Han Bennink
Han Bennink, born in Zaandam in 1942, is a Dutch drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist, and the most radical drumming export Holland has produced. Known to solo with anything that will augment his kit, from clogs to a fire alarm to the floor itself, he is by turns profoundly traditional and wildly revolutionary, as at home with a swing standard as with total abstraction.
Instant
The Ex's 1995 album of 32 instrumental miniatures with Han Bennink, Ab Baars, Wolter Wierbos, Tristan Honsinger and Michael Vatcher: small-ensemble improvisation, on vinyl for the first time.
Live Soncino (LP)
1979 live album on ICP/AdLib by the core members of the Pool (Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg) with many Italian musicians including Giancarlo Schiaffini, Enrico Rava, Eugenio Colombo and Gianluigi Trovesi. With original innersleeve.
Dual Unity (LP)
Original French edition on Freedom of the 1972 album featuring Han Bennink.
Last Date (LP)
1974 Japanese re-issue on Fontana/Limelight's "'75 Attention! Completely Limited ¥1,300" series of the 1965 album featuring Misha Mengelberg, Jacques Schols and Han Bennink. With insert and obi.
Last Date (LP)
1974 Japanese re-issue on Mercury of the 1965 album featuring Misha Mengelberg, Jacques Schols and Han Bennink. With insert and obi.
Last Date (LP)
1984 Japanese re-issue with different cover on Fontana's "New Jazz Series" of the 1965 album featuring Misha Mengelberg, Jacques Schols and Han Bennink. With insert and obi.
Last Date (LP)
1993 Japanese re-issue on Limelight's "The Final Press" series of the 1965 album featuring Misha Mengelberg, Jacques Schols and Han Bennink.
Epistrophy (LP)
1974 Dutch split-LP released by the Instant Composers Pool with a 1964 live recording by the quartet backed with a Mishs Melgelberg solo recording from 1972.
Wigmore Hall 1968 + John Tchicai Quintet, John Tchicai Peter Kowald Duo (2LP Bundle)
This 2LP bundle includes the two latest Formalibera albums: John Tchicai "Wigmore Hall 1968", and John Tchicai, Peter Kowald "John Tchicai Quintet, John Tchicai Peter Kowald Duo".John Tchicai "Wigmore Hall 1968" (LP)* Edition of 300 copies. High thic…
John Tchicai Quintet, John Tchicai Peter Kowald Duo
*Edition of 300 copies. High thickness cardboard with opaque laminated cover. Comes with a printed insert.* John Tchicai was extraordinarily prolific during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and this second archival release from Formalibera captures tw…
Topographie Parisienne
2025 repress. Originally released in 2019, this essential 4CD box set documenting one of the rarest trio meetings in the history of European free improvisation is finally available again.
Eleven years after the legendary The Topography of the Lungs (…
The Bottle Tapes
Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz and Improvised Music Series (1996-2005) is a six-CD anthology that captures the vibrant, unpredictable pulse of Chicago’s improvisational scene. Meticulously compiled from over 500 performances curated by John Co…
Pelikanismus
2001 release ** Cardboard sleeve. "On his third album Pelikanismus (ICP) the brawny tenor saxophonist Tobias Delius proceeds from the edge of his seat. Over the last few years he's developed a telepathic rapport with his excellent quartet-bassist Joe…
Selections From Live Performances At Verity's Place (LP)
Original first edition with black labels and laminated front sleeve of the 1972 LP on Incus, the second album by the guitar and percussion duo and an absolute free improvisation classic.
Selections From Live Performances At Verity's Place (LP)
Original first edition with black labels and matte sleeve of the 1972 LP on Incus, the second album by the guitar and percussion duo and an absolute free improvisation classic.
Selections From Live Performances At Verity's Place (CD)
1995 and only CD re-issue of the 1972 Incus LP, the second album by the guitar and percussion duo and an absolute free improvisation classic.
Company 3 (LP)
Original 1977 edition on Incus of the third Company album with duets by two giants of improvisation, never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Tempo Comodo (signed LP)
Autographed copy of original 1982 great solo percussion LP on Data by one of the symbols of European improvisation.
Nipples (CD)
Rare first and only CD re-issue of the essential early manifesto of European improvisation, featuring Brötzmann, Han Bennink, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Fred Van Hove, Buschi Niebergall.
Machine Gun (LP)
Very rare 1972 edition on FMP (with ”Mierendorffstrasse 19” address printed on the back cover) of one of the monuments of European free music by the Octet featuring Peter Kowald, Han Bennink, Sven-Åke Johansson, Fred Van Hove and Evan Parker a.o.. Mu…