Crickets in the Hollywood subway-Tasmanian devil about the polyw
Not much explanation needed for this one, an incredibly well-conceived 7' (white vinyl, letterpress cover, housed in plastic sleeve) from Los Angeles sound artist G.X. Jupitter-Larsen. The result of one simple question: Have you ever worked with anim…
Behind the radiators
7' vinyl only. Limited edition. Artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft. Cut by Jason at Transition. Locked grooves. Mika Vainio continues the series of Touch Sevens, 7' vinyl-only releases, with this stunning record. The crackle... The fire of the…
Kiri No Oto
The Japanese phrase Kiri No Oto loosely translates to the sound of fog or sound of mist. In many ways it's a collection that meditates on the sense of displacement and distortion that occurs in environments which undergo extreme mists, snowstorms and…
For Hugh Davies
A unique celebration of the work of Hugh Davies, one of the great pioneers of improvised music who died three years ago. Solo recordings of Hugh from three decades ago are played back to a trio of musicians whose work has been influenced by Hugh, and…
Performances 1969-1977
To accompany the release of the 'for Hugh Davies' cd, an archive cd-r featuring all of Hugh Davies' recordings from 1969-1977 that were used in the production of the cd. Seventy-nine minutes of historic music, previously unissued and featuring five s…
s/t
Two different live cuts from 2006 of the guitar duo Sun stabbed. One was recorded in an empty big space, playing for an exhibition at St Etienne. The live was recorded out of the room by Christian Malfray of Nappe, while he was drinking a beer. So th…
...de la piedras
Six very varied pieces by a fine trio of Spanish-based musicians, beautifully recorded in the stone-built Eremita de la Anunciada in Urueña. A music that appears to be located halfway between chamber-improv and contemporary classical music, and which…
Kraanerg
Kraanerg (1968) for 23 instruments and 4-channel tape. Callithumpian Consort. Stephen Drury, conductor. First recording with restored analog tape. Kraanerg is one of Xenakis' most popular - and infamous - works. A visceral and highly charged score fo…
Much Remains To Be Heard
All music by Stéphane Rives (soprano saxophone). Recorded in october 2007 at Villa Bustros, Beirut. Recording, mixing and mastering by Stéphane Rives.
Insomnie
2nd album by this French trio made up Gilbert Artman (post-Lard Free, Urban Sax), Jac Berrocal and Jean-Francois Pauvros. here's the utterly fantastic third album from this brilliantly anarchic supergroup of stalwart iconoclasts. While their debut fe…
Annual Summer Concerts
Two of Tamio & Sean's annual summer concerts in New York City recorded in binaural pedestrian splendor by Geoff Dugan, Tamio (sax), Sean (percussion) and the city. Binaural recordings are optimal for headphone listening but I recommend listening via …
Conops
Conops is a work created from recordings of environments which are dominated by networks of insect sound. It is a composition of sound immersion that is not designed to represent reality, but rather transform it into a new sound universe, absolute an…
Improvisations for George Riste
Founded in 1998, the LIO has been a focal point for the community of improvising musicians in London. This CD features four total improvisations (from 2003 & 2007) selected from the archive of concert recordings made at their monthly appearances at t…
Liturgie
One of the most outstanding-uncompromising jazz collectives circulating right now is (without any doubt) Klangmutationen. Coming from the Eastern side of the world, they suddenly remind us of noise legends such as Masayuki Takayanagi, Kaoru Abe and K…
Xylobiont
John Eckhardt brings the technique and sensibility required by the music of Xenakis, Feldman and Ligeti to this debut recording of double bass improvisations recorded in 2007. Some of the sounds on this cd might suggest electronic manipulation or ove…
Dun
Matt Davis (trumpet & field recordings), Matt Milton (violin) and Bechir Saade (bass clarinet & flute) recorded in North London, november 2007. Exquisite music by a trio described in The Wire as 'three young musicians re-inventing improvised music'. …
Morning Glory
Llana - Xylophone. Phil - Drums. Eric H - Bass. Ray - Guitar. Paula - Guitar. Johnny - Guitar. Jackson - Guitar. Psych trip genius, Burnt Hills drop a 57min wild wild ride to the best possible place. Truly Albany«s best. Play it loud and you will fin…
Free zone Appleby 2007
Paolo Angeli (Sardinian guitar & electronics), Evan Parker (soprano & tenor saxophones), Ned Rothenberg (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet). The Freezone in 2007 was played by just three. The smaller than usual line up allowed for a more intens…
Spellbound!
As a follow-up to her first CD of original theremin works, "Music from the Ether", Lydia Kavina returns with first recordings of major works for theremin and ensemble. The first recording of Miklos Rosza's chamber version of music from the Hitchcock …
Huffin Rag Blues
Nurse With Wound is the main recording vehicle for British musician Steven Stapleton. Since 1978, with collaborators such as David Tibet (Current 93), John Balance (Coil), Colin Potter and Matt Waldron (Irr. App [Ext]), Nurse With Wound has released …