True than Nature
True than Nature encourages active listening. There is sound that exists seemingly for its own sake – a continuing drone that slowly evolves, sound of nature – and there are sounds that refer to a momentary action, and sudden intrusions of sound. BJ …
A Book of Waves
"After playing together for years, our tide was turning. What began as a happy rhythm of show dates in Berlin, from cozy trios in Klaus’ home studio to ten-piece ensembles at Ausland, was now ebbing away thanks to Andy’s move to the US. Whenever an a…
Archival Recordings: Primal Image / Beauty
Time is a mysterious companion in Alan Lamb’s Primal Image/Beauty. Recorded on abandoned telephone wires in Western Australia, these works explore harmony and materiality, blending dynamic sonic environments with deep listening. Lamb’s music invites …
Unusual Suggestions
Tip! *150 copies limited edition* L'eau des fleurs is happy to release this impressive homemade Gesamtskuntwerk by Finnish artist Jani Hirvonen. For these "Unusual suggestions", Jani, who did also this marvelous artwork, played himself all the instr…
D'Un Seul Trait De Pinceau
* Edition of 150 * "Miha invites you to explore her world once again, this time in the form of a disheveled monad. It wouldn't be so bad to read the hollows, listen to the foam, learn to savor the bubbles. Or to choose the attentive abandon of listen…
To Septiske Membraner
To Septiske Membraner by Cría Cuervos is a fluid mesh of musique concrète, water textures, and field recordings. Bubbling noise fluxes through submerged sonic layers, creating an immersive, decaying environment of shifting acoustic debris.
Limbo
Recorded at Harmful Sound Studio, outside & at home 2020-2023.Field recordings, Roland D50, found & stolen sounds for tape, sampler and Dictaphone.For Riitta-Liisa Danielsbacka.
Water
Coherent States is excited to announce the release of "Water", a new cassette by the media artist Anna Schimkat. Drawing upon her background in sculpture and music, Schimkat's practice investigates the intersection of sound and spatial perception thr…
Circuits
A moment of first encounters, Circuits is the sound of four musicians (Savvas Metaxas, Evi Nakou, Giannis Arapis, Dimitris Tigkas)navigating an unfamiliar terrain in real-time, their individual languages dissolving into a shared improvisational space…
Los Bosquesinos (People of the Forests)
Collaborative field recordings with the Wampís in the Amazon led to four improvised performances of ancient animal songs, highlighting nature-culture unity and the urgent need to protect Indigenous territories from mining and deforestation.
Sen’nyū
**180g vinyl, 12″ sleeve with capped obi, 12pp booklet, gold-foil letterpress, offset printed, full colour on premium matt paper** In the final month of 2024, Meitei arrived in Beppu, a city long steeped in vapor, myth, and mineral memory. Invited to…
Eikon
Two years following his work 'Monumento Fiume', Giovanni Lami returns to Kohlhaas with a new release, once again investigating the intricate relationships between memory, the sonic medium, and decay. 'Eikon' originates from a series of acoustic cello…
Planetarium
An aural exploration of the solar system by Sonologyst, using data from NASA's probes.
The Tree Of The Left Hand
* Edition of 250. LP housed in hand screen printed front and reverse sleeve * Arianne Churchman and Benedict Drew present The Tree Of The Left Hand on Folklore Tapes, a mystical journey through folk magic and theory fiction exploring tree folklore. T…
Cyclical Tombeau
Zach Rowden presents Cyclical Tombeau on Second Sleep, a haunting exploration of repetitive structures and drone that transforms the double bass into an otherworldly sound-making device. Through prepared techniques and extended bowing, Rowden creates…
Ocarina Solo
Stefano Portello is an artist who works with music and ceramics. For years, Stefano has been shaping ceramics to give shape to small ocarinas that he builds and plays himself. Each ocarina is born as a unique piece, becoming a perfectly functioning m…
Split
*50 copies limited edition* H.Flora is a moniker of Leipzig-based Felix Birke with an interest in modular synthesis, field works, biophonics & electro - acoustic exploration of musical and non-musical content from below and beyond the big global "Ger…
Hrafnamynd
Balmat 17 marks both a return and a new frontier. It is the second album on the label from Patricia Wolf, whose 2022 album See-Through is one of the most beloved in Balmat's catalog; it also marks the first time that Wolf has turned her hand to a fil…
Tom’s House
In “Tom’s House”, a new audio-drama from artist and writer Jacob Dwyer, we listen to the meanderings of someone who’s returned home for the first time in 15 years. Walking up Haddon Drive he spots the house of an old friend, Tom. The front door is op…
