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Peters, Steve: Chamber Music [CD BOX + USB]
Peters, Steve:
Chamber Music [CD BOX + USB]

(ANTS Records -- Italy )


Price: $69.95    




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A series of sound installations derived from a single recording made in the empty spaces in which they are later presented, with no people present during the recording including the composer, filtered to isolate and amplify certain of the room's resonant frequencies, creating a series of drones which are the only sound materials used; no musical instruments are involved.

Peters, Steve: Chamber Music
Peters, Steve:
Chamber Music

(ANTS Records -- Italy )


Price: $14.95    




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Ten sonically beautiful pieces derived from recordings made in empty spaces, transforming the sounds that leak in from the outside world using filters and amplification to find sonic resonance in those sounds and in the room's natural frequencies, like light filering into the space, each piece then played back in the same room at low volume as part of an installation presentation.

Venable, Phil / Jphono1: Nowhere Beacons Everywhere
Venable, Phil / Jphono1:
Nowhere Beacons Everywhere

(Soul City Sounds -- USA )


Price: $10.95    




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Jphono1, aka guitarist John Harrison, working with Carboro, NC improvising guitarist and Soul City Sounds label leader Phil Venable, along with input from John Crouch and Ken Moshesh for drum & percussion input, release this experimental album of strange drones, grooves and ambient electronic sounds, beautifully paced with a expansive breadth of concept.

Breschand, Helene / Floy Krouchi / Zafer Tawil / Elliott Sharp: disPOSSESSION
Breschand, Helene / Floy Krouchi / Zafer Tawil / Elliott Sharp:
disPOSSESSION

(zOaR Records -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Expanding the collaboration between guitarist, saxophonist and electronic artist Elliott Sharp and electric & acoustic harpist Helene Breschand, in a quartet with Zafer Tawil performing on oud, violin & percussion and Floy Krouchi on electric bass, for an exotic, globe-embracing, groove-oriented album of unusual and often ecstatic acoustic and electric orchestration.

Banabila, Michel: Uprooted
Banabila, Michel:
Uprooted

(Tapu Records -- The Netherlands )


Price: $9.95    




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Hand-numbered repress edition.
Composer Michel Banabila invited seven musicians to improvise individually, taking recordings from those sessions to create this beautifully structured set of electronic compositions, merging eBow, samplers, synth, guitar and electronics with cello, bass clarinet, viola, violin and double bass in works that display tranquility but hide deep tension below.

Kahn, Jason: All Along the Way [BOOK + CD]
Kahn, Jason:
All Along the Way [BOOK + CD]

(Editions -- Switzerland )


Price: $16.95    




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Swiss sound artist Jason Kahn chronicles his 37-solo concert tour through North America from the US to Canada, exploring the state of DIY experimental music scenes post-pandemic, including a CD of concert recordings in Portland and Chicago in 2022 using local radio and field recordings from each city, along with mod synths, tube amp, electromagnetic transducers and contact mics.

Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi): At Grnd Zero <i>[Used Item]</i>
Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi):
At Grnd Zero [Used Item]

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $10.00    




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Meirino, Francisco / Jerome Noetinger: Drainage, In Six Parts
Meirino, Francisco / Jerome Noetinger:
Drainage, In Six Parts

(Klanggalerie -- Germany )


Price: $18.95    




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Recording in Switzerland at La Becque Residency Center, the experimental improvising duo of Francisco Meirino on synth & field recording and Jerome Noetinger using electronics, tape, reel to reel player & radio, create a 6-part series of unusual sonic interactions, patiently exposing unidentifiable sounds and synthetic punctuation, neither subtle nor explosive but wonderfully engaging.

AUTORHTYHM: Songs for the Nervous System [VINYL]
AUTORHTYHM:
Songs for the Nervous System [VINYL]

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


Price: $23.95    




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An investigation into the depths of the body's neurological frontier from Swedish electronic artist Joakim Forsgren, presenting a series of intuitive compositions drawing from the latest medical research on how light and sound at specific frequencies has a potential to affect bodily functions, using analog synthesizers to create retro-rhythmic environments of flowing sound.

Dykstra, Jordan: 14 Horse Bells
Dykstra, Jordan:
14 Horse Bells

(Editions Verde -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Recorded in Brooklyn by Jordan Dykstra performing on viola, electronics, percussion & programming, this is the second release in his subharmonic series "Seeing the Forest in a Tree", exploring one conceptual idea with four radically different realizations through arrangements contrasting the acoustic sources of viola & bells with prepared speakers and sine-tones.

Kromeshna / Chefkirk: Surfaces
Kromeshna / Chefkirk:
Surfaces

(Besperech' -- Russia )


Price: $11.95    




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Mysterious sonic collaborations between Russian experimental electronic musician Vitaly Maklakov, who runs the Zaimka and Besperech' labels, and Oregon sound artist CHEFKIRK, merging field recordings and experiments with tape & synths to create five works of submerged sound amid enigmatic detail; mastered by Squidco's own Carl Kruger.

Superposition (Todd A. Carter / Michael Hartman): Glaciers
Superposition (Todd A. Carter / Michael Hartman):
Glaciers

(Kettle Hole Records -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Members of the Chicago free improvising, collaborative band TV Pow--Todd A. Carter and Michael Hartman--as a duo are Superposition, recording improvisations and composed improvisations primarily on piano, Rhodes, organ, and synthesizers, then mixing, adding and editing them into appealing tracks that merge electronics, jazz forms and soundscape.

Alva Noto: This Stolen Country of Mine [VINYL 2 LPs]
Alva Noto:
This Stolen Country of Mine [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Noton -- Germany )


Price: $33.95    




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The soundtrack to the 2022 German documentary film This Stolen Country of Mine directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese about Ecuadorian resistance fighters and journalists opposed to the sale of the country's resources to Chinese investors, in 19 subtle, elegantly passionate electronic works from sound artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto.

Vehicule: Aubusson
Vehicule:
Aubusson

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


Price: $10.95    




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A diverse set of compositions spanning dreamlike aural landscapes, petite songs and assertive experiments of rich sound, in the fourth album from French sound artist Sylvain Milliot under the project name Véhicule, developed from improvised recordings that were then developed in the studio, each piece fitting together in a larger and aurally satisfying framework.

Pisaro-Liu, Michael / Julia Holter: Tombstones: Live in Brooklyn
Pisaro-Liu, Michael / Julia Holter:
Tombstones: Live in Brooklyn

(Editions Verde -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Six songs from Michael Pisaro's "Tombstones" project--experimental songs developed from recontextualized fragments of popular songs--heard in this 2012 Brooklyn recording directed by guitarist Jason Brogan, with Julia Holter (voice), Tucker Dulin (trombone), Andrew Lafkas (bass), Katie Porter (clarinet), Sam Sfirri (piano and melodica), and Ron Wiltrout (keyboard & percussion).

Subterrene: The Same Rivers
Subterrene:
The Same Rivers

(Poverty Electronics -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Subterrene, aka Grant Stewart, continues his prolific sonic journey through six discrete sound works, deep river immersions of slowly evolving and dovetailing drones of rich, resonant synthetics employing great control and concentration, invoking rich harmonics that shift and subsume in aqueous clouds, each track succinctly exploring new terrains.

Pospieszalski, Marek Octet: No Other End Of The World Will There Be
Pospieszalski, Marek Octet:
No Other End Of The World Will There Be

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $14.95    




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Continuing his project dedicated to 20th century Polish composers, saxophonist Marek Pospieszalski leads his creative octet through open and collectively improvised arrangements of works from six Polish female composers — Barbara Buczek, Elżbieta Sikora, Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil and Marta Ptaszyńska — in wide-ranging and often startling impressions of the original works.

Wood, Dorian / Thor Harris (w/ Carla Bozulich / Jarboe / Patrick Shiroishi / Heather Trost): You Are
Wood, Dorian / Thor Harris (w/ Carla Bozulich / Jarboe / Patrick Shiroishi / Heather Trost):
You Are Clearly In Perversion [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Astral Editions -- USA )


Price: $8.95    




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A ritualistic narrative work from multidisciplinary artist Dorian Wood and percussionist Thor Harris (Swans), with Carla Bozulich and Jarboe contributing their voices in an ensemble of contemporary and experimental arrangement, alongside guests David Coulter, Heather Trost, Jeremy Barnes, Michael Corwin, Ignacio Carvajal, Andrea Calderon, Elizabeth Warren and Patrick Shiroishi.

Deli Kuvveti: In the Summer Dusk
Deli Kuvveti:
In the Summer Dusk

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


Price: $10.95    




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The title an excellent reflection of the work, Seattle-based, Turkish-born Deli Kuvveti developed these two works that flow into each other to create an absorbing impression of a serene summer evening with dark undertones, using a granular synthesis configuration that creates movement through textured sounds, creating two complex and highly detailed narratives.

Krausbauer, John / David Maranha: John Krausbauer & David Maranha [7'' VINYL]
Krausbauer, John / David Maranha:
John Krausbauer & David Maranha [7'' VINYL]

(Public Eyesore -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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A minimalist work in the tradition of Tony Conrad and Henry Flynt, John Cale or La Monte Young, West Coast-based composer and multi-instrumentalist John Krausbauer performing on an amplified violin and Portuguese experimental/drone artist David Maranha (Osso Exótico) performing on electric organ present two emphatic and rich compositions of interacting tone and texture.

McCormick, John Collins  : Healthy Alternative To Thinking [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
McCormick, John Collins :
Healthy Alternative To Thinking [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Eh? -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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Two sound works from multimedia artist John Collins McCormick (Sky Thing) recorded using a multi-channel, portable sound system that employs up to 8 subwoofers in drum stands, amplifying low frequencies and rattling odds and ends he collected over the years, creating a rolling and controlled cacophony of quick rhythms and unusual asides from objects placed on the subwoofers.

Chansons du Crepuscule (Helene Breschand / Elliott Sharp): L'Apres-Midi d'un Bot
Chansons du Crepuscule (Helene Breschand / Elliott Sharp):
L'Apres-Midi d'un Bot

(zOaR Records -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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A collection of original songs recorded in NY & Paris from vocalist Hélène Breschand, also performing on acoustic and electric harp, in a duo with Elliott Sharp, who creates grooves and instrumental environments on guitar, analog synth, bass, toy piano and drum programming; unusually structured and richly detailed, from idiosyncratic to sensuous.

Day, Bryan / Dereck Higgins: Woven Territories
Day, Bryan / Dereck Higgins:
Woven Territories

(Public Eyesore -- USA )


Price: $10.95    




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San Francisco East Bay sonic artist and Public Eyesore/Eh? label-leader Bryan Day meets Omaha bass player and sound artist Dereck Higgins for four enveloping works of sound, sonically rich and epic journeys through terrains of identifiable musical elements and acousmatic curiosity, all with an ear to story-telling as the duo weave passages of fantastic elements.

Alva Noto: This Stolen Country of Mine
Alva Noto:
This Stolen Country of Mine

(Noton -- Austria )


Price: $20.95    




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The soundtrack to the 2022 German documentary film This Stolen Country of Mine directed by German filmmaker Marc Wiese about Ecuadorian resistance fighters and journalists opposed to the sale of the country's resources to Chinese investors, in 19 subtle, elegantly passionate electronic works from sound artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto.

Jerman, Jeph / Ted Byrnes: Passenger [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
Jerman, Jeph / Ted Byrnes:
Passenger [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Tsss Tapes -- Italy )


Price: $8.95    




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Two western-US, like-minded sound artists and improviser who started their musical lives as drummer/percussionists, Jeph Jerman and Ted Byrnes present nine relatively succinct tracks of unusual and unidentifiable sources, typically formed around a rhythmic center and always actively engaging, finding logic in curious or even chaotic interaction.

Zuydervelt, Rutger: Kadans [3'' CD]
Zuydervelt, Rutger:
Kadans [3'' CD]

(Machinefabriek -- The Netherlands )


Price: $8.95    




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Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, returns to rhythmic electronic solo work with his fourth mini-CD release after Hinkelstap (2022), Tuimelval (2022) and Haast (2023), in this seven-part work Kadans (translating to "Cadence"), each track using a unique rhythmic foundation under warm electronics, plus a violin sample from collaborator Anne Bakker.

Musicworks: #145 Summer 2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#145 Summer 2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


Price: $15.95    




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The Summer 2023 issue of Canada's finest music magazine covering contemporary improvised, composed and experimental music, with Simone Schmidt's Audible Songs of Defiant Meaning on the cover, plus features on Nicole Mitchell and Coco Elysses, Levy Lorenzo, Wayne Lavallee, along with recorded & live reviews, and a 10-track CD with pieces from the artist within.

Belorukov, Ilia: Someone Has Always Come
Belorukov, Ilia:
Someone Has Always Come

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


Price: $10.95    




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The third in Ilia Belorukov's series of electroacoustic compositions on Spina!Rec and Moving Furniture, here in a set of four compositions, each presenting detailed layers of acoustic and electronic instrumentation and field recordings captured throughout Europe and Russia, carefully placed over heavily laden synthetic drones that guide the motion of each piece.

Cammisa, Edoardo: io_u,E
Cammisa, Edoardo:
io_u,E

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


Price: $10.95    




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Understated and enigmatic, the work of Northern Italian sound artist Edoardo Cammisa, aka Banished Pills, presents a very short work on decay, and then two expanded sound works composed from synthesisers, spring reverb, microphones, field recordings, no-input mixing, organ & sampler; the environments are murky but with movement, and engaging in their dark evening ambiance.

Weston, Matt: Embrace This Twilight (DOUBLE VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD)
Weston, Matt:
Embrace This Twilight (DOUBLE VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD)

(7272music -- USA )


Price: $23.95    




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Percussionist and electronic artist Matt Weston describes these four tracks as "songs", each demonstrating aspects of his compositional methods — multidimensional graphic scores, implied and aural notation, site-specific structures and frameworks, physical and otherwise — creating immersive and dramatic sonic environments revealing his increasing sophistication as a composer.

Duplant, Bruno: Paysages Sans Age III
Duplant, Bruno:
Paysages Sans Age III

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


Price: $10.95    




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Two encompassing and tranquil works of sound from French composer Bruno Duplant, the album title translating to Ageless Landscapes as Duplant envisions two terrains through slow motion tones, piano and synthetics, evocatively described in an accompanying poem that conjures expansive fog, blurred trees, hawks slowly spiraling, a history in a hillside.

Vicente-Sandoval, Dafne / Lars Petter Hagen: Minos Circuit / Transfiguration 4 [VINYL]
Vicente-Sandoval, Dafne / Lars Petter Hagen:
Minos Circuit / Transfiguration 4 [VINYL]

(Portraits GRM -- France )


Price: $26.95    




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A split LP from two sound and electroacoustic artists: Paris bassoonist Dafne Vicente-Sandoval deconstructs the instrument itself using an electro-acoustic device that generates feedback, developing compositions from those explorations; and Norwegian Lars Petter Hagen revisits Richard Strauss's Metamorfosen through decay and fragmentation of its musical lines.

Aboulkheir, Eve / Lasse Marhaug: 22/12/2017 Guilin Synthetic Daydream / How to Avoid Ants [VINYL]
Aboulkheir, Eve / Lasse Marhaug:
22/12/2017 Guilin Synthetic Daydream / How to Avoid Ants [VINYL]

(Portraits GRM -- France )


Price: $26.95    




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A split LP from two electroacoustic composers: from France, Eve Aboulkheir presents a work inspired by an experience of perceptive disorientation, using modified, mutated and layered field recordings; and Norwegian sound composer Lasse Marhaug presents a work for modified tabletop guitar, field recordings, electronics & objects evoking a path through a forest avoiding large anthills.

Dead Mauriacs, The: Le Parc, rapport d'observations
Dead Mauriacs, The:
Le Parc, rapport d'observations

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


Price: $10.95    




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The mysterious French audio collective The Dead Mauriacs led by Olivier Prieur in a 3-part work of electroacoustic compositions sourced from field recordings made during time spent in Brussels, developing these works based on daily recordings of audio observations at cafes, parks, churches, plus manipulated objects and some parakeets in a park; truly inspired collage work.

Hex and Doravideo: Multi
Hex and Doravideo:
Multi

(Wetware -- Denmark )


Price: $13.95    




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The core duo of Danish trance/noise artists, guitarist Lars Bech Pilgaard also on organelle & driftbox, and drummer Anders Bach, also on plumbutter (a drum and drama machine) join with Acid Mother's Temple modular synth wizard Ichiraku Yoshimitsu, aka Dora Video, for eight impressive works of free-form rhythm and sound, sonic collage with far-ranging influences.

AUTORHTYHM: Songs for the Nervous System
AUTORHTYHM:
Songs for the Nervous System

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


Price: $14.95    




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An investigation into the depths of the body's neurological frontier from Swedish electronic artist Joakim Forsgren, presenting a series of intuitive compositions drawing from the latest medical research on how light and sound at specific frequencies has a potential to affect bodily functions, using analog synthesizers to create retro-rhythmic environments of flowing sound.

Sijstermans, Germaine / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt : Circles, Reeds, and Memories
Sijstermans, Germaine / Koen Nutters / Reinier van Houdt :
Circles, Reeds, and Memories

(elsewhere -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Composer & clarinetist based in Heerlen, Netherlands, Germaine Sijstermans, in a collaborative work with fellow Dutch composers and performers, Reinier van Houdt performing primarily on Indian harmonium and Koen Nutters on harmona organ, both employing field recordings, tapes, objects and sine waves in this peacefully meditative 2022 concert at Savelberg Chapel.

Coles, Dominic: Alphabets
Coles, Dominic:
Alphabets

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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A study of language through the repetition of fragmented sound, demonstrating how repetition brings alienation of meaning, Cole creating a synthetic alphabet within an unsignified musical context of electronic responses, repeated until the listener loses contact or reference to the original word; a challenging series of transformations rewarding to the engaged listener.

Euphotic (Bryan Day / Tom Djll / Cheryl E. Leonard): Isopleths
Euphotic (Bryan Day / Tom Djll / Cheryl E. Leonard):
Isopleths

(Public Eyesore -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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A fascinating trio of West Coast sonic explorers exploring the isopleth, the zone of seawater that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur, from improvising trumpeter Tom Djll employing electronics with his horn, Bryan Day on invented instruments, and Cheryl Leonard using natural objects including driftwood, feathers, marsh reeds, penguin bones, &c.

Chefkirk / Crank Sturgeon : Nice To Err With You (2 CDs)
Chefkirk / Crank Sturgeon :
Nice To Err With You (2 CDs)

(Love Earth Music -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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Bringing together two aberrant sound artist--Chefkirk, aka Roger Smith, based in Oregon; and Crank Sturgeon, aka Matt Anderson currently based in Massachusetts--for two CDs of rhythmic mayhem layered and punctuated with electronics and mutilated sounds from objects & voice, with beats that feign steadiness but derail in amusing and embraceable ways; weird fun! Mastered by Squidco's own Carl Kruger.

Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi): At Grnd Zero
Melting Mind (Genta / Mazzani / Vanzan / Poggi):
At Grnd Zero

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


Price: $13.95    




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A brutal and complex concert of processed sopranino saxophone, electric guitar and electronics from the long-running Italian quartet Melting Mind of Virginia Genta, Michele Mazzani, David Vanzan and Matteo Poggi, recorded during a 2019 tour of France at Grnd Zero in Lyon, a 33 minute performance of thick noise & feedback layered with inexplicable detail.

Drumm, Kevin: Battering Rams [VINYL]
Drumm, Kevin:
Battering Rams [VINYL]

(A Sunken Mall -- Germany )


Price: $29.95    




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An album of transporting drones and industrial soundscapes from Chicago experimental artist Kevin Drumm, drawing the listener into his soundspace slowly through distracted studio clatter and then journeying deep into textures and tones, maintaining a natural quality to synthetic and obscure sources in this fine addition to his expansive discography.

Myers, David Lee: Partikelrauschen
Myers, David Lee:
Partikelrauschen

(pulsewidth -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Referring to the music on this album from New York feedback and electronic pioneer David Lee Myers as "firmly rooted in the electronic music of the 1950s-1960s", over nine tracks we are taken on an otherworldly journey of detailed particulate electronic adventures, sometimes swooping, vertiginous, monstrous and unpredictable, each track captured live in Myer's Pulsewidth studio.

Williams, Chris Quintet (w/ Patrick Shiroishi / Joshua White / Eric Revis / Guillermo Brown): Live [
Williams, Chris Quintet (w/ Patrick Shiroishi / Joshua White / Eric Revis / Guillermo Brown):
Live [CASSETTE]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $8.95    




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Trumpeter Chris Williams in a limited white label cassette release of a post-processed/collaged live concert at Blue Whale in Los Angeles, 2018, performing on trumpet & electronics with a quintet of incredible free players: Patrick Shiroishi on saxophones & objects, Joshua White on piano, Eric Revis on acoustic bass & electronics and Guillermo Brown on drums & electronics.

Surak, Jeff: Eris I Dysnomia [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
Surak, Jeff:
Eris I Dysnomia [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Eh? -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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Washington DC-area sound artist and Zeromoon label-leader Jeff Surak, creating audio environments since the 80's home taping days, in a set of sound recordings of electro-acoustic drones, tape generated musique concrete, "plus a heavy dose of weirdness"; five tracks of diverse approaches to sonic experimentation, particularly the epic "Parasite Lost".

Skumsnes Moe, Guro / Philippe Petit: Guro Skumsnes Moe & Philippe Petit
Skumsnes Moe, Guro / Philippe Petit:
Guro Skumsnes Moe & Philippe Petit

(Public Eyesore -- USA )


Price: $12.95    




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Bringing together two noise improvisers and experimenters, Guro Skumsnes Moe from Sult and MoE performing on octabass & electric bass, and Philippe Petit (who has albums on Aural Terrains, Monotype and Bolt) performing on synthesizer and turntables, both also providing vocal utterance, for two thick journeys of twisted, diverse and often deep sonics bridged by an abstract interlude.

Playbackers (Silbert / Foam / Young): Playbackers Record [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Playbackers (Silbert / Foam / Young):
Playbackers Record [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Recording to 4 track cassette, this unusual and experimental Boston-area trio of active sound artists--Stella Silbert, Arkm Foam and Neil 'Cloaca' Young--improvise over abstract territory using turntables, a no-input mixer, objects, an open reel tape machine, contact mics, and cassette players, emerging with equally tongue-in-cheek and serious aural interactions.

Nakamura, Toshimaru: No Input Mixing Board 11 - Live In Tokyo
Nakamura, Toshimaru:
No Input Mixing Board 11 - Live In Tokyo

(Input Error -- UK )


Price: $14.95    




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Four live recordings from Tokyo performances during 2021 & 2022 by No-Input Mixing Board performer Toshimaru Nakamura, the 11th in his series of albums featuring his unique approach to cross-wiring a mixer to harness the unexpected (and manufacturer's ill-advised) sounds of feedback & distortion, structuring the results into surprising and riveting sonic soundscapes.

Onda, Aki: Brisbane September 25 2004 (CASSETTE)
Onda, Aki:
Brisbane September 25 2004 (CASSETTE)

(Room40 -- Australia )


Price: $16.95    




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As part of a 2004 performance series at Fabrique in Brisbane, Australia, Lawrence English invited experimental cassette and field recording artrist Aki Onda to present his unique approach to reusing and rupturing recordings using cassettes, Walkmans, delay pedals and fender twin amps, improvising this extended work & its coda, blurring concrete and inexplicable sources in remarkable ways.

Alva Noto: Kinder der Sonne
Alva Noto:
Kinder der Sonne

(Noton -- Germany )


Price: $18.95    




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Referencing Maxim Gorky's plays Children of the Sun, Alva Noto, aka Carsten Nicola, developed this music for a theater piece titled Komplitzen (Accomplices) by Simon Stone, presented in fourteen compositions of lush electronics, rich atmospheres of tones & timbre, detailed glitch and glacial rhythms that create a wonderful sense of tension and release.

Alva Noto: Kinder der Sonne [VINYL 2 LPs]
Alva Noto:
Kinder der Sonne [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Noton -- Germany )


Price: $36.95    




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Referencing Maxim Gorky's plays Children of the Sun, Alva Noto, aka Carsten Nicola, developed this music for a theater piece titled Komplitzen (Accomplices) by Simon Stone, presented in fourteen compositions of lush electronics, rich atmospheres of tones & timbre, detailed glitch and glacial rhythms that create a wonderful sense of tension and release.

nil.: 01
nil.:
01

(Intangible Arts -- USA )


Price: $11.95    




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Restarting his sonic life at "nothing", Chester Hawkins' new project after work under his own name and his previous decades-long project Blue Sausage Infant is nil, recording after a two-week residency at Liebig12 in Berlin and participation in the Zero Cohesion program, this five-part work for "maximal drone" explores complex harmonics in a dynamic and powerful wall of sound.

Beam Splitter (Chen / Munkeby): Split Jaw [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Beam Splitter (Chen / Munkeby):
Split Jaw [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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The 2nd release from the touring duo of Audrey Chen & trombonist Henrik Munkeby, Chen modifying her voice with amplification and performing on analog electronics, while Munkeby amplifies his trombone and also performs on analog electronics, feedback & sound files; often frighteningly intense improvisations that plays to the spectrum of sound in a mix of studio and live recordings.

Lareau, Charles: Stasis (CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD)
Lareau, Charles:
Stasis (CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD)

(Eh? -- USA )


Price: $7.95    




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Sound artist Charles Lareau, a member of Naturaliste with Bryan Day, Chris Fischer & Lonnie Methe, in six solo compositions of assertive electronics and noise, using recordings, found sounds and various electronics while often incorporating his environment to add aural excitement and unexpected moments between sections of slowly shifting, static textures.

Lindorff-Ellery, Evan: Swollen Air [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Lindorff-Ellery, Evan:
Swollen Air [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Kingston, NY sound artist and media artist Evan Lindorff-Ellery recorded these two experimental improvisations in the summer of 2021 in a small cabin in West Saugerties, NY using electric guitar, contact mic, amp, recordings and various objects, while also repurposing recordings made while in Maine by running them through his electric guitar.

Polyorchard (Menestres / Bishop / Brice / Clancy / Grubbs / Eubank / &c): scree/n
Polyorchard (Menestres / Bishop / Brice / Clancy / Grubbs / Eubank / &c):
scree/n

(Tripticks Tapes -- USA )


Price: $9.95    




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Composed, constructed and mixed by bassist, improviser and composer David Menestres, this extended electroacoustic work features work from a tremendous set of performers: Jeb Bishop, Olie Brice, Sean Clancy, D. Edward Davis, Laurent Estoppey, Chris Eubank, David Grubbs, Michael Thomas Jackson, David Jordan, David Menestres, & Catherine Sikora.

La Casa, Eric: Barrieres Mobiles [CD + 40pg BOOKLET]
La Casa, Eric:
Barrieres Mobiles [CD + 40pg BOOKLET]

(Swarming -- France )


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A series of sound impressions and an audio documentary of metal barriers placed at entrances to public buildings after the coordinated 2015 Paris attacks by ISIS; 29 compositions recorded and mixed between 2018-2023 by Eric La Casa, wondering what the barriers protected Parisians from, and answering the question of what Paris sounds like to the barriers themselves.

Sguera, Luca: Piano, Exploded
Sguera, Luca:
Piano, Exploded

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Performing on both piano and bass drum, Italian improviser & composer Luca Sguera presents six works based around the physical sounds of the piano, traditional acoustic piano progressions and rhythmic arrangements fitting the development of each piece's sound, as much sound art as piano composition through sophisticated hybrids of acoustic and sonic environments.

Cleaver, Gerald: 22 / 23
Cleaver, Gerald:
22 / 23

(Positive Elevation / 577 Records -- USA )


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A journey through a diverse set of genres and styles of electronica, influenced by the New York drummer & composer Gerald Cleaver's native Detroit upbringing, bringing out elements of techno and house music tempered by his improvisational, experimental and avant work; 11 tracks with solid rhythmic foundation in both propulsive and contemplative approaches to electronic composition.

Cleaver, Gerald: 22 / 23 [VINYL VIOLET OPAQUE]
Cleaver, Gerald:
22 / 23 [VINYL VIOLET OPAQUE]

(Positive Elevation / 577 Records -- USA )


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A journey through a diverse set of genres and styles of electronica, influenced by the New York drummer & composer Gerald Cleaver's native Detroit upbringing, bringing out elements of techno and house music tempered by his improvisational, experimental and avant work; 11 tracks with solid rhythmic foundation in both propulsive and contemplative approaches to electronic composition.

Hautzinger, Franz: Gomberg III-V - Airplay
Hautzinger, Franz:
Gomberg III-V - Airplay

(Trost Records -- Austria )


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Creating a persona to "overcome his own limitations", Austrian trumpeter Franz Hautzinger adopts the name of Gomberg as an alter-ego, releasing this engaging and unconventional set of 22 succinct recordings made between 2006-2018, selected and sequenced from occasion-related compositions and commissioned works, performed on quartertone trumpet, electronics, zither, voice & percussion.

Jerman, Jeph: Flapndr
Jerman, Jeph:
Flapndr

(Input Error -- UK )


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Sound Artist Jeph Jerman explored his Cottonwood, Arizona environment between 2019-2021 to capture the field recordings, windswept drones and close mic-ed minimal sounds that make up Flapndr, combining them in the studio to form complex and sometimes dense compositions that evolve and mutate in a fascinating hybrid of nature and noise.

Gregg, J.J.: Re-cycling
Gregg, J.J.:
Re-cycling

(IntangibleCat -- USA )


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A suite based on raag todi from sitar player J.J. Gregg with Pavan Kanekal on tabla; five tracks revised in the studio to create compositions of both sitar music and more experimental forms, the music tying together concepts of water's effect on geologic formation, as illustrated and contemplated in a description from the albums's liner notes.

Lopes, Luis: Lisbon Paris, Stereo Noise Solo
Lopes, Luis:
Lisbon Paris, Stereo Noise Solo

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


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Taking advantage of stereo placement and strong effect processing, Portuguese guitarist Luís Lopes (Humanization 4tet, Lisbon Freedom Unit) releases the antithesis of his recent Love Songs series with this improvised guitar album, splitting his signal through two unique sequences of analogue pedals into tube amplifiers, creating hypnotically corrosive music.

Myers, David Lee: Logos in Aeon
Myers, David Lee:
Logos in Aeon

(pulsewidth -- USA )


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Sonic explorer and feedback pioneer David Lee Myers in a collection of eight pensive electronic ambience works recorded at Pulsewidth in the spring of 2022, meditating on the mysteries of time and eternity through Apophis, a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.

Novembre (Hoang / Clerc-Renaud / Darrifourcq) + Marc Baron: Encore [2 CDs]
Novembre (Hoang / Clerc-Renaud / Darrifourcq) + Marc Baron:
Encore [2 CDs]

(Umlaut Records -- France )


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A fascinatingly structured album conceived by Romain Clerc Renaud and Antonin Tri Hoang, the first CD constructing a complex poetic form made up of multiple themes, from simple (Encore, Petit Matelot) to rapidly complex (LetCo, Klaxon), unfolding in unexpected ways; the 2nd CD restructured in the studio by Marc Baron, transforming the music into seven engrossing electroacoustic compositions.

Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall: Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Deat
Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall:
Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse

(Thrill Jockey -- USA )


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Expanding on their decade-long collaboration with albums on Astral Spirits, Bocian and Confront (Ensemble Var), and both members of Fire! Orchestra, sound artist Joachim Nordwall on analog synth and tapes and reed & wind player Mats Gustafsson use extended approaches to their instruments through effects and close mic-ing to create powerful and hallucinatory sound worlds.

Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall: Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Deat
Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall:
Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(Thrill Jockey -- USA )


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Black Vinyl - Expanding on their decade-long collaboration with albums on Astral Spirits, Bocian and Confront (Ensemble Var), and both members of Fire! Orchestra, sound artist Joachim Nordwall on analog synth and tapes and reed & wind player Mats Gustafsson use extended approaches to their instruments through effects and close mic-ing to create powerful and hallucinatory sound worlds.

Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall: Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Deat
Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall:
Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse [JADE VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(Thrill Jockey -- USA )


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Jade Vinyl - Expanding on their decade-long collaboration with albums on Astral Spirits, Bocian and Confront (Ensemble Var), and both members of Fire! Orchestra, sound artist Joachim Nordwall on analog synth and tapes and reed & wind player Mats Gustafsson use extended approaches to their instruments through effects and close mic-ing to create powerful and hallucinatory sound worlds.

Silva, Susana Santos: All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing [VINYL]
Silva, Susana Santos:
All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing [VINYL]

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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Aside from her exceptional trumpet work in free improvisation settings, Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos, currently based in Stockholm, is also an electro-acoustic composer, these six compelling compositions merging field recordings--particularly birds, waters and yes, a phone--along with her trumpet playing and Irish flute, the album title a reference to John Cage's book Silence.

Myers, David Lee: Frontier
Myers, David Lee:
Frontier

(pulsewidth -- USA )


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A live set of electronic recordings from New York sound explorer David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device, using modular synths under masterful control to create coherent excursions into territories both terrestrial and cosmic, each piece carefully evolving without histrionics or overt noise through warmly vivid and uniquely diverse works of sound.

Ensemble Dedalus + eRikm: Fata Morgana
Ensemble Dedalus + eRikm:
Fata Morgana

(Relative Pitch -- USA )


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Composed by erikM and performed with the Dedalus Ensemble, these pieces started through acousmographe recording of sounds outside of human hearing, transposed into notes and scored to be interpreted by musicians while immersed via headphone to mimic the sounds of cetaceans, then rearranged in the studio to create the annotated compositions heard on these carefully recorded compositions.

Kim, Sunik: Raid on the White Tiger Regiment [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
Kim, Sunik:
Raid on the White Tiger Regiment [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]

(Notice Recordings -- USA )


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Named after one of the eight core revolutionary operas produced during the Cultural Revolution in Korea, composer & performer Sunik Kim constructed this fascinatingly dense and constantly surprising set of compositions using Max MSP and SuperCollider, including a live version constructed from phone and Zoom recordings of performances at Cafe OTO and at Counterflows, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Musicworks: #144 Winter 2022/2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]
Musicworks:
#144 Winter 2022/2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]

(Musicworks -- Canada )


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The Winter 2022/23 issue of Canada's most interesting music magazine including a 15-track compilation CD of new and rediscovered music from artists featured in the magazine; SLOWPITCHSOUND on the cover, plus articles on Gordon Grdina, performance artist Kite, Toronto's Audiopollination music series, sound artist Seth A Smith, live and recorded reviews, &c. &c.

Chrysakis, Thanos: Manifold Vista
Chrysakis, Thanos:
Manifold Vista

(Auf Abwegen -- Germany )


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Aural Terrains label-leader, composer and sound artist Thanos Chrysakis presents six new pieces merging electronic composition with field recordings and other electro-acoustic sources, in five rich and beautifully paced works of a diverse nature, evolving a consistent sound world where each piece draws the listener into the composer's detailed and engaging concepts.

Samartzis, Philip: Atmospheres And Disturbances [CD + BOOK]
Samartzis, Philip:
Atmospheres And Disturbances [CD + BOOK]

(Room40 -- Australia )


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A work of scientific sound from Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis, creating compositions based on field work from the High-Altitude Research Station at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, over four weeks deploying various recording devices and microphones in and around the station to capture anthropogenic & geophysical forces, allowing listeners to experience the ecology under stress.

AUTORHTYHM: Synapse / Oxytocin [7'' Vinyl w/ Download]
AUTORHTYHM:
Synapse / Oxytocin [7'' Vinyl w/ Download]

(thanatosis produktion -- Sweden )


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The first single from Swedish electronic composer Joakim Forsgren's Autorhythm's project Songs For The Nervous System, two soundscapes in the ambient realm, Forsgren using vintage synths and no computers to create these tracks, described as "pop music for a dysfunctional but beautiful parallel world".

Conrad, Tony / Arnold Dreyblatt / Jim O'Rourke: Tonic 19-01-2001 [VINYL]
Conrad, Tony / Arnold Dreyblatt / Jim O'Rourke:
Tonic 19-01-2001 [VINYL]

(Black Truffle -- Australia )


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In 2001 the trio of Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt and Jim O'Rourke performed an extended improvisation at a concert organized by David Weinstein at Manhattan's experimental concert space Tonic, each artist presenting a solo work followed by this incredible work of ecstatic integrated drone, texture and harmonic interaction from immensely intertwining strings.

Marchetti, Lionel & Decibel New Music Ensemble: Inland Lake (le lac interieur)
Marchetti, Lionel & Decibel New Music Ensemble:
Inland Lake (le lac interieur)

(Room40 -- Australia )


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The 2nd album collaboration between French music concrète composer Lionel Marchetti and the Australian chamber ensemble Decibel directed by flute and wind player Cat Hope, performing two works by Marchetti--"Inland Lake" and "La Patience"-- works for strings, winds, piano, percussion and radio, integrated in the studio with Marchetti's synthetics, tape and electronic manipulations.

Radigue, Eliane: 11 Dec 80 [2 CDs]
Radigue, Eliane:
11 Dec 80 [2 CDs]

(Important Records -- USA )


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The first release of electronic composer Éliane Radigue's 1980 live session for the Bay Area's KPFA radio, performing two works: a studio performance of "Chry-ptus", Radigue's work for asynchronous recordings on a Buchla Modular System; and the world premiere of Parts I through III of "Tryptych", an hallucinogenic work of sound and texture.

Myers, David Lee: Ceremonial Fires
Myers, David Lee:
Ceremonial Fires

(pulsewidth -- USA )


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A journey through an uncharted jungle island from NY electronic composer David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device, using field recordings in rhythmic environments with synthetic sounds buzzing and whirling around and electronic tones and textures rising and falling, composing detailed song structures that are embraceable and awe-inspiring at the same time.

Arcane Device: N28: Ohmniscient
Arcane Device:
N28: Ohmniscient

(pulsewidth -- USA )


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The second of NY electronic explorer David Lee Myers', aka Arcane Device, N28 series, an album of excited electronics, field recordings, inexplicable sound and rotating, splintering and otherwise lovingly mangled sound, not so much a noise collection as instead a controlled chaos with moments of cavernous beauty in a journey of mercurial rummaging.

Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV
Growlers Choir:
LIVE au FIMAV

(Les Disques Victo -- Canada )


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A unique concert even by the standards of Victoriaville from The Growlers, a vocal ensemble who interpret heavy metal, known for their epic work "Hate.Machine" and "The Dayking" with participation from poet Fortner Anderson, performed here along with a comprovisation backed by an electronic track originated from electric guitar recordings.

Duplant, Bruno / Seth Nehil: The Memory Of Things
Duplant, Bruno / Seth Nehil:
The Memory Of Things

(Sublime Retreat -- Poland )


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An immersive and often explosive set of dark compositions from Seth Nehil & Bruno Duplant, blending field recordings, electronics, percussion and percussive objects into a controlled chaos of inexplicably murky and uncategorizable sounds, at times like a surreal firework display, or inserted into a complex machine on the verge of collapse, all imbued with a consistent resonant hue.

Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness
Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm:
In The Wilderness

(Positive Elevation / 577 Records -- USA )


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Drawn from an experimental improv performance by drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Brandon Lopez at 577 Records' 2019 Forward Festival, electronic artist and producer Hprizm of the Antipop Consortium took those recording to reconstruct twelve works of illusory and often surreal music, from active beat-based electronica to hazy dreamlike ambience.



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