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Double 10' vinyl (transluscent)
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Amid Zero Echo
2014
"Thomas Dimuzio's Amid Zero Echo marks the new release from this US underground legend from San Francisco, whose massive hypnotic soundscapes already released in the 90's were much ahead of the time! Four new transcendental drone... more |
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$10
CD
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Slew
2004
Slew pools more than a decade of studio works spanning compilations issued by RRRecords, Tzadik, Alku, Realization, Digital Narcis, Self Abuse, Cuneiform and other groundbreaking labels. More than a compilation of compilation tracks... more |
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$20
Double CD
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Mono::Poly
2002
Thomas Dimuzio’s Mono::Poly is the first joint production between Asphodel and Gench Music. A double CD set, Mono::Poly anthologizes the best of Dimuzio’s live solo performances and collaborations with fellow experimental musicians... more |
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CD-R
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Live At Generator
2001
"Generator, the sound gallery, and Generations Unlimited, the record label, welcomed new opportunities for spontaneous artistic expression. Many exceptional artists were attracted to this creative energy. No one played at the... more |
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$12
CD
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Headlock
1998
CD reissue of 1989 debut LP originally released by Generations Unlimited. "This is one of those rare records where the artist takes the best qualities of other artists I admire, adds his own individuality, and seems to move... more |
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$20
Double CD
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Sonicism
1997
Dramatic studio works-years in the making! "Dimuzio is something of a find. His double CD provides a wealth of diverse, thoughtful, industrial ambience. It would take practically the length of a review just to list Dimuzio's... more |
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$12
CD
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Louden
1997
Remastered selections from the cassette releases Delineation of Perspective (Generations Unlimited), Flux (Gench) and 19th Monkey Schism (Xkurzhen Sound). "Louden remasters original cassette releases from 1987 and 88 (Delineation of... more |
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CD
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Markoff Process
1994
Improvised electronics recorded live in concert-combines extracts from Sone Songs (Realizations Recordings), Remote (1Zer0), and lightswitch (Gench). "This CD is an impressive document which features excerpts from concerts by Thomas... more |
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CDx3
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Balance
2020
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$20
LP
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Combine XXIII - XXXV
2013
In 1994 Ron Lessard set up a Due Process mail collaboration with John Wiggins and Thomas Dimuzio. The project found Lessard sending off source recordings to Wiggins and Dimuzio, with Dimuzio and Wiggins in turn exchanging their... more |
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CD
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The Unveiling of Darkness
2012
Like minds united for "The Unveiling of Darkness" CD (also to be issued as a limited-edition double LP) as Thomas Dimuzio and Voice of Eye worked together from near and afar to record as one. A brief correspondence in the early 1990... more |
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CD
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Ascent
2012
"Ascent" is the third full-length album by longtime Californian experimental music stalwarts Thomas Dimuzio and Joseph Hammer. While their previous double LP focused on revisiting live recordings made throughout the west coast... more |
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LP (black vinyl)
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Golden State
2010
A limited Edition of 1969 numbered copies pressed into 180 gram virgin vinyl and rather beautifully (and horribly expensively, as it turned out) packaged. The music was recorded in California in 1999 with guest Beth Custer (clarinet... more |
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LP x 2
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Remissions
2009
Double LP release from Isounderscore Records. "...Dimmer brings together two stalwarts of the California experimental community: Thomas Dimuzio and Joseph Hammer. The former skirts the boundaries between electro-acoustic... more |
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$8
CD
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The Teen-Pop-Noise Virus
2008
Seeland Records is pleased to present The Teen-Pop-Noise Virus, one of the most absurd albums of all-time by Poptastic. The music, like the band itself, was spawned from the warped minds of experimental producers Chris Fitzpatrick... more |
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CD
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Thigmotactic
2008
“Thigmotactic” continues in Negativland’s decades long collage and cut-up tradition, but while the trademark sound of found audio elements is heard through-out, the cutting up and collage is also in the lyrics, created by combining... more |
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CD
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Upcoming Events
2008
Further exploring the collaborative powers of Illusion Of Safety mastermind Dan Burke and prolific sound crafter Thomas Dimuzio, Upcoming Events is an unending spur of equal parts gorgeous and uncomfortably perplexing sound spread... more |
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CD
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The Shining Path
2007
Dimmer is a duo comprising live sampling pioneer Thomas Dimuzio and tape-loop maestro Joseph Hammer. swallowing audiences with their dark explorations of sound, Dimmer specializes in a symbiotic sound process as they continually... more |
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CD
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Uncertain Symmetry
2002
"Now this sounds like a very interesting collaboration: knowing Myers' work as Arcane Device and Dimuzio's more 'composed' work I was pretty curious as to how these two would work out things. As far as I can undertand from the liner... more |
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CD
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Dust
2002
"Three years after Quake, Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio came back with a second serving of confusing electrified percussion and sampling. If anything, this album goes even further in blurring distinctions between the two... more |
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CD
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Quake
1999
"This is ex-Henry Cow, Art Bears and Pere Ubu drummer Chris Cutler in improvised collaboration with electronic drone master Thomas Dimuzio, recorded live in Portland, ME and Lowell, MA, 3/99. Chris performs on electric drum kit, Pin... more |
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CD
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Hz
1999
"Dan Burke is the leader of Illusion of Safety, the 'group' that succeeded perfectly the marriage between industrial and electroacoustic musics. Thomas Dimuzio has created since his first releases an unusual music made of... more |
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CD
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Preacher in Naked Chase Guilty
1995
Live recording, reprocessed, of a concert in Hartford, Connecticut for surround sound, events, and structure/not structure. Models: Bruegel and Pollack. Continuous, as played, but tracked so you can reprogram the score, which is... more |
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$12
CD
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Combine I-XVIII
1995
Due Process (Thomas Dimuzio, Ron Lessard and John Wiggins). "Ahh. Here's some serious art damage that careens from ambient industrial to the astringent squonks, bleeps and clamor of '60s avant-garde to the angst-ridden sonic shards... more |
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$12
CD
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Hungers Teeth
1994
Years in the making! The 5uu's (Bob Drake, Dave Kerman, and Sanjay Kumar) combine their avant-rock stylings with the sonic dementia of Thomas Dimuzio. "One of the Top 10 releases of 1994-incidental music for Guernica."—BOSTON ROCK... more |
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LP
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Invisible Superstars
2007
Compilation of exclusive tracks from some cutting edges artists with lots of different styles, put together by R-Rock and Controller 7. Features tracks from Controller 7, 10shun, Scott Matelic, Miles Tilmann, Zombie Mountain,... more |
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CD-R
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x+y=xy (10 Citas a Ciega)
2001
"Alku is a small CDR label which never cease to surprise the listener with new ideas. '10 Citas A Ciegas' means '10 Blind Dates'. Twenty artists were invited to send in a track of exactely two minutes, which was coupled to another... more |
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$25
Double CD
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End ID
1999
"It is both the end of the decade and the end of the century, so record companies are trying to honor this century with as many collections as they can. I'm not quite sure how this music directly relates to music and/or media in the... more |
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$12
CD
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New Splendid IV
1998
CD compilation featuring Thomas Dimuzio, Fugitive Pope, Brian Conley, Lung Oyster, Dog, Chris Laine, Grupo Speedy, Hearing Trumpet, David Cunningham and others. |
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CD
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Links Outta Here
1997
LINKS OUTTA HERE contains sound works created in honor of Abigail Lavine by an eclectic array of acclaimed sound artists and musicians: amk, blackhumour, chop shop, Thomas Dimuzio, Peter Duimelinks, Egnekn, Leif Elggren, Emil... more |
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$12
CD
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Testament
1996
International experimental music compilation featuring Thomas Dimuzio, Jerome Noetinger, John Wiggins, Eric Chaselow, Michael Prime, Artifcal Memory Trace, Koji Marutani, RLW, Tim Walters and Nick Peck. "RRR's new compilation of... more |
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Double CD
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America the Beautiful
1994
Compilation of American artists "commemorating" life in America and 10 years of RRR. Features the work of Thomas Dimuzio, Borbetomagus, Lee Renaldo, Nicolas Collins, Rougeux/Negativland, AMK, John Wiggins, The Haters, Chop Shop,... more |
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$12
CD
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Soundtrack for the End of the World
1994
Noise compilation featuring the work of Thomas Dimuzio, Aube, The Haters, Con-Dom, Taint, Macronympha, and others. Music that lives up to its title. |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20050527
2005
8th Annual Music For People and Thingamajigs Festival |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20050217
2005
San Francisco Art Institute |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20040220
2004
Activating The Medium 7 |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20040925
2004
NorCal Noisefest 2004 |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20031023
2003
WKCR-FM Columbia University |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20050105
2005
The Luggage Store Gallery |
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$8
CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20040206
2004
Activating The Medium 7 |
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CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20041009
2004
Unsound :: Resound |
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$8
CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20030919
2003
Found Objects Festival |
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$8
CD-R
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Gench Concert Series - 20031024
2003
Issue Project Room |
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$32
CD-R
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Gench Concert Archives - Vol. 1 Nos. 1 - 5
Purchase all 5 Thomas Dimuzio solo performance CD-Rs for the price of 4 discs. Thomas Dimuzio live samples and processes multiple sources of audio signals in real-time, much akin to a real-time digital musique concrete machine. MIDI... more |
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$32
CD-R
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Gench Concert Archives - Vol. 1 Nos. 6 - 10
Purchase all 5 Thomas Dimuzio collaborative performance CD-Rs for the price of 4 discs. Thomas Dimuzio live samples and processes multiple sources of audio signals in real-time, much akin to a real-time digital musique concrete... more |
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CD-R
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Gench cassette archive CD-R series
1991
Limited-time offer!!! Order the complete Gench Cassette Archive CD-R Series at a 20% savings. Featuring six digitally remastered CD-R's of early Thomas Dimuzio cassettes from the Gench back catalog. All titles are signed by the... more |
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CD-R
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Lightswitch
1990
Remastered! Limited edition tape now available as CD-R. One side features improvised electronics recorded live at Generator (NYC) and Boston's Kingston Gallery; the other contains the studio recorded title composition. |
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CD-R
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Sone Songs
1990
Remastered! Documents a series of solo concerts recorded live in New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and at New Music America in Montréal during 1990. "...Dimuzio creates dense sound textures somewhere between space and industrial,... more |
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CD-R
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19th Monkey Schism
1988
Remastered! Includes the soundtrack to Stithy (interactive video collaboration with Don Ritter). Other titles mix more traditional aspects of composition with an uncompromising experimental approach. Originally released by Xkurzhen... more |
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CD-R
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FLUX
1988
Remastered! Dense and dark excursions through distorted and abstract environments. Also includes soundtrack to Baby-Push (interactive video collaboration with Don Ritter). |
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CD-R
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Delineation of Perspective
1988
Remastered! Debut cassette originally released by Generations Unlimited. "...A diverse and inventive collection of compositions and abstractions... creates an unreal and oft frightening atmosphere... to describe such music... more |
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CD-R
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Remote
1991
Remastered! Live concerts from Massachusetts College of Art and Quebec's Obscure Gallery. "Four soundscape pieces recorded live, in front of an audience, apparently, with one guy playing the "Orpheus Interactive Animation System."... more |
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CD-R
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All Broke Down Can't Be Fixed
1988
Patronized Humoplasms. Magical moments, caught on tape from freely improvised jams, edited and remixed into a full length release. Drummer, C.J. Cooper (R.I.P) and his incredible rhythmic genius deserves selective appreciation. Lo-... more |
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VHS
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Synchronous Blast Channels
1994
Features the live and studio-based interactive audio/video work of Don Ritter and Thomas Dimuzio. Ritter's interactive video system allows his imagery to be controlled and manipulated in real time by Dimuzio's music. See and hear... more |