Favorite Releases

Arcane Candy’s 2000 Favorite Releases

(A slightly shorter version of this list appeared in the first printed issue of Arcane Candy in 2000. It consists of releases I’d been listening to over a span of seven years, since 1993. This list is in alphabetical order by artist name.)

Angus MacLise – The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

New Releases

John Cale + Tony Conrad + Angus MacLise + La Monte Young + Marian ZazeelaInside the Dream Syndicate Volume I: Day of Niagara (1965) CD (Table of the Elements)
John ColtraneThe Major Works 2-CD (Impulse!)
Tony ConradFour Violins LP (Table of the Elements)
Destroy All Monsters1974-1976 3-CD (Ecstatic Peace! / Father Yod)
FushitsushaFushitsusha (Live II) 2-CD (PSF), I Saw It! That Which Before I Could Only Sense… 2-CD (Paratactile)
Vittorio GelmettiMusiche Elettroniche CD (Nepless)
GrammPersonal Rock 2-LP (Source Records)
Keiji HainoThe Soul’s True Love 4-CD box set (Purple Trap)
Alan LambPrimal Image CD (Dorobo), Night Passage CD (Dorobo)
Los Angeles Free Music SocietyThe Lowest Form of Music 10-CD box set (RRR)
Maciunas EnsembleNumber Made Audible CD (Het Apollohuis)
Angus MacLiseThe Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda CD (Siltbreeze, Quakebasket), Brain Damage In Oklahoma City CD (Siltbreeze, Quakebasket)
Oval94 Diskont CD (Thrill Jockey)
Charlemagne PalestineGodbear CD (Barooni), Schlingen-Blangen CD (New World Records)
Harry PartchEnclosure 1: Four Historic Art Films by Madeline Tourtelot VIDEO, Enclosure 2: Historic Speech-Music From the Harry Partch Archives 4-CD, Enclosure 3: BOOK, Enclosure 4: Delusion of the Fury VIDEO, Enclosure 5 3-CD (Innova)
Terry RileyMusic For the Gift CD, Reed Streams CD, Olson III CD, Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band—All Night Flight Vol. 1 CD, You’re Nogood CD (Cortical Foundation)
Ray RussellLive at the I.C.A. / Retrospective 2-CD (Moikai)
Raymond ScottManhattan Research, Inc. 2-CD + book (Basta)
The Taj Mahal TravellersLive Stockholm July, 1971 CD (Drone Syndicate)
Masayuki Takayanagi (New Direction)Call in Question CD (PSF)
James TenneySelected Works 1961-1969 CD (Artifact)
Iannis XenakisLa Legende d’Eer CD (Montaigne)
YahowhaGod and Hair 13-CD box set (Captain Trip)

Xhol Caravan – Electrip

Reissues

AMMAMMusic 1966 CD (RER)
François BayleErosphère LP, CD (INA-GRM)
BrainticketCottonwoodhill CD (Phonag Records)
East Bionic SymphoniaRecorded Live LP (Lam Records)
Peter Brötzmann Sextet / QuartetNipples CD (Atavistic)
DreamiesAuralgraphic Entertainment CD (Gear Fab Records)
Fat HarlingenBlack 10” EP (Beta-lactam Ring Records)
Luc FerrariPresque Rien CD (INA-GRM)
FushitsushaFushitsusha (Live I) 2-CD (PSF)
Ragnar GrippeSand CD (Streamline)
Keiji HainoMilky Way CD (Mom ’n’ Dad)
Alvin LucierI Am Sitting in a Room CD (Lovely Music, LTD.)
Charlemagne PalestineFour Manifestations on Six Elements CD (Barooni)
Ray RussellDragon Hill CD, Rites and Rituals CD (Columbia)
Raymond ScottSoothing Sounds for Baby Volume 1, 1-6 Months LP; Volume 2, 6-12 Months LP; Volume 3, 12-18 Months LP (Basta)
PeopleCeremony: Buddha Meet Rock CD (P-Vine)
Taj Mahal TravellersAugust 1974 2-CD (P-Vine)
Iannis XenakisElectronic Music CD (Electronic Music Foundation), La Legende d’Eer CD (Montaigne)
Xhol CaravanElectrip CD (Garden Of Delights)

Tony Conrad + Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate

Vintage

Harry BertoiaBellissima / Nova, Space Voyage / Echoes of Other Times, Swift Sounds / Phosphorescence, Unfolding / Sounds Beyond, Gong Gong / Elemental, All and More / Passage, Energizing / Mellow Tops, Continuum / Near and Far, Swinging Bars / Vulcan’s Play, Ocean Mysteries / Softly Played, Here and Now / Unknown (Sonambient)
Tony Conrad With FaustOutside the Dream Syndicate LP (Caroline)
David CopeThe Way / Concert LP (Opus One)
Keiji HainoWatashi Dake? LP (Pinakotheca)
Pandit Pran NathRagas of Morning and Night LP (Gramavision)
Terry RileyIn C LP (Columbia)
Edgard VarèseThe Music of Edgard Varèse 2-LP (Columbia)
Iannis XenakisElectro-Acoustic Music LP (Nonesuch)
La Monte YoungThe Well-Tuned Piano 5-LP box set (Gramavision), The Black Record LP (Edition X)

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