Released in 1984 on Rift Records Format: LP
Tag: Dissonant
This Heat – Deceit
Originally released in 1981 on Rough Trade Modern Classics Reissue (2016) Format: LP
Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures
Album Information: Originally released in 1966 on Blue Note Records Recorded May 19, 1966 1973 Reissue Format: LP Personnel: Cecil … More
Albert Ayler Trio – Spiritual Unity
Originally released in 1965 on ESP Disk Recorded July 10, 1964 2000’s ESP pressing Format: LP
Arca – Arca
Released in 2017 on XL Recordings Format: LP Overview By introducing heartfelt vocals into her (often) harsh environments of contorted … More
Ought – Sun Coming Down
There is a certain beauty just to being alive, and Ought make it their mission to find it through raw rock n’ roll that veers seamlessly between upbeat post-punk, meditative feedback drones, dramatic ballads, and cathartic guitar freak outs.
Recommended for fans of post-punk that blends the moodiness of Joy Division, Iceage, and Television with the experimentation and noisiness of This Heat and No Wave.
Moor Mother – Fetish Bones
Released in 2016 on Don Giovanni Records Format: LP
John Coltrane – Ascension (Edition II)
Released in 1966 on Impulse Records Original Pressing Format: LP
Fred Frith – Speechless
Released in 1981 on Ralph records Format: LP
Michael Mantler – The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra
Released in 1968 on JCOA Records Format: LPx2, includes 12″ booklet
Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
Originally released in 2001 on Definitive Jux 2013 deluxe edition on iHipHop Distribution Format: LPx4, including instrumentals, white vinyl
Oren Ambarchi – Live Knots
This hypnotic, noisy, and improvisatory live album from Australian experimenter, collaborator, and improviser Oren Ambarchi features two separate performances of his epic composition “Knots”. (Click for full review)
Crown Larks – Blood Dancer
Released in 2015 on Space Lung/Land Breathing Records Format: LP
Slint – Spiderland
Released in 1991 on Touch and Go Records 2000’s pressing Format: LP
Fursaxa – Mandrake
Released in 2000 on Eclipse Records Format: LP
This Heat – Health and Efficiency
Originally released in 1980 on Piano Records 2016 Light in the Attic Repress Format: LP, 45rpm on side A, any … More
Henry Cow – Unrest
On their second LP, Henry Cow weaves together elements of eerie chamber music, free improvisation, and deconstructed prog to create something that seems like the missing link between the Canterbury jazz-rock of Soft Machine and Gong and the dissonant avant-rock of This Heat.
Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl
Released in 2013 by Drag City Format: LPx2 Front and back cover by Michal Mozolewski Inner gatefold drawing by Simon … More
Fursaxa- Alone in the Dark Wood
Released in 2007 on Eclipse Records Format: LP Includes 12″x24″ insert
This Heat – This Heat
Originally released in 1979 on Piano Records 2016 Modern Classics pressing on Light I’m the Attic Records Format: LP, includes … More
Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, & Oren Ambarchi – This Dazzling, Genuine “Difference” Now Where Shall It Go?
Released in 2017 on Black Truffle Records Recorded live on October 28, 2014 at SuperDeluxe Tokyo by Masahide Ando Format: … More
The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer
Released in 2018 on Thrill Jockey Records Format: LPx2, Metallic Silver Vinyl
Black Spirituals – Black Access • Black Axes
This Heat – Made Available: John Peel Sessions
Released in 1999 on These Records Originally recorded for BBC in 1977
Massacre – Killing Time
Anxious and dissonant proto-math rock composed and improvised by a trio of innovative, idiosyncratic, and influential musicians. Guitarist Fred Frith pulls new dimensions of sound out of his instrument, blending bizarrely textured riffs with dark, noisy atmospheres. Bassist Bill Laswell is one of the great musical collaborators in all of music, often bringing together innumerable amazing musicians from all genres to create unique sonic fusions. Here, Bill and drummer Fred Maher lay down some nasty, disjointed grooves that lock you in despite their angular, asymmetrical time signatures
Cecil Taylor – Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come
Recorded live at Cafe Monmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 23, 1962 Released in 1976 on Arista Records
John Coltrane – Interstellar Space
A couple of months before his death in 1967, John Coltrane went into the studio with drummer Rashied Ali to record some of the most free recordings he’s ever made, the freest of free jazz. Perhaps this freeness is due to the absence of other tonal instruments, leaving Coltrane untethered to harmony and 100% free to play whatever raw, unhindered creativity flows through him.
