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Matthew Shipp: Greatest Hits *

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Gesture; New Orbit; Cohesion; Module; Gng; New Id; 4D; Stage 10; Nu-Bop; Key Swing; Elastic Aspects; Circular Temple #1
Artists: Matthew Shipp

Liner Note Author: Ted Hendrickson.

On first glance, this is a head scratcher: a "greatest-hits" record from one of jazz's most provocative envelope pushers as a composer, soloist, and bandlead...continue...

Weasel Walter/Peter Evans (Trumpet)/Mary Halvorson: Mechanical Malfunction *

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2012-10-22

Tracks: Baring Teeth; Vektor; Broken Toy; Klockwork; Freezing; Malfunction; Organ Grinder; Interface; Last Monkey on Earth, The; Bulging Eyes
Artists: Weasel Walter/Peter Evans (Trumpet)/Mary Halvorson

Personnel: Weasel Walter (drums); Peter Evans (trumpet); Mary Halvorson (guitar).

Recording information: Menegroth, The Thousand Caves (04/01/2012)....continue...

Black Music Disaster: Black Music Disaster

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2012-06-05

Tracks: Black Music Disaster
Artists: Black Music Disaster

Personnel: J. Spaceman, John Coxon (electric guitar); Matthew Shipp (Farfisa); Steve Noble (drums).

Recording information: Cafe OTO, London (02/13/2010)....continue...

Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2012-02-28

Tracks: Alternative Aspects; Aspects; Psychic Counterpart; Frame Focus; Flow Chart; Mute Voice; Explosive Aspects; Raw Materials; Rainforest; Stage 10; Dimension; Elastic Aspects; Elastic Eye
Artists: Matthew Shipp Trio

Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano); Whit Dickey (drums).

Audio Mixer: Peter Gordon .

Recording information: Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY (07/08/2011)....continue...

Jessica Pavone/Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone/Mary Halvorson: Departure of Reason

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2011-11-15

Tracks: That Other Thing; Hyphen; Object of Tuesday, The; Begin Again; Onslaught; New October; Saturn; Ruth Romain; Ruin; Why Should You Surrender?
Artists: Jessica Pavone/Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone/Mary Halvorson

Personnel: Jessica Pavone (vocals, viola); Mary Halvorson (vocals, guitar).

Audio Mixer: Marc Urselli.

Recording information: Eastside Sound, New York, NY (03/08/2010).

Departure ...continue...

Nils Petter Molvær: Baboon Moon *

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2011-11-01

Tracks: Mercury Heart; Small Realm, A; Recoil; Bloodline; Sleep With Echoes; Blue Fandango; Prince of Calm; Coded; Baboon Moon
Artists: Nils Petter Molvær

Personnel: Nils Petter Molvær (vocals, trumpet, electric trumpet, bass synthesizer, loops); Stian Westerhus (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, prepared piano, harmonium);...continue...

Greg Ward (Sax): Greg Ward's Phonic Juggernaut *

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2011-10-24

Tracks: Above Ground; Leanin' In; Velvet Lounge Shut-In; Phonic Juggernaut; This Ain't In Book 3; V.S. 4; Sectionate City
Artists: Greg Ward (Sax)

Personnel: Greg Ward (alto saxophone); Damion Reid (drums).

Recording information: Spin Music Studios, Lic, NY (04/2011).

Arrangers: Greg Ward ; Manny Sanchez....continue...

HPrizm/Matthew Shipp/William Parker (Bass)/Beans: Knives from Heaven

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2011-06-21

Tracks: Terra Cotta; Half Amazed A/B; Document 6B; Rainstick Streets Aglow; This Is for My Brother the Wind; Going to Another Place; Might Be; Deadpan Stare; Rockers Hifi; Ornate; Non Sexorexia; In This and ...
Artists: HPrizm/Matthew Shipp/William Parker (Bass)/Beans

Personnel: HPrizm (vocals, electronics); Matthew Shipp (piano); Beans (vocals).

Audio Mixers: HPrizm; Tim Conklin.

Recording information: Spin Studios, Li City.

In 2003, Antipop C...continue...

Matthew Shipp: Art of the Improviser

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2011-02-22

Tracks: New Fact, The; 3 in 1; Circular Temple #1; Take the "A" Train; Virgin Complex; 4D; Fly Me to the Moon; Wholetone; Module; Gamma Ray; Patmos
Artists: Matthew Shipp

Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano); Whit Dickey (drums).

Recording information: 04/01/2010.

Photographer: Lena Adasheva.

Since the late 1980s, pianist Matthew Shipp has been rigorou...continue...

Weasel Walter/Peter Evans (Trumpet)/Mary Halvorson: Electric Fruit

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2011-01-25

Tracks: Mangosteen 3000 A.D.; Stench of Cyber-Durian, The; Pseudocarp Walks Among, The; Scuppernong Malfunction; Yantok Salak Kapok; Metallic Dragon Fruit
Artists: Weasel Walter/Peter Evans (Trumpet)/Mary Halvorson

Recording information: Menegroth, The Thousand Caves (11/04/2009)....continue...

The Post Modern Jazz Quartet/Scanner (Electronic): Blink of an Eye

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2010-10-25

Tracks: Shadow Splice; C Jam Blues; Galaxy of Winking Dots, A; Not a Frame Earlier or Later; Involuntary Reflex; Most With the Least; Dreaming With You At My Side; Decisive Moment, The; Cuts and Shadows; Bey...
Artists: The Post Modern Jazz Quartet/Scanner (Electronic)

"From the very first sounds heard on Blink of An Eye's "Shadow Splice," a ground is gradually established with bass piano chords, a minor-key string...continue...
Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano); Robin Rimbaud (keyboards, electronics); Khan Jamal (vibraphone); Michael Thompson (drums).

Audio Mixers: Robin Rimbaud; Scanner .

Recording information:...continue...

Nils Petter Molvær: Hamada

CD / Thirsty Ear / 2010-08-31

Tracks: Exhumation; Sabkah; Icy Altitude; Friction; Monocline; Soft Moon Shine; Monocline Revisited; Cruel Altitude; Lahar; Anticline
Artists: Nils Petter Molvær

Audio Mixer: Jon Marius Aareskjold.

This release by Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær is a relatively stripped-down effort, both in terms of its personnel and its sound. There are no ...continue...

Daniel Bernard Roumain: Woodbox: Beats & Balladry *

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2010-03-30

Tracks: Spaceships Over Haiti; Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Pt. 4; Simone; Armstrong; Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Pt. 6; Moonshine; Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Pt. 2; JMDL; Sonata for Violin...
Artists: Daniel Bernard Roumain

DBR recently collaborated and performed with Lady Gaga on FOX's American Idol. His ccolades range from being voted as 'Americas Assignment' on the CBS Evening...continue...
Recording information: Chung King Studios, New York, NY; Little Guy Studios, Harlem, NY; Nipperdom Studios, Norwalk, CT; Quad Studios, New York, NY; Simiel Studios, Margate, FL; Spin Studios, Long Isl...continue...

Matthew Shipp: 4D

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2010-01-26

Tracks: 4D; Crack In the Piano's Egg, The; Equilibrium; Teleportation; Dark Matter; Stairs; Jazz Paradox; Blue Web in Space; What is This Thing Called Love; Autumn Leaves; Sequence and Vibration; Frere Jacqu...
Artists: Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipps new solo piano cd, "4D" is the complete synthesis and culmination of all of his past Thirsty Ear releases, with the added wrinkle...continue...
Recording information: New York City, NY (05/17/2009).

Photographer: Lyn Horton.

Jazz pianist, composer, and producer Matthew Shipp has been through many phases in his long career. Since...continue...

DJ Spooky: The Secret Song [Bonus DVD] [Digipak]

2 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2009-10-06

Tracks: Intro - The War of Ideas; 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO; Multiphonic - (featuring Rob Swift); Dazed and Confused - (take); Measure by Measure; Secret Song, The; Myxomatosis; Where I'm At - (featuring ...
Artists: DJ Spooky

DJ Spooky's new project "The Secret Song" isn't really an album: it's a manifesto about the place of history in our modern collaged, scrambled, sampla-delic...continue...
Personnel: Bruce Colson (violin); Jason Elinoff (viola); Hector Moreno (cello); Matthew Shipp (piano); Khan Jamal (vibraphone).

Arranger: Peter Stopschinski.

THE SECRET SONG is a concept...continue...

Sexmob: Sex Mob Meets Medeski: Live in Willisau

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2009-04-21

Tracks: Mob Rule Invocation; Mob Rule 1; Black and Tan Fantasy; Mob Rule 2/Little Liza Jane; Sign O the Times; Down on the Farm; This Never Happened to the Other Guy; Mob Rule 3; This Never Happened, Pt. 2; ...
Artists: Sexmob

"How best to describe slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein's singular quartet Sex Mob? Maybe we should start with mercurial musical magician Bernstein himself, whose exotic career...continue...
Personnel: Briggan Krauss (alto saxophone); Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet); John Medeski (organ); Tony Scherr (bass instrument); Kenny Wollesen (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Wil...continue...

Jessica Pavone/Mary Halvorson: Thin Air

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2009-03-24

Tracks: For You or Them; Thin Air; Juice; Barber; Sinking; Ten Years; Lullaby; ...and Goodnight
Artists: Jessica Pavone/Mary Halvorson

Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone have collectively been featured in The New York Times, Jazz Review, The Wire, Time Out New York, Time Out Chicago,...continue...
Personnel: Mary Halvorson (vocals, guitar); Jessica Pavone (vocals, viola).

Audio Mixer: Anthony Ruotolo.

Recording information: Leon Lee Dorsey Studios, New York, NY (12/18/2008).
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Matthew Shipp: Harmonic Disorder

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2009-01-27

Tracks: GNG; There Will Never Be Another You; Harmonic Disorder; Someday My Prince Will Come; Mel Chi 2; Mr. JM; Mel Chi 1; Roe; Orb; Compost; Zo Number 2; Quantum Waves; Light; When the Curtain Falls on the...
Artists: Matthew Shipp

MATTHEW SHIPP has reached the Holy Grail of jazz. Using his vastly talented rhythm section Mr. Shipp comes through with another instant jazz classic, packed...continue...
Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano); Whit Dickey (drums).

Recording information: Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

Pianist Matthew Shipp is often identified with the New York City avant-ga...continue...

Pete Wyer: Stories from the City at Night

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2008-10-21

Tracks: Rain at Night; Somebody; Dina's All Night Diner; East of Manhattan; Here I Am; Night Ride by Subway Car; Nobody; Pier 45 (Pt. 1); Pray for Me; Imprint
Artists: Pete Wyer

Pete Wyer, storyteller, composer and master of the spoken word, brings you through a journey showing the sights, sounds and moods of New York City....continue...
Personnel: Matthew Sharp (vocals, cello); Caryn Havlik, Joey Warren, Jenny Agutter, Carol Lipnik (vocals); Pete M. Wyer (guitar); Chris Cundy (clarinet, saxophone); Simon Taylor (saxophone); Rob Heasm...continue...

blink.: The Epidemic of Ideas

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2008-08-26

Tracks: Sum, The; Secret Weapon, Pt. 1; Rivers and Tides; Sources; Displacement; Secret Weapon, Pt. 2; Glass; I Am; Underground Games; Three Illustrations; Misadventures; We Disappear
Artists: blink.

blink.'s debut recording,"the epidemic of ideas", is 12 original compositions pushing the boundaries of jazz, funk, future music and electronica. Blink. Is a musical collective...continue...
blink.: Dave Miller (electric guitar); Greg Ward (alto saxophone); Jeff Greene (harmonium, acoustic bass, electric bass, sampler); Quin Kirchner (glockenspiel, drums, cymbals, percussion).

Reco...continue...

Various Artists: Rock The Net: Musicians for Network Neutrality

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2008-07-29

Tracks: I Won't Ever Be Happy Again - Bright Eyes; 31 Today - Aimee Mann; Cold Beer and Cigarettes - David Bazan; Sleep - The Wrens; Modulation - Classic Brown; Uganda - DJ Spooky/Saba Saba; Red - Palomar; T...
Artists: Various Artists

Network Neutrality is the principle of preserving an open Internet. Wilco, Bright Eyes, They Might Be Giants, Aimee Mann, Matthew Shipp, and DJ Spooky, to...continue...
Arranger: Brian Christinzio.

Assembled by Washington, D.C.'s Future of Music Coalition, Rock the Net features tracks from 16 artists who support a free Internet -- that is, an Internet in which...continue...

Spring Heel Jack: Songs and Themes *

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2008-03-25

Tracks: Church Music; Dereks; With out Words; Eupen; For Paul Rutherford; Folk Players; Silvertone; Clara; 1, 000 Yards; Antiphon; At Long Last; Garlands
Artists: Spring Heel Jack

Jazz-ambient music of the highest level....continue...
Personnel: John Coxon (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, violin, glockenspiel, bass guitar, sampler); J. Spaceman (electric guitar); John Tchicai (bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Orph...continue...

Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology, Vol. 1 *

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2008-02-12

Tracks: Tale of Two Bridges, A; Don Cheadle; Ghost Sign Crossroad; Over and Under; Lost Way Found, A; Nappy Hour; Chump Champ Chunk; Get Your Legs On; Doing Within; Street Corner Prophecy
Artists: Free Form Funky Freqs

Personnel: Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bass guitar); Calvin Weston (drums); G. Calvin Weston (drum); Vernon Reid (guitar, guitar synthesizer).

Audio Mixer: Kevin "K.O." Odom.

Recording informati...continue...

Groundtruther: Altitude

2 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2007-09-25

Tracks: Taipei 101; Pyramid of Giza; Everest; Seoul Tower; Kingda Ka; Warsaw Radio Mast; Empire State; Three Haikus; Death Valley; Salt Lake; Dead Sea; Submarine Canyon; Subduction Zone; Evaporites; Forearc;...
Artists: Groundtruther

Groundtruther: Charlie Hunter (7-string guitar); John Medeski (Clavinet); Bobby Previte (drums).

This 2007 release is the final installment of the Groundtruther trilogy by guitarist Charlie Hun...continue...

Matthew Shipp: Piano Vortex

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2007-08-28

Tracks: Piano Vortex; Key Swing; New Circumstance, The; Nooks and Corners; Sliding Through Space; Quivering with Speed; Slips Through the Fingers; To Vitalize
Artists: Matthew Shipp

"Since the turn of the millennium, pianist Matthew Shipp has ventured further into the realms of electro-acoustic jazz than many of his peers. An intrepid...continue...
Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano); Matthew Shipp; Joe Morris (bass guitar); Whit Dickey (drums).

Recording information: MPI Studios, New York, NY.

For those who view Matthew Shipp and his...continue...

Daniel Bernard Roumain: Etudes 4 Violin & Electronix

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2007-06-26

Tracks: Black Man Singing, for violin, voice, flutes & electronics; Need to Be, for violin & piano, The; Resonance, for violin, piano & electronics; Need to Follow, for violin & piano, The; Divergence, for v...
Artists: Daniel Bernard Roumain

"Not long after receiving Etudes 4 Violin & Electronix, I got up one morning before the alarm went off, and settled myself down to some...continue...
Personnel: Daniel Bernard Roumain (vocals, violin, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, spoons); Daniel Bernard Roumain (glass); Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano).

Additional personnel: Daniel L...continue...

Gang Font: Gang Font featuring Interloper

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2007-03-27

Tracks: You Haven't Lived Until You Have Had to Have Read Beowulf; Spencer's Background vs. Todd's Claim; Homage: Claude Schnell; Chance to Play Across the Shadows, A; Familiar Cadence of Banging, The; Herma...
Artists: Gang Font

Gang Font are a new supergroup comprising of Greg Norton (ex Husker Du!), Dave King from Bad Plus, leading avant keyboardist Craig Taborn and Erik...continue...
Composers: Dave King ; Erik Fratzke.

Gang Font: Erik Fratzke (6-string guitar); Greg Norton (acoustic bass guitar); Craig Taborn, Dave King .

Personnel: Craig Taborn (keyboards); Greg No...continue...

The Free Zen Society: The Free Zen Society

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2007-02-20

Tracks: Lightly Dropping; Thought Free; Surrender; Dream Escapes; Majestical; Glistening; Streaming Through; Clocking Space
Artists: The Free Zen Society

The Free Zen Society: Zeena Parkins (harpsichord); William Parker (double bass); Matthew Shipp.

Personnel: Zeena Parkins (harp); Matthew Shipp (piano).

Audio Mixer: Peter Gordon .
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Nils Petter Molvær: Streamer

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-11-21

Tracks: Frozen; Marrow; Little Indian; Kakonita; Sauna; Simply So; Hurry Slowly - (Mungolian Jet Edit); Solid Ether
Artists: Nils Petter Molvær

Personnel: Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet, sampler); Nils Petter Molvær; Raymond C. Pellicer (electronics); Eivind Aarset (guitar); Rune Arnesen (drums); DJ Strangefruit, Raymond Pellicier.
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Nils Petter Molvær: ER

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-11-21

Tracks: Hover; Softer; Water; Only These Things Count; Sober; Darker; Feeder; Dancer
Artists: Nils Petter Molvær

Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær made his small mark on fans and critics alike in the United States with his fine pair of ECM recordings. After a couple of years working in Europe, he retur...continue...

Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery: Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery *

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-10-10

Tracks: Intro; Chance Operation; St. Clare's Hospital; Joint Disease; General, The; Eclipse; Cocktail; Peeler, The; Anatomy of Melancholy; Round Two
Artists: Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery

Personnel: John Medeski, Matthew Shipp.

Scotty Hard initially made his reputation in the rap world, but since 2000 or so he's been doing at least as many jazz gigs (if not more), contributing h...continue...

David S. Ware: BalladWare

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-09-26

Tracks: Yesterdays; Dao; Autumn Leaves; Godspelized; Sentient Compassion; Tenderly; Angel Eyes
Artists: David S. Ware

"After a 1999 European tour, the members of the David S. Ware quartet set out to capture their tumultuous live energy in the studio. Post-tour...continue...
Personnel: David S. Ware (saxophone); Matthew Shipp (piano); Guillermo E. Brown (drums).

Recording information: New York, NY (1999).

A ballads album is not something one might associate ...continue...

Various Artists: Thirsty Ear Presents: Blue Series Sampler [2006]

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-09-26

Tracks: Pygmy Suite - Sexmob; General, The - Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery/John Medeski/Matthew Shipp; Arc - Matthew Shipp; Little Indian - Nils Petter Molvær; Wild - Meat Beat Manifesto;...
Artists: Various Artists

The Blue Series Sampler 2006 from Thirsty Ear is, in many ways, its most adventurous yet in that it surveys the label's depth and creativity from -- mostly -- outside the jazz world. That is not to sa...continue...

Eri Yamamoto: Cobalt Blue

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-07-18

Tracks: Melodica Chops; Takeda No Komoriuta (Japanese Folk Song); Cobalt Blue; Hot Coffee; I Love You; Irving Place; Little Nap, A; They Can't Take That Away from Me; Quiet of the Night, The
Artists: Eri Yamamoto

Personnel: Eri Yamamoto (piano); Ikuo Takeuchi (drums).

Recording information: Park West Studio, Brooklyn, NY.

Photographer: Rika Yamamoto.

Arranger: Eri Yamamoto.

Eri Yama...continue...

Nils Petter Molvær: An American Compilation

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-06-06

Tracks: Water; Solid Ether; Nebulizer; Kakonita; Kakonita - (Deathprod mix); Darker - (Mungalian Jet Set Metro mix); Wilderness - (live); Little Indian; Frozen; Tabula Rasa; Only These Thing Count
Artists: Nils Petter Molvær

"In the 35 years since Miles Davis first put foot to wah-wah pedal, any number of musicians have tried to develop the original, shocking impacts...continue...
Personnel: Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet, keyboards, bass instrument); Sidsel Endresen (vocals); Eivind Aarset (guitar).

Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer was first introduced to Ameri...continue...

Carl Hancock Rux: Good Bread Alley *

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-05-23

Tracks: Good Bread Alley; My Brother's Hands (Union Song); Thadius Star; Behind the Curtain; Lies; Geneva; Black of My Shadow; All the Rock Stars (For Kurt Cobain); Living Room; I Can't Write Left Handed; Be...
Artists: Carl Hancock Rux

Personnel: Helga Davis, Marcelle Lashley.

Working with a smaller set of musicians -- and for a smaller label -- the multi-disciplinary artist Carl Hancock Rux delivers what is arguably his most...continue...

Beans: Only

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-04-04

Tracks: 5; 1; 7; 4; 3; 71; 118; 20; 56; 198
Artists: Beans

Beans: Hamid Drake, William Parker .

Recording information: Leon Dorsey Studios, NY, NY.

Maverick producer/MC Beans piloted the underground hip-hop crew Antipop Consortium to new outr...continue...

Matthew Shipp: One

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2006-01-31

Tracks: Arc; Patmos; Gamma Ray; Milky Way; Blue in Orion; Electro Magnetism; Encounter, The; Rose Is a Rose, The; IEOU; Abyss Code; Zero; Module
Artists: Matthew Shipp

Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano); Matthew Shipp.

Audio Mixer: Glenn Robinson .

Recording information: Leon Lee Dorsey Studios, New York, NY (08/18/2005).

Editor: Glenn Robinson ....continue...

Meat Beat Manifesto: Off-Center [Single]

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-10-25

Tracks: Wild - (Remix, remix); Postcards; Maintain Discipline; Dummyhead Stereo; Shotgun! (Blast to the Brain); Prime Audio Soup
Artists: Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto: Jack Dangers (various instruments, bass guitar); Peter Gordon (flute); Craig Taborn (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Lynn Farmer (drums); Ben Stokes (sampler); Mark Pistel, Dave King ....continue...

Mat Maneri: Pentagon *

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-10-25

Tracks: Ava; W.W.P.; Inslut; Irena; Third Hand - The Fallen; Witches Woo; Wound; Medley; Angel Passes By, An; Pentagon; War Room; America
Artists: Mat Maneri

"Striking a curious balance between the accessible and the abstruse, violinist/violist Mat Maneri's latest release is a study in contrast. Ranging from abstract free improvisation...continue...
Personnel: Mat Maneri (violin); Joe Maneri (saxophone); Craig Taborn (keyboards); Tom Rainey (drums); T.K. Ramakrishnan (percussion).

You never really know quite what to expect from string virt...continue...

Groundtruther: Longitude

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-07-12

Tracks: Transit of Venus; Tycho Brahe; March 1741, Cape Horn; Course Made Good; Dead Reckoning; Medicean Stars; Jupiter Mask; H-4; Back-Quadrant; Epherimedes; Prime Meridian; South Heading; [Untitled Hidden ...
Artists: Groundtruther

Groundtruther: Bobby Previte, Charlie Hunter .

Personnel: Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar); Bobby Previte (drums, electronics); DJ Logic (turntables).

Additional personnel: DJ Logic.
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Meat Beat Manifesto: At the Center

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-05-24

Tracks: Wild; Flute Thang; Murita Cycles; Want Ads One; Blind; Musica Classica; Bohemian Grove; United Nations Etc. Etc.; Want Ads Two; Water Margin, The; Shotgun!; Granulation 1
Artists: Meat Beat Manifesto

Jack Dangers is the veteran composer and sound sculptor behind Meat Beat Manifesto. His constantly evolving musical invention has generated a long string of futuristic...continue...
Meat Beat Manifesto: Jack Dangers (various instruments).

Personnel: Peter Gordon (flute); Jack Dangers (bass flute, bass clarinet); Craig Taborn (grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet); Da...continue...

DJ Spooky: Drums of Death [Digipak]

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-04-26

Tracks: Universal Time Signal; Brother's Gonna Work It Out (2005); Quantum Cyborg Drum Machine; Guitar DJ Tool Element; Metatron; Assisted Suicide; Kultur Krieg; Sounds from Planet X; B Side Wins Again (2005...
Artists: DJ Spooky

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid has teamed up with Dave Lombardo (drummer for Slayer) to see what one of the world's best DJs could do...continue...
Personnel: DJ Spooky (synthesizer, turntables); Chuck D (vocals, rap vocals); Dälek , Meredith Monk (vocals); Gerry Nestler (guitar); Jack Dangers (electric guitar, bass guitar); Vernon Reid (gui...continue...

William Parker (Bass): Luc's Lantern

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-03-22

Tracks: Adena; Song for Tyler; Mourning Sunset; Evening Star Song; Luc's Lantern; Jaki; Bud in Alphaville; Charcoal Flower; Phoenix; Candlesticks on the Lake
Artists: William Parker (Bass)

Personnel: William Parker (double bass); Eri Yamamoto, Eriko Yamamoto (piano); Michael Thompson (drums).

Recording information: Park West Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

A giant of avant-garde ja...continue...

DJ Spooky/Dave Lombardo/Chuck D: B-Side Wins Again [Single]

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-03-08

Tracks: B Side Winds Again; Art of War, The; B Side Winds Again - (acapella); B Side Winds Again - (instrumental)
Artists: DJ Spooky/Dave Lombardo/Chuck D

Personnel: DJ Spooky; Dave Lombardo, Vernon Reid, Chuck D....continue...

Mike Ladd: Negrophilia: The Album

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2005-02-08

Tracks: Field Work (The Ethnographer's Daughter); French Dig Latinos, Too, The; In Perspective; Shake It; Worldwide Shrinkwrap (Contact Zones); Back at Ya; Appropriated Metro; Blonde Negress; Sam and Milli D...
Artists: Mike Ladd

"Mike Ladd is both a (literate) producer of cutting-edge (certainly not that "gangster" stuff, word-up yo) hip-hop and an MC, one whose aim is not...continue...
Composer: Marguerite Ladd.

Personnel: Mike Ladd (various instruments); Andrew Lamb (woodwinds, wind); Bruce Grant (loops); Roy Campbell (trumpet); Vijay Iyer (piano, organ, synthesizer); Guille...continue...

Yohimbe Brothers: The Tao of Yo

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2004-10-12

Tracks: Shine for Me; Secret Frequency, The; More from Life; Shape 4; Noh Rio; TV; 30 Spokes; Unimportance; No Pistolas; Overcoming; Words They Choose; Shape I; Perfect Traveler (Tourist Europe)
Artists: Yohimbe Brothers

Yohimbe Brothers: DJ Logic (sound effects); Vernon Reid.

Personnel: Latasha Natasha Diggs (vocals, background vocals); Taylor McFerrin, Traz, Bos Omega, Ricky Quinones (vocals); Vernon Reid (ac...continue...

Matthew Shipp: Harmony and Abyss

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2004-09-28

Tracks: Ion; New Id; 3 in 1; Virgin Complex; Galaxy 105; String Theory; Blood 2 the Brain; Invisible Light; Amino Acid; Abyss
Artists: Matthew Shipp

Personnel: Matthew Shipp (piano, synthesizer); Matthew Shipp; William Parker (double bass, upright bass); Flam (synthesizer, programming, drum programming); Gerald Cleaver (drums).

Recording in...continue...

Groundtruther: Latitude

1 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2004-08-24

Tracks: RCLE / South Pole; North Pole; Arctic Circle; 40th Parallel; Horse Latitudes North; Tropic of Cancer; Equator; Tropic of Capricorn; Horse Latitudes South; Tropic of Calms; South Pole / Artic Circle /...
Artists: Groundtruther

"Latitude" is the first in a trilogy of recordings for Thirsty Ear's Blue Series; an ongoing collaboration between Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte, world class...continue...
Groundtruther: Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar); Bobby Previte (drums, electronics).

Groundtruther is not a band, actually, but a project created by guitarist/composer Charlie Hunter and drumme...continue...

DJ Spooky: Celestial Mechanix: The Blue Series Mastermix

2 CD / Thirsty Ear / 2004-06-22

Tracks: Stellar - (1,2,3 Remix, 1,2,3 remix); CD: Dir>Gesture> Artists: DJ Spooky

Audio Remixer: Meat Beat Manifesto.

Horns echo over broken beats and voices ping and pong as DJ Spooky takes all of the releases in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series and gives them some serious crinkli...continue...

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