New Arrivals
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*119 copies limited edition* Bury the bag full of nostalgic complaints on "how things used to be better" at Schoonselhof, and get blown away by the fresh Air Force that is Adia Vanheerentals! We are damn proud to present Adia’s first solo release! Seemingly from out of nowhere, Vanheerentals has been blowing minds in many different shapes the past years: as band leader in Bodem, in various free improv set ups, as a guest with The Groovecats, in a trio with Elisabeth Klinck and Maya Dhondt and as…
Prosa
*150 copies limited edition* Sergio Merce (born in 1973) is a sax player and sound artist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is well known for his unique musical style, which makes full use of a wide range of instruments, electronics and field recordings. In 2023, Merce released two solo albums in succession on the Hitorri label: "Traslasierra (expanded landscape)" in April, and "Amplified Resonances" in December. "Prosa" is his third solo album on Hitorri.
This CD is made up of two pieces rec…
Zora
Remastered Edition of the legendary occult prog album by Antonius Rex, with an unreleased song (Monastery) and original "nude witch" cover. Probably the most charismatic figure of all the Italian prog scene, Antonio Bartoccetti (Antonius Rex) began his career going to Milan from the Marche, forming Jacula, Dietro Noi Deserto (even with a single on Decca in 1971!), and Invisible Force (another lonely single in 1971). Not real bands but just a group of musicians working beyond the leading figures …
Vzpomínka Na Světlo / Fyziognomie Hyeny
*200 copies limited edition.* Jasnovidec is Prague based duo exploring realms of modular synthesis and manipulated electronics. Their new EP is a saunter on the ruins of once modern, now lost and scattered societies, slowly observing how the teeth of time took bite of man's pride. The ruins are wet, covered in lichens and other shade-loving plants. They said future world will be dry. Instead it's cold and wet with gray skies which don't move any more. Human dwellings reeks of intoxicating smell …
Can I Choose My Own Psychopompos? / Hlessi
*250 copies limited edition.* Svensk rock obsessed psych rockers launched their newest two song ep "Can I Choose My Own Psychopompos / Hlessi" on December 8th at Underdogs' Prague. Expect nothing less than excellent fantasy inspired psychedelic rock journey through imaginary worlds in the best tradition of Bo Hansson, Popol Vuh or Trad Gras Och Stenar.
Suicidio
'Suicidio' is the first studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Faust'O, originally released in 1978 and produced by Alberto Radius. Now available in a new green vinyl / 180 gram edition with a limited and numbered run of 500 copies.
Flight Mode (Live In Berlin 2023)
"Legendary saxophonist and improviser Harri Sjostrom knows how to build bands. This has certainly been the case since the Lifting The Bandstand album, but back then the great Cecil Taylor was the leader. This is certainly one of the many lessons Harri Sjostrom has learned from the brilliant pianist and leader. He has since given evidence of this an endless number of times. The latest band he has established is a quartet with Elisabeth Harnik, arguably one of the most important pianists in improv…
In The Light Of The Current Myth
"The time in Porto when Barry Guy and The Blue Shroud Band recorded an album all this here would also be a time when a group of outstanding artists and warm friends also had the opportunity to spend time making music together outside the big band formula. It's not easy to bring together some of Europe's most original artists, and it's not easy to assemble such a stellar quintet with Savina Yannatou, Julius Gabriel, Agusti Fernendez, Barry Guy and Ramon Lopez. It's a great thing to be able to doc…
Voiceact
"In the beginning, was the voice, before there were instruments even the oldest ones - percussion! The voice has always been there, and when voices resound in a musical space, in a pure improvised creative act then extraordinary things happen! Such was the case when four outstanding vocalists Anna Gadt, Natalia Kordiak, Marta Grzywacz and Gosia Zagajewska met in the Warsaw space “Prześwit” to improvise a new unique sound world. Did they succeed? We think it succeeded more than great!!!!!!!!" - F…
Live In St. Johann
"The legend of the world of improvisation and the field of double bass virtuosity, Joelle Leandre, needs no introduction. She is one of the most expressive and original artists in the world! The singer and composer Elisabeth Harnik is probably already remembered by music lovers enough to follow her musical journey with bated breath, and Zlatko Kaucic, well, if you are in love with percussion painting, sensitivity, and expression combined with communication skills, this is one of the best address…
Red Moon
Low Leaf is the long-running and multivalent project of Los Angeleno and multi-instrumentalist Angelica-Marie. Riding the wake of 2023’s Microdose—melding/channeling free jazz, astrology, hip-hop, eco-spirituality, and geo-political anger—Red Moon is a tight, three-song release, a snapshot of Low Leaf during an especially dynamic period. Having received training in classical piano as a child, Low Leaf is equally adept as a self-taught guitarist, harpist, and producer. Indeed, these four elements…
Return of the SAD 1024, Vol. I
During a 2010 stay in Stockholm, Sweden, Stefan Tcherepnin cold-called the Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) and began making frequent visits to the facility’s Serge Modular, the synthesizer system developed by his uncle. Tcherepnin secured a makeshift residency at the studio, and soon met Anders Enge, a musician and producer associated with the acid techno label Börft. For over a decade, the pair have collaboratively explored the instrument’s outer-limits in the hallowed studio where figures like Knut…
Bright Size Life
New vinyl edtition as part of the "Luminessence" Series, presented as a tip-on gatefold including new photos from the archive. “I personally feel this is a great record and recommend it to everyone. It’s positive and hot and simply excellent.” – Gary Burton
Pat Metheny had debuted at ECM as a member of Gary Burton’s band on the album Ring in 1974, but Bright Size Life, his first studio recording as a leader, was the album that decisively put him on the map as a bright new force, with something…
Long Song 11-12-22
The second Taming Power release on Input Error. A collage of recordings from 2006 and mixed down in 2022, presenting a single long form, ambient piece incorporating tape manipulations, feedback and drone.
Old Town
The headshop burnt down,Rubble and spice mashed into the ground on Capel Street.Dancing on top of taxis, on top of heads.Two cats born in a hole,The streets are empty the pubs are full.Everything between the canals,Left in a bright hoard.Spending time in the old town.
Thrash
Nice Music Label presents ‘Trash’ - an incendiary new collaborative recording from indefinable, incomparable modern giant of electronic music Actress (Darren Cunningham) and NM’s own label head, capricious sound artist Simon J Karis. Actress and SJK stir up their intertwining trademark elements into a clandestine symmetrical arc over three tracks - each of them bestowing their own edit of ‘Thrash’, with Karis’ urgent acid thumper as a centerpiece. Both drastically remapping their razored hardwar…
Titus Groan
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Titus Groan was a British musical group formed in 1969 by guitarist and pianist Stuart Cowell. The band's name was taken from a novel by Mervyn Peake. Titus Groan played mainly progressive rock music. The line-up debuted at the Hollywood Pop Festival in May 1970. The group was noticed by representatives of Dawn Records and in the autumn of 1970 began work on their first L…
Reflections Vol. 2: Black Decelerant
For the second volume of Reflections, Black Decelerant, the duo of Khari Lucas, aka Contour, and Omari Jazz, explore improvisational jazz traditions through contemporary tone and texture, fostering sonic meditations on themes of Black being and nonbeing, life and mourning, expansion and limitation, and the individual and collective. The Black Decelerant collaboration, and intention, creates space for listeners to be still, while providing a basis for a movement beyond “the moment.”
Antipodean Anomalies 2
*2024 stock* Antipodean Anomalies 2 is Left Ear Records most ambitious project to date, a compilation that took over 4 years to license and includes 17 artists across a double LP. AA2 picks up where the first iteration left off, with co-compilers Chris Bonato & Bridget Small continuing to dig through the music of the geographically isolating and maverick landscapes of Australia & New Zealand. As with the first iteration, Left Ear continues to excavate the music from these vast micro-scenes that …
Dread Harvest
Form Hunter returns with their first full-length album since 2021's "Violent Adaptation" (Troniks / Helicopter). Dread Harvest refines their signature blend of in-the-red tape abuse, violent scrap metal, saturated loops, and high-energy noise. Crafted from raw and physical recording sessions in a decaying barn, these four tracks channel the euphoric chaos of Form Hunter's live assaults, leaving behind a crater of crumpled magnetic tape, iron filings, rusty nails, wood, rocks, and dirt. From unco…