June 2010 |
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![]() Abbott, Simeon + Chris Dadge: a menu isn't a meal (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Longtime collaborators Abbott and Dadge release their first album together, a dizzying array of ideas and sounds recorded live at the monthly Calgary based Bug Incision concert series. |
![]() Coleman, Steve and Five Elements: Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist Coleman's 1st US label release in 9 years, 6 original compositions of complex, constantly shifting rhythms that convey a fundamental sense of groove from his 6 piece band. |
![]() Dunmall / Bianco / Kane: Ritual Beyond (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Live recordings from 2009 at Delbury Hall with the mighty Paul Dunmall on tenor and clarinet; blistering music from an incredible trio playing seriously smoking free jazz. |
![]() Ember (Leimgruber / Shcubert / Schwerdt / Lillinger): Aurona Arona (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Ember quartet's 2nd release recorded during the 2008 Ahornfelder Festival in Leipzig, an amazing live/studio album of distinct and clearly separated structured improvisations. |
![]() Gjerstad / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang: Sugar Maple (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The inimitable Frode Gjerstad in a trio with some of Chicago's finest, bassist Fred Lonberg-Holm and percussionist Michael Zerang performing live at Milwaukee's Sugar Maple, 2009. |
![]() Hubback / Peijnenburg: Arrows (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sound sculptist and percussionist Steve Hubback met with Dutch saxophonist Ad Peijnenburg on baritone and sopranino in a release of thoughtful and mesmerizing improvisation. |
![]() Khoury, Mike: Airwaves (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Detroit area improviser Mike Khoury in live solo recordings from various radio broadcasts in Maine, Illinois, and DC, ribbons of lyrical, stream-of-consciousness violin playing. |
![]() Kuchen / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Santos: Vinter (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Incredible and telepathic ea-oriented improv from violist Ernesto Rodrigues, saxophonist Martin Kuchen, cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, and electronicist Carlos Santos. |
![]() Kuchen / Rowe / Wright: Kuchen / Rowe / Wright (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The dual alto saxophones of Martin Kuchen and Seymour Wright meet guitarist Keith Rowe for an impressive journey of free improvisation with Rowe taking the lead. |
![]() Mezei, Szilard: Ho (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Serbian string player and band leader Szilard Mezei in an impressive solo performance of three works - Heat; Snow; and Chrom - performed on viola and double bass. |
![]() Mitzlaff / Mira: cellos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The unusual cello duo format is explored by Mitzlaff and Mira in these experimental contemporary improvisations using acoustics and techniques mimicking live electronics to create a uniquely informed music. |
![]() Phillips, Tomas / Francisco Lopez: IC (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Two compositional responses upon the same sonic matter from two sound artists" - Tomas Phillips, and Francisco Lopez each creating extended works using the same source materials. |
![]() Walk With the Penguin: Steal a Spoon for You (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Steelpan and electronics player and Amorfon label leader Yoshio Machida met the Serbian CINC band for these sophisticated and lovely post-rock pieces recorded in Belgrade, 2006. |
![]() Rent, The (Thomson / Neal / Fraser/ Brenders / Hood): Musique de Steve Lacy (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock This Toronto quintet spent two years researching and performing the music of Steve Lacy, focusing on the vocal works, which they play with precision, imagination and love. |
![]() Machida, Yoshio: Naada (Amorfon -- Japan ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Tokyo based transboundary sound & visual artist Yoshio Machida in his 2006 4th release of steel pan music, here solo or multi-tracked without electronics in 7 pieces including one inspired by Satie. |
![]() Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
![]() Wiss / Unternahrer: sopstock (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $16.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss voice artist Isa Wiss with Marc Unternahrer on tuba in a surreal set of alphabetized improvisations in a Minton-esque mode with Unternahrer taking the tuba into untold territory. |
![]() Borbetomagus / Voice Crack: Fish That Sparkling Bubble (Agaric -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The meeting of the extreme jazz trio Borbetomagus and the electroacoustic trio Voicetrack for an album of radical textures, timbres, colors, and tone fields. |
![]() Butcher, John / Rhodri Davies: Carliol (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dark and beautiful improvisation from saxophonist and electronics artist John Butcher and harpist Rhodri Davies, an incredible display of timbre, technique, and pacing. |
![]() Bradford, Bobby / Tom Heasley / Ken Rosser: Varistar (Full Bleed Music -- USA ) Price: $13.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 1999 recordings from the trio of cornetist Bobby Bradford, Tuba player Tom Heasley and guitarist Ken Rosser, bridging chamber and free jazz with a unique orchestration. |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Price: $10.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |