Emanem Records is a record company and
independent record label
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founded in
London
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, England in 1974 by Martin Davidson and Madelaine Davidson to record
free improvisation.
Its headquarters moved to
New York City
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(1975–76),
New Jersey
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(1979, recordings released as
Quark Records
Emanem Records is a record company and independent record label founded in London, England in 1974 by Martin Davidson and Madelaine Davidson to record free improvisation.
Its headquarters moved to New York City (1975–76), New Jersey (1979, ...
),
(1979, recordings released as
QED Records
Emanem Records is a record company and independent record label founded in London, England in 1974 by Martin Davidson and Madelaine Davidson to record free improvisation.
Its headquarters moved to New York City (1975–76), New Jersey (1979, ...
), and
Sydney
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(1986–88), releasing about 25 records before returning to London in the 1990s and issuing compact discs.
Since 2013 it has been based in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The slogan of the label is "Unadulterated New Music For People Who Like New Music Unadulterated".
It has become a prolific source of both new recordings and archival recordings, notably its extensive documentation of the work of
John Stevens and the
Spontaneous Music Ensemble.
In the 2000s, Emanem joined
Evan Parker's Psi and
Eddie Prévost
Edwin John Prévost (born 22 June 1942) is an English percussionist who founded the free improvisation group, AMM.
Early years
Of Huguenot heritage, Prévost's silk weaving ancestors moved to Spitalfields in the late 17th century. He was bor ...
's Matchless label to present Freedom of the City, an annual improvised-music festival in London. Though its size and scope vary from year to year depending on funding, it continued as an annual event for several years, with many of the recorded performances issued on either Emanem or Matchless.
Partial discography
* 4001
Derek Bailey – ''Domestic & Public Pieces'' (1975–7)
* 4002
Evan Parker &
Paul Lytton
Paul Lytton (born 8 March 1947, London) is an English free jazz and free improvising percussionist.
Lytton began on drums at age 16. He played jazz in London in the late 1960s while taking lessons on the tabla from P.R. Desai. In 1969 he began ...
''Three Other Stories'' (1971–4)
* 4003
Spontaneous Music Ensemble ''Face to Face'' (1973)
* 4004
Steve Lacy ''Weal & Woe'' (1972–3)
* 4005 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – ''Summer 1967''
* 4006
Anthony Braxton & Derek Bailey – ''
First Duo Concert
''First Duo Concert'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton and British guitarist Derek Bailey recorded in 1974 at the Wigmore Hall in London and released by Emanem. '' (1974)
* 4007
Paul Rutherford & Paul Rogers – ''Rogues'' (1988)
* 4008 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – ''Hot & Cold Heroes'' (1980/91)
* 4009 Evan Parker & Paul Lytton – ''Two Octobers'' (1972–5)
* 4010
John Russell &
Roger Turner – ''Birthdays'' (1996)
* 4011
John Carter &
Bobby Bradford
Bobby Lee Bradford (born July 19, 1934) is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. In addition to his solo work, Bradford is noted for his work with John Carter, Vinny Golia and Ornette Coleman. In October 2009, Bradfo ...
''Tandem 1'' (1982)
* 4012 John Carter & Bobby Bradford ''Tandem 2'' (1979–82)
* 4013 Derek Bailey ''Lace'' (1989)
* 4014 Roger Smith ''Unexpected Turns'' (1993–6)
* 4015 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – ''Quintessence 1'' (1973–4) Replaced By 4217
* 4016 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – ''Quintessence 2'' (1973–4) Replaced By 4217
* 4017 Nigel Coombes &
Steve Beresford ''Two to Tangle'' (1997)
* 4018 Paul Rutherford & Iskra 1912 ''Sequences 72 & 73'' (1972–4)
* 4019 Paul Rutherford ''
The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie
''The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie'' is a live solo trombone album by Paul Rutherford, his first release under his own name. It was recorded at Unity Theatre, London during 1974, and was initially released on LP in 1976 by Emanem Records. In 19 ...
'' (1974)
* 4020 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – ''Withdrawal'' (1966–7)
* 4021
Lol Coxhill &
Veryan Weston
Veryan Weston (born 1950) is a British pianist active in free improvisation, jazz, and rock music. He has worked with Lol Coxhill, Eddie Prévost, Trevor Watts, Caroline Kraabel and Phil Minton.
Weston was born in 1950 and lived in Cornwall be ...
''Boundless'' (1998)
* 4022 Evan Parker /
Barry Guy / Paul Lytton ''At the Vortex'' (1996)
* 4023 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – ''For You to Share'' (1970)
* 4024 Steve Lacy ''Saxophone Special +'' (1973–4)
* 4025
Phil Minton ''
A Doughnut in Both Hands
''A Doughnut in Both Hands'' is a live album by British vocalist Phil Minton. His first solo album, it was recorded during 1975–1982 at various locations, and was initially released on LP in 1981 by Rift Records. In 1998, Emanem Records reissued ...
'' (1975–82)
* 4026 Rottor ''The First Full Turn'' (1998)
* 4027 Derek Bailey ''Fairly Early With Postscripts'' (1971–98)
* 4028 Veryan Weston / John Edwards / Mark Sanders ''Mercury Concert'' (1998)
* 4029
John Butcher / Phil Durrant /
John Russell ''The Scenic Route'' (1998)
* 4030 Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford / Hans Schneider / Paul Lytton ''Waterloo 1985''
* 4031 Spontaneous Music Ensemble ''Low Profile'' (1977/84/88)
* 4032 Roger Smith ''Extended Plays'' (1993–7)
* 4033
Kent Carter & Albrecht Maurer ''The Juillaguet Collection'' (1996)
* 4034
Lol Coxhill ''Alone and Together'' (1991–9)
* 4035 Evan Parker / Steve Beresford / John Edwards /
Louis Moholo ''Foxes Fox'' (1999)
* 4036 John Russell /
Maarten Altena /
Terry Day
Terence Day (born 17 October 1940) is a musician specialising in free improvisation, a poet and a visual artist. He is a founding member of the ''Continuous Music Ensemble'' and ''The People Band''. Some of his musical partners include Derek Ba ...
''The Fairly Young Bean'' (1981)
* 4037
Karl Berger &
Ed Blackwell
Edward Joseph Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive, influential work with Ornette Coleman.
Biography
Blackwell's early career began in New Orleans ...
''Just Play'' (1976)
* 4038 Three & Four Pullovers (1975–8)
* 4039 Spontaneous Music Orchestra ''Mouthpiece'' (1973)
* 4040
Tony Bianco
Tony Bianco is an American jazz drummer and composer from New York City who moved to Europe in the early nineties. He has been described as a "true master of the drums ". He has played and recorded with many prominent jazz musicians including El ...
/
Paul Dunmall
Paul Dunmall (born 6 May 1953) is a British jazz musician who plays tenor and soprano saxophone, as well as the baritone and the more exotic saxello and the Northumbrian smallpipes. He has played with Keith Tippett and Barry Guy.
In the early ...
/ Simon Picard ''Utoma Trio'' (1999)
* 4041 Masashi Harada Condanction Ensemble ''Enter the Continent'' (1999)
* 4042 Steve Lacy ''Hooky'' (1976)
* 4043
Frank Lowe
Frank Lowe (June 24, 1943 – September 19, 2003) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.
Biography
Born and brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, Lowe took up the tenor saxophone at the age of 12. As an adult he moved to San Fra ...
&
Eugene Chadbourne ''Don't Punk Out'' (1977 + 1979 & 2000)
* 4044
Howard Riley / Barry Guy /
Tony Oxley ''Synopsis'' (1973)
* 4045 John Butcher ''Fixations (14)'' (1997–2000)
* 4046 Pat Thomas ''Nur'' (1999)
* 4047 The Kryonics (2000)
* 4048 Veryan Weston &
Caroline Kraabel
Caroline Kraabel (born 1961 in Torrance, California) is an American saxophonist.
Career
After living in Seattle, Kraabel moved to London while in her teenage years. She started playing saxophone and became active in London's improvised music sce ...
''Five Shadows'' (1999–2000)
* 4049 John Butcher With Derek Bailey &
Rhodri Davies ''Vortices & Angels'' (2000)
* 4050 Quatuor Accorde ''Angel Gate'' (1998–2000)
* 4051
Iskra 1903
''Iskra 1903'' is an album by trombonist Paul Rutherford, guitarist Derek Bailey and bassist Barry Guy which was recorded at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1970 and in a studio in 1972 and first released as a double album on the Incus la ...
''Frankfurt 1991''
* 4052 Lol Coxhill ''Digswell Duets'' (1978)
* 4053 Spontaneous Music Ensemble ''Challenge'' (1966–7)
* 4054 Howard Riley / Barry Guy / Tony Oxley ''Overground'' (1974–5)
* 4055 Evan Parker ''
The Ayes Have It
''The Ayes Have It'' is an album by saxophonist Evan Parker. Tracks 1–4 were recorded in a London studio during December 1983, and feature Parker with bassist Paul Rogers, and, in a rare recorded appearance, percussionist Jamie Muir. The remaini ...
'' (1983 & 1991)
* 4056 Chris Burn Ensemble ''The Place 1991''
* 4057 Sylvia Hallett ''White Fog'' (1998–2001)
* 4058 John Russell & Roger Turner ''The Second Sky'' (2001)
* 4059 Ian Smith ''Daybreak'' (2000)
* 406
Milo FineFree Jazz Ensemble ''Koi/Klops'' (2000–1)
* 4061 Kent Carter ''Beauvais Cathedral'' (1974–5)
* 4062 Spontaneous Music Orchestra ''Plus Equals'' (1974–5)
* 4063 Chris Burn / John Butcher / Rhodri Davies / John Edwards ''The First Two Gigs'' (2000)
* 4064 Steve Beresford / Pat Thomas / Veryan Weston ''3 Pianos'' (2001)
* 4065 Frode Gjerstad / John Stevens / Derek Bailey ''Hello Goodbye'' (1992)
* 4066 Iskra 1903 ''Buzz Soundtrack'' (1970/1)
* 4067 Tony Wren / Larry Stabbins / Howard Riley / Mark Sanders ''Four in the Afternoon'' (2001)
* 4068 Maggie Nicols / Caroline Kraabel / Charlotte Hug ''Transitions'' (2001)
* 4069 Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston ''6 Dialogues'' (2001)
* 4070 Barry Guy / Howard Riley / Philipp Wachsmann ''Improvisations Are Forever Now'' (1977–9)
* 4071 John Russell ''From Next to Last'' (2001–2)
* 4072 Paul Rutherford ''Trombolenium'' (1986–1995)
* 4073 Roger Smith ''Green Wood'' (2002)
* 4074 Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston ''Worms Organising Archdukes'' (2000–1)
* 4075 Lines ''In Australia'' (2000)
* 4076 Paul Lovens / Paul Hubweber / John Edwards ''Papajo'' (2002)
* 4077 Mike Adcock & Clive Bell ''Sleep It Off'' (1999–2001)
* 4078 Paul Rogers ''Listen'' (1989/99)
* 4079 Lunge ''Strong Language'' (2000/2)
* 4080 Chris Burn Ensemble ''Horizontals White'' (2001)
* 4081 Roland Ramanan ''Shaken'' (2001–2)
* 4082 Paul Rutherford ''Chicago 2002''
* 4083 Roger Smith ''Spanish Guitar'' (1980/92/97)
* 4084 Markus Eichenberger ''Domino Concept for Orchestra'' (2001)
* 4085 Charlotte Hug ''Neuland'' (2001–2)
* 4086 Lol Coxhill ''Out to Launch'' (2001–2)
* 4087 Frode Gjerstad & Derek Bailey ''Nearly A D'' (2002)
* 4088 Howard Riley / John Tilbury / Keith Tippett ''Another Part of the Story'' (2002)
* 4089 John Butcher & John Edwards ''Optic'' (2001–2)
* 4090 London Improvisers Orchestra ''Freedom of the City'' 2002
* 4091 The Gathering ''For John Stevens'' (2002)
* 4092 Alan Tomlinson / Steve Beresford / Roger Turner ''Trap Street'' (2002)
* 4093 Larry Stabbins ''Monadic'' (2002)
* 4094 John Edwards & Mark Sanders ''Nisus Duets'' (2002)
* 4095 Veryan Weston ''Tessellations For Luthéal Piano'' (2003)
* 4096 Bobby Bradford ''Love's Dream'' (1973)
* 4097 Lol Coxhill / Torsten Müller / Paul Rutherford ''Milwaukee 2002''
* 4098
Elliott Sharp – ''The Velocity of Hue'' (2003)
* 4099 Derek Bailey & Milo Fine ''Scale Points on the Fever Curve'' (2003)
* 4100 ''Mopomoso Solos 2002''
* 4101 Paul Dunmall & Paul Rogers ''Awareness Response'' (2003)
* 4102 People Band 1968
* 4103 Gail Brand & Morgan Guberman ''Ballgames & Crazy'' (2002)
* 4104 Tony Bianco / Dave Liebman / Tony Marino ''Line Ish'' (2003)
* 4105 Kent Carter String Trio ''The Willisau Suites'' (1984/1997)
* 4106 John Russell / Ute Völker / Mathieu Werchowski ''Three Planets'' (2003)
* 4107 Paul Rutherford Trio ''
Gheim – Live at Bracknell 1983''
* 4108 Masashi Harada Condanction Ensemble ''Enterprising Mass of Cilia'' (2001)
* 4109 Fred Lonberg–Holm ''Dialogs'' (2002)
* 4110 London Improvisers Orchestra ''Responses, Reproduction & Reality'' (2003–4)
* 4111 Paul Dunmall ''In Your Shell Like'' (2003)
* 4112 Clive Bell &
Sylvia Hallett ''The Geographers'' (2004)
* 4113 Anthony Braxton & Milo Fine ''Shadow Company (2004)''
* 4114 Roger Smith & Louis Moholo–Moholo ''The Butterfly and the Bee'' (2004)
* 4115 Spontaneous Music Ensemble ''A New Distance'' (1993–4)
* 4116 Free Base ''The Ins and Outs'' (2003)
* 4117 John Stevens Quartet ''New Cool'' (1992)
* 4118 Paul Rutherford ''Neuph'' (1978/80)
* 4119 Olaf Rupp / Tony Buck / Joe Williamson ''Weird Weapons'' (2002)
* 4120 Badland ''The Society of the Spectacle'' (2003)
* 4121 News From The Shed (1989)
* 4122 Collectif Inaudible ''Cardo'' (2001–5)
* 4123 Roland Ramanan ''Caesura'' (2003)
* 4124 Malcolm Goldstein & Masashi Harada ''Soil'' (2002)
* 4125 Terry Day ''Interruptions'' (1978–1981)
* 4126 ''Supermodel Supermodel'' (2002–3)
* 4127 Howard Riley ''Two Is One'' (2005)
* 4128 Ross Bolleter ''Secret Sandhills And Satellites'' (2001–5)
* 4129 Michael Keith / John Oswald / Roger Turner ''Number Nine'' (2005)
* 4130 Kent Carter String Trio ''Intersections'' (2004/5)
* 4131 Roswell Rudd ''
Blown Bone
''Blown Bone'' is an album by trombonist Roswell Rudd. It was recorded in March 1976 at Blue Rock Studios in New York City, and was released on LP by Philips Japan in 1979. On the album, Rudd is joined by clarinetist Kenny Davern, saxophonists Ste ...
'' (1976)
* 4132 Milo Fine & Viv Corringham ''Senilità'' (2005)
* 4133 Elliott Sharp & Reinhold Friedl ''Feuchtify'' (2001)
* 4134 Spontaneous Music Ensemble ''Frameworks'' (1968/71/73)
* 4135 Adam Bohman & Roger Smith ''Reality Fandango'' (2004/6)
* 4136 Lol Coxhill ''More Together Than Alone'' (2000–5)
* 4137 Terry Day ''2006 Duos''
* 4138 John Russell ''Analekta'' (2004/6)
* 4139 ''Freedom of the City'' 2006
* 4140 Phil Minton Quartet ''Slur'' (2006)
* 4141 Trio of Uncertainty ''Unlocked'' (2007)
* 4142 John Butcher ''The Geometry of Sentiment'' (2004/6)
* 4143 Elliott Sharp & Charlotte Hug ''Pi:K'' (2004/5)
* 4144 Paul Rutherford ''Solo in Berlin 1975''
* 4145 Pascal Marzan & Roger Smith ''Two Spanish Guitars'' (2006/7)
* 4146 Grosse Abfahrt ''Everything That Disappears'' (2007)
* 4147 Barkingside (2006/7)
* 4148 Phil Minton ''No Doughnuts in Hand'' (2007)
* 4149 Caetitu (2007)
* 4150 Spontaneous Music Ensemble & Orchestra ''Trio & Triangle'' (1978/1981)
* 5301 Rivière Composers' Pool ''Summer Works 2009'' with
Kent Carter,
Theo Jörgensmann
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 29 September 1948) is a German jazz clarinetist.
Activities
Theo Jörgensmann belongs to the second generation of European free jazz musicians. He was part of the clarinet renaissance in the jazz and improvisin ...
(2010)
* 5311 Iskra 1903 ''Chapter One 1970–1972''
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References
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