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Robert Rutman – 1939
This is a 1998 CD reissue of an old Pogus LP from 1989 with a bonus 20-minute track. That makes a total of five selections of superb-sounding, Eastern-bound ambience via steel string cello,…
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If, Bwana – Tripping India
Recorded in 1994 but not released until 1997, Tripping India is the fourth CD by Pogus label honcho Al Margolis’ improvisational music group If, Bwana, which boasts an ever-rotating lineup of players with…
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If, Bwana – Breathing
Way back yonder in 1996, experimental music entity If, Bwana unleashed its third-ever CD, Breathing, which followed hot on the heels of a slew of cassettes over the previous decade and the CDs…
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Leo Kupper – Electro-Acoustic
Born in 1935 in Nidrum, Belgium, Leo Kupper worked with Henri Pousseur from 1959 to 1962 at Apelac, the first electronic music studio in that country. In 1967, he became the founder and…
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If, Bwana – 33 Birds Went
Since 1984, If, Bwana has existed as an ongoing, freeform music project of Al Margolis, he of Pogus label fame. Following numerous cassette albums in the ’80s and early ’90s, 33 Birds Went…
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Big City Orchestra – Greatest Hits and Test Tones
Recorded by a loose, Bay Area-based collective called the Big City Orchestra* in the 1980s and released into the wild by the Pogus label in 1993, Greatest Hits and Test Tones is a…
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The Keffer Family – Tales of the Mushroom People
As head of the Poison Pie Publishing House, David Keffer has spent years writing novels, poetry and stories, and filling the noggins of netherworld nutcases with in-depth knowledge of Japanese avant-musician Keiji Haino…
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Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair 2013
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Los Angeles, California February 1-3, 2013 Printed Matter is the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of publications made by artists. The companion to their NY…
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Kim Halliday – Birdsong in Mist
Kim Halliday is a British composer of screen and stage music with a long list of credits to his name. His latest effort, Gorillas, I mean Birdsong in Mist, is a collection of…
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Michael Mizrahi – The Bright Motion
Michael Mizrahi is Assistant Professor of Piano at Lawrence University and a founding member of chamber music outfit The NOW Ensemble. His first CD, The Bright Motion, released in 2012, consists solely of…
