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Aron Magner
Aron Magner is a Philadelphia-based musician best known as the keyboardist and founding member of The Disco Biscuits.
Aron Magner is a Philadelphia-based musician best known as the keyboardist and founding member of The Disco Biscuits.
Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips (born October 27, 1934 in San Francisco, California) is a jazz and free improvisation bassist.
Barre Phillips (born October 27, 1934 in San Francisco, California) is a jazz and free improvisation bassist.
Barry Guy
Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is a British composer and double bass player.
Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is a British composer and double bass player.
Bartlomiej Oles
Bartlomiej Brat Oles (born 1973 in Sosnowiec, Poland) is a jazz and free improvisation drummer, composer and record producer.
Bartlomiej Brat Oles (born 1973 in Sosnowiec, Poland) is a jazz and free improvisation drummer, composer and record producer.
Bruno Tommaso
Bruno Tommaso (born 1946) is an Italian jazz double-bass player and composer, the cousin of fellow double-bass player Giovanni Tommaso.
Bruno Tommaso (born 1946) is an Italian jazz double-bass player and composer, the cousin of fellow double-bass player Giovanni Tommaso.
Burkhard Beins
Burkhard Beins (born 1964 in Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German composer/performer who works with percussion, selected objects and electronics.
Burkhard Beins (born 1964 in Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German composer/performer who works with percussion, selected objects and electronics.
Burkhard Stangl
Burkhard Stangl (born 1960) is a composer and musician, currently of Vienna, Austria.
Burkhard Stangl (born 1960) is a composer and musician, currently of Vienna, Austria.
Charles Cohen
Charles Cohen is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area-based free jazz musician and composer.
Charles Cohen is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area-based free jazz musician and composer.
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist.
Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist.
Christian Fennesz
Christian Fennesz is an Austrian guitarist active in electronic music, often credited on albums simply as Fennesz.
Christian Fennesz is an Austrian guitarist active in electronic music, often credited on albums simply as Fennesz.
Cobra (Zorn)
Cobra is an unpublished but recorded and frequently performed musical composition by John Zorn that was conceived as a system with very detailed rules but with no pre-conceived sequence of e...
Cobra is an unpublished but recorded and frequently performed musical composition by John Zorn that was conceived as a system with very detailed rules but with no pre-conceived sequence of e...
Cor Fuhler
Cor Fuhler (born 1964 Barger-Oosterveld, Drenthe, Netherlands) is an Amsterdam-based musician who plays in the style of electroacoustic improvisation.
Cor Fuhler (born 1964 Barger-Oosterveld, Drenthe, Netherlands) is an Amsterdam-based musician who plays in the style of electroacoustic improvisation.
David Daniell (musician)
David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.
David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.
David Fenech
David Fenech is a French composer, guitarist and singer born on 19 July 1969 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine.
David Fenech is a French composer, guitarist and singer born on 19 July 1969 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine.
David Toop
David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication.
David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician and author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication.
Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey (29 January 1930 – 25 December 2005) was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
Derek Bailey (29 January 1930 – 25 December 2005) was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
Derek Bailey (guitarist)
Derek Bailey was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
Derek Bailey was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
Devin Sarno
Devin Sarno (born in Glendale, California in 1966) began CRIB in early 1990 as a solo bass sound project focusing on improvised subsonics.
Devin Sarno (born in Glendale, California in 1966) began CRIB in early 1990 as a solo bass sound project focusing on improvised subsonics.
EAI (music)
Electroacoustic improvisation (EAI) is a style of music that incorporates aspects of both electroacoustic music and free improvisation.
Electroacoustic improvisation (EAI) is a style of music that incorporates aspects of both electroacoustic music and free improvisation.
Electroacoustic improvisation
Electroacoustic improvisation (EAI) is a style of music that incorporates aspects of both electroacoustic music and free improvisation.
Electroacoustic improvisation (EAI) is a style of music that incorporates aspects of both electroacoustic music and free improvisation.
Emanem Records
Emanem Records is an independent record label based in London specialising in free improvised music.
Emanem Records is an independent record label based in London specialising in free improvised music.
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol) is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol) is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.
Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual is an electronic music and visual art group, founded in Vienna in the beginning of the nineties.
Farmers Manual is an electronic music and visual art group, founded in Vienna in the beginning of the nineties.
FMP (Free Music Production)
Free Music Production (FMP) is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free j...
Free Music Production (FMP) is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free j...
FMP/Free Music Production
Free Music Production is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, u...
Free Music Production is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, u...
Franz Pomassl
Franz Pomassl is an electronic sound and recording artist and DJ residing in Vienna, Austria, and is a co-founder of the Austrian Laton experimental techno label.
Franz Pomassl is an electronic sound and recording artist and DJ residing in Vienna, Austria, and is a co-founder of the Austrian Laton experimental techno label.
Fred Frith
Fred Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.
Fred Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved.
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved.
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Gary Smith (guitarist)
Gary Smith is a avant-garde guitarist, improviser and composer from the United Kingdom.
Gary Smith is a avant-garde guitarist, improviser and composer from the United Kingdom.
Günter Müller
Günter Müller is a Swiss composer, improviser and visual artist based in Lupsingen, Switzerland.
Günter Müller is a Swiss composer, improviser and visual artist based in Lupsingen, Switzerland.
Hans Reichel
Hans Reichel is a German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer.
Hans Reichel is a German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer.
Incus Records
Incus Records is an artist owned record label, founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters, specialising in the dissemination of free-improvised music.
Incus Records is an artist owned record label, founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters, specialising in the dissemination of free-improvised music.
Islak Köpek
Islak Köpek is a free improvisation band from Istanbul, Turkey.
Islak Köpek is a free improvisation band from Istanbul, Turkey.
Jamie Muir
Jamie Muir (born in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a UK painter and former percussionist, best known for his work in King Crimson.
Jamie Muir (born in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a UK painter and former percussionist, best known for his work in King Crimson.
Jean Derome
Jean Derome (born June 29, 1955) is a French Canadian avant-garde saxophonist, flautist and composer.
Jean Derome (born June 29, 1955) is a French Canadian avant-garde saxophonist, flautist and composer.
Jerome Noetinger
Jerome Noetinger is an improviser and composer of electroacoustic music based in Grenoble, France.
Jerome Noetinger is an improviser and composer of electroacoustic music based in Grenoble, France.
John Bruce Wallace
John Bruce Wallace is a composer, improvisational guitarist, painter, graphic artist, philosopher, and Information Technology consultant.
John Bruce Wallace is a composer, improvisational guitarist, painter, graphic artist, philosopher, and Information Technology consultant.
John Butcher (musician)
John Butcher (born 1954 in Brighton, England) is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player who has lived in London since the late 1970s.
John Butcher (born 1954 in Brighton, England) is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player who has lived in London since the late 1970s.
John Russell (musician)
John Russell (born London, 1954) is an acoustic guitarist who has worked exclusively in the field of free improvisation since the 1970s.
John Russell (born London, 1954) is an acoustic guitarist who has worked exclusively in the field of free improvisation since the 1970s.
John Stevens (drummer)
John William Stevens (10 June 1940 in Brentford, Middlesex - 13 September 1994 in Ealing, west London) was an English drummer.
John William Stevens (10 June 1940 in Brentford, Middlesex - 13 September 1994 in Ealing, west London) was an English drummer.
Kapotte Muziek
Kapotte Muziek is the musical improvisation project of Frans de Waard, Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop.
Kapotte Muziek is the musical improvisation project of Frans de Waard, Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop.
Katt Hernandez
Katt Hernandez (born May 16, 1974) is a violinist living in Stockholm, Sweden with strong connection to Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland.
Katt Hernandez (born May 16, 1974) is a violinist living in Stockholm, Sweden with strong connection to Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland.
Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (内橋和久, Uchihashi Kazuhisa) is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music.
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (内橋和久, Uchihashi Kazuhisa) is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music.
Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe (born March 16, 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter.
Keith Rowe (born March 16, 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter.
Ken Hyder
Ken Hyder (born 29 June 1946) is a Scottish jazz fusion drummer and percussionist born in Dundee, Scotland, perhaps best-known for combining folk, ethnic and Celtic music with jazz.
Ken Hyder (born 29 June 1946) is a Scottish jazz fusion drummer and percussionist born in Dundee, Scotland, perhaps best-known for combining folk, ethnic and Celtic music with jazz.
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (born 14 January 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s.
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (born 14 January 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s.
Kevin Drumm
Kevin Drumm is an experimental musician based in Chicago, United States.
Kevin Drumm is an experimental musician based in Chicago, United States.
Like a Flame
Like a Flame is a double-album with free improvisations for organ by Frederik Magle released in December 2010 on the Swedish record label Proprius Music.
Like a Flame is a double-album with free improvisations for organ by Frederik Magle released in December 2010 on the Swedish record label Proprius Music.
Lol Coxhill
Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur.
Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur.
Lê Quan Ninh
Lê Quan Ninh (born Paris, 1961) is a French percussionist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.
Lê Quan Ninh (born Paris, 1961) is a French percussionist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.
Maggie Nicols
Maggie Nicols (or Nichols, as she originally spelt her name as a performer) (born 24 February 1948), is a Scottish free-jazz and improvising vocalist, dancer, and performer.
Maggie Nicols (or Nichols, as she originally spelt her name as a performer) (born 24 February 1948), is a Scottish free-jazz and improvising vocalist, dancer, and performer.
Martin Tétreault
Martin Tétreault is a free improvisation musician and visual artist.
Martin Tétreault is a free improvisation musician and visual artist.
Mary Oliver (violinist)
Mary Oliver (born in La Jolla, California) is an American performer on violin, viola, and Hardanger fiddle, in the areas of New Music, free improvisation, and avant-garde jazz.
Mary Oliver (born in La Jolla, California) is an American performer on violin, viola, and Hardanger fiddle, in the areas of New Music, free improvisation, and avant-garde jazz.
Mego (label)
Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria.
Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria.
Michael Bearpark
Michael Bearpark is an English scientist and musician.
Michael Bearpark is an English scientist and musician.
Musics (magazine)
Musics was an independent magazine (ISSN: 0307-2924) launched with Issue No. 1 April/May 1975 of MUSICS an impromental experivisation arts magazine.
Musics was an independent magazine (ISSN: 0307-2924) launched with Issue No. 1 April/May 1975 of MUSICS an impromental experivisation arts magazine.
Onkyokei
The Onkyo music movement or Onkyokei is a form of free improvisation, emerging from Japan in the late 1990s.
The Onkyo music movement or Onkyokei is a form of free improvisation, emerging from Japan in the late 1990s.
Oren Ambarchi
Oren Ambarchi is a multi-instrumentalist who in major plays electric guitar and drums, with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches.
Oren Ambarchi is a multi-instrumentalist who in major plays electric guitar and drums, with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches.
Paul Burwell
Paul Dean Burwell (24 April 1949 - 4 February 2007) was a British thaumaturge and percussionist, influential in the fields of free improvisation and experimental art.
Paul Dean Burwell (24 April 1949 - 4 February 2007) was a British thaumaturge and percussionist, influential in the fields of free improvisation and experimental art.
Paul Dunmall
Paul Dunmall is a British jazz saxophonist who plays tenor and soprano saxophone as well as the baritone and the more exotic Saxello and the Northumbrian pipes.
Paul Dunmall is a British jazz saxophonist who plays tenor and soprano saxophone as well as the baritone and the more exotic Saxello and the Northumbrian pipes.
Peter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg (a.k.a. Pita) (born 29 June 1968, London) is an author of electronic audio works.
Peter Rehberg (a.k.a. Pita) (born 29 June 1968, London) is an author of electronic audio works.
Phil Minton
Phil Minton (b. 2 November 1940, Torquay, United Kingdom) is a jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter.
Phil Minton (b. 2 November 1940, Torquay, United Kingdom) is a jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter.
Philip Jeck
Philip Jeck is an English multimedia composer, magician, choreographer, woodsman and taxidermist.
Philip Jeck is an English multimedia composer, magician, choreographer, woodsman and taxidermist.
Pino Minafra
Pino Minafra (born 1951) is an Italian trumpeter and flugelhorn player who is associated with free improvisation, avant-garde jazz.
Pino Minafra (born 1951) is an Italian trumpeter and flugelhorn player who is associated with free improvisation, avant-garde jazz.
Pxp
PXP stands for “Penetration + Perversion” and is a project of Oswald Berthold, also a member of Farmers Manual.
PXP stands for “Penetration + Perversion” and is a project of Oswald Berthold, also a member of Farmers Manual.
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and media artist based in Seattle, Washington.
Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and media artist based in Seattle, Washington.
Reynaldo Young
Reynaldo Young b. 1966
Is a London-based Uruguayan composer, arranger, guitarist, teacher and workshop leader.
Reynaldo Young b. 1966
Is a London-based Uruguayan composer, arranger, guitarist, teacher and workshop leader.
Robert Piotrowicz
Robert Piotrowicz is a polish sound artist, composer, and improviser.
Robert Piotrowicz is a polish sound artist, composer, and improviser.
Sachiko M
Sachiko Matsubara, who usually records as Sachiko M, is a Japanese musician, but she considers herself to be a "non-musician".
Sachiko Matsubara, who usually records as Sachiko M, is a Japanese musician, but she considers herself to be a "non-musician".
Samm Bennett
Samm Bennett, is an American singer-songwriter and percussionist.
Samm Bennett, is an American singer-songwriter and percussionist.
Shaking Ray Levis
The Shaking Ray Levis is an ongoing collaboration of musicians with a common interest in free improvisation.
The Shaking Ray Levis is an ongoing collaboration of musicians with a common interest in free improvisation.
Stephen Nachmanovitch
Stephen Nachmanovitch is a musician, author, computer artist, and educator.
Stephen Nachmanovitch is a musician, author, computer artist, and educator.
Steve Beresford
Steve Beresford (born 1950) is a British musician who graduated from the University of York.
Steve Beresford (born 1950) is a British musician who graduated from the University of York.
Steve Parry (musician)
Steve Parry, (born Stephen John Parry, 4 September 1958), Pontypool, South Wales Valleys is a Welsh guitarist, musician, composer who was a founder member of the experimental rock band H...
Steve Parry, (born Stephen John Parry, 4 September 1958), Pontypool, South Wales Valleys is a Welsh guitarist, musician, composer who was a founder member of the experimental rock band H...
Susan Alcorn
Susan Alcorn (born 1953) is an American composer, improvisor, and pedal steel guitarist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.
Susan Alcorn (born 1953) is an American composer, improvisor, and pedal steel guitarist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier (born November 30, 1968 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss composer and pianist.
Sylvie Courvoisier (born November 30, 1968 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss composer and pianist.
Tania Chen
Tania Chen is a London, UK-based concert pianist specialising in experimental, improvised and contemporary music.
Tania Chen is a London, UK-based concert pianist specialising in experimental, improvised and contemporary music.
Ted Milton
Ted Milton (born 1943) is an English poet and musician, best known for leading the Blurt, an experimental jazz-rock group.
Ted Milton (born 1943) is an English poet and musician, best known for leading the Blurt, an experimental jazz-rock group.
Thomas Ankersmit
Thomas Ankersmit (born 1979, Leiden, Netherlands) is a musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam.
Thomas Ankersmit (born 1979, Leiden, Netherlands) is a musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam.
Thomas Lehn
Thomas Lehn is a German-born piano and synthesizer player active in free improvisation and contemporary music.
Thomas Lehn is a German-born piano and synthesizer player active in free improvisation and contemporary music.
Tim Hodgkinson
Tim Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds and keyboards.
Tim Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds and keyboards.
Tom Cora
Thomas Henry Corra (September 14, 1953 – April 9, 1998), better known as Tom Cora, was a United States cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the fi...
Thomas Henry Corra (September 14, 1953 – April 9, 1998), better known as Tom Cora, was a United States cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the fi...
Tommy Vig
Tommy Vig is a jazz vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, arranger, big band leader, film, television, and classical concert composer, inventor, author, and educator.
Tommy Vig is a jazz vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, arranger, big band leader, film, television, and classical concert composer, inventor, author, and educator.
Toshimaru Nakamura
Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese onkyo.
Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese onkyo.
Tristan Honsinger
Tristan Honsinger (born October 23, 1949) is a cello player active in free jazz and free improvisation.
Tristan Honsinger (born October 23, 1949) is a cello player active in free jazz and free improvisation.
Yoshihide Ōtomo
Yoshihide Otomo is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Yoshihide Otomo is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Yoshio Machida
Yoshio Machida is an experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist.
Yoshio Machida is an experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist.