Tom Waits loaded Swordfishtrombones with banjo, marimba, calliope, and harmoniumMusic linernotes album music
Keiji Haino's Watashi Dake translates to 'Only Me' — a fittingly solitary title for an avant-garde landmarkMusic linernotes album music
Keiji Haino's Watashi Dake got a meticulous vinyl reissue in 2017 from Black EditionsMusic linernotes album music
Keiji Haino's Watashi Dake came out in 1981 on a Japanese label called PinakothecaMusic linernotes album music
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
Toru Takemitsu composed A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden in 1977Music 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
A Marcel Duchamp photograph haunted Toru Takemitsu's dream of a pentagonal gardenMusic linernotes album music
Kasai Allstars' album title is a complete story about a chief who became a fishMusic linernotes album music
Kasai Allstars draw from five ethnic groups across the Kasai region — Songye, Lulua, Tetela, Luba, and LuntuMusic linernotes album music
Big Science was Laurie Anderson's debut album, released in 1982 on Warner Bros.Music linernotes album music
Sun Ra recorded over 100 albums — arguably the most prolific recording artist of the 20th centuryMusic linernotes album music
Mr. Bungle's self-titled debut was recorded at Different Fur Studios in San FranciscoMusic linernotes album music
John Cale produced landmark albums for The Stooges, Patti Smith, and NicoMusic linernotes album music
Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda was shaped by Hindu spiritualityMusic linernotes album music
Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda was released on Impulse! Records in 1971Music linernotes album music
Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda carries John's spiritual torch — and makes it her ownMusic linernotes album music
