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11130998 | Play | Manoeuvre | 07:28 Tools | |
11130992 | Play | Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset | 06:49 Tools | |
11130993 | Play | Ailantus Glandulosa | 05:31 Tools | |
11130994 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza | 01:03 Tools | |
11130995 | Play | In the Realm of Nothing Whatever | 13:21 Tools | |
11130996 | Play | Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset (LP version) | 21:06 Tools | |
11130997 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza (LP version) | 23:19 Tools | |
11130999 | Play | What is There in Uselesness to Cause You Distress? | 03:01 Tools | |
52516812 | Play | The Great Hall 1 1982 | 23:19 Tools | |
11131013 | Play | For Ute | 20:40 Tools | |
11131003 | Play | Musette | 05:53 Tools | |
11131004 | Play | Vivace | 06:34 Tools | |
11131005 | Play | Newfoundland | 16:47 Tools | |
11131007 | Play | Toccata | 08:38 Tools | |
11131033 | Play | Like a Cloud Hanging in the Sky? | 45:23 Tools | |
11131010 | Play | Intermezzo | 13:20 Tools | |
11131002 | Play | Generative Theme I | 09:26 Tools | |
11131011 | Play | Aria | 04:28 Tools | |
11131000 | Play | アリスのボサノバ | 03:27 Tools | |
11131009 | Play | Ballade | 13:49 Tools | |
11131006 | Play | Generative Theme II | 14:22 Tools | |
11131018 | Play | Coffin Nor Shelf | 45:40 Tools | |
11131008 | Play | Generative Theme III | 10:00 Tools | |
11131022 | Play | Recitativo/Coda | 11:39 Tools | |
11131012 | Play | Generative Theme IV | 12:56 Tools | |
11131043 | Play | What Is There in Uselessness to Cause You Distress? | 03:01 Tools | |
11131028 | Play | Neither Bill Nor Axe Would Shorten Its Existence | 18:09 Tools | |
11131017 | Play | Generative Theme V | 31:08 Tools | |
11131029 | Play | Page 9:1 | 00:00 Tools | |
11131111 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza (excerpt) | 06:33 Tools | |
11131030 | Play | Sounding Music | 51:07 Tools | |
11131065 | Play | Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset [LP Version] | 21:06 Tools | |
11131020 | Play | Part One | 08:42 Tools | |
11131015 | Play | Part Two | 06:34 Tools | |
11131038 | Play | Page 9:2 Plus | 00:00 Tools | |
11131040 | Play | To Hear | 21:42 Tools | |
11131034 | Play | Unity First | 00:00 Tools | |
11131016 | Play | Part Four | 07:51 Tools | |
11131014 | Play | Part Three | 04:28 Tools | |
11131019 | Play | Part Five | 12:04 Tools | |
11131023 | Play | Part Six | 08:25 Tools | |
11131037 | Play | Back Again | 25:40 Tools | |
11131021 | Play | tune one | 00:00 Tools | |
11131044 | Play | combine + laminates | 43:33 Tools | |
11131079 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza [LP version] | 23:19 Tools | |
11131026 | Play | Tune Three | 03:26 Tools | |
11131025 | Play | Part Seven | 10:36 Tools | |
11131027 | Play | Tune Two | 15:05 Tools | |
11131031 | Play | tune five | 00:00 Tools | |
11131036 | Play | Sedimentary | 29:12 Tools | |
11131024 | Play | tune four | 00:00 Tools | |
11131045 | Play | Treatise '84 | 32:07 Tools | |
11131042 | Play | Kunstmusik | 13:49 Tools | |
11131041 | Play | Duett | 00:00 Tools | |
11131032 | Play | Metamorphic | 07:20 Tools | |
11131049 | Play | Convergence | 05:19 Tools | |
11131039 | Play | Tune Six | 10:44 Tools | |
11131047 | Play | Later during a flaming... | 06:49 Tools | |
11131088 | Play | The Sound Of Indifference | 46:52 Tools | |
11131035 | Play | untitled | 08:23 Tools | |
11131068 | Play | Commonwealth Institute 20-4-67 | 14:37 Tools | |
11131053 | Play | Radio Activity | 18:22 Tools | |
11131046 | Play | Igneous | 37:37 Tools | |
11131073 | Play | what is there in uselesness to cause you distress | 03:01 Tools | |
11131054 | Play | For A | 08:27 Tools | |
11131056 | Play | Spittlefields' Slide | 06:53 Tools | |
11131051 | Play | Kline | 08:30 Tools | |
11131059 | Play | From A Strange Place | 08:20 Tools | |
11131062 | Play | Allentown 1 | 03:03 Tools | |
11131072 | Play | Allentown 2 | 09:31 Tools | |
11131074 | Play | What is There in Uselesness... | 03:00 Tools | |
11131064 | Play | Allentown 3 | 14:04 Tools | |
11131066 | Play | Allentown 4 | 06:00 Tools | |
11131069 | Play | Allentown 5 | 19:46 Tools | |
11131075 | Play | Allentown 6 | 08:01 Tools | |
11131067 | Play | Paragraph One | 25:23 Tools | |
11131050 | Play | Silence | 00:00 Tools | |
11131077 | Play | Paragraph Two | 22:56 Tools | |
11131058 | Play | Later During A Flaming Riviera Sunset ((LP Version)recording.) | 21:06 Tools | |
11131116 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 01 - Late | 06:49 Tools | |
11131076 | Play | Paragraph Three | 15:23 Tools | |
11131134 | Play | 01.05.04 | 39:27 Tools | |
11131302 | Play | Contextual | 06:28 Tools | |
11131097 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences (Pts. 1 & 2) | 51:18 Tools | |
11131102 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences 1 | 51:18 Tools | |
11131094 | Play | After Rapidly Circling The Plaza ((LP Version)This track is added to the following track\nto recreate the original recording.) | 23:19 Tools | |
11131107 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences, Parts 1 & 2 | 51:18 Tools | |
11131096 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences 2 | 14:52 Tools | |
52516813 | Play | AMM Group Of London | 23:19 Tools | |
11131144 | Play | 05. aria | 04:28 Tools | |
11131052 | Play | His Love (feat. PC Akubueze) | 02:50 Tools | |
11131085 | Play | Live at the Royal College of Art | 06:26 Tools | |
11131105 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences 3 | 06:29 Tools | |
11131132 | Play | Contextual 2 | 11:04 Tools | |
11131141 | Play | Fine Part Two | 00:00 Tools | |
11131130 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 03 - Aila | 05:31 Tools | |
11131254 | Play | Contextual 3 | 10:31 Tools | |
11131186 | Play | Contextual 4 | 11:12 Tools | |
11131143 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 02 - Late | 21:06 Tools | |
52516814 | Play | 1-Place sub. v. | 01:03 Tools | |
11131095 | Play | The Great Hall 1 | 36:46 Tools | |
11131139 | Play | The Great Hall (Pts. 1 & 2) | 36:46 Tools | |
11131151 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 05 - Afte | 01:03 Tools | |
11131093 | Play | the aarhus sequences (mix) | 06:28 Tools | |
52516815 | Play | Late | 11:12 Tools | |
52516818 | Play | 2-Place sub. v. | 23:19 Tools | |
11131103 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences (Alternate Take) | 14:52 Tools | |
11131173 | Play | Contextual 5 | 13:41 Tools | |
52516816 | Play | In t | 11:12 Tools | |
11131121 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 06 - Afte | 23:19 Tools | |
52516817 | Play | <untitled> | 23:19 Tools | |
52516834 | Play | Spanish Fighters | 20:08 Tools | |
52516819 | Play | Contextual 6 | 36:46 Tools | |
52516821 | Play | 3-Place sub. v. | 36:46 Tools | |
11131128 | Play | The Great Hall 2 | 38:55 Tools | |
52516829 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences [3] [Mix] | 14:52 Tools | |
52516820 | Play | Place sub. v. | 36:46 Tools | |
52516823 | Play | After Rapidly Circling The Plaza (extract) | 38:55 Tools | |
52516830 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences [2] [Alternate Take] | 03:01 Tools | |
11131206 | Play | Group Of London | 23:16 Tools | |
11131180 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 07 - What | 03:01 Tools | |
11131117 | Play | The Great Hall, Parts 1 & 2 | 36:46 Tools | |
11131115 | Play | The Great Hall (Alternate Take) | 38:54 Tools | |
52516822 | Play | The Sound Of Indifference (extract) | 36:46 Tools | |
11131273 | Play | Meantime | 17:57 Tools | |
52516835 | Play | The Great Hall [2] [Alternate Take] | 38:54 Tools | |
52516824 | Play | Generative Theme II (extract) | 23:16 Tools | |
11131147 | Play | Flamsteed | 13:14 Tools | |
11131090 | Play | Side A | 22:13 Tools | |
52516826 | Play | Norwich (extract) | 14:52 Tools | |
11131104 | Play | What Is There In Uselessness To Cause You Distress | 03:01 Tools | |
52516825 | Play | Musiques intimes et secrètes | 14:52 Tools | |
52516828 | Play | Aila | 14:52 Tools | |
11131084 | Play | SE1 AMM | 46:50 Tools | |
11131292 | Play | One Tree Hill | 20:08 Tools | |
52516827 | Play | Caresse | 14:52 Tools | |
52516831 | Play | 03. part three | 13:14 Tools | |
52516832 | Play | Fine (extract) | 13:14 Tools | |
52516833 | Play | Afte | 22:13 Tools | |
11131106 | Play | AMM - AMMusic 1966 - 04 - In t | 13:21 Tools | |
11131080 | Play | E1 AMM | 31:28 Tools | |
52516837 | Play | at the Roundhouse pt. 1 | 22:08 Tools | |
52516836 | Play | Part 2 | 22:08 Tools | |
11131250 | Play | Page 9:2 | 34:24 Tools | |
11131136 | Play | Side B | 22:08 Tools | |
52516839 | Play | at the Roundhouse pt. 2 | 31:28 Tools | |
52516890 | Play | Bossa Nova of Alice | 15:16 Tools | |
87288826 | Play | London 5th December 2015 | 15:16 Tools | |
11131138 | Play | contextual, part 1 | 14:11 Tools | |
11131153 | Play | contextual, part 6 | 10:37 Tools | |
11131126 | Play | contextual, part 5 | 13:42 Tools | |
11131154 | Play | contextual, part 2 | 11:04 Tools | |
11131118 | Play | Contextual, Part 3 | 10:31 Tools | |
11131148 | Play | contextual, part 4 | 11:12 Tools | |
52516845 | Play | Conduit | 37:37 Tools | |
52516848 | Play | Part 1 | 14:11 Tools | |
52516849 | Play | Outro | 14:11 Tools | |
52516841 | Play | What Is There in Uselesness to | 34:24 Tools | |
11131100 | Play | igneus | 37:37 Tools | |
52516838 | Play | Danse de travers No. 1 | 31:28 Tools | |
52516840 | Play | Petite musique do clown triste | 31:28 Tools | |
11131266 | Play | Amm - 01.05.04 | 39:27 Tools | |
11131297 | Play | Allentown | 14:04 Tools | |
52516852 | Play | Norwich 3 | 11:12 Tools | |
11131269 | Play | 1 | 08:22 Tools | |
52516842 | Play | 12 Petits Chorals | 37:37 Tools | |
52516853 | Play | Part 3 | 11:12 Tools | |
52516843 | Play | No. 2 Trois Danses de travers | 37:37 Tools | |
52516846 | Play | Les pantins densent | 37:37 Tools | |
52516844 | Play | Préludes flasques | 37:37 Tools | |
11131275 | Play | Radio | 02:17 Tools | |
87288835 | Play | Trondheim 9th June 2016 | 38:57 Tools | |
11131156 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences 1 (1969) | 51:16 Tools | |
52516859 | Play | Norwich 2 | 06:33 Tools | |
11131171 | Play | Norwich 5 | 11:44 Tools | |
52516850 | Play | Danses gothiques | 08:22 Tools | |
52516855 | Play | part1 | 06:33 Tools | |
52516847 | Play | Pages mystiques | 39:27 Tools | |
87288823 | Play | ammmusic 1966 | 11:44 Tools | |
52516876 | Play | Norwich - Track 1 | 08:14 Tools | |
11131082 | Play | Ailantus Glandolusa | 05:26 Tools | |
87288827 | Play | Paris 7th April 2016 | 15:16 Tools | |
52516865 | Play | Norwich 1 | 05:26 Tools | |
52516866 | Play | Norwich 4 | 05:26 Tools | |
52516864 | Play | Part 4 | 05:26 Tools | |
52516854 | Play | 8:33 | 11:12 Tools | |
11131295 | Play | After rapidity circling the plaza (excerpt) | 06:33 Tools | |
52516856 | Play | Place sub. v. | 06:33 Tools | |
52516857 | Play | Improvisation for piano, guitar, violoncello and drums | 06:33 Tools | |
52516851 | Play | No. 1 Trois Airs à faire fuir | 11:12 Tools | |
52516858 | Play | Later During A Flaming Riviera Sunset ((LP Version)recording | 06:33 Tools | |
11131183 | Play | 3 | 08:14 Tools | |
52516860 | Play | What Is There in Uselessness t | 06:33 Tools | |
52516867 | Play | Cornelius Cardew - Unintended Piano Music | 05:26 Tools | |
52516868 | Play | part3 | 05:26 Tools | |
52516869 | Play | part4 | 08:14 Tools | |
52516870 | Play | part2 | 08:14 Tools | |
52516872 | Play | part5 | 08:14 Tools | |
52516862 | Play | june 12 '68 | 11:44 Tools | |
52516885 | Play | Norwich - Track 3 | 06:49 Tools | |
52516886 | Play | Recitativo-Coda | 06:49 Tools | |
52516863 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences 2 (1969) | 14:04 Tools | |
11131304 | Play | John Tilbury: announcements for Cardew & AMM | 00:55 Tools | |
11131284 | Play | 2 | 13:32 Tools | |
52516877 | Play | 1979-04-23 - BBC | 08:14 Tools | |
52516878 | Play | Cornelius Cardew - Piano Solo with Accompaniment | 06:31 Tools | |
52516880 | Play | part6 | 11:18 Tools | |
52516871 | Play | 13:33 | 08:14 Tools | |
52516861 | Play | Nouvelles pièces froides | 11:44 Tools | |
52516889 | Play | AMMmusic2 | 15:16 Tools | |
52516873 | Play | 12:30 | 08:14 Tools | |
52516874 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza (Exerpt) | 08:14 Tools | |
52516875 | Play | Fine 1 | 08:14 Tools | |
11131236 | Play | John Tilbury: announcements for Cardew & Wolff | 01:18 Tools | |
52516897 | Play | Norwich - Track 2 | 00:55 Tools | |
11131227 | Play | John Tilbury: announcements for Cage & Skempton | 02:11 Tools | |
52516898 | Play | Norwich - Track 4 | 00:55 Tools | |
11131161 | Play | 5 | 11:44 Tools | |
11131262 | Play | The Aarhus Sequences 3 (1969) | 06:31 Tools | |
52516879 | Play | After Rapidly Circling The Plaza ((LP Version)This track is | 06:31 Tools | |
11131205 | Play | 4 | 12:29 Tools | |
11131196 | Play | E1 | 31:28 Tools | |
11131230 | Play | Contextual, Parts 1-6 | 11:18 Tools | |
52516887 | Play | Likeacouldhanginginthesky | 15:16 Tools | |
52516881 | Play | 8:15 | 11:18 Tools | |
52516882 | Play | Prèlude en tapisserie | 11:18 Tools | |
52516892 | Play | [Untitled] | 15:16 Tools | |
11131214 | Play | Norwich | 08:16 Tools | |
52516883 | Play | Fine 2 | 11:18 Tools | |
11131131 | Play | Later During a Flaming Rivera Sunset | 06:49 Tools | |
52516884 | Play | 01 | 06:49 Tools | |
89291299 | Play | The Nameless Uncarved Block | 06:49 Tools | |
87288824 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza (Part 2) | 08:16 Tools | |
52516924 | Play | Irma | 14:10 Tools | |
11131248 | Play | SE1 | 46:50 Tools | |
11131142 | Play | The Crypt: 12th June 1968 | 45:24 Tools | |
11131261 | Play | [silence] | 00:10 Tools | |
52516899 | Play | John Tilbury/Eddie Prevost - Improvisation AMM | 00:55 Tools | |
52516926 | Play | Howard Skempton: for strings (waves, shingle, seagulls) | 10:37 Tools | |
52516900 | Play | Untitled 3 | 00:55 Tools | |
52516915 | Play | 09/11/06 | 14:22 Tools | |
52516902 | Play | Untitled 2 | 00:55 Tools | |
52516930 | Play | Christian Wolff: For 1, 2 or 3 people, any sound producing means | 45:24 Tools | |
11131272 | Play | From An Afflicted Man's Musica Box | 15:16 Tools | |
52516904 | Play | Recitativo | 31:28 Tools | |
52516921 | Play | AMMmusic4 | 46:50 Tools | |
52516891 | Play | Fine 3 | 15:16 Tools | |
52516893 | Play | Fine 4 | 15:16 Tools | |
52516894 | Play | Fine 5 | 15:16 Tools | |
52516911 | Play | Live Ica London England 3-23-66 | 02:11 Tools | |
52516895 | Play | 02 | 15:16 Tools | |
87288825 | Play | After Rapidly Circling the Plaza (Part 1) | 15:16 Tools | |
52516896 | Play | 03 | 15:16 Tools | |
52516910 | Play | 05 | 31:28 Tools | |
11131091 | Play | Contextual I | 14:10 Tools | |
11131092 | Play | Contextual II | 11:04 Tools | |
11131110 | Play | Contextual VI | 10:37 Tools | |
87288828 | Play | Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset (Part 2) | 15:16 Tools | |
52516914 | Play | Live Electronic Music Improvised | 38:57 Tools | |
87288829 | Play | John Cage: Variations III for arbitrary number of players and arbitrary sound originators | 00:10 Tools | |
11131109 | Play | Eisei Cafe Terrace | 03:13 Tools | |
52516916 | Play | Untitled 1 | 03:13 Tools | |
87288830 | Play | Cornelius Cardew: Solo with Accompaniment for 2 instruments ad libitum | 03:13 Tools | |
52516918 | Play | Untitled 4 | 00:00 Tools | |
52516919 | Play | Untitled 5 | 00:00 Tools | |
11131145 | Play | Like a Cloud Hanging in the Sk | 00:00 Tools | |
87288831 | Play | Cornelius Cardew: February pieces for piano (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
52516901 | Play | What | 00:55 Tools | |
52516903 | Play | Contextual 01 | 31:28 Tools | |
87288832 | Play | Combine And Laminates | 31:28 Tools | |
52516888 | Play | Trois nouvelles pièces enfanti | 15:16 Tools | |
52516939 | Play | AMMmusic3 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516905 | Play | Paragraph Three (15.24) | 31:28 Tools | |
52516906 | Play | 02 - AMM Group Of London | 31:28 Tools | |
52516907 | Play | Fine 6 | 31:28 Tools | |
11131298 | Play | The Great Hall | 36:46 Tools | |
52516908 | Play | Fine 7 | 31:28 Tools | |
87288833 | Play | WDR3 - speaker: introduction | 31:28 Tools | |
52516909 | Play | 04 | 31:28 Tools | |
87288834 | Play | WDR3 - speaker: AMM-improv - fadeout and closing words | 31:28 Tools | |
87288838 | Play | Norwich - Track 5 | 46:50 Tools | |
87288842 | Play | Contextual III | 14:10 Tools | |
89291300 | Play | AMM London 5th December 2015 | 14:10 Tools | |
11131192 | Play | The Great Hall 2 (1982) | 38:57 Tools | |
87288845 | Play | Contextual IV | 14:10 Tools | |
87288846 | Play | Contextual V | 14:10 Tools | |
52516912 | Play | K-Line | 38:57 Tools | |
52516913 | Play | i | 38:57 Tools | |
89291301 | Play | London 20 January 1970 | 38:57 Tools | |
11131086 | Play | After Rapidly Circling The Plaza ((LP Version)This track is added to the following track\\nto recreate the original recording.) | 23:19 Tools | |
87288847 | Play | Spacecraft | 10:37 Tools | |
11131114 | Play | Generative Themes II. | 14:22 Tools | |
87288836 | Play | AMM: improvisation for piano, guitar, violoncello and drums | 14:22 Tools | |
52516927 | Play | AMMmusic 1 | 10:37 Tools | |
87288848 | Play | Tower Of Ghost | 10:37 Tools | |
11131152 | Play | Generative Themes III. | 10:00 Tools | |
11131135 | Play | Generative Themes IV. | 12:56 Tools | |
52516929 | Play | AMMmusic 2 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516917 | Play | Later During A Flaming Riviera Sunset - LP Version | 00:00 Tools | |
87288851 | Play | Spittlefield's Slide | 45:24 Tools | |
52516933 | Play | AMMmusic 4 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516920 | Play | Memories Of The Ghetto | 46:50 Tools | |
52516935 | Play | Improvisation with birds | 45:24 Tools | |
87288850 | Play | AMMmusic1 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516938 | Play | Coda | 45:24 Tools | |
52516941 | Play | Part 5 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516922 | Play | neither no axe would shorten it's existence | 46:50 Tools | |
89291302 | Play | Paris, 7th April 2016 | 46:50 Tools | |
87288837 | Play | AMM_09/11/06 | 46:50 Tools | |
11131191 | Play | AMM - London 3 February 1970 | 39:22 Tools | |
11131157 | Play | The Great Hall 1 (1982) | 36:44 Tools | |
87288844 | Play | Like A Cloud Hanging In The Sky?. | 14:10 Tools | |
87288841 | Play | Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset (Part 1) | 14:10 Tools | |
89291303 | Play | London 16 December 1969 | 14:10 Tools | |
87288839 | Play | Treatise | 36:44 Tools | |
87288840 | Play | set 1 | 36:44 Tools | |
89291304 | Play | CONFUSION | 36:44 Tools | |
52516923 | Play | iii | 14:10 Tools | |
89291305 | Play | The Twins | 14:10 Tools | |
89291306 | Play | AMM Paris 7th April 2016 | 14:10 Tools | |
87288843 | Play | apogee part 1 | 14:10 Tools | |
52516925 | Play | apogee part 3 | 10:37 Tools | |
52516928 | Play | AMM 01.05.04 | 10:37 Tools | |
11131159 | Play | 'The Crypt - 12th June 1968' 3:4 | 45:24 Tools | |
87288849 | Play | AMMmusic 3 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516931 | Play | Contextual 02 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516932 | Play | 02. generative theme ii | 45:24 Tools | |
52516934 | Play | Fine | 45:24 Tools | |
89291307 | Play | 2. Coffin nor Shelf | 45:24 Tools | |
52516936 | Play | 11:44 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516937 | Play | Cardew-The Aarhus Sequences 3 | 45:24 Tools | |
52516940 | Play | Iintermezzo | 45:24 Tools | |
52516942 | Play | Coffin Nor Self | 45:24 Tools |
1) AMM is a British free improvisation group, founded in London, England in 1965. 2) Japanese arranger. Circle: ShibayanRecords. 1. AMM have never been well-known to the general public, but have been, in their own way, hugely influential on several generations of adventurous musicians. AMM has been called "legendary" and "groundbreaking." They are notable as the perhaps the first musical group to deliberately try to make music not related to any established musical genre: as Michael Nyman wrote, "AMM seem to have worked without the benefit or hindrance of any kind of prepared external discipline." In a 2001 interview, founding member Keith Rowe was asked if "AMM" was an abbreviation; he replied, "The letters AMM stand for something, but as you probably know it's a secret!" There is an unconfirmed story that one of the group's members told John Stevens, in a confidence that Stevens failed to keep, that the letters stood for Art, Music, Madness. AMM was initially composed of Keith Rowe on guitar, Lou Gare on saxophone and Eddie Prévost on drums. Rowe and Gare were members of Mike Westbrook's band; Prevost and Gare were also in a hard bop jazz quintet. The three men shared a common interest in exploring music beyond the boundaries of conventional jazz, as part of a larger movement that helped spawn European free jazz and free improvisation. No AMM performance was ever planned; each was unique and spontaneous. The musicians tended to avoid any conventional melody, harmony or rhythm, and further sought an ensemble sound that often obscured any individual's role. It was, and remains, sometimes difficult to discern which musical instrument is making which specific sound on an AMM recording, due in part to liberal use of various extended techniques. Prévost has written, "The player could, at times, share a timeless immersion in a world of sound, while simultaneously being free to pursue their individual paths. It was not uncommon for the musician to wonder who or what was producing a particular sound, stop playing, and discover it was he himself who had been responsible." Members of the group have come and gone over the years, but Rowe and Prevost have usually been present for most recordings and performances; the latter has been the only constant in the nearly four decades of AMM music. AMM released their first recording, AMMusic 1966, on Electra Records UK in 1966. With this release, there were some initial similarities to free jazz, due in part to Gare's saxophone. One critic has written, however, that the resemblance was rather slight: "the overall sound of the group, even in 1966, was so different, so idiosyncratic, that it's not at all surprising that both new jazz and contemporary classical audiences were baffled, if not horrified." Lawrence Shaeff played with the early AMM; he had been a jazz bassist, but on AMMMusic, he played cello, accordion and other instruments. Percussionist Christopher Hobbs (a student of Cardew) also played with AMM in the late 1960s. The next AMM material to see release were the important The Crypt sessions from June 12, 1968. Further "out" and even less conventional than earlier material, one critic has written "An eerie sensation inevitably accompanies each listen to the raw streams of electric noise channeled on AMM’s second album and early masterpiece, The Crypt. To ears informed by the twenty-first century, it’s the uncanny feeling of listening to three-and-a-half decades of experimental music history as delivered in a chillingly prescient sort of reverse premonition... It’s a little unnerving that the only records that seem to accurately describe the brave new soundworld harnessed on The Crypt came into being well after its creation." The Crypt sessions have been issued multiple times; twice in the 1980s as a double LP, and it is now available (with extra material, billed as "The Complete Sessions") on a double CD from Matchless Recordings. The Crypt continues to inspire adventurous listeners; in the liner notes to the 1992 double CD, Prévost writes, "Despite being (arguably) the most ‘difficult’ material on Matchless, The Crypt has been a mainstay for the label. It obviously pays not to underestimate the audience. Its continued success has enabled us to release other works. So we felt committed, obliged almost, to keep it available... this music has proved itself not to be ephemeral." Composer Cornelius Cardew joined AMM in 1966, performing on piano and cello. He worked with AMM intermittently until his death in 1981. Composer Christian Wolff performed with AMM in 1968. Cardew and Rowe became enamored of socialism and Maoist philosophies, and thought that AMM's music should reflect their sociopolitical outlook (Prevost accuses the pair of "cultural bullying"). This generated some tension in the group, which resulted in some AMM performances being made by alternating duos: Rowe and Cardew, Prevost and Gare. AMM Myspace http://www.myspace.com/ammtheband Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.