Various Artists
A White Chance
1984 compilation LP on White Studio Recording presenting three new wave bands from Ferrara: Go Flamingo!, Intelligence Dept. and Plastic Trash.
Ossiach Live
Original German edition of 1971 of 3LP with tri-folded cover and original innersleeves of live compilation featuring Anima Sound, Tangerine Dream, Weather Report and the Dave Pike set among others.
Ohrenschmaus (Neue Pop-Musik Aus Deutschland)
Original 1970 2LP compilation of tracks from early Ohr albums featuring Floh De Cologne, Embryo, Witthüser & Westrupp, Amon Düül, Annexus Quam, Tangerine Dream, Guru Guru, Limbus.
Kosmische Musik
Original 1971 2LP compilation of early Kosmische Musik featuring Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream.
Mitten Ins Ohr
Original 1971 2LP compilation of tracks from several early Ohr albums featuring Birth Control, Floh De Cologne, Embryo, Witthüser & Westrupp, Amon Düül, Paul & Limpe Fuchs, Annexus Quam, Ash Ra Tempel, Tangerine Dream, Guru Guru, Xhol, Limbus.
Percussive Resistance
*29 tracks / 29 artists / over one hour* Percussive Resistance is our heeding a call to action. Each piece on this compilation is exclusive to this recording. All proceeds go to the National Network of Abortion Funds.
The Beginnings of Japanese Electroacoustic Vol.1 - Electronic Music Room 1955-1968
Big Tip! “Oto no Hajimari wo Motomete” is the NHK Electronic Music Archives. The NHK Electronic Music Studio was established in the mid-1950s as the world's most advanced electronic music studio. The sound origins started in 1993 as a memorial to the studio's creator, Hiroshi Shiotani. Currently blasting ahead towards the 70th anniv. of electronic music in Japan in 2025! This limited LP version was planned to commemorate the 70th anniversary and forward next generations. A second series is pla…
The Original Sound Of Mali 2
Following the success of ‘The Original Sound of Mali’ compilation, we return with another explorative delve into the wonders of Malian music compiled by French writer, journalist and Grammy-nominated compiler Florent Mazzoleni and Mr Bongo’s very own David Buttle. Restoring, reissuing and contextualising iconic tracks from Ousmane Kouyaté & Ambassadeurs Internationaux, Rail Band, Les Messagers du Mali, Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou and many more, the second compilation in this series dives ever fur…
Aussicht - Absicht - Einsicht: 25 Jahre Bielefelder Colloquium Neue Poesie
2025 Stock, rare and out of print compilation. 2CD Recordings from the "Bielefelder Colloquium Neue Poesie", an annual conference of worldwide visual and phonetic poets started in 1978 in Bielefeld, Germany. Performances & contributions by Gerhard Rühm, Carlfriedrich Claus, Henri Chopin, Jeremy Adler, Bernard Heidsieck, Franz Mon, Hartmut Geerken, Friedrich Achleitner, Ernst Jandl, Pierre & Ilse Garnier, Robert Lax, Valeri Scherstjanoi.
When the Bielefeld Colloquium Neue Poesie was founded in 19…
Winner Takes All (Stockholm Electronic Arts Award and emsPrize 1995-2004)
Within the scope of the festival week Stockholm New Music, Caprice Records and EMS presented a double album entitled Winner Takes All, Stockholm Electronic Arts Award & ems Prize 1995-2004. It is the winners and the Swedish honorary citations from those years, and their award-winning works are included on the two CDs. A booklet is also enclosed in the box.
The first festival for text-sound art was arranged already in 1967 by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation and Fylkingen at the Museum of Mod…
Begging the Moon: Phleng Thai Sakon & Luk Krung, 1945-1960
Begging the Moon is a collection focused upon an early-to-mid 20th century style of Thai popular song, commonly named Phleng Thai sakon (meaning "song which is both Thai and universal"). With recordings taken from the end of WWII until the start of the 1960s, many of these tracks may also be referred to as Luk krung (meaning "child of the city") a more urbanised style of popular song that is in contrast to the Thai country music known as Luk thung ("child of the field").
Following the Thai cultu…
10th Annual Report - Anniversary Edition
"Unexplained Sound turns 10! Ten years of aural disorientation and exploration in the field of the most experimental and adventurous music from the international panorama, involving hundreds of projects from over 70 countries across the globe. A journey marked by passion and dedication, enthusiasm and effort, cultural exchange, and intellectual challenges. We extend our deepest gratitude to all the musicians, artists, technicians, listeners, labels, partners, and everyone who has supported us on…
Listen and Die!
Tip! The reissue of the legendary six-cassette box set "Listen and Die!" by Slaughter Productions, first released in 1997, is now available once again. In 2015, this iconic collection was first released on vinyl, with an initial pressing of 300 vinyl records for each title produced in Germany without covers, featuring lacquer cut by SST. However, only 199 covers for each title and matching boxes were crafted in Italy, each hand numbered and subsequently made available for sale, while the remaini…
Pop Ambient 2025
In recent years, the introductory texts for the Pop Ambient compilation series, which is released every year on Kompakt as the last release before the Christmas break, often began with the sentence "Every year again...". “Every year again”, a quiet, almost unnoticed maxim of self-evidentness. Because this is already the 25th issue to be published this year. 25 years in increasingly fast-moving times in the even faster-moving music business is an eternity that doesn't just feel like it. It is all…
A Web Of Braided Willow - The Folklore Of The Wickerman
Huge Tip! Sold-out at source. Screen printed front and reverse sleeve, 140g LP housed in black pocket + expanded A5 research booklet, contains a pressed willow leaf and D/L code. Originally released on cassette in 2023, after much demand we decided to expand the edition into a re-mastered vinyl with an expanded research booklet. Exploring eleven folkloric roots found woven within the classic film. It features various artists exploring various folkloric strands located within the cult 1973 film T…
Hold The Sound (Book)
144, printed in offset. Artist Book. Can you hold a sound? This book experiments with giving tangible form to something seemingly immaterial. Within these pages, you will find a collection of thoughts on sound gathered by artists and researchers, each attempting to grasp sound’s fleeting nature through verbal and visual expressions. What are auditories? The plural of “auditory” emphasizes that there is no one way of hearing, and that hearing is not an isolated activity. For the inaugural present…
Noise Forest
Tip! A classic compilation that emanated out of Osaka, "Noise Forest" brings together a powerhouse of early 90's Japanese noise stalwarts: Merzbow, C.C.C.C., Solmania, Dislocation, Monde Bruits, Masonna, Violent Onsen Geisha, and Incapacitants. The ultimate Japanoise collection, originally released in 1992 on the cult Les Disques Du Soleil label / record store on CD-only, and now impossible to find. Remastered and presented here on deluxe 2LP in matt-laminate gatefold sleeve (first time on vinyl…
K-E-L
*Four exclusive pieces. 100 copies made. All copies unique (vinyl colour, hand stamped, numbered). Includes a photo of Leif Elggren's Yellow & Black project (Joachim Nordwall, Porto, 2023). All copies hand assembled by LE and JN. Mastered by Nick Klein for PLEN Audio.* Alice Kemp (b. 1972) uses themes as trance, dream and disturbance in her work. Kemp is moving freely between working with sound, performance, drawing, video, object making and installations. Kemp is based in the south of England. …
The Past Is a Wound in My Heart
Death Is Not The End platforms a selection of brooding, haunting Turkish tango recordings from the decades following the foundation of the republic in the early 1920s through to the mid 1950s.
Drone Islands - Borealis
While the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is largely celebrated as a breathtaking natural wonder, it also has a more eerie, unexplained, and sinister side that has perplexed and unsettled observers for centuries. The strange, flickering lights have long been steeped in mystique, inspiring tales of supernatural forces, spirits, and even foreboding omens. In the quiet of the Arctic night, where the lights can seem to pulse with an almost otherworldly energy, it’s easy to understand why ancien…