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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 more CD

Bold clusters of sound from pianist Philip Thomas – working here on a series of very inventive compositions by Christopher Fox! Fox has a groundbreaking style that's really striking, right from the first few minutes of the CD – a way of creating almost little stories in sound, driven ... read more CD

Groundbreaking work from Roberto Gerhard – a composer born in Spain, but who created some amazing electronic sounds in the British scene of the 50s and 60s – easily some of the first and most important electronic music to come from the UK! Gerhard was a key member of the newly-formed ... read more CD

The complete five part version of Pierre Henry's amazing "L'Apocalypse De Jean" – recorded in 1968, but presented here for the first time ever in its entirety! The expanded recording further takes off from the dark, spooky quality of the shorter original – with a sublime mix ... read more CD

A really well-titled collection – given that it features the most important steps in the long musical journey of Pierre Henry – easily one of the most important electronic musicians of the 20th Century! The package offers a heck of a lot of amazing music for the price – and is ... read more CD

Some of the most organic electronics we've ever heard – all material pulled from the private archives of Ariel Kalma, and issued here for the first time ever! Kalma's a hell of a compelling artist – one who had both ties to the more serious world of European electronic composition in ... read more CD

Orchestral works from composer Liza Lim – but all pieces that draw heavily on sounds from a wide global spectrum – which makes the results extremely compelling, and far less standard than you might expect! The set begins with "The Compass" – a 21 minute piece that uses ... read more CD

A well-recorded concert performance from Fluxus legend Charlotte Moorman – done at Judson Hall in 1964, and featuring Moorman on a host of wonderfully diverse material! The music here really represents the forefront of 20th century composition for cello – almost a whole new medium, ... read more CD

Charlotte Moorman works here with one of her most frequent partners – the famous video artist Nam June Paik, whose modes were a perfect fit for Moorman's famous "TV Cello"! This set is purely musical – and has Paik on piano working alongside some amazing sounds that issue ... read more CD

A beautiful extended performance from the great Charlotte Moorman – duets on her famous "TV Cello" done with Paul Garrin, plus Naim June Paik's excellent "Concerto For TV Cello & Videotapes"! Both performances were recorded in Chicago's MCA during the early 80s – ... read more CD

Three different slices of sound from Charlotte Moorman – all pulled from her important Fluxus years in New York! The first selection is "The Long Hot Summer" – by Jackson MacLow – a piece that features Moorman's moody cello in the company of MacLow, Nam June Paik, ... read more CD

A stunning contemporary opera, based on a true story about the stabbing of a young boy in the UK – rife with interwoven strands of reality and online communication – which are deftly conveyed in the music and vocals! At some level, the piece echoes the best contemporary work by ... read more CD

Groundbreaking electronic work from Else Marie Pade – an early student of musique concrete legend Pierre Schaeffer, but an artist who also took her music in a really unique direction! Pade uses electronics as a way of expressing interiority – particularly an individual's response to ... read more CD

Two rare soundtracks by Terry Riley – unsung examples of his musical genius during one of the the most fruitful periods in his career! Les Yeux Fermes features two very long tracks – each over 18 minutes long, and spun out with a spare, minimal groove that's very much in Riley's ... read more CD

Pioneering efforts in experimental music from Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez – provacative, influential 50s material from these towering figures compiled for this CD from El Records. Stockhausen's "Etude Concrete" and Nr 5 Zietmasse (Time-Measures) For Five Woodwinds kick ... read more CD

A stunning performance of this key composition from Karlheinz Stockhausen – one that uses two pianos, both with very different sounds, plus electronics as well – all working together in this progression of notes and tones that may well be some of Stockhausen's most beautiful work! The ... read more CD

An incredible juxtaposition of the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Ludwig Von Beethoven – not interwoven, as in Stockhausen's famous Kurzwellen Mit Beethoven – but offered up side by side, and played beautifully by pianist Pi Hsien Chen! The CD begins with four "Klavierstuck&quo ... read more CD

An amazing collection of experimental sounds from the European scene of the postwar years – key electronic and musique concrete recordings from some of the most important composers of the 20th Century! The package is a great introduction to this important stretch in music – and ... read more CD

An amazing compilation of early electronic dance music – not only featuring some of coolest, most out there and progressive experimental electronic soundscapes of the era – but strangely moving, too! It has work by some legendary avant garde composers, made for remarkably forward-thinki ... read more CD