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Black Clouds Above The Bows
The Amsterdam-based collective Wanderwelle presents the first entry of their trilogy for Imprec, dedicated to telling the story of the climate crisis and its effects on coastal areas around the globe.....
Strange Times
Strange Times is a virtuosic realization of contemporary electroacoustic soundscapes composed and performed by Stephen Ruppenthal and Gary R. Weisberg. With masterful employment of electro-acoustic techniques and tools, including the original 70's Buchla Music Easel Ruppenthal used in the Electric Weasel Ensemble, these two artist create an essential, psychedelic, electro-acoustic experience. Strange Times is a hallucinatory journey into our epidemic-ridden times through a collection of startli…
Jazz Border - La Scena Jazz Italiana (Book + DVD)
* Italian Language Edition * 2024 Stock* La scena jazz italiana in un video e un libro di Claudio Chianura, con la partecipazione dei maggiori e più interessanti protagonisti in attività…Interviste e riprese originali con Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Bollani, Claudio Cojaniz, Franco D'andrea, Zeno De Rossi, Maria Pia De Vito, Stefano Di Battista, Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu, Rita Marcotulli, Christian Meyer , Roy Paci, Enrico Rava, Antonello Salis, Gianluigi Trovesi, Stefano Zenni.
Aeolian Darts
Aeolian Darts is a collection of playful minimal poetry by sound-thinker and garage-printer Michael Klausman. He has been an avid collector of small press chapbooks for many years, frequently posting his obscure finds on his Drifting Lament Instagram, a labyrinthine rabbit-hole of post-Fluxus poets, esoteric private press records & found art. This book is a culmination of his interests in the edges of culture, a space where mimeographed liners, mail art and handmade cassettes rub shoulder…
Tragicommedia Dell'Ascolto (Book)
* Italian Language Edition * 2024 Stock* In questo nuovo testo, che segue il fortunato "e non chiamatelo jazz", Giancarlo Schiaffini utilizza le sue esperienze di compositore, esecutore e improvvisatore per celebrare l'ascolto come momento indispensabile di una fenomenologia del discorso musicale. La sua apertura all'intero universo sonoro, senza limiti alla curiosità o pregiudizi restrittivi, fa sì che queste esperienze musicali, da metà anni '60 fino a oggi, abbiano come caratteristica princip…
Beuys Laughing
In early 1974 Joseph Beuys, Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl sat in a Boeing 747 from New York to Düsseldorf, returning home after Beuys’ American tour. The trip had been a controversial success, and its every stage carefully documented by Staeck and Steidl in videos, photographs and audio their trusty Sony TC-50 cassette recorder was always at Beuys’ side during his lectures, conferences and workshops. To relieve the boredom of the flight, the three listened to some of the recordings and Beuys s…
Walks
Tip! *50 copies limited edition* Special limited run of 50 cassettes with photographs UV printed on the tapes of a cow and some buildings (urban mountains) made by Ermke. The covers/cases feature interpretations of mountains the philosopher and artist/musician Tim Bradley made from photographs provided by Ermke. Each cover is hand painted with watercolors, acryclic, and pencil, plus many are melted and burned by Bradley for this edition! Extremely detailed and beautiful work on these.
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The Ritual
Finally the time has come to re-release the first ever recordings by Belgian minimal synth masters Twilight Ritual. Released in 1982 in a tiny cassette edition this album has not been heard by many people. “The Ritual" includes some of their best work, from mysterious dark synthpopsongs (Elegy) to club music (Webb-men) and the epic 14-minute track (Up To Now).
Twilight Ritual was/is the main project by Geert Coppens and Peter Bonne. During the early eighties they were involved in many other band…
The Stone Killer
This is the soundtrack album for 'The Stone Killer' by director Michael Winner starring Charles Bronson, which came in the middle of a 3-part crime thriller series (1972, 1973, 1974). It follows Charles Bronson as a detective getting to the bottom of the killings in the Sicilian Mafia, with a score by the British film composer Roy Budd ('Get Carter', 'Fear is the Key'). The soundtrack was initially released in Italy and Japan on LP and 7” single, respectively, but only limited copies were releas…
Quiet Ends
The penumbra diffuses mysterious textures and a melancholic hypnotic atmosphere conductive to introspection. Another absolutely gorgeous recording from Timo van Luijk
Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni?
Limited Time Offer Deluxe ltd. ed. LP edition with original gatefold cover artwork and 180 gr. Clear Red Vinyl. One of the best italian progressive rock/experimental album released in Italy "Vietato ai minori di 18 anni?" is Jumbo's third album from 1973, is their most ambitious work, containing strong lyrics and fragments of avantgarde-inspired music, with the help of Franco Battiato's great VCS3 oscillators and Lino Capra Vaccina's (of Aktuala fame) bells and chimes' sinister tolling. Long spa…
Raft Of The Meadows
Established in 2007, Roil play their own original style of jazz-inspired improvised music, and have released 3 albums thus far: Meaning (2009) on Australian label, Rufus, Frost Frost (2011) on uk label, Bo'weavil Recordings & Raft Of The Meadows (2014) on Lithuanian label NoBusiness records.Their music draws upon a varied pallet; at times it comes close to free jazz, at other times to experimental improvisation, while also referencing other styles such as minimalism, reductionism and ambient …
Juggling Kukla
Killer vinyl only release by John Lindberg and Anil Eraslan. Born of a mystical and astounding spontaneous sonic adventure in Istanbul during the summer of 2010, this cello and contrabass duet is dedicated to delivering journeys of unbridled spirit-driven musical messages directly immersed in–the-moment. Their message speaks straight to the soul of all the intrepid beings willing to take the invitation to viscerally experience this rollicking adventure of sound explosions and subtle sensibilitie…
Whatever Will Happen That Will Also Be
Harris Eisenstadt's compositions performed by Mivos String Quartet. One of only a handful of drummers equally well known for his work as a composer, Brooklyn-based Harris Eisenstadt (b. Toronto, 1975) is among the most individual and prolific musicians of his generation. His resume includes studies with some of the most respected names in jazz and improvised music, West African and Afro-Cuban drumming, and performance credits in jazz, film, theater, poetry, dance, contemporary concert mu…
Kami Fusen
Itaru Oki – trumpet, bamboo fluteNobuyoshi Ino - bassChoi Sun Bae - trumpet
Paréidolie
*Limited Edition of 300 copies.* Three years after Pergélisol/Chorémanie, their first diptych album crossing post-punk radicalism and minimalist ambition, the quartet named after Maria Spelterini (an Italian tightrope walker who crossed the Niagara Falls on a wire several times in 1876) released a second record that transcends this delicate aesthetic balance and navigates well beyond/below rock and electronics. When Pierre-Antoine Parois, Arthur de La Grandière (members of Papier Tigre), Meriade…
An Die Freude (Live In Vienna October 13, 2021)
Ain Soph arose in Rome in the early 1980's, composing disturbing industrial-ambient soundtracks for their esoteric rituals. The music of their first tape releases is dark, frightening and evocative. In 1988 they released their first LP, the masterpiece "Kshatriya", blending neoclassical arrangements, noise and experimental sounds. At the beginning of the 1990's, Ain Soph radically changed direction, first releasing a collection of sacral-hymn songs, then exploring traditional folk music and psyc…
Fantastic Journey
"Fantastic Journey" is an homage to writers such as Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and other pioneers from the early age of science fantasy.
Bass To Bass
Bocian Records presents Bass to Bass by Nina De Heney & Slawek Janicki. Recorded at Mózg Studio, on November 29th 2019. Sound Recording: Janusz Czado, Maciej Maciejewski. Sound Mixing and mastering: Michał Kupicz. Cover Artwork: Peter Jacquemyn. Design: ZbyZiel. Executive Producer: Mózg Foundation, Bydgoszcz Poland 2020. Co-Producer & Distributor: Bocian Records. Realized thanks to the financial support of the City of Bydgoszcz.
Introducing Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet Live Featuring Hiroshi Fujii
In the finest tradition of BBE Music’s J Jazz Masterclass Series, we have a real obscurity of quality to savour. Taken from the rare 1978 private press album ‘Introducing’ by the Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet featuring Hiroshi Fujii, this private press gig recording was originally released in less than 100 copies. This BBE Music edition is the first time this very rare album has ever been reissued.
Led by saxophonist Hideyasu Terakawa alongside bassist Tetsuo Miura and drummer Aki- hiro "Thunder" Na…