Avant Records

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Parent company DIW, Disk Union Distributor(s) Koch Founder John Zorn Country of origin Japan		Status Defunct Parent organization DIW Records Founded 1992 Defunct 1995
Genre Jazz, improvised music, experimental music Artists John Zorn, Naked City, Blind Idiot God, Marc Ribot, Jamie Saft

Avant Records was a record label based in Japan that specialized in avant-garde jazz and experimental music. The label was started in 1992 by John Zorn, a composer and saxophonist, as an offshoot of DIW Records. Some 80 albums were released on Avant before Zorn started Tzadik Records in 1995.

Discography

Avan 001: Naked City – Heretic

Avan 002: Naked City – Grand Guignol

Avan 003: Naked City – Radio

Avan 004: Naked City – Absinthe

Avan 005: Various Artists – In His Own Sweet Way: A Tribute to Dave Brubeck

Avan 006: DNA – DNA (Last Live at CBGB's)

Avan 007: Buckethead – Bucketheadland

Avan 008: Fushitsusha – Allegorical Misunderstanding

Avan 009: Anton Fier – Dreamspeed

Avan 010: Blind Idiot God – Cyclotron

Avan 011: Anthony Coleman – Disco by Night

Avan 012: Peter Garland – Nana & Victorio

Avan 013: David Shea – Shock Corridor

Avan 014: George Lewis – Voyager

Avan 015: Lee Hyla – In Double Light

Avan 016: John Oswald – Plexure

Avan 017: Rough Assemblage – Construction and Demolition

Avan 018: Zeena Parkins – Isabelle

Avan 019: Dave Soldier – SMUT

Avan 020: David Weinstein – Perfume

Avan 021: Min Xiaofen – With Six Composers

Avan 022: Stephen Drury – Faith, The Loss of Faith, and the Return of Faith

Avan 023: Romero Lubambo – Lubambo

Avan 024: John French – O Solo Drumbo

Avan 025: Naked City – Radio, Vol. 2 (Never Recorded)

Avan 026: Boredoms – Wow 2

Avan 027: Pigpen – V as in Victim

Avan 028: James Plotkin – The Joy of Disease

Avan 029: Cake Like – Delicious

Avan 030: Ikue Mori – Painted Desert

Avan 031: Various – Disco Bhangra: Wedding Bands From Rajasthan

Avan 032: God Is My Co-Pilot – Mir Shlufn Nisht

Avan 033: Marc Ribot – Shrek

Avan 034: Z'EV – Heads & Tales

Avan 035: Ben Goldberg – Twelve Minor

Avan 036: Bobby Previte's Empty Suits – Slay the Suitors

Avan 037: Phillip Johnston's Big Trouble – The Unknown

Avan 038: Misha Mengelberg Trio – Who's Bridge

Avan 039: Steve Beresford – Signals for Tea

Avan 040: Duck Baker – Spinning Song: Duck Baker Plays the Music of Herbie Nichols

Avan 041: Bob Ostertag – Fear No Love

Avan 042: Chris Cochrane – Bath

Avan 043: Weird Little Boy – Weird Little Boy

Avan 044: Eugene Chadbourne – Pain Pen

Avan 045: Jenny Scheinman Quartet – Live at Yoshi's

Avan 046: Liu Sola & Wu Man – China Collage

Avan 047: Smarnamisa! – Resia Valley Music

Avan 048: Andy Haas – Arnhem Land

Avan 049: Makigami Koichi – John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94

Avan 050: Derek Bailey & Min Xiao–Fen – Viper

Avan 051: Dim Sum Clip Job – Harmolodic Jeopardy

Avan 052: Jad Fair & The Shapir–O'Rama – We Are The Rage

Avan 053: Prelapse – Prelapse

Avan 054: Pieces – I Need 5 Minutes Alone

Avan 055: Larval – Larval

Avan 056: Derek Bailey/John Zorn/William Parker – Harras

Avan 057: Erik Friedlander – Chimera

Avan 058: Arcado String Trio – Live in Europe

Avan 059: Joey Baron & Barondown – Crackshot

Avan 060: Derek Bailey – Guitar, Drums N Bass

Avan 061: Cyro Baptista – Vira Loucos

Avan 062: Drums of Death

Avan 063: Bernard Woma – Live at the Pito Bar

Avan 064: Abdulai Bangoura – Sigiri

Avan 065: Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier – Music for Violin and Piano

Avan 066: Dave Douglas – Sanctuary

Avan 067: Joe Maneri – Paniots Nine

Avan 068: Jamie Saft/Cuong Vu – Ragged Jack

Avan 069: Bruce Ackley – The Hearing

Avan 070: Marie McAuliffe – Plays the Music of Burt Bacharach

Avan 071: Whistling Hangmen – Barhopping

Avan 072: Alva – Fair-Haired Guilletine

Avan 073: EasSide Percussion – ESP

Avan 074: Keiji Haino– An Unclear Trial: More Than This

Avan 075: Dragon Blue – Hades Park

Avan 076: Dying Ground – Dying Ground

Avan 077: David Watson – Skirl

Avan 078: Harriet Tubman – Prototype

Avan 079: Vivian Sisters – Vivian Sisters

Avan 080: Wayne Horvitz Four Plus One Ensemble – From a Window

Avan 081: Bill Laswell vs. Submerged – Brutal Calling

References

Avant Records Wikipedia

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