Upcoming releases
Au Nom Deus Asos
Elizabeth Vogler sings in Occitan and other South-West dialects to harmonium alone in the church of Lescun, in the Pyrénées: six songs between ancient folk and experimental music, first time on vinyl, 100 copies.
EARsalon
Works by Henning Christiansen for recorder, tenor flute, piano, tuba and bassoon, played by Michala Petri, Christoffer Møller and Jakob Munk at Klanghallen 44MØEN in 2023. Edition of 100 CDs.
On the Impossibility of Change
Live quartet of Keiji Haino, Otomo Yoshihide, Chris Pitsiokos and Tatsuya Nakamura, recorded at Goodman in Tokyo on September 1, 2024.
Op.170 Symphony Natura
The definitive vinyl edition of Henning Christiansen's 1985 sound installation at the Rome Zoo, made with Lorenzo Mammi from recordings of the animals, remastered by Rashad Becker, with a 20-page booklet.
The Devil Made Me Do It: Strange Lust, Witchcraft, Black Magic
The third SSC/GrimRoar book on Satanism and witchcraft in vintage under-the-counter sleaze culture, after Debauched and Satan's Library: rare adult paperbacks, occult 8 mm films, posters and records.
Number Two - No Idea of North
Deluxe 88 pages offset printed CMYK, sewn-glued binding, and folded flaps cover Following the first issue, Nothing Personal, which sold out in a matter of weeks, Lasse Marhaug returns with the second installment of 8090 VÅG, his annual, highly personal magazine devoted to sound and the people who make it. Subtitled No Idea of North, the new issue gathers long, in-depth interviews with Knurl, Matmos, Anja Lauvdal, Kjell Bjørgeengen and Runhild Gammelsæter, conducted in the informal, unhurried to…
Emergency (Selected From The Original Session Takes)
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos' 1976 direct-to-disc jazz-funk session for Toshiba, rebuilt from the best moments of the original takes.
Dynamic Latin Exotic Sound
Akira Ishikawa's 1972 Latin set with Count Buffalo Latin Beats, arranged by Naoya Matsuoka: Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian and Puerto Rican standards pushed through fuzz guitar, Hammond organ and heavy drums.
Vinyl Digest #4: Folk, Rock & Psychedelia in South & Southeast Asia
A collector's field guide to 300 LPs and 45s of folk, rock and psychedelia from South and Southeast Asia, chosen and annotated by Chris Menist and Maft Sai of Paradise Bangkok.
Vinyl Digest #3: Gospel Soul
A collector's field guide to 400 gospel soul records from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, from choirs and vocal harmony to funk and disco, chosen and annotated by Greg Belson of The Divine Chord Gospel Show.
Vinyl Digest #2: African Funk, Soul & Disco
A collector's field guide to 400 African funk, soul and disco records, from 1970s funk and Afrobeat to disco and the diaspora, chosen and annotated by Uchenna Ikonne and Manu Boubli, with a cover by Lemi Ghariokwu.
Magnetoception
2CD version. A new edition of Joshua Abrams’ 2015 2xLP magnum opus Magnetoception is at last here. Out-of-print on vinyl for a decade+, Magnetoception is the 3rd album, & 1st double album, in the saga of Natural Information Society. In a Berwyn, Illinois attic, February 2013, Abrams, guitarists Emmett Kelly & Jeff Parker, & grand master drummer Hamid Drake gathered around vintage Neumanns & a woodstove to record the nucleus of Magnetoception live to 2-track. Beamed-in over the next year at Abram…
Occam Ocean 1-4
The first four volumes of Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean on five CDs: solos, chamber pieces and orchestra, all shaped through oral transmission around images of water. Bundle of four Shiiin releases.
Occam Ocean Vol. 2
Second instalment of Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean, a long suite for the 30-piece ONCEIM orchestra conducted by Frédéric Blondy: accordion, guitars, clarinets, saxophones, strings and brass merged into one slowly breathing tone.
Occam Ocean Vol. 1
First instalment of Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean on two CDs: five solo, duo and trio pieces for harp, viola, birbyné and bass clarinet with Rhodri Davies, Julia Eckhardt and Carol Robinson. With a 40-page booklet.
Electronic Music 1955-1984
Anthology of the German-born dancer and choreographer's electronic music for dance, made in his three North London studios: tape loops, kettle-lid percussion, radio interference and generator pulses, in Sub Rosa's Early Electronic series.
Geophonics
Cello feedback through a bass amplifier set against a grand piano, whose strings answer in dense overtones: three long pieces recorded in a former convent in Belgium, between drone and spectral music.
Folkways Records: A Visual History
Large-format hardback from Soul Jazz on the sleeves of Folkways Records, most by designer Ronald Clyne: hundreds of covers for Woody Guthrie, John Cage, Lead Belly, Allen Ginsberg and many more.
I Figli Chiedono Perché
Morricone's 1972 score for Nino Zanchin's film, from the original mono masters: a love theme sung by Edda Dell'Orso and psychedelic harp pieces with echo, back on CD after twenty years.
Music For Solo Percussion And Electronics
First reissue of the Norwegian percussionist's debut, recorded in 1981 at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter: vibraphone, marimba, bells and synths over environmental recordings, between Midori Takada and Fourth World.