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![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Andrew Lafkas / Bryan Eubanks: 0 Minutes And 0 Seconds [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Lisbon-based viola player Ernesto Rodrigues joins three Berlin-based musicians--cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, double bassist Andrew Lafkas and electronics artist Bryan Eubanks--merging the lowercase approaches of Creative Sources groupings with experimental electronics for a 5-part album that ranges from the subliminal to assertive tones and momentum. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Miguel Mira / Carlos Santos: Penedo [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded on New Years Eve in Sintra in the Penedo region of Portugal, three strings--viola from Ernesto Rodrigues, cello from Guilherme Rodrigues, and a second cello from Miguel Mira--are joined by Carlos Santos on electronics for three extended and richly detailed improvisations, active yet concentratively controlled, using impressive and extended techniques. |
![]() Schiller, Christoph / Eric Ruffing: Trance [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Finding common ground between the acoustic past and the electronic present, the duo of Christoph Schiller on spinet and Eric Ruffing on analogue synthesizer present two extended improvisations of tempered interaction, exploring periods of extended sound, timbre and decay, scrabbling inside playing, restrained electronic whines, and active pointillistic playing. |
![]() Suspensao: Physis [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third album on Creative Sources for this 10-piece ensemble with 5 string players, piano, sax, trombone, electronics and percussion, freely improvising in an extended work themed for the Greek theological, philosophical, and scientific term typically translated as nature or physics, in a rich tapestry of meticulous detail and profoundly subtle communication. |
![]() Miura, Yoko / Jean-Marc Foussat: When Lowlands Consume the Space [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two approaches to keyboards from Japanese acoustic pianist Yoko Miura and keyboardist Jean-Marc Foussat (Fou Records) recording these extended and excursive improvisations in Paris in 2017, contrasting Foussat's alien and encompassing synthetic and electronic worlds with Miura's sophisticated playing inside and out of the piano. |
![]() Perturbations: Equilibrium Disturbed (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Expanding the boundaries of real-time signal processing as an active improvisational voice, the trio of David Peck (PEK), Albey onBass, and engineer Joel Simches are heard in a dynamic session where Simches manipulates and transforms instrumental expressions into intricate sonic layers, merging winds, percussion, electronics, and bass with live perturbations. |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Lexical and Syntactic Ambiguities (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This edition of Leap of Faith brings core members David Peck and Glynis Lomon together with both longtime collaborators and first-time guests, including Vance Provey, Tor Snyder, Albey onBass, and Marc Edwards, for two improvisations that blend musical histories with fresh interactions in an exploratory journey of winds, strings, electronics, and an arsenal of percussive & resonant instruments. |
![]() Lopez, Brandon Septet: nada sagrada (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Brandon Lopez leads his septet through an electrifying set recorded live at the Vision Festival. Mixed and mastered by David Torn and polished into a gem."-Relative Pitch |
![]() Turbulence: Wormholes [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A dynamic collective session from a quintet — led by multi-instrumentalist David Peck with Bonnie Kane (sax, flute, electronics), John Fugarino (brass, percussion), Albey onBass (bass, drums), and Jared Seabrook (drums, gongs) — featuring a richly textured three-horn interplay over an expansive rhythmic foundation, balancing harmonic shifts and spontaneous energy with a strong sense of structure. |
![]() Turbulence: Wormholes (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A dynamic collective session from a quintet — led by multi-instrumentalist David Peck with Bonnie Kane (sax, flute, electronics), John Fugarino (brass, percussion), Albey onBass (bass, drums), and Jared Seabrook (drums, gongs) — featuring a richly textured three-horn interplay over an expansive rhythmic foundation, balancing harmonic shifts and spontaneous energy with a strong sense of structure. |
![]() Kesherul Neg Pineg: The Book Of Pig [VINYL] (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The long-running duo between Czech trumpeter and electronics artist Petr Vrba and French drummer Peter Orins, blends ritualistic reductionism with psychedelic grooves, extended trumpet techniques, analog synthesis, and prepared percussion to create a hypnotic and unpredictable soundscape, full of frenetic energy, atmospheric tension, and sudden dynamic shifts. |
![]() TOC / Paulina Owczarek: Psychedelic Jelly [VINYL] (Tour de Bras -- France ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first live recording from French trio TOC, for this live 2023 recording TOC joins Polish saxophonist Paulina Owczarek to improvise desynchronized layers of raw energy, blending free improv with elements of pop punk, post-rock, and jazz-core, resulting in a complex and mesmerizing performance where suggested rhythms and autonomous temporalities converge into an unpredictable kraut maelstrom. |
![]() El Strom : Long Time No Sea [Used Item] (GRRR -- France ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded across studios in France and Denmark and at the Festival Les Enchanteuses, the charming and experimental trio of Birgitte Lyregaard (vocals), Sacha Gattino (sampler, percussion, zither, &c.), and Jean-Jacques Birge (Theremin, keyboards, reeds, &c.) blend experimental, jazz, rock, and folk influences, in a genre-defying amalgam of songs, free improv, rare instruments, and cutting-edge technology. |
![]() Madeira, Joao / Margarida Mestre : Voz Debaixo (4DaRecord -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring the fluid boundaries between singing, recitation, and speech, bassist João Madeira and vocalist Margarida Mestre present an intricate dialogue of sound and expression, recorded in Lisbon, with Mestre's voice shifting between phonetic poetry, storytelling, and abstract improvisation, while Madeira's double bass, guitar, and field recordings weave around and underpin her vocalizations. |
![]() AHC (Alexander Cooper): Lase [2 CDs] (Bu Lang Tribute Cake -- USA ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A meditative and immersive work of sonic abstraction, Alexander Cooper's first solo release in eight years unfolds as a lattice of minimalism-inspired harmonic diffusion, where shifting textures and fluid structures dissolve into ethereal, non-representational spaces, blurring the boundaries between form and perception in a dynamic interplay of sound and air. |
![]() Palmer, Dennis (Palmer / Lurie / Pahl / Hampton / Stagner): White Wuff (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Uniting members of the Shaking Ray Levis with luminaries including Bob Stagner (Palmer's SRL cohort), Jessica Lurie, Frank Pahl, and Col. Bruce Hampton, this final album from Dennis Palmer captures his fearless spirit in an eclectic fusion of free improvisation, surreal storytelling, and genre-bending instrumentation, traversing rock, jazz, sound collage, and absurdist experimentation. |
![]() Weathers, Andrew: Two Recordings (Editions Glomar -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two extended performances from Los Angeles and Colorado Springs by the West Coast ensemble of Andrew Weathers (tenor saxophone, mixer), Angel Lin (percussion), Ethan Marks (trumpet), and Mar Perez (trombone), freely improvising with resonance and experimental techniques to craft immersive soundscapes that blur the line between instrumental performance and environmental noise. |
![]() Houser / Jacques / Montiel / Salinas / Weathers: Light Flies Out of Us (Editions Glomar -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Subtle textures, hushed resonance, and environmental influences converge in a delicate yet immersive sonic space in this collaboration recorded at Wind Tide in Littlefield, Texas, bringing together Justin Houser, Anne-Françoise Jacques, Ernesto Montiel, Veronica Anne Salinas, and Andrew Weathers for an intimate exploration of electroacoustic improvisation. |
![]() Various Artists: Evil Clown Shorties Volume 4 (2024) (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A curated collection of 14 short improvisations from Evil Clown's modular ensembles, this fourth Shorties Volume distills the essence of expansive, long-form performances into concise yet potent expressions, featuring 31 musicians across 7 ensembles, these spontaneous works, recorded during warmups and soundchecks, offer a dynamic snapshot of the label's ever-evolving sonic landscape. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: A Great Python Spews Venomous Kerosene Upon the World (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments, Metal Chaos Ensemble is one of the most prolific Evil Clown ensembles, producing over 50 albums with a signature sound of gongs, chimes, and horns, recently recurring as a sextet blending rock elements; here configured as a quintet without a bass performer, in a distinctive work that begins with a PEK narrative. |
![]() Expanse Percussion Edition: Clang-A-Thon Fantastique (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Expanding on a decade of exploratory improvisation, this session unites a diverse septet of seasoned and new Evil Clown musicians in a dynamic live performance recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters, blending horns, percussion, electronics, and an extensive array of unique instruments to create concert-length transformations of groove, chaos, and textured sonorities in the ensemble's signature avant-garde aesthetic. |
![]() Painkiller: The Equinox (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "The Equinox is the exciting follow-up to PainKiller's acclaimed 2024 release Samsara, and this time around there is greater variety and flexibility in their approach. Six tracks of various feels and tempi are performed wi... |
![]() Christi, Ellen (Christi / Buchanan / Ulrich / Parker / Brown): Instant Reality (Network -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A striking exploration of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation, this 1992 session unites vocalist and pianist Ellen Christi with Steve Buchanan (electric guitar), Tomas Ulrich (cello), William Parker (bass), and Lefferts Brown (loops), weaving dynamic vocal phrasing, bold instrumental textures, and evolving electronic layers into an immersive and unpredictable sonic landscape. |
![]() Neurodivergent: Stigma (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blending the improvisational richness of the Evil Clown aesthetic with the playful chaos of wacky banter, Neurodivergent — featuring Count Robot, DNA Girl, Tim Mungenast, and Evil Clown regulars — delivers a dynamic, genre-defying performance uniting spoken-word absurdity, a diverse array of instruments, and spontaneous musical transformations in an embraceably unpredictable listening experience. |
![]() MARANATA (Wesseltoft / Stiberg / Escalante): Ugly Euphoria (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An album of brutal improvisation in the Borbetomagus mold as the longstanding Maranata duo of Dag Stiberg on alto and baritone saxophones and Jon Wesseltoft on electronics join forces with Mexican saxophonist Martín Escalante, creating an unrelenting sonic assault of frenzied saxophone interplay and harsh electronics, fueled by a visceral intensity and high-pressure chaotic energy. |
![]() Turbulence Orchestra: Monsoon (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Capturing the expansive sound of the Turbulence Orchestra, an eight-piece ensemble blending winds, percussion, electronics, and unconventional instruments in a 70-minute improvisational journey through evolving textures and sonorities, reflecting the group's mastery of large-scale, transformative improvisation and the dynamic aesthetic of Evil Clown productions. |
![]() Kahn, Jason / Magda Mayas: Night (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Captured live at the Werkstatt für Improvisierte Musik in Zurich, Switzerland, this debut release from Jason Kahn (electronics) and Magda Mayas (piano, objects) presents three improvised pieces that blend their complementary palettes into a poetic and intricately detailed electroacoustic dialogue, reflecting their 13-year collaboration with a mix of introspection, spontaneity, and mutual respect. |
![]() Turbulence: Squalls (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Led by David Peck, Turbulence brings together its core horn players — Michael Caglianone, Bob Moores, John Fugarino, and Peck himself — alongside bassist Scott Samenfeld and percussionist Michael Knoblach, to explore an evolving palette of sonorities blending jazz-inspired interplay, diverse instrumentation and innovative electro-acoustic sounds through transformative improvisation. |
![]() Birge, Jean-Jacques: Pique-nique Au Labo [2 CDs] (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Jean-Jacques Birgé invited 28 improvising musicians to the studio to perform in duos and trios, the theme for each of the 22 recordings chosen just before each recording, with noted performers including Birgé himself, Sophie Bernado, Pascal Contet, Julien Desprez, Jean-Brice Godet, Alexandra Grimal, Sylvain Kassap, Edward Perraud, Eve Risser, &c. |
![]() El Strom : Long Time No Sea (GRRR -- France ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded across studios in France and Denmark and at the Festival Les Enchanteuses, the charming and experimental trio of Birgitte Lyregaard (vocals), Sacha Gattino (sampler, percussion, zither, &c.), and Jean-Jacques Birge (Theremin, keyboards, reeds, &c.) blend experimental, jazz, rock, and folk influences, in a genre-defying amalgam of songs, free improv, rare instruments, and cutting-edge technology. |
![]() Various Artists: Sarajevo (Suite) (L'Empreinte Digitale -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A profound 1994 GRRR label release, Sarajevo Suite is a conceptual collaboration produced by Jean-Jacques Birgé and Corinne Léonet, featuring a global assembly of jazz and experimental artists-including Lindsay Cooper, Henri Texier, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the Balanescu Quartet-crafted to support Bosnian war victims. |
![]() Sage, Helene: Echappee Belle (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "I must say that listening to him did me a lot of good. This disc, breaking down its pieces into a succession of songs often sung/declaimed/whispered with a stunning Dadaist humor, interspersed with various sound effects (struck instrum... |
![]() Sage, Helene : Les Araignees (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Brilliant return from Helene Sage. Songs, fanfares, jazz, critical and funny texts, in French, English, German, Portuguese, Latin, Javanese... Spiders in the ceiling... for those who are afraid of them... for those who love them."-GRRR... |
![]() Birge & Vitet: Carton (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Merging electronic experimentation with improvisational spontaneity, Jean-Jacques Birgé's synthesizers and Bernard Vitet's trumpet weave alongside Michèle Buirette's vocals and Hervé Legeay's guitar, constructing a dynamic and unpredictable sonic landscape that blurs the line between composition and free expression, expanding the possibilities of form and texture. |
![]() Bass, Luciana: Desatornillandonos (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a title roughly translating to "Unscrewed", Argentinian guitarist Luciana Bass dismantles and loosens the bolts on conventional boundaries, blending blues and abstract improvisation in a journey marked by melodic passion and adventurous sonic exploration, crafting a vivid interplay between embraceable beauty and strikingly unexpected contrasts. |
![]() Roth, Chuck: Document 1 (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Displaying remarkable technique on a 6-string electric guitar, New York improviser and composer Chuck Roth, also known as watergh0st, explores a vast palette of sounds and textures, bending and twisting the guitar's raw tones without effects or pedals, across 11 succinct improvisations, Roth delivers an engaging spectrum of styles and moods, showcasing his emotional depth and inventive approach. |
![]() Parkins, Zeena / Chris Brown / William Winant / Ben Davis: Scree (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording in the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland, the quartet of Zeena Parkins (harp), Chris Brown (piano and electronics), William Winant (percussion), and Ben Davis (cello) work in an ethereal mode of electro-acoustic improvisation, drawing unconventional sounds from their instruments as they weave a virtuosic and intricately creative sonic tapestry evoking the rugged unpredictability of the album's title. |
![]() Various Ensembles: Evil Clown Shorties Volume 1 (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Presenting 14 concise improvisations from 13 albums performed by 6 ensembles and 27 musicians, Evil Clown Shorties Volume 1 highlights the modular spirit of Evil Clown's roster, blending dynamic sonic concepts into standalone "Shorties" under 10 minutes each, crafted during soundchecks yet fully formed, providing an engaging sampler of the long-form works they complement." |
![]() Jarret, Paul / Karin Johansson / Donovan Von Martens : Hemisphere / Hemisfar (Havtorn Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Paul Jarret, Karin Johansson, and Donovan Von Martens explore the dynamic interplay of prepared strings through experimental techniques and preparations, blending nature-inspired improvisation with echoes of Feldman, Bailey, and Debussy, creating a sharp, imaginative, and evolving soundscape that bridges improvisation, composition, and sound painting |
![]() Leap of Faith: Solving the Constrained Dynamics (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Leap of Faith's core duo, David Peck on woodwinds and Glynis Lomon on cello, voice & aquasonic, leads this modular Boston sextet of strings and winds in a live improvisation guided by their Broad Palette Aesthetic to influence improv with varied sonorities, an array of classical, jazz, and global influences, featuring standout guzheng player Jiaxin Wan. |
![]() Un Drame Musical Instantane: Qui Vive? (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A strikingly inventive work from Un Drame Musical Instantané, as Jean-Jacques Birgé, Bernard Vitet, and Francis Gorgé blend synthesizers, trumpet, guitar, voice, and unconventional instrumentation in a satire of television and religion, merging free improvisation, jazz, electronics, and contemporary composition into a provocative and unclassifiable sonic experience. |
![]() Un Drame Musical Instantane: L'Hallali (GRRR -- France ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Blending humor, drama, and inventive soundscapes, Un Drame Musical Instantané's n°1 showcases the trio of Jean-Jacques Birgé, Bernard Vitet, and Francis Gorgé alongside an eclectic ensemble, weaving synthesizers, samplers, sprechgesang, and orchestral elements into compelling, genre-defying compositions, which Jazz Magazine describes as mind-blowing with Zappa-esque creativity. |
![]() Moth Bucket (Sims / Searfoss / Dorsey): Vagary Suite [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (Notice Recordings -- USA ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded in Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania improvising trio of Kevin Sims (percussion, psatlery, flute), James Searfoss (reeds & tape loops), and Justin Dorsey (upright bass) explore the intersections of free jazz, drone, and electroacoustic sound, balancing texture, rhythm and tension across dynamic compositions that highlight their versatile instrumentation. |
![]() Turbulence: Agita (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Expanding the boundaries of the Turbulence aesthetic in a quintet blending wind instruments, electronics, and percussion, with longtime collaborators and new roster member Faruq Hassan introducing a dynamic drum 'n bass vibe via the SP404 MK2, using David Peck's Broad Palette Improvisation concept to unite horns, electronics, and auxiliary instruments. |
![]() Neurodivergent Orchestra: Monsters Keep Interrupting My Science (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blending the playful spontaneity of improvised banter with the experimental ethos of Evil Clown, Neurodivergent Orchestra (AKA The Wacky Banter Orchestra) expands to a nine-member ensemble — featuring bass, drums, horns, electronics, and auxiliary instruments — to deliver a dynamic and transformative performance driven by both humor and adventurous collective improvisation. |
![]() Butcher / Durrant / Wastell: Around the Square, Above the Hill (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two 2024 sessions from the free improvising trio of John Butcher (tenor and soprano saxophones), Phil Durrant (electric mandolin and electronics), and Mark Wastell (drums and percussion): the two-part dialog "Around", recorded live at London's Vortex Jazz Club, and the four-part collective improvisation "Above", captured at The Rose Hill in Brighton, UK. |
![]() Svobodni III (Bennington / Hunger / Seyler / Thatcher / Jennings): The Return To Catalhoyiik (ThatSwan! -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock For their third album, Chicago-based Svobodni — co-led by synthesist Phil Hunger and drummer Jimmy Bennington — create an evocative narrative inspired by ancient civilizations, blending layers of Stockhausen- and Kraftwerk-influenced electronics, intimate saxophone, grounded bass grooves, and searching percussion for a rich electroacoustic improvisational work that defies genre. |
![]() Persson, Rasmus / Lee Noyes : Ratios (Idealstate Recordings -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The collaboration between sound artists Lee Noyes and Rasmus initiated during their 2021 residency at Elementstudion in Goteborg, blending feedback electronics to explore balance, restraint, and precision; navigating the unpredictability of their instruments, they use improvisation, negative space and perceptual phenomena to develop these fascinating compositions. |
![]() Perturbations: Asymptotic Series (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Evil Clown's most recent ensemble led by PEK and Joel Simches focuses on trio configurations to highlight Simches' real-time signal processing; this session features PEK, Michael Caglianone, and John Fugarino on horns, auxiliary percussion, and electronics, delivering dynamic transformations across sonorities under the influence of Simches' manipulations. |
![]() Simulacrum: Replacing Reality with Representation (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A Metal Chaos Ensemble offshoot featuring PEK, Eric Woods, and Bob Moores, focuses on heightened electronic elements while omitting drums, typically expanding to larger groups; this quintet session included a rhythm section using extensive instrumental doubling across brass, reeds, percussion, and electronics, resulting in a slower-moving yet richly textured exploration. |
![]() Fennesz: Mosaic (Touch -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working in his new Seven Fountains studio in Vienna, guitarist and sound artist Fennesz developed these six works as a "mosaic" of elements derived from improvisation, composition and experimentation using unexpected influences and time signatures, each piece a richly immersive environment of bright harmonics with turns into intricately shadowed space. |
![]() Bang / Duch / Honore / Toop / Wastell: Wunderkammer [VINYL] (Confront -- UK ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collaborative tribute to Nordic poet Nils Christian Moe-Repstad (1972-2022), Wunderkammer blends live recordings from Punkt Festival 2023 with Moe-Repstad's 2014 voice recordings, as Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Michael Francis Duch, David Toop, and Mark Wastell weave a spectral and meditative ea-improv work of minimalism, poetic tension, and reverent sonic exploration. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: One Step Beyond Logic (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring chaotic metallic rhythms, this ensemble has become one of Evil Clown's most prolific groups, blending gongs, chimes, Tibetan bowls, and horns spanning a dynamic range of sounds, here in a sextet configuration with drummer Steve Niemitz and special guest Chris Alford on guitar, offering a powerful fusion of rock elements within the ensemble's electroacoustic approach. |
![]() Expanse: Bailiwick (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This session at Evil Clown Headquarters brings together a sextet featuring PEK, Michael Knoblach, Robin Amos, Bob Moores, Tony Leva, and Jonathan LaMaster, blending horns, strings, electronics, and percussion to create a richly textured improvisational journey, highlighting deep connections within the Boston improvisation scene and showcasing dynamic interactions shaped by both past collaborations and new encounters. |
![]() Trance Map (Evan Parker / Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Returning to the duo format that launched their series, Evan Parker on soprano saxophone and Matthew Wright on turntables with live processing and sound design deliver two studio improvisations from Ramsgate, UK, with Wright transforming Parker's virtuosity through layers of electronic interaction, crafting a dynamic and intricate virtual symphony of technique and intent. |
![]() Spaces Unfolding + Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: Shadow Figures (Bead -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing together as Spaces Unfolding since 2021, the trio of Neil Metcalfe on flute, Philipp Wachsmann on violin, and Emil Karlsen on drums expands their initial focus on acoustic exploration, as heard on this debut album, with the addition of Pierre Alexandre Tremblay on electronics, blending acoustic and electronic elements to reflect on the evolving influence of technology in their sound. |
![]() Tungu / Mia Zalbeka / Stefan Strasser: The Confidence Of One Swimming Against The Current (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Uniting Ukrainian artist Sergiy Senchuk (aka Tungu), Austrian violinist Mia Zabelka, and German musician Stefan Strasser, this debut project blends field recordings, improvisation, electronics, and live instrumentation, embodying defiance and resilience amidst adversity through bold, dynamic, and genre-defying soundscapes shaped by their collective strength. |
![]() Dolega, Dominik: Everything Is True (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blending contemporary, orchestral, and electronic music with global cultural influences, Dominik Dolega presents 11 untitled "Memories" recorded as duets, featuring unconventional instruments like lithophones, stones, aluphone and the bassdesmophon, inviting listeners on a sonic journey that evokes personal emotions and memories through a rich global perspective. |
![]() Fagaschinski, Kai / Yan Jun : Graveyard Processions [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Price: $34.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded in Berlin during the summer of 2022, this first collaboration between clarinetist Kai Fagaschinski and Beijing-based sound artist Yan Jun, blends clarinet, voice, and field recordings with objects and inventive sound sources in four pieces that dissolve boundaries between improvisation, composition, and experimental sound design, creating a dizzying, multilayered auditory experience. |
![]() Beins, Burkhard (w/ Dorner / Elieh / Ermke / Neumann / Renkel / Tuerlinckx / Zapparoli): Eight Duos [3 LPs] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Price: $74.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Showcasing Burkhard Beins's versatile approach to collaboration, this 3-LP set recorded at Morphine Raum presents eight duo performances featuring partners such as Andrea Neumann, Axel Dörner, and Marta Zapparoli, blending acoustic and electronic instruments in conceptual explorations that range from the percussive "Expansion" to the dynamic "Transmission," reflecting Beins's broad artistic spectrum. |
![]() Baars, Girilal / Ernesto Rodrigues / Carlos Santos / Monsieur Trinite : Surrealistisk [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three surreal improvisations with an hallucinatory edge, drawn into a dreamlike nature by the free vocals of Girilal Baars (Girilal Baars Trio, Äijä), from a 2024 concert at COSMOS in Lisbon, PT with Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, Carlos Santos on electronics and Monsieur Trinite on percussion; unconventional electroacoustic incantatory interactions. |
![]() Gleaming Shard (Wang / Bryerton): Mirrors in Light Diamonds [Used Item] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sculpted sonics through prepared guitars, electronics, synthetics, drums, gongs, metal and percussion, the Chicago duo Gleaming Shards of guitarist Da Wei Wang and drummer Jerome Bryerton, both veterans of improvisation, experimental and avant rock groups, evoke the album title and group name through shimmering and subtly shifting expanses of sound and punctuated movement. |
![]() Feichtmair / Kolibri / Krist / Novotny / Proll / Winter / Winter: Adschi [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A septet of German improvisers recording in Ulrichsberg, embracing both ea- and acoustic instrumentation that borders on free jazz but takes things a bit farther, with free vocals from Mara Kolibri adding unusual asides and narrative around highly intertwining sax, trombone, cello, electric guitar, percussion, glitch and electronics; unique and engaging. |
![]() Foussat, Jean-Marc / Guy-Frank Pellerin / Eugenio Sanna : Escale [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four electroacoustic improvisations recorded in Italy between Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, piano, toys & voice, Guy-Franck Pellerin on saxophones & percussion, and Eugenio Sanna on amplified guitar, metal strips balloons, cellophane & voices, an album of unconventional orchestration and approach that fascinates in its unusual sonic journey. |
![]() Foucher, Anne / Jean-Marc Foussat: Chair Ca [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four journeys in passionately rich sound merging synthetics, acousmatic sources, field recordings and acoustic violin from the duo of Anne Foucher, who has worked with the Acousmaki collective, on violin and electronics, and Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, piano, toys and voice, captured live in 2022 at rue Floreal, in Montpellier and at rue de Genac, in Bignac, France. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Luisa Goncalves / Flak / Bruno Parrinha / Miguel Mira: Nocturne [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The title an apt description of this dreamlike improvisation guided by the piano of Luisa Gonçalves, in a quintet with Flak on acoustic guitar & ebow, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet, Miguel Mira on cello and Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, the latter adding crepuscular bird calls and whispers to this nuanced nocturnal meditation of dark ambiance and furtive encounters. |
![]() Rotor (Rodrigues / Torres / Santos): Impulses And Signals [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Seven studio improvisations from frequent collaborators Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone and Carlos Santos on digital electronics, quiet conversations of subtle and extended technique that adhere to the session title, emulating electronic impulses and signals through understated and impeccably controlled acoustic and electronic expression. |
![]() Mimosa, Eric / Christian Vasseur: Les Sans-Ombre [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Duo guitar improvisations performed on archtop acoustic guitars from French guitarists Christian Vasseur and Eric Mimosa, nine improvisations recorded in the studio in Mons en Baroeul, France using impressive technique in a well-matched duo of virtuosic playing and wildly creative ideas that run the gamut from extremely energetic discussion to spacious observation. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: Insanity Is Contagious [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Metal Chaos Ensemble was formed in 2015 by reedist & percussionist David Peck and drummer Yuri Zbitnov as a working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments with a rock sensibility; drummer Steve Niemitz now holds the drum chair, and the band is a prolific sextet with saxophonist Michael Caglione, trumpeter Bob Moores, synth player Eric Woods and guitarist Mike Gruen. |
![]() Symbolist (Flinn / Rodrigues / Carroll): The Age Of Bronze [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Improvising collaborators, percussionist Stephen Flinn and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues join with Irish improviser and composer Roy Carroll, a member of Splitter Orchestra and who works with the amplification and signal processing of diverse objects, here the trio performing an extended improvisation of exotic and transformative sonic interaction through unusual, encompassing soundscapes of exotic and transformative sonic interaction. |
![]() Painkiller (Harris / Laswell / Zorn): Samsara (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Originally formed in 1991, the legendary PainKiller trio, known for merging jazz, metal, grindcore, ambient, and dub, returns after more than 25 years to explore an intense new direction, as electronic artist Mick Harris crafts a rich tapestry of beats and sounds, drawing inspired performances from bassist Bill Laswell and alto saxophonist John Zorn. |
![]() Tungu: Successful Utilization of Elements (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of 19 wide-ranging duets between Sergey Senchuk, aka Tungu, who performs on voice, acoustic bass, field recording & sampling, and an impressive set of international improvisers, including Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Jaap Blonk (voice), Gunda Gottschalk (violin), Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Sainkho Namtchylak (voice), Xavier Charles (clarinet & processing), &c. |
![]() DNS: Taking Big Bites Of The Khandas Three Cafes Deep [2 CDs] (Bu Lang Tribute Cake -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Live improvisations from the North Carolina duo of Alexander Cooper and Joseph Schlam, a double album of eight extended journeys through textural sound, drone and veiled reference, influenced by Costin Miereanu, Jaap Vink, Lionel Marchetti, Luc Ferrari, and Dagar Vani, as the duo work in stereo using two amps for drums, voice, live electronics, and field recordings. |
![]() Garcia, Miguel A. / Fernando Carvalho: Siamese (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Developed as part of the 2024 artist-in-residence program at Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, this series of nine electroacoustic compositions by Miguel A. García and Fernando Carvalho blends rhythms, synthesizers, and Carvalho's field recordings, all manipulated and transformed by García into distinct sonic worlds, each unveiling or making curious mysteriously fascinating sources. |
![]() Rodrigues / Sa / Rocha / Rodrigues / Silva / Varela / Goncalves / Flak / Trindade: Mimesis (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Primarily an acoustic ensemble of nine improvisers led by Ernesto Rodrigues on viola — including saxophonist Joana Sá, percussionist Monsieur Trindade, guitarist Flak, and pianist Luisa Gonçalves — performs a live, extended improvisation of tightly controlled, deeply detailed conversation as part of the 2024 Creative Sources Cycle in Lisbon. |
![]() Rodrigues / Torres / Hencleeday / Santos: Synopsis (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live during the Creative Sources Cycle at Lisbon's Cossoul on May 2, 2024, this collaboration brings together Ernesto Rodrigues (viola, crackle box), Nuno Torres (alto saxophone), Andre Hencleeday (piano), and Carlos Santos (modular synth) in a delicate journey of reductionist improvisation, blending acoustic and electronic textures to craft an intricate, lower-case performance of subtle sonic dialogues and dynamic restraint. |
![]() Lisbon String Trio & Carlos Santos: Cobra (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Lisbon String Trio — Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Miguel Mira (cello) and Alvaro Rosso(double bass) — collaborates with Carlos Santos (electronics, modular synth) to create a sophisticated, assertive set that enriches the trio's soundscape with nuanced electronic textures, building on the trio's nearly telepathic coordination and harmonic depth, blending physicality and subtle electronics to evoke mysterious, wave-like motifs and dynamic subtlety. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Every Hand Is Lunatic That Travels on the Moon (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Kunstraum Walcheturm in Zurich, Jason Kahn's voice presents four improvised pieces blending voice, modular synths, and electronics, creating immersive soundscapes that explore sound's spatial and psychological dimensions, released in a limited edition of 100 hand-painted CDs by Editions. |
![]() Lauro, Audrey: Prose Metallique (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Versed in jazz and contemporary composed music, Belgian alto saxophonist Audrey Lauro embarks on a solo journey with seven saxophone improvisations, using 'everyday objects' to prepare her instrument and close-microphone placement to create an intimate sound space, exploring 'the area where voice and instrument converge'. |
![]() Pavone, Jessica: What Happens Has Become Now (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Her 5th solo viola album finds NY improviser & composer Jessica Pavone extending her exploration of music based on the pitches of the open strings, accentuating the natural sympathetic resonances of the instrument and expanded through the use of electronic effects to create a virtual duo, on one track performing on a Ken Butler hand-crafted hybrid instrument, the Sword Viola. |
![]() Haco: Another Souvenir: Solo Live in 2002 (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After Dinner vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Haco undertook her first North American tour in 2002, bringing with her an irregularly tuned electric mandolin, two samplers, a mini-drum synth and her "Howling [tea]Pot" feedback instrument, here in seven uniquely Haco performances of sonic instrumentals and song, performed at Mama Gaia's in Cambridge. |
![]() Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Cristian Alvear / Juan Sebastian Lach : One for One (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This album of resonant electronics with spacious pacing is beautifully rendered by Mexican electronic artist and composer Juan Sebastian Lach, who performs on computer, and Chilean electric guitarist Cristian Alvear, presenting a 2015 composition by French composer, saxophonist, and organist Jean-Luc Guionnet titled "One for One for any pitched instrument and electronics." |
![]() Sakata, Akira / Rie Nakajima: Roughly Random (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Legendary Japanese free jazz saxophonist Akira Sakata joins with frequent collaborator, younger generation sound and installation artist Rie Nakajima, for a live concert at Ftarri's Tokyo venue in 2023, Sakata performing on alto sax, clarinet, bells, singing bowl and vocals, Nakajima on objects and motor, capturing two sets of unique detail and expressive restraint. |
![]() Sun Ra: Berkeley Lecture, 1971 (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock In 1971 as Sun Ra's deal with ABC Impulse! introduced him and his Arkestra to a wider audience, Sun Ra, aka Herman Poole Blount, accepted a lectureship at University of California, Berkeley, teaching a class titled "The Black Man and the Cosmos" heard in this half hour lecture with a solo piano rendering of "Love in Outer Space," and a 16 minute wild Moog solo. |
![]() Flinn, Stephen / Bryan Eubanks : Stephen Flinn / Bryan Eubanks (Public Eyesore -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live performance of acoustic improvisation augmented by electronics between Stephen Flinn and Bryan Eubanks, Flinn bringing percussion and gongs to the stage while Eubanks performs on saxophone and electronics, over a 30 minute dialog they coax out unusual cries, squeals and utterance of confident sonic force evolved through improvisational restraint; compelling and mysterious. |
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