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American composer from Madison, WI originally, but associated with the late 70s/early 80s New York Downtown scene, known for his pioneering use of recorded speech as musical melody, and his distinctive crossing of American vernacular and art music traditions, making extensive use of electric guitar in concert works, and adapting popular music structures for art music genres such as the string quartet. "John Somebody" is one of the earliest instances of an instrumental score based on the melodies of spoken phrases, and used as an accompaniment to those recorded phrases. It is named for the opening tape loop of a single female voice, repeating these phrases, which are then imitated by layered guitars: You know who's in New York? You remember that guy... J-John somebody? He was a-- he was sort of a--...

Czech punk/prog quintet formed in Teplice in 1985, heavily influenced by the Rock-In-Opposition prog movement

Slovenian band, active from 1984-1991 in what was then Yugoslavia, during which time they recorded two albums, both stylistically quite unique, combining elements of punk, new wave, prog rock, avant-garde.

fifth studio album

American composer, based in Japan, primarily working in the field of live electronic music, he studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney

Experimental Scottish musician, composer and writer known for his collaborations with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. This debut album showcases Geesin's tape manipulation of sounds and his skills on numerous instruments, including guitar, piano, banjo and devices atypical to music, and explores music, poetry, spoken word, satire, noise, and sound collages.

Regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres including rock, jazz, symphonic, and various electronic genres such as house, electro, techno, and trance. "Streets of Rage" came up in 1991 for Sega

R.I.P. Catherine Ringer, co-founder & leader of French avant-pop group Les Rita Mitsouko, who passed away this past Monday, Sept 14th.

3rd studio album.

German maximalist avant synth-pop band formed in Düsseldorf in 1982

Bulgarian clarinetist