Music from United States

1995 VHS presenting four historic films from the late 1950's / early 60's, the first installment of Innova's documentation of the seminal maverick avant-garde composer's work.

1997 VHS with the 1971 film version of Partch's major dramatic work Delusion of the Fury, the fourth installment of Innova's documentation of the seminal maverick avant-garde composer's work.

1943 choral work performed by the Gregg Smith Singers and the Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer himself, released by Turnabout in 1976.

Four fantastic experimental pieces composed in 1968 for instruments and tape/electronics, including Foss' outstanding theatrical piece for percussionist-conductor, electric guitar and three other instruments capable of sustaining a sound and Hiller's superb computer-generated composition, released on DGG's legendary "Avantgarde" series.

Osees return with a four-track EP recorded last year in Tornio, TX. A couple fried trippers and couple tight dance punk numbers. Crazy face indeed.

1972 split LP on Crystal Records with the pairing of two concertos composed respectively in 1948 and 1969 performed by the Crystal Chamber Orchestra led by Akira Endo.

1972 split LP on CRI with the pairing of two modernist/neoclassical orchestral works composed in the 1940's.

1954 LP on Columbia with Foss' cantata for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra plus two other orchestral works composed in the 1940/50's.

1985 LP on Nonesuch with several 20th Century American compostions for flute and piano performed by Carol Wincenc accompanied by composers Lukas Foss and David Del Tredici, and by Samuel Sanders.

This 1973 album captures Roy Ayers in the midst of a creative evolution toward a sound increasingly influenced by soul and funk, surrounded by accomplished collaborators such as keyboardist Harry Whitaker and Strata-East musicians Charles Tolliver and Sonny Fortune. The album includes outstanding versions of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ and ‘Day Dreaming,’ along with original compositions such as ‘Cocoa Butter,’ ‘Rhythms of Your Mind,’ and the superb title track, ‘Red Black & Green.’ In the early 1970s, …

The transcendental guitar master's 1971 debut, remastered for all your sabbath needs. 37 minutes of ambient guitar witchcraft and the perfect soundtrack for third eye awakening, light alchemy, or human sacrifice. You could start a cult with this thing. California mail-order mystic Master Wilburn Burchette was first known from his ads, hidden in the back pages of Fate Magazine, Beyond Reality, and Gnostica News. On offer: Burchette's sevenpart, block-printed "Psychic Meditation Course," designed …

1971 composition fusing classical structure with jazz improvisation by Third Stream composer, released in 1978 by Flying Fish.

1973 large-scale oratorio released on unidentified label in 1982.

Two orchestral/choral works composed in 1975 and released on Candide in 1977.

Three great 1960's experimental works, two for orchestra with very unusual sounds and one for solo percussionist, released on Turnabout's "The Contemporary Composer in the USA" in 1973.

Three experimental compositions for piano (solo, with percussion and tape, and with violin) spanning from 1954 to 1971 by the great electronic/computer music pioneer, released on Turnabout's "The Contemporary Composer in the USA" in 1973.

Two 1960's compositions for soprano and piano performed by Judith Raskin and Ryan Edwards and released by Desto in 1971.

Four avant-garde chamber works composed in 1973/74 ranging from solo instrument with tape to a small ensemble through duos with piano, released by Avant Records in 1974.

Three avant-garde chamber works composed in 1971/72 for piano and five instrumental ensembles, for violin and two percussionists, and for brass quintet and tape, released by Candide in 1972.

A 1975 string quartet with electronics and a 1981 composition for wind quintet and string quintet, released on Paula in 1983.