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Phase Murmur 7-11-73
Lost celestial solo piano transmissions retrieved!
Archipelago (Cosmic Fusion Gems from France) (1978-1988)
Isle of Jura’s ‘Archipelago’ compiles rare French fusion gems (1978–1988), curated by Arnaud Simetiére (Switch Groove), unearthing cosmic, genre-defying sounds from artists like Francis Bebey and Carla Music Orchestra. The album celebrates offbeat creativity and features also ambient tracks.
A Danger to Ourselves
Lucrecia Dalt’s A Danger to Ourselves is a fearless reflection on the unfiltered complexities of human connection. Stripping away fictional narratives present on the artist’s last several album endeavors, A Danger to Ourselves arrives from a place of emotional sincerity. Sonically unraveling like a deeply personal conversation,Dalt’s voice is foregrounded and formidable, supported by a lush array of acoustic orchestration and processing, collaged percussive patterns, and an esteemed cast of coll…
Fronte Violeta
"Toku & Boregas release ‘Fronte Violeta’, blending sound, scent, and performance in a dynamic, ever-shifting sonic tapestry."
The Music of Anthony Braxton
Saxophonist Steve Lehman and trio, with Mark Turner, celebrate Braxton’s 80th in a live set: intense emotion meets cool articulation and rhythmic mastery.
Revision
Fred Moten & Brandon López’s duo debut explores cultural innovation, virtuosity, and confronting institutional madness while preserving humanity.
Zero G
"Zero-G" by Boora & Prince Igor is a 16-track instrumental hip-hop album released on Funk Night Records in 2024. The project fuses jazzy samples, soulful loops, and tight beats, creating a vibrant, atmospheric listening experience. With its concise runtime and fluid transitions, "Zero-G" captures the essence of modern beat-making.
From Punk To Ultra: The Plurex Story
The label that ignited the Dutch post-punk scene! Homogeneity be damned, these early Plurex tracks are a head-turning snapshot of what was happening in the late ‘70s Netherlands underground! Includes an interview with Plurex founders and all of the singles from 1978-‘80! Some of the bands would never release another record, but for the label and many of the artists there was yet more history to be made, not least of which was Minny Pops’ ascendance to seminal status, and Plurex’s emergence at th…
Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline
2025 stock Painstakingly recorded, processed and assembled over five years, Stars Of The Lid once again delivered a massive work filling two compact discs and three vinyl albums, clocking in at over two hours. While most albums of this length would be considered tedious at best, SOTL are arguably the only contemporary composers who can seemingly alter the time-space continuum simply through the playback of their organized sound. They take time itself and stretch, compress and turn it inside out,…
Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire For An Aquatic Life
2025 stock Austin-based Stars Of The Lid heralded a new strain of the American underground in the mid-'90s. The duo's second album, Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire For An Aquatic Life, features ambient soundscapes, drone guitars and effects-treated classical instruments, and there is no better example of modern minimalism than this.
American Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2025 stock Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing will release a soundtrack album for the drama American Woman. The album features the film's original music composed by Adam Wiltzie (Whitney, God's Own Country, The Yellow Birds). Stars of the Lid and A Winged Victory for the Sullen co-founder Adam Wiltzie's soundtrack (Adam Wiltzie, Whitney, God's Own Country, The Yellow Birds) to the Jake Scott (Son of Ridley Scott) film. The film stars Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul and Amy Madigan…
Roberto Altmann - L'œuvre gravé (1959-2012)
The first major publication on one of the most important Lettrist artists: the catalogue raisonné of Roberto Altmann's engraved work, with 200 works described, an interview with Maggy Mauritz, a biography and a list of exhibitions.Frédéric Acquaviva, born in 1967, has been since 1990 a sound artist and experimental music composer, creating chronopolyphonic installations and CDs and playing in art galleries, in museums or in underground venues.Staying away from traditional networks of musicians a…
Epistemic Imaginaries – Learning as Festivity (Book)
Epistemic Imaginaries brings attention to creative educational initiatives and how alternative learning situations work at reinventing community and related knowledge practices.
Central to the publication is emphasizing such initiatives as grounded in festivity, appreciating how they support and celebrate new ways of being together. From feasting on ideas to hosting dissident knowledges, from blending individual and collective work, along with discursive and somatic methods, to growing sustainab…
nothing in the world is ours
No Rent Records releases drumloop/theia’s “nothing in the world is ours”—experimental, ambient, immersive soundscapes.
Astral Scam
No Rent releases Astral Scam by Absentia Derby: hypnotic, immersive, abrasive twin-track cassette.
s/t
Aurora Central presents a cassette by Concepción Huerta & Jiyoung Wi, merging visionary soundscapes and avant-garde experimental sounds.
Dangerous Women: Early Works 1985-2005
Laetitia Sonami's Dangerous Women: Early Works 1985-2005 traces twenty years of fearless electronic innovation. From her studies with Eliane Radigue in France to mentorship under Robert Ashley and David Behrman at Mills College, this 2CD collection captures her evolution from analog experimentation to pioneering digital performance with her legendary "lady's glove" interface.
Waterfall Horizon
Neo Gibson records, performs, and produces as 7038634357, a project that has been pushing the boundaries of digital composition since 2016. Based in New York City, Gibson's work exists at the intersection of minimalist composition, electronic music, and site-specific performance art. Their unique approach to sound and space has garnered international attention, with performances spanning from underground venues to prestigious experimental music festivals