Reissues
Wigmore Hall 1968 + John Tchicai Quintet, John Tchicai Peter Kowald Duo (2LP Bundle)
This 2LP bundle includes the two latest Formalibera albums: John Tchicai "Wigmore Hall 1968", and John Tchicai, Peter Kowald "John Tchicai Quintet, John Tchicai Peter Kowald Duo".John Tchicai "Wigmore Hall 1968" (LP)* Edition of 300 copies. High thickness cardboard with opaque laminated cover. Comes with a printed insert.* John Tchicai (1936-2012) was one of the most visionary free jazz saxophonists of the 20th century - a rare artist whose voice stood apart even among giants. Born in Copenhagen…
La Cuccagna
On La cuccagna, Ennio Morricone sketches early‑60s Italian life in miniature: light, bittersweet themes, small‑combo colours and gently ironic swings that mirror a young woman’s fragile hopes inside a consumerist daydream starting to fray.
La ragazza e il Generale
In La ragazza e il generale, Ennio Morricone threads anti‑war irony through bittersweet melodies and marching figures, mixing folk‑tinged themes, choral snatches and tense orchestration into a score where tenderness and absurdity share the same battlefield.
Danger: Diabolik
On Danger: Diabolik, Ennio Morricone weaponises pop, jazz and electronics into a hyper‑stylised heist engine: fuzz guitars, wordless vocals and mod orchestration turning Mario Bava’s comic‑book caper into a delirious, late‑60s sonic hallucination.
Thrilling
In Thrilling, Ennio Morricone’s widescreen sense of drama condenses into a tightly wound suite of themes: tense strings, ghostly choirs and razor‑edged rhythm figures that turn suspense into something almost voluptuously atmospheric.
John Tchicai Quintet, John Tchicai Peter Kowald Duo
*Edition of 300 copies. High thickness cardboard with opaque laminated cover. Comes with a printed insert.* John Tchicai was extraordinarily prolific during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and this second archival release from Formalibera captures two essential, previously undocumented chapters of his story. Side one takes us to Danish Radio House, Copenhagen, October 1969, where Tchicai leads a remarkable hybrid quintet fresh from a European tour: Danish collaborators Hugh Steinmetz and Pierre …
Wigmore Hall 1968
*Edition of 300 copies. High thickness cardboard with opaque laminated cover. Comes with a printed insert.* John Tchicai (1936-2012) was one of the most visionary free jazz saxophonists of the 20th century - a rare artist whose voice stood apart even among giants. Born in Copenhagen to a Danish mother and a Congolese father, his path to New York came through a chance encounter at a socialist youth festival in Helsinki, where Bill Dixon and Archie Shepp heard him play and urged him to make the mo…
Release Of An Oath
Originally released in 1968 on Reprise Records, Release Of An Oath is the fourth studio album by The Electric Prunes and a radical departure from their earlier garage-psychedelic sound. The album was fully composed and arranged by David Axelrod, drawing inspiration from liturgical music and classical structures, most notably Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in F Minor.
Although credited to The Electric Prunes, the record largely features session musicians under Axelrod’s direction, with only drummer…
Dirty Water
Released in June 1966, Dirty Water stands as the definitive album by The Standells. Recorded during a two-day break from touring, the LP blends garage rock, attitude, and raw energy, powered by the iconic title track — a Top 10 hit and one of the band’s signature moments. A longtime cult favorite, it remains one of the strongest garage-rock statements of the 1960s.
Part One
Released in 1967 on Reprise Records, Part One is the second album by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and is widely regarded as their strongest and most cohesive work. Blending psychedelic pop, experimental rock, and surreal songwriting, the album features compositions by Frank Zappa, P.F. Sloan, Baker Knight, and Van Dyke Parks. More song-oriented than their debut yet still wildly unpredictable, Part One captures the strange, fractured beauty of Los Angeles psychedelia at its peak.
Istikhbars and Improvisations
On Istikhbars And Improvisations, Mustapha Skandrani turns solo piano into a bridge across the Mediterranean, translating Arabo‑Andalusian vocal modes into crystalline keyboard meditations that move like a modal Goldberg from Algiers to Paris and back.
Bill Nace Plays the 2 String Taishogoto
Bill Nace turns a traditional two‑string instrument into a focused sound laboratory, contrasting a feedback‑touched, spiralling first side with a pared‑back, bodily repetition that slowly blooms into vast harmonic space.
Diana in the Autumn Wind
On Diana in the Autumn Wind, Gap Mangione turns late‑60s trio jazz into a Technicolor funk miniature: short, intricate charts, molten Rhodes, and a young Tony Levin/Steve Gadd rhythm engine that future hip‑hop would mine like sacred scripture.
Batteaux
On their self‑titled 1973 LP, Batteaux turn baroque folk into ocean‑lit folk‑funk: lush West Coast arrangements, sky‑high harmonies and proto‑yacht grooves that feel as Balearic as they do Laurel Canyon, somehow both overlooked and timeless.
Konkrete Klaenge
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.All materials are recycled.The CDR is contained in a striped plastic (black or transparent). The plastic bag is closed with metal staples.The plastic bag has pieces of metal wire attached to the bag with a length of gray cloth tape. A sticker is attached to the tape.Inside the bag are:- a small white bag containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CDR. A sticker is attached to the bag.- a black and white tri-fold cover- a small sticker
Zyklusters
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with a piece of white satin ribbon holding three steel washers (rings/clusters).Inside the envelope are:- a black envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color bi-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker
Loopspool
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed beige cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with two pieces of satin ribbon (grey and blue) holding a charm in silver metal wich represents the symbol of infinity.Inside the envelope are:- a plastic envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color tri-fold cover (13x13 cm. closed, 39x13 cm. developed)- a minip…
Organemia
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 13x13 cm brown cardboard archival sleeve. A sticker is placed on the sleeve.Inside the sleeve are:- a sleeve containing a black polycarbonate CD-R, which resembles vinyl. The CD-R is printed. The sleeve is a random color: yellow, green, orange, or blue.- a full-color bi-fold cover.- three bookmarks.- a mini poster.Layout – Antonio Benini
January 2016
*30 copies limited edition*
Celebratory release for the tenth anniversary of the first track, released digitally only.This edition is entirely handmade.The CD-R is contained in a plastic sleeve with a frozen look, sealed with metal staples.A polyester print is attached to the front of the plastic sleeve.Inside the plastic sleeve is a paper sleeve containing the CD-R and a small insert with liner notes.The envelope and insert are printed on special high-quality lined paper.
Preludes
** 2026 Repress, revised artwork ** Artist and multi-instrumentalist Flaer looks to the landscape to explore pastoral melancholy on debut release, Preludes. Ensconced in his family home in rural Leicestershire in the early months of 2020, painter and musician Realf Heygate (b. 1994) picked up his childhood cello for the first time in several years and began to play. Setting himself parameters to only record onto 4-track tape with acoustic instruments – cello, piano and acoustic guitar – he assem…