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Live in Roma 1980
* 2024 Repress. 300 copies on black vinyl, deluxe edition 3LP Box, silver print on deluxe Fedrigoni Ultra Black paper, released with the full approval of the Sun Ra Estate * The venerable Holidays, having already had an incredible 2023, returns with their final offering of the year and what might just be their most ambitions release to date, Sun Ra’s “Live in Rome 1980”, an astounding 3xLP vinyl box set that captures the Arkestra immersed in one of their greatest live gigs laid to tape. A perfec…
The Organ is the worlds Greatest Syntesizer
**Limited edition of 222 copies, black vinyl two color screenprinted cover** At eight o'clock on a March morning in 2024, as Amsterdam awakened around it, Charlemagne Palestine took his place at the console of the Vater-Müller organ in the Oude Kerk—the city's oldest building, a Gothic monument dating to 1306—and opened a portal. What emerged over the following forty-plus minutes, now captured on this limited edition LP, stands as one of the most concentrated distillations of Palestine's six-dec…
Zawsze coś
*100 copies limited edition* "Ben Bekele does not exist. At least not the one I'm thinking of. It's a mix of memories and fantasies from the mid-80s when it was my father who visited Ethiopia, returning with two small drums, a couple of pictures and tons of tales. One of them was a story of a boy named Bekele, who taught him a traditional Ethiopian song.
Father passed this song on to us, as best as he could - now I'm having doubts as to what the message is actually about - but back then I was fa…
The Chairman
"This masterful score fuses Western orchestration with ancient Eastern influences, creating a soundscape as tense and intricate as the film’s Cold War espionage. Bold, innovative, and rich in cultural texture, it remains a striking testament to Goldsmith's fearless approach to film music. " "In 1969, as Cold War tensions simmered, Jerry Goldsmith composed the score for 'The Chairman', a spy thriller starring Gregory Peck. Known for his genre-spanning versatility, Goldsmith had already impressed …
Horti Lamiani
*300 copies limited edition* Although La Porta Ermetica has not yet released many albums, the roster is far from unknown. Featuring the talents of Adriano Vincenti and founding members of the legendary group Ain Soph, this Italian super group means business. "Horti Lamiani" is a show of strength and a real piece of ear candy for those waiting to hear new ritual frequencies.
The sounds themselves are a testimony to the long-running experience of those involved. Tasty throbs and basses are mixed w…
Ei Meidän Kotimme
*200 copies limited edition* "For the last few years, Absolute Key has been releasing a variety of highly sophisticated and innovative releases on various labels. With Ei Meidän Kotimme, frontman Antti Klemi, who some may know from projects such as Circle of Ouroboros and Valtakunta, displays his impressive skills and feeling for experimental soundscapes.
Ei Meidän Kotimme mostly consists of organic sound sources whose sounds make the listener remember the most acquired usage of scrap metal that…
Pestilent Black Breath
*200 copies limited edition* Stephen Petrus and his project Murderous Vision shouldn't be new to anyone who is engaged in the world of Death Industrial Noise. Legendary artist has been releasing high quality sounds for decades and has managed to keep his output alive and fresh throughout this long time. It is with pleasure and pride that Dunkelheit presents his new full-length "Pestilent Black Breath", which will be a true treat for the fanatics.
From the first second, Murderous Vision makes cle…
Unmeaningful
*200 copies limited edition* Finnish mystery man Le Kriz An presents his first official release Unmeaningful. Expect nothing but full frontal assault Harsh Noise from the empire of sonic innovation. The artist has not released anything yet, but is known from some live actions which were well received by old and new fans of the craft, making him one of the freshest and highly anticipated newcomers.
The tracks on Unmeaningful present a varied and skilled showcase for Harsh Noise bliss, in which Le…
For the Birds
Edition of 250. Deluxe edition + insert. For eighteen months, between 1984 and 1985, Patrick Lysaght played flute, strings, and percussion inside the Rainforest Birdhouse at the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His audience and collaborators: 150 birds of 42 species.
The result is one of the earliest and most radical documents of interspecies improvisation. Predating the current wave of sound ecology by decades, For The Birds sits comfortably alongside the biophonic research of Bernie …
Things We Lost In The Fire
On Things We Lost in the Fire, Low stretch slowcore until it glows, binding hushed harmonies, sudden noise and fragile lullabies into one prolonged reckoning with love, faith and mortality. What began as an “anti-rock” trio here becomes a devastatingly direct pop group, without sacrificing an inch of quiet intensity.
Silberland Vol 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik (1972–1986)
Double LP version. On their last trip to Silberland, hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg imprint opt for an unhurried itinerary, coasting far beyond the familiar rhythmic terrain to immerse listeners in the ambient side of this alternative Allemagne. Building on the tape loops, tone poems, and minimalist compositions of the '60s avant-garde, these musicians utilized the s…
