18. Pierre Henry, Mix 04.0 Box, Phillips FranceThe Fragments for Artaud is the real winner here. We all need a bit more Artaud in these moral times. Perhaps we could use rats to inscribe the text of To Have Done With the Judgment of God into Rumsfelds chest. Great collection that also includes the 2CD recording of the 1977 composition Dieu ironically enough. 19. Merzbow, Amlux, Important Records 20. Polwechsel/Fennesz, Wrapped Islands, Erstwhilereference to Christo. Someone should write a paper about how avant musicians like to ratchet up the seriousness of their work by referencing art objects. This is easy listening Erstwhile and damn good too. 21. Tae-hwan Kang, Seven Breath, News Entertainmentseven pieces of solo alto sax. 22. Tabla Beat Science, Live at Sterns Grove, San Francisco, Axiom/Palm Picturesthe much maligned Laswell never sounds all that good live, but this one works pretty well, especially after the studio touch ups. Zakir Hussain and Sultan Khan steal the show, but Laswell has a stellar moment on Secret Channel. Could have been whittled down to one CD if the superfluous DJ Disk had been DJ Deleted. 23. Gordon Mumma, Live-Electronic Music, TzadikIm partial to the cut on the Sub Rosa comp but this is excellent as well, particularly Than Particle. 24. Van Bergen/Prins/Fennesz, Dawn, Grobundoubtedly weve heard better by any of these artists, but this one works pretty well in my opinion. 25. Peter Brotzmann, William Parker, Michael Wertmuller, Nothung, In Tone Music.