Experimental / Distant Lands

Special Bundle: Roberto Musci's The Loa Of Music (2LP, silver vinyl) and Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta's Urban And Tribal Portraits (LP, clear vinyl), both from Soave in new limited pressings of 200 copies each. Outside Italy, Roberto Musci's name…

Italian experimental music is notoriously resistant to definition and location. If ever there was an object to encapsulate the spirit of that movement, it is the composer and musician Roberto Musci’s debut album from 1984 - The Loa Of Music. Recorded…

On Today’s Special, Hanne Lippard and Renato Grieco turn speech into score and accompaniment into acoustic typography. Reduced, exacting compositions for voice, viola da gamba, piano and Wurlitzer shadow the rhythm and contour of language, transformi…

On Hidden Hour, marine eyes preserves eighteen moments of dawn, dusk and chosen solitude in a full hour of luminous ambient drift. Cynthia Bernard’s guitars, lap steel, soft synths and field recordings turn nearby forests, coastlines and mountains in…

100 copies limited edition Northamptonshire: The Flitting by The Clare VoyantsBuckinghamshire: Eythrope Farm by The Universal Veil - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Vol…

100 copies limited edition Surrey:  - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 22 in the eventual 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.

100 copies limited edition Bristol: Giants (Goram & Vincent) & Door of the Hatchet Inn by Jake BlanchardHertfordshire: The Handiwork of Sir Guy de Gravade of Tring Station by Geology Disco - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel rese…

100 copies limited edition Isle of Wight: The Long Stone of Mottisone by AHRKHWorcestershire: The Legend of Raggedstone Hill by Bell Lungs - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L …

Drawing from Tasmania’s rugged landscapes and the spectral absence of its lost fauna, Clinton Green composes a series of site-specific sound works that fuse kinetic turntable setups with ambient field recordings. The album is an evocative journey thr…

Mirante, the ninth album by Nick Storring, is an impressionistic, multi-instrumental homage to Brazil. Across seven movement-rich tracks, Storring weaves liquid ambient textures, intricate rhythms, and a panoply of both Brazilian and experimental inf…

After more than 30 years of recorded output, Riparian stands as Eyvind Kang’s first solo instrumental album. Centered on the viola d’amore, it is an intimate and meditative work that extends his lifelong exploration of sound, improvisation, and ecolo…

Luurankolauluja is Uusi Aika’s deep dive into spiritual fusion, where Nordic folk, modal jazz, and raga-like improvisations meet. Rooted in forest myth and cosmic calm, the album’s six compositions form a slow-burning suite of luminous, contemplative…

Praed Orchestra!'s The Dictionary of Lost Meanings weaves seven pieces of composed music and expansive improvisations, blending Egyptian Shaabi, jazz, and tribal elements. Led by Raed Yassin and Paed Conca, the full ensemble explores intricate textur…

100 copies limited edition Surrey: St Anne's Hill by The Bohman BrothersGreater Manchester: Homley by Jennifer Reid - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 14 in the e…

100 copies limited edition Leicester: Black Annis by Steve WattsNorthumberland: Duddo Five Stone by Grey Malkin - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 15 in the event…

*100 copies limited edition* Oxfordshire: The Black Horse Tails by The Grey Funz Derbyshire: The Drowned Village of Derwent Valley by Mark Vernon - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case - 6x panel reseach note sleeve - Unique OS map cut-out p…

*100 copies limited edition* Durham by Rob St John. Staffordshire by Powders - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 8x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 7 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county casse…

*100 copies limited edition* West Midlands: The Paranormal Origins of Black Sabbath by dbh and the Dark PoolWarwickshire: Meon Hill by PPYO (The Primitive Youth Percussion Orchestra) - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach no…

*100 copies limited edition* Merseyside by Benjamin D Duvall. Herefordshire by Sam McLoughlin - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 9 in the 24x volume set of ceremo…

*100 copies limited edition* Shropshire: Bridget Hayden - The Legend of Llynclys Pool Nottinghmashire: Daniel Weaver - Ghosts of the Meadows, Sneinton and Forest Fields - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case - 6x panel reseach note sleeve - …

*100 copies limited edition* - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 5 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes. The tape series can be bought and collecte…

*100 copies limited edition* - C-30 printed cassette housed in library case- 6x panel reseach note sleeve- Unique OS map cut-out piece- D/L code Volume 4 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes. The tape series can be bought and collecte…

Holidays Records is on fire! Hot on the heels of their recent incredible vinyl releases of the Italian sound artist and musician Ezio Piermattei’s “Gran trotto” and the duo Acchiappashpirt’s “Ninulla”, they return with one of their most important and…

According to Wikipedia “Caprimulgidae are a family of birds consisting of around 95 extant species of nightjars." Digging a little deeper, we learn from Libération that "the word caprimulgidae comes from the Latin caprimulgus, literally meaning 'goat…

*100 copies limited edition* Volume 10 in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.

Tip! Tina Records presents Cargo Cult, six tracks from the Musci archives created using an extensive collection of traditional instruments combined with synthesisers and electronics, with remixes provided by Cut Hands and Nokuit. Italian ethnomusicol…

*100 copies limited edition* Volume VI in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.

Volume VIII in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.

Volume I in the 24x volume set of ceremonial county cassettes.

R. Iwanski presents new sound project explorating experimental approach to ethnic instruments like zanza, kalimba and other idiophones of African origin. Advanced electronic techniques are mainly used to process various acoustic sources - in order to…

* Original 1991 edition on Ranta's own Asian Sound Records imprint * Michael Ranta has collaborated with Takehisa Kosugi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Jean-Claude Eloy, Conny Plank, Mike Lewis, and Hartmut Geerken, just to name a few. He was also assistant to H…

Edition of 500. CD and 8 page booklet in gatefold cardboard sleeve * Even though only being fully terminated 50 years after its conception, 'Azabu' can be regarded as the starting point of Michael Ranta’s creative self-discovery. The recordings that …

*Includes printed inner sleeves & 32 page booklet.* Following the "Minna Miteru" compilation, released in 2020, Morr Music announces a sequel, dedicated to Japanese indie music, overflowing with surprises and welcome discoveries. Like its predecessor…

**200 copies** The electronic music emanating from the Scandinavian region encompasses a vast universe and has a long tradition behind it. In 1964 the electronic music studio EMS in Stockholm opened as a conventional analogue studio, its primary inte…

In process of stocking, totally sold-out at source * Limited Edition Sea-Haze Blue Vinyl * Matthew Sage is about seeing the big picture, but focused through the most intimate and personal lens possible. Best exemplified on the gauzy, cartographical o…

Tip! ' Edition of 300' After a couple of limited art releases on Des Astres D’Or (now Astres d’Or) this is the first more widely available release of Wendingen 1918. Aural analogue surreal investigations by the trio of Raymond Dijkstra (Asra, bhaavit…

Michael Ranta is one of those rare composers able to organically melt his wide artistic span into a singular but yet diverse universe morphing his rich vocabulary as a percussionist with the Oriental esoteric tradition, the psychedelic underground an…

**200 copies** The new Unexplained Sounds Group’s compilation of exploratory music and sound works from India intends to present a comprehensive collection of sonic practices that have emerged from the desire to break away from India’s traditional so…

Super limited tape. A narrative-musical work, a Babylonian library in which sound and word give shape to an evanescent sonic space with infinite historical, archaeological, science fiction and future references. Etrusca 3D is a new band that merges t…

Contemporary and historical Porest recordings channelled from behind the somnambulistic event horizon. The now sound... The bleak oblique. The minimal and the maximal. Filmic chamber drones, meditative radio massage and forged spiritual violence bury…