Leaving audiences slack-jawed in amazement at South by Southwest, punk-rock dives across the USA and jazz festivals in Europe, the Ahleuchatistas and their unique, high-energy, instrumental, technical, undefinable trio music for guitar, bass and drums...

The Israeli band Ahvak, named after the Hebrew word for Dust, creates music of dark, ominous and compelling beauty. Ahvak's mesmerizing and electrified version of chamber rock blurs the boundary lines between styles and aligns the band with forward-thi...

Boy From Black Mountain is the third release from the determinedly eclectic Boston-based ensemble Beat Circus. Beat Circus is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Brian Carpenter. The music bridges a number of disparate genres...

For the first time ever, all of the band's 3 recordings for Ace of Hearts (Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Magnetic Flip and Beat of the Mesozoic) are reissued in their entirety and in the order in which they were originally heard when they were issued...

Classic, fourth release by this great US band, pressed by the best-ever pressing plant in the USA, Wakefield, who did all of our releases for us in the 80s. This is new, perfect, 22 year old stock! Still sealed!

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Dubbed the worlds hardest rocking chamber quartet by the New York Times, Bostons Birdsongs of the Mesozoic creates innovative instrumental music that fuses rock, classical, minimalism, punk, garage/pop, and jazz. Two keyboardists (one on grand piano an...

For their 13th album and in their 25th year together, post-punk, art-rock pioneers Birdsongs of the Mesozoic do a 180 degree musical swerve and link up with bass-baritone vocalist Oral Moses, one of the preeminent African-American performers of...

This is a reissue of the Finnish lp-only first release by this great rock/avant/fusion guitarist and his band Krakatau, and includes two bonus tracks. The record features a unique blend of heavy guitarwork combined with dual, wailing Coleman and Ayler-...

A brilliant Dutch avant/rock band. They use electric guitars, alto/soprano sax, alto/bass clarinet, baritone sax, bass, drums [by the amazingly brilliant David Kerman] & vocals. They combine a very unique & recognizable skewed rhythmic base (influenced...

Our 10th release, from 1988. This puppy ain't NEVER coming out on CD, so come 'n' git it if you are a completist! Due to size and weight, shipping outside of the USA will be raised if necessary.[Cuneiform]

Borden was the founder of Mother Mallard, the world's first all synthesizer group. Borden's continued development, as a composer & electronic pioneer, stretches over two decades of being a leader in the field of new music technology & electronic new mu...

Brown vs Brown are a intense and stunningly tight and complex 'rehearsal-intensive' avant-garde rock band from Amsterdam, Holland. Brown vs Brown was formed in 2004 by Dirk Bruinsma (saxes, vocals), Viljam Nybacka (bass), Gerri Jäger (drums) and Jeroen...

For over 20 years, Cheer-Accident have been a creative, interesting force in rock music. They constantly strive to surprise their audience and themselves with constant reinvention. Fear Draws Misfortune is their 16th release and arguably their best and...

Guigou is one of rock's great unsung drummers, performing with Volapk and Etron Fou for many years. This album grew out of a workshop Guigou held in his home of Avignon. He composed music for saxes, clarinets, cellos, keyboards, guitar, bass & drums, t...

The 2nd release by this sensational 'jazz and beyond' ensemble. Their music, while clearly influenced by the jazz idiom, goes far beyond jazz, and many parts of this record have more in common with musicians such as L'Ensemble Raye, Hamster Theatre, Ni...

For their sixth album, What Is the Beautiful?, The Claudia Quintet brings together the acclaimed compositional approach of leader John Hollenbeck with two of the most important male singers in improvised music...

Graham Collier is one of the best known and most important British jazz composers and over a 40 year career, his list of compositions and commissions has grown to encompass ensembles around the world. He is well-known as an author and educator, having

"More than impressive"-Brian Morton/The Wire

"The most exhilarating band performance of the entire five days [of the Guelph Jazz Festival]..."-Musicworks

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Save $10.00 (in costs + postage combined), when you buy this package of all 5 new Cuneiform CD titles (Ergo, Forgas Band Phenomena (CD + DVD), Michael Gibbs and the NDR Bigband, Harrison/Feliciati/Vu/Powell/Weiss and Thinking Plague.

For about five years in the mid 80s/early 90s, not enough people seemed to realize that the best live band in the USA was Curlew. Their heyday featured the classic line-up of leader George Cartwright (saxes), Tom Cora (cello) (who also played with...

Led by saxist George Cartwright, Curlew are noted for their sense of fun, great riffing, spirited interplay & the superb musicianship of musical members Tom Cora, Davey Williams, Wayne Horvitz & Pippin Barnett. ''Jazz record of the week...one ...

Few avant/electric jazz bands have maintained as high a quality of work over as long a career over two decades thus far as Curlew. Saxist/leader/main composer George Cartwright's compositions for Curlew are at once direct and mysterious, possessing a...

Few avant/electric jazz bands have maintained as high a quality of work over as long a career over two decades thus far as Curlew. Formed in 1979, North America reissues their obscure 2nd album, which was recorded in 1984-85 and originally released...

"I liked what I heard. Great writing and ensemble playing. Deep thoughtful solos." – Jack DeJohnette

Proficient, creative, a first-call, in-demand bassist, Carlo De Rosa has earned a reputation of very high standards....