August 2015 |
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![]() Barriere, Lali / Miguel A. Garcia : Espejuelo (Nueni -- Spain ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The duo of Miguel A. Garcia on electronics and Lali Barriere on objects and no-input mixer for an album of investigative, detailed improvisation that's well paced and calmly complex. |
![]() Phillips, Simon James : Blage 3 (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A reduction of composer Simon James Phillips' 5 hour improvisation performed with Tony Buck (drums), Werner Dafeldecker (bass), BJ Nilsen (electronics), Liz Allbee (trumpet), Arthur Rother (guitar) & Simon James Phillips (piano) exploring time, perception and place. |
![]() SQID (Castello / Stangl / de Vega / Faravelli): SQID [2 CDs] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An international quartet of electroacoustic improvisers, SQID (Angelica Castello, Mario de Vega, Attila Faravelli and Burkhard Stangl) formed in 2011, using field recordings of sound instruments and objects which they use in live performance to make remarkable audio environments. |
![]() Battikha, Philippe: Invisible Backgrounds (Samizdat -- USA ) Price: $12.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautiful solo album from Montreal/Brooklyn trumpeter Philippe Battikha, who also developed the field recordings over which he plays, joined on two tracks by double bassist Johan Fortune, in a melancholy and haunting album of emotionally rich soundscapes. |
![]() ElSaffar, Amir Two Rivers Ensemble: Crisis (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $14.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock NY trumpeter Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble, exploring the juncture between jazz and music of the Middle East through sophisticated and lyrically stunning music, here focusing on revolution, civil war, and sectarian violence; a culture's struggle for survival. |
![]() Chrysakis, Thanos: Above the Hidden Track An Endless Blaze (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Price: $19.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composer/performer Thanos Chrysakis in a studio electronic work, using a diversity of methods and approaches that imply his usual free improvisational approaches by creating a rich and elaborate sound world of distinctive, unique and often warped electronic sound. |
![]() Frey, Jurg : Grizzana and other pieces 2009-2014 [2 CDs] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Ensemble Grizzana (Ryoko Akama, Mira Benjamin, Richard Craig, Emma Richards, Philip Thomas and Seth Woods) performs a series of delicate and beautiful chamber pieces by Swiss composer and clarinetist Jurg Frey, who also performs on clarinet. |
![]() Saunders / Thomas / Parkinson / Davies / Chase / Davies (Edges Ensemble): divisions that could be autonomous but that comprise the whole (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $15.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock 6 works from a series of minimal compositions loosely based on the art & writings of Sol LeWitt, performed by the Edges Ensemble: Philip Thomas, James Saunders, Tim Parkinson, Angharad Davies, Stephen Chase & Rhodri Davies. |
![]() 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. |