Black Box 3
* Edition of 500 * Arbitrary presents the third in the Black Box series of releases by Mads Emil Nielsen. The release, which showcases a more sample- and grid-based side of the Danish musician/composer’s work, is part of a sequence of publications with music and audio originally made for theatre, radio soundtracks and more.
Black Box 3 is based on sound pieces produced for Sprækker (Cracks), a dance performance & installation in Denmark, 2021. The starting points for these pieces are improvisati…
Vert Vert
*In process of stocking. 300 copies imited edition* Le perroquet Vert Vert de Nevers is a project by Angélique Buisson based on a poem by Jean-Baptiste Gresset, published in 1734. Presented as an opera, Vert Vert tells the story of a parrot taken in by a convent in Nevers. The parrot is entrusted to a boatman on the Loire to be delivered to nuns in Nantes. During the journey, Vert Vert learns the coarse vocabulary of the boatmen. When he arrives at his destination, the parrot swears like a sailo…
Bias
*100 copies limited edition. In process of stocking* Through its focus on process and materiality, Bias opens the practice of sound ecology beyond the acoustic to consider the audibility of the chemical composition of soil. From scraps of muddied media buried across three sites in Austria, Greece and Italy, Lami crafts a series of melancholy studies which seem to question the inevitable legacy of human culture and industry in the geological strata.
11 schegge. musica italiana avventurosa
**Edition of 200. In process of stocking** Compilation of Italian adventurous music featuring Andrea Borghi, Fabio Perletta, Dominique Vaccaro, Lorenzo Abattoir, Giovanni Lami.... A true gem on Tsss Tapes.
Noiseem
*2022 stock.* Following on from acclaimed recent releases on Hallow Ground and Boomkat’s Documenting Sound series, Noiseem is a major new work from Japanese sound artist/instrument inventor Yosuke Fujita, who performs under the name FUJI||||||||||TA. Where Fujita’s recent recorded output has focussed primarily on documentation of his remarkable self-built pipe organ, Noiseem is the culmination of half a decade of work with highly amplified water. The evocative and timbrally rich sound…
The Art of No-Art
*Includes a 364 pages, 12" x 8" bound book & PDF. Digital audio download. Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered.* A new book of scores by artist and composer Philip Corner (b. 1933). The Art of No-Art is a collection of 385 new graphic scores written between 2019 and 2022. Each score is a single-page meditation based around octaves. Though written mostly for piano, the scores could be arranged for other instrumentation (for those with fewer than an 8 octave range).
The Art of No-Art explores the …
Waves
*In process of stocking. 2022 stock. Limited edition of 200 copies. Includes a 24-page booklet.* I got to know Petra Dubach and Mario van Horrik in 2015 during the production of an LP by the Maciunas Ensemble, a band of which Mario has been a member since 1982. One of the cornerstones of my label from the beginning has been what German composer Hans Essel calls "Grundlagenmusik", a term that translates to "foundational music" (analogous to foundational science) and denotes endeavours that deal w…
Metamusic
*2022 stock.* RHaD (Research for Historical Audio Documents) is a side project of Raffaele Pezzella (better known as Sonologyst). What Pezzella brings us here is a concrete example of something of what I have always believed – that ALL sound is music, whatever its source (radio transmissions, telephonic conversations, hi-fi test signals, old and forgotten documentaries, unknown field recordists). More than that, there is something else that goes beyond the simple creation of seemingly random sou…
Those That Die In A Dream. A twenty years retrospective
Tip! *Limited edition of 100 copies.* Liang YiYuan was born in Wuhan (China, 1977), and now living in Lijiang, Yunnan Province. He painted in his early years, and later turned to make music. So far, he has published more than twenty albums, frequently using instruments such as guitar, yangqin, violin, guqin, bawu, and showing a natural attitude to unconventional playing techniques and original timbre. He also creates music for films, plays, modern dances, architectural and environmental scenes, …
1995
*100 copies limited edition. In process of stocking* Dinzu Artefacts presents 1995 by Andreas Brandal. Unearthed tape loops from the artist's childhood home consisting of recordings on destroyed and damaged cassettes as well as shellac records played on a gramophone. Newly mixed and edited.
La vie des objets
*100 copies limited edition. In process of stocking.* Dinzu Artefacts presents La vie des objets by Charles Barabé. Kaleidoscopic textures of crackling noise and subterranean drones woven from a ubiquitous 'silence.' Vinyl records sampled and processed through a modular system further isolating and magnifying the sound.
Within Our Reach
The first widely available edition of this singular, long-form composition, Within Our Reach: A Symphony Of The Port River: Soundscapes, by Port Adelaide, Australia-based pianist, composer, writer and researcher Chester Schultz, is proudly presented by De la Catessen Records. Originally self-released by Schultz in 1996, on his own Waterhole imprint, Within Our Reach was initially distributed free as a community resource, and not available for sale. De La Catessen’s reissue is an invaluable contr…
Microscale Deploy Knob (zyf)
*Clear lathe cut square 7" limited to 33 copies. In process of stocking* 'The machines are talking to each other, but they don’t know we’re listening. Submerged synthetic spittle gargles wires into intricate shapes, spreading a message of destruction into every sentient molecule. Be still and draw something pretty.' - Foxy Digitalis
Conduits of the Hydrosphere
*200 copies limited edition. In process of stocking* Conduits of the Hydrosphere is the result of 10 years of artistic research. Using movement practices of Butoh, Body Weather Laboratory, and Noguchi Taiso, seah has been traveling the world doing field recordings with worn mic's and cameras while interacting with various bodies of water. The 5 tracks on the album are a result of audio-visual manipulations, movement, and philosophical research based on Critical Feminist Posthumanism, into what i…
A World Behind This World
A composed soundscape created from sounds recorded on location at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden and the surrounding areas. Originally produced for SSW’s radio station Lumsden Live in 2021. This is a condensed, reworked version created specifically for this release. As well as the rural environment, recordings of various machines, equipment and processes from the workshop feature heavily. 'Performed' by Eden Jolly sound sources include the copper guillotine, furnaces, extractor fans, e…
Titled
**Edition of 120** Collaboration between Elisha Morningstar and Lorenzo Abattoir. A true gem on Tsss Tapes.
Free Percussion/Water
**Edition of 200** International cast for this precious compilation on Tsss Tapes. Water and percussions are the main characters here.
Die Höfner Akten
Tip! New collaborative work by two veterans of the European experimental scene, Dirk Serries + Asmus Tietchens. Dirk Serries and I have long been colleagues and friends. Since the 1990ies we have exchanged sound materials to be reworked and published on an on and off basis. "Die Höfner Akten" are something new and special to in so far as the source material with its basic structure has been improvised exclusively on an acoustic guitar (of the 'Höfner' brand). Dirk and I had agreed upon the follo…
Brengenging Sala
*Limited edition of 300 copies* Previously unreleased in any form, the seven tracks comprising "Brengenging Sala" (with a running time of more than 73 minutes) offer a true overview of Matt Shoemaker's genius as a master sculptor of potent and affecting sound art. His trademark haptic tones and scraping feedback build tension; his elegant electronics provide guidance; and his scrupulously curated field recordings articulate the sense of place requisite for full immersion in this sound world. Per…
Op. 163 Penthesilea
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* OP. 176 Penthesilea is presented as a deluxe 5CD box set with 32 page full colour booklet featuring writings by Villy Sørensen, Mark Harwood, Werner Durand and Henning Christiansen. The set is all housed in a sturdy slip case with original artwork (by Henning Christiansen, scores and performance photos.
Music for a tragedy/play, Penthesilea (tragedy in 24 scenes), by director Carlo Quartucci, playwright: Heinrich von Kleist. First performance at Teatro Olimpico, …