New Arrivals
Selenodesy
Seminal UK experimental composer Richard Skelton returns to Phantom Limb for new album selenodesy, interweaving his newfound love of electronics and synthesis with mastery of gritty organic texture.
Documentation '89 - '93
An excellent glimpse into one of the more poorly lit corners of Swedish experimental sound. This CD collects some of the earliest solo recordings of Joachim Nordwall, under the moniker A.B.O. Our ears catch whiffs of Francois Douris and the likes, bu…
Thank You
Tyler Keen takes an unexpected and exciting turn. Thank You sees him demolish the unrelenting harsh noise he's known for in real time, knocking down walls and cutting wires one by one, rendering it a way more treacherous, perilous and above all open …
The Welt
Cross-generational titans of noise and sound experiments, John Duncan, Joachim Nordwall & Henrik Ryland supply a proper drone zoner hashed from shortwave radio, no-input mixer and analogue synths on the iDEAL powerhouse.
The Pleasure of Loosing
*70 copies limited edition. 2023 stock* "I'm not sure if its the usual narrative when people speaks about Giovanni Donadini musical alter ego Ottaven, but at leats for me its important to mention his past which is tied to italian hardcore punk band c…
West Coast Power Outage V
West Coast Power Outage V CD - The power trio of Chris Dodge, Mason Jones and William Rage return to Absurd Exposition with another dose of psychedelic circuit overload.
H2T
*In process of stocking. 200 copies limited edition* Absurd Exposition presents H2T by Knurl. Unreleased material from 2001, recorded at the Hotel 2 Tango studios in Montreal by Howard Bilerman, July 7/01. Design by Chris Gibson.
Base Waters
Absurd Exposition presents CD reissue of Rusalka's LP Base Waters. Using a theremin as a centerpiece, Kate Rissiek leads us straight into a harsh noise odyssey of oceanic depths. Mastered by Pentti Dassum.
To Favour the Occurrence
*200 copies limited edition.* To Favour the Occurrence CD - Knurl's harsh noise is formulated by the give-and-take of restraint and control. With his alter-ego as Pholde, Alan Bloor uses these same techniques to create ambient soundscapes rich with t…
Tokyo Anal Dynamite Singles
Gerogerigegege's full-volume collection CD, including many unreleased and precious past sound sources, different mixes and uncensored versions taken from their infamous "Tokyo Anal Dynamite". To quote All Music Guide brilliant review "Either 40 minut…
Gilberto Gil With Os Mutantes
*In process of stocking* Gilberto Gil’s second album is packed with some of the best songs of his career; jubilant pop extravaganzas like “Domingo No Parque”, “Pega a Voga, Cabeludo”, and “Frevo Rasgado” that were equally inspired by the irresistible…
Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam
Zake's fruitful contributions as an artist to his own Past Inside The Present label continues on this new album Deep Into The Unknown We Shall Endlessly Roam. It is an assemblage of arrangements made using archaic tape machines such as a Sony M-570V …
Psycho 2000 / White Spiritual
Psycho 2000 - A dark but funky theme that begins with an occulting Italian echo-oscillator drone that is soon followed by pulsating bass and breakbeat drums, leads to tremolo guitars, an ostinato on electric mandolas, strings climbing eloquent ladder…
Sleep Driving
Union Editions presents Polysick's Sleep Driving. Recorded in Rome, September 2022.
Another Way Of The Heart
Travelogue [Bali] is the second in an ongoing series of collected international audio diaries. The premise is quite simple: the two meet at a mutually agreed upon destination along with the facilitation of something to record audio of these experienc…
The Less You Sleep
*In process of stocking* Austrian based collaborators of free jazz, improvisation and sound experiments releasing the long awaited debut album of Dry Thrust - the new project by the trio of German pianist and composer Georg Graewe, Martin Siewert (Ra…
Shapes And Colours
Funky synthesized jazz with mood and feeling from the Estonian composer and keyboard veteran Tõnu Naissoo. Backed up by Finnish players including Aleksi Heinola on drums, Temu Åkerblom on bass and Markus Holkko on reeds & flute. First album in our Ne…
Spiralis Aurea
Venturing into untapped realms of creative exploration, the Genoa born, Bologna based, guitarist and electroacoustic composer, Stefano Pilia, returns to Die Schachtel with “Spiralis Aurea”, a double LP of material that intertwines traces of sacred ge…
Mirror Views
*2023 stock* Ash International presents Mirror Views, a new long-form work from LA-based composer Byron Westbrook. While Westbrook’s field recording process has been central for many years to both his composition and installation works, there has yet…
The Agnostic
HVH are a duo composed of Touch artists Mark Van Hoen of Locust fame, and violinist Zachary Paul.