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Himmel Over Hav
Over the past 15 years, Hanna Paulsberg has established herself as one of the most vital and heartfelt voices on the Norwegian jazz scene. A highly sought-after saxophonist, Paulsberg moves effortlessly between musical genres in her many projects — from the pop/soul/jazz trio Gurls, which she co-founded and writes for, to the quartet Flukten, whose sound blends free jazz and folk influences. She’s also part of a Dexter Gordon tribute with Karin Krog, and has contributed to numerous projects with…
Almadies
*50 copies limited edition* Franz Kirmann returns to Bytes for his eighth solo album, available exclusively on Bandcamp from October 29 on cassette and download (released on all platforms on November 5). The “Almadies” are long wooden boats used by Senegalese fishermen. It is also the name of the neighborhood where Franz grew up, in the suburbs of Dakar near the Atlantic Ocean.
"These new compositions are the result of sound experiments conducted over the past few months and reflections on the c…
LP
*100 copies limited edition* This Molar record was created in a few stages. First it was substantial to find creative means which would spark the new material. The Polyend Tracker was perfect for that as it is both simple and surprisingly fresh. Only after that I applied my favourite environment and comfortably sat in my digital domain. The next stage was to find kindred spirits who share the same mental and musical sensibility. Michał Fetler and Jacek Prościński seemed to fit like a custom-made…
Strange Flash - Studio & Live '78-81
Grown Up Wrong! Records is thrilled beyond belief to present the long awaited anthology of material by the legendary Lipstick Killers, who blazed a trail in late ‘70s post-Radio Birdman Sydney before gigging with the likes of the Gun Club and the Flesh Eaters in Los Angeles where they crashed and burned in 1981.
The Lipstick Killers released just one single in their life time – the perfect ’79 Deniz Tek-produced pairing of “Hindu Gods of Love” and ”Shakedown USA” on their own Lost in Space Recor…
Changes in Air
In May, composer, musician, and producer Kara-Lis Coverdale released her first new album in eight years, From Where You Came. It was followed by her second album of 2025, A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever, in September. Today, Coverdale details her third full-length release of the year, Changes In Air, out 21 November via Smalltown Supersound, and unveils its lead single ‘Curve Traces of Held Space’. Changes In Air is a work for electric organ, modular synthesis, and piano in five secti…
So Far From Dreams
“Split mixtape” by Pablo Mirón (Miradasvas, Ediciones Fontebro…) and Tom Val (Orion Music Workshop, Les Disques Omnison…). 2 x 45 minutes dive into their collections and influences of forgotten and outsider psychogeographic musics : may it be avant-jazz, piano solo or broken folk.
Meadow creature
Overdriven Casio tunes and bittresweet tape grime miscellanea by Kait Jensen finally (partially) collected!
Krásno Mé Rozpolcené
Deep into inner struggle to find harmony… Abstract noise, spooky atmpspheres and sparse melodies from South Czechia by the restless M.B. ( Chevallier Skrog, Cosmic Cause Productions….).