Sub Rosa

Considered among the most important field recordings of traditional Ethiopian music ever made, the recordings made in Addis Ababa by Ragnar Johnson and Ralph Harrison in 1971 capture the full richness and diversity of the country’s folk music.

An audio anthology of the composer and choreographer Ernest Berk (1909–1993), a little-known pioneer of electronic and concrete music, creator of a prolific and visionary body of work, yet died in obscurity.

An audio anthology of the composer and choreographer Ernest Berk (1909–1993), a little-known pioneer of electronic and concrete music, creator of a prolific and visionary body of work, yet died in obscurity.

For its second album on the Sub Rosa label, released as a 3-CD box set, the Brussels-based string quintet BOW presents its most extensive document to date—an immersion into the heart of their practice, unfiltered and unhurried.

First reissue of Coil's seminal 1984 EP, originally released in 1984 on L.A.Y.L.A.H.

First reissue of Coil's seminal 1984 EP, originally released in 1984 on L.A.Y.L.A.H.

The Zenne Quartet performs the quartets of contemporary Belgian composer Walter Hus.

Considered among the most important field recordings of traditional Ethiopian music ever made, the recordings made in Addis Ababa by Ragnar Johnson and Ralph Harrison in 1971 capture the full richness and diversity of the country’s folk music.

This recording (2002) captures the two instruments central to Conrad's practice at the time: his self-built Long String Instrument and his amplified violin. He performed hidden behind a large sheet, and the nature of what unfolded behind it was never disclosed to the audience.

One of Phill Niblock's final compositions, commissioned by bassist Robert Black, completed in late November 2023, based on recordings of acoustic bass and bass clarinet performed by Neil Leonard and Robert Black under Niblock's direction in 2021.

The final chapter of the post-isolationist, deep ambient & folk classic Murder Ballads by M.J. Harris (Scorn) and Martyn Bates (Eyeless in Gaza) re-emerges in this first vinyl outing.

Many Many Women by Petr Kotík is a large-scale composition for voices and instruments from 1975-78 on the text of Gertrude Stein's novella of the same name. It was published in Paris in 1910 as part of the book G.M.P. – Gertrude, Matisse, Picasso.

A collaborative album born from a live performance rooted in a meticulous mutual observation of each musician’s playing style and setup: eRikm’s turntables, electronic devices, and vast sound library; and Pierre Bastien’s mechanical orchestra and range of acoustic instruments.

Miroslav Beinhauer performing Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Milan Knížák, Gordon Monahan, Elliot Sharp, Milan Gustar, and Yoon-Ji Lee, on a famous broken piano.

A musical journey that pays tribute to René Daumal's unfinished Moutain and his enchanting world of mysteries and magic, through sound with Bill Laswell, P.ST, featuring Nils Petter Molvaer, Henry Kaiser, Anna Clementi, Dorian Cheah, Percy Howard, Graham Haynes, Hideo Yamaki, Peter Apfelbaum.

A musical journey that pays tribute to René Daumal's unfinished Moutain and his enchanting world of mysteries and magic, through sound with Bill Laswell, P.ST, featuring Nils Petter Molvaer, Henry Kaiser, Anna Clementi, Dorian Cheah, Percy Howard, Graham Haynes, Hideo Yamaki, Peter Apfelbaum.

Phil Maggi's twentieth album is a body of work five years in the making, conceived between 2019 and 2024 across a period that moved through pandemic stillness and intense creative immersion, between ambient-atmospheric, soundscapes and free-jazz with a touch of concrete music.

The meeting between Fred Frith's guitar strings and percussionist Karen Stackpole's gongs.

The totally remastered version of the fourth album by Belgian band Univers Zero, recorded in 1984.

The totally remastered version of the fourth album by Belgian band Univers Zero, recorded in 1984.

The Zenne Quartet performs the quartets of contemporary Belgian composer Walter Hus.

A 2-CD collaborative album between Californian guitarist Henry Kaiser and Czech musician and composer P.ST.

Rhythmic, exotic, deep & primitive sounds for post modern ears: the first album by the acoustic ensemble founded by Daniel Denis (Univers Zéro) and Alain Neffe (Pseudocode).

Clarinetist Dries Tack pays tribute to the master of minimalism Alvin Lucier.

A series of previously unreleased recordings of mouth organs and other rare traditional instruments from China's Guizhou and Sichuan provinces.

Philip Glass' founding work of minimalism performed by Dedalus Ensemble.

Unreleased material composed by Bernard Parmegiani in 1992: a monumental piece, originally one component within filmmaker Emmanuel Raquin-Lorenzi's ambitious composite work "Lac Noir", offering crucial access to an important period in Parmegiani's career.

Unreleased material composed by Bernard Parmegiani in 1992: a monumental piece, originally one component within filmmaker Emmanuel Raquin-Lorenzi's ambitious composite work "Lac Noir", offering crucial access to an important period in Parmegiani's career.

A unique artistic partnership between Mark Springer (Rip Rig + Panic) and Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys), combining a suite for piano, quartet, and quintet with vocals, accompanied by lyrics offering thoughtful introspection.

A unique artistic partnership between Mark Springer (Rip Rig + Panic) and Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys), combining a suite for piano, quartet, and quintet with vocals, accompanied by lyrics offering thoughtful introspection.

Breathtaking a cappella interpretations of the Octonaires de la Vanité du Monde by Paschal de L'Estocart (1582) and pieces from the Geneva Psalter (1562) meet the reworkings of Sylvain Chauveau.

An album based on a cruel text by Moldavian writer Nicola Esinencu, somewhere in between a hybrid electronic – modern classical oratorio and a concept album.

An album based on a cruel text by Moldavian writer Nicola Esinencu, somewhere in between a hybrid electronic – modern classical oratorio and a concept album.

30 Fluxus pieces, new and old, live and studio, finished pieces and scores to be performed, acoustic and classical, solos and pieces for ensemble, using classical and special instruments, with new essays and articles, original photos and other documentation.

Three electroacoustic pieces recorded by Moroccan contemporary music composer Ahmed Essyad in the early 1970s, released in Sub Rosa's Early Electronic series.

All the destructive mood of Mark Pauline's Survival Research Laboratories shows: from "Classical" music to intense destructuration, a new form of Avant-garde.

Clara Levy perofms Giacinto Scelsi, Kaija Saariaho, Erika Vega and Eva-Maria Houben.