The Squid's Ear Magazine
Objects and Home-made Instruments


 
Petit, Didier - Alexandre Pierrepont: Passages - A Road Record: Woodstock - New York - Chicago - Los
Petit, Didier - Alexandre Pierrepont:
Passages - A Road Record: Woodstock - New York - Chicago - Los Angeles

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $16.95    




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Cellist Petit and poet Pierrepont traveled from East to West Coasts recording with various improvisers who play with Petit while Pierrepont reads one of his poems in French, and then as a non-French speaker reads the same poem.

Pisaro, Michael / Greg Stuart: Hearing Metal 2
Pisaro, Michael / Greg Stuart:
Hearing Metal 2

(Gravity Wave -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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The second part of composer Michael Pisaro's "Hearing Metal" series, Pisaro performing on field recordings, radio, guitar, sine tones, with Greg Stuart performing on a diverse set of percussive instruments.

Poliks, Marek : Hull Treader
Poliks, Marek :
Hull Treader

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Referencing sci-fi, C.S. Lewis, and alien worlds, the compositions of Marek Poliks each have a central metaphor like alien environment and warmth, spaceship and cradling, performed by ensembles using traditional and electronic instruments and objects.

Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
Quartetski Does Stravinsky:
Le Sacre du printemps

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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Quartetski Does Stravinsky with drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli, guitarist Bernard Falaise, reedist Phillipe Lauzier, viole de gamaba player Pierre-Yves Martel and violinist Joshua Zubot reinterpret Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in honor of its 100th anniversary.

Remote Viewers, The: Nerve Cure
Remote Viewers, The:
Nerve Cure

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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The Remote Viewers' 10th album, with David Petts, Caroline Kraabel, Sue Lynch, Adrian Northover, John Edwards, Rosa Lynch-Northover, and Adam Bohman, in mysterious works of dissonance and wonderfully idiosyncratic expression.

Remote Viewers, The: Sinister Heights
Remote Viewers, The:
Sinister Heights

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $19.95    




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UK's Remote Viewers latest blends electronics, rock, composition and improv in unusual and seductive ways, with guests John Edwards, Steve Noble, Caroline Kraabel, &c.

Rodrigues / Area / Torres / Gris: Aleph
Rodrigues / Area / Torres / Gris:
Aleph

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Two freely improvised works performed on cello, sine waves, cracklebox, bottle, synth, cornet and objects from the quartet of frequent collaborators Guilherme Rodrigue, David Area Guillermo Torres, and Tomas Gris, a mix of subtle improvisation and subsuming sound.

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / de Toni / Berthet / Ortis: Trees
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / de Toni / Berthet / Ortis:
Trees

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Five trees interpreted through electroacoustic improv from the quintet of Guilherme Rodrigues (cello, Gianna de Toni, double bass), Raphael Ortis (electric bass, objects) Christophe Berthet (sax), and Ernesto Rodrigues (viola); mysterious and compelling music.

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Goncalves /...: suspensao [2 CDs]
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Goncalves /...:
suspensao [2 CDs]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $21.95    




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A large group under the direction of violinist Ernesto Rodrigues (also on harp, metronome & objects) in 4 extended improvisations of great suspense and tension through sound and silence.

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Ullen / D'incise / Bondi: Lisboa
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Ullen / D'incise / Bondi:
Lisboa

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Orchestrated from strings, piano, percussives, laptop & objects, this quintet creates a complex collective voice from high- and low-frequency drones, dissonant long string tones, slow piano chords, metallic sounds, and rich electronics.

Rodrigues / Yamauchi / Santos: The Presence Of Air Particles Ignited By Memory
Rodrigues / Yamauchi / Santos:
The Presence Of Air Particles Ignited By Memory

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Remarkably detailed, slowly moving improvisation from the trio of Katsura Yamauchi on alto sax, Carlos Santos on electronics, and Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, harp and objects, a beautiful balance of acoustic and electronic sound in intensely concentrated music.

Rowe, Keith / Graham Lambkin: Making A
Rowe, Keith / Graham Lambkin:
Making A

(erstwhile -- USA )


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Keith Rowe first met Graham Lambkin at erstwhile's 2007 Amplify 2011 festival in NYC, playing again in 2013, and recording this album at Lambkin's house that same year, creating something unusual and unique from each player's perspective.

Rowe, Keith / Taku Unami: ErstLive 006
Rowe, Keith / Taku Unami:
ErstLive 006

(erstwhile -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A first meeting of guitar and electronics artist Keith Rowe with computer and string performer Taku Unami at the Amplify 2008: light festival in Tokyo.

Schouwburg, Jean-Michel Van / Demey, Jean / Vanderstraeten, Kris: Sureau
Schouwburg, Jean-Michel Van / Demey, Jean / Vanderstraeten, Kris:
Sureau

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Free and unusual improvisation with the strange vocal stylings of Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg, bassist Demey, and percussion and bicycle pump player Vanderstraeten.

Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell): and we disappear
Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell):
and we disappear

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $15.95    




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For a decade this trio has created some of the most interesting electroacoustic improvisation, captured in a 38 minute performance at the Ear We Are Festival in Biel, Switzerland, 2007.

Snail, Azalia: Celestial Respect
Snail, Azalia:
Celestial Respect

(Silber Media -- USA )


Price: $10.95    




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Hypnotic lo-fi space pop from Azalia Snail, whose 20 year career of 4-track era work is heard in this musical journey paying tribute to the power of the sun & the hope it can bring to us all.

Soloveitzik / Erel / Davis: Three States Of Freedom
Soloveitzik / Erel / Davis:
Three States Of Freedom

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Israeli saxophonist Tom Soloveitzik, Turkish electronics player Korhan Erel (Islak Kopek), and US cellist Kevin Davis in an international dialog of rich and sonically charged electroacoustic improvisation.

Sontag Shogun: LTFI EP [VINYL 10-inch EP]
Sontag Shogun:
LTFI EP [VINYL 10-inch EP]

(Palaver Press -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Sontag Shogun is the trio of pianist Ian Temple and sound artists Jesse Perlstein and Jeremy Young, setting the piano against intricately designed sonic textures and cut-ups of choral voice and acoustic guitar, as well as processed field recordings, here in a 10" 4 track EP.

Stackenas / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres: Wounds Of Light
Stackenas / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres:
Wounds Of Light

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Tense textures and shadowy interplay brought to 'light' from the quartet of father/son Rodrigues, guitarist David Stackenas, and saxophonist Nuno Torres; remarkably subtle sonic improvisation.

Talibam!: Boogie in the Breeze Blocks
Talibam!:
Boogie in the Breeze Blocks

(ESP-Disk -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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One of NYC's oddest rock bands, Talibam! augment and mutilate rock forms with a weird mix, helped along by Jon Irabagon, Peter Evans, Chris Forsyth, &c., great and bizarre!

Tanguay, Pierre: La musique de mon disque
Tanguay, Pierre:
La musique de mon disque

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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The solo debut album from electronic artist and composer Pierre Tanguay is a collection of dark ambient background music that is minimalist in nature but also very impressive.

Taxonomy: Fega / Lella / Martusciello: 10 Taxonomical Movements
Taxonomy: Fega / Lella / Martusciello:
10 Taxonomical Movements

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Fascinating compositions combining improvisation and organized sound from Martusciello, Lella, & Fega, using acoustic and electronic instruments to frightening effect.

Thieke & Toulemonde / Capece & Drouin: Berlin Series #1
Thieke & Toulemonde / Capece & Drouin:
Berlin Series #1

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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The Inframince/Immensity split CD is the first in a series of discs exploring the work of musicians based in Berlin, a city which has been one of the most vibrant centres for improvised and contemporary music since the 1960's.

Thieke, Michael Unununium: Nachtlieder
Thieke, Michael Unununium:
Nachtlieder

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


Price: $10.00    




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A diverse and fascinating release from clarinetist Michael Thieke, also on zither and providing field recordings, with guitarist Martin Siewert, accordionist Luca Venitucci, and two bassists--Christian Weber & Derek Shirley, and two drummers--Steve Heather and Eric Schaefer.

TonArt Ensemble & Ernesto Rodrigues: Murmurios
TonArt Ensemble & Ernesto Rodrigues:
Murmurios

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Founded in Hamburg in 1989, TonArt Ensemble is a democratic collective of free improvising musicians, here in collaboration with Portuguese string player and composer Ernesto Rodrigues.

Tongs: Jazz With The Megaphone?
Tongs:
Jazz With The Megaphone?

(Long Song Records -- Italy )


Price: $14.95    




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A powerful mix of rock and jazz in this extraordinary debut album by a young trio comprised of Luca Serrapiglio, Antonio Bertoni, and Carlo Garof playing a variety of acoustic and electronic instruments in fresh variations.

Trio Sowari: Durrant / Denzler / Beins: Three Dances
Trio Sowari: Durrant / Denzler / Beins:
Three Dances

(Potlatch -- France )


Price: $18.45    




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Variable Geometry Orchestra: Stills
Variable Geometry Orchestra:
Stills

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $28.95    




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Triple CD from Variable Geometry Orchestra, who create music by juxtaposing acoustic and electronic sound matter with subliminal and psycho-acoustic side effects.

Various Artists: Freedom of the City Festival 2003 - Small Groups [2 CDs]
Various Artists:
Freedom of the City Festival 2003 - Small Groups [2 CDs]

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $24.95    




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Various Artists: The All Angels Concerts [2 CDs]
Various Artists:
The All Angels Concerts [2 CDs]

(Emanem -- Great Britain )


Price: $19.50    




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Mark Wastell and Rhodri Davies select highlights from the All Angels Concerts in London featuring artists such as Jonh Russell, John Butcher, Steve Beresford, and more.

WPB3 (Werchowska / Pontevia / Boubaker): A Floating World
WPB3 (Werchowska / Pontevia / Boubaker):
A Floating World

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


Price: $13.95    




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The French WPB3 trio explores areas between abstract minimalist, contemporary concrete instrumental improvised music and energetic noisy free jazz with an uncompromisingly totally free approach.

ZGA: The End of an Epoch
ZGA:
The End of an Epoch

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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ZGA: Zgamoniums
ZGA:
Zgamoniums

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Battus / Gauguet / La Casa: Chantier 1
Battus / Gauguet / La Casa:
Chantier 1

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Three improvisers, Pascal Battus (rotating surfaces, found objects), Bertrand Gauguet (saxophones) and Eric La Casa (microphones) recorded while playing at a working building site in Paris and also in studio.

Drouin, Jamie & Lance Austin Olsen: Sometimes We All Disappear
Drouin, Jamie & Lance Austin Olsen:
Sometimes We All Disappear

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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A restrained electronic improvisation from the duo of Jamie Drouin on suitcase modular & portable radio, and Lance Austin Olsen on amplified objects and audio cassettes, utlitizing space, isolated and connected events, and the listener's own environment.

Murayama, Seijiro / Soundworm: Space & Place
Murayama, Seijiro / Soundworm:
Space & Place

(Ftarri -- Japan )


Price: $15.95    




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Percussionist Murayama and Soundworm (Hiromits Shoji) in a work following a score that switches between clusters of live microphones as Murayama improvises to the resulting sound.

Vogel, Sabine / Chris Abrahams / Landscape Quartet: The Berlin Series No. 4
Vogel, Sabine / Chris Abrahams / Landscape Quartet:
The Berlin Series No. 4

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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A split CD from Berlin-based flautist and composer Sabine Vogel: a composition using recordings made at various exterior locations as part of her work with Landscape Quartet; and a recording of a live improvisation as part of the 2012 NOW now festival in Sydney.

Wastell, Mark: Caressed On The Brow By Unseen Hands
Wastell, Mark:
Caressed On The Brow By Unseen Hands

(Confront -- Great Britain )


Price: $13.95    




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This long overdue re-issue celebrates the unique encounter of eleven like-minded musicians from Japan, England, Wales, Germany, Basque Country & Norway, brought together in the studio for one day only for this daytime recording session followed by an evening concert.

Davies, Rhodri / Matt Davis / Samantha Rebello / Bechir Saade : Hum
Davies, Rhodri / Matt Davis / Samantha Rebello / Bechir Saade :
Hum

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $16.95    




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Fascinating electro-acoustic improvisation from harpist Rhodri Davies with an open-minded and experimental quartet creating dynamic and unexpected music.

Drake, Hamid / Sylvain Kassap: Heads Or Tails [2 CDs]
Drake, Hamid / Sylvain Kassap:
Heads Or Tails [2 CDs]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $23.95    




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A masterful fountain of melodic ideas, intriguing rhythms, and exceptional technical skill from the duo of Hamid Drake on drums and frame drum, and Sylvain Kassap on clarinets and chalumeau, recording live at the France Musique at Studio Theatre dÕAlfortville and in the studio.

Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL]
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver):
An Air of Unreality [VINYL]

(RogueArt -- France )


Price: $19.95    




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A live performance at Judson Church in Manhattan as part of the 20th Vision Festival from the NY/France free improvising trio of Joelle Leandre on double bass, Mat Maneri on viola, and Gerald Cleaver on drums and percussion, two tracks of steadily building, incredibly compatible dialog.

Jones / Chabala: Undercurrents
Jones / Chabala:
Undercurrents

(Roeba -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Brighton, UK turntable/electronics improvisor Daniel Jones and the American guitarist Barry Chabala meet for an album of ringing and beautiful lowercase sound.

Clinamen Trio   (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger):
Decline

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola.

Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements
Wisseltangcamatta, The:
Movements

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Live recordings at LOFT in Cologne, Germany from the trio of George Wissel on prepared saxophone, Achim Tang on doublebass, and Simon Camatta on drums & percussion, performing seven "Movements" that use prodigious technique with reserve and direction, revealing the structure of their work as the pieces build and recede in fascinating ways.

Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu: Shaman - Nous percons les oreilles
Derome, Jean / Joane Hetu:
Shaman - Nous percons les oreilles

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound.

Forge, Mathias / Olivier Toulemonde: pie 'n' mash
Forge, Mathias / Olivier Toulemonde:
pie 'n' mash

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Virtuosic French-based trombonist Mathias Forge and Brussels-based electroacoustic composer-turned improviser Olivier Toulemonde recording live in Sheffield, 2010.

Schick, Ignaz / Martin Tetreault: Live * 33 * 45 * 78
Schick, Ignaz / Martin Tetreault:
Live * 33 * 45 * 78

(Ambiances Jazz -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Montreal/Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetreault and Berlin turntablist Ignaz Shcick in two sets of recordings from two encounters in Belgium and Switzerland, 2006.

Schiller, Christoph / Birgit Ulher: Kolk
Schiller, Christoph / Birgit Ulher:
Kolk

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Five unique pieces from improvisers Birgit Ulher (trumpet, radio, speaker, objects) and Christoph Schiller (spinet, preperations) recorded in Hamburg with no post-production work.

Trio Sowari (Beins, Denzler, Durrant): Shortcut
Trio Sowari (Beins, Denzler, Durrant):
Shortcut

(Potlatch -- France )


Price: $15.95    




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Trio Sowari's second recording, subtle interactions using a wide palette of sound and approaches, mixing electronics and acoustics in amazing improvisation.

Volden, Havarad & Toshi Nakamura: Crepuscular Rays
Volden, Havarad & Toshi Nakamura:
Crepuscular Rays

(Another Timbre -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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A reference to rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from a single point in the sky around dusk or dawn, as heard through a combination of acoustic guitar, objects and no-input mixing board.

London Improvisers Orchestra: Lio Leo Leon
London Improvisers Orchestra:
Lio Leo Leon

(psi -- Great Britain )


Price: $16.95    




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The complete performance at the 2010 Freedom of the City festival by the 38-member LIO with guest Wadada Leo Smith and conductions by Alison Blunt, Steve Beresford, Philipp Wachsmann, Caroline Kraabel, and Dave Tucker.

Dresser, Mark: Unveil
Dresser, Mark:
Unveil

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $13.95    




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Hetu, Joane: Castor et compagnie
Hetu, Joane:
Castor et compagnie

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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With lyrics inspired by Hindu erotic books, Arabic love games, and sensual songs; Joane Hetu presents her first CD of her own music with accompaniment from Jean Derome, Diane Labrosse, and Pierre Tanguay.

Cappozzo, Jean-Luc & Geraldine Keller: Air Prints
Cappozzo, Jean-Luc & Geraldine Keller:
Air Prints

(Ayler -- France )


Price: $15.95    




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The duo of Jean-Luc Cappozzo on trumpet, horns and objects, and Geraldine Keller on voice flute & objects in an album of tones and tongues, an unusual set of adventurous free improvisation.

En (Pal Toth) / Quentin Rollet / Zsolt Sores: Paw Music
En (Pal Toth) / Quentin Rollet / Zsolt Sores:
Paw Music

(Hermes Discorbie -- Hungary )


Price: $12.95    




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The Paw Music trio bring together electronics and free improvisation in powerful electroacoustic spaces of transformative sound that embraces and resists chaotic variability.

Ensemble SuperMusique: Y'a du bruit dans ma cabane
Ensemble SuperMusique:
Y'a du bruit dans ma cabane

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A supergroup of the AM collective with Derome, Hetu, Labrosse, Roger, Tanguay and Tetrault, in adventurous and far-reaching improvisation that have to be heard to be believed!

eRikm & Natacha Muslera: Cartouche
eRikm & Natacha Muslera:
Cartouche

(Monotype -- Poland )


Price: $14.95    




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An experimental sound and voice duet featuring eRikm and Natacha Muslera: extreme, convulsive and immersive sounds that alternately surprises and seduces in brutal and beautiful ways.

Jones with Friends, JC: Duos II
Jones with Friends, JC:
Duos II

(Kadima -- Israel )


Price: $13.95    




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Live recordings of JC Jones in duo settings, 14 different collaborations including Ned Rothenberg, Victoria Hanna, Harold Rubin, Josef Sprinzak, Nori Jacoby, &c.

Pinkdraft (Torees / Jacinto / Travassos / Morao): Pinkdraft 2010
Pinkdraft (Torees / Jacinto / Travassos / Morao):
Pinkdraft 2010

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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A polyphonic approach to noise using open improv and graphic scores from this Portugese quartet performing on sax, cello, percussion, amplified objects, circuit bending and analog electronics.

Beins, Burkhard / Lucio Capece / Martin Kuchen / Paul Vogel: Fracture Mechanics
Beins, Burkhard / Lucio Capece / Martin Kuchen / Paul Vogel:
Fracture Mechanics

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


Price: $13.95    




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"Fracture Mechanics" is the scientific study of cracks in any material, an apt title from these European experimental innovators--Burkhard Beins, Lucio Capece, Martin Kuchen, and Paul Vogel--pulling back the curtain on process and creating an impressive album crossing acoustic and electronic improv, organized sound, and inexplicable interaction; recommended.

Belorukov, Ilia / Ernesto Rodrigues / Nuno Torres: Tak Prosto
Belorukov, Ilia / Ernesto Rodrigues / Nuno Torres:
Tak Prosto

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Two recordings from the lowercase acoustic improvising trio of Portuguese players Ernesto Rodriduges on viola and Nuno Torres on alto saxophone and objects with Saint Petersburg alto saxophonist Ilia Belorukov, recording at Belorukov's Spina! label's studio, and again live at Vertikal' Gallery in Saint Petersburg in 2016.

Capurso, Maria Luisa / Jean-Marc Foussat: En Respirant
Capurso, Maria Luisa / Jean-Marc Foussat:
En Respirant

(Fou Records -- France )


Price: $13.95    




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A live recording at POP in Berlin between synth and electronics player Jean-Marc Foussat and vocalist and electronicist Maria Luisa Capurso, subverting the voice through electronics and effects to create wildly encompassing sound environments that contrast Foussat's synthetics with the organic quality of the human voice; rich, hallucinatory, wonderful.

Chase, Brian / Andrea Parkins: Avalanche of Routes
Chase, Brian / Andrea Parkins:
Avalanche of Routes

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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The NY duo of accordionist Andrea Parkins, using self-designed virtual instruments, field recordings, everyday objects and small instruments, and drummer Brian Chase, applying guitar pedals to his percussion, create fascinating sculpted works of electroacoustic improvisation.

Chrysakis, Thanos / Christian Kobi / Christian Skjodt / Zsolt Sores : Carved Water
Chrysakis, Thanos / Christian Kobi / Christian Skjodt / Zsolt Sores :
Carved Water

(Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK )


Price: $15.95    




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Using principles similar to Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening, the quartet of Thanos Chrysakis, Christian Kobi, Christian Skjodt, and Zsolt Sores use acoustic and electronic instruments in carefully developed improvisations based around dynamics, densities & textures.

Gomberg, Billy / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi : [4X4  Poster/Print w/ Downlo
Gomberg, Billy / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi :
[4X4 Poster/Print w/ Download Link]

(Winds Measure -- USA )


Price: $10.95    




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Of interest to lowercase/Wandelweiser fans, the quartet of Billy Gomberg, Anne Guthrie, Richard Kamerman and Takahiro Kawaguchi use synthesizer, french horn, found objects, & field recordings, frequency generators, to create evolving sound environments of unique sound and timbre.

Hachiya, Maki / Yuta Yokoyama / Shota Koyama / Hugues Vincent : Four Pillars Of Destiny
Hachiya, Maki / Yuta Yokoyama / Shota Koyama / Hugues Vincent :
Four Pillars Of Destiny

(Improvising Beings -- France )


Price: $13.95    




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French cellist Hugues Vincent recorded these improvisations in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan with well-established players on the Japanese free improv scene Shota Koyama on drums, Yuta Yokoyama on trumpet, and Maki Hachiya on objects & voice; lively, spacious and sophisticated improv.

HMZ (Hubsch / Martel / Zoubek): Drought
HMZ (Hubsch / Martel / Zoubek):
Drought

(Tour de Bras -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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A live performance at the Loft in Cologne, Germany, 2015 from the recording and performing trio of Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba & objects, Pierre Yves Martel on viola da Gamba & harmonica, and Philip Zoubek on the prepared piano, restrained yet highly active playing.

 
Jerman / Barnes:
Goethe

(Confront -- Great Britain )


Price: $13.95    




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An extended improvisation of muted sound from the long-running duo of Jeph Jerman and Tim Barnes, performing live at Non-Event in Boston, creating mysterious analog sounds and cycles of drones with underlaying metallic textures creating an environment of suspense.

 
Jerman / Salis / Sanna:
KIO GE

(Confront -- UK )


Price: $13.95    




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A collaboration between American sound artist Jeph Jerman and Italian percussionists Paolo Sanna and Giacomo Salis, twelve intriguing short improvisations using extended techniques and lowercase approaches that include minimal textures, field recordings, abstract atmospheres and organic sounds.

Lunar Error: Selene
Lunar Error:
Selene

(BeCoq -- France )


Price: $9.95    




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A rich and building improvisation from this French 10 piece ensemble, using 4 reeds, piano, zither, gangsa gantung, Indian harmonium, harmonium, mixing desk, contact microphones, banjo, objects, electric & acoustic guitars, effects, gong and drums to create a expansive audio universe that owes its sound to free improvisation and Ligeti.

Nilssen-Love, Paal: News From the Junkyard [VINYL]
Nilssen-Love, Paal:
News From the Junkyard [VINYL]

(PNL -- Norway )


Price: $24.95    




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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.

Sirom: I
Sirom:
I

(Amorfon -- Japan )


Price: $14.95    




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Silom is a Slovenian creative music trio using a variety of string, percussive, and melodic percussive instruments, focused on the acoustic aspects of complex evolving works that combine composed and improvised aspects to create rich music with ancient ethnic overtones.

Skogen / Magnus Granberg: 'Ist gefallen in den Schnee' (2010) and 'Despairs had Governed Me Too Long
Skogen / Magnus Granberg:
'Ist gefallen in den Schnee' (2010) and 'Despairs had Governed Me Too Long' (2012) [double CD reissue]

(Another Timbre -- UK )


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Ist gefallen in den Schnee: A piece by Swedish composer-pianist Magnus Granberg, performed with Angharad Davies, Anna Lindal, Leo Svensson Sander, John Eriksson, Erik Carlsson, Henrik Olsson, Petter Wastberg and Toshimaru Nakamura; Despairs: A beautiful extended composition exquisitely played by an ensemble of fine musicians.

Yagi, Michiyo / Lasse Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love: Angular Mass
Yagi, Michiyo / Lasse Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love:
Angular Mass

(PNL -- Norway )


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Japanese Koto virtuoso Michiyo Yagi joins the longstanding duo of drummer Paal-Nilssen-Love and electronics wizard Lasse Marhaug for a session of extended improvisations, driving the traditional Japanese instruments into non-idiomatic and percussive extremes.

Suzuki, Akio / John Butcher: Immediate Landscapes
Suzuki, Akio / John Butcher:
Immediate Landscapes

(Ftarri -- Japan )


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At the same event in Scotland that John Butcher recorded his excellent "Resonant Spaces" album, he also joined forces with sound artist Akio Suzuki on a variety of objects and sound devices to record the first 5 tracks of this unusual album of very free improv, the last track by the duo recording at the 2015 Ftarri Festival at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo.

Moimeme, Abdul  : Exosphere
Moimeme, Abdul :
Exosphere

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"Exosphere is the follow up to Mekhaanu-La Foret des Mecanismes Sauvages(Insubordinations Netlabel, 2013) and like that album, Exosphere features Moimeme on his two home-made electric guitars, enhancers and assorted sound devices. The s...

Favriou, Fabrice  / Jean-Luc Petit  / Julien Touery : S/T
Favriou, Fabrice / Jean-Luc Petit / Julien Touery :
S/T

(Fou Records -- France )


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Translating to "Fever Counts" and "At Lightening", the trio of Jean-Luc Petit on bass clarinet and alto & sopranino sax, Fabrice Favriou on electric guitar, and Julien Touery on piano and objects create impressive improvisations, the first a disruptive piece of detailed electracoustic colective interaction, the second a swelling work of sonic landscape.

Hein, Nicola / Paul Lytton: Nahezu Nicht
Hein, Nicola / Paul Lytton:
Nahezu Nicht

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"Although humanity's most in-demand and pervasive instruments the popularity of drums and guitars - or their equivalents - is so universal that there's no sanctioned method to play either. This is especially true with Free Music where adven...

Chientaroli, Nico: Cada Fuego Es El Primero
Chientaroli, Nico:
Cada Fuego Es El Primero

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"Argentinian pianist (by way of Amsterdam) Nicolas Chientaroli delivers a solo performance that demonstrates the piano's architectural sound beyond the usual demarcation points of its 88 keys. Cada Fuego Es El Primero opens with plucked str...

Scarassatti, Marco / Eduardo Chagas / Gloria Damijan / Abdul Moimeme: Rumor
Scarassatti, Marco / Eduardo Chagas / Gloria Damijan / Abdul Moimeme:
Rumor

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"Rumor is a studio session by four musicians who had recently performed together for the first time during the 2014 MIA improvisation festival in Lisbon. It joins two international visitors - Brazilian Marco Scarassatti on sound sculptu...

Rodrigues / Petzold / Rodrigues: Sacred Noise [2 CDs]
Rodrigues / Petzold / Rodrigues:
Sacred Noise [2 CDs]

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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23RedAnts & Pablo Orza : Nothing Here Is What It Seems
23RedAnts & Pablo Orza :
Nothing Here Is What It Seems

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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"An interesting title to begin with. The situation of feeling like an extraneous body in a system that works according to peculiar principles. Or, in a more "mental" acceptation, the priceless condition of being completely delivered fro...

Autochthon: A
Autochthon:
A

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Autochthon refers to indigenous language or people, tied to their land; here the trio of Hartmut Osswald (reeds & things), Stefan Scheib (prepared double bass) and Wolfgang Schliemann (drums and objects) perform a native language of their own through improvisation in this interesting concert at Freejazz Festiva in, Saarbrucken, Germany in 2016.

VCA (Vilanova / Castrillon / Andean): Ceres
VCA (Vilanova / Castrillon / Andean):
Ceres

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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Electroacoustic improvisation from the trio of Marc Vilanova on saxophone, Sergio Castrillon on cello, and pianist James Andean also performing on objects and electronics, in nine collective improvisations of close-knit dialog balancing intense activity and silent space, building tension and releasing it in unexpected and wonderfully eccentric ways.

Matthews, Wade / Abdul Moimeme: Lisbon - 10 Sound Portraits
Matthews, Wade / Abdul Moimeme:
Lisbon - 10 Sound Portraits

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


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