Electronics
All records with electronics · Solo electronics only
Field of Action / contraposition
Two duos with piano by composer Eric Wubbels: Field of Action, made with Charmaine Lee on voice, microphones and electronics, and contraposition for trombonist Weston Olencki and prepared piano.
Machines: A History of Electronic Music (Book)
Jean-Michel Jarre's illustrated history of electronic music, built on his own collection of instruments: 150 machines from modular synths to one-off prototypes trace a century of electronic sound, with contributions from Vince Clarke, Gary Numan, Gillian Gilbert, Richie Hawtin and Hans Zimmer.
Ungebunden
Faust unbound, curated by keyboardist Hans-Joachim Irmler. Drones, grooves and collage roam free, another founder's window onto the collective's fearless, uncategorisable body of work.
Fliegen Lernen
Faust's vaults, opened by the band itself. Co-founder Gunther Wusthoff curates unheard tapes and fragments, motorik grooves, collage and pure invention from krautrock's great disruptors.
Live @ Victo
Elliott Sharp, Colin Stetson, Billy Martin and Payton MacDonald live at Victoriaville in May 2023: electric guitar and electronics, bass saxophone, drums and mallets in a heavy, groove-driven quartet.
Fatrasies
François Houle, Kate Gentile and Alexander Hawkins live at Victoriaville on 21 May 2023: clarinets and electronics, drums and piano, in a set named after the medieval nonsense poem where sound leads meaning.
Cuts Cut
Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson and Balázs Pándi, recorded at Victoriaville in 2018 and completed with new recordings in 2025: electronics, bass and baritone saxophones and drums in brutal noise and free jazz.
Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music (4LP box)
Live 1983 recordings from the Cornish Institute in Seattle of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis performed simultaneously with Winter Music, conducted by the composer. Originally released by Mode Records in 1986 as a 4LP box.
Revolutionary Pekinese Opera
On Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Ground Zero - under the ferociously precise direction of Otomo Yoshihide - detonates a cut‑and‑splice orchestra where free improv, noise, opera and plunderphonics collide with undimmed urgency.
Discorsi
Giuliano Sorgini as Raskovich in 1978: eleven tight jazz-funk cues where flute, Fender Rhodes, wah guitar and analog synth meet blaxploitation strings and brass, up to the full-blown chase of Limoni Verdi!
Telemusica N. 6
The 1973 jazz and experimentation volume of the Telemusica series: lounge cues, tense jazz-funk, a waltz warped by electronics and three closing pieces close to the free improvisation of Nuova Consonanza.
Live in Paris, 1975 by France Musique FM
Experience the extraordinary sonic journey of Terry Riley like never before with Live In Paris, 1975, an exclusive release from France Musique FM. Captured in these rare French live recordings, Riley delivers a mesmerizing display of his signature psychedelic organ mastery, following closely on the heels of his 1972 landmark work, Persian Surgery Dervishes.
In stunning form, Riley conjures endlessly rippling, dosed organ drones that create a captivating sense of stasis within expansion—a uniquel…
Keyboard Suite II
Second volume in the Keyboard Suite series by MARV, the duo of Geoff Schilling and Nathan Taylor: six pieces where dulcet keyboard melodies are saturated by tape, broken by bursts of electronics and set against field recordings, with Dan Partridge's bowed saw on one track. Co-released by enmossed and Softer Recordings on coloured vinyl, with a text by Marta Nunez Pouzols; all proceeds to the Carolina Abortion Fund.
Victual Vittle Bottle Cunt
*200 copies limited edition* Iris Our is the new surrealist duo of artists Kiera Mulhern and Sydney Spann. Recital is honored to present their debut album, Victual Vittle Bottle Cunt. Both Mulhern and Spann have released celebrated solo works on Recital: Mulhern’s De ossibus 20 (2020) and Spann’s Sending Up A Spiral Of (2023). Close friends, they would meet up weekly on Saturdays to record; channeling their love, angst, and wit. The synergism of their friendship is evident: poems read in tandem,…
Luigi Nono Volume 2: Works with Flute
Works by Luigi Nono for flute and live electronics from his 1980s collaboration with Roberto Fabbriciani, with Musiche per Manzù for tape (1969) and Fabbriciani's own tribute for piccolo, Omaggio a Luigi Nono.
Condizione Umana
A long-lost gem of Italian library music, Condizione Umana by Rino De Filippi is a hypnotic journey through jazzy sketches, intimate atmospheres, and avant-garde experimentation. Reissued on vinyl after decades in obscurity, this visionary 1972 album invites listeners to explore deep grooves, primal percussion, and the boundless creativity of Italy’s golden age of soundtracks.
Night, falling
Two-CD set of works by Gerald Eckert, mostly for orchestra and often with live electronics, performed by Ensemble Reflexion K and the norddeutsche sinfonietta, with the composer as cellist and conductor.
I Racconti di Aretusa
Tip! “I Racconti di Aretusa” is the result of the encounter between Lino Capra Vaccina, a legend of Italian minimalism, and Mai Mai Mai, the alias of Toni Cutrone, a key international figure in the avant-garde/drone scene. A work that weaves together experimentation and Mediterranean echoes, creating a sonic journey of rare intensity. The collaboration was born during an artistic residency for the Ortigia Sound System (Syracuse, Sicily), a festival dedicated to the dialogue between traditional s…