Best of 2021
Esperanto (LP)
LP version. Wewantsounds continues their Ryuichi Sakamoto reissue series with the release of the 1985 album Esperanto, composed for a performance by New York avant-garde choreographer Molissa Fenley. Produced and performed by Sakamoto with contribution by Arto Lindsay and Japanese percussionist Yas-Kaz, Esperanto is a fascinating instrumental work mixing electronica, ambient and synth pop. Released in Japan in 1985 on Midi Inc.s' School label, the album has never been released outside of Japan u…
Radius
**Red vinyl, numbered edition** Alberto Radius first solo album - Originally released on Numero Uno label, cat. # ZSLN 55153. September, 1972.- and regarded as one of the Italian prog rarest though not particularly representative of the genre, was issued in 1972 when Formula Tre were still active, and was a sort of jam session with important Italian musicians of the time, including Franz Di Cioccio from Premiata Forneria Marconi and Area's Demetrio Stratos and Giulio Capiozzo along with Gianni D…
Dai Primitivi all'Elettronica
An outstanding raga-like drone lp with a distinctive cosmic vibe, Futuro Antico was born for a brief, blissed moment of communal cross-cultural levitation, a collaboration between the two italian Walter Maioli (Aktuala), Riccardo Sinigaglia (who'd go on to form Recommended Records recording artists The Doubling Riders) and Gabin Dabirè (from Burkina Faso). The synthesis between ancient, ethnic and analog electronic music is just perfect, the minimalist repetition with slight changes gives associ…
Om Shanti Shanti Om
**Never-before released document of Don Cherry blowing cool fire in Rome, 1976. First official release. Mastered from the original master tapes.** An amazing document of the life experiment that was the Organic Music Society. This super quality audio, recorded by RAI (the italian public broadcasting company) in 1976 for television, documents a quartet concert focused on vocals compositions and improvisations. Here, Don Cherry and his family-community’s musical belief emerges in its simplicity, w…
直美のオナニーと若草寮案内 (Tape - Art Ed. Box)
* Art edition, C-60 cassette in a deluxe wooden box with many inserts + a numbered certificate in 200 copies * Always ahead of the curve, bringing seminal lost works back into centre of our consciousness, we have done it again. A true joy in listening and historically as important as they come, their first ever reissue of The Gerogerigegege, 直美のオナニーと若草寮案内 Re-issue'' ("Naomi's Masturbation and Wakakusa Dormitory Guide RE-ISSUE'), turns everything on its head (and not only that) and is not to be …
Communicate, How?: Paintings and Tapestries, 1967 - 1980 (Book)
* Exhibition catalogue. Limited edition. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition, extensive and copiously illustrated, with texts by Evie Ward, John Corbett, Lisa Alvarado, Christina Forrer, Naima Karlsson* Corbett vs. Dempsey is pleased to present Moki Cherry, Communicate, How?: Paintings and Tapestries, 1967-1980. Following Blank Forms’ exhibition in New York, which took an in-depth look at the Don Cherry and Moki Cherry partnership, Communicate, How? places the spotlight squarely on Moki, …
Tapscott and Winds (LP)
Super Tip! * Originally recorded in 1983. A never before released Studio album featuring Horace Tapscott with flautist Aubrey Hart and saxophonist Kafi Roberts. Direct From the 1/4” Master Tapes (All Analog Cut), Tip-On Sleeve Insert with Liner Notes by Mark Weber *
Sharps and Flats
Super Tip! * First official and the absolute definitive version of the album. Originally recorded in 1986, featuring Nate Morgan and Horace Tapscott. Finally on LP as originally intended: straight from the 1/2” Master Tapes (All Analog Cut). With Unseen Photos from the recording session Tip-On Sleeve. Insert with Liner Notes by Mark Weber *
Meccanizzazione
**Edition of 300 copies, black vinyl 180gr. Comes with Obi, and original liner notes by Jonny Trunk** Originally released in 1971 as LR15 on Leo Records label. Oronzo De Filippi is known not only for his library music works, but also for having taken part, together with Alessandro Alessandroni, in the project The Braen’s Machine. “Meccanizzazione” is a completely instrumental record - like practically all LP's in this genre - literally dominated by the sound of the harpsichord, and it substanti…
Labyrinthe de Violence
The venerable Alga Marghen returns with "Labyrinthe de Violence", their new release of previously unreleased recordings by Luc Ferrari connected to his Atelier de Libération de la Musique experience, this time sprawling across two stunning LPs. Capturing the four soundtracks conceived for the Galiéra Museum installation in Paris, we encounter the composer imbued with politics and social concern, in a dramatic atmosphere like he's rarely been heard. Absolutely astounding and as historically impor…
Voyage Spectral
* Mono, 300 copies. Offset printed ultra-glossy cover with Pantone 877C, offset printed Pantone 877C labels. Ultra-raw, all-hail!-low-fidelity tape recordings of a memorable night in Saint Etienne where both bands shared the bill. The split LP features both band's full set, respectively 25 minutes (Temple Solaire) and 40 minutes (France)!!! * Over the course of the last decade, Standard In-Fi has taken on the task of illuminating some of the most exciting currents of underground music in France.…
Martellate. Scritti Fighi 1990-2020
Xing presents the artist record Martellate. Scritti Fighi 1990-2020. Lydia Mancinelli Legge Marcello Maloberti (Hammerings. Cool Writings 1990-2020. Lydia Mancinelli Reads Marcello Maloberti), second release of the XONG series. Italian actress Lydia Mancinelli, stage and life partner of the avant-garde author Carmelo Bene, reads the “written voices” of Martellate, a collection of impulsive written fragments by the visual artist Marcello Maloberti. The release is on white vinyl, in a limited and …
Skärvor Av
Edition of 200 copies. Swedish noise agitator Dan Johannsson (Sewer Election) brand new album. Hypnotic, dreamlike and introspective tape loops, musique concrete-esque abstractions, bleached electro-acoustic structures. Skärvor Av flows with an elemental sorcery from reverberant electronic space and caustic noise swells to dense bleakness held in elemental balance with moments of astonishing beauty
I Am Sitting in a Room. Archival Recordings 1969–2019
A truly mind-blowing deep dive into one of the most important works within the canon of 20th Century experimental music, stretching across 3 LPs and 2 CDs, as well as containing a 124-page book, Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting in a Room. Archival Recordings 1969–2019" on Sound On Paper Editions gathers 10 previously unavailable renderings of this astounding composition, created by the composer between 1969 and 2019. Illumining an unprecedented level of depth, nuance, and insight from a work that ca…
Solos
Deluxe boxed LP set of Graham Lambkin's first four solo records, including an expansive book featuring essays and unseen photos. LPs included are: "Poem (For Voice & Tape)", "Salmon Run", "Softly Softly Copy Copy" and "Amateur Doubles".
Sonic Waters, Underwater Music 1979-1987
A work that literally immerses the listener into an acoustical substance. The sound becomes almost like matter, like jelly. Soon, you're swimming in sound, getting lost inside it
Occam Ocean Vol. 3
Occam Ocean 3 is an exceptional project, the result of collaboration between Eliane Radigue, French composer, pioneer of the exclusive use of continuous sounds, and three string instrumentalists, Julia Eckhardt, Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker. Composed in Paris, the 3 pieces of this record were recorded in September 2019 at the Abbazia di Santa Maria Assunta, Monteveglio (Bologna) in Italy
Éliane Radigue stopped producing electronic music and began creating collaborative works with instrument…
Bleu (2Lp)
Following the first ever vinyl reissues of Aurore and Royaume, Aimant + Aimant - Penultimate Press is finally proud to make available the final part of this extraordinary trilogy. Etant Donnés's Bleu is the final gesture and culmination of this period of creation where poésie and la nature form a magical alliance that resonates as an alchemical wedding. Having the conviction that Bleu was the ultimate arc based on the purity of natural sound and poetry, leaning towards a mystical spiritual searc…
The Works
Our Swimmer’s first ever vinyl reissue of Alvin Curran’s seminal 1980 LP, 'The Works', is nothing short of a historic event. Among the composer’s most famous and sought-after releases, it’s an absolute stunning piece of work - blending voice, piano, synthesizer, and tape into a seamless expanse of ambience, texture, and tone - that manages to turn experimentalism on its head over 40 years on.
Watch Devil Go / Untitled (2LP in bundle)
This special bundle includes the latest two Souffle Continu reissues from the Palm catalogue, namely the following:- Jacques Thollot "Watch Devil Go" (LP, 1975)- Jean-Charles Capon / Philippe Maté / Lawrence 'Butch' Morris / Serge Rahoerson "Untitled" (LP, 1977)Jacques Thollot "Watch Devil Go" (LP, 1975)* Deluxe reissue, with obi strip + 8 page booklet, 180g vinyl *To write these few lines, we spoke to saxophonist François Jeanneau, an old friend of Jacques Thollot who also played on several of…