"The first ever reissue of Mouvements, originally released in 1973. An impossible to find artifact from the Swiss underground avant-garde scene of Geneva, originally released as a private boxset limited to 150 copies in 1973, only sold at art galleries. A unique, instrumental mix of free-jazz, classical, psych-rock, folk, improv, kraut, funk, and musique-concrete with tape effects. In the late 60s, musician/guitar player Christian Oestreicher, "a savage in the era of twist and free jazz", met artist and...

Felipe Zenicola electric bass
Yedo Gibson saxophones
João Valinho drums

"MOVE has an urgency for movement. Where change is not only inevitable, it is burningly wished for. Willed into existence. From a sense of interconnectivity sprouts a direct, decisive and ready-made improvisation. Relentless as the rainforest, fertile as alluvium, blossoming ideas from doubt.
MOVE is the concept and music of bassist Felipe Zenícola (Chinese Cookie Poets, New Brazilian Funk), saxophonist Yedo...

Moving Parts were one of the great Boston ‘what ifs’ of the late 70s.

“In the late '70s, the Moving Parts created intensely challenging, offbeat music that few Bostonians heard. Members Roger Miller, Clint Conley and Erik Lindgren later became the core of both MISSION OF BURMA (Roger & Clint) and BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (Roger & Erik).
This 15-track CD retrospective contains unreleased material all digitally remixed. Mandatory for anyone into early Pere Ubu, Wire or Devo.”

"From one of the original members of the influential band Young Marble Giants comes this six song album, a lovely collection evoking quiet, solitude, and the stillness before dawn."-Linda M Smith

Four pieces of electronic madness by one of the certifiable outsiders of the New York downtown scene, who is now residing in San Francisco. A multi-instrumentalist and visionary composer in the world of intuitive and counter-intuitive music known for y...

Excellent sounding reissue of these very early 70's folk rarities originally released on Transatlantic; at one time, when I was trying to snag more UK Transatlantic rarities, I remember searching for anything by Mr. Fox in vain. This has both of their two albums both complete and in full, and is sure to please folk/folk rock fans.
The eclectic instrumentation is notable, as the album veers from fairly straight folk to quite wild electric-freak-folk with fuzz cello & organ, especially on their second!

"Hailing from Germany, the curiously titled Mrs. Kite have won the “German rock & pop award” for “best progressive band” three times. This might explain why their new album “Flickering Lights” sounds as exciting as it does. With strong instrumentation and all band members being able to offer backing vocals in addition to lead singer Florian Schuch (singing in English), this quartet offers a cohesive presence that can cover moody atmospheres or hard-hitting attacks with ease. The listener will undoubtedly...

Released on Proper, a great UK label who do an amazing job in terms of packaging, presentation and especially in terms of sonics. This is important, basic repertoire material. A great place to hear some of his best stuff and at a amazing price...

Complex instrumentals from an exciting new band from Tokyo blending rock, jazz and flamenco. Combining the precision of This Heat and the improvisational edge of Massacre, these three young musicians have fashioned a clean new sound out of the classic ...

Since their demise in 1981, The Muffins have been generally acknowledged as one of the finest (and one of the most unsung) U.S. proponents of progressive/new music. Along with Grits, The Muffins were *the* formative band in my personal musical developm...

Recorded in January, 2004 with Sun Ra Arkestra members Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott (alto sax), these pieces began their life as spontaneous improvisations and were gradually molded into their current form here by overdubbing and editing. Obviously a very different record from most of their releases, it might be comparable to a jazzier version of side two of Unrest by Henry Cow, in that they used a similar working method of recording improvisations and then sculpting them in the studio afterwards.

Third and generally considered the best album by this 1980's Japanese symphonic rock band that features keyboardist Katsuhiko Hayashi and vocalist Takashi Nakamura, +, on this album, violinist Takashi Kawaguchi (Outer Limits), acoustic guitarist/flutist..

"The second album from Mujician was recorded live earlier this year. In the interim, free jazz has developed a tradition and language which Poem About The Hero unashamedly refers to. It may not be that radical anymore, but Tippett's ensemble can still...

"Working within the instrumental parameters of the standard post-bop combo - piano, bass, drums and saxophones - the band situates itself in a space midway between what could be called Brit-Improv and American energy music...their sound is, if anything...

“Eight new beguiling Kjetil Mulelid compositions expertly balancing energetic, often rhythmically complex and harmonically rich music with beautiful and evocative melodies. It's not all about Mulelid though, bassist Bjørn Marius Hegge (31) and drummer Andreas Skår Winther (28) effortlessly conjure additional layers, tones, and textures, incorporating a sense of calm; an unhurried yet constantly unfolding sound world which can be said to be distinctively Scandinavian, most typically heard in Hegge's sole...

“Gerry Mulligan was and is – because of his immortal recordings - a one-of-a-kind musician. Just try to hold a baritone saxophone, not even try to blow a tune in one, and you'll appreciate the effort that supposes playing one for an even short period of time. In this live recording you can hear the baritone saxophone the way this extraordinary virtuoso consistently made it sound: from sultry mellow to top-of-its-register staccatos; and always swinging!
Surrounded by master musicians like Clark Terry..

This is by guitarist/composer Conor Mulroy. Also appearing are drummer/percussionist Ches Smith (Mary Halvorson, John Zorn, Secret Chiefs 3, Tim Berne, etc. etc) and bassist Jordan Alegant. It's interesting to see a jazz and 'out rock' player like Ches...

The ultimate document by one of the most important electronic music composers in new music. A lifetime in the making, these meticulously crafted masterpieces indude the legendary Mesa performed by avant garde virtuoso David Tudor on electric bandoneon ...

"On their follow up to their formidable self-titled debut on RareNoise Records in 2013, Mumpbeak again conjures up memories of vintage King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Gentle Giant and other prog-rock pioneers on Tooth. Led by the innovative keyboardist-composer and Oslo-based UK expatriate Roy Powell, whose other RareNoise output includes releases by Interstatic and Naked Truth, and featuring bassist and longtime collaborator Lorenzo Feliciati (Powell's band mate in Naked Truth who has also....

"From Terlizzi, in the Bari district (South Italy), MUNICIPALE BALCANICA comes back on the music scene with its infectious enthusiasm, releasing a brand new album: Road To Damascus.

The group from Puglia, follows the path of their first effort

“Jonas Munk and Nicklas Sørensen team up for a genre-defying record that explores American minimalism, psychedelia, and electronic music -- both vintage and contemporary. On a foundation of interlocking guitar and synthesizer patterns, the duo constructs lengthy pieces that are experimental yet welcoming in nature, precisely executed yet with room for soaring improvisation. Always Already Here pays homage to the masters of classical minimalism (Steve Reich, Terry Riley) and the pioneers of electronic...

Thanks to Henry Kaiser for turning me onto guitarist Tisziji, who he called sort of a Coltrane guitarist, & that is the best five word summation that could be made of Tiszijis work. You could file him in with guitarists like Sonny Sharrock, Sonny Green...

David Murray: Tenor Saxophone
Brad Jones: Bass
Hamid Drake: Drums

“David Murray is a giant of modern jazz. His saxophone fuses all the great things that black music has produced: Gospel sounds, free jazz, Afro-Caribbean, blues and soul as well as the beautiful standards of classic jazz. Murray's colorful tone, unsurpassed intonation, flair for swing, melancholy tones, and improvisational power and ingenuity make him one of the most important voices in music today. The newly formed Brave..