New Arrivals
As It Happened: Horse Lords Live
Horse Lords bring the fervor and fury of their live show to the confines and comfort of your trusted playback device with As It Happened: Horse Lords Live, a collection of recordings that capture the quartet’s galvanic energy as never before while toying with the trope of the live album. Captured at a series of concerts across Europe spanning Horse Lords’ multiple 2022 and 2023 tours, As It Happened is a mediated, sometimes obviously edited presentation of a live performance that strives for a c…
…we return to ground…
Other Minds is pleased to present …we return to ground…, a new recording by Irish composer Karen Power and Quiet Music Ensemble. This double CD features three of Power’s large-scale pieces pairing natural sounds with musical instruments, written for and with Quiet Music Ensemble over an 8-year period. Beginning with instruments of ice in 2015, Power's experience of pairing natural sounds with musical instruments has evolved into a transformative body of work. Her approach to composition, creatin…
Pure Materials
*100 copies limited edition* We’re extremely delighted to present you a new album by DUP SYS, one of Osaka’s finest ambient acts. The nine tracks on “Pure Materials” sound like an updated version of John Hassel’s idea of 4th world music. Put your headphones on and feel fully immersed in DUP SYS’ rich sounding combination of field recordings and evocative soundscapes.
Fallen
*100 copies limited edition* Sontag Shogun’s Jesse Perslstein and Shinya Sugimoto join us again with a follow-up to 2019’s “I Confess”. A long-form piece broken into four parts, that tells a story of change, of love found and lost. Using soundscapes taken from travels, voicemails, conversations about loss and love, and adding lamenting vocals, noise and piano, this album encapsulates the distance between people, both geographic and emotionally, and the delicate passage of time.
Daarbuiten
*100 copies limited edition* We’ve been huge fans for quite some while and we're happy to announce our first collaboration with Belgian sound maestro David Edren. on Daarbuiten or “The outside” Edren showcases his idea of painting a vivid portrait of the great outdoors. His gamelan-like rhythms and catchy melodies create a sound that feels dynamic and playful at the same time.
Hi-Nology
Gatefold packaging. Terumasa Hino is undoubtedly one of the most famous Japanese jazzmen. Learning the trumpet at the age of nine, he began his career as a professional musician by playing in the orchestra of an US Army base, before joining Hideo Shiraki's Quintet and then forming his own band in 1964. On Hi-Nology, his brother Motohiko Hino appears on drums, Hiroma Suzuki on electric piano, Kumitsu Inaba on electric bass and Takeru Muraoka on tenor sax. The inspiration from the "electric period…
New Jazz In Japan
Gatefold packaging. Nobuo "Hara," whose real name is Nobuo Tsukahara, is a Japanese saxophonist who became known in 1951 with his big band, the Sharp & Flats. Together they recorded more than a hundred album during their career. Hozan Yamamoto is, for his part, a Shakuhachi player, a traditional Japanese flute, enjoying such recognition in his country that he was awarded a Living National Treasure in 2002. The first record bringing together the two musicians is a live recorded in 1967 during the…
For Peace and Liberty - In Paris, Dec 1972
Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the release of BAG's first album since 1973, "For Peace and Liberty", recorded in Paris in Dec. 1972 when the musicians had recently arrived from St Louis. BAG only released one album during their existence. This long-lost performance, recorded at Maison de l'ORTF in optimal conditions just a few months previously, was thought lost until recently unearthed from the vaults of INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel). Here the group unleashes an incandescent 3…
Rupture In The Eternal Realm
On her third full-length album, C. Lavender delves into her experience with a profoundly impactful Buddhist meditation centered in the sacrifice of the self as a source of liberation.
Dedicated To The Bird We Love
A rare psychedelic selection from the Norwegian duo of Nina Johansen on vocals and guitar, and Runa Walle on sitar, guitar and vocals, with support from their Indian friend Satnam Singh on flute and tablas plus some local jazz and rock musicians rounding out the rhythm section. Originally released in 1970 in Norway only, and selling in ridiculously small numbers, this has been something of a legendary cut for lovers of all things psychedelic, just waiting for the right time for a re-release.
Split
An inevitable and sensible split release between two of today's most unconventional projects, both consistently pushing the boundaries of contemporary Harsh Noise by fearlessly incorporating limitless experimentation drawn from tried-and-true tape music techniques, as well as aspects of electroacoustic and free improv.Both artists have a tendency to collect seemingly random and bizarre sources that are then crammed together into an elaborate found sound collage akin to a sonic puzzle. Each part …
Practical Dreamers
This fifth AXIS recording once again brings in a different approach to the music. With the exception of the group’s first album, Les Oiseaux De Matisse, which was largely recorded live in the studio, subsequent albums (Dream Feathers, Port Of Saints, Blutopia) have been built from Ron upwards – Ron recording with a small core of players and then arranged for larger groups via subsequent overdubs. This time round, Ron requested that he respond to completed tracks as the last player to record – to…
Escape
Versatile guitarist Andy Moor known from Dog Faced Hermans and The Ex and Amsterdam based pianist Marta Warelis meet to explore the sound-world of acoustic piano and electric guitar. Their debut album 'Escape' is a collection of improvisations recorded at the historical zaal100 in Amsterdam.Andy Moor: guitarMarta Warelis: pianoRecorded at ZAAL100, Amsterdam, June 28, 2022.Recorded and mixed by Andy Moor & Marta Warelis.Mastered by Enrico Mangione and Luca MarteganiLaboratorio di Sperimentazione …
Hack Conduit
Lo-fi wall noise muck from the mind of Canadian artist Barrett E. Lediard (Toanche Dwelling, Rotmans, Vast Field Magnetism, etc). Hack Conduit is the epitome of terms like "muddy" and "blown out", recorded straight to tape and sent directly to AAD headquarters on said tape in order to capture both tracks in all their filthy hiss-ridden authentic glory.3" disc with printed label & 3 panel cover art housed in polycase.
Helios
AAD warmly welcomes Tim Olive to the family. Canadian born but residing in Japan for many years, TO has been involved in experimental music spanning more than two decades and has collaborated with dozens of great international artists and labels alike. Armed with a minimal setup of metallic pickups, springs and scrap metal, TO has mastered his sound by amplifying acoustic objects that are then played like a free jazz musician tinkering with a pile of broken guitars.
Field Studies Vol.7
Field Studies is a series of soundworks, workshops, live concerts and audio releases focused on field recording, electronic and electro-acoustic music, curated by Glauco Salvo. Releases are available on cassette and digital download. Cassettes are carefully duplicated in real time on high quality tape (Recording the Masters Fox type I) with Nakamichi Dr-2 three head cassette decks, and they are available duplicated with Dolby B or with no noise reduction. The entire catalogue will be available a…
Field Studies Vol.6
*2024 stock* Field Studies Vol.6 is a work on the swamp of Padule di Fucecchio, the largest inland wet area of Italy. Invited by Nub Project Space to work on its soundscape, I visited Padule four times between October and June, recording the sounds I encountered, mainly birds, insects and reeds.
Despite being an incredibly silent and quiet place, Padule can also be harsh and inhospitable, the tracks resulting from the elaboration of the field recordings with tape loops and a Doepfer A-100 modula…
The Light Was Sharp, Our Eyes Were Closed
A group of friends go sailing and one disappears. The others startsearching for her. But it gradually becomes apparent that she won’t be found. So the friends return home one by one. Only the missing girl’s lover and her best friend remain.They have begun an affair. As the lovers come together the girl’s disappearance is all but forgotten. More than anything, Pablo’s Eye is a temporary atmosphere, like a taste or a dream...
From Michelangelo Antonioni — “Auteur of eerie angst”(L’Avventura) by Ri…
Rythmes Contemporains
Tip! *Very much needed repress!* An incredible record from the legendary Yugoslavian composer Janko Nilovic, often hailed as the best LP in his vast catalogue, as well as one of the most accomplished French library ever made in France. Recorded in 1972 for the Montparnasse 2000 Radio/TV/Film library, 'Rhythmes Contemporains' showcases the most accomplished French musicians of the time, utilising a 45-piece orchestra to work on these sessions, which explains the spectacular sounds and huge dynami…
Biyartabiyu
"Because I make records in a number of different styles, I often filter and change my saxophone playing to match the style of the record I’m making. But when I make a work like this, you hear my playing in my natural, unfiltered style, and that style is determined by the many AACM records which were most influential in forming my own playing. That’s especially true in this duo setting with Walt Shaw, where the music is stripped down to its essence of blues + abstraction. It’s really simple - I’m…