★Matière Mémoire
The God Bear Archives II
*90 copies limited edition* During the year 2021, Charlemagne Palestine entrusted us with numerous archives recently found on audio cassettes dating from the 70s and 80s. After a long process of listening and selection, we are pleased to present the second volume of these archives to you.
Double Consciousness
*75 copies limited edition* From the label: "On the occasion of Eric Thielemans' japanese tour, we have published 75 numbered cassettes with which Eric will go on tour."
Adage Vestige
From Matière Mémoire, one of the most striking and unique labels currently working in experimental music, comes “Adage Vestige”, the latest stunning statement from the French, Belgium based multidisciplinary artist Roxane Métayer. Encountering one of Europe's most unique voices pushing ever further into abstract realms with her signature hybrid of folk and rigorously experimental approaches, it's an absolute stunner that can't be missed.
The Mont Aigu Tapes 2
**Blue tape Limited Edition to 90 numbered copies ** Sound and Radio Frequencies captured in location in Mont Aigu. Part of Fieldworks#26 .
Double Consciousness
**White vinyl Limited Edition to 300 numbered copies ** Matière Mémoire presents Double Consciousness by Oren Ambarchi and Eric Thielemans.
The God Bear Archives I
*300 copies limited edition* During the year 2021, Charlemagne entrusted us with numerous archives recently found on audio cassettes dating from the 70s and 80s. After a long process of listening and selection, we are pleased to present the first volume of these archives to you.
Nurturing Exhibitions
*Limited edition of 200 copies. Includes a 48 pages art book and 2CD.* Six musical compositions by Phill Niblock, soil and cutting tree of Amanatsu orange from Masanobu Fukuoka Natural Farm, wooden pedestals, speakers, wooden benches, wooden planter, acrylic case, water, sunlight. An exhibition by Mathieu Copeland.
Nurturing Exhibitions was one of two concomitant exhibitions that formed Exhibition Cuttings at Le Forum / Fondation Hermès in Tokyo, Japan between April 23rd (Fri.) and July 18th (Su…
ਚੈਨਲKAANALचैनलRÁÐעָרוּץ
**Blue vinyl Limited Edition to 300 numbered copies ** Matière Mémoire presents ਚੈਨਲKAANALचैनलRÁÐעָרוּץ by Charlemagne palestine, Oren Ambarchi and Eric Thielemans.
Hi! Who Are You?
**Orange tape Limited Edition to 90 numbered copies ** The trio Susana Santos Silva / Torbjörn Zetterberg / Hampus Lindwall emerged in 2015 with their first album If Nothing Else (Clean Feed CF348) which was received with critical acclaim. The unique conceptual approach to composition & improvisation rooted in both free jazz and contemporary classical music was described as “guaranteed a unique listening experience” (JazzIn), “It is art!” (Gapplegate Music Review) and “unique sound and style” (N…
Mokusatsu
** Gold tape Limited Edition to 90 numbered copies ** Matière Mémoire presents Mokusatsu by Giovanni Di Domenico and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto.
The Mont Aigu Tapes
**Red tape Limited Edition to 90 numbered copies ** Sound and Radio Frequencies captured in location in Mont Aigu. Part of Fieldworks#26 .
Exploratory I and II
This bundle includes Phill Niblock's Exploratory I and Exploratory II LPs released by Matière Mémoire. Records come, respectively, on transparent and clear red vinyl and are limited to 300 copies each.Matière Mémoire has the honor to present to you the new masterful work of Phill Niblock: Exploratory. One of the most beautiful and powerful works that Phill Niblock has ever offered to us! Phill reinvents and probes the oceans of drone music possibilities deeper than ever. This piece has been per…
October 24, 1975
**Tape Limited Edition to 100 numbered copies ** A few months after the release of the legendary Strumming in 1974, Charlemagne Palestine gave a masterful and powerful 56 minutes performance in Antwerp in an exciting concert series. With the work and the precious help of M KHA and Lotte Beckwé, we were able to find this recording. We are pleased to offer you this unreleased performance on cassette and CD
Exploratory II
**Edition of 300 copies** Matiere Memoire has the honor to present to you the new masterful work of Phill Niblock: Exploratory. One of the most beautiful and powerful works that Phill Niblock has ever offered to us! Phill reinvents and probes the oceans of drone music possibilities deeper than ever. This piece has been performed and recorded for over a year by many great musicians around the world, under the supervision and direction of Phill. Arditti String Quartet, David Watson, Lucy Railton, …
Exploratory I
**Edition of 300 copies on clear Vinyl.** Matiere Memoire has the honor to present to you the new masterful work of Phill Niblock: Exploratory. One of the most beautiful and powerful works that Phill Niblock has ever offered to us! Phill reinvents and probes the oceans of drone music possibilities deeper than ever. This piece has been performed and recorded for over a year by many great musicians around the world, under the supervision and direction of Phill. Arditti String Quartet, David Watson…
MMXX Complete Bundle
The Complete Bundle of Matière Mémoire's incredible MMXX Series - commissioning 20 artists to produce 20-minute works to be issued across 2020 - is a truly stunning body of sound. Comprising of brand-new works by Phill Niblock, Kassel Jaeger, Stephen O'Malley, Hampus Lindwall, and Mauro Lanza - each issued on single sided crystal-clear vinyl, with a laser engraved artwork on the other, accompanied by a print created by the artist - stand among the most exciting records we've heard all year.
Nebula - MMXX-20
Shiva Feshareki is a British-Iranian experimental composer and turntabist, noted for solo efforts, as well as her work alongside classical orchestras. Her only full-length to date, New Forms, issued by Resist back in 2019, makes her contribution to the MMXX series, Nebula, a much-needed expansion of her available works.Deploying the turntable with a stunningly skilled hand, Nebula is a work of orchestral scale made from the most minimal means. Merging a vast number of heavily manipulated sound-s…
1883 - Sound Model I - MMXX-19
Predominately working as a film director and visual artist, since the late 2000s Carlos Casas has occupied a remarkable double life with his work in sound, producing a handful of full lengths and EPs over the last ten years that span the worlds of musique concrète, electronic, electroacoustic, and ambient musical composition.Casas’s contribution to the MMXX series, 1883 - Sound Model I - his second release with Matière Mémoire - is an uncanny electroacoustic composition that incorporates field r…
Komora - MMXX-18
Bérangère Maximin is a fascinating figure on the French experimental electronic music scene. Having studied electroacoustic composition under Denis Dufour, since her move to Paris in the early 2000s she developed a highly individualized practice of acousmatic composition, creating tape works for dance and experimental cinema, as well as a small, carefully crafted discography that has appeared across highly regarded imprints like Tzadik, Sub Rosa, and Made To Measure, among others.Maximin’s contr…
Before It Gets Better, It Will Get Worse - MMXX-17
A deft hand with a long history within the brooding realms of ambient, electronic, and electroacoustic music, since emerging on the Swedish scene during the 1990s, Joachim Nordwall has cut a wide path, not only with a stunning body of solo work and collaborative efforts with Mika Vainio, John Duncan, Mats Gustafsson, and numerous others, but also through his highly regarded label iDEAL Recordings.Nordwall’s contribution to the MMXX series, Before It Gets Better, It Will Get Worse, is a remarkabl…