Various Artists
Ghostriders In The Sky
"In the recent past we have decently abused "songs" such as "La Bamba", "Popcorn" and "Fever" by inviting some of the most lawless folks on this planet to do whatever they want with "it", which resulted in nightmares all around, and maybe some of the…
Van Doesburg: Repertoire De Stijl - Bauhaus - Dada
A full-length overview of the avant-garde piano repertoire of Nelly (aka Pétro) van Doesburg, performed at various De Stijl, Dada and Bauhaus events in Europe between 1920 and 1925.
Born in the Netherlands in 1899, Nelly met De Stijl founder Theo van…
Musique de la Rose + Croix / Pages Mystiques/ Uspud
Musique de la Rose + Croix is a double disc set of solo piano music collecting Satie's enigmatic Rosicrucian pieces (1891-1894), together with an instrumental version of his ballet score Uspud (1892) and the meditative works collected as Pages Myst…
Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933
This full-length archive CD explores the highly influential Bauhaus school of art and architecture, which operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933.
The spoken word element centres on a revealing talk by Walter Gropius, the architect and theoretic…
Surrealism Reviewed
Surrealism Reviewed is a collection of spoken word recordings by Surrealist artists, writers and poets. Made between 1929 and 1963, these historic audio recordings include poetry readings, interviews, lectures and manifestos. Most are in the Engli…
Musica Futurista (The Art Of Noises)
Musica Futurista is a comprehensive collection of music and spoken word from the Italian Futurist movement 1909-1935, including original recordings made by Filipo Tommaso Marinetti and Luigi Russolo. As well as vintage free-verse readings by Futur…
Festival Paris Dada
A unique anthology of piano music directly linked to the Dada avant-garde art movement in Paris between 1920 and 1923, Festival Dada Paris is based on the piano repertoire performed at two landmark Dada events in Paris, namely the Festival Dada on 26…
Marcel Duchamp - Musical Erratum + In Conversation
This 74 minute album offers four spoken word extracts by Marcel Duchamp (in the English language), including The Creative Act, a fascinating lecture delivered in Houston in 1957, as well as a lengthy interview recorded in 1959. The remainder of the…
Le Groupe des Six: Selected Works 1915-1945
This 160 minute anthology features selected piano and orchestral works by Les Six composed between 1915 and 1945, including collaborations with Jean Cocteau, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Marcelle Meyer and Denise Duval. Highlights include a d…
Futurpiano
Futurpiano showcases three influential avant-garde composers associated with the Futurist movement, by way of piano music composed between 1913 and 1933.
Arthur-Vincent Lourie was the first Russian Futurist musician, and a signatory of the original S…
A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde
A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde is an accessible, comprehensive primer that surveys modernism and music in the 20th century, offering Futurist noise, dreamy Surrealism, Dada tone poetry, serialism, prepared pianos, musique concrète and e…
The French Avant-Garde in the 20th Century
Following on from our popular primer A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde, LTM now offer a more comprehensive overview of French avant-garde music in the 20th century.
Commencing with pioneers Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, this chronological do…
The American Avant-Garde in the 20th Century
Following on from our popular primer A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde, LTM now offers a more comprehensive overview of American avant-garde music in the 20th century.Commencing with early pioneers Charles Ives and George Antheil (including t…
Par Hasard: Chance Composition 1913-1951
Par Hasard is a unique collection of avant-garde music by Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and John Cage, all composed during the first half of the 20th century using chance techniques and operations.All selections are per…
Underwater Princess Waltz
A Collection of One-page Pieces by Karl Berger, Earle Brown, Alvin Curran, Nick Didkovsky, Joel Ford, Daniel Goode, Clinton McCallum, Larry Polansky and Christian Wolff. Joel Ford, 'Gauss Cannon' (2006). Alvin Curran, 'Underwater Princess Waltz' (197…
Workshop Concert
Jennifer Allum,violin. Ute Kanngiesser, cello. Grundik Kasyansky, theremin, electronics. Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, zither. Eddie Prévost, percussion. Daichi Yoshikawa, electronics. At Café Oto on Monday 21 May 2012.
V/A
Collection of 20 unreleased tracks by the likes of ALASTAIR GALBRAITH, BLACK TO COMM, ARP, PIGEONS, IGNATS, ALVARIUS B, WILLIAM TYLER, SUPREME DICKS, FILIPE FELIZARDO, HAMILTON YARNS, & CIRCUIT DES YEUX. It also hosts 3 new collective projects: Me…
Contemporary Guitar
Originally released in 1966 on the Takoma label, Contemporary Guitar is a beautiful compilation of solo acoustic guitar instrumentals from folk and blues legends such as Bukka White, John Fahey, and Robbie Basho as well as lesser knowns like Max Ochs…
Popofoni
This 2LP is a reissue of the holy grail of Norwegian free-jazz and electronic music, Popofoni, released by Sonet in 1973. It features compositions by Arne Nordheim, Terje Rypdal, Kåre Kolberg, Gunnar Sønstevold and Alfred Janson played by an exte…
Sounds Like Silence
In 2012 the world celebrates not only the centenary of John Cage’s birth, but also the sixtieth anniversary of the premiere of his ”silent piece” 4’33”(four minutes, thirty-three seconds) on August 29, 1952. This composition in three movements wit…