Liturgie
One of the most outstanding-uncompromising jazz collectives circulating right now is (without any doubt) Klangmutationen. Coming from the Eastern side of the world, they suddenly remind us of noise legends such as Masayuki Takayanagi, Kaoru Abe and K…
Xylobiont
John Eckhardt brings the technique and sensibility required by the music of Xenakis, Feldman and Ligeti to this debut recording of double bass improvisations recorded in 2007. Some of the sounds on this cd might suggest electronic manipulation or ove…
Dun
Matt Davis (trumpet & field recordings), Matt Milton (violin) and Bechir Saade (bass clarinet & flute) recorded in North London, november 2007. Exquisite music by a trio described in The Wire as 'three young musicians re-inventing improvised music'. …
Voice Coil
2008 release ** "Pauline Oliveros (accordion with Expanded Instrument System); Peer Bode (live text with Bode vocoder); Andrew Deutsch (live mixing, archival recordings, samples, loops and electronics). Voice Coil was performed by the Carrier Band in…
Morning Glory
Llana - Xylophone. Phil - Drums. Eric H - Bass. Ray - Guitar. Paula - Guitar. Johnny - Guitar. Jackson - Guitar. Psych trip genius, Burnt Hills drop a 57min wild wild ride to the best possible place. Truly Albany«s best. Play it loud and you will fin…
Free zone Appleby 2007
Paolo Angeli (Sardinian guitar & electronics), Evan Parker (soprano & tenor saxophones), Ned Rothenberg (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet). The Freezone in 2007 was played by just three. The smaller than usual line up allowed for a more intens…
Spellbound!
As a follow-up to her first CD of original theremin works, "Music from the Ether", Lydia Kavina returns with first recordings of major works for theremin and ensemble. The first recording of Miklos Rosza's chamber version of music from the Hitchcock …
Huffin Rag Blues
Nurse With Wound is the main recording vehicle for British musician Steven Stapleton. Since 1978, with collaborators such as David Tibet (Current 93), John Balance (Coil), Colin Potter and Matt Waldron (Irr. App [Ext]), Nurse With Wound has released …
L\'hallali
Vocal pieces featuring the late Frank ROYON LE MÉE in Le poil et la plume (text by Michel TOURNIER) followed by an opera-bouffe where animals play hide and seek with Death ! (libretto by Régis FRANC).
Le K
Richard Bohringer joins Un Drame Musical Instantane (Jean-Jacques Birge, Bernard Vitet, and Francis Gorge) in vocal (in French) and musical improvisations. They use found sounds, talking (in French), music, singing, and playing instruments. It's like…
Gracebudd
Subliminal, a Galakthorrö project next to Haus Arafna, and just as ominous and secretive as its better-known label colleagues, offers analogue sound collages which perfectly bridge the gap between power electronics, noise and ambient. Very structured…
Live in Paris
Live In Paris is a live album by Psychic TV. The album was recorded live at Elysee, Monmarte, Paris June 08, 1986.
Live At The Waterworks Berlin
Founder of the Steel Cello Ensemble (1970s) featuring various players over the years. The music was produced on steel instruments like the Bow Chime or the Steel Cello that were built by Rutman himself. Among the musicians he collaborated with were R…
Svatba
With voice, violin and percussion, this duo produces music with a thrilling intensity, suspense and drama. The musical basis is a mixture of the duo's interpretation of slovakian and romanian folk music, jazz and classical. They play with a freshness…
The Four Cassettes Of The Apocalypse
Longtime stalwarts of the cassette underground (70 cassette-only releases and over 300 compilation appearances!) finally do a CD. This outstanding collection of soundscapes draws on collage, ambient-industrial and process techniques, as well as the c…
Sound Pressure Level
The name Mazk is formed by the initials of the two participants in this project: Masami Akita (better known as Merzbow) and Zbigniew Karkowski. Not surprisingly given the history of the two musicians, the general scope of this recording is throbbing …
Zamia Lehmanni (Songs Of Byzantine Flowers)
Everything else SPK did was either industrial grind or fluffy dance-pop. Zamia Lehmanni lies along the axis of Graeme Revell's other solo projects (see below) and is gorgeous throughout. Its cover is red, gold, and black and the liner notes quote dec…
L' Instruction Oratorio
Frederic Rzewski is an American composer, now resident in Belgium, of mostly chamber, vocal and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a pianist. Prof. Rzewski studied music privately with Charles Mackey in Sp…
Helix Parasites
"HELIX PARASITES": built on the idea of genetic modification via new channels, this is probably our most diversified and composite work so far. With a strong trend for rhythms and subliminal pipes, it has at the same time some of the most outlandish …
Theater Works
Roedelius (who is one-half of the legendary German electronic band Cluster) has had a solo career for many many years. Alas, his solo work tends to be less electronic and more keyboard easy listening fare. "Theatre Works" is a departure from that tre…