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“In 1962 I went to New York for the first time. My father had worked for Boac for so long that the flights were free - I had only to pay 7/6 (=37½p) airport tax. I stayed in NY for two weeks, only leaving Manhattan to take the standard tourist boat t…
Free for a Minute (1966-72) 2CD
An incredible package – one that brings together two very important albums from reedman Steve Lacy – plus unreleased material from the same time too! First up is the record Disposability – presented here with the first-ever correction to the cymbal s…
Chapter one: 1970 -72
Much needed reissue of Emanem 4301, a classic concert and studio performances from '70-'72 by the innovative trio of Paul Rutherford (trombone, piano) Derek Bailey (guitar) and Barry Guy (double bass), which was a much expanded reissue of the early a…
Search & Reflect (1973-81)
Contemporaneous examples of some of the pieces described in the classic manual, Search & Reflect by John Stevens. Outrageous sounds produced by a workshop orchestra directed by him in 1973 - an SME-type improvisation; instrumental & vocal drones; a…
Cycles (1976-80)
Solo saxophone performances of three of Lacy's rarest cycles. The eight-part SHOTS (Moms / Pops / The Kiss / Tots / The Ladder / Fruits / Coots / The Wire) comes mostly from a 1977 Roman concert, with a couple of missing pieces taken from other conte…
Bremen & Stuttgart
The Jimmy Giuffre 3 with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow only lasted about a year, but their work, which ranged from blues to tempo-less group improvisation, became a major influence on a wide variety of subsequent music from 'soft jazz' to 'hard-core'…
14 Love Poems
A monument of post-free solo reeds playing and a stunning album in Peter Brötzmann's discography
Peter Kowald Quintet
A legendary moment in European free jazz, but which stand as some of the most powerful music of the time! Cien Fuegos present a reissue of Peter Kowald Quintet's self-titled album, originally released by FMP in 1972. Personnel: Günter Christmann - tr…
Machine Gun - Alternate Takes
Alternate versions, never before released on vinyl from Peter Brötzmann Octet's Machine Gun (1968). As Brötzmann has said: 'It was the feeling, the very naive feeling that we could take a little part in changing the world.' Adopting its title from Do…
Voices of Mississippi
This watershed release represents the life's work of William Ferris, an audio recordist, filmmaker, folklorist, and teacher with an unwavering commitment to establish and to expand the study of the American South. William Ferris was born in Vicksburg…
The Middle of Life (Die ganze Zeit)
Pisaro's fascinating composition created with guitar, bass, percussion, radio, electronics, and field recordings, using long gaps of silence resolved through a dynamic set of rich audio sections."The most convincing way to avoid reality is to lose yo…
Number Made Audible
*Original 1993 edition* Named in tribute to Fluxus-founder, the Maciunas Ensemble (Paul Panhuysen and three others) cross disciplines (art, music and science) with eas11 pieces that investigate invented instruments and recording techniques. Scored va…
Oropendola: Music By and From Birds
* Original 1995 edition, long out of print. * Oropendola: Music by and from Birds weaves together a rich tapestry of music and wildlife recordings from Madagascar, Kenya and Brazil, featuring the songs and habitats of birds from around the world. Th…
Ma Délire — Songs Of Love, Lost & Found
* US Import from Feeding Tube * Myriam Gendron Ma Délire - Songs of Love Lost & Found It has been a while since the release Myriam's acclaimed 2014 debut album, Not So Deep As a Well. The intervening years have brought a smattering of live performan…
I Know This Much Is True
Harold Budd's soundtrack to the Mark Ruffalo-starring HBO show "I Know This Much Is True" contains some of the last material he wrote before his death in December. It's sublime stuff, paired with classic Budd tracks that make this the perfect intro t…
Switches and Hose
Dale Gorfinkel is a multi-instrumentalist, improvisor, instrument creator, installation artist, educator, and community builder. His work aims to reflect an awareness of the dynamic nature of culture & the value of listening as a mode of knowing p…
Avocado
As listeners to the experimental, improvised, Jazz, Ethiopian and style-free music communities in Sydney will testify, Peter Farrar has been doing astonishing solos the last few years. He’s been honing techniques that use various extensions on his al…
Procura-se Uma Virgem
Digipak CD edition. This is Erlon Chaves e Orquestra Saint Moritz - Procura-se uma Virgem, OST (1971) -, supposed to be one of the most sought after Erlon Chaves LP. This OST was recorded to a Brazilian soft porn movie with killer organ funk instrume…
Fluence
Fluence is the brainchild and first release of sound artist / provocateur Pascal Comelade. Recorded in Montpellier, France in 1974-1975, the project consists of exploratory electronic pieces in the Fripp & Eno vernacular with a Kosmische tinge. 'A Fe…
Tableau
*Limited edition of 300 copies, incl. download.* "Tableau" is Rolf Hansen's second full-length album under his given name and acts as a sequel to his solo debut "Elektrisk Guitar", released in 2019 through Karaoke Kalk. On the 14 new pieces, the Cope…