Actual Earth Music - Volume 1 & 2
Earth Ball’s ‘Actual Earth Music Vol. 1 & 2’ captures raw live energy and experimental collaboration, from Vancouver chaos with Wolf Eyes to a transformative, improvised London summit with Beresford and Corsano.
Teocalli
This album is the result of an invitation extended to João Pais Filipe to develop a composition for the film Teocalli by the Colectivo Los Ingrávidos. Its original composition was presented in February 2024 at Batalha Centro de Cinema, during a performance that accompanied the screening of the film as part of a broader programme dedicated to the collective’s work, curated in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Based in Porto, João Pais Filipe (b. 1980) is one of the mo…
Battelli a Vapore
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Angelo Bignamini, Italian sound artist, presents "Batelli a Vapore," inspired by Rimbaud's "Le Bateau ivre." Gentle noise, subtle melodies, and quiet voices evoke poetic journeys, ending with a serene guitar, closing the lyrical narrative.
Lifeline
Pat Thomas, Tony Orrell, and Dominic Lash, known as Bleyschool, here perform as Lifeline, swapping acoustic for electric instruments in a spontaneous blend of noise, dance, and rock—exploring new sounds while maintaining deep musical rapport.
Ella
With solid training as a classical musician, Sophie Agnel took a close interest in modern jazz before committing in the early Nineties to the shifting, deliciously uncertain ground of free improvisation, thanks to her fascination for the powers of expression displayed by a few great keyboard-heretics such as Keith Tippett, Fred Van Hove or Christine Wodrascka. She began reworking the prepared piano techniques imagined by John Cage and transformed her instrument into a sort of extended piano. Com…
Seven Dreams
Dominique Pifarély, Lina Andonovska, and Izumi Kimura—three versatile, internationally acclaimed musicians—unite in a unique trio project born from a residency.
Ethereal Chant
The Lava Quartet—Berlin to Portugal—unites for free improvisation, blending creativity and extended techniques. Their debut album, "Ethereal Chant," showcases boundary-breaking, unpredictable soundscapes.
L'ivresse transfigurée
Piano and electronics merge, transforming sound into ghostly landscapes through tape and distortion.
s/t
Aurora Central presents a cassette by Concepción Huerta & Jiyoung Wi, merging visionary soundscapes and avant-garde experimental sounds.
Utopia Americana
1992 release ** "A wonderful view of what is "American" in contemporary American music from an Italian producer's perspective, with a nice cover photo of Joey's Navajo Cafe and Dining Room framed by several pickup trucks parked outside. Including rhythmic-based music and sound-text rhythms from ordinary speech (Allen Ginsberg's works), some dreamy electronic music by Pauline Oliveros, and solo jazz by Steve Lacy, this is an interesting collection of new recordings and reissues of tracks from out…
Decay Music 10: And I Entered Into Sleep
*200 copies limited edition* Reconfiguring the notion of bridge building on a multitude of terms, it feels fitting that the tenth and final installment of Die Schachtel’s Decay Music series, Sergio Armaroli and David Toop’s “And I Entered Into Sleep”, was co-created by an artist whose work featured in the first suite of LPs issued by Brian Eno’s Obscure Records in 1975, the groundwork toward which Decay Music’s own efforts nod. Since that auspicious debut, “New and Rediscovered Musical Instrumen…
La Cantata Rossa per Tall el Zaatar
A devastating cry for Palestine, nearly five decades later, this radical 1977 masterpiece returns to vinyl via Black Sweat Records. Demetrio Stratos, Gaetano Liguori, and Giulio Stocchi created a powerful sonic testament to the 1976 Tall el Zaatar massacre - a devastating blend of free jazz, experimental vocals, and Mediterranean traditions. More than music, it's unflinching historical testimony that remains painfully relevant today.
Fiat Lux
“Creative collaboration could lead to tension or disagreements, but here it’s all about freedom, joy, and acceptance. Deeply rooted in respect and love. And that radiates through the music. I lived the process, but I hope people will feel that vibe.”
— Robbie Kuster
Testing
AMM collaborates with Sachiko M on Testing (Matchless Recordings), documenting sessions between the British collective and the Japanese sound artist. The work explores intersections of improvised acoustic techniques and sine wave electronics, presenting careful negotiations between established experimental practices and minimalist electronic intervention.
Musique's Action
1993 release ** Unreleased recordings from Vandoeuvre's Musique Action Festival, produced between 1998 and 1992 for the festival’s 10th anniversary. The blossoming style of the music of the 80s can be heard throughout the album. Featuring: François Raulin et Louis Sclavis, A.M.I.S. Quartet, Floros Florodis,Paul Lovens,Jean-Marc Montera, Daniel Koskowitz, Elliott Sharp & Carbon, Dominique Regef, David Moss, Pierre Stéphane Meuge, Daunik Lazro & Joe Mc Phee, David Garland & Worlds of love, Krackho…
The Secret Of The Space Bubble / > Eternal Beyond > IV
** Double Single-Sided Art LP. Edition of 100. ** My Cat Is An Alien releases The Secret of the Space Bubble / Eternal Beyond IV, a double album documenting two distinct collaborative approaches within the Italian duo's ongoing experimental practice. Brothers Maurizio and Roberto Opalio present new work with French musicians Talweg and Joëlle Vinciarelli, expanding their exploration of extended compositional techniques and spatial audio processing.
Issued on May 2, 2025 by Elliptical Noise Recor…
A Night In Gloucester Avenue
*200 copies limited edition* "Once upon a time, Lol Coxhill and Veryan Weston shared a home in a grand neoclassical mansion from the Regency era, located in the garden city of Welwyn Garden City, about 40 km north of London. That mansion was Digswell House, which at the time was run as a space for young artists to live and work. It wasn't just musicians—painters and sculptors gathered there too. Lol moved into Digswell House in 1976 and lived under the same roof as the already-resident Veryan fo…
Thoughts Of Trio
*2025 stock. 200 copies limited edition* Three eminent figures of the international experimental music scene meet here in an unexpected configuration. Aidan Baker and Katharina Schmidt are well-known for their drone/ambient-oriented work, while versatile improviser Han-earl Park is certainly the person one would expect in an improvising trio. Katharina Schmidt performs as a drummer and percussionist, Aidan Baker switches between guitar and bass, while Han-earl Park appears on his trademark instr…
Misguided
*2025 stock. 50 copies limited edition* After taking the long view on Small Things on Sundays' recordings in the dark ambient category, released by attenuation circuit on their 2023 CD "Guide", Henrik Bagner and Claus Poulsen have gone ravaging in the archives looking for goodies thier evil twins have left over since 2009, namely, live improvisations with turntables, table-guitar and laptop recorded 2009 to 2012. This album is a noise salad with a lot more vinyl jumping and maxxed out effects th…