“Revolve is the fourth collaborative project between Ian Boddy and the Norwegian guitarist Erik Wollo. Revolve is a continuous sonic journey, with the tracks joined together by slices of sonic ambience and field recordings. The combination of Boddy's Moog and modular sequencing with Wollo's ostinato guitar patterns creates sections that ebb and flow structurally with a beguiling sense of space and freedom. Beautifully ethereal textures give way to pulsing rhythmic sequencers underpinned by solid bass...

Rullio De Piscopo-drums, percussion
Sante Palumbo-piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog
Peter Guidi-soprano sax
Giorgio Baiocco-tenor sax
Sergio Farina-guitars
Tony De Piscopo-percussion
Gigi Bappellotto-electric bass

Extremely, extremely unknown 1975 jazz/rock album from a well known Italian jazz drummer who only really made this one electric album with ties to SWAY, another great one-off Italian jazz/rock release; IT SURE IS A GOOD ONE!

"Italian drummer from Napoli,

Not only is there a new Banco release and not only is it a new Banco release to celebrate the group’s 50th anniversary, but it’s a VERY good release!

"There could not be a better time and occasion for Banco del Mutuo Soccorso to celebrate their 50th anniversary while simultaneously releasing their possibly most ambitious concept album since the release of their debut album ‘Darwin’ in 1972. The new album is called ‘Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore’.
Vittorio Nocenzi was working on this new...

Trevor Dunn: Bass
Sally Gates: Guitar
Kenny Grohowski: Drums
Matt Hollenberg: Bass VI

Somewhere between brutal prog (Orthrealm, Upsilon Acrux) and technical metal lives this fairly great instrumental band! Recommended!

“... we can now add TITAN TO TACHYONS to the list of modern purveyors of this stylistic niche, such as Behold… The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, and Ground Patrol. […] TITAN TO TACHYONS balance their dazzling musical abilities with equally impressive songwriting..

“In 1966, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach assembled his first large ensemble to play his compositions “Globe Unity” and “Sun.” This 14-piece band, which brought together some of the leading figures in European improvised music, would eventually expand – incorporating not only Europeans but also American and Asian musicians – and assume its rightful name: Globe Unity Orchestra.
In this, its nascent outing, beautifully recorded at Ariola Studio in Cologne, Schlippenbach’s band was already

"Analog transfer by Joe Travers 2012. Source: Original 1975 analog master. Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2012."

There are lots and lots of highlights on this album, but any album with "Inca Roads" has gotta be GREAT.

A CD release of what was either the weirdest album ever released on Lovely Music or the most normal. Or both. Plus much more rare and never-heard stuff!

“The first ever collection of Jill Kroesen’s wildly inventive & often dystopian compositions from ‘72 through ‘84. Includes her art rock master-piece ‘Stop Vicious Cycles’, her coveted ‘80 single, an equal amount of unissued treasures, and copious liner notes.”

“Her voice is large, unique, and charismatic. Her presence is charming...

Bernard Falaise – guitars, bass, keyboards, banjo, turntable
Pascal Globensky – keyboards, synths, piano
Rémi Leclerc – drums, percussion, electronics

There are no other bands in North America that sound even remotely like Miriodor, whose new album Elements is their 10th studio release since their founding in 1980. This likely has to do with where keyboardist Pascal Globensky, guitarist and bassist Bernard Falaise, and drummer Rémi Leclerc are...

“Master drummer Andrew Cyrille, guitarist-reedist Elliott Sharp and pioneering electronic music composer-performer Richard Teitelbaum improvised this music on October 13, 2011 at Roulette Intermedia’s first season in Brooklyn after over two decades in lower Manhattan. Now 10 years later, Richard Teitelbaum has passed, so Cyrille and Sharp are the only two remaining members of this trio. This recording documents Cyrille, Sharp and Teitelbaum using their instrumental skills and aesthetic sensibilities to...

“Evolving the tactics of acclaimed Ambarchi works such as Quixotism, Hubris and Simian Angel, Oren invites an international all-star cast to dialogue with his guitar + triggers inventions. Intricate theme-and-variations build upon the staccato rhythms via expansive improvs from BJ Cole, Sam Dunscomb, Chris Abrahams, Jim O’Rourke and Julia Reidy. Magnetically compulsive!”

Pretty excellent cross between stoner rock, space rock and early Sabbath riffing.

“'Exploration' is the first part of a space adventure where a daydreaming character physically enters his dreams which then become reality. Heavy psych, even heavier jams, progressive rhythms and form structures promise to take the listener beyond the constructs of space and time. Stars above, evil below and fire in between. A trinity in peace for aeons. CB3 (Charlottas Burning Trio) is here to bring you on a...

This is the previously undocumented tour that Frank did in 1972 with "The Petit Wazoo" band in the fall/winter. A 10 piece band: Frank Zappa-guitar, conductor, vocals, Malcolm McNabb-trumpet, Gary Barone-trumpet, flugelhorn, Tom Malone-tuba, saxes, piccolo trumpet, trumpet, Earl Dumler-woodwinds, Glenn Ferris-trombone, Bruce Fowler-trombone, Tony Duran-slide guitar, Dave Parlato-bass, Jim Gordon-drums.
There are definitely some themes used elsewhere either earlier or later in FZ's career and song...

The very last of the old Mothers' albums to be reissued on CD, I waited and waited, and finally! This is a really good one, and was the next to last by the Mothers Of Invention.
This includes some of his finest compositions (Holiday In Berlin, Aybe Sea) some fun goofing around (WPLF, Valarie) and the lengthy and impressive The Little House I Used To Live In, which combines some impressive and *hard* written sections with large 'blowing' sections, featuring some especially good work from Sugarcane...

“Widely recognized as the most exciting string quartet of the present moment, these young players bring new insights to contemporary composition and core classical repertoire. In parallel, they have also made surprising, impressive forays into the world of Nordic folk music (explored on a 2014 album Wood Works), and delight audiences around the world with concert performances of this music. Now they bring their folk project to ECM with a stirring new recording of immense beauty and depth.”

"In these sick times, there must be a 6th volume of this on-going compilation covering "the parallel realities of contemporary guitarism". Our latest collection runs from A to Z with guitar pieces reflecting the sheer inventiveness and fabulous sonic visions inspired by this instrument of myriad manifestations. The cast of characters ranges from the "legendary" to the "obscure" but all are wonderfully committed players with one foot in the future and one in the past, a formula that puts one's ass...

Chris Pitsiokos-alto sax

“This is Pitsiokos' second solo saxophone release for Relative Pitch. His first one, "Speak in Tongues" was a tribute to his forbears on the horn. On "Art of the Alto" Pitsiokos stakes his claim to stand amongst them.”

“The brand new album by the Portuguese cult act SATURNIA convinces with a fascinating mix of psychedelia, space rock, electronica and Indian sounds.
Launched in the mid-90s by the Portuguese multi-instrumentalist LUIS SIMÕES as a solo project and occasionally supported in the past by top-class colleagues such as DAEVID ALLEN (GONG), NIK TURNER (HAWKWIND) or STEFAN KOGLEK (COLOR HAZE), since then seven have been released by fans and Critically acclaimed longplayer. Now the brand new album of the...

Per Steinar Lie - lapsteel, electric guitar
Øystein Braut - guitar, organ, Mellotron
Julius Lind - double bass
Ørjan Haaland – drums
Sigbjørn Apeland - harmonium, Fender Rhodes
Ståle Liavik Solberg - percussion

“The band describe themselves as a spaced-out, instrumental lounge rock outfit, with added vibes of folk music, jazzy surf, psychedelia, free improvised chill-out, jangly post-rock, and travelling bass. Not much to add here, apart from possibly a pinch of krautrock..

Mastered from the original Vertigo tapes.

“Another thrilling, funky-prog jazzy-rock fusion beauty from Ian Carr's Nucleus. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians.
Alleycat was the last Nucleus album...

“Sow Your Gold in the White Foliated Earth exists first as a curator's fancy - in this case from Oslo's Ultima Festival for contemporary music in 2014. The idea was to give revered Norwegian experimental electronic musician Helge Sten, aka Deathprod, access to seminal avant-garde composer Harry Partch's self-designed, custom-made, specialized, invented instruments - an orchestra tuned to just intonation, using up to 43 intervals instead of the standard 12 for the most commonly used Western equal...

"An astonishing record of James and the Flames tearing the roof off the sucker at the mecca of R&B theatres, New York's Apollo. When King Records owner Syd Nathan refused to fund the recording, thinking it commercial folly, Brown single-mindedly proceeded anyway, paying for it out of his own pocket. He had been out on the road night after night for a while, and he knew that the magic that was part and parcel of a James Brown show was something no record had ever caught. Hit follows hit without a pause...

“From 1974, this ultra-rare private pressing is a wonderfully atmospheric album that veers from folk acoustic through acid and heavy rock and everywhere in between with fluid acidic and often over the top fuzz and manic guitar.“

“Stone Harbour was a duo. They played an US heavy psych/psychedelic rock with some psych/fok-ish moments, some spacey sounds thanks the use of synthetizer and some fuzzed hard rock. The results are very good. This album have that underground feeling, in the vein of...

In 1983, when information on the ground was much harder to come by and I was a huge fan of The Work, this noisy, lo-fi, hissy and mostly strange collage of work by The Work was a very special thing.

“Special 2CD edition of only 500 copies made featuring the whole C90 album for the first time re-issued, remastered from the original 1982 tape. Comes in a 6 panel digi case + 2 page booklet.
Originally released as a C90 cassette in 1983, the music on this double CD uses low-fi recordings a...

Tamio Shiraishi - alto saxophone

"Tamio Shiraishi has worked out of Queens, NY since the early 1990s and regularly plays solo sets in the NYC subway system which have become the stuff of legend. Much of Tamio's solo aesthetic is built off of interactions with a physical space.
These ten archival duos represent some of Tamio's work with like-minded improvisors."

This Swedish instrumental band love the classic Goblin and Fabio Frizzi soundtrack style progressive rock. This features folks who have also played with Anglagard, Mats/Morgan and more.
As good as anything as Goblin ever did (and better than some of what they did) - this is the soundtrack to your favorite scary scene playing behind your eyelids.
As the band themselves state, "with their roots in classic progressive rock they make perfect use of Hammond organs, Mellotrons and Moogs to create a...