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Schnellertollermeier - Rights Manuel Troller - guitar & effects Andi Schnellmann - electric bass & effects David Meier - drums "Schnellertollermeier have developed an approach to music where distinctions between conventionally marked terrains -- heavy metal, post-rock, prog, electric jazz, new music, improvisation, noise, modern composition, etc. -- meet in one place...and vanish. In their place is a music that is aggressive (at times brutal), wildly ambitious, and indefinable by common.... Rune 442 $15.00
Vitral - Entre As Estrelas CD Claudio Dantas / Drums, Percussion Eduardo Aguillar/ Keyboards, Bass Luiz Zamith / Guitars Marcus Moura / Flutes Vitral is a new combination of four Brazilian musicians, two of whom are known from their work with Bacamarte (Marcus) and Quaterna Requiem (Markus). This is very straightforward, instrumental, symphonic progressive rock. "Brazilian prog band Vitral are very good at what they do. What they do might not be considered “reinventing prog” but that’s okay with me. They pla MRCD 1117 $16.00
Burning Ghosts - Burning Ghosts Daniel Rosenboom - Trumpet Jake Vossler - Guitars Richard Giddens - Bass Aaron McLendon - Drums "...unruly...raging...visceral...raw...pure...expressive...a multi-faceted epic... Is Burning Ghosts the ‘Rage Against The Machine’ of jazz?"—S. Victor Aaron “BURNING GHOSTS explodes from the Los Angeles Underground with an expressionist metal-jazz opus that singes the fabric of a fraying American culture. An ambitious and scathing referendum, this eponymous debut comes at a.. Orenda 0030 $13.00
Globe Unity Orchestra - Globe Unity : 50 Years CD "The Globe Unity Orchestra is not just an ensemble of enormous historical importance to jazz but one which proves the continuing relevance of its self-imposed task. The present line-up, encompassing musicians of several generations and nationalities, lives up to the responsibility of producing genuinely new music, rejecting the commonplace and avoiding cliché, each time they play together. As if to contradict those who accuse the Globe Unity Orchestra (and free jazz in general) of predictability... 34-Intakt 298 $19.00
Cellar and Point - Ambit CD (Mega Blowout Sale) "A brainy, yet highly engaging septet.... should come as a delight to fans of the Claudia Quintet's ethereal chamber-prog." – Time Out NY "The Cellar And Point is the chamber-like enterprise of a productive partnership..." – The New York Times The Cellar And Point is an adventurous 'garage chamber' band, developed and led by childhood friends Joseph Branciforte and Christopher Botta. They had long imagined a fluid synthesis of their wide-ranging.. Rune 376-mbs $4.00
Capricorni Pneumatici - The Erivar CD “Historically, Italy is home to not only a large number of respected industrial /noise projects, but also wider experimental music in general. One such project is Capricorni Pneumatici, which has been active since 1987. This is a duet of two musicians, hiding under the names of Pazuzu and Soda Caustica. The project plays gloomy music on the verge of ritual ambient, drone and concrete music. The cover of the album is made in blue tones. On a blurred blue background is a pale blue medieval picture... ADN DNN 005 $18.00
Rosenboom, Daniel - Astral Transference & Seven Dreams 2 x CDs Daniel Rosenboom - Trumpet Artyom Manukyan - Cello and FX Joshua White - Piano Richard Giddens - Bass Gene Coye - Drums Gavin Templeton - Alto Saxophone (Disc 1 - Astral Transference) Jon Armstrong - Tenor Saxophone (Disc 1 - Astral Transference) Alexander Noice - Electric Guitar and FX (Disc 1 - Astral Transference) ***5 STARS*** from All About Jazz "...wildly ambitious... It's a fascinating blend and blur of the notated versus the improvised, and the Orenda 0014 $15.00
Mitchell, Matt / Kate Gentile - Snark Horse 6 x CD box set (due to weight, this price for the USA only) “Snark Horse is a book of 70 highly-detailed one-bar compositions by pianist / composer Matt Mitchell and percussionist / composer Kate Gentile designed to incite inventive, multi-directional improvisation. It is also the name of a revolving cast of musicians – including Mitchell and Gentile – who have performed this music in various combinations since 2013.... 28-PIRC90.2 $40.00
Mitchell, Roscoe / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter - A Railroad Spike Forms The Voice Roscoe Mitchell (saxophones) Sandy Ewen (guitar) Damon Smith (double bass) Weasel Walter (drums) “Full of masterfully cranky improvisational challenges and squabbles forming and resolving in a really unusual sound universe.” ““Don’t follow.” That’s the admonition saxophonist and composer Roscoe Mitchell (b. 1940) was known to give his students at Oakland’s Mills College in one-on-one sessions. In musical communication and creation, not following or directly... ug-Exploade 82 $15.00
Mostly Other People Do The Killing - Loafer's Hollow “After more than ten years, Mostly Other People Do the Killing sounds better than ever; reinvigorated, mischievous and perhaps more willing to take a deep breath in the midst of these multifaceted works.”-Karl Ackerman, All About Jazz “If you thought the comic avant-garde free-jazz quartet Mostly Other People Do the Killing went off the deep end years ago, it just found a deeper spot.”-Steve Greenlee, Jazz Times “…uber-talented musicians who have fun with jazz tradition and the music... Hot Cup 161 $13.00
Jack O' The Clock - Leaving California “One of the most original and compelling groups I know playing some amazing compositions that seem to tread effortlessly between Van Dyke Parks and folk music from an as yet unidentified culture, while making all the things you've always thought of as difficult sound as effortless and natural as breathing...Amazing production. Extraordinary compositions. You need to hear it.” – Fred Frith... Rune 477 $15.00
Viddal, Mathilde Grooss / Friensemblet - El A Aiun "...one of the more thrilling albums of 2014.... it’s a touch of old school ECM Records, of folk and jazz in a mesmerizing synthesis, of Don Cherry’s heartbreaking cries on Dona Nostra...The title-track ends the album with its biggest show of... Gir 1405 $16.00
D'Virgilio, Nick - Invisible Nick D'Virgilio (Big Big Train, Spock's Beard, Genesis) : drums, vocals, multi-instruments with: Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) : keyboards Jem Godfrey (Frost*) : keyboards Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) : bass Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings, Steve Hackett) : bass Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X) : guitars Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) : guitars Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) : guitars ‘Invisible’ is the second solo album by California born but Indiana... 23-EERCD 0025 $15.00
Drake, Bob - Bob's Drive In Part 1: Bob Drake-all instruments and voices Part 2: Live a La Borde Basse Bob Drake-guitar & lead vocals Kavus Torabi-guitar and vocals David Campbell-bass and vocals David Kerman-drums and vocals What a great concept! Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bob records an album as he always does; he plays all the parts himself. But he's got this nifty band he assembled. A VERY nifty band, actually! What a shame to waste them! So...he sends them the most basic elements of 21-ReR CTA 17 $15.00
London Jazz Composers Orchestra/Barry Guy - Study II, Stringer The history of Barry Guy's Jazz Composers’ Orchestra begins in 1970 with Ode, the first manifesto of this new way of individual/ collective collaboration at the interface of a structured intervention and the freedom of improvising. Ten years later... 34-Intakt 095 $19.00
Soft Machine - Facelift France and Holland 2 x CDs + DVD Elton Dean – Alto sax, saxello Lyn Dobson – Soprano and tenor sax, flute, harmonica, vocals Hugh Hopper – Bass Mike Ratledge – Hohner Pianet, Lowrey Holiday Deluxe organ Robert Wyatt – Drums, vocals "A love affair with France preserved on film - shot with tangible cinematic flair at Paris' photogenic Theatre De La Musique in March 1970, this superb quality live footage of the Softs at their freewheeling peak was originally broadcast on.. Rune 495/496/497 $27.00
Fieldwork - Door "Praised by NPR’s Fresh Air as “a jazz power trio for the new century,” Fieldwork makes its most powerful and fiercely imagined statement to date with Door, their third album for Pi Recordings. An important marker in this New York collective’s ongoing ev 32-PI026 $14.00
Hopkins, Adam - Crickets Adam Hopkins - bass, compositions Anna Webber - tenor saxophone Ed Rosenberg - tenor saxophone, bass saxophone (track 6) Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Jonathan Goldberger - guitar Devin Gray - drums “...But what is uncommon about this release is Hopkins’ blend of free jazz, fusion, and rock stylings.”-Avant Music News “Adam Hopkins has been an active figure on the New York City scene since settling in Brooklyn in 2011, and has toured. OOYH 001 $10.00
Davis, Miles featuring John Coltrane - All Of You: The Last Tour 1960 : 4 x CD box set "He's so tied up in his music that even his friends don't understand what he's trying to do." Miles Davis on Coltrane. "Bottom line--this is a great set of Davis' quintet with Coltrane-tenor sax, Wynton Kelly-piano, Jimmy Cobb-drums, and Paul.. 21-ACQCD7076 $23.00
Cellar and Point - Ambit CD "A brainy, yet highly engaging septet.... should come as a delight to fans of the Claudia Quintet's ethereal chamber-prog." – Time Out NY "The Cellar And Point is the chamber-like enterprise of a productive partnership..." – The New York Times The Cellar And Point is an adventurous 'garage chamber' band, developed and led by childhood friends Joseph Branciforte and Christopher Botta. They had long imagined a fluid synthesis of their wide-ranging.. Rune 376 $15.00
Various Artists - Alice In Wonderland and Other Rainy Day Girls : The Great Lost Southern Popsike Trip 2 x CDs in digibook (Mega Blowout Sale) “I grew up in the US South during this fertile musical period in the 1960s, but I was too young at the time to have known about any of these bands, much less having heard this music. All these years later, it's a joy to catch up with these "great lost Southern popsike" tracks. To sum up the sound even more creatively, the liner notes call this compilation a "trip into the obscure backwaters of Southern popsike, blues-infused garage and bubblegum soul." Throw in a bit of sunshine pop and you have... 23-Charly 658 X $8.00
Hollenbeck, John / Large Ensemble - All Can Work John is one of the great composers of the present day, whether it's for smaller ensembles, such as his amazing Claudia Quintet, or for one of his large ensemble projects. This is the latest from his big band and it's another fabulous release of unexpected melodies which are highlighted by brilliant tonal colors from the arrangements, which are also by John. Hugely recommended... 34-NWAM 094 $12.00
Various Artists - Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 4 CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Some copies of the long out-of-print volume four have turned up, and here they are, available exclusively from us! Typical colorful and stunning packaging, with the usual host of Electric Sitar wonders from the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s with Mecky Mark Men, Ugly Ducklings, Wizz Jones, New Tweedy Brothers, COB, Popera Cosmic and more!” Track list: 1. Meckmark Men - "Free" (4:10) 2. Stunts's Blue Leg Expedition - "Caves of Her Mind" (3:02) 3. Ugly Ducklings - "I Know What to Say" (2:31) 18-Purple Lantern 004 $7.00
Various Artists - Cease & Resist: Sonic Subversion & Anarcho Punk in the UK 1979-1986 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) "Anarcho punk was the one sub-genre of punk that emerged in isolation from the rock n' roll establishment. During its pioneering days of the early 1980s it thrived in opposition to the music industry, existing as a fiercely underground alternative to the bands, labels and venues of the commercialized mainstream punk scene. It continues to do so. Anarcho punk represented one of the last truly underground and autonomous music movements ever witnessed and remains a movement that has never sold out and has... 05-OMANARCHO 001LP $48.00
Weather Report - Live in Offenbach 1978 : 2 x CDs + DVD This represents in my mind the very last great era of this great band. "By September of 1978 Weather Report's headlining status afforded them the opportunity to play a very long set amounting to two hours in length. Given the previous year's success with the poll winning "Heavy Weather" album one might have expected them to concentrate on this more or less exclusively, but instead, fans were treated to material from right across the bands career and solo spots by everybody. "Black Market" opens... 21-MIG 80090 $19.00
RanesTrane - A Space Odyssey Part 2 This is the 2nd part of a symphonic rock concept album dealing with 2001. The band call it a CinceConcerto. "What exactly is a CineConcerto? It is the staging of live music, accompanied by the integral projection of a film. It is not just soundtracks or images but a true Rock -Opera built on the rhythm and the suggestion of the images and the narrative. The original sound of the film (sometimes left together to the music of the band) is almost entirely replaced by the texts of the songs... 33-MRC056 $16.00
Atanasovski, Vasko / Adrabesa Quartet - Phoenix VASKO ATANASOVSKI - alto & soprano saxophone, flute (Slovenia) SIMONE ZANCHINI - accordion (Italy) MICHEL GODARD - tuba, serpent (France) BODEK JANKE - drums & tabla (Poland/Germany) Special Guest: ARIEL VEI ATANASOVSKI - cello (Slovenia) “The Adrabesa Quartet consists of four exceptional musicians, brought together by its long-standing founder and leader: composer and saxophonist, Vasko Atanasovski. Vasko is a well-known and established European maestr MJR 108 $13.00
Soft Machine - Facelift France and Holland 2 x vinyl lps + DVD (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Elton Dean – Alto sax, saxello Lyn Dobson – Soprano and tenor sax, flute, harmonica, vocals Hugh Hopper – Bass Mike Ratledge – Hohner Pianet, Lowrey Holiday Deluxe organ Robert Wyatt – Drums, vocals "A love affair with France preserved on film - shot with tangible cinematic flair at Paris' photogenic Theatre De La Musique in March 1970, this superb quality live footage of the Softs at their freewheeling peak was originally broadcast on.. Rune 495/496/497-v $42.00
Jordsjø - Jord vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Extremely good, modern Scandinavian progrock, with a lot of inspiration from the good ol' days. The band released four cassette-only compilations; the first 3 of which were releawed on a double lp, which gained a LOT of attention and this, their fourth and most recently cassette release came out in 2017, but is getting a 'proper' release now. "Years ago I failed to give proper attention to Scandinavian bands, but after all the marvelous music that came from that region, never made that... 26-PLP 2029 $28.00
Fleetwood Mac - Original Live Broadcasts 1968 CD (Mega Blowout Sale) “Having formed in 1967, Peter Green s Fleetwood Mac swiftly established themselves as Britain s pre-eminent blues act, edging out even John Mayall (in whose band Green had previously played). Over the course of 1968 they performed numerous remarkable sessions for broadcast by the BBC on radio and TV, which are gathered here. Spanning classic blues, rock n roll covers, their own brand of musical parody, and classic compositions by Green, the set is a superb cross-section of their work to that point, and... 23-LCCD 5008 $8.00
XTC - Drums and Wires CD + 5.1 / hi-res Blu-Ray (expanded / remixed / remastered) Note - this isn't just a 'remaster'. Steven Wilson has gone back to the original multi-tracks and remixed them. If you want it just as you have always heard it, you won't like this, but if you want to hear parts that were very low level to the point... 23-Ape BD 103 $22.00
Manzanera, Phil / Sound Of Blue Band - Live In Japan 2 x CDs Phil Manzanera - guitar, vocals Sonia Bernardo - vocals, guitar Yaron Stavi - bass, vocals Javier Weyler - drums Joao Mello - sax, keyboards, vocals Lucas Polo - guitar, vocals Andres Mesa - keyboards, vocals "A double CD of 23 tracks recorded at Billboard Live in Tokyo, Japan on July 2, 2017. This line-up interprets a selection of stellar tracks from Phil's back catalogue as well as some Roxy Music standards." Disc 1: Lagrima TNK 6PM Out O 21-EXPCD39 $19.00
Nova - Atlantis 2 x vinyl lps + 7" (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) This is an obsessively beautiful reissue of a Finnish progressive rock title! You get the original album, as well as a new remix of the album, made from the original multitracks, which includes a previously unheard song and a 7" replica of their only 7"! "A symphonic rock band from Rovaniemi, formed in 1974. Their main influences were Yes, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum and Wigwam. Atlantis (1976) contained only four tracks, fronted by Antti Ortamo's organ and vocals...[with] strong melodic elements... Svart SRE 062 $33.00
Bruce, Jack / HR BigBand - More Jack Than Blues CD + DVD "He is an icon of the Rock world: the legendary song writer, bassist, pianist and singer Jack Bruce. In 2006 at the 37th German Jazz Festival Frankfurt, he joined forces with the hr-Bigband to perform a highly acclaimed concert, presenting classic Cream songs and other landmarks of his career in gripping new arrangements. It was a magic moment of dialogue between Jazz and Rock that roamed between composition, improvisation and vibrant, virtuoso performances. The hr-Bigband is one of the most innovative... 21-MIG 80312 $16.00
Thelen, Stephan - Fractal Guitar CD “Stephan Thelen is American born Swiss who composes, produces and performs music at the fringes of rock, jazz, experimental and classical music. His current main project as a leader, guitarist and composer is the minimal groove band Sonar, who have quickly gained international reputation for creating a unique blend of music that fuses a rigorous minimal concept with the power of a rock band and the sensitivity of a jazz combo. Fractal Guitar features the atmospherically dense, polyrhythmic tapestry... MJR 096 $13.00
Baccini, Sophya / Arcadia - Big Red Dragon "I can't wait. I should have reviewed other albums before this but it's the first thing that I listen from this artist and I wasn't expecting anything like this. Symphonic orchestral arrangements on melodic bases and a concept behind. I'm not expert in... 19-BWR 162 $17.00
Palermo, Ed - The Great Un-American Songbook Volumes I & II : 2 x CDs Crazy times call for outrageous music, and few jazz ensembles are better prepared to meet the surreality of this reality-TV-era than the antic and epically creative Ed Palermo Big Band. The New Jersey saxophonist, composer and arranger is best known for his celebrated performances interpreting the ingenious compositions of Frank Zappa, an extensive body of work documented on previous Cuneiform albums. But his fifth project for the label... Rune 435-436 $21.00
Residents - Meet The Residents pREServed Edition (expanded / remastered) 2 x CDs This first album and one of their very best. The Residents are so ubiquitous in 'out music land' that it's hard to remember how great their early albums are. And this, their first album recorded in 1973 is very early and very great. Using very primitive equipment and a lot of imagination, "The Residents" created an idiosyncratic sound world that was both imaginative and very obviously theirs and theirs alone. This has tons of never heard and rare stuff. Highly recommended. "Produced with the... 23-NRT 002 $19.00
King Crimson - Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind 3 x CD + 2 x 5.1 / hi-res DVDs + 5.1 / hi-res Blu-ray in slipcase (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only) This is the six disc version. Ever since Robert Fripp re-formed King Crimson and started touring, this is the set that all the fans who saw and were blown away by the shows (and those that couldn't attend the shows) have been waiting and waiting for. Robert Fripp: Guitar & keyboard Mel Collins: Saxes & flute Gavin Harrison: Drums Jakko Jakszyk: Guitar & voice Tony Levin: Basses & stick Pat Mastelotto: Drums Bill Rieflin: Drums & keyboards “This is King Crims 23-DGM KCXPBX 5001 $60.00
Renaissance - Can You Hear Me? 2 x CDs + 1 x (all region) Blu-ray box set (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) “FEATURING A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BBC IN CONCERT PERFORMANCE FROM 1978, A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PERFORMANCE FOR SWISS TV IN 1974 AND THE 1977 BBC SIGHT & SOUND IN CONCERT TV AND RADIO CONCERT. Although Esoteric’s expanded Renaissance re-issues featured BBC recordings, this set comprises material previously omitted from these releases. ‘Can You Hear Me: Broadcasts 1974-1978’ includes the stereo radio version of the band’s 1977 BBC Sight & Sound In Concert performance (recently discovered in the... 23-ECLEC 32880 $34.00
King Crimson - Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind 3 x CD + 5.1 / hi-res Blu-ray in slipcase (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Ever since Robert Fripp re-formed King Crimson and started touring, this is the set that all the fans who saw and were blown away by the shows (and those that couldn't attend the shows) have been waiting and waiting for. And we have a monstrously groovy price on this 4 disc, amazing set! Robert Fripp: Guitar & keyboard Mel Collins: Saxes & flute Gavin Harrison: Drums Jakko Jakszyk: Guitar & voice Tony Levin: Basses & stick Pat Mastelotto: Drums Bill Rieflin: Drums & keyboa 23-DGM KCXP5001 $35.00
Ohmphrey - Ohmphrey "What happens when five great musicians locked themselves in a studio for two days, fueled by nothing but pizza and their shared musical vision? If you’re the super jam band OHMphrey, the result is an electrifying fusion debut flush with so muc 17-MA-9101 $16.00
Marillion - F.E.A.R. " "The cold war's gone, but those bastards'll find us another one/They're here to protect you, don't you know?/So get used to it - Get used to it!.../The sense that it's useless, and the fear to try/Not believing the leaders, the media that feed us/Living with the big lie." ("Living With the Big Lie," from Brave) In the 27 years since Steve Hogarth took over as lead vocalist for Marillion, the band has had only one bona fide concept album: the aurally and emotionally stunning Brave (1994). Using as... EAM-CD-211248 $12.00
Zappa, Frank - Waka/Wazoo 4 x CDs + hi-res / 5.1 Blu-ray box set (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) On December 10, 1971, Frank was attacked while performing and pushed off the stage and fell all the way into the concrete orchestra pit of the theatre. He was very badly injured and was confined to a wheelchair for much of 1972 while he recuperated. But although he was immobilized, he did what he always did; he wrote copiously! “During this time, he managed, among other things, to assemble an ensemble that quenched his thirst and desire to work with a large “Electric Orchestra.” Ultimately, a 20... 15-UICY 80219 $130.00
Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest 4 x CD + 5.1/hi res Blu-ray box set (expanded) (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed) Their fourth album from 1972 by this British group that came out of the English progressive movement of the 60's. Their music combines elements of The Moody Blues, to whom they are always compared, but also the more mellow parts of early King Crimson and Genesis. One of their greats from a great, under-heralded band. “Released in November 1972, their fourth album was mainly recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport with the epic ‘Moonwater’ being recorded with a full orchestra at Abbey Road... 23-PECLEC 52842 $50.00