With Brent Gutzeit and Michael Hartman's return form Japan, they worked with Thomas Deater to gather recordings from their friends in both the Midwest and Tokyo improvised noise scenes. The resulting compilation The Miracle of Levitation came out in 1995 on Gentle Giant Records.
The album features established titans of the genre like Otomo Yoshihide and Jim O'Rourke alongside newer acts inspired by them. For many of the Japanese acts on the track list, this would constitute their first "US release." Noise rock bands lead into ambient synths lead into textural guitar solos: no track sounds the same, and the album shows off the breadth of what improvised music can sound like.
Here is the discography around Gentle Giant Records's compilation album:
The Miracle of Levitation
The Miracle of Re-Creation (1997 VHS compilation)
The Miracle of Re-Creation
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