The Wringing Cloth
The final album of Henry Birdsey’s (Tongue Depressor) textured and immersive country laments project, Old Saw. This final document highlights the range of the project’s vision, evading easy categorization.. Some of the most direct and emotive music …
Answers
Tip! Benjamin Bennett has worked as an improvising percussionist for 10 years, touring North America and Europe as a soloist, in various ensembles, and ad-hoc collaborations. He developed a unique approach to percussion which took the lineage of free…
Omni
First time meeting of Sam Wenc (US/pedal steel + objects) and Stefano Grasso (Milan/percussion + recorder). The record is one take, broken into 10 tracks, exploring the boundaries of the rhythmic grid, never quite landing inside it, but hovering on i…
It Had Been An Ordinary Enough Day In Pueblo, Colorado (LP)
Fantastic 1979 recording by the duo of Eddie Prevost and Keith Rowe under the AMM III moniker. Original 1979 edition on Japo.
Newfoundland (CD)
One of the best ever recordings by the mighty AMM, here composed of Eddie Prevost, Keith Rowe and John Tilbury. Original 1992 CD on Matchless Recordings.
Laminal (3CD)
Superb 1996 triple-CD set on Matchless Recordings presenting 3 exceptional full live recordings spanning 25 years (1969-1994). AMM: Cornelius Cardew, Christopher Hobbs, Lou Gare, Keith Rowe, Eddie Prevost and John Tilbury in different combinations.
Musica su Schemi
A testament to one of Italy's most radical musical experiments, now available in this carefully crafted limited edition for a new generation of adventurous listeners.
Guitar Solos (LP)
Original 1974 UK edition of the first solo album of adventurous guitar explorations by Henry Cow member.
With Friends Like These (LP)
Original 1979 LP on Metalanguage, the first encounter by the two giant guitarists.
Outside Pleasure
Original 1980 LP on Metalanguage of adventurous solo guitar explorations. Never fully re-issued on either LP or CD.
Aloha (2LP)
Original massive 2LP set with gatefold sleeve on Metalanguage from 1981 of adventurous guitar explorations featuring Magic Band's John French a.o.. Never fully re-issued on either LP or CD.
In the Kingdom of Flowers
Molly Raben's In the Kingdom of Flowers arrives as one of the year's most revelatory debuts - a breathtaking collection of solo organ improvisations that reimagines one of music's most ancient instruments through the lens of contemporary experimental…
Musiktheater Und Experimentelle Musik (3LP box)
Massive 1985 3LP box set documenting the activities of this German experimental music theatre group from 1971 to 1985, with echoes of MEV and Nuova Consonanza. With insert and never re-issued on either CD or LP.
City Music For Electric Guitar (7")
1993 white vinyl single, the first volume in Table Of The Elements' limited edition Guitar Series 7"s, deservely dedicated to solo guitar improvisations by the AMM member.
Free Improvisation (3LP box)
Landmark release on Deutsche Grammophon from 1974, an amazing 3LP box set with booklet with the cream of European improvisation: New Phonic Art (Carlos Roqué Alsina, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Michel Portal, Vinko Globokar), Iskra 1903 (Barry Guy, Derek Bai…
Guitar Solos 2
Original first Italian edition on Caroline from 1978 of the second volume of the Guitar Solos series featuring Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, G.F. Fitzgerald and Hans Reichel. With original innersleeve. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.
Guitar Solos 3
Original first US edition on Red from 1979 of the third volume of the Guitar Solos series featuring Henry Kaiser, Chip Handy, Peter Cusack, Keith Rowe, Fred Frith, Eugene Chadbourne, Davey Williams and Akira Iijima. Never re-issued on either CD or LP…
Memories, Dreams and Reflections
Friends and colleagues for over 25 years, John Zorn and Dave Lombardo are two of the most uncompromising and powerful musical visionaries in modern music and “Memories, Dreams, and Reflections” presents these two extreme virtuosos in an exciting sess…
Beingness
''Beingness is the source of inspiration which moves silence towards its manifestations as form in sound. Each gesture animates in the infinite space between thought and non-thought awareness. The fluidity of spontaneous sonic projections reflect the…
Garden Variety
"Garden Variety" explores interdependence and intimacy through the emergent behavior of percussion instruments. Inspired by Anne Carson’s concept of Eros, the series blurs sonic identities, creating a composite instrument from motion. Amplification i…