New Arrivals
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Ernesto Rodrigues - violaNuno Torres - alto saxophoneGunnar Lettow - prepared bass guitar, electronics, objectsGregory Büttner - computer, loudspeaker, objects, fan
Recorded 3th of April 2014 in HamburgMusic, mix & mastered by Gunnar Lettow & Gregory BüttnerCover design by Carlos Santos
Walze 1-8
*2024 stock* The source material of the compositions are historical recordings made on wax cylinders (German: "Walze") from the archive of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin. The recordings were all made at the beginning of the last century in different parts of the world. For each of my eight pieces I processed the sounds and noises of one wax cylinder using a computer, sometimes modulating them with sine waves (Walzen 3, 4 and8), combining them to new compositions.
I was interested in the inter…
Pochen - Oder : Mit Nachschleifendem Zwirnsfaden Die Treppe Hinunterkollern
*2024 stock* I recorded the sounds for this piece in March 2011 at the "Performance Arts Forum" in France. The PAF is housed in a former convent school, which was built at the end of the 19th Century in the village of St. Erme in Picardy. After the convent school and a hospital during World War I, various temporary uses and a long term of vacancy, the PAF was founded in 2006 as a workplace for artists.
During my three-week stay, I kept sneaking through the 6.400 m2 building: From the attic to th…
Wenn Uns Jemand Hört - Sag - Wir Haben Einfach Kurz Luft Geschnappt
*2024 stock. 200 copies limited edition* This version is a special composition of the music for the performance piece „Wenn uns jemand sieht - sag -wir haben einfach kurz Luft geschnappt“ by Anja Winterhalter premiered in 2010.
“Falte”, 2011-2012
: The basic sounds of the piece are sinus waves, digital crackles and white noise. This sounds I played back over different external loudspeakers, which I prepared with resonant objects like tin cans, tubes, wooden boxes to add some natural acoustics.…
John Giorno in Florence
2024 Stock. John Giorno is perhaps best known as the star of Andy Warhol’s Sleep. More significantly, Giorno’s multimedia publication and performance projects have consistently transgressed and redefined the boundaries of literature and mass media. The publisher of Giorno Poetry Systems LPs, CDs, tapes, and videopaks, Giorno first made his mark in the late sixties as the innovator of the Dial-A-Poem System (1969): a twelve-line telephonic system allowing callers to hear one of twelve different p…
Flasket Brinner
** 1971 debut album reissue with bonus Lp with unreleased material. Limited edition 500 copies ** In the early 1970s, Sweden, similar to neighboring Germany, had a vibrant music culture that shunned American and British tendencies. Here, bands were allowed to experiment with a wide variety of musical styles without worrying about how they would fare commercially. Here, innovative rock acts like International Harvester, Algarnas Tradgard, Samla Mammas Manna, and Kebnekaise came together to create…
Bright Sparkling Light
Originally conceived as a tour only exclusive, Bright Sparkling Light was recorded alongside, 2023's expansive beguiling long-player An Ever Changing View and draws on the same trademark blend of jazz, electronica, global and spiritual jazz influences. The original pressing sold-out on Matthew Halsall' EU and UK tour last October and November and so many people got in touch with us here at Gondwana asking how they could get a copy that we decided to make a further 2000 copies available.
The titl…
Uitgesproken (1980–1985)
** 2LP's and book housed in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with an extensive A4 sized book of 76 pages (offset quadri printed) containing more than 150 images and archival documents on the band's history ** Here it finally is, the first ever official reissue of all recorded material by Zyklome A, and as a bonus one unreleased track plus unreleased live recordings! One of Belgium’s earliest and most primitive hardcore punk bands’ legendary ‘Made In Belgium’ LP has been one of the rarest artifacts in th…
Exciting Drums African Rock Party
An early masterpiece under the name of Count Buffalo – this is legendary drummer Akira Ishikawa’s first record, from 1969! Genuine jazz, rock and African groovy sound. A rare groove album with a soulful arrangement throughout, with Kozaburo Yamaki and Hiroshi Takami as arrangers. Essential!
Back To Rhythm
Akira Ishikawa is renowned as a super funky drummer in Japan, earning praise for his ability to freely explore and blend jazz, rock, and African music into a unique musicality. Throughout his career, which spans from jazz rock to rare groove, this particular work stands out for its exceptional song selection and exhilarating musicality. "Let's Start" delivers a tight cover of Fela Kuti's Afro-funk, "Bongo Rock" presents a dynamic song with drum breaks, and "Pick Up The Pieces" offers a jazz-funk…
Basic Maths
Another amazing find from the Trunk label: Ron Geesin's audio work for Central TV's teaching math show Basic Maths in the 1980s.
Tilt
Limited Edition Half speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios Hype sticker on front of shrink wrap: “140 gram 2LP edition, mastered and cut at 45rpm at Abbey Road Studios”. No pop artist ever had a career remotely like Scott Walker’s. From his first flurry of intense fame as a teen pop crooner who exploded so meteorically in the UK that he was briefly more popular than the Beatles to his latter days as an experimental icon, Walker consistently ducked expectations. Disappearing for years at a time, h…
Weed
Weed were an up-and-coming Krautrock band from Bielefeld, Germany, known for their unique blend of psychedelic rock and catchy melodies. Their only album 'Weed', originally released in 1971, featured Uriah Heep organist Ken Hensley as guest musician, playing under the pseudonym 'Ken Lesley'. Weed is a collection of energetic songs with powerful guitar riffs, driving beats and catchy lyrics. An album that inspires with its versatility and distinctive sound.
If you're looking for some new music to…
Matching Mole
** Expanded Edition. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Deluxe sleeve with linen laminate finish. Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on yellow & orange marbled vinyl. For the first time available as 2LP-set. Including 7 bonus tracks** Recorded in an abandoned CBS studio in the cold winter of 1972, this is the historical first album of Matching Mole, Robert Wyatt's immediate post Soft Machine grouping featuring himself on drums and vocals and three of the most creative musicians from th…
Ma Délire — Songs Of Love, Lost & Found
Myriam Gendron Ma Délire - Songs of Love Lost & Found It has been a while since the release Myriam's acclaimed 2014 debut album, Not So Deep As a Well. The intervening years have brought a smattering of live performances, a bouquet of children, Trump's Pandemic, and much more. For someone who likes to read and ponder as much as Ms. Gendron does, there has been plenty to mull over. Different concepts for a new album were broached, but the seed of Ma Delire was planted when Myriam recalled a pape…
Chitinous
Big Big Tip! Certainly one of the most obscure and perhaps one of the most fascinating work of the English jazz revolution. Master of ceremonies is cellist Paul Buckmaster, known for his work with the Third Ear Band and for his (later) collaborations with Miles Davis, David Bowie and Elton John. Chitinous is his the only album as leader and it was recorded between 31 March and 13 April 1970, by an orchestra of no less than 51 players, with violins, violas and cellos. In this enormous line-up we …
A Void Dance
*50 copies limited edition* First meeting and recording between veteran drummer Dirk Wachtelaer and guitarist Jef Mertens recorded at the studio at Scherpendries, Geel in August 2023. A Void Dance is a first exploration that will hopefully spark more recordings to come.
Biglietto Per L'Inferno
Legendary 1974 eponymous album by Biglietto per l’Inferno! Reissued on 140gr. white vinyl!!!Born in 1972 in Lecco, in northern Italy, from the ashes of Gee and Mako Sharks, Un Biglietto per l'Inferno are still regarded as one of the most influential Italian prog bands, despite a single LP release, their magnificent eponymous album from 1974. The band had an intense live activity, that took to a very powerful sound driven by the twin keyboards of Baffo Banfi (of Klaus Schulze fame) and Cossa an…
Le Purgatoire
"Purgatory is part of a large cycle called Sunset Time which consists of seven days of ritual music. Rituality is one of Pape’s stylistic traits that is often expressed with imaginative and fantastic sound revelations, with unpredictable sound sequences, with powerful flows of voices and instruments in a continuous timbral transfiguration. Surreal and dreamlike sounds accompany the journey of Dante and Virgil and of the other characters they meet, following them to the threshold of Paradise, sou…
Schwebende Lasten
The basic sounds of the pieces were all created with a Buchla and some with a Serge analog modular synthesizer during my residency at EMS Stockholm, 2013. After this part of the sound creation (and with some files further digital processing), I played the results through different external loudspeakers, which I prepared with resonant objects such as tin cans, tubes, paper, metal plates, wooden boxes or small objects. This mixture of acoustic and electro-acoustic sounds was then re-recorded and a…