“Although Chargin Falls, Ohio-native musician, Chris Butler, is most known for his creating of the experimental new wave band The Waitresses, the Kent State University student (yes, he experienced the infamous Kent State shooting) was also actively involved in the highly influential 70s Kent/Akron/Cleveland music and art scene that practically invented the American new wave sound with such bands as Devo, Chrissie Hynde’s Jack Rabbit, the Bizarros, Pere Ubu, Pagans, and Butler’s own Waitresses, 15-60-75...

''Rubberband trumpet, double axe cello, hammerbridge violin, golfclub sitar/tabla, & a not-so-conventional snowshovel are just a few of the crazy instruments you will hear in thisremarkable debut recording by one of music's most ingenious & eccentric p...

Tomeka Reid - cello
Kyoko Kitamura - voice
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet
Joe Morris - guitar

“This foursome is resolute in its acceptance of communal responsibility and creation. Vocalist Kyoko Kitamura sings and speaks in wordless flurries matching Taylor Ho Bynum’s brassy exhortations on cornet. Cellist Tomeka Reid and guitarist Joe Morris worry and pluck their respective strings, applying speed and torque in the loosing of spidery cascades of crinkled and crenelated tones. Pitch...

What a killer band: Taylor on cornet, guitarist Mary Halvorson, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, bassist Ken Filiano, saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and tubist/bass trombonist Bill Lowe!

"Apparent Distance is a four-part suite. In the liner notes, Bynum writes..

This documents two different versions of Bynum’s modular composition “Navigation,” with two sets recorded in studio with an all-star line up of great, young, creative musicians.
Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet
Jim Hobbs: alto saxophone
Bill Lowe...

A collection of the early, experimental, John Cage/Morton Feldman influenced works by the man who is better known for having formed the early (and great) US experimental/psychedelic outfit United States of America.

"The imaginative and...

The Bystanders were a great Welsh mid sixties band that eventually became Man. This is very listenable BBC sessions; the sound quality is always at least decent and the recordings are an accurate reflection of how good the band were.

“Live Sessions 1966 - 1968 captures The Bystanders in their quest for the elusive hit before the decade moulded them into one of Britain's finest progressive rock acts with the addition of Deke Leonard in late 1968.
While The Bystanders' material highlighted...

Steve Hubback, Egill Johannsson, Siggi Hrellir

“The New Percussion Group of Amsterdam was formed by two percussionists of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1980; Jan Pustjens and Niels Le Large with the initial aim of being able bring their new works to a younger audience. This disc entitled Go Between which was originally released in 1986 and has now been remastered, features legendary drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks) as well as respected Japanese marimba player Keiko Abe. Although Bruford and Abe don't play together or...

"One of the great overlooked albums of the 1970s, Time Actor was the result of a collaboration between legendary Crazy World & Kingdom Come visionary Arthur Brown and German Synthesiser and Ambient genius Klaus Schulze, recording under the pseudonym of his alter-ego Richard Wahnfried. The resulting record was a unique fusion of Brown’s amazing vocals and eccentric musical visions and Schulze’s innovative keyboard playing.
Originally released on the German Innovative Communication label, Time Actor...

"The Garden of Forking Paths was compiled for Important Records by guitarist James Blackshaw. Compositions were recorded specially for this collection by Helena Espeval (Espers), James Blackshaw...