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Vogel, Sabine / Chris Abrahams / Landscape Quartet: The Berlin Series No. 4 (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A split CD from Berlin-based flautist and composer Sabine Vogel: a composition using recordings made at various exterior locations as part of her work with Landscape Quartet; and a recording of a live improvisation as part of the 2012 NOW now festival in Sydney. |
Wick / Greenwald: 37:55 (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock New York improvising artists trumpeter Jacob Wick and percussionist Andrew Greenwald in 4 tracks of minimally dense and persuasively smeary compositions. |
Wolff, Christian / Keith Rowe: ErstLive 010 (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock New York School stalwart and John Cage collaborator Christian Wolff met AMM and EA-improvising guitarist Keith Rowe to perform this extended work at erstwhile's AMPLIFY 2011 show in NYC's The Stone. |
Wooley, Nate: Wrong Shape to be a Story Teller (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock |
Yoshida, Ami / Christof Kurzmann: a s o (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock |
Yoshida, Ami / Toshimaru Nakamura: Soba to Bara (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock Two of the original innovators of the Tokyo "onkyo" sound movement, understated ea-improvisations, in their first collaboration, constructed asynchronous recordings. |
Yoshihide / Ozeki / Gustafsson: with records (Doubtmusic -- Japan ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock It started with a Mats Gustafsson's LP, for which Ozeki Mitkito created a polyvinyl chloride cutout, which Otomo manipulated on his turntable, recording this limited hand-numbered CD. |
Cosottini / Melani / Miano / Pisani: Cardinal (Impressus Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock The quartet of Cosottini, Melano, Pisani, Miano (EAQuartet Electroacoustic) in compositions referring to the 4 cardinal map points using graphic scores, games, open readings, &c. |
Dixon Orchestra, Bill: 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur (Aum Fidelity -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Legendary trumpeter, composer and educator Bill Dixon in a 17 piece orchestra playing original compositions live at the 12th Vision Festival in New York City. |
Prevost, Eddie / Alan Wilkinson: So Are We, So Are We (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Price: $18.95 In Stock |
Prevost, Helene: A La Plage (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A mix of sound art and improvisation from Quebec/Actuelle musician Helene Prevost, 10 minimal "Plages", or luminous surfaces, created with Eric Normand, Stephae Claude, and Mario Gauthier. |
AMM: Spanish Fighters (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Price: $17.95 In Stock Recorded at the festival Neposlusno (Sound Disobedience) in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2012, the AMM duo of Eddie Prevost on percussion and John Tilbury on piano perform an extend improvisation of tension and dynamic, delicately balancing sound in a rich dialog. |
Frey, Peter / Daniel Studer: Zwirn (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "Zwirn" means "twine" in German, an apt description of the interweaving sound that double bassists Daniel Studer and Peter Frey play together, in 7 freely improvised works of unusual technique and new musical structures. |
Gumpert, Ulrich / Gunter Baby Sommer: La Paloma (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $18.95 Out of Stock The second release on Intakt pairing pianist Ulrich Gumpert and percussionist Gunter Baby Sommer in an album that borrows from blues, boogie-woogie, hard bop, German folk songs, and free jazz. |
Monteiro, Alfredo Costa: centre of mass (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Limited edition CDR from AT's Byways series, a stunning piece for solo cymbal, demonstrating an extraordinary variety and musicality from such limited means. |
Phillips, Simon James : Blage 3 (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $17.95 In Stock A reduction of composer Simon James Phillips' 5 hour improvisation performed with Tony Buck (drums), Werner Dafeldecker (bass), BJ Nilsen (electronics), Liz Allbee (trumpet), Arthur Rother (guitar) & Simon James Phillips (piano) exploring time, perception and place. |
Smith's Mbira, Wadada Leo: Dark Lady Of The Sonnets (Tum -- Finland ) Price: $17.95 Out of Stock Drawing on American creative music, Mbira music of Zimbabwe, and traditional Chinese music, trumpeter Leo Smith's ensemble with drummer Pheeroan akLaff and pipa player Min Xiao-Fen perform 5 extraordinary compositions of lyrical vision. |
Greenlee, Shawn: Nysa (Utech Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock |
Rodrigues / Dorner / Torres / Fragenheim: Nor (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The freely improvising quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues, Axel Dorner, Nuno Torres and Alexander Frangenheim recorded this beautiful album of dark sound in Germany in 2014, 3 movements of understated dialog using unexpected techniques in a subtle dialog. |
Wolff, Christian / Wandelweiser Komponisten Ensemble: Stones (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Antoine Beuger, Burkhard Schlothauer, Chico Mello, Jurg Frey, Kunsu Shim, Michael Pisaro-Liu, and Thomas Stiegler participate in this realization of Christian Wolff's compositions to make sounds or draw sounds out of stones, alone or with other surfaces, acoustically or amplified. |
Scarcity Of Tanks: Vulgar Defender (Total Life Society Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock New York/Ohio skronkers Scarcity of Tanks with Jim Sauter of Borbetomagus plus Kid Millions in a hard free rock free improv blast. |
Wolff, Christian / Michael Pisaro-Liu: Looking Around (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A fascinating collaboration from two minimalist/Wandelweiser figures: Christian Wolff on prepared piano, whistles, and stones, and Michael Pisaro-Liu on guitar, harmonica and stones, recording together in Caimbridge, MA for two extended works, "Looking East" and "Looking West". |
Friction (Akinobu / Minoru / Reck): Zone Tripper (Tzadik -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Friction, one of the most important and longest running underground bands in Japan, is currently the trio of Reck (bass, guitar & vocals), Iami Akinobu (guitar) and Sato Minoru (drums), in a hard-edged album of original songs and remixes; demanding and powerful modern rock. |
Fujii, Satoko New York Orchestra: Shiki (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 In Stock Satoko Fujii's amazing Orchestra New York returns with a composition that she describes as "a picture that extends beyond the canvas", performed with Oscar Noriega, Briggan Krauss, Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby, Andy Laster, Herb Robertson, Steven Bernstein, &c &c. |
Rodrigues / Yamauchi / Santos: The Presence Of Air Particles Ignited By Memory (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Remarkably detailed, slowly moving improvisation from the trio of Katsura Yamauchi on alto sax, Carlos Santos on electronics, and Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, harp and objects, a beautiful balance of acoustic and electronic sound in intensely concentrated music. |
Ciciliani, Marko: 81 Matters in Elemental Order (Evil Rabbit -- The Netherlands ) Price: $15.95 In Stock 81 short tracks performed on the no-input mixer without multitracking or processing, intended to be played in a random sequence. |
Garet, Richard: Intrinsic Motion (Non Visual Objects (NVO) -- Austria ) Price: $19.95 In Stock |
Gomberg, Billy / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi : [4X4 Poster/Print w/ Download Link] (Winds Measure -- USA ) Price: $10.95 In Stock Of interest to lowercase/Wandelweiser fans, the quartet of Billy Gomberg, Anne Guthrie, Richard Kamerman and Takahiro Kawaguchi use synthesizer, french horn, found objects, & field recordings, frequency generators, to create evolving sound environments of unique sound and timbre. |
Owen, Ben : Birds And Water, 2&3 (For Cassette) [CASSETTE] (Winds Measure -- USA ) Price: $7.95 In Stock Brooklyn-based Ben Owen recorded this work in 2010 at the Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY, presenting the original work "Birds And Water" and two edits, which are mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi. |
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. |
Gauguet, Bertrand: Shiro (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock French alto saxophonist Bertrand Gauguet uses acoustic techniques and microtonal approaches to the reed instrument, presenting 4 tracks of acoustic-only playing, and 4 with amplifiers and guitar feedback, creating cogitative sonic environments of remarkable patience and pure and intersection tonal and timbral harmonics; remarkable work. |
Jerman / Salis / Sanna: KIO GE (Confront -- UK ) Price: $13.95 In Stock A collaboration between American sound artist Jeph Jerman and Italian percussionists Paolo Sanna and Giacomo Salis, twelve intriguing short improvisations using extended techniques and lowercase approaches that include minimal textures, field recordings, abstract atmospheres and organic sounds. |
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. |
Duthoit, Isabelle / Franz Hautzinger: Lily (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock French free vocalist Isabelle Duthoit met world traveling improviser and Zeitkratzer trumpeter Franz Hautzinger in New York City to record these highly unusual duos, using extreme techniques and inexplicable intent to create 9 uniquely aberrant accompaniments to your most subtle and strange dreams; reference Phil Minton, Axel Dorner, Freddie Kruger. |
Forge, Mathias / Olivier Toulemonde: pie 'n' mash (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 In Stock Virtuosic French-based trombonist Mathias Forge and Brussels-based electroacoustic composer-turned improviser Olivier Toulemonde recording live in Sheffield, 2010. |
Magic I.D., The : till my breath gives out [VINYL] (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $24.95 Out of Stock Superb 1st erstwhile 'pop' release as only an erstwhile artist could define the term: abstract lower case and perceptive songs with dual clarinets creating harmonic interactions (Kai Fagaschinski & Michael Thieke, aka The International Nothing), guitar & voice from Margareth Kammerer and electronics & vocals from Christoph Kurzmann. |
Neumann, Andrea / Bonnie Jones: Green Just As I Could See (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Four extended electroacoustic works from Berlin's inside pianist and mixing board artist Andrea Neumann and Baltimore's Bonnie Jones on electronics, minimal and edgy pieces of unusual and absorbing character. |
Suzuki, Akio / David Toop: Breath - Taking (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Minimal improvisation using a meditative set of instruments including stone flute, small stones, and a "silent toy", from David Toop recording with Akio Suzuki on a rare trip to the UK. |
Trio Sowari (Beins, Denzler, Durrant): Shortcut (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Trio Sowari's second recording, subtle interactions using a wide palette of sound and approaches, mixing electronics and acoustics in amazing improvisation. |
Volden, Havarad & Toshi Nakamura: Crepuscular Rays (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A reference to rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from a single point in the sky around dusk or dawn, as heard through a combination of acoustic guitar, objects and no-input mixing board. |
Alvear, Cristian / Seijiro Murayama: Karoujite (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock "Karoujite" is a Japanese term translating to scarcely, describing the minimalist attitude that Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Japanese percussionist Seijiro Murayama approach this hybrid of composed and improvised music, using a focus of repetitive structures with slight variation to create a hypnotic and entrancing set of music. |
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. |
Rowe, Keith / Michael Pisaro-Liu: 13 Thirteen [2 CDs] (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $23.95 Out of Stock A collaboration between composer Michael Pisaro-Liu and AMM guitarist/improviser Keith Rowe, with each bringing scores which they improvised over, creating 13 discrete sections including samples from Shostakovich's 13th String Quartet, balancing activity, space and silence in patient ways that only two such experienced composer/improvisers could. |
Davis, Matt / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell: Confront Collectors Series (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Re-issue of one of the earliest Confront releases, the trio of trumpeter Matt Davis, violinist Phil Durrant and cellist Mark Wastell performing subtle and sophisticated free improvisation at St. Michael's and All Angels church, Chiswick, London in 2000. |
Dorner / Hayward / Krebs / Neumann: The Berlin Series No. 3 (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock A split CD presenting contrasting aspects of 'Berlin reductionism': "Roananax 1999" - from the quartet of Axel Dorner, Robin Hayward, Annette Krebs and Andrea Neumann; and "Obliq 2014" from the current Berlin group of Pierre Borel, Hannes Lingens and Derek Shirley. |
Lauzier / Martel: Sainct Laurens (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Sparse but detailed improvisational journeys from the long-running duo of saxophonist Philippe Lauzier and bassist/electronic artist Pierre-Yves Martel. |
Narthex (Baron / Blairon): Formnction (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Saxophonist Marc Baron & bassist Loic Blairon recorded 6 improvisations and then recomposed and organized them into these two 30 minute works, one acoustic and one digital. |
Rodrigues / Guerreiro / Wolfarth: All About Mimi (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock The intense lowercase trio of Creative Source label leader Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, percussionist Christian Wolfarth on cymbals, and Ricardo Guerreiro on interactive computer performing the 6 part "All About Mimi" in the studio. |
Belorukov, Ilia / Ernesto Rodrigues / Nuno Torres: Tak Prosto (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Two recordings from the lowercase acoustic improvising trio of Portuguese players Ernesto Rodriduges on viola and Nuno Torres on alto saxophone and objects with Saint Petersburg alto saxophonist Ilia Belorukov, recording at Belorukov's Spina! label's studio, and again live at Vertikal' Gallery in Saint Petersburg in 2016. |
Pip. (Rasten / Larsen): Pip. (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock "On "Pip", we get another fabulous performance, now by Norwegians Fredrik Rasten on guitar and Torstein Lavik Larsen on trumpet. Their acoustic music is minimal, repetitive, slow and with an eery intensity. It is less dark than some of... |
Good, Kevin : Listen (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Kevin Good organized this composition from four field recordings collected near Avon, CT, isolating sounds that he found interesting and then attempting to recreate them on other instruments, finally adding the human voice sparsely utilized throughout the piece, all to promote the idea of listeners actively paying attention to the sounds of their environment. |
Area, David / Tomas Gris / Ernesto Rodrigues : Chorismos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock An album of patience and concentrated listening from the lowercase trio of David Area on electronics, Tomas Gris on guitar and objects, and Ernesto Rodrigues on harp and objects, each player subtly coaxing sounds out of their instruments while the electronics act as environmental ambience over which tones slowly voice, recede and occasionally punctuate. |
Kobi, Christian (solo and with Taku Sugimoto / Yoko Ikeda / Wakana Ikeda: Atta! (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Four solo saxophone improvisations, two on tenor and two on soprano, using remarkable technique and concentration from Swiss improviser Christian Kobi performing live in Tokyo and Osaka in 2017, plus a live quartet improvisation with flutist Wakana Ikeda, violinist Yoko Ikeda, and guitarist Taku Sugimoto for an open-approached performance of detailed, minimal improv. |
Bondi, Cyril : Euhesma, 2017 (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Swiss composer and percussionist Cyril Bondi, recording with d'incise, renders his piece "euhesma" (a genus within the bee family in Australia), a work performed on indian harmonium, melodica, harmonica, pitch pipes, and electric organ that slowly introduces and overlaps tones, varying the pitch, harmony, and amplitude to create rich aural environments. |
Chrysakis, Thanos: Subterranean Sky (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Aural Terrains label leader and electronic composer Thanos Chrysakis in a work in five movements based on field recordings, synthesized, and acoustic instrumental sounds. |
Davis, Kris: Aeriol Piano (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock The debut solo CD from in-demand pianist Kris Davis (Paradoxical Frog, Novela, Good Citizen, Anti-House), an absorbing and innovative album of original numbers and standards played inside and out of the piano. |
Tickmayer, Stevan Kovacs: Repetetive Selective Removal of One Protecting Group (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $12.95 Out of Stock |
Wolff, Christian / Antoine Beuger: Where Are We Going, Today (erstwhile -- USA ) Price: $14.95 Out of Stock Using piano, objects, charango, flute, voice, whistles, and a copy of the Editions Wandelweiser recording of Christian Wolff's "Stones", improvisers and composer Christian Wolff and Antoine Beuger present the two part "Where Are You Going Today", a series of events punctuated by silence and Beuger's brief recitations, creating great tension and mystery. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues/ Eduardo Chagas/ Andre Hencleeday/ Carlos Santos : Spiric Sections (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The affect of Carlos Santos' electronics and recordings are the foundation of this Portuguese quintet's improvisations, creating an environment over which Ernesto & Guilherme Rodrigues on viola & cello, Eduardo Chagas on trombone, and Andre Hencleeday add subtle gestures of unusual approaches to their instruments, in a mysterious album of lowercase improv. |
Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor: Transfer (Unsounds -- Netherlands ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A collection of guitar, electronic and voice pieces from Anne-James Chaton and Andy Moor, originally released as a series of four seven inch singles here combined into a single CD with 3 bonus tracks. |
Savoldelli, Boris: Biocosmopolitan (MoonJune -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Vocalist Savoldelli in an exquisitely-crafted album of overdubbed vocal work, with help from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bassist Jimmy Haslip; elaborite harmonies, interlocking rhythms, exultant influences. |
SKIF++ (Carey / van Heumen / Koolwijk): .next (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock This laptop trio create a dense and scurrying sound world of a surprising freeform nature that avoids cliches by combining sound-generation tools for ever-shifting results. |
Ichiyanagi, Toshi with Eye Music: Sapporo (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Written in 1963 for up to 15 peformers plus a conductor who may also make sound, Japanese composer and Fluxus artist Toshi Ichiyanagi's score has 16 pages marked with combinations of lines, dots and letters indicating duration, number of events, and moments of restraint, each player using a different page, with certain options of switching pages with another player during performance. |
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Mar / Espvall / Faustino / Mira / &c.: Sul (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Recorded at the Galeria Monumental during the Small Format Materials II Festival, Sul is a large string-oriented ensemble led by Ernesto Rodrigues that includes percussionist Andrew Drury and double bassist Hernani Faustino, alongside Creative Sources core players, orchestrated with viola, violin, cello, double bass, classical guitar, zither, percussion and objects. |
Isotope Ensemble: Lanthanum (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Creative Sources collective Isotope Ensemble led by Ernesto Rodrigues performed with a large electroacoustic group continues their investigation of isotopes, focusing on Lanthanum, a soft metal used in flints, through subtly-developing interplay the band, moving as one body, reaching several highly controlled periods of passionate improvisation, contrasting with beautifully serene sections; impressive. |
Earth Tongues (Costa / Peck / Moffett): Rune (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Price: $13.95 In Stock Paying attention to tone, tension, space and silence, the trio of Carlo Costa on percussion, Joe Moffett on trumpet, and Dan Peck on tuba use extended and unusual techniques in a meditative and highly concentrative album of free improvisation, the first album from this trio whose attentive approach to improvisation rewards in unique sonic environments. |
Houben / Rodrigues / Rodrigues: The Haecceity Of Things (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A mysterious album of viola, viola d'amore, organ, and field recordings, merging the compositional minimal approach of Wandelweiser artist Eva-Maria Houben with Creative Sources performers Ernesto & Guilherme Rodrigues, the field recordings creating a virtual setting of environmental stillness, evoking slow motion in the unique "thisness" of haecceity. |
Rodrigues, / Rodrigues / Santos: Le Havre (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Recording at the Pied Nu Festival, in Le Havre, France in 2018, the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Carlos Santos on electronics present an extended and mysteriously subtle album of electroacoustic improvisation, detailed and remarkably controlled conversation of near telepathic anticipation from three intimate collaborators. |
Petzold, Dietrich / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues : Ljubljana (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock German violinist & composer Dietrich Petzold joins violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, Petzold also bringing along a viola, clavichord and bowed metal objects, as the three perform live at SKUC Gallery, in Ljubljana, Slovenia for the 6 improvisations that build from languid tonal environments to detailed, rapid improv, all with remarkable control and patience. |
Dorgon: Shot in the Face (Jumbo -- USA ) Price: $12.95 In Stock Featuring an x-rated insert in a puff-up brown paper package, Mr. Dorgon attacks with two electronic works and a harmonica solo from a live show on KFJC in California. |
Oki, Itapu / Axel Dorner: Root Of Bohemian (Improvising Beings -- France ) Price: $13.95 Out of Stock Two trumpeters 20 years apart, Germany's Axel Dorner and Japan's Itaru Oki are both known for their versatile approach to jazz, from traditional to the freest forms using extended techniques, in a unique dialog challenging the limits of the horn with fascinating results. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Miguel Mira / Anna Piosik / Carlos Santos: Eris (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A quintet album of minimal/lowercase electroacoustic improvisation recordeded at Penedo in Portugal from Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Miguel Mira on cello, Anna Piosik on trumpet, and Carlos Santos on electronics, each performer using extended techniques, contrasting atmospheric tones with percussive, often pointillistic approaches. |
Galao, Paulo / Guilherme Rodrigues / Nuno Morao: Hymn (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A suite in seven parts named in Latin with abstract spiritual connotations from the Portuguese free improvising trio of Paulo Galao on clarinet & bass clarinet, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Nuno Morao on percussion, each movement using subdued yet detailed and active motion, a confident and adept meditation of powerfully controlled communion. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Lauri Hyvarinen / Abdul Moimeme / Carlos Santos: Kuori (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Finnish guitarist Lauri Hyvarinen joins Portugues Creative Sources collective members Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Abdul Moimeme on electric guitar, and Carlos Santos on synthesizer, for a studio album whose title refers to the shell of an object, a mysterious reference peeled away by this quartet through subliminal playing of intense technique and concentration. |
Saeki, Minami / Wakana Ikeda / Yoko Ikeda / Taku Sugimoto / Stefan Thut / Manfred Werder: Sextet (Meenna -- Japan ) Price: $16.95 Out of Stock While touring Europe in the autumn of 2017, Minami Saeki (voice), Wakana Ikeda (flute), Yoko Ikeda (viola), and Taku Sugimoto (guitar) visited Switzerland and met up with Swiss musicians Stefan Thut (cello) and Manfred Werder (glockenspiel & typewriter), recording these five minimal improvisations in a recording session at the concert venue Theater Delly. |
Rodrigues / Leblanc / Lopes: Montreal (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Named for the city in which it was recorded, the trio of Karoline Leblanc on harpsichord, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, and Paulo J Ferreira Lopes on gongs & cymbals, is a mysterious and ritualistic album, Lopes' gongs slowly intoning as the strings use unusual techniques, much of the harpsichord played inside; a subtle and beautiful reflection of historic Montreal. |
Dyberg / Masing / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Jacobson: Egin (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Recording live in Berlin at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, the quartet of Portuguese father/son string players Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Danish saxophonist Mia Dyberg on alto sax, and Polish double bassist Tomo Jacobson present a precisely controlled concert of subtly detailed free improvisation using impressive technique and momentum. |
Fages, Ferran / Ernesto Rodrigues: Cru (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A composite of environmental sounds, electronics, and viola, recorded in Barcelona, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal from intrepid audio explorers Ferran Fages and Ernesto Rodrigues, the single long work taking the listener on a theoretical journey of transparent traffic, squealing wheels and indeterminate location, engrossing in its detail and the mystery it presents. |
Schlothauer, Burkhard : Harmonies And Structures (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Price: $12.95 In Stock When the Zeitkratzer Ensemble was asked to perform a late ensemble work by John Cage, director Reinhold Friedl turned to composer Burkhard Schlothauer, who reworked one of Cage's Number Pieces to create this rich piece using Cage's methods; plus a composition for the dance piece "Bewegte Bauhausbilder"; and an octet commissioned for the Klangzeit-Festival Time Is On My Side. |
Garcia, Miguel A. / Oier Iruretagoiena / Abdul Moimeme / Lorea Oar-Arteta / Ernesto Rodrigues / Carlos Santos: Sitsa (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Joing Portuguese and Spanish improvisers for four recordings in Bilbao, Spain, this sextet presents sound works using unusual orchestration--piano harp, viola, guitar, metals, electric organ, paper, contact mics, and electronics--balancing spacious exploration with assertive moments of percussive and caustic sound, evolving bold sonic and timbral combinations. |
IKB: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock Recording at the 12th CreativeFest at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal, the IKB ensemble is represented by 20 musicians for this performance, merging acoustic and electronic instruments including strings, brass, winds, self-made instruments, and percussion in a concert of intense constraint & patience, seething with detail and replete with consummate skill. |
Limbo Ensemble: Limbo (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock A fascinating confluence of improvisation and contemporary compositional approaches from this Spanish ensemble led by composer and drummer Nasim Lopez Palacios, using 5 reeds, trumpet, flute, piano, electric guitar, harp, double bass, drums and electronics in an extended work exploring space, tension and motion, with a beautiful build to catharsis. |
Lisbon String Trio / Gil Goncalves: Merz (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 In Stock The Lisbon String Trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Miguel Mira on cello, and Alvaro Rosso on contrabass continue their recent string of collaborations with a fourth player, Portuguese tuba player Gil Goncalves joining to addd a unique complement to their strings, as Goncalves adds bass, blats, growls and unique timbres of upper register low brass. |
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Olaf Rupp / Guilherme Rodrigues : Man Is Wolf To Man (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $15.95 Out of Stock Guitarist Olaf Rupp recorded this trio session with violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, capturing five improvisations from around 8 minutes to 18 in length, the first three demonstrating intense interaction with an overall sense of restraint, closing with two more reflective works, a beautiful balance of reductionist sensibility amid superb technique. |
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AMM: Spanish Fighters
Ichiyanagi, Toshi with Eye Music: Sapporo
Fujii, Satoko New York Orchestra: Shiki
Pulverize the Sound (Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride): Black
Duthoit, Isabelle / Franz Hautzinger: Lily
Avenel, Jean-Jacques / Siegfried Kessler / Daunik Lazro : Ecstatic Jazz (Crypte Des Franciscains Bez
Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell): Twenty
Pettersen, Ed: Vigeland
Wolff, Christian / Wandelweiser Komponisten Ensemble: Stones
Granberg, Magnus (w/ Miki Maruta / Ko Ishikawa / Toshimaru Nakamura): Come Down to Earth Where Sorro
Schiano, Mario (Schiano / Guy / Lovens / Parker / Tramontana): Social Security
International Nothing, The: In Doubt We Trust
International Nothing, The (Fagaschinski / Thieke): Less Action, Less Excitement, Less Everything
International Nothing, The (Fagaschinski / Thieke): Just None of Those Things
NAO (Vaz / Silva / Marques): Arcana
Rodrigues / Dorner / Torres / Fragenheim: Nor
Frey, Jurg / Radu Malfatti: II
Bondi, Cyril : Euhesma, 2017
Jerman / Salis / Sanna: KIO GE
Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik): Susurrus