Past Present Future
Second album of minimal musique concrète from this Ohio duo. Robert Turman is a sound artist from the United States who is most recognized for his pioneering and experimental work in the fields of contemporary minimalism and ambient music. John Wiese is a sound artist and composer who is well-known for his singular and forward-thinking approach to sound as well as his ability to produce intricate, layered works that blur all boundaries. Both experimental and post-improvisational approaches are u…
Violent Semi-Abstract
Debut duo recording of LAFMS-founder and Airway maestro Joe Potts and John Wiese. Recorded during the Joe & Joe/John Wiese mid-west tour of 2018. Melting/sweating tape music/chopped optigan.
Metaphysical Swatting
After emerging from a red shag-carpeted basement in Baltimore in 2012, Comfort Link produced a series of skewed concrete muzak albums knitted together with wobbly tape loops of found and recycled sounds, gradually shifting toward a darker post-industrial sound collage style on more recent releases. On Metaphysical Swatting, battered reel-to-reel tape machines and portable cassette recorders scramble up the primary sound sources of voice and organ - ancient reels of tape with loose oxide are over…
The Movers Brought Rainbows
Long-running Jersey outfit Human Adult Band come to us after dropping a sickening array of no-fi noise rock and damaged art punk tapes and records upon the public. And yet, The Movers Brought Rainbows is probably their most abstract and alien work to date. While the guitar/bass/drums/voice formation is still the genesis of these recordings, at its core feedback and reverb are the star players here. Source sessions recorded at various locations are unapologetically run through the ringer, subject…
Sintered
Tim Olive lives in and operates out of Kobe, Japan, where he has built an impressive discography of solo and collaborative recordings using magnetic pickups as a primary instrument. Sintered was created with several of these magnetic pickups, along with metal objects, radios, and spring reverb. Working with such temperamental technology, it’s clear that Olive’s intuition and timing are assets put to good use here, sharpened from decades of collaboration and improvisation, from his early work as …
Voces de la Flauta
Tip! * Original 1984 cassette * Marielena Arizpe, a talented female flutist, released "Voces de la Flauta" in 1984 on the Centro Independiente de Investigaciones Musicales y Multimedia (CIIMM) label. She has been actively involved in the classical group Cuarteto da Capo and her solo work explores the depths of Mexican contemporary music. This album showcases music from composers who have made notable impacts on the Mexican music scene. The first side is entirely dedicated to compositions by Mari…
Som Desorganizado 2021
Limited edition of 100 copies Som Desorganizado is an anual meeting on sound that takes place at Sonoscopia, in Porto, Portugal. In each edition there are several talks, concerts, sound installations and an artist doing real time illustrations of of conceptual contents of this event. Each edition is also celebrated with a special physical release, that tries to resume many of the issues debated in the meetings. For 2021, 100 classical records were silk printed in order to create loops, rhythms a…
Panarea
2024 stock, rare private press LP. Plaintive and imbued with the Mediterranean-inspired air, wide-ranging, and undeniably erratic. Ramuntcho Matta could employ African tribal rhythms, discordant progressive jazz, pretty folky melodies, throat-stretching vocals, spoken poetry, channeling the sounds of improv jazz and numerous traditions across the globe, its experimental approaches stitch an emotive world that brims with tension and life
Paradoxa Paradoxa + Material Action for 2 Microphones
Tip! * 25 copies, exclusive Soundohm blue shell cassette / white shell cassette * "Paradoxa Paradoxa": first ever live performance of Merzbow, recorded live at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, 22 March 1981. First time ever re-issue on cassette since 1988. An incredible visceral performance, remastered by Masami Akita himself. An incredible chance of owning this very sought-after material. + "Material Action for 2 Microphones", originally released as a cassette on Lowest Music & Arts, Japan in 1981, …
The Compromise Is Not Possible
2008 release. The Compromise Is Not Possible was composed at the end of the 2004 by Slobodan Kajkut. It was commissioned by Hoerfest, a festival of contemporary and experimental music. Composed with the concept of combining contemporary techniques with heavy metal elements, the piece brings crushing guitar/drums parts with various screamings of voice, combined with silent high and low organ drones.
Mirror Ensemble
“I guess this is my indie rock record,” jokes Chicago electronic musician and composer Brett Naucke - he’s referring to his new LP Mirror Ensemble, created in conjunction with Windy City mainstays Natalie Chami (TALsounds) and Whitney Johnson (Matchess). The album is still leagues outside the confines of “indie rock,” and yet - with its embrace of other collaborators and robust instrumentation - it’s a major departure from his earlier, fully synth-based output, even if modular synthesizers still…
Space Denial
Wasteland Jazz Unit is Jon Lorenz and John Rich on saxophone and clarinet. The first full length of this apocalyptic Cincinnati duo is simply akin to the sonic equivalent of pouring molten silver (at 700°C) inside an ear. Space Denial is a powerful destruction trip pushing all the limits of reed electronic manipulations to areas and heights only explored by the mighty Borbetomagus.
Screaming Zenith
Cacophony plus catastrophe divided by calliope minus colostomy=crepe-noizette! Sound sound off like a delicious blend of fresh When and finely ground Aphex Twin mixed with just a dash of Pascal Comelade drool.13 tracks of dark dementia sewn together as a quilt of mini symphonic diversions, embroidered with bits and bytes and twisted sub rhythms and the occasional driving breakbeat. Whimsical and dada-esque with solid musical foundations, this record can also stand as rightful heir to the likes o…
II
Once again, five years took Kajkyt to accomplish his new work. Unlike his previous work KRST, which was single 75-minutes piece, II shows Kajkyt's interest in more structured forms, almost "pop songs". Still focused primary on his voice, Kajkyt continue to deliever heavy beats and bass lines, accompained with large spectrum of droning and ambiesque sounds. In some way, a book of extremes: hard industrial clashes and beautiful nature of silence, which was always his trademark...
Zwei Eineperson (Pt. 2) / Mujeres De La Boca
Meeting of melted minds on this split LP featuring Sheffield based long time local buddies Hunter Gracchus and Germany based performance and musical duo of Kommissar Hjuler Und Frau (aka Mama Baer). The Hunter Gracchus have released an ever growing catalogue of super well received releases for the likes of Chironex, Golden Lab, Recollections of Knulp and Chocolate Monk. They also collaborated with Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides and Chora as Le Drapeau Noir, as well as performing solo and in…
Dorwytch
British experimental musician Alexander Tucker releases his Thrill Jockey debut Dorwytch in April 2011. This record breaks new ground for Tucker by combining minimalist string arrangements with electronic manipulations and drones to produce doom chamber-pop songs and psychedelic music-concrete collages. Tucker’s sound has developed over the years since his first self-titled solo album, which featured acoustic finger-picking, experimental electronics and was released on Jackie O Motherfucker’s U-…
Indications Of Nigredo
Sick 12" vinyl by IRM. What starts out as a subtly haunting maniac turns into a heavy-breathing, unpredictably violent maniac, all while exploring wonderfully original instrumental facets to underscore the voice/electronics. On the theme of alchemy and the topics of shame vs. bodily self infliction, IRM makes way for a new start after the inspired “Virgin Mind” double-disc set from 2005. These are new recordings with the new member Mikael Oretoft joining on bass. Two long tracks - the first bein…
Appleton Syntonic Menagerie
Tip! *2024 stock* Jon Appleton, born in Hollywood (1939) but mainly active in New York, was one of the pioneers of electronic music. His work on Syntonic Menagerie (Flying Dutchman, 1969), and Human Music (Flying Dutchman, 1970), with Don Cherry, introduced electronic instruments to a wider audience.
In Between The Notes: A Portrait Of Pandit Pran Nath Master India Musician
Very rare first publication of VHS cassette of 1986 documentary on Pandit Pran Nath, featuring Terry Riley, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela.
Xylowave 2010 / Amplifaction II
The Haters are a noise and conceptual art troupe from the US, headed by GX Jupitter-Larsen. Founded in 1979, they are one of the earliest and best-known acts in the modern noise scene. Hal Hutchinson (Pollutive Static) has previously released several of his scrap metal sound recordings on labels such as Freak Animal Records, Unrest Productions, and in the last couple of years, he has moved to incorporate analogue synthesizers, field recordings and other elements into his work. Here, Hal presents…