Music from Germany

The backstory: 5 September, 2012 was the day John Cage would have turneed 100. Centenary celebrations for a prominent artist would seem rather conventional. Inappropriate for an extremely unconventional artist. But seemingly inappropriate things can …

*300 copies limited edition* Further excursions into the land of library inspired music. Side 1 is themed with chill grooves topped with Ethiopia and Middle Eastern sounds while Side 2 presents lush organic instrumentals styled after soulful late nig…

Twenty seven years ago, Jan Jelinek’s debut album Personal Rock was released by Source Records. Under the pseudonym Gramm, it brings together eight tracks that have not been available on vinyl since their original release. Faitiche is very glad to an…

*2026 much needed repress!* The only full-length from the West Germany trio known as Liaisons Dangereuses, this self-titled record (originally released via TIS records in 1981) is somewhat of a Holy Grail for fans of EBM and minimal synth.  Thankfull…

Ich bin meine maschine is a spiritual track / ich bin meine maschine is a musical track / ich bin meine maschine is a scientific track To underline this tryptic statement and to demonstrate the diversity  of one of atom™'s compositions that appeared …

Special discounted Bundle. Audiophile edition. Pure analogue mastering & cutting from the original master tapes. Representing three of the most essential and sought-after works within the canon of 20th Century avant-garde composition, this bundle bri…

Composed between 1968 and 1970 and originally issued by Deutsche Grammophon in 1972, there are arguably few works within the canon of 20th Century experimental music as beloved and sought after as the Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel’s Acustica. Cre…

*2026 repress* In February 2026, Jan Jelinek's seminal album "Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records" turns 25. An anniversary repress with two bonus tracks (B-sides from the "Tendency" EP, 2000). What the press said about "Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records": “Don’t be m…

On Die Dritte Ebene, Emilio Gordoa and Sven‑Åke Johansson let vibraphone, drums and accordion run in seemingly parallel lines until a mysterious “third layer” appears - a ghost‑music of overtones, pulse and texture that neither player could summon al…

Newly remastered vinyl edition of this seminal 1972 release. In the history of experimental music, few artistic decisions have proven as radical or as successful as Florian Fricke's complete abandonment of electronic instrumentation on Popol Vuh's th…

Compiles material recorded between 2016-2018 in Berlin-Wedding. Real time dubbed on recycled sermon cassettes. Housed in 8 page A4 booklet. For Aleister.

Very beautiful electronic pieces from the late 1950's by the founder of the WDR electronic music studio and mentor to Karlheinz Stockhausen, released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 70's. Essential early e…

1963 introduction to electronic music with samples realized from 1952 at the WDR electronic music studio by its founder and mentor to Karlheinz Stockhausen, released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series. With insert.

Powerful choral peace mass by choir conductor relased on DGG in 1977.

Great 1971 avant-garde/jazz/electronic extravaganza featuring Gunter Hampel, Stomu Yamash'ta, Willem Breuker and others, released on DGG in 1972. With insert.

Contemporary brass music by five composers performed by The Brass Ring, released by Crystal Records in 1986.

1972 LP on EMI Eelectrola with two great pieces for trumpet and electronics performed by Edward H. Tarr.

Four 1970's sparse compositions for orchestra, ensembles and piano released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in 1973. With insert (with notes by Peter Michael Hamel).

Two quite astonishing 1970's composition respectively for string quartet and 2 guitars, performed with extremely extended techniques, released by Col Legno in 1986 in a numbered and signed limited edition.

Three superb composition spanning from 1967 to 1976, respectively for clarinet and orchestra, 12 voices and 4 percussionists, grand orchestra, featuring Michael Ranta and Sigfried Fink among the performers, released on Wergo in 1985.