Aulokithara / Wechselrahmen / Three Sacred Pieces / Echoes From Austria (LP)
Great 1976 LP on Orion presenting a rather far out electro-acoustic piece for oboe, harp and tape, backed with compositions for piano, soprano and piano, and chorus.
L'Enclume Des Forces / Electro-Poème / Automatismes Sonores (LP)
Three fantastic electonic compositions produced at Brussels' Studio De Recherches Et De Structuration Électroniques Auditives between 1967 and 1971, released on DGG's famed "Avantgarde" contemporary/electronic music series in 1971.
La Fabbrica Illuminata / Ha Venido, Canciones Para Silvia / Ricorda Cosa Ti Hanno Fatto In Auschwitz (LP)
Three indispensable pieces for voice(s) and tape composed in the 1960's and released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 70's. With insert.
A Carlo Scarpa · A Pierre · Guai Ai Gelidi Mostri
Three amazingly beautiful compositions from the 1980's for orchestra, contrabass clarinet and flute with live-electronics and ensemble with live-electronics released by Edition RZ in 1990. With insert.
Polygonum / Nr. 3 / Paper Music / Nr. 4/I / Studien Für Elektronische Klänge II-I-IV / Vielleicht-Duo (LP)
Superb album of excellent electro-acoustic compositions by the founder of the Siemens Studio für elektronische Musik, realized between 1959 and 1970 released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in 1972.
Metsä Henkii
"Metsä henkii" (Finnish for "The Forest Breathes") is a captivating 7-inch vinyl EP by Finnish multi-instrumentalist Simo Hakalisto, aka Shakali, released in 2024 via Stoned to Death Records. Based in Brno, Czechia, Hakalisto crafts immersive electro-acoustic soundscapes blending ancient and modern elements, evoking the subtle rhythms of nature like fungal networks and whispering pines.
Kontakte (LP)
Essential first 1960 recording of the classic masterpiece for electronic sound, piano and percussion performed by the composer with David Tudor, Christoph Caskel and Gottfried Michael Koenig, released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 70's.
Mikrophonie I / Mikrophonie II (LP)
First 1967 edition of the first recording of the two superb electro-acoustic pieces from the mid-1960's respectively for tam-tam, two microphones and two filters, and for 12 singers, 4 ring modulators and Hammond organ, released on CBS' "Music Of Our Time" contemporary music series.
Momente (3LP box)
1976 3LP box set on DGG with the "Europa Version 1972" of the massive 1960's work for solo soprano, four mixed choirs, and thirteen instrumentalists (four trumpets, four trombones, three percussionists, and two electric keyboards) with the addition of an excerpt from the "Donaueschinger Version 1965". With booklet.
Aus Den Sieben Tagen (7LP box)
Sensational 7LP box set with the full intuitive music masterpiece performed by the composer with Carlos Roqué Alsina, Michel Portal, Rolf Gehlhaar, Peter Eötvös and Michael Vetter among others, released in 1973 by DGG. With booklet.
Aus Den Sieben Tagen (LP)
1970's re-issue of the Harmonia Mundi 1969 LP with a section from theb mighty "7 days" performed by Musique Vivante.
The New Music (LP)
Four classic pieces composed in the 1950's and 1960's for orchestra with tape, string orchestra and smaller ensembles, conducted by Bruno Maderna and released on RCA Victrola "The New Music" series in 1967.
Elemente / Litanei / Recitativ (LP)
The superb 1976 "tape montage for two loudspeaker groups" plus another 1976 piece for 3 cellos and a 1980 composition for flute, alto and harpsichord, released on Wergo in 1982. With insert.
The Numbered / Improvisations / Tratto (LP)
Fantastic 1970 album on Heliodor/Wergo with two 1960's pieces for jazz ensemble, featuring the Manfred Schoof Quintet including Alexander Von Schlippenbach and Can's Jaki Liebezeit, and a beautiful 1966 composition for electronic sounds.
Macchina Che Respira
Piero Fogliati’s “Macchina che respira” (1990) is a kinetic sculpture built entirely around the realization of the author’s artistic utopia: imbuing lifeless machinery with the rhythmic and self-sustaining process of an organism. It is an apparatus of ontological interrogation, positioned at the final, unstable boundary between the organic and the artifact. In “Macchina che respira”, the fundamental function of life -respiration- is translated into an industrial imperative, forcing the observer …
Terminus II / Funktion Grün / Phonothese / Chants De Maldoror (LP)
Four fantastic electonic compositions produced at Utrecht's Studio voor Elektronische Muziek between 1965 and 1969, released on DGG's famed "Avantgarde" contemporary/electronic music series in 1970.
Mémoires / Aspekt / Terminus X / Nacht (LP)
Four fantastic electronic works realized in the 1960's at the State University Electronic Music Studio of Utrecht and released on Philips' unparalleled silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" electronic/contemporary music series in 1970. Rare.
Zeitgenössische Musik In Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 8 (1970-1980) (3LP box)
Eigth volume of the massive and exhaustive 3LP box series of "Contemporary Music from West Germany" released in the early 80's by Deutscher Musikrat, presenting pieces composed between 1970 and 1980 by Hans Werner Henze, Wolfgang Rihm, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Walter Zimmermann, Josef Anton Riedl, Peter Michael Hamel, Mauricio Kagel, Isang Yun, Mathias Spahlinger, Nicolaus A. Huber. With insert.
Zeitgenössische Musik In Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 10 (1970-1980) (3LP box)
Tenth volume of the massive and exhaustive 3LP box series of "Contemporary Music from West Germany" released in the early 80's by Deutscher Musikrat, presenting pieces composed between 1970 and 1980 by Helmut Lachenmann, Dieter Schnebel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, York Höller, Robert HP Platz, Wilhelm Killmayer, Wolfgang Rihm, Mauricio Kagel. With insert.
Desert Haze
Experimental trio Giraffe crystalize time on Desert Haze, their new LP on Marionette. Giraffe is the musical project of Sascha Demand (guitar), Jürgen Hall (keys), and Charly Schöppner (percussion). Sascha Demand is a composer that comes from a contemporary and improvised musical background, collaborating with the likes of Ensemble Integrales and Vinko Globokar. Jürgen Hall works in electroacoustic experimental projects, theatre and film scores, with releases on Staubgold and Edition Stora. Char…