Another Perfect Day
Eight years since his last solo electric guitar record. Bill Orcutt returns to what made his playing essential: slashing chords, frenzied double-picking, angular runs that climb and ricochet. Recorded live at Cafe OTO. No computer loops. No gentle melodic glow. Just Orcutt and his four-string Fender through a tattered Twin Reverb.
The Oracle
Big tip! Acclaimed New York-based composer Lea Bertucci offers The Oracle, a striking, vocal-focused collection of music that spans six tracks of adventurous sounds steeped in mysticism and imagination, over three years in the making. Her first purely solo endeavor since 2021’s much lauded A Visible Length of Light (Cibachrome Editions), The Oracle breaks new ground within the scope of Bertucci’s singular voice as an artist.
The Oracle is an alchemy of contemporary political anxieties illuminated…
Motum
2018 release ** "Claudio F Baroni returns to Unsounds with Motum, an album featuring three recent compositions for electronic quartet, organ and string quartet. The thread connecting the works on Motum is – nomen est omen – motion and movement. Baroni explores this central theme in concept and sounds, in his inimitable layered, open and dynamic style. Motum takes the listener on a path from the very origin of sound as air in motion to hitherto uncharted territories. The music originates in myria…
Mantra
2014 release ** "Composed in 1970, Mantra, for two pianos and ring modulation, was one of the decisive turning points in Karlheinz Stockhausen’s career. The 70-minute piece not only signalled a break with the text-based intuitive works, relying heavily on improvisation, that had come to dominate his output towards the end of the previous decade and a return to fully notated scores, but also introduced the idea of melodic formulae, the “mantra” of the title, which Stockhausen would eventually dev…
Langue of Tongue
Lénok’s 'Langue of Tongue' is a descent. An unhinged pinballing down a realm of incomprehension and lunacy, a darkly psychedelic ego-death-spiral into a world of pure, deranged disquiet. It is, and this cannot be emphasised enough, a truly fucked up place. It comes complete with clearly marked borders delineated by its opening and closing tracks '(Entrance' and 'Exit)’. The message is clear: this is less album than zone. There's no comfort to be found here. It’s like the inner monologue of some …
Dark Lights
Acclaimed composer, producer, DJ, and founder of Nonclassical, Gabriel Prokofiev, unveils his long-awaited album Dark Lights, marking his first personal release on the label in over a decade. Known for his distinctive fusion of genres, Prokofiev bridges the worlds of orchestral music and electronic production with an intensity that feels uniquely his own.
Dark Lights represents a bold step forward in Prokofiev’s sonic journey. Drawing on his background as a producer of hip-hop, grime, and elec…
Songs for Eventide
*100 copies limited edition* Soundtracks for the edge of day. Visible Light use their instruments to open portals of seasonal consciousness through site-specific recording and real-time composition. Over the past two years, Amy McNally and Matthew Hiram have developed a collaborative practice rooted in earthly attunement, intuitive structure, and place-based sound. Their outdoor listening events have quietly established them as distinct voices in a growing conversation around nature-based music.…
Earth Covers Earth
"Recorded whilst I was starring as H.R. Pufnstuf in the titular US documentary of the same name, Earth Covers Earth followed up the apocalyptic Sing Song Sounds of Swastikas For Noddy with another clutch of classic C93 chimes, none of which bothered the Hit Parade In Any Way Ever. Many of the songs on this beautiful album have been tattooed on the inner thighs of the Illuminati. The drugs had stopped working, and I was staring into several voids, as I couldn't focus on anything, whilst Moving Wa…
Recital I (For Cathy) (LP)
condition (record/sleeve): VG+ (occasional pops) / VG- (browning on bottom back cover + general wear) A stunning vocal tour-de-force! Cathy Berberian delivers an extraordinary performance of Luciano Berio's Recital I (For Cathy), a groundbreaking work blending theatrical recitation, operatic singing, and avant-garde vocal techniques. Accompanied by The London Sinfonietta, this 1972 recording captures one of the most innovative voice-and-ensemble pieces of the 20th century. Berberian's interpreti…
Circles / Sequenza I, III, V (LP)
condition (record/sleeve): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG (general yellowing + creases on lamination partly peeling off) Includes 4-page LP-size insert. Essential Berio! This exceptional Wergo release features Cathy Berberian in a virtuosic performance of Circles (1960), Berio's mesmerizing setting of e.e. cummings poetry for female voice, harp, and two percussionists. The album also includes three of Berio's celebrated Sequenze – solo works that pushed instr…
Nones / Allelujah II / Concerto For Two Pianos (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/EX Spectacular Berio orchestral works! This RCA release presents three major compositions showcasing the Italian master's command of large-scale ensemble writing. Nones (1954), inspired by W.H. Auden's poem, is a powerful meditation for orchestra. Allelujah II (1958) transforms the voices and gestures of its predecessor into pure instrumental drama. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1973) displays Berio's characteristic blend of virtuosity, wit, and structur…
Luciano Berio Conducts His "Epifanie" And "Folk Songs" (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/VG+ (minimal ring wear on back + sticker on front). Berio conducting Berio – with Cathy Berberian! A definitive recording of two essential vocal works by the composer himself. Epifanie (1961-63) is a complex, multi-layered masterpiece for soprano and orchestra, weaving together texts by Proust, Joyce, Machado, Brecht, and Sanguineti in a kaleidoscopic meditation on memory and meaning. Folk Songs (1964) shows Berio's genius for transformation – eleven traditional song…
Laborintus 2 (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX (minimal cover wear). Includes 8-page silk-screened insert. Luciano Berio's Laborintus 2 (1965) is an epic sonic labyrinth created for the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. This extraordinary composition weaves together Dante's texts, fragments from T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, and contemporary poetry by Edoardo Sanguineti into a stunning tapestry for voices, instruments, and tape. Featuring speaker, three female voices, eight actors, and ensemble, Laborintus 2 is…
Le Favole Di Esopo / Salmo XIX (LP)
condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (minimal wear and creasing) Includes 6-page LP-size insert. Niccolò Castiglioni (1932-1996), one of Italy's most refined and enigmatic modernist composers, is showcased here in two contrasting vocal works. Le Favole di Esopo (Aesop's Fables) transforms ancient tales into delicate, pointillistic sound-worlds of extraordinary refinement and wit. Salmo XIX brings sacred text to life through Castiglioni's ch…
Luigi Dallapiccola (LP)
condition (record/cover): M/EX- (small sticker removal residue on front cover otherwise NM) Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975), pioneer of twelve-tone technique in Italy and one of the 20th century's most lyrical serialists, is presented here in a stunning collection of vocal and instrumental works. Dallapiccola's music combines rigorous dodecaphonic method with Italian melodic sensibility and profound humanism – particularly evident in his settings of texts addressing freedom, oppression, and human…
Il Prigioniero (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX Gatefold sleeve with 12-page LP-size booklet stapled in. No libretto. A masterpiece of 20th-century opera! Luigi Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner, 1944-48) stands as one of the most powerful and harrowing operatic works of the post-war era. Set during the Spanish Inquisition, this one-act drama explores themes of hope, torture, freedom, and ultimate despair with devastating psychological intensity. Dallapiccola employs twelve-tone technique with extraor…
Omaggio A Franco Ferrara (LP)
condition (record/cover): M/M (still sealed) Franco Ferrara (1911-1985) was one of the most revered conductors and pedagogues of the 20th century – a musicians' musician whose career was tragically cut short by illness, yet whose influence shaped generations of conductors. This Omaggio (Homage) presents Ferrara's interpretations of contemporary Italian repertoire, showcasing his legendary clarity, precision, and deep musical intelligence. Known for his extraordinary rehearsal technique and profo…
Musica Su Schemi (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/EX Gatefold sleeve with original inndersleeve. Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, founded in Rome in 1964, brought together leading contemporary composers including Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Mario Bertoncini, and John Heineman in a radical collective exploration of structured improvisation. Musica Su Schemi (Music on Schemes) documents their unique approach – using graphic scores and conceptual frameworks to generate spontaneous yet rigorously org…
Quadri Sonori - Klangbilder (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX. No booklet. Sound paintings by an electroacoustic visionary! Helmut Laberer (1925-2014), Austrian-born composer working in Italy, created these evocative Quadri Sonori (Sound Pictures) / Klangbilder that blur the boundaries between concrete sound, electronic manipulation, and musical gesture. Laberer's approach combines meticulous studio craft with poetic imagination, building sonic landscapes of remarkable color and spatial depth. Working within the fertile Ital…
Costellazione (LP)
condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (very light damp staining + light bump near edge + sticker removal residue on front) No insert. A constellation of avant-garde piano! Daniele Lombardi (1946-2018), brilliant Italian pianist, composer, and musicologist, presents a stunning program bridging historical avant-garde and contemporary experimentation. Lombardi was renowned for his fearless interpretations of the most demanding repertoire – from…