New Arrivals
St. Francis
**Edition of 200 - 180gram vinyl record - 18″ x 24″ folded color poster (blueprint).** The score by Schmid, reading by Landry, and edited/produced by McCann. Emily Martin and Derek Baron on St. Francis (Feb. 2021): What does it mean to pray? To address someone, to plead for something, to welcome humiliation and failure: Please, let me forget about the China Chalet parties, please let there be no countries and no war, please let me love you. Is prayer iteration, or just repetition: My god, my go…
Sud Des Alpes
** In Process of Stocking ** This record is the tenth release by The Rempis Percussion Quartet, recorded during a 2019 European tour that celebrated their fifteenth anniversary as a working ensemble. Those are some pretty hefty milestones. So how do they push forward artistically with so much already under their belt? From what we hear on Sud Des Alpes, it’s all about digging deeper into the musical dilemmas they’ve been examining for years. These four improvisers continue to grind ideas and per…
De-formation: Piano Variations
De-formation: Piano Variations, a work for solo piano. Composed and performed by Diamanda Galas in September 2019, the 21:19 minute piece is based on the expressionist poem Das Fieberspital (The Fever Hospital). Written by German poet Georg Heym in 1912, Das Fieberspital's depiction of warehoused patients of yellow fever presaged the treatment and hiding of infected and damaged soldiers later in WWI. De-formation depicts a march and delivery of maimed and infected soldiers to hospitals and indus…
Music, Message and the Moment
Unbelievable new compilation of deep spiritual music by John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and other groundbreaking Impulse Artists.
Il Vuoto
Four Flies is proud and excited to present the first full-album release of the long-forgotten, previously unreleased soundtrack composed by Armando Trovajoli for Piero Vivarelli’s 1964 movie Il Vuoto. Rightly considered by many to be a key figure, if not the key figure, in the history of Italian jazz, Trovajoli was responsible for fostering an appreciation and understanding of jazz among the generation of music listeners and musicians raised under Mussolini and Fascist nationalism. His outstand…
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* Regular version comes in glossy sleeve with artwork by Dietmar Bonnen; edition of 240. * Peter Behrendsen (b. 1943) is a Cologne-based radio producer, performer, and composer of experimental music. He started concerning himself with electro-acoustic music in 1972, was a member of Josef Anton Riedl's ensemble and assistant to Klaus Schöning at the WDR radio play studio (Studio for Acoustic Art). He organized numerous concerts and festivals for experimental music in Cologne, most notably Brücke…
Canyonleigh
** Edition of 200 ** Brianne Curran is an improvising violinist from Sydney (Guringai Country, Australia), and is currently based in Berlin. She was leader of the world/jazz quintet Takadimi and has worked in groups such as the Splinter Orchestra and the Krakow Improvisers Orchestra, as well as in numerous projects with saxophonist/clarinetist Luc Houtkamp. Of major interest in her approach to music making is the relationship between artist, environment, and audience. Between 2004 and 2007, whil…
Exocursion
It would be hard to find a better soundtrack for these uncertain times than multidisciplinary artist Viktor Timofeev’s latest record Exocursion. In terms of composition and sound design, the album is a progression from his earlier efforts Give_health999 and the long-ago recorded but only recently released Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (both on Lo Bit Landscapes). The music is built from a similar structure of layered guitar loops, orchestral bass chords and manipulated field recordings. Tim…
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 …
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 …
Synthetic Trance
Orbeatize presents Mr. Frohmader's latest and exclusive performance using modular electronics; no overdubs.
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…