Hans Koch: bass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone, electronics, sequencer
Martin Schütz: electric 5string cello, acoustic cello, electronics, sequencer
Fredy Studer: drums, percussion
Christian Uetz: spoken poetry

"What is the...

If you like the electric 70s period of Miles, there's a lot of great releases from the 70s and into the 80s from the Japanese jazz scene that is well worth investigating. This is one of the really great ones from the scene.

Recorded over 3 days in August, 1974, this group was led by keyboardist Masabumi Kikuchi and also features Japanese and US greats: Terumasa Hino (trumpet, percussion), Steve Grossman (soprano and tenor sax), Dave Liebman (soprano sax, flute), Reggie Lucas (guitar), Anthony...

Hans Koch: Reeds, Electronics / Martin Schütz: El-5string-Cello, Cello, Electronics / Fredy Studer: Drums, Percussion / Shelley Hirsch: Voice/Text.

"The trio Koch-Schütz-Studer which has over the last years repeatedly collaborated with...

"The award-winning Macedonian composer, Nikola Kodjabashia, is best known for his classical works, having studied extensively with Anatol Vieru (himself a student of Khachaturian and Shostakovich). But over the past few years Kodjabashia has succesfully integrated a modernist approach into his musical agenda, venturing away from the purely academic curriculum of a standard, classical repetoire, and has become a noteworthy proponent of contemporary ideas.
Reveries Of The Solitary Walker is an oddly...

This is packaged in a very simple cardboard sleeve, as if it were an EP, but this is a full length album by an electronic music composer whose works veer somewhere between television soundtracks, space music and techno. This is championed by, and...

This is a re-working of the unavailable 3rd release by this Ruins offshoot project, led by Tatsuya Yoshida-drums, vocals, with Jin Harada-guitar, Sakamoto Kengo- bass, Oguchi Kenichi-keyboards (of Kenso) & Sagara Nami (soprano voice).
While not quite a Magma-derived as their first, this is still a wild race into Zeuhl territory, with all the throbbing bass, wild, Vander-inspired drumming, & Kobaian-via-Japan singing you could hope for. Really nice & powerful! For better or worse, it has been....

"Sequentaria is Jeffrey Koepper's third solo release. This release features Jeffrey Koepper's exploration of analogue sequencer styles and atmospheres. Jeffrey Koepper has been releasing excellent electronic music since 1985 in various groups and collabor

“From its surreal title and occult cover art to its grand buffet of vintage sounds and period production moves, Sam Kogon’s Psychic Tears is a lavish, painstakingly detailed work of modern-retro guitar pop. But what distinguishes the Brooklyn artist from the psychedelic pop herd is not his access to Mellotrons, Vox Continentals, and Russian fuzz boxes. It is Kogon’s vast and fluid command of chamber pop harmony and arrangement. It’s his long-arc melodic genius and his sweet, understated crooning—the real...

''Makigami Koichi is an incredible vocalist and performer, employing creative and versatile techniques blending Japanese traditions and Tuvan throat-singing with rock and avant garde. Kuchinoha, his first album for solo voice, contains 9 improvisations...

"After 1976's great fusion album The Front Is Breaking, Eero Koivistoinen decided to return to a purer form of jazz forming an all acoustic quartet. Labyrinth is Coltrane influenced progressive jazz that has a particularly nice flow to it - most...

“Kokoko! consists of enigmatic vocalist Makara Bianko and instrumentalists Dido Oweke, Boms Bomolo, and Love Lokombe, a trio of scrappy, inventive players who grew up together in the city's Ngwaka neighborhood.
Lacking the money and resources to acquire proper instruments, the three friends began inventing their own unique noisemakers out of whatever was available. Single-string guitars were cobbled out of spare wood and tin cans, a vocal talk-box was wired out of an old cassette player, and...

"Adam Kolkers Flag Day (on the Sunnyside label) is a knotty pleasure. It may leave your head in a coil (take two tracks of hard bop to unwind), but ride with the twists while they're winding; it s a soft-toned heady trip. Adam Kolker, who plays tenor...

Great sound and incredible performances from the very best year in this pivotal figure’s short-lived career! Both tracks here are from his album Astigmatic, which is one of the most significant European jazz albums of the 60s. Hugely recommended.

"Following Krzysztof Komeda’s Live in Praha 1964, this is another sensational find from the great Polish label GAD Records. Live in Bled 1965 is a never before released concert recording of the Komeda Quintet at the International Jazz Festival in Bled...

Kompendium is a Magenta spin-off, produced and composed by Rob Reed and featuring a wealth of progressive rock talent.

"Beneath The Waves melds the talents of over two dozen artists and ensembles into an astonishing album of rare depth...

One of the most important musicians in Japan, who has collaborated with just about every major music maker in the avant garde since the early 1970s, Kondo has been splitting his time between Tokyo and Amsterdam for the past ten years. A master of trump...

Their first album, reissued. "Once upon a time, in the midst of the 1970s, there was a king, Kong Lavring. Far up north, in the realm of the Norsemen, he ruled. Well, actually he was a band, playing Norwegian folkrock, like few others have done. Not ma...

Lee Konitz / Warne Marsh (actually an Atlantic release)
Inside Hi-Fi
Very Cool
Tranquility
An Image
Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
You And Lee
Motion

“Among the most creative and prolific saxophonists of his generation, Lee Konitz was one of few altoists working in the early fifties who retained a unique style, in an era when Charlie Parker extended a huge influence. An early sideman for Miles Davis, Konitz participated in the legendary Birth Of Cool sessions, whi

"Following up the critically acclaimed 2008 release, Stéphane Furic Leibovici and Chris Cheek return for this second volume, produced by Jim Black and featuring the alto saxophone giant Lee Konitz. An achievement in balance and taste, the resulting...

I read a review of this in a magazine, and it sounded pretty great so I ordered a copy for myself and it was exactly what they described it as, and even greater than I might have guessed. Konono is an African band from Congo, who blend traditional Bazo...

This is a recording of a live performance from The Netherlands in 2003. Konono is an African band from Congo, who blend traditional Bazombo trance music with heavy amplification. The band features three electric likembes (thumb pianos), makeshift percu...

“Cryptic Scattered Images of Time Forgotten, is a musical memorial of pianist and band leader Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer. Like Sinbad, he roams through time, browsing through the chapters of his life with the expansive calm of bygone times, from his years in Novi Sad, through he time at the Budapest free music school, to his studies in the Netherlands, and this way free and contemporary music, dance music, and the jazz idiom all find a place next to one another. He is accompanied by credible witnesses: ...

Fourth album by this instrumental, heavy progressive trio. Comprised of the 3 Kopecky brothers: Joe-guitar, William-bass & keyboards, and Paul-drums, their instrumental dark sound is informed by bands such as King Crimson, Rush, certain exotic aspects ...

Kopinski plays tenor and alto sax, Konikiewicz plays grand piano/keyboards + Steve Harris on drums. "High energy free jazz recorded live at various venues on UK tour during 2002. An unusual and explosive international trio playing a dizzying mix of jaz...

In psychedelic and serious record collector circles Turkish psychedelic guitarist Erkin Koray's name elicits tears from those who covet those who actually own some of his very rare material. This is recordings from 1972/72, and was his first 'real' alb...