Various
LSD046
LSD046 is a compilation released on the renowned Light Sounds Dark label, known for its mysterious and evocative approach to experimental music. This single-disc album delivers around 40 minutes of captivating soundscapes, focusing on gothic, archaic atmospheres and indescribable late-night moods—from the shadowy edges of electronic music to haunting drone, alien-like chatter, and unsettling anti-gravity textures. The album eschews traditional track listings, instead inviting the listener into a…
A Mineral Compound Fountain Of Youth
A Mineral Compound: Fountain Of Youth is an expansive compilation released on Light Sounds Dark, renowned for unearthing the obscure corners of experimental music. This 3LP set ventures deep into a shadowy sonic world, fusing DIY electronics, avant-noise, post-punk, ambient, industrial, and classical influences. Listeners are enveloped in nearly two hours of dense, faceless murk curated from Light Sounds Dark’s mysterious vaults—a journey through dank, musty soundscapes shaped by private-press o…
Vite Altre
*OBS written in Italian language* "Vite Altre" is a small fanzine featuring six short stories, collected through a call launched via social media and word of mouth. It’s a modest project, born somewhat playfully. The idea took shape at the beginning of summer 2024, and the first contributions came from friends and supporters of the initiative. This collection features stories that venture into brief forays of speculative biology and science fiction. Each piece enriches a shared narrative of inte…
Music for Imaginary Places
Eighth Tower Records presents Music For Imaginary Places, a triple CDR box set featuring three acclaimed compilations previously available only in digital format:
- Music for Abandoned Monasteries- Music for Haunted Asylum- Music for Alien Temples
Now finally gathered together in one physical edition, the set has been remastered and comes with all-new artwork. A sonic exploration of spectral architecture, decaying sanctuaries, and cosmic rituals beyond human understanding.
“Music for Abandoned M…
LÄRM #4 (Book)
New stories from the fringes of pop culture!Guided by a shared curiosity for layers that lie a little deeper, the authors in this 4th issue take an empathetic look at the footnotes of cultural history, at the supposedly insignificant or odd – somewhere between obsession and outsiderdom, myth and everyday life, personal reflection and historical context. By covering underground music, cinema and literature, by tracing lives of radical devotion, careers and dreams marked by ruptures and tipping po…
The World Is But a Place of Survival: Ethiopian Begena Songs
The begena is a ten-stringed lyre central to Ethiopia’s Amharic heritage and Orthodox Tewahido Church. Reserved for spiritual music, it is revered for its mythical origins and unique buzzing sound. Symbolically crafted, the begena is believed to ward off evil and connect players to the divine.
On In Out
Advanced Public Listening Records is the new Japanese label established by Miho Mepo, a veteran of the Berlin music scene as a booking agent, label owner and manager of artists for the past 22 years. After recently coming back to Japan, she decided to start this new, highly conceptual label that symbolizes her unconventional musical vision, experience and network that she accrued while living in Europe. As she has stated, “This is my dedication to the musicians and music lovers everywhere. What …
Pasé Bél Tan : Francophonies & Creolities in Louisiana
"Pasé Bél Tan" bridges Louisiana’s past and present through a 34-track compilation and a bilingual book, uniting archival and modern sounds. It explores Francophone/Creole heritage and identity, inviting dialogue on music’s evolving legacy.
Música Electroacústica Mexicana
*200 copies limited edition* In 1984, Música Electroacústica Mexicana was released as the third volume in the series Colección Hispano-Mexicana de Música Contemporánea, co-curated by Antonio Russek and artist Ángel Cósmos. This anthology served as a tableau of the contemporary state of Mexican electroacoustic music, featuring works by Russek, Raúl Pavón Sarrelangue, Roberto Morales Manzanares, and Vicente Rojo Cama. It marked the first-ever electroacoustic music release from Mexico. Although exp…
From Punk To Ultra: The Plurex Story
The label that ignited the Dutch post-punk scene! Homogeneity be damned, these early Plurex tracks are a head-turning snapshot of what was happening in the late ‘70s Netherlands underground! Includes an interview with Plurex founders and all of the singles from 1978-‘80! Some of the bands would never release another record, but for the label and many of the artists there was yet more history to be made, not least of which was Minny Pops’ ascendance to seminal status, and Plurex’s emergence at th…
TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993
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…
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient Underground
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…
Anthology Of Experimental Music From Australia
*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…
HDK Adventurers Magazine 5
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…
Zulu Guitar Blues - Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965
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…
Lost Coast: Some Visionary Music From California
A collection of obscure and unheard metaphysical sounds, 1980-1992
Relatives Schoensein 2 Compilation
*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…
EX! Zine Edition 2 (Magazine + Download)
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…
EX! Zine Edition 1 (Magazine + Download)
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…
Nuova Enciclopedia del Futurismo Musicale (Book)
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…