Home :: Cuneiform releases

Cuneiform releases

Cuneiform
Gutbucket - Flock Rune 321
Rune 321
Gutbucket - Flock
“Forcing a conversation between punk, funk and free jazz for saxophone, guitar, bass and drums.” - The New York Times

“A classic case of a band that defies categorization.” – The Washington Post

What happens...
$15.00

Hamster Theater - Carnival Detournment Rune 146
RUNE146
Hamster Theatre - Carnival Detournment
This is the never-before released 'original Bob Drake master', which the band didn't use the first time. Is it hugely different? I didn't think so, although the band (and Bob!) do, so we are mentioning it...
$15.00

Hamster Theatre - The Public Execution of Mister Personality/Quasi Day Room 2 x CDs RUNE 226-227
RUNE226-227
Hamster Theatre - The Public Execution of Mister Personality/Quasi Day Room 2 x CDs
"...a highly skilled chamber ensemble...offering a literate synthesis of rock, jazz and European folk forms. You can't really put this music into a tidy little compartment, but it's unforced, sophisticated and highly entertaining."-Alternative Press.
$21.00

Happy Family - Happy Family Rune 73
RUNE73
Happy Family - Happy Family
Happy Family are a Japanese instrumental quartet (keyboards, guitar, bass, drums) who are influenced by groups such as Magma, Univers Zero, Weidorje, King Crimson & Area. If you can imagine a full CD's worth of the kind of inspired playing & intensity ...
$15.00

Happy Family - Toscco RUNE 93
RUNE 93
Happy Family - Toscco
This title has been out of print for ages but while dealing with the collapse of our former pressing plant, we found one box of these. Almost gone now.

Happy Family are a Japanese instrumental quartet (keyboards, guitar, bass, drums) who are ...
$25.00

Happy The Man - Beginnings 55003
55003
Happy The Man - Beginnings
Happy The Man (1974-1979) are considered by many to be the best US symphonic/progressive band of all time. This is all previously unreleased material from the very earliest days of the band.
$15.00

Happy The Man - Death's Crown 55015
55015
Happy The Man - Death's Crown
Happy The Man (1974-1979) are considered by many to be the best US symphonic/progressive band of all time. Composed & performed in late 1974, this was written as a collaborative work with dancers, actors, lighting & coordinated slide shows - a multi-me...
$15.00

Happy The Man - Live 55014
55014
Happy The Man - Live
Happy The Man (1974-1979) are considered by many to be the best US symphonic/progressive band of all time. This features good sound from the final incarnation of the band. Spirited live versions of pieces from their two Arista lps, some of which are si...
$15.00

Happy The Man - Third/Better Late... 55001
55001
Happy The Man - Third/Better Late...
Happy The Man (1974-1979) are considered by many to be the best US symphonic/progressive band of all time. This is a reissue of their 3rd & last lp, adding two songs that were recorded at the sessions but have never before been released!
$15.00

Harrison, Joel / Lorenzo Feliciati / Cuong Vu / Roy Powell / Dan Weiss - Holy Abyss Rune 334
Rune 334
Harrison, Joel / Lorenzo Feliciati / Cuong Vu / Roy Powell / Dan Weiss - Holy Abyss
Holy Abyss is a collaborative effort between guitarist/composer Joel Harrison and bassist/composer Lorenzo Feliciati. Joining them is trumpeter Cuong Vu, Roy Powell on Hammond B-3 organ and piano, and Dan...
$15.00

Hasselbring, Curtis - Number Stations Rune 356
Rune 356
Hasselbring, Curtis - Number Stations
"A number station is a type of shortwave radio station characterized by their unusual broadcasts, which consist of spoken words, but mostly numbers, often created by artificially generated voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters, tunes...
$15.00

Healing Force - The Songs of Albert Ayler RUNE 255
RUNE 255
Healing Force - The Songs of Albert Ayler
Seven major figures from the art-punk, free-jazz, brutal prog, improvisational and modern jazz world come together for a ROCKING tribute to the unfairly ignored, misunderstood and vilified late period works of Albert Ayler. These late period songs have...
$15.00

Heldon - Allez Teia Rune 37
Rune 37
Heldon - Allez Teia
Allez Teia, originally released in 1975, was Heldon's second album. It is rightly considered an early, trance-inducing, electronic masterpiece. It is the only album in the Heldon cannon to feature acoustic guitar. Overall, I'd say that...
$15.00

Heldon - I/III : Electronique Guerilla/It's Always Rock 'n' Roll 2 x CDs Rune 51-52
RUNE51-52
Heldon - I/III : Electronique Guerilla/It's Always Rock 'n' Roll 2 x CDs
Composer, guitarist & electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians & is a pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock. This combines their 1st & 3rd albums (3 lps) onto 2 CDs. Some of their...
$24.00

Heldon - Interface Rune 43
RUNE43
Heldon - Interface
This is a reissue of the sixth album by this quintessential progressive French electronic rock band. Originally released on Cobra in 1977, this features the classic Heldon line-up of Richard Pinhas-guitar and electronics, Patric Gauthier-Moog synthesiz...
$15.00

Heldon - IV : Agneta Nilsson Rune 60
RUNE60
Heldon - IV : Agneta Nilsson
Composer, guitarist & electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians & is a pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock. This was their fourth album and features Patrick Gauthier, Gerard Prev...
$15.00

Heldon - Stand By Rune 53
RUNE53
Heldon - Stand By
This is a reissue of the seventh and final album by this quintessential progressive French electronic rock band. Originally released on Egg in 1979, this features the classic Heldon line-up of Richard Pinhas-guitar and electronics, Patric Gauthier-Moog...
$15.00

Heldon - Un Reve Sans Consequence Speciale Rune 65
RUNE 65
Heldon - Un Reve Sans Consequence Speciale
Composer, guitarist & electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians & is a pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock. This was Heldon's fifth, & many people's favorite, this was called "th...
$25.00

Hollmer, Lars - Med Mjölad Hand/With Floury Hand (sketches) CD + DVD Rune 340-341
Rune 340-341
Hollmer, Lars - Med Mjölad Hand/With Floury Hand (sketches) CD + DVD
"With Floury Hand (Sketches) is exhilarating listening (and viewing), and in a world now without Lars, poignant and bittersweet." – Dave Lynch/All Music Guide...
$21.00

Hollmer, Lars - Viandra RUNE 271
RUNE271
Hollmer, Lars - Viandra
Although he makes music that can be abrasive and even purposefully a bit demented, with rough textures, quirky instrumentation, and unusual rhythms and time signatures, Hollmer's compositions are mostly tuneful and easy going, sometimes catchy, and...
$15.00

Hopper Band, Hugh - Carousel Rune 67
RUNE67
Hopper Band, Hugh - Carousel
This is the only studio release by Hugh's ''Franglo Dutch'' group. The instrumenation is sax, keyboards, guitar (by killer French guitarist Patrice Meyer), bass, & drums. After a decade of work together, several live albums, many concert tours, & lots ...
$15.00

Hopper, Hugh - 1984 Rune 104
RUNE104
Hopper, Hugh - 1984
1984 combines Hugh's unique fuzz bass & compositions with tapework, multiple overdubs, & a very avant esthetic, & then contrasts those works with short, weirdly devolved James Brown-inspired pieces. 25 years later, the originality and distinctiveness o...
$15.00

Hopper, Hugh - 1984 (Japanese bonus tracks) RUNE 104 DU
RUNE104DU
Hopper, Hugh - 1984 (Japanese bonus tracks)
Long story short: We were contracted by Disk Union (a big Japanese CD company) to make copies of this CD for the Japanese market, where they will be marketed in a mini-lp sleeve. We provided the raw discs which they would put into mini-lp sleeves and...
$20.00

Hopper, Hugh - Hopper Tunity Box RUNE 240
RUNE240
Hopper, Hugh - Hopper Tunity Box
Freshly remastered from the master tapes and issued on CD from the master tapes for the first time, this was the second solo album by Soft Machine bassist and composer Hugh Hopper. This was Hugh's second solo album and his first solo album after leaving..
$15.00

Hopper, Hugh - Meccano Pelorus 55006
55006
Hopper, Hugh - Meccano Pelorus
Originally released only as a limited edition in the early 1990s, and out of print for over 5 years, Meccano Pelorus was Hughs fourth album and the first release under his own name since the 1970s! Featuring his great FrangloDutch band (Patrice...
$15.00

Hopper, Hugh - The GIft of Purpose Cuneiform 3334
Cuneiform 3334
Hopper, Hugh - The Gift of Purpose
"I got a message a few months ago from Hugh Hopper's wife Christine. She reported that since Hugh's passing, she's been struggling with finances. Of course she's also struggling emotionally, as she misses him terribly, but the gist of her message...
$15.00

Hopper, Hugh/Alan Gowen - Two Rainbows Daily Rune 77
RUNE77
Hopper, Hugh/Alan Gowen - Two Rainbows Daily
Reissue of a long out of print classic from 1980 from these two fine composers & instrumentalists (bass & keyboards) who are best known for their work with Soft Machine (Hugh) Gilgamesh (Alan and Hugh) and National Health (Alan). While rich in sound...
$15.00

Hosemobile - What Can & Can't Go On RUNE 122
RUNE122
Hosemobile - What Can & Can't Go On
The 2nd album by this band from rural Cookeville, TN, who mix late 1990's influences of postrock bands such Don Caballero with the progressive/experiemental edge of This Heat, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and others. Let's just say this: these four young...
$15.00

Hughscore - Delta Flora Rune 110
RUNE110
Hughscore - Delta Flora
This is the 3rd release by the hugely influencial UK bassist & composer Hugh Hopper, along with Seattle musicians Fred Chalenor-bass & guitar, Elaine diFalco- Rhodes, organ, Wurlitzer, synth, accordion & voice and Tucker Martine-drums, plus guests...
$15.00

Ideal Bread - Transmit: Volume 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy Rune 296
Rune 296
Ideal Bread - Transmit: Volume 2 of the Music of Steve Lacy
Transmit is the second album from the Steve Lacy repertory band Ideal Bread. This quartet of expert improvisers is made up of four strong players, all considered notable up 'n' comers to watch on the modern jazz scene. Steve Lacy is considered one of...
$15.00

Isotope - Golden Section RUNE 273
RUNE273
Isotope - Golden Section
Isotope were one of the major (and earliest) British jazz-rock bands of the 1970s, coming along chronologically only just behind Soft Machine and Nucleus, the two UK pioneer bands in the genre. Isotope was formed by guitarist Gary Boyle in 1972. After...
$15.00

Janel & Anthony - Where is Home Rune 338
Rune 338
Janel & Anthony - Where is Home
"Janel & Anthony - guitars and 'cello respectively - play a haunting and humbly virtuosic form of music wherein the elements of electronics, looping, and lo-fi timbres live both in intimacy and in majesty in the same house as acoustic...
$15.00

Janel & Anthony - Where is Home Rune 338
Rune 338-V-E
Janel & Anthony - Where is Home vinyl lp with download card (due to size and weight, this price for sale outside the USA
This is an extremely high-quality, vinyl version of this great album; it came out beautifully! It includes a download coupon for the digital version of the music. Limited edition, one time-only pressing of 500 copies, but 200 went directly to the band...
$29.00

Janel & Anthony - Where is Home Rune 338
Rune 338-V
Janel & Anthony - Where is Home vinyl lp with download card (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only)
This is an extremely high-quality, vinyl version of this great album; it came out beautifully! It includes a download coupon for the digital version of the music. Limited edition, one time-only pressing of 500 copies, but 200 went directly to the band...
$21.00

Johnson, Richard Leo - Poetry Of Appliance Rune 198
RUNE198
Johnson, Richard Leo - Poetry Of Appliance
Richard Leo Johnson is one of the most innovative and inspired acoustic guitarists on the current American music scene. Johnsons style, characterized by complexity, exhilarating speed, and hauntingly unfamiliar harmonies created through found tunings, ...
$15.00

Johnson, Richard Leo - The Legend of Vernon McAlister Rune 222
RUNE222
Johnson, Richard Leo - The Legend of Vernon McAlister
"Be prepared...the extraordinary Richard Leo Johnson isn't quite like any...guitarist you've ever heard before".-Jazzwise. This one is very low key, very personal and very extraordinary. Best known for his blazing speed and unusual techniques on the ac...
$15.00

Johnson, Richard Leo and Gregg Bendian - Who Knew Charlie Shoe? RUNE 258
RUNE 258
Johnson, Richard Leo and Gregg Bendian - Who Knew Charlie Shoe?
Richard and Gregg work with "junk" percussion, cheap guitars purchased off eBay, field recordings and simple tape effects to make a kaleidoscopic, down-home, psychedelic experience.
$15.00

Kaiser, Henry - Lemon Fish Tweezer Rune 45
RUNE45
Kaiser, Henry - Lemon Fish Tweezer
This is the definitive Henry Kaiser solo guitar disc! We gave Henry carte blanche to make what he felt represented his best work, & the result is this 75' disc of incredible guitarwork. Some tracks are from (long out of print) lps, many tracks are prev...
$15.00

Kaiser, Henry and Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles! - Sky Garden 2 x hybrid SACDs/CDs Rune 191-192
RUNE191-192
Kaiser, Henry and Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles! - Sky Garden 2 x hybrid SACDs/CDs
Among the giants enthroned in jazz's pantheon, no one made as big, as broad, as bad-boy brazen of an impact on popular music in many manifestations of jazz, rock and improvisation - as Miles Davis. At the same time, he pioneered new routes for rock. Th...
$21.00

Kandinsky Effect - Synesthesia Rune 358
Rune 358
Kandinsky Effect - Synesthesia
Conceived in Paris’s cosmopolitan jazz scene, forged on the road in America, and informed by international currents in electronic music, The Kandinsky Effect is a jazz power trio for the 21st century. Now based in New York City, the band makes...
$15.00

Kerman, Dave/5uu's - Abandonship Rune 158
RUNE158
Kerman, Dave/5uu's - Abandonship
Dave Kerman is in the forefront of contemporary "Rock In Opposition" (R.I.O.)-inspired progressive rock, his name appearing in multiple contexts as an internationally-reknown drummer and as a composer. He is one of the most in-demand drummers on the a...
$15.00

Kerman, Dave/5uu's - Regarding Purgatories Rune 135
RUNE135
Kerman, Dave/5uu's - Regarding Purgatories
Inspired by the ''Rock In Opposition'' (R.I.O) movement's uncompromising stance, drummer/composer David Kerman formed the 5uu's in 1982. The 5th album by drummer/composer Kermans 5uus project features a completely revamped version of the band. He has e...
$25.00

Lacy, Steve/Roswell Rudd Quartet - Early and Late 2 x CDs RUNE 250-251
RUNE250-251
Lacy, Steve/Roswell Rudd Quartet - Early and Late 2 x CDs
"One of the great soprano saxists of all time." - All Music Guide

"...a trombonist of such sweeping power and majesty that he transcends all styles." - New York Times

Until his death in 2004, soprano saxist Steve Lacy worked with...
$21.00

Larval - Obedience Rune 178
RUNE178
Larval - Obedience
Larval is an avant/progressive rock ensemble led by composer Bill Brovold. Defined by driving guitars, saxes, multiple strings (violin, bass, cello, harp) and percussion, Larvals sound is intense, relentless and savagely hypnotic. The music brings to m...
$15.00

Larval - Surviving Death/Alive Why? 2 x CDs RUNE 248-249
RUNE248-249
Larval - Surviving Death/Alive Why? 2 x CDs
"...powerful, emotional music that succeeds in establishing their own distinct creative niche. Highly recommended." - All Music Guide

Larval is a avant/post-rock instrumental band consisting of an ever changing lineup of some of the best.
$21.00

Laswell/Björkenheim/Ågren - Blixt Rune 335
Rune 335
Laswell/Björkenheim/Ågren - Blixt
"...it’s beautifully brutal and scintillatingly snarling, an arctic blast of synapse-cleaning, focused, furious racket with some capricious serenity here n’ there. The players: An American-raised Finnish guitarist; a jack-of- all-trades American...
$15.00

Led Bib - Bring Your Own Rune 314
Rune 314
Led Bib - Bring Your Own
"This is the sound of a band having fun… like a hot chainsaw through butter." – The Wire

"One of the UK’s most adventurous groups" – Jazzwise

"You’ll be hard pressed to keep the lid on this explosive tour de force of...
$15.00

Led Bib - Sensible Shoes RUNE 283
RUNE283
Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
Sensible Shoes is the fourth album by this London quartet of dual alto saxes, Fender Rhodes & keyboards, bass and drums. It is a cataclysmic offering of jazz-rock, free-jazz, avant-skronk, funk-rock, art-noise and whatever else they can lay their hands...
$15.00

Living By Lanterns - New Myth/Old Science Rune 345
Rune 345
Living By Lanterns - New Myth/Old Science
"While New Myth/Old Science deliberately avoids any obvious Ra intergalactic tones, it’s joyful enough to make a visitor from Saturn smile." – DownBeat

Co-led by Mike Reed and Jason Adasiewicz, two of the fastest...
$15.00

Living By Lanterns - New Myth/Old Science Rune 345
Rune 345-V-E
Living By Lanterns - New Myth/Old Science vinyl lp with download card (due to size and weight, this price for outside of the USA)
This is an extremely high-quality vinyl version of this great album; I gotta say that it came out beautiful! It includes a download coupon for the digital version of the music. Limited edition, one time-only pressing of 500 copies...
$29.00