's multi-instrumental prowess alongside contributions from Japanese vocalists and woodwind artist Shogo Oshima, at times with a number of improvising vocalists, culminating in a collaborative work that blurs the lines between folk, avant-garde, and ambient music. |
![]() Graewe, Georg & Sonic Fiction Orchestra: In Concert, Bochum 2022 (Random Acoustics -- Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable solo concert from German pianist George Graewe, performing at Kunstmuseum Bochum in 2022, presenting intricate and expansive free improvisations that showcase his dynamic range, rhythmic precision, harmonic sophistication, and the lyrical abstraction that has defined his work across contemporary jazz and modern improvisation. |
![]() Hautzinger, Franz / Ignaz Schick / Sven-Ake Johansson: Rotations + (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at KM28 in Berlin in 2023, trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, turntablist Ignaz Schick, and percussionist/accordionist Sven-Ake Johansson create fragile yet dynamic collective improvisations focused on color, texture, and interplay, moving between structured rhythmic support and delicate free forms in an elevated and nuanced spontaneous sound sculpture. |
![]() Johansson, Sven-Ake Quintet: Stumps: Second Version (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drummer Sven-Åke Johansson leads his quintet of long-time collaborators and younger improvisers through his "Stumps" compositions in a live recording at Jazzfest Berlin in 2022, schematic works of shifting rhythmic and melodic variations that provide a vibrant foundation for spontaneous solos and ensemble interplay, showcasing Johansson's unique percussive drive and concise thematic structures. |
![]() Laura Cocks: FATHM (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An intimate and exploratory solo recording from NY flutist Laura Cocks, known for their work with TAK Ensemble, presenting a poetic and deeply focused album where breath, silence, and sound merge into fragile, resonant gestures — Cocks bends time and expectation with extended technique and stillness, inviting the listener into a space of presence and emotional depth. |
![]() NOUT (w/ Mats Gustafsson): Live Album (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Flute, electric harp, and drums become fierce tools of sonic exploration in the French trio Nout, whose riotous live performances blend jazz, noise, metal, and groove with fearless originality; joined by baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson on three tracks, the expanded quartet erupts with raw energy, wild textures, and a thrilling disregard for genre. |
![]() Un Drame Musical Instantane: Tchak (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The final recordings of Un Drame Musical Instantané with co-founder Bernard Vitet, compiling sessions from 1998 to 2000 with the Machiavel Quartet and guests including Baco Mourchid and Nem, blending free jazz, electroacoustic experimentation, and multimedia spontaneity into cinematic improvisations that showcase the ensemble's enduring commitment to collective creation and sonic innovation. |
![]() Viddekazz2: Sounds Of Silence (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An assertive Japanese punk-noise duo from Tokyo, VIDDEKAZZ2 delivers a volatile fusion of syncopated drumming, abrasive guitar textures, and unexpectedly serene vocals, channeling the disjointed energy of early noise rock with subtle pop inflections and a raw, Load Records-era aesthetic. |
![]() Agnel, Sophie: Song (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Instants Chavires in France, pianist Sophie Agnel's third solo album transforms the prepared piano with Cage influenced techniques and preparations, crafting seven poetic and dramatic movements that challenge preconceptions of the instrument, weaving abstract, lyrical, and sensual sonic textures into a vivid and captivating hyper-pianistic masterpiece. |
![]() Bloomers (Efternoler / Dybbroe / Goodwin): Cyclism (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring free improvisation with a fierce political undertone, the Copenhagen-based trio Bloomers — trumpeter Anne Efternøler and reedists Maria Dybbroe and Carolyn Goodwin — are captured live in fifteen distinct locations around the globe, engaging in dynamic, textural dialogs that honor historic milestones in women's liberation through a poignant series of sonic vignettes blending abstraction, dissonance, and innate lyricism. |
![]() Brotzmann, Peter / Fred Hopkins / Rashied Ali: Songlines (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Emphasizing the lyrical aspects of free jazz, the superb trio of Peter Brotzmann on alto & tenor sax and taragato, Fred Hopkins on bass, and Rashied Ali on drums, recorded this album in 1991, now remastered to bring this exceptional music back to the foreground. |
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Brown, Marion: Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee (remastered)
Ayler, Albert Quartets: Spirits To Ghosts Revisited (remastered)
New York Contemporary Five: Consequences Revisited
Giuffre, Jimmy 3 (w / Bley / Swallow): Graz Live 1961
Coltrane, John Quartet: Impressions Graz 1962
Coltrane, John Quartet: My Favorite Things Graz 1962
Ayler, Albert Quartet With Don Cherry: European Recordings Autumn 1964 (Revisited) [2 CDs]
Taylor, Cecil Mixed To Unit: Structures Revisited
Bley, Paul Trio: Touching & Blood, Revisited
Ayler, Albert: Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited
Ayler, Albert: La Cave Live, Cleveland 1966 Revisited [2 CDs]
Sun Ra Arkestra: Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
Ayler, Albert Quintet 1966: Berlin, Lorrach, Paris & Stockholm. Revisited [2 CDs]
Coltrane, John Quartet: Newport, New York, Alabama, 1963, Revisited
Coleman, Ornette: Ornette At 12, Crisis & Man On The Moon, Revisited
Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Taylor, Cecil Unit (w/ Lyons / Silva / Cooper / Murray): Live At Fat Tuesday's February 9 - First Vi
Coleman, Ornette: New York Is Now & Love Call, Revisited
Williams, Anthony (w/ Shorter / Rivers / Hancock / Hutcherson / Carter / Davis / Peacock): Life Time
Shepp, Archie: Blase And Yasmina Revisited