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*In process of stocking* "This is also connected with exorcism. In the ruling system of medieval religion and politics, demons, devils, etc. were treated as viruses that could contaminate the governing system or as bad sectors inside the memory that …
Phew
This is a really cool post-punk record that manages to be somber at times yet weird and funky too. Very creative! As After Dinner approaches Rock in Opposition through more of a Japanese pop lens, this record does much the same with Krautrock. Of cou…
Endogeny
"I am not entirely sure, but I don't think I reviewed 'Endogeny' when it first came out on Direction Music in 1990. Hearing the music I am not even sure I heard it, even when being in contact with the label at that time. I surely heard Gen Ken Montgo…
Private Thoughts Recordings
*99 copies limited edition* Mauthausen Orchestra was one of the most important musical projects of the Italian industrial scene in the 80’s and has contributed to the birth of the power electronics and harsh noise across the globe. Tape after tape ha…
Dual
*In process of stocking* VAxBY is Albert van Abbe & Byetone. Dutch sound artist Albert van Abbe now joins the Raster family, with an unexpected collaboration with founder Olaf Bender aka Byetone title »Dual«. The result of their collaboration is both…
Post Homo Sapiens
play loud as one listening session all by dp except voice in 1 by agata krawczyk and in 4 & 6 by luzia rasu. factory-pressed CD in cardboard sleeve. recorded november 2018 to june 2019 at shs32. thank you oliver, sascha, daniel, luzia, agata.
Sonic Rituals 声响仪式
*2022 stock* Sound Artists Mei Zhiyong from China and Dave Phillips from Switzerland did a tour of China in July 2014 titled “Sonic Rituals”. They travelled through 17 cities playing 19 concerts. The red thread of the film is the subcurrent that talk…
Proceed With Inquiry
*2022 stock. 250 copies limited release* this dvd comprises video works, live performances and collaborations by radical swiss sound artist dave phillips, sonically active since 1987, part of the notorious schimpfluch gruppe (with rudolf eber, joke l…
You think you really know me
2024 Small Repress, gold foil cover. Gary Wilson's monumental 1977 LP reissued with a glamorously shiny foil cover bearing the original cover art (care of Owen Maercks's well-loved copy), delicately laid out by Scott Allison. Which makes it, perhaps,…
Issue 85: Suicide - Steampunk Visionaries
Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?
We're taking to the streets of 1970s New York with Suicide for this month's Electronic Sound cover story.
Parallel Traces of the Jewel Voice
Tip! Parallel Traces of the Jewel Voice by dj sniff is a project that takes inspiration from historical narratives and personal memories constructed around The Jewel Voice Broadcast (Gyokuon Hoso) that took place on August 15 of 1945. Contrary to com…
Prince of Parrot Shooters / The Aqueducts of Channel Island
In an interview for The Wire magazine back in January 2012, Spencer Clark claimed that one the most important "lesson" learned while performing with The Skaters was "stay true to your imagination". Taking this life motto at heart, Clark's world today…
Impressões de Outra Ilha
A globetrotter in the most pure and respectful sense, away from the trappings of neo-colonialist ventures and predatory tourism, Discrepant head honcho Gonçalo F. Cardoso returns to his Island impression series to offers us another glimpse of his dee…
Split
*2022 stock* Ikuisuus presents a split tape between Hurricanes Of Love and Black Krak Fairy
Texturalis
If Texturalis was a real word it might have something to do with the density or porosity of organic compounds. In the case of Machinefabriek's Texturalis, the word fits the sounds on this album. Sounds indeed, not songs. Anyone familiar with Machinef…
Gnose
*300 copies limited edition* Buh Records presents “Gnose”, the joint full-length by the solo acts of Paula Rebellato (Rakta) and Douglas Leal (Deafkids), members of two of the most thriving and groundbreaking bands coming out of Brazil to the world l…
Objetos Musicais - Homage to Walter Smetak
Tip! Objetos Musicais is a collection of 13 sound pieces created by artists from South America and Switzerland, who work in an intermediate zone among the craft of luthiers, visual arts and experimental music. Their works evoke the visionary ideas of…
Stone Music
Unprecedented cosmology music arrived by Tokio Hasegawa, who lives in the forest of space after completing the "journey" with the Taj Mahal Travelers.
Sound Journeys: Switzerland
Sound Journeys: Switzerland is the culmination of a series of diital EPs focusing on artists engaged in the Swiss experimental music scene, here presented as an 11-track compilation on CD and digital. Airplay so far has been on BBC Radio 3, Resonance…