New Arrivals

*100 copies limited edition* Label head Kobermann returns with a cast of local associates, mostly all new names to us, clustering a varied batch of styles / sounds that skirt round the very edge of the dance floor and bleeds out into the aether.  The title ‘Dunstkreis’ or ‘Haze Circle’ for the non-Deutsch speakers, captures it beautifully, with Voyage Futur’s mellow Rhodes chord opener and the cosmic smog of Blacklight Chameleon fogging out the room.  Sparring partners and regular ANF favourites…

"Exact replica reissue of the third Leo Kottke LP from 1970, originally released by MN label Symposium (distributed by John Fahey's Takoma). A partial studio re-recording of Kottke's 1969 debut album 12 String Blues."

2024 restock **300 copies** Great live set with a sextet featuring the cream of young jazz Sweden playing the music of South African jazz legends like Chris McGregor, Louis Moholo and Dudu Pukwana. Nice spiritual / cape jazz vibes through all four sides, listen to The Bride and Khanya Apho Ukhona. With Sebastian Bergström, Elin Forkelid, Konrad Agnas, Ville Bromander, Niklas Barnö and Anna Högberg. Comes in beatiful gatefold cover, with insert and bonus CD."The group Oya Sextett plays Chris McGr…

What did ancient wine taste like? the grapes of pompeii were only red and red they stayed till it’s dying day… Full cassette album of phantasmal electronics domain loving, walking, crawling,  petrifying between the shadows of the vineyard that Vesuvius watched disapprovingly of eve after summer eve.

In June 2024 MAI mai visited London on a family holiday. He was asked to play 2 concerts, one at Hundred Years Gallery with Zheng Hao, Li Song & Blue Harbour. The second at a private address with The Real Leyton Library, Conal Blake, Li Song & Rory Salter. This CD documents 2 sets from the second concert. MAI mai : amplified guitar (electric & acoustic), voice & feedbackLi Song : laptopRory Salter : amplified guitar (electric) & self oscillating amplifier

Elina Bolshenkova (aka Eli!) is an activist, artist and musician from Russia who currently resides in Georgia. Her previous long player ‘Flood Management’ was released by the indefatigable Infant Tree label. It is a dangerous time to be an outspoken artist in Russia, so Elina is happy to keep to the shadows for now. The title for the album is taken from a novel of the same name by Soviet-Russian science fiction writer/brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky who were renowned for their fictional fut…

Featuring the last recording of the organ in Phipps Hall before it was moved to a church in Ripon.Recorded at James Creed's Living Room, Phipps Hall HuddersfieldThomas Carroll - reed organ, pipe organ, decoupled organ pipes, electronicsMia Windsor - piano, decoupled organ pipes, electronics

*200 copies limited edition* Aotearoan expat Dean Brown has been slowly growing the Little Skull catalogue for the last 21 years. His sound belongs to the Aotearoan underground tradition, folding in elements of portastudio rock, folk and noise. As well as HoP his works have appeared on Planam, Elica, Digital Regress and Anomalous. These two tracks find Little Skull staring into space with his toes in the sand as he conjures a tumble-down cosmic blues dusted with tape hiss and distortion. As usua…

Michał Jan Kozłowski is a post-conceptual artist born in Warsaw, Poland in 1986. He began making music at the beginning of the millennium, founding rockabilly band Flymen, releasing tracks on punk labels and gigging throughout the early decade of the 2000s. Later in London he started an improvised noise duo, Unknown Unknowns, with fellow visual artist James Lander and with those who wish to remain anonymous. TV Sunset is his new retro-futurist project. According to Kozłowski, "Ghost in a Broken …

Ilian Tape kicks on with another entry into its ITX Series, this time with a lovely hand-stamped long player from MPU101. It is a deep dive into escapist ambient worlds with plenty of grainy tape hiss and cosmic static, celestial melodies and provocative moments of introspection. Analogue machinery is really brought to the fore on fuzzy sounds like 'CreamyPORTAL-Xa' with patient and pastoral synth smears, while 'APEX CA 91352' has brighter and more mellifluous melodies rising up through the mix.…

Some things take a long time. And some things are meant to last. But how you know that, or learn how to find out, that’s a more intangible thing. That’s A Shaw Deal – intangible. A communal meeting place for two old friends and their different musics. A Shaw Deal is the first album by Geologist and DS. They go back a long ways – back before Highlife, before Shaw joined White Magic – back to the early childhood of Animal Collective. Basically, Doug Shaw touched down in NYC around 2003, and he and…

*300 copies limited edition* Recorded, corroded, degraded, butchered, mixed and edited in Paris between February - June 2023. Hand-made covers, all different, with photos by Antoine Rigaux, Clara Muel, Jean-Charles Delarue, Jim Stickel, Leandro Barzabal, Lucia Bartl and Natasha Nedelkova, degraded with a cocktail of fluids and heat sources.

London-based experimentalists Kinkajous have announced their new studio album, Nothing Will Disappear, set for release on October 18th via Nottingham's Running Circle label. Maximalism at its most subtle and tender – ambient music at its most rejuvenated. There are echoes of Sam Shepherd's collaborative work with Pharoah Sanders as Floating Points, and the subtle timbre shifts of Jon Hopkins and James Holden more so than their capital-"J" jazz contemporaries. A marked step-up from their previous…

*200 copies limited edition* Red Brut’s third album, "On Bare Ground", is a sonic tapestry woven from the final threads of her Rotterdam existence. Entirely composed of soundscapes captured during her last two years in the city, the album evolves into a poignant farewell as its creation mirrors the passage of time, culminating in a profound departure from her life there. “On Bare Ground” is a sculptural work blending its lo-fi with haunting melodies, field recordings, and ethereal soundscapes. U…

*2024 stock. 40 copies limited edition* Kaset Hitam (Indonesian for “Black Cassette”) is Sjoerd Bruil. All tracks were recorded while being on the road in various busses and trains on a tour through France and the Benelux countries.

Coming down the mountain to the sea… A meeting of enigmatic minds, STROM|MORTS and venoztks, at The Summerhouse on the coast of southern England gave rise to an alliance – "beards vs bald"; venoztks using unprocessed short wave channelled through modular synth, guitar pedals and other unknown physical and non-physical devices which were lost in the maelstrom. The result is just downright peculiar. But with charm; "Hotel Echo" echoes and channels earlier insane attempts to dance to farmersmanual.…

Jonas Torstensen returns to Discreet Music with the second Franciska album, following up the much praised Tryghed (Discreet Music 12) that was released in early 2023. Since Tryghed came out, Franciska has quickly become an established forefront of a young, new generation of Scandinavian experimental DIY musicians. This time a joint effort with his longtime friend and collaborator Camille Helt Haarder, the new album is dedicated to their shared hometown Odense in Denmark. Mainly based on piano lo…

Audion 38 (8/1997) 48 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition - Part 4: The French Connection (Etron Fou, ZNR, Albert Marcoeur, Art Zoyd)plus: NME at the NFT - Julian Cope Presents A Krautrocksampler, Sphere & IQ - The Palace Theatre, Newark, 11/5/97, Artemiy Artemiev, Cluster On Tour, Volcano The Bear - Physio & Firkin, Leicester 1997, SFF - An interview with Heinz Fröhling, Urban Sax - "Street Life" at the South Bank, London 18/7/97, The Deviants, King Crimson "Epitaph", Cunieform Records, Se…

Audion 29 (10/1994) 40 pages. Cover article: French Special: Jean-François Pauvros / Jac Berrocal / Catalogue plus: UK Electronica 1994, Voiceprint - Radio Sessions, Byoung Duk Kim, Rhys Chatham + 101 Electric Guitars,John Etheridge Band, Mother Gong - Leicester 94, Klaus Schulze - Paris 94, Jacques Rémus: Mecamusique, The Urban Sax Experience, Richard Pinhas & John Livengood - interview, Odd Size, etc.

Audion 26 (11/1993) (11/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Arthur Brown - Still Crazy! plus: AMP Records - Electronic Evening 27/6/93, SI Music - Progressive & Melodic Rock, Peter Michael Hamel & Between, Jim O'Rourke - Industrial Soundscapes, Luigi Russolo - Father Of Noise, Prog & Psych Labels (Background, Aftermath, BGO, etc.), Arrival Music, Trettoåriga Kriget - Thirty Years War, Anekdoten, etc.rear cover: Instant Record Collection 4: The Rhythm Devils - The Apocalypse Now Sessions to "Sound Scu…

Audion 24 (3/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Gilbert Artman: Lard Free & Urban Sax - plus: Lightwave & Paul Haslinger interview, Iancu Dumitrescu, King Crimson - The Great Deceiver, Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass, Morphogenesis - An interview with, Roach/Reyes/Schulte - live in Paderborn, Germany 2/10/92, Supersister - Who Is Nancy?, Lovely Music, Miranda Sex Garden, UK Electronica, '92, Musea, etc. rear cover: Instant Record Collection 2: Paul Dolden - The Threshold Of Deafening Silence to Lar…

Audion 22 (7/1992) 44 pages. Cover article: Sound Sculptures: Lasry Baschet, Jean Tinguely, Sonde, etc. plus: Caravan Of Dreams - Live 91, Ozric Tentacles - Live 92, Hawkwind - Live 92, Djam Karet & Atavism Of Twilight, Richard Pinhas (interview), Current 93 - Keeping Up With The Current..., Anckartsröm, Igra Staklenih Perli, Harry Partch, Mario Bertoncini, Sonde, Ian Boddy (interview), plus: Harmonium, Voiceprint, Alquimia, reviews, etc.

Audion 14  (3/1990) 32 pages. cover article: Silence Records plus: Welcome Back Germany!, Jack Tamul, French Progressif, Musea Records, Lawrence Ball, Recommended Records, Gerard, GRRR! Un Drame Musical Instantane, Bernard Vitet, etc., Live In Leicester: Nexus, Amadinda, Shiva Nova, From The Archives Banco, East Of Eden, High Tide, Electronical Dreams, reviews, etc. rear cover: artist list, part 4 Pump to Zweistein

Audion 11 (3/1989) 32 pages. Cover article: Brain 1000 Series - Classic labels, part #1 plus: David Torn!, Better Days Distribution, Peter Frohmader new releases, Friendsound, Behind The Iron Curtain -Part 3: East Germany, Due (interview), Eduardo Polonio (interview), Musea Records, Pierrot Lunaire - An Italian Rock Legend, Clonicos, Circadian Rhythm, Reviews: Tonspur Tapes, Jabir, reviews, etc.

A pivotal reissue of K2's seminal 1984 cassette "Herzmuskelgewebe," capturing Kimihide Kusafuka's earliest experimental noise explorations. This long-awaited vinyl edition preserves a raw, formative document from Japanese noise history, showcasing the K2's initial sonic dissections during his crucial first creative phase.

*199 copies limited edition* Brilliant Experimental album by the Merzbow co-founder, recorded in 1989 - with sticker and insert.

Hard cover Edition, large format. Long out of print. One of the pioneers of performance and multimedia work, constantly cited as key to the burgeoning postwar genres now considered standard fare in art galleries and museums, Robert Whitman's work of the 1960s and 1970s has long been inaccessible because of its ephemeral nature. This publication and the exhibition it accompanies are the first to reexamine his seminal early work, begun under the influence of Allan Kaprow in the late 1950s. Early p…

Brûlez les meubles is a dual-headed jazz project led primarily by Éric Normand (Rimouski) and Louis Beaudoin de la Sablonnière (Montreal). Born from their mutual passion for each other’s eccentric musical worlds, this duo is known for collaborating with experimental improvisers and renowned artists. Their music is abstract and meditative, both modern and simple, drawing inspiration from jazz guitar legends such as Jim Hall, Bill Frisell, René Thomas, and Brandon Ross. Their fifth album, Folio #5…

Almufaraka brings together the breath and voices of Gaëlle Debra, Patrick Guionnet, and Maryline Pruvost, alongside the sound textures of skins, wood, and metal played by Peter Orins. This quartet explores all technical means to create a music that is both archaic and avant-garde, drawing inspiration from a mythical primitive tradition. By recreating a form of serenity, the music immerses us in an original sonic imagination. The recording offers a journey through the full sound spectrum, from th…

The Great Sun Ra’s Magic Lives On in Debut Album from Old Friends Michael Sarian, Matthew Putman, Federico Ughi, and Newcomer Ledian Mola

*LP version. 200 copies limited edition* Nordvargr Announces the Release of Resignation IV, the Fourth Installment in the Resignation Series. Swedish dark ambient and experimental artist Nordvargr (Henrik Nordvargr Björkk) is set to release the highly anticipated Resignation 4, continuing his sonic journey through rhythmic, atmospheric, and melancholic soundscapes. Building on the foundation laid by the Resignation trilogy, Resignation 4 expands the project’s signature blend of techno-inspired b…

William Selman is an artist based in Portland, Oregon who has previously released work on Mysteries of the Deep, Hausu Mountain, Digitalis, and his own Critique of Everyday Life label (co-managed with Chris Miller aka Gunnar Haslam). This album is a response to a combination of influences including Selman's own film works, urban Portland and the wildernesses of the Pacific Northwest. Using collages of field recordings, synthesisers and acoustic instruments, this release may appeal to fans of Ber…

Tip!  *300 copies limited edition* ‘L’album vert’ is a compilation of asynchronous steps for an imaginary dance foor. A strange but amusing place were eyes listen in and ears peek around. Glass breaks, someone stumbles, something always happens. The dancers inevitably hop to moments of tension of which they free themselves again and again. Almost always there is some kind of beat. Not the kind of beat that makes the hips wiggle, but rather the pulse of a crooked factory or a quirky steam engine …

*100 copies limited edition* "'Inscriptions' is an album inspired by the melancholy romance of autumn, the reflection of leaves in the rippling surface of a lake, crumbling architectural facades, and faded ink scripts on parchment. The album began with a collection of environmental sounds I recorded in Tallinn, Estonia back in the autumn of 2011, during a residency at the Estonian Artists' Association. These field recordings focus in on the quiet, everyday sounds of streets, parks, a lake and a …

*150 copies limited edition* "[...]Ansgar Wilken uses an arsenal of sounds that is as simple as it is far-reaching, including objects and utensils whose inherent sounds sometimes sound almost computer-generated. Whether (or where and how what kind of) electronics are used is often difficult to determine, if only because the musician himself is somewhat electrified and can unexpectedly fall into machine rhythms while playing. Wilken's clapping opens up musical worlds in which, instead of virtuosi…

Promise of Faithfulness was created during a winter in Brussels, between the search for new sounds and the interest of what we might call spirits in music. This debut solo album is a tribute to the last words of Albert Camus's speech for the Nobel Prize : "It remains for me to thank you from the bottom of my heart and to make before you publicly, as a personal sign of my gratitude, the same and ancient promise of faithfulness which every true artist repeats to him/herself in silence every day."

Tip! Dan Blacksberg’s Psychic/Body Sound System takes a gutsy leap into a set of otherworldly sub-bass drones, fiery free jazz declamations, and melancholic sonic stories. This fully improvised album, recorded live with no effects or overdubs shows Blacksberg wielding his trombone like a seer across varied sonic environments, real and imagined. Woven together by poetic fictionalizations by Alex Smith and stunning artwork by James Dillenbeck, Psychic/Body Sound System is a trombone-driven reverie…

Avant-garde bassoonist Karen Borca's first proper leader record is a series of duos with drummer Paul Murphy who she first played with in Jimmy Lyons group.

Mariano Melo, aka Marian Sarine, is a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist based in São Paulo, specialising in percussion and drums. Known for his drumming with the band Deafkids and his solo work as Sarine, Mariano's latest album, “Asas Terenas,” features his first recordings under this name. The album began with organ themes recorded with Felipe Pato at the end of 2019, with additional instruments added throughout 2020 and 2021. As Sarine himself says, “Asas Terenas” is a sonic mixture that moves t…

Hot on the heels of their acclaimed second album, Iris, One Million Eyes unveil their latestwork, Polaris. This new album is a rich tapestry of analog and instrumental elements, creatinga vibrant and dynamic experience. Formerly known as Tempelhof (where they collaborated with artists like Gigi Masin), Luciano Ermondi and Paolo Mazzacani created One Million Eyes upon the realizing they needed a new creative outlet to rekindle their passion for making music. This new project allowed them to appro…