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.
Horses in the Sky
The 2005 album of the Montreal ensemble, back for its 21st anniversary: six songs of protest and love for strings, guitars, piano and group voices, recorded at Hotel2Tango with Howard Bilerman.
I I
Nine new pieces with Latin titles by the Swiss accordionist and composer, his first album since the Invada diptych Introspectio and Repertio. Recorded and mixed by Nicola Jannuzzo at Veruston Studios.
A Landform Embodies a Mythical Creature
Sixteen audio scenes answering the long-exposure photographs of Brice Bischoff: cassette recordings of canyons, caves and ravines, reshaped in the studio with film-style spatial effects. Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.
Written in the Universe
Flutist Nicole Mitchell and percussionist Joe Westerlund, a former mentee of Milford Graves, improvise in a rural studio near Chapel Hill: looped flutes, mbiras, metallophones and live electronics, with no overdubs.
Tejiendo Nubes Contra la Muerte
Chilean poet Cecilia Vicuña reads from Cloud Net over spontaneous music by pianist Ricardo Gallo and the Colombian trio Hombre de Barro, recorded in 2022 near Bogotá. A plea for water, life and ancestral knowledge.
Evergreen
First duo album by trombonist Kalia Vandever and DARKSIDE guitarist Dave Harrington, recorded in three rainy days in Los Angeles: brass and guitar between drum machines, samples and quieter, intimate pieces.
Softenings for 7 Flutes
Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard's Softenings for 7 Flutes, four movements named after the Greek winds, written for and played by the Icelandic flute septet viibra. World premiere recording, limited LP of 200 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…