Avant Records

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
• 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