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	Tippetts, Julie / Martin Archer: Illusion [2 CDs] Label: Discus Product Code: 32479 Catalog Code: 131CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Their first album after a 6-year break, the collaboration of vocalist Julie Tippetts and multi-reedist & electronic artist Martin Archer is heard in two distinct presentations: a large and stunningly complex suite with an ensemble of acoustic and electronic artists; and a sequence of 13 separate and contrasting songs, performed by various small groups drawn from the JTMA Ensemble.
	Eclectic Maybe Band: Again Alors? Label: Discus Product Code: 31726 Catalog Code: 130CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Led by Univers Zero bassist and composer Guy Seger, the third album from Eclectic Maybe Band combines elements of rock, jazz, electronic and abstract landscapes, performed by an ensemble of chamber rock players including Discus label leader Martin Archer, varying groupings within the band focusing on each section in a mix of composed and improvised approaches.
	Das Rad (Archer / Robinson / Dinsdale): Laik Tors Label: Discus Product Code: 31321 Catalog Code: 119CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The third album from the Sheffield-based trio Das Rad of Nick Robinson on guitars, keys & electronics, Martin Archer on woodwinds, keys & electronics, Steve Dinsdale on drums & keyboards, influenced by progressive rock, kosmiche, and fusion forms, here evolving and refining their melodic approach to genre-crossing styles merging composition and improvisation.
	Archer / Keeffe / Pyne: Hi Res Heart Label: Discus Product Code: 31120 Catalog Code: 108CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Inspired by the 70's Leo Smith Trio and the AACM tradition, during pandemic lockdowns UK multi-reedist & wind player Martin Archer, Charlotte Keeffe on trumpet & electronics and Martin Pyne on drums, percussion, vibraphone & toy piano, developed these 12 pieces where each member recorded four ideas independently, the other two arranging and recording their own parts in response.
	Inclusion Principle (Perez / Archer): The Leaf Factory Fallback Label: Discus Product Code: 30215 Catalog Code: 38CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The duo of Herve Perez (Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, AXIS) and Discus label leader Martin Archer, both saxophonists and sound artists using a collection of software instruments, organs, computer instruments and field recordings in a live-in-the-studio recording of remarkable electroacoustic performance, blurring free jazz and abstract sound in fascinating ways.
	Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Five Label: Discus Product Code: 29753 Catalog Code: DISCUS 101CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The 5th album from the UK collective improvising progressive rock band of reedist Martin Archer, drummer Steve Dinsdale, bassists Lorin Halsall & Terry Todd, percussionist Walt Shaw, keyboardist Andy Peake, violinist Yvonna Magda and string player & vocalist Jad Todd, merging acoustic and electronic instruments in rich and often dreamlike forms that flow with spirited refinement.
	Das Rad (Archer / Robinson / Dinsdale): Adios Al Futuro Label: Discus Product Code: 29584 Catalog Code: 94CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The 2nd release from the UK instrumental rock band Das Rad of Nick Robinson on guitars, keyboards & electronics, Martin Archer on woodwind, keyboards, synth bass & electronics, and Steve Dinsdale on drums, keyboards & electronics, expand their sound and referenes as they tug on the heartstrings of prog, krautrock and other advanced rock forms with modern and mellotron-fueled orchestration.
	Caines, Ron / Martin Archer AXIS: Dream Feathers Label: Discus Product Code: 28721 Catalog Code: 88CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The "AXIS" of UK saxophonist Ron Caines and multi-reedist Martin Archer, also on organ and electronics, in a subtle septet with outstanding players including Laura Cole on piano and Johnny Hunter on drums, in a set of dream-like and lyrically beautiful improvisations, merging electronics and horns over a powerfully solid rhythm section that create warm textural cycles.
	Eclectic Maybe Band: Reflections In A Moebius Ring Mirror Label: Discus Product Code: 27411 Catalog Code: 83CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The second album of this Guy Segers (Univers Zero) project in an eclectic ensemble of improvisers, rock musicians and experimenters, a genre-defying project of primarily instrumental work with interventions of song, merging acoustic & electric instruments with electronics, live improvisation with studio manipulation, to find new forms of mesmerizing music.
	Das Rad (Archer / Robinson / Dinsdale): Das Rad Label: Discus Product Code: 26736 Catalog Code: 075CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Influenced by progressive rock, kosmiche, and fusion forms, the UK trio Das Rad of Nick Robinson on guitars & electronics, Martin Archer on sax, reeds, winds, keys and electronics, Steve Dinsdale on drums and percussion, and Julie Archer on voice, bringing 70s sounds to modern sensibilities and superb creative playing, a great achievement.
	Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Four Label: Discus Product Code: 26732 Catalog Code: 070CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Declaring Terry Riley, Magma, Krautrock, and Sun Ra as influences, this is the fourth album from wind and keyboard player Martin Archer's Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, an augmented six-piece UK ensemble whose rock affinities also embrace improvisation and minimalism, a heady mix of virtuosic playing with melodic intention and extremely detailed tapestries of sound; dreamy and elegiac.
	Meloche, Chris / Martin Archer / Gino Robair / Lyn Hodnett: The Sincerity Of Light Label: Discus Product Code: 25751 Catalog Code: 68CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The quartet of Canadian electronics composer Chris Meloche and label leader Martin Archer on woodwinds and electronics orchestrated these pieces, performed with improvsations from Gino Robair on percussion and electronics and Lyn Hodnett on voice, for a 3 part work of rich interactive loops, drones and soundscape, ranging from spine-chilling to lush and lovely environments.
	Archer, Martin & Engine Room Favourites: Safety Signal From A Target Town Label: Discus Product Code: 25749 Catalog Code: 66CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Saxophonist Martin Archer composed the five works on this, the 3rd release for Engine Room Favorites, his AACM-influenced big band with a tremendous orchestration of horns with drums, vibes, piano and bass, here with their most complex yet melodic and rich release yet, including melodic elements of folk music, powerful rhythms from prog-oriented rock, and free improv and jazz.
	Deep Tide Quartet (Archer / Macari / Cole / Shaw): See One, Do One, Teach One Label: Discus Product Code: 24583 Catalog Code: 64CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Originally a studio project, The UK Deep Tide Trio of Martin Archer on sax, Kim Macari on trumpet, Laura Cole on piano and Walt Shaw on percussion & live electronics evolved into a performing organization based on the strength of their open-ended approach to free jazz and improvisation, heard here balancing melody and structure in well-paced and thoughtful improv.
	Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Label: Discus Product Code: 24204 Catalog Code: 40CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The debut release of the UK improvising rock group Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, co-led by Martin Archer & Chris Bywater, in a double CD blending kosmische musik, space rock, and contemporary classical, an improbable meeting between Ligeti, Klaus Schulze, & Quarkspace, supplemented at times by a string quartet, a sax quintet, and a 25-piece mixed choir.
	Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: 03 Label: Discus Product Code: 24203 Catalog Code: 63CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The improvising rock group Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, led by Martin Archer, Chris Bywater, and Steve Dinsdale, in their 3rd album of innovative improvisation, haunting hypnotic grooves and blasts of sheer exuberance, with the band augmented by strings and trombone to give them a larger and more intense sound.
	Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: 02 Label: Discus Product Code: 23733 Catalog Code: 047CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
An absolutely impressive album blending advanced/progressive rock forms with improvisation, starting from collective improvisation and layering in the studio to create a sophisticated psychedelic music, the second album from this ensemble that is headed by Martin Archer (reeds & keys), Chris Bywater (keys & synth), and Steve Dinsdale (drums & percussion).
	Sunshine! Quartet (Archer / Mwamba / Bennett / Fairclough): Sunshine! Quartet Label: Discus Product Code: 23376 Catalog Code: 59CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
A small group setting where each performer brings a composition to the session, with Discus family members Martin Archer on saxophones, Corey Mwamba on vibraphone, Seth Bennet on double bass, and Peter Fariclough on drums, for jazz that balances melodic and formidable free improvisation.
	Archer, Martin : Story Tellers Label: Discus Product Code: 23374 Catalog Code: 57CD Country: UK		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Martin Archer introduces a new sextet based on Chicago's AACM approach to free improvisation, in a 2-CD set of 6 large works divided into 5 or 6 chapters each, presenting character themes, rhythm ideas, composed duets, and improvised instructions; superb!
	Juxtavoices: Warning: May Contain Notes Label: Discus Product Code: 23373 Catalog Code: 58CD/DVD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Juxtavoices is an anti-choir of 30 voices whose repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of classic modernist poems and found texts, here in a CD/DVD release with a reinterpretation of early an Cabaret Voltaire recordings and a terrifying ascent into hell.
	Archer / Clark / Grew / Hunter: Felicity's Ultimatum Label: Discus Product Code: 23372 Catalog Code: 060CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The 2nd release in a new series of small groups drawn from members of the Discus Music family, where the group meets, writes, rehearses and records in one single session, here developing ten compositions from all four players edited into a continuous sequence of structure and improvisation, embracing melody, texture and pure abstraction.