MusicMoz - Styles: Avant-Garde: Experimental: Bands and Artists

.tiln - Digital sound works of Marc McNulty, with downloadable songs and recommended links.

Alexanderson, Magnus - A composer of electro-acoustic music and electric guitar musician, concentrating on experimental music using electric devices.

Atelier Theremin - An experimental music project from Berlin based on avant-garde electronics and spoken-word performance, using the oldest and newest tools of electronic music. With biography, reviews, concert information, MP3 song samples and CD information.

Aware - An experimental freeform music co-operative working out of the East Midlands, England. With background and upcoming shows.

Barnes, David - Artist creating ambient, industrial, experimental, art rock music. With free MP3 downloads and RealAudio clips.

Bastard Children of Bozo, The - A musical project/mini-orchestra creating and performing unusual music. With background, pictures, and sound files.

Big Block 454 - The official non-ironic eebsite of this post-neo-avant garde band. Featuring experimental music, art, free music and instrument downloads.

Blech, The - International band that produced eclectic improvised music from 1985-1996. With releases, profiles, photos, and reviews.

Bran Flakes, The - Experimental music project employing a variety of found samples and sounds.

Brekekekexkoaxkoax - Austin, Texas-based experimental sound art project. With discography and email newsletter sign-up.

Brutum Fulmen - An electro-acoustic musique concrete experimental noise project. Including full illustrated discography, MP3 and RealAudio sound files, band news, and ordering information.

Buddy Hitton Band, The - A band creating "angry accoustic" and experimental techno. With background, performance dates and MP3s.

Butz - A New York City improvizational rock band. With gig dates, releases, MP3s, press, and links.

Caeser Pink and The Imperial Orgy - A surreal multi-media experience bucking the norms of convention. With profile, press, pictures, audio, video, news, lyrics, and links.

Captain Captain - A ST. Louis-based experimental rock/electronics/improv 4-piece, featuring cut-and-paste mathematical compositions, angular guitar rock, electronics, toys, and often flippant, non-lingual vocals.

Cheryl O - An experimental, improvisational cellist using electronics and loops. Includes background, upcoming performances, and link to artist mp3.com site for music downloads.

Chicago No Wave - This website documents the secret Chicago No Wave Underground (1992-Present.) Quintron, Monotrona, The Flying Luttenbachers, The Scissor Girls, Bobby Conn, Math et al. A great resource for all things experimental and rocking in Chicago.

Circle 9 Industries - Home of experimental ambient sound artist AMF, plus resources for the samble-based composer. Also the homesite of hiphop group "Old Scratch", and the techno monster known as The 4-Fifty-8.

Coleclough, Jonathan - Information about this musician, including excerpts from CDs, reviews and forthcoming gigs.

Computer Jones - A post-rock/experimental/emo/improvisational band from the Midwest. With profiles, MP3s, pictures, and links.

Control R Workshop - A free improvisation collective based in Oakland, California. With performance information, background, pictures, flyers, MP3s, and links.

DeLaurenti, Christopher - A composer creating sonic assault in the tradition of Beethoven, Ellington, Stravinsky and Xenakis. With sound clips, squibs, composers, rants, comic covers of evil and even a perfunctory parallel universe.

Dede, Mercan - The homepage for this Golden Horn Productions artist, an experimental Turkish music composer living in Canada.

Disasters in Phlegm - Site dedicated to the English band whose music combined many different styles and genres and was executed by only two musicians.

Dispatch - Tokyo-based improvisation, earworks, and links to artists performing in and around the Tokyo area.

Dissecting Table - The legendary Japanese master of harsh, driving, unpredictable post-industrial excellence. With news, discography, and biography.

Duct - Home of the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan sound poetry and music ensemble. With brief history and contact information.

DypXperince - A jazz blues experimentalist project inspired by the likes of Philip Glass, Led Zeppelin, Oscar Peterson, John Cage, and many other artists across genres. With history, pictures, discography, and writings.

Elemenopy - Official page for the project from Chicago. With links to zipped soundfiles.

Emergent Music I: Voices From The Edge of Chaos - Music project produced with the same modeling techniques used to study complex systems and synthesize artificial life. It advances a new approach to creating music and suggests a new genre: emergent music.

Esau - A UK Bristol based band. With MP3s, reviews, art/photo galleries, news, discography and links.

Eskalation - German project creating "different" music with bassoon, wind synthesizer and sampled percussion. With release information, brief profile, and sound clips.

Evolution Control Committee - Media collage music and radio with a wicked sense of humor. Includes downloadable MP3s, archived broadcasts, and release information.

Experiencing Difficulty - A Vancouver based experimental group on Sinusoidal Records. With background, audio, discography, reviews, contact and booking information.

F-Space - An experimental punk/noise band from San Francisco, California on Mobilization Records. With audio downloads and pictures.

Flowers of Disgust, The - Experimental project creating "viking barbershop cyberthrash" music. With background, discography, audio, and press.

Flying Luttenbachers, The - Contains definitive information such as discography, interviews and news about this premier punk jazz/free death/no wave project.

Flying Snowman Productions - A songwriter/producer/guitarist in Belgium, specializing in Eno-inspired and sampled/ethnic synthesized soundscapes, recordings and productions.

Friday Without Hate - Original group compositions and MP3s, plus pointers to resources for other musicians and collaboration opportunities.

Frogtoboggan Gamelan Spontificus Cloudland - Dedicated to the creation and dissemination of unconventional musical hybrids.

From Quagmire - Mysterious and weird art-song drift project. With release information and background.

Gline, The - A one-man collective of sound, with stimulants for both the senses and the sensibilities.

Goatsnif - Artist who has been active in several music projects. Includes MP3 downloads, pictures, and links.

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - A Canadian project combining experimental, rock and orchestral music. With news, discography, press, pictures, contacts and links.

Goldstein, Malcolm - New York Press review of "The Seasons: Vermont".

Hafler Trio, The - Project site with discography and new release information.

Hagen, Greg - Featuring information on this artists' ambient/noise projects, radio show, poetry, and oil pastel works.

Haitchc - Official pages for the Vancouver based producer and DJ. With profile, audio clips, releases, press, and information on Plutonian Nights radio show he hosts.

Headley, Greg - Personal site for the composer and guitarist, with information on available music and upcoming shows.

HollEr - An electronic.ambient project formed by Henry Anthony Otero and Eduardo Alberto Roses. With audio, release information, lyrics, gear list, and links.

Hollydrift - An avant-garde/experimental band from Wisconsin. With reviews, news, and sound files.

Homelife - Experimental band with a revolving group of members. With background, pictures, and CD shopping.

Infinite Number of Sounds - Project creating music in styles as broad and eclectic as the name implies, ranging from rock to electronic to jazz and all things in-between. With news, background, and link to artist mp3.com site for sound files.

Intervals - Live collaboration of Eliot Bates, oud and electronics, and Brad Wright, violin and electronics. Long textural pieces which are based on Turkish modal systems, but with an avant-garde edge.

K-Rad - A Chicago-based experimental, electronic, ambient and industrial project. With discography, MP3s, background, show dates, pictures, and discography.

Kaderci - A cutting-edge experimental/industrial artist who works with Turkish, Afghani, and Druse music recordings and textures to create new soundscapes.

Kaiser, Jeff - Biography, discography and reviews of this composer, conductor and musician.

Karlsson, Erik Mikael - Swedish composer creating experimental electronic music for loudspeaker-orchestras. With background, news, performance information, works, and press.

Karmafarm - Self-generating music, noise and soundscapes. With artist background, news, equipment details, sound files, and links.

Keller, Alex - Sound art and new music from the artist who has been involved in creating experimental music since 1988. Includes information on homemade electronic instruments, audio files, and a resource page for sound artists.

Kelley, Greg - Information and activities of this trumpet improviser.

Kez el Fez - Avant garde music projects. With snippets of information, pictures, links, and writings.

Kievman, Carson - Official page for the multi-media/opera and symphonic works of the artist, including a gallery of photographs, animated show of several multi-media works, and RealAudio samples.

Kompassion Deficit Disorder - Experimental electronic and ambient project. With MP3s and links for more information.

LDT - UK experimental project site. With influences, background, release information, and links to download songs, hear streams, or buy music.

Lams, Victor - A keyboard player, composer, and songwriter who writes off-beat pop songs melding odd, often humerous lyrics with strong electronica and jazz sensibilities.

Last Days of Russell, The - An experimental urban music project. With background, news, RealAudio files, and links.

Lavelle, Brian - The official website of the electronic musician. Covering releases, projects, performances, and news.

Law - Dark, challenging, unique experimental electronics. Project page on the Triumvirate website, with release and ordering information.

Lawly, Susan - Featuring news, releases, soundfiles and information on Whitehouse.

Ludavico Experiment - Official site for the Michigan-based band playing experimental rock. With schedule, lyrics, audio, and pictures.

Mahoning, The - Post-modern hard disk manipulation-based electronic music project. With performance information, audio clips and links.

Makihari, Toshi - Percussion, sound and performance media.

Malcolm, Greg - Experimental music artist site, with pictures, liner notes, MP3 song samples, media reviews and current news.

Marotta, Larry - Details the activities of the Ohio-based experimental guitarist.

McLeod, Jeff - Improviser and experimental guitarist, with reviews, project information, shows, gear and sound samples.

Membrane Conspiracy - Eclectic music borrowing from goth-hop, art-pop and psych-folk by artist Sean Hopp. Multimedia site requires Flash for viewing.

Midget Handjob - Band made up of previous members of Misguided Youth, Clawhammer, Circle Jerks, and others. With pictures, member profiles, news, and show dates.

My Glass Beside Yours - Viola, autoharp, xylochime, and lo-fi music project on Silber Records. With discography, pictures, and link to project mp3.com site for song downloads and streaming.

Nagoski, Ian - Hyperlinked lists of performances, installations, and recordings.

New Anthropomorphology, The - Experimental music, misanthropy and disinformation.

Olethros - Project trying to break the usual genre barriers through the introduction of strange tunings, vocal style and unorthodox arrangements and rhythms. Includes MP3s, reviews and comments, and related links.

Orange Robot - Official home for the conceptual Detroit acoustic techno, ambient Sunday morning audio excursion of medicinal silicon. With background and MP3s.

Orange Stoole Chariot - Tampa Bay fusion band playing some combination of eclectic jazz to punk rock. Inspired by John Zorn, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Mr. Bungle and John Cage.

Out After - An experimental/electronic/idm/glitch project. With MP3s for download and listening, plus brief history and related links.

Overheard - A site for Lucid, After The Flood, DASL-Zen Tread, and other related musical projects.

Oxygen Ensemble - Seattle based experimental multi-media improvization collective, utilizing a large cast of musicians, live artist creations, and visual imagery. With news, pictures, history, MP3s, performance dates, and links.

Phillips, John - An overview of compositions and multimedia installations by John Phillips and Carolyn Healy. Interactive electronic soundscapes created in unusual locations.

Pin Pin Sugar - Avant-garde, jazz, art-core, beats, free-noise, and shifty lounge experimental guitar/d'n'b project. With band biography, tour dates, discography, and links.

Pine Tree State Mind Control - Using subliminal messages embedded in experimental music to create a happier, more productive society. With songs for download, news, and links.

Pink Noise - A dark ambient/industrial/goth/noise project from Russia. With pictures, sound files, and links.

Primal Image - Review and information about this one piece/sound installation by Alan Lamb.

Professor Kermit - Lo-fi acoustic murk, snappy silly techno, and shrieky feedback tinged music. Featuring a large selection of artist MP3s.

Project 29 - Electronic music experiment from Detroit. Featuring free MP3s.

Protagonist, The - Official website of this Cold Meat Industry artist. With news, sounds and pictures, and merchandise information.

Public Works Productions/The Tape-beatles - An experimental media-art band that make CDs and 'expanded cinema' performances using machines as their sole instruments. With group news, online ordering, and information about anti-copyright practices in cultural work.

Puzzle of Light - An experimental music ensemble creating sound sculpture musical instruments. With member biographies and project information.

Quiet American Project, The - Composed and manipulated high quality field recordings from Vietnam. Trips for the headphone tourist, available in the MP3 format.

Quique - A collection of sites about the music and other projects from the Tokyo, Japan based group. Featuring the Ultrasonny experimental music project, with audio stream and MP3 sound samples.

Rainjacket / Unjin Yeo - Official site for the experimental/ambient producer based in Vancouver, Canada. With audio downloads, background, discography, and booking/contact information.

Recreational Research Foundation - Electronic/experimental music project site, with RealAudio and MP3s.

Remora - Music project by Brian John Mitchell of QRD zine and Silber Records. With discography, background, pictures, and related links.

Rodavian Institute, The - Electronic artist influenced by artists from Devo to Joy Division. With general information, MP3s, and related links.

Scallions, The - An experimental group recording avant garde/power pop music. With background, lyrics, discography, news, and link to group mp3.com pages for song downloads.

Shalabi Effect - A group from Montreal, Canada, creating an improvised mix of Middle Eastern and Indian traditional music with 1960s psychedelia and droned textural bass and electronics.

Sharp, Elliott - Information on his music including descriptions of CDs, images, downloadable scores and links.

Silence Syndrome - Experimental/ambient music group, attempting to use music as a tongue for magick to speak.

Skorpio, Niko - Experimental electronic music with a dark edge, varying from sick-hop and lo-fi techno to illbient, and dark-ambient. With news, information, interviews, and audio samples.

Small Life Form - Computer-driven organic ambient music made from original samples of bass, guitar, and microphone manipulation. With discography and link to mp3.com artist pages for song downloads and audio stream.

Souto, Diego - Industry, experimentalism and obscure dance patterns give shape to this avant garde chapman stick player's music.

St. John's Eve - Goth and industrial-influenced experimental artist page on IUMA.com, with MP3s, CD and band information.

Talman, Jeff - Artist creating site-specific sound works in large architectural spaces. With news, pictures of multi-channel sound field installations, press, links, and texts on soundspace theory.

Tangle, Rex - Musical artist entwining ethnic, jazz, industrial, instrumental, and electronic music with good old rock and roll. With biography, news, release information, sound files, and links.

Tectonicplate - Official site of this visual and music project that fuses audio with an interactive environment as a self contained entity.

Thomson, Phil - A Vancouver-based sound artist. Featuring descriptions of his work, links to sound files and an extensive links section with links to resources on theory, politics and experimental audio.

Timeblind - A veteran producer of experimental and other sounds. With news, discography, press, upcoming shows, and related links.

Tiny Hairs - A six piece post-rock collective from Chicago, whose spontaneous instrumental compositions are informed by noise, electronic music, free jazz, rock and 20th century classical music.

Transients, The - Band based out of Battle Creek, Michigan, playing their own brand of noise and rock guitar over a brain imprinting bass. With background, show dates, pictures and links.

Trundlebox - Artist site on IUMA with song downloads, thumb piano, found object instruments, sonic exploration, trans-ethnic loops, experimentation with materials and form. Part of the Micropiano Project.

Tundra Survey, The - Information, streaming music, upcoming shows, and photos of this Chicago five-piece avant-classical band.

Twink - The adventures of a musician playing with toy pianos, including news, outside links and downloadable MP3s.

Uncle Vito - Official site for the improvised music project combining jazz, funk, drum and bass, metal and other styles. With news, background, pictures, show dates, and RealAudio clips.

Union Wireless - A London-based Anglo/Spanish music collective. With discography, games, and contact information.

Unsound - Cap'n Mikee's ensemble for improvised electroacoustic music and low-budget performance art.

Vlor - An improv guitar/acoustic shoegazer project with Brian John Mitchell of QRD zine and Russell Halasz. Includes discography and link to mp3.com pages for song downloads and audio stream.

Vozdookh - Contains mp3s, stories, and photos about the Belarussian RIO-bands Naiznanku and Rational diet.

Wayfarer Project, The - The electro-acoustic music of Lawrence Moore, combining influences of electronic music, jazz, 20th century classical music, new age, and world beat.

Wicker Pallet - Music project covering an array of styles, from tribal rock to avant garde to ambiance and back. With MP3s, background, and related bands and links.

WorkSinProgress - This site for the band "WorkSinProgress" contains mainly un-released and hard to find songs in the real audio format, as well as abstract photography reminiscent of the experimental sound textures.

Z, Pamela - Performance artist and composer from San Francisco

Zeb - Auburn Washington's own avant-garde, experimental performance band, specializing in aesthetic torture and anti-music pop. With biography, manifesto, sounds, and video clip.

Zeromoon - Documenting experimental, noise, fringe, electro-acoustic and free music by v., second violin, -1348-, and new carrollton.

Zoviet France - Producer of some of the most innovative experiments with technology and ethnic music sampling for the past 18 years.

halon - Official site for the Berkley, Michigan-based rock/electronic/experimental group. With news, background, audio samples, and related links.

i.a. bericochea - A minimal experimental music project. With MP3 clips and songs.

io - A joint performative, musical activity practiced by human and non-human (technological) actors. With background, sound files, artwork, and performance proposal for promoters, venues, and organizations.

v-T-z - A producer, composer and recording artist combining electronic music and flamenco or other elements. With background, MP3 clips, and release purchasing information.

von KleinSmid, Meri - A composer of experimental music and sound art. Featuring music downloads and artist news.

yesaroun' Duo - An exploratory ensemble performing an eclectic mix of late 20th and 21st century art music written for saxophone and percussion, as well as their own creative arrangements.

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