Genre

Free Improvisation

Free Improvisation on LoudQuietLoud: more than 200 artists, including Eli Keszler, Derek Bailey and Bill Orcutt. It runs alongside avant-garde jazz, eai and free jazz.

Art Ensemble of Chicago

jazz · free jazz · avant-garde

Cecil Taylor

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Anthony Braxton

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Paul Bley

jazz · piano · free jazz

Sam Rivers

jazz · free jazz · avant-garde jazz

Fred Frith

avant-garde · experimental · jazz

Eli Keszler

experimental · drone · free improvisation

The Necks

jazz · experimental · ambient

Supersilent

experimental · avant-garde · jazz

Matana Roberts

jazz · free jazz · avant-garde jazz

Derek Bailey

free jazz · avant-garde · free improvisation

Album art: Bill Orcutt, Four Louies Live

Bill Orcutt

free improvisation · noise · psychedelic

Khalil

rnb · ambient · experimental

Marion Brown

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Peter Brötzmann

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Still House Plants

experimental · free jazz · experimental rock

Joe McPhee

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Sarah Neufeld

violin · modern classical · classical

William Parker

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Valentina Magaletti

experimental · jazz · instrumental

Mike Cooper

folk · guitar · singer-songwriter

George Lewis

jazz · avant-garde · free jazz

George Lewis

jazz · avant-garde · free jazz

Wadada Leo Smith

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Ernst Reijseger

cello · jazz · fusion

Burning Star Core

drone · noise · experimental

Last Exit

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Hemophiliac

experimental · avant-garde · noise

No-Neck Blues Band

experimental · psychedelic · avant-garde

Craig Taborn

jazz · piano · contemporary jazz

Evan Parker

free jazz · free improvisation · jazz

灰野敬二

noise · experimental · avant-garde

John Stevens

jazz · pop · free improvisation

AMM

free improvisation · experimental · avant-garde

Cover of Songs & Themes by Spring Heel Jack

Spring Heel Jack

drum and bass · electronic · jazz

Chris Corsano

free jazz · experimental · noise

Keith Rowe

experimental · avant-garde · free improvisation

The Vandermark 5

free jazz · jazz · contemporary jazz

Rocket Science

australian · emo · free improvisation

Smegma

noise · experimental · avant-garde

Elliott Sharp

experimental · avant-garde · jazz

Haunted House

free improvisation · experimental · improvisation

Roscoe Mitchell

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde jazz

Zeena Parkins

avant-garde · experimental · jazz

Giuseppe Ielasi

ambient · experimental · glitch

The Peter Brötzmann Octet

free jazz · jazz · free improvisation

Cover of Evening Air by Loren Mazzacane Connors

Loren Mazzacane Connors

experimental · avant-garde · ambient

Rake

noise rock · j-pop · japanese

Steve Beresford

contemporary jazz · composer · avant-garde

Æthenor

drone · dark ambient · experimental

Henry Kaiser

experimental · avant-garde · free jazz

Badgerlore

drone · ambient · psychedelic

Guy Klucevsek

accordion · jazz · avant-garde

Kaffe Matthews

ambient · noise · electronic

Alexander von Schlippenbach

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Tashi Dorji

experimental · bhutan · guitar

Marshall Allen

jazz · free jazz · avant-garde

Bill Dixon

free jazz · jazz · free improvisation

Mats Gustafsson

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Eugene Chadbourne

experimental · avant-garde · country

Taj Mahal Travellers

drone · psychedelic · experimental

Storm and Stress

math rock · experimental · avant-garde

Stian Westerhus

experimental · electroacoustic · free improvisation

Lol Coxhill

free jazz · saxophone · jazz

GROUND-ZERO

avant-garde · noise · experimental

Puma

noise · experimental · avant-garde

Susie Ibarra

avant-garde · jazz · percussion

Arrington de Dionyso

free jazz · experimental · avant-garde

Jon Mueller

experimental · improv · free improvisation

John Edwards

soul · free jazz · funk

Alan Licht

drone · experimental · free jazz

Ken Vandermark

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde

Peter Evans

free jazz · jazz · trumpet

Rangda

psychedelic rock · psychedelic · experimental

Milford Graves

free jazz · jazz · drums

Death Ambient

ambient · experimental · dark ambient

John Butcher

free jazz · free improvisation · avant-garde

Manfred Schoof

free jazz · jazz · avant-garde jazz

Dave Burrell

free jazz · jazz · piano

Barry Guy

free jazz · contemporary classical · avant-garde

Huntsville

experimental · rune grammofon · improvisation

Hans Reichel

experimental · free improvisation · daxophone

Sam Shalabi

experimental · instrumental · canada

Flower-Corsano Duo

psychedelic · drone · improv

Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza

free improvisation · experimental · avant-garde

Bulbul

noise rock · experimental · austrian

Shelley Hirsch

spoken word · tzadik · free improvisation

C Joynes

acoustic · folk · guitar

Jon Rose

avant-garde · experimental · free improvisation

Ellery Eskelin

free jazz · jazz · saxophone

WZT Hearts

noise · experimental · drone

C. Spencer Yeh

noise · drone · experimental

Beings

experimental · free jazz · psychedelic rock

Ashley Paul

experimental · free improvisation · improv

Talibam!

free jazz · experimental · jazzcore

Nate Wooley

free jazz · jazz · trumpet

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