New Arrivals
Aeonflower
An exploration of warped, dream-like atmosphere and taught, noise-ingrained electronics, Paper Dollhouse has evolved from the solo work of Astrud Steehouder into an expansive, cinematic project now involving multi-media artist Nina Bosnic. Recorded with a stronger focus on electronic processes and with a deeper, light-starved aesthetic, Aeonflower’s emboldened use of crushed-noise dynamics takes the London-based group’s debut “A Box Painted Black” (2011, Bird/Finders Keepers) frame into …
All Tense Now Lax
CD edition. Hermetically sealed and reveling in tumult, All Tense Now Lax is the most significant and developed work yet forged by Liberez. Based in main orchestrator John Hannon's remote studio No Recordings in Rayleigh, England, Liberez have expanded their palette from previous outings on Alter to produce a perfectly engineered machine that consumes the beholder. A tense, gut-wrenching listen wrought with carefully considered space, the range of techniques and the depth of atmospher…
Transfiguration
2015 repress. In 1966, she replaced pianist McCoy Tyner in her husband John Coltrane's group. Coltrane's work became a spiritual wellspring for her, but she surely developed her own style on piano, organ, harp, and later, Indian instruments such as the tamboura. After Coltrane's death in 1967, Alice began recording under her own name for Impulse!, leading groups that included at various times saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Joe Henderson, Frank Lowe, and Carlos Ward, double bass play…
For Letha
Four tracks of instrumental acoustic guitar from the master songwriter. Starting out in London as a devotee of various blues and old time country musicians (Skip James, Dock Boggs, Robert Wilkins, etc) Dan Melchior soon found that slavish impersonation wasn’t the right route for him. After a period of mainly re interpreting traditional material, Melchior found a way to express his own concerns and ideas lyrically, and set about melding them to a backdrop of over driven, buzzsaw rock, with variou…
Yamedan
"Self produced album from Niger Tuareg rock outfit TisDass. Looping electric guitar and thumping two chord rhythms. Led by singer songwriter Kildjate Moussa Albadé, former bassist for Group Bombino, his solo project draws on his vast repertoire of influences, inspired from his years on the road. Covers and some original compositions, paying homage to desert origins of assouf music, while ushering in a new global sound."
The House by the Cemetery
The score uses a basic ensemble of piano, drums, synthesiser, electric bass and guitar, a line-up similar to the one established by Fabio Frizzi in his scores for Fulci. The signature sound of The House by the Cemetery is a heavily flanged electric guitar, which seems to twist and curdle in the air like decaying filaments of some malevolent odour seeping from the cellar of “that Freudstein house… that Freudstein house”. “Quella Villa”, which underscores the film’s opening scenes, is a Morricone-…
Assault On Precinct 13
Death Waltz Recording Company are very proud to be releasing one of the most seminal electronic scores in film history. Recorded in just one day, this minimal electro masterpiece by Director/Composer John Carpenter has been sampled by Afrika Bammbaataa , Tricky and covered countless times. This newly remastered version has been approved by director John Carpenter himself who has also supplied brand new and exclusive sleevenotes.
No Time Left To Start Again, The B and D of R'n'R
Allen Ruppersberg’s project subjectively explores the documentary history of Post-War American popular music and music graphics. With album covers designed by the artist, each record features tracks culled from 78 and 45 rpm records found in flea markets, antique malls, and junk shops.
Vol. 1 (dedicated to Little Richard) centers on R&B.
Vol. 2 focuses on country and folk songs…in other words, the combination of the ‘Blues’ and the ‘High Lonesome Sound’ that created Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Vol. 3 featur…
ASPHALT
Improvised concert as live soundtrack for the German silent film Asphalt (1929), shown in Cinemateket, Copenhagen, February 2014, presented by Goethe-Institut and Wundergrund. Released on The Being Music and arbitrary. Performed, edited and produced by Jomi Massage (voice, keyboard, chimes, kalimba, effects), Maria Laurette Friis (Korg MS-10, upright piano, human whistle, effects) and Mads Emil Nielsen (synthesizer, effects, cymbal/percussion).
Sub Umbra
YokoKono is part of a wider creative process of Cristiana Palandri, artist that creates a double identity from visual arts and music bonding together. After playing electric guitar in various progressive rock and experimental bands, from 2011 she started djing and producing her electro acustic music. Her music influences are coming from psychedelic music such as Acid Mothers Temple, CAN and from Steve Reich’s minimalism : YokoKono stands for a polyhedral and multi-shaped electronica, that space…
News from the junk yard
Norwegian drummer and percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love is one of the most prolific and hard-working musicians in the field of free-jazz, improvised and experimental music of the last 20 years. With his numerous collaborations, projects and band constellations he spends most of the year on the road, and the few days at home running his PNL Records label and organizing two music festivals. His discography is immense and displays an artist intent on documenting his activities, allowing listeners to …
Asbestos and Little Rain
Infinitely inventive (and busy) drummer Chris Corsano has paired up his furious kit-exploring with Pak Yan Lau, who uses electronics and the like, but also toy pianos and a ‘typatune’ to squeeze a fresh sound into improvisations. Lots of lovely fiddly small-sound interplay going on here, and thus lots to enjoy. Asbestos & A Little Rain is out on Les Albums Claus.
Chris Corsano plays the drumsPak Yan Lau plays toy piano's, typatune, pendules and electronics. recorded, mixed and mastered by Etien…
Calle Ciega / Asesino
Bear Bones, Lay Low is the power drone project of Brussels-based Venezuelan Ernesto Gonzalez. He builds an energetic wall of sound with guitar fuzz, vocals, tapes and a bunch of effects creating industrial electronic tracks that, unusually for the genre, tend towards brightness rather than darkness. Despite of his live performances being scarce, he already got honours from the likes of Spencer Yeh, among others. A young and dynamic talent from da hood. 7” single Calle Ciega / Asesino is out on L…
Wounded Boys
Bellows' Nicola Ratti investigates micro-rhythmic, electro-acoustic dub on solo terms with 'Wounded Boys' arriving in Where To Now?'s endless stream of ace new issues. Proceeding his pair of 12"s for Italy's Holidays Records in 2014, Ratti coalesces a more intimate, viscous sound on this outing, maybe best compared with the earliest Pole releases or Jan Jelinek abstractions. 'Elbow' nudges fidgety sparks and bass rubs in vast empty space; 'Wrist' flicks droplets and glassy tronics with wet sprin…
Is it raining while you listen
New album by Cork based composer Karen Power, featuring compositions & field-recording based work alongside short notes by Mary Nunan, Chris Watson and David Toop. Presented as a full colour tri-fold A5 size booklet printed on uncoated paper stock, each hand numbered. This CD is presented as a special fold-out booklet, printed on uncoated board and paper. The edition is limited to just 500 copies with each one hand numbered. The tri-fold booklet contains short sleeve notes by invited contri…
The Wounds of Returning - Soundworks II 1974-1983
Farpoint Recordings is delighted to announce the release of The Wounds Of Returning, Sound Works II 1974-1983 by Boston based sound artist Jed Speare. This new CD features audio works from the aforementioned period, representing the long anticipated complement to the CD release by Family Vineyard, Soundworks 1982-1987. It contains track-by-track sleeve notes by the artist, full colour images from his video works, and a special text by poet and artist George Quasha, Sayings Made Possible by …
Pcahuilcsaigmon
pcahuilcsaigmon is the new cassette release from innovative US based sound and visual artist Steve Roden and the second instalment in our new series of cassette tape editions. Farpoint Recordings are pleased to present this latest audio work from Steve Roden containing two new long tracks presented on compact audio cassette. Featuring a vibrant blue cassette shell, each wrapped with full colour fold-out artwork with a front image by Steve Roden all housed in a clear plastic box. On the i…
Dowsing
Edition of 250 copies. Dowsing, the new vinyl long player from electronic musician and sound artist Stephen Vitiello. 33rpm black vinyl LP, cover printed on heavy uncoated paper stock, hand numbered, mastered by Taylor Dupree. Bundled with free digital download. Dowsing is a new vinyl long player from electronic musician and sound artist Stephen Vitiello. It contains 4 tracks and features short sleeve notes and cover photography by Stephen Vitiello. LP designed by Doreen Kennedy. Vitiello…
Hare Rama Hare Krishna
** pre-order, delayed to Jan 20th ** Now we drift deep into the world of Bollywood. “Hare Rama, hare Krishna” is an Indian movie from 1971 which features an odd story about family problems, the flight of a young girl into the hippie lifestyle far from home and the quest of her brother to bring her back home. The musical framework of this movie has been created by Rahul Dev Burman (1939 – 1994), one of the most prolific soundtrack score composers from India. And the music alone plays a movie in y…
Unreleased Tapes 1981-1984
Experimentation in early electronic music in the Sahara from the singular Mamman Sani. Dreamy organs and droning melodies reinterpret ancient folk tradition into sublime fantastical soundscape. Never before released recordings from the very beginning - unreleased tracks from his first album, recordings of a short lived trio, and a cover of an American folk ballad.
Mammane Sani Abdullaye is a legendary name in Niger's avant garde. A pioneer of early West African electronic music, for over 30 yea…