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Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker - WEBO

jazz

Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah

jazz

Matthew Shipp - New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz

jazz

Alec Goldfarb - Fire Lapping at the Creek

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	HAN 81 celebration @ De Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam May 9 2023	ICP Orchestra & Friends →	17 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	european-jazz jazz free-improv free-improvisation amsterdam
2	Pharoah	Pharoah Sanders →	15 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz spiritual spiritual-jazz
3	Loose Connections	Paul Lytton / Georg Wissel →	02 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental paul-lytton alto-saxophone drone field-recordings free-improvisation free-jazz live-electronics percussion tenor-saxophone london
4	Singles and Early Recordings: 1994-1995 LP	The Crownhate Ruin →	20 December 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	avant-rock crownhate-ruin dc-post-hardcore dischord experimental free-improvisation free-jazz hoover karate noise-rock punk-rock yellow-springs
5	ICP Orchestra performs Herbie Nichols: Extension Red White and Blue (ICP025, 1984)	ICP Orchestra →	19 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	european-jazz jazz free-improv free-improvisation amsterdam
6	Mind Screen	Emergency Group →	05 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental free-improvisation free-jazz kosmische krautrock brooklyn
7	Fire Lapping at the Creek	Alec Goldfarb →	12 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz new-music blues experimental free-improvisation improvisation jazz jazz-and-improvised-music world-music brooklyn
8	In The Beginning: 1963-1964	Pharoah Sanders →	01 January 2012	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz spiritual spiritual-jazz
9	1991, Summer, Huntington Garage Fire	Leila Bordreuil →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental field-recordings free-improvisation noise synthesizer oberlin
10	Parallel Streams	John Butcher / Luigi Marino / Mark Wastell →	06 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	berlin experimental mark-wastell drone field-recordings free-improvisation free-jazz john-butcher live-electronics percussion saxophone london
11	GORZ	GORZ →	05 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-noise buenos-aires experimental cutecore free-improvisation grindcore noise-rock sound-art southamerica buenos-aires
12	The Bell Slept Long In Its Tower	Vasco Trilla →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental free-improvisation free-jazz percussion-solo barcelona
13	Conditional Gratitude (For Mortals And Machines)	Jonathan Hischke →	01 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental avant-garde free-improvisation harsh-noise no-wave noise los-angeles
14	Domestic Jungle	Derek Bailey →	09 June 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	derek-bailey experimental hackney rush-fm domestic-jungle free-improvisation jungle pirate-radio glasgow
15	Music For Tranquil Times	Volker Lankow →	10 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient free-improvisation percussion trance berlin
16	Center Plain	Office Products [Doug Theriault+David Chandler] →	24 August 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	david-chandler doug-theriault experimental office-products portland-or free-improvisation improvisation live-electronics glasgow

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	HAN 81 celebration @ De Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam May 9 2023	ICP Orchestra & Friends →	17 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	european-jazz jazz free-improv free-improvisation amsterdam
2	1991, Summer, Huntington Garage Fire	Leila Bordreuil →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental field-recordings free-improvisation noise synthesizer oberlin
3	COLLECTED JAM 1	Mike Polizze →	13 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	philadelphia punk rock experiemental free-improv indie-rock jam lo-fi psych psychedelic-rock philadelphia
4	Collected Works Vol. 1	Anthony Pateras →	30 April 2012	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	anthony-pateras contemporary-classical experimental electroacoustic-music experimental-rock free-improvisation modern-classical musique-concr%C3%A8te castlemaine
5	Of All The Common Flowers	CHRIS CUNDY →	01 November 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative alternative bass-clarinet contemporary-folk contemporary-classical free-improvisation united-kingdom
6	Run the Gauntlet	The Kris Davis Trio →	27 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improv free-improvisation modern-jazz postmodernism new-york
7	ICP Orchestra performs Herbie Nichols: Extension Red White and Blue (ICP025, 1984)	ICP Orchestra →	19 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	european-jazz jazz free-improv free-improvisation amsterdam
8	Seaward on the Waves	Xisco Rojo →	20 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk arabic chamber-folk fingerstyle-guitar free-improvisation guitar-soli healing-music meditation primitivism psychedelic-folk raga madrid
9	Explorations (1970 - 1973)	Gentle Fire →	16 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental avant-garde free-improvisation graphic-scores live-electronics london
10	Open Thread	Peggy Lee, Julien Wilson, Theo Carbo, Dylan van der Schyff →	10 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	australian-jazz experimental jazz free-improvisation melbourne
11	Fire Lapping at the Creek	Alec Goldfarb →	12 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz new-music blues experimental free-improvisation improvisation jazz jazz-and-improvised-music world-music brooklyn
12	Frice	Bobby Bradford / Frode Gjerstad / William Roper / Alex Cline →	15 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alex-cline bobby-bradford cecil-taylor frice frode-gjerstad jazz free-impro fsrecords.net impro improvisation jazz music piano trumpet warsaw
13	Pharoah	Pharoah Sanders →	15 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz spiritual spiritual-jazz
14	The Freak Flag Freedom Party For Exploratory Creativity & Freedom of One’s Mind	Iriamu →	13 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental drone experimental-rock free-improvisation noise sound-art atlanta
15	The Shovel Dance	Shovel Dance Collective →	11 October 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental folk drone drone-folk free-improvisation trad london
16	Bakunawa	Barker / Parker / Irabagon →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	chicago nyc avant-garde-jazz avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz modern-jazz spiritual-jazz richmond
17	Atisbo	Tulpas →	13 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz astral-spirits free-improvisation free-jazz german-bringas jarrett-gilgore modern-jazz mexico-city
18	The Horny Album	Perpetual Amnesia →	09 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental free-improvisation harsh-noise horny noise cleveland
19	Compositori Sardi Contemporanei II	Claudio Sanna →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avantgarde contemporary ezz-thetics-driven-by-hat-hut free-improvisation basel
20	Loose Connections	Paul Lytton / Georg Wissel →	02 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental paul-lytton alto-saxophone drone field-recordings free-improvisation free-jazz live-electronics percussion tenor-saxophone london

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	HAN 81 celebration @ De Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam May 9 2023	ICP Orchestra & Friends →	17 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	european-jazz jazz free-improv free-improvisation amsterdam
2	Run the Gauntlet (Hi-Res 24bit/ 96k)	The Kris Davis Trio →	27 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improv free-improvisation modern-jazz postmodernism new-york
3	Run the Gauntlet	The Kris Davis Trio →	27 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improv free-improvisation modern-jazz postmodernism new-york
4	Bakunawa	Barker / Parker / Irabagon →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	chicago nyc avant-garde-jazz avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz modern-jazz spiritual-jazz richmond
5	1991, Summer, Huntington Garage Fire	Leila Bordreuil →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic experimental field-recordings free-improvisation noise synthesizer oberlin
6	When It Rains It Pours	Farida Amadou →	06 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental experimental-rock free-improvisation free-improvised-music free-jazz noise noise-rock punk brussels
7	WEBO	Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker →	21 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improvisation free-jazz jazz queens
8	sweet factory sessions Volume 1	BARK! [Rex Casswell, Phillip Marks, Paul Obermayer] →	25 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	bark%21 experimental louth paul-obermayer phillip-marks rex-casswell the-sweet-factory electroacoustic-improvisation electronic-improvisation free-improvisation improvised-music glasgow
9	The Shovel Dance	Shovel Dance Collective →	11 October 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental folk drone drone-folk free-improvisation trad london
10	Substratum	Bill Horist →	05 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental dark-ambient experimental-rock free-improvisation guitar-solo prepared-guitar seattle
11	NTH, Vol. One	Rhonda Taylor →	04 November 2016	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	ableton-live experimental ambient free-improvisation noise saxophone las-cruces
12	The Water is the Shovel of the Shore	Shovel Dance Collective →	01 December 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental folk acoustic-ecology drone drone-folk experimental-folk field-recordings folk-song free-improvisation trad traditional london
13	DP2: David Pajo and Dennis Palmer	Sacred Frame →	24 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	david-pajo dennis-palmer free-improv papa-m shaking-ray-levis slint stereolab tortoise atlanta
14	Psychoacoustic Properties	Volker Lankow →	01 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental ambient free-improvisation percussion trance berlin
15	Pharoah	Pharoah Sanders →	15 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz spiritual spiritual-jazz
16	Córas Trio	Córas Trio →	26 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk irish-traditional-music experiemental free-improvisation out-there trio-jazz
17	The Freak Flag Freedom Party For Exploratory Creativity & Freedom of One’s Mind	Iriamu →	13 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental drone experimental-rock free-improvisation noise sound-art atlanta
18	chaos theory	Rhonda Taylor →	26 January 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	ableton-live experimental ambient free-improvisation noise saxophone las-cruces
19	Compositori Sardi Contemporanei II	Claudio Sanna →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avantgarde contemporary ezz-thetics-driven-by-hat-hut free-improvisation basel
20	Sound / Color	Zachary Barthelman & Evan Verploegh →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental free-improvisation free-jazz improvisation jazz kansas-city

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	WEBO	Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker →	21 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improvisation free-jazz jazz queens
2	Pharoah	Pharoah Sanders →	15 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz spiritual spiritual-jazz
3	New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz	Matthew Shipp →	05 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz piano-solo new-york
4	Fire Lapping at the Creek	Alec Goldfarb →	12 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz new-music blues experimental free-improvisation improvisation jazz jazz-and-improvised-music world-music brooklyn
5	Mind Screen	Emergency Group →	05 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental free-improvisation free-jazz kosmische krautrock brooklyn
6	Children of the Forest	Milford Graves, Arthur Doyle, Hugh Glover →	19 May 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improvisation free-jazz jazz jazz-and-improvised-music queens
7	A Mouth at Both Ends	Joe McPhee, Tashi Dorji, Bill Orcutt →	25 December 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	bill-orcutt experimental joe-mcphee free-improvisation jazz tashi-dorji san-francisco
8	Clearing	Powers / Rolin Duo →	21 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental jen-powers matthew-j-rolin powers-rolin-duo astral-editions astral-spirits free-improvisation cleveland
9	FIXITY 8	Fixity →	05 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental beats experimental free-improvisation free-jazz improvised-music instrumental krautrock psychedelic rock rock-and-roll woodwinds ireland
10	Threnody for the KhoiSan	garth erasmus →	26 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental free-improvisation south-africa
11	Diatom Ribbons Live At The Village Vanguard	Kris Davis →	01 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improv free-improvisation modern-jazz postmodernism new-york
12	The Water is the Shovel of the Shore	Shovel Dance Collective →	01 December 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental folk acoustic-ecology drone drone-folk experimental-folk field-recordings folk-song free-improvisation trad traditional london
13	HAN 81 celebration @ De Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam May 9 2023	ICP Orchestra & Friends →	17 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	european-jazz jazz free-improv free-improvisation amsterdam
14	DESCRIPTIONS OF USELESS SUBTITLES AND MEANINGFUL SUBLIMATIONS	Renato Diz \| Peter Traunmueller →	03 November 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz avant-garde contemporary-classical contemporary-jazz experimental free-improvisation free-jazz fusion heavy-metal multi-genre new new-music noise spontaneous-composition new-york
15	Openness	Francois Carrier Ensemble feat. Mat Maneri/Tomasz Stańko/Gary Peacock/MIchel Lambert →	10 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	cecil-taylor francois-carrier garry-peacock jazz mat-maneri openness tomasz-sta%C5%84ko free-impro fsrecords.net improvisation music piano warsaw
16	Beyond The Margins	Rodrigo Amado The Bridge / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Gerry Hemingway →	20 October 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental jazz lisbon-scene free-improvisation free-jazz jazz-quartet saxophone lisbon
17	Bakunawa	Barker / Parker / Irabagon →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	chicago nyc avant-garde-jazz avant-garde free-improvisation free-jazz jazz modern-jazz spiritual-jazz richmond
18	Duo Work	Grdina/Lillinger →	16 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	alternative arabic experimental jazz rock classical experimental free-improvisation jazz-and-improvised-music punk rock vancouver
19	Córas Trio	Córas Trio →	26 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk irish-traditional-music experiemental free-improvisation out-there trio-jazz
20	Run the Gauntlet (Hi-Res 24bit/ 96k)	The Kris Davis Trio →	27 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz free-improv free-improvisation modern-jazz postmodernism new-york