New Arrivals
Rebirth/Omen
"It was my first time performing at Chitei. The venue has a dark, almost secret-hideout-like atmosphere, with a sense of decay that resonated deeply with my emotional state at the time. The speakers were quite large relative to the space, so the soun…
Fields Become Sky
Monasunne is the duo of composers Lara Agar and Louis d'Heudières. The album Fields Become Sky is the band’s debut. Starting from their shared experience of growing up in East Anglia in the UK, the duo dug into the history of the region, finding myth…
Only Birds Know How to Call the Sun and They Do It Every Morning
Kaj Duncan David’s new album ‘Only Birds Know How to Call the Sun and They Do It Every Morning', made with the Danish contemporary ensemble Scenatet, is an extraordinary work of sui generis avant-garde electronic music, exploring the relationship bet…
Rarefied Airs
*200 copies limited edition* “Rarefied Airs” is the debut album by Glasspack, duo of Henry Birdsey and Ian McColm. Both Birdsey and McColm are part of an extended New Haven (CT) musician family (think of Stefan Christensen, Shirese, David Shapiro, Ce…
The Grass Harp
*200 hand-numbered copies limited edition* Aiko Takahashi is a Nova Gorica-based musician, a spirit that has released albums on various labels. Just like the line that separates the two cities where Aiko lives, Gorizia and Nova Gorica, divided betwee…
Stray Voltage
These tracks capture Ra's electronic peregrinations during the 1970s and '80s. The Arkestra occasionally makes a cameo appearance but Ra commands the spotlight, not so much composing music as painting soundscapes with electronic keyboards. In the col…
Let Night Come On Bells End The Day
A quietly stunning meditation on sound and space, Let Night Come On Bells End The Day sees Sarah Davachi sculpting slow, luminous improvisations for Mellotron and organ. Each piece unfolds with patient restraint, revealing rich overtone complexity an…
Music Written For Monterey 1965, Not Heard, Played In Its Entirety At UCLA
** Rare original copies. Second pressing on Jazz Workshop from the mid '70s (estimated) of this impossible to obtain album, the original issue being available only as a mail-order release. Unplayed copies from a dead-stock, possible wear due to agein…
Ostranenie
Ostranenie is a collection of digitally manipulated, impressionistic piano miniatures — each named after blockbuster films and TV series. Improvised late at night as a reaction against passive media consumption, these pieces function as both homage a…
The Might Of Stars Sublime
*300 copies limited edition* The Might of Stars Sublime is Dirk Serries' debut on German label Audiophob. Drawing from his oeuvre and experience in ambient and experimental music, projects like his Microphonics project, "The Might Of Stars Sublime" f…
Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 3
Track 1 recorded May 21, 1976 at the Wildflowers festival
Track 2 recorded June 20, 1974
Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
Karen Borca - bassoon
Hayes Burnett - bass
Henry Letcher - drums
Syd Smart - drums
The Lost Session, Paris 1979
Recorded August 22, 1979 at Campagne Premiere, Paris, France
All compositions by Dave Burrell and Monica Larsson, unless otherwise noted
Dave Burrell - piano
Sam Woodyard - drums
Way of the Breeze
Recorded on 8th September, 1993 at Café Amores in Hofu City, Yamaguchi, Japan
Motoharu Yoshizawa - homemade electric vertical five strings bass
Kim Dae Hwan - percussion
The Analects Of Confucius
Recorded on 21st October, 2000 at Aoshima Hall, Shizuoka City, Japan
Misha Mengelberg - pianoSabu Toyozumi - drums
Horizon
Imagine it’s late afternoon, you’re outside by the lake, and there’s sunlight on the water. This is the peaceful and contemplative scene that Matt Gold and Resavoir set on their collaborative LP Horizon. Across 10 lush and exploratory tracks, it’s th…
Oriental Soul
Ironhand Records is proud to present another magnum opus of East and West music: "Chettini and the Turkish Trio - Oriental Soul", first released in 1972. Çetin Bükey, credited as Chettini, was a musician who, during his unique career in Turkey and th…
YU Disco Expres
A long-lost masterpiece of Yugoslavian jazz-funk and disco finally returns! Originally released in 1979 on the iconic Jugoton label, YU Disko Expres by Igor Savin and Orkestar Stanka Selaka is a rare gem—an electrifying fusion of jazz, funk, electron…
After Words (Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960–2025) (Book)
A revolutionary anthology of visual poetry contextualizing works within their original small-press publications, from authors such as Wallace Berman and Marian Zazeela to titles such as Ginger Snaps and Futura.
By the 1960s, visual and experimental p…
Even As We Speak: The Music of David Van Tieghem
The American percussionist, composer, and songwriter David Van Tieghem (b. 1955) is something like a musical equivalent to astronomy’s “hypothetical astronomical object”: while evidence of an irresistible gravitational pull can be felt in deep reache…
The Soul Of Congo: Treasures Of The Ngoma Label
*2025 stock* Planet Ilunga, the Brussels-based publisher has, since 2013, produced a series of recordings dedicated to the history of Congolese popular music from artists like Franco & OK Jazz, Docteur Nico, Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo and Joseph Kabasele…