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$20.38

back in stock as of
july 21st, 2008

first in stock on
april 4th, 2008

threads:
minimalism-drones
modern-composition
sound-art
live-electronic

alga marghen (italy) #alga nmn28 cd

charlemagne palestine “sharing a sonority” compact disc

charlemagne palestine & terry jennings - short & sweet (11:13) 1974
charlemagne palestine & robert feldman - electronic and flute (5:56) 1967
fundamental d flat group (palestine, conrad, & chatham) - db (32:05) 1974

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "db"

march 2008 release - fourth in alga marghen’s “golden” series / survey of charlemagne palestine’s work, including three pieces recorded in 1967 & 1974 - most notably the only available recording of the short-lived fundamental d flat group (charlemagne palestine, tony conrad, & rhys chatham) but also a mellow cale / riley-esque duet between palestine & terry jennings and an remarkable live-electronic duet with robert feldman ...

the “db” piece, recorded shortly after tony’s collaboration with faust, hits on a bunch of similar touchstones & is worth the price of admission alone ... highly recommended !!!

alga marghen press release...

c h a r l e m a g n e p a l e s t i n e
sharing a sonority
with terry jenning, tony conrad, rhys chatham, bob feldman
(cat no. plana-p 28nmn.068)
digipack cd
edition of 1000 copies

alga marghen proudly presents a new chapter in the documentation series of charlemagne palestine historical works. 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 recordings of terry jennings and the fundamental d flat group.

"short & sweet" is the title of a breathtaking duo for piano and sax performed on april 24th by charlemagne palestine and terry jennings. the two composers happened to play together in very private concerts at cal arts, but never recorded those sessions, untill a special day when charlemagne happened to have a little taperecorder around. the recording was considered lost for more than 30 years when finally a copy was found thanks to tony conrad. the piano part reminds some of the early pieces by charlemagne palestine titled piano drones (as the one pre-dating of a couple of years this duo and presented on the "continuous sound forms" cd issued on alga marghen. the liner notes of the same cd mention this duo with terry jennings at the time considered lost). terry jennings’ soprano sax is very elaborated and decorative (reminding the only other recording ever issued by this important outsider and la monte young friend, or the sax and cello duo with charlotte moorman present in "cello anthology" 4cd boxset issued on alga marghen).

around 1967 charlemagne was experimenting mainly with voice and electronic. he also occasionally recorded piano and sax improvisations with his friend bob feldman. this cd featured a very special duo by palestine and feldman playing electronic and flute. the two artists met in 1961 when bob feldman worked in a jazz record shop in the times square subway station. palestine didn’t know much about jazz and feldman guided him through the new progressive jazz styles of the times. later at the intermedia center of nyu where they had a buchla synthesizer (you can listen to charlemagne palestine electronic music studies as presented in "in-mid-air" cd issued on alga marghen). charlemagne and bob feldman experimented there between jazz raga and electronic. very little was recorded. this is one rare duet that dates probably from around 1967 (bob feldman also plays with charlemagne palestine and tony conrad in the historic recording of "alloy" for wbai in 1969 released on golden1 cd on alga marghen).

the last track on this cd is the first 30 minutes recording from april 22nd, 1972 by the fundamental d flat group performing in db. during one trip back to nyc from cal arts, charlemagne palestine was invited by tony conrad (together with rhys chatham) to albright college in new jersey for a sunday afternoon concert. that was the first and last time the fundamental d flat group played in public (tony conrad: violin, horn, string drone. rhys chatham: flute, organ, string drone. charlemagne palestine: voice, pipes, snifter). although the piece lasted all afternoon the first 30 minutes were the only portion recorded during the performance. the fundamental d flat group invite you to listen and meditate in the mode of db. to hear one one is to enter the deepest realm of knowledge of the sound current. the ear, the understanding, and the core of the spirit resonate to the mode of the single tone and its harmonic family. you read, and hear, and feel the empathy of human spirit. the body will channel the knowledge of the single note stronger and stronger, the more you hear. welcome to the fundamental d flat group.

this cd is included in a beatiful digipack full colour sleeve with photos and liner notes. the edition presents some of the best recordings ever issued by charlemagne palestine, a highlight in the alga marghen catalogue and a unique chance to listen to the core of charlemagne palestine golden research real, unedited, original sonorites.

$21.54

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
modern-psych
folk

audika (usa) #au 1005 cd

arthur russell “first thought best thought” double compact disc set

instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (5:19)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (1:56)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (1:11)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (5:43)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (2:38)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (2:11)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (2:32)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (0:57)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (2:02)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 1 (0:30)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 2, part i (6:33)instrumentals - 1974 volume 2, part ii (9:57)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 2, part iii (6:45)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 2, part iii (5:18)
instrumentals - 1974 volume 2, part iii (2:36)
reach one (with two fender rhodes) (16:30)
tower of meaning (2:03)
tower of meaning (6:01)
tower of meaning (2:05)
tower of meaning (2:49)
tower of meaning (6:22)
tower of meaning (3:37)
tower of meaning (21:39)
sketch for the face of helen (9:43)

audika press release...

first thought best thought
(au-1005-2)

release date: april 4, 2006

before disco, and before the transcendent echoes, arthur russell wanted to be a composer. his journey began in 1972, leaving iowa to study indian classical composition with ali akbar khan in northern california and ending two years later in new york at the manhattan school of music. in that brief period arthur met and worked with several musicians and poets that would guide his work throughout the remainder of the decade: allen ginsburg, christian wolff, jackson maclow, rhys chatham, philip glass, elodie lauten, and ernie brooks.

first thought best thought collects arthur russell's out of print instrumental and orchestral compositions along with over 45 minutes of previously unreleased material on 2 cd's.

initially intended to be performed in one 48-hour cycle, "instrumentals" was in fact only performed briefly in excerpts as a work in progress. the legendary performances captured live in new york at the kitchen and franklin st. arts center include the cream of that eras downtown new music scene including ernie brooks, rhys chatham, jon gibson, peter gordon, garrett list, andy paley, dave van tiegham, and peter zummo. included here is the previously unreleased "instrumentals" vol. 1 along with "instrumentals" vol. 2 that has been out of print for over twenty years. originally released in 1984, sections of "instrumentals" vol. 2 were incorrectly mastered at half speed, and have been corrected for this compilation.

reach one is one of arthur's earliest compositions dating back to 1973. the hypnotic soundscape was written and performed for two fender rhodes pianos.

one of the holy grails in arthur's discography, tower of meaning is a beautiful and stunningly moving orchestral work. conducted by the late julius eastman, tower of meaning was originally released in a limited private edition of only 320 copies.

inspired by his work with friend and composer arnold dreyblatt, sketch for the face of helen was recorded with an electronic tone generator, keyboard and ambient recordings of a rumbling tugboat from the hudson river.

first thought best thought is an essential collection of the lost instrumental treasures from arthur russell's vast archive and brings the genius of his legacy closer into focus. packaged with a 16 page color booklet + o-card of archival images and essays by former modern lover ernie brooks and audika's steve knutson.

$13.47

new to stock as of
june 22nd, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
live-electronic
minimalism-drones

lovely (usa) #l 1042 cd

david behrman “leapday night” compact disc

leapday night, scene 1 (6:30)
leapday night, scene 2 (6:36)
leapday night, scene 3 (8:38)
a traveller's dream journal, setting a (9:22)
a traveller's dream journal, setting b (9:20)
interspecies smalltalk, part 1 (9:38)
interspecies smalltalk, part 2 (11:54)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "interspecies smalltalk"

lovely press release...

leapday night
david behrman

david behrman, electronics; takehisa kosugi, violin; ben neill and rhys chatham, trumpets

a series of three pieces/suites; 'leapday night', 'a traveler's dream journal', and 'interspecies smalltalk' involving rhys chatham / ben neill (on trumpet/mutantrumpet), fluxus mainstay takehisa kosugi (violin), and behrman himself on electronics. behrman creates thickly layered liquid sounds utilizing this complex computer music system which absorbs, actually hears, the sounds of instrumentalists, then plays off their improvisations with its own synthesized reactions. the system consists of pitch sensors ("ears" with which it listens to the performing musicians), various music synthesizers (some homemade), a computer graphics color video display and a personal computer.

$23.18

new to stock as of
february 29th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-composition
minimalism-drones

table of the elements (usa) #toe 813 cd

rhys chatham “guitar trio is my life !” triple compact disc set

guitar trio pt. 1, brooklyn (19:27)
guitar trio pt. 2, chicago (23:34)
guitar trio pt. 1, buffalo (21:15)
guitar trio pt. 2, toronto (19:20)
guitar trio pt. 1, montreal (22:24)
guitar trio pt. 2, cleveland (16:35)
guitar trio pt. 1, minneapolis (6:45)
guitar trio pt. 2, milwaukee (19:04)
guitar trio pt. 1, chicago (30:23)
guitar trio pt. 2, brooklyn (16:27)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "guitar trio pt. 2, milwaukee"

... as psyched i am for this mammoth set of alternating renditions of rhys chatham’s “guitar trio pt. 1” and “guitar trio pt.2” - i can’t help but be a little bummed at the omission of either of the boston takes (which, to my amp-damaged ears, sounded quite fine w/chris brokaw, david daniell, winston bramman, myself, and the devil music guys essentially playing a single-chord to a sold-out allston-rock-city crowd for over an hour) - but that’s neither here nor there ...

what you do get from this excellent triple-disc box are takes from the brooklyn, buffalo, chicago, cleveland, milwaukee, minneapolis, montreal, and toronto stagings of the piece during february 2007, performed with ludicrously high levels of energy by chatham himself, along with such notables as andrew broder, tony conrad, david daniell, kim gordon, alan licht, robert longo, rob “lichens” lowe, doug mccombs, thurston moore, jon mueller, harris newman, jeff parker, lee ranaldo, chris rosenau, adam & ben vida, etc ...

if you don’t know the piece ; it’s essentially an exercise in yielding what chatham himself describes as “choiring” - a heavy, upper-register buildup of harmonic movement that results when so many guitar players, over 20 minutes, slowly work across an open e minor chord from the low e to the high e, at deafening volume, while a single drummer keeps time on a hi-hat (pt. 1) or contributes with a “driving backbeat” followed by a long fill / freak-out (pt. 2) - it’s the ultimate in high-gain rock ‘n’ roll minimalism, really, and because of the open interpretation, the piece can swing pretty heavily in a number of directions given the players - hence this collection offering 5 different realizations of each part by 8 different groups ...

highly recommended as a historical document and as a testament to the piece’s lasting relevance ...

table of the elements press release...

rhys chatham & his guitar trio all-stars
“guitar trio is my life !”

utilizing multiple electric guitars and a single chord, 1977’s “guitar trio” is composer rhys chatham’s signature work, and a euphoric, minimal-punk classic. it’s an inspired amalgamation — the droning, shimmering harmonics of john cale and tony conrad fused with the power and fury of the ramones — that had a meteoric impact. it placed chatham at the forefront of the burgeoning no wave scene; its influence then spread further, as protégés and participants in chatham’s ensembles — including glenn branca and members of sonic youth — folded the sound into their own. “guitar trio” remains a composition with a half-life, an adventure in sound that continues to radiate influence and inspiration.

now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “guitar trio” on an epic scale, chatham musters an all-star guitar army for the 3xcd set, “guitar trio is my life!” the sprawling collection features members of sonic youth, swans, tortoise, godspeed you! black emperor, hüsker dü, modern lovers, silver mt. zion, town and country, die kreutzen, 90-day men, collections of colonies of bees, and many more; even tony conrad gets in on the act. together these artists celebrate chatham’s wordless anthem, with its minimalist origins, rock & roll rhythm, ecstatic whorl of harmonics, and ever-evolving, ever-expanding nature.

so, take a listen, and hear what one man can do with hundreds of guitars, 30 years, one chord, and a skyscraper of amps set to liquefy. “guitar trio” endures.

3xcd set of previously unreleased material;
includes 32-page book with liner notes and unpublished photographs

$14.82

back in stock as of
september 16th, 2008

first in stock on
january 22nd, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-composition
minimalism-drones
concert-recordings

table of the elements (usa) #toe 106 cd

rhys chatham “a crimson grail for 400 electric guitars” compact disc

a crimson grail: part one (20:42)
a crimson grail: part two (16:00)
a crimson grail: part three (19:49)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "a crimson grail: part three"

september 2008 ; this was unavailable for the last year or so, but is finally back in stock !!!

january 2007 release of this titanic piece by rhys chatham for rhythm section (the incomparable ernie brooks & jonathan kane) and 400 guitarists (including jean-françois pauvros !! try to pick him out !!!)

not since “lesson nº 1” have i heard such a triumphant wall of pick-string energy; the massive guitar-amp din that filled the space must have been overwhelming. this room-recording is as close as we’ll get to the event; the distance from the mics to the amps adds a nice ambience, merging all of that energy into one cohesive sound.

chatham’s been on a roll for the last few years; more power to him. this is an essential bit of massed guitar sound that i can and will recommend uncategorically. just plain awesome.

table of the elements press release...

rhys chatham a crimson grail for 400 electric guitars

rhys chatham, the man who rocks the minimalist canon like a hurricane, gathers up the city of light in the evanescent beauty of his latest piece - written for 400 guitars and performed live in the basilica of landmark sacre coeur - with 10,000 people watching and 100,000 more on national tv. as the music shimmers, it offers a snapshot of eternity, an echo of a moment a thousand years gone - and a thousand years yet to come

$14.82

back in stock as of
october 28th, 2008

first in stock on
october 24th, 2006

threads:
minimalism-drones

table of the elements (usa) #toe 073 cd

rhys chatham “two gongs (1971)” compact disc

two gongs (61:38) 1971

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "two gongs"

awesome wash of low-end gong-drones from rhys chatham... but i’ll tell you why i’m excited about this release: yoshi wada plays on it. those of you lucky enough to find a copy of wada’s 1982 india navigation lp “lament for the rise and fall of the elephantine crocodile” will know why this is exciting ...

table of the elements press release...

new york city has always thrived on its ability to merge glitz with grime, creating products that incorporate both high-brow idealism and raw, gritty experimentation. from art to architecture, new york has built itself upon this odd alchemy. the proliferation of trends that spew from the five boroughs each offer forth different takes on the city’s life. from punk to no-wave, art-rock to folk and all other jumbles of creativity, new york births more inspired art than any other modern city. composer rhys chatham’s powerful, uncompromising body of work, his exploration of noise, chaos, composition and calm is in many ways the most direct, passionate musical manifestation of this postmodern way. chatham exhibits an exceptional ability to bridge together the intricacies of classical composition with the kick-in-the-gut whallop of rock ‘n’ roll.

the hour-long two gongs fills the entirety of [this] disc with its ethereal, droning psychedelia. while written in 1971, the ’89 recording documented here features chatham, along with fellow composer yoshimasa wada coaxing heavy, overlapping tones out of a pair of chinese gongs. the instruments buzz and hum, moving in waves from deafening rattles to soft, muted drones. the monstrous noise that chatham concocts is far more akin to the seismic crashes of monstrously distorted guitar feedback than that of two unprocessed slabs of metal, and it proves the composer’s interest in creating a similar world of sound out of whatever instrument currently proved his muse. on disc, the performance is jaw-droppingly powerful, a monumental chunk of glorious noise.

$16.23

new to stock as of
april 2nd, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-composition
minimalism-drones

table of the elements (usa) #toe 056 cd

rhys chatham “a rhys chatham compendium • selected works 1971-1989” compact disc

an angel moves too fast to see (edit) (7:36) 1989
guitar trio (edit) (3:04) 1977
drastic classicism (edit) (3:50) 1982
two gongs (edit) (7:00) 1971
guitar cetet (bonus track not contained in box set) (2:55) 1977
waterloo, no. 2 (edit) (2:28) 1986
die donnergötter (complete version) (21:46) 1985

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "guitar cetet"

... sampler disc for the (o/p) chatham box set, includes a recording of “guitar cetet” not on the box ...

table of the elements press release...

excerpts from the forthcoming rhys chatham 3-cd box set, an angel moves too fast to see

at first glance, new york-born composer rhys chatham might have seemed unlikely to alter the dna of rock; a classically trained musician, chatham was piano tuner to glenn gould and la monte young, student of young and morton subotnick, protegee of tony conrad, and in 1971, while still in his teens, founder of the highly influential experimental music program at the kitchen in lower manhattan. nevertheless, it was rhys chatham who first applied multiple electric guitars to extended-duration, overtone-drenched minimalism. this amalgamation - of the intellectual experimentalism and textural sophistication of the avant-garde with the rhythmic brashness and visceral punch of punk rock - produced a raucous, ecstatic new type of urban music that energized the downtown new york scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, a music whose influence can be heard in the subsequent work of the many luminaries who participated in chatham's ensembles, including glenn branca and members of sonic youth, mars, band of susans and swans.

a rhys chatham compendium is distilled from the comprehensive 3-disc retrospective, an angel moves too fast to see, which includes all of chatham's major "minimal" pieces, from the thunderous "two gongs" (1971) and the no-wave tumult of "guitar trio" (1977) to the brass-based "massacre on macdougal street" (1982) and the epic, previously unreleased "an angel moves too fast to see" (1989), performed by an orchestra of 100 electric guitars. the accompanying 136-page book features dozens of never-before-published photos plus essays by chatham, tony conrad and lee ranaldo and artwork by famed visual artist robert longo. together they present a portrait of a city and a milieu where, for a moment, the raw, the sophisticated, the meditative and the danceable merged.

selected works 1971-1989, including unreleased recordings of his orchestra for 100 guitars

$15.61

back in stock as of
july 17th, 2008

first in stock on
may 13th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

table of the elements (usa) #toe 812 lp
radium (usa) #toe 812 lp

“impala eardrums • a radium sampler” long playing record

rhys chatham - untitled (1986) (5:20)
jonathan kane’s february - pops (6:26)
megafaun - beloved binge (3:15)
paul duncan - silver eagle (4:24)
collections of colonies of bees - athlete (4:37)
neptune - lightning and the flight of birds (4:11)
ateleia - grasses (5:14)
school of seven bells - limb by limb (4:27)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "athlete"

may 2008 release ; first label-comp for this table of the elements sub-series ; something of a springboard for the friendlier / contemporary styles / artists affiliated with the label ... exclusive material from the majority of the roster ; much variety makes for a nice, diverse listen ... lovely milky-white lp.

table of the elements press release...

impala eardrums a radium sampler

for fifteen years, table of the elements has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider musics of various spots and stripes. now, as its influence radiates outward, the label presents radium, its “rock” imprint, showcased here with impala eardrums, a radium sampler.

while minimalist legend rhys chatham leads the way with a delightful unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. it’s a diverse bunch, ranging from the raw americana of megafaun and jonathan kane, to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ateleia and the spectral songcraft of paul duncan. neptune serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor, while collections of colonies of bees and school of seven bells pour forth in glistening, shimmering waves.

together, these eight tracks — all previously unreleased — have one thing in common: a resolute will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches of 21st-century sound.

$14.04

back in stock as of
july 17th, 2008

first in stock on
may 13th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

table of the elements (usa) #toe 812 cd
radium (usa) #toe 812 cd

“impala eardrums • a radium sampler” compact disc

rhys chatham - untitled (1986) (5:20)
jonathan kane’s february - pops (6:26)
megafaun - beloved binge (3:15)
paul duncan - silver eagle (4:24)
collections of colonies of bees - athlete (4:37)
neptune - lightning and the flight of birds (4:11)
ateleia - grasses (5:14)
school of seven bells - limb by limb (4:27)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "grasses"

cd version ...

table of the elements press release...

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