Born Dec 13, 1938 in Providence.
American composer.
Co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva.
Alvin Curran often use electronics and environmental sounds in his concrete music compositions.
ALBUMS
Alvin Curran, Andrea Centazzo, Evan Parker
Real Time Two
2025, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Ictus Records
Alvin Curran
Archeology // Archeologia
2024, CD, Album, Room40
Alvin Curran
Drumming Up Trouble
2022
Alvin Curran, Roberto Laneri, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Frances-Marie Uitti, Tony Ackerman, Bruno Tommaso
The Beat 72 Lost Date
2020
Alvin Curran Performed By Reinier Van Houdt
Dead Beats
2019, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Moving Furniture Records
Urs Leimgruber / Andreas Willers / Alvin Curran / Fabrizio Spera
Rome-Ing
2019, CD, Album, Leo Records
Jon Rose & Alvin Curran
Café Grand Abyss
2019, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp
Curran* - Schiaffini* - C. Neto* - Armaroli*
From The Alvin Curran Fakebook - The Out Off Session
2018, DVD-V, PAL, Dodicilune, Dodicilune, 
,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Alvin Curran
Endangered Species
2018, 2xCD, Album, New World Records
Curran* - Schiaffini* - C. Neto* - Armaroli*
From The Alvin Curran Fakebook - The Biella Sessions
2017, 2xCD, Album, Dodicilune, Dodicilune
Alvin Curran & Massimo Pupillo
12.10.16
2017
Alvin Curran, Eve Egoyan
Inner Cities 8
2014, File, Album, Other Minds
Alvin Curran
Shofar Rags
2013, CD, Album, Tzadik, 
,
, Contemporary/Avantgarde
Alvin Curran • Paolo Tofani • Mauro Tespio
POPtraits 1
2012, CD, Album, Cramps Records
Alvin Curran
Under The Fig Tree
2010, LP, Ltd, Die Schachtel
Alvin Curran
Solo Works: The '70s
2010, 3xCD, Comp, New World Records, ,
, Experimental
Alvin Curran / Cenk Ergün
The Art Of The Fluke
2007, CD, Album, Tear
Andrea Centazzo / Alvin Curran / Evan Parker
In Real Time
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records
Alvin Curran, Daan Vandewalle
Inner Cities
2005, 4xCD + Box, Long Distance
Alvin Curran
Toto Angelica
2005, CD, Album, I Dischi Di Angelica
Alvin Curran
Lost Marbles
2004, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Post-Modern/Experimental
Alvin Curran
Maritime Rites
2004, 2xCD, New World Records, ,
, Field Recording/Contemporary/Experimental
Alvin Curran
ABO
2004, CD, Album, Luca Sossella Editore
Alvin Curran / Domenico Sciajno
Our Ur
2003, CD, Album, Rossbin
Alvin Curran
Theme Park
1998, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Contemporary
Andrea Centazzo, Alvin Curran, Evan Parker
Real Time Two
1998, CD, Album, New Tone Records, ,
, Free Improvisation
Alvin Curran
Animal Behavior
1995, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Modern Classical/Experimental
Alvin Curran - Yvar Mikhashoff
Yvar Mikhashoff Plays Alvin Curran: Piano Works
1995, CD, Album, Mode, ,
, Contemporary
Alvin Curran
Crystal Psalms
1994, CD, Album, New Albion
Alvin Curran Featuring Abel Steinberg Winant Trio*
Schtyx
1994, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Alvin Curran / Rova Saxophone Quartet
Electric Rags II
1990
Alvin Curran - Ursula Oppens And Frederic Rzewski
For Cornelius / Era Ora
1986
Alvin Curran
Natural History
1983
Alvin Curran
Canti Illuminati
1982, ,
, Experimental
Alvin Curran
The Works
1980
Alvin Curran, Andrea Centazzo, Evan Parker
Real Time
1978, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Alvin Curran
Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri
1978, ,
, Modern Classical/Experimental
Steve Lacy & Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski
Threads
1977
Alvin Curran
Le Cinque Stagioni / Vedere
1976
Alvin Curran
Canti E Vedute Del Giardino Magnetico (Songs And Views From The Magnetic Garden)
1975
Lowell Cross / Arrigo Lora-Totino - Alvin Curran / Anna Lockwood*
Source: Music Of The Avant Garde Issue Number 9
1971, 2x10", Comp, Source Records (7)
Cora de Ridder / Alvin Curran / Willem De Ridder
Zombie
Cass, Radio Art Foundation
Musica Elettronica Viva
MEV 40
2008, 4xCD, Comp, New World Records
Musica Elettronica Viva
Spacecraft
2021, LP, Album, Gre, Our Swimmer
Musica Elettronica Viva
Symphony 108. Live at Brno Philharmonic
2017, CD, Album, Hermes' Ear, ad Sensum Bonum
Musica Elettronica Viva
Symphony No 106
2016, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo
MMM Quartet
Oakland/Lisboa
2015, CD, Album, RogueArt
MMM Quartet
Live At The Metz' Arsenal
2012, CD, Album, Leo Records, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Musica Elettronica Viva
Spacecraft / Unified Patchwork Theory
2001, CD, Album, Alga Marghen, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Musica Elettronica Viva
The Sound Pool
1970, 
,
, Experimental
Musica Elettronica Viva
Friday
1969
Musica Elettronica Viva
United Patchwork
2020, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
APPEARANCES +
Alvin Curran
Footprint Of War (Audio Version)
2002, File, MP3, Single, 128, Tu M'p3
Richard Teitelbaum
Asparagus
2024, 2xLP, Ltd, Black Truffle, 
,
, Experimental
Chris Cutler
Compositions And Collaborations / 1972-2022
2023, Box, Comp, Ltd, Sub + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, R, ReR Megacorp, ,
, Experimental/Art Rock/Free Improvisation/Field Recording/Radioplay
MEV*
Symphony No. 107 - The Bard
2023, LP, Album, Black Truffle, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Frédéric Acquaviva
SEMINAL
2022
Willem De Ridder
All Chemix Radio
2020, 2xLP, Album, Slowscan
Sergio Sorrentino
Dream - American Music for Electric Guitar
2018, CD, Album, Mode
Aki Takahashi
Aki Takahashi Plays Hyper Beatles Volume II
2018, CD, Album, Camerata
Dorrit Bauerecker
From Inner Cities
2017, CD, Album, Pro, Kaleidos (2)
William Levy And Collaborators
Popular Teen Shot In Face By First Love
2016, LP, Ora, Slowscan, 
,
, Sound Poetry/Spoken Word/Abstract
William Winant
Five American Percussion Pieces
2013, LP, Album, Ltd, Poon Village
Domenico Sciajno
Sonic Shuffle / The App Release
2013, M/Stick, Ltd, of + Box, Bowindo, ,
, Musique Concrète/Experimental/Freestyle
John Cage
100
2012, 5xCD + Box, Comp, WERGO, 
,
, Contemporary
Various
Progressive Jazz From Italy 1977 - 1989
2011, CDr, Album, Ictus Records
Daniele Lombardi
Musica Futurista 5 - W Russolo
2010, CD, Album, Mudima
Various
Source: Music Of The Avant Garde - Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971
2009, 3xCD, Comp, RE, Pogus Productions, ,
, Musique Concrète/Experimental
Various
Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 1
2009, 3xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, WERGO, ,
, Free Improvisation/Contemporary/Experimental
Various
The Limits Of Composition?
2009, CD, Comp, Boo, La Casa Encendida, 
,
, Modern Classical/Experimental
Various
Lontano - Homage To Giacinto Scelsi
2009, ,
, Experimental
Seth Josel
The Stroke That Kills
2008, CD, New World Records, ,
, Avantgarde
Ochs - Masaoka - Lee
Spiller Alley
2008, CD, Album, RogueArt
Mike Cooper & Friends*
Beach Crossings - Pacific Footprints
2008, CD, Rai Trade,
Zen Widow
Quodlibet
2008, CD, Album, Nine Winds Records
Bruce Brubaker
Hope Street Tunnel Blues
2007, CD, Album, Arabesque Recordings, ,
, Contemporary
Various
Ictus Records' 30th Anniversary Collection
2006, 12xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num + Box, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
Rebels, Travelers & Improvisers
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Andrea Centazzo
Thirty Years From Monday
2006, CD, Album, RM, Ictus Records
John Cage
James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet
2006, 2xCD, Album, WERGO
Andrea Centazzo
Early Music 1970-1975
2006, CDr, Album, Ictus Records
Various
Introduction To Ictus Records' 30th Anniversary Collection
2006, CD, Comp, Ictus Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Aki Takahashi
Hesitation-Tango TangoCollection <1890-2005> = ためらいのタンゴータンゴ・コレクション 1890-2005
2006, CD, Album, Camerata
MEV* & AMM
Apogee
2005, 2xCD, Album, Matchless Recordings
Domenico Guaccero
Rot
2004, LP, Ltd, Die Schachtel
Domenico Guaccero
Da Cantare - Opere Vocali 1951-1983
2004, 2xCD, Album + Box, Die Schachtel
MEV*
Pieces
2004, CD, Album, IRML
Bruce Brubaker
Inner Cities (Music For Piano By John Adams And Alvin Curran)
2003, CD, Arabesque Recordings
Various
Apollo And Marsyas: Het Apollohuis 1980-1997 An Anthology Of New Music Concepts
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Apollo Records (8), ,
, Experimental
Pierluigi Castellano
Zonacalda
2002, CDr, Album, Enh, Ants, ,
, Experimental/Opera
Scott Rosenberg
:: V :: Solo Improvisations
2001, CD, Album, Umbrella (3)
Various
Jazzactuel
2001
Various
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980)
2000, ,
, Musique Concrète/Experimental
MEV*
Rome Cansrt
1999, CD, Album, IRML
Eve Egoyan
New Music For Piano : Thethingsinbetween
1999, CD, Artifact Music
Various
Festschrift For Jackson Mac Low's 75th Birthday
1997, CD, Comp, Crayon (2), ,
, Free Improvisation/Poetry/Experimental
Various
Interference
1996, CD, Comp, 23five, ,
, Industrial/Noise/Experimental
Various
Klangkunst
1996, CD, Comp, Prestel-Verlag, ,
, Experimental/Sound Art
Dana Reason
Primal Identity
1996, CD, Album, Deep Listening, ,
, Contemporary/Free Improvisation
Jeanne Golan
Time Tracks: Works of Beethoven, Cardew, Curran, Granados And Nancarrow
1996, CD, Album, Albany Records, ,
, Contemporary/Modern/Classical
MEV*
The Original
1996
MEV*
Live '94
1995, 7", Stomach Ache Records, Dolor Del Estamago
The Hub
Wreckin' Ball
1994, CD, Album, Artifact Recordings
Yvar Mikhashoff
Panorama Of American Piano Music From Antheil To Zappa 1911 To 1991
1992, 4xCD, Comp, Mode,
Rova*
This Time We Are Both
1991, CD, Album, New Albion
Jon Rose
Violin Music For Restaurants
1991, 
,
, Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
SoundViews Volume One: Sources
1990, Cass, Comp, C90, ¿What Next? Recordings, SoundViews
Aki Takahashi
Hyper Beatles
1990, 
,
, Contemporary
Aki Takahashi
Hyper Beatles 2
1990, ,
, Contemporary
Jon Rose
Vivisection
1988, LP, Album, AufRuhr Records
Various
Nuova Atlantide
1986, 2xCass, Album, Comp, Ltd, Box, La Biennale Di Venezia, ,
, Musique Concrète/Contemporary
Giacinto Scelsi
Canti Del Capricorno
1986, ,
, Contemporary
Giacinto Scelsi
Paralipomena 1 - Trilogia - Ko-Tha
1982, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary
Maria Monti
Una Donna Nella Società
1979, ,
, Prog Rock
Curt Linda
Märchen Der Völker
1978, LP, Robbi, ,
, Story/Radioplay
MEV*
United Patchwork
1978, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Prima Materia
La Coda Della Tigre - Tail Of The Tiger
1977
Roberta D'Angelo
Roberta D'Angelo
1976
Maurizio Giammarco - Andrea Centazzo
Davanti E Oltre La Soglia
1975, LP, Album, Vista
Frederic Rzewski
Attica / Coming Together / Les Moutons De Panurge
1974
Maria Monti
Il Bestiario
1974, ,
, Prog Rock
Steve Lacy Gang
Roba
1972, LP, Album, Saravah
MEV* / AMM
Live Electronic Music Improvised
1970, Vinyl, ,
, Abstract/Experimental
Mia Zabelka & One Night Band
Embodiment
CD, Album, Extraplatte, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Various
Black Truffle USB Bomb
2022, M/Stick, WAV, Comp, Ltd, Black Truffle
Various
Modulisme Session 035 (Serge-O-Voxes - Voices For The Serge III)
2021, 20xFile, MP3, 320, Modulisme, ,
, Experimental
Various
Arthur Boto Conley's Music Workshop presents "Piazza d'Italia"
2019, 12", EP, Travel By Goods
Various
Below The Radar 24
2016, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Wire Magazine
Koen Holtkamp
Secret Thirteen Mix 084
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, 
,
, Ambient/Krautrock/Acoustic/Folk/Modal/Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
Zwerm*
Underwater Princess Waltz (A Collection Of One-Page Pieces)
2013, CD, Album, New World Records
Nochexxx
LWE Podcast 111
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Little White Earbuds, ,
, Experimental/Musique Concrète/Avantgarde/Ambient/Modern Classical/Soundtrack
Various
Membra Disjecta For John Cage
2012, CD, Comp, Ltd, Tonspur/Hermes Ear, Hermes' Ear, 
,
, Abstract
Manuel Zurria
Loops4ever
2011, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Mazagran, 
,
, Drone/Experimental/Contemporary/Minimal
People Like Us
A Brief History Of Sound Collage
2011, 3xFile, MP3, Mixed, 320, UbuWeb, ,
, Pop Rock/Avantgarde/Easy Listening/Cut-up/DJ/Experimental/Parody
Various
Eleveneleven :: Misterboots
2011, File, MP3, Comp, 320, Alias Frequencies, 
,
, Abstract/Ambient/Avant-garde Jazz/Broken Beat/Dark Ambient/Experimental/Field Recording/Folk/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Leftfield/Musique Concrète/Noise/Rebetiko
Various
Miscellaneous Sounds Part Two
2008, CD, Comp, Santarcangelo Dei Teatri, ,
, Experimental
Odd Nosdam
Le Mix Ambient
2006, ,
, Ambient/Ethereal/Drone/Industrial/Experimental/Modern Classical/Berlin-School
Luca Miti
Just Before Dawn
2005, CD, Album, Ants
Various
The P-ART Project: 12 Portraits
2002, CDr, Album, Comp, Enh, P-ART
Various
Das Studio Akustische Kunst Des WDR
2001, CD, Comp, RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics, Deutscher Musikrat
Various
Oasis: Music From Mills 2001
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Mills College
Various
State Of The Union 2.001
2001, 3xCD, Album, Comp, Electronic Music Foundation, ,
, Spoken Word/Free Jazz/Modern Classical/Avantgarde/Contemporary/Experimental
Various
RiverRun (Voicings Soundscapes)
1999, 2xCD, Comp, WERGO, ,
, Radioplay/Field Recording/Experimental/Spoken Word
Various
Because Tomorrow Comes #1
1998, CD, Comp, Because Tomorrow Comes, ,
, Speech/Spoken Word/Experimental
Various
Tzadik Radio Hour, Hosted By John Zorn
1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Tzadik, ,
, Post-Modern/Classical/Free Jazz/Abstract/Contemporary/Folk/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental/Klezmer/Spoken Word
Various
Šumi
1998, CD, Comp, Wit, Stazione di Topolò Postaja Topolove, ,
, Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Various
CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 17: Music From CCM At Mills College
1994, CD, Comp, Centaur Records
Various
Music Redefined
1993
Joseph Celli & Jin Hi Kim
No World (Trio) Improvisations
1992, CD, OODiscs
Various
Ars Acustica - EBU Selection 1991
1992, CD, Comp, EBU-UER, 
,
, Radioplay/Contemporary/Experimental
Various
Notre Dame 3 (An International Compilation)
1989, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Chr, EE Tapes, 
,
, Experimental/Synth-pop/Minimal
Various
Thee Book
1984, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, C90, Graf Haufen Tapes, ,
, Industrial/Experimental
Various
Musicworks 23: Music Of The Inuit And Other Voices
1983, Cass, Comp, Musicworks
Various
Serge Modular Music Systems Presents The Musician's Tapes
1983, Cass, Promo, Not On Label, ,
, Experimental/Ambient/Abstract
Steve Lacy & Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski
Threads
2019, ,
, Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Michel Banabila
SolénoMix
2017, File, WAV, Mixed, Unofficial, Solénoïde Radioshow, ,
, Ambient/Contemporary/Experimental/Musique Concrète
