Equilibrium
PRSZR is Pure (Peter Votava) and Hati (Rafal Iwanski & Rafal Kolacki). PRSZR (pronounced pressure) combines the eerie, computer generated sound world of Austrian electronic music veteran Pure with the archaic, outer-worldly spaceyness of Polish du…
What?
"What?? is a focused and grounding work produced by Swedish composer Folke Rabe in 1967. From his interest in sound phenomena and harmonics Rabe was able to make one of the most deep, moving pieces of sustained sound generated in this formative era o…
Secret photographs
Beautiful new soundtrack work from Machinefabriek to accompany a film made by Mike Hoolboom using photographs taken by notorious bank robber Alvin Karpis. Filmmaker Mike Hoolboom discovered a batch of Karpis' photos for auction on eBay. He was the…
Erkos / Galaxies (Chants Pour L'Autre Moitie Du Ciel Part I
Songs for the other half of the sky. With 'Erkos' (1990-91) and 'Galaxies' (1986-1996). Performed by Junko Ueda (satsuma biwa and voice) and Jean-Claude Eloy (sound projection). Erkos is a word from the Indo-European language and means song, prais…
Butsumyoe / Sappho Hiketis
J.C. Eloy book (English text) around the cycle 'Songs for the other half of the sky' with the following pieces 'Butsumyoê', 'Sappho hikètis', 'Erkos', 'Galaxies', 'Gaia-songs'. Interview, documents, technicazl specification, photos. A CD with 'Butsum…
Kamakala / Etude III / Fluctuante Immuable
One of the Eloy' most essential release 'Kâmakalâ. The Energy Triangle' (1971) for three orchestra ensembles, five chorus ensembles, with three conductors. Orchestra and chorus of the WDR, Schola Cantorum, Stuttgart. Conductors : Michel Tabachnik, Be…
Touch. 30 Years and Counting
**Double gatefold LP w/exclusives from Fennesz, Vainio, Jeck, Eleh, Chris Watson and so much more** Part of Touch's extended 30th anniversary celebrations, this compilation, with a cover photograph depicting Colossus, the first computer - serves firs…
Seven Waves
Following Finders Keepers’ first time compendium of Suzanne Ciani’s vintage electronic private music, custom made commercials and sound effects with last years Lixiviation, and providing a brilliant companion piece to the recently deleted limited …
Possession
Seminal horror soundtrack to a banned video nasty, combining minimalist early '80s disco drum machines with sweeping orchestral synths and strings. Includes 12-page booklet of photographs, liner notes and appraisal by Andy Votel and Daniel Bird** …
Harmonitalk
Amazing, utterly unique synth/prog/pop oddity from 1980, given a new lease of life by Finders Keepers (good luck trying to find the original LP on KM Records private press - you won't). A trio led by the mysterious Gary Sloan - whose harmonica, su…
Pluie Fine
Angharad Davies (violin) and duo Cremaster consisting of Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electro-acoustic devices, speakers, electric guitar) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board, electro-acoustic devices). Composed, recorded and assembled between sep…
Wandelweiser und so weiter
Wandelweiser und so weiter' is a 6-CD box set with 8 hours of music by a wide range of composers in or around the Wandelweiser collective. The box brings together previously unissued works by the most well-known composers in the Wandelweiser colle…
Filtre de Realite
The 'Filter of Reality' is a machine imagined and built by Jacques Brodier - Le Havre, France. Penultimate Press is proud to publish the first ever collection of recordings by this unique French artist, researcher, writer and inventor. Between 3 a…
Lebenserinnerungen Eines Lepidopterologen
Unavailable for over 10 years, this new edition of 'Lebenserinnerungen Eines Lepidopterologen' ('Memoirs of a Lepidopterist') collects the collaborative and early solo works of Andreas Martin and Christoph Heemann as an extensive 2CD retrospective. M…
Walking The Monkey
Billy Roisz is one of the best-known figures on the Austrian experimental scene. Active for over a decade as a video- and sound artist, she has collaborated with dieb13, Angélica Castelló, Burkhard Stangl, Silvia Fässler, Martin Brandlmayr, Toshima…
LP
Providence, RI's (recently relocated from Nashville, TN) Container returns with another slab of alternate universe bent techno. Schofield's take on that over-used genre is not only unique but utterly compelling, forming a modern and exciting new so…
When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
The seven pieces on this LP were developed over a period of about five years; 'Rain in Coffee' is built on a Hyperborean Trenchtown-era demo, while 'Pinq Drinq' -- sorrel, for the record, and neither guava nor antacid as certain wags have already v…
Off / On
LP version. Off/On is an evolutionary act of fissure, the opening of a rift in Forma's sonic landscape. The second LP from the Brooklyn cosmic synth trio of Mark Dwinell, Sophie Lam, and George Bennett, Off/On's universe is darker, its terrain more e…
Miniatures - Songs recycle
Pierre-Yves Macé is a young French composer, he was born in 1980, but has already released four albums on respected labels including Tzadik and Sub Rosa. Miniatures - Song Recycle is his second album for the Parisian imprint Brocoli, following the …
Animalia Corolla
Most of us are living in an urban world, dominated by constant noise and contagious stress. Our ears are conditioned by this aggressive environment and have often lost the ability to perceive another discreet world surrounding us. It might be hidden …