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"Mario Schifano was a leading Italian pop artist, and a friend of The Rolling Stones and other prominent 1960s countercultural figures. Inspired by Andy Warhol's association with The Velvet Underground, in 1967 he decided to sponsor a band. The album...

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"Mario Schifano was a leading Italian pop artist, and a friend of The Rolling Stones and other prominent 1960s countercultural figures. Inspired by Andy Warhol's association with The Velvet...

Elias Stemeseder: Composition, Producing, Lautenwerk, Synthesizer, Electronics, Una Corda
Christian Lillinger: Composition, Producing, Drums, Sampler, Synthesizer
Peter Evans: Piccolo trumpet
Russell Hall: Bass
DoYeon Kim: Gayageum
Brandon Seabrook: Banjo, Guitar

“Umbra is the new album by pianist, composer, and electronic musician Elias Stemeseder and drummer, composer, and producer Christian Lillinger. As a core duo, they are planning a long-term series of releases, each.

Elias Stemeseder: Piano

“Born in 1990, pianist Elias Stemeseder has become a creative force of contemporary jazz in recent years. Based primarily in New York since 2015, the Austrian-born pianist has made a name for himself in a wide variety of advanced improvisational contexts. Up to now, Stemeseder has been content to work as a sideman, though all those familiar with his work in the Jim Black Trio will know that he is a musician of remark - able skill, flair and imagination. His diverse playing..

Bobo Stenson: piano
Anders Jormin: double bass
Jon Christensen: drums

“Characteristically broad in its stylistic range, this 1997 recording begins with a tune by Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez and ends with Duke Ellington’s “Melancholia”. In between are original contributions by Anders Jormin and Bobo Stenson and two pieces by Ornette Coleman, including the deeply-felt title track. “There is great freedom in Ornette’s melodies,” says Swedish pianist Stenson, a masterful player..

Stepmother is a new, new-music S U P E R G R O U P, featuring greats from the Netherlands and an American and Englishman now in Switzerland:
Bill Gilonis (The Work, The Hat Shoes) : voice, guitar, bass, keyboards, clarinet, stylophone
Lukas..

Michael Vidale : bass guitar
Paul Freeland / Ralph Cooper : drums
Ian Hildebrand : guitar
Oleg Ditrich : keyboards
Bernie Morgan : percussion, vocals

Once again, another offshoot of Snakes Alive. Note that Bernie is a lady who sings mostly wordless vocals in a lovely way, recalling aspects of Pascale Son and Amanda Parsons. In fact the entire release very much channels the Canterbury sound, reminding me of Cos and Gilgamesh. Excellent stuff.

“This circle of Australian.

“Remastered from original tapes. Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. Co-released by band's own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records. Fold-out poster insert with lyrics and sleevenotes from Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane.”

“The fifth and final volume in the classic Switched On series which compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the group Stereolab. This volume is unique in that it does not hone in one particular period but gathers together unavailable tracks across the band’s career, from early EP Low-Fi, to the brain-scrambling mid-90’s Nurse With Wound remixes to unreleased installation tracks for sculptor Charles Long, culminating in a live version of fan favourite “Cybele’s Reverie” captured at the...

“Remastered from original tapes. Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. Co-released by band's own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records. Fold-out poster insert with lyrics and sleevenotes from Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane.”

“An anthology boxset that compiles all five volumes of the Stereolab Switched On series: 94 non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the groop.
Includes the original Switched On compilation LP released in 1992, 1995's Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2], 1998’s Aluminum Tunes [Switched On Volume 3], 2021’s Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4], and 2022’s Pulse Of The Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5].
All the tracks have been remastered from the original tapes in recent...

Virtuosic electric tapping guitarist with a huge sound, somewhat comparable to Upsilon Acrux, although U.A. are more outrageously brilliant; this is her third album.

"For those who enjoyed the noisy brilliance of iconoclastic guitarist....

Holy moly!
Well, they have been promising that all of these Pilz/Ohr/Kosmiche Kuriere releases have been from Dieter Dirk’s master tapes, and I think that they have just proven it 100% true, by issuing, A FULL HALF-CENTURY LATER, the never released follow up to Gilles Zeitschiff! And with the surprising participation of Roberto Cacciapaglia!
Minds are blown!!

“"Timothy Leary!" -- That was "Sternenmädchen" Gille Lettmann's almost breathed closing words on the 1974 album Gilles Zeitschiff..

Wow - I never, ever thought that this would be reissued on CD, but here it is!

This very obscure album was originally released on Capitol in 1974; it isn't particularly rare, but for a heavy-weight fusion album, it's really very unknown. Look who is on this!:
Ralph Towner-electric piano & Ring Modulator (the rig Jan Hammer played in the early Mahavishnu)
Steve Khan-6 & 12 string guitars
John Abercrombie-electric guitar
Harry Wilkinson-percussion
Rick Laird-bass
Billy..

Clive Stevens - electric tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto flute, echoplex, wah wah pedal
Michael Thabo Carvin - drums
David Earl Johnson - congas, timbales, assorted percussion
Stu Woods - electric bass
John Abercrombie - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Ralph Towner - electric piano, clavinet, 12 string acoustic guitar

Holy, moly, what a line up! First time CD release!

“A few months album the debut's release, Clive Stevens returned to the studio, but...

This reissues the three albums originally released by Ogun documenting a 1977 session (The Longest Night volumes one and two) and a 1993 session (Corner to Corner) by one of the founders of non-idiomatic free improvisation and one of his longest...

"Noted for his work as both a solo artist and as a member of Fierce and The Dead, “Lucid” sees Matt joined by a host of guest musicians including drummer Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson), Bass guitarists Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth), Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld) and Kev Feazey, keyboard players Jem Godfrey (Frost) and Emmett Elvin (Chrome Hoof / Guapo), violinist Chrissie Caulfield (Helicopter Quartet / Crippled Black Phoenix), vibe player Jon Hart and Nicholas Wyatt Duke (Trojan Horse) on Spoken Word....

“Celtic 60s folk-psych, singer/songwriter cult hero, sings & plays guitar with incredible angst, passion, intensity and anguish.
On the slightly more psychedelic-influenced front, there are some similarities to Donovan and (more distantly) Syd Barrett. Trance-like raga-rock elements make themselves heard on 'The Sailor and Madonna' and ‘Yorric,' with their sitar, tabla, and zigzagging flute. Some tracks with ethno-psychedelic sitar sounds other with heavy bass, drums, electric guitar.
This CD...



"Changing tempos, directions, riffs & rhythms every 20 seconds, stopping on a dime, accelerating to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds..." 5/5 stars ("Indispensable") – Alternative Press

In the early 80s, The Stick Men ruled the Philadelphia no wave scene. Reminiscent of James Chance and the Contortions with more hyperkinetic energy, they created a frenzied psycho-punk sound that featured gut-wrenching timing, extraordinary charm, personality with a plus, and tons of good humor....

"With riveting performances by the modern prog-rock legends Stick Men – Tony Levin, Markus Reuter and Pat Mastelotto –, "Prog Noir" is ambitious, achieving and immediately essential. Cinematic themes, towering grooves and intricate arrangements are all on tap, and shower down in abundance. Proving conclusively that the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts, this herculean effort exceeds any perceived limitations of the trio format -- satisfying even the most devout and demanding of listeners...

“With King Crimson alumni Tony Levin on the Chapman Stick and drummer Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter brings is various Touch Guitars and soundscapes to a tour of Japan back in 2022 to mix original compositions with a salute to Robert Fripp in both sound and tune selection.
Vintage Crimson material from the golden days are delivered with 21st Century Schizoid fashion, as “Red” has Mastelotto delivering an avalanche of percussion around the fiery metallic strings, while “Lark’s Tongues In Aspic”

Tony Levin: Stick and Voice
Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars® AU8, Soundscapes, Keyboard
Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic and electronic Drums and Percussion
Mel Collins: Saxophones, Flute
Recorded at Billboard Live, Tokyo, on 21 February 2017.

"Stick Men and King Crimson fans are in for a treat. For the recent shows in Japan, Mel Collins joined the power prog trio Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter) for six concerts. It's not the first time the Stick Men have...

Nick Mazzarella alto saxophone
Tim Stine guitar
Matt Ulery bass
Quin Kirchner drums

“When considering the Chicago jazz scene today (and other associated genres), we have to name the precious contribution of guitarist and composer Tim Stine. Stine’s contributions are brilliantly demonstrated in his new album, “Knots”, acoustic music resulting from sensible combinations of precise written scores (“the ink”, Stine says) and interactively improvised content by the members of his.

Yanni Papadopoulos, guitar
Alexi Papadopoulos, upright electric bass
Cheshire Agusta, drums

Very long lived (over 25 years), hard touring, hard working, ‘progressive doom jazz’ trio.

“Anthems and Phantoms is the 9th full length release of Philadelphia's instrumental progressive doom band, Stinking Lizaveta.
Stinking Lizaveta was forged in the 90s in the basements of West Philly.
For nearly 30 years they have been playing every show like it's their first and last...

"Stinking Lizaveta has spent more than a decade touring and releasing records of their own brand of instrumental metallic post-rock accentuated with jazz stylings and middle eastern influences. Album five is titled Scream of the Iron Iconoclast. For...

Fred Lonberg-Holm cello and guitar
Nick Macri double bass
Charles Rumback drums
"Stirrup, the Chicago based Collaborative trio, continues to explore the interstitial space on this, their third commercial release.
Cellist (and in “Cut” also a guitar player) Fred Lonberg-Holm is one of the top references of the Chicago creative music scene, covering genres going from jazz to rock, to pop, to free improvisation and to experimental music. Stirrup is his new band and reflects Lonberg-Holm’s.....

Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello, tenor guitar), Nick Macri (bass), Charles Rumback (drums).

"Stirrup is Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nick Macri, and Charles Rumback. They first played together as “the shimmering rhythm section of the Horse’s Ha,” (Time Out....

Fred Lonberg-Holm : Lightbox operator
Nick Macri : Bass
Charles Rumback : Drums
+6 :
Jen Clare Paulson
: Viola
Zoots Houston : Electronics
Keefe Jackson : Reeds
Russ Johnson : Trumpet
Peter Manu : Guitar, Violin
Mars Williams : Reeds

“...in a strong contender for Best Album of 2020.” – Steve Loewy / The New York City Jazz Record...

"Alan Stivell just keeps getting better. 'Back to Breizh' brings him back to his roots in Brittany. But it's a return informed by his recent collaborations with Khaled, Youssou N'dour and other world artists....

Markus Stockhausen-trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, voice
Alireza Mortazavi-santoor

“I met Markus Stockhausen after inviting him and his wife to “Musiche Nuove In Piacenza” festival in autumn 2018. Immediately I felt a strong empathy towards him. That doesn’t happen very often. I knew his work and had always admired it, especially the spontaneous compositions he performs and the way his unique talent blossoms in these situations. We talked at lunch and I dared propose to him to record...

“Luca and Markus began playing together in 2005, when Markus formed an international ensemble to play at the Suoni delle Dolomiti festival. One year later they performed as a quintet in St. Maternus in Cologne, Germany, where they recorded a live album, which initiated the project called “Flowers of Now”. (Intuitive Music in Cologne, Horus Label, 2008).
Later on Markus played on two tracks of Luca’s Tacet (Extreme Records, 2008) and on the double album Songs/Signs of Luca’s project Flos with Stefano...

"2008 two CD expanded 10th Anniversary edition of this album featuring a bonus disc. The first disc presents the original album, long out of print, in all its acid-forest-drone-mantra-folk glory. These songs are of earth and spirit love, sunlight...

"Stone Breath's visionary creation of Eastern-influenced rural acid folk finally comes to CD. From fingerpicked acoustics; to clawhammer banjo excursions; to the 20-plus minute exaltation that is 'The Shepherdess of the Fiery Wheels,' Stone Breath...

Originally recorded circa 1969, but unreleased until 30 years later, with liner notes and photos.

“Ultra-heavy psychedelic rock, this is among the best heavy psych albums ever.”-rym

“These guys have a fairly heavy reputation among fans of the genre and the opening cut of the album definitely shows why. It’s full on proto-doom and totally fuzzed out. Just the way heavy psych ought to be. Following this we have It’s A Beautiful Day. You may be expecting a mellow, flower power type folk...

"The second set that night was originally supposed to be Joelle Leandre performing duos with Marilyn Crispell, Mat Maneri and Roy Campbell, but turned out to be a superb quartet with Joelle directing. This was a first time performance by this unique...

"I have always been searching for a way to articulate the intangible area between the recognizable and the unfathomable, a feeling perhaps informed by some long-abandoned experiments with psychedelics. This has been a continued pursuit starting with my tape experiments in the 1970’s until the present, with technological evolution driving new ways of expression.
With the exception of Xé May, which is performed on an Elektron Octatrack, these pieces were constructed for live performance using a laptop...

“Following his critically acclaimed collections Electronic Music from the Seventies and Eighties and Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties, Carl Stone pairs Baroo with [this] album of recent works, including the final section of "Fujiken", his epic journey through southeast Asian field recordings and street cassette culture. On all six tracks, composed between 2013 and 2019, Stone’s pan-global playground of looping synths and Asian pop culture remains as fertile as ever, digitally shattered...

“Over the past several years, the recorded output of Carl Stone has been turned on it's head. In previous decades, Stone perennially toured new work but kept a harboring gulf of time between the live performances and their recorded release. This not only reflected the careful consideration of the pieces and technical innovations that went into the music but also the largely academic-minded audience that was themselves invested in the history and context of the work. The time span of Stone's recorded...

“Carl Stone continues his late career prolific renaissance with a new album of sculpted, tuneful MAX/MSP fantasias. Stone "plays" his source material the way Terry Riley's In C "plays" an ensemble - with a loose, freewheeling charm connected to the ancient human impulse to make sound, melody, and rhythm from anything.
Stone's unique technique simultaneously focuses and sprays sound like a symphony of uncapped fire hydrants. Is this techno, avant-garde, sound art? It's simply (or rather fantastically..

New music for flute by Milton Babbitt, Morton Feldman, Stephen Mosko, John Cage & Kathryn Alexander. [New World]

***Cheer-Accident Alert!!***

For more information, see below. But basically, the fact that Thymme is the sole vocalist and co-writer of most of this album means that (1) it's excellent - and it is - and (2) it is absolutely of interest to fans..

“Retro-futurist cinematic synth-fest from Supersilent keyboardist and composer, Ståle Storløkken. Just as radio drama is said to provide the best pictures, so some music can make for a perfect film soundtrack without the need for a film to exist at all. The Haze of Sleeplessness is a case in point: as the album starts to play, the listener's imagination kicks in and does the rest, supplying the necessary plot, character and setting until a full-scale narrative unspools behind one's eyes. A suite of seven...

For many years, I was under the mistaken impression that this Spanish band had only released one album, their classic, self-titled progressive / hard rock debut release. But I was wrong.
With a changed line-up, in 1979 they issued this second album. Much like the first, it features prog-oriented hard rock with great guitaring.
This is the first-ever legitimate reissue and it is a hand numbered edition of 500 and includes a bonus track.

Semi-legendary one-and-only album in this line-up by this Spanish progressive quartet of guitar, Hammond organ, bass, drums and vocals. The best parts are the instrumental sections (and the instrumental numbers), as they really rock and there's some great organ/guitar passages, which will definitely appeal to fans of 1971-era Deep Purple, etc.
This is a hand numbered, limited edition of this classic release.

Stormy Six were one of the original five Rock-in-Opposition bands, but were (and remain) the most often overlooked for some reason. They were probably the musically least radical of the five bands (and politically the most radical), but they were still...

Well. Was not expecting this! A completely new work by the Italian contribution to the original Rock In Opposition movement! Most of the original members are here: Tomasso Leddi, Carlo de Martini, Salvatore Garau, Umberto Fiori, with Giorgio Albani...

Stormy Six were one of the original five Rock-in-Opposition bands, but were (and remain) the most often overlooked for some reason. They were probably the musically least radical of the five bands (and politically the most radical), but they were still...

Stormy Six were the Italian members of the original R.I.O. movement. Their sound was quite informed by folk music & the political singer songwriter school, so their sound is quite different form what is thought of as R.I.O. This album was made after th...