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Die Schachtel

On Air
Transparent CD, packaged in clear acetate gatefold cover with opaline outer sleeve The final and comprehensive document on the series of installations named "On Air" or "Magnetic Air" which Christina Kubisch exhibited in Italy and Europe from 1982 to 1986. Twenty years later, "on Air" has remained a fascinating listening experience, and represents a unique illustration of the artistic integration of sound and vision.The interactive section provides a virtual journey through the spectacular 1984…
No
Super Tip! **30 copies lmited edition. 33rpm one-sided silkscreened lathe-cut clear vinyl disc with no label. Silkscreened artwork from the score of “Prometeo” by Luigi Nono.** Die Schachtel, in collaboration with Archivio Storico Ricordi and MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo of Rome, is proud to present the latest release in its ART Series, dedicated to the publication of art multiples that make use of the vinyl record as the media for creative exploration. Following a stream of …
Labirinto Verticale
The latest work, after six years of silence, from Italian berlin-based composer, performer and publisher (Black Letter Press) Claudio Rocchetti, and a welcomed return on the Die Schachtel imprint after the brilliant Another Piece of teenage wildlife (2008), Labirinto verticale (Vertical Maze) takes its origin from the four years long collaboration of Rocchetti with the Parma-based Fondazione Lenz, a contemporary theatre research collective/organization.Immersed in their very fertile milieu, insp…
As long as you come to my garden
As long as you come to my garden is a tribute to the Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, through his lyrics and freely inspired by the cult movie about his life: "The color of the pomegranates" (Nrran Guyny, 1968, USSR) directed by Sergei Parajanov.The feature film tells the life of the poet, who lived in the seventeenth century, from childhood in the royal court, to retirement until his death in the monastery of Haghpat, through a series of episodes, static like paintings that do not tell but show,…
Labirinto Verticale / As long as you come to my garden
This special bundle includes the fifth and sixth LPs in Die Schachtel' “Decay Music” series: Claudio Rocchetti “Labirinto Verticale” and Damāvand “As Long As You Come To My Garden”.
Spiralis Aurea
Venturing into untapped realms of creative exploration, the Genoa born, Bologna based, guitarist and electroacoustic composer, Stefano Pilia, returns to Die Schachtel with “Spiralis Aurea”, a double LP of material that intertwines traces of sacred geometry, collective experience and elusive connections between nature and human kind.
Immanent in Nervous Activity
** Edition of 400 copies. Printed in deep black and metallic silver on extra matt white heavy cardboard, includes black/silver limited "Zepelin" poster cm 30x90 ** Riding the razor’s edge between bristling electroacoustic wizardry and the constrained structures and harmonic interplay of musical minimalism, we’re thrilled to announce pre-orders for “Immanent in Nervous Activity”,  Die Schachtel’s brand-new release from the creative partnership of Giovanni Di Domenico and Jim O’Rourke. Comprising …
Microwaves / Pranam - A(Round) Giacinto Scelsi (2 LP in bundle)
Just in, look beautiful! Two astounding LPs of previously unreleased archival material from the Italian experimental ensemble Alter Ego, paired with electronic legends Pan Sonic and Matmos, issued in strictly limited editions of 350 copies each by Die Schachtel on black vinyl.
Microwaves (LP)
We are thrilled to announce an exclusive pre-order campaign for two astounding LPs of previously unreleased archival material from the Italian experimental ensemble Alter Ego, paired with electronic legends Pan Sonic and Matmos, issued in strictly limited editions of 350 copies each by Die Schachtel on black vinyl.
Pranam - A(Round) Giacinto Scelsi (LP)
We are thrilled to announce an exclusive pre-order campaign for two astounding LPs of previously unreleased archival material from the Italian experimental ensemble Alter Ego, paired with electronic legends Matmos and Pan Sonic, issued in strictly limited editions of 350 copies each by Die Schachtel on black vinyl.
Musica Elettronica
Die Schachtel presents two unreleased works by composer, teacher, musicologist, critic, and theorist Armando Gentilucci. Recorded at the height of his political activity in collaboration with Marino Zuccheri at RAI Studio di Fonologia during 1973-75, 'Musica Elettronica' is an absolute must for any fan of Italian avant-garde, and comes in a one-time pressing stunning deluxe boxed edition.
Decay Music n. 2: In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni
**2021 small repress** Milan based Die Schachtel presents In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni (We turn round in the night and, behold, we are consumed by Fire) - a work for solo guitar by the Italian composer Stefano Pilia, the second release to appear on a new series from the imprint - Decay Music, highlighting inspired contemporary experimental efforts in the ambient, ethereal, and emotively abstract.Born in Genoa and based in Bologna, Pilia is a guitar player and electro-acoustic composer …
Decay Music n. 3 and n. 4
* few copies back in stock  * This special bundle collects the two latest LPs issued by Die Schachtel in their Decay Music series:Sandro Mussida "Rueben"Giovanni Di Domenico "Downtown Ethnic Music"Sandro Mussida "Rueben" ** 250 copies ** Riding the razor’s edge between rigorous experimentation, innovation, and tradition, London based, Italian composer, cellist, and electronic performer, Sandro Mussida, joins the Die Schachtel family with Rueben, his 3rd solo LP.Active since the early 2000s, Sand…
Decay Music n. 3: Rueben
** 250 copies ** Riding the razor’s edge between rigorous experimentation, innovation, and tradition, London based, Italian composer, cellist, and electronic performer, Sandro Mussida, joins the Die Schachtel family with Rueben, his 3rd solo LP.Active since the early 2000s, Sandro Mussida worked extensively with Mark Fell, Curl Collective, Lorenzo Senni, Oren Ambarchi, and Alessandra Novaga, among others, as well as a founding member of the interdisciplinary artists' group TQS Collective, before…
Decay Music n. 4: Downtown Ethnic Music
** 250 copies ** Binding a deep social and political conscious with rigorous musical experimentation, the Brussels based, Italian pianist, performer, composer, Giovanni Di Domenico, delivers Downtown Ethnic Music, the 4th instalment of Die Schachtel’s Decay Music series, focused on inspired contemporary experimental efforts in the ambient, ethereal, and emotively abstract music.Over the last decade or so, Giovanni Di Domenico has carved a deep path through a diverse number of discrete fields wit…
I Should Have Been a Gardener
Much needed repress! Offering a visionary approach to the solo guitar, Milanese experimentalist Alessandra Novaga, delivers an expansive meditation on the late filmmaker, Derek Jarman.
Weltformat
**200 copies, 2LP version, 180g clear vinyls housed in a six-panel gatefold cover that unfolds to reveal the graphic score of the album.** Ending the decade of silence which followed more than ten years of remarkable, critically acclaimed activity by the partnership of veteran experimentalists, Luigi Archetti and Bo Wiget, the duo returns with what may be their most ambitious effort to date, Weltformat, issued by Die Schachtel.Switzerland-based Luigi Archetti and Bo Wiget began collaborating in …
The Island Man
Alberto Savinio - The Island Man presents the proceedings of the homage organized by NoMus at Milan’s Museo del Novecento from January 17 to May 15, 2017. The event (consisting of an exhibition, seminars, concerts, listening and film sessions) was dedicated to Alberto Savinio (brother of the famous painter Giorgio de Chirico), one of the most original and versatile talents of the Twentieth Century: writer, artist, playwriter, musician, set designer, yet also author of radioplays, sketches for th…
Decay Music n. 1 and n. 2
Few copies back in stock - The two anticipated vinyl editions from Die Schachtel in special Bundle. marking the launch of a new series from the imprint - Decay Music, highlighting inspired contemporary experimental efforts in the ambient, ethereal, and emotively abstract
Decay Music n. 1: Besoch Trauma
Almost all great music is bridge - spanning geography and time, defying easy definition. It is the product of collaboration and mutual respect - individual voice, fused within a collective force. These are the roots for the trio Vértice, an unlikely formation by experimental luminaries, Maurizio Bianchi, Saverio Evangelista, and Juan Manuel Cidrón - each hailing from their own discrete musical geography in Italy and Spain. Devotion to sound and craft are the bonds which join. Milan based Die Sch…
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