Specials - a-musik

MUMMA, GORDON - MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO (1960-2001) (2CD - USED m-/m-)

"Gordon Mumma is best known for his pioneering role in the development and evolution of electronic and live-electronic music. The piano has played a significant if underestimated role in his career. With a few notable exceptions, this collection by pianist Daan ...
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80686-2 | NEW WORLD RECORDS

SUN RA - LIVE AT THE HACKNEY EMPIRE (2CD - USED m-/m-)

"A historic release documenting Sun Ra's performance at Hackney Empire on October 28, 1990, the following night after his already legendary performance with a symphony orchestra in Orleans, France." (label info)
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CDLR214/215 | LEO RECORDS

TUDOR, DAVID / GORDON MUMMA - 4 MOGRAPHS, 2 SECTIONS FROM GESTURES II (CD - USED m-/m-)

David Tudor (1926-1996): Rainforest (1968). 2 versions.Gordon Mumma (1935): 4 Mographs (1962-63), 2 sections from Gestures II (1960-61), and Song Without Words (1996). David Tudor and Gordon Mumma, keyboards and electronics
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80651-2 | NEW WORLD RECORDS

AMIRI BARAKA & THE SUN RA MYTH SCIENCE ORCHESTRA - A BLACK MASS (CD - USED m-/m-)

"Surprise reissue of the most infamous and difficult to procure Sun Ra artifact; originally issued on Amiri Baraka (then LeRoi Jones)'s Jihad label. Originally issued in 1968, A Black Mass was personally distributed by Baraka via a network of radical Black literature ...
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SONBOY1 | SON BOY RECORDS

SUN RA - SPACE IS THE PLACE (CD - USED m/vg++)

classic Sun Ra album, recorded in 1972.
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IMPD-2492 | IMPULSE

SUN RA - SPACESHIP LULLABY (CD - USED m/m-)

"Sun Ra's Chicago activities from the mid-1950's: a collection entitled Spaceship Lullaby, featuring Ra's work with several vocal ensembles from the period. Although similar musings had heretofore been heard only on the rare 7"s compiled on The Singles (Evidence), ...
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UMS/ALP243CD | ATAVISTIC

XENAKIS, IANNIS - ORCHESTRAL WORKS (CD)

MODE299 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 4: MUSIC FOR SPEAKING PERCUSSIONIST (CD)

MODE296 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 9 (CD)

MODE259 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE NUMBER PIECES 6 (CD)

MODE239 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE PIANO WORKS 7 (CD)

MODE158 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 5: FOUR WALLS, SOLILOQUY, 3 EASY PIECES (CD)

jack bruce (!), voice
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MODE123 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE PIANO WORKS 2 - SONATAS AND INTERLUDES FOR PREPARED PIANO (CD)

philipp vandre
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MODE50 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - FREEMAN ETUDES, BOOKS ONE AND TWO (CD)

IRVINE ARDITTI, VIOLIN
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MODE32 | MODE

JOOKLO TRIO - IT IS WHAT IT IS (CD)

This release captures what is sure to become a legendary coupling. Genta and her long-time-partner-in-crime David Vanzan plus one Brandon Lopez, all amasse under the moniker Jooklo Trio. As you can imagine the meeting plays out like a stellar collision, their sonic ...
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RPR1119 | RELATIVE PITCH RECORDS

CAGE, JOHN - WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 3 (CD)

"The Works for Percussion 3. D'Arcy Philip Gray, percussion & bass guitar. 'Composed Improvisation' (1990) for bass guitar, snare drum & one-sided drum, 'Child of Tree' (1975) for amplified plant materials. 'One4' (1990) for solo drummer. Composed Improvisation' (1990) ...
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MODE272 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - FREEMAN ETUDES, BOOKS THREE AND FOUR (CD)

IRVINE ARDITTI, VIOLIN
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MODE37 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 4 (CD)

"Until recently at Cage's publisher in New York, C.F. Peters, there was a box of works which Cage had held off publishing or had simply forgotten about. Among them were the dance pieces, Triple Paced and Ad Lib, Jazz Study and the film score, Works of Calder, all ...
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MODE106 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE ORCHESTRAL WORKS 3 (CD)

"Cage scored 108 for the largest number of players in any of the Number Pieces -- its duration of 43'30" makes an oblique reference to his groundbreaking 4'33' (1952). 108 can be played on its own or with either of two solo works from the same year, One (for cello) and ...
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MODE108 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 2 (CD)

""Third Construction" (1941) for percussion quartet. "Second Construction" (1940) for percussion quartet. "First Construction [in Metal]" (1939) for percussion sextet, with assistant. "Trio" (1936). "Quartet" (1935), "Living Room Music" (1940) for percussion & speech ...
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MODE243 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 1 (CD)

"FIRST RECORDINGS to use the actual 1930s Test Tone records and variable-speed turntables as specified in the score. "Credo In US" (1942) [1st version - Shostakovich], "Imaginary Landscape No. 1" (1939). "Imaginary Landscape No. 2" (1941). "Imaginary Landscape No. 3" ...
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MODE229 | MODE

XENAKIS, IANNIS - WORKS FOR PIANO (CD)

AKI TAKAHASHI, PIANO "This Reissue now contains an added piece: the first recording of Xenakis's 12 minute '6 Chansons,' charming early miniatures written while Xenakis was studying in Paris with Messiaen and Milhaud. They provide a glimpse at Xenakis's early musical ...
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MODE80 | MODE

XENAKIS, IANNIS - COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS (CD)

"Xenakis Edition Volume 10 - Complete String Quartets. "Tetras" (1983). "Tetora" (1990.) "ST-4-1,080262" (1956-62). "Ergma" (1994). The Jack Quartet: Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violins. John Pickford Richards, viola. Kevin McFarland, cello. The first complete ...
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MODE209 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - CAGE PERFORMS CAGE (CD)

"Empty Words (1973-74) with Music for Piano (1952-56). John Cage, voice. Yvar Mikhashoff, piano. One7 (1991) for any way of producing sounds. John Cage, voice. Mode celebrates its 200th release with a special installment in its John Cage Edition - works performed by ...
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MODE200 | MODE

CAGE, JOHN - ROARATORIO (2CD)

1. Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake (1976/79) 60:30. First cd recording John Cage voice, Joe Heaney singer, Seamus Ennis Uillean pipes, Paddy Glackin, fiddle, Matt Malloy, flute, Peadher Mercier, Mell Mercier, bodhran, with 62 track tape. 2. Laughtears: ...
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MODE28/29 | MODE