Avant-Garde / Experimental / Euroclassical (Reference)

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

John Adams (1947– )

• Shakes Loops / Phrygian Gates [1980, 1750 Arch]
• Light Over Water [1985, New Albion], B+
• The Chairman Dances [1987, Elektra], B+
• Nixon in China [1988, Elektra/Nonesuch, 3LP], C+
• Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective [(1999), Elektra/Asylum, 10 CD]
• w/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra: Doctor Atomic Symphony [2009, Nonesuch], B+(***)
• I Am Love: A Film by Luca Guadagnino [2010, Nonesuch], B+(**)
• w/San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas: Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music [2013, SFS], B+(**)

Tetuzi Akiyama (1964– )

• Foldings [2003, Confront]
• Don't Forget to Boogie [2003, Idea]
• Pre-Existence [2005, Locust]

Susan Alcorn

• w/Eugene Chadbourne: An Afternoon in Austin, or Country Music for Harmolodic Souls [2003, Boxholder]
• Concentration: High Zero Festival 2004 [2004, LLC]

Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009)

• Stain: The Music Rooms / In "Imaginary Landscapes" [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) [1999, Tzadik]

Oren Ambarchi (1969– )

• Insulation [1999, Touch]
• Afternoon Tea [2000, Black Truffle]
• Suspension [2001, Touch]
• Oystered [2003, Audiosphere]
• Vigil [2003, Fresh Caps]
• Grapes From the Estate [2004, Touch]
• Spirit Transform Me [2008, Tzadik]
• Tima Formosa [2010, Black Truffle]
• Audience of One [2012, Touch], B+(***)
• Sagittarian Domain [2012, Editions Mego], B+(***)
• w/Robin Fox: Connected [2012, Kranky], B+(*)
• Quixotism [2014, Editions Mego], B+(**)
• Hubris [2016, Editions Mego], A–
• w/Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin: Ghosted [2018, Drag City], A–
• Shebang [2022, Drag City], B+(***)
• w/Johan Berthling, Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II [2024, Drag City], B+(***)

Charles Amirkhanian (1945– )

• Walking Tune [1999, Starkland]

Ruth Anderson (1929–2019)

• I Come Out of Your Sleep [1997, XI]
• w/Annea Lockwood: Tête-À-Tête [1974–2020, Ergot], B+(*)

George Antheil (1900–59)

Robert Ashley (1930–2014)

• Private Parts [1977, Lovely Music], A–
• Private Parts (The Record) [1977, Lovely Music], A–
• Perfect Lives (Private Parts) / The Bar [1980, Lovely Music], A
• Yellow Man with Heart with Wings [1990, Lovely Music], B
• Perfect Lives [1991, Lovely Music]
• In Sara Mencken Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women [1991, Cramps]
• Improvement [1993, Elektra/Nonesuch, 2CD], B–
• In Memoriam . . . Kit Carson [1997, Monroe Street]
• Dust [2000, Lovely Music]
• Now Eleanor's Idea [2007, Lovely Music]
• Concrete: An Opera by Robert Ashley [2008, Lovely Music]

Aube

• Pages from the Book [1998, Elsie & Jack]

Milton Babbitt (1916–2011)

• Sextets / The Joy of More Sextets [1988, New World], B+

Anton Bagatov

• The Wheel of the Law [1999, Long Arms, 3CD]

Bang on a Can [1995– ]

• Brian Eno: Music for Airports [1998, Point Music], B
• Renegade Heaven [2001, Cantaloupe], B
• Terry Riley: In C [2001, Cantaloupe], A–
• Gigantic Dancing Human Machine [2002, Cantaloupe]
• Bang on a Can Meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing [2005, Cantaloupe], A–
• w/Don Byron: A Ballad for Many [2004–2006, Cantaloupe], B

William Basinski (1958– )

• 92982 [1982, 2062], B+(**)
• September 23rd [1982, Temporary Residence], B+(*)
• The Disintegration Loops [2002, 2062]
• The Disintegration Loops [(2012), Temporary Residence, 9LP/5CD/1DVD]
• A Shadow in Time [2017, Temporary Residence], B
• Lamentations [2020, Temporary Residence], B+(*)

Beaver and Krause [1969–1975]

• In a Wild Sanctuary / Gandharva [1970–71, Warner Archives], B+

David Behrman (1937– )

• Canons [1959]
• Wave Train [1967, Source]
• On the Other Ocean / Figure in a Clearing [1977, Lovely Music], B+
• Leapday Night [1987, Lovely Music], B+
• Unforseen Events [1992, Experimental Intermedia]

Steve Beresford (1950– )

• Deadly Weapons [1986, Nato]
• Crocodiles Don't Cry [1993, Tzadik]
• Cue Sheets [1996, Tzadik]
• Cue Sheets II [2002, Tzadik]

Luciano Berio (1925–2003)

• Sinfonia [1969, Columbia], B+
• Differences / Sequenza III and VII [Phillips]

Borbetomagus [1982– ]

• Barbed Wire Maggots [1983, Agaric]
• Industrial Strength [1983, Leo]

David Borden (1938– )

• Music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments [1981, Spectrum Spools], B+(***)

Glenn Branca (1948–2018)

• The Ascension [1981, 99]
• Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Pexus) [1983, ROAR]
• Symphony No. 2 (The Peak of the Sacred) [1992, Atavistic]
• Symphony No. 9: L'Eve Future [1995, Point]

Gavin Bryars (1943– )

• The Sinking of the Titanic / Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet [1976, Obscure], A–
• Hommages [1982, Disques du Crepuscle]
• Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet [1993, Point Music], B+
• The Sinking of the Titanic [1995, Point]
• Live at Punkt [2010, GB]

John Cage (1912–92)

• w/David Tudor: Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music [1959, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano / A Book of Music for Two Prepared Pianos [1975–76, Tomato], B+
• Empty Words (Part III, Live Teatro Lyrico di Milano 2 Dec. 1977) [1977, Cramps]
• Etudes Australes for Piano [1978, Tomato], B
• Singing Through / Vocal Compositions by John Cage [1942–85, New Albion]
• Four Walls [1989, Tomato]
• Concert for Piano and Orchestra / Atlas . . . [1993, Wergo]
• Music of Changes, Books I-IV [1996, Lovely Music]
• The Lost Works: The City Wears a Slouch Hat (Music for the Radio Play by Kennet) . . . [Mode]
• Etudes Australes [Wergo]

Laura Cannell

• Simultaneous Flight Movement [2016, Brawl], B+(*)

Cornelius Cardew (1936–81)

• Memorial Concert 16th May 1982: First ... [1982, Gelbe Musik]

Raven Chacon (1977– )

• w/Tatsuya Nakatani, Carlos Santistevan: Inhale / Exhale [2020, Other Minds], B+(*)

Wendy Mae Chambers (1953– )

• 12^2 [1998, New World]

Rhys Chatham (1952– )

• Die Donnergötter (The Thundergods) [1987, Homestead]
• A Rhys Chatham Compendium [1971–89, Table of the Elements], A–
• An Angel Moves Too Fast to See [1994, New Tone]
• Two Gongs [2006, Table of the Elements]
• A Crimson Grail [2007, Table of the Elements]
• Guitar Trio Is My Life! [2008, Table of the Elements]
• Pythagorean Dream [2016, Foom], B+(***)

Clogs [2001– ]

• Stick Music [2004, Brassland]
• Lantern [2006, Brassland]
• The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton [2010, Brassland]

Nicolas Collins (1954– )

• It Was A Dark and Stormy Night [1992, Trace Elements]
• Devil's Music [1994, New Tone]
• Sound Without Picture [1999, Periplum]

Composers in Red Sneakers

• Composers in Red Sneakers [1984, Northeastern], B+

Loren Connors (1949– )

• Come Night [1991, What's Next?]
• A Possible Dawn [1997, Hat Hut]
• w/Jim O'Rourke: Are You Going to Stop . . . in Bern? [1997, Hatology], B+(*)
• Long Nights I-VI [1998, Table of the Elements]
• Airs [1999, Road Cone]
• Portrait of a Soul [2000, Secretly Canadian]
• I Wish I Didn't Dream [2012, Northern Spy]

Tony Conrad (1940–2016)

• Early Minimalism: Volume One [1964–65, Table of the Elements, 4CD], B+(**)
• w/Faust: Outside the Dream Syndicate [30th Anniversary Edition] [1972, Table of the Elements, 2CD], A–
• Thunderboy!: Thunderboy! [1971–73, Table of the Elements], B–
• Slapping Pythagoras [1995, Table of the Elements]

Sylvie Courvoisier (1968– )

• Birds of a Feather [1997, Unit]
• Abaton [2002, ECM, 2CD]
• Lonelyville [2006, Intakt]
• Femina [2009, Tzadik]
• w/Mark Feldman: Oblivia [2009, Tzadik], B+(*)
• w/Mark Feldman: To Fly to Steal [2009, Intakt]
• w/Mark Feldman: Hôtel du Nord [2011, Intakt]
• w/Mark Feldman: Live at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne [2012, Intakt]
• w/Mark Feldman: Birdies for Lulu [2013, Intakt], B+(**)
• w/Mark Feldman, Ikue Mori, Evan Parker: Miller's Tale [2015, Intakt], B+(***)
• w/Mary Halvorson: Crop Circles [2016, Relative Pitch], B+(***)
• w/Drew Gress, Kenny Wolleson: D'Agala [2017, Intakt], B+(***)
• w/Mark Feldman: Time Gone Out [2018, Intakt], B+(*)
• Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Free Hoops [2019, Intakt], B+(**)
• w/Ned Rothenberg, Julian Sartorius: Lockdown [2020, Clean Feed], B+(***)
• w/Mary Halvorson: Searching for the Disappeared Hour [2021, Pyroclastic], B+(***)
• w/Cory Smythe: The Rite of Spring / Spectre D'Un Songe [2023, Pyroclastic], B+(**)
• Chimaera [2022, Intakt, 2CD], A–
• To Be Other-Wise [2024, Intakt], B+(***)

Ian William Craig (1980– )

• A Turn of Breath [2014, Retical], B+(*)
• Centres [2016, 130701], B

George Crumb (1929–2021)

• Ancient Voices of Children [1971, Nonesuch], B+
• Makrokosmos, Vol. 1 [1974, Nonesuch], B+
• Voice of the Whale / Night of the Four Moons [1974, Columbia Masterworks], B+(***)
• Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) [1975, Nonesuch], B+
• w/Robert Miller: Makrokosmos, Vol. II: Twelve Fantasy Pieces After the Zociac for Amplified Piano [1976, Columbia Odyssey], B+

Sarah Davachi (1987– )

• Two Sisters [2022, Late Music], B+(*)

Maria De Alvear (1960– )

• En Amor Duro [1995, Hat Hut]
• World [World Edition]

Stuart Dempster (1936– )

• In the Great Abbey of Clement [1987, New Albion]

Tod Dockstader (1932–2015)

• Eight Electronic Pieces [1961, Folkways], B+(*)
• Quatermass [1963–64, Starkland]
• Apocalypse [1961–65, Starkland]

Charles Dodge (1942– )

• Earth's Magnetic Field [1971, Nonesuch]
• Any Resemblance Is Purely Coincidental [1992, New Albion]

Double Leopards [2005– ]

• Halve Maen [2006, Eclipse]

Arnold Dreyblatt (1953– )

• The Sound of One String [1979–91, Table of the Elements], B+(***)
• Animal Magnetism [1995, Tzadik]
• The Adding Machine [2001, Cantaloupe]

Kevin Drumm

• Sheer Hellish Miasma [2002, Editions Mego]
• Gauntlet [2007, Editions Mego]

John Duncan

• Tap Internal [2000, Touch]
• Phantom Broadcast [2002, Allquestions]

Max Eastley

• w/David Toop: Doll Creature [2000, Bip-Hop], B–

Ensemble Klang

• Tom Johnson: Cows, Chords and Combinations [2009, Ensemble Klang], B+(***)

Luc Ferrari (1929–2005)

• Brise-Glace (Et Si Toute Entiere Maintenant...) [1991, Adda]
• Acousmatrix 3: Luc Ferrari: Petite Symphonie Intuitive pour un Paysag [Bvhaast]

Michael Jon Fink

• A Temperament for Angels [2004, Cold Blue Music, EP], B+(*)

Jim Fox

• The City the Wind Swept Away [2004, Cold Blue Music, EP], B+(*)

Nils Frahm (1982– )

• Solo [2015, Erased Tapes], B+(**)
• All Melody [2018, Erased Tapes], B+(**)

Mabe Fratti

• Se Ve Desde Aquí [2022, Unheard Of Hope], B+(**)
• Titanic: Vidrio [2023, Unheard of Hope], B+(**)

David Friend

• w/Jerome Begin: Post- [2022, New Amsterdam], B+(*)

Fred Frith (1949– )

• Guitar Solos [1974, Caroline], B
• Nous Autre [1987, Recommended]
• Technology of Tears [1988, SST]
• Guitar Solos Complete [1974–88, East Side]
• Eye to Ear [1997, Tzadik]
• Friends and Enemies [1999, Cuneiform]
• Traffic Continues [2000, Winter & Winter]
• Clearing [1996–2000, Tzadik], B+
• Eleventh Hour [1990–2002, Winter & Winter, 2 CD], B+
• w/Carla Kihlstedt, Stevie Wishart: The Compass, Log, and Lead [2003, Intakt], B+(**)
• w/Chris Brown: Cutter Heads [2002–2004, Intakt]
• Maybe Monday: Unsquare [2006, Intakt], B+(***)
• w/Barry Guy: Backscatter Bright Blue [2007, Intakt]
• w/Arte Quartett: Still Urban [2008, Intakt]
• w/Arte Quartet: The Big Picture [2008, Intakt]
• w/John Butcher: The Natural Order [2009, Northern Spy], B+(**)
• Clearing Customs [2011, Intakt]
• Cosa Brava: w/Carla Kihlstedt, ZeenaParkins, Shahzad Ismaily, Matthias Bossi, The Norman Conquest: The Letter [2011, Intakt]
• w/Darren Johnston: Everybody Is Somebody Is Nobody [2013–2014, Clean Feed], B+(**)
• w/Jason Hoopes, Jordan Glenn: Another Day in Fucking Paradise [2015, Intakt], B+(***)
• w/Hans Koch: You Are Here [2016, Intakt], B+(**)
• w/Ikue Mori: A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall [2015, Intakt]
• All Is Always Now: Fred Frith Live at the Stone [2007–2016, Intakt, 3CD], B+(***)
• Closer to the Ground [2018, Intakt], A–
• Fred Frith Trio: w/Lotte Anker, Susana Santos Silva: Road [2021, Intakt, 2CD], B+(***)
• w/Susana Santos Silva: Laying Demons to Rest [2021, RogueArt], B+(***)

Diamanda Galas (1955– )

• Saint of the Pit [1986, Mute]
• Divine Punishment [1986, Mute]
• Plague Mass (1984 End of the Epidemic) [1991, Mute]
• Malediction and Prayer [1998, Asphodel]

Peter Garland (1952– )

• The Days Run Away [2000, Tzadik]

Mort Garson (1924–2008)

• Didn't You Hear? [1970, Sacred Bones], B
• Music From Patch Cord Productions [1968–74, Sacred Bones], B+(*)

Brad Garton

• w/Dave Soldier: The Brainwave Music Project [2017, Mulatta], B+(***)

Philip Glass (1937– )

• Music in Twelve Parts, Parts 1 and 2 [1974, Cardine], B+
• North Star [1977, Virgin], B+
• Einstein on the Beach [1979, Tomato], B
• Koyaanisqatsi [1983, Antilles], B
• The Photographer [1983, Epic], A–
• The Thin Blue Line [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Music in Twelve Parts [1989, Atlantic]
• Philip on Film [(2001), Elektra/Asylum, 5 CD]

Evelyn Glennie

• Her Greatest Hits [(1998), Red Seal, 2 CD]
• African Sunrise / Manhattan Rave [2001, Black Box]

Daniel Goode (1936– )

• Tunnel-Funnel [1998, Tzadik]

Annie Gosfield

• Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires [1998, Tzadik]

Bernhard Günter (1957– )

• Time, Dreaming Itself [1999, Trente Oiseaux]
• Univers Temporel Espoir [(1999), Trente Oiseaux]

Keiji Haino (1952– )

• Double Live [1993, Poor Strong Factory]
• w/Merzbow, Balasz Pandi: Become the Discovered, Not the Discoverer [2019, RareNoise], B+(*)
• My Lord Music, I Most Humbly Beg Your Indulgence in the Hope That You Will Do Me the Honour of Permitting This Seed Called Keiji Haino to Be Planted Within You [2019, Purple Tap/Black Editions], B+(*)

Frode Haltli

• Passing Images [2004, ECM], B

Tom Hamilton (1946– )

• Formal and Informal Music [1981, Somnath]
• Sebastian's Shadow (Longer Ramblings on a Short Bach Fugue) [1997, Monroe Street]

Hauschka

• Ferndorf [2008, Fat Cat]
• Foreign Landscapes [2010, Fat Cat], B+(**)
• Salon des Amateurs [2011, Fat Cat]

Pierre Henry (1927–2017)

• Messe Pour le Temps Présent [1967, Philips, 2CD], B+(***)
• Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir / Viole d'Orphee [1994, Harmonia Mundia]

Shelley Hirsch (1952– )

• O Little Town of East New York [1995, Tzadik]
• States [1997, Tellus]
• Far In, Far Out Worlds of Shelley Hirsch [2002, Tzadik]

Christopher Hobbs (1950– )

• w/John Adams, Gavin Bryars: Ensemble Pieces [1975, Obscure], B

Anna Homler (1948– )

• Breadwoman and Other Tales [1985–93, RVNG Intl], B+(**)

Maurice Horsthuis (1948– )

• Elastic Jargon [2007, Data], B+(***)

Ken Hyder (1946– )

• The Known Is in the Stone [1998, Impetus]

Ryoji Ikeda (1966– )

• Ultratronics [2022, Noton], B+(*)

Tom Johnson (1939– )

• An Hour for Piano [1979, Lovely Music], A
• Nine Bells [1982, India Navigation], B
• Music for 88 [1993, XI]
• w/Eberhard Blum: Rational Melodies [1993, Hat Art], B+(***)
• Rational Melodies [2008, New World], B+(**)

Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008)

• Staatstheater [1967, Deutsche Grammophon]
• String Quartet I / Pan for Piccolo and String Quartet [1991, Disques Montaigne]
• Exotica [1993, Koch Schwann]
• Tremens [Deutsche Grammophon]
• Acustica [Deutsche Grammophon]

Eyvind Kang

• w/Tucker Martine: Orchestra Dim Bridges [2004, Conduit], B+

Zbigniew Karkowski

• One and Many [2005, Sub Rosa], C–

Simon Keep

• Interview With the Eggs [2005, Sub Rosa], D–

Jin Hi Kim (1957– )

• KomunGuitar [1993, What Next]
• Komungo [2001, OO Discs]

Keith Kirchoff

• w/Dominic Lash, Steve Noble: Christian Wolff: Exercises and Explorations [2013, Spoonhunt], B+(***)

Phil Kline

• Glow in the Dark [1999, CRI]

Guy Klucevsek (1947– )

• Scenes From a Mirage [1987, No Man's Land]
• Manhattan Cascade [1991, CRI]
• Who Stole the Polka? [1992, Eva]
• Polka Dots and Laser Beams [1992, Eva]
• Stolen Memories [1996, Tzadik]
• The Well-Tampered Accordion [2005, Winter & Winter]
• w/Alan Bern: Notefalls [2006, Winter & Winter], B+(*)
• Dancing on the Volcano [2009, Tzadik], B+(**)
• The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour [2011, Innova], B+(**)

Glenn Kotche

• Adventureland [2014, Cantaloupe], B+(***)

Kreepa

• Inside-A-Sekt [2006, Monium], B+(*)

Kukuruz Quartet

• Julius Eastman: Piano Interpretations [2017, Intakt], B+(*)

Leo Kupper (1935– )

• Electro-Acoustic [1998, Pogus]

Joan La Barbara (1947– )

• Sound Paintings [1990, Lovely Music]
• ShamanSong [1998, New World]

Paul Lansky (1944– )

• Ride [2001, Bridge]

Bill Laswell (1955– )

• Baselines [1983, Rough Trade], B
• Deconstruction: The Celluloid Recordings [1979–87, Restless, 2 CD], A–
• Hear No Evil [1988, Venture], B+
• Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation [1994, Axiom]
• Ambient Compendium [(1996), M.I.L. Multimedia]
• Sacred System: Nagual Site [1998, RCA]
• Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 [1998, Columbia], A–
• Invisible Design [1999, Tzadik]
• Carlos Santana: Divine Light: Reconstruction & Mix Translation [2001, Columbia/Legacy], B–
• w/Morgan Agren, Raoul Björkenheim: Blixt [2011, Cuneiform], B+(***)
• Means of Deliverance [2012, Innerhythmic], B+(**)

Elodie Lauten (1950–2014)

• Inscapes from Exile [2000, New Tone]

Mary Jane Leach (1949– )

• Adriadne's Lament [1998, New World]

Anne LeBaron (1953– )

• 1, 2, 4, 3 [2010, Innova, 2 CD], B

Daniel Lentz (1942– )

• Apologetica [1998, New Albion]

Craig Leon

• Early Electronic Works: Nommos Visiting [1981–82, Aparté], A–

Annea Lockwood (1939– )

• World Rhythms [1997, XI]
• w/Ruth Anderson: Sinopah [1998, XI]

Alvin Lucier (1931–2021)

• Music for Solo Performer for Enormously Amplified Brain Waves and Percussion [1982, Lovely Music]
• I Am Sitting in a Room [1990, Lovely Music]
• In Memoriam Jon Higgins / Septet for Three Winds, Four Strings / Crossings [1991, Lovely Music]

Mark Lyken

• w/Emma Dove: Mirror Lands [2015, Time Released Sound], B

Christian Marclay (1955– )

• Records 1981–1989 [(1997), Atavistic]
• High Noon [2000, Intakt]

Lasse Marhaug (1974– )

• All Music at Once [2007–2008, Smalltown Superjazz], B+(*)
• w/Ken Vandermark: Close Up (For Abbas Kiarostami) [2016, Audiographic], B

Massacre [1982– ]

• Killing Time [1982, Celluloid]

Master Musicians of Bukkake

• Totem Two [2009, Important], B
• Totem Three [2009, Important], B

Richard Maxfield (1927–69)

• Richard Maxfield: Electronic Music [1992, Meia Foundation]
• Night Music in "New Sounds in Electronic Music" [Odyssey]

Merzbow (1956– )

• Rainbow Electronics II [1990, Dexter's Cigar]
• 1930 [1998, Tzadik]
• Tauromachine [1998, Release/Relapse]
• Dharma [2000–2001, 2XHNI], D+
• V [2003, Victo]
• Aqua Necromancer [2004, Alien8]
• Kelo Line [2008, Cuneiform]
• Kibako [2012, Rustblade]
• w/Balász Pándi, Mats Gustafsson: Cuts [2013, Rare Noise], B
• w/Balasz Pandi, Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore: Cuts of Guilt / Cuts Deeper [2014, Rare Noise, 2CD], B+(***)
• w/Keiji Haino, Balasz Pandi: An Untroublesome Defencelessness [2016, RareNoise], B+(**)
• w/Mats Gustafsson, Balázs Pándi: Cuts Open [2020, RareNoise], B+(*)

Microtub

• Chronic Shift [2018, Bohemian Drips], B

Ilhan Mimaroglu (1926–2012)

• Agitation [1968–74, Locust]
• Face the Windmills, Turn Left [1976, Finnadar], A–

Meredith Monk (1942– )

• Dolmen Music [1980, ECM]
• Mercy [2002, ECM]
• On Behalf of Nature [2015, ECM], B+(*)

Moondog (1916–99)

• Moondog [1956, Prestige OJC]
• More Moondog [1956, Prestige OJC]
• Moondog [1969, CBS]
• Elpmas [1992, Kopf/Roof]
• Viking of Sixth Avenue [1949–95, Astralwerks]
• Sax Pax for a Sax [1997, Atlantic], B

Ikue Mori (1953– )

• Painted Desert [1994, Avant], A–
• Hex Kitchen [1995, Tzadik]
• One Hundred Aspects of the Moon [2000, Tzadik]
• w/Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura: Prickly Pear Cactus [2020, Libra], B+(**)

Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company

• Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company [1973, Earthquack], B
• Like a Duck to Water [1976, Earthquack], B+

Jon Mueller

• Pianobread [1999, Crouton]

My Cat Is an Alien

• w/Enore Zaffiri: Through the Magnifying Glass of Tomorrow [2009, Atavistic, CD+DVD], B+(*)

Conlon Nancarrow (1912–97)

• Studies for Player Piano [1969, Columbia Masterworks], A–
• Studies for Player Piano: The Original 1750 Arch Recordings [1969, Other Minds, 4CD]

The Negative Band [1975– ]

• Karlheinz Stockhausen: Short Wave [1975, Finnadar], B+

Chris Newman (1952– )

• Compassion [Content]

Margaret Noble

• Frakture [2010, Amnesty International], B+(**)

Luigi Nono (1924–90)

• Das Atmende Klarsein (Fragment) for Bass Flute and Magnetic Tape in Roberto Fabbriciani [1991, Koch]

Pauline Oliveros (1932– )

• Four Electronic Pieces, 1959–1966 [1959–66, Sub Rosa], B+(**)
• Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop [1966–67, Pogus]
• I of IV [1968, Odyssey]
• Reverberations: Tape and Electronic Music 1961–1970 [1961–70, Important, 12CD]
• The Roots of the Moment [1987, Hatology]
• Deep Listening [1989, New Albion]
• Crone Music [1989, Lovely Music], B
• Duo for Accordion and Bandoneon with Possible Mynah Bird Obbligato [1998, Musicworks]
• Accordion and Voice [2007, Important]
• The Wanderer [2007, Important]
• The Dunrobin Session [2012, Nuun/Nuun Pulsions]

Pärson Sound

• Pärson Sound [1966–68, Anthology, 2 CD], A–

Harry Partch (1901–74)

• The Music of Harry Partch [1950–67, CRI], B+
• The Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po [(1996), Tzadik]
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 1 [1950–58, CRI], B+
• The World of Harry Partch [1969, Columbia], A
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 2 [1958–82, CRI], B
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 3 [1958–72, CRI], B–
• The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 4 [(1997), CRI]
• Enclosure Five [(1998), Innova, 3 CD]

Zeena Parkins (1956– )

• Nightmare Alley [1992, Table of the Elements]
• Isabelle [1995, Avant]
• Mouth = Maul = Betrayer [1996, Tzadik]
• Pan-Acousticon [1999, Tzadik]
• Phantom Orchard [2004, Mego]
• Necklace [2006, Tzadik]
• The Adorables [2013, Cryptogramophone], B+(**)
• w/Mette Rasmussen, Ryan Sawyer: Glass Triangle [2021, Relative Pitch], B+(*)

Perrey-Kingsley

• The In Sound From Way Out! [1966, Vanguard], B+(**)

Shawn Persinger

• The Art of Modern/Primitive Guitar [2004, Innova]
• Prester John: w/David Miller: Desire for a Straight Line [2010, Innova], B

Michael Pisaro (1961– )

• Continuum Unbound [2014, Gravity Wave, 3CD]

Henri Pousseur (1929–2009)

• Musique Mixte 1966–1970 [1966–70, Sub Rosa], B
• Scambi (Exchanges) (1954) / Trois Visages de Liege (Three Faces of Liege) [1990, Bvhaast]
• Dichterliebesreigentraum (Dream of the Round of Poet's Loves) [1995, Cyprés]

The PrimeTime Sublime Community Orchestra

• A Life in a Day of a Microorganism [2004, Corporate Blob], B+

Eliane Radigue (1932– )

• Adnos I-III [1973–80, Table of the Elements, 3CD], B+(**)
• Kyema, Intermediate States [1992, Experimental Intermedia]
• Trilogie de la Mort (Trilogy on Death) [1998, XI]
• Geelriandre-Arthesis [2003, Fringes Archive]

Steve Reich (1936– )

• Four Organs / Phase Patterns [1970, New Rose], D+
• Drumming / Six Pianos / Music for Mallet Instruments [1974, Deutsche Grammophon], B+
• Music for 18 Musicians [1978, ECM], B+
• Telhillim: Three Movements [1982, Nonesuch]
• Early Works [1965–87, Elektra/Nonesuch], B–
• Different Trains / Electronic Counterpoint [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Another View of Counterpoint [1993, Amiata]
• The Cave [1995, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• Works: 1965–1995 [1965–95, Elektra/Nonesuch, 10 CD]
• w/Bang on a Can: New York Counterpoint / Eight Lines / Four Organs [1996, Nonesuch]
• Music for 18 Musicians [1998, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• w/Ensemble Avant Garde: Phase Patterns / Pendulum Music / Piano Phase / Four Organs [1999, Wergo]
• Tehillim: The Desert Music [1999–2001, Cantaloupe]
• Double Sextet / 2x5 [2009–2010, Nonesuch], A–
• w/Kronos Quartet, So Percussion: WTC 9/11 [2011, Nonesuch], B+(**)
• Radio Rewrite [2014, Nonesuch], B+(***)
• Pulse / Quartet [2018, Nonesuch], B+(*)

Jakob Riis (1964– )

Terry Riley (1935– )

• A Rainbow in Curved Air [1967, Columbia Masterworks], A–
• Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band / All Night Flight: SUNY Buffalo, New York, 22 March 1968 [1968, Elision Fields], B+(*)
• In C [1968, Columbia], B+
• Persian Surgery Dervishes [1971–72, Newtone, 2 LP], B+
• Les Yeux Fermes [1972, Warner Brothers]
• Shri Camel [1990, Columbia], B
• You're No Good [2000, Organ of Corti]
• Requiem for Adam [2001, Nonesuch]
• Autodreamographical Tales [2010, Tzadik], B+(*)

David Rosenboom (1947– )

• Precipice in Time [1991, CDCM Computer Music Series]

Mikel Rouse (1957– )

• Mikel Rouse Broken Consort: Lincoln Portrait [1988, Cuneiform]
• Autorequiem [1994, New Tone]
• Dennis Cleveland [1996, New World]

Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021)

• Coming Together / Attica / Les Moutons de Panurge [1973, Opus One], A–
• The People United Will Never Be Defeated [1978, Vanguard], B+
• The People United Will Never Be Defeated [1986, Hat Art]
• North American Ballads and Squares [1991, Hat Art], B+(***)
• De Profundis [1993, Hat Art], B+(**)

Pierre Schaeffer (1910–95)

• Erotica "Symphonie pour un Homme Seul" [1984, INA]
• Etude aux casseroles, Edute aux chemins de fer ... [Philips]

Peter Scherer

• Very Neon Pet [1995, Metro Blue]

John Schott

• In These Great Times [1997, Tzadik]

Paul Schütze (1958– )

• Deux Ex Machina [1989, Tone]
• The Annihilating Angel [1990, Extreme]
• Regard: Music by Film [1991, Tone]
• New Maps of Hell 2: The Rapture of Metals [1993, Big Cat]
• Apart [1995, Virgin]
• 7 Degrees [1996, Fell]
• Site Anubis [1996, Big Cat]
• Second Site [1997, Virgin]

James Sellars

• Piano Works [CRI]

Elliott Sharp (1951– )

• I/S/M [1981, Zoar]
• Fractal [1986, Dossier]
• Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup [1989, SST]
• The Age of Carbon [1984–91, Intakt, 3CD]
• Terraplane [1994, Homestead]
• Figure Ground [1997, Tzadik]
• Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: Blues for Next [2000, Knitting Factory]
• Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: Do the Don't [2004, Gaff Music]
• Commune [2005, Zoar]
• Plays the Music of Thelonious Monk [2004, Clean Feed], B+(*)
• Secret Life [2005, Intuition], B+(*)
• Octal Book One [2008, Clean Feed], B+(*)
• w/Scott Fields: Scharfefelder [2007, Clean Feed], B–
• Concert in Dachau [2009, Intakt]
• Octal Book Two [2009, Clean Feed], B+(**)
• Elliott Sharp/Carbon: Void Coordinates [2009, Intakt]
• Elliott Sharp Carbon: w/Zeena Parkins, Bobby Previte: Transmigration at the Solar Max [2009, Intakt], B+(***)
• Binibon [2010, Henceforth], B+(*)
• Aggregat [2011, Clean Feed], A–
• Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: Sky Road Songs [2012, Enja], B+(*)
• w/Melvin Gibbs, Lucas Niggli: Crossing the Waters [2012, Intakt]
• Elliot Sharp Aggregat: Quintet [2013, Clean Feed], B+(**)
• Octal: Book Three [2013, Clean Feed], B+(***)
• Elliot Sharp Aggregat: w/Barry Altschul: Dialectrical [2016, Clean Feed], B+(***)
• w/Mary Halvorson, Marc Ribot: Err Guitar [2016, Intakt], B+(**)
• w/Eric Mingus: Songs From a Rogue State [2022, Zoar], B+(*)

Jack Smith (1932–89)

• Les Evening Gowns Damnées: 56 Ludlow Street 1962–1964 Volume I [1962–64, Table of the Elements], B+(*)
• Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island: 56 Ludlow Street 1962–1964 Volume II [1962–64, Table of the Elements], B

Michael Snow (1929– )

• Musics for Piano, Whistling, Microphone and Tape Recorder [1975, Chatham Square]
• Snow Solo Piano Solo Snow [3 Phases] [1948–98, Ohm Music, 3CD]
• w/Thollem McDonnas: Two Piano Concert at the Philadelphia Museum of Art [2014, Edgetone], B+(**)

So Percussion

• So Percussion [2004, Cantaloupe]
• Steve Reich: Drumming [2004, Cantaloupe]
• Amid the Noise [2002–2006, Cantaloupe], B+(*)
• w/Matmos: Treasure State [2010, Cantaloupe], B+(**)

Dave Soldier (1956– )

• Utah Dances [1994, New Tone]
• The Kropotkins [1996, Koch]
• w/Richard Lair: Thai Elephant Orchestra [2000, Mulatta], B
• The Eighth Hour of Amduat [2016, Mulatta], B+(*)
• Zajal [2019, Mulatta], B+(*)

Kate Soper (1981– )

• w/Sam Pluta: The Understanding of All Things [2022, New Focus], B–

Soundwalk Collective [2012– ]

• w/Patti Smith: The Peyote Dance [2019, Bella Union], B+(*)
• w/Patti Smith: Mummer Love [2019, Bella Union], B+(**)

Laurie Spiegel (1945– )

• The Expanding Universe [1980, Unseen Worlds, 2CD], A–
• Unseen Worlds [1991, Unseen Worlds], A–

Moe Staiano (1973– )

• Two Forms of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations [2002, Pax]
• An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein and Other Whereabouts [1998–2003, Rastascan]
• 2 Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers: Conducted Improvisations, Vol. II [2007, Edgetone], B+(*)

Starship Beer [1976–1988]

• Nut Music: As Free as the Squirrels [1976–88, Atavistic], B–

Jan Steele (1950– )

• Voices and Instruments [1976, Obscure], B+

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)

• Konkrete und Elektronische Musie: Etude / Studie I und Gesang der Jünglinge [1955–56, Stockhausen Gesamtausgabe]
• Kontakte [1959, Ecstatic Peace]
• Hymnen: Anthems for Electronic and Concrete Sounds [1967, Deutsche Grammophon]
• Gruppen / Carré [1968, Deutsche Grammophon]
• Montag aus Licht [1992, Stockhausen-Verlag]

Carl Stone (1953– )

• Woo Lae Oak [1983, Wizard]
• Mom's [1992, New Albion]
• Wat Dong Moon Lek [2022, Unseen Worlds], B

Pauline Anna Strom (1946–2020)

• Trans-Millenia Consort [1982, Ether Ship], B+(***)
• Oceans of Tears [1982–83, RVNG Intl]
• Plot Zero [1982–83, Trans-Millenia Consort], B+(***)
• Spectre [1982–83, Trans-Millenia Consort], B+(**)
• Echoes, Spaces, Lines [1982–83, RVNG Intl, 4CD]
• Aquatic Realms [1988, Trans-Millenia Consort]
• Japanese Impressions [1988, Trans-Millenia Consort]
• The Moorish Project [1988, Trans-Millenia Consort]
• Trans-Millenia Music [1982–88, RVNG Intl.], B+(***)
• Angel Tears in Sunlight [2020, RVNG Intl.], B+(***)

Ned Sublette (1951– )

• Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly / In "Life is a Killer [1982]
• Cowboy Rumba [1999, Palm]
• Kiss You Down South [2010, Postmambo], A–

Morton Subotnick (1933– )

• Silver Apples on the Moon [1967, Nonesuch]
• A-
• The Wild Bull [1968, Nonesuch]
• B+(***)
• Silver Apples of the Moon / The Wild Bull [1968, Wergo], A–
• Touch [1969, Columbia]
• Key to Songs / The Return [1985–86, New Albion]

Supersilent

• 5 [2001, Rune Grammofon]
• 6 [2003, Rune Grammofon]
• 10 [2010, Rune Grammofon]

Tine Surel Lange

• Works for Listening 1–10 [2021, Sofa Music], B+(**)

Leo Svirsky

• River Without Banks [2019, Unseen Worlds], B+(**)

Toca Loca [2009– ]

• Shed [2010, Henceforth], B+(*)

Ushio Torikai (1952– )

• Rest [2009, Innova], B

George Tsontakis (1951– )

• Four Symphonic Quartets [1998, Koch]

David Tudor (1926–96)

• Microphone [1975, Cramps]
• Neural Synthesis, Nos. 6–9 [1995, Lovely Music]

Blue Gene Tyranny (1945– )

• The Intermediary [1982, Lovely Music]
• Free Delivery [1990, Lovely Music], B
• Country Boy Country Dog / How to Discover Music in the Sounds of Your Daily Life [1994, Lovely Music]
• Go, Blue: Music by Blue Gene Tyranny [2000, OO Discs]
• Take Your Time [2003, Lovely Music]
• Detours [2012, Unseen Worlds], B+(***)

Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–90)

• Electronic Film Music [1990, New World]

Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)

• Poème Electronique [1958, Neuma]
• The Music of Edgard Varèse [(1996), One Way]

Weasel Walter (1972– )

• Eruption [2003, Grob]
• w/Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans: Electric Fruit [2010, Thirsty Ear], B+(**)
• w/Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans: Mechanical Malfunction [2012, Thirsty Ear], A–

Daniel Wohl

• Corps Exquis [2013, New Amsterdam], A–

Julia Wolfe

• Arsenal of Democracy [1996, Point]

Christian Wolff (1934– )

• Mayday Materials [CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 6] [1990, Centaur]
• For Ruth Crawford [1995, Hat Hut]
• I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman [1998, Mode]
• 10 Exercises [2006, New World]

Stefan Wolpe (1902–72)

• String Quarter (1968–1969) [1991, CRI]
• Quartet (Piece) for Oboe, Cello, Piano, and Percussion [(1997), Cpo]

Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020)

• Time's Encomium [1968–69, Nonesuch], A–

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)

• Medea for Male Choir, Hand-Held Stones and Orchestra [1969, Erato]
• Electro-Acoustic Music [1972, Nonesuch], B+
• Mycenae-Alpha [1990, Neuma]
• Media / Nuits / Knephas / A Colone [1998, Hyperion]
• Electronic Music [2000, Electronic Music Foundation]

Otomo Yoshihide (1959– )

• Ensemble Cathode [2002, IMJ]
• ONJQ Live [2002, DIW]
• Tails Out [2004, DIW]
• ONJQ Live in Lisbon [2004, Clean Feed], B
• Out to Lunch [2005, Doubt Music]

La Monte Young (1935– )

• The Well Tuned Piano [1987, Gramavision]
• 90 XII 9C, 9:35–10:52 PM NYC, The Melodic Version of the Second Dream of the Hig [1991, Gramavision]
• Poem for Chairs, Tables, Benches, etc. [Tellus]

Various Artists

• Antologia de Música Electónica Portuguesa [1972–97, Tomlab/Plancton], B+
• Electro-Acoustic Music: Classics [(1990), Neuma]
• Lesbian American Composers [1998, CRI]
• Musica Futurista [(1991), Cramps]
• The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music [1988–2010, Inova, 5 CD], B+(**)
• OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music [1937–82, Ellipsis Arts, 3CD], A–
• Panthalassa: The Remixes [1999, Columbia], B+
• Pioneers of Electronic Music [1952–71, CRI]
• Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories [1956–63, Basta, 4 CD]
• Precocious Noise and Early Electronica Pt. 1: Incantations for Tape [1920, Sound Miracle], B+(*)
• Precocious Noise and Early Electronica Pt. 2: Wire Recorded Pieces [1921–62, Sound Miracle)], B+(**)
• Space, Energy and Light: Experimental Electronic and Acoustic Soundscapes 1961–88 [1961–88, Soul Jazz], B+(**)