"This is E. Sharp's third Tectonics cd. Tectonics is an ongoing solo project which combines his warped drum n' bass & beyond rhythmic foundations with his infinite/alien layers of guitar thangs & saxes. For me, most drum n' bass stuff is limited...

"Flow of shadows" is how I would translate the composite neolog title of this 1997 work for Orchestra Carbon and how I might describe the musical gestures therein.

In seven sections, Rheo~Umbra layers through-composed materials, algorithmic...

Violin: David Soldier; Viola: Judith Insell; Bass Clarinet: Evan Spritzer, Tim Smith; Accordeon: Ted Reichman; Piano: Zeena Parkins; electric bass: Marc Sloan; Drums & percussion: Joseph Trump, Jim Pugliese; electronic & acoustic percussion: Rea...

"Recorded live at the 2007 Donaueschingen Music Days, this CD captures the pairing of composers E# and Lang sharing an ensemble including vocalists Latasha Natasha Diggs and Mixmaster Todd, turntablist Philip Jeck, drummer Fredy Studer, reedman Hans...

“First solo work by Italian musician Martina Betti. “Falling Time” is an aural ticket to a non place. Swirling ambient sounds made of processed field recordings converge into a richly textured and harmonically layered narrative.
The tracks scan the phases of ascension to a suspended and formless destination, free from the bounds of time and space: a rite of passage. We are nowhere, a journey with no boundaries or restrictions transforming the smallness of ordinary life into transcendent magnitudes...

“As the '60s drew to a close in a hail of blood and lead, jazz gradually began to close its doors. What had blossomed in the '50s and '60s as young men struggled to raise a music out of the whorehouses of New Orleans and into the concert halls turned into something less and more than it had been.
Musicians like Archie Shepp no longer looked to the future or to what they might borrow from classical forms. Instead, they looked back to the cotton fields, the slave market, and the slum to find their...

"Don Shinn got a fantastic sound from the L-100... He and Jimi Hendrix were controlling influences over the way I developed..."-Keith Emerson

“The first official reissue of Don Shinn's Temples With Prophets, originally released in 1969. Having made several classic 45 with The Soul Agents (whose singer was briefly Rod Stewart), Don Shinn taped his remarkable debut album in London's Lansdowne Studios in December 1967. Featuring his explosive organ (a clear influence on the young Keith Emerson) and..

"Sidh is a fascinating hybrid between the traditional sounds of the Gnawa and the rhythms and melodies of the Mediterranean. Lila whose name significantly refers to the Gnawa’s spiritual séances is the work of a young Italian-based Algerian musician...

“Not to be confused with the Spandex-clad bass player from Kiss or the late British actress, Tupelo-born Gene Simmons was responsible for some of the best Rockabilly cuts never to emerge on the Sun label! A gifted tunesmith, Simmons' self-penned gems such as 'Juicy Fruit' and 'Crazy Woman' languished unissued for years, whilst his only Sun release, 'Drinkin' Wine' b/w 'I Done Told You', was held back by label boss Sam Phillips for eighteen months, by which point the Rockabilly craze had peaked, nixing...

“Digitally remastered release containing a pair of albums from the Jazz diva on one CD: Live At Berkeley (1970) and Gifted & Black (1971). Both albums were originally released on her then husband/producer/mentor's Stroud label in the early '70s, at a time when she was at the peak of her considerable powers. Recorded in studios in California, Gifted & Black comprises eight songs, four of which are hard-to-come-by original recordings. The other four are fascinating re-workings of songs Simone had recorded..

Eric Zinman - piano
Mario Rechtern - alto, baritone and sopranino saxophones
Weasel Walter - drums

“A studio session of piano/reeds/drums based volcanic free jazz, the trio of Eric Zinman, Mario Rechtern and Weasel Walter meets the high standards of the classic Cecil Taylor/Jimmy Lyons/Andrew Cyrille trio in terms of blistering momentum, density and clarity, but pushes forward in their own distinctive and idiosyncratic personal voices.”

2005 remastered reissue of this classic album recorded by Peter Blegvad, Dagmar Krause and Anthony Moore in 1973. Produced by Uwe Nettelbeck (Faust's producer), engineered by Kurt Grauner (Faust’s engineer) and backed by Faust themselves at their legendary studio in Wumme, Germany.
Amazingly, this incredible album – maybe their best – was turned down by Virgin who made them re-do the album in a much less interesting way (and without Faust) in the early 70s and it lay unreleased until the mid 80's...

In May, 2000, hot on the heels of their excellent (if a bit over-produced) reunion album Ça Va, Slapp Happy embarked on their first ever tour of Japan. The original trio of Dagmar Krause (vocals), Peter Blegvad (guitar, vocals) and Anthony Moore (piano, keyboards) perform a wonderful selection of tunes from their earliest times to the then present, but with the most notable fact being the startling recasting of a large number of tunes from Ça Va in a very acoustic format where they work wonderfully well...

“Slapp Happy meanwhile was planning its second record for Virgin. One night the trio showed up at the quartet's door and proposed that the two groups make the second Slapphappy LP together...Henry Cow jumped at the chance and Desperate Straights was the result. It's still a gem to my ears, and now at last it's possible to release it, properly re-mastered (by Bob Drake), its sound closer to the original tapes even than our earlier Nimbus vinyl pressing. Great songs, great arrangements, great performances...

This unites drummer/electronic percussionist Joe (still playing a similar sounding electronic set as he used on Cruel But Fair) with Gary's wild/calm guitarwork

"If the mark of a great player is that you can recognise them from just one note, then look no further than Gary Smith. His electric stereo guitar sound is as distinctive as the sound of Miles, Getz or Hendrix, as individual as DNA. Using real-time electronics and pedals, Smith has the capacity to bend, shape and move notes in the air....

“Performed at the intimate Cellar Door club in Washington, DC, for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio series, ‘Smith comes bouncing onstage like Muhammad Ali, jumping up and down on the spot, punchy and laughing while Lenny Kaye adopts the New York strut; legs wide apart, guitar slung low’. Mic in hand, she grabs the audience, taking them up there with her. The true spirit and raw energy of New York street punk was delivered in two explosive sets at the Cellar Door in 1976 and both are captured here to...

“I hadn't heard of Warren Smith until a few days ago. I bought this disc after exposure to "Red Cadillac" and "Ubangi Stomp." I can't say enough about the quality of this disc. Smith straddles wonderful Hank Williams-style country and shit-stomping rockabilly--all of it played and recorded at a very high level. I enthusiastically recommend this collection to music buffs. Absolutely stunning. A strong 5 stars.”-Daniel J Wood

Oft-bootlegged, very high quality soundboard recording of the trio version of Soft Machine from 3/29/69 (Hopper, Ratledge, Wyatt) recorded in Holland.
Recorded just after the band had finished recording "Volume Two", this is an exciting document of that band performing that material, but really pushing the needles into the red as they do so (the band was famously LOUD at that point in their life) as they rip and ROAR through the material in a way hugely different from the very polite "Volume II"....

These are the famous (& rather famously disowned by all participants) Giorgio Gomelski deomos from April, 1967, which represent the only recordings by the original quartet formation of the band other than their single: Daevid Allen-guitar, Kevin Ayers-bass/vocals, Mike Ratledge-piano/organ and Robert Wyatt-drums/vocals.
While it is fair enough to say that these recordings are (a) historic, (b) are a must for big fans, (c) allow you to hear some of their later-to-be classic works in their ebryonic...

"This release in the Heroes of the Blues series is the only true cross-licensed best-of package for Son House A complete career retrospective, covering all periods of his career and various record labels • Transcribed directly from Paramount 78's and completely restored and re-mastered. Original cover art by R. Crumb.
Son House's place, not only in the history of Delta blues, but in the overall history of the music, is a very high one indeed. He was a major innovator of the Delta style, along with..

“The Peyote Dance, by Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith, is the first in a triptych of albums, collectively titled The Perfect Vision, to be released over the next year. Each take their inspiration from the writings of three emblematic French poets: Antonin Artaud, Arthur Rimbaud and René Daumal, and their necessity to travel to different lands to acquire a new vision and perspective on themselves and their artwork. Recorded in the Sierra Tarahumara of Mexico, The Peyote Dance, retraces Artaud's...

Special Venture is led by Danish guitarist and composer John Sund and also features Jon Meinild-vibes, keyboards and samples, Yadam Gonzalez-bass, Ayi Solomon-percussion and Morten Illsøe-drums. John's a pretty brilliant player, and this album is a...

This is apparently an authorized live release of a modestly decent sounding show (for something from 1967) released here for the 1st time.

"The Ash Grove was a legendary venue for folk and early Los Angeles rock, and really the birthplace of Spirit. We brought in a younger, less inhibited crowd, a mixture of hippies and jazz freaks. Spirit, at its inception, was more of an improvisational jazz/blues group than anything else. Our first shows had very few structured songs, lots of free-form going...

"In The Realm Of features a peculiar, rarely documented, and intense subgenre of improvisation endemic to the San Francisco Bay area, that might best be described as a combination of Cecil Taylor’s cell strategies plus interaction strategies quite similar to those developed by John Stevens and the SME.
Another unusual feature of this recording is the guitarist Henry Kaiser here plays only electric 6-string bass.
Drummer Spirit's long career as a percussionist spans from New York to Berkeley...

This is an amazing release of Indian classical music at an even more amazing price, by a music who was known throughout his life as a genuine master of his instrument and of music in general. Additionally, he was known even to music fans who don't follow Indian music because of his extraordinary playing with John McLaughlin and Remember Shakti. Recommended to anyone reading this!

"Among all the musicians from Southern India, U. Srinivas occupies a particularly significant position. This maestro...