Current Update - July 2014
NEW RELEASES
DRAKE, BOB: Lawn Ornaments.
After Bob's Drive-In, which, in terms of production was quite restrained and minimal, Ornaments sets off in the opposite direction, piling up great car-crashes of overlapping fragments in a production that makes rococo look like shaker minimalism. Playing only drums... more »
MACLEAN, STEVE/MeRCy: Future(s)
This CD of songs, grittily arranged and produced is noticeably more straight-ahead than ReR’s usual releases though it sits comfortably within the broad range of Steve’s tirelessly experimental output. This is a project with a long history: Steve and his main collab... more »
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COOPER,LINDSAY: Rarities from the Lindsay Cooper Archive (compiled for the occasion of her first mem
This double CD set collects together, amongst other things (still finalising, suggestions welcome) all of Outtakes for Other Occasions and Music for the Small Screen, both of which were never commercially available; all four pieces from The Classic Guide to NoMansLa... more »
LAST ReR RELEASES
L'ENSEMBL'ENSEMBLE VOLTA, TRISTAN MURAIL: Nuages de Magellan.
Our third collection featuring the ondes Martenot and the most experimental, in part because the Spectralist composer Tristan Murail, to whom this CD is dedicated, was himself a student of - and performer on - the ondes and, in these pieces, he explores some of its ... more »
Other
AMM: Place
Eddie Prevost and John Tilbury, recorded in Lublin in 2012. Beautifully recorded, gold standard AMM concert allowing small, purely acoustic, often hard-to-identify sounds (originating with drums, cymbals and prepared piano) to coexist and converse in an audible spac... more »
TAROZZI, SILVIA: Virgin Violin.
Half the CD is taken up by Circle Process, the result of composer Pascal Criton and Silvia Tarozzi working in very close collaboration - and it’s pretty extraordinary. For a long time indeed, it’s not even obvious what it is you’re listening to. There’s a catalogue ... more »
LOCKWOOD, ANNEA: Ground of Being
Close listening compositions with sound, three of them environmentally sourced and one performed. The performance is of a piano piece from 1996 interpreted by Louis Svard using coins, screws, bubble-wrap, wiring insulation, rubber balls, large stones, a bowl-gong, m... more »
FALCONE, JOHN: In the Wabe.
Duos (mostly) with three excellent pianists (playing keys and quite a lot of inside the body, notably Adolfo Reisin: quite Crumbian). There’s also a typewriter and a cello. And one solo track. Some fine playing, though perhaps a shorter CD would have been better, bu... more »
DEBORT: Error loading Photo.
An interesting, quite traditional, Hungarian band who play in the old Eastern rock style - think PPU - but with a contemporary edge. Rare to hear this today, and it’s nicely realised. Back to proper playing deserves to be supported, especially as here where it’s non... more »
YOSHIHIDE,OTOMO & LOVE, PAAL NEILSEN: Otomo Yoshihide and Paal Neilsen Love
An occasional bulletin from an area we seldom cover these days (it’s well enough covered elsewhere), this is an excellent, nicely shaped, improvised set with Otomo on guitar – a lot of Sonny Sharrock in there – and Paal drums, always to the point. Recorded live at t... more »
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO: THe Pattern Familiar
The Beat Goes On. Charles Hayward (ds), Viv Corringham (vox) and Nick Doyne-Ditmas (b) studio improvisation and composition. Intricate but tough rhythm section, floating strands and hypnotic harmonics. Pattern features, in addition, written horn sections... more »
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO: White World.
The Beat Goes On. Charles Hayward (ds), Viv Corringham (vox) and Nick Doyne-Ditmas (b) studio improvisation and composition. Intricate but tough rhythm section, floating strands and hypnotic harmonics. Pattern features, in addition, written horn sections... more »
THE GROUP: The Feed-Back
Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza released this electronic beat-driven proto-krautrock-style album under an assumed name in 1970, when they were all in their ‘40s - and it really is a fascinating piece of work as well as being a kind of generic Rosetta ston... more »
BUMSTEINAS, ARTURAS: Epiloghi: Six ways of saying Zangtumbtumb
An hommage to Russolo’s Art of Noises, Rene Descartes’ Passions of the Soul and Jacopo Peri’s Dafne, this is a radio work for ancient theatre noise-machines, stage props, harpsichords, fortepiano and occasional voice. In the Baroque theatre, wind, thunder, rain and ... more »
BALLOON and NEEDLE Compilation.(dbl CD)
A very limited number only, imported from Korea. This double CD set is, exactly as it says - a compilation of pieces made either with a balloon, or a needle, or both. Pieces by Judy Dunaway (the balloon queen), Davide Tidoni, Una Lee, EVOL, Attilla Faravelli and Enr... more »
VINYL
SUN RA ansd HIS BAND FROM OUTER SPACE: Space Aura.
Previously unreleased Live recording of a 1966 performance at the University of Buffalo of an 11 piece Arkestra on good form. Programme: piano introduction, Space Aura, Song of the Sparer and Exotic Forest. Well recorded. Nice Sleeve.... more »
SPECIAL
Another scattering of old vinyl for collectors and a Peter Blegvad Special Offer
PETER BLEGVAD: Downtime SPECIAL OFFER
Set of 10 PETER BLEGVAD Downtime CDs with 12pp A4 book of texts written and illustrated by Peter, Signed, numbered and dedicated to buyer.... more »
BLEY,CARLA / HAYNES,PAUL and the JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA OF AMERICA: Escalator over the Hill (3 LP
We have a limited number of mint un-played copies of the original 3 LP in-a-box ‘chronotransduction’ jazz opera, recorded over three years and released on the JCOA label in 1971. A summation of the energies and hybrid musical styles of the late 1960s and a work of n... more »
SANTORO, VITTORIO: Man Leaving Harbour on a Ship (in a Room) LP
Alga Margen LP numbered 107 of an edition of 125. Out of Print. ... more »
FERRARI, BRUNHILD: Tranqilles Impatiences.
Alga Margen LP. Out of Print.... more »
STOP PRESS: UNHEARD AT TIME OF WRITING
AVRAM, ANA-MARIA.DUMITRESCU, IANCU: ILAN VOLKOV CONDUCTS IANCU DUMITRSCU an ANA MARIA AVRAM
From Bucharest Festival, played by the Hyperion Ensemble with guests including Stephen O’Malley, Tim Hodgkinson, Chris Cutler, Maya Dunietz.... more »
BACK IN STOCK
BLEGVAD,PETER: Downtime
The first release by the Blegvad Trio (Peter Blegvad, John Greaves, Chris Cutler). Compiled over two years without the pressure of Peter's major label releases, giving time for the songs and for Peter's singing to speak for themselves. Widely diverse in style, with... more »
BIOTA: Object Holder
Stunning work that breaks new ground; an extraordinary achievement that was 3 years in the making and rewrote lot of rules in passing. With texts and singing by the inimitable Susanne Lewis, the CD also features contributions from Charles Vrtacek (Piano), Andy Kredt... more »
WHEN: Black, White and Grey
A complete new work plus 'Death In The Blue Lake'. Combines playing and through-composition with manipulated and environmental sound in dramatic, narrative, psychological constructions. Quite unique. 'Death' based on a novel; texts in new works by Chris Cutler. Book... more »
SLAPP HAPPY: Acnalbasac Noom
The classic original, version recorded at the legendary Wümme studios using Faust as the house band, later, re-recorded with other musicians and different arrangements as 'Slaphappy or Slaphappy' for Virgin Records. Also includes the legendary 'Charlie and Cha... more »
ROSE, JON: Violin Music for Restaurants
'Violin', a Radio work based on Jo 'Doc' Rosenberg's 'BOO' theory - songlines applied to restaurant tables. Includes theatre, noise, golden 4th dimension standards, vox humana and help from Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne, Alvin Curran, Luc Houtkamp, Joelle Leandre,... more »
MASSACRE: Killing Time
Another legendary release. Fred's first full-on group after Henry Cow - following soon after his move to America - was a power trio with Bill Laswell (bass) and Fred Maher (drums), both from Giorgio Gomelsky's house band Zu - later to become Material. Massacre was l... more »
ZNR: Barricades 3
The legendary first LP reissued. One of the more extraordinary groups of all time; bizarre, minimal, Satiesque, Les Six and Brasilian echoes; clear as crystal, completely impenetrable, innocent and ironic. There never was before, nor has been ever again anything qui... more »
CUTLER, CHRIS/FRITH, FRED: Live in Trondheim etc
Digital recordings from the Nordlydd Contemporary Music Festival and Berlin's Tacheles from 1991. Plus the historic prescient noise-music 1978 analogue recording from Limoges as a bonus. All singing, all dancing, all hell let loose. Float like a butterfly, sting lik... more »
BACK IN STOCK SPECIAL OFFER
Any 3 of the above titles for £30. Please specify the titles you require via the "contact" button.... 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.This update's must have
- SILVIA TAROZZI:Virgin Violin
- ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS: Epiloghi: Six Ways of saying Zangtumbtumb
- THE GROUP: The Feed-Back
THIS UPDATE'S MUST HAVE
1.SILVIA TAROZZI Virgin Violin 2. ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS Epiloghi: Six ways of saying Zangtumbtumb 27 3. THE GROUP The Feed-Back ... more »
THIS UPDATE'S MUST HAVE EXTRA
1.SILVIA TAROZZI Virgin Violin 2. ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS Epiloghi: Six ways of saying Zangtumbtumb 27 3. THE GROUP The Feed-Back plus BALLOON and NEEDLE COMPILATION... more »