New Arrivals
Full Cycle, Thread New.
*2025 stock* Full Cycle, Thread New. is a long form composition in three movements by Chicago multi-disciplinary artist Adam Shead. The piece focuses heavily on concepts of reformation, regeneration, non-linear time dynamics, and cyclical history. Throughout the three movements (which features Shead alongside acclaimed Chicago improvised music stalwarts Jeff Kimmel, clarinets; Ishmael Ali, cello/electronics; Matt Piet, piano; and Andrew Scott Young, double bass.) the quintet effortlessly intertw…
Volumes & Surfaces
*2025 stock* Balance Point Acoustics proudly presents Volumes & Surfaces, a bold new statement in contemporary free jazz from the extraordinary trio of Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Damon Smith (double bass), and Adam Shead (drums). Recorded in Chicago at Elastic Arts and The Hungry Brain, this album showcases three of creative music’s most distinctive voices in full flight.
Volumes & Surfaces reveals the trio’s uncanny synergy, adventurous spirit, and unyielding commitment to improvisational exp…
Vaccine
Recorded live at Arts Isozaki, Mito, Japan, on 21st September 2021, the final day of Kikuchi's solo exhibition Vaccine. Kikuchi Yoshihiro played the following instruments that partially compose his installation work 153 Years shown at the exhibition:Electronic device that converts analog video signal into audio analog signal and vice versa, VHS video tape, video cassette recorder, cathode-ray tube television, effects pedals, and mixer.
Useza
In English, the Shona word "Useza" means someone of great skill, meticulousness, and precision, and it perfectly illuminates Sekuru Chaka Chawasarira's lifelong practice. The eminent Zimbabwean artist and educator is among the last remaining masters of the matepe, a large mbira-style instrument that's played with both thumbs and index fingers to expand its rhythmelodic complexity. And on 'Useza', he fully demonstrates the matepe's illusory potential, overdubbing hypnotic sequences to provoke shi…
Estrada Orchestra
Estrada Orchestra's self-titled debut album, released on Funk Night Records (FNR), is a 5-track LP that showcases the group's adventurous blend of jazz, funk, psychedelic, and disco influences. The Estonian-based quintet recorded the album mostly live in one day, capturing their raw improvisational energy with minimal overdubs and only a handful of microphones. Anchored by bass-driven grooves and swirls of cosmic keys, the tracks move fluidly between free funk, Afrobeat, and lo-fi psychedelic ja…
The Sound of Sagar Veena
Tip! The Sahaja Veena is a stunning stringed instrument with a unique and beautiful design reminiscent of the Vichitra Veena and Chitra Veena. With a wider range than the traditional Indian veena and a deep, warm sound, the instrument can produce compelling melodies and delicate ornamentation, often evoking deep emotions, and is therefore also known as the “Sagar” (‘Sagar’ meaning “sea” in Hindi). “(Sagar means ”ocean" in Hindi).
Noor Zehra Kazim is the world's only Sagar Vina player. Her father…
Desert: Guitar Solo For Reel-to-reel Tape Recording
Mamer first became known as a dombra virtuoso and a modern master of Kazakh folk music. Over the years, he has evolved into a prolific and versatile artist, working across the boundaries of both tranditional and contemporary music. Mamer leads seven band projects: IZ, Bande, Mekrop, TAT, Mask, 51-Rayon, and Kunakar. He has released over 30 records, presenting a diversity of distinct styles including folk, ambient, industrial, noise, improvisation, and drone music.
“Every Mamer is brand new”. On…
Ptah, The El Daoud
2025 repress * Grey-area LP reissue, perfect replica of the original * Ptah, the El Daoud, recorded and released in 1970, is the third solo album by Alice Coltrane. The album was recorded in the basement of her house in Dix Hills on Long Island, New York. This was Coltrane's first album with horns (aside from one track on A Monastic Trio – 1968 - on which Pharoah Sanders played bass clarinet). Sanders is recorded on the right channel and Joe Henderson on the left channel throughout. Coltrane not…
Mesmerine 111
Illustrious Company presents... Mesmerine 111. This is a 3D soundscape based on / inspired by the frequency 111Hz, which has been historically and scientifically proven to induce a trance-like state. Findings of MRI scans suggest that at exactly 111hz, the brain switches off the prefrontal cortex, deactivating the language centre, and temporarily switches from left to right-sided dominance, which is responsible for intuition, creativity, holistic processing, inducing a state of meditation or a t…
B side
Shadows fold into colour. Memory dissolves into noise. You brush up against the walls of the mind. Touch is soft as breath. On ‘B-Side’, Areliz Ramos follows her work’s current into its more “fantastic and elusive… and even romantic” side; a place where fantasy loosens the bolts of reality and memory, and emotion is alluringly refracted into musical collages and loose-strung compositions. Across the album, voices drift in and out of an intimate space, while pensive guitar lines stumble and bloom…
Vite Altre
*OBS written in Italian language* "Vite Altre" is a small fanzine featuring six short stories, collected through a call launched via social media and word of mouth. It’s a modest project, born somewhat playfully. The idea took shape at the beginning of summer 2024, and the first contributions came from friends and supporters of the initiative. This collection features stories that venture into brief forays of speculative biology and science fiction. Each piece enriches a shared narrative of inte…
Noise Graphics (Book)
"Noise Graphics (1980-1990)", is a comprehensive archive documenting the visual culture of noise music through vinyl and cassette cover art from the genre's formative decade. The 244-page hardcover book presents an extensive collection of graphics produced between 1980 and 1990, capturing the raw aesthetic of underground music before the internet transformed how music was distributed and promoted. This archive serves multiple audiences: noise music enthusiasts discovering rare and forgotten rele…
Record Sleeves 1930 - 2000 (Book)
A selection of 300+ record sleeves from 1930 to 2000 by Masala Noir.
Ambeesh
Ambeesh marks the artist’s return to his homeland Australia and an exciting new chapter.
Prince Of The City
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Jay Productions, presents the premiere CD release of Paul Chihara’s noir score for Sidney Lumet’s masterful Prince Of The City (1981), starring Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach and Carmine Caridi. The film is about a New York City narcotics detective (Williams) who reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption; he soon realizes he’s in over his head and that nobody can be trusted.
Lumet chose Maestro Chihara, widely a…
The Twelve Chairs
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Jay Productions, presents the premiere CD release of John Morris’ score for his second collaboration with Mel Brooks, The Twelve Chairs (1970), starring Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise and Brooks himself in the role of Tykon. Other scores by Morris include Young Frankenstein, The In-laws, The Elephant Man and Clue. Based on a 1928 Russian-language novel by Soviet satirists Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, The Twelve Chairs is a bittersweet comedy about 19…
Arabella
Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection proudly present the world premiere release of Ennio Morricone’s charming score for Virna Lisi’s 1967 romantic-comedy Arabella, directed by Mauro Bolognini and also starring Terry-Thomas (in multiple roles), James Fox and Margaret Rutherford. This was Morricone’s first collaboration with Bolognini, marking the beginning of a long relationship spanning three decades and producing some of the Roman maestro’s finest and most roman…
EX! Zine Edition 3 (Magazine + DL)
EX! Zine proudly announces the launch of its highly anticipated Edition 3, a beacon for avant-garde creativity that continues to spotlight trailblazing voices in experimental audio, visual, and written art. This new edition cements EX! Zine's position as a vital, independent publication championing the work of global experimental artists. Edition 3 features a diverse collection of contributors, including Andrew Backhouse, Camila Piana, Chantelle Gray, Chrystal Cherniwchan, Corina Retzlaff, Crunc…
Stillleben (Book+DL)
This season marks the captivating release of "Stillleben": a groundbreaking project that masterfully unites a lavishly illustrated art book with a brand-new digital album, forging an immersive experience that celebrates the timeless allure of still life through both visual and sonic storytelling. Complementing the visual splendor is the exclusive digital album, "Stillleben," an official 2025 release by Trond & Eiko. Spanning 29 minutes, the album channels the contemplative and vibrant spirit of …
A Year In Minutes
A Year In Minutes is an artistic diary / audio calendar that contains a sound recording, a geographical location, and a photograph, artwork, or essay for each day of the year. Meant as a psychogeography—the study of the influence of geographical environment on the mind or behaviour, Aidan Baker invites you to reflect with him on the year 2024. Berlin-based Canadian multidisciplinary artist Aidan Baker (a.k.a. Nadja, Hypnodrone Ensemble, Tavare, etc.) presents a new monumental work in the form of…