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When Japanese composer Yas-Kaz left Tokyo for Bali in the mid 1970s he had little idea of how influential his trip would become. In studying the storied art of gamelan, the jazz and avant-garde percussionist opened a door to a world of sound and rhythm left behind by the West. The music he and his contemporaries made would become known as new age. It also happened to soundtrack the golden era of anime. Awash with money and with the prerogative to entertain the burgeoning middle classes, anime in…
The first-ever illustrated compendium recounting the seminal underground South London ambient party that surfaced at the axis through which the likes of Ninja Tune, Warp and Rising High flowed. Telepathic Fish shared fertile waters with Megatripolis and The Big Chill, moving the early 90s London back room chill-out space into the kaleidoscopic spotlight. Documenting the sights and sounds of South London’s seminal Telepathic Fish ambient parties. Hosted by Chantal Passamonte (aka Mira Calix – RIP…
*100 copies limited edition* For over a decade, the Sound Mapping series has traced the evolving landscapes of experimental music across the globe. This chapter turns its ear to Australia, a continent whose sonic expressions are as vast, isolated, and idiosyncratic as its geography. The artists featured in this compilation explore a wide terrain of auditory possibilities, from shimmering drones and granular textures to fractured electronics and abstract field manipulations. There’s a rawness her…
Dungeon-crawling aficionados and devotees of gloomy synth-music, HDK Adventurers Magazine is for you! Each issue features a bunch of expert dungeon synth musicians who score the soundtracks for four "one-page dungeons", short adventure modules for fantasy RPGs.
Mysterious places inaccessible to humanity, cruel magical dungeons, a noble lineage of guardian warriors and a terrible gang of ruthless bugbears... These are the settings you will experience in this new sparkling episode of HDK Adventure…
Under the influence of The Beatles, the Group Sound Movement swept Japan in the mid Sixties. This compilation collects some of the finest cuts made by several of the leading band of the time like The Mops, The Golden Cups, The Spiders ... and more!
Here's for the real thing! A late 60s Japanese compilation investigating the so-called "group sound" movement. Includes early recordings by a series of musicians later to perform with legendary bands such as the Flower Travellin' Band, Speed Glue & Shinki, Les Rallizes Denudes and Foodbrain. Must have !
Under the influence of The Beatles, the Group Sound Movement swept Japan in the mid Sixties. This compilation collects some of the finest cuts made by several of the leading band of the time like The Mops, The Golden Cups, The Spiders ... and more!
"Everything has changed, and it is changing still. The early days of 2025 (an already baleful year, vis-a-vis America’s darkening political horizon) have wrought heretofore unimaginable destruction in the land we now call Los Angeles. The wildfires that began on the morning of Tuesday, January 7th—and which are still raging—are, in scope and intensity, unlike any other disaster, natural or manmade, in the city’s living memory. Thousands of homes destroyed. Twenty four lives lost at the time of w…
Pioneering, magisterial compilation, which turned many of us here onto Mustafa Ozkent, Fikret Kizilok, Erkin Koray, Temiz and co, a decade ago. Still dazzling, fresh, essential.
Zulu Guitar's Pioneering Tricksters, but for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely beautiful roots of Zulu Guitar Music emerging during the period 1950 – 1965. Story-tellers and master musicians appropriate outlaw personae, re-purpose country and western, Hawaiian and other styles, to stretch and challenge our notion of “the Zulu guitar”. Twenty-five songs (18 on vinyl) plunge us into the depths of the migrant experience…
*2025 stock* Relatives Schoensein is a photo series by the German artist Signalstoerung, in which he explores the beauty of things, that are maybe not seen as beautiful by the majority of people. Part 2 of this series examines the philosophical question: Advertisement - information or manipulation? Advertisement is a form of communication that aims to inform and persuade people to buy a product or service. The main purpose of advertisements is to generate profits for businesses and increase thei…
Issue #2 of EX! magazine includes features about 7ARTCORE, Beware! The Radio, Corina Retzlaff, Gudrun Gut, Guillaume Bourassa, Inner Demons Records, Jóhann Eiriksson, Korf Ar Son, Lilu Fischer, Lucus, Manuel Carbone & Poppy H, Poeji, Quatrefoil & AimyþyhrℵullA, Richard Chartier, Rolando Torres Martin, Tremor Hex, Veronica ‘Vern’ Avola, Zmijowka and more. The magazine includes download code for a compilation with music by 7ARTCORE, Astral Synthesis, febrile, LODGE, Marla Van Horn, Micaela Trombin…
Here's the first issue of EX! Magazine for Experimental Art (audio, visual, text, etc.). This print version includes an 84-page zine (printed climate-neutral on recycled paper), a digital compilation, and a download code for an exclusive album by Signalstoerung. The magazine features Aint About Me, Amina, Anna Bortionist, Black Lung, Corina Retzlaff, Cumsleg Bornail, Evadné, Fashiongore, Grey Clay Radio, Ingrid N, John Sellekaers, Manuel Carbone, Meneh Peh, Stefano Loiacono, TiND, Women of Noise…
Hardcover, 364 pages. Mostly in Italian language. Nuova Enciclopedia del Futurismo musicale is a pivotal reference work dedicated to the history, theory, and protagonists of Futurist music, curated by Daniele Lombardi. Published by Mudima Edizioni as part of the Fluid XIII series (edited by Gino Di Maggio, Achille Bonito Oliva, and Daniele Lombardi), the volume gathers critical essays and research by leading scholars and artists, including Gino Di Maggio, Achille Bonito Oliva, and Daniele Lomba…
Habibi Funk is more than happy to announce our 31st release which happens to be our 3rd various artists compilation. The album is dedicated to the cassette tape scene in Libya from the late 80s to early 2000s, from disco to reggae to pop. All songs previously unreleased outside of Libya and not available on any DSP platforms.
"This is how deep dive historical explorations of music you might have missed should be done: rich in detail and captivating. This is for people who love music by people who love music. Perfectly concepted and exquisitely delivered.” - Henry RollinsTreasures Untold : A Modern 78 RPM Reader is a beautiful 10 x 10" 155 page hardcover book with CD, ltd ed of 1000, numbered foil stamp. The CD contains ten covers of 78-era songs by artists such as Luther Dickinson, Eden & John's East River String Ban…
2025 stock Women In Revolt! is an exhibition of work by over 100 women artists working in the UK during the 1970s and 80s. In a first of its kind showing, it explores how women used radical ideas and rebellious methods to change the face of British culture. With music, painting, sculpture, photography, film, and performance, they forged a path for women's liberation in the UK, against a backdrop of extreme social change.Drawing on the work and experiences of women outside the establishment and o…
2024, English, vinyl and book bundle, 48 pages, 30 x 30 cm. The 48-page illustrated booklet serves as a prequel to the exhibition and includes contributions from Bettina Steinbrügge (Director of Mudam Luxembourg), writer and musician Dan Fox, and curator Joel Valabrega, alongside visual material by the artist. A Comparative Dialogue Act is a publication and vinyl record set accompanying the Luxembourg Pavilion’s project at the 60th Venice Biennale, realized by artist Andrea Mancini and the colle…
Based on a collective research initiative and exhibition, the book Afrosonica offers a reflection on African and Afro-diasporic sound, published in collaboration with the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva.By bringing together artists, scholars, and musicians, the book deconstructs Western-centric discourses and approaches to museology and ethnomusicology, while exploring inclusive and renegotiated ways to intersect heritage, technology, and futurism.Through in-depth conversations, essays, photogra…