Confront is a label founded in 1996 and run by English cellist Mark Wastell.
The guideline is to realize a catalogue containing performances recorded in various places acoustically suitable to support the musicians, or live concerts.
During over twenty years since its birth many important artists of free improvisation music scene got involved in this project.
Year of birth: 1996
Founder: Mark Wastell
Area: free improvisation, avant-garde, experimental
Mail:
info@sound323.com
Catalogue:
Collision Duo - Refraction
Mark Wastell: cello, preparations, percussion
Nick Smith: violin, preparations, voice, percussion
Cat. #: Front 01
Format: Cassette
Release date: 1996
Notes: Recorded at St Mary's Church, Great Baddow, on 8 May and 24 June 1996
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Scant - Scant
Cat. #: Front 02
Format: cassette
Release date:
Notes:
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Spook - Spook
Richard Sanderson: amplified objects, sampling, percussion
Graham Halliwell: alto saxophone
Kev Hopper: electric bass
Dave Pullin: soprano saxophone, clarinet
Cat. #: Front 03
Format: Cassette
Release date: 1997
Notes: Recorded at the Clubroom, London, in February 1997
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IST - Consequences (Of Time And Place)
Rhodri Davies: harp
Simon Fell: double bass
Mark Wastell: cello
Cat. #: Front 04
Format: Cassette
Release date: 1997
Notes: Recorded at the Natural Music Club, Priory Arms, Stockwell, on 9 April 1997
Cat. #: CCS25
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2014
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Chris Burn / Rhodri Davies / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell - Assumed Possibilities
Chris Burn: piano
Rhodri Davies: harp
Phil Durrant: violin
Mark Wastell: cello
Cat. #: Front 05
Format: CD
Release date: 1998
Notes: Recorded in London, on 25 January 1998
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Beins / Davies / Wastell - The Sealed Knot
Burkhard Beins: percussion
Rhodri Davies: harp
Mark Wastell: cello
Cat. #: Front 06
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2000
Notes: Recorded on 14 April 2000 at St Michael and All Angels Church, West London - The London Preservation Series Volume One
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Matthew Davis / Rosa Muñoz - Mute Correspondence
Matthew Davis: trumpet
Rosa Muñoz: dance (tracks 1, 7, 9, 11)
Cat. #: Front 07
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2000
Notes: Tracks 1, 7, 9, 11 recorded in Salamandra Dance Studios, Barcelona in October 2000; tracks 2 adn 8 were recorded in Villavecchia Studios, Barcelona in September 2000; tracks 3 and 5 were recorded in London in August 2000; track 6 recorded in Cap de Creus, Catalunya in June 2000
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Nikos Veliotis - β
Nikos Veliotis: cello
Cat. #: Front 08
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2001
Notes: Recorded March/April 2001 in Athens and Volos, Greece
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Phil Durrant / Matt Davis / Mark Wastell - Durrant / Davis / Wastell
Phil Durrant: violin
Matt Davis: trumpet
Mark Wastell: cello
Cat. #: Front 09
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2000
Notes: Recorded at St Michael and All Angels Church, London, in August 2000 - London Preservation Series
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Rhodri Davies / Alessandra Rombola / Matt Davis / Mark Wastell - Davies / Rombola / Davis / Wastell
Rhodri Davies: harp
Alessandra Rombola: flutes
Matt Davis: trumpet
Mark Wastell: cello
Cat. #: Front 10
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2000
Notes: Recorded at St Michael and All Angels Church, London, in March 2000 - London Preservation Series
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Rhodri Davies - Trem
Rhodri Davies: harp, percussion, tape
Cat. #: Confront 11
Format: CD Release date: 2002
Notes: Recorded at St Michael and All Angels Church, London: tracks 1 and 2 on 10 May 2001; tracks 4 and 6 on 22 November 2001 and other tracks on 7 December 2001
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Tetuzi Akiyama / Toshimaru Nakamura / Taku Sugimoto / Mark Wastell - Foldings
Tetuzi Akiyama: turntable, air duster
Toshimaru Nakamura: no-input mixing board
Taku Sugimoto: acoustic guitar, preparations
Mark Wastell: cello, preparations, contact mic, amplifier
Cat. #: Confront 12
Format: CD
Release date: 2003
Notes: Recorded at Offsite, Yoyogi, Tokyo on 19 January 2002
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Nikos Veliotis - Radial
Nikos Veliotis: cello
Cat. #: Confront 13
Format: CD
Release date: 2004
Notes: Recorded on 1 June 2003 at Lego Studio, Athens, Greece
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Akio Suzuki / David Toop - Breath Taking
Akio Suzuki: kikkokikiriki, stone flute, small stones, pan pipes, silent toy
David Toop: flutes, bone whistle, dog whistle, stones, whistling pot, organic materials, feedback devices
Cat. #: Confront 14
Format: CD
Release date: 2004
Notes: Recorded on 15 March 2003 at Sound 323, London
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Jamie Saunders - #[unassigned]
Andrew Sparling: clarinet
Anton Lukoszevieze: cello
Cat. #: Confront 15
Format: 2xCD
Release date: 2007
Notes: Recorded by John Lely at Goldsmiths College, 6 April 2006
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Rhodri Davies - Over Shadows
Rhodri Davies: harp, ebow
Cat. #: Confront 16
Format: CD
Release date: 2007
Notes: Recorded January 2004 at the Old School, Bracon Ash, Norfolk
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John Butcher - Resonant Spaces
John Butcher: saxophones - acoustic / amplified / feedback
Cat. #: Confront 17
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
Notes: Recorded by Ruari Cormack in Scotland and Orkney, June 2006
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David Lacey / Paul Vogel / Mark Wastell - Live Concert From The I-And-E Festival 1 April 2006
Paul Vogel: computer, clarinet
Mark Wastell: cymbal, electronics
David Lacey: percussion, monochord
Cat. #: cps 01
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2006
Notes: Recorded at the Unitarian Church, Dublin, Ireland
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Keith Rowe / Mark Wastell - Untitled
Keith Rowe: guitar, electronics
Mark Wastell: electronics
Cat. #: cps 02
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2006
Notes: Live concert from i-and-e festival 31 march 2006 recorded at the printing house, Dublin, Ireland
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The Sealed Knot - The Sealed Knot
Mark Wastell: double bass
Rhodri Davies: harp
Burkhard Beins: percussion
Cat. #: cps 03
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2007
Notes: Recorded live in concert at the Red Hedgehog, Archway, London, 29 October 2006
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Confront Collectors Series
The Sealed Knot - Unwanted Object
Burkhard Beins: percussion
Rhodri Davies: harp
Mark Wastell: double bass
Cat. #: CCS1
Format: CD
Release date: 2004
Notes: Recorded 2004 at the old school
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The Scotch Of St. James - Live At AMPLIFY 2004: Addition
Tim Barnes: prepared (snare) drum, amplification
Mark Wastell: amplified textures, tuned metal
Cat. #: CCS2
Format: CD
Release date: 2005
Notes: Recorded on 17 May 2004 at Labor Sonor, Berlin
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Martin Küchen - Music From One Of The Provinces In The Empire
Martin Küchen: prepared alto and soprano saxophones
Cat. #: CCS3
Format: CD
Release date: 2004
Notes: Recorded on 11 March and 6 April 2004 at Fylkingen, Sweden
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Graham Halliwell - Recorded Delivery
Graham Halliwell: saxophone feedback
Rhodri Davies: ebow harp (track 1)
Steve Roden: resonantlighttones (track 2)
Mark Wastell: tam-tam (track 3)
Cat. #: CCS4
Format: CD
Release date: 2005
Notes: Track 1 recorded in July 2002 and July 2004; track 2 recorded by Steve Roden in 1999 with additional revisited parts by GH in April 2003; track 3 recorded in October 2004
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IST - Lodi
Mark Wastell: cello
Simon H. Fell: double Bass
Rhodri Davies: harp
Cat. #: CCS5
Format: CD
Release date: 2005
Notes: Recorded live in concert at Contemporaneamente 2002 Tempio Civico Dell'Incoronata, Lodi, Italy
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Traw / Rhodri Davies - Cwymp Y Dwr Ar Ganol Dydd
Rhodri Davies: harp, electronics, accelerometer
Richard Llewellyn, Owen Martell, Simon Proffitt: real-time sampling and processing
Cat. #: CCS6
Format: CD
Release date: 2006
Notes: Recorded in Cardiff on 12 July 2005
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Nos Phillipé - Ssh... Camille
Robert Hopps: prepared guitar, electronics
Jonathan Webb: turntable, electronics
Cat. #: CCS7
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
Notes: Recorded in Hackney, London on September 4, 2007
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Graham Halliwell & Lee Patterson - Terrain
Lee Patterson: amplified objects
Graham Halliwell: software based saxophone feedback and electronics
Cat. #: CCS8
Format: CD
Release date: 2008
Notes: Recorded in North Norfolk, Summer 2006
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Barry Chabala - An Unrhymed Chord (For 25 Acoustic Guitars)
Barry Chabala: guitar
Cat. #: CCS9
Format: CD-R
Release date: 10/2009
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Oceans Of Silver And Blood - Live At Cafe Oto
Joachim Nordwall: electronics
Mark Wastell: tam-tam
Cat. #: CCS10
Format: CD-R
Release date: 04/2009
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Jonathan McHugh & Mark Wastell - Hydriotaphia
Jonathan McHugh: ARP 2600, mixing desk
Mark Wastell: 32" Paiste tam tam
Cat. #: CCS11
Format: CD-R
Release date: 03/2010
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Keith Rowe & Mark Wastell - Live At I-and-E
Keith Rowe: guitar, electronics
Mark Wastell: electronics
Cat. #: CCS12
Format: CD-R
Release date: 03/2010
Notes: reissue of cps 02
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The Sealed Knot - Live At The Red Hedgehog
Rhodri Davies: harp
Mark Wastell: double bass
Burkhard Beins: percussion
Cat. #: CCS13
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2006
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Zachary James Watkins - Suite For String Quartet
Martin Smith: cello
Zachary James Watkins: electronics
Miriam Götting: viola
Gerhard Uebele: violin
Johnny Chang: violin
Cat. #: CCS14
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2010
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Joachim Nordwall - Concert
Cat. #: CCS15
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2011
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Matt Davis & Mark Wastell - Derby 11.05.2002 / Liverpool 10.05.2002
Matt Davis: electronics
Mark Wastell: electronics
Cat. #: CCS16
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2011
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The Sealed Knot - Live At Cafe Oto
Rhodri Davies: harp & electronics
Burkhard Beins: percussion & electronics
Mark Wastell: tam tam & electronics
Cat. #: CCS17
Format: CD
Release date: 2013
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IST - Berlin
Rhodri Davies: harp
Mark Wastell: violoncello
Simon H. Fell: double bass
Cat. #: CCS18
Format: CD-R
Release date: 06/2013
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Oceans Of Silver & Blood - Oceans Of Silver & Blood
Joachim Nordwall: roland s100 modular synth
Mark Wastell: 32" paiste tam tam
Cat. #: CCS19
Format: CD-R
Release date: 06/2013
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The Sealed Knot - Surface/Plane
Rhodri Davies: harp
Mark Wastell: cello
Burkhard Beins: percussion
Cat. #: CCS20
Format: CD-R
Release date: 07/2013
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Derek Bailey & Simon H. Fell - The Complete 15th August 2001
Derek Bailey: acoustic guitar
Simon H. Fell: double bass
Cat. #: CCS22
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2013
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IST - Consequences (Of Time And Place)
Mark Wastell: cello
Simon H. Fell: double bass
Rhodri Davies: harp
Cat. #: CCS25
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2014
Notes: reissue
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Angharad Davies - Six Studies
Angharad Davies: acoustic violin, preparations
Cat. #: CCS26
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2014
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Martin Kuchen - ... And Everything Inside Came Down As Dust
Martin Küchen: saxophones, preparations
Cat. #: CCS27
Format: CD-R
Release date: 05/2014
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BEFOREHAND - Live At Hundred Years Gallery
Mark Wastell: electronics, singing bowls, sruti box
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga: zither
Cat. #: CCS28
Format: CD-R
Release date: 05/2014
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Ray Brassier & Mattin - Unfree Improvisation/Compulsive Freedom
Cat. #: CCS29
Format: CD-R
Release date: 07/2014
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Mark Browne - Genial Decay
Cat. #: CCS30
Format: CD-R
Release date: 06/2014
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Jöelle Léandre & Michael Duch - (Live At) Gråmølna
Jöelle Léandre: double bass & voice
Michael Duch: double bass
Cat. #: CCS31
Format: CD-R
Release date: 07/2014
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Joacim Nyberg - Fylkingen, March 27, 2014
Joacim Nyberg: acoustic guitar, double bass, bell & recorder
Cat. #: CCS32
Format: CD-R
Release date: 10/2014
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Patrick Shiroishi - White Sun Sutra
Patrick Shiroishi: alto saxophone, effects, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone & voice
Cat. #: CCS33
Format: CD-R
Release date: 10/2014
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IST - London: Conway Hall
Rhodri Davies: harp
Simon H. Fell: double bass
Mark Wastell: violoncello
Cat. #: CCS34
Format: CD-R
Release date: 10/2014
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Jason Kahn & Phil Julian - Valentines
Phil Julian: synthesizer, computer
Jason Kahn: synthesizer, electronics
Cat. #: CCS35
Format: CD-R
Release date: 10/2014
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IST - New York [Featuring John Zorn]
Rhodri Davies: harp
Mark Wastell: violoncello
Simon H. Fell: double bass
John Zorn: alto sax (track 6)
Cat. #: CCS40
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2015
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