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Composed by Stefan Thut in 2021Written for Joseph Kudirka's collection of music for music boxlater the score has been read in various other ways
Side a was recorded by Jaike Stambach in Berlin in May 2022.Joseph Kudirka: music box
Side b was recorded by Stefan Thut in Solothurn in May 2023Cristián Alvear: guitarChristian Kobi: soprano saxophoneJoseph Kudirka: synthesizerStefan Thut: celloMara Winter: flute
Not Quite a Trio
Rory Salter is a musician, artist and technician living in London. He has released albums under various projects with Alter, TakuRoku, Infant Tree, Teeth, MAL, Bison, Kashual Plastik and more. His music is formed through experimentations with acoustic & electronic instruments, faulty technologies, cassette tape, feedback and voice; motivated by a relationship to changing and chaotic environments, objects and walking.
Ecka Mordecai is a British artist based in London. Situated between sonic, perf…
3 Lines And Balloons
From September 1 to September 9, 2023, Li Song, Zhao Cong and Zhu Wenbo went on a South China tour together. They performed 8 shows in four cities, and almost every show was different. In two of these venues, they gave very unique trio performances. This album features these live recordings. At E^dge 一脊 in Wuhan (September 6th) they used the "3 lines" feedback system developed by Zhu Wenbo using transducers, elastic ropes and other objects (foil, paper...). They performed in a small alley in fro…
Archiv 2005-2006
MTDM (acronym from the Chinese name mei tui de ma, “horse without legs”) is the duet of Jun-Y Ciao and Tao Yi, both born in 1978, Year of the Horse. Tao Yi plays drums and trumpet, and Jun-Y Ciao, woodwinds, including different sizes of saxophone and clarinet. Around 2008, MTDM returned to Shanghai from Europe, and straight away got involved in the local experimental music scene, giving entirely improvised performances using only acoustic instruments. From their overall musical style, to their a…
Permian Period
Tip! *2024 stock* I first met Takashi in a duo performance by Seijiro Murayama & Tetuzi Akiyama at Permian. I recall that the small underground venue was packed and that the interplay between these two great musicians was vivid, tense and loud. After the performance we scheduled to meet and play at a later date. There’s always some aura (in my mind) when two improvising musicians meet for the first time, as if there is still a chance for an infinite amount of possibilities. It felt natural for m…
New Monuments
** Red vinyl, inside out sleeve, 12"x12" insert with artwork, liner notes & lyrics, black polylined inner sleeve. ** Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones join We Jazz Records for their third LP New Monuments. Amirtha Kidambi has long affirmed that the role of sound in the act of protest is pivotal. In the summer of 2020, the Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer was immersed in mass demonstrations across New York City in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, organizing bands to counter the violent pres…
Tell Us
Black LP edition. The Swedish quartet Goran Kajfeš Tropiques share their new music We Jazz Records on May 3rd. Tell Us, an album consisting of three long pieces composed by the group, is "slow music" to the bone, a deep body of work utilising the language of jazz as its core mode of communication but echoing way beyond. The quartet is expanded with strings, adding wings to the music and helping it lift off the ground in a personal, highly engaging manner. The Tropiques quartet consists of Goran …
JYunishi
*40 copies limited edition* Hiroyuki Ura currently performs as a solo (composition & improvisation) and in collaboration with various artists both Japanese and foreign. Zhu Wenbo is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who is dedicated to "music that doesn't sound like music". and he has released「Four Lines and Improvisation」on Aloe Records.
Hiroyuki Ura and Zhu Wenbo collaborate across Tokyo and Beijing. This is a new album by the two musicians, who have been exchanging recordings and re-creati…
Synthetic Weather Reporter
*40 copies limited edition* Wang Changcun (ayrtbh) is an experimental musician, artist, and software writer living in Shanghai. He is one of the earliest explorers of experimental electronic music and computer programmed composition in China. In recent years, he has focused on web art and computer music, creating computer software installations. He has released more than 30 albums and EPs on various labels such as Sub Rosa (Belgium) , Diffuse Reality (Spain) and Tokinogake (Japan).
'Synthetic We…
Four Lines And Improvisation
*2024 stock. 50 copies limited edition* Alone Series 001 is absolutely delighted to release a new album by Beijing, China-based musician Zhu Wenbo, entitled "Four Lines and Improvisation", recorded in August 2022. Zhu Wenbo is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who is dedicated to "music that doesn't sound like music". He also runs the label Zoomin’ Night.
The album contains two tracks: ”Four Lines”(A-side) and “Improvisation”(B), released in one limited edition cassette. Both tracks naturally…
Cymbals and Night
*40 copies limited edition* Evan Lindorff-Ellery is a visual/sound artist based in upstate New York and co-founder of the tape label Notice Recordings. Much of his work relates to field recordings and free improvisation of objects in an outsider, lo-fi aesthetic. He is interested in the nuances of otherwise unharnessed sounds.
The album 'Cymbals and Night' is a combination of field recordings and free improvisation. It's all recorded on a low fidelity iPhone, which doesn't have the "purity" of l…
Dzan-puku
*40 copies limited edition* Tokyo sound artist Seiji Morimoto is interested in the uncertain acoustic appearances between usual objects, for example water and stones, and the technical medium. Eric Wong is both a guitarist and electronic musician. As an electronic musician, he focuses on utilizing smartphones and Bluetooth speakers for his compositions and performances.
They are both currently living in Berlin for many years. They share a common interest and research direction - exploring vibrat…
"Collaborations" Readings
*300 copies limited edition* Recital is proud to present an artists’ record from the two giants Richard Hamilton and Dieter Roth. Hamilton (1922-2011) is revered as the father of British Pop Art as both theorist and practitioner, in addition to famously designing the artwork for The Beatles’ White Album. Dieter Roth (1930-1998) was a Swiss German artist who blithely ignored all artistic boundaries and aesthetic dictums. His oeuvre includes hundreds of artist books, almost half a thousand prints,…
The Magnesia Suite
*250 copies limited edition* Recital is honored to publish composer Allan Gilbert Balon’s first full-length LP. Born 1986 in Les Abymes on the island of Guadeloupe, Balon is an artist (exhibiting at MoMA PS1 in 2022) who publishes beautiful handmade books and audio on XYÄ Edition run with Uta Guan Hyë in Créteil, France where he now resides. The Magnesia Suite harbors an unhurried, coastal tranquility that flows lucidly as an album. Though prominently a pianist, a breadth of Balon’s musical sphe…
Chrysalide
WRWTFWW Records is wonderfully proud to announce the long anticipated official reissue of Chrysalide (1978), the sole album from French multi-instrumentalist and enigmatic genius Michel Moulinié. The krautrock/ambient/minimalism paragon is available as a limited edition LP with one never-heard bonus track. It is sourced from the original reels and housed in a heavy 350gsm sleeve. Originally released in 1978 on Ange and Jean-Claude Pognant's mythical prog rock label Crypto, Chrysalide is a fusion…
Terra Incognita
*200 copies limited edition* Former Pulled Apart By Horses guitarist James Adrian Brown has been tirelessly sculpting his new sonic identity since early 2021. After making the transition from fuzz-soaked guitars to swarming synthesizers, Brown has been regularly releasing singles, remixes, collaborations and composing scores over the past three years. July 19th marks the release of his first EP titled “Terra Incognita.”
This expansive and cinematic journey, comprising six tracks, represents a me…
Sentir Que No Sabes
I started to think about the verb 'superimpose' and the implications this verb has in moments of intense work in dialogue with another and how ideas overlap. I also think about that moment when you feel you don't know anything and you are soft like jello and any fork can go through you. And ideas change and grow on that soft spot where there's a question mark.
Feeling like you don't know makes you softFeeling like you don't know makes you confusedMaybe feeling like you don't know will transform …
Portals
Felipe Lara’s music is a whirlwind of energy and motion, characterized by large, expressive brushstrokes that leave palpable traces. His works are in constant flux, pulsating with spectral harmonies and iridescent surfaces. This album includes the three ensemble works Chambered Spirals, Fringes and Ventos Uivantes, as well as Injust Intonations, a reflective solo piano piece. Each composition showcases Lara’s unique ability to combine intricate textures with dynamic, expansive gestures to create…
Kew. Rhone.
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* The classic restored. No extra tracks, just this legendary release as it was originally conceived. Kew Rhone was made soon after Peter and John left Henry Cow, at Carla Bley and Mike Mantler’s Grog Kill studio in New York (they both appear on the CD). Fellow conspirators included singer Lisa Herman and drummer Andrew Cyrille. It’s one of those records which sums up a mome…
Warrior On the Edge of Time
Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock "Hawkwind's fifth studio album found the band enjoying a rare oasis of stability after the multitudinous personnel shifts of the past five years. Only the recruitment of a second drummer, Alan Powell, disturbed the equanimity of the lineup that created the previous year's Hall of the Mountain Grill, although it would soon be time to change again. By the end of the year, bas…