John McCowen —
Solo Contra ... CD International Anthem, 2017. New Copy ...
$11.99
The "contra" here is a contrabass clarinet, not a stringed contrabass – yet John McCowen manages to play his instrument in a way that greatly resembles the larger wooden source of acoustic sound! The tones are very deep, and very slow-rising – used by McCowen in this ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Wonderful sounds from space – put together in a rare album that was initially issued in a small batch, to coincide with the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962! For the set, Art Mineo comes up with an amazing batch of spacey sounds that were played at the fair in conjunction with a machine called ... (Now Sound, Out Sound)read moreCD
Maria Monti with Steve Lacy & Alvin Curran —
Il Bestiario ... CD Ri Fi/Unseen Worlds, 1974. New Copy ...
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Other-worldly sounds from Italian singer Maria Monti – working here with lots of help from avant genius Alvin Curran and jazz legend Steve Lacy! Curran handled the arrangements, and comes up with these moody electronic backdrops on a few pieces that remind us a bit of Terry Riley – ... (Vocalists, Out Sound)read moreCD
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A pretty great solo performance from the legendary Thurston Moore – recorded at the Art Institute Of Chicago, as live accompaniment to the film Street, by James Nares – and maybe some of the most compelling sounds we've heard from Moore in awhile! The set features just solo electric ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreCD
Mux Trio —
Mux Trio ... CD Auf Ruhr (Germany), 1996. Used ...
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(Out of print.)
Jonathan Nangle & Crash Ensemble —
Pause ... CD Ergodos (Ireland), 2017. Used ...
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Takefumi Naoshima/Hirozumi Takeda/Utah Kawasaki et —
Septet ... CD Ftarri/Meenna (Japan), 2006. Used Gatefold ...
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Original recordings of the pieces Eleven Intrusions, Plectra & Percussion Dances (Castor & Pollux, Ring Around the Moon, Even Wild Horses), and Ulysses at the Edge. CD
Didier Petit —
D'Accord ... CD Rogue Art (France), 2018. New Copy ...
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Beautiful sounds from an improvising musician who's always followed his own special path – able to effortlessly mix darkness and light, richness and lyricism, almost always without any sort of input from other musicians at all! This sublime set was recorded in China – and although the ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Tom Phillips —
Irma ... CD Matchless (UK), 1988. Used ...
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A very cool project – an "opera" of sorts, but maybe more of a vocal chamber piece – featuring John Tilbury on piano and radio, Lol Coxhill on saxophone and voice, Philips on vocal, Ian Mitchel on clarinet and Keith Rowe on guitar, radio, tapes and cello! CD
(Out of print.)
Phonos Ek Mechanes —
C+- ... CD Bolt (Poland), 2012. Used ...
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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
An amazing lost trove of work by electronic music Raymond Scott – sounds that were never issued commercially, and which may well represent the last corner of his genius yet to be explored! The music here was all created in Scott's home studio on Long Island – and is a fantastic blend ... (Sound Library, Out Sound)read moreCD
Electronic music from a very far-flung source – served up here in a set of vintage recordings by one of the leading experimentalists in Indonesia at the end of the 70s – an artist with a sound that's nicely different than preceding decades of American and European electronic pioneers! ... read moreCD
A trio of albums that represent important early recordings of compositions by groundbreaking sonic genius Edgar Varese! First is the album Complete Works – an early series of recordings supervised by composer Edgard Varese – featuring versions of what were then his complete works! The ... read moreCD
Yugen —
Yugen ... CD Jazzland (Norway), 2017. New Copy ...
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Yugen is a pretty interesting little duo – Marthe Lea on saxes, guitar, voice, and percussion – and Hakon Aase on violin, kantele, percussion, and harmonium – both coming together with sounds that are way more than the sum of their instruments! There's a moody, atmospheric vibe ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreCD
Music from Chas Smith, Ingram Marshall, Peter Garland, Daniel Lentz, Michael Byron, David Mahler, Read Miller, Jim Fox, John Kuhlman, Rick Cox & more. CD
5 pieces from Achim Christian Bornhoft, Anna Ikramova, Marcus Antonius Wesselmann, Thomas Neuhaus & Kilian Schwoon. CD
Various —
Expo 1 ... CD Deutsche Grammophon, 2017. New Copy 2CD ...
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Call it neo-classical, post-classical, or whatever you want – there's been a heck of a lot of new sounds and styles happening in the world of "serious" music – recordings that include both newly experimental work from artists who'd previously played in a more conventional mode ... (Classical, Out Sound)read moreCD
CD and 96 page book exploring 19 outrageously inventive designers and builders of new and unusual musical instruments. Written and produced by Bart Hopkin, foreward by Tom Waits. CD
(Out of print, one of the case corners has a crease.)
Music from Christoffer Brus, Mapstation, Leif Elggren, Alva Noto, Paul Bothen, Lars Carlsson, Peter Hansen, Dan Froberg, Christina Kubisch, Anna Eriksson & more. CD
Pieces from Achim Wollscheid, Hildegard Westerkamp, John Hudak, Christof Migone, RLM, Steve Peters, Christina Kubisch, Brandon LaBelle & Steve Roden, Toshiya Tsunoda, Jio Shimizu, Richard Lerman & Leland W. Sprinkle. Book edited by Brandon LaBelle & Steve Roden. CD
A deep look at the electronic music underground in the 60s, 70s, and 80s – not the academic theoreticians who were slaving away in university laboratories, but the more independent, freewheeling talents who were using the initial analogue moment to open up their own boundaries in time and ... read moreCD