The Musical Form Institute

New in the registry

November 2026

We’ve added recordings by Marisa Anderson, Prognosticon and Vivienne Aerts to the CEP registry. Here’s one track from each, certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production: no grid correction, pitch correction, or generative AI.

Cover of The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music by Marisa Anderson

Sarvi Simin

Marisa Anderson

From The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music, Thrill Jockey Records

Experimental, instrumental guitar

Portland guitarist and composer Marisa Anderson draws on blues, gospel, country and experimental music. Released May 22, 2026, on Thrill Jockey, The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music brings together nine interpretations of music from Harry Smith’s record collection, selected from places the United States has been in conflict with since 1970. “Sarvi Simin” adapts N. Ali-Zade’s Badakhshan rubob performance from a 1977 Melodiya release. Anderson plays electric guitar and accordion, with Gisela Rodríguez Fernández on violin. All nine tracks are certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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Cover of The Illness of Corrigan Wells by Prognosticon

Part 3: Continuation

Prognosticon

From The Illness of Corrigan Wells

Experimental electronic, experimental noise

Prognosticon is an experimental electronic and noise project from Calgary, Alberta. The Illness of Corrigan Wells, released March 21, 2025, consists of one spontaneous improvisation divided into six parts. “Part 3: Continuation” is the third section and runs for 25 minutes and 29 seconds. Four Prognosticon albums are now in the registry, certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production: Seance I, The Illness of Corrigan Wells, Onetheon and Trapped in the Binary.

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Cover of Current by Vivienne Aerts

Current (Improv 1)

Vivienne Aerts

From Current

Jazz, electro soul, experimental pop

Vivienne Aerts is a Dutch vocalist, composer and producer based in New York. Her album Current, released June 26, 2026, was recorded aboard her 1951 sailboat, De Vouw, on Dutch waterways. It combines voice, electronics and acoustic instruments with recordings of water, birds, wind and the boat itself. “Current (Improv 1)” is the first of the album’s two improvisations. Aerts describes building it with synthesizer and layers of looped vocals, then adding environmental recordings. All 11 tracks are certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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You can browse and listen to more certified recordings in our public registry. If you’re a musician, we invite you to submit a recording for consideration under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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