Music

The endlessly prolific and unpredictable Richard Youngs returns to Black Truffle with "Modern Sorrow", with a radical but deeply sensitive reduction of contemporary pop production.

Marc Codsi’s new Arabic infused synth oriented album.

By now a regular and esteemed presence among the Discrepant sprawling household via releases with projects such as Alförjs, Banha da Cobra or Jibóia, Mestre André "resurrects" his O Morto alias (bad pun somewhat intended) after 2016 "The Forest, The People And The Spirits".

Two works from the same series of compositions, drawn from modular synthesizer recordings which have been reworked, treated and composed in the computer.

First reissue since its initial 1969 release of New York minimalism and drone pioneers La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's first full-length album, popularly known as "The Black Record" or "The Black Album".

First reissue since its initial 1969 release of New York minimalism and drone pioneers La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's first full-length album, popularly known as "The Black Record" or "The Black Album".

Swedish drone alchemist Mats Erlandsson is sitting in a fictional room on "Gyttjans Topografi", imagining a virtual chamber orchestra using zithers, tapes, double bass, harmonium, organ, and various synthesisers to draft a treatise on alternative tuning and non-normative harmonic structures. Transcendent material.

First compilation on LP of the sound works of the two Dutch visual artists, demonstrating that sound produced by the Bosch & Simons music machines can also be listened to as autonomous "music".

This 4 CD box edition collects all concert musics by French composer of electroacoustic music Michèle Bokanowski, eleven visionary and avant-garde works composed in 1974 and 2020.

Bill Noir; contemporary Arabic poetry: Mouna Ouafik; Bani Khoshnoudi by Carole Rieussec & Elena Biserna; Sister Iodine by Michel Henritzi; interview with Emmanuel Lalande; Stefan Fraunberger by Delphine Dora; Willem Breuker by Gérard Rouy; book and record reviews...

First recording: a cascade of sounds and words, recorded one after the other as they arose in the mind, consists of songs and poetry from diverse sources as well as original works by the artist.

85 minutes collection of previously unpublished recordings made at the Friedrichshof commune between 1982 and 1990. Performed by Otto Muehl and members of the commune. Includes actionist group-music, improvised conceptual pieces, and barpianist-songs.

A 16-channel piece composed between 2016 and 2020, inspired by astrophysics, the mystery of the pre-Big Bang era and some of the uncanny motions of the unconscious mind, where strangeness meets the ordinary, in memoriam Bernard Baschet, Bernard Parmegiani and Carlos Pellegrino.

François Bonnet's new album, more vaporous, immersive and evocative than ever, explores a wide range of sound sources and techniques to blur musical codes and leave room for memory imprints.

Faitiche presents the album Exq I by Berlin underground techno legends Muellie Messiah & Punk not Punk, mainly known under their 100Records moniker. Weighing in at 36 minutes, the track was recorded in 2010, effortlessly intermingling dub, drone and collage, a blend achieved thanks to the duo's jazz-inspired approach to improvisation.

The concrete, electronic sounds of the Langham Research Centre (here Iain Chambers and Robert Worby) combine with the acoustic qualities of John Butcher's saxophone in an extended improvisation session.

Persistence of Sound celebrates the British composer Richard Orton (1940-2013) with a selection of electroacoustic and computer music from across his career.

Two pieces written by Éliane Radigue at the same period (2014-2018), one instrumental (recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris by Ensemble Dedalus) and the other electronic (performed by Ryoko Akama).

The third solo release by a prominent pillar of Japanese ambient music, after 11 years of collaborations.

The third solo release by a prominent pillar of Japanese ambient music, after 11 years of collaborations.

Recordings from two installations/performances by the Berlin-based sound artist that explore the physical presence of sound phenomena, by producing the impact of electronic music but with purely acoustic means.

The immersive sound diary of a trip to Bali.

A lavish 10-CD box set with a 106-page book, featuring more than 11 hours of seminal works by one of the most important electronic and electroacoustic composers of the 20th century.

An essential anthology gathering more than 30 works composed and recorded over four decades by one of the most iconic concrète composers.

A sound and music experience along the Dordogne river, with Le Chant du Moineau and the Ensemble UN orchestra (Pascal Battus, Benjamin Bondonneau, Michel Doneda, Jérôme Noetinger, Mathieu Werchowski...), and a group of invited researchers (with a composition by Lionel Marchetti on CD and a film by Camille Auburtin on DVD).

Curva Cieca Oblio was born out of the collaboration between two artists whose paths have intertwined many times over the course of twenty years. The work of Muna Mussie, who investigates the languages of the visual and performing arts, for this creation on record extends and enters into a fusional dialogue with the rigorous and prismatic sound vision of Massimo Carozzi, also an explorer of the relationships between different languages.

Vernascacadabra is a series of compositions for ocarina as a part of an artistic journey through the history of music routes that Invernomuto has been carrying out for years, starting from the sound and the imagery it generates.

Daphne Dragona, Jussi Parikka, Karoline Sobecka, Superflux, Lise Autogena & Joshua Portway, Open Weather, Jana Winderen, Phase Changers: melting, evaporating, breathing in Meteorological Art, Meta.Morf 2022, Ecophilia...

First vinyl edition (remastered) of the Swedish trio's third and most beautiful album (originally released on the Häpna label in 2005), produced by Marcus Schmickler (Pluramon).

Lynn Cassiers and Jozef Dumoulin pay a luminous tribute to the music of the twelfth-century composer, abbess, mystic and poetess Hildegard von Bingen, in a setup of voice with electronics accompanied by pipe organ.

Previously unreleased music by Otto Sidharta, pioneer of Indonesian electronic music, inspired by Indonesia's multifarious styles of traditional music.

Limited green vinyl version of the latest album by Iranian-American electronic music producer Sote is an all electronic affair, harmonically maximalist, predominantly symphonic-synthetic, requiring active listening.

A semi-digital audio publication by performance artist and musician from Northwestern Quebec Emilie Roby.

Faitiche presents Groupshow's Greatest Hits: The ten tracks on this first vinyl album by Groupshow (Hanno Leichtmann, Andrew Pekler, Jan Jelinek), recorded between 2005 and 2018, document concert recordings and studio improvisations by the trio.

A short version of a radio play devised and produced by Jan Jelinek for German public broadcaster SWR2, bringing together twelve sound poetry collages using interview answers by public figures, from Marcel Duchamp to Lady Gaga.

An exhibitions book including 2 CDs with new pieces by Phill Niblock performed By Stephen O'Malley, Deborah Walker, Kasper Toeplitz, Franck Vigroux, David Maranha and many others.

On December 11, 1980 Eliane Radigue performed live on KPFA. Her full performance is included here, remastered, on two compact discs. Upon hearing these performances for the first time in many years Radigue declared them to be the best versions she'd ever heard.

A major archival discovery: a stunning document of the only performance by the trio of Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt and Jim O'Rourke.

The complete anthology of solo and duo violin pieces by legendary American experimental composer Christian Wolff, performed by the New York violin duo String Noise (Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris).

An album of lost Derek Bailey sessions recorded with his friend and collaborator Charlie Morrow, that testifies to his art of collective experimentation.