Experimental / All styles

After the conceptual depth of "Parallel Traces of the Jewel Voice" (2021), dj sniff returns to Discrepant with a more direct and visceral document: Turntable Solos.

Recorded live at Arts Isozaki, Mito, Japan, on 21st September 2021, the final day of Kikuchi's solo exhibition Vaccine. Kikuchi Yoshihiro played the following instruments that partially compose his installation work 153 Years shown at the exhibition:Electronic device that converts analog video signal into audio analog signal and vice versa, VHS video tape, video cassette recorder, cathode-ray tube television, effects pedals, and mixer.

Water Damage is ten people from one town and one sound from twelve people. For Instruments, the plus two are guitarist David Grubbs and saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi, neither of whom blunt the angle or confound the aim. The tempo? Slow and low. Four tracks, averaging twenty minutes each, the pace never above a comfortable walk. The damage creeps, a forest becomes a mountain, and the faithful move forward. The album is named after Fugazi, in a manner, and "Reel 25" takes after the Shocklee Brothe…

2025 stock The Destroyed Room: B-sides And Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems. The album brings together songs from throughout the band's career with Geffen, focusing on tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, or as b-sides to international singles. The tracks were hand picked by the band and also include material that has never before been released.

In November 2017, something extraordinary happened in Shibuya. As Shuta Hasunuma began conjuring otherworldly sounds from a single Buchla Music Easel modular synthesizer, Keiji Haino—one of Japan's most uncompromising experimental voices—responded by singing "Kimigayo," the Japanese national anthem. What started as an unplanned encounter between two visionary musicians has now crystallized into U　　　　　　　TA, an album that brilliantly captures the haunting and complex interplay of Haino's resonant …

Mamer first became known as a dombra virtuoso and a modern master of Kazakh folk music. Over the years, he has evolved into a prolific and versatile artist, working across the boundaries of both tranditional and contemporary music. Mamer leads seven band projects: IZ, Bande, Mekrop, TAT, Mask, 51-Rayon, and Kunakar. He has released over 30 records, presenting a diversity of distinct styles including folk, ambient, industrial, noise, improvisation, and drone music.  “Every Mamer is brand new”. On…

1994 release ** "Zao should need no introduction for progressive fusion fans, as they were one of France's best groups of the 70s, releasing five albums, four of them essential listens. While Zao has reformed occasionally since 1977 for the occasional live show, they haven't released an album with Yochk'o Seffer (sax, ex-Magma, Perception, Speed Limit, Neffesh Music) and Francois "Faton" Cahen (keys, ex- Magma) together since the classic Kawana. Due to good sales of their reissued CDs (Kawana, S…

2016 release ** "The music created by French guitar iconoclast and electronic music pioneer Richard Pinhas and insistently inventive San Francisco Bay Area guitarist Barry Cleveland on Mu originated in just such a way, arising seemingly from "nothingness." The two had contemplated performing as well as recording together for several years before their stars finally aligned, and they played several Bay Area shows during the same period that Mu was recorded. Unfettered by genre conventions, Mu is …

The final album of Henry Birdsey’s (Tongue Depressor) textured and immersive country laments project, Old Saw.  This final document highlights the range of the project’s vision, evading easy categorization.. Some of the most direct and emotive music yet from Birdsey.

Tip! Benjamin Bennett has worked as an improvising percussionist for 10 years, touring North America and Europe as a soloist, in various ensembles, and ad-hoc collaborations. He developed a unique approach to percussion which took the lineage of free-jazz, free-improvisation, Berlin reductionism, and extended technique playing as its foundation. In searching for an expanded sonic palette, and more fluid movement between various techniques, he distilled the drumset into a small collection of drum…

1995 release ** Limited edition of 499 hand-numbered copies in oversized cardboard sleeve. "Sprut "Progetto Numero 1" creates a new soundscape and texture by overlaying a saxophone solo on top of a rock band,he is "superimposing... "plagarism" an schizophrenia/"schizophonia". Tzadik Records made a re-press of this CD as part of its composer series, adding "Progetto Numero 2", and "Progetto Numero 3". under the title guise, Sprut by Italian composer Giustino Di Gregorio."

*100 copies limited edition* Hali Palombo is a composer and multimedia artist from the American Midwest. She works primarily with found audio and field recordings, creating careful compositions from a wide variety of disparate sources. Wobblement is an album featuring chaotic yet organized compositions crafted from heavily distorted voice, electric guitar, piano, sounds from the Warner Brothers sound library, and various field recordings taken at Midwestern points of interest.

*50 copies limited edition* Using everything from turntables to skipping CDs, field recording, piano and sampling, Me, Claudius captures the musical and rhythmic events that exist in the most unexpected places in our environment. Me, Claudius is an experimental musician living in a village in Southern England. She has released music on Dinzu Artefacts, Bezirk Tapes and Linear Obsessional. ‘Hush, Suzanne’ is a volume of live tracks where a stack of 7” singles are sampled, scratched and needle-dro…

*100 copies limited edition* G Lucas Crane returns with a huge slab of new sound work drawn from the last two years of vibrating sonic gristle and swollen sound jelly, producing the new righteous gibberish adjective of ‘suddering’. All things can now confidently sudder, and may god have mercy on us all. G Lucas warps, mashes, unspools, hacks, grinds and morphs his archive of cassettes and manipulated field recordings into a tapestry of lovecraftian horror-audio, where ghosts speak in machine lan…

First time meeting of Sam Wenc (US/pedal steel + objects) and Stefano Grasso (Milan/percussion + recorder). The record is one take, broken into 10 tracks, exploring the boundaries of the rhythmic grid, never quite landing inside it, but hovering on its perimeter, through extended technique, melody, and disharmony.

1997 release ** "This big band, led by T.S. Heg (alto sax & keyboards) is nominally a 'jazz outfit', but since in addition to lots of reeds, brass, bass and drums, they work with guitars, synths, sampling, etc., it's a fairly safe bet that this isn't 'just' a jazz album. Mostly structured with some very crazed, free parts, I guess you could compare them to Doctor Nerve in that regard, even though they sound nothing like Nerve."

2005 release ** Paste-on cardboard sleeve.

Fantastic 1979 recording by the duo of Eddie Prevost and Keith Rowe under the AMM III moniker. Original 1979 edition on Japo.

One of the best ever recordings by the mighty AMM, here composed of Eddie Prevost, Keith Rowe and John Tilbury. Original 1992 CD on Matchless Recordings.

Superb 1996 triple-CD set on Matchless Recordings presenting 3 exceptional full live recordings spanning 25 years (1969-1994). AMM: Cornelius Cardew, Christopher Hobbs, Lou Gare, Keith Rowe, Eddie Prevost and John Tilbury in different combinations.

A testament to one of Italy's most radical musical experiments, now available in this carefully crafted limited edition for a new generation of adventurous listeners.

Erototox Decodings proudly presents "I Lost Myself In Finding You," a mesmerizing new album from the international trio Rasha Ragab, Christoph Nicolaus, and Lucio Capece. Released November 4, 2022, this recording is a unique confluence of voices, tradition, and modern sonic investigation, designed to captivate the ear and spirit alike - Rasha Ragab: Egyptian performer renowned for her evocative vocal presence, blending singing with Sufi poetry and texts.- Christoph Nicolaus: Innovator of the sto…

"From Scratch New Discantus Quintet is a 60 minute long piece for two horns (Soprano and Tenor sax), double bass, a percussion set (bongo-drum kit), one electronic instrument (analog synth) and piano. Depart from the subharmonic scale, present through 10 stable sustained tones that act as a Cantus firmus, in the way composers Pérotin or Léonin worked in the XII century, initiating what is technically considered ‘counterpoint’, yet in this case, from scratch. This Cantus firmus acts as a context …

In 2017 Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer traveled together to the Åland Islands (an archipelago that is host to around 6,500 islands) in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. They headed to the islands with the intention of helping two friends (mother/daughter duo Jannika/Sage Reed) barn raise a small inn named Hotel Svala in Kumlinge (a municipality consisting of a small group of islands and a population of about 320). The idea was that, once completed, Svala would host artist residencies…

*70 copies limited edition* Eventless Plot, the renowned experimental duo from Thessaloniki, proudly announce the release of their latest cassette, Undertow. Known for their genre-defying sound and meticulous sonic craftsmanship, Eventless Plot continue their tradition of pushing the boundaries of contemporary music with this immersive new work. Undertow is a two-part suite (Part A, featuring Marco Paltrinieri, and Part B), unfolding through a spacious interplay of analog textures, modular synth…

First and only Japanese CD reissue from 2002 on Saidera of the 1979/1981 EP's, with 5 bonus tracks, by the improvisers' strange pop/punk band featuring David Toop, Max Eastley Steve Beresford, The Door And The Window, etc.. With insert.

Japanese CD reissue from 2002 on Saidera of the 1982 LP, with 3 bonus tracks, by the improvisers' strange pop/punk band featuring David Toop, Peter Cusack, Max Eastley Steve Beresford, Lol Coxhill, etc.. With insert.

First and only Japanese CD reissue from 2002 on Saidera of the 1980 LP "E Pluribus Unum", with 7 bonus live tracks, by the improvisers' strange pop/punk band featuring David Toop, Peter Cusack, Max Eastley Steve Beresford, The Door And The Window, etc.. With insert.

Original 1974 UK edition of the first solo album of adventurous guitar explorations by Henry Cow member.

Original 1979 LP on Metalanguage, the first encounter by the two giant guitarists.

Original 1980 LP on Metalanguage of adventurous solo guitar explorations. Never fully re-issued on either LP or CD.

Original massive 2LP set with gatefold sleeve on Metalanguage from 1981 of adventurous guitar explorations featuring Magic Band's John French a.o.. Never fully re-issued on either LP or CD.

Molly Raben's In the Kingdom of Flowers arrives as one of the year's most revelatory debuts - a breathtaking collection of solo organ improvisations that reimagines one of music's most ancient instruments through the lens of contemporary experimental practice. Released by Pennsylvania's Love's Devotee label in a limited edition of 300 copies, this remarkable album showcases Raben's extraordinary technical prowess alongside her deep understanding of the organ's mechanics, history, and social cont…

The legendary electroacoustic composer presents her most intimate work yet, weaving five decades of sonic memories into a profound meditation on time, perception, and the treasures of lived experience

The Belgian electroacoustic pioneer unveils a career-spanning collection that chronicles her unwavering commitment to the "hidden and discreet, but poetic, paths of acousmatics" across analog and digital eras

6 x Black 140 grs Vinyl each one in spineless sleeve, heavyweight cardboard slipcase/custom numbered at the back, insert-photo individually signed but the artist, marketing sticker. Limited & numbered to 500 copies for the world. Pascal Comelade, the visionary Catalan composer, unveils his latest sonic meditation with Improperis - Compositions et enregistrements, a remarkable work that celebrates four decades of uncompromising instrumental music since his emergence in 1984. This extraordinary co…

This wild and wonderful 4 cd set came about from a meeting between Nyahh Records boss Willie Stewart and Bill Perrine, author of Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental and Irrelevant Music From 1970's San Diego. The two were chatting over email when Bill happened to mention that he had access to  the archive at the University of California, San Diego. Which contained a large collection of unreleased work by many of the artists and musicians mentioned in his book. They decided to collaborate on a…

Massive 1985 3LP box set documenting the activities of this German experimental music theatre group from 1971 to 1985, with echoes of MEV and Nuova Consonanza. With insert and never re-issued on either CD or LP.

1993 white vinyl single, the first volume in Table Of The Elements' limited edition Guitar Series 7"s, deservely dedicated to solo guitar improvisations by the AMM member.

Excellent 1997 CD-only album of very dark and strong improvisations with electronics by Polish Quartet.