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Steady State
In a sonic dialogue that balances delicacy and depth, Clinton Green and Barnaby Oliver explore the shifting textures of acoustics and resonance. Employing bowed aluminum bowls, strings, and a grand piano, their work unfolds in patient layers that probe the very essence of sound and its environment, evoking an atmosphere of quiet tension and subtle transformation.
The Original Quintet (First Recording)
From the original "Theme" to a series of beautifully reimagined standards by Duke Ellington, Benny Golson, and Isham Jones, The Original Quintet (First Recording) captures a seminal moment in jazz history. Released in 1956 on Prestige and engineered by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder, this album perfectly synthesizes Miles Davis’s evolving artistic vision, marking a landmark in the bop revolution.
Featuring an extraordinary ensemble including John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Philly Joe Jones on d…
Live in Paris, 1975 by France Musique FM
Experience the extraordinary sonic journey of Terry Riley like never before with Live In Paris, 1975, an exclusive release from France Musique FM. Captured in these rare French live recordings, Riley delivers a mesmerizing display of his signature psychedelic organ mastery, following closely on the heels of his 1972 landmark work, Persian Surgery Dervishes.
In stunning form, Riley conjures endlessly rippling, dosed organ drones that create a captivating sense of stasis within expansion—a uniquel…
Live With The Birds
What happens when experimental musicians share their studio with an aviary of canaries? The answer lies in Live With The Birds, one of the most unexpected and joyful documents in the Maciunas Ensemble's discography. Released by Het Apollohuis in 1997, this recording captures a remarkable interspecies collaboration where Paul Panhuysen and his ensemble discover their most enthusiastic improvisers have wings.
The setup was deceptively simple: aluminum strips suspended from rubber bands, allowing f…
Match / Soliloque 1&4 / Antifonia
Nicolae Brînduş's Match / Soliloque 1&4 / Antifonia reissues the composer’s most eccentric works from the PHTORA cycle (1968-1972), blending collective improvisation, spectral tradition, Romanian folklore, and free jazz into a mesmerizing tapestry. Tape manipulations and reverberation add depth, while Ana Golici’s sleeve art captures the album’s vivid sensibility.
Unreleased & Rarities (1972-2002)
Transversales Disques presents Unreleased & Rarities, a revelatory collection spanning 1972-2002 by electronic music pioneer Jean Schwarz - thirty years of secret compositions from one of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) most dedicated yet overlooked figures. Schwarz occupied a unique position in the world of electroacoustic music, serving simultaneously as an engineer at the CNRS in the Ethnomusicology Department of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris and as a core member of the legendary GRM…
Musics for Piano, Whistling, Microphone and Tape Recorder
Necessary, first ever vinyl reissue of a truly seminal double LP set originally appeared on the Chatham Square imprint in 1975. Canadian artist and film maker Michael Snow was originally a jazz pianist, and he has continued to be involved in music throughout his long career. He arranged for Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Sunny Murray, John Tchicai, Gary Peacock and his then neighbour Roswell Rudd to record the landmark improvised soundtrack to his film New York Eye And Ear Control (perhaps the first …
Night Music
**Edition of 300** "Night Music" unearthes Sven-Åke Johansson's very first recordings from 1964 – made with his Tandberg tape recorder in the Kronenburg Bar, a dive bar in the red-light district in Münster/Westfalen (West Germany). There he performed jazz versions of popular songs and standards with Uwe Wegner (piano) and Gerold Flasse (double bass), sometimes joined by Dutch singer Jenny Gordee. Young Udo Lindenberg was a frequent guest at the Kronenburg Bar. Side A of the LP features 7 songs …
Peter Beyls
Peter Beyls stands as a pioneer at the crossroads of computer science and the arts, shaping generative systems in music, visual, and hybrid formats. In early works, inspired by figures such as Michel Waisvisz, Karel Goeyvaerts, and Lucien Goethals, Beyls fused electronic experimentation with precise tape artistry, notably advancing the crackle box synthesizer at STEIM.
Notte
Taping, expanding, and challenging the parameters of how we perceive rhythm and percussion, comes “Notte”, the debut solo LP by the Italian journeyman drummer and composer Piero Perelli. Ranging from the infectiously hypnotic to complex abstractions and sheets of ambience, every step of the way it's an engrossing listen that shouldn't be missed.
Number Made Audible
Named in tribute to Fluxus-founder George Maciunas, the Maciunas Ensemble's Number Made Audible stands as one of the most radical documents of sound art to emerge from the Netherlands in the 1990s. Originally released by Het Apollohuis in 1993, this CD captures eleven pieces that transform numerical relationships into living sound through invented instruments: Duochords, Spring Strings, Musical Bows, Guitars with Tails, Tubular Aluminum Monochords.
Founded in 1968 by Paul Panhuysen, Remko Scha a…
Kparr Dirè. Balafon Music from Lobi Country
LP plus DVD with full-length movie (125 minutes) of Balafon music of the Lobi people, recorded in and around Gaoua, Burkina Faso, on a two-week journey in June 2014, by Dirk Dresselhaus (alias Schneider TM), Julian Kamphausen and Arved Schultze. Packaged in a full-colour gatefold sleeve with DVD tray, with numerous photos and an extensive interview with Dresselhaus.The Lobi are an ethnic group of about 180,000 people living in southern Burkina Faso and bordering regions. The primary instrument o…
The O. Theorem
German sound artist and composer Hans W. Koch. Rigorous, playful, sonically inventive. Koch has been a vital presence in Cologne's experimental scene for decades.
Songs From Elsewhere
A meeting of generations! The mighty Johansson paired with British artist Phillips for a collection of songs from... elsewhere. Johansson's unmistakable sensibility filtered through collaboration. Another essential chapter in an unparalleled discography
Tapestry Koto & The Occident Sea
'Tapestry: Koto' is a 3-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s dedicated to one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music: Koto. The beauty of the trilogy curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, whose chapters are respectively dedicated to Sea, Hillside and Country, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound idioms, integrating the koto with jazz musicians. An original mix, a 'crossover’ that allows for the a…
Asymptote Versatile (1963-64)
Multifold digipack edition + extensive booklet. Amgen presents the historic recording of Éliane Radigue's Asymptote Versatile (1963-64), widely recognized as the oldest surviving composition by the pioneering French electronic music composer. This monumental work was performed for the very first time at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on November 26, 2023, marking a truly historic event as Radigue had resolutely refused permission for this work to be presented in concert - until now…
Wounds
Wounds captures David Toop and Paul Burwell at their most relentlessly inventive, distilling the London Musicians Collective’s radical energy into tactile, improvised sound rituals. Edited from a single 1979 performance, it’s a landmark of British experimental music: two artists in conversation with objects, timbre, and the primal roots of musical creation.
Tapestry Koto & The Occident Country
*Original masters licensed by Nippon Columbia for the first ever reissue. Includes OBI and insert.* 'Tapestry: Koto' is a 3-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s dedicated to one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music: Koto. The beauty of the trilogy curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, whose chapters are respectively dedicated to Sea, Hillside and Country, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound id…
The Edison Effect: A Listener's Companion
Comes with a 22-page booklet in a two-panel Digipak sleeve. Paul DeMarinis presents a companion work to his acclaimed sound installation The Edison Effect, where ancient phonograph records, wax cylinders, and even holograms of records are played with laser beams instead of needles. This recording explores the archaeology of sound reproduction technologies, creating a dialogue between Edison's mechanical cylinders and contemporary digital audio. In the original installation, one of the most poeti…
Tapestry Koto & The Occident Hillside
*Original masters licensed by Nippon Columbia for the first ever reissue. Includes OBI and insert.* 'Tapestry: Koto' is a 3-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s dedicated to one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music: Koto. The beauty of the trilogy curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, whose chapters are respectively dedicated to Sea, Hillside and Country, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound id…