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In these early Pragma works, sound artist TeZ channels a primal industrial and electronic spirit, blending cosmic and concrete sonic elements to guide the listener through alien, pagan landscapes marked by entropic rhythms and magical atmospheres. For the third edition of this lathe-cut release, TeZ invited Sumus (formerly Psychick Warriors of Gaia) to contribute their masterfully fragmented collages of acoustic wonders, adding a unique dimension to the work.
Gracilty
2024 lucky restock. A mind blowing archival double cd centred around Laurie Scott Baker, who has been involved in experimental music since he was a teenager. A pioneer of live electronics and graphic scores back in the 60s, a member of the Scratch Orchestra & Peoples Liberation Music with Cornelius Cardew, played many first performances of new music. Gracility comes out of the development of free improvisation & groups such as Scratch Orchestra etc. & the general questioning of the music establi…
We Only Want The Earth
2024 restock. Long out of print, subtitled "the Peoples' Liberation Music Tapes & other Songs", the tracks from this CD come from a rare collection of Cornelius Cardew's live recordings and studio sessions made between 1973-78. Plans to issue them on vinyl LP in the 70s never came to fruition (although small numbers of cassettes circulated). The original songs and arrangements are of the 70s and so reflect that time. Some people find it difficult to accept that revolutionary words can be set to …
Hold The Sound (Book)
144, printed in offset. Artist Book. Can you hold a sound? This book experiments with giving tangible form to something seemingly immaterial. Within these pages, you will find a collection of thoughts on sound gathered by artists and researchers, each attempting to grasp sound’s fleeting nature through verbal and visual expressions. What are auditories? The plural of “auditory” emphasizes that there is no one way of hearing, and that hearing is not an isolated activity. For the inaugural present…
Rewilding
Big Tip! Başak Günak is a Istanbul-born, Berlin-based sound artist and composer, also internationally known as Ah! Kosmos in the field of electronic music. Her work includes sound art, performance, sound installation, composition for theater and contemporary dance. In her forthcoming solo album Rewilding, Başak Günak has worked with the themes of (auto-)rewilding, foraging and decay, while also incorporating sounds she has gathered from her sound art and sound installations. “Rewilding” embodie…
A Rose In The Garden Of Winter
This album marks a significant evolution for Dream Division, evolving from a solo project into a full band experience. Blending the rich sounds of Italian soundtracks with psychedelic rock, Tom McDowell, the band's core member and founder of Library of the Occult Records, has assembled an all-star lineup for this collaborative record. Featuring members of The Hologram People, Garden Gate, The Psychic Circle, Miles Brown and Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E., the album navigates through genres while mainta…
Sonic Joy
“When foraging for mushrooms, you never know what the forest has to offer that day – who you will meet, what will make you stop in your tracks. But with an open attitude, you will always find something interesting.” It was this mindset this album was recorded with. The Hämeenlinna-based band consists of Victor “Pascal” Tokpanou on percussion, Tuure “Baya” Tammi on keys and trumpet, Ville-Pekka “Ray” Järvinen on bass and, Juha “Murray” Sarkkola on drums. They have played together for a long time …
Pleasures
Wyatt Keusch: Electronics, lap steel guitarKeith Wecker: Synths, electronics
Recorded: Studio Fuddruckers, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Creeps
An experiment in parallel play, The Creeps is an ensemble of soloists deeply rooted in their individual musical practices, working on their own together to weave this unsettling world. The Creeps burst forth in a live performance in downtown Los Angeles before reuniting in the studio to prove the experiment repeatable.
Duos
each sound in solitude, a succession wound among absent threads falling, falling, lighter, lighter— cavernous mouths crown a flickering song without content, exiled from my container, like any other thing, i enter as a thing alone into the world. the world is what enters into nothing— things communicate only by their solitude. three sections, one melody—silences before and after each section. i) player a ii) players a & b iii) player b entries free, note duration and space between notes open, an…
Betwixt
Pebbles, bells, keys, nails,Rice cooker, cigar box, tin can,Flowerpot bits, broken glass, rattle,Bows, pencils, large rock.
Tim Feeney and Cassia Streb, tiny sounds, viola
Ouro
"João Alegria is an essential figure in the Portuguese underground music scene. With a prolific career spanning over a decade, the guitarist – as he prefers to be called – embodies artistic commitment, resilience, and a deep devotion to crafting dark, experimental soundscapes. The numerous albums the Lisbon-based musician has released testify to a sonic vision akin to its object of study: unhurried and unperturbable, yet continuous and tempestuous. Alegria’s music originates from a place we all …
Lucky
Giant thanks and appreciation to Cecyl Ruehlen for his patience and support in putting this out into the world. Dedicated to my dear Dad for teaching me to keep my ears wide open. Lucky is a compilation of happy accidental living room sit-down sessions of what fell out of my hands, recordings made for filmmaker Jeremy Moss (Franklin & Marshall) and choreographer and filmmaker Tori Lawrence (Tori Lawrence + Co), and field recordings of fortunately minimal-to-no people-produced sounds (voices or…
Cause and Curiosity: Walter Zimmermann in Conversation with Richard Toop (Book)
**Essential reading!** Having issued a truly remarkable suite of publications, dedicated to radical reaches of musical practice and thought, over the last year or so - George Lewis and Harald Kisiedu's “Composing While Black”, Hans Reichel's “Daxophonie”, Guillaume Belhomme's “Eric Dolphy”, Phil Freeman’s “In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor”’ and “Radio Cologne Sound Das Studio für Elektronische Musik des WDR”, to name just a few - Wolke Verlag returns with “Cause and Curi…
Issue 80 (Magazine)
Audion 80 (12/2024) 44 pages. Cover article: Dr Space - a chat with the pilot of the Øresund Space CollectiveCornelius Cardew Treatise (event), Mirthrandir - article & interview, Pekka Pohjola - Scandinavian fusion legends 7, Choice British label classics: Virgin part 2 (plus Caroline, and a round-up of other releases), Modulight & others - live at The Church of Sound (event), Alain Basso, labels: Bam Balam, Fou Records, Seelie Court Digital, reviews: Flasket Brinner, Lightwave, Moonseeds, Nurse…
Issue 79 (Magazine)
Audion 79 (9/2024) 44 pages. Cover article: Secret Oyster - Scandinavian fusion legends 6 (including interviews)plus: 20 questions with Steve Hillman, Rock In Opposition - the aftermath - global scene, 4: 2010+, Sula Bassana / Dave Schmidt interview (and Sulatron/related reviews), Choice British label classics: Virgin part 1, Rescued Relics incl. Can, Faust, Steve Hillage, etc., labels: Cuneiform, Discus, PQR-Disques Plusqueréel, Elektramusic Berlin, Motvind, Rocket Recordings, reviews: Cosmic G…
Issue 78 (Magazine)
Audion 78 (6/2024) 44 pages. Cover article: Burnin Red Ivanhoe - Scandinavian fusion legends 5 (including Karsten Vogel interview)plus: 20 questions with Jez Creek - Modulator ESP, Rock In Opposition - The Aftermath: global scene, 3: 2000+, Torben Unit & 2Morph, Choice British label classics: Vertigo part 2, labels: Fou Records, Monster Melodies, Bam Balam, Norske Albumklassikere (3 pages), more reviews: Mark Jenkins, Mushroom, The Myrrors, Nurse With Wound, The first instalment of Adam Naworal'…
Issue 77 (Magazine)
Audion 77 (3/2024) 48 pages. Cover article: Martin Archer interview (Das Rad, Fjall, Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, etc.)plus: Krautrock Today?, A Fistful Of Spaghetti update, Le Folk-Rock Français, Bjorn J:Son Lindh, Janne Schaffer & related - Scandinavian fusion legends 4, Rock In Opposition - The Aftermath: global scene, 2: 1990s+, Choice British label classics: Vertigo part 1, labels: Cuneiform Records, Mellow Records, reviews: Dire Wolves, Øresund Space Collective, Univers Zero, etc.
Issue 76 (Magazine)
Audion 76 (12/2023) 44 pages. Cover article: Made In Sweden - Scandinavian fusion legends 3 (including Solar Plexus)plus: 20 questions with Mark Jenkins, Prog & psych from South America Part 5, Resounding: The Art Of Noises - 23/9/2023 at LCB Depot, New discs from Fou Records, Rock In Opposition - The Aftermath: global scene, 1: 1970s-90s part 2, Choice British label classics: Transatlantic, labels: Cuneiform Records, Merry-Go-Round, Seelie Court / Seelie Court Digital, more reviews: Datashock, …
Issue 75 (Magazine)
Audion 75 (9/2023) 52 pages. Cover article: Tasavallan Presidentti - Scandinavian fusion legends 2 (including Jukka Tolonen page)plus: Poessitfous - Lost sounds from the French underground, Rock In Opposition - The Aftermath: global scene, 1: 1970s-90s, Tomokie's Cup - We prefer to exist on the periphery, Weird Garden at Leicester Gallery, new Italian prog & underground part 6, Choice British label classics: RCA Victor, The Avant-Garde Sector, Rescued Relics: Amon Düül, Annexus Quam, Volcano Th…