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![]() Djll, Tom: Thistle (Soul On Rice -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using analog computers that "require a lot of real-time intervention to flesh out their neurotic narratives", the typically trumpeter Tom Djll (Grosse Abfahrt) turns his attention to a series of prickly sound works of strange intention and direction, through fourteen works titled like a series of math equations mashed into a dictionary; good weird fun. |
![]() Cicala, Leo : Punto Di Accumulazione [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. |
![]() NARTcore (Meggyes / Kovats): Aeluton [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. |
![]() Haino, Keiji / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi: With Pats On The Head, Just One Too Few Is Evil, One Too Many Is Good That's All It Is [VINYL 3 LPs] (Black Truffle -- Australia ) Price: $53.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Documenting the complete performance at the now-shuttered Tokyo underground club SuperDeluxe, the trio of Keiji Haino on guitar, voice, flute, snare & oboe, Jim O'Rouke on 6-string bass, electric guitar, synth & electronics, and Oren Ambarchi on drums & percussion, performed for 2 hours in an amazingly diverse set of acoustic and electronic improvisation. |
![]() Cahen, Robert: La nef des fous [VINYL] (Recollection GRM -- USA ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electroacoustic composer Robert Cahen studied at ORTF and CNSM in Paris under Pierre Shaeffer, turning to video work in the 1970s and applying musique concrete concepts to moving image, these compositions recorded at the GRM studios between 1971 and 1974 show his mastery over sound and his expressive ability to morph transitions through rich sonic detail. |
![]() Laubrock, Ingrid (w/ Jon Irabagon / Zeena Parkins / Tom Rainey): Monochromes (Intakt -- Austria ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist & composer Ingrid Laubrock's quartet with Jon Irabagon on sopranino sax, Zeena Parkins on electric harp and Tom Rainey on drums, in a work of conventional and graphic notation with text instructions, accompanied by fixed media tape pieces (monochromes), from Nate Wooley, Adam Matlock, Tom Rainey, and by JD Allen, David Breskin & Ingrid Laubrock manipulating Harry Bertoia sculptures. |
![]() Smith, Ches: Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic Records -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A stunning album that effortlessly blends styles from jazz, electronics, minimalism and contemporary forms, rendered by an eclectic group of primarily NY artists including Nate Wooley, Jennifer Choi, James Brandin Lews, Oscar Noriega, Anna Webber, Shahzad Ismaily and Smith himself, in an exhilarating and well-balanced set of Smith compositions that inform and groove spectacularly! |
![]() Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Levine: Quadruple Quadrature Questions (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock While theremin & synth specialist Andrew Levine was on a 2023 tour of Portugal he met with a core trio of Creative Sources improvisers--Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & Crackle Box, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet & objects, Flak on electric guitar & effects--meeting in Flak's countryside studio for one detailed, extensive improvisation and 6 short works of differing sonic characters and colour. |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |
![]() Guionnet / La Casa / Samartzis / Warburton: Parking (Collection Paris) (Swarming -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two improvisations by saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet & violinist Dan Warburton recorded in Paris & Melbourne parking garages 14 years apart, registering the behavior and characteristics of environmental and instrumental sound within these unique spaces, edited by Eric La Casa and Philip Samartzis as a 4-channel master by synchronizing two sets of independent stereo recordings. |
![]() Zakrocki / Garbowski / Gradziuk: Ballads And Blues [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of electroacoustic improv "Ballads" and "Blues", beautiful and chimerical works at the intersection of strings and a miscellany of percussion, patiently and unhurriedly unfolding under the deep listening ears from the Polish trio of Patryk Zakrocki on prepared electric guitar & granular delay, Maciej Garbowski on double bass and Krzysztof Gradziuk on multipercussion, objects & toys. |
![]() Sharp, Elliot: Arbor (zOaR Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of arboreal pieces for solo acoustic guitar--wood transformed into a resonator with the help of metal oscillators and digital manipulation--performed in the studio by NY guitarist and improviser Elliott Sharp, developing the works around trees, "austere and intense", each piece unfolding like delicate branches of acoustic and ethereal framework. |
![]() Olsson, Henrik / Aviva Endean: Split Series Vol. 2 (FRIM Records -- Sweden ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Part of the split series from Swedish label FRIM (Association For Free Improvised Music), this album presents the two solo concerts from an evening at Rönnells Antikvariat during the 2022 Sound of Stockholm festival, first from drummer Henrik Olsson performing on turntables & objects; then from Aviva Endean on clarinets, electronics, voice & plastic pipes. |
![]() Sa, Joana: A Body as Listening (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The concluding opus of a trilogy that began with "Through This Looking Glass" and followed with "In Praise Of Disorder", Portuguese pianist Joana Sa merges acoustic piano with well-balanced electronics and resonance, using preparations and fragments of previous recordings to create a uniquely expressive solo performance: forceful, fragile, and captivatingly fascinating. |
![]() CHANGES TO blind: Volume Eight: Before Birth to Expiration9 (Squidco Records -- USA ) Price: $9.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The eighth album from the long-running CHANGES TO blind project of Phil Zampino, eight works drawing on compositions & improvisations, acoustic & synthetic instruments, field recordings & samples, with guests Levi Erik providing field recordings & voice and Wilmington, NC's 910 Noise Members of Carl Kruger, subterrene, John Bishop, Authorless and Ryan Lewis. |
![]() Baron, Marc / Mark Vernon: post-chance (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mailing unspooled 1/4" tape to each other along with a magnet to randomly erase part of each tape, Marc Baron & Mark Vernon captured these fragments and placed them into sequence based on the minute past the hour each was originally recorded, contrasting the degraded recordings with the original; an exacting but fascinating method of creating something unexpected and uniquely engaging. |
![]() Leap of Faith: Quest for Uncertainty (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Joining the Boston free improvising duo of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice--the core duo of Leap of Faith Orchestra--are Bonnie Kane on tenor sax, flute & electronics, and John Loggia on drums and percussion, capturing the extended title track and a brief, "possible outcome" as a summation. |
![]() Ughi, Federico (w / Leo Genovese / Brandon Lopez): Infinite Cosmos Calling You You You, Vol. 1 (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first album under 577 label leader and drummer Federico Ughi's name in five years brings together the incredible bass skills of Brandon Lopez and expansive Argentinean keyboard sonics of Leo Genovese, the first of two planned volumes recorded in the studio for a boundary-less album of acoustic and electric improv influenced by the music and philosophy of Sun Ra. |
![]() Ughi, Federico (w / Leo Genovese / Brandon Lopez): Infinite Cosmos Calling You You You, Vol. 1 [VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $20.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first album under 577 label leader and drummer Federico Ughi's name in five years brings together the incredible bass skills of Brandon Lopez and expansive Argentinean keyboard sonics of Leo Genovese, the first of two planned volumes recorded in the studio for a boundary-less album of acoustic and electric improv influenced by the music and philosophy of Sun Ra. |
![]() Merzbow: Cafe OTO [2 CDs] (Cold Spring Records -- UK ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A live and extended performance of brutal but shifting sonic assault performed before an appreciative audience at London's Cafe OTO in 2016, a solo performance from Japanese noise legend Masami Akita, AKA Merzbow, each of the 2 CDs in this set more than 50 minutes of tightly controlled electronic mayhem from the unremitting determination of one of the globe's masters of noise. |
![]() Friedl / Siewert: Lichtung (KARLRECORDS -- Germany ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Zeitkratzer director and pianist Reinhold Friedl meets with Martin Siewert (Radian, Fake the Facts, Dry Thrust) for three improvised explorations on piano, guitar and electronics, through the course of powerful transitions building from deep introspection into prickly, bellicose interaction, yielding to a brooding finale of subtle electronics and punctuation; profound. |
![]() Void Patrol (Sharp / Stetson / Martin / MacDonald): Live @ Victo (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A wild and adventurous concert and one of the highlights of the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville from the electric improvising quartet of Elliott Sharp on electric guitar & electronics, Colin Stetson on bass, alto & tenor saxophones, Billy Martin on drums & percussion and Payton Macdonald on marimba, vibraphone & African xylophone. |
![]() Musicworks: #147 Winter 2024 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Winter 2024 issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine, with Saxophonist Andrew MacKelvie on the cover; plus features on Indonesia's Music Subculture; Sonny-Ray Day Ride; Solidaridad Tango; A History of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble; plus album reviews, essays and a CD of tracks from artists covered in the magazine. |
![]() Simulacrum: Mechatronics (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This ensemble features 3 core Evil Clown members--David Peck on reeds, winds, percussion & electronics; Eric Woods on analog synth; and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar & electronics--with guests Michael Caglianone on reeds & percussion, Robin Amos on electric zither and keyboards; Faruq Hassan on samplers & keys; Albey OnBass on bass; and Michael Knoblach on military devices. |
![]() Oxley, Tony / Stefan Holker: The New World (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A meeting between two percussive collaborators from legendary UK improviser Tony Oxley and long-time collaborator and member of Oxley's Celebration Orchestra, Stefan Holker, the latter on acoustic percussion while Oxley performs in his inimitable style of close miking and effecting percussive objects, as the pair perform six Oxley compositions of tightly ringing, energetic activity. |
![]() Migone, Christof / Alexandre St-Onge: undoundone (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Since 1997 the duo of Montreal sonic experimenters Christof Migone and Alexandre St-Onge, both members of Klaxon Gueule, have performed under the name "Undo", here declaring themselves "undone", presenting nine tracks of of live & studio recordings from 1997-2013 of often bizarre yet ever innovative cracked electronics, acoustics, voice, and inexplicable sound; weird and wonderful! |
![]() Kimmel.Ali.Harris (Jeff Kimmel / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris): Flora Oblique [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third release for the Chicago collective improvising trio of Jeff Kimmel on clarinet & electronics, Ishmael Ali on cello & electronics and Bill Harris on drums & feedback, acoustic interplay in the foreground with electronics adding layers of intriguing sonic pressure as their playing evolves through clear and cohesive conversation over punctuated & textural foundations. |
![]() Ulher, Birgit / Carol Genetti / Eric Leonardson: Horizontal Shift (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $6.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An international electroacoustic improvising trio of German trumpet player Birgit Ulher, also on radio, speaker & objects, and two Chicago outside improvisers--Carol Genetti on voice & objects, and Eric Leonardson on his unique self-built instrument the springboard, objects & electronics-- heard in a live performance at Elastic Arts, in Chicago, Illinois in 2018. |
![]() IKZ (Chris Dammann / Kevin Davis / John Niekrasz / Toby Summerfield): I Saw The Cryptic Problem Of My Generation Destroyed (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $6.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four improvisations that start as dense and scrabbly electroacoustic improv and then transport into beautiful sonic interaction from the Chicago collaborative quartet of Chris Dammann (Scott Clark) on double bass, Kevin Davis (Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore) on cello, John Niekrasz (Poor School, The Naked Future) on drums and Toby Summerfield (Larval, Algernon, Scott Clark) on guitar. |
![]() Turba, Ruben / Minami Saeki: The Gift (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Thirteen realizations of sound artist Rubén Turba and violist Minami Saeki's concept for two musicians or more, where each performer chooses five sounds as a "gift" to one of the others, played up to three times during the realization before moving to the next sound; these recordings were made independently in Tokyo & Madrid and then combined without editing. |
![]() Wittenburg, Florian: Regenprasseln (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Translating to "rain pattering", German-born international sound artist Florian Wittenburg uses a MetaSynth and the Kyma visual programming language for sound design to emulate the sounds of rain pattering from aperiodic to periodic in two parts, along with heating noises in two parts, and a clock ticking; compellingly structured accompaniment to your personal ambiance. |
![]() Newland, Paul: Things That Happen Again (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A portrait of UK interdisciplinary composer Paul Newland's music through five pieces dating from 2009 to 2023 performed by members of London's Apartment House ensemble, including a string quartet, two different trio combinations, a short work for solo piano, and a score for open instrumentation, realised in this recording by a septet. |
![]() Banabila, Michel: The Unreal Realm (Tapu Records -- Netherlands ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of works from Netherlands composer Michel Banabila, including a piece developed with saxophonist Dave Liebman and previously released only digitally; a work with Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek); a work with Pierre Bastien; and excerpts from scores for Yin Yue's choreography in two works: "Somewhere" for New York Live Arts and "Timeless Tide" for BalletMet. |
![]() Banabila, Michel / Stijn Huwels / Cok Van Vuuren : One Moment In Time [CASSETTE] (Tapu Records -- Netherlands ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Extending their initial collaboration "One Moment in Time", released during the pandemic and picked up by Apple Music's Pure Meditation playlist, the trio of Stijn Huwels on electric guitar & pedals, Cok van Vuuren on dobro & mando guitars, and Michel Banabila on keys, sampler, voice & granular fx, extend their catalog with "Across the Sky", a beautifully warm work of layered drones. |
![]() Harris, Bill: MACRODOSE (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $6.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Combining acoustic drums, percussion and electronics, the third solo album from Chicago drummer Bill Harris delves deeper into the sonic aspects of his improvisations while providing them in discrete segments through eleven succinct recordings, a diverse set demonstrating unique approaches to rhythm and sound, enhanced on some pieces through studio techniques. |
![]() Nanimo (Area / Torres / Sarramian / Gris): Hapax [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition. |
![]() Zethson, Alex: Terje [Used Item] (Supertraditional -- Sweden ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two movements from a live score for the classic silent film Terje Vigen by Sjöström composed and produced by Swedish pianist & keyboardist Alex Zethson (Angles 9, VÖ, Fire! Orchestra), two long-form tracks of dark and sombre, pulsating folk-drone featuring Norwegian vocal ensemble EMBLA plus appearances by, i.e., Christer Bothén, Kristin Amparo Sundberg and Goran Kajfeš. |
![]() Leap of Faith: Resonance Energy (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Joining the Boston duo Leap of Faith, the core duet of David Peck on reeds, percussion, the kitchen sink and everything in between, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, is bassist Scott Samenfeld from Turbulence Orchestra, drummer Jared Seabrook, and brass player John Fugarino, with Joel Simches capturing the recording and manipulating the stream in real time. |
![]() Neurodivergent: Cosmic Collisions (Evil Clown -- UK ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A new ensemble emerging out of the Boston collective band Expanse with David Peck on reeds, percussion and innumerable instruments, Count Robot on voice & tapes, DNA Girl on guitars & mandolin, Tim Mungenast on guitar, and Michael Caglianone on reeds & winds, all adding percussion and electronics from the Evil Clown arsenal, exploring aspects of group improvisation. |
![]() Directives: Glimmer (Aubjects -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of instrumental compositions from D. Petri (Dog Hallucination), structured as songs of a rhythmic nature using synths, samples, field recordings and effects, eight embraceable and upbeat work with layers of detail, influenced by Petri's love of explorative electronic music including YMO or Tom Ellard, or labels like Mille Plateau and Raster. |
![]() Rotem Geffen: The Night Is The Night (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Singer, songwriter and pianist Nelly Klayman-Cohen, aka Rotem Geffen, explores the fringes of dreamy pop music with lyrics in German, English and Hebrew that explore themes of memory, love, grief, loss, and the night as a vibrating room, with collaborators including Alexander Zethson on keyboards, Isak Hedtjar on clarinets and winds, Vilhelm Bromander on double bass, &c. |
![]() Rotem Geffen: The Night Is The Night [VINYL] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Singer, songwriter and pianist Nelly Klayman-Cohen, aka Rotem Geffen, explores the fringes of dreamy pop music with lyrics in German, English and Hebrew that explore themes of memory, love, grief, loss, and the night as a vibrating room, with collaborators including Alexander Zethson on keyboards, Isak Hedtjar on clarinets and winds, Vilhelm Bromander on double bass, &c. |
![]() Phantom Orchard (Ikue Mori / Zeena Parkins): Hit Parade of Tears (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Distilling their ensemble to its original duo configuration, New York improvisers Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori reflect on the stories of Japanese author Izumi Suzuki through ten mysteriously eclectic and beautifully developed compositions of harp (acoustic and electric), electronics, percussion, harmonium, ondes martenot, and much more; wonderful, imaginative and evocative work. |
![]() Lennon, Sean Ono: Asterisms [VINYL] (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The chameleonic styles of Sean Ono Lennon are in full force on this instrumental record, merging rock, jazz, experimental and cinematic styles in captivating ways, performed with the spectacular ensemble of Devon Hoff (bass), Yuka Honda (electronics), Johnny Mathar (drums), João Nogueira (Wurlitzer), Ches Smith (drums), Michael Leonhart (trumpet) & Mauro Refosco (percussion). |
![]() Chorale Joker / Ensemble SuperMusique: Demantibule•es (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $9.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock Merging members of Ensemble SuperMusique with a subset of the ensemble Chorale Joker, Joane Hétu presents four premieres that explore our experiences during the pandemic, SuperMusique focused on electronics and synthetic instruments and offset by a wind quintet, the music and vocal interactions often explosive, reflecting on our mental states during an overwhelming cultural malady. |
![]() Vathres: Liturgy of Lacuna [Used Item] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Price: $11.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three expansive works from composer and keyboardist/pianist Alex Zethson, developing concepts from themes and motifs developed over more than a decade, recorded over two years with exceptional care as he and his collaborators create subtle and beautifully evocative sonic environments that seamlessly incorporate acoustic, electronic, drone and feedback elements. |
![]() Almeida, Goncalo / Rutger Zuydervelt: Eventual (gusstaff records -- Poland ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first full-length collaboration between Portuguese double bassist Gonçalo Almeida and Netherlands sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, born from the soundtrack to Lex Reitsma's documentary about photographer Koos Breukel, including additional recordings to create this beautiful long-form drone merging rich electronics with Gonçalo's powerfully textured harmonics. |
![]() Duplant, Bruno / Rutger Zuydervelt: Edge Of Oblivion (Machinefabriek -- Netherlands ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third collaboration between sound and electronic artists Bruno Duplant and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) is a darkly heavy and dramatic work of subtle motion that slowly unfolds and shifts through vast sonic environments, fueled by acousmatic sources that take the listener to the edge of darkness and then pulls them back in warm waves or rich ambiance. |
![]() Granberg, Magnus (w/ Miki Maruta / Ko Ishikawa / Toshimaru Nakamura): Come Down To Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth -- Revised Version For Sho, Koto, Prepared Piano And Electronic (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composer Magnus Granberg originally composed "Come Down to Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth" for the Boston-based ensemble Ordinary Affects, previously released in 2020 on the Meena label, now in a version reworked for sho, koto, prepared piano and electronics by Ko Ishikawa, Miki Maruta and Toshimaru Nakamura, recording in the studio before their performance at the 2019 Ftarri Festival. |
![]() Rodrigues / Parrinha / Flak / Levine: Quadruple Quadrature Questions [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock While theremin & synth specialist Andrew Levine was on a 2023 tour of Portugal he met with a core trio of Creative Sources improvisers--Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & Crackle Box, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet & objects, Flak on electric guitar & effects--meeting in Flak's countryside studio for one detailed, extensive improvisation and 6 short works of differing sonic characters and colour. |
![]() Simulacrum: Mimesis (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Expanding on their 2023 Homunculus, the Boston-based collective ensemble Simulacrum with a core of David Peck on reeds, percussion, keys and direction, Eric Woods on analog synth and Bob Moores on space trumpet & guitar are expanded with Cecil Taylor bassist Albey OnBass, synthesist Eric Zinman, reedist Michael Caglianone and drummer Michael Knoblach. |
![]() Zuydervelt, Rutger: Kites (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian) (Machinefabriek -- Netherlands ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Music for a solo dance piece performed by Roshanak Morrowatian and composed by Netherland electronic artist Rutger Zuydervelt, the subject of the dance reflecting on the experience of young asylum seekers forced from their native countries to grow up somewhere unfamiliar, the music in seven parts weaving fragments of Iranian popular music into Zuydervelt's abstract electronics. |
![]() Axioms: Abstract Intensions [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Expanse: Chromatic Spectrum [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Expanse: Reach (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Perhaps the most synthetic of Evil Clown releases, Expanse represents space and restraint, this the 8th album from the Boston improvising collective of David Peck on reeds, winds, synths and percussion, Robin Amos on synths, Michael Knoblach on percussion (including egg beater, humpty dumpty toy, and teething rings) and Joel Simches providing real-time processing; inexplicably interesting. |
![]() Expanse: Swathe [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Coherent Alternatives [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Emergent Spacetime (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The core of the Boston improvising collective Leap of Faith Orchestra are the duo of cellist Glynis Lomon and reedist and multi-instrumentalist David Peck, here joined by Eric Woods on analog synth and new collective member Jared Seabrook on drums & percussion, for two examples of Peck's broad palette concept yielding evolving transformations through free playing |
![]() Leap Of Faith: Time And Symmetry Entwined [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Perturbations: Deviations Of A System [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Simulacrum: Homunculus [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Simulacrum: Mechatronics [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Simulcrum: Meditations on Reality [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() Turbulence Orchestra: Dynamos [Used Item] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO W/ CUT CORNER |
![]() VCA (Vilanova / Castrillon / Andean): Ceres [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electroacoustic improvisation from the trio of Marc Vilanova on saxophone, Sergio Castrillon on cello, and pianist James Andean also performing on objects and electronics, in nine collective improvisations of close-knit dialog balancing intense activity and silent space, building tension and releasing it in unexpected and wonderfully eccentric ways. |
![]() Griffure: Paratonnerre (Umlaut Records -- France ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The French duo Griffure of cellist & vocalist Leonore Grollemund and violinist & vocalist Amaryllis Billet are transformed into a string quintet enhanced by electroacoustic instrumentation, with violinist Chloe Julian, violist Alix Gauthier and double bassist Lea Yeche, all three providing vocals, in 15 evocative works that shift between composition, improv and text. |
![]() Gunnarson, Rosanna / Karin Johansson: I grunda vikar ar bottnarna mjuka (OUTERDISK -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by August Strindberg's short story about a fortepiano being dropped into deep waters off an archipelago island, Stora grusharpan, and using composer Rosanna Gunnarson's underwater recordings including a piano being lowered into water, Swedish pianist Karin Johansson performs Gunnarson's graphic score and compositions on a prepared grand piano. |
![]() Johansson, Karin / Finn Loxbo : Vent [VINYL] (Omlott -- Sweden ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing on prepared piano & accordion (Karin Johansson) and guitar & electronics (Fin Loxbo), this Swedish duo explore unhurried and varied soundscapes, their skill and discerning motion allowing individual sounds space for clear expression in virtual narratives, the album's tracks captured in a variety of locations including the resonance of an old water reservoir. |
![]() Johansson, Karin / Lisen Rylander Love: Arter (Havtorn Records -- Sweden ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Swedish title translating to "Species", the contemplatively elegant interactions between pianist Karin Johansson and tenor saxophonist Lisen Rylander are named for extinct species of animals and plants, as the two improvise over the loss of species that disappear from the earth every year, their wistful music augmented through preparations, kalimbas, live electronics and percussion. |
![]() Polwechsel: Embrace [4 LP BOX SET] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Price: $179.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The current Polwechsel quartet of Werner Dafeldecker, Michael Moser, Martin Brandlmayr and Burkhard Beins — merging improvisation and contemporary forms for outstandingly paced and conceptualized performance — are joined by luminaries John Butcher, Klaus Lang, Magda Mayas, Andrea Neumann and Peter Ablinger, released in a deluxe 4-LP box set with a 32-page booklet. |
![]() Evil Clown Shorties : Volume 2 (2023-2024) (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock While typically performing and releasing extended improvisations that last an hour or more, before each of the Evil Clown's Livestreamed performances they record a short improvisation, referred to as "Shorties", taking approaches that yield unique character to the longer works, collected here in 15 recordings with permutations of regular collective members. |
![]() Weston, Matt: A New Form Of Crime [VINYL] (7272music -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Conceived and constructed over 16 years, composer, electronic artist & percussionist Matt Weston employs graphic and personal notation systems with elements including clandestine recordings in concert halls and athletic buildings while they were not in use, rural field recordings, and the sound of cars driving over a bridge at Weston's conducting; unique and fascinating. |
![]() Van Huffel's, Peter Callisto: Meandering Demons (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A step into a darker world than Gorilla Mask from the debut of baritone saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's bass-less quartet Callisto with Lina Allemano on trumpet, Antonis Anissegos on piano & electronics and Joe Hertenstein on drums, a solid jazz quartet that shies from clichŽ in devilishly deep collective interplay fostered by Van Huffel's inventive compositions. |
![]() Artifacts (Nicole Mitchell / Tomeka Reid / Mike Reed): ...and then there's this [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Confirming their place in Chicago's improv legacy, the second album from the Artifacts Trio of Nicole Mitchell on flute & electronics, Tomeka Reid on cello and Mike Reed on drums & percussion expand the AACM canon with compositions from each member, plus several insightful and lively collective improvisations and one piece each from Roscoe Mitchell and Muhal Richard Abrams. |
![]() Braxton, Anthony: 12 Duets (DCWM) 2012 [12 CD Box Set] (New Braxton House -- USA ) Price: $89.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Newly Distributed in 2021: A 12-CD set presenting Braxton in dialogue with three distinctive duet partners: violinist Erica Dicker, vocalist Kyoko Kitamura and bassoonist Katherine Young, recorded in the summer of 2012 over two sessions with each player, a remarkable and expansive set of innovative and creative improvisation. |
![]() Giffoni, Carlos: Zamuro [VINYL] (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $20.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live and studio rendition of Gifonni's solo composition for portable synth and analog filter, themed on the South American large vulture of the name Zamuro. |
![]() Great Architect / Moenda: Masters of Magick / The Lorax [7" VINYL SINGLE] (Kinnikinnik -- USA ) Price: $5.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split 7" 45 with radical sonic experimenting quartet Great Architect with Brent Bagwell from Eastern Seaboard; and polyrhythmic experimenting quartet Moenda. |
![]() Guthrie, Will: People Pleaser 2 [VINYL] (Kythibong -- France ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Impressive experimental approaches to organized recordings of rhythmic and melodic percussion, a mix of quirky and curious samples & loops, spoken word, field recordings and inexplicable origins, captivating the listener in concise and diverse expositions and dynamic pacing, a journey in "pleasingly" upbeat passages and moments of awe and contemplation. |
![]() Hawkins, Chester: K516156/91044 [33 1/3 7-inch VINYL] (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Price: $6.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A 33 rpm 7" from Washington, DC sound artist Chester Hawkins, which "contains highly concentrated extracts" of two remixes of live recordings at Logan Fringe Arts Space and Red Onion Records, from his limited-edition USB release "Cops Need Serial Numbers"; mesmerizing and hypnotic electronics from a masterful performer and kosmiche explorer. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Noema [VINYL 2 LPs] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring Kyoto through a series of 37 compositions organized from field recordings of everyday sound in the city made during Jason Kahn's 3 month stay in 2012, creating unique audio memories evoking and commenting on the structure of Kyoto's social spaces. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Open Space [VINYL 2 LPs] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Jason Kahn developed these graphic scores, commissioned by the 2012 now NOW Festival in Australia, to push these specific players into situations outside of their comfort zone, as heard in this double LP which includes copies of the score plus notes and interviews. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Songline [VINYL 2 LPs] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss improviser Jason Kahn continues his forays into vocal experimentation with this solo album, recorded in the rooms of a former Swisscom telephone relay station in Zurich, recorded in a single take, pushing himself over the edge in these unique vocal compositions that are stark examples of his creative and confrontational skills. |
![]() La Casa, Eric: L'inspir du Rivage part 2&3 [VINYL 7-inch] (Povertech / Joe Colley -- USA ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock First stock of this 1999 7" from French sound artist Eric La Casa created as part of Joe Colley's "Explorer" series, the title translating to "the shore breathing" where each composition develops from field recordings of water, the first part more naturalist and adhering to the initial recordings, the second using sound processing to create something unique and mesmerizing. |
![]() Mattin : Songbook #5 [VINYL] (Disembraining Machine -- Australia ) Price: $15.43 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mattin takes 5 spontaneous 5-minute songs from 5 musicians, and a 25 minute concert structured by 5 instructions based on those song titles, then records vocals for the 5 songs as a singing lecture, then superimposes all 3 to create the five 5-minutes songs on this album. |
![]() Mattin: Songbook #6 [VINYL] (Munster Records, Insulin Addicted Records, CruditŽs Tapes -- E.U. ) Price: $8.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock Spanish sound artist and vocalist Mattin in his 6th "Songbook" album, performed with Farahnaz Hatam, Pan Daijing, Colin Hacklander, Werner Dafeldecker, and Dean Roberts, a vicious mix of essentially no-wave rock and experimental music, six songs at exactly six minutes each covering topics of the conflicts, confusion and frustrations of our modern age. |
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