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This long awaited release completes a trilogy of CDs documenting the young composer collective Rough Assemblage. Active in the early 1990s out of Mannes College of Music, this trio of like-minded musicians also included Norman Yamada (Being in Time, TZ...

"Antworten (meaning: answer) is the third installment in a trilogy of Qluster music, following on from the Fragen (meaning: question) and Rufen (BB 075CD/LP) studio albums. The fact that the music on Antworten was created before Rufen and Fragen were...

"The third incarnation of the legendary krautrock project Kluster/Cluster expands its audience with the contemplative, mature, and intelligent electronic music of Echtzeit. Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Onnen Bock, and Armin Metz are Qluster, founded under the name of Kluster in 1969 by Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, and Conrad Schnitzler. Kluster were responsible for two milestones of electronic music. Schnitzler quit the band two years later, leaving Roedelius and Moebius to carry on as Cluster. When the duo....

“Elemente -- album number seven from the third incarnation of the legendary krautronic project Kluster/Cluster springs a surprise with a minor sensation: sequencer lines. Using an array of exclusively analogue instruments, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Onnen Bock, and Armin Metz have recorded eight tracks which, at one and the same time, are intrinsically hypnotic and sublimely beautiful. In principle, Elemente was created in much the same fashion as earlier Qluster albums: the three musicians met up in...

"Kluster -- Cluster -- and now Qluster. Fragen documents the extraordinary shedding of skin of one of the most important German electronic groups. Hans-Joachim Roedelius was there from the beginning (1969), with Onnen Bock taking the place of Dieter...

"Kluster (1969) metamorphosed into Cluster (1971) and Cluster became Qluster (2011). In a period spanning over 40 years, Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a driving force behind this unique transformation. Now, as Qluster, he has recorded together with Onnen...

"Rufen is the second installment in a trilogy of Qluster music, following on from the Fragen (BB 076CD/LP) studio album. In four impressive live recordings, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Onnen Bock unfold aural panoramas which can only be described...

"The artists:
Hans-Joachim Roedelius (piano)
Onnen Bock (piano)
Armin Metz (piano)

The music: minimalist, spherical sounds by three grand pianos. Introverted, minimalist "classical" music has reached full bloom as devotees of the.


Also known as No. 1, the material recorded by Sun Dial approximately between 1990-1997 under their alter-ego Quad has been among the most elusive prizes for fans of modern psychedelia, as it was issued many moons ago as an extremely limited transparent LP in a clear plastic sleeve. Mesmerizing, drugged-out and trippy at all times, with sitar and guitar floating in and out and up and down in the mix over some decidedly funky grooves. If there was ever music for DJs to sample, and yet also for heads to...

Written by Gilbert Artman (Lard Free, Urban Sax), Quad Sax is a miniature distillation of the ideas of Urban Sax; 4 saxophones playing spacey, hocket- riddled music with some percussives. This is the only material available at non-collector prices of Artman's fantastic Urban Sax style music, so even though it doesn't quite reach the heights of Urban Sax, due to the much smaller lineup, it's still pretty necessary.


Tom Tas / guitars
Pieter van den Broeck ("Pete Mush") / synthesizers
Wouter De Geest ("Jaro") / bass
Louis / drums
with:
Charles Sla / flutes
Maera / vocals (3)
Rafaela Ignis / vocals (5)

Eighth release from this Flemish space-rock band, who formed in the early/mid 00s and since then have released a new album every couple of years, all of which are quite excellent.
At this point, I would venture to say that they are the best currently active spacerock band w

Quark are a Belgian duo of Adrien Lambinet-trombone, electronics and Alain Deval-drums, electronics. Their sound is jazz, rock, improvisation and electronic, all at once. Good stuff - check out the link below.

Quark is the result of a musical...


Quartet Muartet (also listed as Qu4rtet Mu4rtet) are an instrumental fusion band from Turkey. The band consists of a keyboardist on piano/Fender Rhodes/synths, guitar, bass and drums. Their first album was entitled Nine Pieces. So, of course, their ...

Quartet Noir span a significant body of experience - individually, first of all, and then in various ensemble groupings. Urs Leimgruber (saxes) and Fritz Hauser (drums) share an extended history as a duo and bassist makes three - Joelle Leandre is a lo...

Marc Copland-piano
Dave Liebman-sax
Drew Gress-bass
Michael Stephans-drums

“Four forward thinking musicians came together to create Quartette Oblique, an ensemble which, as their name suggests, approaches the music from a skewed but engaging angle. For Quartette Oblique, Stephans reached out to three brilliant, improvising musicians who he knew would trust their instincts and play collective music in an open and exploratory way. Copland is a pianist who Stephans appreciated for...

"Amidst the unrest of the Russian Revolution, Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Visions fugitives op.22, a series of short pieces for solo piano. The Visions were ideas or sketches that he captured and then set down on paper before they faded from his...

"The stable 'Quartetto' that pianist Davide Mosconi, saxophonist Enzo Gardenghi, percussionist Marco Cristofolini, and cellist and violinist Gustavo Bonora brought to life beginning in the late '60s constituted the core of what would, in the early years..

''Quartetto Borciani, one of the best Italian String Quartet, commissioned scores to Italian young composers. Compositions by Tiziano Popoli, Pierluigi Castellano, Andrea Masotti, Paolo Modugno, Vicenzo Zitello e Luigi Ceccarelli.'' [Felmay]

Excellent 27' long disc with the last Steve Reich work that I've heard that I would consider a masterpiece. "A major opus in Reichs body of work, Different Trains pioneered in 1988 a new form of composition developed from his earlier tape pieces Its Go...

A string quartet performing 4 lengthy works by 4 Montreal composers. "Moving freely from avant-garde events to traditional concerts, the Quatuor Bozzini was characterized by the Irish Times as a group which gets its teeth into music: quiet or loud, fas...

Olga Ranzenhofer - Violin
Antoine Bareil - Violin
Frederic Lambert - Viola
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette - Cello

The Molinari Quartet perform:
Cat O'Nine Tails
The Dead Man
Memento Mori
Kol Nidre

“Recognised as a major influential figure in contemporary jazz and the avant-garde, the American composer John Zorn is characterized by his refusal of stereotypes and his radical musical experiments. His chamber music is the focus of the latest recordi

“Quel Che Disse Il Tuono is a brand new prog-rock group born from the early 2018 split between Francesca Zanetta (guitar, string machines) and Unreal City, after over five years of collaboration and three albums that have left a strong sign in the contemporary Italian progressive rock scene. The strong desire to continue the artistic journey interrupted with Unreal City led shortly thereafter to the encounter, in January 2019, with Roberto "Berna" Bernasconi (bass and lead vocals) and Alessio Del Ben...

This Italian band released their 2nd of two albums in 1974. This features keyboards, guitars, vocals/flute, violin, bass and drums. Definitely in the symphonic/classical vein, with a touch of fusion as well, this has been compared to early P.F.M., & th...

Antonio Quijano bass; Paul Dunmall soprano & tenor saxophones, clarinet, chanter; Philip Gibbs guitar; Marco Anderson, piano; plus Jonathan Scott, djembe on track 6.

"The Antonio Quijano Quartet is an international collaboration that explores...

A co-production with Poseidon from Japan, this is a trio consisting of Totoki Yukiko-female vocals, concertina (an old folk-style accordion) harmonium & percussion, Sasaki Emi-accordion, glockenspiel, psaltery, toys, percussion & vocals and Oguma Eiji...

A trio consisting of Totoki Yukiko-female vocals, concertina (an old folk-style accordion) harmonium & percussion, Sasaki Emi-accordion, glockenspiel, psaltery, toys, percussion & vocals and Oguma Eiji-guitar & bouzouki. I didn't realize taht they were...

Quikion are a quirky, charming trio from Japan (have you noticed that 'quirky' and 'charming' describes a decent percentage of Japanese new-music? It's an interesting phenomenon.)...

"Move into the Light – The Island Recordings 1969 – 1971 is a deluxe 2 CD remastered anthology of the legendary Psychedelic, Underground & Eastern influenced Rock band Quintessence.
One of the great underground acts of their era, Quintessence came together in the Ladbroke Grove area of London in 1969. The band comprised Australians Phil ‘Shiva’ Jones (vocals, keyboards), Ron ‘Raja Ram’ Rothfield (flute) along with Allan Mostert (lead guitar), Richard ‘Shambhu Babaji’ Vaughan (bass), Dave ‘Maha Dev’..

Brian Walsh - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet
Daniel Rosenboom - Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Sam Minaie - Bass
Mark Ferber - Drums

“Brimming with cheeky humor and fearless creativity, Quoin tips its hat to the historic lineage of the modern, chord-less jazz quartet with an album that feels classic yet new, biting yet sweet, and that overflows with virtuosity and character.
Two prominent Los Angeles's wind/brass improvisers join forces with a formidable New.