The three players of New Winds (Robert Dick-flutes, J.D. Parran-saxes & Ned Rothenberg-reeds) are some of the of the finest reed/horn players around. [Victo]

From start to finish, this highly interactive trio grooves with crackling intensity and a rare degree of group think. . . Bill Milkowski On keyboards is Pat Daugherty, who does not merely play the electric piano, but takes you on a sonic tour of the so...

Last chance to pick this up, as Fallout have gone bust. Last copies and available at a bargain price!

"Curt Newbury was a flying instructor, a licensed hypnotist and a gifted singer-songwriter. This unfairly-neglected collection -- the only...

Second release by Harris Newman is again an album of finger-style Americana guitar music, thoroughly embedded with the Takoma Records 1960's vibe. The pieces are a mixture of solo guitar and guitar with percussion and drums by Bruce Cawdron (drummer of...

Colin Newman was a founding member of Wire and this was his second solo album, originally released in 1981.
Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish is a completely solo album, with all instruments played by Newman. Basically all instrumental, it reminds me a lot of Eno circa "Another Green World"; not that it sounds just like it, but there are a lot of cool little experimental things and sounds going on amongst all the good melodies. One of my absolute favorites of the very early 1980's and one...

There are many, many players operating in the 'new American primitive guitar school' and there are many fine ones, but for me, one of the real standout players is this guy. He captures a feeling of Americana that probably never really *did* exist, but was what I think that the originators of the style (John Fahey, Robbie Basho, etc) were aiming for. He also isn't afraid to use modern ideas and production values with his music, which also gives him a singular sound on his albums. I keep singing his...

One of the drollest, driest singer-songwriters ever. Let's all burn down the cornfield! Five great ones:
Randy Newman
12 songs
Sail Away
Good Old Boys
Little Criminals

“Dark and majestic, News from Babel remains ahead of their time.”-Michael Draine

“News from Babel was the song project inaugurated by Chris Cutler with fellow ex Henry Cow composer Lindsay Cooper. The pieces for this first LP were written for a band that also included Zeena Parkins (harp - her first recording with the instrument) and the incomparable Dagmar Krause (another ex-band member) singing.
Using the studio as an instrument and experimenting with unusual instrumentation and techniques.

“James Newton has forged an eclectic career as a jazz flautist, conductor and composer. Here, he demonstrates his skills as a creator of sacred music with hints of jazz and roots in the modernist aesthetics.”-Gramophone Magazine

“This recording is contemporary classical music written by a composer whose lineage is of the rare group of classical and jazz composers who have influenced each other - Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, and György...

The latest (2012) release from this Argentinian prog quartet who had their greatest exposure in the US when they played at NEARFest. This is symphonic rock with especially notable performances from the keyboardist (who also sings), who favors a organ...

Anthony Béard: guitar, scream
François Mignot: guitar
Nicolas Bernollin: drums
Benoit Lecomte: bass

Amazing and powerful instrumental avant rock from this quartet. Maybe you could say that this sits somewhere between Don Cab and Happy Family?
François is the guitarist on the last Present album, so you know he’s a monster, but they ALL are.

Another vivacious all girl band from Kansai, an area in Southern Japan that has been the home of some of the most exciting new rock bands of the past several decades (Boredoms, Afrirampo, OOIOO, Omoide Hatoba). Featuring the distinctive singer from Lim...

Niagra released 3 albums (two on United Artists) in Germany in the heady early Krautrock days. The first album is a all percussion album (that's all percussion, not all drum solos). The second album adds other musicians/instruments as does the third...

"Ghosts And Others is a singular work in the Phill Niblock canon. It's singular not just in its material content, but also in its methodology and approach. It represents a highly focused exercise in editing, location recording and acoustic observation. In many ways, this work reflects a kind of acoustic mirroring of his practices as a film maker. It makes itself available to the world and in doing so reveals a particular perspective that says as much about its creator as it does about its subjects. Like...

“Phill Niblock's Music For Cello collects three pieces from the '70s and early '80s, performed by cellist David Gibson. This CD includes a 16-page unpublished interview with Niblock. Since the late sixties Phill Niblock has been composing long-form acoustic drones with a focus on the rhythms and overtones that rise from closely tuned instruments. His highly original and influential music is an exploration of timbre, microtonality, stability, duration and psychoacoustic phenomenon.”

“A reissue of Phill Niblock's G2,44+/X2, originally released in 2002. Matte laminate embossed sleeve; includes insert card and 24-page book with liner notes from Bill Meyer, interview, and photos. Design by Traianos Pakioufakis.
In 2001, Phill Niblock wrote, 'You should play the music very loud. If the neighbors don't complain, it's probably not loud enough.' In 2019, Niblock can no longer host his annual six hour-long solstice concert at the Experimental lntermedia loft; not only did the neighbors...

“Fresh from a British tour with Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd in mid-December 1967, the Nice paid a short visit to Scandinavia and performed this session for broadcast on Sveriges Radio in Gothenburg.
It captures the quartet at their early peak, playing a blend of covers and tracks from their newly recorded (and not yet released) debut LP, including a mind-blowing rendition of their signature piece, Rondo.
Preserved in superb fidelity, with remarkable contributions from guitarist Davy O'List and...

"Featuring Joseph Daley on tuba, Vincent Chancey on French horn, James Zollar on trumpet, Curtis Fowlkes on trombone and Reggie Nicholson on drums, vibes and compositions. This is downtown drum wiz & ace composer, Reggie Nicholson's fourth disc for the Abstract label and each one has presented a different concept. For his latest endeavor, Reggie has organized a fine all-star brass quartet. Each of these men has a long resume of collaborations: Joe Daley (Sam Rivers & Jayne Cortez ), Vincent Chancey...

Nico solo on Top Gear, 1971 in excellent sound. A scary woman and her harmonium and her scary songs!

The second album by Nico and a classic of its cold, undefinable type, especially considering it was released in 1968! John Cale's arrangements rule too. Very nicely remastered from the original tapes and it even includes two bonus, never before heard tracks!

"The Marble Index is one of the most uncompromising albums ever to be filed under rock; the first to abandon conventional structures and instrumentation, it was really the product of two European sensibilities - Nico's and John Cale's, the...

Angelika Niescier: Saxophone
Christopher Tordini: Bass
Tyshawn Sorey: Drums

"This magnificent concert took place at the Berlin Jazzfest 2017, where Angelika Niescier was awarded the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize (German Jazz Prize). This concert by the Angelika Niescier NYC Trio with Chris Tordini on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums – who was Jazzfest Berlin’s 2017 Artist in Residence, and gave several performances in Berlin – proved to be a remarkable stroke of luck for the festival, since...

Angelika Niescier: Alto Saxophone
Christopher Tordini: Bass
Gerald Cleaver: Drums
Jonathan Finlayson: Trumpet

“During the current decade Cologne-based saxophonist Angelika Niescier has made her connection to New York's elite improvisational jazz community readily clear. Her trio CD The Berlin Concert, was voted one of the most important releases of 2018 by Downbeat.
This stunning new recording suggests that only the Atlantic Ocean separates her from the agile collaborators...

Angelika Niescier: Saxophone
Ralph Alessi: Trumpet
Florian Weber: Piano
Christopher Tordini: Bass
Tyshawn Sorey: Drums

"With their new album, alto player and bandleader Angelica Niescier and pianist and composer Florian Weber both from Cologne, Germany place themselves at the centre of the New York jazz scene.

Their quintet NYC FIVE is completed by three jazz musicians in great demand in the 'Big Apple': trumpeter Ralph Alessi, bassplayer Christopher Tordini and drumme

Joris Rühl clarinets, amplification / Joachim Badenhorst clarinets, amplification / Eve Risser prepared piano / Philip Zoubek prepared piano / Julián Elvira pronomos & subcontrabass flute / Pascal Niggenkemper double bass, composition.
"Quoted by the New York City Jazz Record as ”one of the most adventurous bassists on the scene” double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper takes us with his new album „Talking Trash‟ into wondrous musical territories as reports and images of floating garbage in the ocean..

Matthias Loibner: Hurdy-Gurdy, Electronics
Lucas Niggli: Drums, Percussion

“Hurdy-gurdy meets percussion. Matthias Loibner, the undisputed innovator of this strikingly exotic, medieval instrument and Lucas Niggli, who has been at the forefront of European Jazz for many years team up. Touching and intoxicating, fed by a huge repertoire between classical music, electronics, tradition and imagination, these two exceptional artists paint sounds into the now. In every colour, every note of their...