The Squid's Ear Magazine
Vinyl Recordings

Vinyl albums add a unique warmth to your music, provide a great tactile experience, and present larger artwork that brings the concepts of the artist to life. We're serious about selling vinyl records and getting them to you in mint condition! Vinyl records are shipped by customer requested standards using Mighty Mailers or double-boxed Uline mailers, which protect the corners of your albums. We removed inner jackets from outer sleeves to prevent albums from cutting through their jackets during shipment.



 
Carter, Daniel / Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver : Welcome Adventure! Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Carter, Daniel / Matthew Shipp / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver :
Welcome Adventure! Vol. 1 [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Arrived from Pressing Factory With Dinged Sleeves - top right corner is bent at about 1", otherwise new, sealed mint copies, vinyl is unaffected

Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi: Electric Telepat
Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi:
Electric Telepathy, Vol. 1 [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter's Telepathic Band with Patrick Holmes (clarinet), Matthew Putman (keyboards), Hilliard Greene (bass) and Federico Ughi (drums) present their first volume of "psych-jazz", in actively mesmerizing music that explores the border between the "default world" and the "dream world", a meditation on electricity through profound playing.

Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi: Telepathic Allia
Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi:
Telepathic Alliances [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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Recording in Brooklyn, the quintet of Daniel Carter on alto, soprano & tenor saxophones, Patrick Holmes on clarinet, Matthew Putman on piano, Hilliard Greene on bass, and Federico Ughi on drums bring together players of a very different backgrounds who share a nearly telepathic level of communication through free improv, in an album graced with Carter's poetry.

Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi: Telepatia Liquid
Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi:
Telepatia Liquida [VINYL + DOWNLOAD CODE]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $24.00    




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Recorded on the last night of 577's Forward Festival 2017 in Brooklyn, the quintet of Daniel Carter (reeds & trumpet), Patrick Holmes (clarinet), Matthew Putman (piano), Hilliard Greene (bass) and Federico Ughi (drums) take their audience on three remarkable journeys of almost chamber-oriented collective free jazz, adventurous and not-to-be-missed examples of modern jazz.

Carter, Daniel / Stelios Mihas / Irma Nejando / Federico Ughi: Radical Invisibility [VINYL]
Carter, Daniel / Stelios Mihas / Irma Nejando / Federico Ughi:
Radical Invisibility [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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Debut of this group named by NY multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, with Stelios Mihas on guitar, Federico Ughi on drums, and (mysterious) Irma Nejando on bass, presenting this studio album of free, well-matched and interactive collective improvisations of acoustic and electric instrumentation, each track dedicated to artists who inspired the members of the quartet.

Carter, Daniel / Watson Jennison / William Parker / Federico Ughi: Live! Volume 1: Erie [VINYL]
Carter, Daniel / Watson Jennison / William Parker / Federico Ughi:
Live! Volume 1: Erie [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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Working together in tours and recording since 2005, the NY trio of multi-reedist and wind player Daniel Carter, bassis William Parker and drummer/percussionist Federico Ughi are joined by saxophonist Watson Jennison also on flute, recorder and keyboards for this enlightened album of modern and transcendent jazz in a limited, remastered LP edition with bonus material.

Carter, Daniel / William Parker / Federico Ughi: The Dream [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
Carter, Daniel / William Parker / Federico Ughi:
The Dream [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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This album was developed to present Daniel Carter, typically a wind/reed/trumpeter player, on an album that included his piano playing, which then advanced by adding the goal of both Carter and long-time collaborator, drummer Federico Ughi, to record with bassist William Parker, who rounds out this excellent trio on bass, tuba and shakuhachi.

Carter, Kent / Gianni Lenoci / Bill Elgart: Plaything [VINYL]
Carter, Kent / Gianni Lenoci / Bill Elgart:
Plaything [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $25.95    




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The trio of pianist Gianni Lenoci, bassist Kent Carter, and drummer Bill Elgart recording in France, 2012 in an album that balances free improvisation with melodic impulse, giving the impression of calm while yielding intricate interactions on close listening.

Celer & Machinefabriek: Numa / Penarie [VINYL 7-inch]
Celer & Machinefabriek:
Numa / Penarie [VINYL 7-inch]

(Self Released -- Netherlands )


Price: $12.95    




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The collaboration between Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt and Celer) continues with their 2nd 7" of textured electronic collage and sound, packaged with a postcard, a download code, and two download videos.

Ceramic Dog (Ribot / Ches Smith / Shahzad Ismaily): Y R U Still Here? [VINYL]
Ceramic Dog (Ribot / Ches Smith / Shahzad Ismaily):
Y R U Still Here? [VINYL]

(Northern Spy -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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In the Downtown NY tradition of blurring rock and improvisation, the trio of Marc Ribot on guitar and voice, Shahzad Ismaily on bass, Moog, percussion and voice, and Ches Smith on drums, percussion and electronics, answer their own question 'why are you still here' through 11 genre-crossing songs of turmoil and inquisitiveness, perfect for the polarities of the time.

Chadbourne, Eugene: Solo Guitar Volume 2-1/3 [VINYL]
Chadbourne, Eugene:
Solo Guitar Volume 2-1/3 [VINYL]

(Feeding Tube Records -- USA )


Price: $21.95    




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Recorded in the late 1970's in Canada while improvising rock, jazz, pysch, folk, country & blues guitar madman Doctor Eugene Chadbourne was living there, this is the second of four LPs documenting his work at the time, this album presenting 6 solo pieces of profound playing amidst an unusual experimental nature and a uniquely Chad sense of humor.

Chancey, Vincent / Wilber Morris / Warren Smith: The Spell. The Vincent Chancey Trio Live, 1987 [VIN
Chancey, Vincent / Wilber Morris / Warren Smith:
The Spell. The Vincent Chancey Trio Live, 1987 [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




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An archival recording from the Kraine Art Gallery in NYC in October of 1987 by French horn player Vincent Chancey, double bassist Wilber Morris and percussionist Warren Smith, their distinctive instrumentation revealing the passionate dialog of agile and commanding ability, balancing the innate lyricism of jazz traditions with the liberation of free & out playing.

Charuest, Yves / Michel Ratte / Peter Kowald: Montreal, 1985 [VINYL]
Charuest, Yves / Michel Ratte / Peter Kowald:
Montreal, 1985 [VINYL]

(Tour de Bras / Ramble -- Canada )


Price: $21.95    




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During a 1985 stay in Montreal, iconic German double bassist Peter Kowald asked alto saxophonist Yves Charuest to perform a series of duos with him, after which Charuest invited Michel Ratté to perform as a trio live at Le Bruit Court, recording in their studio these solid free jazz recordings that remained in storage for 37 years prior to this release!

Cherry / Redman / Haden / Blackwell: Old and New Dreams [VINYL]
Cherry / Redman / Haden / Blackwell:
Old and New Dreams [VINYL]

(Black Saint -- USA )


Price: $21.95    




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Keeping the momentum going from Ornette Coleman's 60s quartet, the 1st "Old and New Dreams" from 1977 with Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Dewey Redman on tenor sax & musette, Charlie Haden on bass and Eddie Blackwell on drums & gong, performed new compositions of burning free jazz from each of Cherry, Redman and Haden, alongside Coleman's "Handwoven".

Cherry, Don / Dollar Brand: Musikforum Schloss, Viktring, Austria - July 20, 1972 [VINYL 2 LPs]
Cherry, Don / Dollar Brand:
Musikforum Schloss, Viktring, Austria - July 20, 1972 [VINYL 2 LPs]

(WHP -- E.U. )


Price: $36.95    




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An exemplary concert of free jazz with world influences, from a quartet drawn from diverse parts of the world--trumpeter Don Cherry from New York, Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) from South Africa, double bassist Johnny Dyani, also from South Africa, and Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos--in four side-long improvisations recorded in Austria in 1972.

Chessex, Antoine: Subjectivation [VINYL]
Chessex, Antoine:
Subjectivation [VINYL]

(Fragment Factory -- E.U. )


Price: $19.95    




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Using material from solo live performances in San Francisco, Berlin, Zurich and London between 2010 and 2015, composer and sound artist Antoine Chessex developed the two compositions of this album, extracting his electroacoustic altered saxophone work and developing them into larger works that bridge extreme and psychoacoustics approaches with great sonic depth.

Chrome Hill (Lerheim / Nymo / Lofthus / Arntzen): This Is Chrome Hill [VINYL]
Chrome Hill (Lerheim / Nymo / Lofthus / Arntzen):
This Is Chrome Hill [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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Self-described as Scandinavian jazz rock noir, the Chrome Hill quartet of Asbjorn Lerheim on baritone guitar, Roger Arntzen on double bass, Torstein Lofthus on drums & vibraphone, and Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone, present a dramatic album of contrasts inspired by cinematic and musical moods, merging elements of folk, Delta blues and cowboy rock into their darkly cool sound.

Chrome Hill: The Explorer [VINYL]
Chrome Hill:
The Explorer [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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The Norwegian quartet formerly known as "Damp" with baritone guitarist Asbjorn Lerheim, tenor saxophonist Atle Nymo, drummer Torstein Lofthus, and double bassist Roger Arntzen, blend expressive forms of jazz with blues and rock in an expansive and rich set of tunes that both pay homage and look to new and inclusive formations of emotional and effusive music.

Clark, Scott: This Darkness [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
Clark, Scott:
This Darkness [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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Leveraging the rhythms of his Native American ancestry through deep tom drums, along with percussion focusing around clarion bells, Richmond, VA drummer/percussionist Scott Clark (Scott Clark 4tet, SCUO) brings his listener on a darkly diverse journey through six superb solo drum improvisations, laid out with resolute patience in an epic rhythmic journey.

Clearfield, Rob / Quin Kirchner: Concentric Orbits [VINYL]
Clearfield, Rob / Quin Kirchner:
Concentric Orbits [VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $16.95    




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An active and creatively absorbing duo between Chicago drummer Quin Kirchner and French-based pianist Rob Clearfield, recorded spontaneously during the sessions of The Shadows and The Light, with one extended improvisation per side, alternating between percolating rhythms of quick witted exchanges to gorgeous lyrical moments of hanging piano figures.

Cleaver, Gerald : Griots [VINYL]
Cleaver, Gerald :
Griots [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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Drummer Gerald Cleaver continues his explorations in electronic music, taking his compositions of modular electronics, synthesis, FM tones, and muted drum machines into intricate and wide-ranging territory, compelling through the solid and natural rhythms he imparts to each piece, many of which are titled for musicians who have influenced him.

Cleaver, Gerald: Signs [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
Cleaver, Gerald:
Signs [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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Taking his cues from the electronic music of his Detroit roots, free jazz drummer Gerald Cleaver presents an album of synthetic rhythms and sonic landscape, each piece composed in detailed arrangements of compelling and adventurous structures, from propulsive grooves to sinuous soundscapes, a surprising and exciting twist showing Cleaver's strong compositional skills.

Coleman, Anthony / Brian Chase: Arcades [VINYL]
Coleman, Anthony / Brian Chase:
Arcades [VINYL]

(Chaikin Records -- USA )


Price: $23.95    




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Downtown NY pianist Anthony Coleman (John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Glenn Branca), and drummer Brian Chase (Jeremiah Cymerman, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Drums and Drones) present their debut collaboration, balancing jazz-influenced improvisation with avant compositional forms to forge a chamber jazz album of thoughtful interaction informed by profound technique and creative drive.

Coleman, Anthony: Catenary Oath [VINYL]
Coleman, Anthony:
Catenary Oath [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




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Downtown NY cornerstone pianist Anthony Coleman is heard in a solo album of Coleman originals including a piece dedicated to Roscoe Mitchell, plus one piece each by Billy Strayhorn, John Klenner, and Ellington/George/Hodges/James, all beautifully captured at Boston's Jordan Hall as Coleman reveals his unique logic and inventive approach to solo performance.

Company: Epiphanies I-VI [VINYL 2 LPs]
Company:
Epiphanies I-VI [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Honest Jons Records -- UK )


Price: $32.95    




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Derek Bailey's impressive guests for his July 1982 "Company" concert at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts were pianist Ursula Oppens, singer Julie Tippetts and pianist Keith Tippett, violinist/electronics wizard Philipp Wachsmann, guitarist Fred Frith, trombonist George Lewis, harpist Anne LeBaron, bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa and sound artist Akio Suzuki.

Company: Epiphanies VII-XIII [VINYL 3 LPs]
Company:
Epiphanies VII-XIII [VINYL 3 LPs]

(Honest Jons Records -- UK )


Price: $39.95    




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The 2nd of 2 albums from Derek Bailey's July 1982 "Company" concert at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts with pianist Ursula Oppens, singer Julie Tippetts and pianist Keith Tippett, violinist/electronics wizard Philipp Wachsmann, guitarist Fred Frith, trombonist George Lewis, harpist Anne LeBaron, bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa and sound artist Akio Suzuki.

Conrad, Tony / Arnold Dreyblatt / Jim O'Rourke: Tonic 19-01-2001 [VINYL]
Conrad, Tony / Arnold Dreyblatt / Jim O'Rourke:
Tonic 19-01-2001 [VINYL]

(Black Truffle -- Australia )


Price: $32.95    




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In 2001 the trio of Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt and Jim O'Rourke performed an extended improvisation at a concert organized by David Weinstein at Manhattan's experimental concert space Tonic, each artist presenting a solo work followed by this incredible work of ecstatic integrated drone, texture and harmonic interaction from immensely intertwining strings.

Convergence Quartet (Taylor Ho Bynum / Alexander Hawkins / Dominic Lash / Harris Eisenstadt): Owl Ja
Convergence Quartet (Taylor Ho Bynum / Alexander Hawkins / Dominic Lash / Harris Eisenstadt):
Owl Jacket [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $25.95    




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The 4th release from the international quartet of NY cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, Canadian drummer Harris Eisenstadt, and UK bassist Dominic Lash and pianist Alexander Hawkins, with compositions from all 4 players, including an adaptation of traditional Ghanaian & Gambian pieces.

Cooper-Moore / Stephen Gauci: Conversations Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Cooper-Moore / Stephen Gauci:
Conversations Vol. 1 [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




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The first of two volumes from legendary Downtown NY pianist Cooper-Moore and saxophonist Stephen Gauci, recorded after a seven-month residency at Happylucky No. 1 Gallery in Brooklyn, allowing the two players to develop a natural dialog of unique and idiosyncratic approaches to their instruments, resulting in these 6 commanding recordings freely improvised in the studio.

Correction with Mats Gustafsson: Shift [VINYL]
Correction with Mats Gustafsson:
Shift [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $26.95    




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Sweden's advanced free jazz piano trio Correction (Sebastian Bergstrom on piano, Joacim Hyberg on bass, and Emil Astrand-Melin on drums) are met by fellow Swede, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, for a stunning album ranging from abstract to hard blowing improv.

Cortex (Hoyer / Nilssen / Alberts / Johansson): Legal Tender [VINYL]
Cortex (Hoyer / Nilssen / Alberts / Johansson):
Legal Tender [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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Seriously joyful and consequential "avant-garde party music" from the Norwegian Cortex quartet of Ola Hoyer on double bass, Gard Nilssen on drums & percussion, Kristoffer Berre Alberts on saxophone, and Thomas Johansson on trumpet, in their 6th album of irresistible, upbeat free jazz.

Cortex (Johansson / Alberts / Hoyer / Nilssen): Live in New York [VINYL]
Cortex (Johansson / Alberts / Hoyer / Nilssen):
Live in New York [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $24.95    




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Approaching the free side of 60s postbop in the Ornette Coleman vein, the Cortex quartet of Thomas Johansson (trumpet), Kristoffer Alberts (sax), Ola Hoyer (double bass) and Gard Nilssen (drums) are captured for a dynamic and captivating set at IBeam in Brooklyn in 2015.

Cortex: Avant-Garde Party Music [VINYL]
Cortex:
Avant-Garde Party Music [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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Cortex propels their persuasive, groove oriented approach to jazz with this swinging album that blends free jazz styles with great hard bop, in line with a band like The Thing, this Scandinavian group wants to make your body move without indulging in excess or pandering, instead following a muse that's solidly in the exuberant free jazz tradition.

Cortex: Live! [VINYL 2 LPs]
Cortex:
Live! [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $32.95    




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Four Norwegian jazz musicians--Thomas Johansson (cornet), Kristoffer Alberts (reeds), Ola Hoyer (double bass) and Gard Nilssen (drums)--representatives of a new generation of Scandinavian jazzmen playing creative music with the tools and forms of the older generation.

Crazy Doberman: "Everyone Is Rolling Down A Hill" ... [VINYL]
Crazy Doberman:
"Everyone Is Rolling Down A Hill" ... [VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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The Indiana collective Crazy Doberman in a 15-performer configuration including core members Tim Gick and Drew Davis, merging jazz and indescribable approaches to free improvisation with a mix of acoustic & electronic instruments, building their pieces from mysteriously cantankerous rumination to ecstatic grooves and much in-between.

Crazy Doberman: Illusory Expansion [VINYL]
Crazy Doberman:
Illusory Expansion [VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $16.96    




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With core members Drew Davis, Tim Gick, and John Olsen (Wolf Eyes), the wonderfully eclectic ensemble on each Crazy Doberman album shifts as they introduce musicians who can express the experimental improv structures required for each project, blurring genres and using whatever tools necessary to move from abstract to high intensity motion; a sublimely eccentric big band.

Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] <i>[Used Item]</i>
Cremaster / Komora A:
split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item]

(Monotype -- Poland )


Price: $11.66    




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A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth).

Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] <i>[Used Item]</i>
Cremaster / Komora A:
split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item]

(Monotype -- Poland )


Price: $14.40    




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A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth).

Creta: Creta [VINYL]
Creta:
Creta [VINYL]

(KARLRECORDS -- Germany )


Price: $20.95    




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Massimo Pupillo (ZU, Laniakea), electronic artist Luciano Lamanna and string instrument virtuoso Roberto Zanisi combine to form Creta, creating sonic works that blend sci-fi ambient atmospheres with dark bass pulses and languid Mediterranean string instruments, an unusual yet surprisingly complementary set of approaches yielding a darkly lyrical album.

DNMF (Machinefabriek + Dead Neanderthals): Smelter [VINYL]
DNMF (Machinefabriek + Dead Neanderthals):
Smelter [VINYL]

(Moving Furniture -- Netherlands )


Price: $17.95    




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The DNMF collaboration of Netherland's sonic experimenter Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt) and the Dead Neanderthals duo of saxophonist Otto Kokke and drummer Rene Aquarius, in their second album of heavy, droning style, reveling in a resonant, high-volume, long-form work of hypnotic sound merging metal, drone and dark ambience.

DNMF (Rutger Zuydervelt /  Kokke / Rene Aquarius): DNMF [VINYL]
DNMF (Rutger Zuydervelt / Kokke / Rene Aquarius):
DNMF [VINYL]

(Moving Furniture -- Netherlands )


Price: $17.95    




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A collaborative release of Nijmegen's saxophone wielding grind duo of Rene Aquarius and Otto Kokke with sound artist Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt), tempering the duo's Ayleresque frenetic drive in response to Zuydervelt's long form drones.

DUX Orchestra (Dave Sewelson / Mats Gustafsson / Susie Ibarra / Will Connell Jr. / Dave Hofstra / Wa
DUX Orchestra (Dave Sewelson / Mats Gustafsson / Susie Ibarra / Will Connell Jr. / Dave Hofstra / Walter "Sweet" Perkins / JC Morrison):
Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results) [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




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Two thirds of the free jazz group "Boom Box"--saxophonist Thomas Borgmann and drummer Willi Kellers--and referencing that band's 2011 album titled Jazz, Keys & Screws is rounded out as a trio with double bassist Jan Roder, following the format of Jazz with compositions from each player following head/solo format, fueled by each player's extensive experience.

Dafeldecker, Werner: Parallel Darks [VINYL]
Dafeldecker, Werner:
Parallel Darks [VINYL]

(Room40 -- Australia )


Price: $23.95    




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Viennese-born, Berlin-based electro-acoustic composer Werner Dafeldecker (Polwechsel, Fennesz, &c) creates an intense and beautiful musique concrete and acousmatic journey in two parts, examining "perspective, extreme subjectivity and the specters that haunt our auditory worlds" through mysterious sound and enveloping sonic construction, a profound and riveting work.

Daniel's, Ted Energy Module (feat. Oliver Lake and Daniel Carter): Innerconnection [VINYL 2 LPs]
Daniel's, Ted Energy Module (feat. Oliver Lake and Daniel Carter):
Innerconnection [VINYL 2 LPs]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $36.95    




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Trumpeter Ted Daniel's Energy Module with Daniel Carter, Oliver Lake, Richard Pierce and Tatsuya Nakamura, a post-bop free improvising quintet from the mid-70s, here in an unreleased studio session showing raw power and superb playing.

Daniel, Ted with Henry Grimes / Michael Marcus: Duology [VINYL]
Daniel, Ted with Henry Grimes / Michael Marcus:
Duology [VINYL]

(Ujamaa Records -- USA )


Price: $20.95    




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Legendary New York trumpeter Ted Daniel, whose skills were honed in the 70s Loft Scene, in his 4th Duology album with the trio of Michael Marcus on clarinets and Henry Grimes on bass and violin, the leader also performing on French hunting horn, an album of varied mood and intensity that sits firmly in the free jazz legacy of daring harmonies and melodies.

Day & Taxi (Gallio / Jeger / Meier): Way [VINYL 2 LPs + CD]
Day & Taxi (Gallio / Jeger / Meier):
Way [VINYL 2 LPs + CD]

(Percaso -- Switzerland )


Price: $29.95    




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Swiss saxophonist Christoph Gallio has led the Day & Taxi group for more than 25 years, here as a trio with Silvan Jeger on double bass and David Meier on drums for a double LP of creative jazz blending unique contemporary composition with melodic approaches.

Deerhoof & Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Split 7-inch [VINYL 7-inch] [RSD RELEASE]
Deerhoof & Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog:
Split 7-inch [VINYL 7-inch] [RSD RELEASE]

(Northern Spy -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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A Record Store Day Release, a split 7" with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog (Ribot/Ismaily/Smith) on one side, and Deerfhoof with Marc Ribot on the other side.

Deluxx: The Tidy Boy [VINYL]
Deluxx:
The Tidy Boy [VINYL]

(Spirit of Orr -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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One part Sonic Youth, one part early Residents, Deluxx is the anomalous output of NY/Boston transplant Mark Peretta, a one-man band of crazy riffs and warped song-spieling.

Departement d'Education Psychique: Untitled [VINYL]
Departement d'Education Psychique:
Untitled [VINYL]

(Fou Records -- France )


Price: $19.95    




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The trio of Jean-Marc Foussat on synthesizer and voice, abd Dynamo Dreesen & SVN on electronics, crossing artists more associated with electronica than free improvisation, here in their second release recorded live at Ohm in Berlin, Germany and at "Neues Deutchland" in 2016.

Desprez, Julien / Luis Lopes: Boa Tarde [VINYL]
Desprez, Julien / Luis Lopes:
Boa Tarde [VINYL]

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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Two guitarists with unique approaches to their instruments -- Paris-based Julen Depsrez and Lisbon-based Luis Lopes -- in an experimental album of evolving sound through extreme modification of guitar sound and sustain, mysteriously building their interactions from whispering sonics to growling harmonics, tightly controlled but bristling with complex energy.

Detail: Stevens / Pedersen / Gjerstad: First Detail [VINYL + CD]
Detail: Stevens / Pedersen / Gjerstad:
First Detail [VINYL + CD]

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $21.95    




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Norwegian saxophonist Frode Gjerstad started the forward thinking free improv group Detail in 1981 with Eivin One Pederson on keys and SME legend, drummer John Stevens; this live recording of the original lineup is a fantastic document of the roots of this important band.

Di Domenico, Giovanni  / Peter Jacquemyn / Chris Corsano: A Little Off The Top [VINYL]
Di Domenico, Giovanni / Peter Jacquemyn / Chris Corsano:
A Little Off The Top [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $21.95    




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A limited LP from the trio of European improvisers Giovanni Di Domenico on piano and Peter Jacquemyn on double bass with American drummer Chris Corsano, recording in the studio in Belgium, 2013, for 3 free improvisations of dexterous and expressive playing.

Dickey, Whit / Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream [VINYL]
Dickey, Whit / Kirk Knuffke:
Drone Dream [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Poland )


Price: $22.95    




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Two implicitly lyrical players -- trumpeter Kirk Knuffke and drummer Whit Dickey -- in their second album together of well-paced, thoughtful dialog, an intimate set of recordings that show the adept skills of both as they promote their inherent melodic intentions on their instruments, neither overpowering, but conversing in a warm and rewarding give and take.

Dikeman, John / Luis Vicente / Hugo Antunes / Gabriel Ferrandini: Salao Brasil [VINYL]
Dikeman, John / Luis Vicente / Hugo Antunes / Gabriel Ferrandini:
Salao Brasil [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $23.95    




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Live recordings from Salao, Brazil in 2016 by the quartet of John Dikeman on tenor saxophone, Luis Vicente on trumpet, Hugo Antunes on double bass, and Gabriel Ferrandini on drums, for two sets of exploratory and often explosive free jazz.

Dinel, Karbe: MMXX-09: Ouroboros [CLEAR VINYL]
Dinel, Karbe:
MMXX-09: Ouroboros [CLEAR VINYL]

(Matiere Memoire -- Belgium )


Price: $24.95    




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French sound artist Karbe Dinel creates a complex work of sound that shifts through diverse moods and seamlessly dovetailed sections, using synthesizer and effects to create deep resonating tones and high pitched complements, mysterious grainy ambience, haunting chambers of drifting electronics; a mysterious and compelling journey in the electronic realm.

Dixon, Bill: In Italy - Volume One [VINYL]
Dixon, Bill:
In Italy - Volume One [VINYL]

(Soul Note Vinyl -- Italy )


Price: $22.95    




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Originally released in 1980, this album reissues late trumpeter Bill Dixon's recording from Barigozzi Studio, in Milano, Italy in 1980, performing Dixon's tapestry-like compositions with Dixon on trumpet & piano, Arthur Brooks on trumpet, Stephen Haynes on trumpet, Stephen Horenstein on tenor & baritone saxophones, Alan Silva on bass, and Freddie Waits on drums.

Douglas, Dave: Overcome [VINYL]
Douglas, Dave:
Overcome [VINYL]

(Greenleaf Music -- USA )


Price: $23.95    




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Beginning with a reimagining of the Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome", trumpeter Dave Douglas' album is an emotional and powerful statement of human engagement towards justice--Racial justice; Climate justice; Voting justice; Gender justice--performed with Ryan Keberle on trombone, Fay Victor on voice, Camila Meza on voice, guitar, Jorge Roeder on bass and Rudy Royston on drums.

Dresser, Mark : Modicana [VINYL]
Dresser, Mark :
Modicana [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $23.95    




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Double Bassist Mark Dresser, a mainstay of the Downtown NY scene as an improviser and composer, and also prominent on the US West Coast and as an international touring artist, releases a powerful album of distinctive solo playing, both technically and melodically, with 2 tracks caught live at the Umea Jazz Festival and others recorded at the University of California, San Diego.

Ducret, Marc (w/ Martinez / Helary / Bopp / Ducret): Palm Sweat: Marc Ducret Plays the Music of Tim
Ducret, Marc (w/ Martinez / Helary / Bopp / Ducret):
Palm Sweat: Marc Ducret Plays the Music of Tim Berne [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




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A frequent collaborator with NY saxophonist and composer Tim Berne, French guitarist Marc Ducret takes on Berne's compositions, at times in multiple interpretations of the same work or by merging pieces together, performed with the superb support of trumpeter Fabrice Martinez, flutist Sylvaine Helary, trombonist Christiane Bopp and Ducret's son, cellist Bruno Ducret.

Dunmall, Paul / Chris Corsano: Identical Sunsets [VINYL]
Dunmall, Paul / Chris Corsano:
Identical Sunsets [VINYL]

(ESP -- USA )


Price: $20.95    




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Drummer Chris Corsano meets UK improvisor Paul Dunmall on tenor sax and bagpipes for these 4 impulsive and lyrical improvisation, alternatingly sparse and impossibly textured.

Dunston, Nick: Atlantic Extraction [VINYL]
Dunston, Nick:
Atlantic Extraction [VINYL]

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA / Canada )


Price: $19.95    




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Brooklyn-based composer, bassist, and writer Nick Dunston in his debut album, blending jazz, contemporary, chamber and avant forms, in a uniquely voiced quintet with Louna Dekker-Vargas on flutes & piccolo, Ledah Finck on violin & viola, Tal Yahalom on guitar, and Stephen Boegehold on drums, in a sophisticated album of concisely fascinating compositions.

Duval,  Halperin,  Willson: Music of John Coltrane [VINYL]
Duval, Halperin, Willson:
Music of John Coltrane [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $26.95    




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A tribute to John Coltrane from bassist Dominic Duval, tenor saxophone Jimmy Halperin and drummer Brian Willson with compositions like "Moments Notice", Naima" &c.

Eisenstadt, Harris / Mivos Quartet: Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be [VINYL] <i>[Used Item]</i
Eisenstadt, Harris / Mivos Quartet:
Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be [VINYL] [Used Item]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $21.60    




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NY free jazz drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt brings his talents to the compositional world with this four movement suite performed by the Mivos Quartet of Olivia De Prato, Josh Modney, Victor Lowrie and Mariel Roberts, a creative composition blending melodic and textural approaches to the strings in a bold rendering of Eisenstandt's work.

Eisenstadt, Harris / Mivos Quartet: Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be [VINYL]
Eisenstadt, Harris / Mivos Quartet:
Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $23.95    




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NY free jazz drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt brings his talents to the compositional world with this four movement suite performed by the Mivos Quartet of Olivia De Prato, Josh Modney, Victor Lowrie and Mariel Roberts, a creative composition blending melodic and textural approaches to the strings in a bold rendering of Eisenstandt's work.

Eisenstadt, Harris: Woodblock Prints [VINYL]
Eisenstadt, Harris:
Woodblock Prints [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $26.95    




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Drummer Harris Eisenstadt's beautiful nonet album contemplates Japanese woodbock print art through captivating compositions in a "Birth of the Cool" mode.

Elggren, Leif : Motor For An Unknown Vehicle (Opening Of The Grave) [VINYL]
Elggren, Leif :
Motor For An Unknown Vehicle (Opening Of The Grave) [VINYL]

(Fragment Factory -- Germany )


Price: $19.95    




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Swedish conceptual artist Leif Elggren developed this second album in his trilogy using "The Motor", a soundwork that he's built over many years from basic fragments of sound used in installations and performances, aggregated here in an expanded form as a continuous drone, harsh on the surface but complex in its layers and sonic collisions.

Enema Syringe: Upshutlenvolte [7-inch Vinyl]
Enema Syringe:
Upshutlenvolte [7-inch Vinyl]

(Fragment Factory -- Germany )


Price: $7.95    




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Kai Parviainen's Enema Syringe in a 7" release recorded in 1987, 14+ minutes of raw and primitive staccato electronics edgy with a darkly disordered mental state, a stark testimony to the tenacity of his work, which continues into the 2010s.

Eno, Brian Performed by Dedalus Ensemble : Discreet Music / Music For Airports / Tuesday Afternoon [
Eno, Brian Performed by Dedalus Ensemble :
Discreet Music / Music For Airports / Tuesday Afternoon [2 LPs]

(Sub Rosa -- Belgium )


Price: $29.95    




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The French Dedalus Ensemble render three works from the ground-breaking ambient work of Brian Eno--Discreet Music (1975), Music for Airports (1978), and Thursday Afternoon (1985)--performed as an 11-piece acoustic ensemble and remaining faithful to the introspectively intelligent intention and peaceful elegance of Eno's original electronic works.

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Be Known Ancient/Future/Music [2 LPS]
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble:
Be Known Ancient/Future/Music [2 LPS]

(Spiritmuse Records -- UK )


Price: $42.95    




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Led by Chicago percussionist and AACM member Kahil El'Zabar and founded in 1981, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble releases this album of Afro-centric spiritual jazz, El'Zabar's voice drawing us into the compelling rhythms and grooves he and cellist Ian Maksin provide as foundations for baritone saxophonist Alex Harding and trumpeter Corey Wilkes' profound soloing.

Evans, Peter Ensemble (w/ Swift / Stabinsky / Lorenzo): Horizons [VINYL]
Evans, Peter Ensemble (w/ Swift / Stabinsky / Lorenzo):
Horizons [VINYL]

(More Is More -- USA )


Price: $21.95    




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After a few years of working, touring and one-off performances in New York City with Mazz Swift (violin & voice), Ron Stabinsky (synthesizers) and Levy Lorenzo (percussion & electronics), trumpeter Peter Evans recorded this incredible album, a new direction in his work with small ensembles, incorporating electronics into his exceptional compositions for creative improvisation.

Ex, The: All Corpses  [7" VINYL]
Ex, The:
All Corpses [7" VINYL]

(Superior Viaduct -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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The Ex's first single from the Netherland unique and socially charged band The Ex of Terrie Ex on guitar, G.W. Sok on voice, Ome Geurt on drums and Bas on bass, starting a legacy of intelligent and pointed rock, improvised and experimental music that continues 40 years later, reissued as a 2020 Record Store Day release on colored 7" vinyl.

Fabric Trio (Frank Paul Shubert / Mike Majkowski / Yorgos Dimitriadis): Murmurs [VINYL]
Fabric Trio (Frank Paul Shubert / Mike Majkowski / Yorgos Dimitriadis):
Murmurs [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $26.95    




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The open-minded and masterful trio of Frank Paul Schubert (sax), Mike Majkowski (bass) and Yorgos Dimitriadis (drums) recording 5 group compositions in the studio in Berlin, 2010.

Fail Better! (Reis / Vicente / Guimaraes / Pereira / Filipe): OWT [VINYL]
Fail Better! (Reis / Vicente / Guimaraes / Pereira / Filipe):
OWT [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $23.95    




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Mesmerizing electric free improvisation from the Portugese quintet of Marcelo Dos Reis on guitar, Luis Vicente on trumpet, Joao Guimaraes on sax, Jose Miguel Pereira on double bass, and Joao Pais Filipe on drums, recording live at Salao Brazil in Coimbra, Portugal in 2014.

Fair, Jad / Strobe Talbot: Hunger
Fair, Jad / Strobe Talbot:
Hunger

(Music a la Coque -- Italy )


Price: $6.95    




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Jad Fair, vocalist and mastermind of Half Japanese, with the band Strobe Talbot (Nick Hobbs, Beng Gallaher, Andy Fisher), in a 33 rpm postcard flexi record of a song titled "Hunger", a limited and numbered edition of 250 copies with artwork from Jad Fair himself.

Fake Humans (Fisher / Didur): Exegesis [VINYL]
Fake Humans (Fisher / Didur):
Exegesis [VINYL]

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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The Toronto-based duo of Colin Fisher on woodwinds and percussion and Carl Didur on keyboards and bass bridge acoustic and electronic improv with science fiction sensibilities in their two part "Exegesis", a critical exposition of un-genred music that borrows from global sources in service to their unusual and exotic tale; a wonderfully perplexing album.

Femme / Sunk Heaven / Jeph Jerman / Somnoroase Pasarele: 7 & 7 : VOL. 1 [VINYL 2 7-inch BOX]
Femme / Sunk Heaven / Jeph Jerman / Somnoroase Pasarele:
7 & 7 : VOL. 1 [VINYL 2 7-inch BOX]

(SpleenCoffin -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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The 1st in SpleenCoffin's double-7" series, each featuring exclusive material and packaged in reclaimed 7" audio reel boxes, this volume featuring audio tracks by French synth duo FEMME; NYC's Sunk Heaven; a piece composed from a group recording of Jeph Jerman, Tim Barnes, Bill Hutson & Ten Byrnes; and a work from Romanian audio artist SOMNOROASE PĂSĂRELE.

Fernandes, Andre (w/ Sambeat / Campos / Heliodoro / Pereira): Kinetic [VINYL]
Fernandes, Andre (w/ Sambeat / Campos / Heliodoro / Pereira):
Kinetic [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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Active Lisbon guitarist and producer André Fernandes formed the band Kinetic to perform the lyrically upbeat and sophisticated works of composers he admires--David Binney, Ohad Talmor, Akiko Pavolka, Sara Serpa, Perico Sambeat and Xan Campos--in a band that includes saxophonist Sambeat and pianist Campos, along with bassist Frederico Heliodoro and drummer João Pereira.

Fernandez, Agusti / Liudas Mockunas: Improdimensions [VINYL]
Fernandez, Agusti / Liudas Mockunas:
Improdimensions [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




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During the 2019 concert series dedicated to improvised music, "Improdimensija", Catalan pianist Agusti Fernández met with Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockunas in the MAMAstudio in Vilnius to record the two part, 3 sections-each "Improdimensions", a masterwork of piano and sax dialog of incredible technique and taste, from rapid runs to profoundly impressionist sections.

Ferrandini, Gabriel (w/ Faustino / Sousa): Volupias [VINYL]
Ferrandini, Gabriel (w/ Faustino / Sousa):
Volupias [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




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Turning to one third of his more familiar Red Trio setting, percussionist/drummer Gabriel Ferrandini enlists bassist Hernani Faustino and tenor saxophonist Pedro Sousa (Sousa/Berthling/Ferrandini, PeterGabriel Duo) to perform 9 Ferrandini compositions named after streets in Lisbon leading from Ferrandini's house to his studio and then to ZDB.

Ferrari, Luc: Music Promenade / Unheimlich Schon [VINYL]
Ferrari, Luc:
Music Promenade / Unheimlich Schon [VINYL]

(Recollection GRM -- Austria )


Price: $22.95    




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Two works from French composer Luc Ferrari: "Music Promenade" (1964-69) an electroacoustic work for four stand-alone tape recorders presenting a series of colliding realistic sounds and sonic images; and "Unheimlich Schon" (1971), a quiet work of Musique concrete with spoken word--"How does a young woman breathe when thinking about something else?"

Ferreyra, Beatriz: Senderos de luz y sombras [VINYL]
Ferreyra, Beatriz:
Senderos de luz y sombras [VINYL]

(Recollection GRM -- Austria )


Price: $27.95    




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Translating to Paths of Light and Shadows, Argentine electronic composer Beatriz Ferreyra's 16-channel piece is inspired by astrophysics, the mystery of the pre-Big Bang era and uncanny motions of the unconscious mind; a major work of exploration through electronics and acoustic transformation, presented in two parts: "Abysmal Paths" and "Forgotten Paths".

Filosofer: Landet Er Gitt Oss [VINYL]
Filosofer:
Landet Er Gitt Oss [VINYL]

(Nakama Records -- Norway )


Price: $22.95    




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An hallucinogenic and commanding blending of improvisation, song, spoken word, and tonal/timbral music from double bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen's Filosofer, creating beautiful sonic environments out of which voice and message emerge and submerge, buoyed by a string quartet (two violins and two double basses), computers, turntables, synths and samplers.

Fire! Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki: Actions [VINYL]
Fire! Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki:
Actions [VINYL]

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $27.95    




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"Actions For Free Jazz Orchestra" was originally written by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki for the New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra, assembled by Don Cherry for the occasion and conducted by composer himself; this new extended reading and conduction of the score from 2018 was originated and directed by Mats Gustafsson, a powerful update and expansion of the original work.

Fire! Orchestra: Ritual [VINYL 2 LPs + CD]
Fire! Orchestra:
Ritual [VINYL 2 LPs + CD]

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $26.95    




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The incredible Fire! Orchestra in a 21-piece rendition performs in the studio for an ecstatic album of free improvisation and song, with an amazing lineup including Mats Gustafsson, Mette Rasmussen, Johan Berthling, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Lotte Anker, &c. &c.

Fire! w/ Stephen O'Malley / David Sandstrom: Requies [VINYL 1-SIDED EP w/ SCREEN PRINT on B-SIDE]
Fire! w/ Stephen O'Malley / David Sandstrom:
Requies [VINYL 1-SIDED EP w/ SCREEN PRINT on B-SIDE]

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $44.95    




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A one-side EP with a screen print on the B-Side, of a raucous, dark and incredibly epic journey in heavy electric jazz from Fire! configured as the quintet of Mats Gustafsson on bass saxophone, organ & live electronics, Johan Berthling on electric bass, Andreas Werliin on drums, Stephen O'Malley on guitar and David Sandstrom on drums; awe inspiring!



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