One of a number of classic albums that pianist/composer Harold Budd made with the collaboration of Brian Eno on the EG label. This has Budd's beautiful, watery piano sound with various treatments and atmospherics. Icily lovely.

The most unusual and unique album of Frank's music that I think you'll ever hear!

"This disc by the Finnish Ensemble Ambrosius takes some of Zappa's more tuneful pieces and reworks them for Baroque instruments. This is actually a brilliant...

Led by Philippe Lauzier and Alexandre Grogg, Ensemble en pices is an inventive jazz quintet with a velvety yet jagged sound. Here, commanding writing and raw improvisation coexist, striking a firm balance between restraint and spontaneity. This sonic m...

A fine example of the song repertory of the 14th century. [New Albion]

Edward Akuli-trombone; Christoph Gallio-soprano/alto saxes; Takashi Kazamaki-percussion; Kalle Laar-guitar/electronics; Mart Soo-guitar; Paul Hoskin-bass clarinet (guest on 2 tracks). "A very international improvising line-up from Estonia, Japan, Germa...

“A beautiful title, a limited edition released almost quietly in 2003 and now the worthy reprint for one of the most esoteric and fascinating ensembles, founded by multi-instrumentalists Pierangelo Pandiscia and Gino Ape back in 1995, to which is added the violinist Giampaolo Verga and this occasion also the double bass of Stefano Nosari and the voices of Adriana Pulejo and Simona Barbera . Of the Enten Hitti many remember the sleeping concerts, scattered here and there along the peninsula, as well as...

Axel Dörner: Trumpet
Rudi Mahall: Bass Clarinet
Jan Roder: Bass
Uli Jennessen: Drums

In the nineties, the quartet Die Enttäuschung [The Disappointment] released their first record solely with pieces by Thelonius Monk. Die...

Rudi Mahall: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Axel Dörner: Trumpet
Christof Thewes: Trombone
Jan Roder: Bass
Michael Griener: Drums
"Die Enttäuschung has worked its way through whatever combination of bass clarinet, trumpet, double bass and drum you can think of. With Alexander von Schlippenbach they scored a coup: Monk’s entire oeuvre presented in one live concert and documented in a three-CD box set. The Enttäuschung not only absorbed an unbelievable amount of jazz history, they also...

Fima Ephron, the dynamic bassist for the psycho-semitic-avant-klez-band Hasidic New Wave steps out on his own for yet another new approach bringing Jewish music into the 21st Century. Soul Machine blends Jewish scales and sensibilities with jazz/rock f...

“Sophisticated Rock with polyphonic vocals, multi-layered structure and frequent rhythm and tempo changes, like Gentle Giant. All self-written songs.
The LP by the Wiesbaden band was recorded in Fred Kersten's studio in April 1976 and was released on the Kerston label in 1977, in an edition of 1000 copies. In 1992, there was a CD issue that was copied from vinyl, was not in the original cover and without bonus tracks.
The CD issue is from the master tapes, has a booklet of 32 pages, comes with..

The earliest albums by Epitaph are a bit all over the place but also all very good! Hard rock, King Crimson inspired progressive rock and even plenty of Wishbone Ash in the duo guitar work. A melting pot of the early’70s creative rock scene.
This is their first two albums, Epitaph (1971) and Stop Look and Listen (1972) + an entire second disc of rarities and live material from the same period!

I haven't heard Equilibrio Vital until now, but I know that Tributo a Marcos Chacon" is the fifth album by this Venezuelan band and their first release on Musea Records...

The 1977 late-nite classic that I watched way too many times on controlled substances. Cleaned and remastered. "From auteur David Lynch comes this nightmarish classic in which a young man living in an industrial wasteland comes to grips with parenthood...

Dniel Erdmann - saxophones
Vincent Courtois - cello
Robin Fincker - tenor sax

“French cellist Vincent Courtois, French-English reedist Robin Fincker and French-German saxophonist Daniel Erdmann form a sworn trinity for quite some time. The leading figures of European jazz started this trio 13 years ago and they released 3 albums so far (Love of Life, Bandes Originales and Mediums). This unique double impro album is a fine example of engaging, masterful chamber music.”

“Ergo's music is also rooted in jazz...fused with electronica and a distinct avant-garde feel. ...quite beautiful and moving...a bit like Sigur Ros meeting Sun Ra uptown.” – Terrascope

“This is music that evolves slowly, almost imperceptibly; yet for all its freedom, there's no shortage of structure...Sroka takes a different approach to composition, one where improvisation and structure work hand-in-hand, each feeding the other.” – All About Jazz...

Ergo is a trio made up of Carl Maguire on Rhodes electric piano and analog synths and effects, Shawn Baltazor on drums and lead by Brett Sroka on trombone and laptop. They have been playing together since 2003, combining the modern sound of electronica...

Reasonably well known and well thought of 'proto-progressive French album originally recorded in early 1972.

"Ergo Sum is a French progressive rock band based in Aix-En-Provence, led by singer Lionel Ledissez and flute player Jean Guerin...

“The trio is back with a new album featuring seven brand new songs from the pianist. Captivating and lyrical, always melodic and often melancholic and uplifting at the same time, these are all real tunes. End Of Summer was recorded in Oslo in April during lockdown. After getting all their concerts cancelled because of the pandemic, Espen Eriksen says it was very inspiring to still be able to meet in a recording studio to make new music and keep it all alive. This being their first recording in five years...

“The combination of Espen Eriksen Trio and UK saxophone giant Andy Sheppard is truly a match made in jazz heaven, and in the words of Andy: "I knew from the first time I heard the trio play that I would fit right in. I loved the melodic sense and vibe and was thrilled when I was invited to guest with the trio in London in 2016."
The common conclusion drawn in reviews of their first album Perfectly Unhappy was simply "more, please," and now Rune Grammofon is delighted to introduce As Good As It Gets...

"This relatively short-lived (from 1972-77) obscure German symphonic/kraut band consisted of three members from a band called Paradise on Earth, these were; keyboardist Eckhardt Franke, drummer Michael Brandes and bassist Gunter Armbrecht, when....

In 1994 Joseph Petric (baritone sax) approached David Mott (accordion) and suggested the idea of a unique duo which would explore new compositional, improvisation and artistic terrain. In the baritone saxophone discography, this disc reinforces the wel...

Best known release from this band, which was a real rarity (as were most of the folk/progressive Basque items) until this reissue. They were mostly French, but they operated in the Basque region, which means that everyone, including me, assumed that...

John Taylor: piano
Palle Danielsson: double bass
Peter Erskine: drums

“Recorded in 1997, Juni was the fourth and final ECM album of the Peter Erskine Trio. A piano trio led by a drummer was an unusual proposal and one that initially surprised listeners who had followed Erskine through louder adventures with Weather Report and the Stan Kenton Big Band. But this alliance with pianist John Taylor, the trio’s primary composer, and bassist Palle Danielsson soon found its own following. Down...