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Sacre Stanze
*100 copies limited edition* Maurizio Abate is an Italian guitarist who has been active since the early 2000s, known for his experimental and instinctive approach to music. His sonic exploration spans electroacoustic improvisation, ambient music, and psychedelic experimentation, with a particular fondness for stringed instruments. Since 2006, he has released numerous albums both as a solo artist and in collaborative projects, working with artists such as Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mother Temple), Joh…
Coalescence
A mild-mannered engineer by day, Michael Carlson is an experimental computer musician who focuses on drone ambient music and field recording; revolving around tracker programs since the early '90s, informed and inspired by the eclectic styles of music he listens to. The results sometimes hold the listener in stasis, other times guiding the listener through undefined vistas, always with the intent to reward patience. 'Coalescence' is the culmination of several years of exploration, experimentatio…
No Shadow of Turning
"A cavernous dive into a stark melancholia, ancient plaintive melodies summoned from transcendent chant, out-of-body guitar, rumbling canvas of wind, a stray dog barks either to warn or direct us to the eerie salvation beyond the wilds" - Raphi Gottesman, Buddha's Hand
Written, recorded and re-composed during a two-week residency at fara hoprich in martínkovice, czech republic, between 14 and 25 october, 2024. performed live in the forest as an improvised dimensional audio collage at "když proml…
Selected Instrumental Works
*50 copies limitede edition* "Selected Instrumental Works" gathers fourteen instrumental pieces composed and recorded by Mathew Sweet under the Boduf Songs name. Stripped of voice and overt song structure, the music turns specifically to atmosphere, tone, and grainy resonance to carry the emotional weight. Piano sits at the center of the record, along with sparse electronics and sustained textures, focusing on harmonic shifts that unfold with deliberate patience. These dark, reflective, and medi…
Tired
*80 copies limited edition* Tired is Thomas DeAngelo's first full length solo effort since the 2023 Voiceprints & Aircuts CD on adhuman, and his second for More Mars following Standing Water released in 2021. Much has changed, both domestically (DeAngelo resides in Philadelphia, USA) and geopolitically in the interim, but, as the title suggests, maybe not really. Employing a sort of seasick, off kilter symmetry and befouled mirror logic, Tired accentuates the form/content dialectic, with motifs …
Guilty Paradise
*80 copies limited edition* Guilty Paradise is an almost 30-minute, fascinating glimpse into Michał Fundowicz’s journey to Japan. There, in the city of Kobe, he met Tim Olive, and over the course of three days they recorded the material that eventually took shape as Guilty Paradise. Both artists engage in improvisation: Tim Olive works with magnetic pickups, oscillator and tuning forks, while Michał Fundowicz manipulates cassette tapes.
What can one expect from this collaboration? The two exte…
Policing The Beats - Black Music, Racism And Criminal Injustice
A bold analysis that exposes the racist policing of Black music. The emergence of UK drill music made headline news, portraying it as a criminal enterprise instead of recognising it as an art form. This new rap subgenre, however, is neither the first nor the only Black music to be targeted this way. Policing the beats rewinds the tape to demonstrate how music has been used as an instrument for policing Black people, from the era of colonial slavery to the present day, revealing the racist legal …
Love & Noise
Reemerging three decades on, C.C.C.C.’s Love & Noise hits vinyl for the first time, a still‑devastating artefact where Mayuko Hino’s charged electronics and Hiroshi Hasegawa’s Moog storms turn harsh sonics into something crushing, psychedelic and strangely exultant.
Washing Machine
Washing Machine is the ninth studio album by the American experimental rock band Sonic Youth, released on September 26, 1995 by DGC Records. It was recorded at Easley Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and produced by the band and John Siket, who also engineered the band's previous two albums. The album features more open-ended pieces than it's predecessors and contains some of the band's longest songs, including the 20-minute ballad "The Diamond Sea", which is the lengthiest track to feature on any …
Goo
Sonic Youth's eighth album, Goo, was their first for DGC / Geffen. The album marked their major label debut, featuring arena rock staples like "Kool Thing" and "Dirty Boots" deep in its grooves.
This allowed Sonic Youth to enter the mainstream world, destroy everything in their path, and emerge victorious. They rode the Top 10 charts to sonic stardom and glory, or at least secured the opening spot on the 1991 Crazy Horse tour.
A Thousand Leaves
A Thousand Leaves was Sonic Youth's 10th studio album and the group's first major effort to be recorded at their own Echo Canyon studio in NYC. Free from the constraints of paying for costly studio time, the band was able to work at their desired pace and experiment at will. The result was an album born out of improvisation, chiefly characterized by the guitar interplay between guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. The album title was inspired by Walt Whitman as Moore explained, "The same w…