New Arrivals
Eskimo
The Residents had passed their own punk stage in 1976 with the release of Satisfaction and were feeling that 1979 disco, while using the studio in new ways, did not actually offer much in the way of depth. So they decided it was a good time to make…
Disruptive Muzak
Sam Kidel's debut for The Death of Rave is a deft subversion of Muzak's meaning, application and affect, employing government call centers as unwitting agents in a stroke of Cagean and Kafka-esque compositional genius. It's a remarkably innovative, e…
Music works 1977-2015
Bernard Donzel-Gargand (1955-2015) was a French electro-acoustic composer. He did found the studio Collectif & Cie in 1982 in Annecy and worked there until 1998. Then he was part of Studio Forum with Philippe Blanchard (Lieutenant Caramel) who produc…
Singulum
Returning to Line after her critically acclaimed 2012's Valence, France Jobin brings us the four sparse elegant works that comprise Singulum."Quantum physics inspires me to draw a parallel between the fundamental building blocs of physics, sounds and…
Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimentio
George Maciunas’ Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimentional, Aural, Optic, Olfactory, Epithelial and Tactile Art Forms, was released in 1979 in the Swedish magazine Kalejdoskop (Issue 3). This issue of the magazine consisted …
Unfit
RM is Italian mastermind of bad vibes Riccardo Mazza. The man has a free approach to his music, with no interest what so ever in the device used as a source. RM is dark, meditative harshness. The intent is to submerge the listener with a gloomy, ance…
Gather & Release
Gather & Release is the result of years worth of composer Sarah Hennies' exploration of the vibraphone in synthesis with her experiences of identity, obsession, anxiety, tension, grief, and loss. Over the course of an hour, Hennies entangles highly f…
Zelalem
Mikael Seifu’s Zelalem is an ode to – and a fearless break from – the storied lineage of Ethiopian music. The literal Amharic translation of Zelalem is “eternity,” and through Seifu’s conceptual frame it becomes a “vector of light.” Seifu shines this…
Bu/Bu-Musikverbreitung - Recordings 1980-1985
Limited edition of 400. After ten years of planning and intensive artists-convincing, a dream for many collectors of minimal synth music and has become reality.
A vinyl box with early-'80s audio formerly released only on super-rare and highly col…
Live - Hhai
180-gram vinyl. "In 1975, following the departure of Jannick Top and almost all original members of the group, Magma was reborn from the ashes with a rejuvenated ambition. This live recording, which took place in June of '75 at the Olympia Tavern…
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is the bassist and composer Charles Mingus' legendary experiment in a large group setting. Featuring an 11 piece group with new arrangements on some of his most well known compositions, this album is one of Mingu…
Love Symposium Alien Spider
1997EV is an experimental psychedelic post-apocalyptic project born in the late 90's and led by Andrea Ev.Since the beginning, the project focused into experimenting several heavy-on-drones and drum machines recordings, flowing from both a surreal…
Gianni Sassi uno di noi
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Mudima Foundation (once Multhipla) this book is the very first extensive retrospective overview of Gianni Sassi’s work, design career and role that he played in the development of alternative cultural a…
Search Ensembles
Search Ensembles is a new evocative project of and/OAR founder / operator Dale Lloyd presenting “sonic archeology”, unearthing forgotten and previously unreleased recordings from project participants’ archives, plus new recordings to create a concept…
One Hour As Trees In Finland
The second release in the new sub-series called “One Hour As...” based on Ben Green’s radio program of the same name on Resonance FM, which aired between 2002 and 2004. Recorded in 2007, this release presents exterior and interior sonic perspectives …
For Leos's Piano
Alvin Curran, piano (originally owned by Janacek), electronics. Gordon Monahan, digital performer software, native instruments akoustik pianosoftware.“Janacek Revisited, Recomposed, and Retuned.In June 2013, on the occasion of the Exposition of New M…
Santur: Orient/Occident
This disc offers two approaches to an ancient instrument called the santur. The first, by the Iranian master musician Hossein Malek, consists of improvised pieces recorded by his friend Leo Kupper in the '80s, representing a unique and valuable archi…
Gancio Cielo 2
"Gancio Cielo 2 - Il Gruppo Respingi Comete" is the second chapter of Gancio Cielo, a saga by Francesco Cavaliere. This episode explores a world where comets and cosmic stones pour down from the sky… Half-fish half-agate creatures collect debris whil…
Camera (In Focus) Camera (Al Riparo)
Megaphone, in association with Knock'em Dead pull out a real diamond here: tape-loops experiments, musique concrète and location recordings, out-there lo-fi song and speeches that sound like they were never intended for public consumption."The elusiv…