16 Visions Ensemble: Moon in the Bucket
(16 Visions Records, CD)

"Hailed by the Seattle Weekly for its 'haunting melodies' and by the Seattle Times for its 'delicate percussion work,' Garrett Fisher's Moon in the Bucket combines three vocalists (Kathy Hanson-Mack, Liz O'Donoghue, and Melissa Plagemann), oboe (Taina Karr), Indian harmonium (Garrett Fisher), koto (Elizabeth Falconer), and Taiko percussion (WIlliam Satake Blauvelt) to create a magical and evocative soundscape reminiscent of both medieval and Japanese court music."

For more information and sound samples, visit www.16visions.com/listen.html

Michael & Kimberly Davenport: Music for Bass Clarinet & Piano
(Alea Recording, CD)

"Alea Recording is pleased to announce the release of its latest CD, Music for Bass Clarinet & Piano, featuring new and recent works for bass clarinet and piano, including the world-premiere recording of Vaclav Kucera's Metathesis, composed for Michael Davenport. Other composers include Ivana Loudova, Richard Gibson, Rolf Martinsson, Enrique Raxach, John Verrall, and Alois Haba. Michael Davenport brings his interpretive genius to bear on this remarkably diverse selection of repertoire, in an important recording that shows the expressive and dramatic capabilities of the bass clarinet."

Michael Davenport (bass clarinet), Kimberly Davenport (piano)

Order online at www.new-music.org

Disjunkt
(HipSync Records, CD)

"HipSync Records proudly presents the debut release of Disjunkt, a Seattle-based free-jazz collective whose performances incorporate digital loops and samples along with acoustic instruments, audio-visuals, and spoken word. Here the original instrumental trio documented a very avant-garde performance on Doug Haire's Sonarchy radio show, originally airing on KCMU FM."

Dan Blunck (soprano and tenor saxophones, reed trumpet, bamboo flutes, tambourine, crow call), Rik Wright (guitars, analog and digital loops, assorted plastic and metal toys), Simon Grant (drums, electronic percussion, digital samples)

Available through www.hipsync.org

entropic advance: Water for Your Eyes
(Symbolic Insight, CD)

"With their third full-length release, entropic advance capture the raw emotion and chaotic turmoil of entering a new millennium. This continually morphing dose of ambient noise and mind-warping rhythms was compiled from the legendary four-hour improvised performance, recorded 01.10.00."

Wesley Davis (processed trumpet/vocals), Casey Jones (bass, samples), Jim Deal (turntable/samples)

Available in Seattle at Wall of Sound, Orpheum, Cellophane Square, Tower Records, or through home.earthlink.net/~entropicadvance

Moore/Shoup/Makihara: Hurricane Floyd
(Sublingual 007, CD)

Live document of a 9/16/99 performance recorded in Boston during the throes of Hurricane Floyd. "The music made by these three easily equaled the intensity of the storm raging outside" - Boston Phoenix

Thurston Moore (guitar), Wally Shoup (alto saxophone), Toshi Makihara (drums)

Available at Wall of Sound and Fallout Records

Michael Nicolella: Push
(Independent, CD)

"Seattle-based classical guitarist Michael Nicolella has released Push, a CD of new cutting-edge works for classical and electric guitar in solo and ensemble settings. The CD features music by Astor Piazzolla, John Fitz Rogers, Luciano Berio, Richard Kranjac, Toru Takemitsu, Bryan Johanson, Jimi Hendrix, Roberto Sierra, and Michael Nicolella. Nicolella is recognized as one of America's most innovative and eclectic classical guitar virtuosi. Known for his creative programming, he has introduced electric guitar into his 'classical' programs and extended the repertoire and audience of his instrument not only with his own compositions and transcriptions but also by premiering and commissioning works by some of today's most exciting emerging composers."

Available at all major online retailers or directly from Michael Nicolella at www.nicolella.com or info@nicolella.com

xaxis wye: saxifraga klimit
(wye not productions, CD)

"This debut CD by xaxis wye was co-produced by Wesley Davis (entropic advance, Trepanning Drill). It features 10 tracks that move through a variety of ideas and styles that blend electronic and organic sounds. Moods shift from persistent rhythms and dissonance to layered power ambience, reorganizing the concepts of beauty and intensity."

Jeff Mueller (electronics, voices, wind and string instruments); also features members of entropic advance, John Schuller, Jim Lambert, and others.

Contact xaxis@pacifier.com for performance news and availability.

Xaxis wye will hold a CD release performance on 10/31 at Spirit, 4209 University Ave. in Seattle.

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The Tentacle
PO Box 45655 Seattle, WA 98145-0655