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HIGH WE SHINE THE SKY
​Matus Salins Marching Band, 2021
debut CD of the progressive folk-jazz debut of Laila Salins and Jim Matus, accompanied by guitar, laoutar and harmonium.
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INITIATION ​Impulse Ensemble, 2010
Percussionist/spoken word artist Tony Vacca, laoutar player/vocalist Jim Matus and violinist-vocalist Derrik Jordan - equally at home performing with an orchestra or in a free-form improvisation. 
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 ABJECT DIRGES AND SOARING ANTHEMS
​ Jim Matus, 2019
Words and Music, lead vocals and all instruments by Matus. Percussion; Jed Blume and Tony Vacca
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HIGH HILLS IN THE CREAVING ROAD
MAWWAL, 2010
features Shane Shanahan and Tony Vacca, percussion; Percy Jones, bass; Jay Gandhi, bansuri flute; and Laila Salins, vocals
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ONE WHO'S JUST BRIGHT AN EAR
HEARS IT,  Jim Matus, 2017
​Matus, laoutar, with guests: Tony Vacca, Michel Moushabeck, Tido Holtkamp and Pitz Quatrone
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SIGHT UP
MAWWAL, 2009
features Jill O'Brien, vocals; Joe O'Brien, bass; Rohan Gregory; violin; Shane Shanahan, percussion
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ONCE IF FOUND BY LONGING GREW
​Jim Matus, 2015
The unadulterated, pure sound of the solo laoutar, designed by Matus, performing his original compositions.
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THIS IS ALL THERE IS, THERE IS NO        
​OTHER PLACE, MAWWAL, 2008 
a spirited acoustic/electric CD of original progressive music by Matus, trance-inducing world fusion, and arrangements of traditional Middle Eastern music.   
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WHILE SLEEPING WATCH
Jim Matus, Doug Raneri, 2012
​Jim's compositions arranged for laoutar and drums - combining jazz, Eastern and jam music - lyric melodies accompanied by rich  harmonies and trance-like rhythms.
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BLACK FLIES, MAWWAL, 2007
​Features Paranoise drummer Geoff Brown; Percy Jones, bass; Vlada Tomova's Yasna Voices; and Galen Brandt, vocals - with two songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn.
PARANOISE: Progressive World Fusion band with leftist/progressive political messaging. Their dynamic. dense sound included loops and spoken word samples from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Master Musicians Of Jajouka, Noam Chomsky and Terrence McKenna.
CDs listed below:
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ISHQ
​2001
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PRIVATE POWER
  1999
START A NEW RACE
1992
CONSTANT FEAR
1988