| Incus Records | |
| Founder: | Derek Bailey Tony Oxley Evan Parker |
| Genre: | Free jazz, free improvisation |
| Country: | UK |
| Location: | London, England |
Incus Records is a British record company and label founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters that specializes in free jazz and improvised music.[1] [2]
The first release on the label was Incus Number 0 (zero), a 7 “ record with AMM LIVE, after that came Incus Number 1, The Topography of the Lungs, recorded by Bailey, Parker, and percussionist Han Bennink in 1970. Walters and Oxley left the label shortly after its founding, after which it continued as a partnership between Bailey and Parker until a falling-out between the two men in the mid-1980s. Parker left in 1987. Bailey continued the label with Karen Brookman until his death in 2005. Its first CD release was CYRO, a duo recording of Bailey and percussionist Cyro Baptista. In later years the label has issued videos and limited-edition CDRs intended largely for friends and faithful collectors. It relaunched with a new website and a full catalogue in early 2009.
Aside from recordings by Bailey and Parker (who also produced), the Incus catalogue includes the work of Barry Guy, Howard Riley, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Lacy, and John Zorn.
At various times since 1985, Incus Records sponsored festivals of improvised music in London.[3]
| Catalog No. | Artist | Album | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incus 1 | , Derek Bailey, Han Bennink | The Topography of the Lungs | Subsequently released with two bonus tracks on CD on the Psi label credited to Evan Parker | |
| Incus 2 | Solo Guitar | A revised version of this album, with alternative improvisations, was released as Solo (Incus 2R) in 1978. A CD version, incorporating improvisations from the original and revised LPs was released in 1993 | ||
| Incus 3/4 | , Derek Bailey, Barry Guy | Iskra 1903 | An expanded three-CD set comprising the music on this double LP plus 10 bonus tracks was released on Emanem as Chapter One 1970-1972 in 2000 | |
| Incus 5 | , Paul Lytton | Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) | Released on CD in 2002 on the Psi label | |
| Incus 6/7 | /The London Jazz Composer's Orchestra | Ode | Released on CD in 1996 on Intakt Records | |
| Incus 8 | Tony Oxley | |||
| Incus 9 | , Han Bennink | Derek Bailey & Han Bennink | ||
| Incus 10 | Song for Someone | Released on CD in 2004 on the Psi label | ||
| Incus 11 | Balance | Balance | Radu Malfatti, Ian Brighton, Phil Wachsmann, Colin Wood, Frank Perry | |
| Incus 12 | Lot 74: Solo Improvisations | Released on CD by Incus in 2009 | ||
| Incus 13 | Synopsis | Released on CD by Emanem in 2000 with one bonus track | ||
| Incus 14 | , Paul Lytton | At the Unity Theatre | Released on CD with bonus tracks on Psi in 2003 | |
| Incus 15 | , Nigel Coombes, John Russell, Dave Solomon, Garry Todd | Teatime | Released on CD on the Emanem label in 2009 | |
| Incus 16 | , Derek Bailey | The London Concert | Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London. Released on CD, with bonus tracks, on Psi in 2005 | |
| Incus 17 | , Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies, Jamie Muir | The Music Improvisation Company 1968-1971 | Released by Incus on CD in 1992 | |
| Incus 18 | February Papers | |||
| Incus 19 | Saxophone Solos | Released by Psi on CD in 2009 | ||
| Incus 20 | , Tristan Honsinger | Duo | ||
| Incus 21 | Company | Company I | , Evan Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Maarten Altena | |
| Incus 22 | , | Statements V-XI: For Double Bass and Violone | ||
| Incus 23 | Company | Company 2 | , Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker | |
| Incus 24 | Spontaneous Music Ensemble | Biosystem | , Roger Smith, Nigel Coombes, Colin Wood | |
| Incus 25 | Company | Company 3 | , Han Bennink | |
| Incus 26 | Company | Company 4 | , Steve Lacy | |
| Incus 27 | Monoceros | Released on CD in 1999 on Chronoscope | ||
| Incus 28 | Company | Company 5 | , Leo Smith, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, Tristan Honsinger, Maarten Altena | |
| Incus 29 | Company | Company 6 | , Leo Smith, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, Lol Coxhill, Steve Lacy, Steve Beresford, Tristan Honsinger, Maarten Altena, Han Bennink | |
| Incus 30 | Company | Company 7 | , Leo Smith, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, Lol Coxhill, Steve Lacy, Steve Beresford, Tristan Honsinger, Maarten Altena, Han Bennink | |
| Incus 31 | /Richard Coldman | Home Cooking/Guitar Solos | split album | |
| Incus 32 | , Roger Turner | Sunday Best | ||
| Incus 33 | , Paul Burwell, Hugh Davies, Max Eastley, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Annabel Nicolson, Evan Parker | Circadian Rhythm | ||
| Incus 34 | , Tony Coe | Time | ||
| Incus 35 | , George E. Lewis | From Saxophone & Trombone | ||
| Incus 36 | Company | Fables | , Dave Holland, George Lewis, Evan Parker | |
| Incus 37 | Various Artists | Pisa 1980 Improvisors' Symposium | & George Lewis/Maarten Altena & Derek Bailey/Barry Guy, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Evan Parker & Phil Wachsmann/Maarten Altena, Barry Guy, George Lewis, Paul Rutherford & Giancarlo Schiaffini | |
| Incus 38 | Company | Fictions | , Steve Beresford, Lol Coxhill, Ian Croall, Misha Mengelberg | |
| Incus 39 | Six of One | |||
| Incus 40 | Aida | Released on CD in 1996 on Dexter's Cigar | ||
| Incus 41 | , Jamie Muir | Dart Drug | ||
| Incus 42 | , Barry Guy, Paul Lytton | Tracks | ||
| Incus 43 | , Anthony Braxton | Royal Volume 1 | ||
| Incus 45 | , George Lewis, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton | Hook, Drift & Shuffle | ||
| Incus 46/47 | Company | Epiphany | , George Lewis, Akio Suzuki, Phil Wachsmann, Ursula Oppens, Fred Frith, Julie Tippetts, Anne LeBaron, Moto Yoshizawa | |
| Incus 48 | Notes | |||
| Incus 49 | The Snake Decides | Released on CD on Psi in 2003 | ||
| Incus 50 | , Evan Parker | Compatibles | ||
| Incus 51 | Company | Trios | , John Corbett, Vinko Globokar, Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmann, J. D. Parran, Ernst Reyseger, Joëlle Léandre, Jamie Muir, Hugh Davies | |
| Incus 52 | , Alex Maguire | Live at Oscars | ||
| Incus CD01 | , Cyro Baptista | Cyro | ||
| Incus CD02 | , Han Bennink | Han | ||
| Incus CD03 | , Greg Kingston, Matt Lewis | Original Gravity | ||
| Incus CD04 | Company | Once | , Lee Konitz, Richard Teitelbaum, Carlos Zingaro, Tristan Honsinger, Barre Phillips, Steve Noble | |
| Incus CD05 | , Barre Phillips | Figuring | ||
| Incus CD06 | , Alex Ward | Ya Boo, Reel & Rumble | ||
| Incus CD07 | Company | Company 6 & 7 | Compilation of tracks from Incus 29 and Incus 30 | |
| Incus CD8 | , Steve Noble, Paul Rogers | Bigshots | ||
| Incus CD9 | , Thebe Lipere, Louis Moholo | Village Life | ||
| Incus CD10 | Solo Guitar Volume 1 | Reissue of Incus LP 2 and Incus LP 2R | ||
| Incus CD11 | Solo Guitar Volume 2 | |||
| Incus CD12 | , Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies, Jamie Muir | The Music Improvisation Company 1968-1971 | Reissue of Incus 17 | |
| Incus CD13 | Shaking Ray Levis | False Prophets or Dang Good Guessers! | ||
| Incus CD14 | , Derek Bailey | Playing | ||
| Incus CD15 | The Tony Oxley Quartet | |||
| Incus CD16 | Company | Company 91 Volume 1 | ||
| Incus CD17 | Company | Company 91 Volume 2 | ||
| Incus CD18 | Company | Company 91 Volume 3 | ||
| Incus CD19 | , Derek Bailey | Dart Drug | Reissue of Incus 41 | |
| Incus CD20 | , Fred Frith | The Art of Memory | ||
| Incus CD21 | , Vanessa Mackness | Respiritus | ||
| Incus CD22 | , Kent Carter, Derek Bailey | One Time | ||
| Incus CD23 | , John Zorn | In Memory of Nikki Arane | ||
| Incus CD24 | , Neil Metcalfe | S&M | ||
| Incus CD25 | , Stefan Jaworzyn | In a Sentimental Mood | ||
| Incus CD26 | , John Oswald | Improvised Vancouver | ||
| Incus CD27 | , Dennis Palmer, Bob Stagner, Roger Turner | Short in the U.K. | ||
| Incus CD28 | , John Butcher, Oren Marshall | Trio Playing | ||
| Incus CD29/30 | , Tony Oxley | Soho Suites | ||
| Incus CD31 | Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances | |||
| Incus CD32 | , Bertram Turetzky | Conversations | ||
| Incus CD33 | , Alan Wilkinson, Simon H. Fell, Joe Morris | Registered Firm | ||
| Incus CD34 | , Han Bennink | Post Improvisation 1: When We're Smiling | ||
| Incus CD35 | , Han Bennink | Post Improvisation 2: Air Mail Special | ||
| Incus CD36 | , Susie Ibarra | Daedal | ||
| Incus CD37 | , Alex Ward | LOCationAL | ||
| Incus CD38 | , Jim O'Rourke | Xylophonen Virtuosen | ||
| Incus CD39 | Joseph Holbrooke | Joseph Holbrook '98 | , Gavin Bryars, Tony Oxley | |
| Incus CD40 | , Keiji Haino | Songs | ||
| Incus CD41 | Company | Company 5 | Reissue of Incus 28 | |
| Incus CD42/43 | Company | Epiphany | Reissue of Incus 46/47 | |
| Incus CD44/45 | Company | Company in Marseille | , Rhodri Davies, Simon H. Fell, Will Gaines, Mark Wastell | |
| Incus CD46 | Acoustic Guitar Trio | Acoustic Guitar Trio | , Jim McAuley, Rod Poole | |
| Incus CD47 | , John Edwards, Alex Ward | False Face Society | ||
| Incus CD48/49 | New Sights, Old Sounds | |||
| Incus CD50 | , Min Xiao-Fen | Flying Dragons | ||
| Incus CD51 | , Julian Kytasty, Roger Turner, Alan Wilkinson | Duos, London 2001 | ||
| Incus CD52 | , Susie Ibarra | BIDS | ||
| Incus CD53 | , Tristan Honsinger | Tristan (Duo) | ||
| Incus CD54 | , Ingar Zach | Seven | ||
| Incus CD55 | Rappin & Tappin | |||
| Incus CD56 | Limescale | Limescale | ||
| Incus CD57 | Lot 74 | Reissue of Incus 12 | ||
| Incus CD58 | , Agustí Fernández | A Silent Dance | ||
| Incus CD59 | The Ducks Palace | |||
| Incus CD60 | More 74 | |||
| Incus CD61 | , Alex Ward | Old Sights, New Sounds | ||
| Incus CD62 | Concert in Milwaukee | |||
| Incus CD63 | , Derek Bailey, Paul Rutherford, Pat Thomas, Matt Wand, Phillip Wachsmann, Ian Brighton |