Atavistic Records
Atavistic Records is an American rock - and Jazz - Label .
The label Atavistic Records , which is based in Chicago , was best known for its releases in the area of No Wave and Free Jazz . Recordings and others appeared on the label. a. by Glenn Branca , Nels Cline , Lydia Lunch , Joe McPhee , Ken Vandermark , Pinetop Seven , Swans , Elliott Sharp , Larry Ochs , Mars , Davey Williams , Brian Harnetty and Poem Rocket . The company was founded in 1985 in Columbus, Ohio by Kurt Kellison as a video label that produced live VHS recordings for bands such as Live Skull and The Flaming Lips . In 1988, Kellison moved to Chicago with the label.
The Atavistic Unheard Music Series published by John Corbett includes re-releases of out-of-print improvisation and free jazz recordings, such as numerous albums by Peter Brötzmann that were previously only self-published, or first releases from important festival and radio productions, but also re-releases of the no longer producing label Free Music Production , such as Brötzmann's album Machine Gun .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Clifford Allen: Atavistic Records: Down Beats and No Wave (2006) in All About Jazz
- ↑ cf. Todd S. Jenkins: Free Jazz and Free Improvisation. To Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Westport (CT), London: Greenwood Press 2004; P. 63
- ^ John Hodge: Found Sound (2001) in Riverfront Times