Emanem Records
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Emanem Records is an independent record label
based in London
specialising in free improvised
music. The label was founded in 1974 by Martin Davidson
assisted by Madelaine Davidson. The main purpose of the label was to document the London free improvisation scene. It has become a prolific source of both archival recordings (notably its extensive documentation of the work of John Stevens
and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble
) and new recordings of improvised music.
Evan Parker
's Psi label is now hosted by Emanem.
The slogan of the label is Unadulterated New Music For People Who Like New Music Unadulterated.
In the 2000s, Emanem joined forces with Eddie Prévost
'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 has continued as an annual event, with many of the recorded performances issued on either Emanem or Matchless.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
based in London
London
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specialising in free improvised
Free improvisation
Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....
music. The label was founded in 1974 by Martin Davidson
Martin Davidson
Martin Davidson is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he spent five years as an actor in Off Broadway shows and regional theater. His directorial debut was The Lords of Flatbush starring Sylvester Stallone and Henry...
assisted by Madelaine Davidson. The main purpose of the label was to document the London free improvisation scene. It has become a prolific source of both archival recordings (notably its extensive documentation of the work of John Stevens
John Stevens (drummer)
John William Stevens was an English drummer. He was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble .-Biography:Stevens was born in Brentford, the son of a tap dancer...
and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
The Spontaneous Music Ensemble was a loose collection of free improvising musicians convened beginning in the mid-1960s by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts...
) and new recordings of improvised music.
Evan Parker
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
's Psi label is now hosted by Emanem.
The slogan of the label is Unadulterated New Music For People Who Like New Music Unadulterated.
In the 2000s, Emanem joined forces with Eddie Prévost
Eddie Prévost
Edwin Prévost is an English drummer and percussionist.Prévost began as a jazz drummer before branching out into entirely improvised music. He was a co-founder of the group AMM, and remains its only constant member...
's Matchless
Matchless
Matchless is one of the oldest marques of British motorcycles, manufactured in Plumstead, London, between 1899 and 1966. A wide range of models was produced under the Matchless name, ranging from small two-strokes to 750 cc four-stroke twins...
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 has continued as an annual event, with many of the recorded performances issued on either Emanem or Matchless.
Discography
- 4001 Derek Bailey - "Domestic & Public Pieces" (1975-7)
- 4002 Evan ParkerEvan ParkerEvan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
& Paul LyttonPaul LyttonPaul Lytton is an English free jazz 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 experimenting with free improvisational music, working in a duo with saxophonist Evan Parker. After...
"Three Other Stories" (1971-4) - 4003 Spontaneous Music EnsembleSpontaneous Music EnsembleThe Spontaneous Music Ensemble was a loose collection of free improvising musicians convened beginning in the mid-1960s by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts...
"Face to Face" (1973) - 4004 Steve LacySteve LacySteve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
"Weal & Woe" (1972-3) - 4005 Spontaneous Music Ensemble - "Summer 1967"
- 4006 Anthony BraxtonAnthony BraxtonAnthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
& Derek Bailey - "First Duo Concert" (1974) - 4007 Paul RutherfordPaul Rutherford (trombone player)Paul William Rutherford was an English free improvising trombonist.-Biography:Born in Greenwich, South East London, Rutherford initially played saxophone but switched to trombone...
& Paul Rogers - "Rogues" (1988) - 4008 Spontaneous Music Ensemble - "Hot & Cold Heroes" (1980/91)
- 4009 Evan Parker & Paul Lytton - "Two Octobers" (1972-5)
- 4010 John RussellJohn Russell (musician)John Russell is an acoustic guitarist who has worked exclusively in the field of free improvisation since the 1970s. He has been active consistently during that time as a promoter of concerts of freely improvised music in London, providing hundreds of playing opportunities for both local and...
& Roger TurnerRoger Turner (musician)Roger Turner is an English jazz percussionist. He plays the drumset, drums, and various percussion, and was brought up into the jazz and visual art cultures inhabited by his older brothers, playing drums from childhood in informal jazz contexts.- Career :Turner studied English literature and...
- "Birthdays" (1996) - 4011 John CarterJohn Carter (jazz musician)John Wallace Carter was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player.-Biography:Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he played with Ornette Coleman and Charles Moffett in the 1940s. From 1961, Carter was based mainly on the West Coast. There he met Bobby Bradford in 1965, with whom he...
& Bobby BradfordBobby BradfordBobby Lee Bradford is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. He is noted for his work with Ornette Coleman...
"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" (1974)
- 4020 Spontaneous Music Ensemble - "Withdrawal" (1966-7)
- 4021 Lol CoxhillLol CoxhillLowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
& VERYAN WESTON "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" (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-MOHOLO "Foxes Fox" (1999)
- 4036 JOHN RUSSELL / MAARTEN ALTENA / TERRY DAY "The Fairly Young Bean" (1981)
- 4037 KARL BERGER & EDWARD BLACKWELL "Just Play" (1976)
- 4038 THREE & FOUR PULLOVERS (1975-8)
- 4039 SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ORCHESTRA "Mouthpiece" (1973)
- 40*40 TONY BIANCO / PAUL DUNMALL / SIMON PICARD "Utoma Trio" (1999)
- 40*41 MASASHI HARADA CONDANCTION ENSEMBLE "Enter the Continent" (1999)
- 4042 STEVE LACY "Hooky" (1976)
- 4043 FRANK LOWE & 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 "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 "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" (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)
- 4060 MILO FINE FREE 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 Elliot 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" (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" 3CDs with Kent CarterKent CarterKent Carter is an American jazz bassist. He is the grandson of American artist, Rockwell Kent. He worked in Steve Lacy's group, played on the two Jazz Composer's Orchestra albums and also released albums for Emanem Records.-As leader:* Beauvais Cathedral * The Juillaguet Collection with Albrecht...
, Theo JörgensmannTheo JörgensmannTheodor Franz Jörgensmann is a jazz and free-improvising Basset clarinet player and composer. He has been a professional musician since 1975.-Activities:...
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