INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENS
STEIGER / INTERNATIONAL CONTEM..
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENS
BLACK MAMBA
2019. Italian hard rock band Black Mamba has attracted plenty of international hype after they poured unadulterated scuzz onto the airwaves with their debut album 'Heritage' in 2017. With an all-new line up they've ..
MARINERO
2021. 'Hella Love', the Hardly Art debut from Marinero, is an album about closing a chapter. It's Jess Sylvester's grand farewell, and love letter to his hometown and the place he grew up, The San Francisco Bay Area..
MATTHEW HALSALL & THE GON
2021. Over the course of five albums, Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall presented his soulful music which has resulted in an ever-growing international fanbase. His albu..
JOJO EFFECT
2014. JoJo Effect is an established band / project from Germany with international success. In their genre, they probably belong to the top Ten in the world. The fourth album of the electro-lounge-project comes with..
ASHANA
2011. The infinite heart songs, mantras and chants honoring the divine feminine with crystal singing bowls divinely-inspired¸”the infinite heart ” the new release from ashana, transports listeners to tra..
SNEKKESTAD/FERNANDEZ/GUY
2020. An exciting international trio initiated by Scandinavian improv saxophonist Torben Snekkestad, flanked by two esteemed international capacities in the field of free improvised music - the Spanish pianist Agust..
SNEKKESTAD / FERNANDEZ / GUY
2020. An exciting international trio initiated by Scandinavian improv saxophonist Torben Snekkestad, flanked by two esteemed international capacities in the field of free improvised music - the Spanish pianist Agust..
FERNWOOD
2017. Frail and haunting, beautiful and dreamy, Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery's acoustic music has a sound that is both traditional and contemporary. Highly cinematic and with a strong pan-cultural vibe, they hav..
SON ROMPE PERA
2020. Born and raised in the deep outskirts of Mexico City, the Gama brothers are keeping alive the rich legacy of marimba music running through their family with their project Son Rompe Pera. While firmly rooted in..
LOST AND FOUND
1988. Lost And Found emerged from the same mid-60s Houston scene as label mates Thursday's Children and The Red Crayola. Roky Erickson from the 13th Floor Elevators introduced the band to Lelan Rogers of Internation..
NAOITO
2019. Former member of the Kingdom Afrocks band, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Naoito creates with "dotA" an explosive and unique mix of spiritual jazz, afro flavors and soul. Sung in Japanese and Engl..
NTS (NEJTEK / TICHY / SMETACEK
2009. The abbreviation NTS stands for a joint project of three musicians with different backgrounds: contemporary art-music composer and keyboard player Michal Nejtek, jazz double-bass player Petr Tichý and rock dru..
OCTOBER EQUUS
2019. After six years here's another studio album by October Equus featuring eleven compositions. Flute, bassoon, cello and drums joined to the original nucleus composed by Ontalva/Rodriguez/Pazos for this unique co..
HAWKINS FIONA JOY
2016. Far from the shore, The winds will whisper, 600 Years and I will be home…. Once heard, one doesn’t easily forget Australian artist Fiona Joy’s evocative piano and ethereal vocals. She is often referred to ..
SALES DE BANO
2019. Based in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sales De Baño is a group that brings together musicians of different nationalities. Led by Colombian composer and bassist Carlos Quebrada, their sound explo..
CREATURE
2017. Alfonso Gómez: Igniting the senses (Text by Elixabete Etxtebeste) The preludes / Between independence and unity What is going on with these preludes, that they should not be considered impressionistic nor pr..
BABA SISSOKO
2014. Baba Sissoko is one of the best artists to come out of Mali. Born in 1963 in the capital city Bamako, Sissoko is a poet and singer of the griot tradition, as well as a talented multi-instrumentalist of interna..
CHRISTINA MARIA
2013. Ephemerality and the endlessness of time are the central motives of Maria Christina's debut album The Timeless In You. She has set primarily her own thoughts on these themes to music, as well as texts from Kha..
MINUCCI CHIELI
1983. 1. Stars In Your Eyes (Chieli Minucci, Emanuel Kallins) 2. Got It Goin' On 3. Good Times Ahead 4. Love Is Always Young (Ulpio Minucci, Mark Roberts) 5. Chic 6. Deeper Than Deep 7. Destin..
MINUCCI CHIELI
1985. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......Pensa-Suhr and Hohner electric guitars, Scharpach acoustic guitar, Gibson 1970 SG electric guitar, Orozco classical guitar, Gibson Chet Atkins electric/acoustic guitar, Ovatio..
EXILE ONE
2019. Official reissue of this highly influential world music classic, back available on vinyl for the first time since 1974. Limited to 500 copies, with an insert containing liner notes and exclusive pictures from ..
JUNNO RIONE
2019. History of RIONE JUNNO begins in 2002; in subsequent years "our" coming in steadily , " Taranta Power" , the movement founded by Eugenio Bennato , recognized as one of the leading representatives of the propos..
CRAIG PRUESS
2017. 'Sacred Chants of Shiva' was the first in a series of now globally known CDs, created by composer/musician Craig Pruess, as a direct result of the deep silence, joy and upliftment he felt from his experiences ..
FIRE! ORCHESTRA
2023. This DOUBLE-CD from the unique and constantly evolving Fire! Orchestra features its largest line-up so far, counting an international cast of no less than 43 members! 'Echoes' is firmly placed in 2022 and t..
CHRISTOS RAFALIDES
2012. On his first CD release as a leader, vibraphonist Christos Rafalides' MANHATTAN VIBES have recorded one of the most astonishingly creative, versatile and virtuosic debut albums in recent memory. Starting with ..
AIKEN CAROLINE
2016. All songs recorded, mixed and mastered by John Keane at John Keane Studios, Athens, Georgia. Caroline Aiken – 6 and 12 string guitar, piano and vocals John Keane – pedal steel, acoustic and electric guitars, ..
LA FURA DELS BAUS - SANOU JOSE
2012. La fura dels baus “metamorfosis” / “boris godunov” original music by josep sanou the shared spectacle from day one, la fura dels baus has been, and remains, a project of global creation. &nb..
MOKADELIC
2023. "In 'Django,' music plays an evocative role, supporting and emphasising the mystical and visionary character of the characters. The existence of two opposing realities, sudden changes, explosions, earth a..
MOKADELIC
2023. "In 'Django,' music plays an evocative role, supporting and emphasising the mystical and visionary character of the characters. The existence of two opposing realities, sudden changes, explosions, earth a..
EMERALDS
2023. A twelve-song expedition across a dusty and shimmering dreamscape, 'Does It Look Like I'm Here' has hints of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Temple, Kraftwerk and Can - but Emeralds took that sound and made it contemp..
EMERALDS
2023. A twelve-song expedition across a dusty and shimmering dreamscape, 'Does It Look Like I'm Here' has hints of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Temple, Kraftwerk and Can - but Emeralds took that sound and made it contemp..
EMERALDS
2023. A twelve-song expedition across a dusty and shimmering dreamscape, 'Does It Look Like I'm Here' has hints of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Temple, Kraftwerk and Can - but Emeralds took that sound and made it contemp..
GUSTAFSSON MATS & NU ENS
2023. NU Ensemble consists of an international group of musicians from the worlds of improvised music, free jazz, noise and contemporary music from Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Austria, Italy and Portugal, founded b..
BEKONO ROGER
2023. Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the intensity of the Bikutsi style. The Ewondo-language dance-pop style that forms an undulating tapestry of interlocking ..
BEKONO ROGER
2023. Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the intensity of the Bikutsi style. The Ewondo-language dance-pop style that forms an undulating tapestry of interlocking ..
KZYBOOST
2019. KzyBoost is a contemporary funk artist from Osaka, Japan, influenced by California funk as well as hip hop grooves and nu-soul. We'll certainly hear a lot about this upcoming international sensation in the nea..
FIRE! ORCHESTRA
2023. This TRIPLE-LP from the unique and constantly evolving Fire! Orchestra features its largest line-up so far, counting an international cast of no less than 43 members! 'Echoes' is firmly placed in 2022 and take..
MARINERO
2021. 'Hella Love', the Hardly Art debut from Marinero, is an album about closing a chapter. It's Jess Sylvester's grand farewell, and love letter to his hometown and the place he grew up, The San Francisco Bay Area..
BLOOD QUARTET
2023. Pioneer of the New York No Wave with the bands Mars and Don King, Mark Cunningham has been part of the Barcelona music underground for almost 30 years, performing solo, with his own groups Raeo, Convolution, A..
BEBAWINIGI
2022. Bebawinigi, born Virginia Quaranta, is a singer, actress, composer and multi-instrumentalist, described as "the young Italian Diamanda Galas" by the press. In March 2018, the Radio3's programme 'Batt..
GUSTAFSSON MATS & NU ENS
2023. NU Ensemble consists of an international group of musicians from the worlds of improvised music, free jazz, noise and contemporary music from Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Austria, Italy and Portugal, founded b..
BEBAWINIGI
2022. Bebawinigi, born Virginia Quaranta, is a singer, actress, composer and multi-instrumentalist, described as "the young Italian Diamanda Galas" by the press. In March 2018, the Radio3's programme 'Batt..
LOST AND FOUND
1988. Lost And Found emerged from the same mid-60s Houston scene as label mates Thursday's Children and The Red Crayola. Roky Erickson from the 13th Floor Elevators introduced the band to Lelan Rogers of Internation..
GOEYVAERTS KAREL
2013. Karel goeyvaerts was born in antwerp in 1923. After having received a humanistic education in antwerp, he took courses at the lemmens institute in malines. From 1943 until 194..
CUZO
2010. CUZO explores contemporary psychedelia from a viewpoint of psych rock and heavy rock today (for us this is Voivod is Mammatus and Zombie, and it is Pelican, Baroness). Psychedelic side of the third stage is co..
KNIZAK MILAN
2019. Violin was Milan Knizak's first instrument. He has composed hundred of works of this ilk. The first one 'DHK', 45 years ago. Next to his destroyed works, Milan took notations of different composers, cut them a..
OFFICER!
2021. 'Paragraphs And Principles' is the most ambitious album yet by the experimental, maverick pop group Officer! The group has surprised itself with this dazzling yet almost dangerous collection of pieces that kee..
NEW RED SCARE
2013. Dream Street performs romantic and eclectic acoustic chamber jazz with great vocals, unique instrumentation and original material. Led by guitarist, songwriter and arranger Stan Ayeroff (Roger Daltrey, Heart, ..
KHALIFE MARCEL
2007. Notes on the composer Marcel Khalifé was born in 1950 in Amchit, Mount-Lebanon. He studied the oud (the Arabic lute) at the Beirut National conservatory where he later taught between 1970 & 1975, and, ever si..
AUTORICKSHAW
2017. Autorickshaw's music lies on the cultural cutting edge, as contemporary jazz and funk easily rub shoulders with the classical and popular music of India. Formed in 2003, Autorickshaw has become one of the most..
LAKE OF BASS
2003. Lake Of Bass is Tim Macnamara and Diego Bosco. How it happened: Tim asked Diego to provide backing music to his 1999 Artrage commissioned show 'Maslow's Pyramid of Greed'. Loving the result, they have go..
FIRE ORCHESTRA
2016. Free improvisations, spontaneous horns, keyboard frenzy, abstract electronics, guitar mayhem and, last but not least, those glorious twin voices from heaven and hell, courtesy of Sofia Jernberg and Mariam Wall..
THEESSINK HANS
1990. ------BluesArt (A), Norman Darwen, Review-04/2007 HANS THEESSINK, Slow Train, Blue Groove 1620 With this release Hans once again confirms that he can hold his own with just about anyone in the contemporary blu..
A.M.
2006. When KCRW started playing AM's demos, moviemakers and television music supervisors starting calling. All 10 songs made it into films and television shows before the cd was ever available. For a limited time w..
SCOTT DARRELL
2006. Darrell Scott – The Invisible Man Darrell Scott is a powerful musical spirit. A Grammy-nominated artist, an award-winning songwriter, and a first-call session musician, living and working (literally and figu..
CLARKE / BRNO PHILHARMONIC ORH..
2016. Edward Smaldone—The Beauty of Innuendo The Beauty of Innuendo was composed in 2013 at the invitation of conductor Daijiro Ukon and was first performed by him and the Oratorio Sinfonica Japan in Tokyo in March ..
LOUIS ROSEN
2017. 'time was' (di-tone records) takes the listener on a journey across the landscape of american roots music with thirteen new, modern folk songs that explore the essential stuff of our lives -- love a..