Classic Italian one-shot that originally featured an amazing triple fold-out cover of a dove of peace dropping bombs out of its stomach, which is replicated here. "The self-titled Alphataurus album was one of my earliest ventures into the world...

''Imagine a classical composer writing a gothic symphony for a multi-faceted electronic musician, who in concert was aided by Mayan musicians, a haunting, often operatic singer, & a psychic intermittently channeling the spirits of the dead - that pretty much sums up this fascinating album.''- Goldmine.

“Atmospheric, evolving, intricate and layered; a suite of fine compositions and carefully crafted sounds. Consistent creation of another place, another time.”

Collection of material from 1972-1976 by this six piece Dutch progressive rock sextet. Consisting of vocals, guitars, piano/organ, saxes/flute, bass and drums. More than half the recordings here are from their earliest and best period and this includes...

"During the 1960's and '70's Philip Glass established himself as a leading artistic voice by creating a new musical language in the downtown loft spaces of New York's Soho district. Forty years later, Glass's early revolutionary music continues...

This is a chamber quartet of violin, cello, bass clarinet/clarinet and flute/piccolo (a pianist appears on one track) with transcriptions mostly by Giovanni Venosta (of Musci/Venosta) of music by 'classic' rock in opposition figures such as Thinking...

"Originally released in 1978 on Pennine Records, two catalog numbers before they issued the famous Rosemary Lane album by Tickawinda! Even European music might can quite an exotic feeling and Latvian rockers Alva are the living proof. Based in England when they released their sole album, Ja Tik Butu..., they fell straight into the folk rock genre with their cross of melancholic, even slightly psychedelic rock and colorful, mystifying Baltic folk -- all in the middle of the UK punk explosion. Their music....

Aubrey Johnson voice
Beatriz Nunes voice
Mariana Dionísio voice
Eve Risser piano
Mark Dresser contrabass
Abdul Moimême electric guitar and objects
Pedro Melo Alves drums and percussion

"Commissioned by the Portuguese Jazz no Parque series (Serralves Foundation, with Rui Eduardo Paes as the curator) in 2019, In Igma, the ensemble, and the opus now released, is a particularly accomplished example of the equating mind of drummer/percussionist and composer Pedro Mel

“Maryanne Amacher (1938-2009) was a composer of large-scale fixed-duration sound installations and a highly original thinker in the areas of perception, sound spatialization, creative intelligence, and aural architecture. She is frequently cited as a pioneer of what has come to be called "sound art", although her thought and creative practice consistently challenge key assumptions about the capacities and limitations of the genre. Amacher's work anticipates some of the most important developments in...

"One of contemporary music’s greatest and most elusive mavericks returns to Tzadik with yet another CD of ear bending electronic sounds. A student of Stockhausen and close collaborator of John Cage and David Behrman, Amacher has been creating acoustic...

"This is the debut recording by the only entirely Portuguese project by Rodrigo Amado, including cellist Miguel Mira, an equivalent of Oscar Pettiford for the 21st century, and young drummer Gabriel Ferrandini, Lisbon’s answer to Paal Nilssen-Love and...

"Violinist Carlos “Zíngaro”, cellist Tomas Ulrich and double bassist Ken Filiano founded the TECK String Quartet with Elliott Sharp, but it’s something quite different what they offer here with Rodrigo Amado at the place of the guitar player. “Surface”...

"This is the first encounter of the Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado with the powerful rhythm section of Kent Kessler and Paal Nilssen-Love, both members of the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet. A tribute to Amado’s grandfather, an amateur theater...

Robert Santamaría: Keyboards, Programming, 12-string Guitars, Kanun, Saz, Santur, Melodica, Glockenspiel, Kalimba, Percussions Marta Segura: Voices Manel Mayol: Flute, Tin Whistle, Recorder Pau Zañartu: Drums Renato Di Prinzio: Drums, Zarb, Riq and Daf Jordi Rallo: Tabla Alan Chehab: Greek Bouzouki Tarik Smith: Trumpet Berna Jones: Violin Joan Miró: Oud and voices Víctor Estrada: Theremin Núria Martínez: Clapping Luis Blanco: Vibraslap “Yes! A new Amarok DOUBLE CD, Canciones Para un Pla

"This is the second proper full-length album by Swedish super-group The Amazing. The Amazing fell far from the tree. A natural process: coming together through affection, then slowly crystallizing into a folk-rock-psych-pop-collective slowly pushing, bending, then playing with any preconceived notions of pop. When a band takes a name like The Amazing, they'd better have the chops to back it up. Happily, this Swedish outfit -- a collective headed by Reine Fiske and Johan Holmegard of neo-psych juggernauts...

“Hailing from Tennessee and now residing in New York, Zoh Amba is a 21 year-old tenor saxophonist who performs with a deep sense of spirituality and emotional power. Growing up in the mountains she practiced and played in the forest before continuing her studies in San Francisco and Boston. For her first CD she has chosen a fabulous quartet featuring her close friend, rising NYC star Micah Thomas on piano, and the formidable rhythm section of Thomas Morgan and Joey Baron. Hypnotic phrases, beautiful...

"On Audience Of One, Oren Ambarchi presents a four-part suite which moves from throbbing minimalism to expansive song-craft to ecstatic free-rock. His previous solo albums for Touch exhibited a clear progression towards augmenting and embellishing his signature bass-heavy guitar tones with fragile acoustic instrumentation. Audience Of One, while also existing in clear continuity with these recordings, opens the next chapter. Remarkable in its confidence and breadth, but also in the sensuous immediacy of...

Oren has a lot of releases, but I thought that this one (along with his collaboration with Pinhas) was quite special AND it features some really interesting musical helpers as well!
Oren Ambarchi (guitars and percussion)
Thomas Brinkmann (computable drums with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem) (Parts 1-5)
Matt Chamberlain (drums & electronics) (Parts 3 & 4)
Crys Cole (contact mics & brushes) (Part 4)
Eyvind Kang (bowed gender) (Part 1) & violas (Part 5)
Jim O' Rourke

“Evolving the tactics of acclaimed Ambarchi works such as Quixotism, Hubris and Simian Angel, Oren invites an international all-star cast to dialogue with his guitar + triggers inventions. Intricate theme-and-variations build upon the staccato rhythms via expansive improvs from BJ Cole, Sam Dunscomb, Chris Abrahams, Jim O’Rourke and Julia Reidy. Magnetically compulsive!”

"Oren Ambarchi is a composer and multi-instrumentalist experimenting in the dark trance-inducing worlds of ambient, industrial and electronic music. His newest collaborative project features the legendary percussionist/composer and mystic Z’EV in a...

“Gyedu-Blay Ambolley was born on the 11th Street in Sekondi, Ghana 72 years ago. On the cover photo, on the right side, is the house of his birth, which was also his parental home. The Ghanaian legend's latest release 11th Street, Sekondi shows off a pride in his heritage, and his honed talent for mixing highlife with other. 11th Street, Sekondi is his 31st album since his debut in 1973. The charismatic stage personality, no stranger to mixing humor into his music and who has performed alongside...

Promo Hole

Jean-Luc Guionnet alto saxophone / Clayton Thomas, double bass / Will Guthrie, drums

"The 'saxophone trio' pioneered by Sonny Rollins in the mid 50's, was taken as the format of choice by the leading saxophone players of the 70's. The removal...

Amerkhanian has played a major role in presenting new music in the US for over 20 years & he himself is a leading composer of electro-acoustic, text-sound music, about whom the Village Voice said ''he ranks with Franz Liszt & Henry Cowell as the great ...

Newly reissued after being unavailable for years, and now with a bonus track.

Ricardo Castro Varela-Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, Moog
Alberto Villarroya Lopez-bass, guitars, Moog, electric piano
Pablo Anon-alto sax
Pablo Anon-alto sax
Dubi Baamonde-flute & tenor sax
Ruben Salvador-trumpet, flugelhorn
Fernando Lamas-drums

Amoeba Split are a Spanish, progressive jazz/rock band with heavy Canterbury-scene influences. They won a lot of friends with thei