“The Theater of Eternal Music performed music consisting of long sustained tones and unconventional harmonic combinations, which were explored via improvisation restricted by strict ‘laws’ laid out by […]
Electronic
EXPECTED SHIPPING LATE OCTOBER ‘selfsame’, the second 12” on false aralia, mirrors the structure of companion release ‘zero key’ in presenting an iterative exploration of versioning itself, unspooling […]
EXPECTED SHIPPING LATE OCTOBER ‘zero key’, explores valences of an idea as it slips, as would a thought or a cloud, into something else entirely across its four […]
EXPECTED SHIPPING MID/LATE OCTOBER The debut 2023 disc of narcotised, tranced-out dub from Naarm collective Dregs resurfaces on venerable UK imprint Purely Physical Teeny Tapes, its dense textures […]
An Italian progressive rock masterpiece, Sulle Corde Di Aries is the third solo album from Franco Battiato, who is often heralded as Italy’s answer to Brian Eno, though […]
Expected shipping mid-late October Ephemera is the debut album by Fergus Jones, the artist formerly known as Perko, an Edinburgh-born, Copenhagen-based producer, DJ, and founder of the FELT […]
Top tier psychedelic bass music from two of the best in the game right now, The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now sees early dubstep alumni and Skull Disco […]
Electronic dark arts meet ethereal organic instrumentation and early sampling on O Yuki Conjugate’s cult classic debut album Scene In Mirage. The album was recorded in just five […]
Expected shipping early/mid October Distant Call is a collection of early demos of songs that would subsequently appear as finished productions on the albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons […]
Expected shipping early/mid October “agony, anguish, bitterness, despair, grief, heartache, pain, remorse, sorrow, suffering, torment, woe. Another heartbreak album that is totally worth all of it.” 180g vinyl […]
Deep house sounds blend harmoniously with ambient and electro landscapes, creating a sonic canvas rich in emotion and texture. Each bass beat resonates like the vibrant pulse of […]
Released in 1997, LOST HIGHWAY is a neo-noir film co-written and directed by David Lynch and stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, and Robert Blake. The film’s […]
Part of the “Kankyō Ongaku” environmental music movement, Yoshio Ojima is a legendary Japanese musician creating his own distinctive style of ambient and electronic music since the 1980s. […]
Originally released in 1983; A legendary yet long lost crown jewel from the early 80s Japanese Electronic and Jazz Rock scene.
Like phoenix rising from the ashes. Buero Hahn is back. Laying off on the edits for 6 years Bell Towers, who currently scrambles eggs in the kitchen of […]
Thomas Bangalter presents ‘CHIROPTERA’, the soundtrack of the performance created with artist JR and choreographer Damien Jallet on the forecourt of the Paris Opera House on 12 November […]
Opener ‘The Janja (Magic Jams remix)’ is a cheery, rolling and gently funky Afro-disco workout, while ‘The Wander (Magic Jams edit)’ offers a tight, chunky and guitar-rich dance […]
Expected shipping mid November Housed together in a stunning 380gsm board slipcase with a matt laminate soft touch finish and a UV spot varnish on the beloved Be […]
Experimental Audio Research (E.A.R.) was an experimental music collective formed by Spacemen 3’s Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom. A cult classic that was named “one of the greatest […]
Original music from 1983 and released on vinyl for the first time, Club is a stunning and timeless collection of avant-garde electronica, proto-techno, mecha-ambient, and ear-pleasing experimentations from […]
Bryn Jones aka Muslimgauze, the controversial “ethnic electronica” musician from Manchester whose work largely dealt with the Israel-Palestine conflict, meets the IDM and glitch of Russian duo Vitaly […]
“One of the most beautiful voices on earth,” Sheila Chandra first rose to prominence as the singer of raga-based UK pop band Monsoon. In 1982, the group’s debut […]
Meeting of the dubwise minds .. A psychedelic, ritualistic, dub trip, oscillating between the maximal and the minimal, the internal and the external, the micro and the macro, […]
An Italian progressive rock masterpiece, Cold Nose is the debut solo outing from Franco Falsini, an Italian guitarist and producer most known as the leader of influential space […]
Released on The Bug’s Pressure imprint, Ghost Dubs is a collection of earth-shattering dubwise basement techno from German producer Michael Fiedler aka Damaged aka Jah Schulz. While the […]
The Moon and the Melodies was a collaborative 4AD effort with the late minimalist Harold Budd. Featuring the three central figures behind the Cocteau Twins and Richard Thomas […]
A selection from Chee Shimizu’s Organic Music record shop, Schlager is the debut experimental electronic “Neue Deutsche Welle” album from Cologne-based artist Arno Steffen (formerly of Zeltinger). Co-produced […]
Krautrock legend Michael Rother (Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Neu!) presents a collection of minimalistic guitar and synth-based compositions on his fourth solo album Fernwärme, which is the German word for […]
Expected shipping mid/late October The next installment of MFM’s popular multi-artist compilation Virtual Dreams: ‘Virtual Dreams – Ambient Explorations In The House And Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999’. As […]
Originally released on the cult V4 Visions label in 1991 & 1994, Ashaye’s ‘Dreaming’ and ‘What’s This World Coming To’ showcased the sound of Steet Soul, a genre […]
West London label Slip ‘N’ Slide continues to refresh the classics as Seth Troxler and Franck Roger deliver remixes of the 1997 Blaze favourite ‘Lovelee Dae’. Featuring the […]
For the debut release on Soft Rock For Hard Times imprint from Universal Cave, Suzanne Kraft covers Sugarcane’s unforgettable soft-rock-meets-modern-soul ballad “What You Do To Me.” Originally released […]
An official re-issue of the 1996 album, Beyond the Circle, from Dr. Osamu Kitajima presented by Forest Jams on vinyl for the first time. As the title suggests, […]
“Originally released on the lauded Green Energy label from experimental maverick Henry Kawahara, Forest Jams is thrilled to present the official re-issue of Nami Hotatsu’s sophomore album – […]
Ezra Feinberg is a composer-guitarist and psychoanalyst living in upstate New York’s Hudson River valley, and his third album, Soft Power, reflects this bucolic setting. A founding member, with […]
The Crystal Hum is the debut vinyl release by Taiwan-based artist Yuching Huang and her first release for Night School. A beguiling dreamscape of crackles, spluttering, love-struck Casios […]
XL Recordings presents the long-awaited repress of keiyaA’s 2020 album Forever, Ya Girl. keiyaA is a singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. Raised in Chicago’s South Side, […]
Th Blisks are an Australian underground supergroup featuring Newcastle duo Troth (Amelia Besseny + Altered States head Cooper Bowman) and Sydney-based Japanese punk rocker Yuta Matsumura (Low Life […]
Tobias Menguser, AKA Leon De Winter, was a very influential figure in the 90’s Frankfurt techno scene, releasing around 100 records under various aliases, including collaborations with Ricardo […]
Almost a year after Baba Stiltz latest album Paid Testimony, Public Possession offers four remixes of the track “Stockholm.” The alternative takes include versions by DJ Python, Klara […]
Originally released in 2016; Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald – the two indispensable protagonists of the Electric Garden – plug back into the wilderness. ‘Transport’ – the […]
Repress! Expected shipping late September Defined by its abundance of melodies, repeating figures and ecstatic improvisations, Soft Power exudes an enlightened and transformative spirit to empower the listener. […]
A private press oddity from Kinothek Percussion Ensemble, a conceptual project by composer DNA Hoover which focused on releasing visually provocative music, catalogued by dramatic mood. The concept […]
Yet another favorite new release from Dublin’s wherethetimegoes, Princ€ss is the self-titled debut album from the “Irish supergroup” likely consisting of various artists from the label’s extended family […]
Virtuoso German jazz drummer Klaus Weiss is probably mostly known for his supergroup project Niagara, which was an orchestra made entirely of drummers and percussionists, and the various […]
Originally released in 2022; Balearic believers rejoice! Japanese tropical-fusioneers Coastlines are back with the worldwide vinyl release of Coastlines 2. The follow-up to their classic debut, this is […]
Maurice Fulton’s outrageous remix of “The Fall” by Rhye has been cherished as a stone-cold masterpiece for the past decade. Out of print almost immediately, its legend has […]
London/LA producer Kenny Dickenson crafted his stunning remix of Ned Doheny’s “Labor Of Love” to mark the Be With Ned tour in March 2015. The gentle disco re-rub […]
A minimalist, clicks-and-cuts masterpiece by experimental guitarist Christian Fennesz, Endless Summer is a wild, breathtaking guitar record unlike anything released before or since. Multiplying six strings to infinity […]
Produced by Kaoru Sato of legendary Japanese no-wave band EP-4, R.N.A.O Meets P.O.P.O is a stunning late ’70s private press oddity from Yuzuru Agi’s legendary Osaka-based label Vanity […]
Get 2 know Nicky Benedek: a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His compositions bridge the nebulous territories of house, boogie, hip-hop, jazz-fusion and experimental new age. It’s Bene’s […]
Originally released in 1987; This haunting, wistful work of post-industrial synthesizer music sees the late Nocturnal Emissions co-founder only solo record, which has accrued a fervent cult following […]
One of Susumu Yokota’s most iconic albums, Acid Mt. Fuji is “an enchanting mix of mystical ambient acid and futurist minimal techno, taking the listeners on a psychedelic […]
“It’s just too easy to make a standard dance track,” Aphex Twin said of his mindset back in 1992. “You’ve got to put a bit of thought into […]
Hailing from France with Moluccan roots and now based in Amsterdam, Pala.G effortlessly blends global musical influences into his own unique sound, moving free like the waves that […]
Music From Memory is delighted to present ‘Elevations’, a new album from Manchester based artist Tom Burford, aka Contours. Drawing heavily on his background as a drummer and […]
Futuristic East Coast club beats meet experimental rap on New Jersey-born DJ Haram and poet/rapper Moor Mother’s debut LP as 700 Bliss on Kode9’s iconic Hyperdub imprint. 1/2 […]
Armed with a Roland 303 and an 808, in 1982 the Indian film composer Charanjit Singh entered a studio for a couple days to see what these new […]
Originally released in 2014 on 1080p; Light, textural daydream house from Edmonton’s Dylan Khotin-Foote, whose debut 1080p release under the Khotin title lands in the middle of close, […]
The spiritual continuation of Jeff Parker’s Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy, Small Medium Large is the debut album from SML, a new LA-based quintet featuring luminaries from […]
A truly unhinged private press oddity from San Francisco-based band President’s Breakfast, Industrial Strength Funk In A Dub Stylee is exactly what it’s name entails. If you’re thinking […]
RECORDED AT HOME IN MARCH 2020 AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, ‘BLACK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AIR’ IS THE WORK OF MOOR MOTHER AND SOUNDSCAPE ARTIST AND PRODUCER […]
Called “the poet laureate of the apocalypse” by Pitchfork, Moor Mother is announcing ‘Jazz Codes’. Coming out on July 1, it is her second album for ANTI- and […]
A quietly monumental record for German electronic pioneers Cluster aka Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Curiosum is the duo’s sixth collaboration, their first release mixed outside of Conny […]
Years before shifting her focus to the more laid-back electronic pop of her trio 5AM, Momoko Goto aka Powder was deeply immersed in club sounds as one of […]
Susumu Yokota moved back to the suburbs of Tokyo after living in Europe, where he told one writer that he visited the mountainside a few times a week. […]
Lexx’s new offering is a collaboration featuring the multi-talented Stones Throw recording artist Stimulator Jones, who provides vocals on ‘Right By Your Side’. On the flip side, Los […]
Reissue of Lexx’s „Young Corner“ EP. Originally released on Phantom Island Records as a three track 12“ in 2014, now additionally contains „All That Is Now“ which was […]
Jazz drummer virtuoso Berlin Lama is likely to be found in the studio on any given day, adding his spice, kicks and snares to tons of songs and […]
Legendary Japanese trumpet player Kazufumi Kodama meets Undefined aka Kazuhiro Sahara (keyboards) & Ohkuma (Drums) on the pandemic dub album 2 Years / 2 Years In Silence. The […]
“Criminally overlooked” seems to be the overarching narrative with East London post-rock band Bark Pyschosis, and that seems to not only apply to the band itself, but also […]
One of our favorite releases of 2023, Lashes is the debut album from New Zealand-based duo Hysterical Love Project aka Kiwi producer Ike Zwanikken and vocalist Brooklyn Mellar. […]
Is it really possible to create without making references ? Feeling inspired without being inspired from the outer space ? With this disc, Tushen Raï comes to reconnect […]
Oro Azul is a new project from Vancouver-based electronic musicians Michael Red and Ultima Esuna. While both are new to the Mood Hut label, Red has been a […]
Following the masked empresario’s international success of 2020’s ‘Your Card Has Been Declined’ (SU009), entrepreneur Dangerwank embarked on the fleeting trappings of fame; designer drugs, superyachts in international […]
Best played at 33 rpm, Fuck Back by Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players is a tripped out 4-track EP filled with psychedelic guitar riffs, brass (bass […]
One of the seminal electronic albums of the early 90’s, Kitchen by German duo Max Loderbauer (the son of a composer) and Tom Thiel (a studio engineer) is […]
Taking cues from Harold Budd and Brian Eno, Venice-born sonic alchemic Bebo Baldan (who has appeared on albums from many legends including Frank Zappa, Jon Hassell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, […]
A 2024 Record Store Day Japan exclusive, Kaoru Inoue’s latest album Dedicated to the Island is a collection of compositions based on field recordings captured at the World […]
The very first commercial release of two legendary remixes of Arthur Russell’s “In The Light Of The Miracle”. Both are widely regarded as transcendent masterpieces and very much […]
‘Venus Rising From The Sea’ takes its cues from the classical deity Aphrodite – whose name literally means “sea foam” – for an ever necessary expression of love […]
A private press oddity from Kinothek Percussion Ensemble, a conceptual project by composer DNA Hoover which focused on releasing visually provocative music, catalogued by dramatic mood. The concept […]
The musically ambidextrous Swedish singer-songwriter, producer, DJ Baba Stiltz adds another layer to his story with his recently Guldbagge-awarded film soundtrack for Axel Petersén’s Shame on Dry Land. […]
Featured on seminal compilations including Warp’s Artificial Intelligence and Beyond’s Ambient Dub Volume 1, The Higher Intelligence Agency is the cult favorite live electronic project by Birmingham-based artist […]
By the year 2000, the influential British electronic dance trio Saint Etienne had released a half-dozen records, each of which used as a starting point the revolution born […]
Released late 2023, ALWAYS + FOREVER is the first compilation from do you have peace?, a Bristol-based label founded by Amos Childs (Jabu / Young Echo / O$VMV$M). […]
In the early ‘10s, British singer, songwriter and producer Neneh Cherry returned from more than a decade-long hiatus, one earned after the global success of her now-classic first […]
A private press holy grail of Swedish synthesizer music, Tussilago Fánfara is the lone release from space-rock band Anna Själv Tredje, whose core members Ingemar Ljungström and Mikael […]
Dreamy Rhodes-filled samples and crunchy boom bap drum beats meet hypnotic swirling lyrical art with elite production from Gang Starr’s Guru & DJ Premier, Da Beatminerz, The Roots, […]
Originally released on CD-only on Hosono’s own Daisyworld Discs, Quiet Logic features Haruomi Hosono alongside ‘90s UK electronic legends Mixmaster Morris and Jonah Sharp. Morris, aka the Irresistible Force, […]
Following his murky techno banger on our 5th-anniversary compilation, Finland’s versatile producer-pianist Otto Taimela makes his Cold Blow solo debut with “Sunflower Seeds”, this time merging jungle breaks […]
The opening track on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, Fieldwork is an ethereal synth-pop jam featuring the haunting vocals of English composer Thomas Dolby. While the instrumentation here […]
A city pop classic, Communication was originally released in 1985 by Junko Yagami, a talented singer-songwriter who has released over 20+ albums across a number of difference genres […]
A private press holy grail of Swedish synthesizer music inspired by Berlin School. Cosmic, haunting, and deeply hypnotic! Tussilago Fánfara is the lone release from space-rock band Anna […]
One of our favorites of the year so far, Great Doubt is the breakthrough third album from Danish composer Astrid Sonne. Landing somewhere between indie pop and experimental […]
‘Textures’ is an homage to global sounds and influences, an expression of Hagan’s journey of self-discovery and reflection on his British-Ghanaian heritage, and showcases his keen love for […]
Ivanilson Martins aka DJ Lycox is an Afro-Portuguese producer spearheading the contemporary club sound of Lisbon alongside Príncipe Discos contemporaries DJ Marfox, DJ Danifox, and DJ N**** Fox. […]
Reissue of early Japanese house outing by Junichi Soma, Shuji Wada and Katsuya Sano. Comes with insert with liner notes. Originally released in 1989; Widely considered to be […]
A Catholic, new wave/synth pop masterpiece uncovered by Dark Entries’ Josh Cheon and Honey Soundsystem, School Daze collects the lost gay porn soundtrack work of San Francisco-based musician […]
Sissi Makropoulou also known as Sissi Rada, encapsulates in the title of her new album, “Aporia” a greek word that could be translated as ‘wonder’. And it is […]
Noise-punk before such a genre existed, Crash Course in Science revel in feedback, sine waves, radio static and frantic energy. Another Dark Entries gem. Originally released in 1981; […]
Ruutu Poiss with his second album “II” after his 2021’s debut full length “Palav Aed“, a welcome return to Wake Dream. Recorded in a concentrated period of time […]
Delight, Arushi Jain’s follow-up to 2021’s seminal Under the Lilac Sky, out March 29 2024 on Leaving, carries, at its core, the simple proposition that delight is accessible […]
Delight, Arushi Jain’s follow-up to 2021’s seminal Under the Lilac Sky, out March 29 2024 on Leaving, carries, at its core, the simple proposition that delight is accessible […]
A collection of impossible to find self-released 12-inches along with unreleased archival material, Changes presents the soulful, dubby street soul sound of underground Manchester artist Bernadette Mosoph aka […]
The latest by UK rave reanimator Low End Activist is a nine-track suite of skeletal hardcore, pointillist drum n bass, and deprivation chamber dub, chopped and brewed in […]
Spiro World (or One Must First Become Aware Of The Body) is the Leaving Records debut of Brooklyn-based artist Kaye Loggins aka Time Wharp. Unhinged to any particular […]
Originally recorded in Detroit, 1982; by the late Danan Potts a.k.a. Superlife. At that time Danan was hanging around the Recording Institute of Detroit where Juan Atkins was […]
Triángulos De Luz Y Espacios De Sombra (Triangles of Light and Spaces of Shadow) is a collection of visionary Mexican electronic music sourced from obscure cassettes, CDs, private […]
Attack Decay Sustain Release, or ADSR, was the name of Todd Nickolas and Dominic Paterson’s high school synthesizer group, an outlet for their electronic music experiments recorded on […]
Italian-Greek musician Costantino Luca Rolando Kiriakos has been a pioneering force in the Athens electronic music scene since the mid-80’s, wearing hats as diverse as composer, sound engineer, […]
mess/age is the music of Kyoto-based friends Khan Brown and Ohhki. Formed in 2021, their unique sound was developed by chance with a circuit bent karaoke machine. Now […]
Star in the Hood is a collection of abstract drone r&b sound collage pieces from experimental darling Klein, the South London based multi-disciplinary artist, singer-songwriter, producer who was […]
Glaswegian producer Murray Collier (who released that Sunny Balm record in 2019 on Lindsay Todd’s Sacred Summits) takes his dubwise beat tape project Dip Friso into more instrumental […]
2023 was a big year for UK bass music veteran Shackleton. The Skull Disco co-founder released three albums including collaborations with Japanese experimentalist Scotch Rolex and Polish jazz […]
Osaka-based label EM Records continues to do the “lord’s” work uncovering hidden gems and pushing innovative contemporary music from Japan and beyond (see last year’s Air from Air). […]
“Acid bass, slow funk, and cosmic energy make for a mind-expanding trip in the Liquid Canoe. Load up on edibles, make it a macro-dose and let the music […]
Hypnotic dancefloor bombs released on Momoko Goto aka Powder’s Thinner Groove imprint. “Presence” is an infectious dubby house jam from Samo DJ and Martinou. Tip! & . . […]
“Arguably the most criminally under-recognized band of their era,” A.R. Kane aka duo Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala were influential in the development of a number of musical […]
Manchester-based techno legend Andy Stott’s first single in 11 years features two special cut “versions” of modern dancehall and left-field bass music. Limited edition of 500 copies. Don’t […]
Spring is nearly here and who better to soundtrack the season of rebirth than prolific Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist and nature freak Will Yates aka memotone? 2023 was a breakout […]
Deep, tropical underwater funk from shapeshifting Miami producer Pablo Arrangoiz. Sounds like an acid-infused modern take on Move D’s Kunststoff. This one was totally sold out for a […]
Ночной Проспект (Night Avenue) is an influential Russian synth-pop band formed by Alexei Borisov, a guitar player / history student at the Moscow State University, and Ivan Sokolovsky, […]
In 1980, the British label Rough Trade opened a Stateside satellite office in San Francisco and, as a way of introduction, curated a 14-song collection of the label’s […]
Beautiful collection of French private-press psychedelic rock, folk, and pop music. Some serious gems in here from the beginning of the home recording era including Kennlisch’s self-titled ethereal […]
DJ Mag’s Ben Cardew writes that “Air’s debut album ‘Moon Safari’ was a gentle antidote to the wave of French Touch at the time. With an emphasis on […]
A supergroup or rather superduo of sorts, German electronic composer Burnt Friedman meets the great Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit for the first edition of their cult favorite Secret […]
Released in 1991, Massive Attack’s debut album Blue Lines is widely regarded as one of the most influential dance albums of the ’90s and the precursor to trip-hop, […]
This striking, dreamy ’90s trip hop-inspired debut by Berlin based duo a.s.o. (Tornado Wallace and Alia Seror-O’Neill) has been somewhat of a modern staple here at the new […]
Mexican musician and composer Eblen Macari has been actively developing his unique musical style for more than 40 years, from the 1970s to the present. He is most […]
Limited 7″ featuring two early tracks from the Baltimore-based XL Recordings artist Nourished by Time. Don’t miss! The Erotic Probiotic is an intimate glimpse into the world of […]
One of the most severely underrated bands of the ’90s, Bark Psychosis was formed in East London by friends Graham Sutton and John Ling when they were just […]
One of our favorite releases on the great Belgian archival label Stroom (run by Ziggy Devriendt aka Nosedrip), Spring Break is a collection of studio compositions by Pablo’s […]
The first Orb album to feature Berlin producer Thomas Fehlmann, Pomme Fritz is a bass-heavy techno dub exploration that pushed sample culture into deep new directions. Drawing from […]
South Carolina singer and producer Niecy Blues’ debut album Exit Simulation arrived last November via Kranky and has been steadily finding new audiences through the winter (the album […]
Futuristic sounds from electronic experimentalists Georgia and Japanese vocalist Dove… The beats here are unconventional and difficult to pinpoint stylistically, but still groove heavily with a healthy amount […]
Organic experimental electronic pop from the breathy-voiced Japanese singer NTsKi, who collaborated with 7FO on that beautiful Brenda Ray / Naffi Sandwich cover in 2019. Slow tempos, peculiar […]
Another favorite from 2023, Recreational Kraut is a collection of ECM-adjacent ambient and jazz-infused electronic compositions performed by Jordan Czamanski (Jordan GCZ) & David Moufang (Move D). While […]
“If Surround can be listened to as music that’s as close to air itself, allowing us to enter each listener’s sound scenery, or as something that exists within […]
After an incredible trilogy of EPs, Holy Tongue, a group consisting of producer Al Wooten aka Deadboy, drummer/percussionist Valetina Magaletti, and bassist Zongamin, returns with their first full-length […]
Brazilian guitarist Fabiano Do Nascimiento explores Hermeto Pascoal’s concept of Universal Music, “a rejection of nationalistic tendencies in order to express all of one’s musical influences all at […]
Fazer drummer Simon Popp links up with Munich-based producer Polygonia for a set of experimental electronic / futuristic third stream jazz compositions steeped in improvisation and fluid abstraction. […]
Japanese vocalist/producer Dove meets experimental electronic duo Georgia (Justin Tripp + Brian Closed) on this last album of 2023 released just before Christmas on the great EM Records. […]
This 2-LP set from EM Records chronicles the legacy of underground Japanese techno legends Cycheouts – pronounced ‘psyche outs’ in English. Originally formed in 1994, the group quickly […]
Negative Fascination is the debut solo album from LA-based Sandwell District member Juan Mendez aka Silent Servant. Executive produced by Karl O’Connor aka Regis, the album is a […]
Baroque classical guitar and bowed strings are the centerpieces of Tara Clerkin Trio’s latest while downtempo breakbeats and ’90s rave electronics are bent into avant-pop stylings in the […]
A remarkable overview of a Spanish experimental iconoclast, Javier Segura’s El Sol Desde Oriente: Selected & Unreleased Recordings 1980-1990 gathers nine instrumental pieces that reveal the breadth of the […]
Luv Master X was a production duo featuring Japanese streetwear icon Hiroshi Fujiwara and Dub Master X “DMX” aka Izumi Miyazaki, who was a member of legendary Japanese […]
Raw Sex, Pure Energy was a one-off project by bassist George Oban (On-U Sound, Motion, Aswad), drummer Joe Blocker (Karma), and vocalist Neneh Cherry (stepdaughter of Don Cherry). […]
A classic from Haruomi Hosono’s late ’80s and ’90s abstract electronica period, Medicine Compilation From The Quiet Lodge is a sublimely inviting ambient album with touches of acid […]
ssabæ is a “nebula of friends gathering in studios, meadows and tiny apartments all over France.” Le Roi Est L’Oiseau (The King and Mister Bird) follows up the […]
Originally released in 1982; Strom’s debut album is a bold and beautiful evocation of a life that exists between and beyond time. Evoking ancient rituals and primordial futures, […]
“Orpheu the Wizard has a magic touch at finding records that fall between the gaps in music – oddities, curios, the weird, the wonderful. But that’s just half […]
Another favorite of 2023 – local hero Dyami O’Brien, aka Jamma-Dee, comes through big with his debut album for Nothing But Net, Perceptions. A masterclass of modern funk and […]
After a year of touring extensively, Seoul-based leftfield electronics duo Salamanda return to present their most refined offering yet inspired by the processes and instruments acquired during their […]
Returning to the sphere of the esoteric and unknown, Mort Garson’s second album of occult stylings expands upon the first outing by updating the sonic palette and forgoing […]
Bay Area DIY pop duo Loveshadow join up with Dark Entries to release II, their sophomore LP. Across eight tracks, Anya (vocals, songwriting) & Izaak (synth, bass, production) […]
Released on Boomkat’s Documenting Sound series, Melbourne-based producer DJ Plead’s Relentless Trills is a “genre-defining album of slow and humid dance music” inspired by vintage dancehall riddims, middle-eastern […]
Lifestyles of the Laptop Café is the masterpiece lone album by The Other People Place, a solo project from legendary Detroit producer James Stinson, who is most known […]
Originally released on CD in 2001; Colors Of Silence is ostensibly a new age album. As ever though, Wally’s sophisticated synth textures and expressive keyboard runs are so […]
Bay Area DIY pop duo Loveshadow join up with Dark Entries to release II, their sophomore LP. Anya Prisk and Izaak Schlossman met in Oakland in 2016, bonded […]
Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio continues a streak of unmissable releases with On The Turning Ground, their most mature outing yet, on World of Echo. Baroque classical guitar and […]
House of Dad was a short-lived alias of prolific Australian producer Andrew Wilson aka Andras Fox. Released in 2016 via Wilson’s own H.O.D. imprint, the project uses breakbeats, […]
Featured in Sanshiro’s Post-House Music Disc Guide “a guidebook of dance music from around the world… based on the concept of being able to mix”, Johnny Lamas’ Danza […]
It’s hard to believe Radio Red is Laura Groves’ debut full length under her given name. After releasing a slew of singles over the last decade with Bullion’s DEEK […]
Sublime, ethereal minimalism: the first drawing together of Hiroyuki Onogawa’s soundtrack compositions, plotting a decade of music for films by cult filmmaker Gakuryū Ishii. Sequenced into an album […]
Issued to celebrate a decade as a company, in 1999 Warp issued a 4 LP, 2 CD set called Warp10+3 Remixes. The approach? Invite then-current members of the […]
Originally released on CD-only in 1996 on the cult Brussels-based label Les Disques Du Crépuscule, Fidelity continues on the downtempo chill-out themes of the group’s final outing on […]
Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson, sound engineers at the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop, joined bassist David Vorhaus to form the psych-pop outfit White Noise. In 1969, the group […]
A French oddity from multi-instrumentalist / underground icon Luc Marianni, Six Synthetic Suites combines a modern classical composition approach with experimental and avant-garde electronic production. Each of the […]
Forty years ago, the Italian experimental artist Doris Norton helped cross a divide that changed music production: She linked an early Apple II computer to synthesized instruments, channeled […]
Cult Japanese avant-garde group Mariah is best-known for their 1983 masterpiece Utakata No Hibi. Led by saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu (who released that incredible Kakashi album), the group includes other […]
“Le Groupe de Recherches Musicales (The Group of Musical Research) of the O.R.T.F. (Office of the French Radio-Television) is known in the world principally as the promoter of […]
Recorded in Manchester in early 1988, 808 State’s Newbuild is the Big Bang of British acid house, a mesmerizingly squiggly and revelrous advertisement for the power of the […]
Atlas, the latest album from renowned electronic artist Laurel Halo, is a suite of sensual ambient jazz collages, designed to take the listener on a roadtrip through the […]
Atmospheres is a collection of experimental electronic compositions from Italian film and library music composer Piero Umiliani. Created during a time of “musical confusion” for Piero Umiliani, who […]
Another Thought was the first collection of Arthur Russell’s music to be released after his death in 1992. Originally released in 1993 on Point Music, it marked the […]
Essential listening for any Ryuichi Sakamoto fan, Coda is the late Yellow Magic Orchestra member’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence soundtrack performed on solo piano. Somehow better than the […]
One of the great early electronic albums, Roboterwerke is a concept album and the debut release by electronic music pioneers Supersempfft – three school friends Franz Aumüller, Franz […]
To explore and absorb Planet Q, the new record by artists Kyoko Takenaka + Tomoki Sanders, is to become untethered from structural expectations, to reside in a realm […]
Originally released in 1993; The visionary approach of multi-instrumentalist Johnny Lamas led him to experiment with a world of hybrid jazz-funk, ambient and electronic sounds while keeping the […]
Purelink has quickly established themselves as prominent figures in the ever-expanding world of ambient and sound design. Signs, the group’s fifth release, finds them stripping back a bit more, […]
Futuristic electronic pop of the highest order, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, a new project from Ana Roxanne and DJ Python (Brian Piñeyro), draws from a shared love of melancholic […]
Dub master Bill Laswell meets the pan-Andalusian-Arab guitar musician/singer Lili Boniche. The story goes that Boniche was nearly retired after a successful career performing throughout France in the […]
In Akron, Ohio, four friends get together every Tuesday with gas station snacks and various instruments to see where the night takes them. They call themselves Lemon Quartet […]
Mesmerizing debut solo full-length from Manchester based multi-instrumentalist John Haycock. Having trained with Gambian griot and kora master Jali Kuyateh, Haycock takes the 21 string African harp and […]
Certainly one of the most influential records of the last 50 years, Ambient 1 (Music For Airports) is the first of three Brian Eno albums released under the […]
Compiled by NuNorthern Soul’s Phat Phil Cooper, Selected Works 1979 to 1983 brings together five sublime tracks from the long and highly varied catalog of legendary Japanese guitarist Ryo […]
N.D.E. remains one of our favorites from the post synth-pop Hosono era and was made in collaboration with G. Hotoda (musician and YMO tech guru in the early […]
Somewhat an anomaly in the vast ECM catalog, composer, saxophonist and synthesizer player Ulrich Lask presents a fusion of new wave and electronic jazz on Sucht + Ordnung […]
A truly unique private press record from Martinique, Claude Rodap’s Syn-Ka sounds like “Jean Michel Jarre getting fruity on sabbatical in the Caribbean.” Filled with various cosmic synthesizers […]
Kyoko Takenaka + Tomoki Sanders have created an auditory environment that brings forth all the emotions of what it means to be uniquely yourself. Kyoko Takenaka: “Thats what […]
Part of the Asian Underground movement, Talvin Singh is best known for his innovative fusion of Indian classical music with drum’n’bass, jungle, and breakbeat. Singh first appeared on […]
Highly influenced compilation from esteemed digger John Gomez exploring the outer reaches of Brazilian music, where indigenous rhythms mix with synthesizers and where MPB mingles with drum computers. […]
A UK chillout room classic from The Irresistible Force aka Morris Gould aka Mixmaster Morris, Global Chillage is a deeply transportive ambient trip for the mind. While this […]
Neapolitan Power legend Tony Esposito started his career as a session musician playing percussion on classic albums by Italian icons like Alan Sorrenti, Francesco de Gregori, Lucio Dalla, […]
By 2001, Miami bass culture had reached the tail end of its pop culture moment, as acts like the L’Trimm, Quad City DJs, DJ Magic Mike and 2 […]
Originally released on CD-only in 1992, Melting Moment is the masterpiece second album from Noriko Sekiguchi aka POiSON GiRL FRiEND. Sharing more than one similarity with Dream Dolphin’s […]
The debut solo album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Thousand Knives was released just shortly after the composer earned his M.A. in music from Tokyo University and before he formed […]
Folie 2 is an exciting new project from Düsseldorf-based musicians Marlene Kollender, Gregor Darman and Sebastian Welicki. Their debut self-titled album is a delightfully strange cosmos of sounds […]
Tri Atma was a German-Indian new age/fusion group dedicated to combining Eastern musical elements with Western electronic pop. Founded by guitar player Jens Fischer and percussionist Asim Saha, […]
Bristol-based halfstep specialist Om Unit meets the “DUBWISE DEDICATION STATION” Seekersinternational on this unexpected match made in dub heaven for London’s Berceuse Heroique. “A black hole full of […]
On his debut solo album Diamond Head, Phil Manzanera teams up with an all-star crew of Cambridge/British art rock heroes including his Roxy Music mates Brian Eno, Andy […]
Bristol multi-instrumentalist, producer and nature freak Will Yates aka memotone arrives on the always excellent NYC-based label Impatience with a collection of singular balearic ambient, left-field grooves, and […]
Far-out and insanely fresh experimental R&B infusing elements of jazz, soul, hip hop, and modern club music featuring production from John Carroll Kirby, Mndsgn, and Solomonophonic, but mostly […]
A singular electronic record from the turn of the century, Isolée’s debut full-length album straddles genres, mixes tempos, generates wildly infectious tones and sound waves, all the while […]
HTRK’s Jonnine Standish meets Laurent Richard aka DJ Sundae’s Idle Press imprint for a match made somewhere between hell and heaven. Maritz, named after Standish’s mother, is a collection […]
The third volume of a Boredoms remix project called Rebore, DJ Krush’s epic 45-minute megamix of sounds, tracks, samples and tidbits from throughout the Japanese experimental legends’ oeuvre, […]
Released on Gilb’R’s long running and very excellent Versatile Records, Tropiq is a late ’90s classic. Nicolas Chaix aka I:Cube doesn’t often miss and these four tracks are […]
Rhythm & Sound collaborator Paul St. Hillaire aka Tikiman delivers his first solo album in over a decade with the future classic Tikiman Vol.1. One of dance music’s […]
Originally released on CD-only in 1994 and recently reissued by Osaka’s EM Records, Purple Garden is a hidden gem featuring futuristic ambient-Mandarin pop from Shanghai-born vocalist Xiao Yun […]
Tase is a hardware electronic project by Berlin-based artists Takashi Wada and Sven Rieger, 1/2 of Acido Records’ Dresvn and founder of SUED Records. Recorded on a 16-track […]
One of the defining documents of the early ’90s Vancouver underground scene, What’s Your Shrine? by Pilgrims of the Mind aka Stephane Novak is a delicate and meticulously […]
Psychedelic downtempo tribal folk from the iconic label/party collective “Voodoohop” based in São Paulo, Brazil. Combining traditional instruments with modern production influenced by dance music scenes from the […]
Sweetback was an English band comprised of members of the band Sade, but not including front woman Sade Adu. The group’s members Stuart Matthewman, Paul Denman and Andrew […]
The latest from Munich’s Squama Records is a debut from multi-instrumentalist Julian Klaas. Centered around an old Wurlitzer piano gifted from his sister, Klaas’ Impromptu is a quiet offering […]
Gino Soccio released his third album in 1981 titled Closer, consisting of 6 major tunes that hit every emotion. The opening song “Try It Out,” is a disco […]
Liliental was a krautrock supergroup that included Dieter Moebius from Cluster, top engineer Conny Plank, Kraan musicians: Johannes Pappert and Helmut Hattler, and a couple of free radicals: […]
A hyper limited release on Crue-L, the legendary Japanese dance music label run by Kenji Takimi, Landscape of Smaller’s Music is the debut album by Tomoki Kanda, an […]
‘The Arbitrary Dimension of Dreams’ is Cate Kennan’s oblique exploration of memory, nighttime, and narrative. The resulting 12 compositions are brisk, evocative, and lingering. Kennan’s sonic palette is […]
AKA Joy Orbison!
We’ve been big fans of Canadian electronic artist Dylan Khotin-Foote since his debut album, Hello World, landed on 1080p in 2014. His lush, self-released 2018 album Beautiful You was a big […]
Holy Tongue is a collaboration between Italo-British drummer-composer and multi-instrumentalist Valentina Magaletti and South London producer Allen Wootton FKA Deadboy. The duo’s first single on Amidah Records pays […]
Original 1986 pressing! Beautiful soundtrack music composed by Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Ryuichi Sakamoto using the legendary Fairlight Series III early computer sampler / instrument. Excellent 4 track EP […]
Deeply Lush and glitchy downtempo that flows at a stream like pace. Melodically Emotive with a playful sense of sound design With eight songs clocking in at nearly […]
CS+Kreme (aka Conrad Standish and Sam Karmel) are back with another round of ritual seance music on Will Bankhead’s Trilogy Tapes. We were lucky enough to hear some […]
Delayed guitar magic from the great Manuel Göttsching! Ashra’s Blackouts is an essential Berlin-school electronic album with Göttsching’s layered guitars and synthesizers building wonderfully hypnotic soundscapes that feel […]
Cologne-based artist Peter Graf York’s Expedition Bahn feels like a modern stew of K. Leimer’s minimalist Palace of Lights output, Mad Professor’s dubby studio wizardry, and Dieter Moebius’ […]
“Dedicated to Andreï Tarkovski,” Myths 3. La Nouvelle Sérénité is a stunning collection of ambient soundscapes from three of the best in the game, Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, […]
Japanese multi-instrumentalist composer Toshifumi Hinata studied piano at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston before returning to Japan in the early ’80s to explore electronic instruments. […]
Dedicated to “freak friends across the world playing for peace in an era of fear and ignorance,” Disco Mantras Vol. 1 was the first LP to appear from […]
Recently reissued by Numero Group, Cheryl Glasgow’s “Glued to the Spot” is a perfect sunshine clubber that fuses together Sade-adjacent lovers rock vocals with street soul, boogie, synth […]
Cosmic Americana, minimalism, dub, left field beats, and European kosmische? Say no more! Seance Centre’s latest is a project “recorded across decades and continents” with Malmö-based musicians Emanuel […]
Produced by On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood, Ministry’s sophomore album Twitch moves away from the synth-pop sound of the group’s debut and into the heavy, industrial sound they would […]
Co-compiled by Left Ear Records and Jerome Qpchan, In Praise Of Mitochondria presents the self-released works of a true Japanese original, Minoru Hoodoo Fushimi, who set out to […]
One of the quintessential balearic comps, Psychemagik’s Magik Sunset Part 1 has all the hard-to-find psychedelic soul, funk and disco classics that one might need to get a […]
Originally released to just 100 cassette copies in ’93, Champagne In Mozambique explores euphoric or “mindful” electronics with inspiration drawn from dub acts like African Headcharge, Dub Syndicate, […]
The debut release on Glasgow’s 12th Isle caught our attention immediately when it landed back in 2016, and we’ve been following the label closely ever since. Landing somewhere […]
An obscure gem originally released in 1980 on tape only, Futuro Antico contains the hypnotic debut sessions of Walter Maioli (Aktuala) and Ricardo Sinigaglia’s “Italian cross-culture ethnic meets […]
Gorgeous ambient chill-out music from three veteran producers, including progressive house legend Charlie May (most famously a member of Spooky). Deeply immersive, these long-form compositions weave together sonic […]
“This music makes me want to sink into a watery abyss. The deep tones of bass with lighter tones that are hyper yet calming music just makes me […]
Sublime ambient sound collage featuring field recordings, samples, DIY sound box, untuned piano, and various electronic devices. Landmark sees Max Würden combine and integrate various external forces into […]
An eclectic group of Trance-y Downtempo tunes perfect for long drives or filling out a set in the chill out room. Moving through various energies and BPMs, The […]
Quite the vulnerable Debut from Lihla. The delicate instrumentation paired with the textural sound design, and ASMR like vocals make for a very intimate listen. “Music gives us […]
A rather large and uplifting collection of ambient electronica. If you’re a fan of Kompakt’s Pop Ambient series, we’d strongly point you in the direction of “Full Circle” […]
Warm and inviting downtempo ambient with a slight krautrock touch. If you’re trying to get right with yourself, this one might help. With much of the album recorded […]
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull’s A Childs Adventure is an underrated bargain bin find from Island Records’ legendary Compass Point studio featuring production by the great […]
Listening to this record feels like being taken on a spontaneous road trip with no particular destination. Verdant rolling hills, desolate deserts, the slow winding up soaring snow […]
In preparation for writing and recording Savage Imagination, Dustin and Takako developed a new interface in which they could both seamlessly shift from guitar to keyboards to sampler […]
New 12” from Burial – ‘Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above’.
By 1992, the British rave explosion had generated so much creative energy that seemingly overnight a whole world of new sounds had shot through the cosmos. Coupled with […]
Toronto’s Invisible City Editions celebrated their 10th anniversary last year with a string of excellent DJ-friendly reissues including a private press modern soul rarity from Detroit, CD-only Guadeloupean […]
French pianist, guitarist, composer Henri Roger’s first album Images… is a beautiful collection of left-field electronics comparable to Heldon, Conrad Schnitzler, early Tangerine Dream, Mort Garson, Roedelius, and […]
Classify under bargain bin progressive rock albums that are actually good – Go features the bizarre international “supergroup” of experimental Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamashta, UK blues rock singer […]
The lone album by Jun Togawa Unit, a side project from the Japanese singer alongside sound producer Yoichiro Yoshikawa and recording engineer Yoshifumi Iio, 極東慰安唱歌 (Far East Comfort […]
Free jazz improvisation and organic music meets electro-acoustic composition techniques and synthesizers on Don Cherry and Jon Appleton’s first collaboration, the aptly titled Human Music. Released on Bob […]
For much of the 1980s and 1990s, volume was the go-to signifier for musical rebellion. Louder and faster had been accepted as the only sonic way to express […]
One of the important and influential figures in American electronic music and a contemporary of Art of Noise, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Arthur Baker, Kraftwerk, and Afrika Bambaataa, Brooklyn-born […]
One of the great electronic bands, The Art of Noise was formed by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor […]
In certain electronic music circles, 2022 felt like the year of downtempo and trip-hop. The slow, chilled-out breaks and ambient textures seemed to perfectly capture that post-pandemic mood […]
The debut album by Lifted, an ever-shifting music ensemble anchored by Andrew Field-Pickering (Max D) and Matt Papich, is not an easily definable sound. With a wide net […]
Essential “craudrock,” oddball post-punk, and wagon dance music from the mysterious Ireland-based crew Wah Wah Wino… Absolutely Wino put the label on the map back in 2017 and […]
Techno, Disco, Italo, Electronics, House, Library, Cosmic and Ambient frequencies… Mappa Mundi’s sole release Musaics was released on Belgium’s legendary USA Import label in 1990, riding on the […]
Autechre’s sixth album is the Trout Mask Replica of early ’00s electronic music, a polarizing, often confounding listen that, like Captain Beefheart’s 1969 avant-rock classic, abides by some […]
A selection from Growing Bin’s Basso, Haindling 1 is the debut album by the Bavarian jazz-pop band led by Hans-Jürgen Buchner. The group is essentially a solo project […]
Cate Kennan’s first solo record comes by way of the Los Angeles-based label Post Present Medium. Dreamy, contemplative, and full of mystery, the album’s 12 vignettes build a […]
We’ve been longtime fans of Japanese underground heroes Powder and 5ive (one half of Cos/Mes), so when news arrived of a full LP of “band” material in 2020, […]
The followup to Dutch keyboardist Ronald Langestraat’s recently unearthed 1984 self-recorded living room gem Searching… Light Years Away is a collection of new recordings from the now 81 […]
Not Drowning, Waving (styled as not drowning, waving) was an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia led by classically trained musicians David Bridie and John Phillips. The group’s […]
Music from Memory has shifted gears slightly in recent times focusing as much on new music as they are on archival reissue and compilation projects. Montreal-based electronic artist […]
Time is Away is the London-based DJ/musical storyteller/artist duo Jack Rollo and Elaine Tierney. Their first officially licensed compilation, Ballads is a divinely curated collection of deeply heartfelt songs and devotional […]
Inspired by Weather Report, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Tangerine Dream, Frippertronics, Indian classical music, and seminal German label ECM, Picture Music was a small collective of like-minded musicians […]
Moving further away from his early city pop classics (Prophetic Dream and Seaside Lovers’ Memories In Beach House), legendary Japanese keyboardist/composer Akira Inoue dives into avant-new-wave-pop and experimental […]
Signature soulful Space Ghost stylings with a more introspective approach to downtempo, house and ambient compostions. Deep, contemplative, and uplifting audio that compels its listeners to focus on […]
“Dream Theory In Malaya is titled after a paper by visionary anthropologist Kilton Stewart, who in 1935 visited a remarkable highland tribe of Malayan aborigines, the Senoi, whose […]
Promise Nothing is a compilation album produced by Why-Fi following Virginia’s departure from the label. It contains classics from her Why-Fi catalog along with two tracks from her […]
Emerging from the Argentinian experimental scene, composer Ailin Grad, a.k.a. Aylu, debuts on the always quality Mana imprint with Profondo Rosa, a gorgeous collection of free form electronic compositions […]
Released in Japan on Alfa music sub-label Yen Records and the US on William Ackerman’s Windham Hill, Interior was the short-lived passion project for Haruomi Hosono and the […]
It’ll End In Tears is the classic debut album by 4AD family band This Mortal Coil featuring members of Cocteau Twins, Magazine, and Dead Can Dance. 4AD described […]
Ambient pioneer Steve Roach teams up with Santana percussion virtuoso Michael Shrieve and ECM Records’ David Torn on this classic ’80s ambient / new age album. Quite a […]
The lost Ernest Hood album recorded between 1972 and 1982 in Western Oregon (the same era as his proto-ambient cult classic Neighborhoods), Back To The Woodlands is more zither, […]
South London community-come-club night, record label, NTS Radio staple, concert series and creative studio Touching Bass presents Soon Come, a landmark compilation celebrating the talents of their now […]
Soothing Sounds for Baby (1962) is a three-volume set of ambient electronic music by American composer, musician, and inventor Raymond Scott. Originally intended to lull infants to sleep, […]
Previously unreleased post-Brenda And The Beach Balls pre-Walatta hip-hop inspired boogie, street soul, and pop house from Brenda Ray? YES, please! Only the second album from the enigmatic melodyist-rhythmist, Perfume […]
“1988, Northeast of Italia, Treviso, Luigi Morosin founded Cabaret Du Ciel: a musical project exploring electric guitar soundscapes. Some cassettes were secretly put out on self label << […]
Soft Machine and Matching Mole drummer turned multi-instrumentalist / songwriter Robert Wyatt presents a collection of political protest songs and cover versions of Chic, Billie Holiday, and Ivor […]
Lyle Mays’ self-titled debut album followed a string of excellent collaborations with ECM mainstays Pat Metheny, Eberhard Weber, Steve Swallow, and John Abercrombie, as well as Windham Hill’s […]
Can bassist Holger Czukay aims for the charts with this simple, but addictive single from his 1984 avant-pop album Der Osten Ist Rot (The East is Red). Much […]
Queen of the avant-garde Laurie Anderson teams up with iconic bass maestro / producer Bill Laswell on her classic second studio album Mister Heartbreak. As usual with Anderson’s […]
Featured in the “Psychedelic” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide and reissued on Florence-based balearic label Archeo Recordings, Aqua Sansa is tripped-out electronic free jazz meets […]
The latest release on DJ Python’s Worldwide Unlimited imprint expands on the label’s next-level aesthetic with a hyperjump out of the club and into the heart. Named after […]
Another masterpiece from David Axelrod, Seriously Deep is one of the rarer records from the multi-talented musician, producer, composer, arranger’s heavily sampled catalog. As usual with Axelrod albums, […]
Italian hypnotic techno master Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask transforming the experimental electronic artist’s 13-minute epic “Vaporwave” into a suite of seven time-stopping ambient tracks. White noise, bell […]
On The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart), the wildly creative force of Be Bop Deluxe founder Bill Nelson is on full display with the artist […]
Japanese guitar master Masayoshi Takanaka presents a collection of more vocally-driven tropical fusion songs on his thirteenth album for Kitty Records. Takanaka’s slick ’80s guitar is obviously all […]
One of the most influential techno records ever made, Neptune’s Lair, the debut album by the mysterious Detroit electro-techno outfit Drexciya followed a series of groundbreaking releases on […]
“One of the great lost albums of the last decade,” On The Way To The Laughing Light Of Plenty by The Naturals aka Rub’n’Tug’s Thomas Bullock and artist/producer […]
Osaka-based electronic producer Futoshi Moriyama presents a collection of software-based experimental electronic compositions on legendary Japanese label EM Records. Originally released in 2015 as a cassette on Birdfriend, […]
Another bargain bin classic, The Electric Eclectics Of Dick Hyman is one of the great early Moog synthesizer records following the groundbreaking instrument’s use at the Monterrey Pop […]
Long considered a grail of city pop but only recently reissued on vinyl, Seaside Lovers’ Memories in Beach House brings together three Japanese music icons of the ’80s […]
Dots and Loops is Stereloab’s fifth studio album co-produced in Chicago by Tortoise’s John McEntire and in Düsseldorf with Andi Toma, one half of electronic duo Mouse on […]
Compiled by Stroom Records’ Ziggy Devriendt, Tropisch Verlangen, which translates to “Tropical Desire,” is a collection of handcrafted analogue electronic compositions by Belgian musician Cybe aka Siebe Baarda. […]
“Pre-dotcom electro-funk from the long-running S.F. collective New World Music” reissued by the great Numero Group. The three tracks featured here were compiled from the group’s highly sought […]
After a seven-year hiatus, Jack J, the Mood Hut records mainstay and Pender Street Stepper, has released his debut album after a series of hit singles. It’s worth […]
Essential listening from one of the great duo’s of modern electronic music, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts pieces together found vocals from unidentified radio hosts, smooth […]
An Estonian indie classic originally released on cassette only, Cafe De Flor by Bizarre is a gorgeous collection of dreampop and trip-hop featuring intimate, often whispered or spoken […]
Released in 2020 and pressed on vinyl in 2021, Bless the Mad aka Ibrahem Hasan and Matthew Rivera’s self-titled debut is a tribute to Chicago and its rich […]
Upon first listening to Seoul-based electronic production duo Salamanda’s Ashbalkum, I was briefly taken over with memories of my childhood neighborhood. The days of exploring trails, jumping fences, […]
Meditative, ambient minimalism from influential new age composer Steve Roach… “Floating like the breath of a sleeping child, Steve Roach’s third recording of quiet music evokes the high, […]
Just in time for summer, we have a beautiful new full-length from the holy father of deep house via his own Alleviated imprint. Larry Heard’s fifth release under […]
LA neighbors and sonic composers Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Emile Mosseri have introduced a gorgeous collaborative record that fuses their dreamy melodies and warm textures to create a […]
Veteran Japanese keyboardist and organ master Emerson Kitamura delivers four diverse tracks for EM Records in support of Katsuya Tomita’s 2016 film Bangkok Nites. While the entire EP […]
Mostly piano, vocals, efx and unconscious arrangements make up Laila Sakini’s “Vivienne” on Total Stasis. It asks, what if things were different? Tender symbols – flowers, butterflies, potion […]
Originally released in 2013 on limited CD only, Santuario De Mariposas continues Mexican artist Luis Perez Ixoneztli’s study of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica instrumentation. Unlike his debut album Ipan In […]
Sweet Company is the second LP from Jabu, the trio of producer Amos Childs and vocalists Jasmine Butt and Alex Rendall. The group is closely tied to Bristol-based […]
A cult classic album from the ’80s Italian avant-garde music scene, Scorie by Tiziano Popoli and Marco Dalpane is a surprisingly accessible work weaving new age pop sensibilities […]
In 1984, Water Melon aka Toshio Nakanishi and Yann Tomita released a modern exotica classic on Alfa Records titled Cool Music that sounded a bit like an experimental […]
A timeless record that continues to find new audiences today, Keyboard Fantasies by transgender musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland combines meditative new age and folk songwriting with a Detroit style […]
Norwegian DJ, producer, and Sex Tags Mania label boss DJ Sotofett delivers his first full length album Drippin’ For A Tripp (Tripp-A-Dubb-Mix) through the legendary Honest Jon’s Records. […]
Featured in the “Cosmic” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Pinnacles is the cult classic sixth solo album from Tangerine Dream’s Edgar Froese. Inspired by the […]
American avant-garde artist, filmmaker, composer Tony Conrad’s first and only musical release for many years, Outside the Dream Syndicate is one of the great recordings of American minimalism […]
Dub, free jazz, field recordings and minimal music collide via water drum and techno beats on Pretty Sneaky’s debut album on Mana. Taking the “faceless techno bollocks” approach, […]
Tribal-infused wavey ambient house recorded using only a microphone, computer, Korg MS20, hang drum and a field recorder. “ISOR29 channels Tomas’ musical vocabulary via electronics to reflect an […]
Experimental works of avant-pop and downtempo from Swiss art school students Elephant Château. On the A side “Dreamings,” warm analog synthesizers meet saxophones, and a vocal chorus while […]
Anthony Naples has been an important figure in the NYC dance community for the past decade, first with the label Proibito (2013-2017) and later by co-founding Incensio. Through […]
An obscure and quite underrated ’80s electronic folk album, Karácsonyi Magyar Népdalok (Hungarian Christmas Folk Songs) might not be the most appealing title tag, but trust us, this […]
Smoke Point is L.A.-based artist-musicians Brian Foote (Peak Oil, Leech, Kranky) and Sage Caswell (Spring Theory), and their eponymous first album vibes like the soundtrack to such ’90s […]
We don’t often feature 12″ records here but this one is too good not to… Public Image Limited’s bass maestro Jah Wobble puts together a one-off trio featuring […]
Quirky minimal electronic music from Southampton-based musician Steve Hartwell composed in 1983 using sequencers and the MSX computer, one of the first generation of home computers used for […]
Guitarists Kevin McCormick and David Horridge collaborated on this wordless, dream-like album back in 1982, using only guitars and the occasional fretless bass to express themselves. The obvious […]
Ethereal electronic minimalism from the great Italian architect / music installation & soundtrack master Piero Milesi. The Nuclear Observatory Of Mr. Nanof is a collection of soundtrack compositions […]
Amsterdam’s Music From Memory continues their streak of breaking exciting new artists with this debut LP by Bay Area-based duo Loveshadow. With Anya Prisk on vocals + songwriting […]
Can’s first album following the departure of vocalist Damo Suzuki is an experimental trip featuring looping hypnotic grooves that, at times, sound like proto-electronic-dance music. Guitarist Michael Karoli […]
Philadelphia-based electronic artist Ulla Strauss follows up 2019’s excellent Quiet Time Tapes release with 8 tracks of fuzzy, smudged out ambient tracks. Deep and melancholic textures seemingly suspend […]
An absolute gem of a record revived by Portland’s Musique Plastique, Daedalus is the score to a deeply moving avant-garde production of the Greek myth that toured the […]
The Eno brothers and pedal steel master Daniel Lanois soundtrack the Apollo space landing on this Editions EG ambient classic. Originally recorded for Al Reinert’s 1983 landmark documentary […]
LS: How would you describe your music? LS: I wouldn’t. People often ask me to do that, and it seems impossible. Music isn’t verbal or conceptual. I try […]
Released on one of our favorite local labels, Motion Ward, Pontiac Streator’s Triz is a modern ambient stunner that seems to sit perfectly between the warm organic soundscapes […]
A massively underrated release from the unsung American post-experimental composer Daniel Lentz, On the Leopard Altar shines bright with voices, digital keyboards, and tuned wineglasses. While Lentz’s music […]
Viento Sur is a sublime compilation of breezy classics from the southern shores of South America compiled by Argentine DJs and collectors Bárbara Salazar and Alejandro Cohen (dublab). […]
Waves of analog synthesizers, circular breathing + soprano saxophone, harmonium drones, indigenous Borneo war drums, Moroccan tuned keyboards, and other magical soundscapes meet natural rainforest sounds on Ariel […]
Featured in the “Cosmic” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Between the Universes by Tritonus is a progressive, psychedelic krautrock gem featuring warm, analog synthesizers and […]
Released on vinyl for the first time on Chee Shimizu’s 17853 imprint, Pier & Loft is a timeless collection of “kankyo ongaku” style ambient compositions written for a […]
Following up one of our favorite records of 2020, the Bristol-based Tara Clerkin Trio returns with a new four song collection. In Spring is their latest 20-minute set of […]
Featured on Music from Memory’s excellent Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991, Härte 10’s Welcome To Germany is a delightful set of oddball tracks that can probably […]
Part of the ’80s New York avant-garde scene, multi-instrumentalist Rhys Chatham studied under electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick and minimalist composer La Monte Young. Chatham’s second album Die […]
Caribbean-Belgian composer, producer, and musician Nala Sinephro’s debut release Space 1.8 weaves together future-facing jazz and mellow ambient moods that feel wholly new. Sinephro was only 22 when she recorded Space […]
Possibly David Sylvian’s greatest solo work (it’s hard to pick), Secrets of the Beehive is a deeply introspective work of slow, electronic art rock featuring an all-star supporting […]
Originally released in 1997 on independent UK label Soul Static Sound, Echoes is ex-Tortoise member Ken Brown’s final release under the short-lived Directions moniker. Much like Tortoise’s music, […]
Barton Smith’s gorgeous “one-person orchestra” tape compositions using a mixture of acoustic, electronic, and found instruments. While clearly experimental in approach, the music was actually composed with the […]
Featured in Shotaro Matsumoto’s Walearic Disc Guide, Comme Des Garçons Volume One is, like its title suggests, a commissioned piece for the luxury Japanese clothing brand. While this may […]
Obscure, elegant synth boogie/funk from Tango?, a Barcelona band led by keyboardist Joan Enric Garde. Como Invertir Su Dinero or “How to Invest Your Money” is a set […]
Released in 1988 on the new age sub-label of Polygram dubbed Theta, Spanish guitar maestro Joan Bibiloni’s For a Future Smile continues the artist’s work of presenting the […]
Unexpectedly incredible sun-kissed electronic smooth jazz from duo Dancing Fantasy on Klaus Schulze’s Innovative Communication. Dancing Fantasy was originally formed as a smooth jazz variation on German synthesizer […]
Italian ambient hero Gigi Masin & This Heat’s Charles Hayward split sides on Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre Volume 2. The musicians each interpret a prompt from the […]
Melancholic keyboard works by Belgian composer Dominique Lawalrée on his Editions Walrus “non-commercial music” label. The compositions feature a range of keyboard sounds using Bösendorfer piano, Hohner and […]
The first part of German electronic music pioneer Hans-Joachim Roedelius’ Selbsportrait (“Self Portrait”) series, Sanfte Musik (“Soft Music”) is a collection of raw and free-spirited pre-ambient works of […]
Much like their debut Electronique Guerilla, Heldon’s sophomore album is still very much inspired by Robert Fripp’s “Frippertronics.” However, along with the usual No Pussyfooting tape guitar loops […]
Originally released in 2014 on Hamburg-based balearic micro-label Growing Bin Records then quickly reissued just seven years later on the great Numero Group, Andras Fox’s new age dance […]
Cosmic / balearic synth explorations from Danish keyboard maestro Klaus Schønning. While not as popular or deep as his debut Lydglimt, Schønning’s third studio album Nasavu is still quite […]
Featured in the “Organic” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Life Line by Michael Bierylo is a simple but gorgeous new age guitar album that seems […]
Terry Riley’s triumphant return to CBS over a decade after 1969’s A Rainbow In Curved Air, Shri Camel is a meditative masterwork blending the feeling of eastern music […]
“Organic electronic music” might sound like an oxymoron, but Bay Area duo Motoko & Myers produce just that on their sophomore album Colocate, released on Cincinnati-based label Soda Gong. […]
The full explanation of how this seminal interactive record was made is printed on the original LP cover, but to shorten it: Behrman paired live instruments and players […]
Written and recorded after the birth of her first child but before the arrival of her second, Tirzah’s Colourgrade is a follow-up to her 2018 debut, Devotion. Produced in conjunction with […]
Kraftwerk’s first attempt at radio-friendly music was a 22-minute long track meant to capture the feeling of a car journey along Germany’s first autobahn, the A 555 from […]
A crucial and once overlooked Japanese band, Ichiko Hashimoto and Atsuo Fujimoto’s Colored Music formed in 1980 after both musicians took part in Yellow Magic Orchestra’s first tour […]
The music made by the duo of Alice Hansen and Chuck Blazevic (aka Slow Attack Ensemble) harnesses negative space, echo and restraint to create sublimely dynamic songs. Like […]
From the liner notes: “Like much Italian experimental music from that magical decade of the 80s this is not your dad’s fourth world music, with all of its […]
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, sometimes credited as Rob Lowe or Robert A.A. Lowe, is an artist, curator, and composer who utilizes processed voice and modular synthesis to create […]
Absolutely sublime minimal-experimental-ambient music from the criminally underrated Hungarian composer Tibor Szemző. Szemző’s solo debut Snapshot From The Island features computer drums, voice, flutes, synthesizers, and a sound […]
We’re big fans of Merope’s 2021 album Salos on Stroom so naturally we checked out the rest of the Lithuanian chamber group’s releases. Naktės are songs “inspired by the […]
An EBM classic that influenced generations of artists from around the world, Liaisons Dangereuses is the debut and lone LP by Düsseldorf-based producers Beate Bartel and Chrislo Haas […]
The sole album by Joseph Byrd’s The United States Of America is a New York avant-garde classic that pulls influences from both the Fluxus and hippie movements of […]
Quite underrated, laid-back kosmische with acoustic guitars, synths, organs, piano, flutes, drum machines, extended solos and broken english from brothers Klaus and Rolf Fichter (formerly of Yatha Sidra). […]
Blending traditional Wassoulou sounds with modern synthesizers and drum machines, South Malian singer Nahawa Doumbia crafted an 80’s Afro-pop classic with her debut release on France’s Syllart Records. […]
The lone solo LP from guitarist / electro-acoustic composer, producer, and mastering engineer Scott Fraser, Architecture contains an endearing mix of chamber music, bird sounds, santur, experimental electronics, […]
Marnie Weber’s Songs Hurt Me is a seminal performance art meets post-punk album from 80’s Los Angeles. A multifaceted artist, Marnie cut her teeth in Los Angeles’s punk […]
“A psychedelic, dream-like state, with drones, opiated melodies and stellar visions,” Kashual Plastik’s No order in destiny is not your typical compilation. For one, it comes in the “most possible […]
Is Los Angeles balearic? The flat streets of the San Fernando Valley might seem a far cry from the beaches of Ibiza and yet – a strange connection […]
The “Music Interior” flagship released in 1985 on Klaus Schulze’s Innovative Communication: Morning Picture. Bassist Yoshio Suzuki’s debut on the imprint was his sophomore solo release, one that […]
A perfectly sequenced “post-modern mixtape of 12 micro-genres” created by The Numero Group’s Ken Shipley, Reach takes listeners through morning bird songs, afternoon new age, evening soul jazz, […]
Everyone knows the 80’s Eurythmics classic “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This).” It’s been played countlessly on radio stations around the world for decades and is likely playing […]
Yen Records was a sub-label of Alfa Recordings launched essentially as a home for YMO’s Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi’s production projects. This commemorative compilation features remix versions […]
One of the unsung heroes of the Japanese environmental music scene, Yas-Kaz is credited for introducing Balinese gamelan music to Ryuichi Sakamoto, Midori Takada (Mkwaju Ensemble), and Shoji […]
From the liner notes: “When Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause began to record for Warner Brothers in the late 1960s, they were already electronic music pioneers. They’d been […]
“Fela Kuti-meets-Kraftwerk-on-the-dancefloor” by French composer Hector Zazou, Congolese singer Bony Bikaye, and electronic music composers CY1. Released in 1983 on seminal Belgian label Crammed Discs, Noir et Blanc […]
Highly underrated compilation of experimental jazz tracks by Korean composer / multi-instrumentalist Kim Byoung Duk. Experiment No. X takes a bit of patience to digest… many of the […]
CS + Kreme’s second outing on LA-based leftfield electronic label Total Stasis picks up where their debut left off with a perfect mix of live and electronic instrumentation […]
Led by English producer/composer David Cunningham, The Flying Lizards were an experimental new wave band that featured a loose group of collaborators including avant-garde musicians David Toop and […]
Wamdue Kids is the short-lived house music project by three guys named Chris – Brann, Clarke, and Udoh. The Atlanta based trio was first discovered in 1995 by […]
A future classic released on ISC favorite Growing Bin Records, 69 is the debut LP from friends and mutual seafood lovers Andrew Wilson (Andras) and John Tanner (Eleventeen […]
Featured in the “New Age Electronics” section of Shotaro Matsumoto’s recent Walearic (Japanese Balearic) Disc Guide, Apsaras’ lone album is an underrated Japanese gem that’s surprisingly cheap and […]
AKSK, the collaborative project of Adda Kaleh and Diego Herrera aka Suzanne Kraft, first appeared in 2015 on Rush Hour’s excellent Musik for Autobahns (Ambient Race Car Music) […]
Part of a trilogy of albums produced by Robert Fripp in the late 70’s showcasing his “Frippertronics” guitar method, Sacred Songs is an unexpected but strangely beautiful avant-garde […]
Featured in the “Experimental” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Desert Equations: Azax Attra was released in 1986 on legendary Belgium label Crammed Disc’s “Made to […]
One of the most underrated LA albums of the last decade in our opinion, No World is the debut album by inc., formerly Teen Inc., aka brothers Andrew […]
Tribal electro ambient jazz composed as the soundtrack for a Japanese TV documentary “Tadayuki Naito Zebra” about the life of a zebra… What’s more to say? Jack DeJohnette […]
When Jeff Parker, guitarist of influential Chicago band Tortoise, joined us this past summer for a dedicated listening session, it was clear that his musical influences ran deep […]
“A year-round collection of summery breezes.” The music of Brenda Ray and her Naffi Sandwich crew sits firmly within the late 70’s/early 80’s UK post-punk meets reggae scene […]
We don’t often put up 12″ singles on this site but this one is a classic… A simple drum machine beat, glossy production, slightly melancholic vocals – Clio’s […]
French-catalan composer Pascal Comelade presents 18 minimal compositions featuring his signature “Bel Canto” sound, which is characterized by mixing cheap toy instruments (plastic guitars and accordions, toy pianos, […]
Transfer Station Blue is a cult classic Berlin School style album recorded by Santana drummer Michael Shrieve, his brother Kevin, and legendary German electronic composer Klaus Schulze. The […]
Released in 1983 and recorded at Mark Freeman’s Battery Sound recording studio, where Arthur Russell operated out of in the early to mid-1980s, Lost Tribe is an essential […]
Techno-Bush is Hugh Masekala and the Medu Art Ensemble’s Afro-futurist vision of South Africa. Protesting through sound and dance, Masekala and crew crafted a futuristic “techno-bush” with a […]
Featured in the “Meditative” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, The Slipping Beauty is a collection of sixteen short electronic pieces by the “other” Greek synth […]
One of our favorite releases of the year, Melbourne-based artist YL Hooi’s Untitled debut on Efficient Space merges the seemingly disparate worlds of post-punk, DIY minimalism, and dub […]
A daytime favorite at the In Sheep’s Clothing listening bar, violinist Giusto Pio’s Motore Immobile is a sonic masterpiece from the late 70’s Italian avant-garde scene made in […]
Prolific multidisciplinary Polish artist Wojciech Bąkowski has made a name for himself as a promising visual artist in his home country. When he’s not presenting films, artwork, or […]
One of the more underrated Prince side projects released on Paisley Park Records, The Family’s self-titled debut is, like many Prince projects, essentially a collection of Prince songs […]
A must-have for fans of the David Mancuso Loft staple “Rude Movements”, Raw Movements / Rude Movements presents previously unreleased demos from UK duo Sun Palace. Compiled by […]
Like many of our favorite records, Paul McCartney’s quirky, experimental pop album was poorly received by critics upon release but has since gained a cult following and recognized […]
This once unobtainable Italian library music classic was recently repressed by Sonor Music Editions and represents some of the best work of the great jazz pianist & library […]
The debut solo album by Mexican ambient pioneer Jorge Reyes, Ek-Tunkul is a powerful statement of purpose from an artist whose sound was wholly his own. After leaving […]
A classic obscurity from the legendary Lovefingers blog, What a Night is carefree, disco-rock from Austrian keyboardist Richard Schoenherz’s of the iconic Supermax. The Moog synthesizers, Rhodes, and […]
Produced by the legendary Eumir Deodato, Intimate Connection by New York City–based ensemble Kleeer is a groundbreaking boogie funk masterpiece and roller disco favorite. The album was released […]
The debut solo album by Harald Grosskopf, the enigmatic percussionist behind Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, and Cosmic Jokers, Synthesist is a masterpiece electronic album that is widely […]
The unexpected first time collaborative effort by experimental electronic musicians Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails) and Daniel Avery was created remotely across several times zones over several years. […]
An absolute Detroit electro classic – Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café is the last album by Drexciya’s James Stinson before his untimely death in 2002. At the time […]
Before Mort Garson’s soothing ode to houseplants (the 1976 LP and now cult phenomenon, Plantasia), Garson spent a decade building one of the most varied and bizarre resumés […]
Music for healing from our good friends at Séance Centre… On Music of the Five Elements, electronic composer Sam McClellan applies the ancient Chinese philosophy of medicine to […]
Years before releasing her seminal solo work Through the Looking Glass, Japanese percussionist Midori Takada led an ensemble of percussionists exploring African drum traditions, environmental music, and minimalism. […]
One of our favorite underrated ECM cuts… And She Answered by one time project AM 4 aka saxophonist and flutist Wolfgang Puschnig, pianist Uli Scherer, and vocalist Linda […]
Featured in the “Psychedelic” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Phase II – Go Go Pongs is the second and last album by amateur guitarist Klaus […]
Released on Island Records’ “Antilles New Directions” sublabel, Bush Dance by master Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos is an upbeat, world fusion record that has made its way onto […]
Originally released on tape in 1984, David Toop and Steve Beresford’s experimental dub masterpiece Danger in Paradise is a major highlight of the 80’s improvised music scene in […]
When music speaks to both the past, present, and futures to come, it invites listeners to take pause and cherish the moment. Contours’ recent release Balafon Sketches does […]
This is music for intrepid explorers of sound. Bruno de Chénerilles of Alesia Cosmos developed sci-fi soundscapes for the radio station France Culture before self-releasing Exclusivo! in 1983. […]
Insides is the English post-rock duo made up of singer/bassist Kirsty Yates and guitarist/programmer Julian Tardo, both formerly of 80’s shoegaze trio Earwig. Their debut album Euphoria was […]
French Composer and piano virtuoso Benoit Widemann began his obsession with harmony as a child and quickly found his place in the 70s prog rock scene in Paris. […]
Nils Frahm has accomplished much in his illustrious career. A minimalist composer known for his sparse piano playing and electronic sound effects, Frahm has carved out a niche […]
Featured in the psychedelic section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Photo Musik is an underrated gem from French guitarist Christian Boulé. Boulé was a peripheral member […]
David Sylvain’s first taste of international acclaim came by way of his band Japan. Struggling to win over fans in the mid 70’s UK punk era, Japan ironically […]
Released on JVC’s excellent Music Interior series, Lisa is the first solo effort from revered Japanese musician/producer Masahide Sakuma. Sakuma started his career playing bass in B-52s-inspired new […]
Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother’s Neu! were one of the central groups of the 70’s krautrock movement. Their first record, simply entitled NEU!, created its own paradigm, and […]
After making a name for himself in the late 70’s Amsterdam jazz scene playing with Cascada and Ritmo Natural, keyboardist Ronald Langstraat began seeking his own musical curiosities […]
Ultramarine is the Essex-based duo of Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond who produced some incredible 1970’s Canterbury influenced electronic music in the early 1990’s. Their sophomore outing Every […]
On The Way To The Peak Of Normal is the second solo album by bassist, composer, mad scientist Holger Czukay. If you’re not already familiar, Holger was one […]
Extractions is the third album by the underrated instrumental quartet Dif Juz ( a play on ‘different jazz’) and their penultimate full length before dismembering in 1986. Shortly […]
Between was an instrumental krautrock group in the 70’s formed by composers Peter Michael Hamel and Ulrich Stranz with the purpose of creating “music between the worlds.” While […]
Portuguese composer Nuno Canavarro’s cult classic debut album Plux Quba is a sublime collection of electronic experiments created using only an 8-bit sampler and 8-track tape recorder. The […]
Safe Trip once again unearths recordings from Japanese brothers Satoshi & Makoto’s archive of experiments with the Casio CZ-5000. From the first few notes of A1 Closer, the […]
Ann O’Connor’s runaway youth days in late ’70s New York is the stuff of legends. She was living on her own at 16 and with no overt desire […]
The result of over a decade of comprehensive research on the pre-Columbian instrumentation of Mesoamerica, Ipan In Xiktli Metztli is Mexican multi-instrumentalist Luis Pérez’s debut album and magnum […]
Originally self-released on cassette in 2018 and later repressed the following year to vinyl by Ghostly International, Dylan Khotin-Foote’s third full length album stands as his finest work […]
Featured in the “Floating” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Tropic by pioneering Czech electronic duo ORM and vocal duo Kamelie is an impressive DIY electronic […]
Before releasing Awakening in 1980, Hiroshi Sato was already one of the most respected keyboardists/session players in Tokyo, appearing on countless classics while also building his own indelible […]
Eno’s 1975 precursor-to-ambient albums Another Green World and Discreet Music entered Bowie’s ears and infiltrated his psyche at a very interesting point in the rock star’s career: when the damaging repercussions of […]
In 1983, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Ryuichi Sakamoto starred in his first film alongside David Bowie and legendary Japanese actor/director Takeshi Kitano aka “Beat Takeshi.” The film, Merry Christmas, […]
French keyboard player Wally Badarou had only been in London for a year when he was asked to come to Island Records’ recording studio in the Bahamas to […]
Another brilliant release from Glasgow-based experimental electronic label 12th Isle, Pataphysical’s Periphera is an immersive, ambient journey into cosmic highs and subterranean lows. Quite minimal in approach, the […]
Generally regarded as a landmark electronic music statement, A Strangely Isolated Place is a study in multi-genre lushness. With its melodic swathes of blissed out guitars washes, and […]
Sports and experimental electronic music are two worlds that don’t often collide… Short Passing Game refers to a style of play in football (soccer) that involves passing the […]
Part of the so-called “clicks and cuts” minimalist movement of German electronic music in the early ‘00s, Stefan Betke’s Pole made its name through a breathtaking trio of […]
Known for their hypnotic kraut sound, Ashra’s third record Correlations pushes them further into rock territory. Having made the first two records as solo efforts, band leader and […]
Under the moniker Fools, Chris Bear (the longstanding drummer/multi-instrumentalist of Grizzly Bear, and composer for HBO’s High Maintenance) recently released his first solo album on the Music From […]
Vernal Equinox’s New Found World is the DIY synth manifesto of two Ontario-based electronic enthusiasts Timothy Rempel and Steven J. Brenner. The duo worked together at a keyboard […]
Here’s another album that we picked up from our friends over at Séance Centre. Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Svend Undseth’s Windshave is a one of a kind work that blends […]
Chicago house music pioneer Larry Heard steps away from the dance floor to circle back on the downtempo and ambient themes previously explored on his 1996 album Alien. […]
Deutsche Wertarbeit is the brilliant and lone solo release by Dorothea Raukes, ex-singer of the prog-rock group Streetmark, and one of very few female artists operating in the […]
Echoes is a compilation of ethno-wave songs from multi-instrumentalist Frank Harris and Venezuelan singer Maria Marquez. Dating back to 1985, this collection combines both headliners’ strong suits with […]