Friends and colleagues since the late 1970s, Evan Parker and John Zorn are two of contemporary musicโs most uncompromising saxophone innovators, and here they collaborate on a surprising and long overdue studio project. Recorded in New York and Britain from 2025 to 2026 Those Landings is an achingly beautiful exploration of modern reed music with an ambient touch from two radical musical philosophers who use the saxophone as a sound source. Astonishing!
Misha Panfilov Septet is an Estonian ensemble led by composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Misha Panfilov. Known for their evocative blend of psychedelic jazz, electronic lounge, and ambient exotica, the septet features a rich palette of timbres and improvisational interplay, distinctively shaped by Panfilov's lap steel guitar and space-conscious compositions. The group includes Artur Leppik (alto/baritone sax, percussion), Sasha Petrov (tenor sax, percussion), Ilja Gussarov (flute, percโฆ
One of the most sought-after jewels from Italy's legendary Cramps Records finally gets the reissue treatment it deserves! Raul Lovisoni and Francesco Messina's stunning 1979 masterpiece Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo โ produced by the one and only electronic pioneer Franco Battiato โ returns in a faithful reproduction that honors the original sleeve design.
This is Italian Minimalism at its most delicate and transcendent. Not the rigid academic exercises you might expect, but something far moreโฆ
Kali Malone's first solo album since All Life Long, recorded over two nights on the Bach Organ of Leipzig's Thomaskirche with Lucy Railton and Stephen O'Malley. Seven pieces that abandon canon form for a slower, more intuitive unfolding of chords, steps and bridging tones.
Rick Potts is a founding LAFMS member, active in experimental music since the early 70's, and enormously influential on five decades worth of musical practitioners with a penchant for outer/freakdom sounds. Don't Think is a 2CD compilation of rare and unreleased recordings, spanning 37 tracks and 2.5 hours, and covering the entire range of Potts' musical output - from song-based new wave/art rock to more abstract loop-based noise (note the lowercase 'n') and mutant disco (disco of the Dennis Ducโฆ
Drummer and percussionist Sofia Borges and saxophonist Yedo Gibson in a tense, searching duo recorded in Lisbon: objects, prepared sounds and tenor and soprano lines in improvisations built on texture, pressure and close listening.
Heimat Der Katastrophe presents "Can You Defeat the Ruler of the Tower of Terror?" by Tragacorgios."In your fourth year at the Academy of the Grand Wizard Eleutheria, you are becoming bored. You have learned a great deal of magic, of the power of reason, and the martial arts. Now you yearn for a challenge.
You have heard stories of the town of Darkblood, to the East, apparently ruled over by a great but very evil Wizard. You recall that Eleutheria had spoken briefly only once about this Wizard, โฆ
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 Adventureโฆ
In a forgotten age, on a vanished continent, the Nightmare Realm cruelly thrived. Warlords shared power over barren and arid lands, massive armies of heavily armed soldiers guaranteed a fragile peace under the sky. Everything in this unfortunate world had a sinister aura, fear was the dominant feeling in the heart of every creature.
Today (fortunately!) even the memory of this distant and gloomy world has disappeared. In fact, there are few historical testimonies that have come down to us from tโฆ
For some time now, a strange music has been resonating in HDK's headquarters; a music where dungeon-synth, house and techno rave meet in a blasphemous yet juicy cocktail... The caves of the Trollpietra are a sordid and unhealthy place, inhabited by creatures of the night and strange homeless spirits.ย Trollpietra caves were once the laboratory of a mad herbalist who distilled magical potions which he sold in the county black market. Before dying, the mad herbalist hid his most incredible and dangโฆ
"Mines of Malagus" is a classic dungeon-crawl adventure set in a dark dungeon. Can you complete old Nytrak's quest? Three fragments of a marble tombstone lie scattered within the mines. If you find them and bring them back to the surface, peace will reign once again in this remote village. But beware: deadly, nameless dangers lurk in the dark depths of the mines!
The incredible Arbadax finally arrives in the HDK catalog with this original album of solemn and macabre dungeonsynth, blending '80s mโฆ
After "The Sky ov the Crimson Flame," it's time for a powerful new collaboration between HDK and Owl Knight Publishing! With "The Blight ov the Eastern Forest," the musical ensemble known as Dunjon Magik has surpassed itself in creating the soundtrack for this second chapter in the trilogy about the dark necromancer Balrothhariid. In the forest, our heroes will face unimaginable dangers: will they survive and complete their mission? Horrors of all kinds, bizarre and original situations, plot twiโฆ
Tip! From the dusty archives of a TV station, a handful of instrumental pieces, originally recorded as musical commentary for a series of historical documentaries. ย The topic is the Cold War: the areas of influence, the balance of power, the threat of the Third World War, the dream of a future of peace and unity.
Electric guitarist and composer David Torn announces "now i imagine a place not the same," an expansive new double LP out May 29 via Kou Records. Produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Thurston Moore), the album revisits the raw electricity of Tornโs early processing language while carrying it forward with the perspective of decades of exploration. Visceral yet weightless, it deepens his long-standing dialogue between alternate tunings, looping systems, and touch-sensitive electronics. Melody, noiโฆ
Sold out at the label. Sparkling or Silent finds crys cole and Oren Ambarchi pausing their restless, alwaysโonโthe-move discographies at a curious angle, as if turning the light slightly to see what has been glinting at the edges all along. Both artists have long carried an electroacoustic sensibility in their work - in coleโs hyperโattentive treatment of small sounds and negative space, in Ambarchiโs use of guitar and electronics as malleable matter rather than fixed instruments - but here thatโฆ
Tip! *199 copies limited edition* Step into the enigmatic world ofย Morthond, a captivating music project that took shape during the winter of 1990 under the creative guidance of the singular talent, BJ Nilsen. Morthond isn't confined by genre labels; instead, it's a canvas where experimental soundscapes, dark atmospheres, and ambient textures converge to create an immersive auditory experience. Unlike traditional projects, Morthond thrives on pushing sonic boundaries and challenging the norm. Roโฆ
Six pieces by Crawl Unit, the experimental noise project of Joe Colley, composed and constructed in Sacramento in 1998 and 1999. Crippled Intellect Productions, 1999.