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Sven Kacirek - The Kenya Sessions

Sven Kacirek, The Kenya Sessions, Dekorder, african music, field recordings, rural, noncommercial, world music, post-jazz, experimental, Neural, Aurelio Cianciotta, Sven-Kacirek---The-Kenya-Sessions.jpgCD - Pingipung
Sven Kacirek, a young musician who graduated in percussion and marimba at the conservatory of Hamburg, is an author inspired by the many facets of African music. In his Kenya Sessions there's a clear difference between the live recordings and the studio "arrangements"  ... [ Continue ]


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ethnic . experimental . impro

César Bolaños - Peruvian Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (1964-1970)

César Bolaños, Peruvian Electroacoustic and Experimental Music, 1964-1970,  Pogus,  Latin-American Center of High Musical Studies, CLAEM, marxista-burlesque, ethnic, experimental, impro, Aurelio Cianciotta, CesarBolanos_PeruvianElectroacousticAndExperimentalMusic.jpg2CD - Pogus
A pioneer of avant-garde experiments, well defined between electroacoustic and improvisational influences, the Peruvian composer César Bolaños, in this double CD, releases the pieces composed in Argentina during his collaboration with the Latin-American Center of High Musical Studies (CLAEM).  ... [ Continue ]


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acoustic/digital . electronica . ethnic . experimental . free form

Mice - World Tour

Mice - World Tour, Ecosono, acoustic-digital, electronica, ethnic, experimental, free form, impro, jazz, Neural, Aurelio Cianciotta, Mice_WorldTour.jpgCD - Ecosono
As a combo whose typical sounds are very wobbly and crooked, permeated with electronic, experimental and jazz influences, "Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble", traveling 30,000 miles by ship around the world, have created a successful series of concerts, collaborating with and connecting  ... [ Continue ]


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breakbeat . drone . ethnic

Muslimgauze - Sycophant Of Purdah

Muslimgauze, Sycophant Of Purdah, Staalplaat, breakbeat, drone, ethnic, Bryn Jones, drum machine, synth, texture, Aurelio Cianciotta, Muslimgauze_SycophantOfPurd.jpgCD - Staalplaat
From the endless catalogue of Muslimgauze recordings, Staalplaat is still able to release an unpublished work in a limited edition of only 700 copies. 'Sycophant of Purdah' was originally conceived to be published in 1994, and then was put aside, thus complying with the intentions of the artist, in order to  ... [ Continue ]


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audio art . ethnic . experimental . field recording

Gregory Büttner - Walze 1-8

Gregory Büttner, Walze 1-8, Firework Edition, audio art, field recordings, experimental, source material, historical recordings, wax cylinders, German, Walze, recorded memory, the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, disintegration, information, background noise, technical faults, decay, fading, semiotic contexts,  Aurelio Cianciotta, GregoryButtner-_Walze.jpgCD - Firework Edition
Il materiale di base per questo progetto di Gregory Büttner è costituito da registrazioni storiche effettuate su cilindri di cera (in tedesco: 'Walze'), provenienti direttamente dall'archivio del museo etnologico di Berlino, realizzate agli inizi del novecento e in differenti parti del mondo. Operando nuove sequenze  ... [ Continue ]


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electronica . ethnic . experimental . field recording . glitch'n'cuts . microsound

Mahmoud Refat - Mort Aux Vaches

Mahmoud Refat, Mort Aux Vaches, Mort Aux Vaches, electronica, ethnic, experimental, field recordings, microsound, glitch'n'click, Piotr Mordel, The Club of Polish Losers, Berlin, VPRO Dwars Festival, Amsterdam, Aurelio Cianciotta, MahmoudRefat_MortAuxVaches.jpg CD - Mort Aux Vaches
Mort Aux Vaches series artworks are more and more sophisticated. This artwork has been commissioned to Piotr Mordel, graphic designer founder of the atypical "The Club of Polish Losers" in Berlin, Dialog magazine contributor, and skillful here in associating elaborate drawings to a "precious" lettering,  ... [ Continue ]


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acoustic/digital . ethnic . experimental . field recording

Nathan Davis - Memory Spaces

athan Davis, Memory Spaces, Mytoeses Music, acoustic-electronics, experimental, free form, impro, ethnic, Kaija Saariaho, Six Japanese Garden, Chester Music, nathandavis_memoryspace.jpg CD - Mytoeses Music
Familiar spaces whose memory is imprinted in our own brain, explored to the very end by Nathan Davis, a percussionist and composer, fascinated at the same time by acoustic and electronic sounds. It's a union of experimental exoticisms, using traditional music instruments as a triangle, in 'Diving  ... [ Continue ]


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abstract . acoustic/digital . electronica . ethnic . experimental . free form . post rock

The Alps - Jewelt Galaxies/Spirit Shambles

The Alps, Jewelt Galaxies, Spirit Shambles, Spekk Japan, experimental, post rock, electronica, free form, impro, jazz, folk, psichedelia, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Alexis Georgopoulos, Scott Hewicker, Root Strata, Digitalis Recordings, thealps_jeweltgalaxies.jpg CD - Spekk Japan
This release is included in an elegant and purposely oversized digipack, made out by 'The Alps' a group whose members are Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Alexis Georgopoulos and Scott Hewicker. Here they join two previous releases made for Root Strata and Digitalis Recordings. Free form musical structures,  ... [ Continue ]


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electronica . ethnic . experimental

Muslimgauze - Ingaza

Muslimgauze, Ingaza, Staalplaat, muslimgauze_ingaza.jpg CD - Staalplaat
Initially released by Staalplaat in 1999 (the same year of his passing away) as part of the 'Box Of Silk And Dogs' comes out again in an elegant triangular package Muslimgauze's Ingaza. He was a cult artist, politically motivated for the arab-palestinian cause and a seminal experimenter of the ethnical  ... [ Continue ]


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