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Blaine L. Reininger

Ocean Planet

out March 4, 2023

Dark Companion

TO BE RELEASED

Boxhead Ensemble

Armenia

Dark Companion

Keith Tippett, Claudio Gabbiani, Roberto Musci

Music For Labyrinths

Dark Companion

Dark Compain series

CATALOGUE

DARK COMPANION series

Mujician Solo IV - Keith Tippett

Keith Tippett

Mujician Solo IV - live in Piacenza

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC001

CD

999 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Piacenza

Credits

Keith Tippett: Steinway Grand Piano

Real Essence

PAOLO TOFANI

Real Essence

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC002

CD

930 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Deep Emotion 

02. Sari Dance

03. Holy Mind

04. Journey Home

05. Ashram

06. Hari
07. Jhana
08. Sweet Love 

09. Maya 

Credits

Paolo Tofani: acoustic Tricanta Veena

Metafisiche del suono

LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Metafisiche del suono

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2017

DC005 | DCLP002

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Metafisica del suono

02. Geometrie Astrali

03. Metafisica del silenzio

04. Il silenzio interiore

05. Lo spazio trascendente

06. Policromie sospese

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibrafono, pianoforte, metallofono, gongs, campane, percussioni assortite, tablas, strumenti ad arco, voci, campane a vento, piatti, timpani

Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore, corno inglese

Michael Tanner: salterio, autoharp, dulcimer, chitarra elettrica e treatments

Alison Cotton: viola 

Piacenza

JOHN GREAVES

Piacenza

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC003

CD

980 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. The Price We Pay 

02. Summer On Ice

03. Earthly Powers 

04. The Thunderthief 

05. The Green Fuse 

06. La Lune Blanche

07. Chanson d’Automne

08. Walking On Eggshells 

09. The Same Thing 

10. Dead Poets 

11. The Trouble With Happiness

12. Bad Alchemy 

13. Kew.Rhône 

14. How Beautiful You Are 

15. The Song 

 

Rehearsals Bonus Track: 

16. Sea Song

Credits

John Greaves: Steinway Grand Piano, vocals

Annie Barbazza: vocals and piano on “Sea Song”, background vocals on “The Song” 

Paola Tagliaferro: background vocals on “The Song” 

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Arcaico Armonico

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

DC004 | DCLP001

CD | LP

980 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Echi e frequenze

02. Dialoghi tra suoni

03. Andante ancestrale

04. Arcaico armonico

05. Improvvisamente (bonus track) 

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: gongs, cymbals, voices, vibraphone, tablas, sabar, bass drum, bells, Indian and African cattles, aeolustubulars, piano strings, African monostring
Juri Camisasca: voices on "03"
Paolo Tofani: Madhuria on "02"

Camillo Mozzoni: oboe, oboe d’amore and english horn on "04", oboe on "05"

Max Marchini: additional percussions and gong on "05"

A Mid Autumn Night's dream

KEITH & JULIE TIPPETT, LINO CAPRA VACCINA, PAOLO TOFANI

A Mid Autumn Night's Dream

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC006 | DCLP006

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. A Mid Autumn Night's Dream

Credits

Keith Tippett: piano, musical box, woodblocks, pebbles, maraca

Julie Tippetts: voice, small bells, struck thumb piano, swivel drum, miniature xylophone

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, cymbals, percussions, gongs, tam-tam, timpani, chimes, bells

Paolo Tofani: madhura, santoor, electronics & devices

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JEANETTE SOLLÉN

Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2018

DC006 | DCLP004

CD | LP

300 | 300 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. The Trip
02. Rock Song
03. Echo & Narcissus
04. Ripe When Yields To Gentle Pressure

05. Waterfalls
06. Split
07. Isabels Song
08. Gloria
09. Loreley
10. Utro

Credits

Jeanette Sollén: vocals, zithers, percussion, city hall bells

Jonny Wartel: saxophones (1, 2, 3, 9), vacuum cleaners (3), percussion (5, 9) 

Ray Adams: harps (1)

Helle Mørch: vocals (3, 5, 6, 9)

Isabel Sciutto: vocals (7)

Nicolas Ballet: vocals (8)

Margareta Granvik, Anette Lindwall, Therese Larsson, Kajsa Åström: choir (7)

The Dot Choir (Jeanette Fredenberg, Jenny Granvik, Karina Lernestål, Maja Lidén, Kristina Månsson, Ingrid Knutsson, Jennie Thulin, Kajsa Åström): vocals (10)

Other musicians (7): Ola Denward, Dick Heijkensköld, Göran Kunstbergs, Lotte Nilsson, Roine Sangenberg, Olle Skog, Peter Wildoer.

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VINCENZO RAMAGLIA

Atomic City

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC008

CD

370 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Atomic City 1 [8’27]

02. Atomic City 2 [9’17]

03. Atomic City 3 [8’45]

04. Atomic City 4 [8’55]

05. Atomic City 5 [9’34]

Credits

Renato Ciunfrini: clarinet

Vincenzo Ramaglia: electronics

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MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN & ALIREZA MORTAZAVI

Hamdelaneh - Intimate Dialogues

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC009 | DCLP009

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Love without boundaries

02. Dance of life

03. Resonance

04. Ensoundment

Credits

Markus Stockhausen: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, voice

Alireza Mortazavi: santoor

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RON GEESIN

Expo Zoom

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC010 | DCLP010

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

PART 1. FIRST WALL

PART 2. END WALL

PART 3. CURVE

PART 4. FINAL RUN

Credits

composed, produced and mastered by Ron Geesin

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA & UNTITLED NOISE

Perpetual Possibility

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC011 | DCLP011

CD | LP

500 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Perpetual

02. Possibility

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel, gongs, wind chimes, percussion, bowed instruments, cymbals

/Untitled Noise

Michele Lombardelli: analog devices, oscillators, mixer

Luca Scarabelli: picrophones, springs, metals and marbles

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north sea radio orchestra, john greaves, annie barbazza

Folly Bololey - Songs from Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2019

DC012 | DCLP012

CD | LP

999 | 500 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Sea Song
02. A Last Straw
03. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
04. Alifib
05. Alifie
06. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road


bonus tracks:

07. The British Road

08. Maryan
09. Shipbuilding

10. O Caroline

Credits

Craig Fortnam: guitar, farfisa organ, vocal (track 7, 9)

Annie Barbazza: lead vocal, farfisa organ

John Greaves: bass guitar, vocal (track 4, 11), spoken word (track 3, 5, 6)

William D. Drake: piano, farfisa organ, vocal (track 2,3, 5)

Laurent Valero: violin, viola, recorder, rass recorder

Nicky Baigent: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, spoken word (track 5)

Luke Crookes: bassoon

Harry Escott: cello

Tommaso Franguelli: vibes, percussion

Cheb Nettles: drums

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ANNIE BARBAZZA

Vive

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2020

DC013 | DCLP013

CD | LP

500 | 300 hand-numbered

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Ys
02. June
03. From Too Much Love Of Living
04. Time
05. Nebulae
06. Wrote Myself A Letter

07. How Beautiful You Are

08. Lost At Sea
09. Phantoms

10. Tide

11. Les Ruines Du sommeil

12. Lotus Flower

13. Boîte À Tisanes

Credits

Annie Barbazza: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Indian Harmonium, Bass, Piano, Soundscapes, Autoharp

guests
Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 4 and 10)
Daniel Lanois: pedal steel guitar (track 1 and 11)
Franz Soprani: tibetan bell (track 9)
Fred Frith: electric guitar (track 8 and 13)
Greg Lake: original track production (track 13)
John Greaves: bass (track 3), vocals (track 7)
Lino Capra Vaccina: percussion, (track 4, 6, 10 and 12), vibraphone (track 4, 10 and 12), vocals (track 6)
Max Marchini: bass (track 7 and 9)
Michael Tanner: autoharp (track 6)
Olivier Mellano: electric guitar (track 3 and 7)

Paolo Tofani: madhuria guitar (track 12) 

Paul Roland: vocals (track 6)

William Xerra: cover design 

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Sincretico Modale

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

DC014 | DCLP014

CD | LP

300 | 300

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 CD | LP 

Tracklist

01. Armonie della mente
02. Arcana persistenza
03. Percezioni dell'essere
04. Persistenza della memoria
05. Sincretico Modale

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: grand piano, vibraphone, indian harmonium, mallets, gongs, bells, voice, tablas, percussione, cymbals

Camillo Mozzoni: oboe (track 3)

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MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN, LINO CAPRA VACCINA with ALIREZA MORTAZAVI

Sincretico Modale

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

DC015

CD

500

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Free Spirits
02. Face To Face
03. Rising Sun
04. Changing Worlds

05. Human Research

06. Inland Sea

07. Burning Cry
08. Venus In Scorpio

09. Divine Experiment

10. Thankfulness
11. Mystery

Credits

Markus Stockhausentrumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, gong, chimes, cymbals, timpani, drums

Alireza Mortazavi: santur

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NARADA BURTON GREENE

A Music Cooperative in Isolation

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2022

DC016

CD

250

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Tracklist

01. Cluster Fantasy

02. What’s Next

03. Interplay
04. A Lifelong Mystery Parts 1 & 2

05. Buddhist Garden
06. Back Into It Again!

Credits

The music was all recorded on Burton’s houseboat in Amsterdam between May 2020 and February 2021

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BLAINE L. REININGER

Ocean Planet

Dark Companion series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2023

DC017

CD

400

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Tracklist

01. Ocean Planet

02. Obscured
03. Shelley Hellas

04. Firefly

05. Bis Gems
06. Parc de la Villette (Another Fine Messiaen)

07. Pluie en Bas
08. Bones
09. Incantations
10. Slightly Rusty
11. Iris
12. Un Giro

Credits

Written, recorded and mixed by Blaine in Athens, Greece

Mastered by Alberto Callegari at Elfo Studio

Songs

JOHN GREAVES

Songs (reissue 1994)

DC Time Machine series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2016

DCTMS001

CD

900 hand-numbered

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Old Kinderhook

02. The Song

03. Swelling Valley

04. The Green Fuse

05. Kew.Rhone

06. Eccentric Waters

07. Silence

08. The Price We Pay

09. L'Aise Aux Ex-Sans Trique

10. Back Where We Began

11. Gegenstand

12. Whatever That Is

Credits

John Greaves: bass guitar, accordion, percussion, vocal (4, 9)

Robert Wyatt: vocal (2, 5, 11)

Sophia Domancich: piano

Paul Rogers: double bass

François Ovide: acoustic guitar

S'Ange: vocal (3, 8, 10)

Kristoffer Blegvad: vocal (3, 7, 8)

Caroline Loeb: vocal (6, 9)

Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton

Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton

Michael Tanner & Alison Cotton

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2016

DCE001

CD

126 hand-numbered

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Masts Of Rown-Tree
02. Angels In The Architecture
03. Floodplains

Credits

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LINO CAPRA VACCINA

Rifrazioni Mistiche

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2017

DCE002

CD

100 hand-numbered

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 sold out 

Tracklist

01. Rifrazioni Mistiche

Credits

Lino Capra Vaccina: vibraphone, piano, gongs, percussions

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JOHN GREAVES

Passage du Nord Ouest

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2020

DCE003

CD

300

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. One Summer

02. The Price We Pay

03. The Mirage

04. The Magical Building

05. Almost Perfect Lovers

06. Solitary

07. Dedans (Rose c’est la vie)

08. Deck Of The Moon

09. For Bearings/Silence

10. Kew Rhone

11. The World Tonight

12. Lullaby

13. Swelling Valley

14. How Beautiful You Are

15. Karen

Credits

John Greaves: vocals, bass guitar, piano

Sophia Domancich: piano

François Ovide: acoustic guitar

David Cunningham: electric guitar, kalimba, electronics

Peter Kimberley: backing vocals, egg

Paul Rogers: double bass

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MAX MARCHINI

Hymns From The Harbour

DC Ephemerals series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2021

DCE004

CD

118

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 CD 

Tracklist

01. Dream Sequence

02. Fingerprince Of The Mirrors

03. Magic Psalm For A Moth
04. A Night In June

05. Atmen
06. Fool Of Fortune

07. Hymn to the Harbours

08. Mokṣa
09. Northern Heavens

10. Prologues

11. September Joy

12. Talk Show
13. Misty Row
14. What’s In That Box, Annie?

15. Below The Surface

Credits

Max Marchini: bass, acoustic and electric guitars, analog synthesizers, keyboards, electric sitar, percussion, treatments, mandolin, field recordings, sound projection
Paola Tagliaferro: vocal improvisations on Mokṣa (Owl, 2013) and multi-layered voices on Atmen (Owl, 2013)
Akhilesh Gundecha: pakhawaj on Mokṣa (Owl, 2013)

Unifaun Productions series
Latest Relase

UNIFAUN PRODUCTION series

Magnetophon Distances

FLYTE REACTION

Magnetohpon Distances

Unifaun Production series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2015

UP001

CD

500 hand-numbered

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Tracklist

01. Magnetophon Distances

02. Empty Room
03. You Sat Up Today (Hooray)

04. From The Corner Of My Eye

05. Ghost Road

06. Yes, I Saw You Dancing

07. Ancient Light
08. Tumbledown Logic

09. Bleach The Bones

10. Everything You See Is Golden

11. We All Entwine

Credits

written, played, recorded, mixed and produced by Mick Crossley

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PAUL ROLAND

White Zombie

Unifaun Production series

Year

Cat#

Format

Copies

2017

UP002

CD

930 hand-numbered

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