Greetings from Accretions!
Our newest offerings are Damon Holzborn's Variations A and Even More Less Exquisite (with John O'Brien) plus Of What I've Seen, a powerful and gripping new work by poet Roger Aplon and Marcos Fernandes. Other recent releases include more from Damon Holzborn and John O'Brien's Exquisite series and a string of solo pieces by Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn and Marcos Fernandes. Shizka Ueda debuts with a small sun in late November so stay tuned. And as always, thanks for listening!Follow us on Bandcamp, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Latest Releases
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Shizka Ueda: a small sun CAT. #: ALP081 A folky avant-pop mind trip of original songs and improvised pieces. |
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Damon Holzborn: Variations A CAT. #: ALP085 Seven variations on one modular synthesizer patch. |
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Damon Holzborn & John O'Brien: Even More Less Exquisite CAT. #: ALP084 A selection of the tracks recorded ahead of the live sessions that produced More Less Exquisite. |
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Roger Aplon and Marcos Fernandes: Of What I've Seen CAT. #: ALP070CD This powerful and gripping new work by poet Roger Aplon and musician Marcos Fernandes, both a culmination of their decades-long partnership and a fresh new approach to their creative interplay, engages the listener with its immediacy and its myriad moods. |
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Hans Fjellestad: Squozen CAT. #: ALP083 Analog electronic ambient glitch. |
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Damon Holzborn & John O'Brien: More Less Exquisite CAT. #: ALP082 An evolution of the game developed for Exquisite Coast One and Two that takes a slower approach. |
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Damon Holzborn & John O'Brien: More Exquisite CAT. #: ALP081 The new album in the series of synthesiser improvisations created using a game-based collaboration process that creates a tight set of technical constraints as an artistic challenge. |
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Damon Holzborn: 0 Plural CAT. #: ARW007 A return to longer form works after a decade of nearly obsessive focus on short character pieces. |
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Hans Fjellestad: JUT CAT. #: ALP079 Jutting out (in) with solo piano + live processing. |
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Hans Fjellestad: Virga CAT. #: ALP078 Soundtrack for a heatwave. |
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Marcos Fernandes: _______SCAPE CAT. #: ALP077 Music for Food-Landscape, an installation/performance by Maggie Shen. |
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Damon Holzborn: 1 Vox, Vol. 2 CAT. #: ARW006 The second set of single voice etudes that explore of the capabilities a small modular synthesizer. |
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Marcos and The Wild Machinations CAT. #: ALP074 Six songs stretching across the spectrum of rock stylings past and present, penned by frontman Marcos Fernandes, heretofore better known as a percussionist/improviser. |
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Various Artists: 35 CAT. #: ALP073 Accretions' 35th anniversary compilation LP with 9 tracks from acoustic to electronic, folk, rock, jazz and everything in between and beyond, illustrates the wide spectrum of styles and sounds the label has come to embody. |
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mrlectronic: Live in the Pit CAT. #: ALP071 mrlectronic merges experimental electronica and improvisation to create pulsebeat soundscapes rich in timbre and texture. |
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Jason Robinson and Eric Hofbauer: Two Hours Early, Ten Minutes Late: Duo Music of Ken Aldcroft CAT. #: ALP072 Saxophonist Jason Robinson and guitarist Eric Hofbauer celebrate the duo music of the late Canadian guitarist Ken Aldcroft in a memorial album of sorts. |
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Damon Holzborn: Alternator I CAT. #: ARW005 A continuation of the sonic explorations that started with Character Weekend and 1 Vox, Vol. 1 and and a hint at new directions. |
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