New Arrivals
The Lisu
Tip! One of the longest standing figures amidst the Discrepant wolfpack, the unstoppable alias of sound collector Laurent Jeanneau returns to the fold 2 years after 'Tanzania II' with this 2.0 update of the elebrated 'The Lisu' sort-of-mixtape released way back in 2014.
Based on recordings of music from the Lisu communities in China and Thailand captured on site, this mix shows Gong more like a selector or dj, restricting electronic processing to a bare minimum in order to convey different histo…
Wave Weave - Sono Obi
Tip! **Premium gatefold sleeve with die-cut window and special finishing. Scratch-resistant matte lamination + spot UV gloss details. Includes an insert booklet (multiple panels/pages) presented in a cover sleeve with a satin ribbon detail ((This site pictures a selection of examples).**
Alva Noto - Wave Weave – Sono Obi is the original soundtrack by Alva Noto, composed for a film by Carsten Nicolai. The project emerged from a collaboration with an 12th-generation kimono textile manufacturer in …
Design Slipcase (for Vinyl) / Xerrox series
Limited LP Slipcase for 5 LP´s. Does not include LP´s, LP´s need to be purchased separately! Noton - Xerrox 'reMASTER' LP Slipcase. The slipcase can accommodate the 5 LPs of Xerrox Vol.1-5 (reMASTER).Design by Carsten Nicolai.
Design Slipcase (for CD) / Xerrox series
Limited CD Slipcase for 5 CD´s. Does not include CD´s, CD´s need to be purchased separately! Noton - Xerrox 'reMASTER' CD Slipcase. The slipcase can accommodate the 5 CDs of Xerrox Vol.1-5 (reMASTER).Design by Carsten Nicolai.
Xerrox
Tip! Noton releases the Limited Edition CD Box Set of Alva Noto’s Xerrox series. Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) began his ongoing exploration of sampling, degradation and recontextualisation with the Xerrox series in 2007. Over the years, the project has evolved into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary electronic music, situated between minimalism, experimental sound art and digital abstraction.
Across five albu…
The Moth
"A friend of mine told me he had visited the place that Cancer House live and record. He said they jammed together all afternoon. In the moment, in the zone so to speak, he became more and more convinced that what they were making together was the best music he had ever been involved with. As the afternoon drifted by, second by revelatory second, he began making grandiose plans to release the recording. By the time it was dark outside the windows he imagined it as a future lost classic, a key li…
Kwasy I Zasady
What do jazz improvisation, Polish Radio, dingy rap from Memphis, cassette tapes, trap, drill elements and hip-hop loops have in common? These are the ingredients that the Błoto quartet used in their lab to cook an explosive mixture for their third LP entitled “Kwasy i zasady” (eng,“Acids and bases”). Nobody thought that a band who appeared suddenly and unexpectedly on the jazz scene would develop so rapidly and in such an unforeseen direction. A year ago, critics and music journalists treated …
Music For Parents
Music For Parents is a low-frequency, vibroacoustically informed album developed through research into sound, rest, and nervous system regulation. Composed between 2019 and 2020, the record explores slow-moving bass structures and reduced harmonic density, inviting a form of listening that is felt as much as heard. The work emerged from a personal process, shaped by a desire to support rest and release through sound. Music For Parents takes its title reflecting on the dynamics of parent–child re…
See-Through
Following her debut album, 'I’ll Look for You in Others' (Past Inside the Present), earlier this year, Patricia Wolf joins Balmat label with 'See-Through', her second album. 'See Through' finds the Portland, Oregon musician and field recordist continuing to develop her signature style of ambient, balancing radiant soundscaping with a carefully expressive sensibility. But the new album is also marked by an important difference. Where 'I’ll Look for You in Others' was largely written in response t…
Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik
Easily among the most important documents of electronic music's early history, Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik assembles 19 compositions created between the late 1950s and mid-1960s at the legendary Siemens Studio for Electronic Music in Munich - the first programmable recording studio ever built - under the artistic direction of Josef Anton Riedl. Originally issued on CD in 1998 by the Siemens Kultur Programm and compiled by Riedl himself, this remarkable collection gathers works by Herb…
Encontre De Compositors I (book)
1983 program for the Spanish contemporary music festival with the same name from which an LP with the same title was also released.
Japanese Composers Vol.13 (LP)
13th volume of the Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, released in 1987 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, with pieces for two pianos, violin, cello and piano, solo cello, and string quartet composed in the 1970's and 80's. With insert.
Symphony No. 1 / Septet (LP)
1978 LP on Composers' Voice with two pivotal compositions by the Dutch composer from respectively 1978 and 1957.
Fricker / Berkeley / Dalby / McCabe (LP)
Four compositions for cello and piano by the four British composers spanning from 1956 to 1971, released on L'Oiseau-Lyre in 1977.
Music For Organ (LP)
Several beautiful organ works from the 1960's by the Welsh composer performed by Christopher Herrick and released by L'Oiseau-Lyre in 1975. With insert.
Symphonie / Deux Tableaux Pour Orchestre '65 (LP)
Two orchestral works from the mid-1960's blending Western avant-garde with Japanese tradition, released on Philips' "Modern Music Series" in 1971.
Ariadne / A Song For The Lord Mayor's Table / Three Songs (LP)
Three 1960's compositions for soprano, piano and orchestra by the two British composers, released on L'Oiseau-Lyre in 1972. With insert.
Symphonies Nos. 10 & 21 (LP)
The quite odd 10th Symphony by the British composer paired with the more accessible 21st, released on Unicorn in 1980. With insert.
The Triumph Of Time / Chronometer (LP)
The British composer's powerful 1972 orchestral composition backed with his fantastic 1971 electronic piece in collaboration with Peter Zinovieff, released on Argo's "Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Series" contemporary music series in 1975.
Profile Schweizer Musik (LP)
Spiritual works for singers, chorus and orchestra by the two Swiss composers, released on Da Camera Magna in 1973.
