Cantaloupe

Ensemble Signal/Bradley Lubman: Shelter [Digipak]

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Shelter: Before I Enter; Shelter: Is the Wind; Shelter: The Boy Sleeps; Shelter: American Home; Shelter: Porch; Shelter: I Want to Live; Shelter: What We Build
Artists: Ensemble Signal/Bradley Lubman

Shelter is the result of an unusual collaboration among Bang on a Can's founding composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Scored for three...continue...
Audio Mixer: Michael Riesman.

Recording information: The James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio, New York Uni.

Photographer: Stephanie Berger....continue...

Michael Harrison (Piano)/Maya Beiser: Michael Harrison: Time Loops *

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2012-10-30

Tracks: Just Ancient Loops: 1. Genesis; Just Ancient Loops: 2. Chorale; Just Ancient Loops: 3. Ascension; Time Loops; Ave Maria; Spiegel im Spiegel; Raga Prelude; Hijaz
Artists: Michael Harrison (Piano)/Maya Beiser

Composer/pianist Michael Harrison's Time Loops is the follow up to Revelation, a critically acclaimed Cantaloupe recording from 2007, and features "cello goddess" Maya Beiser and...continue...
Audio Mixer: Adam Abeshouse.

Liner Note Author: Stuart Isacoff.

Editor: Adam Abeshouse.

Photographers: Thomas Steenland; Stephanie Berger....continue...

B.J. Cole/Icebreaker: Apollo *

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Apollo: Signals; Apollo: Stars; Apollo: Drift; Apollo: An Ending (Ascent) No. 1; Apollo: The Secret Place; Apollo: Under Stars No. 2; Apollo: Matta; Apollo: Deep Blue Day; Apollo: Under Stars No. 1; ...
Artists: B.J. Cole/Icebreaker

Engaged in an exploration between recorded electronic and live acoustic sound, the innovative 12-piece ensemble Icebreaker and renowned pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole present their...continue...
Personnel: James Poke, Walter Fabeck (keyboard programming).

Audio Mixer: James Poke.

Liner Note Authors: James Poke; Tim Boon; B.J. Cole.

Recording information: Brighton Dome, Br...continue...

Bang on a Can: Big, Beautiful, Dark and Scary [Digipak] *

2 CD / Cantaloupe / 2012-02-28

Tracks: Big, Beautiful, Dark and Scary; Sunray; For Madeline; Music From Shadowbang: Angkat; Music From Shadowbang: Ocean; Music From Shadowbang: Meditasi, Head; Instructional Video; Matt Damon; Breakfast at...
Artists: Bang on a Can

"A fiercely aggressive group, combining the power and punch of a rock band with the precision and clarity of a chamber ensemble." - The New...continue...
Audio Mixer: Damian leGassick.

Recording information: Omni Parker House, Boston, MA (06/2010/12/2010); The James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio at New York U (06/2010/12/2010).

This rel...continue...

So Percussion: Steve Mackey: It Is Time [Digipak]

2 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-09-27

Tracks: It Is Time: Metronome; It Is Time: Steel Drums; It Is Time: Marimba; It Is Time: Drums; It Is Time: Epilogue; It Is Time
Artists: So Percussion

It Is Time marshals the virtuosity of the individual members of So Percussion to speed, slow, warp, celebrate and mourn our perceptions of time. Each...continue...
Audio Mixer: Lawson White.

Liner Note Author: Steve Mackey .

Recording information: Guilford Sound.

Photographer: Janette Beckman.

Steve Mackey is a composer who can be cou...continue...

Kutman Sultanbekov/Kambar Kalendarov/Nyshanov, Kalendarov and Sultanbekov: Jaw [Digipak]

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-04-26

Tracks: Mezgil Jangyrygy [Echoes of Time]; Ala-Too Jazy [Spring in Ala-Too]; Kukuk [Cuckoo]; Tagyldyr Too [Beauty Mountain]; Kosh Kairyk [Double Variation]; Kyialdanuu [Reverie]; Jailoodo [Summer in the Moun...
Artists: Kutman Sultanbekov/Kambar Kalendarov/Nyshanov, Kalendarov and Sultanbekov

Cantaloupe Music is proud to present the debut recording of Kutman Sultanbekov and Kambar Kalendarov, virtuosos of the Kyrgyz jaw harp and the runaway hit...continue...

Icebreaker: Terminal Velocity [Remastered]

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-04-26

Artists: Icebreaker

Since the formation of Icebreaker in 1989 critics have searched hard for a label to attach to the band and its music. Icebreaker's frenetic energy,...continue...
Personnel: James Woodrow (electric guitar); Joanna Parker (violin, keyboards); Audrey Riley (cello, electric cello); Katherine Pendry (flute, alto flute, piccolo, panpipes); James Poke (flute, piccolo...continue...

Bang on a Can: Brian Eno: Music for Airports

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-03-29

Tracks: Music for Airports: 1/1; Music for Airports: 1/2; Music for Airports: 2/1; Music for Airports: 2/2
Artists: Bang on a Can

In 1978, Brian Eno put out Music for Airports, his first "ambient" album. It was a four-part piece, composed in the studio, devoid of all...continue...
Bang On A Can: Evan Ziporyn (clarinet, bass clarinet); Maya Beiser (cello); Lisa Moore (piano, keyboards); Mark Stewart (electric guitar); Robert Black (bass); Steven Schick (percussion).

Addit...continue...

Toby Twining: Toby Twining: Eurydice *

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-02-22

Tracks: Eurydice: Playing in the Waves; Eurydice: The Nasty Interesting Man; Eurydice: Yes! Yes! Yes!; Eurydice: Eurydice's Fall; Eurydice: A Dirge; Eurydice: Underworld Motif: Strange High Pitched Noises; E...
Artists: Toby Twining

Eurydice is the incidental music composed for Sarah Ruhl's play of the same name, produced in 2008 for the Wilma Theatre in Phildelphia, PA and...continue...
Recording information: Fifth Stone Studios, Philadelphia, PA.

Toby Twining is a genuine American original. Like many composers of his generation who emerged in the late 20th century, he was cla...continue...

Asphalt Orchestra: Asphalt Orchestra

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-02-22

Tracks: Zomby Woof; Champagne; Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are So me Jive Ass Slippers, The; Electric Red; Hyper-Ballad; Carlton; Pulse March
Artists: Asphalt Orchestra

This 12-piece group of brass players and percussionists re-imagine the marching band, drawing repertoire from rock, jazz and classical with captivating new arrangements of Björk,...continue...
Personnel: Jessica Schmitz (piccolo); Alex Hamlin (soprano saxophone); Ken Thomson (alto saxophone); Peter Hess (tenor saxophone); Shane Endsley, Stephanie Richards (trumpet); Jen Baker, Alan Ferber (...continue...

Sentieri Selvaggi: Sentieri Selvaggi plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass *

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2011-02-22

Tracks: Sub rosa; Façades
Artists: Sentieri Selvaggi

Italy's Sentieri Selvaggi is a group made up of some of that country's best musicians, united in a cultural project aimed to bring contemporary music...continue...
Editors: Alberto Schiro; Andrea Gambetti.

Sentieri Selvaggi, made up of some of the brightest young Italian musicians to emerge around the turn of the millennium, has devoted itself to a wide r...continue...

Burkina Electric: Paspanga [Digipak]

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2010-01-12

Tracks: Gom Zanga; Sankar Yaaré; Naab Koobo; Mdolé; Ligdi; La Voix du Boulgou; Bobo Yengué; To Mi To Zi; Saaga; Nongui Taaba; Bana; Ça Va Chauffer
Artists: Burkina Electric

Lyricist: Wende K. Blass.

Personnel: Wende K. Blass (guitar, background vocals); Lukas Ligeti (drums, electronics); Pyrolator (electronics).

Audio Mixer: Pyrolator.

Liner Note Aut...continue...

So Percussion: Amid the Noise

2 CD / Cantaloupe / 2006-10-10

Artists: So Percussion

"The mere mention of an all-percussion ensemble can sometimes scare off listeners who prefer more conventional settings, but it's important to remember that the percussion...continue...

Gutbucket: Sludge Test

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2006-04-04

Tracks: Money Management for a Better Life; Sludge Test; Punkass Rumbledink; Circadian Mindfuck; Throsp%; Disciplining the Fugitive; Underbidder; Where Have You Gone Me. Squeegeeman?; Plague of the Legions; ...
Artists: Gutbucket

Personnel: Ty Citerman (vocals, guitar); Paul Chuffo (drums).

Audio Mixers: Ian Pellicci; Jay Pellicci.

Recording information: Tiny Telephone Studios, San Francisco, CA.

Photograp...continue...

Sentieri Selvaggi: AC/DC

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2006-01-10

Tracks: AC/DC; Uomo Armato, L'; Apple Tree, The; Passeggiata in Tram in America e Ritorno; I Fought the Law; Hiawatha; Bad Blood
Artists: Sentieri Selvaggi

Milan, center of cutting edge fashion, fine cuisine and considered by many to be the European capital of style, is also the center of cutting...continue...
Personnel: Cristina Zavalloni (vocals); Marco Decimo (cello).

Audio Mixers: Paolo Siconolfi; Renato Campajola; Carlo Boccadoro; Mario Bertodo.

Recording information: Mondial Sound, Milan...continue...

Alarm Will Sound: Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2005-07-12

Tracks: Cock/Ver 10; Logon Rock Witch; Meltphace 6; Blue Calx; Fingerbib; Gwely Mernans; 4; Prep Gwarlek 3b; Omgyjya Switch 7; Cliffs; Jynweythek Ylow; Mt. Saint Michel; Avril 14th; Prep Gwarlek 3b [Remix] -...
Artists: Alarm Will Sound

"A brilliant new music ensemble." - Time Out New York...continue...
Personnel: Hause, Evan (electric guitar, percussion); Martha Cluver (tamboura); Caleb Burhans (violin, viola, piano); Stefan Freund (cello); Jessica Johnson (flute, alto flute, piccolo); Michael Harle...continue...

Michael Gordon (Composer, Bang On A Can): Trance [2005] *

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2005-01-11

Tracks: Trance 1; Trance 2; Trance 3; Trance 4; Trance Drone; Trance 5; Trance 5 (Continued)
Artists: Michael Gordon (Composer, Bang On A Can)

Personnel: James Woodrow (guitar); Joanna Parker (violin); Audrey Riley (cello); Katherine Pendry (flute, piccolo, panpipes); Catherine Shrubshall (soprano saxophone); Brendan Ball, Michael Wildgust (...continue...

Icebreaker: Cranial Pavement *

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2005-01-11

Tracks: Study #2B; Gallows Hill; Blindspot; Chook: Chook; Chook: Mrs. B's Love Triangle; Chook: Tango to the Death; Chook: In Memoriam Brutus (The Thai Curry)
Artists: Icebreaker

Composer: Richard Craig.

Personnel: James Woodrow (guitar); Emma Welton (violin, electric violin); Audrey Riley (cello, electric cello); Rowland Sutherland (flute, piccolo, panpipes); Ian On Aw...continue...

Various Artists: Messiah Remix

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2004-10-12

Tracks: Mixed Messiah (after Handel's Messiah) - Tod Machover; Insulation Mix (after Handel's Messiah); Mqsical Lou (after Handel's Messiah) - Charles Amirkhanian; Convolution (after Handel's Messiah) - R. L...
Artists: Various Artists

Georg Friedrich Handel's 1742 masterpiece of spiritual rebirth is itself reborn, in this deep and thoughful tribute album. Eleven of today's most searching musical minds...continue...
Released in time for the 2004 holiday season, this CD intends to offer a new look at the most-performed classical work in December of any given year: Handel's Messiah. Two kinds of listeners may be te...continue...

Bang on a Can: Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2004-10-01

Tracks: Hsaing Kyaik de Maung; Ka Pya Chi; Sein Chit Tee a Mhat Ta Ya; Seik Kyu Ahla; Work(s): Japan Patsan/Taethit Muhan Gita Than; Improvisation; Kyi Nu Bwe; Seik Kyu Ahla; Sain Ozi
Artists: Bang on a Can

Composer: Kyaw Kyaw Naing.

Personnel: Todd Reynolds (violin); Wendy Sutter (cello); Paul Zinman (recorder); Evan Ziporyn (clarinet); Lisa Moore (piano); Marc Perlman (keyboards); Kyaw Kyaw Nain...continue...

Gutbucket: Dry Humping the American Dream

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2004-04-01

Tracks: Snarling Wrath of Angry Gods; Dry Humping the American Dream; Lift Cover, Pull Cord; O.J. Bin Laden; Polka of Doom, The; War on Drugs; Should've Gone Before You Left; Dance of the Demented Pigeon; An...
Artists: Gutbucket

Gutbucket: Ken Thomson (saxophone); Eric Rockwin (bass guitar); Paul Chuffo, Ty Citerman.

Personnel: Ty Citerman (guitar); Paul Chuffo (drums).

Recording information: K-Sound Studios, La...continue...

Ethel (String Quartet): Ethel

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2003-10-01

Artists: Ethel (String Quartet)

"The quality of playing is terrific, but what distinguishes them is the choice of repertoire and their commitment to the works' performance." -The Guardian...continue...
Personnel: Mary L. Rowell, Todd Reynolds (violin); Ralph Farris (viola); Dorothy Lawson (cello).

Audio Mixers: Dave McNair; Ethel .

Liner Note Author: Ethel .

Recording informatio...continue...

Steve Reich: Steve Reich: Tehillim; The Desert Music

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2002-09-10

Tracks: Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards: I; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards: II; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, ...
Artists: Steve Reich

"Some say 'The Desert Music' stand out as Reich's greatest work, so this release carries a lot of importance with it. For 'Desert', Pierson produced...continue...
Personnel: Heather Gardner, Akiko Fujimoto, Martha Cluver (vocals); Elizabeth Phillips (soprano); Andrew Fouts, Susanna Cortesio, Mike Jorgensen, Caleb Burhans (violin); Stefan Freund, Justin Caulley ...continue...

Evan Ziporyn: This Is Not a Clarinet

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2001-07-10

Tracks: Partial Truths/Four Impersonations; Honshirable; Pengrangrang Gede; Thum Nyatiti; Bindu Semara/Three Island Duos; KRK-Y; Biak-Words; Bouvet Fanfare; Press Release
Artists: Evan Ziporyn

Personnel: Evan Ziporyn (clarinet, bass clarinet).

Audio Mixers: Joel Gordon; Evan Ziporyn.

Recording information: The Studio, Roslindale, MA (1999).

Photographer: Kenneth Thomson...continue...

David Lang: David Lang: The Passing Measures

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2001-04-01

Artists: David Lang

The second installment in Bang on a Can's own label, Cantaloupe Music, is as wonderful their Renegade Heaven disc, though it couldn't be more different. David Lang has composed a 42-minute piece of mu...continue...

Bang on a Can: Renegade Heaven

1 CD / Cantaloupe / 2001-03-13

Tracks: Believing; Escalator; I Buried Paul; Movement Within; Exquisite Corpses
Artists: Bang on a Can

Personnel: Steven Schick (guitar, percussion); Robert Black (guitar); Mark Stewart (electric guitar); Maya Beiser (cello, organ); Evan Ziporyn (clarinet, harpsichord); Lisa Moore (piano, harpsichord, ...continue...