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