New Arrivals

Originally self-released by James Blackshaw on Bandcamp in February 2026, Fractures On The Horizon comprises two compositions totaling nearly 40 minutes of music. The title track — a sweeping 25-minute piece performed in an open tuning — finds Blackshaw at his most commanding, weaving hammered arpeggios and resonant melody into something at once technically staggering and deeply felt. “...the 25-minute title song might be his most boldly beautiful composition yet, a bravura performance for guita…

For almost four decades, MZ.412 have forged some of the most uncompromising ritual industrial and dark ambient soundscapes the world has ever known. "The Nar Mattaru Curses" gathers obscure recordings from their whole career including previously unreleased or buried tracks, recorded between 1989 and 2017 in the legendary Nar Mattaru studio. Raw hymns of apocalyptic industrialism, occult malevolence, and crushing sonic sorcery that never made the original albums. An essential transmission for dev…

‘Havana’ is the thirteenth album by Agile Experiments, the shape-shifting project of multi-instrumentalist/producer Dave De Rose. Following on from 2024's 'Loukoumades', the album channels the heat-hazed, tympanic pulse of Cuba’s capital into a document of joyous collective improvisation, ecstatic groove alchemy and meticulously original choices of post-production. 'Havana' had already gathered support from Songlines Magazine, Electronic Sound Magazine, Gilles Peterson, Zakia and many more.

When one thinks of the terms “mass” and “massive” in music, especially contemporary music, perhaps certain aural images come to mind: generic metal heaviness; dynamics-bereft noise; ear-battering dance floor madness; the multitudinous forms of drone darkness. All of these are massive in their own fashion. However, this newstudio album from 7FO (pronounced “nana f o”), a composer-performer based in northern Osaka, investigates and inhabits a different aspect of the massive. A glorious combination…

Over the years Sterling MacKinnon has quietly carved out an essential role for himself. As half of Cuneiform Tabs (W.25/Superior Viaduct, World of Echo), an original member of Violent Change (Slothmate), and the sole driver behind False Berries (Slothmate), he has functioned as a facilitator of momentum - a kind of midfield presence. You know, the number 8; vision, restraint, distribution. The one who sees the play before it fully forms and moves it along accordingly. There’s a certain amount of…

This set consists of an entire show at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington, North London, recorded on 22 November 1977. This particular concert took place on the opening night of the "Front Row Festival", a series of shows by regulars of the venue during 1977. Many of the songs in the band's set that night were played by request; for this show, they rehearsed their entire catalogue. It is regarded as one of the band's more memorable shows.

Debut solo album for Alternative Tv frontman and long-time running Uk punk scenester, originally released in 1980 on Deptford Fun City Records. Mark Perry was also the man behind the iconic Sniffin' Glue zine, founded in July 1976. The album was produced by Grant Showbiz, principally known for his work with The Fall, The Smiths and Billy Bragg, and it is literally an art-rock nugget. Sort of an autobiographical work, the record is full of twisted hooks, showing the dark side of post-punk. Less h…

*70 copies limited edition* Paratexts, by definition, are everything that stands beside (‘para’ in Greek) the main content of a work, or the so-called “body text” of a book. The reading performance Sounding Out (Reading Paratexts) explores this “beside” as a site and sounds out paratexts as testimonies of the labour and collective efforts behind the making of a book. What kind of bodies emerge when we read dedications, acknowledgements, colophons or editorial notes? They can unsettle the notion …

On Phren, Marta Salogni and Stefano Pilia build a shared electro‑acoustic architecture where guitar, tape machines and field recordings circulate like memory in motion. Signals move through modular processes, echoes and Revox loops until origin and reflection blur, turning six slow‑unfolding pieces into a living study of sound, time and feeling.

2026 (much-needed) Repress. If you could paint the world black, rediscover it with a flashlight illuminating every single detail and turn each finding into an obsession while gliding across the murk then you might stumble into Blak Saagan’s new magniloquent quest ‘Se Ci Fosse La Luce Sarebbe Bellissimo’ (If there were light it would be beautiful), a monstrous work of dedication and sound architecture that investigates and soundtracks one of the saddest and most obscure pages of Italian history: …

On Chaos Is A Law, Bob Bellerue treats feedback and rupture as a kind of secular mysticism. Macrotonal drones, rasping noise and inharmonic vortices surge, implode and re-form, turning piano wires, metal and amplifiers into a single, volatile organism where chaos becomes both method and mantra.

Henry Franklin is set to release *The Skipper At Home*, a bold new musical journey arriving on **[Release Date]**. The album blends intimate storytelling with adventurous grooves, drawing listeners into a world where humor meets heart, and every track feels like a destination. With *The Skipper At Home*, Henry Franklin crafts a sound that’s both reflective and kinetic—layered arrangements, memorable melodies, and a distinct voice that moves effortlessly between the personal and the playful. From…

On La Rana, Agustín Pereyra Lucena turns his deep love of Brazilian music into a crystalline, Latin‑jazz chamber album recorded far from home, in Oslo. Quartet interplay, bossa nova contours and long-form mood pieces melt South American warmth into Nordic air, anchored by his luminous guitar and quietly intense vocals.

The Reloved series – Four Flies Records’ ongoing project where today’s producers reimagine select gems from the golden age of Italian library music and soundtracks – welcomes a new chapter from the formidable pairing of Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs. The tracks reworked in this vinyl EP all originate from the first half of the 1970s, a period when a fascination with African imagery and sounds was so pervasive among Italian composers that it became a prominent cultural and aesthetic trend. Applying …

At long last...the return of Oldest, the NYC duo of Mick Barr & Brooks Headley, in the form of a split 12" with one of their greatest inspirations, the legendary Bastard Noise. Oldest manage to combine the avant metal execution that Barr has pioneered in projects like Krallice, Orthrelm, Crom-Tech, and Ocrilim, to name but a few, with the contrarian hardcore approach of Headley's past bands, which include Born Against, Universal Order of Armageddon, Skull Kontrol, and Wrangler Brutes. Bastard No…

A bold new spotlight shines on the classic 1971 release Powerhouse by celebrated organist Chester Thompson—an album that captures the pulse of its time with fire, finesse, and unmistakable soul. Released in 1971, Powerhouse remains a standout work in Thompson’s discography, drawing listeners into a world where groove, grit, and melodic imagination collide. From the first notes, Powerhouse delivers an electrifying blend of organ-driven energy and captivating musical momentum. Thompson’s masterful…

*500 copies limited edition* "A Moment Beyond" is the result of a dialogue between Gunnar Smoliansky's photographs (who passed away in 2019) and the composer and musician Danny Clay, initiated by IIKKI, between February 2026 and May 2026. "Gunnar Smoliansky is a major Swedish photographer. Born in 1933 in Visby, on the island of Gotland, he devoted himself to photography from the early 1950s onward. From the 1970s, he worked as an independent artist, focusing almost exclusively on his own person…

*250 copies limited edition* "Whenever I perform a concert, which is usually a one-off, I like to try something new that I have prepared and rehearsed. It's very rare to return to the music afterwards and record a studio version. On 25 November 2023, I played a concert in Münster, Germany, and I was very pleased with how it turned out. However, because I was given 30 minutes, I felt it was a bit rushed, and I recorded a new version at home shortly afterwards. The inclusion of shortwave radio sou…

*250 copies limited edition* "The origins of Aphelion trace back to 2021, when Jim Wilson of Voice of Eye proposed a collaboration with Thomas Dimuzio. The initial concept was to create a deep space musical project featuring modern Buchla and 1970s-era Korg synthesizers. Eventually, they approached throat singer Soriah to see if he would be interested in contributing his unique organic vocal techniques to complement their ethereal drones, providing an intriguing counterpoint. This collaboration …

*250 copies limited edition* "A speculative investigation into the possible disposition of reificative agencies and their direct or indirect relation to the mechanism of proto-manifestation at the boundaries between the material and non-material states of energetic disposition and organisation" Behind the mysterious notion "Extrusiarch" we find the concept of a 'creation myth' or energy that, loosely based on Gnosticism, is a kind of membrane that transforms unformed things into physical ones, o…

Strut Records proudly presents a new reissue of the original Afrobeat classic Low Profile (Not For The Blacks), recorded and composed by Afrika 70 saxophonist and bandleader Lekan Animashaun and produced by Fela Kuti. After years touring the world as Fela’s baritone saxophonist, Animashaun stepped forward to lead the legendary Egypt 80 band following Tony Allen’s departure, remaining the group’s musical director until Fela’s death in 1997. He continued on subsequent tours with Seun Kuti until 20…

On New Year’s Day this year I set off from my home in Loughborough Junction to undertake a rather idiosyncratic journey. For a long time now I have wanted to try and trace a vertical trajectory in London – and New Year's Day with its connotations of renewal and starting-over seemed just the time to attempt to flee upwards, if you will. The spine of this album is that journey from roughly minus 20 metres below sea level to 240 metres above on that cold, short wintry day. It was a quiet day, by Lo…

*75 copies limited edition* Plumes emerges from a long-term sonic and ethnographic exploration of the Étang de Berre, a coastal lagoon near Marseille, France shaped by industrial pollution and ecological disruption. Recorded between 2021 and 2024, the album captures fragile entanglements between human activity and more-than-human life. Using hydrophones, ultrasonic detectors, and parabolic microphones, Bullock and Silva probe the lagoon's submerged acoustics, bat echolocations, and the overlappi…

On II, The Oscillators lock into a heady, loop‑driven chemistry where dubwise bass, analogue synth chatter and live‑wired percussion orbit the same gravitational field. Each piece feels like a workshop in motion: themes emerge, mutate and dissolve, turning the record into a continuous, hands‑on exploration rather than a fixed set of songs.

On Loud World, Nicholas Tripi (a.k.a. Nick Tripi of Big Fun) turns the drummer’s vantage point into a full compositional engine. Rhythm is the load‑bearing wall for a delirious blend of space‑lounge, jungle jazz, KPM‑style library cues and krautrock pulse, ten compact pieces sketching a neon‑lit, nervy planet of their own.

On Twenty‑Two, Initials MB offers a quietly psychedelic slice of French pop that feels like a faded postcard from another decade. Reissued on vinyl a decade after its digital birth, the album folds jangling guitars, analogue keys and wistful melodies into compact songs that trace one songwriter’s search for sound, place and identity.

Electronic Sound Issue 139 arrives with Scritti Politti legend Green Gartside on the cover, bundled with an exclusive limited edition gold vinyl seven-inch featuring two of the group's much-loved mid-1980s classics: Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) and Perfect Way. Inside, an exclusive interview with Green marks the reissue of Scritti Politti's Songs To Remember (1982) and Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985), two brilliant albums that took the band from scratchy post-punk outsiders to electropop giant…

Recorded in 1981, Turning Japanese captures Kraftwerk at the absolute height of their creative dominance, but sometime before their true induction into the household name superstar category of artists. Still representing a very forward thinking, boundary pushing and - as a result - specialist sound, this nine-track live recording feels like yesterday's tomorrow. Opening with a stunning neo-classical synth overture, we're then taken on a journey through the mind of the man machine, an industrial …

*2026 repress* 1971’s ‘About Time’ was the Ping Pong debut album. Founded by Alan Taylor from The Casuals it was one of the first bands in Italy (based in Bologna) to be inspired by the British sound of the period moving between late ‘60 psychedelic rock and the jazzy prog such Jethro Tull, Tonton Macoute, Camel and Caravan. 10 tracks all sung in English delicate and exceptionally well performed with warm precision, enthusiasm and greater energy in which the excellent musicians highlight their a…

Hocketus is a new album for violin, cello, and electronics by Gage Salnikowski and Nathan Krahn. Built around a series of original MaxMSP patches, each piece creates a different relationship between the performers. Sometimes the electronics force one instrument to silence the other. Sometimes both players work together around a single sine wave. Other times the system latches onto pitches, interrupts signals, or shifts the balance of control between the musicians. Every performance is improvised…

On The Homecoming, Disciple BC channel a raucous congregational energy into a tight, live-wire document. Cut over three days at Rockaway Park with Bri Doom at the desk, the record frames the band’s sermon of riffs and invective as both return and reckoning, with vocals and guitars welded into a single, volatile front line.

*2026 stock* It is the meeting between Marc Hurtado, known for his duo project Étant Donnés created in 1977—French experimental and industrial music—and Mark Cunningham from the New York No Wave scene since the late 1970s, under the entity Mars and compiled by Brian Eno in No New-York. The album Infini was born in 2020 and completed in 2023. This particular project is a kind of 360° astral journey—at the speed of light—carried away by grace, madness, fire, and the kaleidoscopic whirlwind of the …

*2026 stock* Certainly one of the greatest UFOs in music history—Cromagnon and its concept album “Orgasm” dating back to 1969—about what was to happen thirty years later: a blend of industrial, metal, and experimental music, bathed in improvised LSD-fueled experiences. “The project wasn’t supposed to be smooth, otherwise humanity is lost. There’s room for computers, but the soul is gone.”

The third tape on the fledgling Cold Spring label, 'Shoot And Crucify' was released back in 1988 in an edition of just 50 copies (CS003). It features some of the very earliest works of many now-influential and essential Industrial / Noise / Experimental artists. The 'scene' at the time was built on the mail-art network, exchanging an explosion of ideas, sounds and art around the world via the (then very cheap) postal system. Just a handful of these 19 tracks have since been reissued, but the vas…

When everything around is racing blindly toward ruin, change direction and spin as fast as you can until you defy gravity and rise above the ground into blissful madness. "K-drone", the debut album by three renegades—Jakub Šimanský, Michal Vaľko, and Ján Podracký—is like a hallucinatory Calvary with five stations. Each station is a time-loop capsule, a tiny utopia sneering at the phantom progress of the world outside. The opening track, "Speedrone", is pure vertigo; for seven long minutes, there…

On The World Is Empty, the Heart Is Full, Raspberry Bulbs strip away excess and come back sharper, crueler and strangely more tuneful. Eleven compact songs fuse metallic edge, noise‑rock abrasion and post‑punk unease, with venomous vocals lashing out at a self‑satisfied “underground” that mistake style exercises for substance.

*2026 stock. 100 copies limited edition* A sonic presentation of a site-specific installation in Marl, created at the invitation of the Skulpturenmuseum Marl. Nathalie Brum recorded a local production site for industrial filters that are exported worldwide. By filtering the sound itself and capturing the essence of the atmosphere, Brum creates an ambient, subversive soundscape. One side contains the soundscape alone, while the other contains the soundscape accompanied by stories told by locals a…

Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok continue their collaboration with »The Sky Was Out of Tune«. Its eight movements form a long-form ambient piece in constant flux: soundscapes emerge from electronic synthesis and layered textures, while small melodies, rhythmic patterns, metallic noises, or distortions drift through like clouds across the sky. But a sky that is out of tune is still a sky. What shifts is the register in which it speaks. »The Sky Was Out of Tune« emerges from a live performance fo…

On this split cassette, Sottana & Calze’s The Gloria and The Rita collide in a sharply focused post‑industrial ritual. Trifurcated contact mics, woolen stockings and monophonic chants meet the Canadian project’s obsessive “canes” study, pressed onto dual‑color shells as a rare Canadian/Italo‑Norwegian collaboration built for XXI Congresso Post Industriale.

On The Gloria, D.D.D.D. channels Heretic/Erotic noise from the cold north into a focused burst of post‑industrial intensity. Conceived as a special tape for XXI Congresso Post Industriale, it distills Desire, Devotion, Dedication and Discipline into a sharp, ritual object: glossy black shell, stark white print, and sound built to scorch in real time.