SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPORARY MUS
SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPORARY MUS
RUNDGREN TODD
2000. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce a release drawn from the Todd Rundgren archives of his performance at the Warfield theatre in San Francisco on 10th March 1990 as part of the "Nearly Human"..
SPACE LADY
2018. Transcendentally beautiful, The Space Lady's music is returning to Earth. Transmitting messages of peace and harmony, The Space Lady began her odyssey on the streets of Boston in the late '70s, then San Franci..
COMMON EIDER KING EIDER
2018. Common Eider, King Eider is an obscure congregation of veteran San Francisco sound sculptors, dwelling the realms of darkened, immaterial and cataclysmic sonic architecture. Taking cues from revolutionary a..
COMMON EIDER KING EIDER
2018. Common Eider, King Eider is an obscure congregation of veteran San Francisco sound sculptors, dwelling the realms of darkened, immaterial and cataclysmic sonic architecture. Taking cues from revolutionary and ..
SPECIAL EFX
1986. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and bass programming David Mann.......soprano and tenor saxophones Jerry Brooks....bass Fernando Saunders.....fretless bass, v..
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..
SPECIAL EFX
1989. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and bass programming Jerry Brooks....bass Dave Anderson.....fretless bass Steve Skinner.......drum programming, keyboards, syn..
FINGERETT SALLY
1990. As one of the founding and still touring members of that Fabulous Female Folkestra, THE FOUR BITCHIN' BABES, Sally's 5th solo Cd on the Shanachie label, show's why she's ...'One of the best lyricists on the s..
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..
FACTRIX
2012. Arguably the most prescient band of the entire late 70's San Francisco underground, FACTRIX released just one 7-inch and two pioneering LP's in the early 80's. Formed in 1978 by Cole Palme (one-time member of ..
BLATT LAWRENCE
2017. Emergence: Eclectic, Contemporary, Mathematical, Colorful, and Emergent Compositions for the Acoustic Guitar All Compositions Written by Lawrence Blatt Produced by Will Ackerman, Recorded at Imaginary Road..
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..
CONFERENCIA INFERNO
2023. After the rubbles uncovered with 'Bazar Esotérico' (their first recorded manifesto), that unveiled thee sketches of a anarchic religious ritual inspired by the teachings of darkwave post punk spiritist..
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..
WELLS ASHA
2023. Featuring atmospheric textures and haunting melodies, 'Water Words' is the debut-album by San Francisco-based non-binary singer, songwriter and visual artist Asha Wells. The album pairs textured sounds with te..
FOOKS NIHIL
2022. This three-piece from Frankfurt conjure the '60s east coast sound perfectly and make you feel like driving down a San Francisco boulevard with the windows down, hair blowing in the ocean breeze. The simple set..
FOOKS NIHIL
2023. This three-piece from Frankfurt conjure the '60s east coast sound perfectly and make you feel like driving down a San Francisco boulevard with the windows down, hair blowing in the ocean breeze. The simple set..
MARIANI GROUP FABIO
2014. New CD Album for this famous Italian guitarist / composer , head of a formidable lineup with 9 new compositions Contemporary Jazz wide-ranging melodic and refined. Music contaminated with Latin influences , ro..
GOLDWASSER FRANK
2012. “Simply stunning…everything a record should be, inventive, truthful, filled with power and an absolutely exceptional level of musicianship” – Southland Blues Magazine “The French ambassador of American Blue..
COINMAN JOHN
1985. A New Mexican (USA) by birth and Tucsonan by choice, John Coinman was inspired by a dusty West Texas town to become a musician. 'We were driving from Tucson back to Clayton,' recalls Coinman, of an early road ..
UNITS
2015. Inspired by punk in ideology, though not necessarily in sound, San Francisco's UNITS were a young breed of dystopic visionaries, art space prodigies, and trash culture futurists set on reshaping sound for a ne..
WALLACE WAYNE
2015. Master trombonist, composer, arranger, and producer… WAYNE WALLACE is all those things, and he is increasingly on the rise. After being on the “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” list in DownBeat’s Critics’ P..
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, ..
RMEDL/K11
2012. Reissue of an extremely limited 2010 release (x50 private copies). This multi-dimensional collaborative opera (audio installation and concept album) is a bridge between the conception of sound within the conte..
LUDICRA
2010. For the better part of the decade, San Francisco's Ludicra has cultivated a well-deserved reputation as one of the finest and most forward-thinking bands in the contemporary underground metal scene. They were ..
BELL LEROY
2008. ?A Change Is Coming? represents a major leap for singer/songwriter LeRoy Bell. Not only has he grown as a touring artist, but also the experience has given his music an edge that places him into league of pe..
KHALIFE MARCEL
2008. 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..
COX DOUG & SALIL BHATT
2007. 'A Stunning, groundbreaking marriage of the blues and Indian Classical music.' -Quote by Dave Rubin, Guitar Player Magazine 'This cross-culture pairing is an exhilarating blend of ragas and Delta blues f..
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..
SWINGIN UTTERS
2016. Three classic releases from street-punk legends SWINGIN? UTTERS are now available on vinyl from Fat Wreck Chords for the first time ever! The album that launched the band?s popularity, Streets of San Francisco..
SWINGIN UTTERS
2016. Three classic releases from street-punk legends SWINGIN? UTTERS are now available on vinyl from Fat Wreck Chords for the first time ever! The album that launched the band?s popularity, Streets of San Francisco..
JOEL FUTTERMAN / ALVIN FIELDER..
2001. This new recording by internationally acclaimed improvisational music artists pianist Joel Futterman, drummer Alvin Fielder, and reed player Ike Levin represents the first time these three veteran musicans hav..
VITCHEV HRISTO
2017. “Vitchev’s sophisticated and adventurous work is imbued with shimmering harmonies and lyrical improvisations.” – JAZZTIMES MAGAZINE 'Vitchev’s multihued compositions are like impressionistic sound paintings.'..