Charles Cohen, A Retrospective

Double CD compilation of those enchanting Charles Cohen vinyl releases + 2 unreleased recordings. Packaged in a rigid double CD Box with booklet. Philadelphia’s Charles Cohen, free-jazz improvisor and synth composer has managed to remain almost unknown outside of his local improv scene for decades.

This retrospective of his early works, all recorded between 1976 & 1989, testify to the understated genius of his work. Fleeting between polyrhythmic cosmic patterns, gravity-tarred bleeps and noise, outer-worldly melodies, all executed with unfathomable astuteness and grace, this collection showcases the breadth of this idiosyncratic electronic musician.

One of the few people to master the rare Buchla Music Easel, his work since the 1970s has focused almost exclusively on this instrument. With his first solo European tour hypnotising audiences in early 2014, his work is finally reaching a wider audience, enchanted by his mesmerizing yet deeply focused approach. His roaming raw synths, rhythmic intensity and immersive drones have resonated with uncanny familiarity for a younger generation of electronic experimentalists.

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  1. Use Knife, Peace Carnival
  2. Gamut Inc., Sum To Infinity
  3. Slumberland & Sainkho Namtchylak, Lightkeeper
  4. Mazen Kerbaj, Sampler / Sampled
  5. Gordan, Down In The Meadow
  6. PRAED Orchestra!, Live in Sharjah
  7. Marta De Pascalis, Sonus Ruinae
  8. DJ Die Soon, Kappa Slap
  9. DJ Die Soon, Propagate
  10. Various Artists, The Sacred Rage
  11. Various Artists, Beehyden, Sinopia, Contagious, Bagatelle
  12. Contagious, Contagious
  13. MA, AMA
  14. Stefan Fraunberger, Quellgeister#3 Bussd
  15. Upperground Orchestra, Euganea
  16. Tarawangsawelas, Wanci
  17. Rully Shabara, Huruf Hidup
  18. Wukir Suryadi, Woven Sounds
  19. Senyawa, Charles Cohen, Di Kala Sudah, Conundrums
  20. Pierre Bastien, Blue As An Orange
  21. Pauline Oliveros and Ione, Water Above Sky Below Now
  22. Charles Cohen, Brother I Prove You Wrong
  23. Senyawa, Menjadi
  24. Sote, Architectonic ‎
  25. Charles Cohen, A Retrospective
  26. Metasplice, Vertia, Tiled Eighths
  27. Lack, Expect Night Work
  28. Charles Cohen, Dance Of The Spiritcatchers (Morphosis Reworks)
  29. Charles Cohen, Music for Dance and Theater
  30. Charles Cohen, Group Motion
  31. Charles Cohen, The Middle Distance
  32. Madteo, Insider
  33. Metasplice, Infratracts
  34. Metasplice, Decant, Churn
  35. Ra.H & Dynamo Dreesen, Madteo & Sensational, Spacepops, Freak Inspector
  36. Hieroglyphic Being, The Lost Transmissions
  37. Upperground Orchestra, The Eupen Takes ‎
  38. Metasplice, Topographical Interference
  39. Morphosis, The Tepco Report
  40. Morphosis, What Have We Learned
  41. Ra.H, Time
  42. Shake, Levitate Venice
  43. Hieroglyphic Being, The Bathroom Sessions Select
  44. Morphosis, Dark Myths of Phoenicia, 2 of 2
  45. Madteo, Memoria
  46. Upperground Orchestra, Solaris Eremit
  47. Ksoul & Ra.H, Untitled
  48. Morphosis, Dark Myths of Phoenicia, 1 of 2
  49. Ra.H, Fall Of Justice
  50. Morphosis, Hunting EP