Amazing sounds from Nicolas Collins -- an artist who plays the radio in ways that most other folks might play a keyboard or guitar! "Devils Music" is a wonderful experiment from the mid 80s -- one in which Collins takes sounds from the radio, then filters them into newly musical modes --... read more
Amazing early work from Pierre Henry -- a perfect illustration of why he's one of the most important composers of the 20th Century! The work is filled with odd electronics, production effects, and a strangely atmospheric sensibility overall -- lots of space age sounds, but from the dark side of... read more
Rare avant work from the European scene of the postwar years -- two classics back to back! "Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul" is a dark collaboration between Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry -- done with lots of weird sounds that are simply incredible -- odd recorded bits, weirdly-tuned... read more
One of the best early albums from the legendary Moondog -- a set that got wider circulation than his first few releases, and really helped expand his reach beyond New York City! Moondog's still at his simple best here -- working in a blend of rhythmic percussion, stringed instruments, flute, and... read more
One of Terry Riley's most enduring works, and a haunting record that contains two extended modal minimal jams -- "Rainbow In Curved Air" and "Poppy Nogood & The Phantom Band". "Rainbow" features Terry interweaving cool keyboard lines on organ, electric harpsichord... read more
John Zorn --
Femina ... CD
Tzadik,
2009. New Copy Gatefold ....
$18.9920.99
A sometimes delicate, and at others quite exhilarating project from John Zorn -- an always exciting, interesting and unpredictable artist -- whose muse has led him to Femina! The project finds Zorn working with an all female ensemble in a tribute to femininity, it's dedicated to some of the... read more
The strangest, wierdest, most head-scratching pop music compilation ever put together for the Psychic Circle label -- from synth pop about alien energy, to a sitar version of Lee Hazlewood's most famous song, novelty raps by people with no business doing such things, and the star of Kung Fu and... read more