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A work in progress evolving from the numerous recordings Stephen Vitiello made of the sculptures of American artist Donald Judd in Marfa, Texas.

A sound navigation along the entire Dordogne river, from the Mont Dore to the Bec d'Ambès.

The original music composed by Ghédalia Tazartès for the theater play "Jeanne la pudeur" after Nicola Genka.

A collection of texts about music (from Britney Spears to Helmut Lachenmann, passing through Matthew Herbert, The Melvins, Terre Thaemlitz, Stan Douglas etc.), gathered from the numerous publications of the famous art and music critic and including many previously unpublished texts.

A project by Norscq (The Grief / The Atlas Project) that combines ancient texts, oriental singing, post-industrial electronica and dark ambient.

This installation juxtaposes photographs of eight “landscapes” with “soundscapess” created by French sound artists, who made a free sound interpretation based on the chosen picture and collected raw sounds.

A record of Tuxedomoon covers.

A full colour, hardback publication documenting the major time-based project that confounds traditional expectations of an exhibition, including essays and discussions with participating artists and guest contributors, the entire score of the soundtrack, film stills, installation images and an audio DVD of excerpts from the soundtrack.

Live audio “micro-improvisations” combined with live video manipulations.

Two films straddling the line between documentary and audio-visual meditations on landscape.

Unreleased tracks by Pascal Comelade recorded here on a collector 10" vinyl numbered to 1 000 copies. Listeners will discover his covers of the Ramones, Chuck Berry, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, The Gun Club, Lords of the New Church (recorded live with the Bel Canto Orchestra in 2005 at the TGP in Frouard) as well as original pieces by Pascal Comelade. 

Camel Zekri (electroacoustic guitar), Thierry Madiot (bass trombone and trumpets), Daunik Lazro (baritone saxophone) and Dominique Répécaud (electric guitar) reach a rare degree of balance between softness and roughness, between lightning and harmony.

A series of photos between documentary and science fiction in the vertiginous universe of plastic surgery, with a DVD of images and electroacoustic music.

Including conversations with David Toop, Scanner, Brandon LaBelle, Ken Vandermark, Kaffe Matthews, Steven Connor, John Parish, Ben Watson, Simon Critchley, Andrew Morgan, Esther Leslie, Eric Roth, Andrew McGettigan, and Seth Kim-Cohen.

The Grief's greatest hits, with many unpublished, rarities and remixes.

Eighteen figures of the French New Wave scene reinterpret each one of their iconic titles.

The two French musicians Sébastien Roux and Eddie Ladoireextend their ambient explorations through drone guitars and digital manipulation.

A journey into Henri Pousseur's archives.

A quartet of string and woodwind instruments brings together masters of free improvisation.

The first duo recording of Joëlle Léandre (double bass, voice) and Akosh S. (tenor & soprano saxophones, metal clarinet, tárogató, flute): a wonderful syntonic improvisation in a Hungarian synagogue.

This first monograph documents the performance, sound, and video works of the Canadian multidisciplinary artist.

An “anti-humanist” musical piece, overlaying Klaus Weber's voice and frequency ranges defined in relation to the hearing of cricket (limited edition).

Reference monograph.

Free improvisations in solo clarinet.

Project catalogue documenting radio series commissioned by Kunstradio, Vienna, 2001, containing texts, images and audio by the artists, with an introduction by Brandon LaBelle and foreword by Barbara Schroeder from Kunstradio, with an audio compilation on CD.

Olivier Benoit (acousticized electric guitar) and Jean-Luc Guionnet (alto saxophone) present seven journeys, seven light touches, at times on the brink of silence.

The third of a trilogy of drone album made only with guitar, and which sound like pure electronic records.

The Fluxus anthology.

A collaboration between these two artists has generated a world of bouncing, textured material. Surrounding a focal piece of 20 minutes are six shorter works which retain the listener's attention and transport them into a unsuspected otherworld.

The second of a trilogy of drone album made only with guitar, and which sound like pure electronic records.

Derek Bailey improvises on guitar while reading poems by Ben Watson. Both pieces were recorded in 1993 and are taken from Ben Watson's book Out To Lunch.

A piece from an installation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris for the exhibition "Elysian Fields", with David Grubbs (guitar, electronics), John McEntire (drums), Noël Akchoté (guitar), Charlie O (organ) and Quentin Rollet (saxophone).

A poetic odyssey on solo piano.

Created in the Musique Action Festival of 1999, this recording is a collaboration between two trailblazers of new music.The duo convey their strong sonorous density through short and intense compositions, in which improvised music meets progressive rock.

The first of a trilogy of drone album made only with guitar, and which sound like pure electronic records.

A tribute to Doug Sahm.

A compilation of unreleased tracks by Eugene Chadbourne: four-track recordings at home, with his daughters, in the studio, in concert. A panel of all his art. Covers of Coltrane or Coleman on the banjo, of Nick Drake, of Phil Ochs, of Herbie Nichols, a jam session with Mexican improvisers... An incredible record that was ranked among his 7 best records by The Wire.

The Rectange label "recycled" by Wendy Gondeln (Albert Oehlen).

A single track cut into two one-sided discs (which can be played in its entirety by a DJ with two turntables), recorded at Can Studio, Weilerswist, with David Grubbs, Cosima Von Bonin and Charlie O.

A one-hour interview with Noël Akchoté. Joëlle Léandre talks about her career, her beginnings, her struggles as a woman musician and improviser.

A piece for string quartet, narrator and fixed sounds, guided by the texts of Edmond Jabès and Franz Kafka, in dialogue with those of Marc Feld and Michel Butel.

The meeting, on the Niger River, between contemporary improvised music and African musical traditions.