New Arrivals
From the Archives
This unexpected CD premieres 15 electronic music works from Tod Dockstader, “one of the giants in the field” (The Washington Post). Carefully selected from over 4,200 sound files left behind by Dockstader, who died in 2015, these were the last pieces…
Dissociative Counterpoint Disorder
Andrzej Chłopecki, the late critic and animator of the music scene, wrote extensively about Szymański's music as well as supporting the composer by means of his longtime role with the Warsaw Autumn festival. Chłopecki puts things thus: "the forma…
Carp's Head
The newest record produced by the group of three – Ghédalia Tazartès, Pawel Romanczuk, and Andrzej Zaleski – is the result of only a few meet ups and a shared passion for music that shapes their perspective. The long play was recorded at the Rogalów …
Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble
Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble (SCE), formed in spring 2016 on the initiative of flute player Wakana Ikeda, is a chamber group which periodically performs contemporary/experimental music concerts. The five members are Wakana Ikeda, Yoko Ikeda (viola), A…
Quadrat
On “Quadrat” : Quadrat is the title of Konrad Kraft’s (aka Detlef Funder) newest album, this time released on 12” vinyl. In some ways this album constitutes a kind of continuation of his previous work, which started with Temporary Audiosculptures. A …
A Crescent and Moonflowers
The musicians who appeared in the concert at Ftarri, Tokyo, on June 5, 2016, were young improvisers active in the Tokyo area: Straytone (modular synthesizer), Yui Nakamura (voice), Takashi Masubuchi (guitar), and Masahide Tokunaga (alto sax). Three o…
The message is very simple
A quote from Timothy Leary, 'The message is very simple : think for yourself and question authority, opens and closes this piece of around 30 minutes. Close mic sounds and electronics.Limited edition of 100 copies. Mastered by Jacques Beloeil.
Anacalypsis
Anacalypsis is the seventh album from the Hermetic Brotherhood of Lux-Or, an incredible blending of ancestral past and post-industrial decadence. The album consists of three tracks of sombre rituals, thundering beats and terrifying screams."This disq…
Collision of Absolutes
Amklon is a duo from Naples, composed of Giuseppe Mascia (electronics) and Sergio Albano (Aluminum guitar). Their music is the point of meeting of so many seemingly irreconcilable worlds: an architecture of dark synthetic sounds and avant-gard noise …
Electronic Recordings from Maui Jungle Vol. 2
Double LP version. Anthony Child, AKA Surgeon, presents the second volume of recordings of Buchla Music Easel recorded in the jungle of Maui. Again, Childs is in a more ambient guise and setting, as the calm breath of the jungle sets a real time back…
Ground and Figure
Editions Mego present the third release by Sendai, Ground and Figure. Comprised of Peter Van Hoesen and Yves de Mey, Ground and Figurepresents the duo residing in a more economic framework which allows the sound and rhythm they produce more room to s…
I Roam The Cosmos
Art Yard continues their voyage into the omniverse of unreleased Sun Ratapes with I Roam The Cosmos, an unreleased, previously unheard 1972 live session recorded at Slug's Saloon in New York. Fronting a stellar 18-piece incarnation of the Arkestra, I…
To Make A Fool Ask, And You Are The First
Ashtray Navigations's To Make A Fool picks up where the nerve-damaged exotica of 2015's A Shimmering Replica left off - acerbic "surf" guitar and synthetic salt-breeze fit for the Tropic of Yorkshire. Instant immersion in a potent, pungent psychedeli…
John Cage / Christian Wolff
Jeanne Dielman present a reissue John Cage and Christian Wolff's self-titled album, originally released in 1963 on legendary Times Records. This album was an early showcase of both 20th century composers's experimental chops, and is highly regarde…
Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbru
"At last! The second LP in our ongoing series of releases from Mariam Tsege Gebru! More 1960s recordings of her truly unique solo piano performances. Mariam Tsege Gebru is a true original - her playing is somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, lit…
Yummy Puffy Mommy Yoni
"Mike Kelley performs ethereal melodies on the Alesis QS6.1 electric keyboard. Trip the light fantastic to 26 tracks including "Outer Rink Magnifique", "Vanginus", "Curling Flakes in Eternal Haze" and "Panting Mancini"."
Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln' s Profile
This two cd set includes remastered recordings of Kelley's 55 minute performance poem "Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile" at Artists Space, New York on dec. 5th, 1985 and the peristaltic airwaves, a live performance that aired on kpfk …
Profondeurs Vertes
Profondeurs Vertes is the title of a three-channel video installation produced by Mike Kelley for the louvre, paris, in 2006. the music on this cd functions as the soundtrack music for the three videos. Profondeur vertes begins with a traditional sea…
A Beat Of Silence
LP version. Includes an inner sleeve and a download code. Edition of 500. "With his latest record, Notwist singer and guitar player, film soundtracker and Alien Transistor label boss Markus Acher, aka Rayon, offers up a sparse, intoxicating album of…
Closed Exit
Closed Exit is published by Nail Releases in 1997 on double cassette limited to 80 numbered copies. The four tracks on the tape are based on sick mono-tone synth drones with aberration voice. The smell of death is soaked in every sound produced b…