Discus - the CD label for music projects by Martin Archer and Mick Beck

PO Box 658, Sheffield S10 3YR, England
www.discus-music.co.uk
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Randomworld 1 - Discus 31CD (2007)
First instalment in this series of hand cut CDRs, each one a unique version of the composition
Army of Briars - Discus 30CD (2007)
Classic folk prog in the finest maverick tradition
Hervé Perez and Martin Archer - The inclusion principle - Discus 29CD (2006)
Laptop duo generating glitch rhythms and icy textures from environmental sound sources and secret technologies
Beck-Drenching-Pleasure - A low carbonation - Discus 28CD (2006)
Highly individual improv soundworld from your favourite bassoon, dictaphone and bricks trio
ASK - Acoustic quartet 2006 - Discus 27CD (2006)
Live acoustic AACM informed improvised set from the woodwind, guitars, vibes and cello quartet
Hornweb - The Rosemary songbook - Discus 26CD (2006)
Back after a 12 year break with 25 short compositions ranging from improv to New Orleans marching band music
Shkrang! - Some thoughts about Shkrang! - Discus 25CD (2006)
The Beck / Hession powerhouse duo gain an extra dimension, joined by fearsome guitarist Dave Tucker
Neil Carver & Martin Archer - Artefacts - Discus 24CD (2006)
Neil's guitars, toys and junk transformed by computer processing into a sequence of beautifully sculpted electracoustic compositions
Bass Tone Trap - Trapping Music a la Coque 04 (2006)
Rerelease of the original jazz-punk sound of Sheffield in the early 80s - it all started here!
Outward Sound Ensemble - Thunder in a clear sky - Discus 23CD (2006)
Minimal dronescapes plus delicate improv detail from the Canadian duo plus guests - toward krautrock or even LaMonte Young in places
Grew Trio - It's morning - Discus 22CD (2005)
Piano / woowind / percussion free improv set of the highest order
Derek Bailey, Mick Beck, Paul Hession - Meanwhile, back in Sheffield... - Discus 21CD (2005)
Invaluable document of master improviser Derek Bailey's final gig in his home town
Combat Astronomy - The dematerialised passenger - Discus 20CD (2005)
Heavier than plutonium jazz prog sludge from USA based Jamie Huggett, plus free jazz soloing from Archer & Beck
Masayo Asahara - Saint Catherine Torment - Discus 19CD (2005)
Agonisingly sculpted music from hell by the Japanese master composer, dedicated to Stockhausen and Galina Ustvolskaya
Martin Archer - Heritage and ringtones - Discus 18CD (2004)
The definitive Archer release, blends electronic structures with jazz and folk elements into a beautifully restrained masterpiece
Outward Sound Ensemble - Cloudburst - Discus 17CD (2004)
Transatlantic collaboration between Archer and minimalist Canadian duo
ASK - The formulary of curses - Discus 16CD (2004)
Jazz wise called this release "one of the essential jazz records of the last decade". A studio tour de force
Masayo Asahara - Saint Agnes Fountain Audiolaceration AL007 (2003)
Rerelease of an almost forgotten classic from the Japanese drone-prog-jazz underground
Martin Archer - English commonflowers - Discus 15CD (2003)
Archer's most commercial release, almost jazz rock but then again almost not
Archer / Monk / Tippetts - Fluvium - Discus 14CD (2003)
Second collaboration between Archer and Monk's poetry, featuring multi tracked Julie Tippetts vocal orchestrations
Martin Archer & Geraldine Monk - Angel high wires - Released by Voiceprint (2001)
Suite of electroacoustic songs, fragile and dense by turn, feat. Julie Tippetts and Chris Cutler
Transient v Resident - Medulla - Discus 13CD (2001)
Second CD of synth based compositions by duo of Archer plus Chris Bywater plus soloists
Martin Archer - Winter pilgrim arriving - Discus 12CD (2000)
One reviwer described this elcectic mix of improv, rock and folk as "an art rock mini universe". More definitive Archer
Martin Archer and Simon H. Fell - Pure water construction - Discus 11CD (1999)
Suite of jointly composed academically incorrect compositions, each track based around a different improvising soloist
Martin Archer - 88 enemies - Discus 10CD (1998)
Solo digital piano - almost like contemporary classical works
Various - Sound gallery - Discus 9CD (1997)
Compilation of 5 different electroacoustic composers
ASK - Disconnected bliss - Discus 8CD (1998)
Archer and Jasnoch's first studio tour de force takes improv, electronics and rock into entirely new areas
Transient v Resident - Electrical shroud - Discus 7CD (1997)
You can almost hear the machines thinking on Archer and Bywater's first synth duo collaboration
Various - This music is silent until you listen - Discus 6CD (1996)
Compilation of 5 different electroacoustic composers
Network Volume Two - 54 music miniatures - Discus 5CD (1995)
A second suite of 90 second compositions by artists from all over the world
Martin Archer - Ghost lily cascade - Discus 4CD (1996)
First Archer solo CD sets the stage by mixing improv, electronics and rock into something new
Network Volume One - 55 music miniatures - Discus 3CD - CD sold out, but available on CDR (1994)
A suite of 90 second compositions by artists from all over the world
Something Else - Start Moving Earbuds - Discus 2CD (1993)
Beck / Hession / Fell free jazz powerhouse
Feetpackets - Listen, Feetpackets! - Discus 1CD (1989)
Beck's original improv big band release offers a series of striking compositions