The Loa Of Music + Urban And Tribal Portraits
Special Bundle: Roberto Musci's The Loa Of Music (2LP, silver vinyl) and Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta's Urban And Tribal Portraits (LP, clear vinyl), both from Soave in new limited pressings of 200 copies each.
Outside Italy, Roberto Musci's name circulated for decades among a small number of collectors and almost no one else. That changed in 2016, when Music From Memory issued Tower Of Silence, a double LP gathering three decades of his work: hunting horns, gongs and strings brought back fr…
The Loa Of Music
Italian experimental music is notoriously resistant to definition and location. If ever there was an object to encapsulate the spirit of that movement, it is the composer and musician Roberto Musci’s debut album from 1984 - The Loa Of Music. Recorded after a decade traveling the world - drifting between African, Indian, and the Near & Far East - studying music, making field recordings, and collecting instruments, not only is it a perfect culmination of such an experience, but a lens into the rig…
Today's Special
On Today’s Special, Hanne Lippard and Renato Grieco turn speech into score and accompaniment into acoustic typography. Reduced, exacting compositions for voice, viola da gamba, piano and Wurlitzer shadow the rhythm and contour of language, transforming wordplay, online debris and intimate anecdotes into a dryly comic, strangely moving suite of musical rhetoric.
Hidden Hour
On Hidden Hour, marine eyes preserves eighteen moments of dawn, dusk and chosen solitude in a full hour of luminous ambient drift. Cynthia Bernard’s guitars, lap steel, soft synths and field recordings turn nearby forests, coastlines and mountains into slow-moving emotional maps - music for stepping outside routine and hearing time soften.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XX - Buckinghamshire | Northamptonshire
100 copies limited edition Northamptonshire: The Flitting by The Clare VoyantsBuckinghamshire: Eythrope Farm by The Universal Veil
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 20 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Tapes Vol.XXII: Tyne and Wear | Somerset
100 copies limited edition Surrey:
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 22 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XVII - Bristol | Hertfordshire
100 copies limited edition Bristol: Giants (Goram & Vincent) & Door of the Hatchet Inn by Jake BlanchardHertfordshire: The Handiwork of Sir Guy de Gravade of Tring Station by Geology Disco
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 17 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Tape Series Vol.XXI - Isle of Wight | Worcestershire
100 copies limited edition Isle of Wight: The Long Stone of Mottisone by AHRKHWorcestershire: The Legend of Raggedstone Hill by Bell Lungs
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 21 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Thylacine
Drawing from Tasmania’s rugged landscapes and the spectral absence of its lost fauna, Clinton Green composes a series of site-specific sound works that fuse kinetic turntable setups with ambient field recordings. The album is an evocative journey through environmental improvisation, blending mechanical invention, wildlife acoustics, and subtle instrumental textures into a narrative of listening and ecological reverence.
Mirante
Mirante, the ninth album by Nick Storring, is an impressionistic, multi-instrumental homage to Brazil. Across seven movement-rich tracks, Storring weaves liquid ambient textures, intricate rhythms, and a panoply of both Brazilian and experimental influences, forging an album that balances celebratory groove and lush introspection.
Riparian
Composer and violist Eyvind Kang announces the release of Riparian, his first album of solo viola d’amore performances via Kou Records. Kang is a long time collaborator of Jessika Kenney, Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson, Bennie Maupin, Stuart Dempster and many other luminaries, as well as a substantial contributor to recordings by SUNN O))) (Monoliths and Dimensions) and Blonde Redhead (Misery is a Butterfly). He is a disciple of spiritual jazz violinist Michael White and a lifelong student of rag…
Luurankolauluja
Luurankolauluja is Uusi Aika’s deep dive into spiritual fusion, where Nordic folk, modal jazz, and raga-like improvisations meet. Rooted in forest myth and cosmic calm, the album’s six compositions form a slow-burning suite of luminous, contemplative beauty.
The Dictionary of Lost Meanings
Praed Orchestra!'s The Dictionary of Lost Meanings weaves seven pieces of composed music and expansive improvisations, blending Egyptian Shaabi, jazz, and tribal elements. Led by Raed Yassin and Paed Conca, the full ensemble explores intricate textures and rhythms, offering a contemporary journey through tradition and experimental soundscapes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XIV - Surrey | Greater Manchester
100 copies limited edition Surrey: St Anne's Hill by The Bohman BrothersGreater Manchester: Homley by Jennifer Reid
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 14 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XV - Leicester | Northumberland
100 copies limited edition Leicester: Black Annis by Steve WattsNorthumberland: Duddo Five Stone by Grey Malkin
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 15 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XIII - Oxfordshire | Derbyshire
*100 copies limited edition* Oxfordshire: The Black Horse Tails by The Grey Funz Derbyshire: The Drowned Village of Derwent Valley by Mark Vernon
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case - 6x panel reseach note sleeve - Unique OS map cut-out piece - D/L code
Volume 13 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.VII - Durham | Staffordshire
*100 copies limited edition* Durham by Rob St John. Staffordshire by Powders
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 8x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 7 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XII - West Midlands | Warwickshire
*100 copies limited edition* West Midlands: The Paranormal Origins of Black Sabbath by dbh and the Dark PoolWarwickshire: Meon Hill by PPYO (The Primitive Youth Percussion Orchestra)
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 12 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.IX - Merseyside | Herefordshire
*100 copies limited edition* Merseyside by Benjamin D Duvall. Herefordshire by Sam McLoughlin
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code
Volume 9 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.
Ceremonial County Series Vol.XI - Shropshire | Nottinghamshire
*100 copies limited edition* Shropshire: Bridget Hayden - The Legend of Llynclys Pool Nottinghmashire: Daniel Weaver - Ghosts of the Meadows, Sneinton and Forest Fields
- C-30 printed cassette housed in library case - 6x panel reseach note sleeve - Unique OS map cut-out piece - D/L code
Volume 11 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.