Electric Barbarian - Barb Wire
Great avant-jazz project with several luminaries in the line-up. Think turntablism, groovy basslines, edgy and extended trumpet playing and freaky strings. Feat..(read more)
Label: Exco Music / EB 0512
Artist: Electric Barbarian
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Contemporary Jazz, Strings, Trumpet, Turntablism, Vinyl.
Andrew Pekler - Sentimental Favourites
Andrew Pekler enlists The Silhouette Strings and Chorus to present 12 of the most magnificent melodies ever to find their way onto record. And they're hear..(read more)
Label: Dekorder / Dekorder 061
Artist: Andrew Pekler
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Ambient, Soundtracks, Strings, Vinyl.
Ezra Buchla - At The Door
Ezra Buchla's music is both emotionally and conceptually lyrical, clear, and sprawling. He compliments his vocals and viola playing with an insight into th..(read more)
Label: Care Of
Artist: Ezra Buchla
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electronic, Songwriters, Strings, Vinyl.
Harley Gaber - The Winds Rise in the North
This one’s probably more Spectralist than Minimalist (think Giacinto Scelsi, Gerard Grisey, or Horatiu Radulescu), but so be it. Re-release (from a Boston-bas..(read more)
Label: Ed.RZ / ed. RZ 4008-9
Artist: Harley Gaber
Medium: 2CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tag: Strings.
Hollis Taylor - Post Impressions
Violinists JON ROSE and HOLLIS TAYLOR travel 25,000 miles to explore and perform on the giant musical instruments covering the continent of Australia: fences.&n..(read more)
Label: Twisted Fiddle / ISBN 978-0-646-47174-7
Artist: Hollis Taylor
Medium: Book + DVD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Experimental, Field Recordings, Sonic Experiments, Strings.
Paul Panhuysen - Long Strings 1982-2011
An account of the production of Dutch composer and visual/sound artist Paul Panhuysens long string installations, which crossed a range of spaces in various way..(read more)
Publisher: Het Apollohuis / ISBN 978-9071638008
Author: Paul Panhuysen
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Catalogue, Composers, Sound Art, Strings.
Yuri Landman Ensemble Featuring Jad Fair & Philippe Petit - That’s Right, Go Cats
Yuri Landman is known as builder of hybrid string instruments as well as 'conventional' guitars for bands like Sonic Youth, Half Japanese, Enon, Lou B..(read more)
Label: Siluh Records / 037
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Guitar, Instrument Builders, Percussion, Spoken Word, Strings, Vinyl.
Ellen Fullman - Staggerd Stasis
Over the last two decades, Ellen Fullman has been perfecting her Long String Instrument. This unique instrument of her own design is some 80 feet in length and ..(read more)
Label: Anomalous Records / NOM 29
Artist: Ellen Fullman
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Electro-Acoustic, Minimal, Strings.
Maybe Monday - Unsquare
What a group: Fred Frith (electric guitar), Miya Masaoka (25 string koto), Larry Ochs (saxes) and how about their special guests! Notes by the label:”Th..(read more)
Label: Intakt / 132
Artist: Maybe Monday
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Electro-Acoustic, Improvisation, Strings.
