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![]() Miguel, Sei: O Carro De Fogo De Sei Miguel [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording live in the Namouche Studios in Lisbon in 2018, trumpeter Sei Miguel's octet performs a large work translating to "Fire Car", inspired by William Blake's "Jerusalem" (Chariot of Fire), reminding of early 70's Miles/fusion work as organist Andre Goncalves creates an atmospheric backbone over which the band introduces repetition and variation; mysterious and singular. |
![]() Milasius, Juozas / Tomas Kutavicius / Dalius Naujokaitis, featuring Lithuanian Young Composers Orchestra: Live At Willisau, 1993 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A raucous and passionate concert led by the trio of Juozas Milasius on guitar, Tomas Kutavicius on piano, and Dalius Naujokaitis on drums, with the Lithuanian Young Composers Orchestra assisting on voice, cymbals, clapping, and "trampling", creating moments of adventurous disorder that lead to beautiful passages of heartfelt playing, in what must have been a marvel to experience. |
![]() Miller, Ben: In the Moment [VINYL] (Two Rooms -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Destroy All Monsters and Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra guitarist Ben Miller in an album of experimental solo guitar works, augmenting his guitar with effects, synthesizer, bass, tapes and radio to create seven fascinating works that reflect on his rock background through solid rhythmic and melodic hooks, but also captivates through unusual and suprising sonic elements. |
![]() Mitchell's, Nicole Black Earth: Intergalactic Beings [VINYL 2 LPs] (For Practically -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Nicole Mitchell explores the work of African-American writer Octavia Butler in a science fiction concept of intergalactic integration, achieved through 9 detailed pieces that balance improvisation, composition and song in unique and sophisticated ways. |
![]() Mitchell, Nicole / Lisa E. Harris: Earthseed [VINYL 2 LPs] (FPE Records -- USA ) Price: $25.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Continuing her series of large works inspired by the dystopic writings of Octavia E. Butler, composer and flutist Nicole Mitchell assembles Chicago improvisers including cellist Tomeka Reid, percussionist Avreeayl Ra, trumpeter Ben LaMar Gay and interdisciplinary artist Lisa E. Harris to explore facets of Butler's Parable of the Sower. |
![]() Mitchell, Nicole: Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds [VINYL] (FPE Records -- USA ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The second astounding album from Chicago Flutist Nicole Mitchell on the FPE label, continuing her project in the sphere of Sun Ra and Afrofuturists, merging fiction, fantasy and sound in an electro-chamber octet, encompassing contemporary classical, globally oriented fusion, gospel, avant-rock, spoken word, and funk-inspired groove research. |
![]() Mitchell, Roscoe / Ostravaska Banda: Distant Radio Transmission [VINYL] (Wide Hive -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock "Distant Radio Transmission" was originally recorded as an improvisation by Roscoe Mitchell, Craig Taborn, and Kikanju Baku in 2013, then transcribed by Stephen P. Harvey in 2016, extended for strings by John Ivers in 2017, and then fully orchestrated by Roscoe Mitchell himself in 2017; the album also includes "Noonah Trio", "Cutouts for Woodwind Quintet" and "8/8/88". |
![]() Mitchell, Roscoe Orchestra: Littlefield Concert Hall Mills College [VINYL] (Wide Hive -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Roscoe Mitchell's 25 Piece Orchestra returns with an outstanding follow-up to his 2017 release "Discussions", recorded in concert at the Littlefield Auditorium in Mills College, reworking earlier pieces that take advantages of Mitchell's systems designed to articulate and capitalize on the tensions between composition and improvisation; an impressive achievement. |
![]() Mitchell, Roscoe: Dots / Pieces For Percussion And Woodwinds [VINYL] (Wide Hive -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Using his own percussion array, particularly bells and ringing objects, and a variety of woodwinds focused around the saxophone family, AACM legend Roscoe Mitchell recorded these 19 compositions at his home studio during the pandemic lockdowns, creating fascinatingly introspective, atmospheric and resonant environments over which he distinctively overdubs his saxophone. |
![]() Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing the poem "Star-splitter" by Robert Frost, Italian improviser Gabriele Mitelli on cornet, soprano sax & alto flugelhorn, and Chicago improviser Rob Mazurek on piccolo trumpet, both using electronics, object & voice, create a spiritually rich and warm series, "gazing" at four planets through immersive, unique and authoritative performance; exceptional. |
![]() Mockunas, Liudas / Christian Windfeld: Pacemaker [VINYL LINOCUT ART] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $32.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An unusual sax and drum duo between Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockunas, here performing on contrabass and prepared clarinet, tenor & soprano saxophones, with Christian Windfeld performing on prepared drum kit, drums, drums and cymbals, in two side-long improvisations, the first focusing on sonic subtlety, the second a rompingly idiosyncratic and energetic set. |
![]() Mockunas, Liudas : Hydro [VINYL] [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $17.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Lithuanian reedist Liudas Mockunas in an unusual record of clarinet and saxophone improvisations, from solo work of powerful technique to pieces using water prepared instruments to create a wealth of bubbling and aberrant sound on the instrument, side A presenting the 7 part "Hydration Suite", Side B the 3 part "Rehydration", and "Dehydration". |
![]() Mohanna, Nickolas: Sight Drawings [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Run/Off Editions -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using sources from the world about him--field recordings, sampled orchestral noises, and voice recorders--New York composer and sound artist Nickolas Mohanna explores the spatial impressions of sound within a delicate acousmatic language, weaving inexplicable sounds into reorganized, recognizable components, creating a solid and compelling structural language. |
![]() Moholo, Louis Octet: Spirits Rejoice! [VINYL] (Otoroku -- UK ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Featuring an incredible lineup of masterful players from 1970's London creative jazz scene--Harry Miller & Johnny Dyani (bass), Keith Tippett (piano), Evan Parker (sax), Nick Evans & Radu Malfatti (trombone), and Kenny Wheeler (trumpet)--South African drummer Louis Moholo's debut album brings both joy and spirituality to freedom and lyricism, a joyful achievement. |
![]() Mollestad, Hedvig / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat [VINYL 2 LPs] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $33.11 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working again with the 12-piece, expressive Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Norwegian guitarist and composer Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen recorded this double LP in the studio in Halden in 2021, for 9 long form epics that bridge and merge rock and jazz genres, in both instrumental work and songs that explore the nature of family and issues of social justice. |
![]() Mollestad, Hedvig / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A large work composed and arranged by Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen for the 12-piece Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, this album shows Mollestad's increasing range in expressive work that extends boundaries between composed, improvised and rock music, with authoritative playing balancing serious concepts from pandemic or motherhood with playfully whimsical moments. |
![]() Mollestad, Hedvig : Tempest Revisited [VINYL] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $35.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock For her 2nd solo record aside from her rock trio, guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen expands her orchestration to an octet, adding jazz-rock elements while balancing scorching playing with lyrical and open passages, as she pays tribute to Arne Nordheim's 1979 composition for Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and for her own experiences of furious weather in her home town of Ålesund. |
![]() Momes, The: Spiralling [VINYL LP + 7"] (Mental Experience -- Spain ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An essential reissue of the only album from this Rock in Opposition supergroup, with two members of Henry Cow & The Work--bassist Mick Hobbs and Tim Hodgkinson playing "Hawaiian laptop noisy guitar" and keyboards--and Andy Wake from Unrest Work & Play, in a great set of songs with a literate and post-punk viciousness and unusual approaches to rhythm and sound. |
![]() Moore, Thurston & Mats Gustafsson: Vi Ar Alla Guds Slavar [VINYL] (Otoroku -- Great Britain ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The long-running duo pairing of Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, etc) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth, Chelsea Light Moving, Dream/Aktion Unit, etc) in a limited LP of power and sound. |
![]() Moore, Thurston / Umut Caglar: Dunia [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, guitarist Thurston Moore teams up with Konstrukt guitarist Umut Caglar to record these three rich and twisting pieces, each guitarist extracting unique performances from the other over three pieces that draw on technique and effects to create fragile and heavy sonic environments, an impressive album of modern guitar potential. |
![]() Morris, Joe / Damon Smith: Gusts Against Particles [VINYL] (Open Systems Records -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The first concentrated duo of two improvisers who have worked together in other groupings since 2006 from guitarist Joe Morris and double bassist Damon Smith, recording a set of five extended and technically stunning conversations, a mesh of texture and motion through charged creative drive, merging their strings among often inexplicable technique to create thrilling dialogs. |
![]() Morsanek / Vinekeeper: Split LP [VINYL] (Kazemat -- The Netherlands ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Morsanek (aka Mark Morse) in a edited piece, 181 "tracks" of varied instrumentation; and the mysterious Vinekeeper in a complex organized sound work. |
![]() Moser, Michael: Antiphon Stein [2 Vinyl LPs] (Edition Rz -- Austria ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A site-specific sound installation in the nave and choir of Minoritenkirche in Krems/Stein that engages with the architecture and sound of this church space from composer Michael Moser working with Berndt Thurner, Klaus Lang, Hannah Schwegler and Nik Hummer. |
![]() Mostly Other People Do The Killing : Disasters Vol. 1 [VINYL] (Hot Cup -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Each of the compositions from bassist Moppa Elliot for this trio version of MOPDTK with Ron Stabinsky on piano & synthesizer and Kevin Shea on drums & synthesizer, is named after a Pennsylvania town that has experienced a disaster, including floods, fires, nuclear meltdowns, &c, re-imagining each event through complex and surprisingly lyrical compositions. |
![]() Motorpsycho: Ancient Astronauts [VINYL] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four new tracks from the incredibly prolific Norwegian long form rock band Motorpsycho of Bent Saether on bass & vocals, Hans Magnus on guitar & vocals and the departing album for drummer Tomas Jarmyr, in a well-balanced release of songs and instrumental work including their longest piece to date, a theme from an imagined movie; sophisticated & intelligent modern rock. |
![]() Murray, Sunny / Bob Dickey / Robert Andreano: Homework [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Poland ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Returning home to Philadelphia in 1994 for some "Homework" with Bob Dickie on bass and Robert Andreano on guitar, recording at Robert Andreano's studio, legendary free jazz drummer Sunny Murray leads this trio through six collective improvisations, from Hendrix meets Ayler fury to introspective and hypnotic passage, a much needed reissue of a superb and previously obscure album. |
![]() Music Improvisation Company, The (Bailey / Parker / Davies / Muir) : 1969, 1970 [VINYL 2 LPs] (Honest Jons Records -- UK ) Price: $32.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An impressive lineup of legendary players in this much-need reissue of guitarist Derek Bailey's 1976 Music Improvisation Company album 1968-1971", exploring innovative free and electroacoustic improvisation in these 1969 & 1970 recordings with Evan Parker on soprano saxophone & amplified auto harp, Hugh Davies on live electronics & organ, and Jamie Muir on percussion. |
![]() Musson, Rachel / Pat Thomas / Mark Sanders: Shifa: Live at Cafe Oto [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $18.99 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Shifa", or "Healing", is the London-based trio of saxophonist Rachel Musson, pianist Pat Thomas, and drummer Mark Sanders, here in a live concert at Cafe Oto in 2018 of two collective improvisations of arching sax lines, rolling and potent drumming, powerful block chords and intricate lines, from dark to joyful moments, an intoxicating tonic for the ears. |
![]() My Cat Is An Alien: Robert Opalio/Maurizio Opalio [VINYL] [Used Item] (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $21.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split LP with each side featuring a 20 minute solo track from both brotherly halves of the acclaimed space guitar improvising band My Cat Is An Alien. |
![]() Mystical Weapons (Sean Lennon / Greg Saunier): Crotesque [VINYL] (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sean Lennon & Greg Saunier (Mystical Weapons) are joined by multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Shahzad Ismaily for this one-sided, 19.50 minute art LP with an original illustration by Sean Lennon screen-printed on the B side. |
![]() N/UM: Ravens [VINYL EP] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $18.99 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a combined history of dj production, engineering, writing and arranging in a variety of settings from small and large ensembles, electronic music, experimental rock, classical orchestration &c, the N/UM trio of Elias Meister, Jeremy Loucas and Emil Bovbjerg (VAVAV) release their fourth album of innovative live electronics developed through a carefully conceived collective creativity. |
![]() Nace, Bill: One Note (Solo Guitar 2) [VINYL] (Open Mouth -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An early recording of guitarist Bill Nace performing solo in Bennington, Vermont in 2007, originally released on cassette in 2008 on the Open Mouth label, here re-pressed on LP to re-introduce an earlier, wilder side to Nace's playing through brief pieces of diverse intention using an array of objects to transform his guitar into a tightly honed sonic device. |
![]() Necks, The: Travel [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $34.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Starting each day in the Australian studio with a 20-minute improvisation, The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass developed this, their 21st album, as a collection of "shorter" and varied improvisations, released with minimal overdubs to present their music closer to their exceptional live performances. |
![]() Necks, The: Vertigo [VINYL] (ReR Vinyl -- UK ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Reissuing The Necks 18th album, finding the Australian trio of drummer/percussionist Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams in a vertiginous 44 minute dark excursion punctuated by cliff hanging moments through homemade instruments and unusual textures, one of the darker and more cathartic albums from The Necks large discography. |
![]() News From Babel: Letters Home [VINYL] (ReR Vinyl -- Italy ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Originally issued on vinly LP in 1986 and at last reissued on vinyl, this incredible band emerged post-Henry Cow, initiated by alumni Chris Cutler (drums) and Lindsay Cooper (reeds), plus bassist Bill Gilonis, Zeena Parkins on harp, and four outstanding vocalists taking on Chris Cutler's insightful texts: Phil Minton, Dagmar Krause, Sally Potter, and Robert Wyatt. |
![]() Niblock, Phill [CLEAR VINYL]: MMXX-12: Browned (Matiere Memoire -- Belgium ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recording in Cologne, Germany, the quartet of Arne Deforce on cello, Deborah Walker on cello, Erik Drescher on flute, and Dafne Vicent Sandoval on bassoon realize NY composer Phill Niblock's work of acoustic drone, using long sustained notes to create a seething combination of harmonic interactions with an ominous tone, ending somewhat abruptly to reveal its layers. |
![]() Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen (Zanussi 5, Bushman's Revenge, Puma, &c.) leads his new Acoustic Unity trio of Petter Eldh on double bass and Andre Roligheten (Albatrosh) on sax through 8 tightly conceived original jazz compositions with contributions from all 3 players. |
![]() Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity : Live in Europe [VINYL 3 LPs + 3 CDs] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $59.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Three complete 2016 concerts at North Sea Jazz Festival, Ljubljana Jazz Festival and Oslo Jazz Festiva, and 3 CDs to present them, from drummer Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, a superb free/post-bop group with a core of Nilssen, bassist Petter Eldh, and saxophonist Andre Roligheten, featuring 3 saxophonists: Fredrik Ljungkvis, Kristoffer Berre Alberts, and Jorgen Mathisen. |
![]() Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit: Erta Ale [4 LP BOX SET] (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $59.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit of some of Norway's brightest young improvisers in a 4 LP box set with a bonus CD & flexi disc, recorded live during their 2014 tour, performing Nilssen-Love's compositions that focus on interaction, free improvisation, sound, dynamics and energy. |
![]() Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit: First Blow [VINYL EP] (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Norway's younger generation of improvising musicians, acoustic and electronic, perform in percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit from their first EP, a live recording from Molde Jazzfestival 2013. |
![]() Nilssen-Love, Paal: News From the Junkyard [VINYL] (PNL -- Norway ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Assembling a wide range of percussive instruments accumulated through world travels, from Korean gongs to scrap metal sheets from Ethiopia, Paal Nilssen-Love presents an intense and wide-ranging solo percussion tour-de-force, recorded in Oslo by frequent collaborator Lasse Marhaug. |
![]() Nobuka (Michel van Collenburg): Reiko [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD & BOOKLET] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The pre-apocalyptic intertwining story of a woman named Reiko, living in a city scarred by climate change and burdened with the imminent threat of viruses, wandering the streets haunted by demons, abstractly envisioned in sound through stunningly effective electronics, field recordings, and developed in parts with Michel Banabila and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). |
![]() Nono, Luigi: A Carlo Scarpa; A Pierre Dell'Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum; Guai ai Gelidi Mostri [VINYL] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 3 works by composer Luigi Nono: "A Carlo Scarpa" for orchestra; "A Pierre..." for bass flute, bass clarinet and live elektronics; and "Guai ai Gelidi Mostri" for ensemble, voices and live elektronics. |
![]() O'Malley, Stephen: MMXX-11: ...st-Vast Sommaren [CLEAR VINYL] (Matiere Memoire -- Belgium ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A rich and beautiful drone work from Stephen O'Malley recorded at EMS in Stockholm, the title translating to "East-West Summer", as the piece emulates an accommodating evening, electronic crickets introducing and then settling into a slowly rotating and absorbing combination of tones, the flickering crickets returning to fade out the sense of restful night. |
![]() O'Rourke, Jim / Mats Gustafsson: Xylophonen Virtuosen [VINYL 2 LPs] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $38.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Dedicated to Derek Bailey, these long out of print, subtle and delicate duo recordings captured in Chicago between Mats Gustafsson on tenor sax, fluteophone, flute & "junk" and Jim O'Rourke on guitar, accordeon and also on "junk", were originally released in 1999 on the Incus label, here remastered, in some cases remixed, and adding previously unreleased material. |
![]() Obomsawin, Mali (Harris / Elhajli / Burik / Campbell / Ho Bynum): Sweet Tooth [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Wabanaki bassist, composer and songwriter Mali Obomsawin presents a compositional suite that highlights the art and culture of her people, binding together blues, jazz, hymns and folk songs with an ensemble of exceptional NY improvisers: Savannah Harris (drums), Miriam Elhajli (guitars, voice), Allison Burik (reeds), Noah Campbell (sax) and Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet & flugelhorn). |
![]() Oceans Roar 1000 Drums: [VINYL] (Sacred Realism -- Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Their first proper vinyl release since forming in 2008, this studio album recorded in Berlin finds Berlin saxophonist and electronic artist Bryan Eubanks, double bassist Andrew Lafkas, and NY drummer & cymbal player Tod Capp in an extended and dark improvisation, with Catherine Lamb's "secondary rainbow synthesizer" interacting and filtering their work as a 4th member. |
![]() Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik): Susurrus [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Existing between composition and free improvisation, this Norwegian quartet of Torstein Lavik Larsen on trumpet, Adrian Myhr on double bass, Fredrik Rasten on acoustic guitar, and Jan Martin Gismervik on drums & percussion are informed by minimal composed, folk and improvised musics, applying unusual technique and methodology to create beautiful textural and impressionistic sound. |
![]() Oki, Itaru / Nobuyoshi Ino / Choi Sun Bae: Kami Fusen [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An exciting and uniquely orchestrated free jazz trio concert recorded live at Cafe Amores, Hofu, Yamaguchi in Japan in 1996 from the trio of Itaru Oki on trumpet and bamboo flute, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and Choi Sun Bae on trumpet, Ino providing often stunningly quick bass lines over which the otherwise rhythm-less band are afforded great flexibility. |
![]() Oki, Itaru Quartet: Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Late Japanese free jazz trumpeter and flute player Itaru Oki--one of the significant and early free jazz players in Japan in the 1970s, moving to France in the mid-70s to seek more opportunities to play--recorded this concert at Jazz Spot Combon as part of his farewell tour, performing with winds player Yoshiaki Fujikawa, bassist Keiki Midorikawa ad drummer Hozumi Tanaka. |
![]() Old And New Dreams (Redman / Cherry / Haden / Blackwell): A Tribute To Blackwell [VINYL] (Black Saint -- Italy ) Price: $27.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A vital reissue of this 1990 album of Ornette Coleman associates--Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Charlie Haden on double bass, Ed Blackwell on drums and Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone--recorded live in Atlanta during a three day Ed Blackwell festival, performing original material by Redman and Blackwell, and three Ornette tunes ("Happy House", "Law Years" and "Street Woman"). |
![]() Oliveros, Pauline: The Well & The Gentle [VINYL 2 LPs] (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $41.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Reissuing two essential, major works from improviser, conceptualist, accordionist and composer Pauline Oliveros--The Well & The Gentle--recorded in 1984 with participation including fellow accordionist Guy Klucevsek, The Well recorded in the studio in Pennsylvania, The Gentle using the resonance of the drinking watertank Severin of Cologne in West Germany. |
![]() Onda, Aki: Nam June's Spirit Was Speaking To Me [VINYL] (Recital -- USA ) Price: $25.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock NY sound artist Aki Onda pays tribute to multi-media pioneer Nam June Paik (1923-2006), a work inspired after Onda's series of performances at Nam June Paik Art Center in South Korea, here using submerged and anonymous radio signals as a shamanic invocation of Paik's work; includes a 20-page booklet with photos & a remembrance of Paik plus 2 essays on radio-wave phenomena. |
![]() Ongon: Exuvia [WHITE VINYL] (Loup editions -- Italy ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock String player Antonio Bertoni (Leo Records, Astral Sprits) in his solo Ongon project seeks to bring back the shamanic elements of Moroccan Gnawa Music, particularly using the trance-inducing bass instrument guimbri, his hypnotic and exotic music set into a rich weaving of electronics, samples and concrete synthesis built ad hoc by Bertoni himself. |
![]() Ongon: In Dispersione [VINYL] (Loup editions -- Italy ) Price: $20.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Antonio Bertoni's solo Ongon project, trying to remove the mistreatment that the Moroccan Gnawa Music suffers due to the heavy western productions, as he performs on the trance-inducing bass instrument guimbri, his hypnotic and exotic music set into a rich weaving of electronics, samples and concrete synthesis built ad hoc by Bertoni himself; reference Natural Information Society. |
![]() Orcutt, Bill: Music for Four Guitars [VINYL] (Palilalia -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Using four guitars tracks, each assigned to a specific melody in counterpoint, Bill Orcutt presents an assertive set of fourteen compositions in a minimalist form--think Steve Reich--each part organized through controlled freneticism that tames the wild nature inherent in each piece; a downloadable 80 page score illustrates the complex madness of the guitarist's mind. |
![]() Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener): Elastic Bricks [VINYL] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Setting out to explore a standard song format for modern times through the instrumental piano jazz format, the French/German trio of basist Joel Grip, drummer Michael Griener and pianist Simon Sieger present a set of six Grip compositions along with two Sieger/Grip and one Sieger piece, all sophisticated, creative and lyrically infused modern jazz. |
![]() Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener): The Strange Adventures of Jesper Klint [VINYL 2 LPs] (Umlaut Records -- France ) Price: $33.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Focusing on the compositions of Swedish pianist Per Henrik Wallin, the energetic piano trio of Simon Sieger on piano, Joel Grip on double bass and Michael Griener on drums puts new life into Wallin's 1998 trio album Coyote with the intention of putting Wallin's music in front of a new audience while clearly reveling in his compositions amid their own impressive mastery. |
![]() Oyauchi / Deku Duo: Now's The Time? [VINYL] (Armageddon Nova -- Japan ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first release on Japan's Armageddon Nova, now reissued as a limited 180gm double vinyl LP, presenting a 2012 concert at Performing Arts Center, in Japan in 2012 by the duo of free improvising alto saxophonist Aishi Oyauchi, a peer of Karou Abe in the 60s, and contrabassist Deku, a member of the 70s free improvising group New Jazz Syndicate. |
![]() Parker, Evan / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton: Live at Maya Recordings Festival [VINYL 2 LPs] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Superb improvisation from three masters - Evan Parker on sax, Barry Guy on bass and Paul Lytton on drums - performing at the Maya Recordings Festival, September 23 - 25, 2011 at Theater am Gleis, Winterthur, Switzerland. |
![]() Parker, Evan: Saxophone Solos [VINYL] (Otoroku -- UK ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Virtually unprecedented for the time, Evan Parker's 1976 solo soprano saxophone album captures Parker's prowess and unusual harmonic approach to the saxophone in a 1975 concert at the Unity Theatre in London and in the FMP studio the same year, using the instrument in startling ways as he captivates his listeners through a unique revelation of logic, drama and staggering skill. |
![]() Parker, Evan: Six of One [VINYL] (Otoroku -- UK ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock London's Otoroku label keeps this magnificent album in print with a 2021 reissue of the 1982 Incus release featuring Evan Parker performing solo on soprano saxophone, using the natural resonance of the Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, in Hampstead London as he explores upper tones and high frequency split tones in a technically brilliant display. |
![]() Parker, William: I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [VINYL] (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $31.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Parker's definitive document of his Curtis Mayfield songbook project with Hamid Drake, Dave Burrell, Sabir Mateen, Darryl Foster & Amiri Baraka, promoting Mayfield's positive messages of hope and fortitude. |
![]() Parkins, Zeena / Jeff Kolar: Scale [VINYL] (Two Rooms Records -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson, the collaboration of Downtown NY electric harpist and sound artist Zeena Parkins and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar explore the intersection of acoustic phenonema against electronic, synthetic & radio sounds, inspired by the timing of natural phenomena like ocean currents and daylight emergence; fascinating. |
![]() Parmegiani, Bernard: Violostries [VINYL] (Recollection GRM -- Austria ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Three works from Italian composer and sound artist Bernard Parmegiani, the title track "Violostries" performed with violinist Devy Erlih and Parmegiani on sound projection, intersecting several of Parmegiani's research concepts and presented as simultaneous dialogues; plus "Capture Ephemere" an active acousmatic work; and the rotating composition "La Roue Ferri". |
![]() Periferiya (Kobi / Korber / Liedwart / Muller / Myasoedov / Shershenkov) : Boundary Scan [VINYL 2 LPs] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $29.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A Russian-Swiss collaboration between Boris Shershenkov (St. Petersburg), Kurt Liedwart and Mikhail Myasoedov (Moscow), Thomas Korber (Zurich), Christian Kobi (Berne) and Christian Muller (Biel), recording in the remote Vallée de Joux, on the border between Switzerland & France, leveraging diverse approaches to sound to create these six detailed electroacoustic improvisations. |
![]() Phillips, Barre / Motoharu Yoshizawa: Oh My, Those Boys! [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two bass players--European free improv legend Barre Phillips and Japanese master Motoharu Yoshizawa--met at Cafe Amores in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1994, with Phillips on an amplified acoustic upright and Yoshizawa using an electric vertical 5-string bass of his own design, as the two weave and merge their unique sounds and approaches in a brilliant concert. |
![]() Pilz, Michel / Peter Kowald / Paul Lovens: Carpathes [VINYL] (Cien Fuegos -- Austria ) Price: $35.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Reissuing the 1976 album on the German FMP Label, this trio session with Michel Pilz on bass clarinet, Peter Kowald on bass and Paul Lovens on percussion is an impressive example of the European Free Jazz scene of the time, all three musicians contributing compositions that unleash serious interplay of passionate expression and unorthodox approach to song structure and instrumental technique. |
![]() Piotrowicz, Robert / Lukas Jincka: Samoobrona [VINYL] (Bolt -- Poland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Helmut Kajzar's theatrical play with themes of physicality and death with sound performed on synthesizers and electronics, in it's 4th recording including stage directions in the narrative (in Polish) with an insert providing English translations of a selection of dialog. |
![]() Plan B (Joe Mcphee / James Keepnews / David Berger): From Outer Space [VINYL with DOWNLOAD] (Roaratorio -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Spinning an unusual story, the trio of saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, guitarist and laptop artist James Keepnews, and drummer David Berger envision the first encounter between alien life and a delegation of earthlings, while giving a nod to jazz's original man from another planet, Sun Ra, with a side-long suite dedicated to him. |
![]() Plan Kruutntoone / Reinier van Houdt : Pas Maar Op, Want Deze Tas Is Van Zorro (En Zorro Houdt Van Mij)[VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Plan Kruutntoone joins forces with avant-garde pianist Reinier van Houdt for a conceptual narrative blurring improvised music, compositional and rock forms, with a narrative based around Zorro and Rosa, geography (and Spielberg) and Brodski, or in their terms: composed and deranged music and lyrics (and other words) on guitars, basses, drums and a piano. |
![]() Plan Kruutntoone: Wat Doen De Handen [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fifth album from Amsterdam avant rock band Plan Kruutntoone led by Hans Visser on guitar, banjo & voice, and drummer/percussionist Chris MŸller, is a diverse set of recording that bring a sense of isolation and introspection, including spoken word pieces with Samuel Beckett text fragments, and a string quartet composed by Hans Visser; unique and singular. |
![]() Postmarks (Boris Hauf / D Bayne / Martin Siewert): National Parks [Vinyl] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Austria ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of saxophonist Boris Hauf and pianist D Bayne team up with guitarist Martin Siewert in this collection of tracks inspired by different U.S. national parks and their representation in iconic posters. |
![]() Pupillo, Massimo / Alexandre Babel / Caspar Brotzmann: Live At Candy Bomber Studios, Vol.1 [VINYL] (KARLRECORDS -- Germany ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The insanely powerful work of this new trio--bass player Massimo Pupillo (Zu, Laniakea), drummer Alexandre Babel (Sudden Infant) and Caspar Brotzmann on guitar--captured live at Candy Bomber Studios, in Berlin for two monumental free improvisations of raw energy that blend noise rock, drone, and improvisation into something uniquely fearsome and wonderful. |
![]() RED trio: Rebento [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock After records with John Butcher and Nate Wooley, the Red Trio of Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano), Hernani Faustino (bass) and Gabriel Ferrandini (drums and percussion) return to their trio roots for an album of superb free improvisation. |
![]() RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata: RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata [VINYL RSD] (Bam Balam Records -- France ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A Record Store Day 2020 LP of the collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto and French/British multi-instrumentalis RG Rough, using guitar drones, electronics, concrete sounds and percussion to create a sonic junble, occasionally soothed by a near-lullaby, only to be subsumed by a cascade of strings or fades into a repetitive minimal piano figure. |
![]() ROIL (Chris Abrahams / Mike Majkowski / James Waples): Raft Of The Meadows [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Free improvisation using the jazz idiom as a jumping off point from the trio of pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks), bassist Mike Majkowski, and drummer James Waples, superb technical playing with a melodic intent and excellent pacing. |
![]() Radical Empathy Trio: Reality and Other Imaginary Places [VINYL] (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Recorded during Thollem's 2017 residency at Brooklyn's multi-discipline center Pioneer Works, the trio of Nels Cline on electric guitar and Michael Wimberly on drums apply treatments, alterations and processes to acoustic-electro improv, their unusual approach often inviting the listener to discover organization under a wonderful commotion of sound. |
![]() Radulescu, Horatiu: Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Romanian-French composer Horatiu Radulescu with 2 works from 1983: "Clepsydra" for 16 Sound Icons played on a sideway piano, and the 1984 work "Astray" for 6 saxophones and Sound Icons. |
![]() Raia, Antonio : Asylum [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Naples tenor saxophonist Antonio Raia's album of solo saxophone improvisations employs a mix of traditional and unusual techniques in 12 concise pieces that fragment "scraps" of melody into a diverse ruminating streams, recorded at the city's Filangeri Asylum by sound artist Renato Fiorito, using ten microphones to capture the unique qualities of the space. |
![]() Ravenstine, Allen : Waiting For The Bomb [VINYL] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Many years after Pere Ubu and his work as a pilot, one of the world's most unique synth players, Allen Ravenstine, releases an album of composed works, 18 discrete hybrid miniature sound worlds that blend acoustic, real-world and synthetic sounds in unorthodox ways that elusively twist conventional approaches with unexpected elements and narrative twists. |
![]() Reid, Tomeka / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Eight Pieces for Two Cellos [VINYL] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $21.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Two Chicago improvising cellists--Tomeka Reid & Fred Lonberg-Holm--explore the repertoire for cello music in jazz, presenting works by Fred Katz ("Pluck It"), Sam Jones ("In Walked Ray"), Ron Carter ("Rally") and Harry Babsin ("Monti-Cello"), adding 3 new, original works by Fred Lonberg-Holm and a piece by Tomeka Reid paying homage to bassist Charles Mingus & violinist Billy Bang. |
![]() Rempis, Dave / Avreeayl Ra: Bennu [VINYL] (Aerophonic -- USA ) Price: $19.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first recorded document of longtime collaborators performing as a duo, Dave Rempis (alto & tenor saxophones) and Avreeayl Ra (drums & percussion), in a thoughtfully building and muscular sax/drum pairing of both meditative and joyful free playing, captured at Constellation in Chicago after months where both players were unable to perform in person; exceptional! |
![]() Riley, Howard : 10.11.12 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $20.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Five original compositions and a great rendering of "Lush Life" from British pianist Howard Riley performing solo at the Jazz Jungtys Festival in Kaunas, 2012, brilliant and focused playing showing his masterful skills deeply steeped in tradition and freedom. |
![]() Roadworks (Gallio / Streuli): As If You Were Here / Glassware [2 LPS + CD + DOWNLOAD] (Percaso -- Switzerland ) Price: $39.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A deluxe 2 album release: "Glassware" on CD was composed by Swiss saxophonist Christoph Gallio for a commission by the Art Council Of The Canton Aargau, performed with Raphael Loher (piano), Ernst Thoma (synth), Dominique Girod (bass), and Nicolas Stocker (drums); then reworked into something creatively experimental in the 2 LP "As If You Were Here"; engaging and spellbinding! |
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Steve Swell Quintet (Swell / Moondoc / Burrell / W. Parker / Cleaver): Soul Travelers [VINYL + DOWNL
Universal Indians w/ Joe McPhee: Skullduggery [VINYL 2 LPs]
Mahall, Rudi / Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Far
Gjerstad, Frode / Kent Carter / John Stevens: Detail-90 [VINYL]
Toyozumi / Countryman / Tan: Chasing The Sun [VINYL]
Frith, Fred And Helen Mirra: Kwangsi - quail [VINYL]
Mela, Francisco / Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Berman / Lytton / Roebke: Trio Discrepancies [VINYL]
Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake: In Between The Tumbling A Stillness [VINYL]
Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Sorey, Tyshawn : Pillars IV [VINYL 2 LPs 180g with DOWNLOAD]
Brotzmann, Peter Chicago Tentet: Ultraman vs. Alien Metron [SINGLE SIDED VINYL]
Oyauchi / Deku Duo: Now's The Time? [VINYL]
Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL]
Evans, Peter Ensemble (w/ Swift / Stabinsky / Lorenzo): Horizons [VINYL]
Cortex: Live! [VINYL 2 LPs]
Honsinger's, Tristan Hopscotch: Cloud Reading Society [VINYL]
Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter [VINYL]
Master Oogway: The Concert Koan [VINYL]
Radulescu, Horatiu: Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL]