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Big Vicious
Debut album of Avishai Cohen's Israeli quintet Big Vicious: Cohen (trumpet, effects, synthesizer), Uzi Ramirez and Yonatan Albalak (guitars, bass), Aviv Cohen and Ziv Ravitz (drums, live sampling). Recorded August 2019 at Studios La Buissonne, produc…
Dreamlife of Debris
Second ECM album by keyboardist Kit Downes (piano, church organ) with Tom Challenger (tenor saxophone), Lucy Railton (cello), Stian Westerhus (guitar) and Sebastian Rochford (drums), recorded November 2018 in Huddersfield and Snape, produced by Sun C…
Lost River
First recording by the trio of Michele Rabbia (drums, electronics), Gianluca Petrella (trombone, sounds) and Eivind Aarset (guitar, electronics), mostly improvised, recorded January 2018 at ArteSuono Studio, Udine, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Romaria
Second album by the Andy Sheppard Quartet: Sheppard (tenor and soprano saxophone), Eivind Aarset (guitar, electronics), Michel Benita (double bass), Sebastian Rochford (drums). Recorded April 2017 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, produced by Man…
Provenance
Solo album by Swedish bassist Björn Meyer on six-string electric and acoustic bass guitars with light electronics, eleven originals and one piece by Asita Hamidi. Recorded August 2016 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Elegy
ECM leader debut of singer and composer Theo Bleckmann, with Ben Monder (guitar), Shai Maestro (piano), Chris Tordini (double bass) and John Hollenbeck (drums): originals, a Sondheim song and a Chiao Jan poem. Recorded January 2016, Avatar Studios, N…
Warp
Second ECM solo album by Norwegian pianist Jon Balke: sixteen short piano pieces set in "sound images" (field recordings, electronics, voices) made with Audun Kleive. Recorded September 2014 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, mixed 2015 in Lugano; produced by …
Surrounded by Sea
Third ECM album by saxophonist Andy Sheppard, with Eivind Aarset (guitar, electronics), Michel Benita (double bass) and Sebastian Rochford (drums). Recorded August 2014 at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Amorphae
Ben Monder's first ECM album as leader: solo electric guitar, duos with Paul Motian (October 2010, Sear Sound) and with Andrew Cyrille, plus trios with Cyrille and Pete Rende on synthesizer (December 2013, Brooklyn Recording). Produced by Sun Chung.
Mercurial Balm
Second ECM album by Food, Thomas Strønen (drums, electronics) and Iain Ballamy (saxophones), with Christian Fennesz, Eivind Aarset, Nils Petter Molvær and Prakash Sontakke. Recorded 2010-2011 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Victoria National Jazz Scene …
A Man About A Horse
Steve Tibbetts (guitars, percussion) with Marc Anderson and Marcus Wise (percussion, tabla) and Jim Anton (bass). Recorded in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2001 and released by ECM in 2002.
Solid Ether
Second ECM album by Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, with Eivind Aarset (guitar, electronics), Audun Erlien (bass), DJ Strangefruit and Sidsel Endresen (voice). Recorded in Oslo studios in 1999, released May 2000. CD edition.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Album by Pat Metheny (guitars, bass) and Lyle Mays (piano, synthesizer, organ, autoharp) with Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, percussion, drums, voice), recorded in autumn 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo, and released by ECM in 1981. 2022 CD reissue.
Fluid Rustle
Album by German bassist Eberhard Weber (bass, tarang) with Gary Burton (vibraharp, marimba), Bill Frisell (guitar, balalaika) and the voices of Norma Winstone and Bonnie Herman, recorded in January 1979 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, and released b…