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Ang Mo Faux - Improvisations POL 06 2012
POL 06 2012
Ang Mo Faux - Improvisations
"improvisations is the premiere recording by ang mo faux, a singapore-based trio. the two pieces presented here are essentially sonic explorations of software environments for live signal processing. in the case of "lobby", the software environment is...
$12.00

Barreca, Marc - Subterrane PoL 02 2010
PoL 02 2010
Barreca, Marc - Subterrane
"Composed with layers of computer processed, chopped and looped sounds including samples from field recordings, as well as studio recordings of accordion and other acoustic and electronic instruments Subterrane merges acoustic with electronic...
$11.00

Barreca, Marc - Tremble POL 05 2012
POL 05 2012
Barreca, Marc - Tremble
"Comprised of nine settings that exhibit a nearly perpetual sense of instability, Marc Barreca’s Tremble shudders and grinds and shifts through aural spaces that collapse from highly detailed sound fields into massive densities, or expand into sheer...
$9.00

Leimer, K. - Closed System Potentials POL 03.2002
POL03.2002
Leimer, K. - Closed System Potentials
"Leimer uses piano tape loops, moog synths, guitars and other things to weave his spells of tranquility. It's easy to compare him to Eno but it would be unfair to say that "CSP" is Enoesque because he gives it a quality that is entirely his own foundin...
$11.00

Leimer, K - Degraded Certainties PoL 01 2010
PoL 01 2010
Leimer, K. - Degraded Certainties
"Extensively manipulated audio files, layered elements combined from multiple versions of shared sources, edited, reshaped envelopes and extended periods of dust collecting resulted in six pieces of minimalist / process music. Layered by arbitrarily...
$11.00

Leimer, K. - Imposed Order POL 17.2002
POL17.2002
Leimer, K. - Imposed Order
"...K. Leimer creates similar sound mosaics, albeit with a greater dynamic range and rhythmic drive. He’s been putting out records since 1979 on his Palace of Lights label, sort of a Windham Hill of electronic music. As a Brian Eno disciple, Leimer is ...
$11.00

Leimer, K. - Land of Look Behind POL .06
POL.06
Leimer, K. - Land of Look Behind
"Written as a soundtrack for Alan Greenberg's documentary on the death and funeral of Bob Marley, the music for Land of Look Behind was produced in a little under two months. The music draws extensively on location recordings made for the film..
$11.00

Leimer, K. - Land of Look Behind (remastered) POL 10.2013
POL 10.2013
Leimer, K. - Land of Look Behind (remastered)
"A persistent favorite since its original release in 1982, Land of Look Behind has been remastered by Greg Davis, revealing new detail and depth in the studio and field recordings of this almost-soundtrack for the Alan Greenberg film of the funeral of...
$9.00

Leimer, K. - Lesser Epitomes POL 0704
POL0704
Leimer, K. - Lesser Epitomes
Another handsomely packaged album of ambient music by this U.S. pioneer of the style.

"Lesser Epitomes is process music for active or passive listening. The pieces are derived from the aleatoric reordering of discreet, compatible musical...
$11.00

Leimer, K. - Music for Land and Water (expanded/remaster) Palace of Lights/Autumn 018
Palace of Lights/Autumn 018
Leimer, K. - Music for Land and Water (expanded/remaster)
"Remastered by Greg Davis from the installation tapes made during the 1983 performance, this archival recording of a day-long open air concert in Seattle’s Seward Park was originally issued on cassette and has been sought and shared by collectors of...
$11.00

Leimer, K. - Permissions POL 04 2010
POL 04 2010
Leimer, K. - Permissions
"Pursuing shorter forms, Permissions became a laboratory for creating pieces that verge on becoming somewhat traditional, recognizeable song forms that refuse to completely cohere, a sort of “disassembled music” technique Leimer had explored in the....
$9.00

Leimer, K. - Statistical Truth POL 28545
POL28545
Leimer, K. - Statistical Truth
"K. Leimer, that neglected minimalist soundscaper is back with another smartly-packaged record, and it's a dandy, the sort of disc that begs the question as to why he isn't one of the Nobel Laureates of ambient already. Self-released on Leimer's own Pa...
$11.00

Leimer, K. - The Listening Room CDR POL 19.2002
POL19.2002
Leimer, K. - The Listening Room CDR
"As pure, unadulterated ambient music, Leimer’s new disc, The Listening Room, acquits itself admirably, a plaintive, resonant balance of questing tones and beauteous drones that is a cousin in many respects to Steve Roach’s Quiet Music. Both recordings...
$11.00

Leimer, K. - The Useless Lesson POL 0701
POL0701
Leimer, K. - The Useless Lesson
Sixth album, in beautiful low-key packaging, by this ambient electronic pioneer...
$11.00

Leimer, K./Savant - The Neo-Realist At Risk POL .15
POL.15
Leimer, K./Savant - The Neo-Realist At Risk
"The spectre of Eno also looms over K. Leimer and his Palace of Lights crew from Seattle who make up Savant. Many of the same techniques are used, but instead of ritual trances, Savant has developed a pan-ethnic techno-dub music. Origins are blurred on...
$11.00

Peters, Steve - Occasional Music POL 0703
POL0703
Peters, Steve - Occasional Music
"All of this music was either made for various collaborative projects, or eventually found its way into them. None of it is much like the work I usually do on my own, but this is why I enjoy working on assignment: externally imposed parameters lead to...
$11.00

Taylor, Gregory - Amalgam: Aluminum/Hydrogen POL 0702
POL0702
Taylor, Gregory - Amalgam: Aluminum/Hydrogen
This is a beautifully packaged and presented album of a bit noisy and extremely cool ambient music. This was recorded in a single live performance in Madison, WI in 2006.
$11.00

Taylor, Gregory - Dua Belas PoL 03 2010
PoL 03 2010
Taylor, Gregory - Dua Belas
I don't know anything about Taylor, but I gotta say that this is one of the very best ambient sound CDs I have heard in a very long time.

"dua_belas' title — Indonesian for “the twelve” — and tracknames hints at what awaits within before even...
$11.00