New Arrivals
The Gag File
The work of noise musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of Wolf Eyes, exudes a raw vulnerability and needling playfulness. His new album strikes a balance between dread and curiosity.
Jesup Wagon
TAO Forms is rather stoked to present this astonishing new work from the fertile creative mind of tenor saxophonist–composer James Brandon Lewis. Performed by the Red Lily Quintet, an exceptional & singular inter-generational ensemble, this album speaks to the forever-evolving continuum of the jazz tradition.
Beautiful Illusions
New York painter and musician Tor Lundvall initially envisioned his 14th album, Beautiful Illusions, as an entirely instrumental affair, “inspired by memories of sitting in a church or cathedral watching the shifting sunlight through stained glass.” Although he ultimately chose to wreath the majority of the tracks with hushed, poetic vocals, his original muse still resonates. These are certainly songs of shadowplay and vaulted skies, the quiet grandeur of dusk deepening on the horizon. Lundvall …
Waves 2
Curd Duca follows up last year's "Waves 1", his first album in two decades, with another flawless examination of sound and texture, contorting church bells, percussion, musical samples and field recordings methodically - and often humorously. After his impressive 1990s/00s run on Normal and Mille Plateaux, he disappeared for 20 years before emerging from the aether last year. "Waves 2" takes off into more experimental realms, expanding on Duca's unusual combination of avantgarde aesthetics and o…
The Reflection Issue (Magazine)
Over the course of this bastard year of 2020, Numero will issue nearly 150 digital-only “records.” In previous years we may have attempted to press many of these, but as our world and industry change in light of the ongoing ecological crisis, we know that it’s irresponsible to commit precious resources to every flight of fancy. Our love for the physical hasn’t diminished—we’re still pressing a select number of LPs, box sets, and 45s—but at the end of the day, the music is what’s important, not t…
Naturspil, Automatmusik, Syngeskål
New tape from Michael Mørkholt, made during his winter residency at Polychrome. "Naturspil, Automatmusik, Syngeskål". The pieces are performed on an acoustic singing bowl and a self-invented digital system, an electroacoustic composition principle for triads and rhythm in pure atmosphere. The principle is that the tonal relationships are mirrored in the rhythmic. A computer program with an amplitude-controlled trigger records a sound clip each time the singing bowl is struck. The sound clip is d…
Rilascio
This is the beginning of the lumpkinazation of the world: Rilascio is out now on Riforma. The weirdo melting pot between Broshuda and Polonius breaks with an hour and half of music live recorded in Villa Rei (Turin) the 4th September of the 2021. “In Pursuit Of The Dankest Rythms At The Intersection Of Glamcore & Post Wonk Mindstates”. Krush Lumpkin rises up emerging from the crash between Broshuda & Polonius: atmospheric gases, crooked rhythms and flaky textures. At the end of the sunset the tr…
How to Build a Fountain
How To Build A Fountain brings together Josi Arias’ tradition of south of the border synth pop, and her work using cosmic soundscapes. The result is a record that captures scenes off an ethereal nightclub, a discotheque in the sky, an ancient and futuristic female choir, a time to enjoy being alive but also to reflect. This release is paired with a tailor-made scented water mist, that Hydrofemme created according to traditional aromatherapy healing scales with organic herbs. The result is a blen…
Trou Aux Rats Druuna Jaguar
*Limited edition of 50* Split tape between Trou Aux Rats (also Vomir) and Druuna Jaguar. Trou Aux Rats, live in Tokyo at Hikari-No-Uma 20 April 2018 - performed by Romain Perrot. Druuna Jaguar, máquina poema - recorded at atelier 5-7-5 studio in January 2019. Type I Red cassette with pro-printed full color cover and printed case.
The Halcyon
Who else exactly is looking to build a power duo from improv drums and electrified shahi baaja sounds?
New Forces
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of New Forces we assembled a compilation CD featuring all-new tracks from 12 New Forces affiliated acts. A snapshot of the sorts of artists this label is dedicated to featuring. More than 60 minutes of tension, intensity, and reflection. Some of the best in contemporary harsh noise, heavy electronics, and industrial music. Includes Mass Marriage, Breaking the Will, Skin Graft, Gnawed, Rusalka, The Rita, Wolf Creek, Worth, Knurl, Kjostad, Treriksroset, and S…
Exclave
"Exclave" is the debut of NYC-based duo Cryocene, comprised of Stefan Aune (Kjostad) and Matt Boettke (Scant). Over the course of 5 tracks Cryocene weave together an ominous landscape of industrial dread. Bass drones and frigid synths are layered with waves of crumbling, crashing, shattering textures. Sometimes meditative, sometimes crushing, "Exclave" tunnels deep into the depths before ascending into the cold, clear atmosphere. This is the sound of freezing winds blowing across a ruined tundra…
A Long Time
*300 copies limited release* The second of Polytechnic Youth’s new releases for March sees a return to the label for Colin Potter, revered not only for his home 4trk recordings of experimental electronics, minimal synth and DIY cassette output from 1980 onwards, and his esteemed ICR label also of course his continued work as part of Nurse with Wound. His celebrated back catalogue has -alongside a killer body of new recordings- been reissued on vinyl for a first time by labels such as PY, Deep Di…
Freundliche Kreisel
"Emerging from Lower Franconia's hidden reverse, Johannes Schebler, known as ambient-poltergeist "Baldruin" and surreal folklorists Christian Schoppik & Katie Rich of "Brannten Schnüre"-fame have puzzled and amazed outernational audiences from the stranger end of the avant/lo-fi spectrum in recent years. The trio is now collectively dreaming as "Freundliche Kreisel", reaching for terra incognita rather than common ground on their most bewildering and accessible outing to date. Arch-pontifices of…
Bucked Up Space
Nik Colk Void is well established with her work - using modular systems, voice and guitar - as one half of Factory Floor, one third of Carter Tutti Void (alongside Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti) and with the late Peter Rehberg as NPVR, but perhaps surprisingly, 'Bucked Up Space' is her first solo album release. Void explains, “When Peter Rehberg initially asked me to produce a record for Editions Mego, I didn't feel quite ready and asked if we could make a record together instead. Collabora…
Birth Canal
*150 copies limited edition* Barstool Mountain is the new alias of Sweden's Mattias Gustafsson, the artist behind the incomparable Altar of Flies. After quietly releasing two tapes on his own Hästen & Korset imprint, New Forces is pleased to bring this project to a wider audience. Mattias describes Barstool Mountain as the "primitive and raw" alternative to Altar of Flies. The recordings are more spontaneous, live sessions that capture a heightened energy. Pushing the intensity of recent Altar o…
Gak
New Forces is proud to release this CD edition of Evil Moisture's landmark 1997 LP "Gak." Remastered from the original source tape by Grant Richardson, Gak exceeds categorization, description, and even quantification. Across 33 tracks (or is it 53 tracks? What about all that "No Gak"??) - Andy Bolus shows why he is the undisputed master of tape-noise insanity. Chopped, cut, and sewn back together with a blend of genius and madness. This is nothing less than an inspiring piece of experimental sou…
Sensory Eradication
*50 copies limited edition* For more than 25 years Alan Bloor, the architect of Knurl, has been forging a singular approach to sound without rivals or imitators. Sensory Eradication was recorded in 1998 but never released, and New Forces couldn't be happier to rescue this gem from the vault. White-hot sheets of scrap metal noise shred the listener to pieces for 40 glorious minutes. Bloor's transcendent focus on the sonic properties of metal produces a similarly meditative response from the liste…
Domaine Poétique
New Forces is proud to present the Domaine Poétique discography boxset. Domaine Poétique was the mail collaboration between Jeph Jerman (Hands To) and John Hudak, two of the most prominent artist to emerge from the 1980's "cassette culture" underground. Alongside artist like The Haters and Merzbow, they helped carved out a space for experimental sound while constructing the networks through which those sounds would circulate. Domaine Poétique released seven cassettes from 1987-1989, most of whi…
Works for Flute
Toshio Hosokawa explains his special interest in the flute as follows: “For me the flute is the instrument which can most deeply realise my musical ideal. The flute can produce a sound by means of the breath, and can be a vehicle by which the breath transmits the sound’s life-power.“ When playing the flute, the breath flow is directed upon a sharp edge or notch. The resulting vibrations excite the air contained in the resonant cavity within the flute, which can be heard as …