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at05 endspace
angharad davies - violin
tisha mukarji - inside piano
recorded london june 2007
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“endspace is quite stunningly gorgeous.” Richard Pinnell, Bagatellen
at04 hum
rhodri davies - harp & objects
matt davis - trumpet & field recordings
samantha rebello - flute
bechir saade - bass clarinet
recorded london may 2007
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“A strange kind of beauty moves within hum....” Alfio Castorina - Kathodik
at03 frank denyer - music for shakuhachi
played by yoshikazu iwamoto
1. On, on; it must be so (1977-78)
2. Quite white (1978)
3. Wheat (1977-81)
4. Unnamed (1997)
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“The rare beauty of these pieces means that this disc is truly significant. It is like no other.” Boris Vlassoff
at01 tempestuous
the contest of pleasures
john butcher - saxophones
xavier charles - clarinet
axel dörner - trumpet
recorded huddersfield november 2006
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“Music of extraordinary lunar beauty” Nate Dorward - Coda
at06 a life saved by a spider and two doves
max eastley - arc
graham halliwell - electronics
evan parker - soprano saxophone
mark wastell - metal percussion & harmonium
recorded london, september 2007
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“One of the most beautiful sound landscapes of the year. Majestic.” Guillaume Tarche, Improjazz
at07 obdo
frédéric blondy - piano
thomas lehn - analogue synthesiser
recorded bourogne, montreuil
& périgueux, 2003 - 2006
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“It’s in the quiet, contemplative moments that the radical beauty of Obdo is found.” Tom Sekowski, Gaz-eta
at08 an account of my hut
improvisations for shakuhachi & ney
clive bell - shakuhachi
bechir saade - ney
recorded london, june & october 2007
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“A music which seeks out and excites a pure and extremely fragile beauty.” Alfio Castorina, Kathodik
at09 ...de las piedras
esteban algora - accordion
alessandra rombolá - flutes & tiles
ingar zach - percussion
recorded in urueña, spain, august 2007
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“Not only perfectly executed but delicate by its very nature.” Tom Sekowski, Gaz-eta not only perfectly executed but delicate by its very nature. If more groups would take up this type of a challenge, the musical landscape would be a much better place.” - Tom Sekowski, Gaz-eta
at-r01 performances 1969 - 1977
hugh davies - invented instruments
another timbre archive series
limited edition cdr
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“A dazzling array of sounds from the most unpromising of sources....Essential.” John Eyles, All About Jazz
at12 dun
matt davis - trumpet & field recordings
matt milton - violin
bechir saade - bass clarinet & flute
recorded in north london, november 2007
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“Really enjoyable, intelligent music.” Brian Olewnick, Just Outside
at11 for hugh davies
hugh davies - invented instruments
+ adam bohman - prepared balalaika & amplified objects
lee patterson - amplfied objects
mark wastell - cello
recorded in north london, january 2008
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“Totally fantastic....each piece is something of a gem.” Brian Olewnick, Just Outside
at13 blasen
sebastian lexer - piano+
seymour wright - alto saxophone
recorded in london, may 2008
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”Blasen is as mature and spacious as vintage AMM.” Dan Warburton, The Wire
at-b01 centre of mass
alfredo costa monteiro
- cymbal & resonating objects
recorded in barcelona, june 2008
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“Centre of Mass is quite wonderful.” Keith Moliné The Wire
at14 toot ‘two’
axel dörner - trumpet
thomas lehn - analogue synthesiser
phil minton - voice
recorded in germany 2008 (ling)
& austria 2005 (kla)
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“One of the most musically satisfying improv releases of the year,” Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic
at15 kravis rhonn project
annette krebs - guitar, tapes
rhodri davies - electric harp
recorded in berlin, april 2008
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“The most essential lesson this side of silence.” Massimo Ricci, Temporary Fault
at16 electricals
EKG -
kyle bruckmann - oboe, english horn & analogue electronics
ernst karel - trumpet & analogue electronics
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“An inexplicably excellent work.” Massimo Ricci Temporary Fault
at17 lúnula
ruth barberán trumpet, speaker & mics
alfredo costa monteiro accordion & objects
ferran fages oscillators & pick-ups
margarida garcia electric double bass
recorded in barcelona, february 2008
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“The music on this record is magnificent.” Thomas Millroth, Sound of Music
at-b02 dark architecture
max eastley arc & sound sculptures
rhodri davies electric harp
recorded in bracknell, nov 2008
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“This is a truly remarkable document of an extraordinary occasion.” John Eyles, All About Jazz
at02 tasting
sophie agnel piano
phil minton voice
recorded in poitiers, july 2006
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“A stranger, more delicate and astonishing music can hardly have been made.” Rigobert Dittmann
at18 decentred
improvisations and indeterminate scores by john cage and michael pisaro
tom chant saxophones & bass clarinet
angharad davies violin
benedict drew electronics
john edwards double bass
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“This is a gorgeous disc...There is a sense of discovery throughout. “ Marc Medwin, ParisTransatlantic
at19 midhopestones
rhodri davies harps & electronics
michel doneda soprano saxophone
louisa martin laptop
phil minton voice
lee patterson amplified objects & processes
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“Another gem from the label.” Guillaume Tarche, Le Son du Grisli
at-b03 loiter volcano
paul abbott electronics
léo dumont percussion
ute kanngiesser cello
recorded london, march 2009
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“The experience behind the multiple voices allows for an impeccable, commanding vocabulary” Dave Madden
at-b04 control and its opposites
jamie coleman trumpet
grundik kasyansky electronics
seymour wright alto saxophone
recorded london, april 2009
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“Control and Its Opposites is as good as it gets.” Richard Pinnell, The Watchful Ear
at-b05 meshes
mathias forge trombone
phil julian electronics
david papapostolou cello
recorded london, march 2009
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“Every nuanced scratch, popped string, and overtone is placed against percussive attack.” - Michael Rosenstein
at-b06 scrub
léo dumont percussion
matt milton violin
recorded london, march 2009
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“The two build a tensile energy broken by carefully placed pools of stasis.” Michael Rosenstein, Paris Transatlantic
Winter 2007
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London workshop series
at20 arethusa
wade matthews software synthesis & manipulated field recordings
stéphane rives soprano saxophone
recorded in madrid, july 2008
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“Great meditative improvised music.” Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly
at21 the cat from cat hill
Loris
patrick farmer natural objects, e-bow snare, tapes, wood
sarah hughes chorded zither, piano, e-bow
daniel jones turntable, e-bow, piezo discs, electronics
recorded in london, summer 2009
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“With The Cat from Cat Hill Another Timbre delivers yet another gem.” Michael Rosenstein, Paris Transatlantic
at22 empty matter
lucio capece soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, preparations, sruti box
lee patterson cd players, pick-ups, e-bowed springrods, springplate, hazelnuts
recorded in london, june 2009
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“Spellbinding improvisers with a telling economy of gesture and discourse.” Jean Dezart, Le Son du Grisli
at23 and we disappear
The Sealed Knot
burkhard beins percussion and objects
rhodri davies pedal harp and e-bow
mark wastell double bass, bow & beaters
recorded in biel, switzerland, february 2007
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“A stunning recording.” Brian Olewnick, Just Outside
Autumn 2009
The Piano Series, January 2010
at24 the middle distance
chris burn piano
simon h fell double bass
philip thomas prepared piano
recorded in huddersfield, february 2009
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“A truly outstanding album” Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic
at25 heartland
magda mayas piano
recorded in berlin and new york, 2009
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“A breathtaking work, excellently and expertly played.” Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly
at-b07 turned moment, weighting
stephen cornford piano feedback
samuel rodgers piano
recorded in dartington 2009
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“Beautiful work, that maintains an extraordinary concentration.” Stuart Broomer, Point of Departure
at10 lost daylight
piano works by terry jennings and john cage
john tilbury piano
sebastian lexer electronics
recorded in london 2007 - 2009
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“Equally beautiful, challenging and stunning.” Richard Pinnell, The Watchful Ear
