★Thirsty Leaves Music

T, the 20th letter of the Latin alphabet, is the symbol for "True" in logic & the usual symbol for period, the reciprocal of frequency; the symbol for Tesla, the SI unit of magnetic field; the symbol for Tera- (as in one trillion); (t is) the SI symbol for tonne or metric ton & the usual symbol for time. T is also the middle letter in the word "soundTracks" and the initial letter of moody alien's poor ghost of a mother's name (as well as his own)... Written in 2000 and marking a significant brea…

A tragicomic, surrealistic play from Moody Alien about 2 men -One & Another- in search of the one thing they (think they) don't have an answer for.

*2024 stock. 300 copies limited edition* "It all began with a little red tongue sticking out of an unseen mouth and licking its way in the dark. Hesitating at first, then sparkling and crackling and all of a sudden bursting out in total, u-n-c-o-n-t-r-o-l-l-a-b-l-e freedom." [ from moody alien's 'The Flame Within...' ] George Avramidis - trumpetmoody alien - (processed) glockenspiels, vibraphone, marimbas, tubular bells; windchimes & keys; effects & treatments; mixing  featuring:Vasilis Bacharid…

*2024 stock* “Shit” He said to Himself, commenting on the terrible sight that could only mean it was all going down in ashes, for the sole purpose of witnessing its own miraculous reconstitution. [ from moody alien's 'The Flame Within...' ] Călin Torsan - clarinet, tenor recorder, voice & hulusiAndrei Kivu - The MIDIcello & effectsmoody alien - (processed) glockenspiel, vibraphone, windchimes, timpani & trumpet samples; (programmed) drums & double bass; keys, miscellaneous instruments & field re…

*2024 stock. 300 copies limited edition* The first volume in a series of live, improvisational & spontaneous scores to silent and obscure movies by the ever morphing RAIC (aka the Richmond Avant Improv Collective), who settled on an 8 piece ensemble for this recording... Samuel Goff - Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards, ElectronicsAbdul Hakim-Bilal - GuitarErik Schroeder - Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Keyboards, Sampler, Theremin, Electronics, Flute, WoodwindsZoe Olivia Kinney - Cello, VocalsLa…

*2024 stock. 250 copies limited edition* Montreal-based electroacoustic composer Jeremy Young's new record is more like a suite of meaningful multi-disciplinary duets than an addition to his growing catalog of pure solo material. Yet it centrally documents an iterative, systems-based approach to making music that Young has been developing and refining through live performances and improvisations in his studio for close to 3 years. This sonic "system" is not modular but still tactile, performable…

*2024 stock. 250 copies limited edition* The music on this album sprang out of my work for the Magam project and consists of 3 suites –2 of which have, in earlier stages, been used for a butoh and a dance performance respectively– that cover the distance from aleatoric to improvised to composed music... What I like most about it is its playfulness. The album title was initially inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's concept of "a nation of two" (in "Mother Night", 1962):“[...] 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴…

*2024 stock. 50 copies limited edition* "Silence. I like silence. Silence produced by light. Sunlight that moves in slow motion through a quiet room. Islands of light, fallen through the trees, floating on the grass. With `Licht` I wanted to make music that enters your room as sunlight. Music that moves slowly through your room. Towards silence... I knew, and admired, Oberlin's work through his CD 'Writing on Water', released by Thirsty Leaves Music. I recognized the almost meditative silence in…

*2024 stock. 100 copies limited edition* "My name is Francesco Covarino (Perugia, 1979). I live in Granada, Spain and teach Italian. I play the drums in a duo called Covarino/Incorvaia, with which I've released two albums: "Perugia" (Preserved Sound, 2016) and "Granada" (whitelabrecs, 2017). Olive is my first solo release, and it features 16 short drum improvisations, recorded in a big room in an industrial area in Granada, with trucks maneuvering and machinery noises happening right outside the…