Xen Cuts (CD1) - Amon Tobin

Amon Tobin (born Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin on February 7, 1972) is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released seven major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label. It began for him sometime in the mid-90s when

Made In USA (soundtrack) - Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth was an influential American experimental rock band formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (bass). In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups

Unreleased Orckestra Extract - Henry Cow

Henry Cow was an English avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. An inherent anti-commercial bias kept them at arm's length from the mainstream music business, enabling them to experiment at will. They remained in existence for 10 years, breaking up in 1978, and produced a body of music that was challenging, provocative and influential for years to come. Collaborations

Sonic Waters - Michel Redolfi

Michel Redolfi (Marseille, France, 1951) is the Director of the Centre International De Recherche Musicale (CIRM) in Nice since 1986, co-founder alongside Marcel Frémiot & Georges Bœuf of the Groupe de musique expérimentale de Marseille (GMEM) in 1968. Resident from 1974 to 1984 at Dartmouth College Studios, University of Wisconsin, California Institute of the Arts. Then at the University of California from 1977, he composed music dedicated for underwater listening and broadcasting.

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America the Beautiful (disc 2: Stun Gun) - Blowhole

Super wild, freak-out jazz noise rock. Blowhole was founded in 1987 in Colorado Springs by percussionist Jeph Jarman and the Barber brothers, with Scott Hiller, Fil Rodriguez and Dr. Soule. Blowhole issued nearly 50 releases between 1987 and 1998, with some CD-R reissues in the 20th century. Some tracks are straight free jazz numbers with prominent saxophone and regular drumming, while others are more noisy rock affairs.