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Laubrock, Ingrid / Tom Rainey - Brink CD Ingrid Laubrock: Soprano and Tenor Saxophones Tom Rainey: Drums “Since 2017, the two virtuoso improvisers and unmistakable stylists Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey have been celebrating music as a duo. A classic duo that releases energy, pulsating vividly while simultaneously withdrawing into intimacy. A celebration of successful interplay, burning for the moment. Brink is a fascinating example of jazz as the art of dialogue. In a profound and telepathic way, Laubrock and Rainey understand... 28-ITK425.2 $19.00
Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "MG.ART announce the authorized 50th anniversary edition of Ash Ra Tempel's Schwingungen, originally released in 1972. One of the most important German krautrock albums. Re-cut carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself. Gatefold sleeve with sticker; Includes original release sheet and inlay." The second album by this legendary Krautrock ensemble, remastered by Manuel Göttsching himself! Their 2nd album came out in 1972, & was quite a bit different from the first, as Klaus Schulze had... 05-MGART 612LP $33.00
Malaria! - Compiled 2.0 : 2 x vinyl lps (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Early 80s German art-punk quintet who are fondly remembered by some! An important part of Berlin music history, the line-up of Malaria! consisted of Gudrun Gut and Bettina Koster, Christine Hahn, Manon P. Duursma, and Susanne Kuhnke. "... Always forward, never back: from West Berlin to London, Paris, New York and Tokyo... from here, there and everywhere to eternity, the Autobahn goes on forever, with Malaria! at the wheel, spinning new moves from timelines crossed in records and songs 05-MOABIT 022LP $36.00
Who - Tommy CD (Mega Blowout Sale) The fourth album in four years by The Who and is one of the great achievements of rock in the late 60s and the album that broke the band into superstar status worldwide. This is one of the great art-rock albums of all time and, nearly 50 years later, is still a stunning achievement; if you haven't played this one in decades, it's even better than you remember! Absolutely recommended; this belongs in any rock collection. 28-MCA11417.2 $8.00
Chrome - Chrome Box 8 x CD box set (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Special CD edition of the super deluxe 1982 box set from San Francisco art rock legends Chrome! This limited edition piece contains all 8 of the classic albums produced by the core duo of Helios Creed and Damon Edge including 1977’s Alien Soundtracks, 1979’s Half Machine Lip Moves, 1980’s Red Exposure, 1982’s 3rd From The Sun and more PLUS bonus rarities including the Subterranean Modern tracks! All discs come in their own sleeve along with a stunning 88-page booklet of rare photos and... 28-CLE5115.2 $50.00
Phillips, Barre - Thirty Years In Between 2 x CDs Disc One: live FIMAV 5/2019 Disc Two: live at the Western Front 5/1989 “That distinguished history at once evaporates into and illuminates the inspiring presence of these two Phillips performances, another leap in time, linking the 1989 concert Camou¬age, a then state-of-the-art account of bass possibilities, to Ahoy! a voyager’s greeting shouted across time. It documents Phillips’ appearance on the stage of Victoriaville’s Colisée in May 2019, a slight and almost spectral presence standing... Victo 132-08 $24.00
Hennix, Catherine Christer - Central Palace Music from 100 Model Subjects For Hegikan Roku Performed by Catherine Christer Hennix's just-intonation ensemble The Deontic Miracle, this previously unheard piece was taken from an eight-day festival organized in the spring of 1976 at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm. The group features Catherine Christer Hennix on Renaissance oboe and custom sinewave generators, Peter Hennix on Renaissance oboe, and Hans Isgren on sheng. Central Palace Music is packaged in a deluxe letterpressed sleeve. In late-1960s Sweden, she was a pioneer.. 05-IMPREC 398CD $19.00
Brainville: Daevid Allen / Hugh Hopper / Kramer / Pip Pyle - The Children's Crusade CD (Mega Blowout Sale) This is the original, first release by this 'Canterbury supergroup + Kramer' band, put together by multi-instrumentalist & producer Kramer in the early 90s. Long out of print until this recent reissue! "Separately, Daevid Allen, Hugh Hopper, Kramer and Pip Pyle as members of Gong, Soft Machine, Bongwater, Hatfield & The North and Shockabilly, are among the surviving members of 'art-rock'. Together as Brainville, their mind-bending live performances spark a psychedelic noise unto the rock of.. 23-GZO133.2 $7.00
Solaris - Martian Chronicles Live The Martian Chronicles, released by the Hungarian group Solaris in 1984, is the most acclaimed progressive rock release ever from Hungary. It is a heavily symphonic instrumental record featuring flute, keyboards, guitar, bass & drums. This album was always the perfect work for folks who really love "The Snow Goose" by Camel and want more, similar things. ANYWAY, on the 30th anniversary of this album, the band recorded a new, live version on October 26, 2014 at the Palace of Arts... 15-Periferic 703291 $18.00
Son House - Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Son House (Mega Blowout Sale) "This release in the Heroes of the Blues series is the only true cross-licensed best-of package for Son House A complete career retrospective, covering all periods of his career and various record labels Transcribed directly from Paramount 78's and completely restored and re-mastered. Original cover art by R. Crumb. Son House's place, not only in the history of Delta blues, but in the overall history of the music, is a very high one indeed. He was a major innovator of the Delta style, along with.. 28-SHFA30251.2 $8.00
Towner, Ralph / Gary Burton - Matchbook Ralph Towner: classical and 12-string guitars Gary Burton: vibraharp “An album-of-the-year in US magazine High Fidelity and recipient of a 5-star review in Down Beat, Towner and Burton’s Matchbookstands up today as a timeless instance of the art of the duo, its vibrant spontaneity still alluring. The wide-ranging repertoire includes Ralph Towner’s classic tune ”Icarus”, Charles Mingus’s farewell to Lester Young, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”, and Leonard Bernstein’s “Some Other Time”... 28-ECM 1056 $11.00
Silva, André B. - Mt Meru CD André B. Silva guitar José Soares alto saxophone Raquel Reis cello Sophie Bernado basoon Paulo Bernardino bass clarinet André Carvalho double bass Ricardo Coelho drums, percussion and vibraphone "Mt. Meru” is the second record under his own name by the guitarist of The Rite of Trio - one of the most brilliant projects coming from the small European country called Portugal. After his first record, The Guit Kune Do, which consisted of five electric guitars, he shuffles things... CF 595 $15.00
Wobbly - Monitress CD “San Francisco-based multimedia artist, composer, and improviser Jon Leidecker makes music under the pseudonym Wobbly. He currently records and tours with seminal experimental group Negativland, and with the Thurston Moore Ensemble. Over the course of a varied musical practice that began in the mid-1980s, Wobbly has collaborated with artists including Matmos, Dieter Moebius (Cluster), Tania Chen, Fred Frith, Tim Story, Thomas Dimuzio, David Toop, Zeena Parkins, and People Like Us. Leidecker has released... 39-CD-HAUSMO-96 $14.00
Sakamoto, Ryuichi - Thousand Knives Of CD "1978 was a key year for Japanese music. Haruomi Hosono, one of the country's most innovative musicians had just formed Yellow Magic Orchestra pursuing the sonic experimentation he had started with his solo album Paraiso. The album, recorded between December '77 and January '78, featured both Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi. Hosono quickly invited both musicians to form YMO but before the group could release their first album, Sakamoto entered the Nippon Columbia studios in April 1978 with a plan... 05-WWSCD 024CD $18.00
Schnitzler, Conrad - Gelb 180 gram vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Originally released by Editions Block in 1980, the Yellow album contains recordings from the years 1974. "The chronology of Schnitzler's solo releases in the 1970s -- and even more so in the '80s -- resembles a book with seven seals. Schnitzler.. 05-BB 196LP $28.00
Guardian Ear - Guardian Ear (band released CDR) Excellent debut release from this chamber/acoustic band, the sound and the ideas place this release somewhere between Oregon and Far Corner! "A five piece acoustic quintet from Seattle, WA, Guardian Ear has an unusual combination of guitar... GE001 $9.00
Thomas, John D. - Serious Business "At age 19, guitarist John D. Thomas was enlisted as a sideman by both Jimmy McGriff and Joe Henderson for recordings and concerts. In the following years he worked with some of the greatest names in jazz, including the AACM Big Band, Stanton Davis... 05-ESP 5006 $14.00
Marclay, Christian - Graffitti Composition "Dog W/A Bone, the recording label established by the Paula Cooper Gallery, is pleased to announce the CD release of Graffiti Composition by American visual artist and composer Christian Marclay. In 1996, Marclay plastered more than 5,000 posters of... 05-DWAB 006CD $17.00
Mahagony Frog - Senna CD Unique, colorful, heavy, instrumental music from a Canadian quartet from Winnipeg that fuse elements of noise and brutal prog with a big helping of Canterbury-style jazz/rock. It shouldn't work, but it does. Good stuff and definitely highly recommended... MJR 048 $13.00
Rylan, Jessica - Interior Designs "Jessica Rylan (you may know her better as Can’t) is finally releasing her first officially published instrumental work for synthesizer. Titled Interior Designs, these compositions are more “classic” in nature than her work as Can’t. Inspired by... 05-IMPORTANT134 $15.00
Krieger, Ulrich - Early American Minimalism : Walls Of Sound II Walls of Sound is about what I call: 'static music' -- music that isn't semantic, gestured, or narrative, that doesn't move or change atmospherically, and isn't dramatic or has a development in the traditional European sense. If it changes it does it v... 05-SUBROSA218 $14.00
ElSaffar, Amir - Two Rivers CD "Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar put his New York career on hold six years ago to immerse himself in the music of his father’s ancestral past, the Iraqi Maqam. Already an accomplished jazz and classical trumpeter, having performed with esteemed art 28-PIRC24.2 $17.00
Cusca, Francesco / The Assasins meets Duccio Bertini - Black Poker Francesco Cusa drums The Assassins : Giulio Stermieri hammond, piano Flavio Zanuttini trumpet, electronics Giovanni Benvenuti tenor sax Florence Art Quartet:Daniele Iannaccone violin Lorenzo Borneo violin Agostino Mattioni viola Cristiano Sacchi cello Duccio Bertini keyboards (on “Elegia”) "Here is a record of crossed challenges. A band (The Assassins) with a vocation to improvise freely is co-operating with a classical chamber string ensemble... CF 504 $15.00
Corral, Daniel - Polytope “An extraordinary piece of musical and visual art… that is both accessible and compelling.”-Sequenza 21 “A mesmerizing visual and musical spectacle.”-SF Gate “gamelan from Pluto—or maybe ’70s Philip Glass as interpreted by Harry Partch on his Cloud-Chamber Bowls.”-The Stranger "Polytope is an aural vortex of electronic minimalism and alternate tuning that recalls classic experimental electronic albums like Terry Riley’s Shri Camel, Aphex Twin’sSelected Ambient Works Volume II. Orenda 0055 $13.00
Magenta - Reaching For The Moon 2 x CDs + 2 x DVDs ‘Reaching For The Moon’ is available in a 4 disc set (2DVDs/2CDs) and was filmed at the Arlington Arts Centre, in Newbury, England on May 21st 2022. It features an enhanced Magenta line-up, including percussionist, flautist and oboist, as well as a guest appearing by Andy Foster (Kite Parade) on vocals and saxophone. The first half of the concert features many of Magenta’s shorter and more accessible songs, including seldom played old favourites like ‘Broken’ and ‘Glitterball’, and newer ones like... 23-TMRSE 1222 $34.00
Kaukolampi - Inside The Sphere vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Very good electronic music album, hovering somewhere between ambient and space music (but not in a 70s way). "Timo Kaukolampi is a Helsinki-based experimental music artist and self-taught composer, producer and meta band leader. His goal and ethos is to destroy and re-create his musical output with every new project and release. In search of uncharted realms of music, he has given us projects such as K-X-P and Haunted Plasma. These days he is mostly focusing on his solo art and film music... 05-OM 026LP $31.00
Dockstader, Todd / James Reichert - Omniphony 1 (Mega Blowout Sale) "The finest composer who ever worked in the medium of sounds assembled on tape"-OP "The legendary collaboration between a leading American Musique Concrete composer and an instrumental ensemble directed by James Reichert where, for I think the first and to date only time, there was full integration of the written, played and manipulated sounds. The instrumental parts were derived from 'cells' of concrete sound and in turn were electronically transformed (in Robert Moog's then state of the art... RER TODD1 $3.00
I Feel Like A Bombed Cathedral - I Feel Like A Bombed Cathedral “I Feel Like A Bombed Cathedral is the ambitious new project from Amaury Cambuzat --guitarist with the legendary Faust and founder of French avant-garde experimentalists Ulan Bator. Just two pieces spread over 50-odd minutes, this CD reaches levels of drone-like intensity barely heard since the days of Theatre of Eternal Music. Beautiful collage art by Cambuzat. Packaged in a gloss laminated digipack; Edition of 500. Essential.” "You need to tell the world how you feel and all you think... 05-DPROM 147CD $16.00
Zajc, Rebeka Rusjan - Prelude CD Rebeka Rusjan Zajc piano "With her extraordinary debut album, Prelude, young Slovenian pianist Rebeka Rusjan Zajc (now residing in Amsterdam), announces herself as a precocious new talent, already forging her own distinctive art language, navigating the bountiful margins between non-idiomatic improvisation, jazz and classical music. Across this disc’s sole extended piece, ‘Illusion’, she marshals a dynamic carnival of boundless extemporisation, full of instinctive runs and dramatically tumbling. CF 657 $15.00
Ortiz, Aruan - Serranias: Sketchbook for Piano Trio CD Aruán Ortiz: Piano Brad Jones: Bass John Betsch: Drums “Aruán Ortiz, acclaimed as a piano cubist, excellent jazz improviser and wayward stylist who strays far from Cuban music while remaining so deeply rooted in Cuba’s musical tradition, presents an impressive trio album with two congenial collaborators Brad Jones and John Betsch. Cuban influences from toques, rumba and Afro-Haitian music blend with European art music and modern jazz. “Serranías is a special album for a double anniversary 28-ITK392.2 $19.00
Drake, Hamid / Sylvain Kassap - Heads Or Tails 2 x CDs Hamid Drake: drums, frame drum Sylvain Kassap: eb, bb, bass and contrabass clarinets, chalumeau "When I put these CDs on I knew immediately that from the first time I had heard them together until the time of these recordings their art, their voices, their intense empathy/telepathy for one another had grown to an almost unparalleled level: two instruments in complete harmony and synchronicity."Steve Dalachinsky, excerpt of the liner notes CD-1 recorded live on February 5th 2007 by... 21-ROG-0072 $24.00
Adams, John Luther - Everything That Rises “Everything That Rises is art without artifice, and its beauty transports the listener into a timeless place outside of everyday experience, surely one of music’s most exalted goals.” —New York Classical Review “Everything That Rises finds Mr. Adams exploring dissonance and just-intonation tuning, in the gentlest of ways.” —New York Times "Everything That Rises is an elegant, haunting, and devilishly difficult string quartet, performed by by the incredible, illustrious JACK Quartet... 34-CB 051 $17.00
Aksak Maboul - Redrawn Figures Volume 2 vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Fifteen artists revisit the tracks AND the cover art of Aksak Maboul's latest album 'Figures'! Ranging from simple remixes to reconstructions and cover versions, these 18 tracks are released on two separate, limited-edition vinyl LPs. In order to extend the fun (and the metaphor in the title), Aksak Maboul have asked the contributors to also revisit Véronique Vincent’s painting which adorned the front cover of the album. The participants include experimental pop luminaries The Notwist... 28-CRDC308.1 $21.00
Residents - PAL TV “The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of over forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD ROM projects and ten DVDs. Working as an anonymous collective, their identitites were kept secret until in 2017 Hardy Fox revealed himself as their primary composer. Hardy died in October 2018, but the group continue to record and perform. The PAL TV LP was an obscure release. It.... 21-GG307 $19.00
Spies, Simon / Quiet Tree - Euphorbia CD Simon Spiess: Tenor Saxophone Marc Méan: Piano, Synthesizers, Effects Jonas Ruther: Drums, Piano “The sound art of the Swiss trio Quiet Tree can be located in a musical square, in which programming, producing and musical virtuosity come together. With a keen sense for atmospheric moods, the music drifts through multi-faceted soundscapes. Euphorbia grooves, irritates and breathes the vastness and laconic tranquility of a Nordic landscape surrounded by an aura of melancholy. “Improvisation. 28-ITK414X.2 $19.00
Pais / Marques - The Inner Colours Of Boglin's Outline CD Afonso Pais guitar Tomás Marques alto saxophone "To trust is to accept the metamorphosis. For several years before the onset of this motto, up until Afonso and Tomás cojoined to search for a musical path to express themselves as a Unit, concepts such as pulse, timbre or spontaneity had already been an intrinsic part of their life and musical explorations, individually. Sharing the thought that improvising is to a large extent the art of being able to flip oneself on one ́s own head, in... CF 616 $15.00
Perdomo, Fernando - Out To Sea CD (Mega Blowout Sale) "Out To Sea" is the debut instrumental progressive rock album by Fernando Perdomo, guitarist and bassist of The Dave Kerzner Band. The album draws inspiration from classic 70s Art Rock albums by the likes of Steve Hackett, Peter Banks, Steve Howe, and Jan Akkerman. All instruments on the record, save one drum track, were played by Fernando Perdomo including Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, and Drums. Acclaimed artist Paul Whitehead painted the cover image." “It's a very well-done "tip-of-the-hat".. 23-FMR 27 $4.00
Reuter, Markus / Stefano Castagna - Sea of Hopeless Angels CD Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars® S8, Live Looping Stefano Castagna: Synths, Samples, Bass, Voice, Percussion, Treatments “Member of The Stick Men and Tu-Ner, leading polymath composer and touch guitarist Markus Reuter embraces a different and more celestial music in 'Sea of Hopeless Angels', his entrancing duo collaboration with electronic producer/art-rock revivalist Stefano Castagna. In a free and sinuous narrative, Markus' clean-toned and unedited touch guitar solos merge with... 28-USNG22.2 $15.00
Draksler, Kaja / Susana Santos Silver - Grow CD Kaja Draksler: Piano Susana Santos Silva: Trumpet “Kaja Draksler and Susana Santos Silva are among the most original and articulate voices of European jazz innovation. Their art fuses composition and free improvisation with structures, musical logic and advanced techniques. Both defy stylistic and historical boundaries and have found a highly personal expression in both their compositions and their improvisational playing, which is colourful, intricate and abstract. “The way they lure... 28-ITK391.2 $19.00
Berne, Tim / Matt Mitchell - One More, Please CD Tim Berne: Alto Saxophone Matt Mitchell: Piano “Tim Berne, pioneer of New York’s legendary “downtown scene”, and his long-time duo partner Matt Mitchell on piano release the album One More, Please – an impressive and refreshing example of the art of improvisation. The two virtuoso instrumentalists have worked together for more than ten years – including in Berne’s acclaimed band Snakeoil – and over this time have developed a distinctive language and musical depth in a dynamic musical... 28-ITK395.2 $19.00
Kuhn, Steve - Wisteria Steve Kuhn-piano Steve Swallow-bass Joey Baron-drums "Wisdom and wistfulness are intertwined in “Wisteria”, whose title track, written by Art Farmer, takes us back to the early 60s, when both Steve Kuhn and Steve Swallow sang softly of. 28-ECM 2257 $19.00
Sharp, Elliott / Marc Ribot / Mary Halvorson - Err Guitar CD Elliott Sharp: Guitar Mary Halvorson: Guitar Marc Ribot: Guitar "Last summer in Elliott Sharp's recording studio in Manhattan, New York guitarist Sharp spent a day with guitar colleague Mary Halvorson and another with Marc Ribot, legendary guitarist of Tom Waits, The Lounge Lizards and Marianne Faithful. The result was a series of recordings that could only be created by friends. They represent the great art of guitar playing by three exceptional musicians looking for new sonic adventures in. 34-Intakt 281 $19.00
Garcia, Violetta - Fobia CD Violeta Garcia - cello "Violeta García is a cellist, improviser and composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has been studying music since 1998. She is a performer in many art forms, including free improvisation, contemporary and trans-media experimental repertoire in violoncello and electronic and collaborations with dancers and other artists. She is eager to improvise, compose and create new experimental sounds with extended techniques, prepared instrument and work with dynamic, rhythmic and. RPR SS 007 $13.00
Residents - Triple Trouble: The Original Soundtrack Album CD “Seven collaged suites of brand new Residents music, film dialogue and one or two familiar themes. 'Triple Trouble' the movie will be appearing at film festivals and art house cinemas near you throughout 2022. "From priesthood to plumber: In the wake of his mother's death, an idealistic but emotionally isolated man replaces his belief in God with a faith in fungus..." The Residents present 'Triple Trouble', the soundtrack to their forthcoming fifty-years-in-the-making feature film of the same... 21-CDBRED862 $16.00
Charlie Nothing - The Psychedelic Saxophone of Charlie Nothing / In Eternity with Brother Frederic vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) One of the true weirdo albums of the 60s, this is reissued legitimately (and from the master tapes!) for the very first time since the original release in 1967! His crazy guitars made from car parts [‘dingulators’] are also worth looking up! “John Fahey’s Takoma label is best known for pushing the envelope when it comes to acoustic guitar playing, but in 1967 it released a record that has become one of the true cult classics of the ‘60s free jazz movement. Charles Martin Simon was an aspiring... 39-RGM-LP-1749 $33.00
Kluster - Zwei Osterei 180 gram vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "Zwei Osterei is the second half of a recording session which took place on a single day in November 1970. Klopfzeichen is the first part. Yet the uncompromising Zwei Osterei surpasses the earlier Klopfzeichen album by some distance in terms of its... 05-BB 111 LP $23.00
Schnitzler, Conrad - Gelb (expanded) Originally released by Editions Block in 1980, the Yellow album contains recordings from the years 1974. "The chronology of Schnitzler's solo releases in the 1970s -- and even more so in the '80s -- resembles a book with seven seals. Schnitzler.. 05-BB 196CD $20.00
P16.D4 - Kuhe In ½ Trauer CD “Reissue, originally released in 1984. P16.D4 was a German electronic noise music collective, active primarily from 1980 to 1988. P16.D4 embraced tape cut-ups, musique concrète, endless recycling, and transformation of previously published material, and many long-distance collaborations with like-minded artists such as DDAA, Vortex Campaign, Nurse With Wound, and Merzbow. Their active participation in the international industrial tape scene yielded collaborative output such as their release Distruct... 05-SNS 022CD $17.00
Collier, Graham - Workpoints 2 x CDs Called "A pioneer...a true British jazz original." by The Times, "An inventive and underrated jazz figure" by Jazziz and "Britain's most original jazz talent." by The Financial Times, Graham Collier is one of the best known British jazz composers, and over a 40 year career, his list of compositions and comissions has grown to encompass ensembles around the world. He was born in Tynemouth, England in 1937. He won a Downbeat scholarship to Berklee School of Music, Boston, studying with Herb Pomeroy... Rune 213/214 $21.00
Orange - In the Midst of Chaos CD "Free jazz group Orange's one and only release In The Midst Of Chaos was recorded in 1978 and became renowned saxophonist Paul Flaherty's first record. It's also the first and only release of legendary 'out' guitarist Barry Greika, who along with Bob... 05-DESTIJL064 $14.00