(Onkyo Ok)
Dutch sound artist Roel Meelkop has been mining the same territory since the early ’80s, when he started the influential sonic art ensemble THU20. This transitional stage had Meelkop formulating and organizing his ideas on sound and contemplating how…
Drinking My Own Sperm
Alvaro, born in Chile, went to live to europe in the 70's, there he continued to make music, he even had a band with joe strummer (the clash), he later focused in his solo carrer. This release was his first solo record, mixing some chilean folk with …
Smiling Off
The boundary-shattering new single from sonic adventurers Black Dice features a diverse selection of remixes, plus the explosively rhythmic primitivism of the original version. Luomo (aka Finland's Vladislav Delay)transforms the song into a minimal h…
Musica Endoscopica
Out now! In its constant pursue of the lost treasures of the Italian avant-garde music, Die Schachtel in collaboration with the University of Padua has recovered from the ashes one of the lost and truly shining diamond of the early electronic/dig…
Shlongo!!! DaLUVdrone
CDr edition by the Cortical label itself, budget reissue: long out of print, pure drone nektar by the early Minimalist Charlemagne Palestine who created his composition Shlongo!!!daLUVdrone by inserting pieces of folded paper between the organ keys i…
Casa
Titled 'casa', it finds capece and Merce performing two pieces of impressive construction as well as astonishing clarity. Both players are very active in the international scene of electro-acoustic improvisation (& beyond), Merce in Argentina & capec…
Labyrinthitis
Jacob Kirkegaard has turned his ears inwards: His new work labyrinthitis is an interactive sound piece that consists entirely of sounds generated in the artist's auditory organs and will cause audible responses in those of the audience. labyrinthitis…
Drink Deep
Limited edition: 300. 'In the mid-1980's, Rites of Spring emerged from the thriving music community that was centered around Dischord Records in Washington DC. Their sound was raw, dense and emotional. It provided a soundtrack to a generation of vete…
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Cedric Pigot is a French installation - sound-artist, responsible for a wide range in soundtracks for performances, films and installations. His work on itself shows a very thick and layered wall of sound in which tiny but detailed happenings and tra…
Indeterminate Activity
Long rumored first issue of incendiary masterwork rec. NYC 1981 during the peaked out early era of Guitar Army ensembles & shortly after the release of "Ascension" on 99 Records. Incl. contributions from THURSTON MOORE & LEE RANALDO of SONIC YOUTH pl…
Curved Surface Destroyer
3CD live retrospective covering '98-2006 & incl. shows in New Zealand, Japan, Denmark & Scotland. Shows the evolution of sound from the mid 90's slowly emerging drone-fields to the more dynamic sound. He's assembled the best possible overview of his …
airland - studie I
Airland is an electronic music suite freely inspired by, and dedicated to, the studies on the graphical representation of air by Bruno Munari. A skilled ambient and a maniacal care of the sound.
Quattordicidodicizerodue
Chaos is an open project for improvisation. Open to such an extent to take the liberty, as in this event, to have, as guests, musicians met the very same evening. Quattordicidodicizerodue distils - in a unique uninterrupted set - sound alchemies crea…
diabolus in musica
Half-book, half-screen, this François Bayle's composite work is meant not only to be read, but also to be heard-seen as well as perused in order to navigate through it more easily. The reader’s ear is solicited through diverse modalities that will br…
More music for films
A listener familiar with the pedigree of the albums of Brian Eno might assume that the Virgin/Astralwerks release More Music for Films is merely a repackaging of Music for Films, Vol. 2, a bonus album included within the LP boxed set Working Backward…
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Unlike Music for Films, the music for Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks was entirely written for a specific film project—a documentary about the NASA Apollo lunar missions, by director Al Reinert. Additionally, by this time, Eno had found a sympath…
City Raga
City Raga marked a new direction in Popol Vuh's style and broadened the sound of their musical experiments. Reflecting the ambient dance music of the trendy international club scene, Florian Fricke described the latest project this way: "City Raga is…
Fluxus Ain\'t Dead
Gray-area bootleg issue, with paste-on xerox sleeve. No details on the source or date (or anything). But another essential document of the Fluxus-associated mechanical music machines of Joe Jones. If you're interested in Orchestral Sound Art, no wall…
Live Action, 1972 Wuppertal
Music by: Conrad Schnitzler, Klaus Freudigmann, Wolfgang Seidel and friends. Three side-long tracks, the complete concert. For the first time ever the complete Live Action, 1972 recorded in Wuppertal by Conrad Schnitzler's loose collective. Credited …