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Third Ear Band
For many bands, having all their gear stolen would be catastrophic. For Third Ear Band, this unfortunate 1968 incident opened a portal to beneficial change that would ultimately define one of British experimental music's most singular statements. Now, Antarctica Starts Here presents the first-time vinyl reissue of the group's self-titled 1970 sophomore album - often called Elements due to its elemental track titles - complete with new liner notes by Dave Segal that illuminate this remarkable cha…
The Grave and Beautiful Name of Sadness
ICR is happy to release the CD version of the recent LP by Nurse With Wound. Comes in a digipack with an extra panel of artwork & an additional track, 'Blind', a reworking from 'Homotopy To Marie'.
Featuring two archive mixes of the original 1984 recording. A 2007 epic variation recorded for possible inclusion in Peter Strickland's film 'Katalin Varga' and a unique 'psychedelic' version from 2012 which until now has never been heard.
Thank You, Guitar
In the ongoing battle between technical virtuosity and authentic expression, most guitar "shredders" have chosen the wrong side - trafficking in overwrought drama while remaining devoid of soul, viewing music as competitive sport rather than spiritual exploration. Enter Cyrus Pireh, whose latest Palilalia release Thank You, Guitar represents nothing less than a revolutionary approach to "transcendental shred electric guitar music" that upcycles the despised 32nd-note neck sprint into something g…
Organic Music Societies
Archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry
Issue 82 (Magazine)
40 page magazine printed as an edition of 50 copies. Absolutely full with articles and reviews. See image 2 for contents. A great collector's item.
cover article: Captain Flapattak - French underground todayplus: Don Falcone (Spirits Burning) interview, Flasket Brinner - Scandinavian fusion legends 9, Mange Ferraille, Intermodulation (1970s avant-garde ensemble): Unlikely Connections, Choice French label classics: Atem, The Dr Space / ØSC & co. Sector, labels: Whitelabrecs, ReR Megacorp, PQR-Dis…
Die Kabine
In physical terms, Die Kabine (the cabin) is a hundred-year-old wardrobe. It is the resonant space of this album. Resulting from the opposing desires to hide myself and, on the other hand, to show myself, since April 2023 I have been taking my place with the wardrobe in cultural spaces in an ongoing series of performances, using the tools of my voice, a drill and instruments to create rhythms and feedbacks. On the one hand, the drill destroys the dark security of the wardrobe's interior with bac…
Destino Scifosi
Power trio brought together by Yann Gourdon on hurdy gurdy, Jérémie Sauvage on bass and Mathieu Tilly on drums, France take drone and minimalism at their most ecstatic and massive
Leave Another Day
2025 Repress. In the ever-expanding universe of ambient and minimal electronic music archaeology, certain discoveries feel more significant than others - those rare moments when a previously overlooked recording emerges to fill gaps we didn't even know existed in our understanding of the genre's evolution. Stroom's reissue of Milan W's Leave Another Day represents precisely such a revelation, offering contemporary listeners access to a work that exemplifies the sophisticated minimalism that flou…
Mirror Repair
2025 Repress. Three decades after its initial release, Gastr del Sol's Mirror Repair remains one of the most perfectly realized statements in the post-rock canon - a five-track EP that captured the crystalline moment when experimental precision met emotional immediacy. Now, Drag City presents a 2025 repress of this essential 1994 release, offering contemporary listeners the opportunity to experience the album that defined the creative partnership between David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke at its most…
Annea Lockwood The Piano Works
This album presents Annea Lockwood’s complete concert piano works, born from a deep collaborative journey. It culminates in a new version of Ceci N’est Pas Un Piano, where voice and memory resonate through the piano’s frame via transducer speaker.
Pale Blue
A sixty-three minute piece of drone notes which leads you through the entire cycle of fifths.
Mejor Me Voy / Vieja
For the first time on vinyl, two hidden gems from Eduardo Mateo’s songbook, recorded in Buenos Aires between 1968 and 1971 at the legendary TNT studios. These versions remained unreleased for over five decades… until now.
Unseparate
Anna Webber & Angela Morris - tenor saxophone, flute, conductorJay Rattman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, fluteCharlotte Greve - alto saxophone, flute, clarinetAdam Schneit - tenor saxophone, clarinetLisa Parrott - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Nolan Tsang, Ryan Easter, Jake Henry, Kenny Warren - trumpets
Tim Vaughn, Zekkereya El-magharbel, Jen Baker, Reginald Chapman - trombones
Yuhan Su - vibraphoneDustin Carlson - guitarMarta Sánchez - pianoAdam Hopkins - bassJeff Davis - …
Water
Coherent States is excited to announce the release of "Water", a new cassette by the media artist Anna Schimkat. Drawing upon her background in sculpture and music, Schimkat's practice investigates the intersection of sound and spatial perception through immersive installations and performances. Highlighting themes of fluidity and interconnectedness, her work examines natural, social, and cultural phenomena, often within site-specific contexts. "Water", conceived during her residency at Salzamt …
Baboon and Chest
From the frayed edges of sounds that once hummed and the lingering ghost of forgotten amplifier feedback & the unanswered answering machine message echo, Glands of External Secretion return with their most different album until the next one. "Baboon and Chest" is a four-pronged stumble through the usual-yet-unusual and weird-yet-no-weird delightful auditory wreckage. This "collection" stitches together echoes across time, from 1987 to 2025 and from San Francisco and Long Beach then to Edinburgh …
Cosmic Clarinets
Clarinetist Michele Marelli channels Stockhausen’s visionary spirit in this album of works for clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet—joined by pianist Gianluca Cascioli in Tierkreis—merging cosmic intensity with masterful interpretation and devotion.
Achilles Tendon Rupture
The titans of Tokyo harsh noise, Incapacitants, return to tear another hole in the fabric of reality with "Achilles Tendon Rupture", their new full-length assault on Coherent States. This isn't just noise; it's a psychic evisceration, a full-body immersion in white-hot static, the gnashing of heavy electronics and distorted vocalizations clawing from the void. Incapacitants wield a uniquely particular sonic violence upon the listener. The dominant trademark of their sound is the feeling of asphy…
Fabbriche Silenti
“Silent Factories” is a sonic journey through abandoned industrial spaces, blending analogue photography with improvised electronic sounds and field recordings. The project explores the quiet reclamation of nature, inviting deep sensory and perceptual immersion.
Circuits
A moment of first encounters, Circuits is the sound of four musicians (Savvas Metaxas, Evi Nakou, Giannis Arapis, Dimitris Tigkas)navigating an unfamiliar terrain in real-time, their individual languages dissolving into a shared improvisational space. Subtle drones, resonant feedback and textural gestures underpin the ensemble’s interplay. Circuits is the sum of raw, expressive utterances—melodic remnants shifting from pulse to friction, from bow, to frets, through fingertips. A single-take impr…
Music to Watch Seeds Grow By 005: Stella Z (Fig)
Following the contemplative explorations of previous works in the series and hot on the heels of the beautiful Cosmos from E Ruscha, Stella Z's "Figs" emerges as a delicate meditation on growth, patience, and the hidden life of fruit. Recorded in London yet deeply inspired by distant memories from China, the album is a musical documentary that explores the fig—a plant with a profound personal significance to Stella. "The fig tree was the big, generous presence in our old home, feeding my family …
