★Sloow Tapes
聽風 (Tape)
* Edition of 70 copies * Blending several musical traditions as western music, Chinese classical music, Finnish folk music, Carnatic music and much more Li Daiguo creates an extended sound world with a variety of instruments as pipa, erhu, ethnic flutes, shona mbira, violin, viola, cello, overtone singing and lots more pushing their sonic capabilities into uncharted territory
Summoning Ancient Spirits (Tape)
* Edition of 70 copies * Sprawling sublime archaic noise electronics from visual artist Manuel Knapp (C.C.C.C, Tim Blechmann, Government Alpha) and vocal acrobatics by Keiko Highuchi (Albedo Fantastica (with Sachiko) and lots of others). Floating somewhere beyond harsh and hazy psychedelic dreams into the blackness of a Japanese night. Edition of 70 copies.
Jazz Poetry from Hungary (Tape)
* Edition of 70 copies * Classic recording of Hungarian-American poet/translator Gabor G. Gyukics together with Hungarian improvisers Béla Ágoston, Viktor Bori and Csaba Pengő, exhaling words and sounds in surreal late night jazz clouds of instant composition. Gabor G. Gyukics is a minimalist nature poet with a philosophical beat outlook. He translated Attila József, Endre Kukorelly and Attila Balogh in English, and Ira Cohen in Hungarian.
I Must Be More Like an Ant Than a Cigale Because I Like to Sing in Winter
* Hand numbered edition of 100 *
Opacity and Oblivion
Yet another incredible offering from one of the most exciting artists working today, Sloowtapes’ latest cassette from Louise Landes Levi - "Opacity & Oblivion" - takes deep dive into her multifaceted world. Joined by Ash Martin and Dok Gregory on various acoustic and percussion instruments, as well as Kelvin Daly on a number of his own custom made instruments, Levi’s poetic utterances and Hindustani tinged vocals weave the etherial, mysterious, and ritualistic into a delicate, droning and percus…
Wwdruja nuk Nieuzywaja / They wander, don't use the feet
* Edition of 80 * Wędrowiec is a relatively recent project from Poland, channeling forward thinking sonic experimentation through the lens of minimalism and traditional ritual folk music from central Poland. Featuring members of Ksiezyc, Bractwo Ubogich, Kapela Domu Tanca, Kolowrót and Pies Szczeka (Agata Harz, Emili Herda, Piotr Herda, and Remek Hanaj), Wędrują nuk Nieuzywają / They Wander, Don't Use the Feet delves deep into a mysterious world, is built from a sonic pallet of haunting vocals, …
Shakuhachi for Latin Lovers
* Edition of 70 * Clive Bell’s roots in British experimental music run deep. Many will know him for his frequent contributions as a writer for The Wire magazine, while others will know him for his sonic explorations that date back into the 1970s, both solo as well as in collaboration with New Jazz Syndicate, Peter Cusack, Jac Berrocal, Steve Beresford, Jah Wobble, David Ross, David Toop, Mike Cooper, and countless others.Bell is an accomplished player of the shakuhachi (Japanese flute), khene (T…
Zviy
Active in the Ukrainian and Polish underground since the early '90's Svitlana Nianio has released music that weaves traditonal Slavic folk influences with hints of minimalism (La Monte Young, Terry Riley etc) that instantly melt the pinal gland in realms of obscure mystery and glistening magic. Edition of 70.
Untitled
Kris Vanderstraeten (Frederik Leroux, Dirk Serries, Timo van Luijk...), daniel duchamP (Wolfgang Fuchs, Karine Germaix, Dominique Vermeesch ....) and Bart De Paepe (Ilta Hämärä, Bombay Lunactic Asylum...) get lost in a delicate delirium of bright intricate soundwebs touched with drops of luminous psychedelic atmospheres tumbling in and out of focus in these improvisations with percussion, electronics and guitar. 70 copies.
Contortionist
Brecht Ameel’s (Razen) solo project with the aid of one acid drenched phantom quartet in which he mixes tapes and baroque lute into a sloow hallucinatory eerie whole. Ideal for night listening in the woods 70 copies.
Neue Schachtel
Live recording of Samara Lubelski (Metabolismus, Hall of Fame) and Marcia Bassett (Hototogisu, GHQ) when they played in Neue Schachtel, Germany. Cosmic rays of inner twilight violin and guitar drones highligthing swirling patterns into the vortex of the mind’s eye. Relax, smoke a cigar and drink a glass of red wine. 70 copies.
Porti Sepolti
Irish/English/Scottish/Italian prog collaboration of United Bible Studies which includes Aldo Becca, Gayle Brogan, David Colohan, Sophie Cooper, Christian Culak, Alan Davidson, Matt Leivers and Alison O'Donnell. Reminds me of the spaciest bits of Franco Leprino with the psych folk elements of Claudio Rocchi thrown in. Heady stuff. 70 copies.
Pohyb-zvuk-prostor
Duo of Tom Carter (Charalambides) and Eric Arn (Primordial Undermind). A meeting of two American minds somewhere in the esoteric wilds of Czech Republic. Deep breathing guitars enliven a whole universe and rendering it everlasting. 70 copies.
Live at De Audioplant
Live summer recording by Fuji (Warre Fungus, Simon Beeckaert and Bart Sloow) and Suzuki Junzo (Miminokoto) jamming into multi-layered, - coloured and –faceted pure crystals of the milky way’s throbbing eye. 70 copies.
Bridge Of Flowers
Blossoming transcendent Massachusetts-flowers sparking Velvet Underground-rays of light, reflecting in the scrying mirror of one’s inner being. Bridge Of Flowers. Like drinking wine under the grace of god. 70 copies.
Koenji 07/02/2016
Latest from Miminokoto, the trio of Suzuki Junzo (20 Guilders), Koji Shimura (Acid Mothers Temple) and Nishimura Takuya (Che-Shizu/Maher Shalal Hash Baz), catching the space-blues live in Tokyo. Re-imagining classic psychedelia and garage rock. Edition of 100 copies. Miminokoto are guitarist and vocalist Suzuki Junzo, drummer and Acid Mother Koji Shimura and bassist Nishimura Takuya. Their gig at the Penguin House, Koenji, Tokyo in 2016 was released simultaneously in 2017 on Suzuki Junzo’…
Live at The Audioplant
Abstract duo of two grand masters: Kris Vanderstaeten (percussion, objects) and Frederik Leroux (guitar). Both explore the endless possibilities of their instruments in terms of dynamics, texture and space. A surreal mix of instant composing, free improvisation and minimalism. Edition of 70 copies. Percussionist Kris Vanderstraeten, bringing his long experience in free improvisation, and relatively young guitarist Frederik Leroux teamed up in November 2016 for a concert at De Audioplant,…
I / "The Begotten"
Kohier is Brecht Ameel (Razen) and Jürgen De Blonde (Köhn). Night time patrol tunes in which the brooding slowness of Bohren circa 'Sunset Mission' meet with the otherworldly sensitivity of early Tomita. Edition of 70 copies. Kohier are Flemish duo Brecht Ameel on baritone guitar and Jürgen De Blonde on synthesizer. The cassette contains improvisations by the duo that vary from slow atmospheric pieces to up-tempo minimalist compositions. The music explores various styles and genres and evo…
Earth Rundown
Slowly evolving daydreams of electric guitar shrouded in lo-fi reverb by Margarida Garcia and Manuel Mota. Dark, quiet and mysterious superimpositions floating and spiraling further and deeper in the distant hollow spaces of the void. Artwork by Margarida Garcia. Edition of 70 copies. The Sloow Tapes cassette ‘Earth Rundown’ contains a concert by Portuguese guitarists Margarida Garcia and Manuel Mota, recorded in Lisbon in 2017. The two musicians, both spearheads of the Portuguese experi…
In The Aura of The Other
Louise Landes Levi has translated & written books, published chap books, broadsides & cards, / played sarangi in concert halls, in radio stations in town squares & railroad stations for some decades & perhaps for some lives. Overland journeys to India produced several interpretive translations/ one of Rene Daumal ( the great Sanskrit autodidact & author of well known Mt. Analogue) RASA originally printed by New Directions (1982), now available through Shivastan, the other, of the legendary poet …