If the "figures" in the title here sounds a bit familiar, it's because Figures was a great return to form for the legendary Aksak Maboul – a record that showed that their unusual mix of sounds and styles was alive and well into the 21st Century – used here as a platform for ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
If the "figures" in the title here sounds a bit familiar, it's because Figures was a great return to form for the legendary Aksak Maboul – a record that showed that their unusual mix of sounds and styles was alive and well into the 21st Century – used here as a platform for ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label stereo pressing. Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has a card pocket in front, a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back, half split top seam, and small split in the bottom seam. Label has library stickers.)
A postwar sci fi soundtrack, but one that also marks a really important step in electronic music too – as the film features a whole host of amazing constructions from the duo of Louis and Bebe Barron! The pair built a lot of their own early instruments, and it sounds like they're using some ... (Soundtracks, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has unglued seams, some tape remnants in front, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
(Stereo Red Seal pressing. Cover has some yellowed tape remnants and a small peeled spot in front, some tape remnants at the opening, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
An early moment of genius from composer Gavin Bryars – and a set that was issued on Brian Eno's Obscure Records label in the mid 70s, which ensured that Bryars' music found a larger audience outside the realm of avant classical! That turns out to be a good thing here, as the music here is ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Harold Budd —
Pavilion Of Dreams ... LP Obscure/Superior Viaduct, 1976. New Copy (reissue)...
$23.9929.98
One of the earliest albums ever from Harold Budd – an artist who'd later rise to great ambient fame in the following decade, but who's maybe at his most sophisticated here! The set has all the hallmark of the new musical experiments that Brian Eno was showcasing on his Obscure Music label ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Walter Carlos (now Wendy) performs electronic versions of many classics on the Moog. If nothing else, this is an interesting period piece, though on a certain level we're quite fond of it, oth in it's performance and it's motivation. Moogy takes of Monteverdi's "Orfeo" suite, several ... (Now Sound, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s pressing. Cover has two spots of sticker removal. The back has an ink stamp.)
Chicaloyoh —
Folie Sacree ... LP Shelter Press (France), 2013. Very Good ...
$9.99
A beautiful record that serves as both a showcase for Ornette's "serious" writing efforts, and his ability to play with a larger ensemble. Side one features Ornette playing trumpet solos with The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet as they perform his "Forms & Sounds". Side two ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover is nice!)
Tony Conrad/Arnold Dreyblatt/Jim O'Rourke —
Tonic 19-01-2001 ... LP Black Truffle (Austria), 2001. New Copy ...
$30.9934.99
A completely mesmerizing performance from these three avant giants – all working in longform territory that owes a lot to Tony Conrad's sense of sound – but at a level that really draws plenty from the contributions of all three players! Jim O'Rourke handles harmonium, cranking the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(NOTE – Vinyl is pressed poorly and plays with noise. Cover has some edge wear, half split bottom seam, a crossed out barcode sticker in front, and a Withdrawn stamp and library stickers in back. Label has library stickers.)
David Cunningham —
Grey Scale ... LP Piano/Superior Viaduct, 1976. New Copy (reissue)...
$22.9924.99
One of the most unusual albums from the 70s minimalist scene – a set that features different tracks with cyclical passages of instruments layered over one another – but with a vibe that's sometimes a bit more chaotic than similar work by artists like Terry Riley or Steve Reich! That ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wonderful early electronic works by Tod Dockstader – with a turgid sound that's very reminiscent of some of the early French Musique Concrete recordings from the 50s. Waves of sound collide and clash, opening up dark modern soundscapes that seem to point towards an outside referent – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Late 60s Scholastic pressing in a blue cover. Includes the insert, with a small sticker, notes in pencil, and crinkled back page with a small tear. Cover has a small library sticker, Withdrawn stamp, and some tape at the opening. Label has stickers.)
Two late Feldman pieces, both for small ensembles. "Rothko Chapel" is for chorus, viola and percussion, and "For Frank O'Hara" is for flute, clarinet, voling, cello, piano and percussion. LP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has small peeled spots and some sticker remnants in front, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
Luc Ferrari —
Solitude Transit ... LP Transversales Disques (France), Late 80s. New Copy ...
$28.9929.99
Unreleased later work from the legendary Luc Ferrari – and music that almost represents a somewhat different side of his legacy than some of his more famous recordings! If we dare to say it, there's some surprisingly tuneful moments in the music – which was partly done for a modern ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes Vanguard inner sleeve. Cover has small peeled spots and adhesive remnants in front, bumped corners, splitting in the bottom seam, and Withdrawn stamps and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
Remi Gassman and Oskar Sala each present pieces of modern electronic music in this hard to find LP for Westminster, very much in the style that was in vogue in New York in the 50s and early 60s. Gassman performs his "Electronic Music For the Ballet Electronics", which has a spare spooky ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 70s issue. Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has small peeled spots and adhesive remnants in front, some tape remnants at the opening, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
Remi Gassman and Oskar Sala each present pieces of modern electronic music in this hard to find LP for Westminster, very much in the style that was in vogue in New York in the 50s and early 60s. Gassman performs his "Electronic Music For the Ballet Electronics", which has a spare spooky ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has light wear, bent a bit at the spine and top right corner, and a small stain and some pen in back.)
Gerhard's piece is perfomed by The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederik Prausnitz, and Davies' is performed by Mary Thomas & The Pierrot Players conducted by the composer. (Classical, Out Sound)LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label stereo pressing. Cover has a cutout hole, minimal wear.)
A really wild bit of sound library work from this Italian duo – a set that almost feels more like an experimental radio art piece than the usual sorts of records from the scene – given the advanced use of electronics, and the mixture of spoken parts with very offbeat sounds! Most of ... (Sound Library, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An amazing record, and one that forever transformed the sound of opera in the US – the amazing summation of all the many musical ideas that Philip Glass had been cooking up since the 60s, done as a mindblowing stage presentation with Robert Wilson! Voices, organ, reeds, and piano come ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the booklet. Ex-library copy. Box has light surface wear, a split seam on the top of the backside. Inside the box has some library stickers & card pouch. Labels have stickers.)
A beautiful debut from Estonian pianist Hanakiv – a set that draws equally strongly on her compositional sense of sound as it does from her actual performance – as Hanakiv plays piano here amidst all sorts of really beautiful shapes and tones! Alabaster DePlume is a guest on the record ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jon Hassell —
Vernal Equinox ... LP Lovely/Ndeya, 1977. New Copy (reissue)...
$23.9924.99
To most ears, trumpeter Jon Hassell first burst on to the world through his experiments with Brian Eno on EG Records, or maybe his 80s work on ECM – but here, on his debut for the small avant label Lovely Music, it's clear that Jon's already in complete control of his sound – and is ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Pierre Henry —
Malefices ... LP Cacophonic (UK), 1961. New Copy (reissue)...
$19.9926.99
A rare 60s soundtrack from electronic genius Pierre Henry – and a record that features some of his spookiest sounds of the decade! Side one is full of music used in the film – and much of it is very spare, with lots of low-end electronic textures – especially some of those sighs ... (Soundtracks, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mindblowing journey in sound – a dip into the archives of French composer Pierre Henry – the postwar master of electronics and musique concrete, and an artist who was still very active in the final years of his life! The material here was all either recorded or reworked in Henry's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label stereo pressing. Cover has some tacky tape remnants in front, bent corners, some tears and peeling at the opening, tape remnants, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has a small sticker.)
(Vinyl has some oxidation and plays with surface noise. Cover has some tape remnants in front, lightly bent panels, some wear at the opening, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
(NOTE – This copy comes in a white cover with plain text sticker in front, no image, and insert attached in back. Cover has some tape stains and smudges in front, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
(Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has a card pocket and tacky sticker remnants in front, and a Withdrawn stamp in back. Label has light sticker remnants.)
(Red label pressing in a grey cover, without booklet. Cover has some tape remnants in front, some tape remnants and a small torn portion at the opening, and with a Withdrawn stamp, card pocket, and library stickers in back. Label has library stickers.)
(Red label pressing in a tan cover, with booklet. Cover has a card pocket and some tape remnants in front, some tape remnants and a peeled spot at the opening, and a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
Nenad Jelic & Laza Ristovski —
Opera ... LP RTB/Soundway (UK), 1985. New Copy (reissue)...
$27.9929.99
A really unique project from the Serbian underground of the 80s – a record that mixes together global elements, electronics, and some other live instrumentation – all in a way that's as tuneful as it is experimental, and which has a nice sort of post-punk sense of freedom throughout! ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A seminal work in the development of the American jazz avant garde, and one of the most "out" records that Kenton (or Capitol) ever released! The whole album is based around two startling compositions by Robert Graettinger – "This Modern World" and "City Of ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Includes Stan Kenton catalog inner sleeve. Cover has a library card pouch, index sticker, & light wear.)
Steve Lacy —
Straws ... LP Cramps/Dialogo (Italy), 1977. New Copy (reissue)...
$32.9939.99
A beautiful Steve Lacy album recorded during his fruitful time in Europe during the 70s – and one that's nicely different than some of his other material of the decade! The approach here really fits in with the Cramps Records style of presentation – as Lacy is maybe in a more ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An instrumental electronic set from the start of the 90s – one that's maybe tied to some of the new ambient modes that were bubbling under in the European underground at the time, but which also has a sense of warmth that ties it back to some of the more space-bound American records from a ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An amazing sonic portrait of the modern city – one created on the early 70s Italian scene, but lost to the shifting sands of time, due to its release as a sound library-only album! We've heard Maria Teresa Luciani on a few other records of this nature – but this one may well be her ... (Sound Library, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Stunning sounds from Iranian pianist Morteza Mahjubi – an artist who tunes his instrument in all these very unique ways – so that the strings and the keys come together in ways that are unlike anything at all you'd hear in the west! At times, the instrument almost feels more like a ... (Global Grooves, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Stunning sounds from Iranian pianist Morteza Mahjubi – an artist who tunes his instrument in all these very unique ways – so that the strings and the keys come together in ways that are unlike anything at all you'd hear in the west! At times, the instrument almost feels more like a ... (Global Grooves, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really great lost slice of work from the moog underground of the late 60s – music that's very different than some of the more pop-based electronics that were usually issued under the moog banner – served up here by an artist with a much more freewheeling sort of approach! Doug ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mecanica Popular —
Baku 1922 ... LP Grabaciones Accidentales/Wah Wah (Spain), 1987. New Copy (reissue)...
$27.9929.99
A real gem on the Grabaciones Accidentales label – home to some of the most creative, inventive electronic music of the late 80s – especially for some of the Spanish artists that got their exposure on the imprint! This album's a wonderful testament to all that was allowed by new ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A record that's as dark and stark as its cover – and one that also has some of the early industrial qualities you might expect from the smokestacks on the front! Mecanica Popular really live up to their name here, and use a variety of electronic sources to create some great machine-like ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 – in a replica die-cut sleeve!)
(Red vinyl pressing in a TMOQ style package, with plain sleeve and cover slick.)
Harry Partch —
Bewitched ... LP CRI, 1973. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold ...
$24.99
A bit more hippy-dippy than some of Partch's earlier work, but still excellent stuff, and featuring the usual host of odd-sounding, Partch-invented, homemade instruments! Titles include "A Court In Its Own Contempt Rises To A Motherly Apotheosis", "A Lost Political Soul Finds ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Former library copy – cover has a card holder, index sticker, light wear, and a spot of sticker residue. Labels have stickers.)
Good recording of a number of Partch's best works – Castor & Pollux, The Letter, Bewitched, and Cloud-Chamber Music – done with Partch at the helm, leading the Gate 5 Ensemble in a set played on his instruments, and augmented by a chorus. There's loads of Partch's cool percussion ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the insert, with some pencil and a library stamp. Vinyl has oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has a peeled spot, Withdrawn stamp, and some tacky adhesive remnants in front, and a small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
A nice record, with one side devoted to some lesser known pieces by Partch, and the other featuring David Tudor performing Parts III and IV of "Music Of Changes". The Partch pieces are "The Rose", "The Wind", "The Waterfall", "The Intruder", "I ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Labels have stickers. Cover has light wear, spot of sticker removal, small index sticker. Inner gatefold has a library card pouch, ink stamp.)
(Cover has a light trace of a sticker and an ink stamp.)
Giusto Pio —
Motore Immobile ... LP Cramps/Soave (Italy), 1979. New Copy (reissue)...
$24.99
Amazing sounds from the 70s Italian scene! Giusto Pio was a contemporary and colleague of Franco Battiato, and this excellent recording was produced by Battiato, and it's got the same sort of fragile, beautiful, minimal sound that made his classic works so great! The album contains two long ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sublime creation that was originally created for a sound installation on a street in Italy during a late 80s festival – music that seeks to draw out the noise of the street, and replace it with a warmer, more sensitive progression of music! Tiziano Popoli uses a range of Korg and Yamaha ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful little record, and one that's part of a surprising shift into the world of electronics from Sam Prekop – an artist that most folks know as a completely charming singer/songwriter, yet who manages to take all the warmth of his previous work and transfer it here to an instrumental ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An amazingly weird little record – and we mean that in the best possible way – work served up by an all-vocal quartet who seem to draw from ancient Eastern styles, yet deliver their music with a 70s avant sensibility! Alvin Curran recorded the album – maybe a hint at the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rada —
Upadesa ... LP Uraniun/Wah Wah (Spain), 1983. New Copy (reissue)...
$27.9929.99
Venezuela had some pretty amazing sounds going on in the early 80s, and this album from electronic musician Angel Rada is definitely a great example of the diversity of the scene! Rada works in a style that echoes some of the hippest European experiments of the late 70s – particularly some ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Brilliant minimal work from Steve Reich – pre-fame performances that really get to the core of minimalist composition from the start of the movement – played by a hip small group of musicians that includes Reich, Steve Chambers, Art Murphy, and Philip Glass! "Four Organs" is ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s Masterworks pressing. Cover has a bit of light aging on the back, but looks fantastic overall.)
Many folks have handled the theremin over the years – the strange instrument pictured on the cover – but few have ever handled it with the skill and instrumental virtuosity as the great Clara Rockmore! This set was recorded in the 70s, but has an instantly classic sort of vibe – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has a card pocket and some tape remnants in front and a library stamp in back. Label has a library sticker.)
Robert Stillman —
Portals ... LP Kit (UK), 2022. New Copy ...
$22.9926.99
A beautiful little record, and one that's a bit hard to place – it's partly jazz, but something else as well – as Robert Stillman has more of a legacy in more serious composition, but here delivers a session of improvisations on Fender Rhodes! Yet this isn't your typical Rhodes album ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Columbia album that features the original recordings of these 2 "Mikrophonie" compositions – one for tam tam, microphones, filters, and potentiometers; the other for choir, hammond organ, and ring modulators. Both tracks are excellent examples of Stockhausen's best work with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original blue label pressing. Cover has light wear and a cutout hole.)
Over the past few years, the Astral Spirits label has quietly been staging a sonic revolution – really breaking down expectations in the world of avant jazz, and turning our albums that go way past familiar free jazz and improvisation! That's definitely the case here, with a really unique ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of THE electronic records of the 60s – an album so important, the Silver Apples took their name from the title – and a whole other generation of artists took strong inspiration from the electronic creations of Morton Subotnick! Before the set, much electronic music of this nature ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
"Until Spring" is an extended piece for a preprogrammed, multi-tracked analog synthesizer – running both sides of the record, and with some very nice moments! LP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has a tracklist sticker, promo stamp, light wear, and aging.)
A landmark early recording from Morton Subotnick – and a piece of music that really pushed analogue electronics forward from the previous academic generation! Subtonick's style here is much more freewheeling – with almost an improvisational feel at times – sounds and noises that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A record that really delivers the paradise promised in its title – especially if you dig laidback, keyboard-heavy work with a very mellow vibe! The music is somewhere between some of the best Japanese minimal music of the time, and some of the warmer instrumental experiments from the UK and ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful album of minimal, ambient sounds – a set that would be right at home in the world of Brian Eno's Obscure Music label – or maybe some of the chamber instrumental experiments of UK artists like Penguin Cafe Orchestra or Gavin Bryers! Like the former, there's an optimistic ... (Rock, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Remarkable work by Cecil Taylor for Unit Core, one of his landmark early 70s sides, recorded here with a group that includes Jimmy Lyons, Sirone, and Andrew Cyrille. The piece is spread across the whole record, with Cecil playing solo on side one, and the band joining in on side two. The work ... (Jazz, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Issued in a plain white sleeve, with light wear and index labels.)
(Red label pressing. Vinyl has some oxidation on Side 1 that plays with surface noise. Cover has some adhesive stains in front, with a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
Horacio Vaggione —
La Maquina De Cantar ... LP Cramps/Dialogo (Italy), 1978. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$24.9939.99
A really cool album from the legendary run of records on the Italian Cramps label of the 70s – a set of spare keyboard work from Horacio Vaggione, and one that falls somewhere in between American minimalism and some of the John Carpenter keyboard horror soundtracks of the time! Vaggione's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An album that really lives up to its name – as the music here definitely has a sense of shape in space – really careful construction of tracks with keyboards and electronics, in ways make for a very unique project overall! The album's got a headier vibe than you'd expect from work on a ... (Sound Library, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Side one of the set features "Arcana" – a work written by Varese for orchestra, performed by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Jean Martinon. Side two features "Concerto For Seven Wind Instruments" – performed by a smaller group, still lead by Martinon, including ... (Classical, Out Sound)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White dog stereo Dynagroove pressing with deep groove. Cover has a Date Due sticker in front, tape remnants at the opening, a Withdrawn stamp and a small sticker in back, and some splitting in the top seam.)
Olly Wilson/Pril Smiley/Jozef Malovec/Eugeniusz Rudnik/William Hellermann —
Electronic Music Vol 4 ... LP Turnabout, 1968. Very Good ...
$9.99
6 tracks of early electronic music, recorded by the winners of the 1968 International Electronic Music Competition at Dartmouth. Tracks include "Eclipse" by Pril Smiley, "Orthogenesis" by Jozef Malovec, "Bozzetti" by Bohdan Mazurek, "Cetus" by Olly Wilson, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a peeled spot and some tape remnants in front, with a Withdrawn stamp and a small sticker in back. Vinyl has cosmetic sleeve impressions. Label has library stickers.)
Metastasis and Pithoprakta are orchestral works, while Eonta is performed by a small ensemble and was composed in part according to Xenakis' "stochastic" composition processes. LP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Cardinal Series pressing. Vinyl has some oxidation that plays with surface noise. Cover has some yellowed adhesive remnants in front, with a Withdrawn stamp and small sticker in back. Label has library stickers.)
Stomu Yamash'Ta & The Horizon —
Sunrise From West Sea ... LP King/We Want Sounds (UK), 1971. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$30.9934.99
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes selections by Factums, Wizard Prison, Katharina Tunicata, Charles Gocher, Dave Knott, Spider Trio, Lung Wing, Michael Ohlenroth, Sir Richard Bishop, Sea Donkeys, Climax Golden Twins, Michael Shannon, and Uncle Jim. LP, Vinyl record album
(In the silk-screened cover, with booklet and inner sleeve with print.)
A groundbreaking collection of the musical style that was known as musique concrete – pulled from key early recordings from the Paris studios of Groupe De Recherches Musicales ORTF! These guys were some of the most important sound scientists of the 20th century – as much technicians as ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a library card pouch. Back cover has an ink stamp, light tape on opening. Label has small stickers.)
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition yellow vinyl pressing – with download!)