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Flak / Guilherme Rodrigues / Bruno Parrinha / Ernesto Rodrigues: Aeon (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The cosmological concept of the aeon, the conflict between matter and spirit, is explored in eight "Chronicles" of collective free improvisation using impressive technique and concentrative interaction from the Portuguese quartet of Flak on acoustic guitar, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet and Ernesto Rodrigues on violin. |
BolZagO (Andrea Bolzoni / Francesco Zago): Music from the Lounge (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Since 2016 pianist Francesco Zago and guitarist & live electronics artist Andrea Bolzoni (The Night Watch, Stormy Six) have collaborated, focused on guitar improvisation, proposing a dialog between lyricism and psychedelic music, here in a 10-part work of fluid & ethereal sounds informed by contemporary music and creative improv, a unique journey presenting a strong narrative sense. |
Lopes, Luis Abyss Mirrors: Echoisms (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Citing references including Sun Ra, electric Miles, Ornette, Wadada Leo Smith, Stockhausen & Gabriel Prokofiev, guitarist Luis Lopes's Abyss Mirrors brings together artists drawing on European & Brazilian performers from Clean Feed, Shhpuma and Creative Sources for these evolving and often ecstatic collective, experimental improvisations; unpredictably edgy and exciting! |
Chambel, Pedro: Bruit [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $10.80 In Stock |
Chaparreiro, Antonio & Alcada: Opus Macaronicorum [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Sometimes frenetic, always exhilarating duo work between Portugese electric guitarist Antonio Chapparreiro and drummer/percussionist Pedro Alcada, succinct tracks, some as short as 36 seconds, where the two spar and unite over angular rhythms and abrupt changes, with a twisted sense of humor and a wealth of adventurous spirit. |
Chemical Expansion League, The (Bohman / Lynch / Northover / Mengersen): Grappling with the Orange Porpoise [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Some of the London free improv scene's finest players, including members of Remote Viewers, Custodians Of The Realm, London Improvisers Orchestra, The Runcible Quintet, &c, met with visiting Berlin double bassist Ulf Mengersen to record this fascinating collective improvisation, using objects, preparations, and a WASP synthesizer for wonderfully unusual results. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
IKB : Dracaena Draco [2 CDs] [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Two CDs representing two extended improvisations of the IKB Ensemble with slightly different personnel, with each ensemble slowly unfolding an amazingly textured work of acoustics and electronics with strong intent and incredible technique, balanced by close listening and attention to detail; an excellent 21st century improvisation orchestra captured live. |
Meurs! + Apolune: Meurs! + Apolune [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock A co-production between BeCoq Records and Creative Sources, the quartet of saxophonist Mathhiew Lebrun with 3 guitarists--Leo Rathier, Paul Menard, and Thomas Coquelet--use preparations, feedbacks, glass, cymbals, microswitches, and unusual sax techniques to create unusual sonic environments that ebb and flow in introspective and disquieting ways. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Andrea Sanz Vela / Micha Rabuske / Klaus Kurvers: Sukasaptati [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Live recordings at Exploratorium, in Berlin, Geremany in 2010 from the quartet of Klaus Kurvers on double bass, Andrea Sanz Vela and Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, and Micha Rabuske on dlute, bass clarinet, and soprano sax, collective improvisation with complex interplay and a bright spirit as the group follows their instincts in interesting dialog. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Miguel Almeida / Andre Lanca / Bernardo Alvares / Felice Furioso: Un Seul Regard Le Chant Petri De Beaute Un Mot Vert [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Acoustic and sublime minimal acoustic improvisation with an emphasis on strings from the Portuguese quintet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Miguel Almeida on acoustic guitar, Andre Lanca on electric guitar, Bernardo Alvares on double bass, and Felice Furioso on percussion, performing live during the Small Format Materials Festival at Galeria Monumental, in Lisbon. |
[SNDNG STTNS] Kifpfmuller / Janek feat. Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues : Case Study: Sertao [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Since 2014 the collective [SNDNG STTNS] has explored theatrical situations between musictheatre, staging and composition with live music, instruments, recordings, samples, speach and live editing, this work featuring cellist Guilherme Rodrigues bridges the art of the brazilian "violeros" with contemporary music, acoustic and electronic composition and improvisation. |
Valente, Jorge / Carlos Santos: Metallum [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock The duo of Carlos Santos and Jorge Valente developed this project around the metallics of a cymbal, recording it and digitally manipulating and transforming it into a musical structure using the maxmsp programming; this recording was captured live at the Hertzoscopio Festival in Fabrica da Polvora, Barcarena, Portugal in 2004. |
Rodrigues / Madeira / Faustino: No Strings Attached (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A deep string trio of two double basses and violin/viola from double bassists Joao Madeira and Hernani Faustino, whose duo albums on the FMR label are under the group name dB Duet, with Creative Sources label leader Ernesto Rodrigues, recording in the studio in Lisbon for 8 succint improvisations and an expanded live version at Cossoul during the 2023 Creative Sources Cycle. |
BERG (Keller / Rodrigues / Okuda / Rodrigues): Mesozoic (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Berlin studio recordings from the free improvising quartet of Beat Keller on feedbacker electric guitar, Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, Rieko Okuda on piano and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello; four string players invoking the reptilian Mesozoic age through unusual approaches to their instruments, extending the palette of each while creating unexpected percussive elements. |
Suspensao (Rodrigues / Torres / Parrinha / Goncalves / Flak / Madeira / Santos / Oliveira): Impromptu (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The Suspensao octet are heard in this live performance at SMUP, in Parede, Portugal in 2023, blending primarily acoustic instruments with electric guitar and analog synth, using a reductionist approach to highly concentrative and suspenseful free improvisation, their long-running collective history allowing an impressive level of articulation and control through the integration of diverse voices. |
IKB Ensemble: Anthropometrie Sans Titre [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 In Stock Sealed copy. A large Lisboa ensemble presenting a collective improvisation titled after a painting by Yves Klein, with performers including Ernesto Rodrigues (baritone violin), Miguel Mira (bass), Nuno Torres (sax), Carlos Santos (electronics), Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano), &c. &c. |
Schindler / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres: Conspiratorial And Fulminate Things Happen [2 CDs] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $21.95 In Stock The quartet of Udo Schindler on reeds, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Nuno Torres on saxophone are heard in Munich, first in a wildly interactive live performance at Schindler's Salon successor: BASIS_Soundscape at MUCCA; then live in the studio for 7 improvisations with track titles borrowed from and under the influence of the poetry of Allen Ginsberg. |
Allemano / Oberg / Bauer / Fischerlehner: Sog (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Four improvisations titled for the way nature deals with water (The Whirlpool, The Vortex, The Whirlwind, Maelstrom) from the quartet of Lina Allemano on trumpet, Uwe Oberg on piano, Matthias Bauer on doublebass and Rudi Fischerlehner on drums & percussion, heard in this well-flowing, well-recorded and energetically upbeat set at Zentrifuge in Berlin in 2022. |
Rodrigues / Parrinha / McDonas / Flak / Oliveira: The Fleeting Nature Of Time (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Excellent pacing with introspective richness and detail through five improvisations, as US pianist Thollem McDonas joins Portuguese improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Bruno Parrinha on alto clarinet, Flak on acoustic guitar and Jose Oliveira on percussion for this studio recording in Lisbon, each passage reflecting a word from the title; inspired and beautiful. |
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / von Schlippenbach / Kellers: Conundrum (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Part of the 2022 trio tour of violinist Ernesto Rodrigues, cellist Guilherme Rodrigues and saxophonist Nuno Torres is this studio recording in Berlin with free jazz legendary pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach and drummer/percussionist Willi Kellers, each of the 9 improvisations named for mythical beasts, appropriate to the fearsome force of these five masterful players. |
Serries / Taylor / Van Wyck: Le Sud (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Focused mostly on introspective yet propulsive improvised interaction of concentrative listening, punctuated by moments of explosive exchanges, the trio of Dirk Serries on archtop guitar, Benedict Taylor on viola and Friso Van Wyck on drums & percussion are heard live in an engaging concert at Koffie and Ambacht's Le Sud, in Rotterdam in 2022. |
Rodrigues / Wassermann / Rodrigues: L'Age De L'Oreille (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Ute Wassermann adds a unique expressiveness to this Berlin studio session, bringing her impressive talents as a free improvising vocalist along with her bird calls and objects, providing an unusual yet extremely complementary foil to the intertwined strings of the father/son collaboration of violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues; idiosyncratically wonderful! |
da Rocha / Rodrigues / Levin / Madeira: Hoya (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Referencing the asian evergreen shrub "Hoya" through a series of solos, duos and quartets between Portuguese string players Maria da Rocha on violin, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Joao Madeira on double bass with visiting US bassist Daniel Levin on cello, first in four solo performances of remarkable technique, then permutations of duos, culminating in two quartet improvisations. |
Rodrigues / Stoffner / Parrinha / Madeira: Altered Egos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A highly interactive and textural set of chamber-oriented free improvisations with an often pointillistic approach from the quartet of Portuguese improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, Bruno Parrinha on clarinet & alto saxophone, Joao Madeira on double bass with Swiss electric guitarist Florian Stoffner, in three detailed and engaging conversations. |
Rodrigues / Lonberg-Holm / Flak / Madeira / Oliveira: The Giving Tree Moving On (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Adding Chicago cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm to their string-oriented improvisation, the Portuguese collaborative quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and crackle box, João Madeira on double bass, Flak on electric guitar and percussionist Jose Oliveira perform an 8-part suite of entwined strings and subtle punctuation, a selfless blending of masterful skill. |
Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Santos: Die Zwitscher-Maschine (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Referencing Twittering Machine, a 1922 painting by Paul Klee that depicts a group of birds on a wire connected to a hand-crank, interpreted as as a visual representation of the mechanics of sound, the ea-improvising quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Bruno Parrinha (bass clarinet), Flak (electric guitar) and Carlos Santos (modular synth) present three hi-tension improvisations. |
Nicols / Kraabel / Hug: On Dizziness (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A 2022 live performance at The Vortex in London from the trio of Maggie Nicols on voice, Caroline Kraabel on alto saxophone & voice and Charlotte Hug on viola & voice, reuniting the partnership from their 2002 Emanem album, Transitions, each track taking its titles from an observational poem by Jenny Xie, rendered in expressive, mostly wordless vocalization. |
Aella (Henriette / Breiner / Goldman): Aella (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 In Stock "This 'Aella' release is one of three in a series curated by myself and released by 577 Records. The other two records are of my trio and of Alan Bjorklund's Amygdala. This trio displays the amazing potential of improvised music. Whenev... |
Arguelles, Julian Trio: Ground Rush (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock British tenor saxophonist Julian Arguelles in a trio with NY drummer Tom Rainey and bassist Michael Formanek, a strong group feel led by one of contemporary jazz' unique voices. |
Baloni: Ripples [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock The trio of Belgian reedist Joachim Badenhorst, French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot, and French-German bassist Pascal Niggenkemper formed the Baloni trio in Brooklyn in 2008, presenting a blend of chamber and free jazz; reserved to frenetic playing that consistently surprises. |
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. |
Butcher, John: The Very Fabric (Ftarri / Hitorri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Impeccably recorded inside the Brønshøj Water Tower, in Copenhagen, Denmark, a highly resonant space built 100 years ago, where UK tenor and soprano saxophonist John Butcher continues his investigations into spaces with natural delay and decay, through 11 improvisations of discriminating pacing as he finds incredible beauty in floating and shifting tones and instrument errata; exquisite. |
Chaman Chomeur : Chaman Chomeur (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock A direct translation of this band's name is "unemployed shaman", the trio of Leo Ratherius (guitar), Marc-Antonie Moercant (drums) and Thomas Cockerel (bass) use trance-like rhythms to build sonic progressions like cathartic rituals, alongside open-minded improvisations. |
Cryingsnice (Eric Hamelin / Chris Dadge): All Greased Up For Nothin' (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Frequent collaborators, Canadian drummer and experimentalist Eric Hamelin joins Chris Dadge, who more typically performs as a drummer/percussionist, in a duo with Dadge on violin, as the two create wonderfully active environments of sound that follow conceptual paths embracing electroacoustic methodology through two pieces performed live in the studio. |
Davidson, Lowell Trio: Lowell Davidson Trio [VINYL] (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $23.95 Out of Stock A reissue of pianist Lowell Davidson's 1965 ESP trio release with percussionist Milford Graves and bassist Gary Peacock, Davidson's only studio recording with a fascinating display of out riffs and progressions in a Cecil Taylor mode, propelled by a fantastic rhythm section, making this album both a document and a profound example of new directions in improvisation. |
Davies / Bohman / Patterson / Wastell: For Hugh Davies (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Recordings from early DIY electroacoustic improviser and instrument inventor, the late Hugh Davies, accompanied in live performance by Adam Bohman, Lee Patterson, and Mark Wastell. |
Deluxx: The Tidy Boy [VINYL] (Spirit of Orr -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock One part Sonic Youth, one part early Residents, Deluxx is the anomalous output of NY/Boston transplant Mark Peretta, a one-man band of crazy riffs and warped song-spieling. |
Denyer, Frank: The Fish That Became The Sun (Songs Of The Dispossessed) (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A uniquely epic work in 14 parts by composer Frank Denyer, with a large ensemble of 40 musicians, many playing specially built instruments made from discarded materials, with other instrumentation including sitar, mandolin and hammered dulcimer, 4 male vocalists, 4 female vocalists, 4 players of adapted organ pipes, crumhorns, bowed wine glasses, 3 double basses, a contrabassoon, &c. &c. |
Denzler / Grip / Johansson: Zyklus 1 [2 CDs] (Umlaut Records / SAJ -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Exploring new ways of interplay within a classic jazz trio setting, "Zyklus 1" or "Cycle 1" is the 3rd album from the trio of Bertrand Denzler on tenor saxophone, Joel Grip on double bass, and Sven on Ake Johansson on drums, a double CD + poster of four improvisations that reference "Time" through masterful technique and superb collective free jazz. |
Dorner / Hayward / Krebs / Neumann: The Berlin Series No. 3 (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A split CD presenting contrasting aspects of 'Berlin reductionism': "Roananax 1999" - from the quartet of Axel Dorner, Robin Hayward, Annette Krebs and Andrea Neumann; and "Obliq 2014" from the current Berlin group of Pierre Borel, Hannes Lingens and Derek Shirley. |
Drumm, Kevin: Battering Rams [VINYL] (A Sunken Mall -- Germany ) Price: $23.55 In Stock An album of transporting drones and industrial soundscapes from Chicago experimental artist Kevin Drumm, drawing the listener into his soundspace slowly through distracted studio clatter and then journeying deep into textures and tones, maintaining a natural quality to synthetic and obscure sources in this fine addition to his expansive discography. |
Duboc, Benjamin: Primare Cantus (Ayler -- France ) Price: $43.95 In Stock A 3 CD set from bassist Benjamin Duboc: a solo disc of low register improv; plus 2 discs in duo and trio settings with Didier Lasserre, Sylvain Guerineau, Jean-Luc Petit, Pascal Battus, Sophie Agnel & Christian Pruvost. |
Eno, Brian Performed by Dedalus Ensemble : Discreet Music / Music For Airports / Tuesday Afternoon [2 LPs] (Sub Rosa -- Belgium ) Price: $29.95 In Stock The French Dedalus Ensemble render three works from the ground-breaking ambient work of Brian Eno--Discreet Music (1975), Music for Airports (1978), and Thursday Afternoon (1985)--performed as an 11-piece acoustic ensemble and remaining faithful to the introspectively intelligent intention and peaceful elegance of Eno's original electronic works. |
Ensemble Var (Gustafsson / Lindal / Lindstrom / Nordwall): VAR (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A fully free improvisation of subtly disruptive, extended electroacoustic mastery, recorded during the Svensk Musikvår Festival at Aliasteatern, Stockholm in 2021, in a piece conceived by Mats Gustafsson who performs on saxophone & flute, with Anna Lindal on violin, Mats Lindstrom on electronics, effects & sampler and Joachim Nordwall on analog synths, effects & tapes. |
Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The trio of trumpeter Peter Evans, electric bassist Tim Dahl, and drummer/percussionist Mike Pride have played together since 2010, crossing the boundaries of improvisation, composition and rock in dynamic genre-defying music intended to be played loud. |
Fleischhaker-Munro: German Witchcraft (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock The debut studio recordings from Calgary, Canada's Mark Fleischhaker and Scott Munro, electronically manipulated vocals with a loose sense of the word. |
Forsgren, Joakim / Andreas Hiroui Larsson featuring David Lackner: Vending Machine (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Sound and visual installation artists Joakim Forsgren and Andreas Hiroui Larsson use a multiplicity of approaches, both rhythmic and abstract, and a vast set of instruments (flutes, bass, drum machines, saxophone, maracas, sythesizer, &c) and objects (kitchenware, nails in a box, aluminum foil, &c) to create a universe of quirky and embraceable song-like structures. |
Geggie, John: Geggie Project (Ambiances Jazz -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Using double bass player John Geggie's compositions as a point of departure, this creative trio covers much terrain with its lyrical and sonic landscapes. |
Gross, Jean-Philippe / Golden Oriole: Optical Cadillac / Golden Oriole [VINYL 10-inch] (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A split 10" vinyl album of two very different works: first French sound artist Jean-Philippe Gross in a sonic assault of garish rhythmic electronic persistence and noise; then the Golden Oriole instrumental rock duo of Kristoffer Riis on guitar and Thore Warland on drums in a compelling work of grooving structure with diverse percussive interaction. |
Hetu, Joane: Recits de Neige (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Pieces in 4 movements - Snow; Never Cold; Gusts; Landscapes - performed by Ensemble SuperMusique: Joane Hetu, Jean Derome, Diane Labrosse, Pierre Tanguay, Scott Thomson & Alexandre St-Onge. |
Kasten-Krause, Tristan / Jessica Pavone: Images of One [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $10.00 In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. |
Kepl, Irene: SololoS (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Heard in our catalog on albums from Improvising Beings and Another Timbre, here we have a stunning solo album of improvised violin from Viennese violinist Irene Kepl, showing a great range of style and technique while keeping the music playful and interesting, invoking a quote from Trisha Brown: "Dancing on the edge is the only place to be." |
Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin and George Lewis: S/T (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 In Stock The innovative string trio of Daniel Studer on double bass, Harald Kimmig on violin, and Alfred Zimmerlin on cello, develop focused environments of timbre, texture, dynamic and space, seemingly abstract yet incredibly concentrative and virtuosic interaction, here joined by Chicago trombonist and electronics artist George Lewis adding a 4th profound layer to their incredible conversation. |
Lucier, Alvin: One Arm Bandits (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Using only their right arms and never fingering the strings with their left hand, this recording of Alvin Lucier's "One Arm Bandits" was recorded in Lucier's own dining room, the hour-long piece in four parts exploring the relationship between bow direction changes and shifts in phase, scored for four cellists and performed by Tyler J. Borden, Laura Cetilia, Charles Curtis and Judith Hamann. |
Master Oogway: The Concert Koan [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 In Stock Powerful electric jazz roots from the Norwegian quartet of Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll on saxophone, Havard Nordberg Funderud on guitar, Karl Erik E. Horndalsveen on double bass, and Martin Mellem on drums, shredding inspirations from 60s electric Miles and Ornette, with a rock influenced rhythm section and electric guitar work driving great soloing. |
Meyer, Sabina / Marco Dalpane : Cabaret Per Nulla (ANTS Records -- Italy ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Pianist Marco Dalpane and soprano Sabina Meyer create a virtual cabaret of songs using the music of Erik Satie and John Cage, interlacing pieces by each in a delicate set of songs that draw the two composers together through a surprising commonality, the lyrics provided from texts written by J. Peladan, C. Mendes, H. Pacory, J.P. Contamine de Latour, &c.; lovely. |
Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos Duo: KOD (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Improvised duos between Serbian violist Szilard Mezei and Hungarian cellist Albert Markos, for more than 15 years, with two previous albums recorded (Korom (Creative Sources, 2008), and "Der" (Bandcamp, 2016), this third album presents 5 interconnected works of subtle and impressive technique as the two string players trade approaches in a fascinating conversation. |
Mujician (Tippett / Levin / Dunmall / Rogers): 10 10 10 (Cuneiform -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Their name a combination of magic and music, "Mujician" formed in the UK in 1988 as the quartet of Keith Tippett on piano, Tony Levin on drums, Paul Dunmall on sax & winds and Paul Rogers on bass, this extraordinary 2010 recording of two extended improvisations at the University of Bristol was the band's last, before the passing of drummer Levin and pianist Tippett. |
Munro, Scott : Monty (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Ever-active Calgary guitarist Scott Munro (Bent Spoon Duo) in his debut solo album of freely improvised guitar performed on a baritone guitar, treated and untreated, captured live at Weeds Cafe in 2010 & 2011. |
Nakamura, Toshimaru: Re-Verbed (No-Input Mixing Board 9) (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock Tokyo-based electronics artist Toshimaru Nakamura's 9th album of No-Input Mixing Board music, elucidating sound from the mixing board without any audio sources, showing the amazing evolution of his approach as he turns this "empty" "instrument" into an amazing source of rhythmic and assertive sound that's both surprising and wonderfully musical. |
Neumann, Calle / Ketil Gutvik / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love: New Dance (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 In Stock After the 2019 retrospective box-set of the late 90s, legendary band The Quintet, and after the sad passing of bassist Bjornar Andresen, saxophonist Carl Magnus Neumann, guitarist Ketil Gutvik and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love decided to form a new quartet, adding bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, commencing their organization with this outstanding 2020 live concert in Oslo. |
Nordwall, Joachim: Concert (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Skull Defekts member and a part of Ocean Of Silver And Blood, Joachim Nordwal is captured in a 2008 concert in Oslo for this 17 minute lo-fi set of textured sound work, a grainy drone of howling sound. |
Palestine, Charlemagne: MMXX-06: VVVOOOODDDOOOO DDDDOOOOODDDDDOOOOO [CLEAR VINYL] (Matiere Memoire -- Belgium ) Price: $26.95 In Stock The expansive mind of composer and experimenter Charlemagne Palestine presents an extended drone work performed on organ, building from a peaceful single note to a harmonically rich combination of tones with a haunting vocal quality, subtly shifting and building in momentum then slowly fading out to the 20 minute mark; an epic journey in polyphonic transition. |
Parker, William: Voices Fall From The Sky [3 CD BOX SET] (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $27.95 Out of Stock William Parker developed these works presented in three complementary albums titled "Voices Fall From The Sky", "Songs", and "Essence", bringing together new compositions with long unavailable or new versions of previous pieces, performed in various configurations from solo to large ensemble, the songs reflecting freedom, compassion, anti-oppression, anti-violence, a love of nature, spirit and creation; essential elements in Parker's optimistic oeuvre. |
Pulverize the Sound (Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride): Black (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Appropriately recorded at Seizures Palace in Brooklyn, the 3rd release from the NY trio Pulverize the Sound of Peter Evans on trumpet, Tim Dahl on electric bass and Mike Pride on drums & glockenspiel, expands on this 10 year working band's assertive approach to collective free improv, doing so with innovation, breathtaking technical skill and a wide range of mood and texture. |
Reason, Dana / Peter Valsamis: Border Crossings (Red Toucan -- Canada ) Price: $11.95 In Stock The duo of pianist Dana Reason and drummer & sampler player Peter Valsamis in an album crossing boundaries of jazz, classical, and creative new music from two exceptional players involved in a rich dialog. |
Ribot, Marc: Silent Movies (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Guitarist Ribot in a gorgeous and contemplative album of adaptations of music he has written for films, for classic silent movies, and that he scored for his personal amusement and imagination. |
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Santos: Cyclic Symmetry (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Recorded in the studio in 2017, "Cyclic Symmetry" presents an electroacoustic trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and CS mainstay Carlos Santos on field recordings, in a minimal work suggested to be heard on infinite loop, contrasting deep silence with sections accenting the slow, interwining harmonics of both Rodrigues' string work. |
Schirmer, Brode Unit (w/ Jan Roder / Matthias Broede): Berlin, Germany (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Led by bass clarinetist Tobias Schirmer and harmonica player Matthias Broede, also on piano, with Jan Roder on bass and drummer Bernd Oezsevim, this German quartet blends contemporary jazz through four original Brode compositions and two collective improvisations, performed with melodic intent and tight, quick interaction as recorded live at Tito's Zentrifuge in Berlin. |
Schott, John: John Schott's Actual Trio (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock San Francisco Bay Area guitarist John Schott (Junk Genius, T.J. Kirk, Tom Waits) in his 3rd release on Tzadik with his trio of Dan Seamans on bass and John Hanes on drums, 8 upbeat compositions including one for James Blood Ulmer; lyrical pieces with tight interplay. |
Tamarisk: Plays A Word For Wind [CASSETTE] (Astral Editions -- USA ) Price: $8.95 Out of Stock Recorded inside and using the resonance of a large grain silo at the Tablelands Center for Bio-Regional Art in Texas, the trio of vocalist Christina Carter (Charalambides), guitarist Andrew Weathers and bassist David Menestres recorded this haunting, swirling, long-form improvisation, a complement to their Waveform Alphabet release Plays a Word for Sun. |
Thieke, Michael Unununium: Nachtlieder (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $10.00 In Stock A diverse and fascinating release from clarinetist Michael Thieke, also on zither and providing field recordings, with guitarist Martin Siewert, accordionist Luca Venitucci, and two bassists--Christian Weber & Derek Shirley, and two drummers--Steve Heather and Eric Schaefer. |
Ughi, Federico: Songs For Four Cities (Skycap Records -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass). |
Ulher, Birgit / Franz Hautzinger: Kleine Trompetenmusik (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Translating to "Little Trumpet Music", the duo of trumpeters Birgit Uhler and Franz Hautzinger, Uhler also performing on radio & objects, use extreme techniques and approaches to their improvisations, focusing on extraneous sounds from their instruments in enigmatic and captivating ways, expansively defining reductionism in masterfully idiosyncratic ways. |
Ulher, Birgit / Leonel Kaplan: Stereo Trumpet (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Recordings of two German trumpeters--Birgit Uhler and Leonel Kaplan--both using extended techniques and modern instrumental language, splitting their recordings between the left and right channels for clarity in their fascinating and unconventional dialogs. |
Wooley, Nate: The Complete Syllables Music [4 CD Box Set] (Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $29.95 Out of Stock Composer, improviser, and trumpet player Nate Wooley continues to cement his place as an American iconoclast by releasing the complete recordings of his revolutionary solo [Syllables] compositions as a deluxe 4 CD set consisting of two reissues of out-of-print early works: 8 [Syllables] (2013) and 9 [Syllables] (2014) as well as the premiere recording of his 150 minute epic For Kenneth Gaburo. |
ZYFT (Felixbrodt / Taubenfeld / Zwerver): Triangle Moments (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The sophomore release for the acoustic free improvising Amsterdam trio of Ziv Taubenfeld on bass clarinet, Henk Zwerver on guitar, and Maya Felixbrodt on viola, upping the intensity in a set of abstract improvisations of an active nature using unorthodox and extended techniques; upbeat and often exciting collective discourse that leads to great moments of individual expression. |
Suspensao: Teufelmuzik (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Portugal's suspenseful reductionist improvising ensemble, blending acoustic and electronic instruments in delicately detailed motion, heard in this live recording at SMUP in Parede from Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (sax), Bruno Parrinha (bass clarinet), Luisa Goncalves (piano), Flak (electric gutiar), Joao Madeira (bass), Carlos Santos (analog synth) and Jose Oliveira (percussion). |
Suspensao: Serendipity (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A fortuitous 2015 concert from the lowercase chamber/ea-improv octet Suspensão, captured live at Ler Devagar Bookstore in Lisbon from Ernesto Rodrigues (viola & harp), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Nuno Torres (alto sax), Eduardo Chagas (trombone), Antonio Chaparreiro (guitar), Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano & melodica), Miguel Mira (bass), Carlos Santos (electronics) and Jose Oliveira (percussion). |
Suspensao: Frottage (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Configured as an electroacoustic chamber nonet led by Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, with two saxophones, bass clarinet, piano, electric guitar, double bass, electronics & percussion, in two live, highly concentrative and subtly detailed improvisations performed in 2023 at O'Culto da Ajuda, during Ciclo Indeterminação na Música do Séc. XXI. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Nuno Torres / Guilherme Rodrigues / Eric Bauer / Stephen Flinn: Letters to Milena (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Referencing the book Letters to Milena (Briefe an Milena) by Franz Kafka of his intense love affair with Czech journalist & writer Milena Jesenská, through four lettered parts of a subtly sophisticated set of improvisations by Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (alto sax), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Eric Bauer (electronics) and Stephen Flinn (percussion). |
Okura / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Buder: Your Dramatic Joy (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Father and son string improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello join with Berlin improvisers Fumio Okura (Ensemble 222) on violin and Hannes Buder on guitar for six collective chamber free improvisations using extraordinary technique and focus, creating parallel and converging conversations that build and recede in vigorous momentum. |
Kim / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Cholet: Taedong (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Emulating the Korean river Taedong through it's undulating flows, uproar, flux and treachery in eleven succinct chamber-oriented improvisations from the quartet of South Korean tenor saxophonist Jung-Jae Kim, French-born South Korean-based drummer Quentin Cholet, with the Portuguese father/son duo of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello. |
Claman / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Tallone: Three Shadows (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Berlin recordings from the lowercase chamber improvising string quartet of New Zealand violinist Sarah Claman, Portuguese violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist son based in Berlin, Guilherme Rodrigues, with Swiss sound artist Caroline Cecilia Tallone on electroacoustic hurdy gurdy & amplified objects, exploring three shadow aspects of "Umbra", "Penumbra" and "Antumbra". |
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Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound
Denzler / Grip / Johansson: Zyklus 1 [2 CDs]
Butcher, John: The Very Fabric
Dorner, Axel / Mia Dyberg / Pierre Borel / Ernesto Rodrigues / Tristan Honsinger / Guilherme Rodrigu
Pulverize the Sound (Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride): Black
Erb, Christoph / Frantz Loriot: Sceneries
Ensemble Var (Gustafsson / Lindal / Lindstrom / Nordwall): VAR
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / von Schlippenbach / Kellers: Conundrum
Wooley, Nate / Daniele Martini / Joao Lobo : Legacy of Ashes
Master Oogway: The Concert Koan [VINYL]
NU Band, The (Wessel / Heberer / Fonda / Grassi): Renual
Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin and George Lewis: S/T
Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos Duo: KOD
Frangenheim, Alexander / Nikolaus Neuser / Richard Scott: Trialectics
Variable Geometry Orchestra: Quasar
Grid Mesh (Thewes / Schubert / Willers / Kellers): Four
Dorner / Willers / Kaufmann: AAA. Live
Rodrigues / Dorner / Torres / Frangenheim: Sin
Nicols / Kraabel / Hug: On Dizziness
Rodrigues / Dorner / Torres / Fragenheim: Nor