Romancing The Music
Through the dense blend of Japanese New-Wave, set against a backdrop of moldy kimonos and punctured paper screens, Hip-See-Kid's mini-LP, Romancing The Music, emerges like a sonic bullet train, carving its way through the chaos of sound and emotion. Overflowing with purebred Punk-Funk, shards of Soul, and threads of shredded Jazz, this album is nothing short of a gold nugget in a sea of sadness.
Romancing The Music captures a unique fusion of genres, delivering an audacious auditory experience t…
Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1982
"Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1982." is an electrifying concert, recorded on February 8, 1982, captures the raw energy and dynamic performance of the band during the second leg of their acclaimed La Folie British tour.
Originally recorded for the BBC radio series 'In Concert,' this performance remained in the vaults for nearly 16 years before seeing its first official release on CD. Fans can finally experience the unfiltered excitement and passion of The Stranglers, as they take the stage at on…
Four Corners
"I first came across Jeff's mysterious "Reggae Foes" 45 in the mid-2000s at the legendary Logos book/record store in Santa Cruz, California (RIP) - the kind of generic sleeve and label that gives you nothing more than a font and some scant shards of text to go by (luckily this text was "A Flying Saucer Came Down and Burnt My Baby's Neck"). What I heard upon bringing it home felt like some kind of alternate-timeline post punk calypso, unknowingly adjacent to the deconstructions occurring at the B…
Live 1979/80 + Rehearsal 1978
On Live 1979/80 + Rehearsal 1978, SODS are caught mid‑mutation: from Copenhagen’s first feral punk band to the darker, more avant‑garde force that would soon become Sort Sol, in a barrage of raw tapes, sweat and beautiful mistakes.
Polyvalent Creativity
Polyvalent Creativity is a new CD release on Confront Recordings featuring free improvisation by bassist Dominic Lash on electric guitar and percussionist Mark Wastell on drums and percussion.
The album comprises four tracks: "Potential," "Commitment," "Activation," and "Fulfilment," blending jazz improvisation with rich, textural soundscapes. Reviews highlight its unconventional approach, starting with tuning-like sounds that evolve into emotionally resonant free jazz.
Critics praise the duo's …
A Noise, A Sound
"A Noise, A Sound" is a pioneering experimental album blending plunderphonics, ethnic field recordings, and avant-garde electronics. Released in 1992 by RER Megacorp, it showcases the collaborative genius of Italian composers Roberto Musci and Giovanni Venosta.
This enigmatic third collaboration fuses Musci's global travels-inspired ethnic timbres with Venosta's technical wizardry, creating a provocative sound collage of harmonies, noises, and cultural fragments. Tracks like "Keep The Funeral Ma…
Stained Glass Starling
*300 copies limited edition* Belgian formation Razen joins forces with Dutch composer and theatre musician Dick Van der Harst for a new collaborative album Stained Glass Starling. Between modal mysticism and otherworldly folk trance, “Stained Glass Starling” draws the Razen universe into its deepest listening mode yet. After their recent LP Mirages (Kraak Records, 2025) with French turntablist Guilhem’All, the group continues to explore collaborations with artists and instruments from diverse mu…
Start Soft
*Limited edition of 100 copies* In 2017, Oli Heffernan took to the stage in Dundee to play bass for Damo Suzuki, the legendary former frontman of Can. Backed by a one-off ensemble featuring Griff (Interrobang / Regular Fries), Harry (Chumbawamba) and E-Da (Boredoms), the group walked on with no rehearsal and no plan. Suzuki offered a single instruction — “start soft” — and the set unfolded from there.
Like all of Suzuki’s performances, the music was entirely improvised: tense yet fluid, explorat…
Zermisz
*150 copies limited edition* If you have been paying close enough attention to the often strange yet alluring part of the world Richard Youngs operates in, you should have noticed that since the middle of 2025 he embarked on a new sonic journey that has subsequently become a trilogy of LPs on Fourth Dimension Records. Each of these is limited to 150 and is named after either a mythical Babylonian king or entity of Richard’s own devising, while the music itself has been of an instrumental nature …
Discord in Disorder
*300 copies limited edition* 'Discord in Disorder' is a new album from Welsh soundsmith Sion Orgon, already known as both a producer and frequent collaborator with fellow sonic traveller Thighpaulsandra. Originally conceived for another label that unfortunately could not go ahead with its release, the album catches Sion doing something different to his usual melding of avant-rock/pop and abstract electronics...
These 14 new electroacoustic compositions delve into the intricate relationship betwe…
A Circle of Skin
A Circle of Skin is music to give solace during the dark autumn evenings. Creating images and patterns of comfort to deflect from the hallucinogenic disorientations of reality. As ever with these things, there are always demons and spirits lurking within the shadows of the album. Showing us with a sharpened realisation to be mindful, as things can always get worse. These are the murky undercurrents of a soundtrack which keeps us moving forward and alive. The sounds present are at once both organ…
ambiguous garden
*250 copies limited edition* Tokyo-based electronic sound artist Takuma Kuragaki began his musical activity in the 1990s. In 2020 he released his first solo album, "Bottomless / Blank," on the Hitorri label. The recording earned considerable attention for its extremely minimalistic style, made up only of short, murmuring computer sounds and silences. Pierre Gerard is a Belgian improviser and composer. Energetically engaged in musical creation, he makes skillful use of a variety of instruments in…
A Waiting Room Creation
*300 copies limited edition* Xiang was born in 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. She started her experimental music activities in earnest in Chengdu in 2017. In performances she uses field recordings, violin, noise and body as materials. She listens attentively to subtle changes in sound and space and carries out site-specific performances adapted to each environment. In addition to solo improvisation and composition, Xiang carries out many performances and collaborative projects with ot…
innocently, uneven
*250 copies limited edition* Kumamoto-based musician Yoichi Ichikawa also carries out his activities under the name peeq. Making skillful use of various instruments ranging widely from electronic to acoustic, he creates truly diverse and remarkable music. Ichikawa is also known as a member of the team that runs the online label tokinogake. VKHNC is a Seoul-based South Korean musician active on the electronic music scene.
In early March 2025, peeq visited Tokyo along with VKHNC, carrying out conc…
electro electro acoustic
Tip! *250 copies limited edition* Beijing-based electronics player Sun Yizhou is a representative of China's new generation of experimental musicians. In October 2025, during a visit to Berlin, he had the opportunity to make a recording with Berlin-based trumpet player Axel Dörner. With his groundbreaking playing techniques, Dörner has been a leading figure on the international improvised music scene since the 1990s. This CD contains three improvised duo pieces performed by Sun Yizhou and Axel D…
House with No Light (field notes on two occurrences)
*200 copies limited edition* Dana Ollestad is an American multimedia artist living in Tokyo. He regularly carries out concerts in which he structures performances while producing sounds from light through the use of light-emitting objects, from which he also releases intense light. This album documents two solo performances by Ollestad at Ftarri, Tokyo, on March 25, 2023, and November 9, 2025. Arranging light-emitting objects around a table bearing an array of performance equipment, he made skil…
Guitar Recordings V
*2026 stock. 15 copies limited edition* In just 22 minutes, Steve Touchton redefines what a solo guitar record can and should be. The brilliance of 'Guitar Recordings V' lies in Touchton's ability to completely liberate themself from the inherited legacy of the instrument, discovering an entirely new perspective on both the guitar and the amplifier it resonates through. The opener, 'Apparitions,' features ghostly chimes that resemble the timbral scope of a prepared piano, subtly frosted with rad…
Alight in the Fog
*2026 stock. 20 copies limited edition* Hikikomori, a sonic entity forged in the crucible of London's north and south fringes, stands as a testament to the power of chaotic synergy. This avant-garde duo, comprised of Tom Wilson wielding synths and pedals and Dean Valentine Smith commanding the drums, isn't merely playing music; they are conducting sonic experiments that delve into intense and exhilarating new realms. Their sound is a powerful fusion, a volatile cocktail of free noise and jagged …
Big Gamble
*2026 stock. 10 copies limited edition* Although Jackson and McLean spent many of their formative years playing in an array of dubious named and increasingly outsider rock groups, ‘Big Gamble’ is the first time they have ever made music purely as a duo. In the intervening years since their last band activities together. Jackson founded Thraa and began to focus on prepared guitar experiments in a series of aurally challenging and investigative solo records issued on his own Fr33zehead imprint. Mc…
Bristol Sessions
*2026 stock* Bristol based musician Luigi Marino & Manchester based musician David Birchall got together back in March 2024 to lay down what became the ‘Bristol Sessions’, their 1st recording as a duo. Cut in Marino’s living room, crafted from his percussion & DIY circuits, with Birchall’s Ebows & banjo. Creating interwoven tension & cinematic drone, Marino & Birchall subtly blend ambient saturation & dissonant intonation.