The Black Record
Necessary reissue of a truly seminal, minimalist totem
Motore Immobile
To quote Pitchfork, this is 'one of the most sumptuous, spiritual ambient albums of any era or provenance.
Om Shanti Shanti Om
**Never-before released document of Don Cherry blowing cool fire in Rome, 1976. First official release. Mastered from the original master tapes.** An amazing document of the life experiment that was the Organic Music Society. This super quality audio, recorded by RAI (the italian public broadcasting company) in 1976 for television, documents a quartet concert focused on vocals compositions and improvisations. Here, Don Cherry and his family-community’s musical belief emerges in its simplicity, w…
Live at XIV Congresso Post Industriale
**2020 stock, 300 copies** "On April 14, 2018 Old Europa Cafe and Scenasonica organised the historical OEC label festival in Pordenone, Italy.The venue took place in a medieval deconsecrated Monks church, without doubts the perfect environment for a Phurpa ritual. The live recordings of such ritual was done with high professional skills. Enjoy the full spirit of the ritual music of Bon, the oldest Buddhist tradition from Tibet. Album co-released with Scenasonica."
Chöd Ritual / Grotta Santarcangelo
**2020 stock, 300 copies** On July 7, 2017, Phurpa performed a Chöd / Chod live ritual in Santarcangelo, Italy. The ritual was held inside a cave (grotta in Italian). Chöd / Chod is an ancient practice of cutting through tensions, fears, and obstacles in our life. In Chöd / Chod, we visualize making an offering of our body, which is transformed into whatever is wanted by all beings in all realms. In this vast offering we create and cultivate a flow with everything around us and are in contact wi…
Robot Brujo
In the wild and tangled web of sound that makes up contemporary experimental music, it can be hard to see up from down. Beyond all their obvious tasks, record labels double as a crucial lens. Ears to the ground, they build context and understanding for the disparate elements of this sonic world. Among the most notable of these, looking beyond the well trodden path, is Hands In The Dark.Over the last decade, they’ve become an unmissable force, bringing visionary and unexpected projects into focus…