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ECM exclusive special sale on a broad selection of vinyl releases, with more than 70 LPs available at incredibly low prices.

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La Vostra Ansia Di Orizzonte
2017 release ** "Salvo Lazzara and Stefano Giannotti, two artists at opposite ends of the spectrum, but with strong musical and literary interests in common, meet between writing and improvisation, electronic landscapes and acoustic creations. A seri…
Rides Again
Tip! *100 copies limited edition* Eternities is an intuitive collaboration between bass clarinetist Katie Porter and sound artist Bob Bellerue. Their work is inspired by deep presence, resonant feedback, melodic drone, and overtone magic, in the flui…
untilted mini-CDr
2010 release ** “A very short album, only eight minutes, with a contained, almost contracted minimalism, this TNZR001 will pass like a comet in your CD player. Visible and audible from a distance only with the help of a telescope, suffused, slightly …
Space And Place
2000 release ** Limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies. Packaged in mini-LP sleeve. "In all six tracks of this CD, Murayama uses a cymbal, a snare drum and small objects (as well as his voice on track 6). Four of the pieces (2-5), recorded in To…
Solid Layers, Deafening Shapes
2016 release ** "A solo percussion album from Francesco Gregoretti, employing traditional instruments and unusual object to create unique audio environment that use predictable rhythmic elements against capricious approaches, giving his playing a per…
Binus
In a collaboration lasting several days in Novi Sad, Belorukov & Zlanabitnig explored the acoustic and electronic sound combinations of their instruments as well as ambiental sounds and field recordings in the immediate surroundings of the city. This…
Nyctalopia
The trio Gaudenz Badrutt (electronics), Jean-Luc Guionnet (alto saxophone) and Frantz Loriot (viola) met for the first time at the Biel/Bienne-based “Joyful Noise” encounters in December 2018. Very quickly, the three agreed on a formal and sonic unde…
Guo1
2017 release ** "GUO is the duo of guitarist and singer Daniel Blumberg (Hebronix, The Howling Hex) and saxophonist Seymour Wright. Both use heavy distortion and extreme amplification which is later processed and manipulated with metal cassettes to c…
Edge Games
Although Berlin-based musical seekers Jules Reidy and Sam Dunscombe are friends who’ve worked together in numerous contexts over the last decade or so, Edge Games is their first, long overdue collaborative album. Over two expansive, mind-bending excu…
Feathered Swing Of The Raven
2012 release ** "Laura Cannell and Rhodri Davies create a rich and minimalist sound, combining chords and drones on recorders and harps oscillating with different tones and harmonics. It is inspired by fragments of English renaissance music and Laura…
Fifteen Point Nine Grams
2009 release ** "SLW is a multinational group that can claim to include in its ranks some of the most respected voices in today’s improvisation community. The four musicians have worked together on occasions since their first meeting in October 2006 …
Broken Guitars
2009 release ** Broken Guitars is the first recording by Italian visual artist Michele Lombardelli: acoustic guitar improvisations between Loren Connors, Derek Bailey and Robbie Basho, with a tinge of sadness that permeates every moment and creates a…
Villa Hügel
For over half a century, Sven Åke Johansson and Rüdiger Carl have explored the boundaries of music together. Villa Hügel captures a rare moment: a concert with no audience, recorded in 2020 in the library of Villa Hügel during the 2 x Kippenberger ex…
Matta
2007 release ** "In April 2007, Ramuntcho Matta went to Tokyo to play with Mama Milk, a Japanese duo, and came back with hours of live recording done by Romain de Gueltzl. From this meeting of three different instruments, accordion, double-bass and g…
Sea & Fish (CDr)
2008 release ** "
Radiesthésie
*300 copies limited edition* Bertrand Gauguet, alto and baritone saxophones.Jean-Luc Petit, contrabass clarinet and sopranino saxophone.Recorded and mastered by Pierre-Henry Thiebaut22 and 23 June 2024 - Chapelle Saint Martin, Bignac (Fr)Photography …
The Wrong Cage
2008 release ** "Although this collaboration between Italian psych-pop band Jennifer Gentle and mercurial, collabo-prone Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto sounds pretty much like you’d expect, the The Wrong Cage can’t quite be reduced to …
A Short Apnea
1999 release - cardboard box ** "Hard to explain the birth of a band like A Short Apnea, ahead in the conception and in the sound, if you don’t browse the curriculum of the musicians, devoted to experimentation with other genres of music since the 80…
Then I Heard The Clear Voice Of The Flute
"Then I heard the clear voice of the flute" is the 10th solo album by Ido Bukelman. In the last ten years, all of Bukelman's albums have been recorded live, during his solo tours in Europe, and this album is his first studio album since 2014. The new…
At Close Quarters
1993 release ** "A selection of live recordings from the These Records shop, London."
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