Moondog, 1956. New Copy (reissue)
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
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Columbia, 1971. New Copy
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
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Trace Elements/EM (Japan), 1985. New Copy Gatefold 2LP
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 --
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Doxy, 1949/1950. New Copy (reissue)
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
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Doxy, Early 50s. New Copy (reissue)
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
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Prestige/4 Men With Beards, 1956. New Copy (reissue)
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
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Prestige/4 Men With Beards, Mid 50s. New Copy (reissue)
Moondog's second album for Prestige -- and one that we almost like better than the first! The record features more of Moon's incredible spare compositions -- most of them played on instrumentation that includes piano, wood flutes, and percussion, plus 2 instruments that he invented himself: the
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Prestige/4 Men With Beards, Mid 50s. New Copy (reissue)
Incredible work from the enigmatic Moondog -- his third, and to that point, possibly most angular record for Prestige to date! The work here is quite different than some of Moondog's later, more serious compositions -- in a mode that's much earthier, personal, and spontaneous -- a little more in
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Columbia, 1980. New Copy
One of Terry Riley's trippiest albums ever -- a sublime batch of minimal grooves played only on a Yamaha organ! The album was recorded at the end of the 70s, but it's got a feel that's pure late 60s all the way -- long lines on the keyboard inspired by Indian music, performed by Riley with a
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Roof Music (Germany), 1970s/1980s/1990s. New Copy 2CD
A beautiful collection of work from the legendary Moondog -- most of which has never been issued here in the US! The 2CD set features one disc of material from Moondog's German albums over a 20 year span -- plus an additional disc that presents his final concert, presented here for the first time
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Folkways, 1980. New Copy 2CDs
A double-length set of experimental electronics from Folkways -- music recorded a bit later than some of the early analogue sides on the label, but done with a similarly spare and spooky feel! There's a nice maturation going on here -- a move away from some of the more academic electronics of the
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BMG (Italy), 1978. New Copy
Haunting fragmented soundscapes by one of Italy's most compelling modern composers -- the great Franco Battiato! Unlike his later, more rock-oriented stuff, this album is a set of spare tracks featuring piano, violin, and his ever alluring voice. Although spare, the music is very off-kilter,
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Universal (France), 1960s/1970s/1980s/Mid 90s. New Copy 4CD
A fantastic box set that features 3 separately issued CDs of work by Henry -- plus one bonus CD only available in the box! Disc 1 features 2 pivotal works in the career of the composer. Variations Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir is beautiful batch of spare electronics -- translated as "Variations
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Universal (France), 2007. New Copy 3CD
Proof that one of France's greatest modern composers is still going strong -- a whopping big 3CD set of recent work by the legendary Pierre Henry! The work here is as recent as 2007, and stretches back to the late 90s -- and together, it represents the continued flowering of Henry's genius in the
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A&M/Esoteric (UK), 1969. New Copy
An amazing collaboration between rock group Spooky Tooth and French composer Pierre Henry -- a great meeting of the minds that comes out sounding pretty darn groovy! Henry's right at the height of his "Psyche Rock" experiments here -- and he inflects the band's darker style with some
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Island (UK), 1969. New Copy
A wonderfully spaced-out album of electronic rock from the early days of Island Records! White Noise are a bit like Silver Apples -- mixing trippy rock with odd electronic twists that are all very much in a heady late 60s sort of way. But the "rock" component of the album is a very
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Prestige/OJC, 1956. New Copy
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
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Felmay, 1971/1972. New Copy 2CD
Amazing work from Terry Riley -- just the sort of recordings that will always make us love him forever! The album features two long recordings of the title track -- "Persian Surgery Dervishes" -- both built out of slow, spare organ lines from Riley -- played in these really modal, long-fl
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Locust, 1966. New Copy
Avant garde aggro protest rock from the Henry Flynt archives -- his 1966 blues & folk freak out I Don't Wanna with his group the Insurrections! It's a loose, aggressive and fairly wild outsider take on post protest folk and the outer fringes of small combo primitive rock -- Flynt on vocals and
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EM (Japan), 2009. New Copy Gatefold
Jarring, sly and unpredictable sound experimentalism from Tim Olive -- an improvised, real time adventure recorded via magnetic pickups and analog preamp. Olive's sound palette is colored by abrupt, dissonant gurgle, bumps and crackling bits of weirdness, more foggy, atmospheric haze, thumping,
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