New Arrivals
Planetarium
An aural exploration of the solar system by Sonologyst, using data from NASA's probes.
Somewhere
Somewhere is a place we have been waiting years to experience: a climate of sounds and spirits that gathers quietly and disperses with hazy grace, the result of a chance connection and long term correspondence. Over the past decade, ambient drone composer zakè (aka Zach Frizzell) has established his identity with numerous solo works, and his open-minded approach to peers has resulted in a complement of communal efforts; Pallette (who chooses to be known only by that moniker) has crafted no fewer…
HDK Adventurers Magazine 5
Dungeon-crawling aficionados and devotees of gloomy synth-music, HDK Adventurers Magazine is for you! Each issue features a bunch of expert dungeon synth musicians who score the soundtracks for four "one-page dungeons", short adventure modules for fantasy RPGs.
Mysterious places inaccessible to humanity, cruel magical dungeons, a noble lineage of guardian warriors and a terrible gang of ruthless bugbears... These are the settings you will experience in this new sparkling episode of HDK Adventure…
Limolith
𝕷𝖎𝖒𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝕾𝖑𝖊𝖊𝖕𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕽𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖈𝖍. 𝖀𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖊 𝖒𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖞 𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖌𝖔𝖉. 𝕹𝖆𝖔 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖘 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖔 𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘. 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖁𝖚𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖘 𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔𝖔. 𝕹𝖆𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖉𝖉𝖎𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘. 𝖁𝖚𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖕𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖞𝖕…
A Tribute To Wendy Carlos (...and Of Course Bach)
Finally, HDK has a J.S. Bach cover album in its catalog! 🎉
Chronicles Of The Dreadful Moonlight Curse
" ℑ𝔫 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔡𝔬𝔪, 𝔞 𝔡𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. 𝔄 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡, 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔠𝔯𝔶𝔭𝔱𝔰. 𝔅𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡-𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔫, 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡. 𝔄𝔪𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰, 𝔞 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔬 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔥…
Reminiscences of Raktako: Huayno Guitar from Cuzco and Ayacucho, 1930-1940
Huayno has its roots in the Andes during the colonial era, when indigenous peoples began to blend their music with influences brought by European settlers. During this process the Spanish guitar naturally became very prevalent, incorporating the tunings, finger-style and rhythms of the traditional Andean harp along with it. The late Alberto Juscamaita Gastelú, known as Raktako, was a renowned guitarist, composer and mentor to generations of guitarists from his home in Ayacucho, southern Peruvian…
An Unfinished Rose
*300 copies limited edition* Slowly yet firmly blooming into focus, An Unfinished Rose is the new album from Australian duo Troth. This is their first since relocating to Hobart, Tasmania and their introduction to Night School Records. With a detailed web of past releases on labels A Colourful Storm, Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox, Knekelhuis and Bowman’s own Altered States Tapes imprint, An Unfinished Rose is the group’s most realised and composed work thus far. While still drawing on the improvisat…
Big Lizard Stomp! (Teen Trash From Ps ychedelic Tokyo '66-'69)
Under the influence of The Beatles, the Group Sound Movement swept Japan in the mid Sixties. This compilation collects some of the finest cuts made by several of the leading band of the time like The Mops, The Golden Cups, The Spiders ... and more!
Cyclical Tombeau
Zach Rowden presents Cyclical Tombeau on Second Sleep, a haunting exploration of repetitive structures and drone that transforms the double bass into an otherworldly sound-making device. Through prepared techniques and extended bowing, Rowden creates circular funeral dirges that blur the boundaries between acoustic instrument and spectral presence. Connecticut-based Rowden has established himself as one of the most innovative voices in experimental bass music, known for his work with Tongue Depr…
Almost An Island
*100 copies limited edition* Almost An Island marks the first collaboration between musician and producer Kenneth James Gibson and the husband-and-wife duo James and Cynthia Bernard. Gibson's career is a mosaic of sounds and ideas—so varied it might seem like the work of several artists, yet unmistakably his. From the widescreen psych-folk of Bell Gardens (with the late Brian McBride of Stars of the Lid), to the fractured electronics of Eight Frozen Modules, to intimate solo ambient albums and e…
Taproots
Robin Richards, principal composer in beloved Manchester art-pop band Dutch Uncles, announces details of Taproots; his long-awaited debut solo album, set to be released 19th September on PRAH Recordings. Inspired by artists such as Flying Lotus, Arvo Pärt, Phillip Glass, Kate Bush, Boards of Canada and Tim Hecker, the album’s arc includes pieces about self-doubt, positive life changes, fatherhood and a suite of concept pieces about the life cycle of trees.
Taproots features contributions throug…
A Night In Gloucester Avenue
*200 copies limited edition* "Once upon a time, Lol Coxhill and Veryan Weston shared a home in a grand neoclassical mansion from the Regency era, located in the garden city of Welwyn Garden City, about 40 km north of London. That mansion was Digswell House, which at the time was run as a space for young artists to live and work. It wasn't just musicians—painters and sculptors gathered there too. Lol moved into Digswell House in 1976 and lived under the same roof as the already-resident Veryan fo…
Thoughts Of Trio
*2025 stock. 200 copies limited edition* Three eminent figures of the international experimental music scene meet here in an unexpected configuration. Aidan Baker and Katharina Schmidt are well-known for their drone/ambient-oriented work, while versatile improviser Han-earl Park is certainly the person one would expect in an improvising trio. Katharina Schmidt performs as a drummer and percussionist, Aidan Baker switches between guitar and bass, while Han-earl Park appears on his trademark instr…
Turning Shadow Into Transient Beauty
*2025 stock. 100 copies limited edition* The French duo NLC, Julien ASH and Aloïs L., hase become one of the most prolific projects releasing on attenuation circuit in recent years. Always open for collaboration, for this album they have joined forces with Wolf City. Wolf City is a solo project from the Western suburbs of Paris, exploring the different sides of indie rock through noise, hard, ambient, post rock and even world music.
The songs on this album – because they are actually songs, not …
We Carry Eden
Son Of Chi's We Carry Eden emerges from Hanyo van Oosterom's closure of the CHI circle following Jacobus Derwort's passing. This immersive two-part composition blends dub, ambient, and fourth world elements with Omar Ka's Fulani storytelling, drawing on Patmos and Hopi wisdom traditions in a profound meditation on ancient knowledge.
Nightfall
"A defining force in the “Berlin School” of electronic music, both as a member of Tangerine Dream in what some see as their most essential era, and as a solo artist, Baumann has always bridged the cerebral and the cinematic. With ‘Nightfall’, he embarks on another sonic odyssey, crafting an atmospheric album steeped in mystery and evocative storytelling. Baumann’s artistic vision has long been shaped by his exploration of the human condition. From his pioneering work with Tangerine Dream to his …
Fried Brains
"The trio Rapid Zen creates a dynamic blend of really unique music by fusing rhythmic patterns with audio experiments. They achieve this by combining a layer of turntable sampling and scratching that provides a distinctive and varied sound interacting with a broad palette of different techniques on double bass, percussion, and voice. Fried Brains is the first release of the project." - Vito Camarretta
''Don’t hold your breath in anticipation of instant karma or rapid enlightenment, but with such…
felix culpa
According to legend, Orpheus was the son of Apollo, the Greek god of music. His father gave him a lyre and, from an early age, Orpheus played so well that he surpassed even his father's skill. It is said that when he played, the objects around him came to life, so enchanting was his music. Orfeu is the Portuguese translation of ‘Orpheus’, and is above all the intimate project of Alexandre Casato, who has been developing it in secret in his bedroom for several years... Alex is the guitarist behin…
lésion étrange
Lesion Etrange is a guitar-drum duo from Lyon (France). Alex (Tombouctou, Schleu, Torticoli...) is a master of the guitar, capable of taking you into a torrent of sounds with a venomous distortion and an aura of the East Coast of the USA. He's a sucker for the sound of Arab On Radar and Hammer Party, and an admirer of Shield Your Eyes' or Us Maple's incredible telepathic sense in concert... His sidekick on drums is Jo (Schleu, Neige Morte...), who is also a sound avalanche catalyst. As straight …