Amhakara:

Started by John Zorn (saxophone) of many, many things, most notably Naked City, Mick Harris (drums) of Scorn, Napalm Death, and Bill Laswell (electric bass) of Praxis, Material, Tabla Beat Science, in 1991, PainKiller is an extreme mix of free jazz, hardcore, dub, and noise.

Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia:

Tortured Souls:

Their style can be described as a mix of avant-garde jazz and grindcore; later albums also incorporated elements of ambient and dub.  The band has also had several musicians make guest appearances both live and in the studio, including Yamatsuka Eye, Buckethead, Mike Patton, Makigami Koichi, Justin Broadrick and G. C. Green of Godflesh, and Keiji Haino of Fushitsusha.

John Zorn established in 1995 the record label called Tzadik Records, wich is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label with a variety of artists with diverse musical backgrounds, including, but not limited to free improvisation, jazz, noise, klezmer, rock  and experimental composition.

Links: Mick Harris page, Wikipedia, MySpace, LastFM,

Shadows:

Palace of the Tigger Woman:

Lobby:

The Nothing changes:

Goya:

Patra (Saint Vitus cover):

Twisted Horizons:

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (TKDE) formed in 2000 as a project to compose new music for existing silent movies. Jason Köhnen (aka Bong-Ra) and Gideon Kiers, both graduates of the Utrecht School of Arts, combined their audio and visual skills to reinterpret classic movies by F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) and F. Langs (Metropolis).

In 2004 UK trombonist Hilary Jeffery and Swiss cellist Nina Hitz joined TKDE to record the self-titled debut album which was released on Planet Mu Records in May 2006. The ensuing tour saw Eelco Bosman and Paris based vocalist Charlotte Cegarra join, forming the Ensemble into a sextet. London based violinist Sadie Anderson joined in 2008 to supply the group with extra power on stage.

Apart from the mothership which is TKDE, there is another entity; The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is a live improv jazz/ drone/ doom side project consisting of TKDE members and a host of interchanging guest musicians.

Succubus (by the TKDE alter ego: The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation)

MySpace, LastFM, Facebook, YouTube, Official page.

Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva, an autonomous Russian state bordering Mongolia. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music enmeshes avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences.

Lonely soul:

Inuit Wedding:

Excerpt from documantary “Sainkho -- a voice on the edge -- a journey of extremes”:

Order to survive:

Midnight blue:

Ritual Virtuality:

Kaar Deerge:

Old melodie:

Let The Sunshine:

Live performance from Lithuanian National Philarmonics, Vilnius:

TV russian show:

Performances:

Concert at “Yi du tang” in Shenzhen:

Links: Official page, MySpace, LastFM, Wikipedia.

Naoise

Call the Kettle Back

India India

Squares and circles

Simple X (with Andrew Bird -- live at Bonnarroo)

Plasticities (with Andrew Bird -- live on David Letterman show)

Andrew Bird (born 1973, USA) is a singer-songwriter who is also a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He also claims to be a professional whistler. His early work, which echoed of gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions.

Links:
- Official page
- MySpace page
- LastFM page
- Wikipedia page
- Andrew Bird MySpace