ALGA MARGHEN

Groundbreaking Italian label, founded in 1996 by Emanuele Carcano and specialised in sound poetry, artists' records, 20th century composition and outsider music. The huge catalogue includes releases by Hermann Nitsch, Charlemagne Palestine, Ghedalia Tazartes, Eliane Radigue, Philip Corner, Walter Marchetti, Intersystems, Anton Bruhin and many others.

"Privately issued by the artist in collaboration with alga marghen, "Running and Chanting and Falling and Ranting" is quite a unique book presenting Charlemagne Palestine complete video production. "Body Music I" (1973) and "Body Music II" (1974) were Palestine's first ...
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PLANA-PALGA044 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Re-emerging from deep Fluxus celebrations in this 2012 summer, alga marghen realized that Philip Corner "Coldwater Basin" LP was instantly sold out. Could there be a better decision than issuing an alternative version of this masterpieces from the glorious 60s, by ...
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PLANA-CALGA037.2 | ALGA MARGHEN

"alga marghen presents one of the treasures of the French avant scene of the 1970s, published now for the first time. An ideal parallel to Jac Berrocal cult LP "Paralleles", the realization of these pieces recorded by Daniel Deshays and produced by d'Avantage in 1977 ...
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PLANA-PALGA035 | ALGA MARGHEN

"New volume of the Avant Marghen series in a numbered edition of 80 copies. This luxury black boxset edition actually includes the forth group of 7 LPs previously issued for the VocSon series and now sold out. Each individual LP record includes a numbered Avant Marghen ...
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PLANA-VAALGA032 | ALGA MARGHEN

"With "Vandalia" Walter Marchetti is focusing his concrete and radical themes. Action Music! The LP, titled "Vandalia", includes "Perpetuum mobile" (1981) and "Le secche del delirio" (1989). Both pieces were never available on vinyl before. The LP sleeve reproduces a ...
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PLANA-M34NMN.083-5 | ALGA MARGHEN

"The LP includes "Per la sete dell'orecchio" (1981), previously privately issued on the LP with the same title as well as "Song for John Cage" (1985), never available on vinyl before. The LP sleeve reproduces the "Song for John Cage" score. The full color inner sleeve ...
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PLANA-M34NMN.083-3 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Walter Marchetti is one of the most original and controversial pre-Fluxus authors. In this work he frees all of his sophisticated poeticism. The LP includes the same materials as the original 1978 Cramps LP titled "In terram utipicam", or "J'aimerais jouer avec un ...
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PLANA-M34NMN.083-2 | ALGA MARGHEN

"The recording of "La Caccia", one of the most radical in the neo-avantgarde panorama for 35 years, is divided in two tracks: "versione all'aria aperta" and "versione per uno spazio chiuso". The sound is generated by hunting calls for birds and other animals. According ...
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PLANA-M34NMN.083-1 | ALGA MARGHEN

"With "Vandalia" Walter Marchetti is focusing his concrete and radical themes. Also including an homage to John Cage. Action Music! "Vandalia" includes "Perpetuum mobile" (1981), "Song for John Cage" (1985) and "Le secche del delirio" (1989). The 8 page booklet presents ...
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PLANA-M30NMN.076-4 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Walter Marchetti is one of the most original and controversial pre-Fluxus authors. In this work he frees all of his sophisticated poeticism. "In terram utopicam", includes "J'aimerais jouer avec un piano qui aurait une grosse queue" (1974/75) and "Per la sete ...
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PLANA-M30NMN.076-2 | ALGA MARGHEN

"The recording of "La Caccia", one of the most radical in the neo-avantgarde panorama for 35 years, is divided in two tracks: "versione all'aria aperta" and "versione per uno spazio chiuso". The sound is generated by hunting calls for birds and other animals. According ...
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PLANA-M30NMN.076-1 | ALGA MARGHEN

"alga marghen very proudly presents the only authorized reissue of all Walter Marchetti original recordings previously released by Cramps Records. An LP sized 4CD box set including "La caccia", "In terram utopicam", "Per la sete dell'orecchio", "Natura morta" and ...
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PLANA-M30NMN.076-1/4 | ALGA MARGHEN

"alga marghen presents one of the most impressive sound poetry anthologies ever published, introducing you to the sound works of the Nouveau Realiste artist François Dufrene. His work, along with that of Gil J Wolman and Brion Gysin, was a strong influence for ...
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PLANA-D19VOCSON078 | ALGA MARGHEN

"After releasing the first LPs ever published by Isidore Isou, Gil J Wolman, Hidalgo & Marchetti's ZAJ... here is another historical premiere, or the first LP ever issued by French pre-situationist Jean-Louis Brau. Jean-Louis Brau (1930-1985) at the age of 20 joined ...
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PLANA-B22VOCSON084 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Presented here for the first time, "Ephemere I & II" (for tape, or to be played with various instruments) are two previously unpublished masterpieces which represent for several reasons a very specific moment in the creative life and catalogue of Luc Ferrari. In the ...
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PLANA-F33NMN.08 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Monofonicorchestra is not a disc recorded in mono / is not ambient music / is not funky / is not experimental music / is not funny / Monofonicorchestra is not avant-garde / is not pop / is not op / is not dada / Monofonicorchestra is not fashion / is not hard-core / ...
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PLANA-M15TES.075 | ALGA MARGHEN

"alga marghen proudly presents one of the highlights of his catalogue, an exclusive LP with the recordings of Takis electro-magnetic sculptures. Takis is the originator of this new approach to the musicality of sound which consists in laying bare the repetitious ...
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PLANA-TALGA30 | ALGA MARGHEN

"After surfacing briefly in 2007 in a very limited number of copies on slim-jewel-box together with the "Artkoustics" catalogue, alga marghen is now proud to presents the final edition of Modern Shit, a very singular chapter in the Amos/It's War Boys/Milk from ...
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PLANA-M14TES.071 | ALGA MARGHEN

"For the realization of "Spacecraft", recorded in Koln in 1967, MEV were Frederic Rzewski (amplified glass and springs), Alvin Curran (electric percussion, trumpet, voice), Richard Teitelbaum (moog synthesizer), Allen Bryanta (homemade synthesizer), Ivan Vandor (alto ...
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PLANA-M15NMN.038 | ALGA MARGHEN

"This CD of previously unavailable recordings not only presents you Charlemagne Palestine activities in 1974, collaborating with some of most important experimental artists and composers from either the New York loft scene and Cal Arts, but also features world premiere ...
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PLANA-P28NMN.068 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Alga Marghen presents one of the most impressive sound poetry anthologies ever published, introducing you to the sound works of the Nouveau Realiste artist, Francois Dufrene. His work, along with that of Gil J Wolman and Brion Gysin, was a strong influence for ...
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19VOCSON070 | ALGA MARGHEN

"François Dufrêne (1930-1982) is one of the leading artists from the post-war European and French art scene. He played a key role in many of the initiatives of Lettrism, Nouveau Réalisme and sound poetry. In François Dufrêne's oeuvre, art and poetry intersect in a ...
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9789727391790 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Recordings from the legendary Judson Dance Theater in New York (1958-64) feat. Michael Corner, Jim Fulkerson, Daniel Goode, Dick Higgins, Malcolm Goldstein, Norma Marder, Max Nauhaus. Digipack first press of 1000 copies, including a 12 pages booklet with liner notes, ...
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PLANA-C25NMN.056 | ALGA MARGHEN

"Recordings from the legendary Judson Dance Theater in New York (1959-71) feat. A-yo, David Behrman, Jim Fulkerson, Malcom Goldstein, Dick Higgins, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Jackson Mac Low, Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, Chieko Shiomi. Digipack first press of 1000 ...
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PLANA-C24NMN.055 | ALGA MARGHEN

Contains "Assassins 1", Assassins 2" (recorded in 1977), "Assasins 3" and "Assassins 4" (recorded in 2005).
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PLANA-11TES.063M | ALGA MARGHEN