The Complete Magick Lantern Cycle
Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous Hollywood Babylon books and creator of some of the most striking and beautiful works in the history of film, Kenneth Anger is a singular figure in post-war American culture. A major…
Motubachii
'Throughout their careers, both Annette krebs and taku unami have explored the areas between composition and improvisation, innovation and repetition, music and ambient sound. On motubachii, their distinctive styles come together to form a whole that…
Mirrors
There is not a lot to say when a young talented percussionist meet one of the master of improvised music, also percussionist ; we can just sit and listen what happens. this is what exactly did the guys at cosabeat studio during "mirrors" recording …
Corgroc
Barcelona-based Ferran Fages is known both for his lyrical acoustic guitar playing (on solo discs such as Cançons a per un Lent Retard and Al Voltant d'un Para/'lel) and for hard-edged electronics (with groups such as Cremaster and Octante). His work…
Kataract (Alpha Mix)
'Edition of 300. Daniel Menche: Waterfall recordings and electronics. All waterfall field recordings were captured around the Pacific Northwest of USA. Mixed and recorded throughout 2007-2009. Mastered in the analog domain at Stereophonic Mastering, …
s\\t
"This project started with a commission from [performance group] eighth blackbird and Ben Broening to create a multi-channel composition for the University of Richmond's Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival. I wrote out a set of instructions…
Mother of us all
A concert from Charlemagne palestine (piano, voice, glass) recorded live at École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Nancy, France, on June 27th 2009. Under the artistic direction of Antonio Guzmán. DVD Free zone. PAL. Dolby stereo.
Crete soundies
'Kye is pleased to announce the release of crete soundies, the major new work by moniek darge, and the follow-up to last years soundies (1980-2001) CD. Crete soundies presents three new pieces - Magnesia (2006), Anemos (2007) and East crete (2008-200…
Pieces for Khon - Formal & informal music
2010 release ** "A renowned audio producer and electronic composer, among other many things, you've probably have seen Tom Hamilton's name in the credits of many albums by Robert Ashley and on releases from labels like Lovely Music, Pogus Production…
Come Clean
There's a big sticker on this record saying it's one of Aquarius's records of the year. Now call me cynical but I might start doing that for everything just so we get our name mentioned on the front of every record. Genius. Don't know why I didn't…
Montoyan Artesian Connection
New Tape - Montoyan Artesian Connection - Montoyan Artesian Connection - This is a tough one to write-up. Montoyan Artesian Connection is the solo 4-track home recording project of one of the key update writers here at Permanent, which makes writing …
Spit & Squalor Swallow
Little Claw's second album, Spit and Squalor Swallow the Snow, was also the last they recorded before they moved from Detroit to Portland, and it has ghostly traces of the Motor City all over it. The band recorded these songs in the living room of…
Split
Introducing In Zaire, the improvised live performance of Claudio Rocchetti, Alessandro De Zan (G.I. Joe, Orfanado) and Riccardo Biondetti (G.I. Joe). They mix dub-funk rhythms, tribal percussions, indian and electric bass guitar melodies, arabic and …
Tropico
Spectacular Release! An interior journey merging the sound of what used to be a noise-funk duo into a new psychedelic dimension filled with tribal choruses, afro beats and sitar echoes. A neverending groovy crescendo leading back and forth from t…
Bloomington, Indiana... Autumn
Recently reworked and remastered, this LP was recorded in the 1990s, uniting Lee Ranaldo and Jim O'Rourke (before the Sonic Youth years spent together, of course) with German tape music specialist (and H.N.A.S. member) Christoph Heemann. 'Bloomington…
The Weird Wide World of Henry Jacobs - The Fine Art of Gooding Off
When Important Records originally released (in 2005) Henry Jacobs 'The wide weird world of Henry Jacobs / The fine art of gofing off”, it was met with instant acclaim and a lengthy, nationally broadcast feature on NPR. We are happy to announce the re…
Oscillation III
Along the lines of the prior subscription CD EP series, Purposeful Availment and Modern Containment, Oscillation III consists of ten CDs by ten different artists which were released over the course of 2008. These discs were previously only availabl…
All animals are saints
Cassette only - limited edition of 250 copies. Track listing: A: The Life of the Plants. B: Swedenborg's Organ. The Life of the Plants recorded at The Night of the Long Worms, Café Oto, London on 19 November 2009. First performed at Kontiki, Botan…
Undercurrents The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music
The Wire magazine has come to be known as the authoritative source on modern music. This collection of essays springs originally from the Undercurrents, and subsequently, the Tangents series of articles that were “thinkpieces” based on 12 basic the…
Musica acouscousmatica
Sebastien Borgo, Alan Courtis, Frank De Quengo, Nicolas Marmin are L’autopsie and they just discovered the Musique Acouscousmatique as you will see on the poster inside the LP. Anyway here’s another great mix of post-industrial and shamanistic noises…