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Music of Curt Cacioppo
1988 release ** Highly enjoyable album by American pianist and composer, with four piano pieces performed by Cacioppo himself plus the Monsterslayer string quartet based on Navajo cosmology performed by the Emerson String Quartet. "The principal material of the work evolved out of a system of scales, intervals, chords and rhythms that I derived from numerological, directional and other elements of Navajo cosmology. Although the connected movements more or less follow sonata form, song form, sche…
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1995 release ** "Some of the most abrasive, industrial leaning ambient of either of these composers' careers. Chains rattle, voices whisper menacingly, and dark, dissonant textures and deep bass drones collide on a trio of extended tracks united by the questionably thematic topic of digital communications technology. Difficult but rewarding."
Chonyi Together
1999 release ** "While documenting some of the most important free-style jazz from around the globe, Leo Feigin of Leo Records has focused on discovering new talent, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Here, startlingly unique trumpeter Guyvoronsky is teamed with young accordionist Evelin Petrova for a series of eleven duets that incorporate folk music and jazz in an experimental avant-garde approach that defies convention and focuses on color, humor, and shading. At times, the trumpeter se…
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1991 release ** Featuring: Shinjuku Thief, Peter Appleton, Paul Schütze, C-Schulz, Ian Eccles-Smith, Richard Vojlay, Tenebrae, Andrew Chalk, Muslimgauze, Christoph Heemann, Jim O'Rourke, Merzbow.
(Y)earbook Volume 3
1991 release ** The third in a three volume compilation (each available separately) of 114 improvisers from around the world, covering a wide variety of approaches to improvisation. "A turbid dive into new music, this release packs everything from free-form jazz-like scraw to variations in composition, structure and situation to solo exploration." Featuring Pluto, Amy Denio, Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Marty Walker, Crawling With Tarts, IDLH, Ed Herrmann, Andrew Voigt, Tom Nunn, Tamio Shirais…
Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music
Legendary 1983 Cornish Institute concerts featuring John Cage conducting his own works released for first time on Triple CD, plus previously unreleased composer-supervised recordings with Arditti Quartet, Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff.
The Archives Part 1 (1968-1980) - 11xCd Box
** Art Edition, Signed by Maciunas members and numbered + comes with an additional 00 cd 'Ecologica' ** Founded in 1968, The Maciunas Ensemble took Fluxus founder George Maciunas (1931 - 1978) score 'Music for everyman' (1961) as an invitation to explore the infinite space of sound patterns and musical structures. This exploration still continues after more than forty years. With Paul Panhuysen, Remko Scha, Jan van Riet, Leon van Noorden, Hans Schuurman, Helena Koning, Vincent Panhuysen. 'Since…
Kakashi
*2025 much needed repress!* A wonderful, rare record wrapped in a mysterious yet playful ambiance. Or maybe it’s just the impression that the Japanese language often gives me. ‘Suiren’ is an odd jazz-fusion-wave tune that sounds like its boiling, waiting to burst but somehow manages to stay in control. Like the nervous tick of a leg fidgeting under the table of a restaurant on a first date.Yasuaki Shimizu is a Japanese composer, producer and saxophone player. He worked with Ryuchi Sakimoto on ce…
Sargassum aeterna
Sometimes the most essential albums emerge from the most unexpected places. Serbian electroacoustic composer Manja Ristić, whose work has graced labels from LINE to mappa, has created something genuinely startling with “Sargassum aeterna” – a haunting four-track meditation on ecological collapse that reads like a transmission from the year 2221. Issued by Athens-based Rekem Records in a meticulously crafted limited edition of 200 copies, this isn't just another ambient release, it's prophecy ren…
New Zealand Sonic Art III
2002 release (RARE) ** Third volume in a series of three scarcely distributed CD's released by the University of Waikato presenting electronic and electro-acoustic music by New Zealand composers. In this volume: Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns, John Elmsly, Kit Powell, Phil Dadson, Ian Whalley, Norm Skipp, Chris Cree Brown, Chris Knox, William Harsono, Michael Norris.
New Zealand Sonic Art Vol, II
2001 release (RARE) ** Second volume in a series of three scarcely distributed CD's released by the University of Waikato presenting electronic and electro-acoustic music by New Zealand composers. In this volume: Lissa Meridan, John Rimmer, Daniel Beban, Kit Powell, Craig Sengelow, Chris Cree Brown.
New Zealand Sonic Art 2000
2000 release (RARE) ** First volume in a series of three scarcely distributed CD's released by the University of Waikato presenting electronic and electro-acoustic music by New Zealand composers. In this volume: John Young, John Elmsly, Michael Norris, Miriama Young, Chris Cree Brown, John Rimmer, Matthew Suttor, Lisa Meridian-Skipp, Dugal McKinnon.
A Decade
1994 release ** "Zeitgeist is an oddly comprised quartet with two percussionists, a keyboardist, and a woodwind player. Here, they perform four pieces by Frederic Rzewski written between 1984 and 1993, works rather different in character than the neo-romantic piano pieces for which he's better known. "Wails" derives influence from Greek theater, particularly Aeschylus, employing steel drums, sopranino saxophone, and bass clarinet in a very dance-like piece full of reedy twirls and light rhythms.…
Settings For Spirituals / Solo
**Original 1984 copies, still sealed and log time stored (copies may have minimal wear on covers)** Joel Chadabe, computer/synthesizer; Irene Oliver, soprano
In Settings for Spirituals Chadabe uses a computer programmed to follow the soprano's voice in every nuance and to generate "settings" to expand the musical quality of the vocal sound. In Solo, Chadabe uses a computer-music system that determines the notes of a melody and its accompaniment chords. Chadabe performs the piece by moving his h…
Anaya
2009 release ** "Creative music making is a matter of energy, heart, and trust, and when all three are present the music flies. A meeting of three old Chicago friends and collaborators, flutist Nicole Mitchell, drummer Hamid Drake, and bassist Harrison Bankhead, the Indigo Trio soars with the kind of spiritual energy that has inspired Great Black Music from its inception... Building a bridge between composition and improvisation, Bankhead, Drake, and Mitchell have created an inspiring album. Wit…
Carnegie Hall '71
Kicking off what will be an Alice Coltrane year with more releases to come in the next 12 months, is a previously unreleased, killer live recording from 1971. Recorded live, by Impulse! at a charity gala given at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of the Integral Yoga Institute in 1971, this incredible set never saw commercial release until now. The gala concert was one of two halves with the first two transcendental tunes by Alice taken from the album she had just released on Impulse! and then two …
Chicago Waves
The 2018 live performance captured on Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s 'Chicago Waves' marked a beautiful turning point for International Anthem. The moment was recorded at our then-HQ in Chicago, Co-Prosperity, the day after Niño and Atwood-Ferguson performed as part of Makaya McCraven’s ensemble to celebrate the release of 'Universal Beings' and recreate their contributions to that album's “Los Angeles Side."
The two musicians were keen to use their time in Chicago to not only support Ma…
