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![]() Toys'R Noise: Manivole [VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using toys and handmade instruments alongside guitar, bass, synths, plundered recordings and electronics, the French Toys'R'Noise trio are a live performing group that borrows from electro-beat rock forms with overtones of IDM/ambient forms, building extended sections and then amusing with quick-witted sections that bridge a clear love of the music. |
![]() URGE / SETE STAR SEPT: SSSURGE [VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A split vinyl release between Urge (Caen) and Tokyo's Sete Star Sept, with one track from the French free jazz trio Urge of Antoine Ulmann on sax, Bubu Pagier on gutiar, and Yann Fontbonne on drums, playing in a Borbetomagus mode; and the Japanese gridcore duo of drummer Ryosuke Kiyasu and bassist/vocalist Kae Takahashi providing a thick extended rock grindcore piece; a blistering combo. |
![]() ZNR: The ZNRarchive Box [4 CDs] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $45.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock ZNR, the French trio of Hector Zazou, Joseph Racaille, and Patrick Portella, in a deluxe box set combining both of the official ZNR releases, "Barricades III" and "Traite de Mechanique Populaire" along with 2 CDs of additional released and unreleased material and a book of memories, histories, reflections, photographs, documents, interviews and other memorabilia. |
![]() Mattin : Songbook #5 [VINYL] [Used Item] (Disembraining Machine -- Australia ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mattin takes 5 spontaneous 5-minute songs from 5 musicians, and a 25 minute concert structured by 5 instructions based on those song titles, then records vocals for the 5 songs as a singing lecture, then superimposes all 3 to create the five 5-minutes songs on this album. |
![]() Ahab Rex: Blood on Blonde [Used Item] (Lens Records -- USA ) Price: $13.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Various Artists (including Talibam!): Getting Rid of the Glue [VINYL] (Pendu Sound Recordings -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock First in a series of themed LP dedicated to improv / experimental / & noise music, this LP including Talibam!, Fessenden, Mialessot w/ Daniel Carter, &c. |
![]() Henry Cow: The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow [17 CDs, 1 DVD, 250pg Book] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $89.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The ultimate Henry Cow collection bringing together all of the 40th anniversary releases of this influential and innovative band, with all the remastered studio CDs, live CDs, Bonus CD, DVDs and booklets from each prior box, plus an additional 60 page booklet of band commentaries, pictures and other documents prepared specifically for this release, all in a sturdy & handsome box. |
![]() Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 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). |
![]() KNW : NORTH ov GOD (Psykomanteum -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An album of ecstatic noise improv with an experimental edge from the trio of Ulrich Krieger on tenor saxophone & contrabass clarinet, Nandor Nevai on "throats" & drums, and Wolcott on oscillator & electronics, viciously assertive music in seven track of mostly succinct statements composed or conceived by each of the band members; cathartic. |
![]() No Mor Musik: No Mor Musik (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This puzzling display of punk/jazz surrealism is masterminded by Nondor Nevai on drums and vocals, featuring Weasel Walter on bass and legendary journeyman Kenny Millions (aka Keshavan Maslak) on guitar and reeds, a sort of unholy fusion between extreme metal, bludgeoning noise rock, free jazz, black humor and true stream-of-consciousness improvisation. |
![]() Von LMO: Future Language (Flemish Masters -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The 1981 debut studio album of Von LMO, released independently in 1981 through his label StraZar, dedicated to the advancement of the United States space program, described by music journalist Chuck Eddy as being one of the 500 best albums of heavy metal in his Stairway to Hell book, here in the Flemish Masters edition with the track "Shake, Rattle and Roll". |
![]() Drake, Bob: The Gardens of Beastley Manor (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bob Drake takes his listeners on a 22 piece instrumental journey through a "Beastley" garden of confident melodic foundation anBob Drake takes his listeners on a 22 piece instrumental journey through a "Beastley" garden of confident melodic foundation and experimental forays, captured by day and night, a tour de force of conception and execution. |
![]() I Like To Sleep: Daymare (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Taking their band name from a Thelonious Monk quote, the Norwegian power trio of vibraphone player Amund Storløkken Åse (son of keyboardist Ståle Storløkken and vocelist Tone Åse), guitarist Nicolas Leirtrø and drummer Øyvind Leite bridge the divide between 70's progressive rock, classical music, jazz and improvisation with a unique instrumentation. |
![]() I Like To Sleep: Daymare [VINYL] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $28.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Taking their band name from a Thelonious Monk quote, the Norwegian power trio of vibraphone player Amund Storløkken Åse (son of keyboardist Ståle Storløkken and vocelist Tone Åse), guitarist Nicolas Leirtrø and drummer Øyvind Leite bridge the divide between 70's progressive rock, classical music, jazz and improvisation with a unique instrumentation. |
![]() Higgins, Tyler (w/ Monticello / Stevens): Broken Blues (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Blues with a strong sonic sense in Atlanta, GA guitarist Tyler Higgin's 2nd release on Shhpuma, his trio again featuring drummer Paul Stevens, and here adding bassist Gabriel Monticello, known for symphonic, jazz and rock forms, bringing masterful skill to this album that richly blends blues, gospel, folk, jazz and rock forms with passion and style. |
![]() Hayward, Charles : Crossfade Estate (Klanggalerie -- E.U. ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded in 2005 with an ensemble of like-minded instrumentalists and then edited and collaged for the next year and a half, this was a project of Charles Hayward during his time at The Albany in Deptford, London, using their digital recording suite to create a large work using a variety of strategies and developed in a dramatic story form, issued here for the 1st time. |
![]() Hayward Versus Harmergeddon: Hayward Versus Harmergeddon [VINYL] (God Unknown Records -- UK ) Price: $25.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A dynamic collaboration between This Heat/Massacre legendary drummer Charles Hayward and the Dungeness improvising sound duo Harmergeddon of Polyphoniefae and Nathan Greywater, who use photophonics, electromagnetic fields and consumer electronic junk to create detailed and interactive sound environments that propel Hayward into exultant rhythmic territory. |
![]() Haden, Petra (w/ John Zorn / Jesse Harris feat. the Julian Lage Trio): Songs For Petra (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The songwriting team of John Zorn and Jesse Harris, who worked together on Zorn's The Song Project, wrote these beautiful melodies & lyrics that merge elements of rock and jazz for singer Petra Haden, performed in a quintet with Jesse Harris on acoustic guitar, keys & background vocals, Kenny Wollesen on drums, percussion, Julian Lage on guitar, and Jorge Roeder on bass. |
![]() Wyatt, Robert: His Greatest Misses (Domino Record Co. -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Originally released in 2004 in Japan, this compilation covers songs from Soft Machine legend Robert Wyatt's solo career, from albums back to Rock Bottom through Cuckooland, sequenced non-chronologically reflecting the depth of interest, excitement & pathos of his remarkable career, one of rock's most unconventional and brilliant songwriters and singers. |
![]() Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Five (Discus -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 5th album from the UK collective improvising progressive rock band of reedist Martin Archer, drummer Steve Dinsdale, bassists Lorin Halsall & Terry Todd, percussionist Walt Shaw, keyboardist Andy Peake, violinist Yvonna Magda and string player & vocalist Jad Todd, merging acoustic and electronic instruments in rich and often dreamlike forms that flow with spirited refinement. |
![]() Lucas, Gary: The Essential Gary Lucas [2 CDs] (Knitting Factory -- USA ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A retrospective of the work of guitarist and one-time Captain Beefheart Magic Band member Gary Lucas, in two CDs, the first devoted to songs recorded with Lucas' psychedelic jazz-rock band Gods and Monsters, the second devoted to solo works, rarities and collaborations, with an incredible list of performers reflecting Lucas' diverse 40-year career. |
![]() Van Dykes Park: The Histories (Old Black Joe) [7'' Vinyl] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Philadelphia-based artist David Hartt invited songwriter & composer Van Dyke Parks to make an original arrangement of the Stephen Foster song "Old Black Joe" as part of his 2020 installation piece titled "The Histories (Old Black Joe)"; the B-side is a beautiful arrangement of "Souvenir de la Havane" by the pioneering pre-jazz American Creole composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. |
![]() Haden, Petra (w/ John Zorn / Jesse Harris feat. the Julian Lage Trio): Songs For Petra [VINYL] (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $32.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The songwriting team of John Zorn and Jesse Harris, who worked together on Zorn's The Song Project, wrote these beautiful melodies & lyrics that merge elements of rock and jazz for singer Petra Haden, performed in a quintet with Jesse Harris on acoustic guitar, keys & background vocals, Kenny Wollesen on drums, percussion, Julian Lage on guitar, and Jorge Roeder on bass. |
![]() Pomerance, Erica: En Concert a la Commune le P'tit Quebec Libre [VINYL] (Tour De Bras -- Canada ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A live recording from a concert presented during the Workers' Festival at the Municipality of Petit Quebec Libre in 1972 by Quebec counter-culture folk singer and documentary film maker Erica Pomerance, know best for her 1968 ESP album You Used To Think, here performing solo on guitar & voice, with previously unpublished songs and pieces from her ESP album. |
![]() Taylor, Mike: Trio, Quartet & Composer, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Found dead in the Thames River in 1969, pianist & composer Mike Taylor left a legacy of two solid & lyrical jazz albums, of which the complete Trio album and one track from Pendulum are remastered; but he was also a songwriter for the Eric Clapton/Ginger Baker/Jack Bruce band Cream, of which three Taylor compositions with lyrics and vocals by Baker are included. |
![]() Drake, Bob: Planets & Animals (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Bob Drake continues to tug on the heart-strings of prog in short but smart songs that reference the best of the last few decades of prog/psych/avant rock forms, Drake as always handling all parts in a great balance of guitar, electronic & acoustic instruments, including some newly invented instruments; includes a fold-out poster in Bob Drake style from Joe Mruk. |
![]() Mollestad, Hedvig Trio: Ding Dong. You're Dead (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A scorching album of instrumental rock bridging avant, prog and jazz/rock forms, from the inspired and burning Norwegian band led by guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen and her trio with bassist Ellen Brekken and drummer Ivar Loe Bjornstad; reference John McLaughlin, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, or just focus on the powerhouse that is the Hedvig Mollestad Trio. |
![]() TtD (Nasuno Mitsuru / Tatsuya Yoshida): Teneleven the Duo (Fourth Hand Record -- Japan ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Concentrating the Teneleven quintet to a duo in the core of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei, Korekyojinn) and bassist & electronic device guru Mitsuru Nasuno (Altered States, Fushitsusha, Ground Zero), for eleven tracks of energetic interactive rock improvisations, alternating between "TdD" pieces of burning improvisations and introspective "Afterglows". |
![]() Plan Kruutntoone: Wat Doen De Handen [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fifth album from Amsterdam avant rock band Plan Kruutntoone led by Hans Visser on guitar, banjo & voice, and drummer/percussionist Chris MŸller, is a diverse set of recording that bring a sense of isolation and introspection, including spoken word pieces with Samuel Beckett text fragments, and a string quartet composed by Hans Visser; unique and singular. |
![]() Various Artists: Sharp, Elliott Presents I Never Metaguitar 5: Solo Guitars For The 21st Century (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Elliott Sharp's fifth compilation bringing a diverse and global view on modern solo guitar work continues the series on a new record label and with the same exceptional ear for superb musicians, here including Anthony Pirog, David Watson, Liberty Ellman, Matteo Liberatore, Mike Baggetta, Chris Vine, Craig Green, Jerome Harris, Philip L'Epee, Will Bernard, &c. |
![]() Frith, Fred: Crossing Borders (Volume 2 Of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020) [BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The second of three sturdy box sets from innovative guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith, here with 8 CDs from the Recommended Records label plus a bonus CD, a thick booklet of artwork, photographs & extensive notes from Frith; albums included are Live in Japan, Speechless, Prints, Step Across the Border, Impur 2, Art of Memory II, Skeleton Crew, Helter Skelter. |
![]() Frith, Fred: Rocking The Boat (Volume 1 Of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020) [BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The first of three sturdy box sets from innovative guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith, here with 8 CDs from the Recommended Records label plus a bonus CD, a thick booklet of artwork, photographs & extensive notes from Frith; albums included are Guitar Solos, Gravity, Cheap at Half the Price, Killing Time, Impur , Middle of the Moment, Keep the Dog; Dropera. |
![]() Frith, Fred: Stepping Out (Volume 3 Of The Fred Records Story, 2001-2020) [BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $74.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The third of three sturdy box sets from innovative guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith, here with 8 CDs from the Recommended Records label plus a bonus CD, a thick booklet of artwork, photographs & extensive notes from Frith; albums included are Technology of Tears, Propaganda, Allies, Accidental, The Previous Evening, Happy End Problem, Nowhere, Sideshow, Field Days; Inimitable (previously unreleased). |
![]() Killing Popes, The (Steidle / Mobus / Nicholls / Downes / Donkin): Ego Kills (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An incredibly inventive album of 21st century jazz incorporating a twisted wealth of rock and electronic elements, in the 2nd album from Killing Popes led by drummer Oli Steidle and keyboardist Dan Nicholls, with Frank Mobus (guitar) and Phil Donkin (bass), Philipp Gropper (saxophone), Jelena Kuljic (voice & sampler) plus Natalie Sandtorv & Liv Nicholls on voice. |
![]() News From Babel: Letters Home [VINYL] (ReR Vinyl -- Italy ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Originally issued on vinly LP in 1986 and at last reissued on vinyl, this incredible band emerged post-Henry Cow, initiated by alumni Chris Cutler (drums) and Lindsay Cooper (reeds), plus bassist Bill Gilonis, Zeena Parkins on harp, and four outstanding vocalists taking on Chris Cutler's insightful texts: Phil Minton, Dagmar Krause, Sally Potter, and Robert Wyatt. |
![]() J. & F. Band, The (Fonda / Tononi / Durante / Grissom / Irabagon / Parrini / Rodgers / Sharrard)N: Me and the Devil (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A powerful and effusive jazz rocking and danceable album of instrumentals and songs from the Italian/International J & F Band of drummer Tiziano Tononi, bassist Joe Fonda, plus guitarists David Grissom, Bobby Lee Rodgers & Scott Sharrard, keyboardist Pee Wee Durante, violinist Emanuele Parrini and saxophonist Jon Irabagon, recording in New Haven, CT; get it on! |
![]() J. & F. Band, The : Cajun Blue (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following their first record with this powerful blues rock & jazz album, the Italian/US J & F Band of Tiziano Tononi (drums), Joe Fonda (bass), drummer/percussionist Jaimoe and Pach, Peewee Durante (keys), Alberto Mandarini (trumpet), Beppe Caruso (trombone) and Gianluigi Paganelli (tuba), with guest guitarist David Grissom and vocalist Lamar Williams Jr. |
![]() Sharp's, Elliott Terraplane: Kick It Six (zOaR Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The title referencing a Blind Willie McTell entreaty to himself, Elliott Sharp's contemporary blues project Teraplane truly "kicks" in 8 burning pieces of concentrated guitar work from Sharp, solo and in overdub, recording in Studio zOaR while performing on electric guitar, vong co guitar, lap steel guitar, console steel guitars, mandocello, mandola, basses & drum programming. |
![]() Nace, Bill: One Note (Solo Guitar 2) [VINYL] (Open Mouth -- USA ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock An early recording of guitarist Bill Nace performing solo in Bennington, Vermont in 2007, originally released on cassette in 2008 on the Open Mouth label, here re-pressed on LP to re-introduce an earlier, wilder side to Nace's playing through brief pieces of diverse intention using an array of objects to transform his guitar into a tightly honed sonic device. |
![]() je'raf: Throw Neck (Amalgam -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Reminding of Downtown NY bands in the vein of No Safety or Curlew, this Chicago/NY 7-piece blurs rock, jazz and funk forms with intelligent and often satirical lyrics, upbeat and joyful music that defies categorization through groove-based songs that playfully critique while keeping it all danceable and fun, in a wonderfully talented and enjoyable album. |
![]() Flying Luttenbachers, The: Negative Infinity [VINYL] (ugEXPLODE / GOD Records -- USA ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Adhering to the tenets of "Dissonance, Speed, Aggression, Weirdness, and Singularity", Weasel Walter leads his Flying Luttenbachers in their 15th album of no wave, punk jazz & brutal prog, Weasel switching to guitar and yielding the drum chair to Sam Ospovat, as the band rips through ridiculously complex twists and turns, even taking on Albert Ayler's strange '66/'67 musical suites. |
![]() Mako Sica (feat Tatsu Aoki / Thymme Jones / Jacob Fawcett) : Garland of Heads [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock With virtually the same lineup as their Feeding Tube album Ourania, the Chicago-based duo of Mako Sica--Brent Fuscaldo (electric bass, voice, harmonica & percussion) and Przemyslaw Krys Drazek (electric trumpet, electric guitar & mandolin)--again join with Tatsu Aoki on bass & shamisen and Thymme Jones on keyboards, trumpet, balloon & voice, subbing drummer Jacob Fawcett. |
![]() Crazy Doberman: "Everyone Is Rolling Down A Hill" ... [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 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. |
![]() Zucker, Gabriel & The Delegation: Leftover Beats from the Edge of Time [2 CDs] (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Without bowing to genre restrictions, Gabriel Zucker's indie jazz orchestra The Delegation combines free jazz, chamber forms, avant song structures and experimental layering & transitions, as his large work in four sections of three movements each, explores time and the competing impulses of a backwards-looking nostalgia and a forwards-looking futurist belief in progress; innovative & stunning! |
![]() Moon-Liters / Millennium Development Goals (D. Liedel): Nerve Agent! (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Essentially written by Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist D. Liedel, who handles most of the parts on this unusual blend of rock, electronics, jazz, pop punk and a number of unlikely genres, presenting strange songs that take sharp turns into twisted realms, neatly layering each piece into a heady brew that's hard to pin down, but a great deal of fun trying. |
![]() Veloso, Moreno: Every Single Night (Black Cross Solo Sessions 4) (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Brazilian singer Moreno Veloso recorded these songs from a songbook developed from his favorite artists, inspired while singing his children to sleep during pandemic, selecting lyrical songs that he performs accompanying himself on acoustic nylon-string guitar, recording the album in a corner of his living room, giving the album a beautiful intimacy and sincerity. |
![]() Mendoza, Ava: New Spells (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A joint release between Astral Spirts and Relative Pitch, guitarist Ava Mendoza conjures five assertive and rugged "spells" performed on solo electric guitar, passionate works of raw technical skill and bold power as she improvises over two songs composed by herself, alongside pieces written for her from Devin Hoff, Trevor Dunn and John Dikeman. |
![]() Mendoza, Ava: New Spells [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A joint release between Astral Spirts and Relative Pitch, guitarist Ava Mendoza conjures five assertive and rugged "spells" performed on solo electric guitar, passionate works of raw technical skill and bold power as she improvises over two songs composed by herself, alongside pieces written for her from Devin Hoff, Trevor Dunn and John Dikeman. |
![]() Sex Magick Wizards: Your Bliss My Joy (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The sophomore release from this Norwegian instrumental rock band, with all members of the quartet coming from an improvisation/jazz background that fuels their diverse interests in the rock format, from blistering runs, dark blues grooves and even a nod to Swedish folk jazz; a dynamic album of great technical playing but more importantly, a strong commitment to rock. |
![]() Attitude! (Tang / Ishito / Wu): Pause & Effect [VINYL] (ESP-Disk -- USA ) Price: $24.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Combining free jazz and post-punk rock forms with pointed commentary about issues of race, gender, the pandemic, and political autonomy, through provocative vocal works expressing modern angst, from three Asian-American female performers living in NYC: tenor saxophonist Ayumi Ishito, drummer Wen-Ting Wu, and activist and Tiananmen Square survivor Rose Tang on voice, guitar & piano. |
![]() Huvudbry: Det ar ingen ordning pa allting [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Huvudbry Recordings -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drummer Hampus Ohman-Frolund (Apuh!) leads the Huvudbry septet of structured rock forms, with an intriguing orchestration of trumpet, lap steel, double bass, guitars, keyboard and voice, using intervals of unusual sonic experimentation and field recordings to create a unique album that bassist Mats Dimming refers to as "A mix of Captain Beefheart, Yann Tiersen & Swedish House Mafia". |
![]() Huvudbry : Piggelin-rundan [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Huvudbry Recordings -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Essentially a solo album from composer and improviser based in NYC Hampus Öhman-Frölund, this extended work uses a zither as its basis, augmented by a MicroKorg and the voice of Huvudbry bandmate Avery Leigh Draut, using no set tempo and framed and inspired around a picture of the woods near where Öhman-Frölund grew up; really lovely and inspired work. |
![]() Center For Whatever: Boogie Spiderland [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Huvudbry Recordings -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first collaboration between Brooklyn-based experimental improvising drummer Hampus Ohman-Frolund (Apuh!) and guitarist John Lindaman (True Love Always), blurring rock forms and experimental electronics into a hybrid space rock that takes unexpected twists and turns, with the goal to produce compelling psychedelic inspired sound; headphones recommended! |
![]() Center For Whatever: Ensorcelled [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Huvudbry Recordings -- USA ) Price: $7.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An intensely experimental journey in sound through guitars, electronics and percussion from the Brooklyn-based duo of John Lindaman and Hampus Ohman, a diverse set of pieces improvised using sound sculpting, noise and melodic elements, creating a great balance between darkness and light amidst solid conceptual and technical approaches to their instruments. |
![]() Yoshida, Tatsuya / Dairo Suga: Root (Doubtmusic -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Driven by a passionate intensity, this first meeting of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Korekyojinn, Koenji Hyakkei, &c) and pianist Dario Suga at 7th Floor in Shibuya, Japan begins at high speed, the sheer technical brilliance of both players dazzling, their unbridled energy eventually yielding to passages of introspection that recur to fervor and fraternity; exceptional! |
![]() Borbetomagus / Shaking Ray Levis: Coelacanth [10" VINYL] (Agaric -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 1991 collaboration between Shaking Ray Levis and Borbetomagus in an exquisite mix of over-amplified and otherwise bewilderingly fierce free improv. |
![]() Skeleton Crew (Frith / Cora / Parkins): Free Dirt (Live) [2 CDs] (Klanggalerie -- Germany ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of the most intense and unusual of the 80s Downtown NY groups merging rock and improvisation with strong attitudes and incredible musical concepts, these live recordings, including songs never before released, are taken from American and European concerts by the trio of guitarist Fred Frith, cellist Tom Cora, and either electric harpist Zeena Parkins or reedist Dave Newhouse. |
![]() Eliogabal: Mo (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Sharing members of the band F.A.T., the Lille, France on based quintet Eliogabal of Mael Bougeard & Sakina Abdou on saxophones, Paul Menard on guitar, Thomas Coquelet on bass and Pierre Pasquis on drums, declares themselves a free jazz rock progressif, performing complex and assertive music that takes time for contemplative musing among strong lyrical riffs, twists and turns. |
![]() Hippie Diktat: Black Peplum (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Primal instrumental rock with an aggressive bent from the French trio of Antoine Viard on baritone saxophone, Julien Chamla on drums and Richard Comte on guitar, their large sound built on the persistent use of raw and primitive rhythms, and a monumental textures made out of amplified baritone saxophone and electric baritone guitar. |
![]() Musicworks: #141 WINTER 2021/2022 [MAGAZINE + CD] (Musicworks -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Winter 2021/22 issue of Canada's premiere music magazine explores the creative ideas of artists engaged in beautiful, daring musical acts of innovation, celebration, and resistance--Alanna Stuard, Yves Charuest, Roxanne Nesbitt, New Age Doom & Lee Scratch Perry--plus Beny Esguerra, Jessica McMann, Juro Kim Feliz, Backward Music; and recorded & live reviews, features, &c. &c. |
![]() Gross, Jean-Philippe / Golden Oriole: Optical Cadillac / Golden Oriole [VINYL 10-inch] (BeCoq -- France ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split 10" vinyl album of two very different works: first French sound artist Jean-Philippe Gross in a sonic assault of garish rhythmic electronic persistence and noise; then the Golden Oriole instrumental rock duo of Kristoffer Riis on guitar and Thore Warland on drums in a compelling work of grooving structure with diverse percussive interaction. |
![]() Isildurs Bane / Peter Hammill: In Disequilibrium (Ataraxia -- E.U. ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The second collaboration between the Swedish chamber rock band Isildurs Bane led by keyboardist and composer Mats Johansson and lyricist, vocalist and guitarist Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator) presents two new multi-part suites with lyrics by Hammill--"In Disequilibrium" and "Gently (Step by Step)"--detailed, astute and powerful works of sophisticated progressive rock. |
![]() Carnalisme (Gargaud / Grente / Ziemniak): De Profundis (nunc. -- France ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Formed by double bassist Patrice Grente and drummer Etienne Ziemniak in 2010, the French band Carnalisme, meaning "This fuzzy, troubled and slippery place, which everyone owns and no one can spot", produce a raucous blend of hard rock and free improvisation, here in their 4th release and joined by guitarist Guillaume Gargaud for a profoundly blistering album. |
![]() Kaiser, Henry / Rome Yamilov: The Lenoir Investigation (Little Village -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Little Village Foundation run by keyboardist Jim Pugh assembled this band through Indian blues harmonica player & singer Aki Kumar, who brought drummer June Core and guitarist Rome Yamilov, deciding to make the release a "crazy guitar album" by adding Henry Kaiser; along with vocalist Lisa Leuschnet they hit the mark in an exuberantly diverse set of blues performing the music of J.B. Lenoir. |
![]() Das Rad (Archer / Robinson / Dinsdale): Laik Tors (Discus -- UK ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third album from the Sheffield-based trio Das Rad of Nick Robinson on guitars, keys & electronics, Martin Archer on woodwinds, keys & electronics, Steve Dinsdale on drums & keyboards, influenced by progressive rock, kosmiche, and fusion forms, here evolving and refining their melodic approach to genre-crossing styles merging composition and improvisation. |
![]() Eclectic Maybe Band: Again Alors? (Discus -- UK ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Led by Univers Zero bassist and composer Guy Seger, the third album from Eclectic Maybe Band combines elements of rock, jazz, electronic and abstract landscapes, performed by an ensemble of chamber rock players including Discus label leader Martin Archer, varying groupings within the band focusing on each section in a mix of composed and improvised approaches. |
![]() Kihlstedt / Bossi / Ismaily: Causing A Tiger (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The trio of violinist/vocalist Carla Kihlstedt, bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Matthias Bossi explore the language of memory and dreams through songs, improvisation, and field recordings. |
![]() Non Credo: Happy Wretched Family (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Superb, simply superb, but also disorienting and disquieting: that's Happy Wretched Family, Non Credo's second album, seven years after Reluctant Hosts. The avant-pop format found on the first LP has evolved into twisted shards of pop ... |
![]() Slawterhaus (Rose / Hollinger / Bauer / Diesner): Live (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock . Live recording from 1988. "The avant rock/improv quartet Slawterhaus was invited to the 1990 Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville. The first 50 minutes of Live come from their performance, the last ten from a con... |
![]() Duchesne, Andre: Le Temps Des Bombes (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Albatre: Nagual [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Hailing from Rotterdam's rich underground scene, the trio of Hugo Costa on alto sax, Goncalo Aleida on bass, and Philipp Ernsting on drums, with all 3 doubling on electronics, in a dramatic and energetic album blending free jazz, improv, metal, and punk music. |
![]() Gryke Pyje: Collision And Coalescence [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Mappa -- Slovokia ) Price: $23.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composers and performers Jani Hirvonen and Johannes Schebler create a complex universe in sound & melody, a veritable forest of sound referencing global and spiritual environments, using warm instrumental sources, field recordings, world percussion and extended use of the studio in a satisfying series of journeys with a mysteriously transcendental and devotional feeling. |
![]() Hawkins, Chester: Natural Causes - Original Music For Pale Trees, A Film By Tim Ashby [VINYL] (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Washington, DC based electronic experimenter Chester Hawkins (Blue Sausage Infant) was commissioned by director Tim Ashby to compose this work for the soundtrack to his feature-length film "Pale Trees", Hawkin's music illustrating the film's gradient of psychological colors from darkness, rage, and vengeance through a mix of kosmische drone in a Tangerine Dream vein. |
![]() Judge Schreber's Avian Choir: Bleed [VINYL] (Cort -- USA ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist and composer Crowmeat Bob's ensemble, Judge Schreber's Avian Choir, is a project name he's used to present his large ensemble pieces involving composition, improvisation, and conduction, here in a conducted collaboration with 15 bowed string players, a heavy metal rhythm section and Bob's own overdubs on reeds and guitar. |
![]() RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata: RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata [VINYL RSD] (Bam Balam Records -- France ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A Record Store Day 2020 LP of the collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto and French/British multi-instrumentalis RG Rough, using guitar drones, electronics, concrete sounds and percussion to create a sonic junble, occasionally soothed by a near-lullaby, only to be subsumed by a cascade of strings or fades into a repetitive minimal piano figure. |
![]() Roman Radkovic Collective: Televize [VINYL] (Mappa -- Slovokia ) Price: $21.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A Slovokian experimental group with rock roots and a somewhat DaDa approach to unusual song forms using perplexing repetitions and interventions, led by guitarist and vocalist Roman Radkovič with Josef Novák on keyboard, Jiří Šíla on accordion, Zdeněk Řihošek on harmonica & double bass Zdeněk Caha on drums & voice, and Miloš Šandera on percussion. |
![]() Svendsen, Christian Meaas : Avin [VINYL LP] (Nakama Records -- Norway ) Price: $22.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Known more for his double bass work, Christian Meaas Svendsen releases a stunningly beautiful album of unusually orchestrated pop songs with an 8-piece band of Nordic improvisers and performers, a dramatic album of tension and release which, despite lyrics in Norwegian, draws all listeners in through inventive and innovative musical structures. |
![]() Derviche (Borchard / Favriou): Murs Absurdes (Ayler Records -- France ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2nd Derviche album on Ayler Records from the French electric bass and drum improvising duo of Eric Brochard and Fabrice Favriou, in five sequences of assertive and masterful instrumental improvising rock, ecstatically heavy material of thick detail and ominous overtone, intended to be played as a continuous suite and clearly intended for maximum amplitude! |
![]() Vandermark's, Ken Marker: McPhee Marker [VINYL EP] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $18.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A 12-inch 45rpm EP from Chicago Ken Vandermark's band Marker with guest Joe McPhee on tenor saxophone, performing the Parliament Funkadelic track "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" and DNA's "Egomaniac's Kiss", with Vandermark on tenor & baritone saxophones plus guitarists Andrew Clinkman & Steve Marquette, keyboardist Macie Stewart and drummer Phil Sudderberg. |
![]() Astroturf Noise (Harmet / Nagano / Swanson / Martin / Bernstein): Astroturf Noise (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Astroturf Noise is Sam Day Harmet on mandolin, Sana Nagano on violin, Zach Swanson on bass, Billy Martin on percussion, and Sarah Bernstein on violin, living at the intersection of American folk & roots music and free improvisation, using effects and sonic additions in an unusual mix that the quintet makes completely natural and all their own. |
![]() B.E.P.: Hamburger Midnight (Inkanish -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Ecstasy Mule: Sings Songs of Love & Redemption [3" CD] (Batterrie -- USA ) Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Upper Manhattan's ecstatic blues- and Bailey-influenced acousto-electric improvising band in a 3" release of exultant, exotic and unusual music. |
![]() Feel No Other: Feel No Other (Silber -- USA ) Price: $10.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electric Bird Noise artist Brian Lea McKenzie extends his concepts in a new duo with vocalist Claudia Gregory (Exhaust the Fox, Claudia Versus the Queen of Hearts), with a new band name and a compelling set of epic electro-rock songs. |
![]() Grandmothers, The : Eating the Astoria (Obvious Music -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Ich B!n Nintendo (Winther / Nergaard / Johansen): Lykke (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Ich Bin Nintendo trio of Christian Skar Winther (guitar & voice), Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (bass) and Joakim Heibo Johansen (drums) take their improvised noise music into the post-punk world with demanding and energetic music that voices it's power and exultation. |
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