New Arrivals
Great Doubt Edits
Great Doubts Edits by Astrid Sonne is a dynamic rework of her original album Great Doubts, transforming introspective electronic compositions into vibrant, club-ready versions. Sonne blends glitchy beats, pulsing synths, and ethereal vocals, maintaining her signature melancholic yet playful tone. These edits reimagine the tracks with sharper rhythms and immersive textures, offering a fresh, dancefloor-oriented perspective while preserving the emotional depth of the original. A must-listen for fa…
Solid Jackson
When eminent jazz practitioners with shared histories convene in the studio without rehearsal or preparatory gigs, a perfunctory, by-the-numbers session is often the outcome. That is decidedly not the case on Solid Jackson, whose personnel, four of whom participated on the well-wrought day-after-Christmas of 1994 Criss Cross album titled Consenting Adults, reside in any hardcore jazz connoisseur’s “top-five”. This second gathering of M.T.B. (titled for the surnames of Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner a…
Spiritual Sound (Mizik Filamonik)
Telluric, intense, terribly alive, the gwoka drums of Guadeloupe carry the identity of a painful and fervent island. Marked forever by the crime of slavery, Guadeloupe's créolité cherishes the ka drums and their natural environment: the low-pitched boula drum with male goatskin, the high-pitched soloist makè drum with female goatskin, the chacha, ti bwa, triangle, calabash and other percussion instruments that surround them, and the voices - the fiery, proud, timbred, urgent voices of the gwoka.…
Sen Jälkeen Kun
Viive debut album ‘Sen Jälkeen Kun’! The debut album, “Sen jälkeen kun”, explores themes of growth and the intrinsic need for connection. It ultimately took shape as a soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist (yet).
The album was recorded at Mutka studios, the duo’s own creative space in a mid-century wooden house located in Jyväskylä, Finland. The piano and drums were set up facing each other, fostering a deeper connection between the players. The naturally imperfect and lively acoustics of the…
Music For People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes
Jimmy Giuffre, a versatile musician known for his innovative jazz compositions and arrangements, took a break from recording after a prolific career spanning from the 1950s. Following a decade focused on live performances, he returned to the studio with "Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes." Giuffre's unique approach to jazz, fostering free interplay among musicians, emerged during his tenure as an arranger for Woody Herman in the late 1940s. Transitioning to the West Coast cool …
The Body & The Soul
In his last release for the Impulse label, Hubbard’s ambitious 1963 recording The Body & The Soul includes both an all-star septet and an orchestra with strings. Including a number of Hubbard originals and such notables as Curtis Fuller (trombone), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), and Louis Hayes (drums), the album stands alone as one of the most unique productions in Freddie’s substantive discography and as a showcase fo…
The Quest
2025 stock Probably due to the fact that Eric Dolphy died untimely in 1964, making every one of his recorded contributions more widely sought after, pianist Mal Waldron’s album, The Quest, was reissued soon after its release under the reedman’s name. Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin is also featured on The Quest. Ervin and Dolphy had both been members of the Charles Mingus group and the two reedmen recorded various LPs together with Mingus between 1960 and 1963.
Decay Music 9: Liminale / Decay Music 10: And I Entered Into Sleep (2LP bundle)
*200 copies limited edition* This bundle includes the latest and final releases in Die Schachtel's Decay Series: Luigi Turra & Elio Martusciello "Liminale", and Sergio Armaroli & David Toop "And I Entered Into Sleep".
Returning with its ninth and tenth instalments, Die Schachtel's Decay Music series extends its explorations of inspired contemporary experimental efforts of the ambient, ethereal, and emotively abstract with Luigi Turra and Elio Martusciello’s “Liminale” and Sergio Armaroli and D…
Decay Music 10: And I Entered Into Sleep
*200 copies limited edition* Reconfiguring the notion of bridge building on a multitude of terms, it feels fitting that the tenth and final installment of Die Schachtel’s Decay Music series, Sergio Armaroli and David Toop’s “And I Entered Into Sleep”, was co-created by an artist whose work featured in the first suite of LPs issued by Brian Eno’s Obscure Records in 1975, the groundwork toward which Decay Music’s own efforts nod. Since that auspicious debut, “New and Rediscovered Musical Instrumen…
Decay Music 9: Liminale
*200 copies limited edition* Since its founding in Milan during the early years of the new millennium, Die Schachtel has occupied a singular place in the landscape of experimental music, issuing a carefully curated body of reissues and archival releases by historically significant figures and projects like Christina Kubisch, Luciano Cilio, Marino Zuccheri, Prima Materia, Claudio Rocchi, Lino 'Capra' Vaccina, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Roland Kayn, and numerous others, balanced a…
Silver
2025 stock Silver is Ilhan Ersahin's latest project and a bit of a departure from his other musical undertakings A group consisting of himself on Rhodes keyboards and Tenor Saxophone, trumpet icon Eddie Henderson, bass legend Juuini Booth and drums, percussion sorcerer Kenny Wollesen. Silver emphasizes on mood and tone. The "bite-sized" approach of this ensemble translates as a string of 5-minute individual pieces.
Silver couldn't sound the way it does if it weren't for the presence of two certi…
Invite Your Eye
With drummer Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Norah Jones) and Dave Harrington (of electronic duo Darkside) guitar/bass/electronics, New York-based Swedish/Turkish saxophonist, composer, club-label owner Ilhan Ersahin captures the vibe of impromptu, cross-pollinating, and heavily grooving late-night jam sessions at Nublu, his “East Village Club where everything goes” (New York Times).
The telepathy and intuition that flows between these three musicians is one that has developed over many ye…
I'm Gonna Take You Home
The story of Father Yod, Yahowa 13 and the Source Family could literally fill books, but rest assured, they truly were the "apex of high" in terms of psychedelic music. A tale that transcends conventional music history, this legendary collective represents one of the most radical experiments in communal living and cosmic sound ever documented. The basics paint an extraordinary picture: Father Yod was a WWII flying ace and spiritual seeker who gathered his "children" around him in early 1970s Los…
Fernweh
Visionary electroacoustic explorations return as Black Truffle reissues Kassel Jaeger's Fernweh, a major work fusing musique concrète and synthesis into emotionally charged sonic landscapes of rare intensity.
Lebensglut
Super Tip! Following Brannten Schnüre's definitive trilogy conclusion, Quirlschlängle continues its exploration of Central European cultural archaeology with Lebensglut (Life's Glow), a split album that examines four poets through remarkably different methodologies: Karl Wolfskehl, Stefan George, and Georg Trakl, all active in the early 20th century, alongside Julius Sturm, who had been active a century earlier and can be regarded as an early pioneer of Symbolist expression. Like Brannten Schnü…
Landschaft aus Tränen
The conclusion of a trilogy often reveals as much about artistic evolution as it does about thematic resolution. With “Landschaft aus Tränen”, Brannten Schnüre complete their three-album psychological cycle that began with 2019's “Erinnerungen an Gesichter”, marking both a compositional apex and a deliberate terminus for the project itself. Moving away from their signature “surreal folkcollage” approach, this represents Brannten Schnüre's most structured and emotionally resolved statement to dat…
Toinen Kaupunki
Three pioneers of contemporary minimal electronic music converge on this remarkable collaborative EP, bridging the austere aesthetics of Finnish electronic minimalism with the ambient experimentalism of a new generation. Released via the legendary Sähkö Recordings' Puu sublabel, this tripartite exploration represents a masterful synthesis of post-minimalist sensibilities and environmental sound design.
Horizons
Tokyo-based electronic artist and renowned record collector Compuma returns with his sophomore album, a meditative journey through the landscapes of memory and place. Inspired by the scenery of Lake Ezu in Kumamoto and contemplative walks across Japan, this seven-track collection represents a profound evolution of his environmental electronic aesthetic. Compuma has established himself as one of Japan's most respected record buyers and DJs, with an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure and left-field…
A Missing Myth Of The Future
Japanese veteran producer Kaoru Inoue presents a visionary collection that transcends conventional electronic boundaries, weaving together world music traditions, field recordings, and ambient exploration into a singular artistic statement. Originally released exclusively in Japan in 2013, this timeless work finally receives the international recognition it deserves. Kaoru Inoue has been quietly developing his unique aesthetic since the late 90s through his own Seeds and Ground imprint and colla…
Upside Down
The debut release from emerging artist Polygonia arrives as a stunning statement of organic minimalism, channeling the ethereal spirit of Japanese 80's kankyo ongaku through contemporary electronic exploration. Introduced through label artist Simone de Kunovich, this remarkable multi-instrumentalist presents four compositions that blur the boundaries between ancient traditions and futuristic sound design.
Polygonia operates as a complete artistic vision - singing, writing lyrics, and performing …