Cuneiform releases

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Adasiewicz, Jason - Varmint Rune 292

Adasiewicz, Jason - Varmint

Rune 292

"Vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz is emerging as one of the most interesting bandleaders and composers in modern creative improvised jazz. ...Adasiewicz has assembled a quintet of astounding musical proportion and depth, playing his tricky music that seems to have no limits of imagination, wit or wisdom." – All Music Guide

"Their second album, Varmint, shows growth exactly where it was needed. The compositions are better developed, the playing more relaxed and fluid, and the record better...

$15.00

Adasiewicz, Jason - Varmint Rune 292

 
Ahleuchatistas - Even in the Midst... Rune 261

Ahleuchatistas - Even in the Midst...

Rune 261

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...

$15.00

Ahleuchatistas - Even in the Midst... Rune 261

 
Ahleuchatistas - What You Will Rune 221

Ahleuchatistas - What You Will

Rune 221

Third and best yet from this amazing instrumental, post-Beefheart, avant-technical, improv-core, math-metal, art-damage, punk-rock power trio from Asheville, NC.
Using the simple and classic skeleton of guitar, bass and drums, these three make powerful music that is undeniably 'rock' but is also undeniably much wider in musical influences than what one would imagine in such rock-based work.
For example, the opening song is Remember Rumsfeld at Abu Ghraib; of course we all know what that title...

$15.00

Ahleuchatistas - What You Will Rune 221

 
Ahvak - Ahvak RUNE 185

Ahvak - Ahvak

RUNE 185

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...

$15.00

Ahvak - Ahvak RUNE 185

 
Algernon - Ghost Surveillance RUNE297

Algernon - Ghost Surveillance

RUNE297

Algernon are one of Chicago's fastest rising young bands. They have a great post-rock/avant-progressive/modern progressive, instrumental sound. They feature a unique line-up of dual guitars, vibes, bass and drums. The band is led by guitarist and...

$15.00

Algernon - Ghost Surveillance RUNE297

 
Beat Circus - Boy From Black Mountain RUNE294

Beat Circus - Boy From Black Mountain

RUNE294

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...

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Beat Circus - Boy From Black Mountain RUNE294

 
Beat Circus - Dreamland Rune 264

Beat Circus - Dreamland

Rune 264

"Brian Carpenter’s narrative songs evoke cabaret, Wild West saloons, circus sideshows, and Old World gypsies...but the prodigious musicianship and stylistic miscegenation is all modern; the results, refreshingly entertaining."-All About Jazz NY

"Beat Circus has created a singular intriguing sonic identity by filtering certain bizarre old-time American and European pre-jazz styles through a progressive contemporary fearlessness."-Weekly Planet

Beat Circus was formed in 2002 by...

$15.00

Beat Circus - Dreamland Rune 264

 
Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Dancing On A'A CD RUNE 69

Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Dancing On A'A CD

RUNE 69

Low stock warning! Less than 12 copies remain and this is not being reprinted!

Released in 1995, this was the first release by the fantastic, current line-up of the band (Michael Bierylo-guitars and computer, Erik Lindgren-keyboards, Rick Scott...

$22.00

Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Dancing On A'A CD RUNE 69

 
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dawn of the Cycads: The Complete Ace of Hearts Recordings (1983-1987) 2 x CDs Rune 274-275

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dawn of the Cycads: The Complete Ace of Hearts Recordings (1983-1987) 2 x CDs

Rune 274-275

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...

$21.00

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dawn of the Cycads: The Complete Ace of Hearts Recordings (1983-1987) 2 x CDs Rune 274-275

 
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Oral Moses - Extreme Spirituals RUNE241

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Oral Moses - Extreme Spirituals

RUNE241

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...

$15.00

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Oral Moses - Extreme Spirituals RUNE241

 
Bjorkenheim, Raoul/Krakatau - Ritual RUNE 86

Bjorkenheim, Raoul/Krakatau - Ritual

RUNE 86

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-...

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Bjorkenheim, Raoul/Krakatau - Ritual RUNE 86

 
Borden, David - The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 9-12 RUNE 16

Borden, David - The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 9-12

RUNE 16

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...

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Borden, David - The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 9-12 RUNE 16

 
Brown vs Brown - Odds and Unevens RUNE293

Brown vs Brown - Odds and Unevens

RUNE293

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...

$15.00

Brown vs Brown - Odds and Unevens RUNE293

 
Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune Rune 276

Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune

Rune 276

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...

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Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune Rune 276

 
Claudia Quintet - For RUNE247

Claudia Quintet - For

RUNE247

Since their founding in the late 1990s, The Claudia Quintet has walked a unique path in contemporary jazz. Unlike most jazz ensembles where the particular musicians may come and go, drummer, composer and leader John Hollenbeck always wanted Claudia...

$15.00

Claudia Quintet - For RUNE247

 
Claudia Quintet - I, Claudia RUNE 187

Claudia Quintet - I, Claudia

RUNE 187

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...

$15.00

Claudia Quintet - I, Claudia RUNE 187

 
Claudia Quintet - Semi-Formal Rune 217

Claudia Quintet - Semi-Formal

Rune 217

The Claudia Quintet is proof positive that the pessimists were wrong: jazz is not dead, despite being embalmed by major labels and confined by some musicians to dead ends. In the works of this sensational NY-based, 'jazz and beyond' ensemble, jazz has broken through its rigid shell and been reborn in shimmering and beautifully alluring new form. It lives and breathes in music that melds influences from classical minimalism, new music composition, and progressive and post-rock with an astonishingly fresh...

$15.00

Claudia Quintet - Semi-Formal Rune 217

 
Claudia Quintet with Gary Versace - Royal Toast Rune 307

Claudia Quintet with Gary Versace - Royal Toast

Rune 307

Royal Toast is the long-awaited fifth release by this wonderful and undefinable ensemble. Led by twice Grammy-nominated drummer/composer John Hollenbeck, who The Village Voice called, "...superb, technically ingenious... passionate and serious...

$15.00

Claudia Quintet with Gary Versace - Royal Toast Rune 307

 
Cosmologic - Eyes in the Back of My Head RUNE263

Cosmologic - Eyes in the Back of My Head

RUNE263

"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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$15.00

Cosmologic - Eyes in the Back of My Head RUNE263

 
Creely, Robert/Steve Swallow/David Torn/Chris Massey/David CasT - Have We Told You All You'd Thought To Know? RUNE 144

Creely, Robert/Steve Swallow/David Torn/Chris Massey/David CasT - Have We Told You All You'd Thought To Know?

RUNE 144

Robert Creeley is one of Americas greatest living poets; he was the link between the beat poets of Greenwich Village and those of Black Mountain College. Creeley has long acknowledged the influence of jazz & improvised music on his work. In this collab...

$15.00

Creely, Robert/Steve Swallow/David Torn/Chris Massey/David CasT - Have We Told You All You'd Thought To Know? RUNE 144

 
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