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ALEXANDER, ROSS - HIGH ATLAS TO THE SAHARA DESERTWhere 2017's 'Memorias Vol. 1 - Bugandan Sacred Places' had clear nods to New Age music, this release explores the more ambient side of the industrial sound of the '80s. |
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ARIHA BRASS QUARTET - ARIHA BRASS QUARTETAn intriguing work by a groundbreaking quartet from Beirut. Artha Brass Quartet features three trumpeters and a tuba-virtuoso, all of whom play their instruments in unusual ways. |
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BASTIEN, PIERRE - SONIC FOLKWAYSOn this album, created with different types of horns, prepared trumpet, an army of percussion (from gongs and tambourine to castanets and maracas), violin and so much more, French musician, composer and instrument builder Pierre Bastien weaves together a highly textured and ... read more » |
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BLUME, FELIX - DEATH IN HAITI: FUNERAL BRASS BANDS & SOUNDS...This vivid sound portrait depicting the way funerals and burials are lived in Haiti was recorded in Port au Prince by sound artist Flix Blume in early December 2016. The recordings this plunge the listener into a world of pain, loss and solemn celebration as each funeral ... read more » |
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BOSAINA - NEW YORK APRIL-JULY 2013/TWO NAMES UPON THE SHORETwo EPs by the Cairo-based artist on one LP. Her love affair with cinema, interrupted by decaying urban life ('New York April-July 2013') and literature ('Two Names Upon The Shore'), serves as the focal point for her intimate productions. These consist of fragmented and ... read more » |
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CALHAU! - TAU TAUComprising Alves von Calhau and Marta von Calhau, Portuguese duo Calhau! gives a whole new meaning to the country's musical traditions. Alves and Maria aren't just musicians, they're painters, illustrators, sculptures and visual artists as well, which leads to a totally ... read more » |
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CARDOSO, GONCALO F. - IMPRESSOES DE OUTRA ILHA (BORNEO)Discrepant head honcho Goncalo F. Cardoso returns to his 'Island' series to offers us another glimpse of his deep, abstract impressions of (an)other island. Cardoso now dwells into the Malaysian heartbeat of the forests of Borneo, the world's third largest island. |
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CASAS, CARLOS - KAMANA (+CD/7")'Kamana' is a multiformat release inspired by and channeling the culture and traditions of the Aeta, an indigenous group from the Zambales region in the Philippines. |
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CODSI, MARC - SONGS FROM THE AFTERMATHLebanese musician and composer Marc Codsi presents his fifth album. With 'Songs Of The Aftermath' Codsi continues his personal exploration of Arabic music codes, mainly investigating quarter tones scales in an fully electronic environment in order to create new harmonies ... read more » |
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COOPER, MIKE - RELUCTANT SWIMMER/VIRTUAL SURFERA live set recorded at the Controindicazioni Festival of Improvised Music in Rome in 2003. The music moves very slowly through four movements: 'Reluctant Swimmer', 'Movies Is Magic', 'Virtual Swimmer' and 'Dolphins'. Floating in out of the exotic ether and disappearing like ... read more » |
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COOPER, MIKE - TROPICAL GOTHICOn 'Tropical Gothic' Mike Cooper studies different approaches to his method of uniting guitar and field recordings into a constant stream of sound. While doing so he delivers chaos and melody, but not necessarily in that order.. |
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DEAD MAURIACS - BEAUTE DES MIRAGESThis French outfit follows-up its sold out cassette release with an utterly entertaining LP of frantic abstract exotica. |
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DJ SNIFF - PARALLEL TRACES OF THE JEWEL VOICE'Parallel Traces Of The Jewel Voice' by DJ Sniff takes inspiration from historical narratives and personal memories constructed around the 'Jewel Voice' broadcast (Gyokuon Hoso) that took place on 15th August 1945. Contrary to common belief, Emperor Hirohito did not speak ... read more » |
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GERMAN ARMY - MORE BITTER FRUITThe South Californian dons of occult electronics release their first LP after an inaugural tape back in 2015, and a split collaboration with Old Komm in 2016.. |
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GERMAN ARMY & OLD KOMM - DISQUIET O.S.T.Russian occultists Old Komm collaborate with the south Californian dons of austere electronics German Army, bringing to life the made up soundtrack to a film that never was. 'Disquiet' tells the story of a child born to a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, war torn and ... read more » |
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GONZO - RUIDO(S)After seven years of sonic interferences, calibrating the soundscape of field recordings and helping to recreate the old sounds of today, Gonzo unleashes its final recordings. |
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GRIMAUD, DOMINIQUE - 19 FEEDBACKSExperimental musician Dominique Grimaud dedicated this album not only to his childhood loves The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, but also to the use of feedback in modern music. With samples of feedback from the '60s as a foundation, he created the beautiful and ... read more » |
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JIBOIA - OOOO'OOOO' is a free minded rock voyage of imagined sounds produced by three musicians in a constant dialogue and with a different focus in each track. This is music that's doing soul searching without any space or time barriers. |
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KEN, SUGAI - TELE-N-TECH-DAJapanese artist Sugai Ken presents a kaleidoscopic radio play inspired by the traditional Japanese art of Mingei.. |
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KERBAJ, MAZEN - SOLO TRUMPET VOL. 2.1Comic book artist, graphic designer and free jazz improviser are only some of the many talents from Beirut born Mazen Kerbaj. After appearing as part of various ensembles on the label, Ariha Brass Quartet and Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra, Kerbaj finally lands a ... read more » |
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KERBAJ, MAZEN - SOLO TRUMPET VOL. 2.2Comic book artist, graphic designer and free jazz improviser are only some of the many talents from Beirut born Mazen Kerbaj. After appearing as part of various ensembles on the label, Ariha Brass Quartet and Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra, Kerbaj finally lands a ... read more » |
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KINK GONG - DIAN LONG (2LP)This DOUBLE LP is another unique document of Kink Gong's collection of surreal soundscapes, created with augmented field recordings. This time he turns his love/hate relationship with China into a mesmerising delivery of unclassifiable music. |
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KINK GONG - TANZANIA 2Exactly eight years after releasing his unique re-interpretation album of his field recordings made in the late '90s in Tanzania, Kink Gong is back with another volume of bushmen madness! 'Tanzania 2' offers seven tracks. |
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KINK GONG - ZOMIA, VOL. 1Kink Gong is back with his unique take and re-interpretation of the music he's been recording and documenting for years in the South East Asian highlands. |
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LAGOSS - IMAGINARY ISLAND MUSIC, VOL. 1: CANARY ISLANDSContemporary exotica at its best! Lagoss borrows from the exotica playbook of ideas and twists it inside out, resulting in a bubbling melting pot of sounds, shapes and patterns that eventually confuse, wonder and (occasionally) may scare the inattentive listener. Forget ... read more » |
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