We Who Live Under Heaven
'We Who Live Under Heaven’ - it is a phrase from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Through software transformations, the music freezes and in some cases fossilises some mostly old recordings. The text for the track 'The Clouds Are Not Inaccessible' is fr…
Albus
EXTNDDNTWRK is the enduring solo project of Andrew Fearn, who is more commonly recognised as one half of Sleaford Mods. While akin to his role in his main group with respect to primarily working with electronic sounds, samples and rhythms, EXTNDDNTWR…
horizonte
*300 copies limited edition* Funcionário delights in the freedom of creating freeform music for the first time in his career. On “horizonte”, he loosens the reins, his sound follows a wavy, organic structure rather than a rigid, formal one. If it fee…
Wave Field
Digital album is the 2025 Edition, available on CD. Wave Field, released in 1995, was a departure from the first album into new composition methods involving the dirty textures of rock guitar, sounding in the open ears of many listeners (like Jim O'R…
Mega Mercy
*300 copies limited edition* Manchester’s sferic label return with a debut from ungoogleable Greco-Canadian anomaly Anastasia Patellis, aka Any, featuring additional instrumentation and co-production from Klein/Lolina cohort LA Timpa. It's a set of "…
Earth Mother Spectral Pilot
Bristolian artist, illustrator and toymaker Ed Cheverton debuted as Earth Mother Spectral Pilot with a cosmology-inspired melodic ambient album on SWIMS. We are now treated to a long overdue re-release. Known for his features in publications like It'…
No Wind
Tokyo-based Rhucle, aka Yuta Kudo, has been crafting sublime ambient for more than a decade and in all, there have been over 70 works that blur the line between synthetic sound and the natural world. Using soft synths, delicate piano lines and field …
Destruction
Destruction marks something of a new direction for Reuben Sawyer as he fuses clear, direct vocals with ambient textures. This latest album from the musician and visual artist meditates on destruction and rebirth while reflecting on the tension betwee…
Winds Of Eternity
Following releases on labels like Inner Islands, Home Normal and Muzan Editions, Japanese composer and sound artist Kenji Kihara is back with a new album that expertly channels the tranquil surroundings of his coastal hometown, Hayama, which is nestl…
Nuit Blanche
*100 copies limited edition* In da Woods is the sonic project of Paris and Berlin-based composer and sound designer Antoine Eole, formerly of the electro-rock band Bad Pilot. Known for his work across TV series, documentaries, theater productions, an…
Meidän täytyy valvoa jottemme nukkuisi, sillä maailma on liukas
Tip! Meidän täytyy valvoa jottemme nukkuisi, sillä maailma on liukas is Pietu Arvola’s first album under his own name. The album was created during a year of loss and a remarkably grey time when most of the formerly distinctive seasons coalesced into…
On In Out
Advanced Public Listening Records is the new Japanese label established by Miho Mepo, a veteran of the Berlin music scene as a booking agent, label owner and manager of artists for the past 22 years. After recently coming back to Japan, she decided t…
Southwind From Hachijo
FJLP-05 continues with Forest Jams recent trend of Japanese re-issues from the 90s. This one is E.S. Islands Southwind from Hachijo a deep ambient exploration that is more tribal and spiritual than prior E.S. Island releases. This was recorded on Hac…
Subterranea
Newcastle-based electronic artist Bartholomew delivers Subterranea. An album which delves deep into emotional terrain—fusing generative electronics, orchestral flourishes, and raw sonic textures into a poignant meditation on instability and resilienc…
All Natures Most Mundane Materials
A Colourful Storm proudly presents remastered first-time vinyl and digital editions of Lone Capture Library’s modern-day DIY environmental masterpiece, All Natures Most Mundane Materials. “Environmental”, you say? Well, this certainly wasn’t recorded…
Degrees of Freedom
Future music doesn’t come from nothing. It’s out there in latent space. This new Berlin-based imprint is devoted to the natural world in her oldest and wisest form. Not green spaces, or living things, but underneath it all: potential.
Winterspring/Summerfall
*400 copies limited edition* Perhaps his most luminous work to date, multi-instrumentalist Eelco Topper, also known as Felbm, presents a resounding and timeless suite in winterspring/summerfall. The work is a natural progression of his two latest sol…
An Insane Portrait
Fan Club Orchestra, led by Laurent Baudoux, blends DIY spirit with experimental soundscapes. After a long hiatus, their return features a remastered 2013 album, ‘An Insane Portrait,’ now reissued with bonus material, showcasing tender, melodic electr…
Fabbriche Silenti
“Silent Factories” is a sonic journey through abandoned industrial spaces, blending analogue photography with improvised electronic sounds and field recordings. The project explores the quiet reclamation of nature, inviting deep sensory and perceptua…
Music to Watch Seeds Grow By 005: Stella Z (Fig)
Following the contemplative explorations of previous works in the series and hot on the heels of the beautiful Cosmos from E Ruscha, Stella Z's "Figs" emerges as a delicate meditation on growth, patience, and the hidden life of fruit. Recorded in Lon…