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Poppin' In Paris - Live At L'Olympia 1972
First Complete, Authorized Release of alto sax giant’s 1972 Olympia performance transferred from the original tape reels recorded by the ORTF and housed in the INA (the Institut national de l'audiovisuel). Released by Elemental Music in cooperation with the Cannonball Adderley Estate and INA France. Includes an extensive booklet with rare photos; essays by acclaimed jazz author and historian Bob Blumenthal and producer Zev Feldman, plus testimonies by Tia Fuller, Lou Donaldson & Vincent Herring,…
No Way Out
Essential 1967 garage-psych debut by Chocolate Watch Band, raw prototype of protopunk energy with volcanic guitar work and inflammatory vocals by Dave Aguilar channelling Jagger like nobody else. Distorted riffs, cosmic psychedelic legerdemain, killer covers of Stones material.
Clear Light
Singular 1967 Elektra Records gem by Clear Light, LA psychedelic band featuring future Doors bassist Doug Lubahn and CSNY drummer Dallas Taylor. Double-drum setup creates uncanny soundscape, it blends folk, rock, psych, classical. Undiscovered at release, now cult classic.
Schall / Rechant
A discreet but essential figure in the field of musical creation, Horacio Vaggione has been crafting an ambitious, precise and highly significant body of work for over the last fifty years, coupled with a demanding research activity. This disc offers four purely electroacoustic pieces which illustrate, each in their own way, this singular and fascinating grammar developed by Horacio Vaggione, a complex but fertile grammar which establishes a very special relationship between structure and textur…
Labyrinthe!
Big tip! An expedition in sound in 10 sequences: Enfoncement [Deep Sink], Gouffre circulaire [Circular Abyss], Noyau secret [Secret Core], Apesanteur [Weightlessness], Entrailles [Entrails], Four solaire [Solar Furnace], Fissures [Cracks], Mer intérieure [Inner Sea], Éruption [Eruption], Remontée [Ascension].
Labyrinthe ! is not only a very unique piece in Pierre Henry’s masterful repertoire, but also a remarkable demonstration of his compositional skills and musical singularity. Indeed, for thi…
Violostries
Another remarkable reissue from the hallowed GRM archive, three major works of ultra-vivid, immersive and inventive music by Bernard Parmegiani, one of the 20th century's most revered and important electro-acoustic composers
Live in Rhein Main
Live in Rhein-Main by Gestalt et Jive documents the group’s most audacious mutations through two pivotal live sets, revealing an intricate interplay of improvisation and postmodern eclecticism. The album’s raw edges and unpredictable transitions expose the band’s commitment to redefining avant-rock’s boundaries, blending kinetic jazz idioms, punk dissonance, and European experimental traditions into a deeply engaging experience.
Boudoir Philosophy
**Original 1988 copies of this obscure classic, few copies in stock** First LP album by these Italian post industrial legend (of Broken Flag fame), published by the Milanese label ADN, this is their praise of Marquis de Sade, entitled Boudoir Philosophy and inspired by the book of the same name: this is ritual dark electronica at their best. Formed in Milan, Italy on 23 December 1985 by Paolo Bandera (Sshe Retina Stimulants), Eraldo Bernocchi, and Luca Di Giorgio. Their unique sound is derived f…
Zeuhl Jazz
**250 copies, 2020 stock** Sonata Islands is a cultural association, born from an idea of Emilio Galante, that promotes and performs new music and jazz. They organized many concerts and festivals in Italy. After Sonata Islands goes RIO (dedicated to the music of Univers Zero, Fred Frith and Thinking Plague) and Nippon Eldorado Kabarett (with the same musicians, dedicated to Japanese RIO music of the '80s with pieces by After Dinner, Wha Ha Ha, Kiyohiko Semba and Haniwa All Stars), here they pay …
Menagerie - Beach singularity - Vocalise
Releasing electroacoustic music in this country has historically, always been a dedicated persuit. With no national record labels and very few electronic music studios to support this music, the UK has always lagged behind its counterparts in both the United States and throughout east and west Europe. Trevor Wishart started releasing his own music in 1973 and continues to do so to this day. Much of this LP was originally privately released in 1979. Whilst other maverick British composers (Nyman,…
Ottomani
Ottomani is a project conceived by ADN and four of their friend musicians. Riccardo Sinigaglia, who had his debut album "Riflessi" on ADN. Ruggero Tajè, who made his first solo CD "Antologica 1976-1999) on ADN. Silvio Linardi & Matteo Uggeri who also had many releases on ADN. The concept was that all the four musicians had to create a basic track, that had to be enriched in three different passages by the other three musicians. After that the procedded track was returned to creator who was in ch…
Omaggio A Futi
**Original 1989 copies of this obscure classic, few copies back in stock** Organized around LAFMS associate James Grigsby, also founding member of the California Outside Music Association (abbreviated COMA) Motor Totemist Guild was formed in Los Angeles in 1980 together with poet/singer Christine Clements. Throughout the 1970’s Grigsby had been involved with the study and performance of electronic music, Renaissance polyphony, progressive rock, post-Webern serialism, Balinese gamelan and punk-j…
Images of Life
Images of Life is the career-spanning, 3xLP retrospective boxset illuminating the staggering breadth and depth of Detroit's unheralded songwriting genius, Ted Lucas. Disc one "Strange Mysterious Sounds (1965-1970)" highlights Ted's flirtation with psychedelic major label clout via his bands the Spike Drivers, the Misty Wizards and the Horny Toads. "Rainy Days (1970-1974)" will be the solo acoustic warmth and charm most familiar to folks already aware of Ted's self- titled "OM" album from 1975. "…
Sound Composition
A collection of writings with 2 CDs of sound examples, based on talks presented over several years, describing in some detail the compositional approaches and working methods involved in the production of many of Trevor Wishart's musical works. Includes a discussion of sound diffusion, and diffusion scores (with worked examples) for most of the electro-acoustics works. Sound Composition is a collection of writings with accompanying sound examples detailing the composition of musical works where …
The Secret Resonance of Things
A new release from Trevor Wishart, based variously on data from Supernova explosions, Chaotic and Turbulent processes and Physical Models of Imaginary musical instruments. Like his 'Encounters in the Republic of Heaven' (with which it shares the format of a booklet containing a CD) this was originally an 8 channel sound-surround performance piece an the CD contains a stereo remix. The booklet explains the scientific data underlying the project. It is very detailed and acedemic, but the music its…
The Garden of Earthly
**In process of stocking** A new release from Trevor Wishart, inspired by the Bosch painting of the same name. He describes this as a comic opera. It was conceived as a 8-channel audio piece, in which voices are heard in several different audio environments, and where the words they use and the environmental context all metamorphose each time they return It is extremely dense using the voices of the characters as starting points for complex digital manipulation. Wishart’s idea for the opera, whi…
Encounters in the Republic of Heaven
2011 release. Amazing work completed Sept. 2011, an exploration of the music inherent in everyday speech, collected from all kinds of oral sound sources (fishermen, farmers, city-dwellers, etc.), highly processed vocal material between musique concrete & experimental earplay; comes with lovely 64p book
"Encounter in the Republic of Heaven” is a multi channel electro acoustic surround piece where Wishart works with phonemes as a musical phenomena in combination with storytelling. The materi…
Dolce Vita
Louis Matute unveils Dolce Vita, a bold and vibrant album. Recorded at the legendary La Frette Studio, this record blends Honduran heritage with Brazilian influences, merging jazz, groove, Caribbean rock and vintage textures into a poetic and deeply committed work. Having gained recognition at prestigious festivals, Matute collaborates here with remarkable artists such as Joyce Moreno, Dora Morelenbaum, Gabi Hartmann and Rico TK. In March 2025, Louis set up camp at La Frette, a rock-tinged, vint…
The Recordings (13 CD Box)
Restocked, reduced price * 13-CD limited edition box set with 300 page booklet * The Recordings, a box set edition compiling all Meredith Monk ECM New Series discs to date, is issued on the occasion of the composer and singer’s 80th birthday. With Dolmen Music in 1981 Meredith became the first singer to be the front person on an ECM recording. Included here are the albums Dolmen Music, Turtle Dreams, Do You Be, Book of Days, Facing North, ATLAS, Volcano Songs, mercy, impermanence, Songs of Ascen…
Alla ricerca di una musica concreta (Book)
OBS!!! Italian Language Edition Finalmente in italiano uno dei testi classici della musica elettroacustica. Questa è l’avventura pionieristica di Pierre Schaeffer, al tempo stesso un avvincente e leggibilissimo diario dei suoi esperimenti di composizione sonora e un trattato sulla ragion d’essere della “musica concreta”, un libro che ha avuto una profonda influenza sui compositori che hanno lavorato e lavorano con la tecnologia. Infatti, i suoi effetti si estendono oltre i confini della musica c…