Avant Garde

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    Freematik
     
    Ghost Funk Horizon
    Synthetic and organic textures collide with phat beats in this psychedelic rap album, brought to you by producer Freematik.
    Avant Garde: Experimental
     
     
    Marc Gartband
     
    I Am A Fool For You
    With an Irish Bouzouki (and upright bass and percussion) Marc Gartband combines elements of Midwest American with traces of Middle Eastern hypnotism.
    Avant Garde: Avant-Americana
     
     
    Ovipositor
     
    Oakland Minor
    An aerial tour of Oakland, CA. Mostly the sadder bits of town.
    Avant Garde: Experimental
     
     
    The Intended
     
    Everybody Kurtz - EP
    This EP is a collection of trip-hop tunes inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." The mood of the songs ranges from tribal-style mania to introspective calm to epic grandeur. This album was recorded in Young Original Studios in Hillsborough, CA.
    Avant Garde: Electronic Avant-Garde
     
     
    Weizz!
     
    From Father To Son
    Avant Garde: Free Improvisation
     
     
    Un-x-pected Pleasure
     
    Informal Talking
    Contemporay jazz compositions involving conceptional writing with metric sensations in varied forms.
    Avant Garde: Modern Composition
     
     
    Matt Weston
     
    Seasick Blackout
    Weston's last album, "not to be taken away," was described by Foxy Digitalis as "getting under one's skin and scraping at bone and sinew, making the listener wince in pain." "Seasick Blackout" is an even more sinister realization of that approach.
    Avant Garde: Electro-Acoustic
     
     
    Prozac Rat
     
    Big Palsy
    From heartbreak to heart failure, from magical ponies to subdermal pigeons, every song explores or invents a new genre, cleverly disguised as "pop music."
    Avant Garde: Lower-case Music
     
     
    Laughingshadow
     
    Reach
    An electronic album focused on heavy tones and dreamy moods, with full-bodied beats and a wide array of tempos.
    Avant Garde: Electronic Avant-Garde
     
     
    Phantom Airwaves
     
    The John Mouat Lumbermill Tests
    Recorded using Period Specific Frequencies to capture EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) during filming and investigation of The Lumber Baron Inn, Denver, Colorado.
    Avant Garde: Sound Art
     
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    The Thurston Lava Tube
    The Year of the Dog
    Psychedelic, experimental surf instrumentals.
    The Thurston Lava Tube are a psychedelic, experimental surf instrumental band from Leicester, England. The Lava Tube sound features an interesting range of vintage organs in addition to the traditional surf guitar line-up. They have made five albums since 2001... 1) Me Ka Nahaku (a collection of surf instrumental versions of Beatles' songs) 2) Move over Rover, let Clover take over 3) The Pink Elephant with Nipples for Tusks (this one includes a secret bonus live album in mp3 format) 4) The Thoughful Sounds of Bat Smuggling (this one also includes a secret bonus live album in mp3 format) 5) The Year of the Dog (this one also includes a secret bonus live album in mp3 format and some videos) They are: Alan Jenkins - guitar Blodwyn P. Teabag - organ Marshall Cavendish - bass guitar Mat Bartram - Drums
    Avant Garde: Experimental
     
    Lucia Micarelli
    Interlude
    Avant Garde: Classical Avant-Garde
     
    Ed Harrison
    Neotokyo
    Avant Garde: Modern Composition
     
    David Stutz
    Iolet :: Music from the World of Anathem
    Avant Garde: Experimental
     
    Quixotic Fusion
    Lux Esalare
    Avant Garde: Electro-Acoustic
     

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      John Williams - Michele Zukovsky
      Clarinet Concerto - John Williams Conducting
      Avant Garde: Classical Avant-Garde
       
      Asylum Street Spankers
      What? And Give Up Show Biz?
      Avant Garde: Avant-Americana
       
      John Cage
      Two3, Inlets, Two4 / Tamami Tono, Glenn Freeman, Christina Fong
      Avant Garde: Microtonal
       
      Suzanne Ciani
      Silver Ship
      Avant Garde: Process-Generated
       

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      Top Songs

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      1.
      Haunted Halloween Sounds
      The Trick-or-Treater's
      Kids/Family: Kid Friendly
       
       
      2.
      Approximating Pi
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      3.
      Thousander Chant
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      4.
      Proof (using finite projective geometry)
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      5.
      Cellular Automata
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      6.
      Mascheroni Circles
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      7.
      Quantum Spin Network
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      8.
      Sixteen Color Prime Generating Automaton
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      9.
      Deriving the Quadratic Equation
      David Stutz
      Avant Garde: Experimental
       
       
      10.
      Butterfly
      Nigel Richards
      Easy Listening: Musicals/Broadway