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![]() 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. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Finlayson, Jonathan & Sicilian Defense: Moment and the Message (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock A member of alto saxophonist Steve Coleman's band Five Elements, this is the debut album from a trumpeter widely admired for his ability to tackle cutting-edge musical concepts with confidence and great skill. |
![]() Kruglov / Lapin / Sooaar / Yudanov: Military Space (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $15.45 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Russian new music from reed and wind player Alexey Kruglov, in a quartet with Alexey Lapin on piano, Oleg Yudanov on drums, and Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar, energetic and unusual improvisation recorded live at Jazz Centre in Yaroslavl, Russia. |
![]() Block, Oliva: 132 Ranks (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Commissioned for the Chicago performing space LAMPO and The Renaissance Society, Olivia Block composed this large work of drone and sound from 2016-2017, premiered on the massive Skinner Organ at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in a free concert that included a sound installation of 6 speakers placed through the chapel playing white noise, sine tones, and prerecorded organ sounds. |
![]() Chicago Edge Ensemble (Phillips / Drake / Williams / Bishop / Pablan): Insidious Anthem (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Drawing together some of Chicago's finest improvisers--leader Dan Phillips on guitar, Mars Williams on saxophones, Jeb Bishop on trombone, Krzysztof Pabian on double bass, and Hamid Drake on drums--for their second album, a balance set of creative jazz tunes with solid compositions that lend themsevles to exultant soloing, unusual sonic moments, and great collective playing. |
![]() Niggenkemper, Pascal: Sound Within Sound | Wuppertal Diary [2 CDs] (Fitschgetau -- Germany ) Price: $20.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Adventurous double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper was artist in residence at Wuppertal in the fall of 2017, presenting concerts with a diverse set of masterful improvisers from Europe and the US, excerpts of which are meticulously programmed in this 2-CD collection, organized by artistic endeavor and intent, from the spacious/introspective to wildly lively encounters; recommended. |
![]() Perelman, Ivo & Matthew Shipp (w/ Andrew Cyrille): The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 7 Dione (Leo Records -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock For more than 20 years Brazilian/NY saxophonist Ivo Perelman and NY pianist Matthew Shipp have collaborated in a diverse set of projects that have led to more than 30 albums; this 7th and final volume brings legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille together with the duo in a subtle album propelled by Cyrille's authoritative rhythms and superb interaction of all three players. |
![]() Ware, David S. Trio: The Balance (Vision Festival XV +) (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock The fourth edition in Aum-Fidelity's DSW-ARC Series (David S Ware Archives), presenting an outstanding and incendiary David S. Ware concert, in trio with William Parker (bass) and Warren Smith (drums & percussion) caught live at the 2010 Vision Festeival, alongside 4 studio tracks recorded in Brooklyn in 2009 during the recording of the "Onecept" album. |
![]() Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() 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). |
![]() Eisenstadt, Harris / Mivos Quartet: Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be [VINYL] [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $21.60 ![]() ![]() 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. |
![]() Fox, Danny: Wide Eyed [VINYL] [Used Item] (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $19.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Danny Fox's trio with bassist Chris van Voorst van Beest and drummer Max Goldman in an album showing how the tight rapport this touring band has developed on the road, performing Fox's melodic and inventive compositions with a wealth of influences and style. |
![]() Hawkins, Chester: Natural Causes - Original Music For Pale Trees, A Film By Tim Ashby [VINYL] [Used Item] (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In 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. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Songline [VINYL 2 LPs] [Used Item] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Price: $13.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss improviser Jason Kahn continues his forays into vocal experimentation with this solo album, recorded in the rooms of a former Swisscom telephone relay station in Zurich, recorded in a single take, pushing himself over the edge in these unique vocal compositions that are stark examples of his creative and confrontational skills. |
![]() Liederkreis (Judith Berkson): Liederkreis [VINYL] [Used Item] (B. Walter Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock NYC vocalist, composer and keyboardist Judith Berkson in the debut album for her one-woman band Liederkreis (translating to "song-cycle", a reference to Schumann), taking a sharp turn from previous work through experimental synth, voice and effects in unique and often aberrant ways. |
![]() Mattin : Songbook #5 [VINYL] [Used Item] (Disembraining Machine -- Australia ) Price: $17.10 ![]() ![]() 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. |
![]() My Cat Is An Alien: Robert Opalio/Maurizio Opalio [VINYL] [Used Item] (Important Records -- USA ) Price: $21.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split LP with each side featuring a 20 minute solo track from both brotherly halves of the acclaimed space guitar improvising band My Cat Is An Alien. |
![]() Treuheit, Klaus / Lou Grassi: Port of Call [VINYL] [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $12.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock An informed set of creative iprovisations recorded in the studio and drawing clearly from the traditional jazz idiom between German pianist Klaus Treuheit and NY drummer Lou Grassi, performing original 4-part compositions including the "Misterioso", "L'espace Sonore", and "Lament # Pb". |
![]() Wire, The: #396 February 2017 [MAGAZINE] [Used Item] (The Wire -- UK ) Price: $7.20 ![]() ![]() In Stock On the cover: Run The Jewels, hiphop's 24 carat duo of El-P and Killer Mike; interview with Russian composer and Tarkovsky collaborator Edward Artemiev; Lisbon's new jazz vanguard; + Dubplates & Mastering's Rashad Becker Invisible Jukebox; views, news, reviews, &c. |
![]() IKB: Hippocampus Guttulatus (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The large IKB electroacoustic ensemble of diverse orchestration led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues, where each release is characterized by an animal, here with the long-snouted seahorse in an extended improvisation recorded at CreativeFest XIII at O'Culto da Ajuda, Lisbon, 2019, building to undulating cycles of intense interaction of absolutely precise control. |
![]() Adachi, Tomomi / Jaap Blonk: Asemic Dialogues [Used Item] (Kontrans -- Netherlands ) Price: $9.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Performing together since 2004 between Tokyo and Amsterdam, Dutch vocal improviser, innovator and electronicist Jaap Blonk meets Japanese vocal improviser and fellow electronics artist Tomomi Adachi at Lettretage in Berlin in 2017, recording this, the 5th in Kontrans' Electronic Improvisation, for two extended and energetic dialogs of unique creative interplay. |
![]() Becoming Animal (Massimo Pupillo / Gordon Sharp): A Distant Hand Lifted [VINYL-DAMAGED] [Used Item] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Price: $16.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock An album of dark atmospheric electroacoustic sound with voice and introductory narrative from Zu bassist Massimo Pupillo and Gordon Sharp of Cindytalk, the first meeting between the two, performed live at Cafe Oto for four pieces of rich sonics, emotional and hypnotic playing from two creative masters with a long history of powerful and passionate music. |
![]() Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa: Reflected Waves [60 pages 21x25 cm + DVD video 1h48mn] [Used Item] (Passage d'encres -- France ) Price: $19.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock Eric La Casa and Jean Luc Guionnet recorded this conceptual work in Melbourne, Australia, combining different scales of time, space, & attention, with different working strategies to create a gallery installation, and this book & DVD package exploring the acoustic phenomenon of "standing waves" to engage with the physical relationship between sound and space. |
![]() Jefferson, Larry: Journey [CASSETTE] [Used Item] (Rollax Records -- USA ) Price: $5.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electronic Artist Larry Jefferson explores issues of philosophy and loss and this is reflected in this collection of 9 songs & music in a professionally manufactured cassette. |
![]() Jefferson, Larry: Journey [CASSETTE] [Used Item] (Rollax Records -- USA ) Price: $4.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electronic Artist Larry Jefferson explores issues of philosophy and loss and this is reflected in this collection of 9 songs & music in a professionally manufactured cassette. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Mockunas, Liudas : Hydro [VINYL] [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $17.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Lithuanian reedist Liudas Mockunas in an unusual record of clarinet and saxophone improvisations, from solo work of powerful technique to pieces using water prepared instruments to create a wealth of bubbling and aberrant sound on the instrument, side A presenting the 7 part "Hydration Suite", Side B the 3 part "Rehydration", and "Dehydration". |
![]() Treuheit, Klaus / Lou Grassi: Port of Call [VINYL] [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $17.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An informed set of creative iprovisations recorded in the studio and drawing clearly from the traditional jazz idiom between German pianist Klaus Treuheit and NY drummer Lou Grassi, performing original 4-part compositions including the "Misterioso", "L'espace Sonore", and "Lament # Pb". |
![]() Fox, Danny: Wide Eyed [VINYL] [Used Item] (Hot Cup Records -- USA ) Price: $22.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Danny Fox's trio with bassist Chris van Voorst van Beest and drummer Max Goldman in an album showing how the tight rapport this touring band has developed on the road, performing Fox's melodic and inventive compositions with a wealth of influences and style. |
![]() Guthrie, Will: Sacree Onsession [VINYL] [Used Item] (ideal -- Sweden ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock SLIGHTLY DINGED SLEEVE |
![]() Postmarks (Boris Hauf / D Bayne / Martin Siewert): National Parks [Vinyl] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Austria ) Price: $14.36 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of saxophonist Boris Hauf and pianist D Bayne team up with guitarist Martin Siewert in this collection of tracks inspired by different U.S. national parks and their representation in iconic posters. |
![]() Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $11.66 ![]() ![]() 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). |
![]() Kuchen, Martin & Landaeus Trio: The Pity Of It All [VINYL] [Used Item] (Moserobie Music -- Sweden ) Price: $25.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Mathias Landaeus's trio with Johnny Aman on bass and Chris Montgomery on drums are joined by saxophonist Martin Kuchen (Angles, &c) for a limited edition LP of superb music merging free and lyrical elements for a tremendous modern jazz album. |
![]() Martusciello, Elio: To Extend the Visibility [PAL DVD] (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $28.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Beautifully packaged PAL DVD of 6 films by Elio Martusciello (Taxonomy) including two original texts by Tim Hodgkinson & Sebastiano Giacobello & visual works by Ester Curcio & Ale Sordi. |
![]() Schmid, Silvan Quintet: At Gamut (Hatology -- Austria ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss trumpeter Silvan Schmid is a cofounder of the Gamut Kollektiv, organizing festivals and concerts, here caught live in 2016 at Gamut Series No 1 at Amboss Rampe in Zurich with his own quintet of Tapiwa Svosve on sax, Silvan Jeger on cello, Vincent Glanzmann on drums, and Lucas Wirz on tuba performing 6 Schmid compositions of profoundly lyrical free jazz. |
![]() Watts / Weston / Sanders / Edwards: Hear Now: A Film by Mark French [DVD] (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() Out of Stock Mark French filmed two concerts in Lewes and at the Hasting Jazz Club of the quartet of saxophonist Trevor Watts, pianist Veryan Weston, drummer Mark Sanders, and bassist John Edwards, plust Trevor Watts' Moire Music Drum Orchestra. |
![]() Hoffman, Christopher: Asp Nimbus [VINYL] [Used Item] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Price: $23.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dinged Sleeve copies |
![]() Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL] [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $23.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock dinged sleeve |
![]() Jones, Darius: Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation) [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] [Used Item] (Northern Spy -- USA ) Price: $17.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing on compositions from black artists who have created something uniquely their own--Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Georgia Anne Muldrow--alto saxophonist Darius Jones pulls from the depths of emotion and vulnerability in five solo tracks recorded in Portland, deeply felt blues reflecting the black experience in America and the pain of isolation. |
![]() Ackerley, Jessica / Patrick Shiroishi / Chris Williams / Luke Stewart / Jason Nazary: SSWAN: Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster [VINYL] [Used Item] (577 Records -- USA ) Price: $19.04 ![]() ![]() In Stock Rugged, experimental and avant jazz in the debut album from the SSWAN group of Patrick Shiroishi on saxophones, Chris Williams on trumpet, Jessica Ackerley on electric guitar, Luke Stewart on bass and Jason Nazary on drums, the group focused first on sound and velocity rather than pitch and harmonic information as they carve out a unique space between free jazz and free improv. |
![]() Charles, Xavier / Eric Normand: Balises [VINYL - DAMAGED] [Used Item] (Tour de Bras / Ramble -- Canada ) Price: $14.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sleeve dinged from post |
![]() Albita: No Se Parece A Nada [Used Item] (Epic / Crescent Moon -- USA ) Price: $3.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Brulez les meubles (Beaudoin / Normand / Derome / Hollenbeck): L'appel du vide [Used Item] (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a common passion for the jazz guitar, from Jim Hall to Bill Frisell, from Rene Thomas to Brandon Ross, the core duo of Canadian improvisers, guitarist Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonniere and bassist Éric Normand, are joined by drummer Tom Jacques for a set of original compositions plus a Paul Bley piece, one by Gilles Vigneault, and two collective improvisations. |
![]() Burnett, Aaron: Correspondence [Used Item] (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Promo copy with line thru bar code. |
![]() Caloia, Nicolas : Les Bonnes Histoires [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bridging contemporary and improvised music, Montreal double bassist Nicolas Caloia wrote these pieces for textured and impossible rhythms; blending pieces by Nancarrow and Grand Master Flash; and manipulating poems by Genevieve Letarte; with supporting improv from Jean Derome & Lori Freedman. |
![]() Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr: Simiskina [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a discography of both contemporary and improvised music, Beligan pianist residing in Norway Jonas Cambien (Platform, Karokh) joins forces with Norwegian double bassist Adrian Myhr (Delius, Dorner, Buck) for an album that balances concentrative and muscular interplay, influenced by Cambien's piano preparations and Myhr's sophisticated techniques. |
![]() Chambel, Pedro: Bruit [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $10.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Chambel, Pedro: Bruit [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $10.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Chaparreiro, Antonio & Alcada: Opus Macaronicorum [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sometimes frenetic, always exhilarating duo work between Portugese electric guitarist Antonio Chapparreiro and drummer/percussionist Pedro Alcada, succinct tracks, some as short as 36 seconds, where the two spar and unite over angular rhythms and abrupt changes, with a twisted sense of humor and a wealth of adventurous spirit. |
![]() Chemical Expansion League, The (Bohman / Lynch / Northover / Mengersen): Grappling with the Orange Porpoise [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Some of the London free improv scene's finest players, including members of Remote Viewers, Custodians Of The Realm, London Improvisers Orchestra, The Runcible Quintet, &c, met with visiting Berlin double bassist Ulf Mengersen to record this fascinating collective improvisation, using objects, preparations, and a WASP synthesizer for wonderfully unusual results. |
![]() Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() 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. |
![]() Cote, Michel F: Flat Fourgonnette (mescal Free style) [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Michel F Cote in a hybrid release of country and actuelle music that is unpredictable and funny with help from artists such as Bernard Falaise, Frank Martel, Billie Folliday, etc. |
![]() dis.playce (Marcoll / Seidl): Habitat [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $10.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock An organized sound work paying homage to German cartographer Karl Ortmann; and a piece built around the video installation "MSTM Wall" by British media artist Ian W. Coel. |
![]() Duerinckx, Jean-Jacques / Anatole Damien : Dry / Wet [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A duo of Brussels audio explorers, Jean-Jacques Duerinckx on sopranino saxophone and Anatole Damien on tabletop guitar and electronics, contrasting acoustic "dry" and highly effected "wet" sounds, the two develop sonic environments that build and release using unusual reed techniques and mutated string scrabbling in a strangely compelling set of dialogs. |
![]() Funf (Babin, Cornell, Crispo, Jacques...): La Regle [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $8.10 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sporadic sonic exchanges exploring guidelines, graphic scores, or completely improvised, with an expansive instrumentorium from the sextet of Magali Babin, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Martine H Crispo, Anne-Francoise Jacques, Emilie Mouchous, and Erin Sexton. |
![]() Funf (Babin, Cornell, Crispo, Jacques...): La Regle [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sporadic sonic exchanges exploring guidelines, graphic scores, or completely improvised, with an expansive instrumentorium from the sextet of Magali Babin, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Martine H Crispo, Anne-Francoise Jacques, Emilie Mouchous, and Erin Sexton. |
![]() Gadt / Osborne / Zakrocki / Olak: Spontaneous Chamber Music Vol.3 (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Price: $9.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock The third volume in this free improvising series, starting with the collaboration of Polish violinist Patryk Zakrocki and guitarist Marcin Olak, varying the additional players as they explore chamber-oriented free improvisation, here with the impressive vocal improvisation of Anna Gadt and cellist Annemie Osborne, ripping apart the calendar in 14 monthly machinations. |
![]() Gorlinsky / Sysoev / Muller: Universal Vitamin [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extended improvisation for acoustic instrumentation and voice using unusual and extended techniques, from the Russian trio of Alexey Sysoev on piano, Vladimir Gorlinsky on guitar & voice, and Christian Müller on clarinet, recorded at the Cultural Centre DOM in Moscow in 2019, cycling patiently from quietly expressive sections to chamber-oriented brightly active moments. |
![]() Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV [Used Item] (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock PROMO HOLE PUNCHED THO BAR CODE |
![]() Hall, Rob / Chick Lyall: Upward Fall [Used Item] (FMR -- UK ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A set of lyrical, thoughtful and sometimes whimsical works from the Scottish-based duo of Rob Hall & Chick Lyall (Green Room Trio), who have been developing their musical language since 2003, drawing from a wide range of genres from Baroque chamber music to free jazz and folk idioms, their lack of boundaries lending itself to a uniquely diverse and embraceable music. |
![]() Hartsaw / Aspelin / Smith / Bryerton: Ausfegen [Used Item] (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $7.20 ![]() ![]() In Stock Extreme improvisation from the West Coast, using dissonance, dynamics, harmonics, conversational interaction, extended techniques and energy, new viewpoints inspired by a mix of contemporary classical and jazz. |
![]() IKB : Dracaena Draco [2 CDs] [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two CDs representing two extended improvisations of the IKB Ensemble with slightly different personnel, with each ensemble slowly unfolding an amazingly textured work of acoustics and electronics with strong intent and incredible technique, balanced by close listening and attention to detail; an excellent 21st century improvisation orchestra captured live. |
![]() Ishida, Naoki: Tone Redust [Used Item] (Quasi Pop -- Great Britain ) Price: $8.10 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Izquierdo / Lewandowski / Kuldkepp / Mayer: Favourite Galaxy [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Hamburg-based performing quartet of Lorena Izquierdo on free improvised voice, Aziz Lewandowski on cello & voice, Kris Kuldkepp on double bass and Felix Mayer on trombone are heard in these eight studio recordings of quietly creepy conversation, generally slow motion and reflectively introspective work that occasionally rises in throttled crescendo. |
![]() Jones with Friends, JC: Duos II [Used Item] (Kadima -- Israel ) Price: $7.20 ![]() ![]() In Stock Live recordings of JC Jones in duo settings, 14 different collaborations including Ned Rothenberg, Victoria Hanna, Harold Rubin, Josef Sprinzak, Nori Jacoby, &c. |
![]() Jones, JC: with Friends [Used Item] (Kadima -- Israel ) Price: $6.30 ![]() ![]() In Stock JC Jones on electroacoustic bass and live electronics performing duos with friends Harold Rubin, Ariel Shibolet, Maya Dunietz, Yuval Mesner, Josef Sprinzak, &c. |
![]() Jones, Jean Claude (JC): Give It Your All - Wild Guitar Musings 2 [Used Item] (Kadima -- Israel ) Price: $6.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Active and informed improvisations on acoustic guitar from Jean Claude "JC" Jones, label leader of the Kadima Collective and also known as a double bassist, though his roots are in the guitar, which he has returned to with vigor since 2016, performing on lap-style prepared acoustic and prepared Spanish guitar, heard here in 13 concise pieces titled by single words. |
![]() Katarsis4 (Bizys / Janonis / Pancerovas / Jusinskas): Katarsis4 [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $16.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock HOLED PUNCHED PROMO COPY |
![]() Kolibri, Mara / Fredi Proll: Primus 17 [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A diverse set of conversations between Austrian improvisers, drummer/percussionist Fredi Pröll (Trio Now!, Lull) and free vocalist Mara Kolibri, recording in the studio for seven concise and far-ranging dialogs, from cantankerous interactions to controlled incoherence of absurdly implied vocalization punctuated with creative percussive reaction, often returning to lyrical jazz-influenced moments. |
![]() Kosi: Stranger In Every Town [Used Item] (self-released -- USA ) Price: $6.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock NY/East Coast Jazz vocalist Kosi presents her 5th album, a rewarding album of original songs that depict her experiences touring as an independent singer-songwriter through jazz idioms influenced by blues and rock forms, her strong voice emotional and expressive while supported by a core sextet of New York musicians; lyrical, solid, passionate. |
![]() Lavelle, Matt: Cuica In The Third House [Used Item] (KMB Jazz -- USA ) Price: $4.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2007 solo debut of New York free improvising trumpeter Matt Lavelle, here performing on the hybrid instruments, the Bass-Trumpinet and Bass-Clarumpet, introduced and punctuated with spoken word insight and declarations, and using overdubs on selected tracks, making for an intimate and accomplished album of modern free jazz. |
![]() Lepany, Justin: Agnes (In Redemption) [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A half composed, half improvised album for solo electric guitar from composer and improviser Justin Lepany, known for his work with musicians like Sven-Ake Johansson and his composition "Ringing Peace" premiered during the 2014 Peace Nobel Prize ceremony: three diverse pieces using effects to create both density and spacious sonic fields. |
![]() Lisbon String Trio / Luis Lopes: Isotropy [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Isotropy - having a physical property which has the same value when measured in different directions - is the collaboration between the Lisbon String Trio of Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Miguel Mira (cello) and Alvaro Rosso (double bass) with Luis Lopes, here on acoustic guitar, in a 2 part extended improvisation recorded live at the 2020 Small Format Materials Festiva. |
![]() Lumpeks (Laurain / Borel / Koziel / Beliah): Lumpeks [Used Item] (Bolt / Umlaut -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bassist Sebastien Beliah leads this French-Polish quartet with Louis Laurain on cornet, Pierre Borel on alto saxophone, and Olga Koziel on voice & percussions, blending free jazz and traditional Polish music & songs with an experimental bent and the flourish of East European folk energy, a passionate mix that entertains and surprises the listener with unexpected twists & turns. |
![]() Martel, Frank / L'Ouest Celeste: Ye - Yi - You - Ya [Used Item] (Monsieur Fauteux -- Canada ) Price: $13.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Meurs! + Apolune: Meurs! + Apolune [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A co-production between BeCoq Records and Creative Sources, the quartet of saxophonist Mathhiew Lebrun with 3 guitarists--Leo Rathier, Paul Menard, and Thomas Coquelet--use preparations, feedbacks, glass, cymbals, microswitches, and unusual sax techniques to create unusual sonic environments that ebb and flow in introspective and disquieting ways. |
![]() Meyer, Richard: The Good Life! [Used Item] (Shanachie -- USA ) Price: $3.60 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Mitzlaff, Ulrich: Transparent - fluorescent sound fibres [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock German cellist and pianist living in Lisbon, Ulrich Mitzlaff recorded these two solo works titled "transparent — fluorescent sound fibers" #1 & #2 in 2015 and 2020, each voiced for extended and unusual instrumental technique in an interaction with percussive objects, the first from 2015 performing on cello, the second from 2020 performed on piano. |
![]() Monteiro, Alfredo Costa : Um Em Um [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $10.85 ![]() ![]() In Stock An unusual release from the accordion, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, placed microphones in a way to enhance the harmonics and all the particularities of every sound, layering slowly moving tones and their harmonic interaction, allowing unexpected details to emerge. |
![]() Mwamba, Corey : Nth [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A sophisticated and lyrical album of modern jazz led by UK vibraphonist Corey Mwamba, also on glockenspiel & beak flute, in a quartet with Laura Cole on piano, Andy Champion on double bass, and Johnny Hunter on drums & small percussion, with all pieces "devised and scored" by Mwamba alongside one collective improvisation; powerfully refined modern jazz. |
![]() Nyberg, Lina: Palaver [Used Item] (Moserobie Music -- Sweden ) Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock Vocalist Lina Nyberg in a quintet with David Stackenas (guitar), Cecilia Persson (piano), Josef Kallerdahl (bass) & Peter Danemo (drums), singing original works plus one by poet Coleman Barks, and Paul Simon's "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright". |
![]() Orchestra Entropy: Rituals [Used Item] (Discus -- UK ) Price: $8.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock An extended work for 10 improvisers using a composite composition of graphic scores, open notations, and two trio sub-pieces titled "skelf" (electric guitar, double bass and drums) and "antiphon" (violin, viola and double bass), all directed by UK saxophonist Matt London in an ensemble with reeds, winds, brass, strings, electric guitar, and Mark Sanders on drums. |
![]() Prual, Matthieu: Inside Walks [Used Item] (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $10.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock A unique approach to solo reeds and winds from French multi-reedist Matthieu Prual, also on flute and ORLA Keyboard, maintaining lyrical and comprehensible approaches with strong technical skills in captivating and succinct statements, truly excellent work. |
![]() resAUnance : Migration [Used Item] (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut album by the chamber-jazz quartet resAUnance of Jonathan Golove on electric cello, Michael McNeill on piano, John Bacon on vibraphone and percussion, and Esin Gunduz on voice, blending compositional, improvisation, & Turkish folk music into passionate and beautiful works. |
![]() Roberts, Dean: Not Fire [Used Item] (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $15.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Berlin-based songwriter Dean Roberts' first album in 12 years is a collection of dark and melancholic songs, set in unusual formats based around guitar, electronics, strings, with subtle rhythmic elements, performed by Dean's Dark Moth Ensemble, with additional musicians that include Boris Hauf on piano and The Neck's keyboardist Chris Abrahams on harp. |
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