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By now everyone should know, John Carpenter is not only a celebrated filmmaker but also a musical maestro whose soundtracks have become synonymous with the genres of horror, suspense, and science fiction. His innate talent for composition and his deep understanding of how music can elevate storytelling have left an indelible mark on the world of cinema, and a haunting presence in people's record collections.
Anthology II continues the celebration of his compositional genius via an excellently...

“After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches it's epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before, one where only one of them will survive.
Recorded in it's entirety at Carpenter's home studio and Davies' studio, the unmistakable mix of software synths, vintage analogue equipment, and live instrumentation once again provides...

"2018’s Halloween, directed by David Gordon Green, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and with music by series creator John Carpenter (along with his son and godson, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies) was a critical and box-office smash. It grossed $159 million against a $10 million budget, becoming the most profitable Halloween movie since the 1978 original. The soundtrack album was a hit, too, debuting at #12 on the Billboard Albums chart and #2 on the vinyl chart, on its way to becoming one of the most...

This is the first non-soundtrack albunm by film-maker John Carpenter. In addition to directing his films, Carpenter has always provided his own soundtracks! Fans of Goblin will eat this up!

"John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the...

This is the second non-soundtrack album by film-maker John Carpenter, following closely on the heels of his Lost Themes release. In addition to directing his films, Carpenter has always provided his own soundtracks, and this one, a bit more 'rock' based than the last, is another great one! Fans of Goblin & John's always great soundtracks will eat this up!

"2016 release from the filmmaker and musician. The musical world of Lost Themes II is also a wider one than that of it's predecessor. More...

“Carptree releases a new album - Subimago on October 19:th, 2018 The Swedish duo with friends releases their 7th studio album both energized and inspired by making their last release and in a much shorter time than usual. The recordings started the very same day as the release Party for "Emerger". After the long hiatus efter Nymf there was momentum enough for more than one release with a band now perfectly calibrated and compositions given time to grow. Here you get the distinctly familliar Carptree...

“A re-issue of British trumpeter and bandleader Ian Carr's iconic jazz-fusion-rock hybrid 'Belladonna' from 1972.
Originally released on the Vertigo label, complete with collectable 'swirl' record centre design, this sought-after jazz-rock-fusion rarity features some of the cream of the UK jazz musicians of the 70's. Comprised from groups such as Nucleus, Brian Auger's band, Soft Machine, Stan Tracy group, the players included Brian Smith (tenor and soprano saxophones, alto and bamboo flutes)...




Alfredo Carrion is best known for providing the orchestrations for Canarios' Ciclos album. This has his album remastered and released in digipack form. "Carrion didn't play any instruments but wrote the ambitious and serious work Los Andares Del Alquim...

“In 1972, trumpeter Baikida Carroll and some of his colleagues from the Black Artists Group (more precisely saxophonist/flutist Oliver Lake, trombonist Joseph Bowie, drummer Charles "Bobo" Shaw and trumpeter Floyd LeFlore) took the advice of their friends in the Art Ensemble Of Chicago and left their native Missouri to come and discover the bright lights of Paris for themselves. The following year they would even get the chance to record their only album which would rapidly attain mythical status and a...


"Triumvirate = the combined power of a group of three in creative collaboration. Carter Tutti Void (Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Nik Void) have announced their third and final studio album. Containing all new studio recordings, Triumvirate brings Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Nik Void's collaborative partnership as Carter Tutti Void to a conclusion. The trio first came together as a collective for a live performance, invited by Mute for the Short Circuit Festival in 2011 and released their...

"On Playing Retention, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter and audio engineer, saxophonist, and percussionist Jim Clouse join forces to create a vibrant collection of seven free improvisations. Their music—which features an array of instruments, including tenor, soprano, and alto saxophone, percussion, flute, clarinet, trumpet, and piano—bubbles with curiosity at every turn, embodying a feeling of fearless exploration. And while it was recorded a decade ago, with untethered exploration as its primary...

"Seraphic Light is an exemplary long-form work of collective creative improvisation, performed by three masters of this high art. These three masters each possess a complete and total devotion to the music. On this very rare trio meeting they manifest a meditative resonance, replete with lyrical exploration, throughout a sublime set. While William Parker and Matthew Shipp are each deservedly world-renowned as players-improvisers-composers due to their extensive recording and performance work as leaders...

Very interesting folk / new music release from 1978. Laraaji? Robert Rutman? Constance Demby? 1978? Yeah, I’m in.

“The first ever reissue of the work of American composer Dorothy Carter, master of the hammered dulcimer, zither, and other instruments of the hammer chord zither/psalterium family.
A true musical vagabond, Dorothy was born in New York in 1935, though her spiritual pursuit of an expansive musical knowledge would take her to monasteries in Mexico, conservatories in France and...

"Shots At Infinity 1 is comprised of recordings from various basements in the northeastern USA from late 2007 by Tom of Charalambides. Steering away from the more delicate string environments and modal folk improvisations of previous CDs, the disc...

“Fiddler, singer and songwriter Eliza Carthy, inheritor of the mightiest musical genes in all of England (her father is folk legend Martin Carthy, her mother the equally legendary singer Norma Waterson), has always exhibited a wonderfully healthy willingness to break out of the folk music ghetto without ever feeling the need to turn her back on it entirely, and this album sees her really coming into her own as an artist. Songs like the blues-rocking "Follow the Dollar" and the soulful, almost trip-hoppy...

“If the English folk revival of the 1960s had a single "father" and guiding spirit, then Martin Carthy was it. Carthy's influence transcends his abilities, formidable though those are -- apart from being one of the most talented acoustic guitarists, mandolinists, and general multi-instrumentalists working the folk clubs in the 1960s, he was also a powerful singer with no pretensions or affectations, and was an even more prodigious arranger and editor, with an excellent ear for traditional compositions....

Two generations of British folk royalty show how it’s done, live and without a net!

“This DVD could easily serve as a primer on English Folk 101. This well recorded show is a welcome addition to any trad music lover's library. The interplay between Martin and daughter Eliza is intuitive, a wonderfully played Martin 000-18 and her lively fiddle is all it takes to set the stage for the wonderful emotions these old songs unfold. Nothing else needed here; I've been fortunate to see MC a few times...

Martin Carthy – guitar, vocals
Dave Swarbrick – fiddle, mandolin
These are historic, previously unreleased live recordings from 1966 and show these two in their early, stomping prime.

“Two of the seminal figures of the British folk revival together on one album. Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and later artists such as...

"Inspired by jazz standards, Pierre Cartier tackles the theme of love. With all the lyricism such a quest deserves, he combines the voice of Quebec’s poets with the energy of new jazz."

A very jazzy release led by bassist & composer Cartier, with dual saxes Jean-Denis Levasseur [soprano] & Jean Derome [alto] & drummer Pierre Tanguay. [Ambiances Magnetiques]

“Under the direction of Jeff Sanford, the Cartoon Jazz Band has been delighting audiences since 2002. Raymond Scott's music is a part of our DNA, bought in 1941 by Warner Bros. And used to underscore the antics of Daffy and Bugs and more. This music has been covered by numerous tribute bands, and used again and again in commercials, TV shows and modern cartoons, thereby exposing generation after generation to his quirky sensibilities. However, there are few big bands operating today that use Scott's...

George Cartwright – saxophones
Dave King – drums

Josh Granowski – bass

“Saxophonist, composer, guitarist George Cartwright has been pushing musical boundaries since the 1970s, when he moved from Mississippi to New York and formed the legendary Avant-Garde jazz rock band, Curlew. For many years now, George has lived and worked in Minneapolis. Joining him on this record are fellow Minnesotans, Dave King and Josh Granowski. Internationally acclaimed drummer King shares George’s penchant..

Recorded at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, this is a welcome chance to hear more from the great George Cartwright, the leader of Curlew.
George Cartwright – saxophones and composer
Adam Linz- acoustic bass
Chris Parker- piano...

George Cartwright - saxophones and composer
Adam Linz- acoustic bass
Andrew Broder- electric guitar
Alden Ikeda- drums
with Christina Baldwin-pre-recorded voice
Anne Elias – video , text
Recorded at the Walker Art...

Amy Denio – vocals
George Cartwright – alto, tenor, soprano saxophones
Jim Spake – baritone, tenor & soprano saxophones
Chris Parker – piano
Doug Garrison – drums & percussion
Kevin Sheehan – acoustic bass
Tim Goodwin – acoustic and electric bass
Tom Clary – flugelhorn
Lawrence Miller – tenor saxophone
Davey Williams – special guest guitar
Words by Paul Haines, Music by George Cartwright

"Cartwright continues to astound...altogether foot-stomping an

“Old friends meeting up in unexpected ways, along with a new friend. George knows Chad and Chris and Kelley from way back down south, George and Steve met up in Minneapolis, Steve met Chad and Chris during lockdown, and so it just made sense to do something together. Worked out pretty good.”

You know George as the leader of Curlew for 25 years, but here, he shows his free jazz roots by playing only tenor sax and performing with double bass and drums. Except for the fact that this is a fine recording, this musicially would fit right at home...

Hugo Carvalhais doublebass, electronics
with
Emile Parisien soprano saxophone
Liudas Mockunas tenor saxophone, clarinet
Fábio Almeida alto saxophone, flute
Gabriel Pinto piano, organ, synthesizer
Mário Costa drums

"Considered one of the most talented and sui generis portuguese bassists of his generation, after a seven-year hiatus without presenting any record under his own name, Hugo Carvalhais, one of the best kept secrets of Portugal's jazz scene, is back with an album...

Hugo Carvalhais double bass / Dominique Pifarély violin / Gabriel Pinto organ, keyboards / Jeremiah Cymerman electronic manipulation.

"Portuguese bassist and composer Hugo Carvalhais doesn’t stop to surprise us. After two internationally...

Hugo Carvalhais, double bass, electronics / Gabriel Pinto, piano, synthesizer / Mário Costa, drums / Tim Berne, alto saxophone.

"Hugo Carvalhais, Gabriel Pinto, and Mário Costa are representatives of a remarkable new generation of Portuguese...

Dominique Pifarély, violin / Emile Parisien, soprano sax / Gabriel Pinto, piano / Hugo Carvalhais, double bass / Mário Costa, drums.

"After the success obtained by his debut CD, “Nebulosa”, a couple of years ago, expectations were high...

José Soares saxophone
André Matos guitar
André Carvalho double bass

“Untranslatable words, an inexhaustible source of inspiration that embodies the sequel to my trio’s first album”. This is how bassist and composer André Carvalho defines his new album “Lost in Translation - Vol. II” After the very well received “Lost in Translation”, André Carvalho continues his journey through the world of untranslatable words with a sequel.
Carvalho states that “you’ve certainly come across..

“New and old compositions for Luigi Russolo's legendary Intonarumori. After publishing his visionary manifesto, the Art of Noises, in 1913, the futurist painter Luigi Russolo designed and built a revolutionary family of new instruments with which to compose with noise: black, wooden boxes, fitted with huge acoustic horns, crank-handles (to drive them) and levers (to vary the pitch).
They came in different varieties – designed to give composers access to five of what Russolo had identified as ‘the...

“This deluxe 2-CD digibook package is the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Alvin Cash, the prime generator of dance craze tracks in the Chicago soul scene of the 1960s, which became so popular nationally. The set includes his only LP release named after his biggest hit, 'Twine Time' alongside his singles for Mar-V-Lus, Toddlin' Town, Seventy-Seven and Sound Stage Seven. The set is filled with dance-based hits including 'The Twine', 'The Boo Ga Loo', 'The Bump', 'The Barracuda'...

Totally cool-o-matic early rockabilly with Johnny and his original group. Surprisingly very good sound from these over 60 year old broadcasts!!

“Johnny Cash is a hugely celebrated, enigmatic figure in American roots music and one whose legacy continues to thrive and influence millions worldwide. His roots are well documented as is his lengthy career, but his early work with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant is not so widely acknowledged. In particular, their early appearances...


A restocking of this title, the fourth and final by Cassiber, Chris Cutler's great post Henry Cow band that he founded with Heiner Goebbels, Afred Harth and Christoph Anders (although Harth was out by this time). "A Face" breaks new ground altogether. ...

Cassiber was the very exciting post-Henry Cow project of Chris Cutler, which also featured Heiner Goebbels and Alfred Harth as well as Christoph Anders. This collects all their albums and much more. Limited edition of 1,000 made!...

A very great collection of unreleased live and studio recordings from the very exciting post-Henry Cow band of Chris Cutler.

"Cassiber (phonetically: 'a message smuggled out of prison') crashed like a locomotive into the 'Deutsche Neue Welle.'
Founded by Heiner Goebbels, Alfred Harth, Christoph Anders, and Chris Cutler (his first major project after News From Babel), Cassiber managed to fuse materials and attitudes drawn from experimental rock, fringe jazz, punk, pop, plunderphonics...

Cassiber were Christoph Anders, Heiner Goebbels & Chris Cutler, & they play reeds, keyboards, drums, guitars, tapes, vocals, & more. They were a band who always played with great fire, recording improvisations that are recorded in real time.This is...

Lynn Cassiers voice, electronics
Ananta Roosens violin
Sylvain Débaisieux soprano and tenor saxophones
Niels Vermeulen euphonium
Erik Vermeulen piano
Manolo Cabras double bass
Marek Patrman drums

"The septet consisting of Lynn Cassiers (compositions, voice, electronics), Sylvain Debaisieux (soprano and tenor saxophone), Ananta Roossens (violin), Niels Van Heertum (euphonium), Erik Vermeulen (piano), Manolo Cabras (double bass) and Marek Patrman (drums) is..

Lynn Cassiers voice, electronics
Bo Van der Werf baritone saxophone
Erik Vermeulen piano
Jozef Dumoulin fender rhodes, keyboards
Manolo Cabras double bass
Marek Patrman drums

The Mandarin word “Yun” means “Cloud” and it describes quite well the purposes of this new project lead by the Belgian singer Lynn Cassiers: the exploration by an electro-acoustic ensemble of the traditional roots of that music we call jazz. Cassiers re-arranged eight standards of the American...

"As steady as a click, Cast carries on making albums, so regularly that you have the feeling the Mexican band has always been a part of the progressive rock scene.... Like the legendary phoenix, Cast arises from its ashes, again and again. With the...

“New studio album from a Melodic Symphonic Prog band that first emerged in the 80’s, and this delight tops off the string of back-catalogue albums that have been re-issued on CD in recent times.
Originating in the early 80’s, CASTANARC are an incredibly melodic U.K. based Symphonic Neo-Prog band that up until 2021, when their comeback album ‘Sea Of Broken Vows’ was released, had only made four other original albums in all that time, plus a compilation CD of rarities released in 2020.
Through...