NOTE - THE ZNR BOXETTE
It is slowly making its way to the light, Joesph is working hard on collecting and work on the booklet. A couple of new recordings came to light. So, more delays. If you paid with paypal and you want a refund, just mail us. Hopefully in March now….
NEW RELEASES
DOWNES, BOB: It’s a Mystery
Bob Downes was a name you’d see everywhere in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s – always up to his neck in something interesting and experimental. Last year I tracked down a composition of his for Alphorns for the Probes series (it will be in No.22) and a few months later he... more »
KOVAC, BORIS/New Ritual Group: The Path
What’s remarkable about Boris is that he has carved out a musical form that transcends genre or even musical content; it’s a music of depth and feeling; and that’s what you hear beyond the notes or style. And he has gathered, over time, musicians who can realize tha... more »
LAST ReR RELEASES
DRAKE, BOB: Arxpilosa
This is such a remarkable piece of work I don’t know where to begin. Anyone who liked the idea-rich, sonically breathtaking and compositionally daring pop music of the ‘60s, will recognise in these 20 perfectly crafted songs a similar mixture of pop-sensibility and ... more »
OSSATURA: Maps and Mazes
After many years percolating, this third release by Ossatura documents a quite dramatic aesthetic shift – including more acoustic instruments alongside the electronic; more settled, cyclic rhythms; more harmonic concord - even a song. On occasion reminiscent of the ... more »
SUBSCRIPTION OFFER
ZNR: ZNArchive Box 3Cds, booklet
Subscription Edition, with numbered and signed item. Available June/July. Boxette containing 3 CDs: Barricades 3, the long unavailable second release Traite de Mechanique Populaire, remastered and repackaged, plus Joseph Racaille and Partick Portella’s... more »
DRAKE, BOB: Arxpilosa (numbered and signed with a special item from Bob)
Numbered and signed edition with a special item from Bob.A handful left… ... more »
Other
THE REMOTE VIEWERS: No Voice From THe Hall
Another fascinating collection of pieces that bring ideas and techniques from multiple sources to bear on a coherent but increasingly original aesthetic. The Viewers no longer sound familiar; the compositional complexities and the seamless integration of improvised ... more »
EVIL DICK: All that Glisters
A self-produced collection of exemplary precision, intelligence and diversity, not quite owning up to itself, though it should. There’s no shame in being good, so the jokey name and deprecating sleeve-notes seem a little out of place; but perhaps that’s a sign of th... more »
DOCKSTADER, TOD: From the Archives
A legendary figure in American Musique Concrete and a maverick outsider, unattached to the institutions and untroubled by doctrine or peer pressure, Dockstader released only a handful of records between 1961-66 – all exceptional – before moving into to the film worl... more »
LIGHT COORPORATION: Radio Full Liv(f)e
This is the fifth CD from this increasingly sophisticated 5-piece (bass, drums, guitar, tenor sax and vibraphone) who play well arranged, long-form, rock-rooted and jazz-inflected compositions, with a good sense of dynamics. This is a confident, relaxed, but always ... more »
DUNAWAY, JUDY: Mother of Balloon Music
Judy has been playing balloons for over a quarter of a century. The practice has a long, if generally undocumented history. Balloons were played in vaudeville at the end of the C19 and were popular with elements of the New Music avant garde in the 1960s. Judy has ra... more »
SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Withdrawal
Historic recordings from 1966, 35 minutes of which were originally made for a film that was eventually never made, another 25 of re-workings of that material that went unreleased for over 30 years, and 25 of ‘Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colours', a suite inspired by ... more »
EASTMAN, JULIUS: Femenine
One of the very rare recodings of Eastman’s music, recovered through dedicated research by Mary Jane Leach. Eastman was an extraordinary character, who has mostly disappeared from the record, his scores mostly lost or indecipherable, and whose recordings were few. A... more »
FELDMAN, MORTON:he Feldman Soloists’ Crippled Symmetry (dbl CD)
One of Feldman’s great works, for three quasi unsynchronized performers playing: flutes, glockenspiel/vibraphone and piano/celesta. Exquisite sounds that just hang in the air. L ... more »
SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ORCHESTRA: Search and Reflect 1973-1981
Another historic document featuring larger ensembles and a wider sampling of the London improvisers pool, including John Stevens Trevor Watts, Nigel Coombes, Roger Smith on all and Lol Coxhill. Jon Corbett, Alan Tomlinson, Paul Rutherford, Howard Riley, Maggie Nicho... more »
DUMITRESCU, IANCU: Live in NEW York, with Either/OR
Recorded at the Miller Theatre, New York ensemble Either/Or (with Ana Maria Avram, piano) perform Iancu’s compositions Black Holes’ Collision, Hyperspectres Galaxy (V) Cosmic Pulse and Unstable Molecules. ... more »
Vinyl.
SUN RA and HIS SOLAR ARKESTRA: I Roam the Cosmos
A few copies only of this previously unreleased extended musical sermon/poem/lecture taken from a concert recording; it has a certain hypnotic quality and is certainly unlike anything else released by the old Saturnian because of its prodigious length. A curiosity.... more »
DVD
FELDMAN, MORTON: Music for Piano and Strings: Volume 3(DVD)
With John Tilbury and the Smith Quartet, playing Durations II, Piece for Violin and Piano, Projection IV, Extensions I, Vertical Thoughts II, Four Instruments, Spring of Chosroes, The Viola in my Life and Trio – mostly works from the ‘50s and ‘60s, though Trio is fr... more »
STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ: Complete early percussion works. (DVD)
The same release as the double CD, Mode 274/275, with video and stereo, dolby digital or DTS 5.1 surround options and three additional interviews with percussionist Stephen Schick, pianist James Avery and red fish blue fish, on the pieces. Just a few copies left. ... more »
BOOK
DIMITRESCU, IANCU/AVRAM, ANA-MARIA: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE MUSICAL TEXT Scores by Iancu Dumitrescu
A4 sized 350 pp book with many scores, a few conventional, most more or less graphic. Fascinating. And if you want to know what gets written down in order that what you hear gets out, this is it. Useful for students, interesting for those curious to peek behind the ... more »
FOUND RARITIES VINYL SALE
CASSIBER: Beauty and the Beast (Vinyl)
Original Nimbus pressing, Hand Silkscreened Cover and booklet.... more »
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MARCLAY, CHRISTIAN: More Encores (10" vinyl)
Long unavailable 10”. Nimbus Pressing. ... more »
CASSIBER: Perfect Worlds (vinyl)
Nimbus Pressing Hand Silkscreened Cover and booklet ... more »
SPECIAL
HENRY COW
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So we do this for a while and see how it goes.
HENRY COW: Beginnngs
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
HENRY COW: 1974-75.
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
HENRY COW: Hamburg.
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
HENRY COW: Later and post-Virgin.
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
HENRY COW: Bremen.
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
HENRY COW: Late.
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
HENRY COW: Vevey DVD
We are so often asked and agree that we probably should offer individual titles from the two definitive boxes for sale, though it’s unfortunately expensive to do, in spite of their being only essential information in the packaging (the detail is in the booklets). So... more »
COLLECTORS.
G.F. FITZGERALD & LOL COXHILL: The Poppy Seed Affair (2CD and DVD set)
A handful of this now permanently out of print numbered edition have shown up. First come first served, I’m afraid. The 30 minute mini-feature film that forms the centre of this release was made in1981 by ‘60’s/70s zeitgeist troublemakers Ian Hinchcliffe, Jeff ... more »
MORE NEW STUFF - HOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY
From each update I will select those CDs I think most remarkable or important - those which I think should be in any living library - and offer a discount for anyone buying them all. There will be 2 categories must have and essential history. Offers will be available for either or both together. If you find this essential library idea useful, I will slowly work backwards and compile a list from the whole catalogue.Essential Library 1
- SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Withdrawal
- JULIUS EASTMAN:Femenine
- BOB DOWNES:It's a Mystery
ESSENTIAL LIBRARY: 03/17
From each update I select those CDs I think most remarkable or important - those which I think should be in any living library - and offer a discount for anyone buying them all. There will be 2 categories must have and essential history. Offers will be available for... more »