Browse by Label: ATAVISTIC

Artist:	BRANCA, GLENN
Title:	Symphony No. 2 (The Peak Of The Sacred)
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 005CD

2004 repress of this 1995 release; the entire Branca catalog on Atavistic is now available again! Atavistic has quietly erected the near complete recorded works of Glenn Branca, whose vision of guitar-generated power-symphonic sound is, in simple terms, one of the most exhilarating and important musical gestures of the contemporary era. First issue of this '82 performance; 10 guitars (including Thurston & Lee on special Branca-engineered "mallet guitars"), plus the massive force of Zev's bass drum & metal.

Artist:	BRANCA, GLENN
Title:	Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven)
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 010CD

1993 CD release and one of Mr. Branca's absolute masterworks: 10 guitars and bass & drums, beautifully studio-recorded. Originally released by Blast First in 1989. From the liner notes by Tim Holmes: "If one piece of music could possibly be all music, then you're holding it in your hands. I have played this album thousands of times since 1989 & it's still metamorphosing, trillions of layers pealing away translucent sound vibrating new electric worlds the hammer and hum of the infernal/celestial engine...the ubermusik of the spheres, as terrible and gorgeous as desire."

Artist:	BRANCA, GLENN
Title:	Symphony #5
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 015CD

2008 repress. Subtitled "Describing Planes Of an Expanding Hypersphere". Recorded in 1984 but held up in a post-production stasis until now, this is music for 5 guitars, mallet guitar, violin, drums, bass, keyboards, that is being touted as the "most dense, cacophonous Branca symphony yet." "Glenn's music gets quite often inaccurately described as wall-of-sound/noise/guitars/whatever. A wall exists for the purpose of containment. 'Symphony No. 5' is expansive beyond limits, smashing the wall (at least sonically) between this dimension & all others. There is quite audibly the garblings of the voices of alien intelligences banging at the doors of our world as we dream of theirs."

Artist:	BRANCA, GLENN
Title:	The World Upside Down
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 016CD

2004 repress. Branca's long anticipated foray into orchestral music. Recorded in Nov, 1990. "Performed by The New York Chamber Sinfonia, 'The World Upside Down' is a masterpiece of bright, organic structures & tones tempered in the eerie darkness typified by Branca's best work...Sonically and emotionally boundless, seemingly comprised of interplanetary musics from the netherworlds, 'The World Upside Down's celestial nature will especially appeal to fans of Branca's crystalline 'Symphony No. 3' recording."

Artist:	BRANCA, GLENN
Title:	Selections From The Symphonies (For Electric Guitar)
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 035CD

Intro sampler collection of Glenn's various guitar orchestra classics for the uninitiated. " Glenn has personally selected a track listing representative of his absolute unique-on-this-planet vision, with material ranging from the delicate celestial beauty of Symphony No. 3 to the demonical, otherworldly terror unfurled in No. 10. Selections is the ultimate 'in' to Branca's work if you're yet unacquainted with the most influential composer of the era."

Artist:	BRANCA, GLENN
Title:	Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 046CD

"Long rumored, long-awaited and essentially first-time issue of this incendiary Branca masterwork, recorded in 1981 at NYC's Radio City Studios -- during the peaked out early era of Glenn's 'Guitar Army' ensembles -- and shortly after the release of The Ascension EPon 99 Records. Featuring contributions from soon-to-be Sonic Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo, as well as Branca mainstays Craig Bromberg, Barbara Ess, Jeffrey Glenn, Sue Hanel, David Rosenbloom and Ned Sublette, Indeterminate also contains two other pieces: John Cage's infamous anti-Branca interview with Wim Mertins, captured at Chicago's Navy Pier back in 1982; and a gorgeous, previously unreleased composition 'Harmonic Series Chords,' performed by The New York Chamber Sinfonia in 1989. This potent, apocryphal missing link in the Master's discography has finally been made available for public consumption!"

Artist:	MARS
Title:	78+
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 048CD

Crucial document of this seminal NYC band from the late 70s, considered by many in retrospect to be the most influential no wave band from the era. A quartet of Sumner Crane, China Burg, Mark Cunningham & Nancy Arlen, they recorded revolutionary EPs for Ze and Lust/Unlust, as well as contributing to the infamous No New York LP."To the uninitiated, Mars may sound like listening to a laundromat magnified. That's because every instrument is making a sound, but who is making which sound? Instead of one direct sound or beat the music travels in at least 3 different directions, speeds of rhythm making a totally orbital sound, one that never really enters the ear instead spinning around the head. At times it sounds like tortured children singing in 7 different tongues." --Stella Doon, 1977.

Artist:	DON KING
Title:	One-Two Punch
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 049CD

Reissue of the 1985 EP and numerous unreleased bonus tracks from this NY no wave group featuring Mark Cunningham & Lucy Hamilton (Connie Burg) of Mars, plus Arto Lindsay, Duncan Lindsay, & Toni Nogueira. "Don King began in the spring of '81, at roughly the same time as Swans (MK. 2) and Sonic Youth. As a trio, they made their debut at the White Columns Noise Fest. Described as 'purely magical' by Thurston Moore, their sound was a stark & slitherin' sort of string/drum interplay upon which a horn would swing in Ayler/root cadence. Don King remained a trio until late '83; with the addition of percussions Toni Nogueira and Arto's brother Duncan, they recorded the 5 songs that appeared on their Doublevision EP...it has a lopin' popppin' base of equatorial percussion locked in conflict with bendin', blendin' post-cool hornage." --Byron Coley.

Artist:	MARCLAY, CHRISTIAN
Title:	Records (1981-89)
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 062CD

Much anticipated release of early material (including unissued stuff) from the NYC master of high-art/lo-destruction vinyl manipulation. Features tracks from 1981 through 1989: early cassette-only material, obscure comp tracks, etc., packaged with detailed annotation from Marclay and liner notes from Thurston Moore. "One Thousand Cycles" is from one of Marclays's infamous recycled records -- cut up and reconfigured vinyl. "Second Coming" & "His Master's Voice" are relatable to hip hop dj-ing, but with Marclay's distinct cut-up aura; "Groove" is a massive looped drone track. The whole thing reeks of historic significance, yet still sounds vital in a contemporary sense as well -- this is the record you have been waiting for.

Artist:	MX-80
Title:	I've Seen Enough
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 067CD

First new MX studio recordings in many years "MX-80's most unusual & unpredictable work to date, even incorporating synthesizers into Bruce Anderson's patented maelstrom of blistering guitar strikes. Rest assured, Marc & Dale's peerless, monolithic free-rhythm section work is holding the whole thing down, and Rich's nihilistically lyrical muse (plus horns) are at the forefront... but something new & exciting has been unleashed here. We like to think of I've Seen Enough as a crash course in sonic existentialism... a life lesson extraordinaire."

Artist:	MILES WITH ALAN LICHT & KEIJI HAINO, GERRY
Title:	Gerry Miles
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 071CD

"Gerry Miles stripped vaudeville-style in Seattle from the 1930's to the 60's..." Nobody seems to explain what that has to do with this recording of an amazing improv that took place in St. Peter's Cathedral in NY a couple years back. It features Connie Burg (ex-Mars) on bass clarinet, Keiji Haino on vocals, Alan Licht on pipe organ & Melissa Weaver on piano. "The avant-improv results of their collaboration will astound, mesmerize and transport you to the next solar system."

Artist:	E.A.R.
Title:	Millennium Music
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 072CD

"Featuring performances by Sonic (SP3, Spectrum), Eddie Prevost (AMM), Pete Bassman (SP3) & Tom Prentice (God) on a truly unique variety of vintage synths, voltage-controlled electronics, Theremins and acoustic & electric strings, Millennium Music presents a cortex-stimulating vision depicting the vast expanse of time immemorial, from the pre-historic era through the digital age...a brain-baking collage of rich analogue sounds emulating (among other things) dinosaurs, insects, computers, wild animals, synthesized human speech & sounds of modern transportation, generating a hypnotic reflection of the earth's intangibly massive epochs."

Artist:	NRG ENSEMBLE, THE
Title:	Bejazzo Gets A Facelift
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 073CD

Latest release by this group, previously under the leadership of the late Hal Russell. Now led by saxophonist: Mars Williams; with: Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Brian Sandstrom & Steve Hunt. "The NRG Ensemble's Atavistic debut demonstrates an exciting & diverse new musical approach by the legendary Chicago-based institution. Bejazzo balances the gamut of NRG's composed signature works with intense new improvisational pieces seldom found on their previous released on the ECM, Delmark & Quinnah labels."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	8-EYED SPY
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 075CD

First CD issue of the long unavailable album and single originally on UK Fetish around the beginning of the 80s (plus unreleased material) by Lydia's most accessible musical ensemble. "8-Eyed Spy was developed by Lydia after the release of her landmark solo album, Queen Of Siam; the Spy were a sweaty, hot & heady concoction of unique rhythm section play (led by the legendary George Scott III) and frantic patchwork of sax/gtr blur. 8-Eyed Spy played a plethora of live gigs and were hugely popular, blending the visceral, the cerebral and the sexual: swamp-meets-slam-meets concrete slab."

Artist:	AZ
Title:	Music For Scattered Brains
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 081CD

Solo album by Azita from the Scissor Girls; previously available as a self-issued LP-only release; strange, brilliant electronic blippage that lives up to its title. "Imagine the sound of a vintage 1940's Western Union telex machine whirring away under the influence of heady pharmaceuticals, compelled by ingredients both naturally occurring and man-made. There's an eerily clandestine quality about Scattered Brains...strangely arcane, utterly personal music."

Artist:	BROTZMANN/PAGE HAMILTON, CASPAR
Title:	Zulutime
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 083CD

Issued in tandem with Blast First (UK) and Sub Rosa (Belgium). "You can hear it now, but can't quite imagine it completely: the organic, painterly throb of Caspar Brotzmann's smoldering pyrotechnics, colliding head on with the heavy, jazz-tinged virtuosity of Page Hamilton...this combination creates such an exciting, expansive sonic picture...if guitar as visceral mind-spirit exploration is your thing, then the once in a lifetime duet improvisation of Zulutime is a serious one-way ticket...out.

Artist:	JOHN GAVANTI
Title:
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 091CD

"We're nearing the end of the 20th century. It's time for Atavistic to reissue the world's only No Wave operetta. Circa 1980, Sumner Crane (one of the four visionaries comprising possibly the greatest band of the era, Mars), created a blindsiding, previously unheard and truly inspired art form: no wave music in the form of the operetta. He then wisely enlisted the creative services of several other NYC-based musical genius/kindred spirit-types, including Mark Cunningham & Constance Burg (his compatriots in Mars), Ikue Mori & Arto Lindsay (both of DNA), and Arto's brother Duncan (later of the esteemed Don King). The results, a romping, dada-driven take on Mozart's Don Giovanni would be released that summer on Mark Cunningham's short-lived Hyrax label. John Gavanti demonstrates to full advantage the unbelievable array of noisemaking talent gathered for this auspicious occasion, delivering a splattering melange of guitars, horns, percussion, all fronted by Sumner's (or 'Gavanti's,' should you prefer) otherworldly warble."

Artist:	SHARP, ELLIOTT
Title:	Arc 2: The Seventies
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 092CD

"The 2nd release in E. Sharp's series of archival digs -- a collection of live & studio recordings dating back to 1972, simultaneously demonstrating the depth, breadth and futuristic scope of his unique musical vision. The textures on Arc 2 range from fuzzed-out hyperguitar choirs, machine rhythms & free improvisation, to microtonal elegies and proto-ambient soundscapes. Elliott's intensely percussive techniques are deployed on all types of implements including tenor saxophones, acoustic guitars, and his fascinating home-brewed string instruments."

Artist:	BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE
Title:	The Last Place to Go
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 096CD

Documentation from the Dutch Harbor European film screening tour in 11/97. "The line up continued to evolve throughout the trip; this insured that each night was entirely different, creating a new montage as the images continued to grow and change with the different accompaniments. Performers on the European Screening Tour included Grubbs, Kim, Krassner, Oldham, Rizzo, Vandermark along with Edith Frost, Ryan Hembrey (Pinetop Seven), Jule Pommerleau (Bobby Conn Experience), Scott tuma (Souled American) and Mick Turner & Jim White (Dirty Three). These once-in-a-lifetime combinations of musical talent, venues, circumstances, and certainly the visual stimulation generated by the backdrop of the projected film has resulted in a truly sublime recorded work, totally unique and perhaps even more captivating than the film soundtrack (ATA 085)."

Artist:	MAGICAL POWER MAKO
Title:	Blue Dot
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 098CD

Second Atavistic reissue of the Marquee MPM albums, this being one of the most recent Mako recordings, made in SF in 1995. "A penultimately psych-drenched trio recording...very much in the Amon Duul II/Ash Ra Tempel style of 70s Krautrock jamming, Blue Dot's powerful, relentless excursions pulse outward and ebb & flow into the ether, each sonic missive disintegrating into the next organically-soaked instrumental passage. Definitely one of Mako's most rock-oriented efforts."

Artist:	MAGICAL POWER MAKO
Title:	Trance Resonance
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 099CD

Third Atavistic reissue of MPM's work for the Marquee label. "A performance document originally recorded in 6/94, during a multi-media celebration of music, dance & the machinations of 'breathing artist' Tetsuaki Hirata. Mako leads an armada of 12 performers through what can only be described as his most organic work to date, incorporating acoustic & electric guitars, keys, multiple samplers, cello, bass, 'high tone' vocals and Bolivian, Kena & Bari style dance. Not tranquil enough to be meditative in nature, the goal of Trance Resonance is to create 'trance-vision' in both the performers and the audience: a blissful, cogent state of human open mindedness, which is surely achieved here."

Artist:	MAGICAL POWER MAKO
Title:	Lo Pop Diamonds
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 101CD

Reissue of this album of recordings from the 80s, first issued by Marquee in Japan. "Lo Pop is truly a radical departure from the main body of his ultra-galactic guitar works. Steeped in a homemade brew of off-kilter folk pop, Lo Pop is endearingly naive to the end. Featuring performances by underground 'stars' Reira & Asuka, plus strange takes on two traditional Japanese tunes, this will appeal to fans who succumbed to the charms of early Shonen Knife, the pop theatricality of the Red Krayola, the clandestine spell of Beat Happening...and maybe even the Shaggs."

Artist:	CLINE/GREGG BENDIAN, NELS
Title:	Interstellar Space Revisited
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 102CD

"The decision to to risk performing, recording and ultimately releasing an homage to Coltrane & Rashied Ali demands a unique commitment and sensitivity to their work that simply exceeds the grasp of most musicians. Nels Cline and Gregg Bendian both know a thing or two about digging deeply on conceptual & musical levels, and have performed together for years. With Interstellar they have simultaneously struck a stunning, delicate balance between skillful interpretation and unmitigated textural beauty."

Artist:	TRICOLOR
Title:	Mirth + Feckless
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 108CD

"Tricolor features the deadly and estimable talents of percussionist David Pavkovic (Toe 2000, Boxhead Ensemble, Pinetop Seven), AACM member Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 127, Toe 2000), and Tatsu Aoki. Tricolor clearly operates within the realm of jazz, but this trio's unusual chemistry is truly something to behold. Their unique, whimsical musical language is both shared and developed on an incredibly sophisticated level, yet somehow never fails to keenly present the most essential ingredients and elemental textures in the music. Though one virtually see the very grain of their 'sound' emerging in any Tricolor number, the music never seems austere -- on the contrary, phrases such as 'rich complexity' and 'super-organic' quickly come to mind."

Artist:	LUNCH, LYDIA
Title:	Crimes Against Nature
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	3CD
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	ALP 114CD

"Ms. Lunch's most monumental release is available for the first time since 1992; seven years later Crimes Against Nature remains one of the most ambitious, complex, and fully realized spoken word releases of all time. A monolithic testament to Lydia's true status as the eternal outsider/artist- provocateur, Crimes Against Nature documents the work of a revolutionary whose ideas have been proven to be well-reasoned and salient enough to cause the mainstream media to stand up and take notice. Featuring her landmark debate on censorship with PMRC director Jack Thompson, as well as the spine-tingling biographical content you've come to expect from Lydia's spoken word projects, this massive triple CD set will provide you, dear listener, with enough cerebral nutrition to digest for months."

Artist:	VANDERMARK, KEN'S JOE HARRIOTT PROJECT
Title:	Straight Lines
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 115CD

"Straight after the two Joe Harriott albums, Free Form and Abstract, were finally reissued on CD, I bumped into saxophonist Lol Coxhill on the street. 'I'd forgotten how posh that music was,' he said to me. I can see what he means. The Harriott band -- Joe on alto saxophone, Shake Keane on trumpet and fl�gel, my near-neighbor Coleridge Goode on bass, Pat Smythe on piano, and percussion from Bobby Orr and Phil Seamen and sometimes Fran Holder -- had a formalism around the unconventional tune statements which contrasted nicely with Harriott's astonishingly passionate sax playing. Producer/critic/guitarist John Corbett had the original vinyl Harriotts and copied the albums to cassette, handing them to his fellow Chicagoan Ken Vandermark. Vandermark picked up on the compositions, and here's a real historical parallel: people had made such a noise about the freedom of the improvising, they'd missed the fact that Harriott's tunes were also revolutionary. It's to Ken's great credit that this is in no way a revival band. The instrumentation is very different, the lack of a piano loosens the texture, and the melodies are sometimes transformed. It seems right that Chicago-based players- already very hip to the European free improvisation scene -- should have picked up on some of the earliest European recordings of free music. Ken Vandermark (born Rhode Island, 1964) has worked extensively with local and European players, and I particularly like the clarinet/trombone combination with Jeb Bishop, reminding me of the intimacy of Pee Wee Russell's frontline with Marshall Brown. Vandermark's longtime collaborator Kent Kessler plays contrabass, and Tim Mulvenna is the drummer. The band works and the tunes sound good and natural." - - Steve Beresford, London, February 1999.

Artist:	CORBETT, JOHN & HEAVY FRIENDS
Title:	I'm Sick About My Hat
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 116CD

"Rather than simply remaining content with being one of the musical subculture's most passionate and intelligent voices, highly regarded journalist/raconteur/improvisor John Corbett has finally ventured into the realm of releasing a proper studio album of his own design. John's Heavy Friends comprise a noteworthy compliment of Chicago's finest improvisors, experimentalists, and avant-jazz types, including David Grubbs, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Mats Gustafsson, Hamid Drake, Terri Kapsalis, Peter Von Bergen, and Jane Baxter Miller.

Artist:	MILLER'S BINARY SYSTEM, ROGER
Title:	From the Epicenter
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 117CD

"Massively regarded since his days as guitar assassin in the legendary Mission of Burma, Roger has since been making intensely sophisticated music, largely driven by his eclectic approach to prepared piano. He's released several critically acclaimed solo guitar and piano albums on Forced Exposure, Ace of Hearts, RRR and SST, which to a significant extent have led him to the pinnacle so readily apparent on From the Epicenter. Percussionist Larry Dersch joins Roger to form Binary System, likely the heaviest avant-classical duo on the planet. Binary's music is typically dark, complex, cinematic and loud. Its compelling nature is derived from a blueprint of heady neoclassicism, impressionistic avant-jazz leanings, and the relentless desire to rock (if such a term may be applied). In the final analysis, their unique aesthetic undoubtedly makes Binary System the spiritual kindred of Sir Glenn Branca."

Artist:	STEAM
Title:	Real Time
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 118CD

Reissue of the deleted Eighth Day Music label release. "Messrs. Vandermark, Kessler, and Mulvenna need little introduction, as they've firmly planted their flag as 3 members of the Vandermark 5. They're joined here by Jim Baker, one of the Big Windy's most talented pianists, to form Steam. Suffice it to say that Baker's play creates a wonderful new set of variables for Ken, Kent, & Tim to work within & without. A unique tableau upon which to inscribe some of their most elegant musical ideas."

Artist:	SPACEWAYS INCORPORATED
Title:	Thirteen Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 120CD

"Ken Vandermark had long been interested in paying respect to and interpreting classic material by Sun Ra and Funkadelic, legendary artists so thoroughly influential and inventive that their importance can't really be overstated. The obvious challenge (and inherent risk) for the players is finding the elusive ground between reverent tribute and eidetic transformation. In the case of Spaceways Incorporated, a superbly skilled and impeccably balanced trio finds that rarefied musical destination." Ken Vandermark (reeds), Hamid Drake (drums), Nate Mcbride (acoustic & electric basses); studio recordings from Jan. 2000.

Artist:	CLINE, NELS
Title:	Destroy All Nels Cline
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 122CD

"In Destroy, Nels' big band project, rock, jazz & prog-tinged structures meet head on & careen off the guardrails; dreams are achieved in an ambitious 75:00+ time frame. He'd been building these compositions over a lengthy period of time, waiting for the stars to align properly to allow the direction & documentation of the pieces with a larger ensemble than his usual duo/trio/4tet projects. Nels sought & secured the services of electric harp goddess Zeena Parkins (fresh from recent studio sessions with Bjork), immaculate string benders G.E. Stinson, Carla Bozulich (Geraldine Fibbers/Scarnella), conjoined identical twin/trapman extraordinaire Alex Cline (Interzone). With the scale, drama & intensity to rival a great feature film, Destroy All Nels Cline will likely leave fans of big guitar music, out-jazz, Interstellar Space Revisited & avant/prog-rock agape in it's roiling wake."

Artist:	CORBETT & DAVEY WILLIAMS, JOHN
Title:	Humdinger
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 124CD

"Humdinger is a 'lovely' collection of musical improvisations by extraordinary Alabaman avant-guitarist/co-founder of the Trans Museq label & The Improvisor magazine/omnivorous surrealist/primary theorist of the 'Object Guitar Technique'/hilarious elder statesman of improvisation Davey Williams, and Chicago's main man about town: charming gadfly/bon vivante historian/cagey raconteur/ venerated educator/matchless reissue producer, John Corbett -- featured here on a variety of non-farming implements such as acoustic guitar, turntable, synthesizer, radio & keymonica."

Artist:	GREGG BENDIAN'S INTERZONE
Title:	Requiem For Jack Kirby
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 125CD

"Interzone's third release offers up a musical tribute to one of the 20th Century's most important & influential visual artists: Jack 'The King' Kirby. As a kid, composer/percussionist Gregg Bendian was an avid comic book reader and was deeply effected by Jack Kirby's virtuosic artwork and storytelling style. When his own interest in becoming an illustrator gave way to a love of making music, Bendian vowed he would someday pay tribute to this inspirational, yet often neglected hero of his youth. The compositions for Requiem push Interzone's nucleus of Bendian and Nels & Alex Cline to new heights of spectacular wordless communication. They endeavor with vibraphone, guitar & percussion to reflect the dramatic, sumptuously colorful, archetypally violent, lyrically beautiful and always bizarre sci-fi world of Kirby's art. Requiem for Jack Kirby is ambitious, cinematic, orchestral, and almost operatic in scope... sonic 'clobberin' time' is at hand, in an exciting full-color, oversized poster booklet!"

Artist:	BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE
Title:	Two Brothers
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 126CD

"The Boxhead Ensemble makes a glorious return after nearly a two-year hiatus, under the direction of Michael Krassner (Lofty Pillars); Two Brothers is their most distinctive & compelling album yet, a modern day meditation on 19th century American musics, circa the Civil War era. Highly detailed acoustic instrumentation dominates the aural landscape, propelled by the bountiful talents of Mick Turner & Jim White (The Dirty Three), Ryan Hembrey (Pinetop Seven), Glenn Kotche (Pinetop Seven/Jim O'Rourke), Fred Lonberg-Holm (Terminal 4), Jeff Parker (Tortoise/Isotope/Tricolor), Scott Tuma (Souled American), Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) & Guillermo Gregorio (Unheard Music Series) An extremely inviting haze emanates quietly from Two Brothers, drawing you further & further into its sonic web."

Artist:	VANDERMARK 5, THE
Title:	Acoustic Machine
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 128CD

"Each album in the V5's discography has been captivating, tuneful, muscular & focused; but Acoustic Machine their annual installment for 2001, is likely their most distilled effort yet. Bishop, Kessler, Mulvenna, Rempis and Vandermark continue to grow as a quintet and as individuals, by somehow simultaneously honing and widening their purview. As the tradition goes, Ken has chosen to dedicate each tune on Acoustic Machine to a particularly influential artist in his own development; the 'HBF Series' -- the first short pieces ever released by the group -- are an homage to visionary minimalist composer Morton Feldman; Archle Shepp, Elvin Jones, Julius Hemphill, Stan Getz & Lester Young also 'get theirs'."

Artist:	EX & HAN BENNINK, TERRIE
Title:	The Laughing Owl
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 129CD

"The Laughing Owl presents the proceedings of a heady musical summit: seventeen sublime, challenging duets from The Ex's guitarist, Terrie Ex & Dutch free-jazz legend Han Bennink. These gents' resumes are the stuff musical dreams are made of. The Ex's credentials as a musical entity & as human beings are simply unimpeachable. This stalwart experimental rock collective have been fearlessly doing things their own way for nearly 20 years, issuing relentless albums & touring the earth , renowned both for their integrity and intensity. Han Bennink may very well be the most accomplished, versatile & charismatic percussionist to emerge from the temperate hotbed of '60's Euro free jazz. The Laughing Owl also is the first of two albums featuring Terrie Ex performing with his fellow countrymen; Hef, due out this Fall (Atavistic 130CD), showcases Terrie & stellar reedsman Ab Baars. These releases will be followed up with more like-minded issues on Atavistic, from duos such as Swedish sax kingpin Mats Gustafsson & Chicago sound sculptor Lou Mallozzi."

Artist:	SPACEWAYS INC.
Title:	Version Soul
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 132CD

"Spaceways Inc. was spawned over a number of years in a series of songbook projects of saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Vandermark, often with Bostonian drummer Curt Newton, including ones centered on music by outerspace ensemble jazz chameleon Sun Ra and heavy funk pioneer George Clinton. Spaceways' first CD documented that hard-line dichotomous approach; on Version Soul the trio investigates middle ground, filling out the spectrum on originals by Vandermark and McBride that navigate various funks, souls, reggaes, dubs, jazzes, frees, and in-betweens, all treated with intelligence and passion."

Artist:	POEM ROCKET
Title:	Invasion!
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	ALP 133CD

"Poem Rocket principals Michael Peters & Sandra Gardner have returned after a multi-year hiatus since the release of their critically-acclaimed Atavistic debut, Psychogeography -- emerging to offer the world a glimpse of their own Invasion! Or, put another way, this is an incredibly sophisticated, expansive and densely layered double-album worthy of your full attention. Invasion! is a truly distinctive, completely realized album. A musical statement thoughtful & powerful enough to increase one's existential comfort zone. This needs to find its way to those who can actually hear it 'out there.'"

Artist:	BROKAW, CHRIS
Title:	Red Cities
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 134CD

"Red Cities, Chris' solo debut. It's both organic & deliberate, epic & detailed, part spaghetti western & part road flick -- all masterfully delivered to your auditory canals by a truly gifted multi-instrumentalist. Kindred spirits and reference points include Calexico (sans South of the Border vibe), Pinetop Seven & Giant Sand (sans vocals), and even late-period Savage Republic. The mammoth sheets of guitar texture, powerful drumming & intricate elements that provide the foundation for Red Cities are simply a pleasure to hear; these are big, bad-assed desperado noir numbers done right..."

Artist:	RANALDO, LEE
Title:	East Jesus
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 036CD

Artist:	VA
Title:	Out of Their Mouth Mk. 2
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	2CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 038CD

Artist:	VANDERMARK FIVE, THE
Title:	Single Piece Flow
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 047CD

Artist:	SHARP/CARBON, ELLIOTT
Title:	Interference
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 050CD

Artist:	SWANS
Title:	Kill The Child
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 057CD

Artist:	TIERS, WHARTON
Title:	Brighter Than Life
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 060CD

Artist:	SCISSOR GIRLS
Title:	We People Space With Phantoms
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 063CD

Artist:	CHROME CRANKS, THE
Title:	Diabolical Boogie (Singles, Demos & Rarities 1992BC-1998AD)
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	ALP 079CD

Artist:	GOD IS MY CO-PILOT
Title:	The Best Of
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 082CD

Artist:	O.S.T.
Title:	DUTCH HARBOR: Where The Sea Breaks Its Back
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ALP 085CD

Artist:	BENDIAN'S INTERZONE, GREGG
Title:	Myriad
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 119CD

Artist:	EX & AB BAARS, TERRIE
Title:	Hef
Label:	ATAVISTIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	ALP 130CD