Lou Reed, 1979
hibernation listening
Juana Molina, 2013
Both Yes, and Yes
Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman, 2018
Yes, 2019
come night
Loren Mazzacane & Suzanne Langille, 1991
hibernation listening
Field Music, 2012
the Objective Flaws of Memory
Aphex Twin, 1998
Nitrogen (aka Richard H. Kirk), 1998
Squarepusher, 1998
Plastikman, 1998
Mouse on Mars, 1998
µ-Ziq, 1998
Scorn, 1998
Autechre, 1998
proto-punk street-cred
Yoko Ono, 1973
Concept 96
Richie Hawtin, 1996
Thomas Brinkmann / Richie Hawtin, 1998
Mecca Normal
Mecca Normal, 1996
2-Foot Flame, 1995
Jean Smith, 2000
a formal introduction
A primer of sorts, broken into loose categories, ino the wide world of NYC’s avant champion, John Zorn.
MASADA
GAME PIECES
JAZZCORE & AVANT ROCK
IMPROVISATION
EXOTICA & NEW ROMANTICISM
FILM SCORES
ORCHESTRAL & CHAMBER WORKS
AVANT COMPOSITION
and i still miss you
"All the things I hate in this fucking world haven't gone away"
"Tomorrow, if I haven't lost my mind,
I'll beg to borrow all the words I can't define"
Mika Vainio, RIP
Pan Sonic, 1996
Mika Vainio, 2008
Black Unity
Pharoah Sanders, 1972
Simon Fisher Turner
SFT, 1996
Bad Dream, Fancy Dress, 1988
SFT, 1999
Simon Fisher Turner, 2005
Child and Magic
Nobukazu Takemura, 1997
fermentation and fruition
Grouper, 2011
Labradford, 1993
Brian Eno, 2016
strange bedfellows
Anthony Braxton / Richard Teitelbaum, 1977
Evan Parker / Lawrence Casserly, 1997
John Butcher / Toshimaru Nakamura, 2011
do you really want to change?
Boingo, 1994
crosses bourne
Kristin Hersh, 1998
Throwing Muses, 2013
50 Foot Wave, 2005
the saddest music in the world
David Grubbs, 2002
Here is a prediction:
When you have stories to tell,
You will tell them.