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Dresser, Mark / Denman Maroney : Duologues (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Great duo set from bassist Dresser and "hyperpiano" (read: heavily prepared) player Maroney. |
Halvorson, Mary & Pavone, Jessica: Thin Air (Thirsty Ear -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Beautiful string work and lovely and unusual vocals from the duo of Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone, music of "stark clarity and introspection." |
Martel, Pierre-Yves: Continuum (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A solo work from Pierre-Yves Martel performing two works for the viola da gamba, bringing this fretted renaissance-era ancestor to the violin into the 21st century through two slowly evolving and sonically fascinating pieces. |
Phillips, Barre / Joelle Leandre / William Parker / Tetsu Saitoh : After You Gone (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock |
Lindberg, John / Anil Eraslan: Juggling Kukla [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $22.95 In Stock The duo of cellist Anil Eraslan and contrabassist John Lindberg in a "rollicking adventure of sound explosions and subtle sensibilities, ragged expressionism and multi-faceted surprises and shockers. All from simple raw unfettered wood, strings, bow hairs, and flesh." |
Levin, Daniel / Mat Maneri: Transcendent Function (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Two string masters--Mat Maneri on viola and Daniel Levin on cello--recording at The Village in Copenhagen, Denmark in an album titled for psychologist and philosopher Carl Jung, reflecting the balance between intuitive spontaneity and pre-established conditions. |
Hug, Charlotte: Neuland (Emanem -- Great Britain ) Price: $16.95 In Stock For her second solo album, Charlotte Hug concentrates on solo viola without any electronics in a series of pieces inspired by a then-recent visit to London, showing her strong musical personality and original extended techniques in a solo recital unlike any other. |
Machinefabriek W/ Anne Bakker: Deining (Machinefabriek -- Netherlands ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Deining, meaning "heave" or "commotion", is a long composition from the duo of Rutger Zuydervelt on sine tones and violinist Anne Bakker, who bows each string, sliding slowly from the lowest note to the highest and in reverse, creating an hallucination of shifting tones. |
Pateras, Anthony / Erkki Veltheim: Entertainment = Control (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Acoustic hallucinations for violin and piano from the duo of violinist Erkki Veltheim and pianist Anthony Pateras, exploring spectral techniques throughout extended temporal structures to generate unrelenting harmonic waves that create a singular psycho-harmonic texture. |
Ceccaldi, Theo Trio, Trio + Joelle Leandre: Carrousel -and- Can You Smile (Ayler -- France ) Price: $21.95 In Stock Two albums together. "Carrousel": The Paris based Theo Ceccaldi Trio crosses improv with chamber music in a string trio of lyrical, subtle and advanced improvisation. "Can You Smile": Ceccarelli expands his trio with bassist/free vocalist Joelle Leandre for rich, interactive improvisation. |
Perelman, Ivo / Mat Maneri / Tanya Kalmanovitch: Villa Lobos Suite (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $15.45 Out of Stock Ivo Perelman pays tribute to Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos through free improvisation, enlisting two violists--Mat Maneri and Tanya Kalmanovitch-for a uniquely orchestrated set of recordings with Perelman emulating and complementing the strings in engaging ways. |
Quatre Tetes (Wehrli / Walss / Friedli / Binder): figuren (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An excellent quartet of 4 female improvisers creating mysterious landscapes, bizarre spaces and surprising topography using dual pianos, flute, melodica, trombone & alphorn. |
Leandre, Joelle, Quentin Sirjacq: Out of Nowhere (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock An engaging encounter between bassist Leandre and pianist Sirjacq, delicate yet intense interaction from two sophisticated & listening players from different generations. |
Quartetski Does Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock 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. |
Tabassian / Martel / Tabassian: Masafat (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Geographic improvisations from this trio of string and percussion players, with each track named by location and distance between Montreal and Chelsea, Ontario. |
Emde, Gabriele : Die Natur der Klange: Neue Musik fur Harfe (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Harpist Gabriele Emde began performing contemporary music by exceptional 20th century artists in the early 80s; in this collection recorded from 1985 to 1987 she presents one of Cage's "Landscape" pieces, a major work by Hans Otte, and several short pieces by Lou Harrison. |
Goss, Stephen: Northern Lights (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock An album of beautiful and impressionist musical landscapes: 3 large works in several movements drawing on mythology, visual imagery, and a work for Charles Jencks Garden of Cosmic Speculation. |
Frey, Jurg: String Quartets (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock Composer Jurg Frey's 1988 work "String Quartet" realized by Nadia Francavilla, Clemens Merkel, Stephanie Bozzini and Isabelle Bozzini, exploring ideas of audibility: the moment when sound waves move in space and the air touches the body. |
Eguiluz, Geraldine / Stephane Diamantakiou: Paso Doble (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Since 2012 the free improvising duo of vocalist Geraldine Eguiluz and double bassist Stephane Diamantakiou have worked together, taking themes from the jazz songbook as a starting point for free form improvisations of a fragile and unpredictable nature. |
Frey, Jurg: String Quartet No. 3 / Unhorbare Zeit (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Two works from composer Frey performed by Montreal's string ensemble Quatuor Bozzini: "String Quartet No. 3", a minimal work of colors, sensations, shadows, durations; and "Unhorbare Zeit" exploring durations without sound, or empty volumes, to achieve lucidity and transparency. |
Irabagon, Jon With Special Guest Barry Altschul: Foxy (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Drummer Barry Altschul joins saxophonist Jon Irabagon and bassist Peter Brendler in an incredible trio of free improvisation and hard playing that's not afraid to put a little cheesecake on the cover. |
Lee, Okkyung / Bill Orcutt: Live at Cafe OTO [VINYL] (Otoroku -- Great Britain ) Price: $25.95 Out of Stock Two string players who have developed distinctive improvisation styles--cellist Okkyung Lee and guitarist Bil Orcutt--meet for their first encounter at London's Cafe Oto, for an exultant and sophisticated duo showing intense skill and strong conversational powers. |
Blumer, Fridolin: Camping; Cafe Bar (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A solid solo outing from Zurich-based double bassist Friodlin, presenting his 4-part "Camping; Cafe Bar" work, blending the jazz idiom with discursive asides and unusual techniques, plus a lovely and appropriately titled work "But Beautiful". |
Nastesjo, Johannes / Vasco Trilla: Ginkgo (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The duo of Johannes Nastesjo on double bass and Vasco Trilla on drums and percussion, an album of extended techniques and unexpected devising, using quietly aggressive techniques balanced by concentrative improv to create unexpected eruptions and unusual sonic environments. |
Iridium String Quartet (Rocha / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Mira): Iridium String Quartet (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Unusual approaches to string improvisation from the quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Maria da Rocha (violin), and Miguel Mira (double bass), using extended techniques in subtle yet detailed discourse yielding unexpected qualities to their instruments. |
Smith Quartet with John Tilbury: Morton Feldman: Music for Piano and Strings Volume 3 [DVD-AUDIO] (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Price: $28.95 In Stock Recorded live at the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music in 2006, this is the 3rd and final volume of works by Morton Feldman performed by the Smith Quartet with John Tilbury on piano, recorded in high quality DVD audio and with extensive liner notes by Tilbury. |
Pavone, Jessica : Silent Spills (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Using viola, effects, and on one track, voice, New York improviser and Anthony Braxton ensemble member Jessica Pavone presents a uniquely voiced solo album, approaching the instrument through simple means that become increasingly twisted and unforseen as they advance. |
Modular String Trio (Okhrimchuk / Jedrzejewski / Kacperczyk): Ants Bees and Butterflies (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A most unusual trio: actually a quartet, this Polish/Ukraine group has three strings (violin, cello, contrabass) with modular synth and electronics reinforcing their sound, less EA than chamber jazz with fascinating orchestration and wonderful harmonic and melodic invention. |
Butcher, John / Michael Duch: Fjordgata (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A live recording at the Jazzfest Trondheim, Trondelag Senter for Samtidskunst, in May 2015 from the freely improvising duo of John Butcher and contrabassist Michael Duch, a superb extended concert of incredible reed technique and concept anchored by Duch's flexible bass work. |
Alonso, Edith: Collapse (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Madrid multi-instrumentalist and cross media artist Edith Alonso in an album of prepared solo electric bass improvisations, a four part work of muscular and shadowy sound, dark vibrations with crepitating edges making a sinister and cathartic dungeon of sound. |
Costa, Carlos: Door of No Return (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Double-bassist Carlo Costa, originally from the Canary Islands and who has worked with Tim Berne, Tomas Fujiwara, Ingar Zach, Wade Matthews, &c. in a solo album of solid and unusual bass technique including plucking, bowing and scraping, in his 9-part series of "Doors". |
Merkel, Clemens : Maderna . Beuger . von Schweinitz . Stiegler (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Violinist Clemens Merkel interprets compositions by Wolfgang von Schweinitz's "Sonata for Violine Solo"; Antonie Beuger's "Unwritten Page"; Bruno Madema's "Piece Pour Ivry"; and Thomas Stiegler's cycle "Kammerkomplex" ("quasi una fantasia", "gran partita" and "sonata facile"). |
Keller, Beat / Tom Johnson / Joseph Kudirka: String Trios (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock A superb program of string trios from minimalist composers Beat Keller, Tom Johnson, and Joseph Kudirka, from cinematic to spacious sound work, as realized by the trio of Julia Schwob on violin, David Schnee on viola, and Nicola Romano on cello. |
Machinefabriek (w/ Anne Bakker / Edita Karkoschka): Crumble (Self Released -- Netherlands ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A beautifully dramatic album from the trio of electronic artist Rutger Zydervelt (Machinefabriek), violinist Anne Bakker, and vocalist Edita Karkoschka, a sculpted work full of dramatic turns, immersive drones, glitchy electronics and intimate gestures. |
Mezei Solo, Szilard : When Spring (Not Two -- Yugoslavia ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock (Reissued on Not Two) Solo viola and double bass compositions from Voivodina Hungarian composer, violinist, viola player, and double bass player Szilárd Mezei. |
Quatuor Bozzini: A Chacun Sa Miniature (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The Quatuor Bozzini string quartet dedicate this double CD to emerging artists in a collection of miniatures written in 2011 by emerging composers for the QB's annual Composer's Kitchen event. |
Davies, Angharad / Tisha Mukarji: Ffansion | Fancies (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The title reflecting violinist Angharad Davies' Welsh Roots, this duo with inside pianist Tisha Mukarji furthers the collaborations of these improvisers, recording in St Catherine's Church in South London, using the acoustics of the space to shape the form of their music. |
Illogical Harmonies (Chang / Majkowski): Volume (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A joint composition for violin and double bass, developed over six months in 2015 by violinist and Wandelweiser composer Johnny Chang with bassist Mike Majkowski, a fragile and beautifully revealing work in 5 parts that moves slowly through subtle harmonic changes. |
Smith, Linda Catlin : Dirt Road (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith's extended composition for violin and percussion in 15 parts, performed by percussionist Simon Limbrick and violinist Mira Benjamin, a unique orchestration that reveals a journey of steady pace, tension and beauty. |
Hein, Nicola L. / Mia Zabelka : The Honey Pump (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Instant compositions on from Nicola L. Hein on guitar and Mia Zabelka on violin, both versed in soundscape and sonic sculptures, using extended techniques to create dense but dynamic sonic landscapes with significant room for silence. |
Mezei Solo, Szilard : When Spring (Not Two -- Yugoslavia ) Price: $19.95 In Stock Solo viola and double bass compositions from Voivodina Hungarian composer, violinist, viola player, and double bass player Szilárd Mezei. |
Lee, Okkyung / Christian Marclay: Amalgam (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock A wild and exciting duo between cellist Okkyung Lee and legendary turntable improviser Christian Marclay performing live at London's Cafe Oto for a single long track that runs through an astonishing dynamic of invention and atmospheres in a gripping and spellbinding set. |
Nono, Luigi / Jurg Frey: Works For Violin Duos (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Two works from two distinctive composers from different periods--Jurg Frey and Luigi Nono--both for two violins, Frey using the two violins in parallel to emphasize their distinction; Nono using powerful gestures of divergence and contrast in a dream-like duo. |
Girard-Charest, Emilie: Emilie Prefere Le Chant (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Emilie Girard-Charest is a Montreal cellist, composer and improviser, here presenting 5 works, one of her own and 4 from Fredrik Gran, Sergio Castrillon, Maxime Corbeil-Perron and Joane Hetu, using extreme techniques and electroacoustic accompaniment in both joyful and terrifying ways. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Christopher Butterfield: Trip (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini string quartet worked with composer Christopher Butterfield, who wrote two of these pieces ("Trip" and "Fall") specifically for QB, alongside three other works from 20 years of composing that use unusual instructions and scores for the performers. |
Demierre, Jacques: One Is Land (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock A powerfully dense work, and a quiet and quirky piece for piano from pianist Demmier, whose song titles are quotations from the poem "One Island" by Robert Lax. |
Kepl, Irene: SololoS (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Heard in our catalog on albums from Improvising Beings and Another Timbre, here we have a stunning solo album of improvised violin from Viennese violinist Irene Kepl, showing a great range of style and technique while keeping the music playful and interesting, invoking a quote from Trisha Brown: "Dancing on the edge is the only place to be." |
MarsaFouty (Jean-Luc Foussat / Fred Marty): Concerts (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $9.95 In Stock Synth improviser Jean-Marc Foussat and double bassist Fred Marty join their names and playing together for an absolutely impressive album of exploratory improv, Foussat taking their music into hallucinatory territories while Marty provides both a solid anchor and flights of textural nuance; supberb. |
Judson Trio (Joelle Leandre / Mat Maneri / Gerald Cleaver): An Air of Unreality [VINYL] (RogueArt -- France ) Price: $19.95 Out of Stock 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. |
Zorn, John / Garth Knox and the Saltarello Trio: Leonard: The Book of Angels Volume 30 (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Ensemble InterContemporain is viola player Garth Knox's string and percussion performance group, here called upon by John Zorn to present new interpretations of his "Book of Angels" Masada compositions, in nine magnificent recordings of great depth and intimacy. |
Sirom: I (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock 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. |
Nuova Camerata : Chant (Improvising Beings -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Lisbon's Nuova Camerata brings together a mix of improvisers and contemporary classical players--Carlos Zingaro, Joao Camoes, Ulrich Mitzlaff, Miguel Leiria on string with Pedro Carneiro on marimba--for a set of improvisations bridging both disciplines in passionate and unexpected ways. |
Sabat, Marc : Harmony (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The fifth CD in the Canadian Composers Series is also the debut appearance on Another Timbre by the Jack Quartet, performing works by composer Marc Sabat--two string quartets and a violin/cello duo--all combining an exploration of the soundworld of Just Intonation with a strong underlying lyricism. |
Collusion Duo (Nick Smith / Mark Wastell): Refraction (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Violinist and percussionist Nick Smith, having access to St. Mary's Church at Great Baddow for music performance and rehearsals, made his first use of the space in 1996 in a duo with Mark Wastell on violincello, preparations and percussion, where they used the acoustics of the church to enhance their detailed and absorbing improvisations. |
Fell, Simon H. : Le Bruit de la Musique (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The French Le Bruit de la Musique festival is run by Le Quan Ninh and Martine Altenburger, who invited Simon H. Fell to perform a solo set on the doublebass, the result being this fantastic album that takes the largest of bass instruments through an astonishing array of approaches enhanced by the acoustics of the church of Toulx-Sainte-Croix. |
Mezei Ensemble, Szilard : Sivatag (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Extending his own ensemble into a 10 piece orchestra of impressive range and tonal colors, Szilard Mezei presents 3 compositions that bridge modern classical and improvisational music. |
Mezei, Szilard / Albert Markos: Korom (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Free ranging and captivating improvisations between Hungarian violist Szilard Mezei and cellist Albert Markos, a remarkable duo of the string's potential. |
Smith, Linda Catlin : Drifter [2 CDs] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $24.95 In Stock Ten pieces dating from 1995 to 2015 from Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith, performed by Quatuor Bozzini and Apartment House, the first in Another Timbre's Canadian Composer series, a 2-CD release focusing on Smith's "equal and simultaneous drive toward abstraction and lyricism" in slowly developing, lush and sophisticated compositions. |
Majkowski, Mike : Days and Other Days [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Following double bassist Mike Majkowski's Astral Spirts cassette "Neighbouring Objects", this vinyl release is Majkowski's 7th solo album, here using analog synthesizer, percussion, piano, vibraphone, samples, and field recordings to create an amazing sonic universe through sound, tone, timbre, deep cogitation and mutant interjections. |
Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock 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. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Andrea Sanz Vela / Micha Rabuske / Klaus Kurvers: Sukasaptati (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Live recordings at Exploratorium, in Berlin, Geremany in 2010 from the quartet of Klaus Kurvers on double bass, Andrea Sanz Vela and Ernesto Rodrigues on violin, and Micha Rabuske on dlute, bass clarinet, and soprano sax, collective improvisation with complex interplay and a bright spirit as the group follows their instincts in interesting dialog. |
Wisseltangcamatta, The: Movements (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock 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. |
Brand, Ulrike / Olaf Rupp: Shadowscores (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock An unlikely pairing, cellist Ulrike Brand is best known for her work with John Cage and Giacinto Scelsi, while Olaf Rupp is a regular contributor in a variety of setting in the European Free Improv scene; here they join for an album of free improvisation, finding shared and gripping language in creative and uncommon approaches to their strings. |
Honsinger, Tristan / Nicolas Calioa / Joshua Zubot: In The Sea (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The transatlantic string trio of Amsterdam-based cellist Tristan Honsinger (also on voice) with Montreal free improvisers violinist Joshua Zubot and double bassist Nicolas Caloia in an album of informed improvisation that bring an upbeat approach to authoritative dialog which is both sharp-witted and irreverent, but never less than engaging. |
Lopes, Luis / Fred Lonberg-Holm: The Pinneaple Circumstance (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Portuguese electric guitarist Luis Lopes met Chicago free improvising cellist and electronic artist Fred Lonberg-Holm in the studio in Lisbon to record these five improvisations, both using innovative approaches to effect processing to expand their sound into unusual sonic environments, balancing beauty and abrasive sound. |
Fabbro, Guido Del : Ctenophora (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Violinist Guido Del Fabbro in a 5-piece work with violin, voice, electronics and synthesizer, blending compositional and electroacoustic principles for an unusual, rich, and thoroughly modern album. |
Quatuor Bozzini: Michel Gonneville: Hozhro (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Michel Gonneville's dreamlike, shamanistic journey, "Hozhro", in a brilliantly executed reading by Montreal's Quatuori Bozzini with vocalist Marianne Lamber & saxophonist Mathieu Gualin. |
Rose, Jon: The Fence (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock The Fence: about borders and fences all over the world, using long amplified strings and voices; Bagni di Dolabella: a violinists guide to the treatments and political intrigues of an ancient roman bath. |
Ist (Davies / Fell / Wastell): Consequences (of Time and Place) (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 In Stock ist (The Improvising String Trio) of Rhodri Davies (harp), Simon H. Fell (bass) and Mark Wastell (violincello) performing at The Natural Music Club in London, 1997, using unorthodox techniques in indeterminate systems and free improvisation for fascinating results. |
Friends and Neighbors: Hymn For A Hungry Nation (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Taking their band name from an Ornette Coleman album, this European quintet presents new compositions in the style of Ornette, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and John Carter, ecstatic free jazz with a hard bop foundation, extended with modern technique and experience. |
LEK: Giant World Knowlege Bliss Control (Fuzzworld Record -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock |
Quatuor Bozzini - Jean Derome, Joane Hetu: Le mensonge et l'identite (Collection QB -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The Bozzini Quartet commissioned this work from the duo Derome/Hetu, which tackles the subject of making differences cohabit, calling for the musicians to move & improvise in response to a soundtrack in 4 languages. |
Filosofer : Landet Er Gitt Oss (Nakama Records -- Norway ) Price: $14.95 In Stock An hallucinogenic and commanding blending of improvisation, song, spoken word, and tonal/timbral music from double bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen's Filosofer, creating beautiful sonic environments out of which voice and message emerge and submerge, buoyed by a string quartet (two violins and two double basses), computers, turntables, synths and samplers. |
Feldman, Morton : Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Morton Feldman's final composition, originally premiered in 1987, here performed by pianist Mark Knoop, violinist Aisha Orazbayeva, violist Bridget Carey, and cellist Anton Lukoszevieze, recording a year after their successful performance at London's Cafe Oto, maintaining focus and concentration on this large, unhurried work of micro-variations. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Ulrike Brand / Olaf Rupp : Traintracks, Roadsides, Wastelands, Debris (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Three string improvisers--Ulrike Brand on cello, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, and Olaf Rupp on electric guitar--approach their instruments from all angles excepting the most traditional ones, from scraping and granulating to creating resonant sonic environments, an apt reflection of a journeying musician, enhanced by text and images in the CD package. |
String Theory [Boston, USA]: Condensed Phases of Matter (Evil Clown -- USA ) Price: $11.95 In Stock String Theory was formed as the string section for Boston's Leap of Faith Orchestra, the core being David Peck on reeds, game calls, fog horn, sirens, &c, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic and voice, with Jane Wang (cello) and Mimi Rabson (violin), creating a wonderfully assertive and somewhat skewed approach to improvisation, captured live at Mobius in Cambridge, 2016. |
String Theory [PORTUGAL]: Gravity (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A sense of both lightness and weight drawn from Portuguese viola player's Ernesto Rodrigues' 18-piece String Theory, in a large and detailed improvisation using an incredible array of string sources, including viola, harp, violin, cello, viola da gamba, double bass, classical, acoustic and 12-string guitars, mandolin, zither, harpsichord, and piano. |
Bang, Billy: Distinction Without a Difference (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $14.95 In Stock The late American violinist Billy Bang's first album, originally issued on Hat Hut Records, is reissued with an additional track, plus 4 previously unissued solo tracks recorded in Tilberg, Netherland in 1978, demonstrating this great artist's broad range of innovative techniques, mixing free-form and melodic passages in extended and joyful improvisations. |
Dresser, Mark : Modicana [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 Out of Stock Double Bassist Mark Dresser, a mainstay of the Downtown NY scene as an improviser and composer, and also prominent on the US West Coast and as an international touring artist, releases a powerful album of distinctive solo playing, both technically and melodically, with 2 tracks caught live at the Umea Jazz Festival and others recorded at the University of California, San Diego. |
Boscain, Ugo / Fred Marty: Estasi (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Recording in the rich resonant structure of the Church of Gauriac, in Gironde, France, Italian reedist Ugo Boscain on contrabass clarinet and French double bassist Fred Marty explore the lower registers in five dialogs of an album titled for "ecstasi" (ecstasy), using a wealth of creative approaches and insane technique, from reserved to spirited forays. |
Leandre / Minton: Leandre / Minton (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Phil Minton started as a trumpeter and became one of free improv's most outside vocalists; Joelle Leandre is a double bassist who also performs free vocal improv; this is their first recorded collaboration, and it's an unusual and wonderful album of heavy tone improvisation, plucked and bowed, and a masterfully odd free association of vocalisation. |
Eisenstadt, Harris / Mivos Quartet: Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $23.95 In Stock NY free jazz drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt brings his talents to the compositional world with this four movement suite performed by the Mivos Quartet of Olivia De Prato, Josh Modney, Victor Lowrie and Mariel Roberts, a creative composition blending melodic and textural approaches to the strings in a bold rendering of Eisenstandt's work. |
Pateras, Anthony / Erkki Veltheim: The Slow Creep Of Convenience (Immediata -- Australia ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Anthony Pateras performs on pipe organ alongside Erkki Veltheim on electric violin, presenting a single extended work joining both instruments as a unified timbral force, producing exquisite and hypnotic sensorial phenomena over 50 minutes, as the duo investigate spectral phenomena in sound; includes a 24 page illuminating booklet interviewing both artists. |
Takase, Aki / Paul Ayumi : Hotel Zauberberg (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $14.00 Out of Stock Pianist Aki Takase and violinist Ayumi Paul's 1st collaboration is an 18 movement suite for violin and piano blending composition and improvisation, with 11 movements from Takase and 5 written with Paul, plus Mozart's "K. 1 minuet in G major" and the Preludio movement from Bach's solo violin partita in E major; an absorbing set of recordings inspired by the writings of Thomas Mann. |
Farhadian, Thea: Tectonic Shifts (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Farhadian is an American composer and performer with a base in San Francisco and one in Berlin. Her work often is about connecting solo violin and interactive electronics. Combining her classical background as violist (Berkeley Symphon... |
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Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann / Andreas Kunz): For John Cage [2 CDs]
Feldman, Morton : Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Frey, Jurg: String Quartet No. 3 / Unhorbare Zeit
Morris, Joe / DoYeon Kim: Macrocosm
Reid, Tomeka / Filippo Monaco: The Mouser
Smith, Linda Catlin : Dirt Road
Feldman, Morton / Apartment House: Piano and String Quartet
Lee, Okkyung: Na-Reul (Black Cross Solo Sessions 3)
Smith, Linda Catlin : Drifter [2 CDs]
Smith Quartet with John Tilbury: Morton Feldman: Music for Piano and Strings Volume 3 [DVD-AUDIO]
Honsinger, Tristan / Nicolas Calioa / Joshua Zubot: In The Sea
Cohen, Greg: Golden State
Kira Kira (Tamura / Spence / Fujii / Takemura): Bright Force
Wachsmann / Taylor / Mattos / Brighton: Strings
Zethson, Alex Ensemble: Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared
Leandre, Joelle: At Souillac en Jazz
Reid, Tomeka / Joe Morris: Combinations
Davies, Rhodri: Telyn Rawn
Grisey, Gerard / Iancu Dumitrescu / Niels Christian Rasmussen / Thanos Chrysakis / Salvatore Sciarri
Nono, Luigi / Jurg Frey: Works For Violin Duos