Catalog
| Starkland ST-201 |
Tod Dockstader: QuatermassThe Washington Post describes Tod Dockstader as "one of the giants in the field" of electronic music. |
| Starkland ST-202 |
Tod Dockstader: Apocalypse "The obsessive care with which Starkland have compiled these extraordinary recordings should ensure that Dockstader will be remembered as the innovative, visionary figure he undoubtedly was." - The Wire |
Starkland |
From A to Z A specially priced sampler with ten electroacoustic works. "Full of fresh, inventive sonorities and often a genuine sense of fun." - Stereo Review |
| Starkland ST-204 |
Paul Dresher: Casa Vecchia "One of the best and most original of post-minimalist composers." - Stereo Review |
| Starkland ST-205 |
Phillip Bimstein: Garland Hirschi's Cows "Outstanding in his field...[Bimstein] has used digital sampling technology to tell wry and moving stories, and to elevate the mundane to the level of high art... brilliantly original." - Stereophile |
| Starkland
ST-206 |
Charles
Amirkhanian: Walking Tune Amirkhanian is a leading practitioner of electroacoustic music and text-sound composition. "Descriptive, specific, lush, and oddly exotic." - Laurie Anderson |
| Starkland ST-207 |
Guy Klucevsek: Transylvanian Softwear Works by William Duckworth, Fred Frith, Klucevsek, and John Zorn. "Recording of Special Merit" - Stereo Review |
| Starkland ST-208 |
Jay Cloidt: Kole Kat Krush "Cloidt's music is a kind of cross between P.D.Q. Bach and Jimi Hendrix, with a little Charles Ives thrown in. It's irresistible." - San Francisco Chronicle |
| Starkland ST-209 |
Guy Klucevsek: Free Range Accordion "A rebel with an accordion...Klucevsek combines poker-faced wit and imagination with command of his instrument, forcing you to re-think the accordion's limitations." - Downbeat Works by Burt Bacharach, Lars Hollmer, Aaron Jay Kernis, Jerome Kitzke, Klucevsek, Stephen Montague, Somei Satoh, and Lois V Vierk. |
| Starkland S-2010 |
IMMERSION Starkland commissioned thirteen surround sound pieces exclusively for this DVD-Audio/Video release. It's the first such recording in history. Works by Paul Dolden, Paul Dresher, Ellen Fullman, Phil Kline, Lukas Ligeti, Ingram Marshall, Merzbow, Meredith Monk, Bruce Odland, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Carl Stone, and Pamela Z. "Not only a fascinating array of musical innovation but a persuasive exploration of the possibilities of surround sound." - Sound & Vision |
Starkland |
Roger
Kleier: Deep Night, Deep Autumn Kleier seduces listeners by mutating, sampling, layering, mangling, and digitally processing his guitar, creating moods from relentless tension to lyrical calm. |
| Starkland ST-212 |
Robert
Een: Mystery Dances The infectious "suavely post-minimalist music" (Village Voice) from this award-winning composer, singer, and cellist provides "an exhilarating listening experience" (Meredith Monk). |
| Starkland ST-213 |
Pamela Z: A Delay Is Better This is the first CD devoted exclusively to works by this "funny, inventive, and talented" (Village Voice) composer/performer. "Sheer genius from the most gifted and enterprising vocalist/composer/audio artist in the US since the heyday of Joan La Barbara and Meredith Monk... The effects are stunning... Essential." - The Wire |
| Starkland ST-214 |
Phillip Bimstein: Larkin Gifford's Harmonica Containing five engrossing musical portraits of western people and places, this release is a worthy followup to Bimsteins previous Starkland CD Garland Hirschi's Cows. Introduced by John Adams. "An engaging introduction to... his quirky electro-acoustic compositions... The irresistible charm of Mr. Bimstein's music has less to do with technology than with his uncanny knack for finding the music of everday life." - New York Times |
| Starkland S-2015 |
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| Starkland R-3016 |
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| Starkland ST-217 |
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| MinMax MM-010 |
Paul
Dresher: Slow Fire In Paul Dresher's "electric opera" Slow Fire with Rinde Eckert, two of America's most dynamic forces in contemporary performance create "a masterpiece" (San Francisco Chronicle). |
MinmaX |
Steve
Mackey: Ravenshead Declared the "Best New Opera of the Year" by USA Today in 1998, Ravenshead combines Steve Mackey's multi-faceted score, the dazzling Rinde Eckert, and the superb Paul Dresher Ensemble. |
| MinmaX MM-012 |
Erling Wold A Little Girl Dreams of
Taking the Veil This "unique, breathtaking, and thoroughly unflawed" (Progression Magazine) chamber opera is based on a Max Ernst 1930s surrealist novel, which explores the world of religious ecstasy and erotic desire. |
| MinmaX MM-015 |
Jay
Cloidt: Spectral Evidence Two ambitious and diverse works from Jay Cloidt, "one of new music's brightest lights" (All-Music Guide). |
| MinmaX MM-016 |
Jay
Cloidt: D'Arc: woman on fire Jay Cloidt's music theatre piece depicts a present-day intercession by Saint Joan of Arc into the life of a contemporary mother. Performers include singer Amanda Moody and ex-Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud. |
| MinmaX MM-017 |
Amy
X Neuburg: The Secret Language of Subways "Neuburg's new song cycle teeters beguilingly on the boundary between pop and avant-garde performance art" (San Francisco Chronicle). |
| MinmaX MM-018 |
Erling
Wold: Mordake Erling Wold has been hailed as "the Eric Satie of Berkeley surrealist/minimalist electro-art rock" by the Village Voice. In this chamber opera, the title role is sung by John Duykers, an internationally acclaimed tenor, whose most celebrated role was Mao Zedong in the world-premiere of John Adams’ Nixon in China. |
| Owl Recording OWL-34 |
The
Prism Orchestra "Quite remarkable...three fine performances of three excellent works...the technical aspect of the recording is excellent as is the accompanying program booklet." - Composer/USA. |
Owl Recording |
Sharon
Mabry Sharon Mabry's sensitive and moving performances of contemporary songs have won enthusiastic praise for this mezzo-soprano's "healthy, versatile and expressive voice" (The New York Times). |