Keiji Haino recorded Watashi Dake in a pitch-black studio, unable to see his own guitar neckMusic linernotes album music
Keiji Haino pushes the guitar to its physical limits with microtonal bends and sustained feedbackMusic linernotes album music
Joel Thome conducted the 1987 Nonesuch recording of Four Saints in Three ActsMusic linernotes album music
Inoyama Land called Danzindan-Pojidon 'a special place where the kingdom of summer vacation never ended'Music linernotes album music
Hiroshi Yoshimura recorded Music for Nine Post Cards on a simple keyboard and Fender Rhodes at home.Music linernotes album music
Henry Cowell called Ruth Crawford Seeger's String Quartet the best American quartet of its timeMusic linernotes album music
Green isn't a color on Hiroshi Yoshimura's album — it's the entire natural cycleMusic linernotes album music
Frederick Ashton choreographed Four Saints in Three Acts after Balanchine declinedMusic linernotes album music
Four Saints in Three Acts broke ground with an all-black cast of European saintsMusic linernotes album music
Florine Stettheimer's operas went unperformed in her lifetime — rediscovered decades later through recordingsMusic linernotes album music
Florine Stettheimer was a painter, poet, and salon hostess of the avant-garde.Music linernotes album music
Florine Stettheimer designed cellophane backdrops for Four Saints in Three ActsMusic linernotes album music
Fact magazine called Selected Ambient Works 85–92 the best album of the 1990sMusic linernotes album music
Caribou's 'Home' appears on the 2020 album Suddenly — warmer and more direct than earlier workMusic linernotes album music
Burial's Untrue was nominated for both the Mercury Prize and Shortlist Music PrizeMusic linernotes album music
Burial's 'Archangel' is the defining track from his landmark 2007 album Untrue on HyperdubMusic linernotes album music
Burial produced Untrue in Sound Forge, working mostly in the dead of nightMusic linernotes album music
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85–92 was recorded on cassette when he was 13Music linernotes album music
Al Di Meola split Elegant Gypsy between drummers Steve Gadd and Lenny WhiteMusic linernotes album music
"Miles Beyond" on Birds of Fire was John McLaughlin's tribute to Miles Davis.Music linernotes album music
Toru Takemitsu composed A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden in 1977Music linernotes album music
The Master Musicians of Jajouka keep a centuries-old Sufi tradition aliveMusic linernotes album music
Takemitsu's 'Pentagonal Garden' builds its harmonies from five-note scales.Music linernotes album music
Takemitsu described A Flock Descends as a shifting panorama with a circular structureMusic linernotes album music
Rainer Brüninghaus, Eberhard Weber, and Marilyn Mazur play on Jan Garbarek's RitesMusic linernotes album music
Plague Mass is Diamanda Galás's AIDS crisis record, part of her Masque of the Red Death trilogy.Music linernotes album music
Manfred Eicher has produced Jan Garbarek's ECM recordings since the 1970sMusic linernotes album music
Kaija Saariaho composed Six Japanese Gardens for percussion and electronicsMusic linernotes album music
Jon Balke composed Magnetic North for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter OlympicsMusic linernotes album music
Jan Garbarek recorded Visible World at Oslo's Rainbow Studio in June 1995Music linernotes album music
Jan Garbarek is the Norwegian saxophonist who rose to fame with Keith Jarrett's European QuartetMusic linernotes album music
Further was Jon Balke's first ECM album with the Magnetic North OrchestraMusic linernotes album music
Four tracks on Jan Garbarek's Rites were recorded in Tbilisi with a symphony orchestraMusic linernotes album music