Hands in the Dark / Fragments Editions

Hands In The Dark is an independent micro-record label based in Besançon (East France) and South East England, which, since 2010, has focused on proposing exciting auditory explorations and singular visions of experimental music.
Fragments Editions is a sub-imprint of Hands in the Dark.

Besançon / London

handsinthedarkrecords.com

5 titles

Mondkopf
Waves (Selected Works) (vinyl LP)

2024

forthcoming

The French producer's 9th album features two time-stretched, profound analog-textured pieces based on the physical and emotional swaying motion suggested by its title and recorded during some concerts played in the summer of 2019.

Andrea Taeggi
Nattdett (vinyl LP)

2024

Berlin-based, Italian-born sound artist Andrea Taeggi introduces his debut release on Hands in the Dark records, an album showcasing six mesmerizing and rhythmically intricate electronic compositions.

Schatterau
Schatterau (vinyl LP)

2024

The debut, self-titled album from German trio Schatterau: 15 elegant miniature pieces made with an old 4-track cassette recorder, offering a lo-fi walk through a patchwork of warm, nostalgic, dreamlike and strangely familiar soundscapes.

Pali Meursault, Thomas Tilly
Melt (vinyl LP)

2023

A project exploring the sounds of glaciers, captured in crevasses, glacial torrents or moraine folds using microphones, hydrophones and seismic sensors.

$Pointe du Lac - Les siphonophores des eaux froides et profondes de l\'Arctique (vinyl LP)$

Pointe du Lac
Les siphonophores des eaux froides et profondes de l'Arctique (vinyl LP)

2023

The third studio album from the Frenchmen Pointe du Lac offers a deep, catchy and classy dive into kosmische, electronica and jazz.