New Arrivals
Kaleidoscope
** In process of stocking ** Kairos presents Kaleidoscope by Eunho Chang. Born 1983 in Daegu, Republic of Korea, Eunho Chang began his musical studies with piano lessons at the age of seven. He studied composition at the Keimyung University, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and obtained his PhD in musical composition at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music under the supervision of professor Marcin Błażewicz. He has been selected for various workshops and masterclasses, such as Impuls Acade…
Ballad of the External Life
** 2021 Stock. Clear vinyl LP with gorgeous, full-color, matte-finish jackets and poly-lined inner sleeves. Mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin. ** "Ballad of the External Life", Rrill Bell's debut LP for Elevator Bath, takes its inspiration from the Hugo von Hofmannsthal poem of the same title (“Ballade des äußeren Lebens” in the original German), and features hybrid treatments of tuned percussion source material, swarm-like passages of next-level (cassette) tape manipulation, immersive micro-s…
Bella
** 2021 Stock. Clear vinyl LP with gorgeous matte-finish jackets and poly-lined inner sleeves. 12 tracks on the LP, mastered for vinyl by Alan Jones at Laminal Audio. ** As a founding member of Liquid Liquid, the brilliantly influential and oft-sampled post-punk/funk pioneers of the early '80s, Dennis Young has been well-versed in audio experimentation for around 40 years now. From rhythmic no wave tastemaker to new age champion to experimental guitar explorer, Young's fearless pursuit of new me…
Habituons Nous à la Pluie
Alma De Nieto presents Habituons Nous à la Pluie by Thomas Barriére. All music composed and played by Thomas Barrière. Mastering: Anthony Laguerre at Shadyn Studio Artwork: Bertrand Monboisset.
Live Concerts 1990 - 2006
Alma De Nieto presents Live Concerts 1990 - 2006 by Ruggero Tajé, Italian electronic composer, drummer and guitarist, and Ahmed Ben Dhiab,Tunisian painter, poet, author, composer, art teacher and singer born in Tunis. Live performance featuring: Nabil Khalidi: oud (Marocco), Raul Barboza: accordeon (Argentina), Carlo Rizzo: percussion (France), Michel Doneda: saxophone (France).
A Dangerous Method
Alma De Nieto presents A Dangerous Method by Extrema Ratio. .xlaidox. : Voice, Effects, Alessandro Cartolari: Baritone Sax, Voice, Valdjau Kathportha: Electronics, Diego Rosso: Drums. Recorded by Dano Battochio: 30th November & 1st December 2019 at Mediaducks Studio Perosa Canavese (TO). Mixed By Dano Battochio: June 2020 Deepest Sea Torino. Mastered by James Plotkin: October 2020, Bethlehem,PA, USA.
"A Dangerous Method is a fascinating album that yields more with each listen. At times it feels …
Music is not language. Neither is it painting. Just music.
A posthumous duo LP featuring text and music by Conrad Schnitzler, music by Wolfgang Seidel, and artwork by Matt Howarth! Conrad Schnitzler and Wolfgang Seidel have been musical collaborators since the early 1970s when Seidel performed in Schnitzler's free-form group Eruption that had been founded as a successor to Kluster and featured a revolving cast of members. In the 1980s, they produced the duo albums Consequenz, Consequenz II and Con 3 where Seidel performed under his alias Wolf Sequenza.
Seize / Marre
**2021 stock** Backwards present two exclusive tracks from great American artist Benoît Pioulard. Seize & Marre were composed based on lyrics and recordings that Benoît Pioulard originally created at the age of 16, in the years 2000-2001. Another 16 years on, he has revisited those early efforts through the eyes & ears of his adult self, having spent that time sculpting a creative identity across five albums for Kranky and numerous collaborations with the likes of Rafael Anton Irisarri and Kyle …
Impressions Of The City
From ("Xisle" member) Rath's private archive. Originally released in 1987 only on tape cassette format, remixed in Oct. 2019 by Mr. Rath and remastered in Jan. 2020 by himself with the collaboration of sound engineer Andreas Merlini.
Synthetic Trance
Orbeatize presents Mr. Frohmader's latest and exclusive performance using modular electronics; no overdubs.
Split
** Numbered edition of 102 copies. Letterpressed sleeves, four different colour variations. ** Altaat is a Finnish duo by Niko Karlsson & Miki Brunou, that has been active since 2011. On this album they are playing with Jari Koho, who is known from his own solo projects, and also from Vapaa, Keijo & The Free Players, Aan, Uton etc. Their track "Palava palaava" was recorded in 2014 - and now finally released on Altaat's first vinyl release. 20 minute long improvised track, with bowed strings & dr…
Telquan
** 2021 Stock. Glass-mastered CD in hand-stamped, recycled chipboard cover ** Minimalist Chilean guitarist Cristian Alvear and Tim Olive first played together in October 2016, doing three concerts in Japan, Alvear returning to Japan in October of 2017 for additional performances in Kyoto and Osaka, then spending a day recording in Kobe; this single improvised piece he result of that day, heard as it was recorded, with a few structural edits.
"Usually the sparring partners of Tim Olive, magnetic …
Faune
** 2021 Stock ** Fellow Canadians, Montreal's Ambiances Magnetiques collective member, turntablist and electronics artist Martin Tetrault meets Japan-based electronic explorer Tim Olive performing on magnetic pickups, in their first album despite having performed sporadically across three decades: 4 rich improvisations minimally edited, shaping sound in compelling ways.
"[... Tim] Olive did a recording on "a lovely afternoon in Montreal, minimally edited", with the well-known turntablist Martin …
Nice You!
** 2021 Stock. Glass-master CD with recycled chipboard cover, hand-stamped ** After a performance in 2019, Kobe-based Canadian sound artist Tim Olive and Calgary percussionist, experimenter & Bug Incision label leader Chris Dadge recorded these two studio pieces using Dadge's amplified percussion, small instruments & electronics, as well as Olive's magnetic pickup/electronics system, running through a number of guitar & bass amplifiers.abel leader Chris Dadge recorded these two studio pieces usi…
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** 2021 Stock. Glass-mastered CD with letterpress cover by Ben Owen/Middle Press ** Recording in Brooklyn in 2014, this collaboration between Tim Olive and Ben Owen presents four tracks of electronic improvisation using shortwave radio, oscillators, paper, contact microphones and magnetic pickups, creating a mysterious and well-paced album of sound experimentation. "The inconspicuous titles of Tim Olive and Ben Owen's first collaboration make it look like an album of discrete parts, just four im…
Lowering
** 2021 Stock. Edition of 100. Glass-mastered CD in hand-stamped, recycled chipboard cover ** Like mad scientists of sound, sonic explorers Tim Olive and Cal Lyall met in a Tokyo studio in 2012 armed with hydrophones, magnetic pickups and electronics to record this richly detailed and slowly unfolding work, blending organic and mechanical elements of indeterminate origin, finding absorbing dialog without clamor or tumult; intriguing and engrossing.I think I'd only heard Lyall a tiny bit on one o…
Microgroove: Forays Into Other Music
* 2021 Stock * A collection of more than 50 essays, interviews, and profiles featuring such musicians as Michael Hurley, P.J. Harvey, Helmut Lachenmann, Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg, Milford Graves, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Koko Taylor, Jaap Blonk, Joe Harriott, and Joe McPhee, poets Nathaniel Mackey and Clark Coolidge, and artists Christopher Wool and Albert Oehlen. There's also an essay written together with Terri Kapsalis about the use of female orgasm sounds in popular music. And in…
Divining Movements
For this album, United Bible Studies was the quartet of David Colohan, Alison O'Donnell (The Owl Service), Dominic Cooper (The Owl Service, The Straw Bear Band), and Matt Leivers. "Divining Movements" is part of a trilogy which started with the "Cave Hill Ascension" LP. "Divining Movements" is firmly within the more meditative vein of the longer "Cave Hill Ascension" pieces. Divining movements are a way of accessing the numinous. The album is a literal movement through and a meditation on landsc…
Corsano, Maranha & Youngs
** Edition of 300 ** If you’re reading this and know the incredible careers of Chris Corsano (US), David Maranha (PT) and Richard Youngs (UK) you can already imagine what you’re getting into… or maybe not. Opened up to virtually infinite possibilities, this is a blessed gathering by three of the most idiosyncratic and illuminated artists working in the sprawling field where the most defiant and unmapped music converge. Leading figures of the unnameable, each of them on his own has created a supe…