The Squid's Ear Magazine
European Improv, Free Jazz & Related


 
Sanders, Mark / Emil Karlsen: Muted Language
Sanders, Mark / Emil Karlsen:
Muted Language

(Bead -- UK )


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Steering far from pyrotechnics or histrionics, the drum duo of UK legend Mark Sanders and Norwegian residing in the UK and part of the new direction of Bead Records, Emil Karlsen, present six percussion improvisations that focus on textural interaction, melodic progression, polyrhythms, and sonic excitement through percussive elements; an exceptional duo.

Ensemble Discoveries (Lin / Vural / Muller / Kurvers / Mengersen): Offshore Adventures
Ensemble Discoveries (Lin / Vural / Muller / Kurvers / Mengersen):
Offshore Adventures

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Eight aquatic themed works from the Berlin-based quintet of Hui-Chun Lin and Uygur Vural on cello, Matthias Müller on trombone, Klaus Kurvers and Ulf Mengersen on bass; also known as Ensemble Discoveries, this album collects work from 2020-22, described as "improvised music and Echtzeit Compositions and the ideas of deep sea, their special living conditions: big pressure, eternity darkness".

Mortagua, Goncalo / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Gunter "Baby" Sommer: Not Bad
Mortagua, Goncalo / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Gunter "Baby" Sommer:
Not Bad

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Spanning three generations of improvisers, the duo of violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues join with tenor saxophonist Gonçalo Mortágua and legendary percussionist Gunter Baby Sommer to record eleven diverse improvisations in the studio in Berlin, naming the quartet "Not Bad", an extreme understatement for their unique chamber influences of European Free Jazz.

Rehnert, Thomas / Ulf Mengersen: Content: GXII
Rehnert, Thomas / Ulf Mengersen:
Content: GXII

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Working with modular synthesizer systems and amplified double bass, the Berlin duo of Ulf Mengersen, a member of Berlin Improvisers Orchestra and Ensemble MIA, and Thomas Rehnert, an experimental musician, sound artist and composer known for rock, theater, radio, visual arts and free improv settings, recorded these 10 electroacoustic improvisations in the studio in 2021.

Rodrigues / Mira / Almeida / Silva / Parrinha / Lencastre / Goncalves / Oliveira: Spiegel III
Rodrigues / Mira / Almeida / Silva / Parrinha / Lencastre / Goncalves / Oliveira:
Spiegel III

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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The third Spiegel, or mirror, takes the Portuguese acoustic octet led by violist Ernesto Rodrigue through an extended improvisation and its reflection, captured live at the 2021 CSFest XV, at O'Culto da Ajuda, by performing and recording their performance in a first pass, and then playing over the first improvisation, layering and extending their work.

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Madeira / Oliveira: Chaos
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Madeira / Oliveira:
Chaos

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Far from the reductionist/minimal improvisation often associated with the Creative Sources label and the work of both violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, this quartet session with double bassist Joao Madeira and Jose Oliveira is a highly charged and energetic affair, improvising through a suite of eight tightly controlled conversations of "Chaos".

Rupp / Brand: Myotis Myotis
Rupp / Brand:
Myotis Myotis

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Each track in this beautiful pairing of strings through cello and electric guitar is named after nature, the title referencing a brown-eared bat, as the Berlin duo of guitarist Olaf Rupp and cellist Ulrike Brand intertwine in an unhurried series of dialog that prioritize natural fluidity, reflecting the confidence that nearly ten years working together has imbued to their improvisations.

Belorukov, Ilia / Gabriel Ferrandini: Sculptor
Belorukov, Ilia / Gabriel Ferrandini:
Sculptor

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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Red Trio drummer Gabriel Ferrandini joins alto saxophonist Ilia Belorukov for a three-part freely improvised set captured live at Masterskaya Anikushina, in St. Petersberg, Russia, the former workspace of architect Mikhail Anikushin, a large space that creates a unique resonance that the two improvisers take advantage of through insistent yet discerningly constrained dialog.

Beam Splitter (Chen / Munkeby): Split Jaw [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Beam Splitter (Chen / Munkeby):
Split Jaw [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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The 2nd release from the touring duo of Audrey Chen & trombonist Henrik Munkeby, Chen modifying her voice with amplification and performing on analog electronics, while Munkeby amplifies his trombone and also performs on analog electronics, feedback & sound files; often frighteningly intense improvisations that plays to the spectrum of sound in a mix of studio and live recordings.

La Casa, Eric: Barrieres Mobiles [CD + 40pg BOOKLET]
La Casa, Eric:
Barrieres Mobiles [CD + 40pg BOOKLET]

(Swarming -- France )


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A series of sound impressions and an audio documentary of metal barriers placed at entrances to public buildings after the coordinated 2015 Paris attacks by ISIS; 29 compositions recorded and mixed between 2018-2023 by Eric La Casa, wondering what the barriers protected Parisians from, and answering the question of what Paris sounds like to the barriers themselves.

Werckmeister (Markus Eichenberger / Carl Ludwig Hubsch / Philip Zoubek / Etienne Nillesen): Two Move
Werckmeister (Markus Eichenberger / Carl Ludwig Hubsch / Philip Zoubek / Etienne Nillesen):
Two Movements

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An exceptional quartet of electroacoustic improvisers captured in concert at MUG Einstein Kultur in Munich, organized by the non-profit Offene Haken e.V. - Freunde der improvisierten Musik (Friends of improvised music), from Markus Eichenberger on clarinet, Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba, Philip Zoubek on synthesizer and Etienne Nillesen on extended snare drum.

Suspensao: Spur
Suspensao:
Spur

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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The seventh album from Creative Sources' detailed electroacoustic improvising group Suspensão led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues, recording at SMUP in Parede, Portugal in 2022 with Joana Sa on soprano sax, Nuno Torres on alto sax, Luisa Goncalves on piano, Joao Madeira on double bass, Carlos Santos on synthesizer and Jose Oliveira on percussion.

Rodrigues, Guilherme: Acoustic Reverb
Rodrigues, Guilherme:
Acoustic Reverb

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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58 Compositions for Cello as part of a sound investigation process from Portuguese cellist based in Berlin, Guilherme Rodrigues, recording in 11 locations with interesting resonant properties, capturing several brief improvisations at each space, the architecture, delay, decay, and interaction affecting his approach and the sonic response to his playing.

Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Joao Madeira / Bruno Parrinha / Monsieur Trinite: Derive
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Joao Madeira / Bruno Parrinha / Monsieur Trinite:
Derive

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Improvising over strings, winds & percussion from the Portuguese quintet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Joao Madeira on double bass, Bruno Parrinha on flute & bass clarinet and Monsieur Trinite on percussion, in a studio session of active, often pointillistic interaction offset with periods of introspection, reflecting concepts of Baudelaire & The Surrealists.

Rodrigues, Ernesto / Bruno Parrinha / Guilherme Rodrigues : Signes Emergents
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Bruno Parrinha / Guilherme Rodrigues :
Signes Emergents

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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The trio of violist Ernesto Rodrigues, cellist Guilherme Rodrigues and clarinetist Bruno Parrinha on alto & bass clarinets are captured live at Lisboa Incomum, during the 2022 Festival DME, performing two sophisticated chamber improv works, their titles translating to "The aging skies - it's all illusion" and "Pass The Bridges If It's Windy - The Flame Of The Solemnity".

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / Serries: Brecht
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / Serries:
Brecht

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Referring to the city Brecht in Belgium, this concert at the Kapel Oude Klooster took place during a tour by the Lisbon free improvising trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Nuno Torres on alto saxophone, joined by Dirk Serries on archtop guitar (New Wave of Jazz, Vidna Obama) for this impressively interactive 3-part improvisation.

Reineke, Markus / Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: Einhegung
Reineke, Markus / Jukka-Pekka Kervinen:
Einhegung

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Eight free improvisations from the German duo of Markus Reineke on contrabass, bass recorder, objects & electronics, and Jukka-Pekka Kervinen on electric guitar, violin, virtual bass clarinet & electronics, creating an unusual language that merges electronics with acoustic instrumentation in quirky yet natural ways, each track named impressionistically.

Kravanja, Ana / Elisabeth Harnik: Vrtinci Minljivosti = Vortices Of Impermanence
Kravanja, Ana / Elisabeth Harnik:
Vrtinci Minljivosti = Vortices Of Impermanence

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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The working duo of Slovenian violinist Ana Kravanja and Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik present nine dialogs of freely improvised playing that draws on contemporary composition, using their primary instruments along with preparations, objects, frame drums, voice and ringing stones, a mood of tense mystery and wonder pervading their excellent and unusual discourse.

Guerineau, Sylvian / Jean Rougier: Pensees
Guerineau, Sylvian / Jean Rougier:
Pensees

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Both members of the Didier Lasserre Trio, French double bassist Jean Rougier and legendary French free free jazz multi-reedist Sylvain Guerineau performing on tenor sax & bass clarinet, distill their work into a duo formation for six innately lyrical free improvisations, a beautiful complement to Guerineau's 2022 duo album with double bassist Fred Marty, Parodies.

Flak / Guilherme Rodrigues / Bruno Parrinha / Ernesto Rodrigues: Aeon
Flak / Guilherme Rodrigues / Bruno Parrinha / Ernesto Rodrigues:
Aeon

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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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.

Novoa, Eva: Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio - Vol. 1 [VINYL CLEAR]
Novoa, Eva:
Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio - Vol. 1 [VINYL CLEAR]

(577 Records -- USA )


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Spanish pianist based in NYC Eva Novoa has since 2017 led this international but definitely NY-oriented piano trio of Japanese bassist based in NY Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Gerald Cleaver, here in her first album on 577, her sixth as a leader, presenting eight Novoa compositions of restlessly probing, dynamically interactive and inherently melodic free improvisation.

Thermal (John Butcher / Andy Moor / Thomas Lehn): Ice In A Hot World
Thermal (John Butcher / Andy Moor / Thomas Lehn):
Ice In A Hot World

(Unsounds -- The Netherlands )


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The 20-year followup to their 2003 album on the Unsounds label titled Thermal, the trio of John Butcher on tenor & soprano saxophones, Andy Moor on guitar and Thomas Lehn on analogue synthesizer update listeners with their free and ea-improvising approach through five studio improvisations of incredible detail, technical & sonic mastery, and astute conversational skills.

Taborn, Craig / Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri: hEARoes
Taborn, Craig / Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri:
hEARoes

(RogueArt -- France )


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The meeting of three masterful string and keyboard players--Craig Taborn on piano, Joelle Leandre on double bass and Mat Maneri on viola--a Transatlantic chamber jazz trio recording live at Theatre Antoine Vitez in Ivry-sur Seine, France in 2022 for seven sublime conversations of innovative and imaginative exchanges; absolutely magnificent!

Democ, Adrian: Neha
Democ, Adrian:
Neha

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Neha, the Slovakian word for tenderness, is expressed by composer Adrián Demoč in this lovely and gentle work performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; and "Popínavá hudba", written for the international symphony orchestra for new music, Ostrava New Orchestra, referencing the growth of climbing plants through an alluring melodic line that shifts and spreads in direction.

Granberg, Magnus: Evening Star, Vesper Bell
Granberg, Magnus:
Evening Star, Vesper Bell

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Written for and performed by the UK ensemble Apartment House, composer & performer Magnus Granberg's latest work reduces his working size from the larger Skogen ensemble to this sextet, opening new possibilities for composed structures that incorporate improvisation, in a work structured around components from Schubert's Abendbilder and So in Love by Cole Porter.

Niggenkemper, Pascal: Bloc [BOX SET]
Niggenkemper, Pascal:
Bloc [BOX SET]

(Subran Music -- France )


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A 6-CD box set in a magnetic snap case compiling double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper's musical journey between the years 2017-2022, in a variety of creative approaches improvising in acoustic and electroacoustic settings, from solo work through collaborations in trio, quartet and large ensembles; an absolutely magnificent presentation of his diverse work.

Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles: Something About This Landscape For Ensemble
Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles:
Something About This Landscape For Ensemble

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


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Commissioned by and recorded during the 2018 Ars Musical Festival, Fred Frith composed this work while under the inspiration of his residency at Lou Harrison's straw-bale house in the desert at Joshua Tree, CA, then performed with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, along with two very unique improvisations, one recorded during the dress rehearsal and then again in concert.

Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles: Something About This Landscape For Ensemble [VINYL]
Frith, Fred And Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles:
Something About This Landscape For Ensemble [VINYL]

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


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Commissioned by and recorded during the 2018 Ars Musical Festival, Fred Frith composed this work while under the inspiration of his residency at Lou Harrison's straw-bale house in the desert at Joshua Tree, CA, then performed with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, along with two very unique improvisations, one recorded during the dress rehearsal and then again in concert.

Brown, Marion Quartet: Mary Ann (Live In Bremen 1969) [2 CDs]
Brown, Marion Quartet:
Mary Ann (Live In Bremen 1969) [2 CDs]

(Moosicus -- Germany )


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A beautifully recorded session at Germany's Club Lila Eule for Radio Bremen from 1969 by the Marion Brown Quartet, his touring band at the time with AACM legendary drummer Steve McCall and German double bassist Siggi Busch and trombonist Ed Kröger, performing eight solid free jazz pieces including "Ode to Coltrane" and "Juba Lee"; a spectacular addition to Brown's discography.

Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand: Balises [VINYL]
Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand:
Balises [VINYL]

(Tour de Bras / Ramble -- Canada )


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Seven forays into dark experimental electroacoustic improvisation from electric bassist and Tour de Bras label-leader Éric Normand and French clarinetist Xavier Charles, leveraging unlikely techniques on both instruments, eight dialogs both assertive and cautiously mysterious, employing harmonic overtones, remarkable reed techniques, and rich electronic foundations.

Ziegele, Omri Tomorrow Trio (w / Bennink / Weber): All Those Yesterdays
Ziegele, Omri Tomorrow Trio (w / Bennink / Weber):
All Those Yesterdays

(Intakt -- Switzerland )


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Using hard bop as his jumping off point, Swiss saxophonist Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio with Christian Weber on bass and Han Bennink on drums--musicians who have toured and performed together over years--went into the studio hot off of a 13 day tour to record these 6 Ziegele original compositions, lyrically balanced with room for exemplary soloing and group interplay.

Ducret, Marc: ICI
Ducret, Marc:
ICI

(Ayler Records -- France )


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With a booklet of images showing the riverside location of the first performances of French guitarist Marc Ducret's sophisticated compositions reflecting tidal river flows & fluctuations by season, the four meticulous recordings on this album were captured in the studio with Fabrice Martinez on trumpet, flugelhorn & tuba, Christophe Monniot on saxophones and Samuel Blaser on trombone.

Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi): At Grnd Zero
Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi):
At Grnd Zero

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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A brutal and complex concert of processed sopranino saxophone, electric guitar and electronics from the long-running Italian quartet Melting Mind of Virginia Genta, Michele Mazzani, David Vanzan and Matteo Poggi, recorded during a 2019 tour of France at Grnd Zero in Lyon, a 33 minute performance of thick noise & feedback layered with inexplicable detail.

Denzler, Bertrand (Beliah / Heilbron / Majkowski / Shirey): Low Strings
Denzler, Bertrand (Beliah / Heilbron / Majkowski / Shirey):
Low Strings

(Confront -- UK )


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Following an exploration of the double bass in his 2018 Confront release Basse Seul, Swiss-French composer and saxophonist Bertrand Denzler again jumps into the deep end again with a quartet of accomplished double basssists--Sebastien Beliah, Jon Heilbron, Mike Majkowski, Derek Shirley--for two extended works of encompassing low-register tones.

Di Domenico, Giovanni / Silvia Tarozzi / Emmanuel Holterbach: L'Occhio Del Vedere
Di Domenico, Giovanni / Silvia Tarozzi / Emmanuel Holterbach:
L'Occhio Del Vedere

(elsewhere -- USA )


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During an artistic residency at the GMEA in Albi, France, composer & pianist Giovanni Di Domenico recorded with the trio of violinist Silvia Tarozzi and percussionist Emmannuel Holterbach performing on a large frame drum, completing the piece into this mysteriously insinuating and lovely triptych where sparse melodies emerge & submerge into a multidimensional expanse.

Beuger, Antoine / Anastassis Philippakopoulos: Floating By
Beuger, Antoine / Anastassis Philippakopoulos:
Floating By

(erstwhile -- USA )


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Wandelweiser founder and composer Antoine Beuguer and French composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos in a work for voice (Philippakopoulos) and breath (Beuguer), employing spaces of silence against utterance and sibilant expression, a patiently developing work that floats by in deceptively simple ways, captivating through each articulation that seems perfectly placed.

Names, The (Nutters / Frasch / Khorkhordina / Park / Tolimieri): The Alte M unze Sessions
Names, The (Nutters / Frasch / Khorkhordina / Park / Tolimieri):
The Alte M unze Sessions

(Waveform Alphabet -- USA )


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Giving homage to creative musicians before them, the Berlin quintet of Koen Nutters (upright bas), Heather Frasch (flute), Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet), Han-earl Park (electric guitar) and Quentin Tolimieri (bass & soprano melodica)--explore the notion of integrating open improvisations around melody and modal harmonies into a post-musical, conceptual, and social framework.

Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand: Balises [VINYL - DAMAGED] <i>[Used Item]</i>
Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand:
Balises [VINYL - DAMAGED] [Used Item]

(Tour de Bras / Ramble -- Canada )


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Frey, Jurg / Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett : Continuite, Fragilite, Resonance
Frey, Jurg / Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett :
Continuite, Fragilite, Resonance

(elsewhere -- USA )


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Continuity, Fragility, Resonance is an extended compositions by Jürg Frey orchestrated for an octet of a string quartet and a saxophone quartet, here recorded after the 2021 premier of the work in a 2022 3-day recording session in Bern, Switzlerland in the presence of the composer at the Auditorium of Zentrum Paul Klee; gorgeous and delicate.

Sijstermans, Germaine / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt : Circles, Reeds, and Memories
Sijstermans, Germaine / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt :
Circles, Reeds, and Memories

(elsewhere -- USA )


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Composer & clarinetist based in Heerlen, Netherlands, Germaine Sijstermans, in a collaborative work with fellow Dutch composers and performers, Reinier van Houdt performing primarily on Indian harmonium and Koen Nutters on harmona organ, both employing field recordings, tapes, objects and sine waves in this peacefully meditative 2022 concert at Savelberg Chapel.

AUTORHTYHM: Songs for the Nervous System
AUTORHTYHM:
Songs for the Nervous System

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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An investigation into the depths of the body's neurological frontier from Swedish electronic artist Joakim Forsgren, presenting a series of intuitive compositions drawing from the latest medical research on how light and sound at specific frequencies has a potential to affect bodily functions, using analog synthesizers to create retro-rhythmic environments of flowing sound.

Blonk / Smith / Moses: Rune Kitchen
Blonk / Smith / Moses:
Rune Kitchen

(Balance Point Acoustics -- USA )


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Four unusual studio recordings of voice, electronics, double bass, drums & percussion from the trio of Netherland vocal improviser Jaap Blonk with bassist Damon Smith and drummer Ra Kalam Bob Moses, Moses and Blonk collaborating on the concrete poem that makes up "liner notes" for this wonderfully odd and sophisticated album of avant free improv.

Cammisa, Edoardo: io_u,E
Cammisa, Edoardo:
io_u,E

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


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Understated and enigmatic, the work of Northern Italian sound artist Edoardo Cammisa, aka Banished Pills, presents a very short work on decay, and then two expanded sound works composed from synthesisers, spring reverb, microphones, field recordings, no-input mixing, organ & sampler; the environments are murky but with movement, and engaging in their dark evening ambiance.

Constellation Ensemble: Dove Morde La Teranta
Constellation Ensemble:
Dove Morde La Teranta

(FMR -- UK )


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Referencing the traditional dance of Salento named for the tarantula, this Italian 9-piece improvising ensemble spent several days developing the unique orchestration, melodies and themes of these eight pieces, recorded after the OSIMU festival held in Taviano, using an acousmatic recording device to optimize the details of their insightful and often biting conversations.

Duplant, Bruno: Paysages Sans Age III
Duplant, Bruno:
Paysages Sans Age III

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


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Two encompassing and tranquil works of sound from French composer Bruno Duplant, the album title translating to Ageless Landscapes as Duplant envisions two terrains through slow motion tones, piano and synthetics, evocatively described in an accompanying poem that conjures expansive fog, blurred trees, hawks slowly spiraling, a history in a hillside.

Frey, Jurg / Reinier van Houdt: Lieues d'Ombres (3 CDs)
Frey, Jurg / Reinier van Houdt:
Lieues d'Ombres (3 CDs)

(elsewhere -- USA )


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Translating to League of Shadows, Swiss composer Jürg Frey's sublime twilight compositions for solo piano are performed by Dutch pianist Reinier van Houdt, presenting seven of Frey's works written from 1984-2018, including one previously unreleased composition, in all 20 movements spread over 3 CDs ranging in time from 1:47 to 40:34, a significant addition to both musician's oeuvres.

Hex and Doravideo: Multi
Hex and Doravideo:
Multi

(Wetware -- Denmark )


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The core duo of Danish trance/noise artists, guitarist Lars Bech Pilgaard also on organelle & driftbox, and drummer Anders Bach, also on plumbutter (a drum and drama machine) join with Acid Mother's Temple modular synth wizard Ichiraku Yoshimitsu, aka Dora Video, for eight impressive works of free-form rhythm and sound, sonic collage with far-ranging influences.

MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler / Geisse / Gramms): Dachao Polyphonic
MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler / Geisse / Gramms):
Dachao Polyphonic

(FMR -- UK )


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A remarkable concert as part of reedist Udo Schindler's LowToneStudies, referred to as "acoustronic" for the transformational aspects of each instrumentalist's playing, deceivingly electronic sounding despite being fully acoustic, captured live at Kulturschranne Dachau from the trio of Schindler, Gunnar Geisse on laptop guitar and Sebastian Gramss on double bass.

Muller, Matthias / Pawel Doskocz / Emilio Gordoa: Aural Accidentals [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
Muller, Matthias / Pawel Doskocz / Emilio Gordoa:
Aural Accidentals [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


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On the last day of the 2021 Spontaneous Music Festival at the Dragon Club in Poznań, Poland, the trio of Berlin trombonist Matthias Muller was joined by younger generation Polish guitarist Pawel Doskocz on prepared electric guitar and fellow Berlin drummer and electroacoustic improviser Emilio Gordoa for these two extended sonic adventures recorded in near-darkness.

Schindler, Udo / Eric Zwang Eriksson / Sebastiano Tramontana: Canto Senza
Schindler, Udo / Eric Zwang Eriksson / Sebastiano Tramontana:
Canto Senza

(FMR -- UK )


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Experimental chamber music from the German trio of Udo Schindler on tenor saxophone, bass saxophone & cornet, Eric Zwang Eriksson on percussion and Sebastiano Tramontana on trombone & voice, performing at BASIS_Klangraum in MUCCA, Munich, the title translating to "singing without words" from the poetry cycle "Il taccuino del vecchio" by Guiseppe Ungaretti.

Schindler, Udo / Peter Jacquemyn / Georg Karger: Hybride Synergetics [LowToneStudies]
Schindler, Udo / Peter Jacquemyn / Georg Karger:
Hybride Synergetics [LowToneStudies]

(FMR -- UK )


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Reedist Udo Schindler continues his exploration into the double bass and low-tone reed instruments, here on bass & contrabass clarinets contrasted only with his soprano saxophone, in a 2022 live recording from MUCCA_Kommandozentrate in Munich of the five-part improvisation "Hybride Synergetic" in a trio with double bassists Peter Jacquemyn and Georg Karger.

Sijstermans, Germaine : Betula [2 CDs]
Sijstermans, Germaine :
Betula [2 CDs]

(elsewhere -- USA )


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The solo debut album from Dutch composer & clarinetist Germaine Sijstermans: seven recent contemplative works in a Wandelweiser vein, composed between 2017-2019 and performed with six exemplary and complementary performers: Antoine Beuger (concert flute), Rishin Singh (trombone), Johnny Chang (viola), Fredrik Rasten (guitar, ebow), and Leo Svirsky (accordion).

Kuchen, Martin / Sophie Agnel: Detour Tunnels of Light
Kuchen, Martin / Sophie Agnel:
Detour Tunnels of Light

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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Delicately caustic interactions of reeds, piano and percussion using the natural resonance of the Borlunda Church in Eslöv, Sweden, from the freely improvising duo of Martin Küchen and Sophie Agnel, Küchen adding electronics and Agnel performing inside and out of the piano while supplementing her palette with objects, both using space and patience as their allies.

Soderberg, Peter: String Dialogues
Soderberg, Peter:
String Dialogues

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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A collection of six duo recordings from musician, composer, and improviser Peter Soderberg, investigating different tuning systems and the idea of hybrid instruments, recording with Katt Hernandez (violin), Stina Hellberg Agback (harp), Mats Persson (clavichord), Sten Sandell (piano), My Hellgren (cello) and Vilhelm Bromander (contrabass).

Trilla, Vasco: A Constellation of Anomaly
Trilla, Vasco:
A Constellation of Anomaly

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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Continuing his imaginative approach to percussion, Barcelona improviser Vasco Trilla's sixth solo album sees him expanding his rhythmic and tonal range through a fascinating collection of instruments, including bowed Russian flat bells, electrified music boxes, a zither processed through snare drums as resonators, Iranian round bells mixed with gamelan strips, &c.

Dikeman, John / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble: Volume 2
Dikeman, John / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble:
Volume 2

(577 Records -- USA )


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The second of two volumes from the quartet of John Dikeman on tenor saxophone, Pat Thomas on piano, John Edwards on bass and Steve Noble on drums, bringing the American saxophonist working throughout Europe together with this nearly telepathic collaborative grouping of UK frequent collaborators, captured in concert at Cafe OTO in 2019 for two absorbing improvisations.

Brotzmann, Peter / Lonberg-Holm, Fred: Memories Of A Tunicate
Brotzmann, Peter / Lonberg-Holm, Fred:
Memories Of A Tunicate

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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While both improvisers were in New York City for the 2019 Vision Festival, multi-reedist and European Free Improv legend Peter Brötzmann met Chicago cellist and electronics artist Fred Lonberg-Holm to record their 3rd album together, their 1st album in the studio a diverse set of incredible concentration, with Brötzmann performing on tenor saxophone, woodwind, and clarinet.

Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr: Simiskina <i>[Used Item]</i>
Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr:
Simiskina [Used Item]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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With a discography of both contemporary and improvised music, Beligan pianist residing in Norway Jonas Cambien (Platform, Karokh) joins forces with Norwegian double bassist Adrian Myhr (Delius, Dorner, Buck) for an album that balances concentrative and muscular interplay, influenced by Cambien's piano preparations and Myhr's sophisticated techniques.

Chambel, Pedro: Bruit <i>[Used Item]</i>
Chambel, Pedro:
Bruit [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Chambel, Pedro: Bruit <i>[Used Item]</i>
Chambel, Pedro:
Bruit [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Chaparreiro, Antonio & Alcada: Opus Macaronicorum <i>[Used Item]</i>
Chaparreiro, Antonio & Alcada:
Opus Macaronicorum [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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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.

Fields, Scott Ensemble: Barclay
Fields, Scott Ensemble:
Barclay

(Ayler -- France )


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Guitarist and composer Scott Fields presents the 3rd installment of his Beckett Trilogy, based on the writings of Irish novelist and poet Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906-1989), whose ironic black comedies Fields characterizes musically in instrumental compositions performed by his quartet with cellist Scott Roller, drummer Domnik Mahnig, and saxophonist Matthias Schubert.

Gadt / Osborne / Zakrocki / Olak: Spontaneous Chamber Music Vol.3
Gadt / Osborne / Zakrocki / Olak:
Spontaneous Chamber Music Vol.3

(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland )


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The third volume in this free improvising series, starting with the collaboration of Polish violinist Patryk Zakrocki and guitarist Marcin Olak, varying the additional players as they explore chamber-oriented free improvisation, here with the impressive vocal improvisation of Anna Gadt and cellist Annemie Osborne, ripping apart the calendar in 14 monthly machinations.

Gorlinsky / Sysoev / Muller: Universal Vitamin  <i>[Used Item]</i>
Gorlinsky / Sysoev / Muller:
Universal Vitamin [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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An extended improvisation for acoustic instrumentation and voice using unusual and extended techniques, from the Russian trio of Alexey Sysoev on piano, Vladimir Gorlinsky on guitar & voice, and Christian Müller on clarinet, recorded at the Cultural Centre DOM in Moscow in 2019, cycling patiently from quietly expressive sections to chamber-oriented brightly active moments.

Izquierdo / Lewandowski / Kuldkepp / Mayer: Favourite Galaxy <i>[Used Item]</i>
Izquierdo / Lewandowski / Kuldkepp / Mayer:
Favourite Galaxy [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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The Hamburg-based performing quartet of Lorena Izquierdo on free improvised voice, Aziz Lewandowski on cello & voice, Kris Kuldkepp on double bass and Felix Mayer on trombone are heard in these eight studio recordings of quietly creepy conversation, generally slow motion and reflectively introspective work that occasionally rises in throttled crescendo.

Katarsis4 (Bizys / Janonis / Pancerovas / Jusinskas): Katarsis4 <i>[Used Item]</i>
Katarsis4 (Bizys / Janonis / Pancerovas / Jusinskas):
Katarsis4 [Used Item]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


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HOLED PUNCHED PROMO COPY

Kolibri, Mara / Fredi Proll: Primus 17 <i>[Used Item]</i>
Kolibri, Mara / Fredi Proll:
Primus 17 [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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A diverse set of conversations between Austrian improvisers, drummer/percussionist Fredi Pröll (Trio Now!, Lull) and free vocalist Mara Kolibri, recording in the studio for seven concise and far-ranging dialogs, from cantankerous interactions to controlled incoherence of absurdly implied vocalization punctuated with creative percussive reaction, often returning to lyrical jazz-influenced moments.

Lepany, Justin: Agnes (In Redemption) <i>[Used Item]</i>
Lepany, Justin:
Agnes (In Redemption) [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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A half composed, half improvised album for solo electric guitar from composer and improviser Justin Lepany, known for his work with musicians like Sven-Ake Johansson and his composition "Ringing Peace" premiered during the 2014 Peace Nobel Prize ceremony: three diverse pieces using effects to create both density and spacious sonic fields.

Lumpeks (Laurain / Borel / Koziel / Beliah): Lumpeks <i>[Used Item]</i>
Lumpeks (Laurain / Borel / Koziel / Beliah):
Lumpeks [Used Item]

(Bolt / Umlaut -- Sweden / France / Germany )


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Bassist Sebastien Beliah leads this French-Polish quartet with Louis Laurain on cornet, Pierre Borel on alto saxophone, and Olga Koziel on voice & percussions, blending free jazz and traditional Polish music & songs with an experimental bent and the flourish of East European folk energy, a passionate mix that entertains and surprises the listener with unexpected twists & turns.

Meurs! + Apolune: Meurs! + Apolune <i>[Used Item]</i>
Meurs! + Apolune:
Meurs! + Apolune [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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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.

Nyberg, Lina: Palaver <i>[Used Item]</i>
Nyberg, Lina:
Palaver [Used Item]

(Moserobie Music -- Sweden )


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Vocalist Lina Nyberg in a quintet with David Stackenas (guitar), Cecilia Persson (piano), Josef Kallerdahl (bass) & Peter Danemo (drums), singing original works plus one by poet Coleman Barks, and Paul Simon's "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright".

Rodrigues, Ernesto / Miguel Almeida / Andre Lanca / Bernardo Alvares / Felice Furioso: Un Seul Regar
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 )


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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.

Turner, Roger / Henry Kaiser / Martin Kuchen / Damon Smith / Jeff Coffin / Ed Pettersen / Tania Chen
Turner, Roger / Henry Kaiser / Martin Kuchen / Damon Smith / Jeff Coffin / Ed Pettersen / Tania Chen / Jordan Muscatello:
Interstellar Transmissions

(Split Rock Records -- USA )


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Two fascinating experimental concepts executed by Roger Turner, Henry Kaiser, Martin Kuchen, Damon Smith, Jeff Coffin, Ed Pettersen, Tania Chen, & Jordan Muscatello; Disc 1, each musician improvised alone to NASA recordings from the Voyager spacecraft, the results mixed together over the Voyager track; Disc 2, three improvisers play together in response to Voyager tracks.

Various Artists: Magnetic Traces 2 <i>[Used Item]</i>
Various Artists:
Magnetic Traces 2 [Used Item]

(Swarming -- France )


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A survey of French and Australian Sound Art recorded in 2011 at Les Instants Chavires, Montreuil during Parisonic, with artists including Eric La Casa, Philip Samartzis, Marc Baron, Jean-Luc Guionnet, &c. &c.

Welcome To Silkeborg (Varela / Trinite): Alba <i>[Used Item]</i>
Welcome To Silkeborg (Varela / Trinite):
Alba [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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A live recording without an audience and the start of the Welcome To Silkeborg project between Lisbon improvisers Tiago Varela (Equinox Quartet, Isotope Ensemble) on melodicas & voice, and Monsieur Trinité (Equinox Quartet, IKB, Potlatch, Variable Geometry Orchestra) on percussive objects, their first encounter finding the two in a relaxed dialog of creative conversation.

Agnas, Kasper: Grain Live <i>[Used Item]</i>
Agnas, Kasper:
Grain Live [Used Item]

(FRIM Records -- Sweden )


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Three live guitar improvisations from Swedish guitarist Kasper Agnas performing at Stockholm's New Music and Intermedia Art venue Fylkingen, each piece uniquely approached, starting with a lap guitar dulcimer-like approach of rapid rhythmic attacks, to a warm sound world using mallets on the guitar neck, and finally a work of decaying chords that evolve in complexity, strength and skew.

Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon: Teyerit <i>[Used Item]</i>
Demierre, Jacques / Anouck Genthon:
Teyerit [Used Item]

(Confront -- UK )


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A series of unusual compositions originally written by Jacques Demmiere and Vincent Barras, here reworked by Demmiere and violinist Anouck Genthon, each piece focusing on sounds, breaths, frictions, silences, vowels and consonants, weaving and complementing each other through a mix of traditional, extended and unconventional techniques; fascinating.

Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn: For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster) <i>[Used Item]</i>
Dorner, Axel / Jason Kahn:
For Berner Munster (Im Berner Munster) [Used Item]

(Confront -- UK )


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The pairing of German trumpeter Axel Dorner, and NY-born experimental artist Jason Kahn living and performing in Zurich, brings the tradition of avant free jazz and nonidiomatic improvisation into an unusual merging of techniques and approaches, each applying their advanced virtuosity to this intense concert, recorded during Hamburg's Zoom In Festival, 2017.

efzeg: krom <i>[Used Item]</i>
efzeg:
krom [Used Item]

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


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Fernandes, Mane : Enter The sQUIGG <i>[Used Item]</i>
Fernandes, Mane :
Enter The sQUIGG [Used Item]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


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A unique album of oddly metered yet highly rhythmic jazz from guitarist and composer Mané Fernandes, a member of Pedro Alves Melo Omniae Large Ensemble, but more importantly, part of a scene he refers to as Post-Beat Aesthetics, merging electronic and synthetic elements into jazz form, a serious and diverting direction for creative improv and studio play.

Fischerlehner, Rudi : 15 8 Slum <i>[Used Item]</i>
Fischerlehner, Rudi :
15 8 Slum [Used Item]

(Not Applicable -- UK )


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Austrian drummer percussionist Rudi Fischerlehner (RM, Xenofox, Parrot Feathers, &c) in his first solo album of energetic, polyrhythmic construction, titled for a chance proximity to a note on 15/8 rhythms and Rene Pollesch's book "www-slums", apt for the blend of precise playing and creative abstractions heard in this engaging and propulsive album.

Ikui Doki (Bernado / Mayot / Rinaudo): Ikui Doki <i>[Used Item]</i>
Ikui Doki (Bernado / Mayot / Rinaudo):
Ikui Doki [Used Item]

(Ayler -- France )


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Winners of the Jazz Migration and tour JMF 2018, the chamber jazz trio of Sophie Bernado (bassoon), Hugues Mayot (saxophone & clarinet) and Rafaelle Rinaudo (harp & effects) share their passion for creative music that embraces composition and improvisation, springboarding off composers like Debussy while transferring warmth and vision into free jazz; magnificent.

Jorgensmann, Theo / Koltermann, Eckard: Pagine Gialle <i>[Used Item]</i>
Jorgensmann, Theo / Koltermann, Eckard:
Pagine Gialle [Used Item]

(Hatology -- Switzerland )


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Lubelski, Samara : Partial Infinite Sequence <i>[Used Item]</i>
Lubelski, Samara :
Partial Infinite Sequence [Used Item]

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Promo copy with line thru bar code.

M2; (M to the power of 2): Pink  <i>[Used Item]</i>
M2; (M to the power of 2):
Pink [Used Item]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition.

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