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In the series of works In Places Jason Kahn explores a variety of places and investigate them through their sounds. Influenced by Henri Lefebvre's theories, Kahn the musician experiences the daily rythms of life and how space is formed and reflected.

Sophie Agnel, Anne Montaron, Vivian Grezzini, frederic dumond, Kasper T Toeplitz on the notion of composition...

The first live recording of the duo formed by Gerome Nox (sound) and Black Sifichi (spoken words and texts).

L'art de la fuite is a selection of first recordings originally released on selftitled homemade tape in 1995. Mainly composed with turntables and prepared records (with various other sources), these recordings have laid the foundation for his future work as turntabilist / improviser / composer. 20 years later, this unique blend of musique concrète and post-industrial still sounds fresh today.

The French translation of David Grubbs's long-awaited study of the role that sound recordings play in representing experimental music of the 1960s.

Stephen O'Malley, Julien Palomo / Improvising Beings, the Polish scene by Kasper Toeplitz, a history of musical destructions by Matthieu Saladin...

Musician Kamran Sadeghi took field recordings from an anthropological research on Tierra del Fuego as a starting point to compose his digital musical score for a video installation by Mario Pfeifer.

Issues results from the invitation made to Sébastien Roux to compose from the six issues' collection of the contemporary art magazine about sound Volume, released between 2010 and 2013, using the textual corpus as a generator of scores to write and eventually have performed.

A concrete / post-digital oratorio in 5 parts.

Alice Dourlen' new EP stands has a condensed document of a 18 months non-stop tour, melting experimental and oriental sounds with a strong theatrical aesthetics.

A piece for voice(s) an dead electronics with Loré Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano).

Alessandra Eramo (Ezramo) talks about growing up in Tarano, a city shaped by Catholicism and superstition, by industrial pollution and the ancient tradition of mussel farming. Includes link to the audio files of the sound installation Se Dio Vuole.

A shamanic journey in Tazartès's universe.

A lively improvisation lead by a quartet of instrumentalists blending drone and chamber music.

Reissue of the first album recorded by the Polish composer in 2008 at the age of 21: a work composed to breviary prayers and hymns for two voices (vocalist Maja Sieminska and Wesołowski himself), string quartet and electronics.

Reissue of the first album recorded by the Polish composer in 2008 at the age of 21: a work composed to breviary prayers and hymns for two voices (vocalist Maja Sieminska and Wesołowski himself), string quartet and electronics.

Essay, sentimental diary, and critical pamphlet, Techno Casa binds together the textual production originally composed for a series of eleven video works presented during 2013 through site-specific installations.

A literary text by Guillaume Belhomme combining metafiction and cut-up, with a CD on which Daunik Lazro performs Vieux Carré, a composition by Joe McPhee evoking the old French Quarter of New Orleans.

Nitsch's Sixth Symphony for large orchestra performed and recorded November 1, 1980 at Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna.

New composition by Berlin-based sound artist Stefan Roigk: a highly dynamic and eclectic ride between directed feature, audio-art and faked diary.

First part in the reissue series of all Selten Gehörte Musik records. This is the reissue of the first LP from 1973. Recordings of the 3rd Berliner Poetsworkshop (First Berliner Musicworkshop) with Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, and Oswald Wiener, Berlin 12th & 13th July 1973.

Third part in the reissue series of all the legendary Selten Gehörte Musik records from the 70's. Originally published as a 3LP-Box by Hansjörg Mayer in 1975, the Münchner Konzert 1974 is performed by all-star artist line-up of Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Oswald Wiener, Hermann Nitsch and Günter Brus.

Second part in the reissue series of all Selten Gehörte Musik records. This is the reissue of the Double-LP from 1974. Recordings of the second Berliner Musicworkshop with Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, and Oswald Wiener, Berlin 15th - 26th November 1973. Also included are the two bonus pieces from the 7'' single which came only with the first 100 copies of the original edition.

Jean-Noël Cognard and his label Bloc Thyristors, a portrait of Anna Zaradny, Jean-Claude Eloy's virtual orchestra, music and handicap, a tribute to Bernard Heidsieck, a history of musical destructions by Matthieu Saladin...

A complex and mysterious work by Swiss electro-acoustic artist Israël Quellet for symphonic bass drum, symphonic tympanies, organ, tibetan horn, homemade horn, triangle, tubular bells, shocks inside the church, anvil metal tank and church bells. A challenging listen, but so rewarding.

An original music by Murcof which is the framework of Patrick Bernatchez's film “Lost in Time”, a sound project that is part of the explorations around Bach's “Goldberg Variations” initiated in Berlin in 2010.

166 minutes with Charlemagne Palestine (piano Bösendorfer, orgue Yamaha and voice) and Rhys Chatham (trumpet, loop pedal, electric guitar).

During the 1950s and 1960s, Roberto Gerhard gathered a significant magnetic tape collection in his home studio, creating a major repository of early electronic sound recordings of his own works. The pieces on this record present a complex set of challenges for audio restoration, giving at the end a complete understanding of his compositional process and allowing the spirit and vitality of his electronicwork to speak clearly to the listener.

First vinyl edition of one of Aidan Baker's masterpiece, first released in 2006. Three long and wonderful ambient titles, plus a live version of the eponymous title as a bonus. The artwork, designed by Francis Meslet, intensifies in the most admirable manner the depth of this dizzying music.

This audio art book documents an experiment in binaural sound by French artist Loris Gréaud performed around the world over five years. Using binaural beats, Crossfading guides the listener to the threshold of sleep. The book includes MRI images of the artist listening to the piece.

A notebook that combines text and collages to trace the imaginary history of the natural history museum created by Loris Gréaud at the Dallas Contemporary.

A notebook that combines text and collages to trace the imaginary history of the natural history museum created by Loris Gréaud at the Dallas Contemporary. Limited edition accompanied by a real butterfly, on black cardboard, unique piece.

Interviews with Jon Ippolito, Ben Fido-Radin, Olia Lialina, Constant Dullaart, Graham Dunning, Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante (Working IT museum); articles on Artworks & defunct software, embracing social life & forgetfulness, sound reconfigurations, reports on Bio-Fiction 2014, Transmediale 2015, Sonic Acts 2015, Accès)s( #14, records and books reviews...

More than a decade after his first work as Manyfingers, Chris Cole returns with The Spectacular Nowhere, with which he confirms his status as an atypical composer, able to marry references and genres, to offer a singular work of pop, classical, and experimental music.

More than a decade after his first work as Manyfingers, Chris Cole returns with The Spectacular Nowhere, with which he confirms his status as an atypical composer, able to marry references and genres, to offer a singular work of pop, classical, and experimental music.

Long-range acoustic hallucinations for violin (Anthony Pateras) and piano (Erkki Veltheim).

Six audio explorations for mixed electro-acoustic quintet.

A milestone film from American composer and filmmaker Phill Niblock, presented for the first time in DVD with two alternate soundtracks, T H I R is a mesmerizing and hypnotic film from his Environments series shot in upstate New York in 1972. This film is one of Niblock's finest and undiscovered jewels—a must have classic release.

A cut-up piece recorded primarily in the first part of 2013, many tracks using field recordings and cassettes found on late winter tour down south, later edited and assembled in late 2015.

Eight pieces mostly made for flutes (for piccolo, flute, alto flute, piano and percussion).

Performances of clarinet solo around the work of Roger Caillois & graphic scores (with Maurice Benhamou, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Michel Doneda, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Jonas Kocher, Ly Than Tien, Christian Rosset, and Matthieu Saladin).

In 2015, the web radio RadioDordogne offers five carte blanche to sound artists and composers. They each deliver a piece, born from what the territory evokes to them.