Millesuoni
In Millesuoni, Deleuze Guattari e la musica elettronica (2008), Emanuele Quinz distills some of the key ideas on the nature of sound formulated by Deleuze and Guattari over the course of their work. Central among them is the dynamic of territorialization and deterritorialization—a strategy of appropriation and subsequent release, activated in the alternation between refrain and music.
A child humming alone to ward off the fear of the dark is engaging in a process of territorialization, marking a…
Automation Studies Volume 1
This triple disc release documents Stefan Goldmann's earliest electroacoustic works. These clear-cut algorithmic compositions, mostly created between 1999 and 2001, were built entirely with the TC Fireworx processor's internal synthesizer and effects. Generated and recorded anew for this release with the original programs, a central component of Stefan Goldmann's sound aesthetic is revisited and becomes available in pure form for the first time. His proprietary Fireworx algorithms feature pr…
Confusional Quartet (10")
Original copy of the weird and brilliant 1981 10"EP on Italian Records by the most original band of the early Italian experimental new wave.
Crollo Nervoso (LP)
First edition on white vinyl released in 1980 by Italian Records of one of the most outstanding and amazing albums from the early 80's by one of the most original avant-garde post-modern theatre groups, using voices, electronics and fragments of Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Billie Holliday, Brion Gysin, Jon Hassel, Miles Davis, David Byrne. With original innersleeve and official Magazzini Generali stamps on front and back cover (only a few copies had these).
Lazare
Original 1986 first LP with original innersleeve on Industrie Discografiche Lacerba of dark electronic art-wave music produced and featuring Tuxedomoon's Steven Brown.
Dalbergia Retusa
Extraordinary double LP of solo guitar music by Hans Reichel (1949-2011), curated by Oren Ambarchi. Twenty-three pieces from 1973-1988 documenting Reichel's radical instrumental rethinking: custom-built guitars with additional strings, moveable pickups, special capos. Sounds simultaneously strange and beautiful, from romantic lyricism to alien sonorities. Essential.
Free 1984 Sect. One (7" + magazine)
Rare 1984 7"EP compilation with some of the best synth-wave / no wave bands of the early 80's in an elaborate package including Free 1984 magazine in the original cardboard envelope with original sealing sticker. Second pressing limited to 500 copies.
Prima Dell'Alba (tape + Sexual Lobotomy nr.3 fanzine)
Very rare cassette compilation of very obscure new wave bands: D.H.G., Atelier Du Mal, Clima, The Khan Chy's Yawn, Colour Movies, Braque, Δtx. With Sexual Lobotomy nr.3 fanzine included in original PVC bag.
Zero Zero (tape + fanzine)
Rare very varied 1985 cassette compilation of Italian punk / new wave / synth-wave bands featuring Bahnhof, Reptil Chime, Weimar Gesang, 2+2=5, Oh Oh Art, Kubrix, Nijinsky Folie and Funebris Suavitas complete with booklet.
Wunderkammer
On Wunderkammer, Jan Bang, Michael Francis Duch, Erik Honoré, David Toop and Mark Wastell assemble a single 38‑minute live trance of electroacoustic chamber‑drift, where Moe‑Repstad’s disembodied voice moves through gongs, bass and quietly uncanny objects like a ghost cataloguing its own reliquary.
Music for the Process of Dying
On Music for the Process of Dying, Homo dissolves language into a porous, five-part soundscape where breath, organ, flute, electronics and the outside world seep into one another, sketching a wordless vigil for the psyche as it approaches the threshold.
Contra Madre
The late pedal-steel guitarist Susan Alcorn leaves a final surprise hinting at new directions left underexplored on her collaboration with Nomad War Machine, the improvising metal duo of drummer Julius Masri and guitarist James Reichard. Their death-metal-influenced pummel adds new fire to her molten flow across a suite of improvised tracks that show off the vast range and simpatico of the trio. Julius Masri and James Reichard of Nomad War Machine: An unexpected opportunity arose out of a catchi…
Terceiro Solstício
Luz gélida(d)o montediluída em flor(es).
Delicate guitars, ethereal voices, tracks woven from sighs and layers upon layers, like secrets and small nocturnal rituals under the cold glow of the moon. Beautiful, evocative, and quietly transformative. The artist, cláudia simões, also known as alga, dedicates this work to winter: a season of introspection, stillness, and subtle magic. Let's enjoy the offering.
July, 2024, Montemor-o-Novo
Last year, Aires, Sã Bernardo, Sal Grosso & Vile Karimi inhabited the Blackbox at O Espaço do Tempo from July 3–6, part of CCA's curatorial project Jejum. Over four days, these artists and collaborators converge, creating shifting constellations of sound through solo, duo, trio, and quartet encounters. Each evening invites the public into the intimacy of open rehearsals, where structure dissolves into possibility, a daily ritual of improvisation where boundaries blur, and music becomes a living …
Death Notes
Together, Samuel Kerridge and Maxim 'Panda' Barron conspire against the living with their electrifying new project, Death Disco. Drawing deeply from the rebellious roots of punk and the DIY ethos, the duo has crafted with their debut album ‘Death Notes’, a sense of urgency and authenticity. Samuel’s fierce vocal work and electronics gives the album an emotional depth that goes beyond its aggressive nature, while Maxim’s pulsating rhythms keeps cutting through the atmosphere with skin-stripping p…
Tutto Bene Volume II
After the success of Tutto Bene, enjoy Tutto Bene, Volume II! I've culled my favorite new accordion-driven hits into one fabulous sonic adventure to feed your hungry ears!
Some of the songs were produced solo, one is a live recording from my performance with the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto at the Triple Door, others are from the sessions that Ama Trio (AD/Madeleine Sosin/Abel Rocha) recorded at Gravel Voice sessions with Scott Colburn, as well as a rich collaboration with fellow-Seattle Composer…
The Schmetterling Variations
Since 1983 Dan Burke and his conspirators have dug through almost every facet of the avant sound plane, from early industrial pop deconstruction to blindingly minimal sound art to densely surreal found-sound collage, each unique approach bending and reconstituting the expectations and possibilities of each realm.
Plowing through layered field recordings, deeply rumbling tones, and eerie electroacoustic sounds with seamless transitions between cut-and-paste collages and manufactured drones, it’…
Smoke Time
Blurt was founded in Stroud, UK, in 1979 as part of the post-punk movement by poet, saxophonist und puppeteer Ted Milton along with Milton's brother Jake, formerly of psychedelic group Quintessence, on drums and Peter Creese on guitar. After three albums Creese left the band to be replaced by Herman Martin on synthesizers who, after a year of constant touring left the band, and was replaced by Steve Eagles, former member of Satan's Rats, The Photos and Bang Bang Machine. Shortly thereafter Jake …
Repercussions
On Repercussions, Kakuhan and Adam Golebiewski tangle sampler, cello and hyper-physical percussion into a 10-part suite of splintered rhythm and scraped resonance, a hallucinatory electroacoustic organism that keeps mutating between dance impulse, free improv and liquefied drone.