Ghosts Beneath The Brine
Amsterdam-based collective Wanderwelle concludes their trilogy on Important Records with an album that confronts the climate crisis and its devastating impact on coastal ecosystems. From overfishing to warming and acidifying seas, the group documents…
Midmeste
Australian composer-performers Judith Hamann and James Rushford have worked together in countless projects for two decades, perhaps most notably in Golden Fur, their trio with Sam Dunscombe. Black Truffle is pleased to announce Midmeste, their first …
Cracked Glaze
Matthew Wright’s album Cracked Glaze is performed by virtuoso vocalist Sofia Jernberg, Ensemble Klang (Michiel van Dijk, Erik-Jan de With, Anton van Houten, Pete Harden, Saskia Lankhoorn and Joey Marijs) and Wright’s improv/electronic group Spheric T…
The Shunned Path
A work in six parts for contrabassoon + electronics, timpani + syncussion, and activated snare drum. The genesis of The Shunned Path began with a simple question: if one orchestral instrument could be freed from its traditional context and presented …
Kammerkonzert
Squarepusher, presents Kammerkonzert, a riot of onyx-hard, hyperfast riffs, fiendish orchestral themes and handbrake turns through varieties of progressive, ambient, electronic and experimental music.
Into The Groove / Into The Grind
Recuperation and reinventing from Elements 2021/22 took quite a long time. Sustainability in writing long pieces became fully questionable. In the meantime, finding joy in creating small forms; powerful and groovy pieces became an obsession which cre…
Sonates Et Interludes Pour Piano Préparé (LP)
1980 re-issue as a single LP on Harmonia Mundi's distinctively packaged "Musique d'abord" series of the seminal first album of music by Cage with his landmark 1946-48 compositions performed by Maro Ajemian, originally released in 1951 as a double LP …
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano (LP)
Original 1976 LP on Denon with Cage's landmark 1946-48 compositions for prepared piano superbly performed by Yuji Takahashi in 1975. With insert.
Sonatas And Interludes (CD)
1997 CD re-issue on Fylkingen of Yuji Takahashi's landmark performance of Cage's prepared piano masterwork recorded in 1965 and originally released on the same label as two separate LP's in 1966.
Press
“It’s hard not to figure Jack Sheen’s compositions primordially; they lurch and rock with an abortive conviction, as if heralding culture’s approach—still half-submerged, slouched and red, ages ago. His work is somehow determinedly before almost ever…
Cheap Imitation (LP)
17th album on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series released in 1977, with piano pieces performed by the composer himself recorded live in 1976.
Cheap Imitation (CD)
2000 CD re-issue on Ambersand of the 17th album on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series released in 1977, with piano pieces performed by the composer himself recorded live in 1976.
Seasons (LP)
1977 LP on ALM with three piano pieces spanning from 1938 to 1969, plus a toccata by Johann Sebastian Bach, superbly performed by Yuji Takahashi.
Cage / Canino (2LP)
1978 double LP set on the obscure Italian label I Dischi Dell'Ippopotamo with a landmark performance of Cage's composition by pianist extraordinnaire Bruno Canino, never re-issued on either CD or LP.
John Cage (LP)
Very Pieces for (prepared) piano, percussion and voice in various combinations from the 1940's and 50's, performed by Joshua Pierce and the Paul Price Percussion Ensemble, released by Tomato in 1978.compositions from the 1940's for (prepared) piano, …
Chorals / Cheap Imitation (LP)
1981 LP on CP² Recordings with two compositions respectively from 1978 and 1969 performed on the violin Paul Zukofsky.
Freeman Etudes I-VIII (LP)
1983 LP on CP² Recordings with the demanding late 1970's studies for solo violin performed by by their dedicatee Paul Zukofsky.
Sixteen Dances (LP)
1984 LP on CP² Recordings with the 1951 composition for Merce Cunningham performed by Toronto's New Music Concerts conducted by Paul Zukofsky.
Nocturne / Six Melodies / Amores / A Valentine Out Of Season / Music For Marcel Duchamp (LP)
Very early compositions from the 1940's for (prepared) piano, piano and violin, percussion, performed by pianist Reinbert de Leeuw and released by Philips in 1980, never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music (4LP box)
Volume 2 of Mode's Complete John Cage Edition released in 1986, a monumental 4LP box set with the simultaneous performance of 1961's Atlas Eclipticalis (version for chamber orchestra) with 1957's Winter Music (version for 3 pianos) sparsely performe…