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They Came Like Swallows - Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza
On They Came Like Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza, Bonner Kramer and Thurston Moore channel decades of noise, songcraft and studio sorcery into seven slow‑burning laments, where volcanic drones, grief‑stricken melody and a haunted Joy Division cover fuse into a stark act of sonic mourning and resistance.
Bar & Dem &
On Bar & Dem &, Vincent Barras and Jacques Demierre extend their BarDem duo outward: multilingual, spatialized voice pieces refracted through choirs, composers, poets and sound artists who treat language itself as malleable, resonant matter.
Release Of An Oath
Originally released in 1968 on Reprise Records, Release Of An Oath is the fourth studio album by The Electric Prunes and a radical departure from their earlier garage-psychedelic sound. The album was fully composed and arranged by David Axelrod, drawing inspiration from liturgical music and classical structures, most notably Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in F Minor.
Although credited to The Electric Prunes, the record largely features session musicians under Axelrod’s direction, with only drummer…
Dirty Water
Released in June 1966, Dirty Water stands as the definitive album by The Standells. Recorded during a two-day break from touring, the LP blends garage rock, attitude, and raw energy, powered by the iconic title track — a Top 10 hit and one of the band’s signature moments. A longtime cult favorite, it remains one of the strongest garage-rock statements of the 1960s.
Part One
Released in 1967 on Reprise Records, Part One is the second album by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and is widely regarded as their strongest and most cohesive work. Blending psychedelic pop, experimental rock, and surreal songwriting, the album features compositions by Frank Zappa, P.F. Sloan, Baker Knight, and Van Dyke Parks. More song-oriented than their debut yet still wildly unpredictable, Part One captures the strange, fractured beauty of Los Angeles psychedelia at its peak.
Istikhbars and Improvisations
On Istikhbars And Improvisations, Mustapha Skandrani turns solo piano into a bridge across the Mediterranean, translating Arabo‑Andalusian vocal modes into crystalline keyboard meditations that move like a modal Goldberg from Algiers to Paris and back.
Konkrete Klaenge
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.All materials are recycled.The CDR is contained in a striped plastic (black or transparent). The plastic bag is closed with metal staples.The plastic bag has pieces of metal wire attached to the bag with a length of gray cloth tape. A sticker is attached to the tape.Inside the bag are:- a small white bag containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CDR. A sticker is attached to the bag.- a black and white tri-fold cover- a small sticker
Zyklusters
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with a piece of white satin ribbon holding three steel washers (rings/clusters).Inside the envelope are:- a black envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color bi-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker
Loopspool
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed beige cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with two pieces of satin ribbon (grey and blue) holding a charm in silver metal wich represents the symbol of infinity.Inside the envelope are:- a plastic envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color tri-fold cover (13x13 cm. closed, 39x13 cm. developed)- a minip…
Organemia
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 13x13 cm brown cardboard archival sleeve. A sticker is placed on the sleeve.Inside the sleeve are:- a sleeve containing a black polycarbonate CD-R, which resembles vinyl. The CD-R is printed. The sleeve is a random color: yellow, green, orange, or blue.- a full-color bi-fold cover.- three bookmarks.- a mini poster.Layout – Antonio Benini
January 2016
*30 copies limited edition*
Celebratory release for the tenth anniversary of the first track, released digitally only.This edition is entirely handmade.The CD-R is contained in a plastic sleeve with a frozen look, sealed with metal staples.A polyester print is attached to the front of the plastic sleeve.Inside the plastic sleeve is a paper sleeve containing the CD-R and a small insert with liner notes.The envelope and insert are printed on special high-quality lined paper.
Cavejaz
Rio de Janeiro guitarist and composer Fabiano do Nascimento returns with new album Cavejaz.
L’uso e gli attributi del cuore
Certain paths necessitate and call for one singular long sequence in order to arrive at a fully formed conversation or reasoning. Nothing seems to broadcast it more clearly than the trajectory Brussels based Italo-Vietnamese artist Nguyễn Zen Mỹ embarked on during the last decade as Radio Hito. After a string of highly cherished and sought out tape releases, Radio Hito’s new album ‘L’uso e gli attributi del cuore’, co-released by Maple Death & Meakusma, unfolds with devastating clarity, a profou…
The Bubble of Love
Modern Obscure Music presents The Bubble of Love, a new collaborative album by Pedro Vian together with Ustad Nawab Khan and Naved Nawab Khan — the 9th and 10th generation of a distinguished santoor lineage from Rajasthan, India.
Osni the Flare
In Osni the Flare, the second chapter of Tristan Allen's mythic trilogy, the composer, producer, and puppeteer follows a mortal’s transformation into deity through the discovery of fire. Recorded over four years using wordless vocals, organs, ocarinas, an arsenal of toy instruments, and intricate sound design, Osni the Flare unfolds the origins of flame and temporality across four acts. Weaving a creation myth that shifts between beauty, shadow, and wistful embers, Allen provides a portal to met…
Now Transitioning
*50 copies limited edition* Now Transitioning is a collection of performances built around a time of personal change, discovery and evolution - waiting for a second child, switching over to a new day job, moving into a new home, looking forward and then eventually getting used to a new phase of life.
Poems without Words
*40 copies limited edition* Poems without Words brings together fourteen improvised guitar solos by Xu Cheng, recorded over twelve years. Xu Cheng first emerged in the Shanghai underground in the early 2000s, as an early member of the harsh noise project Torturing Nurse. He went on to become a versatile sound artist working across a wide-ranging array of influences, from Fluxus event scores to Buddhist sutras. The project originated in Xu Cheng’s attempt to restore a broken instrument he had pic…
Truly, Slightly, Overflowing, Whereabout of Good Will
On Truly, Slightly, Overflowing, Whereabout of Good Will, Keiji Haino and Reinhold Friedl strip everything down to voice and piano interior: incantatory howls, whispered fractures and scraped strings tracing a stark ritual of tension, silence and imploding song.
Bill Nace Plays the 2 String Taishogoto
Bill Nace turns a traditional two‑string instrument into a focused sound laboratory, contrasting a feedback‑touched, spiralling first side with a pared‑back, bodily repetition that slowly blooms into vast harmonic space.
Rex
Rex is a solo cello record written and recorded while I’ve been living in the former home of Rex Brasher, a self-taught painter who created over 1,200 watercolors of North American birds. Composed for acoustic and electric cello, the record reflects the solitude and intensity that shaped both Brasher’s vision and my own process. Rex is not a portrait, but an echo—of a person, a place, and a way of seeing the world. Thank you to Matthew, Munawar, Cynthia & the RBA for the place, support, and gene…
