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at43 Tierce – Caisson

Jez riley French, Daniel Jones, Ivan Palackỳ

“A supernatural music that seems to allow the opening, maturing and fulfilment as much of perception itself as of the things perceived (especially sound, and space and time).” Julien Heraud

at44 James Saunders

divisions that could be autonomous but that comprise the whole

Edges Ensemble, Philip Thomas, James Saunders, Tim Parkinson,

Angharad Davies, Stephen Chase & Rhodri Davies

“Resoundingly beautiful” Richard Pinnell

“People should hear this.” Brian Olewnick

Sale price £5

at45 Droplets

Dominic Lash, Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes

A 20-minute improvisation plus realisations of scores by the

Wandelweiser composers Eva-Maria Houben & Taylan Susam.

“with its dramatic and lyrical power, which really captured my attention and completely overcame and overwhelmed me.” Julien Heraud

Sale price £5

at46 No Islands

John Cage’s ‘Four6’, plus two improvisations by:

Stephen Cornford, Sarah Hughes, Patrick Farmer, Kostis Kilymis

“A great CD by some fine musicians” Richard Pinnell

“The entire recording bristles with intelligence and care” Brian Olewnick

Sale price £5

atb-08 A Pauper’s Guide to John Cage & Early Morning Melancholia

Two compositions from 2010 by Anett Németh for piano,

clarinet, household objects, field recordings & domestic electronics.

“Very very beautiful indeed.” Richard Pinnell

“Beautiful, resonant, mysterious work.” Michael Pisaro

Sale price £4

anett nemeth a opauper's guide to john cage

January sale

We are having a sale until the end of the month, with CDs at £5 each, and CDRs £4.

The following CDs are not included in the sale and remain at £8 because we are short of copies:

at07 Obdo (Frédéric Blondy & Thomas Lehn) very few copies left

at10 Lost Daylight (John Cage / Terry Jennings; John Tilbury / Sebastian Lexer)

at13 Blasen (Sebastian Lexer & Seymour Wright) very few copies left

at19 Midhopestones (Michel Doneda, Rhodri Davies, Louisa Martin,Phil Minton & Lee Patterson) Patterson)

CD releases July 2011: Silence and After 2 - cutting edges

Five discs emerging from the increasingly fertile exchange between the traditions of post-Cageian composition and post-reductionist improvisation, focusing in particular on the work of younger musicians committed to pushing the boundaries of contemporary music.

Sale price £5

Recommendations from other labels

Below are some discs released on other labels that you might enjoy if you like the music on Another Timbre. The list is by no means exhaustive; there are plenty of excellent discs that I just haven’t heard yet. But these are some recommendations that I can vouch for.

Lee Noyes & Sally Ann McIntyre - To Orient themselves with Coastlines Very nice minimal electroacoustic duo from New Zealand On Ideal State

Bruno Duplant - Slow Breath Lovely ultra-minimal solo piece by French composer-improviser

On B-boim

Keith Rowe - Concentration of the Stare Table-top guitarist’s solo contemplation of Rithko’s works, recorded in the Rothko Chapel in Houston. On Bottrop-boy

Haptic - Scilens Beautiful (perhaps too beautiful for me?) trio constructions for a rich and wide range of instruments and objects. On Entr’acte

Hong Chulki, Jin Sangtae & Kevin Parks Powerful trio improvisations from Korea. On Celadon

Keith Rowe & John Tilbury - E.E.Tension and Circumstance Beautiful improvisation recorded live in Paris by two of the very best. On Potlatch

Christian Wolff - Compositions 1950 - 1972 Lovely double CD with some great interpretations of many of Wolff’s most interesting scores from his strongest period. On Edition RZ

Radu Malfatti & Lucio Capece - Explorational Gorgeous ultra-minimal improvisation. On B-boim

3 fine new discs on the Consumer Waste label:

Patrick Farmer - Like Falling Out of Trees into Collectors’ Albums Excellent field recordings.

Jack Harris & Samuel Rodgers - What’s that, mate? Very strong electroacoustic duo.

Ben Gwilliam & Heiner Woermann - card tape drafts Fine music for electronics & amplified cardboard.

Volker Heyn - Sirenes Portrait CD of pieces by a singular and distinctive voice in contemporary German music. On Edition RZ

Derek Bailey - Milwaukee Concert Lovely archive recording of solo guitar improvisations.

On Incus

Toshimaru Nakamura - Maruto Powerful solo work from Japanese master of electronic improvisation. On Erstwhile

Next releases, January 2012

Four new CDs for the new year, each featuring at least one musician who is new to the label, and each exploring an unheard and unexpected area of contemporary music. Available from the end of January.

least Magnus Granberg and Skogen from Sweden playing with Toshi Nakamura and Angharad Davies, Taus from Vienna, Annette Krebs, Magda Mayas and Anthea Caddy from Berlin, and Osvaldo Coluccino from Italy.

Changes at Another Timbre

Since 2007 Another Timbre has produced over 50 CDs and CDRs, discs which we hope have helped to chronicle some of the most interesting corners of improvised and contemporary music. But times and technologies are moving on, and listening habits are changing. Increasing numbers of people hardly use CDs at all and obtain their music as downloads. These changes offer challenges to CD-based labels like Another Timbre. Until now we have managed to break even, but in the future, as the move towards downloads accelerates, it is likely to become unsustainable to release CDs in minority areas of music like this.

We want to start adapting to the age of digital distribution and making changes before economics compels us to. Over the past year we have been thinking about what a label is or could be in an era of digital distribution. This process of re-thinking is ongoing, and we welcome your thoughts and opinions about how you would like to see the label change. Over the next year we intend to radically transform the way Another Timbre operates. Though we don’t yet know the details of these changes, they are likely to include offering downloads in addition to discs, and releasing music on CDR more than on CD. We also want the website to become much more central to what we do, offering projects and resources instead of being just a virtual shop window.

As ideas become more concrete, we’ll let you know more about what we are planning. In the mean time, please send any thoughts or suggestions to info@anothertimbre.com.

Thanks to everyone who responded with

suggestions about ideas for a new

packaging format for Another Timbre

discs. There was a clear majority in

favour of using card covers instead of

plastic jewelcases, so the next batch of

discs in January 2012 will have card

covers - though with a spine, as this was

important to a substantial number of the

people who responded.

Read a fascinating essay by Dominic

Lash about James Saunders’ disc on