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Avant-garde music is a boundary-pushing genre defined less by a fixed sound than by a refusal to follow inherited rules. It treats composition as experimentation: fractured rhythms, abrupt shifts in texture, extended instrumental techniques, unconventional tunings, noise and silence used as structure, and dense, often disorienting timbral detail. Pieces may feel like sound sculptures—collages of acoustic and electronic sources, microtonal clusters, and physical, high-intensity performance—favoring process, atmosphere, and surprise over melody-and-chorus familiarity. Avant-garde can be austere or playful, but it consistently asks listeners to hear music as an open laboratory.

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October 22, 2026

GPT
Chino & Nacho•
Chyno Miranda•
Nacho•
Jhey Pi
1 tracks
October 17

Szklane Domy (i choćbym miał)
Krupek
1 tracks
October 16

Botticelli
Banshee
1 tracks
October 16

hiki ho fuka
etu
1 tracks
October 16

Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen pour deux pianos: V. Amen des Anges, des Saints, du chant des oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen•
Roger Muraro
1 tracks
October 16

Mushroom Cathedral
Roberto Di Gioia•
Tim Lefebvre
1 tracks
October 16

BITING BULLETS
Tkandz
1 tracks
October 16

WHACK'S MUSEUM (DELUXE)
Tierra Whack
19 tracks
October 16

Коко Джамбо
Kiliana
1 tracks
October 16

Тайный город
Icegergert
1 tracks
October 16

"Butterfly" - Fluttering Through the Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Adolphe Adam•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Goedicke•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alexander Tcherepnin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Henry Purcell•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
Robert Schumann•
Vladimir Cosma•
William Byrd•
William Walton•
Witold Lutosławski
193 tracks
October 16

Feel Good Inc.
PACANI•
LexMorris•
Nito-Onna•
Deep Mage
1 tracks
October 16

Be My Love
DNDM•
Umar Keyn
1 tracks
October 16

Great Concertos for Violin
Itzhak Perlman•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christian Sinding•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Henri Vieuxtemps•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Max Bruch•
Niccolò Paganini•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Oskar Rieding•
Pablo de Sarasate•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
87 tracks
October 16

Milhaud: Élégie, Op. 251 (Arr. For Cello & Piano)
Darius Milhaud•
Laura van der Heijden•
Jâms Coleman
1 tracks
October 16

Silvestrov: 5 Pieces: No. 1, Elegie
Valentin Silvestrov•
Daniel Hope
1 tracks
October 16

"Butterfly" - Fluttering Through the Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Adolphe Adam•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Goedicke•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alexander Tcherepnin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Henry Purcell•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
Robert Schumann•
Vladimir Cosma•
William Byrd•
William Walton•
Witold Lutosławski
193 tracks
October 16

Daylight
Sugar Jesus•
XAMIL•
Dani Doucette
1 tracks
October 16

Doom and the Dooms
Oliver Leith•
12 Ensemble•
Sean Shibe•
GBSR Duo•
PJ Harvey
10 tracks
October 16

Kekuri Ta' Bukutanku
Sofie
1 tracks
October 16

Silvestrov: 5 Pieces: No. 1, Elegie
Valentin Silvestrov•
Daniel Hope
1 tracks
October 16

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, GMW 46 "Tragic" (Arr. for Piano 4 Hands by Alexander von Zemlinsky)
Gustav Mahler•
Inna Faliks•
Daniel Schlosberg
4 tracks
October 16

look who's back
lumisoun
3 tracks
October 16

BTA
GELO
1 tracks
October 16

Rain
Ryuichi Sakamoto•
Bang On A Can All-Stars
1 tracks
October 15

Siguiendo Tus Huellas
DFZM•
Kénsel Tell Them
1 tracks
October 15

LIVE AND LEARN, Vol. 2
Batondy
5 tracks
October 15

UNTERGRUND
PA Sports•
Mucco
3 tracks
October 15

Grit Beats - Garage Swagger Rock
5SecondDecider
10 tracks
October 15

Irrevocably Changed
CHINCHILLA
3 tracks
October 14

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58, TH 28: I. Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto (Excerpt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León•
Thierry Fischer
1 tracks
October 14

high.1c
Dan Rosenboom•
Tim Lefebvre
1 tracks
October 14

Night Gang (Carl Stone Remix)
Tortoise•
Carl Stone
1 tracks
October 12

Verklärte Nacht: Adagio –
Arnold Schoenberg•
Australian Chamber Orchestra•
Richard Tognetti
1 tracks
October 10

Rzewski A Mensch
Frederic Rzewski•
Daan Vandewalle
36 tracks
October 10

Rzewski A Mensch
Frederic Rzewski•
Daan Vandewalle
36 tracks
October 9

Mind
Lesfm
1 tracks
October 9

Symphony No. 3, Op. 78: Iia. Allegro Moderato - Presto
Camille Saint-Saëns•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths•
Lukas Hasler•
Ariel Lanyi
3 tracks
October 9

Come Closer
Ampermut
1 tracks
October 9

Nevrosi sulle strade
Ennio Morricone
1 tracks

October 16, 2026

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, GMW 46 "Tragic" (Arr. for Piano 4 Hands by Alexander von Zemlinsky)
Gustav Mahler•
Inna Faliks•
Daniel Schlosberg
4 tracks
October 16

Doom and the Dooms
Oliver Leith•
12 Ensemble•
Sean Shibe•
GBSR Duo•
PJ Harvey
10 tracks
October 16

WHACK'S MUSEUM (DELUXE)
Tierra Whack
19 tracks
October 16

"Butterfly" - Fluttering Through the Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Adolphe Adam•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Goedicke•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alexander Tcherepnin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Henry Purcell•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
Robert Schumann•
Vladimir Cosma•
William Byrd•
William Walton•
Witold Lutosławski
193 tracks
October 16

"Butterfly" - Fluttering Through the Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Adolphe Adam•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Goedicke•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alexander Tcherepnin•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
Henry Purcell•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
Robert Schumann•
Vladimir Cosma•
William Byrd•
William Walton•
Witold Lutosławski
193 tracks
October 16

Great Concertos for Violin
Itzhak Perlman•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christian Sinding•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Henri Vieuxtemps•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Max Bruch•
Niccolò Paganini•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Oskar Rieding•
Pablo de Sarasate•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
87 tracks
October 15

LIVE AND LEARN, Vol. 2
Batondy
5 tracks
October 15

Grit Beats - Garage Swagger Rock
5SecondDecider
10 tracks
October 10

Rzewski A Mensch
Frederic Rzewski•
Daan Vandewalle
36 tracks
October 10

Rzewski A Mensch
Frederic Rzewski•
Daan Vandewalle
36 tracks
October 9

Schubert: Sonatas and Fantasy for Violin and Fortepiano
Franz Schubert•
Ilya Gringolts•
Anton Gerzenberg
15 tracks
October 9

Mahler: Lieder
Gustav Mahler•
Andrè Schuen•
Daniel Heide
15 tracks
October 9

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven•
François-Xavier Roth•
SWR Symphonieorchester
4 tracks
October 9

Mirage (Extended)
Marc André •
Antonín Dvořák•
Astor Piazzolla•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
César Franck•
Ennio Morricone•
Fritz Kreisler•
Gabriel Fauré•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Manuel de Falla•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Robert Schumann•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Vladimir Soltan
16 tracks
October 9

"Ah, vous dirai-je maman" - Variations on classical arias
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Anonymous•
Anton Webern•
Antonio Martín y Coll•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Orff•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Pierné•
George Frideric Handel•
György Kurtág•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Jeremiah Clarke•
Johann Joseph Fux•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
Joseph Haydn•
Karol Szymanowski•
Leo Brouwer•
Leonard Bernstein•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann
134 tracks
October 9

"Ah, vous dirai-je maman" - Variations on classical arias
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Anonymous•
Anton Webern•
Antonio Martín y Coll•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Orff•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Pierné•
George Frideric Handel•
György Kurtág•
Henry Purcell•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Jeremiah Clarke•
Johann Joseph Fux•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
Joseph Haydn•
Karol Szymanowski•
Leo Brouwer•
Leonard Bernstein•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann
134 tracks
October 9

LIVE AND LEARN, Vol. 1
Batondy
5 tracks
October 8

Life Tunes - Drama Piano
5SecondDecider
10 tracks
October 3

Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky: Bartók – Boulez
Aloys Kontarsky•
Béla Bartók•
Alfons Kontarsky•
Pierre Boulez
21 tracks
October 2

Mozart Horn Concertos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Ben Goldscheider•
Munich Chamber Orchestra
11 tracks

October 22, 2026

GPT
Chino & Nacho•
Chyno Miranda•
Nacho•
Jhey Pi
1 tracks
October 17

Szklane Domy (i choćbym miał)
Krupek
1 tracks
October 16

Milhaud: Élégie, Op. 251 (Arr. For Cello & Piano)
Darius Milhaud•
Laura van der Heijden•
Jâms Coleman
1 tracks
October 16

Silvestrov: 5 Pieces: No. 1, Elegie
Valentin Silvestrov•
Daniel Hope
1 tracks
October 16

Коко Джамбо
Kiliana
1 tracks
October 16

Feel Good Inc.
PACANI•
LexMorris•
Nito-Onna•
Deep Mage
1 tracks
October 16

BTA
GELO
1 tracks
October 16

BITING BULLETS
Tkandz
1 tracks
October 16

look who's back
lumisoun
3 tracks
October 16

Тайный город
Icegergert
1 tracks
October 16

Botticelli
Banshee
1 tracks
October 16

Mushroom Cathedral
Roberto Di Gioia•
Tim Lefebvre
1 tracks
October 16

Daylight
Sugar Jesus•
XAMIL•
Dani Doucette
1 tracks
October 16

Silvestrov: 5 Pieces: No. 1, Elegie
Valentin Silvestrov•
Daniel Hope
1 tracks
October 16

Be My Love
DNDM•
Umar Keyn
1 tracks
October 16

Kekuri Ta' Bukutanku
Sofie
1 tracks
October 16

hiki ho fuka
etu
1 tracks
October 16

Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen pour deux pianos: V. Amen des Anges, des Saints, du chant des oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen•
Roger Muraro
1 tracks
October 16

Rain
Ryuichi Sakamoto•
Bang On A Can All-Stars
1 tracks
October 15

UNTERGRUND
PA Sports•
Mucco
3 tracks