One of the earliest, almost forgotten pioneers of minimalism, along with La Monte Young & Terry Riley. These are not his earliest recordings that have more recently been found and published, but they were the second of his recordings to be released. This reissues a very rare Shandar lp of very personalized piano music. This is a total classic of the genre and time.

“One readily pictures Charlemagne Palestine sitting at the Boesendorfer piano bestrewn with teddy bears, glass of cognac at hand....

"On Maximin, the music of the seminal minimalist composer Charlemagne Palestine is reconfigured and reiterated by David Coulter and Jean-Marie Mathoul, in full co-operation and collaboration with Mr. Palestine. Coulter and Mathoul have taken previously recorded works of Mr. Palestine and -- with the full respect due these often transcendent and sacred works -- have interwoven new and/or found sounds, drones, and unexpected textures into an ever-shifting flow that brings new light to these deeply soulful...

10th album by this dada-esque quartet of guitar, bass, drums & vocals (by the incomparable Han Buhrs). ''Palinckx wants to astonish, cofuse, move & make you think.'' ''...fun loving, post-punk, post-Beefheart frenzy.''-Jazziz. [Victo]

Italitan guitarist Antonello Paliotti continues to forge ahead on the highly original path taken by previous offering Tarantella Storta and Serenata Luntana accompanied by the Mandolin Orchestra. Together with traditional standards this album features ...

Alan Reed - vocals
Graeme Murray - vocals / bass
Ronnie Brown - vocals / keyboards
Niall Mathewson - guitars / programming

“‘The Messenger’, the album that many believed would never be made, is here…and about to blow your socks off!
Forty years ago a band from Aberdeen recorded, not one, but two of the seminal albums of the 80’s. Now the classic PALLAS line-up returns with ‘The Messenger’, an album that takes the preoccupations of that earlier age, and brings them right up to da

“Amanda Palmer is just one of those artists that I feel if she was locked in a closet with any musician would create a genius collaboration. Adding Edward Ka-Spel into the mix is like a magical mix of chocolate and chilli. It shouldn't work if you just think about it, but when you listen to it, everything blends into a magical moment of perfection. The breathless whispers of songs, the subtle music style, everything is here in a perfect amount to make a wonderful aural experience!”

“I Can Spin...

Fantastic idea; take the complete, rare output of three Spanish bands and put them all together in one nice double set, and with full liner notes and discographies. From Barcelona, Pan & Rgaliz (Bread & Licorice) recorded just one album in 1971, and it...

"The group from Winnenden near Stuttgart started as Nyrvana Pancake and released a very good psychedelic 7“ single in 1973. In 1974, they shortened their band name into Pancake, and instead of psychedelia they now played symphonic rock. The first...

This is a very good, 1970s-styled Italian release, the second from this group. It includes amazingly great and retro keyboardwork and combined with a band who are a bit more modern (but still completely symphonic/progressive) in their approach...

This is the first album in 12 years to document Panhuysen's work with long string installations. His work was previously documented on a beautiful, long o/p triple album box in1985, but this is the 1st CD issue of his music. Includes an informative, 32...

Yes! Another very good one-shot Italian band, this time from 1970, and issued on the teeny tiny Vedette label.

"Here we have another of those promising bands that died a premature death due to lack of recognition. Concealed within a sleeve...

"How beautiful Christmas could be - if it weren't for Christmas. What may seem like a utopian idea of cultural romanticism is actually the premise of Germany's major avantgarde outfit Panzerballett's X-Mas Death Jazz. For too long the festivity has wasted away between well-meant "Merry Christmases" and gifts that would best be put away again right away. However, Panzerballett now offer a solution to that dilemma. Extremized Christmas songs - entirely without the dirty snow, crowded city centers and...

I'm happy to see this excellent Norwegian band who split the difference musically between RIO-ish, avant-garde rock and a more lyrical, relaxed, Canterbury-style sound reappear with another great release.
Pestrottedans is their sixth in a career that goes back nearly 20 years (their first release - which I remember well hearing and stocking - came out in 2000!) and their first on AltrOck, which seems like a perfect team-up for both parties.
This comes with a booklet of notes from the band where.

A sextet of Baritone saxes (!) led by Montreal saxist Papasoff, & including Hamiet Bluiett & Jean Derome. Each member contributes a chart, so it's a group effort. ''...one simply forgets that only baritones are playing, just a one does not always notic...

5{te 80's, Joe Boyd (early producer of Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, UFO Club, blah blah) 'discovered' and released two albums by Ivo Papasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band. The moment I heard them I was transfixed and hooked! Clarinet, sax, ac...

"After four studio albums, Papir unleash their first live album. It's surprising it took so long, since the band's shows have long been revered among fans. Recorded at the 2014 Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, where Papir were asked to...

"Sula Bassana and Komet Lulu from Electric Moon, all the guys from Papir and Mogens Deenfort from Øresund Space Collective met the second time - to play their first and exclusive live show together: The Papermoon Sessions live at Roadburn 2014....

"Parafernalia is a band from Brasilia, formed in 2001, which, on this debut work, composed and recorded between 2001 and 2007, showcase a well-balanced fusion of progressive and hard rock, influenced by Brazilian (Mutantes, O Terco) and English (ELP, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Gentle Giant) groups and mixing, with great mastery, complex, creative and bold arrangements with the vintage sound of the musical instruments of the 70's."

Guitarist Shane Parish (formerly Perlowin) is a great guitarist, best known for his work with Ahleuchatistas, but I’ve seen him do many other things and also play acoustically as he does here, and he’s one of the greats!
This new release has him exploring old timey music from the American south and poking into the dark nooks and crannies of that music.

“A long time resident of the Appalachian town of Asheville, North Carolina, Shane Parish is the mastermind behind the cutting edge rock band..

“Charlie Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique and advanced harmonies.
Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer.
This CD brought to you at is a collection of radio broadcasts from the legendary Birdland and the Hi Hat Club in Boston..

Christopher Parker - piano
Kelley Hurt - vocals
Daniel Carter - winds
Jaimie Branch - trumpet
William Parker - bass
Gerald Cleaver - drums

Nice to see this album led by keyboardist Christopher Parker, who was in the final version of Curlew and plays spectacularly on “Mercury” among others.

“Soul food, food for the soul. Greens, okra, fresh tomatoes, all the food from the earth to nourish us. Sounds of harmony, rhythm, and soulfulness, also to nourish