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Reija, Xavi - Resolution Drummer and composer Xavi Reija is a completely new name to me, but this is a really great album of advanced and interesting power trio jazz/rock that really knocked me out. Also appearing is guitarist Dusan Jevtovic and bassist Bernat Hernandez. Check... MoonJune MJR 062 $13.00
Qluster - Lauschen "Kluster (1969) metamorphosed into Cluster (1971) and Cluster became Qluster (2011). In a period spanning over 40 years, Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a driving force behind this unique transformation. Now, as Qluster, he has recorded together with Onnen... 05-BB 123 CD $18.00
Palestine, Charlemagne/Z'ev - Rubhitbangklanghear 2 x CDs This has one disc (40') of duos and one disc (68') of solo performances. "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... 05-SR 340CD $20.00
Moor Mother - Jazz Codes CD “Jazz Codes is Moor Mother's companion to her celebrated 2021 release Black Encyclopedia of the Air. Jazz Codes uses free jazz as a starting point but the collection continues the recent turn in Moor Mother's multifaceted catalog toward more melody, more singing voices, more choruses, more complexity. In it's warm, densely layered course through jazz, blues, soul, hip-hop, and other Black classical traditions, Jazz Codes sets the ear blissfully adrift and unhitches the mind from habit. Through her... 28-ATI87926.2 $14.00
Qluster - Lauschen 180 gram 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) "Kluster (1969) metamorphosed into Cluster (1971) and Cluster became Qluster (2011). In a period spanning over 40 years, Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a driving force behind this unique transformation. Now, as Qluster, he has recorded together with Onnen... 05-BB 123 LP $24.00
Ruins - Hyderomastgroningem The truly amazing bass/drums duo where drummer/composer Yoshida Tatsuya first made his mark and appeared on people's radar, who were obviously influenced by punk, math rock, Magma & This Heat. "Along with the Boredoms, Naked City and very few others, this amazing drums/bass duo are masters of quick-change, stop/start tempos, time-signatures and textures. Ruins' explosive and intricately composed tunes are sung in a peculiar language of their own invention." [note: which sounds a LOT like Kobaian].... TZ 7202 $13.00
AALY Trio - Sustain CD Mats Gustafsson : tenor sax, baritone sax Peter Janson : bass Kjell Nordeson : drums, percussion “AALY Trio, named themselves after the piece "Lebert Aaly... dedicated to Albert Ayler" by the Art Ensemble of Chicago from their album, Phase One on the America label, released during 1971. During the early 80's Mats Gustafsson and Kjell Nordeson began playing together as a duo in their hometown of Umeå, Sweden. Things went into creative overdrive for the band when Peter Janson became. 21-SHCD-167 $17.00
Lehman, Steve + Craig Taborn - The People I Love Steve Lehman – alto sax Craig Taborn – piano Matt Brewer – double bass Damion Reid – drums “Hailed by The New York Times as "a state-of-the-art musical thinker" and "a quietly dazzling saxophonist," Steve Lehman has built a career creating innovative, uncompromising music that packs a visceral wallop. His signature alto sound - searing with emotional intensity and crystal clear articulation - has been featured in high-profile partnerships with Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, and Bennie... 28-PIRC82.2 $15.00
Expo Seventy - America Here & Now Sessions "Sturdy tip-on mini-LP gatefold packaging displaying utterly different artwork from the vinyl edition. Design courtesy of Justin Wright himself. Includes an OBI strip and a bonus track. Limited to 200 copies. EXPO SEVENTY is back on Essence Music with the mastermind Justin Wright bringing together a rare line-up featuring two drummers. The four-piece only lived during a short period of time and the thunderous experiments achieved by these unique sonic hypnotists are fully presented here... ESS 025 $15.00
Day & Taxi - Live in Baden CD Christoph Gallio soprano, alto & c-melody saxophones Silvan Jeger double bass, voice & sequenzer Gerry Hemingway drums & percussion “In 2023 DAY & TAXI celebrates its 35th anniversary. Bassist Silvan Jeger celebrates his 10th DAY & TAXI anniversary and drummer Gerry Hemingway has now also been with the band for 5 years. Reason enough to release a live production after 18 years (LIVE IN SHENZHEN, SHANGHAI AND TAIPEI). LIVE IN BADEN was recorded on 29 November 2021 and is, so to speak... CF 615 $15.00
Cartwright, George - Send Help (CDR) George Cartwright - saxophones and composer Adam Linz- acoustic bass Andrew Broder- electric guitar Alden Ikeda- drums with Christina Baldwin-pre-recorded voice Anne Elias – video , text Recorded at the Walker Art... INNOVA211 $8.00
Domene, Alvaro / Henry Kaiser - El Tren Fantasma All music by Álvaro Domene and Henry Kaiser. Acoustic guitar duet on Track 2 Electric guitar duet on Tracks 1 & 3 "Despite its minimalist conception and impressive length, there is no shortage of ideas flowing through El Tren Fantasma, from start to finish. The two guitarists are spearheading the current music boundaries and are at the top of their art. It’s majestic to hear their collaborative guided improvisation here."-Dave Tremblay (Can This Even Be Called Music?) ... IRCD 22 $10.00
Holden, John - Kintsugi vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) NOTE: These are new and unplayed, but they have some dinged corners. “Released in a run of just 200 copies the new album from John Holden is our longest single LP release; it contains both a poster and a lyric booklet. ‘Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with gold’. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, not only is there no attempt to hide the damage, but the repair is literally... 23-PLG 116 $38.00
Godley and Creme - Frabjous Days: The Secret Wold Of Godley and Crème 1967-1969 CD “First-ever issue of stillborn 1969 studio album from pre- Hotlegs/10cc duo Godley And Creme during their days as Frabjoy And Runcible Spoon. Classic UK late 60s psychedelic/folk sound recorded at Advision Studios with support from future 10cc colleagues Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart.” “In mid-1969, legendary British R&B/psychedelic enabler Giorgio Gomelsky signed two Manchester-based art students, renaming them Frabjoy And Runcible Spoon. Envisaging the pair as a British Simon And... 23-CRSEG 110 $16.00
Albare - The Road Ahead CD (Mega Blowout Sale) Albare – guitar, synth guitar Phil Tucio – piano Yunior Terry – bass Pablo Bencid – drums “Australia continues to grow in every area of the arts and among those in the upper echelon of artists is Albare aka Albert Dadon. A man from many influences - born in Morocco, raised in France and Israel, Albare emigrated to Australia when he was 27 years old and since his arrival he has grown in public image and in reputation as one of their finest jazz guitarists and composers. There is... 23-Enja 9598 $6.00
Laubrock, Ingrid / Aki Takase - Kasumi Ingrid Laubrock: Tenor & Soprano Saxophone Aki Takase: Piano “Jazz as the art of dialogue: two of the great musicians of today's jazz from different continents and generations make music sparkle. Born in Osaka in 1948, Aki Takase moved to Berlin where her musical partners included Han Bennink, Evan Parker, Rudi Mahall, David Murray, Louis Sclavis and Fred Frith as well as her husband and pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach. Ingrid Laubrock, born in 1970 in Stadlohn in North... 34-INT 337 $19.00
Deluxe, Jean-Emmanuel - Rouen Dreams vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) "Await vinyl with much anticipation, meanwhile, the things you have sent via this machine* are, to be succinct, MARVELLOUS *even the routes through the various virtual doors and curtains to find them are consistent with your love of the obscure!—Robert Wyatt "The work is delicious—a buoyant energy that floats above our surface tension here. Congratulations—and merci.—Van Dyke Parks "This album has restored my faith in pop music as a concept. File between Syd Barrett and Sacha Distel... 18-Lion LP-168 $21.00
Officer! - Dead Unique "An album by Officer! recorded in 1995 but -- outrageously, inexplicably -- never before released into the public domain. This then is not a reissue or a revival; it's a new record that just happens to have been maturing in the cask for, oh, a little... 05-BLACKEST 006CD $18.00
Deluxe, Jean-Emmanuel - Rouen Dreams "Await vinyl with much anticipation, meanwhile, the things you have sent via this machine* are, to be succinct, MARVELLOUS *even the routes through the various virtual doors and curtains to find them are consistent with your love of the obscure!—Robert Wyatt "The work is delicious—a buoyant energy that floats above our surface tension here. Congratulations—and merci.—Van Dyke Parks "This album has restored my faith in pop music as a concept. File between Syd Barrett and Sacha Distel... 18-Lion 685 $10.00
Bertoia, Harry - Complete Sonambient Collection 11 x CDs + 100 page book in a box (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This is a great set of music with a fascinating story. In brief, Harry Bertoia was a jeweler, sculptor and furniture designer (among other things) who, staring in the 50s, began to sculpt sculptures which produced sound, made of tall vertical rods. In the late 70s, there were 11 privately released recordings made and released by Bertoia. Now for the first time anywhere, all 11 of them are reissued taken from their original master tapes. This is a must for fans of experimental sounds.... 05-IMPREC 419CD $100.00
Phaedra - Blackwinged Night "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-RCD 2172CD $18.00
Schnitzler, Conrad - Con 3 (expanded/remastered) Includes over 25' of material not found on the original release! "This album saw Conrad Schnitzler head further in the direction of pop music. Like Consequenz, Con 3 (1981) is a collaborative effort with Wolfgang Seidel, alias Sequenza. Con 3... 05-BB 122 $18.00
Abbs, Tom - The Animated Adventures of Knox CD + DVD "A two-disc set featuring a DVD movie and its CD soundtrack. A combination of avant-jazz and avant-cinema produced, directed and edited by New York-based multi-instrumentalist/filmmaker Tom Abbs and based on his narrative and video graphic score... 482-1039 $17.00
New American Wing - New American Wing (Mega Blowout Sale) "This is quite an impressive recording for a new group, immediately meriting praise simply for the high level of technical execution involved. The written aspects of the music, quite apparent due at least to stylistic design, are rendered in a manner that is quite impossible without sufficient rehearsal and the kind of true dedication such a commitment demands. Sadly enough, there are many more performances of this type of avant garde compositions than there are well-rehearsed performances, a fact that... NAW 01 $5.00
Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mark Feldman - Time Gone Out Sylvie Courvoisier: Piano Mark Feldman: Violin “For almost 20 years, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman have been continuously redefining the dialogue between Western and American music, improvisation and composition, tradition and modernity. The most diverse playing attitudes and atmospherics network in the alert reactions of the two players – dance, world-weariness, liberating noise, shrill jumping cascades, the confession of simple beauty. Their latest live release was described... 34-Intakt 326 $19.00
Heberer, Thomas - Klippe Thomas Heberer, trumpet, quarter-tone trumpet / Joachim Badenhorst, clarinet, bass-clarinet / Pascal Niggenkemper, bass "Although a broad term, most people associate a specific set of dos and don'ts with jazz, most of them unseparable from the African.. Clean Feed CF 226 $17.00
Marclay, Christian / Toshio Kajiwara / DJ Olive: djTRIO - 21 September 2002 vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) (Mega Blowout Sale) "At various moments, the mix suggested nature sounds, urban cacophony, 12-tone compositions and the tuning of radio dial." - Washington Post "An archeological excavation where whirlpool scratches, microtones and samples of thrift store-mined cheese fly around like poltergeists released from a tomb. - XLR8R "Some amazing, static-riddled alien music." - Dusted Start off by dispelling any outmoded notions about taking things at face value; sometimes a... Rune 348 mbs $6.00
Fitz-Gerald, G.F. / Lol Coxhill - The Poppy Seed Affair 2 x CDs/1 x DVD Last time ever on this wonderfully whacked release from the wonderful, now gone, Reel Recordings label. Limited edition of only 500 copies made with no reprintings to be done. "Electric guitar radical G.F. Fitz-Gerald and soprano sax... Reel Recordings 021-023 $32.00
Pop Music Team - Society Is A Shit (Mega Blowout Sale) "Originally recorded in 1969 for Orfeon Records in Mexico, this unbelievably awesome set of psychedelic rock was shelved for decades, due in large part to its fantastic (though probably poorly chosen from a commercial standpoint) title Society Is a Shit. With the exception of a humorous, traditional-sounding acoustic number presenting the record in Spanish, this record is 100% pure, mind-expanding psychedelia sung mostly in English. It's got all the factors you'd expect from a psych record of the period... 18-CSM 216CD $6.00
Uz Jsme Doma - Caves "A fascinating variety of influences are at work in UJD's music, but prior to any explication and dissection, it's important to note that this group effing rawks!!! The CD has punch, drama, virtuosity, hooks–all the things that make for a dynamic... Rune 312 $15.00
Gutbucket - Flock “Forcing a conversation between punk, funk and free jazz for saxophone, guitar, bass and drums.” - The New York Times “A classic case of a band that defies categorization.” – The Washington Post What happens... Rune 321 $25.00
Officer! - Dead Unique 2 x vinyl lps in gatefold sleeve (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) A beautiful illustration deserves a deluxe treatment and that's certainly what you get with this beautiful double lp, gatefold version of this 'lost for 20 years' album... 05-BLACKEST 006LP $35.00
News From Babel - Letters Home vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Dark and majestic, News from Babel remains ahead of their time.”-Michael Draine “The second record by this group (Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Chris Cutler) with invitees Robert Wyatt, Sally Potter, Phil Minton and Dagmar Krause who sing, and Bill Gilonis (of The Work) who plays occasional guitar and bass, and who also produced the recording. These are extended songs, unusually orchestrated and arranged and not much like anything else recorded before or since.”-Chris Cutler... 05-NFB2 $25.00
Miriodor - Cobra Fakir vinyl lp with download card (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Yes, Yes, Yes! The music is great. But let's talk about the really stunning package that this is first! The cover is completely different than the CD, and is a 2 color hand silk-screened origina. Also contained in the set are 6, color, hand... Rune 368-v $23.00
Cylinder - Cylinder Darren Johnston, trumpet / Aram Shelton, alto saxophone, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet / Lisa Mezzacappa, double bass / Kjell Nordeson, drums, percussion. Great new band with some familiar names; all play great, but Darren has released a previous... Clean Feed CF 219 $17.00
Takayanagi, Masayuki / New Direction Unit - Axis/Another Revolvable Thing 2 x CDs “Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi (1932-1991) was a maverick Japanese guitarist, a revolutionary spirit whose oeuvre embodied the radical political movements of late '60s Japan. Having cut his teeth as an accomplished Lennie Tristano disciple playing cool jazz in the late '50s, Takayanagi had his mind blown by the Chicago Transit Authority's "Free Form Guitar" in 1969 and promptly turned his back on the jazz scene. Takayanagi had found a new direction, an annihilation of jazz and its associated idolatry of... 28-BF 015-16CD $22.00
Braxton, Anthony - Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio 2 x CDs Anthony Braxton alto saxophone, clarinet & contrabass clarinet, flute and sopranino Marilyn Crispell piano Mark Dresser double bass Gerry Hemingway drums & marimba "American composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton is one of the foremost musicians in the genre of free jazz. Since the 1960s he has released more than 100 albums. He plays all of the saxophones as well as the clarinet, flute, alto flute, and piano. In 2013 he was named a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts. 34-hatOLOGY 2-735 $27.00
Pere Ubu - Elitism For The People 1975-1978 : 4 x CDs in mediabook (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) The Modern Dance Dub Housing The Hearpen Singles Live at Max’s Kansas City 1977 “The Modern Dance is one of the first and greatest art-rock records.”-The Guardian “‘Elistism For The People 1975-1978’ is a four-disc ‘bookback’ set featuring excerpts from the Pere Ubu scrapbook 75-82, written by David Thomas, including historical photos. The set collects the bracing and brilliant Pere Ubu in their earliest incarnation, with the devasting one-two knockout blow of 1978 stu 39-CD-FIRE-406 $49.00
Juggernaut - Trama CD (Mega Blowout Sale) Andrea Carletti - guitar Roberto Cippitelli - bass, glockenspiel, synth, vibraslap Matteo D'Amicis - drums, shaker, agogo, tambourine, wooden güiro, senasel, samba whistle, marranzanu Luigi Farina - guitar, classical and acoustic guitars, synth TRAMA! is the second album by the instrumental Italian art/metal/progressive band Juggernaut. “Avant-garde post-core that is both charmingly catchy as interesting from a musical point of view. Sometimes weird but never.... 23-Subsound 702795517410 $7.00
Otracina - Reality Has Got To Die "2010 release from the Brooklyn-based Experimental Rock trio. Reality Has Got to Die showcases the band's mind-blowing ability to evoke the timeless Space Rock magic of Hawkwind, the Prog improv wizardry of King Crimson, the fuck-yeah of early... 28-HLYM6307.2 $16.00
Intersystems - Intersystems 3 x CD box set (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This is the three legendary albums by this very, very experimental, very very early avant group (1967-68) exploring sound collage, mixed media and much more. NOT on the NWW list, probably only because they were too obscure for them to even know about them! "This three-disc box collects Number One Intersystems (1967), presenting the correct side sequence and (for the first time) the original tracks' sub-section divisions; Peachy (1967), with (for the first time) the correct track separations... 05-NMN 094CD $60.00
Haney, David - Day For Night at Jackstraw David Haney piano, Julian Priester trombone, Buell Neidlinger bass, Marc Smason trombone, shofar, Doug Haning contra alto clarinet, Dan Blunck tenor sax and flute, Frank Clayton bass, Juan Pablo Carletti drums. "The CD presents two Sessions.... SLAM 541 $15.00
Pentwater - Pentwater (expanded / remixed / remastered) "Band-released reissue of 1978 progressive from Illinois, remixed and remastered from the original analog tapes, digipack with lyric insert. "This album starts with the completely insane 'Frustration Mass', where the singer goes totally off the deep... 18-Beef 001 $15.00
Festen - Festen Isak Hedtjärn clarinet / Lisa Ullén piano / Elsa Bergman double bass / Erik Carlsson drums. "The rich Scandinavian scene keeps revealing all its multiplicity and inventiveness. Now it happens with the first opus by the quartet Festen, assembled by Isak Hedtjarn, Lisa Ullén, Elsa Bergman and Erik Carlsson. The last track of the album is titled “it never gets better than this”, and it’s right: to go beyond what you’ll find here would be difficult, but considering the quality and the capacity for... CF 368 $15.00
Tomaga / Pierre Bastien - Bandiera Di Carta vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “Bandiera Di Carta represents the ongoing collaboration between instrument builder and composer Pierre Bastien and the London based experimental duo Tomaga (Valentina Magaletti and Tom Relleen). Bastien has been called a "mad musical scientist with a celebrity following" by The Guardian (UK) having collaborated with the likes of filmmaker Pierrick Sorin, fashion designer Issey Miyake, singer and composer Robert Wyatt as well as Aphex Twin, who released three of his albums on his label Rephlex. Tomaga... 05-OP 051LP $30.00
Halvorson, Mary / John Dieterich - A Tangle Of Stars CD “Celebrated guitarists Mary Halvorson (Code Girl) and John Dieterich (Deerhoof) announce their debut collaborative album, a tangle of stars. The album is a collection of new instrumental songs spanning experimental jazz, pop, rock, noise, and improvisation, all of which were composed, arranged, and recorded over three days at Dieterich’s home studio in Albuquerque, NM. Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been described as “a singular talent” (Lloyd Sachs, JazzTimes), ”NYC’s least-predictable... 28-NAMS125.2 $15.00
Moholo-Moholo, Louis - 4 Blokes Alexander Hawkins-piano, John Edwards-bass, Louis Moholo-Moholo-drums, Jason Yarde-saxes. "It’s the feeling that differentiates free jazz and its offshoots from every other species of contemporary western music: the sensation that the body and... Ogun OGCD 043 $16.00
Braufman, Alan - Infinite Love Infinite Tears CD “In 1975, the New York City alto saxophonist Alan Braufman released his debut album, Valley of Search on the India Navigation label. Braufman went on to record and tour with everyone from Carla Bley to The Psychedelic Furs, and didn't release another album under his name until 2020's The Fire Still Burns, which received rave reviews from The WIRE, Downbeat, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and NPR. 2024's Infinite Love Infinite Tears is a surprisingly catchy program of free jazz, richly detailed and... 28-VALY9.2 $16.00
Estamos Trio - People's Historia “Estamos Trio, on the album - appropriately titled - People's History, offers an avant-garde and multicultural reflection with an epicenter in the history of the border that separates Mexico from the United States....led by the North American pianist and composer Thollem McDonas they create music that tries to encourage communication and collaboration between musicians and artists born on both sides of the Mexican-American border to, in this way, develop a better understanding and appreciation among... RPR 1013 $13.00
Nits - Omsk The group's 5th album, from 1983 and the first where R.J. Stips has joined the band. "There seems little doubt that were they not so geographically challenged, the Nits would be one of the most widely respected bands in the world today... 15-MOC 13113 $13.00