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Remote Viewers, The: Control Room
Remote Viewers, The:
Control Room

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $34.95    




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Limited 5 CD set of The Remote Viewers in collaboration with John Edwards, Caroline Kraabel and Dave Tucker, along with artists Kato Hideki, Darren Tate and Glenn Gupta.

Remote Viewers, The: Crimeways
Remote Viewers, The:
Crimeways

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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The 12th release from the London-based Remote Viewers led by saxophonist David Petts, with four saxophones plus electronics, acoustic bass, keys and tuned percussion, crossing improvisation and rock forms in unique and sinister ways.

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.

Remote Viewers, The: To The North
Remote Viewers, The:
To The North

(Remote Viewers -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Dave Petts' Remote Viewers, now a septet of 4 saxophonists, marimba, bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders, in 7 pieces blending rock and improvisational aesthetics in seductive ways.

Ribot, Marc Ceramic Dog: Party Intellectuals
Ribot, Marc Ceramic Dog:
Party Intellectuals

(Pi Recordings -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Debut recording from Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, a post-everything band joining Downtown NY mayhem makers Marc Ribot and Shahzad Ismaily, with West Coast drummer Ches Smith.

Rollerball: Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause
Rollerball:
Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause

(Silber -- USA )


Price: $9.00    




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Odd beats, strange solos, a reggae feel here, an avant-garde jazz angularity there, from Rollerball, a goth-tinged pop band with vocalist Mae Starr leading the quintet through catchy melodies with unexpected twists and turns.

Romannis Motte: Another Journey
Romannis Motte:
Another Journey

(Mystery School Records -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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A collection of 8 synth-driven ambient cosmic voyages from Romannis Motte using Roland JX8P, Roland RS-5, Alexis QS7, Alexis Micron, Korg PE1000, Crumar DS-2, iPad running NanoStudio, Korg iMS20, 0-iPolySix, Access Virus A.

Romannis Motte: Kozmische
Romannis Motte:
Kozmische

(Mystery School Records -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Rich electronic space explorations in the tradition of Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, &c.

Rose, Jon: Brain Weather
Rose, Jon:
Brain Weather

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $12.95    




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Rouge Ciel: Bryologie
Rouge Ciel:
Bryologie

(Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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This Canadian quartet of Guido Del Fabbro, Simon Lapointe, Antonin Provost & Nemo Venba merge rock, prog, jazz and contemporary concepts in impressive ways; reference Conventum, recommended!

Rouge Ciel: Veuillez Proceder
Rouge Ciel:
Veuillez Proceder

(Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada )


Price: $12.95    




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Ruins: Hyderomastgronongem
Ruins:
Hyderomastgronongem

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $14.45    




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Ruins: Mandala 2000
Ruins:
Mandala 2000

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Ruins: Symphonic Ruins
Ruins:
Symphonic Ruins

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Saint Dirt Elementary School: Abandoned Ballroom
Saint Dirt Elementary School:
Abandoned Ballroom

(Barnyard -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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The chamber rock 8 piece Saint Dirt Elementary School ensemble in their second release on Barnyard, superb sophisticated compositions reminiscent of L'Ensemble Raye or Conventum.

Sax Ruins: Blimmguass [JAPANESE EDITION]
Sax Ruins:
Blimmguass [JAPANESE EDITION]

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $19.95    




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The second Sax Ruins album with Tatsuya Yoshida (drums) and Ono Ryoko (alto sax) with guest Ryuichi Yoshida on baritone sax, performing new arrangements of Ruins works including "Vrresto", "Refusal Fossil", &c.

Scarcity Of Tanks: Vulgar Defender
Scarcity Of Tanks:
Vulgar Defender

(Total Life Society Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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New York/Ohio skronkers Scarcity of Tanks with Jim Sauter of Borbetomagus plus Kid Millions in a hard free rock free improv blast.

Science Group, The (Cutler > Tickmayer > Drake): ...A Mere Coincidence...
Science Group, The (Cutler > Tickmayer > Drake):
...A Mere Coincidence...

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Science Group, The: Spoors
Science Group, The:
Spoors

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Shalabi / St-Onge / Cote: Jane and The Magic Bananas
Shalabi / St-Onge / Cote:
Jane and The Magic Bananas

(&Records -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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Montreal free improvisers in an album straddling improvisation, actuelle, and rock influences, with drummer Michel F. Cote, guitarist Sam Shalabi, and bass/electronicist Alexandre St-Onge.

Shimizu, Kazuto / Yoshida Tatsuya / Nasyuno Mitsuru: SYN LIVE
Shimizu, Kazuto / Yoshida Tatsuya / Nasyuno Mitsuru:
SYN LIVE

(Magaibutsu Limited -- Japan )


Price: $14.95    




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The Japanese improvising rock trio of Kazuto Shimizu on keyboards, Nasyuno Mitsuru on bass, and Yoshida Tatsuya on drums performing live at Club Goodman in Akihabara, Japan, 2016 for technically superb, fast paced, turn-on-a-dime, joyful prog-oriented playing.

Sim + Otomo: Monte Alto Estate
Sim + Otomo:
Monte Alto Estate

(Doubtmusic -- Japan )


Price: $17.95    




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Sim is the 3 piece electronic/rock band of Teruyuki, Yoshio & Masahiro, here with Otomo Yoshihide on turntables and synth, and amazing album of rhythms in a This Heat "Repeat" mode.

Skeleton Crew: Learn to Talk and Country of Blinds [2 CDs]
Skeleton Crew:
Learn to Talk and Country of Blinds [2 CDs]

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $19.95    




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Slapp Happy/Henry Cow: Desperate Straights
Slapp Happy/Henry Cow:
Desperate Straights

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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Slapp Happy: Acnalbasac Noom
Slapp Happy:
Acnalbasac Noom

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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Acnalbasac Noom was Slapp Happy's second LP, recorded in 1973, and engineered by Kurt Grauner in Faust's legendary Wumme Studio using Faust as the Slapphappy house band; it was originally rejected by Virgin Records, who made the group re-record the album with different musicians as Casablanca Moon, though through time Acnalbasac is still the definitive and preferred edition.

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.

Sonic Openings Under Pressure : Muhheankuntuk
Sonic Openings Under Pressure :
Muhheankuntuk

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $12.95    




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Sorites Paradox: Sorites Paradox
Sorites Paradox:
Sorites Paradox

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $12.00    




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Eccentric Japanese vocalist Makigami Koichi joins Ruins/Korekyojinn drummer Yoshida Tatsuya, Altered States guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa, and Shimizu Kazuto (Hikasu) for an album of impressive and slightly deranged rock.

Southworth, John: Human Cry
Southworth, John:
Human Cry

(Barnyard -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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Songwriter/singer John Southworth, supremely crafted, elegiac songs featuring Barnyard artists Justin Haynes on guitar, Jean Martin on drums and Andrew Downing on bass.

T H O M A S: Janela
T H O M A S:
Janela

(Barnyard -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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T H O M A S is the ongoing brainchild of Toronto's Thom Gill, since 2009 exploring the world of song, at home and abroad, through pieces that blur the lines between pop and avant-garde.

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!

Tank Of Danzig: Not Trendy
Tank Of Danzig:
Not Trendy

(Music a la Coque -- Italy )


Price: $9.95    




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Blending elements of punk, no wave and free improvisation reminding of Crass, The Ex, Gang of Four, &c., the cry of free jazz driven by strong bass lines and groove guitar riffs, this Italian band sings in English on a mix of socially conscious songs and observant themes.

Tatsuya, Yoshida / Imahori Tsuneo : DOTS
Tatsuya, Yoshida / Imahori Tsuneo :
DOTS

(Doubtmusic -- Japan )


Price: $17.95    




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Ruins drummer Yoshida Tatsuya and Tipographica guitarist Imahori Tsuneo in fiery and dense improvised power rock taken at high speed, edited and overdubbed in the studio.

Teneleven (Nasuno Mitsuru): Teneleven
Teneleven (Nasuno Mitsuru):
Teneleven

(Doubtmusic -- Japan )


Price: $17.95    




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Nasuno Mitsuru (Altered States, Seijaku, Korkyojin, &c) in a new band with two synthesizers, bass, and drums, rock in a Heldon/Tangerine Dream mode using modern electroacoustic principles for richly hypnotic electronic music.

The Lady With: The Lady With The Monkey
The Lady With:
The Lady With The Monkey

(LEM -- France )


Price: $17.95    




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First album by French rock band Ghost Rhythms's keyboardist and co-composer Camille Petit, orchestral instrumental rock with a progressive rock feel, latin rhythmic influences and strong melodic tendencies, performed by a large ensemble to create an embraceable blend of music.

This Heat: Deceit
This Heat:
Deceit

(Recommended Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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This Heat: Health and Efficiency
This Heat:
Health and Efficiency

(Recommended Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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This Heat: Live 80/81
This Heat:
Live 80/81

(Recommended Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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This Heat: Made Available
This Heat:
Made Available

(Recommended Records -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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This Heat: Out of Cold Storage Box Set (6 CDs)
This Heat:
Out of Cold Storage Box Set (6 CDs)

(This Is/Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $79.95    




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This Heat: This Heat (1st album)
This Heat:
This Heat (1st album)

(This Is/Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $14.95    




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Pere Ubu : Carnival Of Souls [LP Gold Vinyl Ltd Ed]
Pere Ubu :
Carnival Of Souls [LP Gold Vinyl Ltd Ed]

(Fire Records -- USA )


Price: $29.95    




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David Thomas continues the Pere Ubu project with band members playing a mix of rock elements and synths, electronics and computers, adding alienation and oddity to this soundtrack to Herk Harvey's 1962 low-budget shocker "Carnival of Souls".

VRIL (Bob Drake, Lukas Simonis, Chris Cutler): Effigies in Cork
VRIL (Bob Drake, Lukas Simonis, Chris Cutler):
Effigies in Cork

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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VRIL (Drake / Simonis / Cutler / Omer): The Fatal Duckpond
VRIL (Drake / Simonis / Cutler / Omer):
The Fatal Duckpond

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $15.95    




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VRIL's 2nd incredible album of tongue-in-cheek lyrical guitar instrumentals, led by Lukas Simonis with Bob Drake and now 3rd guitarist Omer, with Chris Cutler on drums.

Various Artists: 30/4
Various Artists:
30/4

(Fragment Factory -- Germany )


Price: $12.95    




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Germany's Fragment Factory released this compilation to celebrate their 4th anniversary, with artists Joachim Montessuis, AMK, Aaron Dilloway, Philip Marshall, Krube., Michael Barthel, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Michael Muennich, Giuseppe Ielasi, Leif Elggren and Michael and Basil Esposito.

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar - Solo Guitars for the XXI Century
Various Artists:
I Never Meta Guitar - Solo Guitars for the XXI Century

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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An encompassing modern guitar compilation curated by Elliott Sharp with pieces from Henry Kaiser, Nels Cline, Scott Fields, Mary Halvorson, Janet Feder, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Mick Barr &c. &c.!

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Three
Various Artists:
I Never Meta Guitar Three

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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The 3rd issue from Elliott Sharp's compiled series of guitar work in the 21st century, demonstrating new sounds, processes, techniques, melodies, riffs and gestures from a who's-who of modern improvising guitarists, a must-have release for all guitar fans and players.

Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Too
Various Artists:
I Never Meta Guitar Too

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $12.95    




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An ongoing compilation organized by Elliott Sharp that is dedicated to solo guitar with 16 original tracks by various artists ranging from acoustic, electro-acoustic, electric, all the way to electronic.

Various Artists: Recommended Records Sampler [2 CDs]
Various Artists:
Recommended Records Sampler [2 CDs]

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $17.00    




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Originally released in 1982, this is a collection of specially commissioned and (at the time) newly recorded pieces by the most interesting groups and individuals then in the ReR catalogue.

Vertical Squirrels (Fischlin, Heble, Melville, Warren): Time of the Sign
Vertical Squirrels (Fischlin, Heble, Melville, Warren):
Time of the Sign

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $13.95    




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An incredibly informed instant-composing ensemble drawing on free jazz and post rock sensibilities with nods to Indian ragas, jazz-inflected minimalism, Zappa-esque bouts of sonic anarchy, and German rock music from the 1970s, captured live at Toronto, Guelph and Hamilton, Canada in 2012.

Vertical Squirrels: Hold True (Accroche-toi)
Vertical Squirrels:
Hold True (Accroche-toi)

(Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada )


Price: $14.95    




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The Vertical Squirrels trio plays collective improvisations that draws on groove elements of funk and rock with Rob Wallace's sensitive drumming and Fischlin's adventurous ECM-tinted guitar work.

Vlor: Six-Winged
Vlor:
Six-Winged

(Silber Media -- USA )


Price: $10.95    




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The long-distance collaborative Vlor project constructs rock and sound work from a wide array of rock influcences leveraging their dichotomy to creative a cohesive brooding music.

Volcano The Bear: Golden Rhythm / Ink Music [VINYL]
Volcano The Bear:
Golden Rhythm / Ink Music [VINYL]

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $22.95    




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Wild British improvisers Volcano The Bear, borrowing from a cross-section of styles including jazz, rock, ethno-folk, organized sound, with an inexplicable and insanely passionate approach to their eccentric and excellent music.

WTTF Quartet (Wachsmann / Turner / Thomas / Frangenheim): Berlin Kinesis
WTTF Quartet (Wachsmann / Turner / Thomas / Frangenheim):
Berlin Kinesis

(Creative Sources -- Portugal )


Price: $15.95    




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Active since 1997, the quartet of Alexander Frangenheim (double bass), Roger Turner (percussion), Pat Thomas (piano & electronics) and Philipp Waschsmann (violin & electroncis) in a wildly creative cross of non-idiomatic improv flavored by the London scene.

Walk With the Penguin: Steal a Spoon for You
Walk With the Penguin:
Steal a Spoon for You

(Amorfon -- Japan )


Price: $13.95    




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Steelpan and electronics player and Amorfon label leader Yoshio Machida met the Serbian CINC band for these sophisticated and lovely post-rock pieces recorded in Belgrade, 2006.

Weathers, Andrew Ensemble: Fuck Everybody, You Can Do Anything [VINYL]
Weathers, Andrew Ensemble:
Fuck Everybody, You Can Do Anything [VINYL]

(Full Spectrum -- USA )


Price: $14.95    




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Experimental improvising in the 3rd studio release from Andrew Weathers and his Ensemble paying homage to America's myriad cultural traditions in sound tapestry and song, completing a trilogy that began in 2011 with "We're Not Cautious".

Wolf Eyes / Braxton, Anthony: Black Vomit
Wolf Eyes / Braxton, Anthony:
Black Vomit

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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World Heritage, The (Yamamoto Seiichi / Katsui Yuji / Kido Natsuki / Nasuno Mitsuru / Yoshida Tatsuy
World Heritage, The (Yamamoto Seiichi / Katsui Yuji / Kido Natsuki / Nasuno Mitsuru / Yoshida Tatsuya):
The Land of Light

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $14.95    




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The Japanese improvising rock quintet The World Heritage--Yamamoto Seiichi, Katsui Yuji, Kido Natsuki, Nasuno Mitsuru, and Yoshida Tatsuya--with two guitars, violin, bass and drums, in a live recording of dynamic collective improvisation at Akihabara Goodman in 2013.

World Heritage, The: Invitation to the World Heritage [DVD + CD]
World Heritage, The:
Invitation to the World Heritage [DVD + CD]

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $19.95    




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CD & DVD of this supergroup of Japanese improvising and advanced rock forms with members of Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei, Korekyojinn, ROVO, Boredoms, Bondage Fruit, &c!

World Heritage, The: Live At Goodman
World Heritage, The:
Live At Goodman

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $15.95    




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The World Heritage in their 5th release recorded live at Tokyo's Akihabara Goodman in 2012, amazing improvised instrumental rock from Tatsuya Yoshida (drums), Seiichi Yamamoto (guitar), Natsuki Kido (guitar), Yuji Katsui (violin) and Mitsuru Nasuno (bass).

World Heritage, The: Travelling Silk Road
World Heritage, The:
Travelling Silk Road

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


Price: $14.95    




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Live recordings of drummer Yoshida Tatsuya's World Heritage band from Koenji HIGH in 2009, condensing and editing the show into one incredible hour of sophisticated rock improvisation.

Yellow6: No Memories, Only Photographs
Yellow6:
No Memories, Only Photographs

(Silber -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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British guitarist Jon Attwood's Yellow6 solo project finds him performing on guitar, bass, electronics, and drum programming for a beautiful album of shoegaze rock with elements of minimalist, electronica, and ambient sound.

Yoshihide, Otomo : Core Anode
Yoshihide, Otomo :
Core Anode

(Meenna -- Japan )


Price: $16.95    




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Core Anode is Otomo's roaring-sound project, 3 pieces recorded live at concerts in Tokyo (2002), Copenhagen (2006), and London (2006).

Youngs, Richard : plays Parallel Winter
Youngs, Richard :
plays Parallel Winter

(Bolt -- Poland )


Price: $14.95    




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UK guitarist and vocalist Richard Youngs, also on zither, suggested performing his large song work "Parallel Winter" on the first day of his Warszawa tour of Poland, a piece that changes in length based on location and environment, here in an extended and contemplative version.

ZGA: Sub Luna Morrior
ZGA:
Sub Luna Morrior

(Recommended Records -- Great Britain )


Price: $13.95    




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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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Autryno - Zorn, John: Flauros: The Book Of Angels Volume 29
Autryno - Zorn, John:
Flauros: The Book Of Angels Volume 29

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Zorn's Book of Angels series presenting the Masada composition books performed by a wide variety of groups, here with AutorYno, a wild power trio of three Paris avant rockers, taking Masada into heavy rock territory blanding Metal, Punk, Thrash, Dub and Surf rock.

Zorn, John: Enigmata
Zorn, John:
Enigmata

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Twelve bizarre compositional miniatures for the blazing duo of Marc Ribot and Trevor Dunn, combining classical 12-tone lyricism with rock intensity and improvisational madness.

Zorn, John: Ipsissimus
Zorn, John:
Ipsissimus

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Zorn's 5th installment in the Moonchild series, nine duos, trios and quartets swirling with melodic and rhythmic invention performed by Zorn, Marc Ribot, Mike Patton, Joey Barron, & Trevor Dunn.

Zorn, John: Psychomagia
Zorn, John:
Psychomagia

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Zorn's Abraxas quartet (Arm Bajakian-guitar, Eyal Maoz-guitar, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz-bass, Kenny Grohowski-drums) perform a new suite inspired by the magical writings of Giordano Bruno & Alejandro Jodorowski, from minimialist to intense ritual music.

Zs (Hillmer / Fox / Higgins): XE
Zs (Hillmer / Fox / Higgins):
XE

(Northern Spy -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Sam Hillmer's NY based Z's in a trio format, with Hillmer on sax & electronics, Patrick Higgins on guitar & electronics, and Greg Fox on percussion & electronics, for an album of energetic and often abstracted beats, hyperkinetic electronics, and strange tonal music.

Zs: Grain
Zs:
Grain

(Northern Spy -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Tenor saxophonist Sam Hillmer (The Diamond Terrifier) takes NYC's Zs into a new direction as a trio with guitarist Patrick Higgins and percussionist Greg Fox, presenting the two part "Grain", a massive work of reorganized sound.

Dust Dive, The : Asleep or Awake Walk
Dust Dive, The :
Asleep or Awake Walk

(Own Records -- Belgium )


Price: $14.95    




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Scarcity Of Tanks: Fear Is Not Conscience
Scarcity Of Tanks:
Fear Is Not Conscience

(Total Life Society Records -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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New York/Ohio skronkers Scarcity of Tanks with Jim Sauter of Borbetomagus plus Kid Millions in a hard free rock free improv blast.

Unnatural Ways: We Aliens
Unnatural Ways:
We Aliens

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Moving from Oakland to Brooklyn guitarist Ava Mendoza's improvising rock trio Unnatural Ways with Tim Dahl (bass) and Sam Ospovat (drums) release their first Tzadik album of blistering psychedelic blues based instrumentals, wonderfully deformed, cutting edge rock.

Bushman's Revenge: Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen
Bushman's Revenge:
Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen

(Rune Grammofon -- Norway )


Price: $15.95    




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The Norwegian trio of guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, drummer Gard Nilssen, and bassist Rune Nergaard in their 8th Bushman's Revenge album, bridging free improvisation and 70s style prog-oriented rock, non-histrionic, outstanding instrumental music with great depth.

Zorn, John: 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
Zorn, John:
49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais

(Tzadik -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Simulacrum's 5th CD, with John Medeski on organ, Kenny Grohowski on drums and Matt Hollenberg on guitar, powerful playing that blends heavy rock, blues, funk and jazz with modern classical music, here performing composer John Zorn's 10 part suite on decscending into madness.

Drake, Bob : Arx Pilosa
Drake, Bob :
Arx Pilosa

(Recommended Records -- UK )


Price: $15.45    




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Another twisted, complex and irresistible album from multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bob Drake, practically presenting a history of the rock genre in 20 short pieces that twist and turn in inventive, humorous, peculiar, mesmerizing, and masterly songs.

Chadbourne, Eugene : There'll Be No Tears Tonight
Chadbourne, Eugene :
There'll Be No Tears Tonight

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A much-needed reissue of Eugene Chadbourne's ground-breaking free country improv album recorded in NYC with a great Downtown NY lineup including Tom Cora, John Zorn, Scott Manring, and David Licht, performing twisted takes on classics by Paycheck, Haggard, Miller, &c.

Black Bombaim & Peter Brotzmann: Black Bombaim & Peter Brotzmann [VINYL]
Black Bombaim & Peter Brotzmann:
Black Bombaim & Peter Brotzmann [VINYL]

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $24.95    




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Portuguese stoner rock band Black Bombaim and German free jazz saxophonist Peter Brotzmann recorded this album live at Estudios Sa Da Bandeira in Portugal, a power trio + 1 of uncompromising and burning improvisation, a less common but completely rewarding setting for Brotzmann.

Mendoza, Ava / Maxime Petit / Will Guthrie: [7-inch VINYL]
Mendoza, Ava / Maxime Petit / Will Guthrie:
[7-inch VINYL]

(BeCoq -- France )


Price: $12.95    




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An excellent instrumental 7-inch from the trio of Ava Mendoza on guitar, Maxime Petit on bass and Will Guthrie on drums, recording in the studio in France, four rocking pieces showing the band's chops, quirky asides, and aggressive yet clean playing style.

Yes Deer: Get Your Glitter Jacket [VINYL]
Yes Deer:
Get Your Glitter Jacket [VINYL]

(BeCoq -- France )


Price: $13.95    




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The Norwegian & Danish freejazz-noise-rock trio Yes Deer of Anders Vestergaard on drums, Karl Bjora on guitar and Signe Dahlgreen on sax, in their second album of high energy, cacophonous and brutally joyful (they say "enthusiastic despair") collective improvisation.

Fond of Tigers: Uninhabit
Fond of Tigers:
Uninhabit

(Drip Audio -- Canada )


Price: $12.95    




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The 4th album in 14 years from this instrumental Vancouver 7-piece avant rock band exploring both heavy and beautiful sonic environments; the band shares members with The Tony Wilson 6Tet, Dark Blue World, Aeroplane Trio, with Drip Audio leader Jesse Zubot on violin.

Tatsuya, Yoshida / Cho Sokkyo / Tzboguchi Masayasu: TYU
Tatsuya, Yoshida / Cho Sokkyo / Tzboguchi Masayasu:
TYU

(Magaibutsu -- Japan )


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The frequent and super-speed improvising duo of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi join forces with Tzboguchi Masayasu on keyboards and vocoder for an energetic, melodic, and at times outlandish album that pays homage to astonishingly complex rock forms.



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