ALL PORTER RECORDS RELEASES |
JUMA SULTAN'S ABORIGINAL
MUSIC SOCIETY "WHISPERS FROM THE ARCHIVE" 
A COLLECTION
OF TRACKS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF JUMA SULTAN AND IS HIS 1970’S GROUP THE ABORIGINAL MUSIC SOCIETY. A DIVERSITY OF
STYLES THAT INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF, AFRICAN MUSIC, JAZZ, SPIRITUAL-JAZZ, FREE-JAZZ, SOUL MUSIC AND BEYOND. |
INVISIBLE THINGS "HOME IS THE SUN" 
INVISIBLE THINGS ARE
MARK SHIPPY (U.S. MAPLE) AND JIM SYKES (PARTS & LABOR). AN ENGAGING
JOURNEY OF DENSE DRUMS AND ELECTRIC GUITAR THAT ALTERS ONES PERCEPTION OF THE ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIC IDIOM. |
THOLLEM / PARKER / CLINE "THE
GOWANUS SESSION" 
A NEW TRIO RECORDING BY THOLLEM MCDONAS (PIANO), WILLIAM PARKER (ACOUSTIC BASS), NELS CLINE (ELECTRIC GUITAR), THAT
EXPLORES THE DENSITY AND SUBTLETY OF TONES WITH REVERBERATING LAYERS OF SOUNDS. |
CARLOS NIÑO & FRIENDS “AQUARIUSSSSSSS” 
PLAYS LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK TO
A FILM OF PSYCHEDELIC VISUALS, FOR EXPLORATION, REFLECTION, MEDITATION AND RELAXATION. |
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MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, SONG WRITER,
SINGER, NICK ROSEN TAKES HIS LATEST RELEASE “VIOLET” INTO A NEW DIRECTION OF FOLK, SOUL, POP AND JAZZ. |
KYLE BRUCKMANN'S: WRACK
"CRACKED REFRACTION" 
WRACK SKIRTS THE BOUNDARIES OF
AN EVER-EVOLVING MUSIC TRADITION. IT IS A CHAMBER ENSEMBLE WITH HIGHLY UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTATION AND A BOOK OF COMPOSITIONS
TAILOR-MADE FOR THE MEMBERS. |
DENMAN MARONEY "DOUBLE ZERO" 
A LIVE SOLO PIANO RECORDING WHICH INVOLVES BOWING AND SLIDING THE STRINGS WITH COPPER BARS, STEEL CYLINDERS,
TIBETAN PRAYER BOWLS, RUBBER BLOCKS AND CD CASES THAT CREATES A UNIQUE SONIC VOCABULARY. |
HEIKKI SARMANTO "EVERYTHING IS IT" 
A LONG OVER DUE REISSUE OF THIS FINNISH BIG BAND MASTER PIECE. AVAILABLE ON CD, DIGITAL AND LIMITED EDITION LP. . . . |
TRAYER "AFTERLIFE AN ABANDONED THEME PARK" 
2nd ALBUM BY THE MIGHTY TRAYER WHO CONTINUES
HIS SONIC JOURNEY INTO THE NEITHER REGIONS OF THE SUB-CONSCIOUSNESS. . . |
ANLA COURTIS (MEMBER OF THE REYNOLS) COLLABORATES WITH
RICK POTTS, JOSEPH HAMMER, RLW, BILL HORIST, MSBR, KK NULL, V/VM, ARMPIT, DANIEL MENCHE & CAMPBELL KNEALE. . |
TAYLOR HO BYNUM,
JOE MORRIS, SARA SCHOENBECK "NEXT" 
WITH INTENSE FOCUS THE MUSICIANS CREATE OTHER WORLDLY SOUNDS, THAT MELD TOGETHER, CREATING
A SINGULAR VISION OF STRIKING- LY COMPLEX IMPROVISED MUSIC. . |
ALAK / PREGNANT "TRADITION" 
A SPLIT ALBUM
OF EXPERIMENTAL POP THAT COLLECTS NEW AND OLD RECORDINGS OF THE TWO MUSICIANS; WHO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH AND LIFE OF THEIR
CHILD. . |
THE LOUIE BELOGENIS
TRIO "TIRESIAS" 
A STUNNING AND BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED ALBUM FROM LOUIE BELOGENIS
WITH SUNNY MURRAY AND MICHAEL BISO, THAT INVOKES THE SPRIT OF ALBERT AYLER. . |
WARREN SMITH "DRAGON DAVE..." 
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON CASSETTE IN
1988, THIS EPIC RECORDING IS A THEATRICAL TALE ABOUT THE COLD WAR THAT EMBRACES JAZZ, FREE JAZZ, BLUES, BIG BAND, SOUL
AND SPOKEN WORD. |
ZAC NELSON "WICKED WORK IT OUT" 
ZAC NELSON (AKA HEXLOVE) BREAKS NEW GROUND WITH THIS
RELEASE OF CATCHY MELODIES AND JOYFUL VOCAL HARMONIES. . . . |
(etre) "INFERNO FROM MY OCCULT DIARY" 
(etre) EXPLORES DARK DREAM-LIKE TONES GENERATED FROM
ELECTRONICS, ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND FIELD RECORDINGS. . . |
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IMPORTANT
REISSUE FROM FINLAND. VERSATILE MUSIC THAT RANGES FROM JAZZ, FUSION AND FOLK TO ROCK AND EVEN CLASSICAL. . . |
ECO D'ALBERI "ECO D'ALBERI" 
RAW AND POWERFUL FREE JAZZ FROM
ITALY WITH EDOARDO MARRAFFA, ALBERTO BRAIDA, FABRIZIO SPERA AND ANTONIO BORGHINI.
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ODEAN POPE "UNIVERSAL SOUNDS" 
NEW STUDIO RECORDING FROM ODEAN POPE WITH MARSHALL ALLEN, WARREN SMITH, LEE SMITH, CRAIG MCIVER AND JIM HAMILTON . . |
JESSICA PAVONE
"ARMY OF STRANGERS" 
EXPERIMENTAL
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WITH JESSICA PAVONE - VIOLIN & VIOLA, PETE FITZPATRICK - GUITAR, JONTI SIMAN - BASS GUITAR
AND HARRIS EISENSTADT - DRUMS
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EERO KOIVISTOINEN
"3RD VERSION"
IMPORTANT REISSUE THAT DIVES DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE FINNISH JAZZ / FUSION SCENE DURING THE EARLY 1970'S. . .
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TRAWLER BYCATCH
"SCHLEP’M"
AN
OFF THE WALL MIX OF PROG ROCK & EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC WITH A STYLE THAT IS DISTINCTLY IT'S OWN. FOR FANS OF CAPTAIN
BEEFHEART & ZAPPA. |
THE LOU GRASSI PO BAND "LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY VOL. 1"
A STUNNING LIVE RECORDING FROM 2000 WITH LOU GRASSI, MARSHALL ALLEN,
PAUL SMOKER, STEVE SWELL, PERRY ROBINSON & WILBER MORRIS. . .
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A STIRRING RELEASE FROM NICK ROSEN WITH REMIX BY CARLOS NIÑO
FEATURING JESSE PETERSON. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF DOWNLOAD ONLY RELEASES. .
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HENRY GRIMES, RASHIED
ALI "SPIRITS ALOFT" 
ASTONISHING INTERPLAY BETWEEN TWO MASTERS OF IMPROVISED
MUSIC. DRUMS, BASS, VIOLIN AND POETRY, SERPENTINE INTO A STUNNING MANIFESTATION OF SOUND. |
CATALYST "THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 1 & 2" 
ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ FUSION GROUPS TO COME OUT OF THE
1970'S! FUNK, JAZZ, SPIRITUAL, SOUL AND THE AVANT GARDE BLEND IN A STEW OF SONIC PER-FECTION. |
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A LUSH AND BEAUTIFUL ALBUM WITH FORWARD THINKING COMPOSITIONS. PRODUCED AND WITH COMPOSITIONS
BY MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON (FLYING LOTUS, SUITE FOR MA DUKES).
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ROBBY MONCRIEFF "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU AREN'T" 
A HARROWING VOYAGE OF ELECTRONICS AND DENSE DRUMMING. FEATURES ZACH HILL. |
MIGUEL FRASCONI
/ DENMAN MARONEY "GLEAM" 
EXPLORATIONS OF A SONIC LANDSCAPE FILLED WITH DREAM-LIKE SOUNDS
OF GLASS AND MANIPULATED PIANO. |
GUIDO
PONZINI "PLUGIN CONTEMPORTY MUSIC / PONZINI PLAYS UEMATSU" 
MODERN COMPOSITIONS FOR CHAPMAN STICK, BASS, VIOLIN AND VIOLA DA
GAMBA. |
MATT BAUDER "PAPER GARDENS" 
VARYING
TEXTURES OF IMPROVISATION AND EXPANSION, FROM THE SIMPLE TO THE COMPLEX. . . . |
JEREMIAH CYMERMAN "UNDER A BLUE GREY SKY" 
SEAMLESSLY
WINDING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC / ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTATION, A
CREATION OF COMPLEX AND UNIQUE SOUND, |
REMY LBO "PEELING IN THE DRUM / COMICAL CHEATING" 
EXPLORATIONS IN MODERN INSTRUMENTAL HIP-HOP.
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RECENTLY FOUND LIVE RECORDING FROM 1965 OF BURTON GREENE PERFORMING
WITH MARION BROWN, RASHIED ALI AND REGGIE JOHNSON. |
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IMPROVISED MODERN COMPOSITIONS WITH ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS. |
REISSUE FROM 1972, WITH BYARD LANCASTER, KHAN JAMAL,
MONNETTE SUDLER, OMAR HILL, DWIGHT JAMES, RASHID SALIM AND BILLY MILLS. |
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EXPRESSIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH WARM RHYTHMS AND CREATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. |
MATTHEW
WELCH "LUMINOSITY"
A NEW COLLECTION OF MATTHEW WELCH'S FASCINATING RECORDINGS THAT
SHOWCASE ORCHESTRAL, CHAMBER ENSEMBLES AND WORKS FOR BAGPIPE. |
KATHERINE
YOUNG "FURTHER SECRET ORIGINS"
MODERN COMPOSER KATHERINE YOUNG EXPLORES THE FULL RANGE OF THE BASSOON IN THIS REMARKABLE SOLO RECORDING. . . |
CHLL PLL "AGRESSIVELY HUMBLE"
ENERGETIC EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FILLED WITH HARMONIC VOICES AND TORRENT DRUMMING.
ZACH HILL (HELLA, WAVVES) AND ZACH NELSON (HEXLOVE) .
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MASON LINDAHL "SERRATED MAN SOUND"
EXPERIMENTAL ACOUSTIC GUITAR NESTLED UP AGAINST A SOFT AND HEART WARMING VOICE.
A STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL TRIP. . .
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SHADOW HUNTAZ "DARK MATTER"
DARK LYRICAL HIP HOP ACCOMPANIED
BY A SINISTER SCI-FI SOUND TRACK. . . . |
KONA TRIANGLE "SING A NEW SAPLING INTO EXISTENCE"
BEAT ORIENTATED ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH PSYCHEDELIC LEANINGS. KONA TRIANGLE CONSISTS OF THE U.K. MUSICIANS LONE
AND KEAVER & BRAUSE. |
A COLLECTION OF FORWARD THINKING HIP HOP, ELECTRONIC AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC BY: FLYING LOTUS
/ THE GASLAMP KILLER & THE GONJA SUFI / DAEDELUS / DNTEL / RAS G + MORE. |
ELLIOTT LEVIN MEETS THE SEESAW ENSEMBLE
FREE SPIRITUAL PSYCHEDELIC JAZZ
WITH ONE FOOT ROOTED IN THE 1960s AND THE OTHER PLANTED FIRMLY IN THE FUTURE. FOR FANS OF ALICE COLTRANE
AND SUN RA. |
FABIO ORSI, GIANLUCA BECUZZI, (ETRE) "SO FAR"
THREE YOUNG ITALIAN MUSICIANS TEAM UP TO CREATE A STUNNING
EXPERIMENTAL SOUND COLLAGE OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC INTERWOVEN WITH FIELD RECORDINGS. |
PROFOUND
SOUND TRIO "OPUS DE LIFE"
EXPLOSIVE FREE JAZZ RECORDED LIVE AT THE 2008 VISION FESTIVAL. THE
PROFOUND SOUND TRIO IS THE COMBINED FORCES OF ANDREW CYRILLE, PAUL DUNMALL AND HENRY GRIMES.
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ALAN
SONDHEIM / MYK FREEDMAN
"JULU TWINE"
EXPERIMENTAL FOLK MUSIC
THAT SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT WERE CRAFTED IN THE FORGOTTEN BACKWOODS OF APPALACHIA. |
FRANCESCO GIANNICO "FOLKANIZATION"
EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC
THAT FILTERS OLD DREAMS INTO SONIC EXPERIENCES. .. .
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HEXLOVE "YOUR LOVE OF
MUSIC WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR LIFE"
A FLURRY OF EXPERIMENTAL MOTIFS RANGING FROM THE CALM AND SOOTHING TO THE EXPLOSIVELY
CHAOTIC, STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL. . |
THE NETHER DAWN "WELL SONG"
LIKE AN OLD GHOST TRAPPED IN THE CHASM OF AN UNDER GROUND BUNKER... EXPERIMENTAL DRONES MIX WITH ELONGATED VIOLIN
STRINGS AND MOURNFULLY STRUMMED GUITARS. |
OLD DOG "BY ANY OTHER NAME"
A MIX OF TRADITIONAL JAZZ AND FREE JAZZ NOT TIED DOWN
BY ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHAT JAZZ SHOULD BE. . . |
WOMAN
YEAR "AEON CENTERS FADED"
USING AN ARSENAL OF INSTRUMENTS,
WOMAN YEAR FASHIONS ODD EXPERIMENTAL POP MUSIC WITH A PLAYFUL APPROACH. . |
THE NU BAND "LOWER EAST SIDE BLUES"
THE NU BAND MIXES FREE
JAZZ WITH THE THEMES OF POST BE-BOP CREATING A DYNAMIC TAKE ON JAZZ. . .
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SPACED OUT, KRAUT ROCK INSPIRED, EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
FROM ANOTHER PLANET. . . . |
WOOLEY / LONBERG-HOLM / ROEBKE
"THROW DOWN
YOUR HAMMER AND SING"
TWISTED ELECTRO ACOUSTIC IMPROV-ISATIONS THAT EBB AND
FLOW BETWEEN TRUMPET, CELLO, BASS AND ELECTRONICS. . .
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FAB TRIO "LIVE IN AMSTERDAM"
WITH JOE
FONDA, BARRY ALTSCHUL AND BILLY BANG. A STRONG AND MOVING LIVE RECORDING OF IMPROVISED AND COMPOSED JAZZ.
EACH ARTIST IS AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR CREATIVITY.
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THE MISLED
CHILDREN MEET ODEAN POPE
THE PERFECT UNION OF HIP HOP AND JAZZ. WHILE NOT A NEW CONCEPT, RARELY
DOES IT TURN OUT THIS GOOD. . . .
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THE
JEWELLED ANTLER LIBRARY
WELCOME TO A WORLD OF MUSIC THAT SPANS FOLK, EXPERIMENTAL,
ELECTRONIC, DRONE AND THE STRANGE. THIS LIMITED EDITION 4 CD BOX SET OF VARIED ARTISTS OF THE JEWELLED ANTLER COLLECTIVE.
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A REISSUE THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF EARLY 70s JAZZ FUSION. FOR
FANS OF EARLY 70'S HERBIE HANCOCK AND MILES DAVIS. . .
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DAVID HURLEY "OUTER NEBULA
INNER NEBULA"
AN EXPERIMENTAL TAKE ON FREE /
SPIRITUAL JAZZ WITH A HEAVY INFLUENCE FROM SUN RA AND JOHN AND ALICE COLTRANE. . . |
VALERIO COSI "COLLECTED WORKS"
AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF JAZZ INSPIRED MUSIC THAT HAS NO MUSICAL BOUNDARIES AS IT MELDS INDIAN, PSYCHEDELIC,
EXPERIMENTAL AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ TOGETHER. |
DAWID
SZCZESNY "LUXATED SYMMETRY"
SOUND COLLAGES OF FRAGMENTED SAMPLES THAT BLEND INTO COHERENT PIECES OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. . |
DAWID SZCZESNY
"THE IN BETWEEN EP"
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JAZZ TRO CONSISTING OF ODEAN POPE, SUNNY MURRAY AND LEE SMITH. . . |
THIS IS NOT
YOUR TYPICAL JAZZ RECORDING. VIBES, CELLO, BASS AND DRUMS COME TOGETHER IN A TRULY UNIQUE FASHION. . . |
ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR
"SIX LINES OF TRANSFORMATION
& MUSIC FOR..."
MODERN COMPOSER ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR PRESENTS
TWO UNIQUE ARRANGEMENTS. ONE OF UNDULATING SCALES AND THE OTHER OF ATMOSPHERIC DRONES. |
INTERPLAY "APOLOGY TO
THE ATONISTS / TRITONE
SUITE"
DYNAMIC FREE AND SPIRITUAL JAZZ
MIXED WITH POETRY AND ELECTRONICS THAT WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF SUN RA. . . .
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PROGRESSIVE HIP HOP FEATURING MC NON FROM THE SHADOW HUNTAZ AND MUSIC BY DAWID SZCZESNY. . . |
A
REISSUE THAT SHOWCASES THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OF JOE CHAMBERS IN A MID-70s JAZZ FUSION SETTING. LOTS OF INFECTIOUS
GROOVES. . |
HEIKKI SARMANTO "COUNTERBALANCE"
A 70s REISSUE THAT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PINNACLES OF FINNISH JAZZ FUSION.
LOTS OF GREAT FENDER RHODES. .
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ANDREW MCGRAW "KOLABORASI"
MODERN
COMPOSER ANDREW McGRAW IMMERSES HIMSELF IN THE INDONESIAN GAMELAN CULTURE TO CREATE WORKS THAT ARE ASTOUNDING. . |
MISLED CHILDREN "PEOPLES MARKET"
INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP MUSIC WITH A SOUL. NO SAMPLES, NO COMPUTERS, ALL LIVE INSTRUMENTS. . . |
ODEAN POPE
"WHAT WENT BEFORE VOLUME1"
PART
1 IN A COLLECTION OF ODEAN POPE'S STRONGEST JAZZ TRIO RECORDINGS. . . . |
BYARD LANCASTER
"PERSONAL TESTIMONY" (NOW AND THEN)
A
REISSUE OF STRONG MULTI-LAYERED SOLOS FROM JAZZ MUSICIAN BYARD LANCASTER. .. .
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HENRY GRIMES
AND RASHIED ALI
"GOING TO THE RITUAL"
TWO
POWERFUL FORCES OF THE JAZZ COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER FOR A SPIRITED PERFORMANCE OF LIVE IMPROVISATION. . |
HEIKKI SARMANTO
"A BOSTON DATE"
RELEASED
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THESE EARLY 70s JAZZ RECORDINGS WERE TO BECOME THE CENTER PIECE OF MANY OF HEIKKI SARMANTO'S QUARTET PERFORMANCES. |
A
REISSUE FROM THE 70s THAT EXPLORES TWO SIDES OF JAZZ FUSION. ONE BEING FREE AND EXPERIMENTAL AND THE OTHER,
SOFTER AND MELODIC. . . |
BYARD LANCASTER "LIVE AT MACALESTER COLLEGE"
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON BYARD LANCASTER'S
OWN LABEL, THIS COLLECTION OF LIVE RECORDINGS CAPTURES THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE 1970s FREE JAZZ MOVEMENT. |
ONE OF THE GREAT UNKNOWN RECORDINGS TO COME
OUT OF BOSTON IN THE 70s. A POTENT MIXTURE OF JAZZ, SOUL JAZZ AND FUSION. . |
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AN AFRO JAZZ RECORDING LIKE NO OTHER.
A BLEND OF JAZZ, FUNK, AFRICAN FOLK AND PSYCHEDELIC VOCALS CHANNELED THROUGH THE AFRICAN BORN BIRIGWA. . |
HEIKKI SARMANTO
"MOONFLOWER"
HEIKKI SARMANTO REVISITS AND REWORKS MANY OF HIS EARLIEST SONGS IN THIS TOUCHING JAZZ SESSION. . . |
