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BEYLS, PETER - PETER BEYLS (LP)

"Peter Beyls (1950) works on the intersection of computer science and the arts. He develops generative systems in music, the visual arts and hybrid formats. Beyls studied music and computer science at EMS, Stockholm, the Royal Music Conservatory, Brussels and the Slade ...
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BRINDUS, NICOLAE - MATCH / SOLILOQUE 1&4 / ANTIFONIA (CD)

"This album originally released on Electrecord's RCM (Romanian Contemporary Music) series in 1986 provides a selection of works which belong to his cycle PHTORA (1968-1972). The cycle comprises five pieces which are five degrees of structuring collective improvisation, ...
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BRINDUS, NICOLAE - MATCH / SOLILOQUE 1&4 / ANTIFONIA (LP)

"This album originally released on Electrecord's RCM (Romanian Contemporary Music) series in 1986 provides a selection of works which belong to his cycle PHTORA (1968-1972). The cycle comprises five pieces which are five degrees of structuring collective improvisation, ...
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VANDENBOGAERDE, FERNAND - LEA ANNEES 1967-1984 (4LP)

"Metaphon is thrilled to present this collection of 14 phenomenal electronic and electroacoustic works by French composer Fernand Vandenbogaerde, realized between 1967 and 1984. The compositions included in this edition are primarily tape works, meticulously recorded ...
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RANTA, MICHAEL - AZABU (CD)

"Even though only being fully terminated 50 years after its conception, 'Azabu' can be regarded as the starting point of Michael Ranta's creative self-discovery. The recordings that form the base of 'Azabu' were mostly made in the Tokyo district with the same name ...
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ICHIYANAGI, TOSHI / MICHAEL RANTA / TAKEHISA KOSUGI - IMPROVISATION SEP.1975 (LP)

"Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta and Takehisa Kosugi originally got together in the summer of 1975 for an open-air concert in Sapporo. The concert felt like a great success but was unfortunately not recorded. As the desire arose to record together, they managed to ...
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RANTA, MICHAEL - TAIWAN YEARS (CD)

"Three previously unreleased works from the 1970's recorded and mixed in Japan and Taiwan. More than any other of Ranta's releases this album shows his multiple roots and ideas as a composer, percussionist and concrete/electronic musician, building a seamless bridge ...
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RANTA, MICHAEL - DIE MAUER (CD)

"11 track album of previously unreleased music for a ballet choreographed by Philippe Talard. Composed, performed and recorded by Michael Ranta in 1988/1989. Mixed by Michael Ranta and Stefan Deistler. Mastered by Earlabs. Program notes for the ballet by Karla Nieraad. ...
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RANTA, MICHAEL - YUEN SHAN (CD)

"16 track composition for pre recorded sounds and live percussion performed by Michael Ranta (entirely different work from the Yuen Shan CD released in 2005). All material previously unreleased. CD version: 1 CD in gatefold cardboard wallet with 12 page booklet. Edition ...
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CEZAR, CORNELIU - ZIUA FARA SFARSIT (LP)

"Composer Corneliu Cezar (1937-1997) was a distinctive personality within the Romanian post 1960 avantgarde: a visionary of music, a thinker and a prophet, a richly gifted artist also active with writing, poetry, painting and astrology. Cezar was an activist ...
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FESLER, ROBERT - UP RPF78 (4LP)

"An anthology of the intensely arresting work of Robert Fesler (1936-2023), revealing many of his compositions (1975 -1987) created with his self-built synthesizers, with as pinnacle the µP RPF78. Except one, all tracks are previously unreleased. With profound ...
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RANTA, MICHAEL / TAKEHISA KOSUGI - MULTIPLE MUSICS (LP)

"Previously unreleased live recording from the Ranta archives. The creative duo of Michael Ranta and Takehisa Kosugi performed many times in the 1970's and 1980's. On this outstanding performance, recorded at the Japanese Culture Institute in Cologne in 1987, the ...
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PETRONIO, ARTHUR - ARTHUR PETRONIO (LP)

"Born Switzerland 1897. French-Italian musician, poet and painter. Lived in Belgium and The Netherlands between 1910 and 1924 and since then in France. Young violin virtuoso studying with Belgian master violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Played solo violin for Belgian King ...
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BEKAERT, JACQUES - JACQUES BEKAERT (LP)

"Jacques Bekaert (1940-2020) was a man of many gifts: author, journalist, composer, photographer, visual artist, wine connoisseur, radio talk show host, diplomat and expert in Southeast Asian affairs. His whole life Bekaert has been actively involved in music but not ...
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FRITSCH, JOHANNES - KYO MU / HOCHTÖNER (LP)

"Johannes Fritsch (1941-2010) was an award-winning composer, musician, publisher, studio owner, author and music teacher. He studied viola and composition with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and was member of the Stockhausen Ensemble from 1964 to 1970. Together with Rolf ...
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