New Arrivals
A Shape Of Time / Strands III / Duo / Still Life
This 1983 collection on ALM compiles what is generally considered to be one of Jo Kondō's last linear pieces - "A Shape Of Time" - which he describes as a "duo" for piano and orchestra. The classification is appropriate since the overall concept is focused on basic dynamic arc applied to individual pitches or sound-blocks. In this way each of the individual 'linear' sound-events is started out by the group of orchestral instruments which play crescendo part of the dynamic shape - piano to mezzo …
Sweet Distractions
Sewer Election started blessing the underground noise scene around 2002 and has since released tons of stuff, from harsh noise to raw musique concrète-like things and tape works. ”Sweet Distractions” is a long piece sitting comfortably in the corner of his more laid back and ambient works. Sounds a bit like William Basinski never cleaned his reel to reel machines. Broken, beautiful and strange in the best possible way. Recorded in parallell w Kassettmusik back in 2007. Same technique with crude …
Low Fidelity
*300 copies limited edition* ‘Low Fidelity’ brings us up to speed with Mats Lindström’s actions of the past dozen years in a range of seven works spanning live recordings and studio commissions, all sharing a certain bloody-minded, uncompromising focus on atonality and arrhythmic structures. Definitely one for harder-nosed noise and avant garde fiends, the set fits very neatly within iDEAL’s roster of brutalists, with whom Lindström shares a taste for sounds, spaces, and rationales that test the…
That Moment
Sopa Boba is a Belgian/Dutch, electronic, modern classical project. The idea behind the form is a so-called Oratorio from the present age which unfolds a dramatc tale within a sociopolitcal framework. The compositons incorporate a neo-classical style string quartet, harsh modular sytnhs and spoken word vocals.
That Moment is an adaptaton of the eponymous text by Moldavian writer Nicoleta Esinencu. The startng point of That Moment takes place in a real fact, which happened in present-tme Moldavia…
Le Beau du Monde / A Modern View on Early Music
Chant 1450 Renaisance Ensemble sings and plays the sacred and secular repertoire of the 15th and 16th century. Including musicians trained at the widely renowned college for early music Schola cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, chant 1450 appeared live in January 2005 and sang then a highly acclaimed first tour in Switzerland with La contenance angloise - sacred music of the 15th century, followed by more than 250 live performances in Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Switzerland until today. chan…
Time Lapse
*30 copies limited edition* The album is minimalist and with atmospheric depth. Electronic ambient and drone sounds create a world of their own. The artwork focuses on recycling. The sleeve is made of cardboard mesh, there is recycled paper and remnants from an interior design studio.
Dentro
*2025 stock* Dentro is an album created using the pipe organ and electronic audio processes. It is a work that explores the concept of the materiality of sound and the representation of space through it. The packaging consists of a handmade cardboard box with a foil print. It includes a tea light in a home-made holder and matches showing the credits.
Of Form And Formlessness
*2025 stock* Both sides recorded live in single takes during October 2022. The packaging is a multi-layered collage based on coffee packaging, photographic paper, prints and adhesives. The prints are based on a self-justified stamp and are each a section of the overall image. The artwork was conceived and realized by Moritz Böckmann.
Le Flétrissement
*2025 stock* The degradation of a tape loop and the saturation of a driven tube created an idea of sustain, meditation and patience. Embrace the overtone. Conceived in Clermont, France and recorded in Cork, Ireland Summer 2022.
Dissolving In A Body
*2025 stock. 30 copies limited edition* Recorded live without edits or overdubs on the evening of July 26, 2020, using the R-EW Audioholistics system in conjunction with Mackie ProFX8 & Peavey FX2 mixing consoles, and Squier & Park amplifiers. The O-Card complemented with stained wood is in a small cloth bag. The credits were embedded in the wood via a paper roll.
From Pure Air
*30 copies limited edition* "From Pure Air" is inspired by a rain and thunderstorm that passed through southern Sweden, which was capture with recording equipment and got combined with some of my guitar-based drones to complete the work. The title is a reference to creativity and the creative mind and what it can make with even pretty small resources. The artwork consists of a simple cardboard box, which fits the album perfectly thanks to the use of different shades of blue.
Maggot Brain #19 (Dec/Jan/Feb 2025)
"On the Cover: The Velvet Underground -- Lost in Sound -- Multiple features on your favorite band, with rare images and cool ephemera throughout. Here Come The Tapes: A Guide To The Velvet Underground's Live Tape Stash by Tyler Wilcox.
Plus, full length reviews of new reissues of cassette tapes by ur-VU drummer Angus MacLise, and a lengthy appreciation by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Light in the Attic's excellent pre-VU Lou Reed set.
Killer Content: "TV on the Radio and the Magic Negro Myth." M…
Music for Voilà
Music for Voilà was prepared for listening in 'Voilà' (@voila_tokyo) shop in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo by Rie Nakajima and David Toop.
Dream Songs
Another collaboration of Romain Perrot with Bruce Russell related projects. Liner notes are from Bruce Russell, those recordings have never been released before, those are the last ones before drummer Peter Stapleton passed away....
Annelies Monseré & Goldscammer
Annelies Monseré and Goldscammer are members of the contemporary Belgian underground with a string of solo and collaborative releases on Kraak, Stroom, and Morc Tapes which showcase their ability to create powerfully atmospheric works centred around highly personal approaches to songwriting. In early 2024 they decided to work together for the first time and began by exploring Annelies’ back catalogue. These sparse compositions allowed Goldscammer’s lyricism to push them into new directions, prom…
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico
A new, definitive biography of the iconic and mysterious singer, Warhol superstar, Velvet Underground collaborator: influential solo artist Nico. You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone is a new biography of Nico, the mysterious singer best known for her work with the Velvet Underground and her solo album Chelsea Girl. Her life is tangled in myth–much of it of her own invention. Rock and roll cultural historian Jennifer Bickerdike delivers a definitive book that unravels the story while making a con…
Indian Sun - The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar (Book)
The definitive biography of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential musicians and composers of the twentieth century, told with the cooperation of his estate, family, and friends.For over eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India’s greatest cultural ambassador. He was a groundbreaking performer and composer of Indian classical music, who brought the music and rich culture of India to the world’s leading concert halls and festivals, charting the map for those who followed in his footsteps. Renowned…
The Andy Warhol Diaries
The classic, scandalous, and bestselling tell-all-and-then-some from Andy Warhol—now a Netflix series produced by Ryan Murphy. This international literary sensation turns the spotlight on one of the most influential and controversial figures in American culture. Filled with shocking observations about the lives, loves, and careers of the rich, famous, and fabulous, Warhol's journal is endlessly fun and fascinating. Spanning the mid-1970s until just a few days before his death in 1987, The Andy W…
Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins
Jazz legend Sonny Rollins will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall, and Saxophone Colossus will be published to mark this occasion and honor his incredibly prolific career. This intimate appreciation combines the images of John Abbott, who as Rollins’s photographer of choice for the past 20 years has captured the saxophonist at home and at work, and the essays of Bob Blumenthal, a jazz critic who has chronicled Rollins and his art for nearly four decades. Sonny Rollins has been at the center o…
Nick Drake: The Life
Experience the definitive biography of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the twentieth century with this eye-opening book featuring a foreword by Gabrielle Drake and over 75 photos, many rare or previously unseen. In 1968, Nick Drake had everything to live for. The product of a loving, creative family and a privileged background, he was not only a handsome and popular Cambridge undergraduate, but also a new signing to the UK’s hippest record label, Island. Three years later, however—havi…