''One of the most intriguing and inspiring of Zeena Parkins' long-form compositions, 'Maul' examines the lives and deaths of Jewish gangsters throughout the ages. Utilizing texts in the lost language of Rotwelsch, she weaves a complex tapestry of voice...

''A product of over three years of work, Pan-Acousticon is Zeena Parkins' most important and intriguing work to date, orchestrating sampling noise, classical strings, rock drums and homemade instruments into a new world of color, shape and texture. Co-...

Two lengthy compositions, performed on her keyboards & harp + guitar (Chris Cochrane), violin, cello, drums (Ikue Mori), & voice. [Victo]

“'Triplicates' is a series of improvisations between Zeena, playing her singular electric harp, and Jon Leideker, aka Wobbly, performing on mobile phones, tablets, booper, and mixer. Their outputs are routed to a series of simple listening devices, machines designed to sing along with the melodies they believe themselves to hearing, although they are often fascinatingly wrong.
It quickly becomes difficult to determine the boundaries of each participant’s contribution: acoustic source, electronic....

His first new solo album in over two decades!
"Legendary for his skill with arrangement as well as the rich sonic choreography of his productions, producer/songwriter Van Dyke Parks' unique voicings are never more densely detailed than on records...

Matthew is - of course! - the charismatic leader of the great, dark, modern , progressive / symphonic rock band Discipline.

This is his 3rd solo album and, as you might expect, it sounds a lot like Discipline, minus the great band behind him.

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, I personally like Discipline more, but this release finds a unique talent we hear from too rarely, in fine voice and song.

'Matthew Parmenter - the main man behind renowned Detroit-based progressive rock.

Matthew is the leader of the now back-again Discipline, who released one of the greatest symphonic rock albums of the 90s.

"Matthew Parmenter has released his second solo recording, Horror Express (2008). A varied dreamscape full of shocks and..

Ryan is the leader behind Eyestrings, who have put on a pair of the best purely progressive rock shows I have seen in the last few years. This solo album is a more 'pop with progressive touches' work.

"Ryan Parmenter happily releases The Noble Knave, his first proper solo album in 11 years. Composed of songs written between 1996 and 2006, the album is a collection of Ryan's favorites that fall outside of the realm of Eyestrings, his band since 2001.
The songs are often zany, poppy, and...

José Bruno Parrinha clarinet, alto and soprano saxophone / Luís Lopes electric guitar / Ricardo Jacinto cello and electronics
"The formation of a band is usually justified by the common conceptions and interests of its members, but in the case of this Portuguese trio we have an example confirming that the inverse idea can also be true. In fact, José Bruno Parrinha, Luís Lopes and Ricardo Jacinto couldn’t be more different from each other, be it in terms of backgrounds, vocabularies, used...

“This double-disc set compiles the 1971 LP and ten tracks from the unreleased follow-up, with liner notes and unreleased pictures.
After disbanding Gun, Paul Gurvitz reunited with former Londoners/Knack band-mate Brian Parrish. The pair were soon signed to George Martin's Regal Zonophone label, which led to the release of their sole LP—fully infused with the US west-coast sound—in late 1971. Martin produced a second album that was never released, featuring the talents of Mike Kellie (ex-Spooky....

“On Earth, As It Is is the sixth album from multi-instrumentalist Duncan Parsons. Using The Lord's Prayer as a framework, the album explores themes of trust, anger, forgiveness, responsibility, temptation, and other elements of basic humanity via rock, folk, minimalism, jazz, and whatever else was lying about the studio. Taking cues from across the progressive canon, from the existential themes of The Dark Side Of The Moon, through diverse instrumentation, to the rock/acoustic, long/short track album...

Short and very sweet; how can you NOT want a limited release of Andy covering Syd’s Floyd and the Bonzo’s?

“Limited edition 4 tracks CDEP Release. 1967's Summer of Love has probably been written about, in retrospect, by more people than were directly affected by the original - assuming that something more than simply buying "A Whiter Shade of Pale" as a single is required to count as affected. The revolutionary fervour of 1968, the myriad demonstrations & upheavals in a variety of cities &...

Andy Partridge was, of course, the leader and main composer for XTC. If you don't already know this, then these sets aren't for you.

Fuzzy Warbles are a collection of previously unheard performances and compositions (both demo versions of songs you do know and unreleased songs you don't know) which were originally released in a big box and then re-released as individual CDs.

Now all 9 volumes are collected here and in two other 3 CD sets at very, very reasonable prices!...

Jonah Parzen-Johnson baritone saxophone & analog synthesizer
True story: The day this arrived and I was putting it into the shop, he was playing in DC and I suddenly put two and two together in my feeble brain and decided fate wanted me to attend and I went.
Great stuff; imaginative and like a cross between John Surman and Krautrocky sequencer electronics recorded live to two track without loops or overdubs.

"think it’s worthwhile for those of us who devote our lives to making stuff, to be.

This 1973 album was Hermeto’s first under his own name and even this early, his ‘universal music’ concept was in place.

“This is Hermeto Pascoal's remarkable, self-titled debut album. Recorded in 1970 at A&R studios in New York, the album features certified North American titans including Ron Carter, Hubert Laws, Joe Farrel, and Googie Coppola, and Brazilian stars Airto Moreira and Flora Purim (who also produced the album).
While it was Hermeto's first album released under his own name, he had spent the decade or so prior making a name for himself in Brazil and internationally as a composer, arranger and...

“On a balmy Brazilian night in February, 1981, a crowd gathered in Rio de Janeiro's Gávea neighbourhood under the iconic dome of the city's Planetário (Planetarium). Alongside musicians like Helio Delmiro and Milton Nascimento (who were in the audience that night), they were there to see the great "Bruxo" (sorcerer) Hermeto Pascoal live in concert, with his new band formation which would become known simply as "O Grupo" (The Group). On the Planetário Da Gávea recordings, Hermeto is cast as the "sorcerer"...

"Stefano Pastor-violin, percussion, vocals, Stefano Calcagno-trombone, Piero Leveratto-double bass, Maurizio Borgia-drums. On “Transmutations”, Pastor’s second CD, the ten tracks take material from diverse sources – Mozart to Ornette Coleman, pop to Co...

"New solo album by Italian violinist Stefano Pastor, winner at Top Jazz 2010 and 2011, where Stefano makes a strict recapitulation of the lengthy research that brought him to his own playing, thus each sound on this CD, except for the vocals, comes...

Stefano Pastor violin, George Haslam baritone sax, tarogato, Claudio Lugo soprano sax, Giorgio Dini double bass.

"The Quartet was assembled by Stefano Pastor specifically to record some of his compositions and other improvised pieces, making...

Jaco Pastorious – bass, vocals
Peter Erskin – drums
Othello Molineaux – steel drums
Don Alias – percussion
Bob Mintzer – tenor sax, bass clarinet
Randy Brecker – trumpet, electronics

Good sound!!

“Performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival July 3rd, 1982 and broadcast by CBC radio.”

“Jaco Pastorius established himself as one of the greatest electric jazz bassists before forming a big band, Word Of Mouth, in the early 1980s.
Taken from a National Public Radio "Jazz Set" broadcast of a concert at the Kool Jazz Festival in New York Lincoln's Center on June 27, 1982, this set features versions of songs from both Word Of Mouth albums.
Also included is "Mr. Fone Bone", a composition by Word Of Mouth member Bob Mintzer that would never be issued on a Pastorius album during...

“Once they heard him play, few people disagreed with Jaco Pastorius' assessment of himself as the 'greatest bass player in the world'. His meteoric rise in 1977 to the bass chair in Weather Report and his work with Joni Mitchell, established him as a major player on the jazz and rock scenes. Broadcast by NHK radio at Shinjyuku Koseinenkin, Tokyo on 22nd May 1983, this is a rare example of his eclectic Word of Mouth small group having fun with a variety of musical styles. Given his status Jaco could have...

Dynamic and colorful music for percussion, prepared piano and electronics from a marvelous young Australian composer. Anthony Pateras has studied composition academically, toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and Asia and has collaborate...