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
The Warp debut from the Boards of Canada, and only the second full length LP from the duo, though they had issued numerous CDs up to this point in their career. Warm electronics that transcends the IDM tag, and elevates them above the crowded peerage of bedroom laptop wizards. 17 tracks in all, ... (New Grooves, Out Sound)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
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 ...
$17.9919.99
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
Music by Billy Strayhorn, Charles Mingus, Miles, Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Mahavishnu Orchestra – arranged by Matt Haimovitz for his all cello big band! (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
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
Matt Moran on vibraphone, Adam Good on electric guitar and E Bow, John Hollenbeck on drums, percussion, bells, and melodica, and Oscar Noriega on alto saxophone and bass clarinet. (Jazz, Out Sound)CD
(Out of print, in the original screen printed jewel case.)
Jon Mueller & Jason Kahn —
Supershells ... CD Formed, 2006. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
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
Astor Piazzolla —
Luna ... CD IRS, 1992. Used ...
$3.99
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
Scenic Railroads (Panzer/Shiflet) —
We're Serious ... CD Gameboy, 2005. Used ...
$2.99
Joe Panzer and Mike Shiflet on laptops and electronics. CD
(Limited edition CDr pressing, packaged in an oversized sleeve. Copy #3/100.)
Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry, & Others —
Musique Concrete 1956 to 1962 ... CD Fremeaux & Associates (France), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy 2CD ...
$19.9929.99
The birth of a key moment in avant garde music – served up here in a series of recordings that are nicely different than some of the other musique concrete material on the market! The package brings together some early "panorama" presentations of the work – two from the Club ... read moreCD
Sealed Knot (Beins/Davies/Wastell) —
Sealed Knot ... CD Confront (UK), 2006. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
Live recording with Burkhard Beins on percussion, Rhodri Davies on harp, and Mark Wastell on bass. CD
(CDr pressing in a round metal tin.)
Ayako Shinozaki —
Music Now For Harp ... CD Denon/We Want Sounds (UK), 1973. New Copy ...
$14.9918.99
A bold new frontier for use of the harp in experimental music – and that's saying a lot, given that Ayako Shinozaki recorded this album during the generation of Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby! Shinokazi takes the instrument a bit back towards its use in more serious music, but with ... read moreCD
With Kyoko Kitamura & Raquel Acevedo Klein on vocals, Michael Mayo on vocals & loops, Steven Hrycelak on vocal bass, Kari Francis on vocal percussion & Cory Smith on piano & electronics. (Jazz, Out Sound)CD
Electro acoustic ensemble from San Pietro A Majella performs music by John Cage, Salvatore Carannante, Stefano Silvestri, Dario Sanfilippo, and Agostino Di Scipio. CD
Very cool music from UK experimentalist Lori Vambe – an artist who works here on two very percussive albums that were issued on his own label back in the 80s, but with a style that's really unlike anything else we can think of! The music has a bit more punch than the "dreamtime" ... read moreCD
Mark Wastell —
Vibra 1 ... CD wmo/r (Spain), 2005. Used ...
$3.99
Features a single, 23 minute piece for solo tam tam. CD
Very early work from Ruth White – a set that's very different than her late 60s electronic experiments, yet one that also still manages to have a similarly sort of creepy vibe overall! The work is exactly what's promised in the title – a set of 24 lullabies, sung in different languages ... read moreCD
Stomu Yamash'Ta & The Horizon —
Sunrise From West Sea ... CD King/We Want Sounds (UK), 1971. New Copy ...
$16.9919.99
The Japanese scene of the 70s had plenty of experiments that blended contemporary and traditional instrumentation – but this album-length jam from percussionist Stomu Yamashta may well be one of the most striking from the time! You'll no doubt know Stomu from some of his later records that ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreCD
Some of the most haunting music we've ever heard from spiritual minimalist La Monte Young – a set that was issued on his own small label at the end of the 60s, as a series of duets with his wife, Marian Zazeela – who's a heck of a creative force on the album! The set's got plenty of ... read moreCD