Far from the stroboscopic effervescence of the golden eigthies, the British musician Alig (alias John Pearce), former instigator of a funny pop music mixed nv-dub combo called Family Fodder, comes back as Johnny Kash with a new muse : the superb Norweg...

"Who in 1973 would have thought that the recordings on the just-released soundtrack was the genesis of one of Quebec's favorite bands as we know it? In fact, this album (one of the least promoted of Offenbach's discography, with none of its tracks...

Offenbach were a long lived Quebeçois progressive / progressive hard band whose history reaches back into the early 60s. This is their fourth album and was originally a double and is included here with tons of bonus live material...

“Officer! was founded by Londoner Mick Hobbs. His roots were in the Rock In Opposition scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Initially he worked as guitarist in The Work, subsequently he became closely associated with This Heat and their Cold Storage Studio in Brixton, working with artists like Family Fodder, Catherine Jauniaux or Zeena Parkins. The band's first album "8 New Songs By Mick Hobbs" came out in 1982 on casette only. It was followed by the second album, "Ossification". The third album...

The band’s first and third releases – both cassette only releases in the early 80s – issued on CD for the first time here.

“Officer! was founded by Londoner Mick Hobbs. His roots were in the RIO scene of the late 70s and early 80s. Initially he worked as guitarist in The Work, subsequently he became closely associated with This Heat and their Cold Storage Studio in Brixton, working with artists like Family Fodder, Catherine Jauniaux or Zeena Parkins.
The band's first album "8 New Songs By...

“Coming out of left field this, is - to say the least – enigmatic; it’s also confident and full of detail, with some 30 musical contributors, constantly changing instrumentation and shifting musical styles, making it musically uncategoriseable.
Loosely hung on the work of British composer, improviser and political activist, Cornelius Cardew, it mixes references and re-figurings of some of his work, as well as one straight rendition (Winter Potato No.3) using, apart from almost conventional song...

"One half of Original Silence, Offonoff is comprised of Terrie Ex (The Ex), Massimo Pupillo (Zu) & Paal Nilssen-Love. Similar to the sounds of Black Flag, DNA, Pere Ubu, Last Exit, James Blood Ulmer, early Sonic Youth and The Ex. Noisy, intense, hard...

"What happens when five great musicians locked themselves in a studio for two days, fueled by nothing but pizza and their shared musical vision?

If you’re the super jam band OHMphrey, the result is an electrifying fusion debut flush with so muc

Etienne Agard: Trombone
Fréderic Durrmann: Trombone, whistling
Mélanie Gerber: Vocals
Guillaume Gravelin: Harp
Clarissa Imperatore: Xylophone, Vibraphone, Flutes, Percussions
Matthieu Lenormand: Drums
Valentin Sylvain Metz: Guitars
Pierre Wawrzyniak: Bass

Oiapok is the follow-up band to the well-liked, formerly on AltrOck French ensemble Camembert and some of the players from Camembert appear here (you think Harp players grow on trees?).
The music is differe

Miles Okazaka – guitar
Trevor Dunn – bass
Dan Weiss – drums
John Zorn – alto sax (8, 9)

“A power trio of contemporary masters unlike any other! Miles Okazaki, Trevor Dunn and Dan Weiss are among the very best of a new generation of musicians working in the nexus of jazz, rock, noise, composition, improvisation and more. All dedicated students of the esoteric, they come together here as Hive Mind, a collective trio, to perform some of the wildest freewheeling improvisations around...

Miles Okazaki - guitars, electronics
Matt Mitchell - piano, Fender Rhodes, Prophet-6
Anthony Tidd - electric bass
Sean Rickman – drums

“The material for The Sky Below was developed while touring with a new version of the band, a quartet of Okazaki on guitar, Matt Mitchell (taking over for Craig Taborn, who appeared on the first album) on piano, Anthony Tidd on electric bass, and Sean Rickman on drums. Okazaki got a sense of Mitchell's skill set after working for several years on.

Mat Walerian - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano clarinet, flute
Matthew Shipp – piano
William Parker - double bass, shakuhachi
Hamid Drake - drums, percussion

"Walerian is alternately introspective and fiery, and the passion of Jungle at times recalls David S. Ware's groups . . . They both soothe the soul and make the heart race . . . Walerian has obviously been studying Ware, Coltrane and their ilk . . . he's on his way to becoming a free-jazz force." --Steve Greenlee on the..

This is the HDCD remastered version of Mike's 1990 album that consists of one 60' track. Oldfield contributes basically all the instruments, and while it uses the new technology that was available to him as a high-budget artist in 1990, the key...

“The legendary British composer will always be most identified with his breakthrough long-play composition "Tubular Bells" and the way it was used to illuminate fear in The Exorcist. The happy truth is that since then he's amassed an incredible catalog of over 20 albums featuring just about every instrumental form but jazz: pop, classical, new age, world music, computer game, film soundtrack, etc.
The title of his 2008 45-minute classical-influenced opus Music of the Spheres is a reference to the...

This is the HDCD remastered version of this basically instrumental classic from 1973. This was Mike's first album, the first release on Virgin and the first album recorded at Virgin's Manor studios! Lots of keyboards, lots and lots of guitars and even...

“... This was followed by the 'European Adventure Tour 1981', during which Oldfield performed at a free concert celebrating the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at Guildhall. He wrote a new track, 'Royal Wedding Anthem', for the occasion. One of the finest and most revered concerts of the new tour took place at the Eilenriedehalle, in Hannover, Germany, on 2nd April 1981.”

Mark O'Leary is an Irish guitarist who has fairly recently come on the scene and released a few albums, but this one, with two very high profile bandmates on electric bass and drums may be his best so far. On this album he favors a tendency towards...

"Olive Mess is a band from Latvia (ex-USSR) that plays a very original progressive music. The line-up features guitar ( electric, classic, baroque ), bass, keyboards, drums, occasional sax, and a superb soprano female singer. Olive Mess was founded by...

“A friend that lives in London gave us these words that are not his. They hesitate, float, inhabitate the music without knowing where to land. Now, on the cover of the cd, photographed, they quiet down. Maybe they are listening, like there was a singer an

""1 Of IV" and "Big Mother Is Watching You" were both made in the summer of 1966 at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio. "1 Of IV" was previously released in 1967, on Odyssey, alongside works by 2 other young composers - "Come out" by Steve Reich and "Night music" by Richard Maxfield. "Big Mother..." is a previously unreleased piece. The 3rd (and final) piece on this compilation was made at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965 and was first released in 1977 on the compilation...

"Dense 11 disc retrospective of Pauline Oliveros' early and unreleased electronic work including her very first piece for tape made in 1961. The majority of these pieces have never before been released. Organized chronologically by studio this set not only documents Pauline's earliest electronic music but it also functions as an early history of electronic music itself. Extensive liner notes including essays from Pauline Oliveros, Alex Chechile, Ramon Sender, David Bernstein, Corey Arcangel and Benjamin...

"Live At The Stone was intended to be Pauline Oliveros's tribute to the life and work of pianist Connie Crothers who passed away on August 13, 2016. Sadly, Pauline Oliveros passed away on November 25, 2016. This CD, Pauline's memorial for Connie, is now a memorial for both women.
Pauline's original dedication: "This recording resulted from my one and only performance with Connie Crothers at her invitation during her amazing residency at The Stone in August 2014. I was honored to play with Connie and..

"Pauline Oliveros surrounded by Belgian ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, performing two long pieces for orchestra. "Sound Geometries for Chamber Orchestra, Expanded Instrument System and 5.1 Surround Sound System" by Pauline Oliveros was premiered in Brussels. The 3 sections metaphors of the piece are intended to guide the players in their feelings and approaches to conducted, guided and improvisational music making to create differing atmospheres for each of the three sections. Players sounds are picked up...

Urs Leimgruber Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Christy Doran Electric Guitar, Devices
Bobby Burri Double Bass, Devices
Fredy Studer Drums, Percussion, Bowed Metal

"This band wrote history from 1972 to 1982 combining the energy of rock music with the power of free improvisation. With enormous vitality they bring together the experiences of a young generation electrified by Jimi Hendrix, fascinated by John Coltrane and inspired by free jazz. OM brought rock music into spontaneous musical