Right Brain Records Compilations
Hear RBR compilation albums on Bandcamp. Click an album cover or scroll down for details.
Xtempore 5 (bonus tracks)
Who doesn’t like a forgotten gem in the attic, lost change in the couch cushions, etc.? We had so many that we made a full album of bonus tracks from RBR artists. These 11 songs have been waiting for the light of day. They are now illuminated, published here for the first time. Listen here.
Xtempore 4
The journey continues with Xtempore 4, a compilation chronicling the wildly creative year, 2023. Thirteen tracks from 13 artists, sampling 13 RBR albums. Listen to the record here.
Click here to explore the album.
Contributing artists:
Wayne Horvitz, Tim Young, Dylan van der Schyff
Heikki Ruokangas, Landon George, Jouni Isoherranen
Cover art by JR Korpa (Unsplash)
Gitaristo Futura
Once upon a time the future was a place of infinite progress and optimism. Right Brain Records’ new compilation album aims to recapture that spirit. It’s called Gitaristo Futura and its theme is simple: We focus on the most familiar of instruments and ask, where will we go from here?
This record includes original instrumental tracks by 13 guitarists from all over the Earth: Austria, Italy, Basque Country, England, Argentina, Tasmania and distant corners of North America. Some pieces are electric, some acoustic and others barely recognizable as guitar. A bunch of our contributors are well-established, several have toured internationally, while others are emerging. Two things unite these innovative musicians: they sound uniquely like themselves, and their musical visions help all of us, their listeners, imagine new realities. Listen to the album here.
Click on a contributor to hear their track, see the backstory and link to their original music.
Xtempore 3 (long songs)
This album may be the first ever tribute to extended tracks. A compilation of pieces between 10 and 24 minutes in duration, it features eight artists and promises to take you on an expansive journey. Five of these tracks have not been previously released and three artists are new to RBR.
Read this blog entry to get the backstory.
Click here to explore the collection.
Here’s a list of contributing artists:
Cover art by JR Korpa (Unsplash).
Xtempore 2
Xtempore 2 is a report from the front lines of right brain music. It features tunes from seven albums released on RBR in 2021 plus three never-before released tracks. Click here to explore collection, or click an artist name to get more detail.
Heikki Ruokangas & Anne-Mari Kanniainen
Edge City Collective with Vickie Dodd
Amy Denio with Outlaw Space
Cover art by JR Korpa (Unsplash).
Guitar Improv Summit Vol. 2
This compilation album is the second volume of the Guitar Improv Summit series and a celebration of spontaneity featuring accomplished improvisers from all over. Click here to explore the collection or click below to hear individual tracks and read detailed credits.
Lucas Brode (New York)
The Low Mids (Colorado)
Guillaume Gargaud (France)
Electro Manifesto (Colorado)
Jim Matus (Massachusetts)
G. Calvin Weston & Max Ridgway (Oklahoma)
Bill Boethius & Dali’s Car (UK)
Heikki Ruokangas & Anne-Mari Kanniainen (Finland)
Joel Veena (India/Vermont)
Dave Draper (UK)
Lotus Lungs (Seattle)
“Three musicians developing a sonic vocabulary with mechanical, electronic & processed emanations... Entrancing, totally original, with an endearing postscript!”
“Like a digital breeze of detuned television static that brings microtonal wind chimes to a beach party in your hard drive.”
“The hypnotic feeling of this track makes me think of an empty railyard in the middle of the night. Very visual, with some ASMR vibes. Great atmosphere!”
Xtempore 1
Right Brain Records celebrates the completion of its second full year of operation with a new compilation album called Xtempore 1. It includes original music by all 13 artists who’ve released music on our label. Click here to explore collection, or click an artist name to get more detail and audio samples.
