This is the 3rd release from this this excellent instrumental Japanese band featuring drummer Yoshida Tatsuya, leader of Ruins and Koenjihyakkei, & also featuring guitarist Kido Natsuki [Bondage Fruit] and bassist Nasuno Mitsuru [Altered States]. This ...

Yoshida Tatsuya : percussion
Kido Natsuki : acoustic guitar
NasunoMitsuru : fretless bass
Miyamoto Rei : violin on track 2,4,6,8,10

Well, not 100% and strictly acoustic, but compared to the usual bone-crushing density of these guys, it's close enough.
Here's a bunch of yours and my favorites from this powerhouse outfit, performed in a very different way.

Alain Neffe - monophonic synthesizer, flute, primitive rhythm box, bell, clumsy voice, tarang
Francis Pourcel - bass, bass with violin bow, electric guitar
Daniel Malempré (aka MAL) - electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar

This is a totally great, lo-fi but also totally listenable, peek into what live, experimental, improvised music with up to date, low-budget technology circa 1975 sounded like! Yes it brought back serious memories!!

“Something undoubtedly cosmic but with a..

This is the second album, originally released in 2001, by this great Spanish classical / symphonic rock group. This new edition of a long out of print release includes a 10’ bonus track.

“At this early point of Kotebel's career Carlos Plaza always shook a bit the line-up of his project. For the second recording of Kotebel Plaza was helped, besides Acosta and Garcia, by Carolina Prieto on choirs and cellist Franscisco Ochando....
The compositions of Plaza become even more ambitious and daring.

Excellent contemporary Mali / Afro-beat sounds!

“Ba Power, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba's fourth album is a striking, career-defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs, and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much-heralded Jama Ko, Bassekou's band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou's masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: Afro-rock.
Distortion and...

“Batourou Sékou Kouyaté is considered by many as the greatest kora player in Mali and Guinea throughout the 60's, the 70's and the 80's. This definitive example of Malian kora playing by the legendary and influential Sekou Batourou Kouyate, was recorded in 1976, and has been digitally released for the first time, allowing the delicate notes of this instrumental album to shine through.
Creating a melodious sound that resembles at times a harp and remarkably, the delta blues guitar, the kora players...

Kovac is a composer from the former Yugoslavia. This features the composer's clarinet as he leads the ''Ritual Nova'' Ensemble (soprano voice, violin, cello, piano & percussion). The music sounds deceptively sparse at first, but these are both yet mor...

Kovac is a composer from the former Yugoslavia. This features the composer's clarinet as he leads the ''Ritual Nova'' Ensemble (soprano voice, violin, cello, piano & percussion). The music sounds deceptively sparse at first, but these are both yet mor...

The good news is that we have a modest number of this fine release to sell. The bad news is that these are CDRs, but, unfortunately, that's the only way to get this music. This is one of his best albums...

Boris Kovac is a marvelous composer from Serbia. He released 1 CD on ReR and two on Victo in the 80s (and I luckily managed to see him and his ensemble when they performed at the Victoriaville Festival in the late 80s), but he's really very little known here. Finally he's got a new one on ReR.

"What Boris does is without parallel or precedent, and he's been doing it for over 40 years, perfecting a language that is uniquely his own: not chamber music, not world music, not jazz -- but demanding...

Peter Kowald, bass, tuba, alphorn
Paul Rutherford, trombone
Günter Christmann, trombone
Peter van de Locht, alto saxophone
Paul Lovens, drums

Recorded January 19, 1972 Akademie Der Künste Berlin by Eberhard Sengpiel.

“The only LP featuring a band under Peter Kowald's name, Peter Kowald Quintet comes from a vital moment in the German bassist's career. A close colleague of Peter Brötzmann's in their formative years, including the saxophonist's debut For Adolphe Sax and th

New 2010 album by this much loved and long-lived German band, now consisting of the trio of, Hellmut Hattler / bass, Jan Fride / drums, Peter Wolbrandt / guitar, synthesizer, vocals. After surprising everyone by coming back with an excellent live album...

A never-before released, completely professional recording of Kraan in their mid-70s prime! Oh, yeah!!

“Since the 1970s, Kraan has been one of the pioneering representatives of the cross-border (fusion) rock genre. After the release of the highly successful album "Kraan / Live," keyboardist Ingo Bischof (previously with "Karthago") joined the band in 1975. "Porta Westfalica 1975" was one of the first performances after the reshuffle. The magic of this new beginning is palpable in every song and..

"The legendary (fusion) rock band KRAAN is back with a brilliant studio album. Just three years after the release of their last studio album "Sandglass" and 53 years after the band was founded, the legendary (fusion) rock formation KRAAN is finally releasing a new studio work to the delight of their fans. And it was definitely worth the wait.
On "Zoup", the virtuously playful band celebrates their innovative, completely timeless mix of rock and jazz, enriched with psychedelic and funk elements...

Every Sunday at Tonic since 1998, Klezmer Brunch has been presenting some of the most exciting Jewish Music on the planet. Curated by David Krakauer, one of the masters of contemporary Jewish Music, this special compilation pulls together some of the v...

''With a profound knowledge of Yiddish music heritage,the virtuosic Krakhauer Trio combines the traditions of klezmer with innovative composition, arrangement and improvisation to create a style with reverence, imagination and a sense of humor. Klezmer...

''A unique fusion of traditional Yiddish song with country blues, rock and reggae by Kerouac-inspired cult hero Wolf Krakowski.'' [Tzadik]

A really nice, thoughtful record that combines very uncharacteristic minimalism ala Soft Verdict/Terry Rileyfrom Kramer on keyboards, sequencers & bass, with violin & taped voices of two seniors recorded by David Greenberger. Three long tracks that are...

After what seems like a very, very long lay-off musically, it's great to see the uniquely eccentric music force of Kramer back again! And with Bill Frisell!

"Everyone’s favorite guitarist and American Song aficionado Bill Frisell joins forces with producer/arranger Kramer for a brilliant and soulful exploration of the classic songwriting teams that were born and flourished in the legendary Brill Building. Picking up where 2012’s “The Brill Building, Book One” left off, this collection includes...

"Greg is one of the pioneers of electronic music and these pieces are unique opportunities to discover how intricate and dynamic early synthesizers are."-Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

“Veils Of Transformation 1972-1980 is a collection of the earliest works of Gregory Kramer, one of the 20th century masters of textural electronic music. Liner notes from Gregory Kramer and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, who first brought this fascinating work to the attention of Important Records.
Kramer developed a musical...

"British singer and musician Sharron Kraus has firmly established herself as a genuine heiress to the UK folk ancestry of Shirley Collins, Lal Waterson, or Maddy Prior…performing with a sparkling clear voice that can sound as ancient and elemental...

“Thomas Klein, Alexander Paulick, Andreas Reihse, and Detlef Weinrich assembled in Düsseldorf in winter of 2018 for recordings, and then continued with further sessions in Berlin. Starting with around a dozen sketches, the band produced eight pieces, including "Flood I-IV" and "Flood V", an ensemble of five songs that -- in LP terms -- fills the entire second side of the album. But let's start from the beginning. Side One -- still speaking in LP terms -- begins pleasantly enough with the gentle roll and...

"Kreidler might be on their umpteenth album now, but by the sounds of 'Tank' they have hit upon a creative streak that belies their age. In fact 'Tank' is probably their most creatively successful album to date, and it manages this...

Volker Kriegel (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, octave guitar)
Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone)
Alan Skidmore (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone)
Heinz Sauer (tenor saxophone)
John Taylor (electric piano)
Eberhard Weber (bass)
Cees See (percussion, voice, flutes, effects)
John Marshall (drums)

This is a GREAT jazz/rock album! Guitarist Volker Kriegel was an important part of the German jazz/rock scene in its earliest, most exciting days. This was his third album.

“Volker Kriegel (born 1943, died 2003) is one of the best and most important German jazz guitarists of the post-war period. He is internationally highly acclaimed and pushed the innovation of jazz rock.
The circle of friends around his wife Ev Kriegel has now made an incredible treasure of old recordings from his various creative phases audible again. Previously unreleased live recordings as well as well-known material from his albums have been digitized and lovingly remastered. These audiophile...