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Features

A Season of Sizzle: an eai roundup


While it's impossible to keep up with all the developments in electroacoustic improvisation and related sub-genres, Jason Bivins surveys some of the more notable releases from the past several months.

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Clean Feed


Dusted's Jason Bivens rounds up a load of releases on Portugal's Clean Feed Records.

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Creative Sources


The Portuguese label Creative Sources is slowly beginning to gain the reputation and recognition its strong catalogue deserves. Jason Bivins surveys the five most recent releases from this very active label.

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Creative Sources Redux


The unflaggingly energetic Portuguese label continues its chronicle of new areas of free improvisation, as Jason Bivins attempts to keep up.

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Five For4Ears


This Swiss label, specializing mostly in electroacoustic improvisation, has been on a roll of late. Jason Bivins checks in with the label's recent activities, surveying the latest five releases.

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Hatology Roundup


The Hatology label continues to be one of improvised music's most wide-ranging and open-eared labels. Jason Bivins reviews four recent Hat releases that demonstrate the label's vitality.

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Ssssh! Quiet . . . Fall 2007 - eai Roundup


Dusted's Jason Bivens keeps it down with the latest fleet of EAI- oops, sorry, "eai" records.

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Reviews


Artist: 27

Album: Let the Light In

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Jun. 1, 2004

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Artist: Muhal Richard Abrams / George Lewis / Roscoe Mitchell

Album: Streaming

Label: Pi Recordings

Review date: Mar. 20, 2007

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Artist: Oren Ambarchi

Album: Grapes from the Estate

Label: Touch

Review date: Aug. 2, 2004

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Artist: Oren Ambarchi / Günter Müller / Philip Samartzis

Album: Strange Love

Label: For4Ears

Review date: Mar. 23, 2004

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Single-Celled Sonic Organism


Artist: Oren Ambarchi / Günter Müller / Voice Crack

Album: Oystered

Label: Audiosphere

Review date: Jul. 9, 2003

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Entrancing Drones


Artist: Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling

Album: My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights

Label: Hapna

Review date: Jul. 22, 2003

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Rise and Rejoice


Artist: Albert Ayler

Album: Lörrach, Paris 1966

Label: Hat Hut

Review date: Apr. 20, 2003

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Artist: Serge Baghdassarians/Boris Baltschun/Lars Scherzberg/Jacob Thein

Album: Ilinx

Label: FMP

Review date: Apr. 4, 2008

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Artist: Baroness

Album: The Red Album

Label: Relapse

Review date: Nov. 14, 2007

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Artist: Tim Berne

Album: The Sublime And

Label: Thirsty Ear

Review date: Nov. 2, 2003

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Artist: Bobby Bradford

Album: Love's Dream

Label: Emanem

Review date: Mar. 22, 2004

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Artist: Boris with Merzbow

Album: Sun Baked Snow Cave

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Oct. 3, 2005

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Artist: Box

Album: Studio 1

Label: Rune Grammofon

Review date: Feb. 8, 2008

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An Exhaustive Trance


Artist: Anthony Braxton

Album: Two Compositions (Trio) 1998

Label: Leo

Review date: Apr. 8, 2003

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Artist: Anthony Braxton

Album: Solo (Milano) 1979

Label: Leo

Review date: Jan. 23, 2005

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Artist: Anthony Braxton and Joe Morris

Album: Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007

Label: Clean Feed

Review date: Sep. 5, 2008

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Artist: John Wolf Brennan / Christy Doran / Patrice Héral

Album: Triangulation

Label: Leo

Review date: May. 16, 2004

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Artist: Kyle Bruckmann

Album: Wrack

Label: Red Toucan

Review date: Jan. 19, 2004

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Artist: Gavin Bryars

Album: The Sinking of the Titanic

Label: Touch

Review date: Jun. 24, 2008

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White Hot Focus


Artist: Peter Brötzmann

Album: More Nipples

Label: Unheard Music Series

Review date: Jul. 21, 2003

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A Lesser Jolt


Artist: Peter Brötzmann / William Parker / Hamid Drake

Album: Never Too Late But Always Too Early

Label: Eremite

Review date: Jul. 29, 2003

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Artist: John Butcher

Album: News from the Shed

Label: Emanem

Review date: Nov. 5, 2006

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Artist: John Butcher and Toshimaru Nakamura

Album: Cavern with Nightlife

Label: Weight of Wax

Review date: Feb. 14, 2005

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Artist: Cave In

Album: Perfect Pitch Black

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Nov. 9, 2005

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Artist: Cephalic Carnage

Album: Xenosapien

Label: Relapse

Review date: Oct. 11, 2007

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Artist: The Claudia Quintet

Album: For

Label: Cuneiform

Review date: Nov. 13, 2007

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Artist: The Claudia Quintet

Album: I, Claudia

Label: Cuneiform

Review date: Mar. 29, 2004

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Artist: Nels Cline / Vinny Golia

Album: The Entire Time

Label: Nine Winds

Review date: Oct. 25, 2004

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Lackluster Summit


Artist: Conference Call

Album: Variations on a Master Plan

Label: Leo

Review date: Aug. 13, 2003

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Artist: The Contest of Pleasures

Album: Albi Days

Label: Potlatch

Review date: Jun. 11, 2006

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Artist: Stephan Crump

Album: Rosetta

Label: Papillon Sounds

Review date: Feb. 6, 2007

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Artist: Cursed

Album: Two

Label: Goodfellow

Review date: Jun. 12, 2005

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Artist: Daniele D'Agaro

Album: Chicago Overtones

Label: Hatology

Review date: Jun. 19, 2005

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Artist: Danava

Album: UnonoU

Label: Kemado

Review date: Apr. 18, 2008

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Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan

Album: Miss Machine

Label: Relapse

Review date: Aug. 24, 2004

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Artist: Bill Dixon

Album: 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur

Label: AUM Fidelity

Review date: Jun. 23, 2008

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Artist: Tod Dockstader

Album: Aerial 3

Label: Sub Rosa

Review date: Jan. 18, 2007

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Artist: Roger Doyle

Album: Passades Volume 2

Label: Bvhaast

Review date: Dec. 18, 2005

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Artist: Kevin Drumm / Prurient

Album: All Are Guests in the House of the Lord

Label: Hospital Productions

Review date: Apr. 3, 2008

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Not Your Daddy's Metal


Artist: Dysrhythmia

Album: Pretest

Label: Relapse

Review date: Jul. 30, 2003

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Artist: Dysrhythmia

Album: Barriers & Passages

Label: Relapse

Review date: Jun. 15, 2006

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Artist: Earth

Album: Hibernaculum

Label: Southern Lord

Review date: Jun. 19, 2007

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Artist: Efzeg

Album: Würm

Label: Charhizma

Review date: Jun. 21, 2004

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Artist: Ekkehard Ehlers / Franz Hautzinger / Joseph Suchy

Album: Soundchambers

Label: Staubgold

Review date: Mar. 14, 2004

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Via Negativa


Artist: Markus Eichenberger

Album: Domino Concept for Orchestra

Label: Emanem

Review date: May. 13, 2003

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Artist: El-P

Album: High Water

Label: Thirsty Ear

Review date: Mar. 10, 2004

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Artist: Liberty Ellman

Album: Ophiuchus Butterfly

Label: Pi Recordings

Review date: Aug. 13, 2006

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Artist: Amir ElSaffar

Album: Two Rivers

Label: Pi Recordings

Review date: Mar. 28, 2008

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Artist: English

Album: English

Label: self-released

Review date: Oct. 9, 2006

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Artist: Enkidu

Album: Hasselt

Label: Turtles' Dream

Review date: Mar. 28, 2004

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Artist: eRikm & Fennesz

Album: Complementary Contrasts - Donaueschingen 2003

Label: Hatology

Review date: Jan. 18, 2005

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Artist: eriKm/Günter Müller/Toshimaru Nakamura

Album: Why Not Bechamel

Label: For4Ears

Review date: Mar. 1, 2005

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Artist: Ellery Eskelin

Album: Quiet Music

Label: Prime Source

Review date: Mar. 7, 2007

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Artist: Ellery Eskelin

Album: Ten

Label: Hatology

Review date: Feb. 17, 2005

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Artist: FAB

Album: Transforming the Space

Label: CIMP

Review date: Nov. 21, 2003

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Artist: Fabrice Eglin & Jérôme Noetinger

Album: Psychotic Reactions & Lightnin’ Rag

Label: A Bruit Secret

Review date: Aug. 16, 2004

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Artist: Kai Fagaschinski / Bernhard Gal

Album: Going Round in Serpentines

Label: Charhizma

Review date: Apr. 23, 2006

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Assiduous Subtlety


Artist: Morton Feldman

Album: Violin & String Quartet

Label: Hat Hut

Review date: May. 5, 2003

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Artist: Jeff Gauthier Goatette

Album: One and the Same

Label: Cryptogramophone

Review date: Jul. 4, 2006

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Artist: Geisha

Album: Mondo Dell'Orrore

Label: Crucial Blast

Review date: Sep. 3, 2006

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Artist: Genghis Tron

Album: Dead Mountain Mouth

Label: Crucial Blast

Review date: Aug. 6, 2006

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Artist: Vinny Golia

Album: Sfumato

Label: Clean Feed

Review date: Mar. 24, 2006

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Artist: Grails

Album: The Burden of Hope

Label: Neurot

Review date: Mar. 1, 2004

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Artist: Grails

Album: Red Light

Label: Neurot

Review date: Jan. 3, 2005

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Artist: Frank Gratkowski

Album: Loft Exil V

Label: Leo

Review date: Jan. 10, 2005

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Artist: Frank Gratkowski

Album: Facio

Label: Leo

Review date: Jul. 20, 2004

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Spectral Beauty


Artist: Frank Gratkowski Quartet

Album: Spectral Reflections

Label: Leo

Review date: Aug. 21, 2003

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Artist: Guillermo Gregorio

Album: Coplanar

Label: New World

Review date: Jan. 30, 2006

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Artist: Henry Grimes

Album: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival

Label: Ayler

Review date: Mar. 31, 2005

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Artist: Anthony Guerra / Paul Hood / Joel Stern

Album: Low Resistance Group

Label: Para

Review date: Jan. 13, 2005

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Artist: Harkonen/These Arms Are Snakes

Album: Like a Virgin

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: May. 31, 2004

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Artist: The Hidden Hand

Album: Mother Teacher Destroyer

Label: Southern Lord

Review date: Jan. 31, 2005

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Artist: High on Fire

Album: Blessed Black Wings

Label: Relapse

Review date: Feb. 24, 2005

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Artist: Wayne Horvitz

Album: Way Out East

Label: Songlines

Review date: Sep. 10, 2006

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Artist: Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day

Album: A Walk in the Dark

Label: Wayne Horvitz Recordings

Review date: Jun. 18, 2008

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Artist: Isis

Album: Oceanic Remixes & Interpretations

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: May. 30, 2005

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Artist: Isis

Album: In the Absence of Truth

Label: Ipecac

Review date: Feb. 7, 2007

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Artist: Jesu

Album: Silver

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Jul. 4, 2006

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Artist: Jason Kahn and Günter Müller

Album: Blinks

Label: For4Ears

Review date: Feb. 9, 2005

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Artist: Eyvind Kang

Album: Virginal Co Ordinates

Label: Ipecac

Review date: Jun. 14, 2004

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Artist: Fred Katz

Album: Folk Songs for Far Out Folk

Label: Reboot Stereophonic

Review date: Oct. 31, 2007

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Artist: Kayo Dot/Bloody Panda

Album: Split EP

Label: Holy Roar

Review date: Feb. 5, 2007

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Artist: Mazen Kerbaj

Album: BRT VRT ZRT KRT / Rouba3i5

Label: Al Maslakh

Review date: May. 18, 2006

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Stepping Into the Spotlight


Artist: Kent Kessler

Album: Bull Fiddle

Label: Okkadisk

Review date: Apr. 2, 2003

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Artist: Knut

Album: Terraformer

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Jan. 16, 2006

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Artist: Steve Lacy

Album: Esteem

Label: Unheard Music Series

Review date: May. 17, 2007

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Artist: Steve Lacy

Album: The Beat Suite

Label: Sunnyside

Review date: Nov. 13, 2003

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Artist: Steve Lacy Trio

Album: The Holy La

Label: Sunnyside

Review date: Oct. 30, 2003

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Artist: Brett Larner / Joëlle Léandre / Kazuhisa Uchihashi

Album: No Day Rising

Label: Spool

Review date: Oct. 30, 2003

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Six-String Deconstructions


Artist: Brett Larner / Taku Sugimoto / Burkhard Stangl

Album: Compositions for Guitars

Label: A Bruit Secret

Review date: Sep. 8, 2003

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Artist: Joëlle Léandre

Album: For Flowers

Label: Leo

Review date: Jul. 12, 2004

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Artist: Locust

Album: The Locust EP

Label: GSL

Review date: Apr. 21, 2004

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Artist: The Locust

Album: Safety Second, Body Last

Label: Ipecac

Review date: May. 16, 2005

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Artist: Logh

Album: A Sunset Panorama

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Nov. 14, 2005

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Artist: Rudresh Mahanthappa

Album: Codebook

Label: Pi Recordings

Review date: Apr. 24, 2007

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Artist: Mat Maneri

Album: Pentagon

Label: Thirsty Ear

Review date: Oct. 3, 2005

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Artist: Mare

Album: Mare

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Jan. 11, 2005

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Artist: Lasse Marhaug

Album: Tapes 1990-1999

Label: Pica Disk

Review date: Apr. 2, 2008

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Artist: Mastodon

Album: Leviathan

Label: Relapse

Review date: Nov. 4, 2004

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Artist: Joe McPhee

Album: Oleo

Label: Hatology

Review date: Sep. 10, 2004

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Parker and McPhee


Artist: Joe McPhee and Evan Parker

Album: Chicago Tenor Duets

Label: Okkadisk

Review date: Mar. 30, 2003

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Artist: Monno

Album: Error

Label: Conspiracy

Review date: Mar. 5, 2006

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Artist: Joe Morris

Album: Beautiful Existence

Label: Clean Feed

Review date: May. 23, 2006

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Artist: N:Q

Album: November Quebec

Label: Esquilo

Review date: Aug. 30, 2006

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Artist: Simon Nabatov

Album: A Few Incidences

Label: Leo

Review date: Feb. 12, 2006

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Artist: Németh

Album: Film

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Apr. 10, 2008

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Artist: Neurosis

Album: Given to the Rising

Label: Neurot

Review date: Jun. 12, 2007

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Artist: Neurosis & Jarboe

Album: Neurosis & Jarboe

Label: Neurot

Review date: Dec. 15, 2003

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Artist: Lê Quan Ninh

Album: Le Ventre Négatif

Label: Meniscus

Review date: Sep. 22, 2003

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Artist: Larry Ochs

Album: The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage)

Label: Metalanguage

Review date: Aug. 26, 2008

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Artist: Orthrelm

Album: OV

Label: Ipecac

Review date: Jun. 1, 2005

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Artist: Pelican

Album: The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Oct. 17, 2005

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Artist: Pelican

Album: Australasia

Label: Hydra Head

Review date: Dec. 14, 2003

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Artist: Pig Destroyer

Album: Phantom Limb

Label: Relapse

Review date: Aug. 27, 2007

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Artist: Dan Plonsey

Album: Portcullis

Label: Un-Limited Sedition

Review date: Jun. 20, 2004

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Artist: Reuben Radding

Album: Fugitive Pieces

Label: Pine Ear Music

Review date: Jun. 15, 2006

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Artist: Red Sparowes

Album: Every Red Heart Shines Towards the Sun

Label: Neurot

Review date: Jan. 12, 2007

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Artist: Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly

Album: The Speed of Change

Label: 482 Music

Review date: Sep. 8, 2008

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Artist: Terry Riley

Album: Assassin Reverie

Label: New World

Review date: Feb. 12, 2006

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Artist: Stéphane Rives

Album: Fibres

Label: Potlatch

Review date: Jan. 8, 2004

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Artist: Max Roach and Anthony Braxton

Album: Two in One - One in Two

Label: Hatology

Review date: Oct. 18, 2004

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Artist: Dean Roberts and the Black Moths

Album: Play the Grand Cinema

Label: Staubgold

Review date: Nov. 2, 2004

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Artist: Ernesto Rodrigues / Alfredo Costa Monteiro / Guilherme Rodrigues / Margarida Garcia

Album: Cesura

Label: Creative Sources

Review date: May. 10, 2004

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Artist: Ernesto Rodrigues / Manuel Mota / Gabriel Paiuk

Album: Dorsal

Label: Creative Sources

Review date: Aug. 25, 2004

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Artist: Scott Rosenberg

Album: Creative Orchestra Music Chicago 2001

Label: New World

Review date: Feb. 4, 2004

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Artist: Ray Russell

Album: Goodbye Svengali

Label: Cuneiform

Review date: Apr. 9, 2006

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Essential Free Jazz


Artist: Schlippenbach Trio

Album: Pakistani Pomade

Label: Unheard Music Series

Review date: Aug. 11, 2003

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Artist: Marcus Schmickler

Album: Altars of Science

Label: Mego

Review date: Jan. 10, 2008

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Artist: Schwimmer

Album: 7X4X7

Label: Creative Sources

Review date: Oct. 11, 2004

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Artist: The Sealed Knot

Album: Surface/Plane

Label: Meniscus

Review date: Sep. 16, 2003

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Artist: Elliott Sharp

Album: The Velocity of Hue

Label: Emanem

Review date: Feb. 8, 2004

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Artist: John Shiurba

Album: 5 x 5

Label: Unlimited Sedition/Rastascan

Review date: May. 24, 2007

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Artist: Shora

Album: Malval

Label: Conspiracy

Review date: Apr. 9, 2006

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Artist: Simon H. Fell

Album: Composition No. 62: Compilation IV

Label: Bruce's Fingers

Review date: Nov. 23, 2005

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Artist: Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet

Album: Tabligh

Label: Cuneiform

Review date: Sep. 12, 2008

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Artist: Sun Ra

Album: Strange Strings

Label: Unheard Music Series

Review date: Aug. 29, 2007

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Artist: Sun Ra

Album: Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue

Label: Atavistic

Review date: Apr. 16, 2008

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Artist: Taku Unami

Album: Intransigent Towards the Detectives of Capital

Label: wmo/r

Review date: Mar. 30, 2004

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Artist: Tidszon

Album: Unsk

Label: Creative Sources

Review date: Sep. 20, 2004

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Artist: Torche

Album: Meanderthal

Label: Hydrahead

Review date: Apr. 21, 2008

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