New Arrivals
Keep The Drum (Concussion Solos)
New Forces is pleased to offer a reissue of Jeph Jerman's "Keep the Drum," originally released on cassette by Apraxia in 1990. Since the 1980's Jeph Jerman has been a key figure in experimental music, from the textural noise of his legendary Hands To project, to more recent studies in field recording and acoustic sound recorded under his own name. On "Keep the Drum" Jerman explores what he calls "concussion music," working with a pile of hubcaps, sheet metal and "other bits of junk" to rethink t…
A Long Time
*300 copies limited release* The second of Polytechnic Youth’s new releases for March sees a return to the label for Colin Potter, revered not only for his home 4trk recordings of experimental electronics, minimal synth and DIY cassette output from 1980 onwards, and his esteemed ICR label also of course his continued work as part of Nurse with Wound. His celebrated back catalogue has -alongside a killer body of new recordings- been reissued on vinyl for a first time by labels such as PY, Deep Di…
Freundliche Kreisel
"Emerging from Lower Franconia's hidden reverse, Johannes Schebler, known as ambient-poltergeist "Baldruin" and surreal folklorists Christian Schoppik & Katie Rich of "Brannten Schnüre"-fame have puzzled and amazed outernational audiences from the stranger end of the avant/lo-fi spectrum in recent years. The trio is now collectively dreaming as "Freundliche Kreisel", reaching for terra incognita rather than common ground on their most bewildering and accessible outing to date. Arch-pontifices of…
Bucked Up Space
Nik Colk Void is well established with her work - using modular systems, voice and guitar - as one half of Factory Floor, one third of Carter Tutti Void (alongside Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti) and with the late Peter Rehberg as NPVR, but perhaps surprisingly, 'Bucked Up Space' is her first solo album release. Void explains, “When Peter Rehberg initially asked me to produce a record for Editions Mego, I didn't feel quite ready and asked if we could make a record together instead. Collabora…
Birth Canal
*150 copies limited edition* Barstool Mountain is the new alias of Sweden's Mattias Gustafsson, the artist behind the incomparable Altar of Flies. After quietly releasing two tapes on his own Hästen & Korset imprint, New Forces is pleased to bring this project to a wider audience. Mattias describes Barstool Mountain as the "primitive and raw" alternative to Altar of Flies. The recordings are more spontaneous, live sessions that capture a heightened energy. Pushing the intensity of recent Altar o…
Volume 1
New Forces is proud to present Richard Ramirez Volume 1, a 5-CD boxset compiling some of the best work by noise legend Richard Ramirez.
Restless
After a series of highly regarded tapes releases New Forces is proud to unleash the much-anticipated debut full-length CD "Restless" by Mass Marriage. Across these five tracks Vancouver-based artist Melissa Paget offers the pinnacle of Mass Marriage's unique vision: suffocating heavy electronics, abrasive noise, and harrowing vocals that conjure up a dense, intimate atmosphere. There is no stagnation here, only an artist pushing the sound, aesthetics, and traditions of industrial music forward i…
Gak
New Forces is proud to release this CD edition of Evil Moisture's landmark 1997 LP "Gak." Remastered from the original source tape by Grant Richardson, Gak exceeds categorization, description, and even quantification. Across 33 tracks (or is it 53 tracks? What about all that "No Gak"??) - Andy Bolus shows why he is the undisputed master of tape-noise insanity. Chopped, cut, and sewn back together with a blend of genius and madness. This is nothing less than an inspiring piece of experimental sou…
Sensory Eradication
*50 copies limited edition* For more than 25 years Alan Bloor, the architect of Knurl, has been forging a singular approach to sound without rivals or imitators. Sensory Eradication was recorded in 1998 but never released, and New Forces couldn't be happier to rescue this gem from the vault. White-hot sheets of scrap metal noise shred the listener to pieces for 40 glorious minutes. Bloor's transcendent focus on the sonic properties of metal produces a similarly meditative response from the liste…
Domaine Poétique
New Forces is proud to present the Domaine Poétique discography boxset. Domaine Poétique was the mail collaboration between Jeph Jerman (Hands To) and John Hudak, two of the most prominent artist to emerge from the 1980's "cassette culture" underground. Alongside artist like The Haters and Merzbow, they helped carved out a space for experimental sound while constructing the networks through which those sounds would circulate. Domaine Poétique released seven cassettes from 1987-1989, most of whi…
Works for Flute
Toshio Hosokawa explains his special interest in the flute as follows: “For me the flute is the instrument which can most deeply realise my musical ideal. The flute can produce a sound by means of the breath, and can be a vehicle by which the breath transmits the sound’s life-power.“ When playing the flute, the breath flow is directed upon a sharp edge or notch. The resulting vibrations excite the air contained in the resonant cavity within the flute, which can be heard as …
Mesourania/Wendy's Wedding
* Edition of 70 copies * Compiling two EP's (Mesourania (2019) and Wendy's Wedding (2016) by Seirios Savvaidis (who also plays in The Dead Ends), one of Greece's best kept secrets. Some mind expanding songs that reflect deep knowledge of traditional Greek music by way of sixties and seventies pychedelia and cosmic folk troubadours. Savvaidis's relaxed Greek vocals make you float all the way up Mount Paggaio.
César Et Rosalie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents an expanded CD release of the romantic, innovative, masterful score by Philippe Sarde for César et Rosalie, one of his most significant scores for Claude Sautet.Starring Yves Montand and Romy Schneider as the titular couple, César et Rosalie is about a most unusual love triangle in which a woman must choose between her artistic ex and her current boyfriend—who may be rich, but is much more boring than her old flame. As the men come to…
Il Bidone (Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Quartet Records presents a greatly expanded CD of an early Nino Rota/Federico Fellini collaboration.Coming hot off the heels of La Strada, Fellini’s Il Bidone (1955), starring Broderick Crawford, was considerably less of a hit than its predecessor. The film tells the story of a trio of con men who are each faced with the consequences of their unlawful action. After a series of humiliating and humbling encounters, former members of the gang try to change their ways—but not all of them will surviv…
Ruba Al Prossimo Tuo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* This CD encloses every musical note recorded in 1968. Just a curiosity: foreign versions of the movie are circulating with alternative music not penned by Ennio Morricone, extracted possibly from pre-existing libraries. Therefore our CD contains only the original music composed by Morricone, conducted perfectly by Bruno Nicolai. Ennio Morricone wrote a monothematic score including several orchestral variations of the main theme, a brilliant and very romantic motif with Lounge flavou…
Anima Persa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* We are pleased to release the complete edition CD of the OST by Francis Lai for the drama “The Forbidden Room” (aka “Anima Persa”).“The legendary Oscar-winning composer Francis Lai wrote the music for this psychological film based on a recurring nostalgic main theme for orchestra with moog interventions, which is introduced in the opening credits (Tr.1). The author has succeeded perfectly in representing the atmosphere of a mysterious and esoteric Venice, with a whole series of tens…
Erosion
Tip! *100 copies limited edition* Erosion is a sprawling yet focused love affair with the bass drum, allowing myriad objects to playfully interact with its grand form. Kevin and Jacob engage with the instrument in an entirely unrelenting way, traversing textural, pointillist sections, as well as rippling metallic drones. Notice’s admiration of Kevin and Jacob’s work goes back to circa 2008, with Kevin’s album with Tetuzi Akiyama and Christian Kiefer on the much-loved Digitalis Industries, and J…
A Need/A Want
Lucy Liyou’s music carries with it deeply personal poetry, in a literal and metaphorical sense, conveyed using sound collage, noise, field recordings, and abstracted pop tendencies. When Notice first heard Lucy’s music, we were struck by its incredible honesty, vulnerability, and originality. For her first collaboration, A Need/A Want, she is joined by Philadelphia-based guitarist and lyricist Yska. Bizarre shards of Yska's electric guitar permeate Lucy’s deft and supple production techniques as…
Ribbon
Tim Olive returns for his third album on Notice, a rare solo outing from this avid collaborator. “Ribbon” is a document of his highly developed relationship with amplified object manipulation, in a manner most cathartic and engaged, and yet informed by compositional sensibility. This release is constructed from multiple tracks of a variety of sound sources recorded in his studio in Kobe, Japan; these tracks have then been edited and layered, in shifting densities and evolving textures. Despite t…
Fairfax
Nate Scheible's "work of gentle genius" – Fairfax – is arriving on vinyl & all digital services in February 2022. Remastered by Lawrence English and featuring brand new artwork, this edition uncovers a completely new side of the "dreamy and dramatic, meditative and somber" album by the American artist.