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Atavistic

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Breaking new ground, crossing all boundaries, and recognizing no limits in sight, feeling, and especially sound, Atavistic Records has been a catalyst for vital experimental works in its hometown of Chicago and throughout the world. Styles released by the label include experimental/ambient, free jazz, post-rock and more.
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Discography

Releases:
7 35286 12383 8 Experimental Audio Research Millennium Music: A Meta-Musical Portrait (VHS) 1997
ALP001 IDF Convulsion (LP, Ltd) 1986
ALP003 Entropy (7) Entropy (LP, Gre) 1987
ALP04 Flaming Lips, The Unconsciously Screamin' E.P. (12", EP, Tra) 1990
ALP05 Branca* Featuring Z'ev Symphony No. 2 (The Peak Of The Sacred) (CD, Album) 1992
ALP008CD Glenn Branca Symphony No. 3 (Gloria) (CD, Album) 1994
ALP010 Glenn Branca Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven) (CD) 1993
ALP11CD Chrome Cranks Oily Cranks (CD, Comp) 1997
ALP012CD Glenn Branca Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 (The Mysteries) (CD, Album) 1994
ALP13 Eleventh Dream Day Ursa Major (CD, Album) 1994
ALP015CD Glenn Branca Symphony No. 5 (Describing Planes Of An Expanding Hypersphere) (CD) 1995
ALP16 Glenn Branca The World Upside Down (CD, Album) 1994
ALP29CD Elliott Sharp / Carbon Amusia (CD, Album) 1995
ALP030CD MX-80* Big Hits / Hard Attack (CD) 1995
ALP35CD Branca* Selections From The Symphonies (For Electric Guitars) (CD, Comp) 1997
ALP36CD Lee Ranaldo East Jesus (Some Recordings 1981-1991) (CD) 1995
ALP38CD Various Out Of Their Mouths (2xCD, Comp) 1996
ALP39CD Various Just Another Asshole #5 (CD, Comp) 1995
ALP041 Crescent Sun (10") 1996
ALP041CD Crescent Sun (CD, Maxi) 1996
ALP043CD Glenn Branca Songs '77-'79 (CD) 1996
ALP045CD Bruce Anderson Brutality (CD, Album) 2006
ALP046CD Glenn Branca Indeterminate Activity Of Resultant Masses (CD, Album) 2006
ALP048CD Mars (4) 78+ (CD) 1996
ALP49CD Don King One Two Punch (Knockout) (CD) 1997
ALP 50 CD Elliott Sharp / Carbon Interference (CD, Album) 1995
ALP051CD Teenage Jesus And The Jerks Everything (CD) 1995
ALP051/TWIST3 Teenage Jesus And The Jerks Everything (CD, Comp) 1995
ALP052 Lydia Lunch Drowning - In Limbo (Comp) (2 versions) 1995
ALP053CD Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch Stinkfist + The Crumb (CD, MiniAlbum) 1996
ALP54CD Lydia Lunch Honeymoon In Red (CD) 1996
ALP055CD Lydia Lunch Universal Infiltrators (CD) 1996
ALP057CD Swans Kill The Child - Live 1985-87 (CD) 1996
ALP058CD Swans Real Love (CD) 1996
ALP59CD Swans Soundtracks For The Blind (2xCD, Album) 1996
ALP059CDPR Swans Soundtracks For The Blind (2xCD, Promo, Album) 1996
ALP062CD Christian Marclay Records (CD) 1997
ALP63CD Scissor Girls, The We People Space With Phantoms (CD, Album) 1996
ALP065CD Dream Syndicate, The 3½: The Lost Tapes: 1985-1988 (CD, Comp) 1996
ALP68CD mx-80* Always Leave 'Em Wanting Less (CD, Album) 1997
ALP069CD Various State Of The Union (2xCD, Comp) 1996
ALP071CD Gerry Miles With A. Licht* / H. Keiji* Gerry Miles (CD, Album) 1996
ALP072 Experimental Audio Research Millennium Music (2x12") 1997
ALP72CD Experimental Audio Research Millennium Music - A Meta-Musical Portrait (CD, Album) 1997
ALP75CD 8 Eyed Spy 8 Eyed Spy (CD, Comp) 1997
ALP076CD Swans Children Of God / World Of Skin (2xCD, Comp, RM, RE) 1997
ALP77CD Lydia Lunch Queen Of Siam (CD, Album, RE) 1998
ALP078CD Crescent Electronic Sound Constructions (CD, Album) 1997
ALP80CD Crescent Now (CD, Album) 1996
ALP081CD AZ* Music For Scattered Brains (CD, Album) 1997
ALP082CD God Is My Co-Pilot The Best Of God Is My Co-Pilot (CD) 1996
ALP83CD Caspar Brötzmann / Page Hamilton Zulutime (CD, Album, Yel) 1996
ALP085CD Boxhead Ensemble Dutch Harbor - Where The Sea Breaks Its Back (CD) 1997
ALP086CD Wharton Tiers Ensemble, The Twilight Of The Computer Age (CD) 1999
ALP087CD God Is My Co-Pilot Get Busy (CD) 1998
ALP088CD Scissor Girls, The Here Is The "Is-Not" (CD) 1997
ALP090CD Rowland S. Howard / Lydia Lunch Shotgun Wedding (2xCD, Album) 1999
ALP091CD John Gavanti John Gavanti (CD, Album) 1998
ALP 95 CD Elliott Sharp ARC 3 Cyberpunk And The Virtual Stance 1984-88 (CD) 1998
ALP096CD Boxhead Ensemble The Last Place To Go (CD) 1998
ALP096CD/096CD-X Boxhead Ensemble The Last Place To Go (CD + CD, Ltd) 1998
ALP096LP Boxhead Ensemble The Last Place To Go (2xLP) 1998
ALP97CD Magical Power Mako Music From Heaven (CD, RE) 1997
ALP98CD Magical Power Mako Bluedot (CD, RE) 1997
ALP099CD Magical Power Mako Trance Resonance (CD) 1997
ALP102CD Nels Cline / Gregg Bendian Interstellar Space Revisited: The Music Of John Coltrane (CD) 1999
ALP103CD Body Lovers, The Number One Of Three (CD) 1998
ALP104CD Swans Swans Are Dead (2 versions) 1998
ALP104CDPR Swans Swans Are Dead (2xCD, Promo)  
ALP105CDEP Boxhead Ensemble Niagara Falls EP (CD, EP) 1999
ALP106CD Vandermark 5 Target Or Flag (CD) 1998
ALP107CD Vandermark 5 Simpatico (CD) 1999
ALP115CD Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project Straight Lines (CD, Album) 1999
ALP119CD Gregg Bendian's Interzone Myriad (CD, Album) 2000
ALP120CD Spaceways Incorporated Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic (CD) 2000
ALP121CD Vandermark 5 Burn The Incline (CD) 2000
ALP121CD Vandermark 5, The* Burn The Incline / Free Jazz Classics (2xCD, Ltd) 2000
ALP123CD Poem Rocket Psychogeography (CD, Album) 2000
ALP125CD Gregg Bendian's Interzone Requiem For Jack Kirby (CD, Album) 2001
ALP126CD Boxhead Ensemble Two Brothers (CD, Album) 2001
ALP128CD Vandermark 5 Acoustic Machine (CD) 2001
ALP129CD Han Bennink & Terrie Ex The Laughing Owl (CD, Album) 2000
ALP130CD Ab* & Terrie* Hef (CD, Album) 2001
ALP131CD Tricolor Nonparticipant + Milk (CD, Album) 2001
ALP132CD Spaceways Inc.* Version Soul (CD, Album) 2002
ALP134CD Chris Brokaw Red Cities (CD) 2001
ALP135CD Swans Feel Good Now (CD) 2002
ALP136CD Boxhead Ensemble Quartets (CD, Album) 2003
ALP137CD Vandermark 5, The* Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 (2xCD, Album) 2001
ALP140 Vandermark 5 Airports for Light (CD) 2003
ALP143CD Flesh Eaters, The No Questions Asked (CD) 2004
ALP144CD Flesh Eaters, The A Hard Road To Follow: The Complete Sessions (CD, Album, RE) 2005
ALP146CD William HookerRoger MillerLee Ranaldo Out Trios Volume One: Monsoon (CD, Album) 2002
ALP147CD Jeff Parker / Kevin Drumm / Michael Zerang Out Trios Volume Two (CD) 2003
ALP148CD Nels ClineAndrea ParkinsTom Rainey Ash And Tabula. Out Trios Volume Three (CD, Album)  
ALP149CD Peter Brötzmann / Peter Friis Nielsen / Peeter Uuskyla Medicina (CD, Album) 2003
ALP150CD Vandermark 5 Exercises In Surprise (CD) 2004
ALP151CD Zu / Spaceways Inc.* Radiale (CD, Album) 2004
ALP152CD Jarboe Thirteen Masks (CD, Album, RM) 2004
ALP153CD Jarboe And Lary Seven Beautiful People Ltd (CD, Album, RM) 2004
ALP154CD Jarboe Anhedoniac (CD) 2004
ALP155CD Jarboe Mystery Of Faith - Unreleased Pieces : Swans + World Of Skin (2xCD) 2004
ALP157CD Lydia Lunch Smoke In The Shadows (CD, Album) 2004
ALP158CD Chris Brokaw I Was Born, But... (Original Film Score) (CD, Album) 2004
ALP159CD Rova::Orkestrova Electric Ascension (CD, Album) 2005
ALP160CD Sound In Action Trio* Gate (CD, Album) 2007
ALP163CD Mats Gustafsson & David Stackenäs Blues (CD) 2003
ALP166CD Vandermark 5, The* The Color Of Memory (2xCD, Album) 2005
ALP167CD Jarboe The Men Album (2xCD) 2005
ALP168CD Zu / Mats Gustafsson How To Raise An Ox (CD, Album) 2005
ALP170CD Vandermark 5, The* Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4 (2xCD, Album) 2005
ALP172CD Bridge 61 Journal (CD, Album) 2006
ALP173CD Vandermark 5 A Discontinuous Line (CD, Album) 2006
ALP174CD Boxhead Ensemble Nocturnes (CD, Album) 2006
ALP175CD Jarboe The Conduit (CD, Album) 2005
ALP177CD Powerhouse Sound Oslo / Chicago : Breaks (2xCD, Album) 2007
ALP178CD Zu & Nobukazu Takemura Identification With The Enemy: A Key To The Underworld (CD, Album) 2007
ALP182CD Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core Up From Under (CD, Album) 2007
ALP183CD Fire Room Broken Music (CD, Album) 2008
ALP184CD Vandermark 5 Beat Reader (CD, Album) 2008
ALP185CD Peter Brötzmann & Peeter Uuskyla Born Broke (2xCD) 2008
ALP187CD Full Blast (2) Black Hole (CD, Album) 2009
ALP189CD My Cat Is An Alien & Enore Zaffiri Through The Magnifying Glass Of Tomorrow (CD + DVD) 2009
ALP192CD Fauz´t From The Frozen South (CD, Album) 2009
ALP211CD Peter Brötzmann Group Fuck De Boere (CD) 2001
ALP252CD Last Exit Köln (CD, Album, RE) 2005
ALP253CD Sirone Live (CD, Album, RE) 2005
ALP254CD Brötzmann* / Bennink* Schwarzwaldfahrt (2xCD, RE) 2005
ALP257CD Peter Brötzmann Group Alarm (CD, Album, RE) 2005
ALP258CD Brötzmann* / Mangelsdorff* / Sommer* Pica Pica (CD, Album, RE) 2006
ALP262CD Peter Brötzmann Octet, The* The Complete Machine Gun Sessions (CD, RM, RE) 2007
ALP264CD Sun Ra The Night Of The Purple Moon (CD, RE, RM) 2007
ALP265CD Sun Ra Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue (CD, RE) 2008
ALP266CD Sun Ra Secrets Of The Sun (CD, RM) 2008
ALP302CD Bobby Conn Bobby Conn (CD) 1997
ALP305 Pinetop Seven Pinetop Seven (CD, Album) 1997
ALP306CD Bobby Conn Rise Up! (CD) 1998
ALP308 Glyn Styler / Lydia Lunch The Desperate Ones (CD, EP) 1997
ALP309 Pinetop Seven No Breath In The Bellows (CD, EP) 1998
ALP310 Pinetop Seven Rigging The Toplights (Album) (2 versions) 1998
ALP314 Simon Joyner The Lousy Dance (LP, Album) 1999
ALP317 Pinetop Seven Bringing Home The Last Great Strike (Album) (2 versions) 2000
ALP320 TW Walsh* Blue Laws (CD, Album) 2001
ALP03345 Static, The Theoretical Record (7", Single) 1995
ALPO7 Various Out Of Their Mouths And Into Your Head (4x7", Comp, Col) 1991
ATA61181 Brian Harnetty American Winter (CD, Album) 2007
ATV004 Big Black Live (VHS) 1986
ATV007 Savage Republic Disarmament (VHS, NTSC) 1988
ATV024 Foetus In Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe ¡Male! (VHS) 1993
ATV031 Einstürzende Neubauten Halber Mensch (VHS, NTSC) 1993
ATV034 Laibach A Film From Slovenia (VHS) 1993
ATV035 Renegade Soundwave In Video (VHS) 1993
ATV036 Cabaret Voltaire Cabaret Voltaire (VHS) 1993
ATV2736 Foetus In Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe* Male (DVD-V)  
DJ-861 Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra The Magic Sun (DVD) 2005
DJ-865 Sun Ra And The Arkestra The Cry Of Jazz (DVD) 2004
DR-2736 Foetus In Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe ¡Male! (DVD) 2003
DR-4378 Glenn Branca Branca Ensemble Live At The Kitchen (DVD) 2003
DR4436 Lydia Lunch Willing Victim (DVD-V) 2005
DR-4550 Lydia Lunch Video Hysterie : 1974 - 2006 (DVD-V) 2007
KK-887 IDF Carcass Party (LP, Ltd, Red) 1987
none Various 100 Watts - Songs From WHPK "Pure Hype" (CD, Album, Dig) 1996
none Entropy (7) Treatments For Guitars, Basses And Piano (Cass, C60) 1987
none Various Dope Gun's And Fucking Up Your Video Deck - Vol. 1-3 1990-94 (DVD-V, Reg) 2003
none Swans Children Of God / World Of Skin (2xCD, Ltd) 1997
UMS/ALP201CD Joe McPhee Nation Time (CD, Album, RE) 2000
UMS/ALP202CD Mount Everest Trio Waves From Albert Ayler (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP204 CD Fred Anderson Quartet The Milwaukee Tapes Vol. 1 (CD, Album, RE) 2000
UMS/ALP205 CD Peter Brötzmann Sextet / Peter Brötzmann Quartet Nipples (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP206CD Han Bennink Nerve Beats (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
UMS/ALP207 CD Leo Cuypers Heavy Days Are Here Again (CD, Album, RE) 2000
UMS/ALP208CD Nachtluft Belle-View I - IV (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2000
UMS/ALP209CD Guillermo Gregorio Otra Music: Tape Music, Fluxus & Free Improvisation In Buenos Aires 1963-1970 (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP212CD Sven-Åke Johansson Schlingerland / Dynamische Schwingungen (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP213CD Schlippenbach Quartet* Hunting The Snake (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP214CD Joe McPhee Trinity (CD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP215 CD Luther Thomas & Human Arts Ensemble, The Funky Donkey Vol. 1 & 2 (CD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP216CD Rova* As Was (CD, Album, RM) 2000
UMS/ALP217CD Norbert Möslang + Andy Guhl Knack On (CD, Album, RE) 2001
UMS/ALP218CD Fred Anderson Quartet Dark Day + Live In Verona (2xCD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP219CD Haazz & Company Unlawful Noise (CD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP220 CD Starship Beer Nut Music As Free As The Squirrels (CD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP221CD Tchicai-Schweizer Group Willi The Pig : Live At The Willisau Jazz Festival (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP222CD Sun Ra Nuclear War (CD) 2001
UMS/ALP223 CD Alexander Von Schlippenbach / Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity Orchestra 1967 & 1970 (CD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP224CD Steve Beresford / Tristan Honsinger / David Toop / Toshinori Kondo Imitation Of Life / Double Indemnity (CD) 2001
UMS/ALP225CD Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble, The* Freedom & Unity (CD, Album, RE) 2001
UMS/ALP226CD Joe McPhee Quartet / Contemporary Improvisational Ensemble Underground Railroad + Live At Holy Cross Monastery (2xCD) 2001
UMS/ALP227 CD Luther Thomas & Human Arts Ensemble, The Banana - The Lost Session, St. Louis, 1973 (CD, Album) 2001
UMS/ALP229CD Fred Van Hove Complete Vogel Recordings (2xCD, Comp, RE) 2002
UMS/ALP230 CD Peter Brötzmann Trio, The For Adolphe Sax (CD, Album) 2002
UMS/ALP231 CD Alexander von Schlippenbach The Living Music (CD, Album) 2002
UMS/ALP232CD Manfred Schoof European Echoes (CD, Album, RE) 2002
UMS/ALP233CD Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink Balls (CD) 2002
UMS/ALP235CD Mario Schiano On The Waiting-List (CD, Album, RE) 2004
UMS/ALP236 CD Peter Brötzmann Sextet / Peter Brötzmann Quartet More Nipples (CD) 2003
UMS/ALP237 CD Sun Ra And His Arkestra Music From Tomorrow's World (CD, Album) 2002
UMS/ALP238CD George Gruntz Mental Cruelty (CD) 2003
UMS/ALP239CD Alterations Voila Enough! (CD, Album) 2002
UMS/ALP240CD Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio Pakistani Pomade (CD, RE) 2003
UMS/ALP243CD Sun Ra Spaceship Lullaby (CD) 2003
UMS/ALP244 CD Peter Brötzmann / Fred Van Hove / Han Bennink* FMP 130 (CD, Album) 2003
UMS/ALP246 CD Brötzmann Clarinet Project Berlin Djungle (CD, Album, RE) 2004
UMS/ALP248 CD Globe Unity Orchestra & Choir Of The NDR-Broadcast* Hamburg '74 (CD, Album) 2004
UMS/ALP249 CD Per Henrik Wallin / Johnny Dyani / Erik Dahlbäck Burning In Stockholm (CD, Album) 2004
UMS/ALP250CD Contemporary Jazz Quintet, The Actions 1966 - 67 (CD, Album) 2000
UMS/ALP256CD Joe McPhee and John Snyder (3) Pieces Of Light (CD, Album, RE) 2005
UMS/ALP263CD Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra Strange Strings (CD, Album, RE) 2007