tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - MM 76 (Compilation)
Another amazing disc compiled by Pittsburgh enfant terrible who just might also listen to the short name Tent. Great contributions by musicians of great diversi..(read more)
Label: Own / mm bad 004
Artist: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Experimental, Improvisation, Spoken Word.
Pierre Bastien & Eduard Altaba - Novia 391
Duo improvisations of Mecanium wizzard Bastien and double bass player Eduard Altaba. On Eli Gras’ nice Barcelona-based labe La Olla Expréss. We hear Bast..(read more)
Label: La Olla Expréss / LOECD024
Artist: Pierre Bastien & Eduard Altaba
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Improvisation, Mechanical Music.
Pauline Oliveros and Connie Crothers - Live At The Stone
This was intended to be Pauline Oliveros’ tribute to the life and work of pianist Connie Crothers who passed away on August 13, 2016. Sadly, Pauline Olive..(read more)
Label: Important Records / 450IMPREC450
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Accordion, Female Icons, Improvisation, Piano.
Richard Scott - Several Circles (CD)
Richard Scott’s ‘Several Circles’ is a seamless blend of improvised performances and forensically detailed electronic music that bristles, writhes and gro..(read more)
Label: Cusp Editions / Cusp 003CD
Artist: Richard Scott
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Acousmatic, Analog Synth, Improvisation, Vinyl.
tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - Significantly Different From The Other One
Third instalment in the “MM Bad” compilations of highlights from his “career”, one that spans no less than 4 decades!! With diverse stud..(read more)
Label: Own / mm bad 003
Artist: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '70s, '80s, '90s, Improvisation, neoism, Tape Experiments.
John Corbett - A Listener’s Guide to Free Improvisation
Improvisation rattles some listeners. Maybe they’re even suspicious of it. John Coltrane’s saxophonic flights of fancy, Jimi Hendrix’s feedback drenched g..(read more)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press / ISBN: 9780226353807
Author: John Corbett
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Free Jazz, Improvisation, Music Theory.
David Toop - Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom
An interdisciplinary and sweeping overview,, Toop introduces the philosophy and practice of free improvisation (both musical and otherwise) within the historica..(read more)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic / 9781628927696
Author: David Toop
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, '70s, History, Improvisation, Music Theory.
Keith Johnstone - Impro : Improvisation And The Theatre
Landmark work from 1981- revelatory guide unlocking techniques and exercises used to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic / ISBN: 9781350069039
Author: Keith Johnstone
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Improvisation, Performance Art, Story-telling, Theatre.
Scratch Pet Land - solo soli IIIII
This was the debut in 1999 of the brothers Laurent and Nicolas Baudoux, coinciding with a rising popularity of bleepy scratchy electro-avant-pop at the time, mo..(read more)
Label: Sonig / sonig 14 LP
Artist: Scratch Pet Land
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electro-Pop, Improvisation, Noise, Vinyl.
