Machinefabriek is the alias for rutger zuydervelt currently residing in rotterdam, the netherlands. Since 2004 zuydervelt has unleashed an uncountable number of self-released 3″cd’s read more

The seed for this music was planted when I participated in one of Glenn Branca’s 100-guitar symphonies. The sound was incredible: a deafening, electric choir incorporating so many voices that the each element was subsumed within the group sound. read more

Wonky heads take note - if you’re into the whole Flying Lotus / Samiyam / Rustie / Lukid thing - this is just the ticket. read more

Hotly tipped Australian three-piece Pivot release their new album, described as “a John Carpenter soundtrack re-imagined by Battles, this is the place where intricate read more

Violets is a requiem for the new dark age. A memoir of a dying era, defined by the years of an inevitably dichotomized and isolated nation. read more

Following eighteen months after Edinburgh-based pianist / composer Max Richter’s last album comes the release of the gorgeous, intriguingly framed ’24 Postcards In Full Colour’. read more

Henning Schmiedt’s solo album is a rendez-vous with piano solos. It is a very personal CD by this artist who has been one of the greats on the international world music stage for years now as a composer, arranger and, of course, a pianist. read more

Meso Meso’s Mitten is an album of firsts; the debut album for label Lacies’ Records (co-curated by Andrew of The Boats) and of course the worlds first chance to hear the sweet delicate sounds of Meso Meso. read more

Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. read more

Excellent new trio consisting of Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Humcrush) on keyboards, Nikolai Eilertsen (The National Bank, Lester) on bass and Torstein Lofthus (Shining) on drums. read more

After finishing the transall cycle and introducing the series of xerrox, alva noto makes a move back to his more rhythmic approach in unitxt. it could be seen as a kind of continuation to the transspray ep from 2004. read more

Flying Lotus’ debut album for Warp is Hip-Hop re-imagined as a waking dream, taking new forms.
The music Lotus makes has been recently heralded as ‘wonky’ in parts of the press, but to his credit this debut is much more impressive intuitively broader and musical than that rather functional term would suggest. read more

The new album from Matmos finds the dynamic duo taking a holiday from conceptual responsibility, skipping the outré sampling antics in favor of a lighthearted “cosmic pop” record made entirely out of synthesizers. read more

Since 1995, Brisbane resident Leighton Craig has etched out a varied musical existence, from solo keyboard studies to an extensive body of collaborative work. read more

Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a frighteningly young three-piece from South London - their first full release, having had an early version of album track ‘The Tinderbox’ included on the Type Records ‘Free The Future’ compilation. read more

LINE is proud to release this collection of recordings from numerous international compilations from 2002-2005. This collection is a wide range of sound works from the ultra-minimal whispers of “composition09.01″ read more

Ueno, along with his partner Saya, is one of the core members of Tenniscoats, who’ve released a number of fantastic discs of straight-up melodic to the core sing-songing joy. 2007 saw the release of Tenniscoat’s ‘Totemo Aimasho’ for ROOM40 and ‘Tan Tan Therapy’ for Häpna/Headz. read more

Brethren Of The Free Spirit combines the considerable 12-string guitar talents of James Blackshaw with the lute skills of Dutch instrumentalist Josef Van Wissem. read more

Only 21 years of age, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town, Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside Reykjavík. He as immersed himself completely in the world of delicate symphonic compositions in a near weightless orchestral undertaking. read more

Joel Nicholson has just packed the removal cases, his guitar and the instruments. It`s good that his music is so easy to transport from one place to another, between the places and to the people. read more

The much-delayed remix project finally surfaces, with a stellar line-up of remixers taking apart tracks from ‘Flares’, the much-loved debut album from the Italian post-space-rock quartet. read more

Initially presented as an installation at the Netherlands Media Art Institute, which utilized a series of mini-fm radio transmitters located throughout the building, Radio Flirt is a sonic narrative leading a listener in and out of intimate messages, imaginary environments and envelopes of sound. read more

Another Electronic Musician returns from his hiatus with a teaser for his upcoming album. “Seed,” a download only EP, features 2 new tracks plus Jase Rex’s own live reworking of Pay, which was originally released on 2006’s “Patience.” read more

Six years’ worth of blurring/expanding/clouding his way across Cascadia in the making for this collection; reaching for a more liquid and spontaneous meditative music. read more

Shoreditch is the East London centre of fun, so there is no better place to have a festival across multiple venues. All you need is a ticket, then you can pick up an access all areas armband and have as much fun as you can. read more

New York/Tokyo based Sawako is a musician, software designer, and multimedia artist whose multi-disciplinary works intermix and pollenate her music with inspiration ranging from nature, science, academia and poetic motion. read more

Due to continued demand for this title and the fact that the initial pressing of 1,500 copies sold out in less than 6 months, 12k is re-issuing Northern in an expanded package with re-mixed and re-mastered audio. read more

After two magnificent Sending Orbs albums (Through Friendly Waters 2005, My Dogan 2006), another brilliant album on Clone/Dub (Whisper Me Wishes 2007) and a handful of releases in the early 2000s, Kettel (Reimer Eising) completely forgot how to play the piano, arrange his compositions, let alone have a reasonable conversation with his label. read more

“Silent77″ is hugely inspired by a picturesque setting sun that has been imprinted into Geskia’s musical mind. read more

Following his highly successful debut “Stabil”, Kangding Ray releases his second full length record on Raster-Noton, entitled “Automne Fold”. With “Automne Fold”, David Letellier has evolved from the quiet, pristine flow of his debut record to sounds that are raw, dark and organic on this second release. read more

Tokyo Bloodworm was born in August 2004 from the minds of Andrew Sanchez and Ryan Keane.
Tokyo Bloodworms major style influences include traditional middle eastern and japanese music, folk and minimal electronic music. read more

It appears there is a second “kosmische musik” period in full bloom around the world at the moment, not so much “kosmische” as in “krautrock” but instead “cosmic”. read more

The long awaited debut album from one of Portland Oregon’s hottest new talents who has already at a mere 21 years of age performed and recorded with M Ward, Horse Feathers and Norfolk & Western. The release coincides with an almost two year-long tour supporting (and playing as part of) the acclaimed Danish band Efterklang, a tour which is already garnering rave reviews. read more

“Dreaming the same dreams, not knowing of each other. Invoking old times at new places, side by side, not knowing of each other. Longing for yearning; light of dawn and midday sun. A world which lets itself be sensed, not known; the first light of your rosyfingered youth; birches and concrete, touch and go. read more

Wolves and Wishes, Martin Dosh’s fourth official LP, arrives after its architect spent nearly a year on the road–touring solo and as a member of Andrew Bird’s band–and yet, he sounds reborn. If 2006’s The Lost Take reimagined the drums, Rhodes and everything-but-the-kitchen-sink virtuoso as a full band, his latest restocks the lineup with a fresh cast of collaborators read more

Sascha Ring aka Apparat remains special: this new double cd release on Berlin label Shitkatapult presents a first and fine collection of Apparat´s remix work until today. CD 1 showcases 11 giant mixes he did for artists like Paul Kalkbrenner (w/ Ellen Allien), Francesco Tristano, Swayzak, Boys Noize, Lusine, Nathan Fake, Meteo/Thiel, Nitrada, Raz Ohara and himself. read more

Stockholm based ambient downtempo producer Thomas Huttenlocher aka I AWAKE follows up his digital Ep release - Birth - with a full length album - The Core - out late April. Built as a journey of audio neural beauty through organic microcosms, electronic vortexes, deep, tribal beats and vast soundscapes read more

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Hercules & Love Affair is 2008’s most exciting dancefloor concoction, an arthouse vision of pure pop by way of futuristic electronica and classic dance music, where beautiful, bruising harmonies and tensile rhythms collide in resurgent soundscapes and emotive disco workouts. read more

USING THE ARTIST PSEYDONYM OF “ANDO” FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PROJECT TO SEPARATE IT FROM HIS PREVIOUS WORKS, TAYLOR DEUPREE STARTED WORKING ON THIS RELEASE IN 2004 BUT HAD TO INTERRUPT EVERY NOW AND THEN SINCE TIME WASN’T RIGHT. read more