Avant-Garde / Experimental / Euroclassical (Reference)

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

John Adams (1947– )

• Light over Water [1985, New Albion], B+
• The Chairman Dances [1987, Elektra], B+
• Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective [(1999), Elektra/Asylum, 10 CD]

Maryanne Amacher

• Stain: The Music Rooms / In "Imaginary Landscapes" [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) [1999, Tzadik]

Charles Amirkhanian (1945– )

• Walking Tune [1999, Starkland]

Ruth Anderson

• I Come Out of Your Sleep [1997, XI]

George Antheil (1900–59)

Robert Ashley (1930– )

• Private Parts [1978, Lovely Music], U
• Perfect Lives (Private Parts) / The Bar [1980, Lovely Music], A
• Private Parts (The Record) [1990], A–
• Yellow Man with Heart with Wings [1990, Lovely Music], B
• Perfect Lives [1991, Lovely Music]
• In Sara Mencken Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women [1991, Cramps]
• Improvement [1993, Elektra/Nonesuch, 2 CD], B–
• In Memoriam ... Kit Carson [1997, Monroe Street]

Aube

• Pages from the Book [1998, Elsie & Jack]

Milton Babbitt (1916– )

• Piano Works [1986, Harmonia Mundi], U
• Sextets / The Joy of More Sextets [1988, New World], B+

Bang on a Can [1995– ]

• Brian Eno: Music for Airports [1998, Point Music], B
• Renegade Heaven [2001, Cantaloupe], B
• Terry Riley: In C [2001, Cantaloupe], A–
• Gigantic Dancing Human Machine [2002, Cantaloupe]
• Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing [2005, Cantaloupe]
• w/Don Byron: A Ballad for Many [2004–6, Cantaloupe], B

Beaver and Krause [1969–1975]

• In a Wild Sanctuary / Gandharva [1970–71, Warner Archives], B+

David Behrman (1937– )

• Canons [1959]
• Wave Train [1967, Source]
• On the Other Ocean / Figure in a Clearing [1977, Lovely Music], B+
• Leapday Night [1987, Lovely Music], B+
• Unforseen Events [1992, Experimental Intermedia]

Luciano Berio (1925– )

• Differences / Sequenza III and VII [Phillips]

Glenn Branca (1948– )

• The Ascension [1981, 99]
• Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Pexus) [1983, ROAR]
• Symphony No. 2 (The Peak of the Sacred) [1992, Atavistic]
• Symphony No. 9: L'Eve Future [1995, Point]

Gavin Bryars (1943– )

• The Sinking of the Titanic / Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet [1976, Obscure], A–
• Hommages [1982, Disques du Crepuscle]
• Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet [1993, Point Music], B+

John Cage (1912–92)

• w/David Tudor: Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music [1959, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano / A Book of Music for Two Prepared Pianos [1975–76, Tomato], B+
• Empty Words (Part III, Live Teatro Lyrico di Milano 2 Dec. 1977) [1977, Cramps]
• Etudes Australes for Piano [1978, Tomato], B
• Singing Through / Vocal Compositions by John Cage [1942–85, New Albion]
• Four Walls [1989, Tomato]
• Concert for Piano and Orchestra / Atlas . . . [1993, Wergo]
• Music of Changes, Books I-IV [1996, Lovely Music]
• The Lost Works: The City Wears a Slouch Hat (Music for the Radio Play by Kennet) . . . [Mode]
• Etudes Australes [Wergo]

Cornelius Cardew (1936–81)

• Memorial Concert 16th May 1982: First ... [1982, Gelbe Musik]

Wendy Mae Chambers

• 12^2 [1998, New World]

Rhys Chatham

• An Angel Moves Too Fast to See [1994, New Tone]

Anthony Coleman

• Sephardic Tinge [1995, Tzadik]

Nicolas Collins (1954– )

• It Was A Dark and Stormy Night [1992, Trace Elements]
• Devil's Music [1994, New Tone]
• Sound Without Picture [1999, Periplum]

Composers in Red Sneakers

• Composers in Red Sneakers [1984, Northeastern], B+

Sylvie Courvoisier (1968– )

• Birds of a Feather [1997, Unit]
• Abaton [2002, ECM]

George Crumb (1929– )

• Ancient Voices of Children / Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) [1971, Nonesuch], B+

Maria De Alvear

• En Amor Duro [1995, Hat Hut]
• World [World Edition]

Stuart Dempster (1936– )

• In the Great Abbey of Clement [1987, New Albion]

Charles Dodge (1942– )

• Earth's Magnetic Field [1971, Nonesuch]
• Any Resemblance Is Purely Coincidental [1992, New Albion]

Max Eastley

• w/David Toop: Doll Creature [2000, Bip-Hop], B–

Luc Ferrari (1929– )

• Brise-Glace (Et Si Toute Entiere Maintenant...) [1991, Adda]
• Acousmatrix 3: Luc Ferrari: Petite Symphonie Intuitive pour un Paysag [Bvhaast]

Fred Frith (1949– )

• Guitar Solos [1974, Caroline], B
• Nous Autre [1987, Recommended]
• Technology of Tears [1988, SST]
• Guitar Solos Complete [1974–88, East Side]
• Eye to Ear [1997, Tzadik]
• Friends and Enemies [1999, Cuneiform]
• Traffic Continues [2000, Winter & Winter]
• Clearing [1996–2000, Tzadik], B+
• Eleventh Hour [1990–2002, Winter & Winter, 2 CD], B+
• w/Carla Kihlstedt, Stevie Wishart: The Compass, Log, and Lead [2003, Intakt], B+(**)

Diamanda Galas (1955– )

• Saint of the Pit [1986, Mute]
• Divine Punishment [1986, Mute]
• Plague Mass (1984 End of the Epidemic) [1991, Mute]
• Malediction and Prayer [1998, Asphodel]

Peter Garland (1952– )

• The Days Run Away [2000, Tzadik]

Philip Glass (1937– )

• Music in Twelve Parts, Parts 1 and 2 [1974, Cardine], B+
• North Star [1977, Virgin], B+
• Einstein on the Beach [1979, Tomato], B
• Koyaanisqatsi [1982, Antilles], B
• The Photographer [1983, Epic], A–
• The Thin Blue Line [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Music in Twelve Parts [1989, Atlantic]
• Philip on Film [(2001), Elektra/Asylum, 5 CD]

Evelyn Glennie

• Her Greatest Hits [(1998), Red Seal, 2 CD]
• African Sunrise / Manhattan Rave [2001, Black Box]

Daniel Goode (1936– )

• Tunnel-Funnel [1998, Tzadik]

Annie Gosfield

• Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires [1998, Tzadik]

Bernhard Günter (1957– )

• Time, Dreaming Itself [1999, Trente Oiseaux]
• Univers Temporel Espoir [(1999), Trente Oiseaux]

Frode Haltli

• Passing Images [2004, ECM], B

Mary Halvorson

• w/Jessica Pavone: On and Off [2007, Skirl], B+(*)

Tom Hamilton (1946– )

• Formal and Informal Music [1981, Somnath]
• Sebastian's Shadow (Longer Ramblings on a Short Bach Fugue) [1997, Monroe Street]

Arve Henriksen (1968– )

• Chiaroscuro [2004, Rune Grammofon], B
• Poolplayers: Way Below the Surface [2006, Songlines], B+(*)

Pierre Henry (1927– )

• Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir / Viole d'Orphee [1994, Harmonia Mundia]

Shelley Hirsch (1952– )

• O Little Town of East New York [1995, Tzadik]
• States [1997, Tellus]
• Far In, Far Out Worlds of Shelley Hirsch [2002, Tzadik]

Maurice Horsthuis (1948– )

• Elastic Jargon [2007, Data], U

Ken Hyder (1946– )

• The Known Is in the Stone [1998, Impetus]

Tom Johnson (1939– )

• An Hour for Piano [1979, Lovely Music], A
• Nine Bells [1982, India Navigation], B
• w/Eberhard Blum: Rational Melodies [1993, Hat Art], U

Mauricio Kagel (1931– )

• Staatstheater [1967, Deutsche Grammophon]
• String Quartet I / Pan for Piccolo and String Quartet [1991, Disques Montaigne]
• Exotica [1993, Koch Schwann]
• Tremens [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Acustica [Deutsche Grammophon]

Eyvind Kang

• w/Tucker Martine: Orchestra Dim Bridges [2004, Conduit], B+

Zbigniew Karkowski

• One and Many [2005, Sub Rosa], C–

Simon Keep

• Interview With the Eggs [2005, Sub Rosa], D–

Phil Kline

• Glow in the Dark [1999, CRI]

Guy Klucevsek (1948– )

• Scenes From a Mirage [1987, No Man's Land]
• Manhattan Cascade [1991, CRI]
• Who Stole the Polka? [1992, Eva]
• Polka Dots and Laser Beams [1992, Eva]
• Stolen Memories [1996, Tzadik]
• w/Alan Bern: Notefalls [2006, Winter & Winter], B+(*)

Kreepa

• Inside-A-Sekt [2006, Monium], B+(*)

Leo Kupper

• Electro-Acoustic [1998, Pogus]

Joan La Barbara (1947– )

• Sound Paintings [1990, Lovely Music]
• ShamanSong [1998, New World]

Paul Lansky

• Ride [2001, Bridge]

Bill Laswell (1955– )

• Baselines [1983, Rough Trade], B
• Hear No Evil [1988, Venture], B+
• Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings [(1993), Restless, 2 CD], U
• Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation [1994, Axiom]
• Ambient Compendium [(1996), M.I.L. Multimedia]
• Sacred System: Nagual Site [1998, RCA]
• Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 [1998, Columbia], A–
• Invisible Design [1999, Tzadik]
• Carlos Santana: Divine Light: Reconstruction & Mix Translation [2001, Columbia/Legacy], B–

Elodie Lauten

• Inscapes from Exile [2000, New Tone]

Mary Jane Leach

• Adriadne's Lament [1998, New World]

Daniel Lentz

• Apologetica [1998, New Albion]

Lightning Bolt [1999– ]

• Ride the Skies [2001, Load], U
• Wonderful Rainbow [2003, Load]

Annea Lockwood (1939– )

• World Rhythms [1997, XI]
• w/Ruth Anderson: Sinopah [1998, XI]

Frank London

• Di Shikere Kapelye [2000, Piranha]
• Invocations [2000, Tzadik]
• From the Belly of Abraham [2001, Knitting Factory]

Alvin Lucier (1931– )

• Music for Solo Performer for Enormously Amplified Brain Waves and Percussion [1982, Lovely Music]
• I Am Sitting in a Room [1990, Lovely Music]
• In Memoriam Jon Higgins / Septet for Three Winds, Four Strings / Crossings [1991, Lovely Music]

Christian Marclay (1955– )

• Records 1981–1989 [(1997), Atavistic]
• High Noon [2000, Intakt]

Denman Maroney

• w/Hans Tammen: Billabong [2000, Potlatch]

Richard Maxfield (1927–69)

• Richard Maxfield: Electronic Music [1992, Meia Foundation]
• Night Music in "New Sounds in Electronic Music" [Odyssey]

Merzbow (1956– )

• 1930 [1998, Tzadik]
• Dharma [2000–1, 2XHNI], D+

Ilhan Mimaroglu (1926– )

• Agitation [1968–74, Locust]
• Face the Windmills, Turn Left [1976, Finnadar], A–

Meredith Monk (1942– )

• Dolmen Music [1980, ECM]
• Mercy [2002, ECM]

Moondog (1916–99)

• Moondog [1956, Prestige OJC]
• More Moondog [1956, Prestige OJC]
• Moondog [1969, CBS]
• Elpmas [1992, Kopf/Roof]
• Viking of Sixth Avenue [1949–95, Astralwerks]
• Sax Pax for a Sax [1997, Atlantic], B

Ikue Mori (1953– )

• Painted Desert [1994, Avant], A–
• Hex Kitchen [1995, Tzadik]
• One Hundred Aspects of the Moon [2000, Tzadik]

Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company

• Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company [1973, Earthquack], B
• Like a Duck to Water [1976, Earthquack], B+

Jon Mueller

• Pianobread [1999, Crouton]

Naftule's Dream

• Smash, Clap! [1998, 7125]

Chris Newman (1952– )

• Compassion [Content]

Luigi Nono (1924–90)

• Das Atmende Klarsein (Fragment) for Bass Flute and Magnetic Tape in Roberto Fabbriciani [1991, Koch]

Pauline Oliveros (1932– )

• Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop [1966–67, Pogus]
• I of IV [1968, Odyssey]
• The Roots of the Moment [1987, Hat Art]
• Deep Listening [1989, New Albion]
• Crone Music [1989, Lovely Music], B
• Duo for Accordion and Bandoneon with Possible Mynah Bird Obbligato [1998, Musicworks]

Pärson Sound

• Pärson Sound [1966–68, Anthology, 2 CD], A–

Harry Partch (1901–74)

• The Music of Harry Partch [1950–67, CRI], B+
• The Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po [(1996), Tzadik]
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 1 [1950–58, CRI], B+
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 2 [1958–82, CRI], B
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 3 [1958–72, CRI], B–
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 4 [(1997), CRI]
• Enclosure Five [(1998), Innova, 3 CD]
• The World of Harry Partch [Columbia], U

Zeena Parkins

• Mouth = Maul = Betrayer [1996, Tzadik]
• Phantom Orchard [2004, Mego]

Henri Pousseur (1929– )

• Musique Mixte 1966–1970 [1966–70, Sub Rosa], B
• Scambi (Exchanges) (1954) / Trois Visages de Liege (Three Faces of Liege) [1990, Bvhaast]
• Dichterliebesreigentraum (Dream of the Round of Poet's Loves) [1995, Cyprés]

The PrimeTime Sublime Community Orchestra

• A Life in a Day of a Microorganism [2004, Corporate Blob], B+

Eliane Radiague

• Adnos I-III [1973–80, Table of the Elements, 3 CD], U
• Kyema, Intermediate States [1992, Experimental Intermedia]
• Trilogie de la Mort (Trilogy on Death) [1998, XI]
• Geelriandre-Arthesis [2003, Fringes Archive]

Steve Reich (1936– )

• Four Organs / Phase Patterns [1970, New Rose], D+
• Drumming / Six Pianos / Music for Mallet Instruments [1974, Deutsche Grammophon], B+
• Music for 18 Musicians [1978, ECM], B+
• Early Works [(1987), Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Different Trains / Electronic Counterpoint [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Another View of Counterpoint [1993, Amiata]
• The Cave [1995, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Works: 1965–1995 [1965–95, Elektra/Nonesuch, 10 CD]
• Music for 18 Musicians [1998, Elektra/Nonesuch]

Terry Riley (1935– )

• In C [1970, Columbia], B+
• A Rainbow in Curved Air [1971, Columbia], A–
• Persian Surgery Dervishes [1971–72, Newtone, 2 LP], B+
• Shri Camel [1980, Columbia], B

David Rosenboom (1947– )

• Precipice in Time [1991, CDCM Computer Music Series]

Frederic Rzewski (1938– )

• Coming Together / Attica / Moutons de Panurge [1973, Opus One]
• The People United Will Never Be Defeated [1978, New Albion], B+

Sten Sandell (1958– )

• Solid Musik [2002, Nuscope]
• w/John Butcher: Strokes [2006, Clean Feed], B+(**)
• w/Mattias Ståhl: Grann Musik (Neighbour Music) [2007, Clean Feed], B

Pierre Schaeffer (1910– )

• Erotica "Symphonie pour un Homme Seul" [1984, INA]
• Etude aux casseroles, Edute aux chemins de fer ... [Philips]

Peter Scherer

• Very Neon Pet [1995, Metro Blue]

John Schott

• In These Great Times [1997, Tzadik]

Paul Schütze (1958– )

• Deux Ex Machina [1989, Tone]
• The Annihilating Angel [1990, Extreme]
• Regard: Music by Film [1991, Tone]
• New Maps of Hell 2: The Rapture of Metals [1993, Big Cat]
• Apart [1995, Virgin]
• 7 Degrees [1996, Fell]
• Site Anubis [1996, Big Cat]
• Second Site [1997, Virgin]

James Sellars

• Piano Works [CRI]

Elliott Sharp (1951– )

• I/S/M [1981, Zoar]
• Fractal [1986, Dossier]
• Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup [1989, SST]
• Terraplane [1994, Homestead]
• Figure Ground [1997, Tzadik]
• Blues for Next [2000, Knitting Factory]
• Do the Don't [2004, Gaff Music]
• Commune [2005, Zoar]
• Plays the Music of Thelonious Monk [2004, Clean Feed], B+(*)
• Secret Life [2005, Intuition], B+(*)
• Octal Book One [2008, Clean Feed], B+(*)
• w/Scott Fields: Scharfefelder [2007, Clean Feed], B–

So Percussion

• So Percussion [2004, Cantaloupe]
• Steve Reich: Drumming [2004, Cantaloupe]
• Amid the Noise [2002–6, Cantaloupe], B+(*)

David Soldier

• Utah Dances [1994, New Tone]
• The Kropotkins [1996, Koch]
• w/Richard Lair: Thai Elephant Orchestra [2000, Mulatta], B

Laurie Spiegel (1945– )

• Unseen Worlds [1991, Scarlet]

Starship Beer [1976–1988]

• Nut Music: As Free as the Squirrels [1976–88, Atavistic], B–

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928– )

• Konkrete und Elektronische Musie: Etude / Studie I und Gesang der Jünglinge [1955–56, Stockhausen Gesamtausgabe]
• Kontakte [1959, Ecstatic Peace]
• Hymnen: Anthems for Electronic and Concrete Sounds [1967, Deutsche Grammophon]
• Gesang der Junglinge / Kontakte [Deutsche Grammophon]

Carl Stone (1953– )

• Woo Lae Oak [1983, Wizard]
• Mom's [1992, New Albion]

Ned Sublette

• Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly / In "Life is a Killer [1982]

Morton Subotnick (1933– )

• Silver Apples of the Moon / The Wild Bull [1968, Nonesuch]
• Key to Songs / The Return [1985–86, New Albion]

George Tsontakis

• Four Symphonic Quartets [1998, Koch]

David Tudor (1926–96)

• Microphone [1975, Cramps]
• Neural Synthesis, Nos. 6–9 [1995, Lovely Music]

Blue Gene Tyranny (1945– )

• The Intermediary [1982, Lovely Music]
• Free Delivery [1990, Lovely Music], B

Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–90)

• Electronic Film Music [1990, New World]

Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)

• Poème Electronique [1958, Neuma]
• The Music of Edgard Varèse [(1996), One Way]

Julia Wolfe

• Arsenal of Democracy [1996, Point]

Stefan Wolpe (1902–72)

• String Quarter (1968–1969) [1991, CRI]
• Quartet (Piece) for Oboe, Cello, Piano, and Percussion [(1997), Cpo]

Charles Wuorinen (1938– )

• Time's Encomium [1968–69, Nonesuch], A–

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)

• Medea for Male Choir, Hand-Held Stones and Orchestra [1969, Erato]
• Electro-Acoustic Music [1972, Nonesuch], B+
• Mycenae-Alpha [1990, Neuma]
• Media / Nuits / Knephas / A Colone [1998, Hyperion]
• Electronic Music [2000, Electronic Music Foundation]

Otomo Yoshihide (1959– )

• Ensemble Cathode [2002, IMJ]
• ONJQ Live [2002, DIW]
• Tails Out [2004, DIW]
• ONJQ Live in Lisbon [2004, Clean Feed], B
• Out to Lunch [2005, Doubt Music]

La Monte Young (1935– )

• The Well Tuned Piano [1987, Gramavision]
• 90 XII 9C, 9:35–10:52 PM NYC, The Melodic Version of the Second Dream of the Hig [1991, Gramavision]
• Poem for Chairs, Tables, Benches, etc. [Tellus]

Various Artists

• Antologia de Música Electónica Portuguesa [1972–97, Tomlab/Plancton], B+
• Electro-Acoustic Music: Classics [(1990), Neuma]
• Lesbian American Composers [1998, CRI]
• Light [2004, Touch], U
• Musica Futurista [(1991), Cramps]
• OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music [1937–82, Ellipsis Arts, 3 CD], U
• Panthalassa: The Remixes [1999, Columbia], B+
• Pioneers of Electronic Music [1952–71, CRI]
• Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories [1956–63, Basta, 4 CD]