One of our favorite mixing of modes from the old school – a tremendous second album from the legendary Aksak Maboul! The record mixes arty playfulness with some rootsier elements – bits of Eastern instrumentation, jazz, improvisation, and even some post-punk elements – all in a ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreCD
One of the freshest string quartets we've heard in years – a group of young musicians with roots in many different styles, coming together in a really evocative way – and with a sound that's free from any gimmicks or tricks! In the years since Kronos, there's been lots of messing with ... read moreCD
One of the strangest albums ever from John Cage – but one of the most compelling too – and a record that really gets at the larger person behind his incredible music! The album has a very spare format – and features John Cage reading 90 stories – all short, spoken bits that ... read moreCD
One of the most compelling albums ever recorded by guitarist Eugene Chadbourne – a set billed as "free improvised country and western bebop" – and which features Chadbourne serving up these wild variations on tunes by Carl Perkins, Roger Miller, David Allen Coe, Bobby Bare, ... read moreCD
(Beautiful package – with a heavy Japanese-style paper sleeve!)
Loads of amazing keyboard lines – Glass on organ, intertwined with more keyboards and reeds! Titles include "Opening", "Floe", "Islands"," Rubric", "Facades", and "Closing". CD
All 12 parts of Glass'suite of pulsating modal minimalist music. The ensemble here is a sextet, with three electric organs and three reeds, plus voice. Like his other work of this era, the tones overlap and slowly unfold to reveal underlying patterns over the course of the piece. Far more ... read moreCD
An amazing record, and one that forever transformed the sound of opera in the US – the amazing summation of all the many musical ideas that Philip Glass had been cooking up since the 60s, done as a mindblowing stage presentation with Robert Wilson! Voices, organ, reeds, and piano come ... read moreCD
A really amazing project from Mats Gustafsson – and one that's a great reminder of his ability to create music in so many different and incredible ways! This time around, Mats acts as the conductor – at the head of NyMusik Trondheim and Avant Art Ensemble – both larger groups who ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Mats Gustafsson & Ensemble E —
EE Opus One ... CD Trost (Austria), 2024. New Copy ...
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A beautiful piece of music, and one that features Mats Gustafsson working as both an instrumentalist and conductor – contributing work on baritone, flute, and the unusual spilapipa throughout the course of the album's single extended performance! As with Mats' instrumentation, the rest of ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Graham Halliwell & Lee Patterson —
Terrain ... CD Confront (UK), 2006. Used ...
$4.99
Graham Halliwell performs on saxophone using feedback and electronic processing, accompanied by field recordings from Lee Patterson, who also performs on various amplified devices. CD
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid —
NYC ... CD Domino, 2008. Used ...
$6.99
The 4th collaboration between electronics maestro Kieran Hebden & free jazz drum titan Steve Reid – a duo that might have seemed an odd fit at first, but actually makes a lot of sense given their adventurous sensibilities – and their joint body of work keeps growing in surprising ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Jason Kao Hwang/Critical Response —
Book Of Stories ... CD True Sound, 2023. Used ...
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With Jason Kao Hwang on electric violin, Anders Nilsson on electric guitar, Michael TA Thompson on drums. (Jazz, Out Sound)CD
Vijay Iyer —
Mutations ... CD ECM (Germany), 2014. Used ...
$9.99
Vijay Iyer on ECM – a great new setting for one of the most-discussed pianists in recent years – and a chance for him to offer up some even more creative sides of his talents! The record still features Vijay playing piano with some of those blocky tones and rhythmic pulses that we love ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Jason Kahn/Tomas Korber/Christian Weber —
Zurcher Aufnahmen ... CD Longbox, 2007. Used ...
$6.99
(Out of print hybrid SACD pressing – plays on regular players too!)
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, & Marta Sofia Honer —
Closest Thing To Silence ... CD International Anthem, 2024. New Copy ...
$13.9915.99
Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer gave us an excellent previous record on the International Anthem label – one that mixed field recordings with sounds of their own – an approach that's continued here as the pair are joined by Ariel Kalma, whose instrumentation really adds a wonderful ... read moreCD
Joelle Leandre/Pascal Contet —
Miniatures ... CD Trost (Austria), 2024. New Copy ...
$17.9919.99
Joelle Leandre is a fantastic musician who always give us sounds that are way more than most – and here, she continues that long legacy by pairing with accordion player Pascal Contet, who's got a way of handling his instrument and really matching the creative energy of Joelle! Leandre's bass ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Amazing solo work on cello from Okkyung Lee – material recorded after a particularly difficult stretch in 2020, as Lee was initially trapped in Korea, away from her instrument – then returned to the darkness of New York during its worst months of struggle! Yet despite that time leading ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
MKM —
MSA ... CD For 4 Ears (Switzerland), 2008. Used ...
$4.99
... CD
Ikue Mori —
Obelisk ... CD Tzadik, 2017. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
Ikue Mori on electronics – joined by Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, Okkyung Lee on cello, and Jim Black on drums. CD
(Includes Tzadik obi!)
Toshimaru Nakamura & Sean Meehan —
From Tour ... CD Quakebasket, 2004. Used ...
$4.99
Toshimaru Nakamura on mixing board and Sean Meehan on percussion – recorded live at Grace Lutheran Church in Boulder, Colorado. CD
(Packaged in a cool letterpress envelope with puzzle piece and color postcard.)
Mark Nauseef/Ikue Mori/Sylvie Courvoisier/Walter Quintus —
Albert ... CD Leo (UK), 2006. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
Mark Nauseef on percussion and "cheap" Casio, Ikue Mori on computer, Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, and Walter Quintus on mixing board. (Jazz, Out Sound)CD
Maybe one of the most beautiful records we've ever heard from the mesmerizing Zeena Parkins – a set of solo work, mostly done on her electric harp – an instrument that she hasn't used in awhile, but which is wonderfully reawakened here! There's a sonic sensitivity to the record that ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Fantastic work from this sublime instrumental combo! (Rock, Out Sound)CD
(Out of print, crease through traycard artwork.)
Astor Piazzolla —
Luna ... CD IRS, 1992. Used ...
$1.995.99
A live recording of the final concert of Piazzolla's New Tango Sex-Tet, recorded in Amerstdam, 1989. 7 numbers in all, including "Hora Cero", "Tanguedia", "Milonga Del Angel", "Camorra 3", "Preludio Y Fuga", "Sex-Tet" and "Luna". (Latin, Out Sound)CD
Picnic —
Picnic ... CD Data/Corbett vs. Dempsey, 1985. New Copy Gatefold ...
$12.9915.99
Free jazz, and lots lots more – a lost nugget from an especially creative period in the Dutch scene, headed up by cellist Tristan Honsinger! At some level, the music echoes other improvised work by Honsinger – but at others, it also reflects the criss-crossing of genres and scenes that ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
(Beautiful package – with a heavy Japanese-style paper sleeve!)
A groundbreaking set of modal minimal tracks that stands as one of Reich's most popular and accessable works. The music is extremely subtle, and features 18 musicians playing a variety of violins, cellos, clarinets, pianos, marimbas, and vibes – all in short cyclic passages that move in and ... read moreCD
Really beautiful work from the great Terry Riley – and a set that continues some of the surprising and wonderful shift towards jazz improvisation he's brought to his career in more recent years! If you know Riley, you'll know that the record's not really a jazz album – and instead, it ... read moreCD
Never-issued material from the legendary Arthur Russell – a set of tracks that's maybe closest in spirit to his groundbreaking World Of Echo album – as it blends together voice, cello, effects, and plenty of the echo promised in the title – all with a style that's beyond easy ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreCD