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Tusques, Francois - Free Jazz (expanded) vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "Cacophonic present a first time vinyl reissue of a pioneering album of French free jazz, François Tusques's Free Jazz, originally released in 1965. Comprising some of the earliest, uninhibited performances from musicians behind groundbreaking European records and films, Free Jazz captures the birth of an exciting movement that would soon earn its Parisian birthplace as the go-to European spiritual home of improvised and avant-garde music. Spearheaded by pianist and composer François Tusques, this 1965... 05-CACK 020LP $32.00
Chance:Risiko - Sleep Talking This one from the mighty AltrOck label presents something a bit different for them and something outside of their more usual 'avant-progressive' style. This is 11 shorter songs that are between 2' and 6' long and is by a quartet of... 33-AltrOck 010 $16.00
Various Artists - Juncture "Juncture is a large-scale collaborative project made up of original stories, drawings, paintings, photos and music by over fifty of the finest artists of our generation. The book, with accompanying visuals, was recently published by Soft Skull press... 32-PI012 $14.00
Kluster - Zwei Osterei CD "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 $18.00
Amado, Rodrigo/Kent Kessler /Paal Nilssen-Love - Teatro "This is the first encounter of the Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado with the powerful rhythm section of Kent Kessler and Paal Nilssen-Love, both members of the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet. A tribute to Amado’s grandfather, an amateur theater... Clean Feed EE 001 $17.00
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness "Recuring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness is by far the heaviest Acid Mothers Temple record yet. So heavy, in fact, that Kawabata Makoto jokingly said 'the album is really heavy, maybe a bit like Sunn O))). hahahaha.'... 05-IMPORTANT188 $14.00
Jayaraman, Lalgudi G. - Singing Violins One of the greatest violin masters in India is undoubtably Lalgudi G. Jayamaran, and he is particularly appreciated for his ability to maintain a high level of concentration in his interpretations. Carnatic music is made of short ragas and the player c... 08-FY8094 $18.00
Tenores Di Bitti - Caminos De Pache This albums marks the 30th anniversary of this legendary acappella group from Sardina. Over the years their pure and powerful style has wond the admiration of artists such as Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Lester Bowie & Ornette Coleman. There is no denyi... 08-FY8088 $18.00
Citarella, Nando - 'A Pusteggia : Neapolitan Street Music In Naples, the music of the wandering street musicians known as 'a Pusteggia has long been highly appreciated, not only by people, but by composers...I dedicate this work to all those artists who taught me so much while I was a Pusteggiatore myself. Fo... 08-FTCD22 $18.00
No-Man - Dry Cleaning Ray Torn between their influences of Kate Bush, Miles Davis, Talk Talk, and latter-day heroes Massive Attack and De La Soul, No-Man (Tim Bowness and Steven "Porcupine Tree" Wilson) have managed to formulate and nurture a textured sound reminiscent of dusty... 25-HIDDENART14 $17.00
Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio with Marily Crispell, The - Gryffgryffgryffs Recorded on January 22, 1996 by the Swedish broadcasting corporation, this features an international all-star new jazz/improvising group of Mats Gustafsson-soprano, tenor and baritone saxes, Marilyn Crispell-piano, Barry Guy-double bass and Raymond Str... MUSICANDARTS1003 $7.00
Borden, David - The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 9-12 Borden was the founder of Mother Mallard, the world's first all synthesizer group. Borden's continued development, as a composer & electronic pioneer, stretches over two decades of being a leader in the field of new music technology & electronic new mu... RUNE 16 $15.00
Dreyblatt, Arnold - Who's Who in Central & Easten Europe "This is the long awaited release of one of Dreyblatt's most personal and major extended works. Created in 1991, it combined documentary photographs, films, texts and sound materials selected from archives and private collections with original music.... TZ 8157 $13.00
Baptista, Cyro - Beat The Donkey Madman virtuoso Cyro Baptista has played with an incredible range of musicians, from Paul Simon, Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson and Herbie Hancock to Medeski, Martin and Wood, Phish and Sting. A distinctive composer and vocalist in his own right, Be... TZ7608 $13.00
Zorn, John - Filmworks I CD ''This original installment of the FilmWorks Series presents three scores ranging from punk-rockabilly (featuring the nasty guitars of Bob Quine, Marc Ribot and Arto Lindsay); a jazzy Bernard Herrmann fantasy; to a quirky classical/improv/world music a... TZ7314 $13.00
Smith, Wadada Leo - Reflectativity CD This is a re-recording of an early 1970's release that was originally released on Leo's own label. It is ''is one of the most important extended compositions blending improvisationand composition, and one of Leo Smith's masterpieces. This exciting new ... TZ7060 $13.00
Mace, Pierre-Yves - Faux Jumeaux Four startling studio compositions by an extraordinary young French composer. Born in 1980, Pierre Yves-Mac began as an improviser, played in jazz-rock prog bands, studied classically, accompanied dance classes and has composed electronic music for the... TZ7078 $13.00
Karfagen - Passage to the Forest of Mysterious and Birds vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Nicely done vinyl releases. 300 of each pressed, all signed and numbered and all in color vinyl! “A real art rock feast here for lovers of Antony's Karfagen project, the core of CD one comes from the creative period during the Dragon and Bird sessions, they are musically as powerful, energising and divergent as anything you will have heard to date from him whilst still displaying the distinct Karfagen hallmarks.... With a mix of Jazz, Zappa, Tony Banks and Antony's own unique musical styles... 23-CM 23032-LP $38.00
Casavola, Franco / Chris Cutler / Adrezej Karpinski / Silvio Mix / Alessandro Monti / Nick Sudnick - Intonarumori “New and old compositions for Luigi Russolo's legendary Intonarumori. After publishing his visionary manifesto, the Art of Noises, in 1913, the futurist painter Luigi Russolo designed and built a revolutionary family of new instruments with which to compose with noise: black, wooden boxes, fitted with huge acoustic horns, crank-handles (to drive them) and levers (to vary the pitch). They came in different varieties – designed to give composers access to five of what Russolo had identified as ‘the... 21-RER 1913 $15.00
Los Angeles Electric 8 - Plays Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Braddock, Siegel and Kohl "The Los Angeles Electric 8 is a chamber octet that plays 400 years of art music on eight electric guitars. The group showcases its unconventional instrumentation playing dense interwoven lines that conjure harpsichords, bells, pianos and choral... LAE8001 $13.00
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Dronne “Back in 2002 North Sea Radio Orchestra were born in the lanes and alleys of the City of London, playing, in dusty old churches, a kind of chamber/alternative classical/folk high-Victorian hybrid music. Then escaping the City to play various festivals, arts establishments, 6Music sessions, venues of all kinds whilst releasing three studio albums to great critical acclaim. Now after a 4 year break they return with their fourth album 'Dronne'. All NSRO music is composed, recorded and lead by guitarist... THM 004 $16.00
A Conrad Trio - Screaming While Playing Andrew Conrad - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Voice Emilio Terranova - Double Bass, Voice Mike Lockwood - Drums, Voice “SCREAMING WHILE PLAYING, the bold debut album by vibrant Los Angeles saxophonist and composer, Andrew Conrad, is an immediately honest glimpse into the mind of an uncompromising artist who does not segregate art and life. Raw and visceral, this record presents a deeply intertwined musical dialogue rarely encountered in an age that favors technology and sheen over unfiltered Orenda 0032 $13.00
Daszu - Zone Of Swans / Lucid Actual + 1/2 Dativa This is a collection of rare material, previously released only on cassette, from the early 80s and which is definitely reminiscent of DEVO's better material from the same period and earlier. As they say: "Excavation of astounding underground post-punk recorded from 1979-1983" "If there's one thing we've learned from doing reissues for twenty years, it's that there is often a lack of justice in the arts. All too often, the intensely talented are shunted aside, or not able to access the means to.. 18-Lion 682 $10.00
Moonlight - DownWords CD "Moonlight is an experienced band hailing form Poland. Formed in 1991, this is their eleventh album. And on this album they really takes you along for a ride; and it sure as hell isn't a joyride you're invited to. Many people are fond of labels to... 21-MMP0380 $15.00
Zappa, Frank/Mothers of Invention - In the 1960s DVD Why was I not surprised to see this placed prominently on the box: "This film is not authorized by the estate or family of Frank Zappa"? Anyway, as a huge fan of the Mothers of Invention this was interesting for me to see and you get lots of... 21-SI545 $17.00
Esmark - Mara II " Esmark, named after a glacier at Spitzbergen that debouches into the Ymer Bay, is a collaboration between the sound architect Nikolai von Sallwitz (Taprikk Sweezee, Karachi Files) and the experimental artist Alsen Rau (Scheich In China, On+Brr). Both have worked on various experimental and performative projects together since 2001. Alsen Rau is also known as one half of the German Duo On+Brr. He recently released under the name Scheich In China and he is one of the founders and curators of the... 05-BB 273 CD $18.00
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Fire Escape "The relationship between Four Tet and Sunburned Hand Of The Man began in August 2003 when Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden, read the August 2003 cover story of The Wire, which touted Sunburned Hand of the Man as leaders of the "New Weird America."... 05-STS134 $18.00
Dark Tooth Encounter - Soft Monsters Dark Tooth Encounter is the name of the new music project out of California from Yawning Man/Ten East lynchpin, Gary Arce, and drummer extraordinaire, Ten East's Bill Stinson. Although joined by Scott Reeder (Kyuss, Obsessed, etc.) and Mario Lalli... 05-LEXDEV021 $18.00
Bultmann, Nils - Terminally Unique "This project was created from a series of improvisations, compositional sketches, and field recordings. With the help of Pro Tools, it has evolved into this present form. Nils Bultmann is a violist, improviser, and composer currently based in the... 05-MUTABLE17530 $14.00
Faun Fables - A Table Forgotten CDEP "A Table Forgotten is the first taste in an ongoing series of projects by Dawn McCarthy on a theme that's been largely unexplored in recent times: the age-old practices of tending a home and its immediate impact upon our day-to-day lives. It is an... 05-DC370 $13.00
Din A Testbild - Programm 6 "Few bands of the German post punk/new wave era can lay claim to "cult" status, but Din A Testbild most certainly can. Formed in 1978 by Mark Eins and Gudrun Gut, the combo played a significant role in defining the avant-garde music of Berlin and were... 05--BUREAUB051 $18.00
Esmark - Mara I vinyl lp + CD (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) " Esmark, named after a glacier at Spitzbergen that debouches into the Ymer Bay, is a collaboration between the sound architect Nikolai von Sallwitz (Taprikk Sweezee, Karachi Files) and the experimental artist Alsen Rau (Scheich In China, On+Brr). Both have worked on various experimental and performative projects together since 2001. Alsen Rau is also known as one half of the German Duo On+Brr. He recently released under the name Scheich In China and he is one of the founders and curators of the... 05-BB 272 LP $25.00
Esmark - Mara I " Esmark, named after a glacier at Spitzbergen that debouches into the Ymer Bay, is a collaboration between the sound architect Nikolai von Sallwitz (Taprikk Sweezee, Karachi Files) and the experimental artist Alsen Rau (Scheich In China, On+Brr). Both have worked on various experimental and performative projects together since 2001. Alsen Rau is also known as one half of the German Duo On+Brr. He recently released under the name Scheich In China and he is one of the founders and curators of the... 05-BB 272 CD $18.00
Hosono, Harumi - Cochin Moon CD "The unbelievably prolific Haruomi Hosono is one of the major architects of modern Japanese pop music. With his encyclopedic knowledge of music and boundless curiosity for new sounds, Hosono is the auteur of his own idiosyncratic musical world, putting his unmistakable stamp on hundreds of recordings as an artist, session player, songwriter and producer. Hosono's solo career would take many twists and turns from this point forward, with forays into exotica, electronic, ambient, and techno, culminating... 28-LIAA174.2 $17.00
Esmark - Mara II vinyl lp + CD (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) " Esmark, named after a glacier at Spitzbergen that debouches into the Ymer Bay, is a collaboration between the sound architect Nikolai von Sallwitz (Taprikk Sweezee, Karachi Files) and the experimental artist Alsen Rau (Scheich In China, On+Brr). Both have worked on various experimental and performative projects together since 2001. Alsen Rau is also known as one half of the German Duo On+Brr. He recently released under the name Scheich In China and he is one of the founders and curators of the... 05-BB 273 LP $25.00
Palestine, Charlemagne/Z'ev - Rubhitbangklanghear 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) Limited edition of 500 copies, on white vinyl! "Charlemagne Palestine is a minimalist composer, vocalist and performer noted for his carillon and electronic drone music. He is regarded as perhaps one of the most enigmatic and influential... 05-SR 340LP $18.00
Newaxeyes - Black Fax vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "Seattle experimentalists Newaxeyes play with tension and contradictions. Merging dark electronics, crystalline guitar melodies, pummeling beats, and samples to refract the volatility, paranoia, and catharsis of the post-Information Age, the band spins carefully orchestrated and recklessly warped instrumentals into something entirely their own. Their debut album, Black Fax, recorded live to tape over the course of two days and produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Wolves In The Throne Room), is a... 05-IMPREC 458LP $26.00
Hosono, Harumi - Cochin Moon vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "The unbelievably prolific Haruomi Hosono is one of the major architects of modern Japanese pop music. With his encyclopedic knowledge of music and boundless curiosity for new sounds, Hosono is the auteur of his own idiosyncratic musical world, putting his unmistakable stamp on hundreds of recordings as an artist, session player, songwriter and producer. Hosono's solo career would take many twists and turns from this point forward, with forays into exotica, electronic, ambient, and techno, culminating... 28-LIAA174.1 $28.00
Deathprod - Sow Your Gold In The White Foliated Earth CD “Sow Your Gold in the White Foliated Earth exists first as a curator's fancy - in this case from Oslo's Ultima Festival for contemporary music in 2014. The idea was to give revered Norwegian experimental electronic musician Helge Sten, aka Deathprod, access to seminal avant-garde composer Harry Partch's self-designed, custom-made, specialized, invented instruments - an orchestra tuned to just intonation, using up to 43 intervals instead of the standard 12 for the most commonly used Western equal... 28-SMTS402.2 $16.00
Golia, Vinny - Sfumato CD Personel: Alex Cline (d), Bobby Bradford (t), Ken Filiano (b), Vinny Golia (sax) "Here is an item in Vinny Golia’s discography that gives a global sense to his life as an artist. Before being a musician, Golia was a painter. A very particular... CF 036 $15.00
Palestine, Charlemagne / Grumbling Fur Time Machine - Omminggg And Schlomminggg 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) "Omminggg and Schlomminggg is the second release by continuous music pioneer Charlemagne Palestine and Grumbling Fur, consisting of London based multi-disciplinary artists Daniel O'Sullivan and Alexander Tucker; the Time Machine Orchestra being the extended drone arm of Tucker and O'Sullivan's experimental avant-pop conception. This double LP captures a performance of the trio at Copenhagen's illustrious Jazzhouse on November 28th, 2016. The pin-drop acoustic clarity of the venue providing an ideal... 05-IMPREC 448LP $40.00
Phaedra - Blackwinged Night vinyl lp + CD (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "Phaedra's 2011 debut album, The Sea received fantastic international reviews in magazines as diverse as The Wire, Uncut, Shindig, and Prog, which drew lines to Vashti Bunyan, Elizabeth Fraser, and Nico. The Chicago Reader said, "this is one of the loveliest, most striking albums, unlike anything I've heard in years." Blackwinged Night is the follow-up, and the second album in a trilogy, a lyrical and musical cycle with its own mythological structure. From the ethereal folk universe of the debut... 05-RLP 3172LP $25.00
Dagnino, Erika/Stefano Pastor/George Haslam/Steve Waterman - Narcete "Slam Productions is proud to present the poetry music work of this Anglo- Italian quartet: the very talented Italian poet Erika Dagnino with her ‘beautiful, strong and clear voice' (as Peter Brötzmann, among others, said), the Italian violinist Stefano.. SLAM 542 $15.00
Shaman - Nous Perçons Les Oreilles Shaman is: Jean Derome (altos sax, flute, objects, voice) and Joane Hétu (alto saxophone, voice). "Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming... AMBIANCESMAGNETIQUES200 $17.00
Deathprod - Sow Your Gold In The White Foliated Earth vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Sow Your Gold in the White Foliated Earth exists first as a curator's fancy - in this case from Oslo's Ultima Festival for contemporary music in 2014. The idea was to give revered Norwegian experimental electronic musician Helge Sten, aka Deathprod, access to seminal avant-garde composer Harry Partch's self-designed, custom-made, specialized, invented instruments - an orchestra tuned to just intonation, using up to 43 intervals instead of the standard 12 for the most commonly used Western equal... 28-SMTS402.1 $22.00
Ciani, Suzanne - Lixiviation : Ciani/Musica Inc. 1969-1985 "With a sonic portfolio that boasts commissions for the Xenon classic pinball machine, the sounds for the Meco Star Wars theme, the Atari TV commercials and the electronic sound effects in the original Stepford Wives film (amongst many others) the mutant electronic music CV of Suzanne Ciani is proof that in a 1970s commercial world of boys toys, monopolized by a male-dominated media industry, a woman's touch was the essential secret ingredient to successful sonic seduction. A classically-trained musician... 05-FKR 053CD $16.00
Opium Cartel - Night Blooms The Opium Cartel is a side project by Jacob Lupo-Holm, the leader of White Willow. Like the equally excellent new album by Rhys Marsh, The Fragile State of Inbetween, another WW associate, this is a bit more contemporary sounding and also more direct... 21-Termo 04 $16.00
Sharp / Gates / Dorji - Ere Guitar CD Elliott Sharp: Guitar Sally Gates: Guitar Tashi Dorji: Guitar “In August 2023, guitarist Elliott Sharp met with fellow guitarists Sally Gates and Tashi Dorji in his Manhattan recording studio. Ere Guitar celebrates the great art of the guitar, played by musicians who seek new paths and create the current sound of the day. “The line-up of the album Ere Guitar initially ties in with its predecessor Err Guitar with Mary Halvorson and Marc Ribot. Here, too, we meet a trio chosen by... 28-ITK418.2 $19.00
Bley, Paul - Festival International De Jazz Lugano 31 August 1966 (Mega Blowout Sale) Paul Bley - piano Mark Levinson - bass Barry Altschul - drums Superb quality radio broadcast of this great trio at a peak. Much better sound than their contemporaneous studio album, Closer! "Paul Bley Trio, live at the International Jazz Festival, Lugano, Switzerland August 31st, 1966. The young Paul Bley earned his spurs playing with legends including Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Jimmy Giuffre, Ornette Coleman, and Bill Evans. As the 1960s progressed, he increasingly. 23-HH 3111CD $7.00
Lewis, George / Roscoe Mitchell - Voyage And Homecoming Roscoe Mitchell: sopranino(1), alto(2) and soprano(3) saxophones George Lewis: laptop(1), trombone(2, 3) Voyager: interactive computer pianist(2) Recorded live by Arne Vierck at CTM Festival on February 2nd 2018 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany “Roscoe Mitchell and George Lewis first met in the summer of 1971 on Chicago’s South Side, where both musicians were born and raised. Mitchell and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, had just returned to the South Side after a two-year sojourn 21-ROG-0086 $16.00