Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Michael Pisaro

Continuum Unbound

(Gravity Wave, gw 011-013) (U.S.) (3-CD box set)


Kingsnake Grey (gw 011)

  1. Kingsnake Grey (72:00)

This is a version of Michael Pisaro's score "Grey (Grey Series No. 4)" [2012]

Stereo field recording made by Michael Pisaro and Greg Stuart off the Kingsnake Trail in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, U.S., at sundown on December 31, 2012
Mastered by Michael Pisaro
Cover photo by Greg Stuart

Congraree Nomads (gw 012)

  1. Congraree Nomads (72:00)

Greg Stuart's realization of Michael Pisaro's score "Congaree Nomads" [2013-2014]

24 three-minute field recordings made by Michael Pisaro and Greg Stuart in Congaree National Park, December 30, 2012-January 2, 2013

Greg Stuart: bowed marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales

Percussion recorded by Greg Stuart
Mastered by Michael Pisaro
Cover photo by Greg Stuart

Anabasis (gw 013)

  1. Anabasis (72:00)

A realization of Michael Pisaro's score "Anabasis (1)" [2013-2014] for five musicians

Greg Stuart: gravity percussion with sand, recording
Patrick Farmer: recording, field recording, hydrophone
Michael Pisaro: electric guitar, piano, sine tones, studio and field recording
Joe Panzner: electronics
Toshiya Tsunoda: sand, copper foil, polyethylene sheet, fan, sine tones, hydrophone

Assembled, mixed, and unbound by Michael Pisaro
Mastered by Joe Panzner
Cover photo by Michael Pisaro


Design by Yuko Zama
Box cover collage by Greg Stuart
Includes a 12-page booklet with English liner notes by Michael Pisaro and color photos by Greg Stuart and Michael Pisaro

Released in October 2014