New Arrivals
Einsjaeger & Siebenjaeger
Einsjäger & Siebenjäger, originally released on Kosmische Musik in 1974. Settling down the partnership of Florian Fricke with Daniel Fischelscher that was started in the previous outing and, again, featuring Korean soprano Djong Yun on vocals, the fifth Popol Vuh LP also counted on sporadic contributions by Olaf Kübler on flute to follow the path set on Hosianna Mantra and Seligpreisung. Reissued from the master tapes in quality vinyl pressing, full glory laminated gatefold cover and featuring p…
Hosianna Mantra
With its religious theme it shouldn't be heretic to consider Hosianna Mantra as a small miracle. Suddenly the dark, unmelodic Popol Vuh offer us an incredibly beautiful work of amazing gothic folk that, this time, fit perfectly in the Pilz catalogue - yet managing to sound as something completely unique. It was originally released in 1972 and featured a host of musicians that included Conny Veit on guitars, Robert Eliscu on oboe, Djong Yun on vocals and Klaus Wiesse on tamboura, led of course by…
Chamber Rites
Chamber rites is an encounter based on sharing emotions, on audio-visual exchange, on the practice of radical improvisation, characterized by a location or context, of which we define a part of its mobile architecture. Ours is a ritual whose coordinates – spatial, temporal and performative – are traced by signs, at the same time enigmatic and visible, sedimented in time” (Fabrizio Casti and Elio Martusciello, 2015)Fabrizio Casti is an italian experimental music composer that operates also in acu…
In The Moon Cage
Awesome archive double LP set, of Serbian electronic music pioneer!! What's the definition of a treasure? Something precious hidden in a safe place by a king maybe? Double LP - 3 sides of music with an etched 4th. Stunning stuff. Offen music begin their journey... big tip! Serbian electronic music pioneer Rex Ilusivii (The King of Illusions in Latin) left an extensive collection of never-heard-before musical gems in his mother's place, and other secluded corners of the world. They have been…
Epoche
Recorded in Berlin 2013 - 2014. Analog Synthesisers, Oscillators, Ring Modulator, Equalisers in Feedback, Hand Fan, Sine Waves, Electronic Drum. 'Either experience is nothing or it must be total' Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenologie of Perception, Page 301. CD edition of 100, 2014.
Nice Weather for War
Kye is proud to present 'Nice Weather for War' - the fabulous new release that showcases six of the most exciting music artists working today. Featuring exclusive, never before heard material by Shots, Blue Chemise, Gabi Losoncy, Russell Walker, Matthew Revert and T.D. 'Nice Weather for War' arrives in a 4-panel high gloss digipak with accompanying 8-page booklet in an edition of 400 copies
I Could Destroy You with a Single Thought
"I Could Destroy You with a Single Thought’, by New Zealand’s mysterious bedroom legend Kraus, was originally self-published as a CDR in 2004. I am quite sure it is the most played CDR at the UE office, and after 11 years it still plays. It is also our very first reissue, and happens to coincide with our 18th birthday. We usually rant a little here, in pseudo poetic antics, trying hard to describe how a record sounds and looks. This time you'll have to trust us that it is one of the best a…
Still Light, Outside
Still Light, Outside is the fourth album by John Chantler. Originally from Australia but living outside that country for well over a decade, this record marks his exodus from London (where he lived for most of this time) and his relocation to Sweden. Over the four month period leading up to his departure, Chantler made several hours of raw recordings of the pipe organ at London’s St John-at-Hackneychurch. These were then subject to extended processing at Stockholm’s Elektronmusikstudion EMS…
Lucio Fulci's Horror & Thriller
Essential release for completists and casual fans alike, The Fulci compilation put together by Beat Records in Italy features a host of classic Italian horror scores, all with one thing in common: director Lucio Fulci. This compilation features Fulci mainstay Fabio Frizzi, Oscar winner Ennio Morricone, Walter Rizzati, Franco De Masi and more! The record features gorgeous album art by Randy Ortiz, and is pressed on 180 Gram limited on 1,000 copies (Black Vinyl).
Creator of some of the most…
Press Colour
"All tracks newly remastered. Liner notes by Vivien Goldman. Lizzy Mercier Descloux may have come of age in Paris, but it's in New York's Lower East Side that she really came alive. The French punk pioneer, a friend of Patti Smith and Richard Hell, moved to New York in 1977 and soon immersed herself in avant-garde poetry, performance art, and punk music. Closely associated with the founders of ZE Records (home to Was (Not Was) and Kid Creole & The Coconuts), Descloux released her debut alb…
A Cat In The Brain
For those who don’t know, A Cat in the Brain (Un Gatto Nel Cervello) is horror master Lucio Fulci’s take on the Director in turmoil sub-genre made popular by Frederico Fellini’s 8 1/2. Composed by frequent collaborator Fabio Frizzi (The Beyond), the soundtrack is everything you want out of an Italian horror score: bizarre, haunting and fun. Fabio Frizzi’s work is a huge part of the reason we got into the soundtrack business in the first place. Mondo is proud to release this soundtrack for …
Lizard In A Woman's Skin
Ennio Morricone has produced masterpiece after masterpiece, but none so creatively unsettling as his score to the 1971 Lucio Fulci giallo, "Lizard in Woman'€™s Skin€ (aka Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna€). Like many of Fulci'€™s movies, €œLizard blurs the line between dreams and reality, with hedonistic nightmares featuring narcotic-fuelled orgies leading to real murder that may or may not have been committed during one of the dreams. Morricone’s music is …
Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem
2015 restock. Essential piece of modern composition from American composer Ingram Marshall, using tape delay, Serge synth and foghorn field recordings reissued on Arc Light Editions. Described by John Adams as "the antithesis of the human voice against the vast becalmed presence of the natural world." Originally released in 1984 on Foster Reed's influential New Albion label (which also released work by John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, and Morton Subotnik) it has not, until now, been made available a…
Rio fun
Thomas Johansson, trumpet. Mats Äleklint, trombone. Julie Kjaer, alto saxophone. Klaus Holm, alto and baritone saxophone. Per Ake Holmlander, tuba. Ketil Gutvik, electric guitar. Tommi Kernen, electronics. Jon Rune Strom, double bass. Christian Meaas Svendsen, double bass. Andreas Wildhagen, drums. Paal Nilssen-Love, drums. Christian Obermayer, sound engineer. All music by Paal Nilssen-Love. Live at Bimhuis, Amsterdam 7th May 2015. Produced as a promo and tour record for the North American tour …
Wapassou
"With their first album, legendary French art-rock band Wapassou found a distinctive musical voice: well-developed melodies, rhythmic organ, prominent droning violin, and guitar doubling-up as a rhythm instrument. They often conjure up what it might have sounded like had John Cale and Stereolab formed a band in 1974, the year this album was released. The five tracks are highly original, varied and inventive, steeped in post-psychedelic rock. Although Wapassou are noted for playing without …
Le Tioko-Tioko
A classic and seldom heard LP from Bamako! Not just your average Malian LP, Le Tioko-Tioko features has to be heard to be believed organ, hypnotic guitar and amazing sweet vocals. A truly great LP and must have for fans of Malian music. A faithful reproduction of the original with the addition of liner notes by Florent Mazzoleni. A co-release with Singasongfighter.
No Dice
Graham Stephenson [trumpet, microphone];Aaron Zarzutzki [synthesizer]Recorded live at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, New York - 25th May 2013"Graham Stephenson (trumpet) and Aaron Zarzutzki (synthesizer) are part of Chicago's improvised music community centered around Myopic Bookstore and other long-running platforms. They use the extremities of their instruments to explore unstable sounds and textures. They have performed as a duo in Steuben, St. Paul, and Brooklyn, and in many other contexts an…
Plural People
Roberto Carlos Lange is a Brooklyn based composer of Ecuadorian descent and a conceptual visual artist, also known for his work as Helado Negro. Plural People is a collection of music and sound pieces from 1999 to 2011. It all starts back in 1999 when Roberto was 19 and exploring computer synthesis parallel to making music with samplers like the MPC 2000 XL. At the time he was taking sound classes that explored max/msp, supercollider, reaktor and other software based sound programs and synthesiz…
Destroy Music
Gultskra Artikler is a project of Moscow-based Alexey Devyanin, who has to this date several releases including four albums in the marvelous German label Miasmah. Destroy Music is an exercise in —literally— destroying the music Alexey has been listening in recent years. Taking samples from countless sources, creating new patterns and then trashing them, these pieces are something we might call sound recycling, and there are plenty of moments of endless collage and layers. However, with the destr…
Cowries
Rémy Charrier is a French audiovisual artist based in México City. With a classic formation made sporadic due to frequent changes of residence, his approach to music was for a while basically made of improvisation exercises with a piano. After a couple of previous releases in the shape of a duo-project in France, Cowries is his first solo work. Once settled in Mexico, Rémy continues his practice with a Moog Little Phatty and a collection of objects used for rhythms and percussion, plus samplers …