It’s #BandcampFriday, so of course we have an epic new recording from Michael Gordon on deck, now in preorder and slated for June 12 release. You can listen to the advance single “Field of Vision (Side A)” here: michaelgordonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/field-...

We lost composer and pianist Michael Harrison today, but we will always have his music — resonant, ravishing, and wide open to the world. Fly on, fellow traveler 🎶 youtu.be/SM6Upe1o0iE?...

Anzû Quartet have rolled out their latest video in celebration of Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps; this is the third movement, “Abîme des oiseaux” 👀 Get the recording here: lnk.to/Anzu_Messiaen youtu.be/dRbqzNQH1ks?...

Cheers to Seth Colter Walls and @nytimes.com for hyping up Anzû Quartet’s “febrile energy” on their new recording of Messiaen’s «Quatuor pour la fin du temps» in this week’s 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now. Of course we concur! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/a...

Be sure to tap into Spotify’s New Ambient playlist, where Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s otherworldly remix of David Handler’s “Ever After” is making waves! open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

Now streaming: feast your ears on Evening Light: Raga Cycle I — the first chapter in a planned 8-album series, co-composed by Michael Harrison (piano in just intonation) and Ina Filip (vocals), with Elliot Cole (synth), Benoit Rolland (electro-acoustics), and Mir Naqibul Islam (tabla).

With news breaking of Éliane Radigue’s passing, it feels fitting to return to one of her triumphs on the ARP 2500 synthesizer: the epic, three-hour ‘Trilogie de la mort.’ Look for the documentaries Échos (2021) and Sisters with Transistors (2020) for more. 🙏🎶 xirecords.bandcamp.com/album/trilog...

We have no words, except to say that Tim Thomas, who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend, was a force of nature unto himself — an endlessly creative, incisive and generous presence in our music community. Fly on, dear brother 🙏💔 To help Tim’s family: www.gofundme.com/f/wb5hxh-in-...

Well, that was exciting — thanks to all the engineers on the Bandcamp back end for meeting what must be a crushing demand today! Meanwhile, we have the next recording from Anzû Quartet in preorder now 🎶 #BandcampFriday anzuquartet.bandcamp.com/album/messia...

Folks, our holiday sale is now running on our Bandcamp store through NYE. Plenty of deals to be had on CDs, vinyl, apparel and other merch — not to mention two *new* albums in preorder! Check us out: createsend.com/t/y-D721DB87...

Essential reading this week with George Grella illuminating the history, collaborative magic, and diaspora of new innovators flowing from the work of Terry Riley and La Monte Young. We would add composer Michael Harrison to the mix — a longtime acolyte of both! daily.bandcamp.com/lists/terry-...

It’s Public Radio Music Day. It’s a celebration of art over algorithms. It’s a celebration of discovery, diversity, and deep listening. Keep the music playing in stations across the nation. Stand up for the NPR Network’s commitment to free, public-access music at the link here: n.pr/47jpe4d

Sincere condolences to you and the entire Amidon family. Peter’s music and his passion will always be a gift. youtu.be/9XaUMlahKEc

Keep an ear out for Evan Ziporyn & ContaQt’s new chamber arrangement of the King Crimson classic “Red,” lauded by Robert Fripp himself for its “wonderful manic quality.” 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚, featuring music by Bowie, Budd, Fripp and Eno, is out Oct 17 on CD and all DSPs. #BandcampFriday lnk.to/Red_ContaQt

TODAY! In celebration of their 25th anniversary, Sō Percussion announces the release of 25x25. This 8-disc box set is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 a retrospective; more to the point, it's a stand-alone listening experience, with more than 8 hours of entirely new and unreleased recordings. Check it out now! lnk.to/25x25

Now in preorder: Evan Ziporyn & ContaQt present ART DECADE — featuring all-new interpretations of classics from the early ’70s psych-prog output of King Crimson, David Bowie’s “Berlin trilogy,” and Brian Eno’s Ambient 1-4 series. #BandcampFriday contaqtnewmusic.bandcamp.com/album/art-de...

Now streaming: Check out the @kidkoala.bsky.social remix of David Handler’s “Sunbled Sky” — a haunting, atmospheric take that conjures up shades of a Lynchian thriller 🎶 lnk.to/Sunbled_remix

Directed by Evan Chapman for Four/Ten Media, Sō Percussion’s latest video celebrates the streaming release of the Inward Pieces EP, composed by Angélica Negrón. Check it out, and preorder Sō’s forthcoming 8-disc box set 25x25 today! youtu.be/UywFMuItdXI?...

Inward Pieces, the latest EP from Sō Percussion’s forthcoming 8-disc 25x25 box set (available Sept 26), was composed by multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón and features robotic sound machines designed by Nick Yulman. Now streaming on all platforms: lnk.to/InwardPieces...

#RIP Robert Wilson 📷 Annie Leibovitz The Watermill Center, Water Mill NY, 1994 “Nobody walks away from working with Robert Wilson without having completely changed.” - Tom Waits

A very happy 90th birthday to composer, sage, friend and fellow traveler Terry Riley! We basically wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t blazed the trail. 🎶

Now in preorder, coming June 20. Get ready. matthewshipp.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...

Once more, with feeling: thanks to everyone who came out for Long Play this past weekend. We had a blast! #LongPlay2025 #Brooklyn bangonacan.org/long-play-20...

We’re pleased to announce that preorders are live for Baker’s Dozen: Apéritif — the opening phase of a long-gestating collaborative project initiated by musician, composer, author and improvisational icon Henry Threadgill. Get on board! #BandcampFriday cantaloupemusic.bandcamp.com/album/bakers...

ICYMI: Now streaming on all platforms, we have the Anzû Quartet’s debut album ‘adjust’ — described by The Strad as a “uniquely challenging” album, with Ken Thomson’s piece ‘Uneasy’ in particular: “The mixed-instrument quartet performs a work that is quite clearly, not easy…” lnk.to/Anzu_adjust

This week at the Joyce Theater (NYC): A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham presents new works by Andrea Miller, Rena Butler and Paul Singh, with Singh’s ‘Just Your Two Wrists’ featuring music by David Lang. Tickets are going fast! @davidlangmusic.bsky.social www.joyce.org/performances...

“This new maximalist collaboration with Present Music is more ambitious than ever […] and as Kilhstedt’s title suggests, there’s no beating around the bush in terms of subject matter, even if the music takes one detour after another.” — @pmargasak.bsky.social daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Now streaming on all platforms! lnk.to/26LittleDeaths

TONIGHT at the Jan Serr Studio in Milwaukee, WI: Carla Kihlstedt and Present Music kick off two performances of 26 LITTLE DEATHS, before heading down to Knoxville, TN for this year’s Big Ears Festival (Sat Mar 29). Tickets: www.presentmusic.org/events

It’s #BandcampFriday and we have three — count ‘em, *three* — new albums now in preorder! Be sure to get your ears on Carla Kihlstedt’s gory ‘26 Little Deaths,’ Anzû Quartet’s edgy ‘adjust,’ and David Handler’s trippy and dangerous ‘Life Like Violence’ in the comments below.

Stepping up as usual, John Schaefer’s New Sounds has previewed a track from Carla Kihlstedt & Present Music’s upcoming collaboration ‘26 Little Deaths,’ inspired by Edward Gorey’s classic The Gashlycrumb Tinies. The album is out on March 28 (click through to preorder). www.wnyc.org/story/4981-n...

Just heard the sad (and slightly infuriating) news that John Schaefer’s @newsounds.bsky.social is once more in danger of going off the air at WNYC. Intrepid donors and philanthropists: we encourage you to help save one of the most important venues on radio for new classical music. Let’s go! 🎶

We have *two* new recordings out today, each streaming on their own and available together as a (unique for us!) “split album” on CD: Caroline Shaw’s ‘How to fold the wind’ and Michael Gordon’s ‘A Western.’ What a Valentine’s Day! lnk.to/How_to_fold

Brooklyn's Long Play Festival 2025 has Pete Townshend, Kim Gordon, Max Richter, Tim Hecker, and lots more www.brooklynvegan.com/long-play-20...

ICYMI we have two more singles streaming ahead of the release of our “split album” with Denmark’s Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen next week. And if you’re in NYC, don’t miss ToV at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall on Tuesday! (links in comments) lnk.to/IntheBeginni...

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TODAY at 11AM: don’t miss the premiere of the visually arresting short film, directed by Taphat Tawil, for producer and composer David Handler’s debut single "Life Like Violence circa 2003, or: Untitled Caprice," from his upcoming album LIFE LIKE VIOLENCE, out in May. youtu.be/hgV_AkN-PIY?...

ICYMI: You owe it to yourself to check out Peter Margasak’s top 40 albums for 2024. Among the highlights in Part 1: Tyshawn Sorey’s The Susceptible Now (Pi), Sarah Jennies’ Motor Tapes (New World), and of course Splinter Reeds’ Dark Currents, which we released in August. petermargasak.substack.com

Sure to be well worth the journey if you can make it! Let’s help Terry Riley and Kronos Quartet realize his 90th birthday celebration (June 24/25) at Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall in Yokohama, Japan.

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If you’re looking for ways to help out musicians, composers and producers who’ve been affected by the LA wildfires, this is the place to start (and also provides links to help many other families in Altadena, Palisades and Pasadena). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Start the year off right with this outstanding retrospective that digs into Bang on a Can’s minimalist roots and leanings, exhaustively researched and written by George Grella, and published yesterday on Bandcamp Daily. Many thanks to @gtra1n.bsky.social 🙏 daily.bandcamp.com/lists/bang-o...

We’re still running our site-wide holiday sale through New Year’s Eve. Visit us at the link in our bio and take 30% off everything in our Bandcamp store 🔥

TONIGHT: The Crossing choir presents the NY premiere of David Lang’s achingly beautiful ‘poor hymnal’ at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. You can learn more about the piece (and check out the recording!) in David’s essay for The NY Times: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/a...

Someone like Zakir Hussain only comes along once in a generation — just an incredible artist, innovator and ambassador for the music who leaves a deep and lasting impression, from Shakti to Tabla Beat Science and far beyond, that will never fade.

Bang on a Can has pulled off outrageously cool things for so long it's easy to take 'em for granted sometimes—but I did NOT foresee a Terry Riley 90th birthday tribute featuring Pete Townshend playing "Baba O'Riley" solo and participating in "In C." Well done, y'all. bangonacan.org/long-play-20...

It is still Bandcamp Friday.

Back in 1987, the Bang on a Can organization hosted its first all-day music marathon, at the now-defunct Exit Art gallery in downtown Manhattan. On May 2, Bang on a Can’s 4th annual Long Play festival is coming to Brooklyn. Weekend passes are now available: bangonacan.org/store/ticket...

Back in 2013, we had the distinct privilege of working with bassist and composer Robert Black to bring his dream project POSSESSED to fruition. Recorded and filmed in the Moab Desert, it’s a lasting tribute to his tireless curiosity and creativity. robertblackbass.bandcamp.com/album/posses...

It's great to be here.