New Arrivals
Brainwave Music No. III
On October 30, 2021, Brainwave Music No. III was recorded live as part of a series of ten groundbreaking Brain Wave sound installation performances by Ilpo Väisänen and Dirk Dresselhaus (die Angel). The event took place in the evocative setting of the Life on a Leaf House in Turku, Finland.
At the core of this performance was an interactive system driven by brainwave interfaces. Harnessing the performers’ neural activity, the system enabled Väisänen and Dresselhaus to directly process and shap…
Echo of Being / Grace in Rot
Echo of Being / Grace in Rot is a powerful sonic meditation on grief by the duo Neti-Neti, composed of vocalist Amirtha Kidambi and percussionist Matt Evans. The project originated from improvisation sessions born out of personal loss, evolving from an intimate exchange into a practice that bridges the personal and the political.
Normification
London-based label Diagonal is proud to announce the release of Normification, an ambitious new project by renowned sound artists Florian Hecker and Marcin Pietruszewski. Conceived as a multidisciplinary exploration between design, algorithms, and sound, Normification arrives as a deluxe 2CD package, accompanied by two 16-page booklets designed by acclaimed Zurich-based studio NORM.
At the core of the project lies the radical idea of translating graphic design procedures and algorithmic proces…
The Twinkling Star
Legendary Egyptian vocalist and cultural icon Umm Kulthum, revered worldwide as “the Voice of Egypt” and often described as “Egypt’s fourth pyramid,” remains one of the most powerful figures in music history. Originally released in 1961 on Parlophone, The Twinkling Star is a luminous showcase of her unparalleled vocal mastery—an album that captures both the grandeur of her artistry and the emotional intensity that made her a cultural phenomenon across the Arab world and beyond.
A cornerstone o…
Clang Quartet / Crank Sturgeon
*100 copies limited edition* Noise. Ritual. Performance. Transformation. Two of experimental music’s most uncompromising voices — Clang Quartet and Crank Sturgeon — collide in a brand-new split release that drags listeners deep into the unpredictable wilderness of sound.
For decades, both Clang Quartet (North Carolina’s Scotty Irving) and Crank Sturgeon (the ever-morphing project of Matt Anderson) have built reputations for visceral, unhinged, and deeply theatrical approaches to noise. Now, on…
Demo
*50 copies limited edition* Orb Tapes is proud to present Demo, the debut offering from Castellar, a project whose sound sits at the intersection of shadowed atmospherics and raw sonic immediacy. Emerging from the underground currents of experimental music, Demob captures the urgency, openness, and unpredictability that can only come from first transmissions.
Across its unfolding passages, Demo balances restraint with intensity: fractured textures collide with moments of stark beauty, while la…
Split
*30 copies limited edition* Nazlo Records is proud to unveil split, a raw and uncompromising collaboration between medicinal and glowing holes, two projects that thrive at the fringes of experimental sound. Emerging from the label’s tradition of pushing audio beyond the ordinary, this release embodies the restless energy and unpredictable textures that define the Nazlo aesthetic.
split is less a meeting than a collision: harsh frequencies, fractured rhythms, and ghostly atmospheres bleed into …
Aeropsia
Steve Hauschildt returns after 6 years with a new album titled Aeropsia. After a transcontinental relocation from the US to Tbilisi, Georgia, the electronic composer emerges from a personal and global transformation to explore themes of perceptual distortion, disconnection, and renewal.
Aeropsia (which roughly translates as “seeing the air”) refers to a visual phenomenon in which objects appear to float or shimmer, often due to changes in pressure, perception, atmospheric shifts or neurological …
Songbook
*100 copies limited edition packaged in a thick PVC sleeve with hand printed Japanese woodblock prints on 400g paper and hand stamped credits.* Sacred Realism is pleased to release yet another recording that really could find a home nowhere else. Recorded in January 2021 in Berlin-Spandau, Songbook is a document of dissolving, almost not there, form and the poetic interpretation of shared ghosts (people, instruments, music, and machine). Expressing the music, and other feelings, through a broken…
Free Music (1975-1988)
Cortizona proudly unveils Cortizona Heritage, a new sublabel created in partnership with the Study Centre for Flemish Music (SVM) to revive and showcase hidden chapters of Flemish music history.The debut release sets the tone: blending the exuberance of a marching band with the unpredictability of free improvisation, WIM Fanfare brought raw, joyful musical anarchy to city squares, parades, and unsuspecting audiences.
Oslan Husein
In truth, singing is not all that different from acting. Performing a song is very similar to playing a role in a theatrical production. A singer's delivery — the way they interpret and emphasize certain parts of a song — is much like what an actor does with their character. That's why we often find singers who go on to gain popularity as performers — some on stage, but more often on the silver screen (film). These are called 'singing stars' — vocalists who are also featured actors, usually give…
Pantilde
We at EM Records love to transport our listeners to new worlds, other worlds; "Pantilde", this magical new album from Cornish avant-folk performance artist The Worm, is indeed an ethereal new world: otherworldly, but somehow rooted; an imaginary oral and musical story of everyday village life in an alternative Celtic landscape. The music here is strange yet familiar, fantastical and enchanting while remaining simultaneously attached to the earth. Amy Lawrence, aka The Worm, plays cello, harp, re…
Schneeblind
2025 stock Schneeblind is a self-titled album by the project Schneeblind, released on January 26, 2022, featuring tracks such as “Gesichter der Angst,” “Books,” and “Falsche Farben”. The album presents a blend of experimental sounds anchored in the underground music scene, delivering introspective and evocative atmospheres throughout its composition. With its distinctive approach, Schneeblind offers listeners a unique journey through expressive soundscapes and intriguing themes woven into each t…
Napalm Über Russland
2025 stock Napalm Über Russland is an experimental release by Sakura Napalm, featuring two tracks with a total duration of approximately fourteen minutes. The EP was officially released on April 22, 2022, and is notable for its limited edition format, available as a professionally pressed 8-inch lathe cut. Stylistically, the album delves into industrial noise, with dense soundscapes and abrasive textures characteristic of the Frei zum Abriss Kollektiv label from Germany.
Lost Forest
2025 stock "Lost Forest" by Ryosuke Kiyasu is a 2022 release that explores experimental and avant-garde drumming through seven concise tracks, amounting to just over 14 minutes of sonic intensity. The album showcases Kiyasu's unique approach to percussion, blending rapid-fire rhythms with moments of controlled silence and unexpected dynamic shifts. Each composition is marked by a raw minimalism that highlights the expressive possibilities of solo snare drum performance.
Draining Bernice Worden / Violence
2025 stock "Draining Bernice Worden / Violence" by Psywarfare is a harsh noise project that exemplifies the band's commitment to weaponized sound and psychological provocation, creating an intentionally uncomfortable and uncompromising experience for the listener. The single was released in 2021 and consists of abrasive, confrontational sonic textures that reflect Psywarfare's ethos of challenging what is considered musically acceptable by mainstream standards.
Martin Carthy
Re-pressing of Martin Carthy's debut album, originally released on Fontana in 1965 and re-issued by Topic in 1977. In the early 1960s, the approach Martin Carthy took to folk music was nothing short of revolutionary, albeit a relatively quiet revolution befitting of his humble nature.
You wouldn't find Carthy's music clambering up the singles charts; his was not a face adorning the teen magazines. Instead, his influence was felt at a grass-roots level. He plied his trade in the folk clubs, which…
Waka / Jawaka
One of two sets recorded with a mini-big band in the early seventies, Waka / Jawaka is one of the most eclectic releases of Frank Zappa's hyper-eclectic career. The album's dual showpieces, the opening 'Big Swifty' and the title track, combine dynamic horn arrangements and free-form improvisational experimentation (think Miles Davis circa 1973), and the album's other two tracks, 'Your Mouth' and 'It Just Might be a One-Shot Deal' blend elements of electric blues and country music. Perhaps the co…
To Subtle Drive
2025 stock A reissue of the 4th full-length from Carolyn Fok / CYRNAI, an Asian-American female solo artist from the Bay Area. Carolyn’s adventures in sound began with recording stories on a tape recorder at age 9 in 1976. A short time later, exploring the scattering of musical instruments and effects units her father left lying around the family home. She became especially fascinated by his TEAC reel-to-reel recorder that set off a lifelong fascination with sound design. By the age of 16 Caroly…
Charred Blossoms
2025 stock A reissue the debut album from Carolyn Fok / CYRNAI, an Asian-American female solo artist from the Bay Area. Carolyn’s adventures in sound began with recording stories on a tape recorder at age 9 in 1976. A short time later, exploring the scattering of musical instruments and effects units her father left lying around the family home. She became especially fascinated by his TEAC reel-to-reel recorder that set off a lifelong fascination with sound design. By the age of 16 Carolyn had b…