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Category: Releases

  • Upcoming Cyclic Law Releases

    Source: Cyclic Law. SUTEKH HEXEN & FUNERARY CALL “P:R:I:S:M” CD / 2LP / DL (114th Cycle) We’re proud to announce renewal of our relationship with raw black power ambient ritualists Sutekh Hexen in announcing the band’s colossal new 2LP “P:R:I:S:M”, a full collaboration with Canadian nightmare-weaving enigma Funerary Call (AKA field recording and experimental soundscaping…

  • New Releases From Sonic Transmissions Records

    Source: Sonic Transmissions Records. Guts & Skins Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Paal Nilssen-Love Morning Light Maria Norseth Garli Heaven Hill Fragmentarium Nicolas Leirtrø / Ståle Storløkken / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

  • New Matthew Shipp Book Coming on RogueArt

    Source: RogueArt. Over the course of 200 pages Singularity Codex presents the work of Shipp and his numerous collaborators within the broader jazz and free music continuum, and covers in detail the pianist’s 25 current/forthcoming albums for RogueArt (and one book with poet Steve Dalachinsky). Neither a strict biography nor a discography, this volume includes…

  • New Releases From All That Dust

    Source: all that dust. Aaron Einbond ‘Cosmologies’ (CD and downloads), performed by Séverine Ballon, Alvise Sinivia & Riot Ensemble What may seem like conventional objects and situations are turned inside out in Einbond’s Xylography and Cosmologies. Closely and ambiently miked, physically and electronically manipulated, from these instruments issue the sound of their materials and of…

  • New Releases From Colectivo Casa Amarela

    Source: Colectivo Casa Amarela. Istmo by Sal Grosso Recorded during the great pandemic crossing of 2020 – 2021, “Istmo”, Sal Grosso’s third record, retains the naive spirit of his previous works: there are 9 tracks of free structure that constitute as many soundscapes made of sugary melodies and undulating synthesizers – always captured on the…

  • New and Upcoming Releases From Cuneiform Records

    Source: Cuneiform Records. SOFT MACHINE – THE DUTCH LESSON Previously unreleased live recording by this groundbreaking British band, made during a tour in The Netherlands [UK] LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION – DAMAGED GOODS New studio recording by Michael Formanek (bass), Anthony Pirog (guitar) and Mike Pride (drums) [USA] A LIGHT SLEEPER – EQUAEVRERPOISE New recordings by…

  • 577 Records New and Coming Releases

    Source: 577 Records. Helen Svoboda, Joe O’Connor, Tim Green Time Together, Time Apart The Flame (Robert Mitchell, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders) Towards The Flame, Vol. 1 Gerald Cleaver 22 / 23 Zoh Amba featuring William Parker and Francisco Mela O Life, O Light Vol. 2 John Dikeman, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, Steve Noble Volume 2…

  • Upcoming Dirk Serries Releases

    Source: A New Wave Of Jazz. KODIAN PLUS – DISENGAGE (cd, A New Wave Of Jazz Axis) EDWARDS/LISLE/SERRIES/WEBSTER – OUT OF NOWHERE (cd, Raw Tonk Records) SCATTERWOUND – TL (3xcd, Midira Records) DIRK SERRIES – REGENERATION (cd, Hundred Years Gallery) VIDNA OBMANA – DANTE TRILOGY : TREMOR, SPORE, LEGACY (3xcd, Zoharum) DIRK SERRIES – NOCTURNAL…

  • Harmonic Series 1/28 is Out

    Source: harmonic series. conversations Jessica Pavone and I talk over video chat about writing for solo and for ensemble, different kinds of time, feeling good and sounding good, resonances, current interests and future work. annotations Sylvain Levier & Nebel Lang – Korf ar son (2019-) reviews Antoine Beuger/Anastassis Philippakopoulos – floating by (Erstwhile Records, 2023)…

  • New Releases From Room40

    Source: Room40. Eidolon Siavash Amini Reality Opposition Christina Giannone Environmental Studies Tony Buck Outside Supercolor Jérôme Noetinger Aphotic I — Hadal Ulrich Krieger Der Krater Werner Dafeldecker & Valerio Tricoli

  • New From Sub Rosa 

    Source: Sub Rosa Label. High Tide In The Lowlands The Dwarfs of East Agouza (featuring Maurice Louca, Alan Bishop, Sam Shalabi) La Mémoire des Orages (mixed by Steve Albini) Ogives Late Night Show Petr Bakla Epic Ellipses Puce Moment

  • New Releases From Bison Records

    Source: bison. O YAMA O – GALO O Yama O return with their first full length LP since 2018’s self titled debut. Galo finds the duo of sculptor Rie Nakajima and vocalist Keiko Yamamoto firmly enmeshed alongside percussionist Marie Roux and violin player and visual artist Billy Steiger as a band, their project this time…

  • Cyclic Law New Releases

    Source: Cyclic Law. CONJECTURE “Nostalgia Futura” CD / DL (213th Cycle) “Nostalgia Futura” is an exploration of the rare psychological and neurological phenomenon known as Anticipatory Nostalgia. While nostalgia is a widely recognized and socially significant emotional experience, Anticipatory Nostalgia is a feeling of longing for something that has yet to occur or may not…

  • Blank Forms Editions to Release a Pair From Graham Lambkin

    Source: Blank Forms. GRAHAM LAMBKIN: APHORISMS Graham Lambkin (of Shadow Ring fame) returns with a long awaited epic double LP, Aphorisms, his first major solo outing since Community (Kye, 2016). Recorded mostly during the early winter months of 2022, in post-pandemic New York and post-Brexit London, Aphorisms assembles the sonic detritus of daily life into…

  • Something Else! Reviews and News

    Source: Something Else! Tim Berne, Aurora Nealand + Hank Roberts – ‘Oceans And’ (2023) Matt Mitchell, “equanimity” and “concentricals” (2023): Something Else! streaming premieres Ivo Perelman – ‘Reed Rapture In Brooklyn’ (2023): Movies Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp + Jeff Cosgrove – ‘Live In Carrboro’ (2023) Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric – ‘Fire Illuminations’…

  • Archival Release of Frank Zappa’s ‘Hot Rats’ Sequel Sessions 

    Source: Rolling Stone. The recordings, cut in February and March 1970, find Zappa playing with a lineup similar to the one on Hot Rats: multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, violinist and vocalist “Sugarcane” Harris, Wrecking Crew bassist Max Bennett, and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. The music, which mostly is instrumental, includes Zappa originals, cover songs, and improvisational jams…

  • New and Upcoming Releases From Cantaloupe Music

    Source: Cantaloupe Music. David Lang, Contemporaneous, Mammoth Trio shade Matt McBane, Sandbox Percussion Bathymetry Philip Glass, Vicky Chow Philip Glass: Piano Etudes, Book 1 coming soon David T. Little Black Lodge Michael Gordon and Kronos Quartet Campaign Songs Zibuokle Martinaityte and Synaesthesis Hadal Zone

  • 577 Records New and Upcoming Releases

    Source: 577 Records. Novoa / Kamaguchi / Cleaver Trio – Vol. 1 For pianist and composer Eva Novoa, music, improvisation and choosing the right players is her mission, her purpose and goal in life. Based in Brooklyn, New York since 2012, she explores each project or set up and musical occasion with deep curiosity, freedom,…

  • New Releases From Setola di Maiale 

    Source: setola di maiale. RICORDI DEL TARDIGRADO POLITÀCITO (María ‘Mange’ Valencia, Paolo Pascolo, Stefano Giust) BRAASTABRÀ I PAESANI FEAT. GÜNTER ‘BABY’ SOMMER (Vittorino Curci, Donato Console, Gianni Console, Loredana Savino, Valerio Fusillo, Pierpaolo Martino, Günter ‘Baby’ Sommer) LUCE DELLA FOLLIA…TRAMA INVISIBILE…EROS IMPERTURBABILE (Composizione Modulare In 19 Parti) GIUSEPPE GIULIANO (Giuseppe Giuliano, Manuela Galizia, Pierre-Yves Artaud,…

  • Cuneiform Records Upcoming Releases

    Source: CUNEIFORM RECORDS. COMING OUT APRIL 28, 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS SOFT MACHINE – THE DUTCH LESSON Previously unreleased live recording by this groundbreaking British band, made during a tour in The Netherlands [UK] COMING OUT SUMMER 2023 ON CUNEIFORM RECORDS LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION – DAMAGED GOODS New studio recording by Michael Formanek (bass), Anthony…

  • Midira Records New Releases

    Source: MIDIRA RECORDS. Aidan Baker “Engenderine” (2xCD) “Engenderine” features over 80 minutes of minimal drone rock. Aidan Baker created a slowly but powerful crawling album by using guitar, bass, drums and organ. Dirk Serries “Fluctuation Of Being” (CD) After several collaboration albums, we are releasing our first solo ambient album by Dirk Serries, which is…

  • New and Upcoming Dirk Serries Releases

    Source: A New Wave Of Jazz. DIRK SERRIES – FLUCTUATION OF BEING (cd, Midira Records) Dirk Serries returns to MIDIRA RECORDS with his first solo album in our catalogue, after working together with us quite frequently on collaboration records. “Fluctuation Of Being” is the first solo ambient album by Dirk Serries since his critically-acclaimed last…

  • Vital Weekly Reviews 1380

    Source: Vital Weekly. DAVID LEE MYERS – STRANGE ATTRACTORS (CD by Cronica Electronica) * ROEL MEELKOP – VIVA IN PACE (CD by Cronica Electronica) * WIL BOLTON – LIKE FLOATING LEAVES (CD by Laaps) * Z’EV & JULIEN OTTAVI – CRASH & CROSS (CD by 4IB Records) * SAMO KUTIN & PASCAL BATTUS – LIVING…