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	Kalash, Dirar: Of Quietude Label: Discus Product Code: 30216 Catalog Code: 100CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Pianist Dirar Kalash is a Palestinian performer, whos concerts combine free improvisation, text, sound, image, video and movement; opportunities to record and perform are rare, but on a visit to the UK in 2020 Simon Reynell (Another Timbre) was able to record these two extended and exemplary improvisations at St Paul's Hall at the University Of Huddersfield.
	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.
	Locals, The (Thomas, Ward / Thomas / Lash / Hasson-Davis): The Locals Play The Music Of Anthony Braxton Label: Discus Product Code: 30010 Catalog Code: 103CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
An upbeat and energetic performance at the Konfrontation Festival, Ulrichsberg in 2006, featuring six early compositions by Anthony Braxton, arranged by pianist Pat Thomas and performed by the quintet of superb improvisers and interpreters Alex Ward on clarinet, Evan Thomas on electric guitar, Dominic Lash on electric bass, and Darren Hasson-Davis on drums.
	Taylor, Cecil / Tony Oxley: Being Astral And All Registers - Power Of Two Label: Discus Product Code: 29917 Catalog Code: 106CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Taken from the personal archives of UK drummer/percussionist Tony Oxley, this extremely well recorded duo session with frequent collaborator, iconoclastic NY pianist Cecil Taylor, are heard in a live performance at the Ulrichsberg Festival, Austria in 2002 for a brilliantly frenetic and masterfully controlled, creative set of two jaw-dropping extended dialogs.
	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.
	Tippett, Keith: The Monk Watches The Eagle Label: Discus Product Code: 29752 Catalog Code: DISCUS 102CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
As though an elegy for the departed pianist and composer, Keith Tippett does not perform on this work, which was commissioned for the 2004 Norwich and Norfolk Festival, but conducts an ensemble that includes Julie Tippetts on voice, a saxophone octet that includes long-time collaborator Paul Dunmall, and the polyphonic choir of the BBC Singers; an exquisite and stirring work.
	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.
	Oxley, Tony: February Papers Label: Discus Product Code: 29583 Catalog Code: 99CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Reissuing percussionist and electronic innovator Tony Oxley's 1977 Incus album, collecting works from Oxley's evolving approaches, including a quartet with bassist Barry Guy and violinists David Bourne & Philipp Wachsmann; a trio with Barry Guy and Ian Brighton on electric guitar; and solo pieces including a piece for Evan Parker emulating his sound through electronics.
	Orchestra Entropy: Rituals [Used Item] Label: Discus Product Code: 29463 Catalog Code: 85CD Country: UK		Price: $7.95 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.
	Orfeo 5 (Blezard / Bourne / Jafrate with Prince / Oliver / Kane): In The Green Castle [Used Item] Label: Discus Product Code: 29060 Catalog Code: 62CD Country: UK		Price: $10.95 In Stock
Orfeo 5 are Shaun Blezard on electronics, Keith Jafrate on saxophone, Matt Bourne on keyboards & cello, Tamlin Cook on guitar, Mary Oliver presenting spoken word, and Simon Prince on saxophone & flutes, blending jazz, improv, folk, dub, sound art and electronica to create evolving, improvised narrative music that create a sense of place and journey.
	Mwamba, Corey : Nth [Used Item] Label: Discus Product Code: 28885 Catalog Code: 86CD Country: UK		Price: $7.95 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.
	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.
	Geordie Approach, The (Birkeland / Fadnes / Charkey): Shields Label: Discus Product Code: 28720 Catalog Code: 84CDd Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Two Norwegians and a Geordie (ie, NE Englander), from drummer Stale Birkeland, saxophonist Petter Frost Fadnes, and guitarist Chris Sharkey, since 2007 creating epic works of rich electroacoustic improvisation, recording their third album after extensive touring through Europe and Japan, using the the natural resonance of the Chapel FM, in Leeds to enrich their sound.
	Frostlake: Ice & Bone [Used Item] Label: Discus Product Code: 28528 Catalog Code: 79CD Country: UK		Price: $7.95 In Stock
The second album from multi-instrumentalist Frostlake (Jan Todd, also of Orchestra of The Upper Atmosphere), hallucinatory songs of layered vocals accompanied by the creative bass of Terry Todd, for rich atmospheres with warm instrumentation augmented by field recordings; absorbing music that draws its listeners into their beautiful, psychedelic dream states.
	MPH (Maguire / Pynew / Hewins): Taxonomies Label: Discus Product Code: 28240 Catalog Code: 87CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 Out of Stock
A trio of legendary Canterbury, avant improvisation and contemporary compositional players come together for an album recorded live in the studio over two days, from Alex Maguire on piano and Hammond organ, Martin Pyne on vibraphone, drums, percussion & electronics, and Mark Hewins on guitars & electronics; inventive, sophisticated, hallucinatory & virtuosic work.
	Archer, Martin : Anthropology Band [2 CDs] Label: Discus Product Code: 28239 Catalog Code: 90CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Inspired by the music of 70's Miles Davis electric work, composer and saxophonist Martin Archer presents 15 compositions performed in two parallel sessions over two CDs, the first in a septet that includes Corey Mwamba, Pat Thomas and Dave Sturt, and the second an extended ensemble with brass and wind sections, each bringing distinctive life to these inspired compositions.
	Orchestra Entropy: Rituals Label: Discus Product Code: 28238 Catalog Code: 85CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 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.
	Mwamba, Corey : Nth Label: Discus Product Code: 28237 Catalog Code: 86CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 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.
	Beck Hunters: Has It Been Found? Label: Discus Product Code: 27415 Catalog Code: 78CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
UK Tenor saxophonist and bassoonist Beck Hunter (Feet Packets, Gated Community) leads his trio with Anton Hunter on guitar and Johnny Hunter on drums, their second album of confident, self-possessed free improvisation with both an assertive edge and excellent exploratory moments, a sense of humor and a serious intent, a great example of collective improv.
	Frostlake: Ice & Bone Label: Discus Product Code: 27414 Catalog Code: 79CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The second album from multi-instrumentalist Frostlake (Jan Todd, also of Orchestra of The Upper Atmosphere), hallucinatory songs of layered vocals accompanied by the creative bass of Terry Todd, for rich atmospheres with warm instrumentation augmented by field recordings; absorbing music that draws its listeners into their beautiful, psychedelic dream states.
	Archer, Martin : Another Fantastic Individual Label: Discus Product Code: 27413 Catalog Code: 80CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Reflecting on the Horweb Sax Quartet he was a member of during the 80s, UK improvising saxophonist Martin Archer uses AACM influences (and covers one Roscoe Mitchell piece) as he plays all parts of a series of "solo" saxophone recordings, layering his playing alone and in harmony, in call and response, and in insanely creative ways that never cease to engage his listeners.
	Tippett, Keith: The Unlonely Raindancer Label: Discus Product Code: 27412 Catalog Code: 81CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Mujician pianist Keith Tippetts embarked on his first solo tour in 1979, capturing these concert recordings that were originally released in 1980 on vinyl on the Universe Label; long out of print, Discus has revived these extraordinary recordings, showing the incredible technical abilities, endurance, and quick-witted creative powers of this legendary improviser.
	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: 75CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 Out of 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.
	Bugge, Maja : No Exit Label: Discus Product Code: 26735 Catalog Code: 74CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Recorded in Britain's longest tunnel--the Standedge Canal Tunnel--during the Marsden Jazz Festival 2017, Norwegian cellist and composer Maja Bugge's solo album uses the natural resonance of the tunnel as an accompaniment to her expressive playing, recorded at a concert that blended composed work with improvisations that respond to the tunnel's unique resonant properties.
	Caines, Ron / Martin Archer Axis: Les Oiseaux de Matisse Label: Discus Product Code: 26734 Catalog Code: 72CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Saxophonist Ron Caines, who led the innovative band East of Eden in the late 60s, joins a septet including Martin Archer on reeds & electronics, Laura Cole on keys, Gus Garside on bass, Johnny Hunter on drums, Graham Clark on violin & guitar, and Herve Perez on live sound processing & shakuhachi as they merge improv with real time processing and studio collage.
	Cole, Laura: Enough [2 CDS] Label: Discus Product Code: 26733 Catalog Code: 71CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Pianist Laura Cole's first solo album presents 2 CDs; the first a collection of arrangements of pieces given to Cole for the album from friends and colleagues, including Robert Mitchell, Alex Wilson, Nikki Iles, Jason Yarde and Corey Mwamba; the 2nd disc, "As Warm As The Sun" is a collection of compositions and improvisations by Cole herself.
	Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Four Label: Discus Product Code: 26732 Catalog Code: 70CD 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.
	Eclectic Maybe Band: The Blind Night Watchers' Mysterious Landscapes Label: Discus Product Code: 25750 Catalog Code: 67CD Country: UK		Price: $13.95 Out of Stock
Univers Zero bassist Guy Seger brought this eclectic group of improvisers into the studio to develop the music on this genre-defying album, informed by a sextet of musicians who have performed and recorded with projects and artists including Vanishing Pictures, X-Legged Sally, Wrong Object, Tony Levin, Tony Bianco, Paul Schutze, Trevor Watts, Zeena Parkins, Jim O'Rourke, &c.
	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.
	Metamorphic: The Two Fridas Label: Discus Product Code: 25748 Catalog Code: 65CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Having met at Middlesex University in 2001, this sophisticated London-based contemporary jazz/folk sextet formed in 2011, recently adding vocalist Kerry Andrew (Juice), as pianist Laura Cole composes music and text based on her personal experiences; pieces include two collective improvs and 2 reworkings of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman".
	Orfeo 5 (Blezard / Bourne / Jafrate with Prince / Oliver / Kane): In The Green Castle Label: Discus Product Code: 24585 Catalog Code: 62CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Orfeo 5 are Shaun Blezard on electronics, Keith Jafrate on saxophone, Matt Bourne on keyboards & cello, Tamlin Cook on guitar, Mary Oliver presenting spoken word, and Simon Prince on saxophone & flutes, blending jazz, improv, folk, dub, sound art and electronica to create evolving, improvised narrative music that create a sense of place and journey.
	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.
	frostlake: White Moon, Black Moon Label: Discus Product Code: 24245 Catalog Code: 53CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 Out of Stock
The debut album for frostlake, female songstress and instrumentalist, in a collection of songs with an eerie strangeness and English ethereal quality, with haunting melodies, layered vocals and unusual sounds in a band including Martin Archer on clarinet, Mick Somerset on winds, Nigel Manning on flute, and Steve Dinsdale on drums.
	Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Label: Discus Product Code: 24204 Catalog Code: 40CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 Out of 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.
	Watts, Trevor / Stephen Grew Duo: All There Is Label: Discus Product Code: 23933 Catalog Code: 61CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A strong and enthralling set of dialogs captured live from the working duo of pianist Stephen Grew and saxophonist Trevor Watts on alto & soprano, intricate exchanges of great energy but also great compassion and introspection, a well-rounded set of adventurous exchanges that highlight the incredible skills of both players.
	Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere: 02 Label: Discus Product Code: 23733 Catalog Code: 47CD 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.
	Tippett, Keith Octet: The Nine Dances Of Patrick O'Gonogon Label: Discus Product Code: 23375 Catalog Code: 56CD Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Superlative large group jazz from UK pianist/composer Keith Tippett, presenting a series of lyrical and accessible compositions inspired by themes from Irish folk music, in a new Octet with alumni of the Royal Academy of Music's jazz programme and long-time Tippett collaborators.
	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: 60CD 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.
	Bailey, Derek / Mick Beck / Paul Hession: Meanwhile, Back In Sheffield... Label: Discus Product Code: 08438 Catalog Code: 21CD Country: UK		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Free improvising guitar legend Derek Bailey was invited to perform in his home town of Sheffield, England in 2004 with the trio of Mick Beck on tenor sax, bassoon, and whistles, and Paul Hession on drums, Bailey's first visit in many years, and a joyful occasion as the collective group explores a wide range of approaches to creating instant compositions.