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IsoMonads
Killer. edition of 50 copies. “For every un-universe, then, an un-philosophy that must also negate itself.” ― Eugene Thacker - Jarra’s artistic exploration started with painting abstract artworks in which he aimed to minimise his part as a painter. The technical approach, craftsmanship and the concentration devoted to this process should define the artwork in its final state. Jarra’s perspective on sound has been in a similar way when he started with field recordings in the late '90s. He consequ…
Paysages Intérieurs Vielle à Roue
**very few original copies in stock!** Reinvented Hurdy Gurdy record by French musician Rémy Couvez, who made here something peaceful, contemplative with his instrument, no virtuoso moves, no useless agitation, just beautiful sincere music. The harmonies are really haunting, special. On some tracks, he is backed by synths and percussions. This album could easily rival with Morricone soundtracks. It would appeal to collectors of singular sounds for its minimal, drone music and eastern influences.…
South Moon Under (The Red Hook Concert)
**500 numbered copies, private edition** "Heather Leigh is originally from West Virginia but now lives in Scotland. She is a steel guitar player with an increasing reputation for furthering the unexplored reaches of pedal steel guitar. She combines a physical presence with a playing style which is as spontaneous as it is based on solid musicianship. She is known as a player who combines strength and sensitivity. She has received great reviews from The Wire Magazine, MOJO, Uncut, The Guardian, Th…
Schleifen
**280 copies, 2019 stock** A publication for the exhibition Schleifen – November 10-24, 2016 – at «Kassette.für projekte» in Zurich, Switzerland. Book has 52 pages, 30 drawings, size A5 (148 x 210 mm), includes Audio CD. Cover: digital printing on black paper (Outside: white, Inside: varnish). Content: offset printing (silver mixed with black).
Socio-Magnetic Theory Of Fictional Mating
Private Edition of 30 hand-numbered copies. In the early 80s Paolo Bandera was a founder (along with Eraldo Bernocchi) of the monumental collective post-industrial Sigillum S. (of Broken Flag label's fame). In 1993 he created his solo project SSHE Retina Stimulants devoting himself to sharpen the edges of concepts and noise extremes. This ultra limited release is made together with Lorenzo Abattoir.
The Gospel of Truth / Auf Der Exernsteine
**2019 stock** Martin Erik Andersen was born in 1964 and lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at Al-Fonun Al-Gamila (The Fine Arts Academy) in Cairo (1989-90) and graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1992). Major solo exhibitions include Horsens Kunstmusem, Horsens (2009) and Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro (2008). Since 2009 Martin Erik Andersen has been Professor at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark. The self-released The Gospel of Truth / A…
Image Over Image
Seriously classy rewired-techno from lowlands synth Miss, Christelle Gualdi aka Stellar Om Source. Harking back to vintage Drexciya, Population One, Mad Mike, all four tracks are constructed with a fluid, fast flowing efficiency, no moment is wasted and always urging into the the next with instinctive sense of narrative and attuned groove. A-side 'New Look' is highly sophisticated body futurist music and 'Club 5-7' displays a remarkably deft grasp of hi-tech machine funk. Flipside's 'Heatwave' c…
Quitratue
Self-released edition of 100 copies. Marta De Pascalis (Rome, 1987) is an italian composer living and working in Berlin. Her solo works employ analog synthesis and tape loops, incorporating free playing into steady, repetitive patterns. A slow burning organ drone a la Terry Riley, with building and repeating organ lines that coalesce in a sea of pensive harmonics. Killer album!
Group Show
**Edition of 300 copies, numbered** Group Show is a project and installation that shows an extensive collection of ‘vernacular’ vinyl records with large groups of people on the cover. The awkward impossibility of photographing these choirs, regional ensembles and folklore bands and the typology of photographs that has comes out of it, is a longtime fascination for Erik Kessels. It even made him create a multi-media project out of this. The enormous volume and collection of records resulted in an…
Snoring
**Edition of 300 copies, numbered** This experiment in minimal music serves as a soothing lullaby for people who find themselves separated from their favorite snorer, people pining for a snoring ex, or as the perfect soundtrack for people burning the midnight oil.It’s the sound that keeps the earplug industry afloat. The sound that drives sleepless, bleary-eyed partners to beat their sleeping other-half with a pillow and into separate beds. Like a lot of popular music snoring is one of those noi…
The Clothes Themselves
PVC dubplate, edition of 50 copies. The brainchild of elusive graphic designer Sk8thing, who founded it in 2012 together with streetwear visionaries Toby Feltwell and Hishi Yutaka, Japanese brand Cav Empt has garnered a cult-like following with its strong emphasis on iconic and eclectic references. For Men’s Fashion Week, Slam Jam is delighted to present the brand’s newest project —The Clothes Themselves, a documentary short film written and directed by British artist Oliver Payne.Inspired by th…
Four Pieces For Mirai
The first instalment of a stunning self-released opus by a pivotal thinker of our age; James Ferraro, the start of a four-part dystopian saga about digital feudalism and the Internet of Things. Riyl Elysia Crampton, Haruomi Hosono, Wendy Carlos, Oneohtrix Point Never… Four Pieces for Mirai is a stunning prelude to James Ferraro’s epic new work about civilisational decline, planned to span four releases this year. The initial transmission finds the preeminent bard and prescient se’er of the 21st …
Pierdrie
Pierdrie is a project by Marco Douma, Roel Meelkop and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) about the visual and sonic phenomena of pier drie in the Rotterdam Waalhaven. A colourful and atmospheric hommage to Rotterdam harbour industries, the images of the 3 monitors are merged and edited for use with one screen - the DVD format offers the opportunity to play this in full surround sound as well in stereo.This is a one screen version of the Pierdrie installation that was originally presented as a 3…
Alien Encrypted Message
Proper lysergic melters from Bear Bones, Lay Low on No ‘Label’ - a sometime home to Jamal Moss, Torn Hawk, Morgan Buckley, among many othersPushing the label’s boundaries for psychotomimetic behaviour, Atlantean Encrypted Message bubbles up from a place usually only visited in the throes of a full blown acid trip. On the A-side, the Belgian artist Ernesto González Rondón tilts in steeply with the warped wormhole of the EP’s title track perhaps meant as gateway as much as a test of the listener’s…
Early Works For Tape And Electronics
Unofficial release. Few copies available. Terry Riley's incredible early tape manipulation works from the 1960s, “Bird of Paradise” and “You’re No Good. Incredible audio quality
More Selections From The Devotional Tapes 1982-1995
Unofficial release. Few copies available. A collection of the best Alice Coltrane ashram tape recordings not included on the ‘Ecstatic Music’ comp, culled from all four original releases 1982-95 leaning heavily (as the Luaka record itself does) on 1987’s ‘Divine Songs. Incredible audio quality
Acrobati Liquidi
In Italian language only. “Acrobati liquidi”, a totally D-I-Y book from Giorgio Salomon, is an interesting mix between a personal and cosmic trip and an educational pamphlet, in which find place a lot of alternative and experimental tales. Using his record collection as an anchor, Salomon recalls hidden magical places and unknown bands, perfectly in balance between journalism and passion. The book is a 200-pages voyage in which you will discover musical scenes from all over the world – from Hung…
Plays Panama
Limited numbered 1/70 only with hand-made foder cover, printed labels and black inner sleeves! dj qbico mix a selection of very rare/obscure 45 from Panama, none of these tracks had been reissued or appears on any compilations
Plays Burundi
**very last copie** Limited numbered 1/99 only with hand-made foder cover, printed labels and black inner sleeves! dj qbico mix a selection of very rare afro funk jazz soul and ethnic music from Burundi. Ethio-Jazz flourishes all over, reminding to me that amazing LP from Sudan by Saif Abu-Bakr al Iqarib
Tiresia
Tiresia is a new music project by Bruno Dorella and Stefano Ghittoni. Inspired by the mythological character, both male and female, fortune-teller and fugitive, that has lived multiple lives. Tiresia is also the name of one of the main character in the movie “I Cannibali” (1970) by director Liliana Cavani. Played by Pierre Clementi, he is a sort of mystic that speaks an obscure language trying to rise up against a killer and reactionary government. The movie was declared “out of time and inappro…