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Dans le Sable
*CD Version* Dans le Sable is the first new album in over 40 years by composer, pianist, and digital audio pioneer Loren Rush (b. 1935). Active in the Bay Area new music scene since the late 1950s alongside composers such as Robert Erickson and Pauli…
Solo Voce
Edition of 200 copies, incl. 16-page booklet. Recital presents a collection of new sound poetry works from Vittoria de Franchis (b. 1993, Bruxelles), an independent curator, language researcher and writer operating between London, Berlin and Rome. So…
Dafne Phono
** Edition of 200 copies, incl. 18” x 24” fold-out poster, insert, incl. download ** Nour Mobarak’s Dafne Phono is an adaptation of the first opera, Dafne, composed and written by Jacopo Peri and Ottavio Rinuccini in 1598. Drawing on the myth of Daph…
Calendar
Edition of 200 copies, incl. 12-page booklet. Zachary Paul is a violinist and composer currently living in New York. Having played in orchestras for most of his life, his beautiful violin work has recently emerged in the new music scene on the East a…
Tub Of Deep Green Ink
A limited CDr included with the A Castle Popping LP (R11, 2015). Tub of Deep Green Ink compliments the nature of the A Castle Popping, presenting ten tracks from 2011-2014. Ranging from layered string recordings, like the pastoral 2012 piece Invernes…
Micromegas
Seeing Matthew Erickson perform live is an impressive experience. The sound he gets by blasting his saxophone through his Fender Twin literally shakes you to the core. Erickson has a great ear for experimental music; exercising tasteful timing and re…
"Collaborations" Readings
*300 copies limited edition* Recital is proud to present an artists’ record from the two giants Richard Hamilton and Dieter Roth. Hamilton (1922-2011) is revered as the father of British Pop Art as both theorist and practitioner, in addition to famou…
The Magnesia Suite
*250 copies limited edition* Recital is honored to publish composer Allan Gilbert Balon’s first full-length LP. Born 1986 in Les Abymes on the island of Guadeloupe, Balon is an artist (exhibiting at MoMA PS1 in 2022) who publishes beautiful handmade …
Valentinus (Book + CD)
*2024 stock* The fourth and final in the "saints series" by Eric Schmid and Sean McCann and friends, following St. Francis, St. Paul, and Joan Of Arc (R 037CD, 2017). Eight artists -- Burns-Coady, Friel, Gean, Grossinger, McCann, Pollard, Schmid, Wal…
Whiplash
*200 copies limited edition* Recital is thrilled to present the first full-length vinyl LP by sound artist Asha Sheshadri. Whiplash combines elements of sound poetry, diary-like narration, and delicate incidental music. Sheshadri has crafted a unique…
Interview with Charlie Morrow
Recital presents a newly unearthed recording of an interview between Sun Ra and composer Charlie Morrow recorded at his New York studio in 1989. This voice-only recording develops more like a kaleidoscopic sermon than any standard interview.
Let The Darkness Fall
Recital is pleased to publish the first vinyl edition of Let the Darkness Fall, a forgotten corner from the vast discography of Suzanne Langille & Loren Connors. Joined here by David Daniell and Andrew Burnes (of the Atlanta-based group San Agustin),…
Sending Up A Spiral Of
*200 copies limited release* The first vinyl release from American artist Sydney Spann, Sending Up A Spiral Of well encapsulates Spann’s body of work thus far. On their music, which reacts to themes of family systems and care work, Sydney writes, “pe…
Homage to Annea Lockwood
*200 copies limited edition* Recital presents a book and CD homage to the New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood (b. 1939). The unique concept for this album was conceived by artists Noel Meek (New Zealand) and Mattin (Spain), who each sha…
Spontaneous Musical Invention
*350 copeis limited edition. Comes with 16-page booklet of program notes * In the 1960s, Robert Ashley pioneered the American avant garde with the ONCE Group and festivals, before irrefutably changing the face of American opera later in the 20th cen…
Margrethe Fjorden
*100 copies limited edition, hand-numbered in printed box* Recital presents its first ever video edition of "Margrethe Fjorden". Produced in 1996 by Fluxus artist Eric Andersen, the citywide Intermedia event included performances from Alice Damas, Wi…
As Above, So Below
Big Tip! *250 copies limited edition* Recital presents "As Above, So Below", a new album from French multi-instrumentalist Delphine Dora. Over the past decade, from poetry reading, chansons, organ performances, tape compositions and so on, each album…
The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival
*Last copies, almost sold out at the label. Limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies.* After years of preparation, Recital is proud to present The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival box set. Held in New York in 1980, this was the last…
Night of Rain
*Limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies. 100 color pages.* Night of Rain is the second art book by musician and artist Loren Connors, following last year's Wildweeds (Recital, 2021). The book is composed of two parts: 'Night of Rain,' which Lore…
New York 1982
*Limited edition of 400 copies.* Recital is thrilled to publish an album of lost Derek Bailey sessions recorded with his friend and collaborator Charlie Morrow. In 1982, Bailey and Morrow organized a series of live concerts and studio sessions around…