Upcoming releases
To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1
** With a 12-page 11x11" insert booklet (new for IA11, with unpublished photos and new liner notes by Alabaster DePlume), IARC 2025 obi strip and printed poly-lined printed inner-sleeve. ** In the words of Emma Warren: Alabaster DePlume is not doing things properly, and this makes him very happy. DePlume is a Manchester-born, London-based bandleader, composer, saxophonist, activist and orator. He’s a resident at the legendary London creative hub Total Refreshment Centre, a recording artist for…
Jazz Raga
With Jazz Raga, Gábor Szabó fused modal jazz, Indian raga, and 1960s psychedelic currents into a single visionary statement. Recorded in 1966 at Van Gelder Studio, it remains a landmark of cross‑cultural improvisation—sitar‑tinged grooves meeting the freedom and pulse of spiritual jazz.
Bhoot Ghar: Sounds of the Kathmandu Horror House
Bhoot Ghar: Sounds of the Kathmandu Horror House by Aaron Dilloway is a raw suite of field recordings captured inside a decaying Nepali fun‑park attraction. Blown speakers, mechanical screams, and ambient chaos fuse into a hallucinatory documentary of sound—half ethnography, half haunted collage.
Grinning Cat
With Grinning Cat, Susumu Yokota continues to refine his delicate ambient universe through a dreamlike balance of melody, texture, and silence. The 2001 album merges found sounds, piano fragments, and vaporous rhythms into an otherworldly narrative of domestic tranquility and imaginative reverie.
Theusz Hamtaahk - Trilogie Au Trianon
A monumental document of Magma at their most powerful! Recorded over two nights during the band's 30th anniversary celebration at the Trianon theater in Paris (May 13-14, 2000), this is the first and only recording to present the complete Theusz Hamtaahk trilogy in its entirety: "Theusz Hamtaahk" ("Time of Hatred"), "Ẁurdah Ïtah" ("Dead Earth"), and the legendary "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh". Founded by visionary drummer-composer Christian Vander in 1969, Magma created one of the most unique a…
Ephemeral Rituals
Jo Montgomerie doesn't want to pull back the veil too much on her source materials, but she's becoming more declarative and emphatic in how she works with her crucible of tempered noise. The opening clatter to Ephemeral Rituals sounds to these ears like the repetitive strike of a typewriter; though she asserts, without showing her hand, that is not the case. Out of this, a hallowed, radiant black glow emerges, nearly engulfing the acoustic clack with a sublime grandeur. Based in Manchester, Mont…
Jeux d’eau
Jeux d’eau by Copenhagen Clarinet Choir and Anders Lauge Meldgaard is an electro-acoustic meditation inspired by the fountains of Villa d’Este. Blending clarinet resonance with the fluid timbres of the New Ondomo, the work reveals a continuous dialogue between water, sound, and human presence—where improvisation and structure merge like converging streams.
Zur Mitte / Hindurch / Hinauf
**Edition of 200 with artwork by Lutz Beckmann and liner notes by Ralf Hoyer.** Released on occasion of his 75th birthday, Edition Telemark presents the first LP since 1986 by German composer and sound artist Ralf Hoyer. Hoyer's versatile new music oeuvre includes works for chamber ensembles, choir, orchestra, chamber opera, as well as electronic, electro-acoustic and multi-media pieces. Hoyer grew up in East Berlin where he worked as a sound engineer for the GDR record company VEB Deutsche Scha…
Ali Toure Farka
On Ali Toure "Farka", the legendary Malian guitarist and singer presents a nuanced journey through desert blues, crafting hypnotic grooves and lyrical vignettes that connect tradition with a restless creative spirit. Touré's mastery lies in the interplay of voice and guitar, exploring personal and cultural landscapes across languages and styles.
Invisible
On Invisible, Mike Majkowski delivers a set of six immersive compositions situated at the intersection of ambient dub and textural electronica. Spanning 2019 to 2025, the album’s subtly evolving loops and enveloping atmospheres invite a deep listening experience, foregrounding mood and sonic presence over melodic statement.
Late Autumn Sunshine
Late Autumn Sunshine by Michael Garrick, released by My Only Desire Records, gathers two rare BBC Maida Vale sessions from 1973 and 1978. With Norma Winstone’s ethereal voice and Henry Lowther’s lyrical trumpet, Garrick’s compositions glow with his characteristic blend of English pastoralism and modal jazz introspection—a rediscovery of autumnal warmth and luminous craft.
The Velvet Underground & Nico (LP)
*2025 Reprint. Edition featuring the album’s artworks directly printed within the vinyl surface.* Over Half a century later, this record still slays; if any album is deserving of the "classic" tag, it's The Velvet Underground & Nico. Lou Reed's affected vocals, Nico's female Lugosi-style recitations, John Cale's droning strings, Moe Tucker's minimal kit - this landmark work laid down paths that musicians today are still trying to follow. Just pick any track: "I'm Waiting For The Man," "Sunday Mo…
Tragic Magic
Tragic Magic is the reflection of a singular musical dialogue between Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore—an elegy and invocation shaped by recent wildfires in Los Angeles and the serene grandeur of Paris’s Musée de la Musique. Across seven tracks, the harp’s ancestral lilt and analog synth shimmer are fused in explorations of loss, hope, and renewal, yielding a chronicle of what it means to endure and create together in the face of upheaval.
Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021
Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021 documents David Goren’s deep listening project dedicated to Brooklyn’s pirate radio underworld, spanning recordings made between 2014 and 2021. Issued on vinyl for the first time by Death Is Not The End, the album is an extraordinary aural chronicle of New York’s invisible airwaves, focusing primarily on the rich, labyrinthine world of Caribbean-run stations, with excursions into Turkish, Orthodox Jewish, and other broadcast communities.
Muluken Mellesse with the Dahlak Band (Ethiopiques)
Muluken Mellesse with the Dahlak Band is a classic Ethiopian album, originally released in 1976 and now reissued as part of the prestigious Ethiopiques series. The recording captures Muluken at the height of his powers, delivering emotionally charged vocals over the Dahlak Band’s vibrant blend of afrobeat, funk, and Ethio-jazz. This set embodies the golden era of Ethiopian popular music, marked by complex horn arrangements, subtle groove, and enduring melodies.
Live at Triton 2009
In 2009, the Triton venue (near Paris, France) was sold out to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Univers Zéro, an iconic band of the Rock In Opposition movement. These two exceptional concerts highlighted a radical and unique style of music, at the crossroads of new music and chamber rock, skilfully blending acoustic and electric instruments, as heard on the cult album 'Ceux du Dehors'.
October Flowers for Joe McPhee
October Flowers for Joe McPhee is a luminous solo work by Ken Vandermark, recorded in tribute to his longtime friend and mentor. Released by Corbett vs. Dempsey in March 2025, the album unfolds as a suite for reeds—melding lyricism, memory, and improvisation into a deeply human meditation on influence and kinship. Each piece, named after flowers, resonates as both homage and renewal.
Pancake Moon
On her sophomore album Pancake Moon, Michiko Ogawa crafts a liminal soundworld suspended between darkness and light, fusing sho, piano, and synthesizers into reflections on memory, loss, and renewal. Released in late 2025 by Futura Resistenza, the record drifts through introspective layers and subtle textures, inviting listeners into an immersive experience that is at once deeply personal and quietly radiant.
Backwards
A decade after its long-awaited release, Coil's landmark album Backwards returns in a special 10 year anniversary vinyl reissue. The black vinyl edition comes in a gatefold matt-laminate sleeve with silver detail, honoring the album's elusive, mercurial nature with understated elegance. After the ground-breaking release of 1990's Love's Secret Domain, Coil were not dormant - far from it. The main project was Backwards, which was started in 1992, updated considerably between 1993 and 1995, and tr…
Perception
Perception is the 1973 second album by Catalyst, the Philadelphia jazz-funk quartet whose blend of soul jazz, fusion, and avant-garde set them apart as a cult phenomenon. Featuring Zuri Tyrone Brown (bass), Onaje Sherman Ferguson (drums, percussion), Nwalinu Odean Pope (tenor saxophone, flute), and Sanifu Eddie Green (electric piano), the album stretches from spacious, electric fusion to driving, groove-forward funk and episodes of free improvisation. Recently reissued to renewed acclaim, Percep…