Music

The first in a series of archival releases dedicated to presenting music by XKatedral affiliated composers working within the realm of slowly evolving harmonic and timbral music.

A major turning-point in the sonic oeuvre of Eliane Radigue.

Julius Eastman's Four Pianos (1979-80), performed by Melaine Dalibert, Stephane Ginsburgh, Nicols Horvath and Wilhem Latchoumia.

Two rare historical recordings (1983 and 1986) by the godfather of Dark Ambient, originally released as single sides and gathered here for the first time.

Don Cherry's ecstatic world fusion masterpiece of the '70s, wedding Indian, African, and Arabic music to Miles Davis' electrified jazz-rock innovations.

"Two Duos" is pressed from cellist Okkyung Lee's OTO Residency; the first side a duo with Jérôme Noetinger on Revox B77 and the second with Nadia Ratsimandresy on ondes Martenot. Cut together, the two meetings seem to raise three cellos in the search for expressive voice: the cello, it's magnetic reproduction, and the dual controls of the machine invented to expand on its musical qualities.

The crazy story of the mythical avant-garde rock band Etron Fou Leloublan (1976-1985), pioneer of the European movement Rock in Opposition.

Reissue of a milestone of ambient music, produced and released by Brian Eno in 1978, featuring Marion Brown, Gavin Bryars, and Michael Nyman.

A unique live performance at Issue Project Room gathered the former Sonic Youth member and artist Kim Gordon and the legendary minimal blues master and artist Loren Connors in 2014.

Beautiful reissue of the 2000 album on FBWL, guitar ballads about Day, Evening, Night and Dawn, a major album in the discography of Loren Connors, which he considers his most personal record. Remastered in 2014 by Taylor Deupree at 12k.

The complete works of one of the pioneers of Belgian early electronics.

Don Cherry’s New Researches featuring Naná Vasconcelos.

Don Cherry's lost Summer House Sessions finally available over fifty years after they were recorded.

Belgian soprano Sarah Defrise dedicates her first new music album to the American mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian, featuring exclusively a capella pieces which were written for Berberian by some of the most prominent composers of her time.

The third issue of the annual publication dedicated to sound and music experimentation, co-published by Shelter Press and Ina GRM – Groupe de Recherches Musicales, around the topic of artificial intelligence (contributions by Keith Fullerton Whitman, Steve Goodman, Florian Hecker, Robin Mackay, Bill Orcutt, Akira Rabelais, Lucy Railton, Jean-Claude Risset, Sébastien Roux...).

The soundtrack from Chris Marker's Sci-Fi short drama "La Jetée".

A work for underwater performance that literally immerses the listener into an acoustical substance, released in Sub Rosa's Early Electronic series.

An album version of the radio piece Vom Rohen und Gekochten (The Raw and The Cooked) originally composed and produced by Jan Jelinek for the state broadcaster SWR2, bringing together five sound collages that deal with the consistency of material and its mutability.

Mesmerising 1992 performance from the Dhrupad master vocalist Amelia Cuni, accompagnied by renowded vina player Gianni Ricchizzi and Helmut Waibl on pakhawaj.

A multiformat release inspired by and channeling the culture and traditions of the Aeta, an indigenous group from the Zambales region in the Philippines, some of the most ancient nomadic and hunter gathering cultures. A sonic exorcism filled with ancestral frequencies, haunted ghosts, and other animistic spirits from the Pinatubo forests, going from the realms of the real to the imaginary, from transcription to syncretism, from concrete to abstract.

Yann Gourdon's new album (hurdy-gurdy) continues his exploration of places and their history through sound.

The debut full-length resulting from the collaboration between composer/producer Britton Powell and two Berlin-based artists, the British composer/cellist Lucy Railton and the electronic artist Brian Leeds (Huerco S), who fell into alignment in December of 2018 amid a handful of immersive and improvisatory recording sessions held at Gary's Electric Studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Remastered edition of Sydney trio Triosk and Jan Jelinek's loop-based jazz project.

Julius Eastman's Four Pianos (1979-80), performed by Melaine Dalibert, Stephane Ginsburgh, Nicols Horvath and Wilhem Latchoumia.

An electronic interpretation of the works of Phill Niblock by the Prague-based group Opening Performance Orchestra.

Archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry.

Deluxe boxed set of Graham Lambkin's remastered first four solo records, including an expansive 42-page book with unseen photos and reproductions of artworks as well as essays and anecdotal recollections.

A collection of iterative cello performance that foregrounds shaking as a generative subject and explores the harmonic pulses of the instrument.

Two contrasting pieces by French composer Michèle Bokanowski, recorded a decade apart, which nevertheless demonstrate her unique style.

An industrial and psychedelic sound piece recorded at the opening of CM von Hausswolff’s solo exhibition “INSNITT” at 3:e Våningen, Gothenburg, in 2018, with John Duncan, Leif Elggren, Jean Louis-Huhta, Joachim Nordwall, and Henrik Rylander.

An issue dedicated to Éliane Radigue's ground-breaking compositional work, OCCAM Ocean as seen through the eyes of her chevaliers de Occam, the performers who, in collaboration with Radigue, have brought the sprawling musical eco-system to life.

Newly remastered by Rashad Becker for this vinyl edition, “Echo” finds Félicia Atkinson synching her feelings into a watercolour suite of solo keys, voice and field recordings, unfurling 40 minutes of new breathtaking music.

10 year anniversary edition of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's landmark album originally released in 2010 on TYPE records, remastered by Stephan Mathieu.

Asmus Tietchens' Hematic Sunsets shut down the Aroma Club with a final release. The album "Aroma Club Adieu" features 12 exquisite pieces of death lounge electronic pop performed on electronic organs and entertainment devices of various kinds.

Michel Henritzi's collection of interviews provides a rich portrait of the experimental music scene in Japan.

Julius Eastman's major yet long-forgotten ensemble piece from 1974, dense and hypnotic, played by Ensemble 0.

Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo" turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present.

In Un homme sensible, Octave Mirbeau tells the story of a murderer who, in the name of world harmony, is determined to rid the world of "all organisms unfit for a strong and harmonious life". This inspired Nurse With Wound, which, as an illustration, gives us here a new piece of unpublished music.

Collector's edition box set including the soundtrack realised by the great Russian composer Edward Artemiev for the Andrey Tarkovsky's masterpiece film Solaris (1972). The box comes with the remastered soundtrack in the vinyl and CD formats, and an exclusive luxurious photo book with unreleased images of the movie set and essays about music and cinema of the duo Artemiev/Tarkovsky.

Isabelle Magnon asked Ghédalia Tazartès to take pictures of his "Cabinet de curiosité". This book shows 40 pictures of Tazartès' objects and small installations. There is a free CD included of the only recorded performance of the trio formed by Ghédalia Tazartès, Jérôme Lorichon and Quentin Rollet.

A somnambulant modern masterwork, Kali Malone's 2017 debut full length album is made available again on vinyl some four years since its limited private press of just 100 copies co-released by XKatedral and Bleak Environment.

Sound American's 25th issue celebrates explores the intersections of folk and experimental music practices (edited by Sarah Hennies and Anna Roberts-Gevalt, featuring Throbbing Gristle, Henry Flynt, Suzanne Kite and Scott Benesiinaabandan, John McCowen, Meredith Monk and Peggy Seeger...).

A tribute to William S. Burroughs.