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Wordless
Wordless is a suite of 12 electronic sound portraits based on interviews from the BNA-BBOT archives in Brussels. Words from the interviews are edited out to leave only the hesitations, breathing emotional reactions and environmental sounds.The soundt…
The thing like us
This CD is a realisation of the music written for the 2002 Veenstudio production Spinoza : I am not where i think myself to be. It is in two parts: Affectio and Epistola, based respectively on the definitions of the emotions from the third part of Sp…
Antecedente X
Franco Donatoni intraprende una sua strenua, singolarissima indagine del comporre musicale, inoltrandosi nella parte intima, più segreta e muta dell'attività compositiva. Prima edizione, 1980.Non c'è niente da fare, il libro va letto e riletto. Nonos…
The animation of lists and the Archytan transpositions
There are any number of ways to hear Warren Burt's music for tuning forks; as many ways as there are listeners, probably. The most immediate one is simply to revel in its beauty and enjoy the music as sound. Or, to be more accurate, as clouds of soun…
WOODEN GUITAR
A simple title with a simple concept. Wooden Guitar is an inspired excursion into the creases and folds of modern deltadelica & a thinly veiled homage to the great Takoma compilations of yore (remember that great Kottke, Lang, Fahey collection?) wher…
Variations: A London Compilation
This first release on Paradigm Discs includes many new names and is intended to redress the imbalance between the lack of new experimental music in London compared with the proliferation of the tried and tested. "Variations - a London compilation" is…
Variations 3: A London Compilation
The third and final collection of lesser known & infrequently recorded artists living in London. Considering its size, London is not well recognised as a centre for experimental and electronic music (at least not since the early 80's). Additionally t…
Variations 2: A London Compilation
Second compilation from Paradigm exhibiting nine works by lesser-know avant-garde composers from in and around the City of London. Features wonderful electro-acoustic work from Akemi Ishijima, minimalism performed on a traditional Mongolian string in…
UNTITLED SONGS
This new double CD compilation project departs by celebrating the seminal Gesang der Jünglinge by Karlheinz Stockhausen. 21 sound artists and composers share their views upon this piece and reflect its groundbreaking dimension, as for the first time …
The Sound Of Nature ~ The Nature Of Sound
Compilation CD with Francisco Lopez, Giancarlo Toniutti, Jeph Jerman, Seth Nehil & toy.bizarre, Kiyoshi Mizutani, MNortham, Eric La Casa. A confrontation of different ideas, views, about nature … and sound… From the electroacoustic deep soundscape of…
The All Angels Concerts
Highlights of the concert series curated by Rhodri Davies & Mark Wastell. Solos by Fabienne Audéoud (voice), Aleks Kolkowski (Stroh violin), Eddie Prévost (percussion), John Russell (guitar), Alan Tomlinson (trombone), Simon Vincent (electronics), an…
STAR SWITCH ON
Aer, Biosphere, Fennesz, Hazard, Philip Jeck and Mika Vainio working with recordings from Chris Watson.
SPIRE : LIVE IN GENEVA CATHEDRAL
St. Pierre Cathedral, Geneva, was the crucible of the Reformation in 1534… The second release in the Spire series [cf Spire, organ works past, present & future, Touch # Tone 20, 2004] is more than a document of ‘Spire Live’, which took place as part …
Seventh May 2001 - Freedom of the City
Matchless Recordings presents a double selection CD of recordings from "Freedom of the City - festival of radical improvised musics", London, England on 7th May 2001.  CD 1 features: Bark! with Rex Caswell - electric guitar, Phillip Marks - drums and…
RINGSTONES
99 tracks and lots of participants (John Hudak, Oren Ambarchi, Chris Watson, Brandon LaBelle, Evan Parker, Thomas Lehn, Ryoji Ikeda…) that makes music for your mobile phone.
PSF & ALCHEMY : 20TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE
[Sep. 8, 2004 at Hatsudai Doors] 1. Kan Mikami & Jo Jo Hiroshige 2. Exias-J 3. Kazuo Imai & Incapacitants 4. Marble Sheep [Sep. 29, 2004 at Nishiazabu Super Delux] 7. Keiji Haino & Munehiro Narita 8. L & Friends 9. Masayoshi Urabe & Junko 10. Go Hira…
PISA 1980 IMPROVISATORS SYMPOSIUM
Ten leading free improvisors assembled in Pisa in the summer of 1980. Maarten Altena, Derek Bailey, Barry Guy, George Lewis, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford, Giancarlo Schiaffini & Philipp Wachsmann. Two duos, one trio & two qu…
Montreal Sound Matter - Montréal Matière Sonore
Works by Francisco López / Louis Dufort / Steve Heimbecker / Hélène Prévost / Mathieu Lévesque / a_dontigny / Chantal Dumas / Tomas PhillipsMontreal Sound Matter / Montréal matières sonore brings together eight Canadian and international sound artist…
JUJIKAN - JAPAN
An exhibition companion compilation to SFMOMA's 2001 listening room program JUJIKAN: 10 Hours of Sound From Japan, co-curated by Atau Tanaka, Ryoji Ikeda, and Shunichiro Okeda. JUJIKAN's Double Compact Disc companion features compositions from Tamami…
I.D. Art #2
When the Los Angeles Free Music Society 10 CD set came out I eagerly flipped through the contents to see what treasures had finally been made available again. Much to my surprise the early compilation I.D. Art #2 was not included in this otherwise ma…