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
MUTEK is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination and development of digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art. Its mandate is to provide a platform for the most original and visionary artists currently working in their fields, with the intent of providing an outlet of initiation and discovery for the audiences we seek to develop. read more
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
Three years of beavering sees Pridon present his latest venture into eclectic soulful techno.
While retaining the warm character and trademark sound design of his previous works, with ‘Apnea Eina’, Pridon’s flair for ‘all seasons on one disc’ read more
Sand was recorded live in Holland and England in 2006/7 and edited in Liverpool January, 2008 using Fidelity record-players, Casio SK keyboards, Behringer mixer and sony mini-disc recorders. read more
Caravan is the second single taken from the last year’s Parades. The single itself is out as a limited edition of 1,000 hand-numbered 7″s. It also features B-side The Romance On Mammoth Hill. The video was directed by Anders Morgenthaler and produced by CopenhagenBombay. read more
Irmin Schmidt, founder member of the legendary German avant-garde rock group Can, and breakbeat pioneer, producer and Professor Of Popular Music, Kumo (aka Jono Podmore) release a brand new album, Axolotl Eyes. read more
Kido’s latest effort, Fleursy Music, is a stunning display of ambient/classical orchestration, deftly moving between the genres in order to create a kaleidoscopic vision of beauty. The balance between ambient-focused tracks and more classically aligned ones is struck perfectly, allowing variety to keep the listener’s attention read more
There’s an exquisiteness that dominates much of Tomasz Bednarczyk debut release for Room40 Summer Feelings. Whilst the title might suggest uplifting rafts of melody and shimmering texture baked in the sun - Bednarczyk’s summers are experienced in Poland and ultimately tempered by snowy winters. read more
Following Dataplex cd (raster-noton, r-n 68), Test Pattern is the second audio release in Ryoji Ikeda’s multimedia project datamatics; an ongoing exploration of the potential to perceive the invisible multi–substance of data that permeates our world. read more

Phasen is Ryan Parmer, a 19 years old musician from Orlando, Florida, USA. He started making music in 2004 and already released 5 albums on the I/O Netlabel. This self-titled album is his official CDr debut and is heavily influenced by Boards of Canada and Milieu. Filled with dreamy, soothing pads, light melodies, and catchy rhythms, makes this album full good vibrations. read more
The Royal Albert Hall is the kind of venue where history is made. The Beatles and the Rollings Stones played a double bill here, legendary performances have been given from Pink Floyd to Frank Sinatra, Led Zep to Bob Dylan. And that’s before you come to lectures from the likes of Stephen Hawking and the Dalai Lama. read more
In Between Words is a collection of works that continue Christopher Bissonnette’s explorations into orchestral and spatial acoustics. Cultivating an increasing interest in field recording and found sounds, Bissonnette has woven spatial ambience into these new compositions, while still concentrating on moments of near empty space between ‘instruments.’ read more
Bobby Baby is Ellinor Blixt, born 1983 in the South of Sweden. She is touring a lot with her band “It`s a musical!” and as Bobby Baby. She arranges a pop-camp for teenage girls in Sweden and Germany (Popkollo/Ruby Tuesday Rock Camp). F.S.Blumm is Frank Schültge Blumm born 1968 in the North of Germany. He is releasing records since 1998. read more
Video for “Two Men Being Hospitalized When Only One Had to Be”, taken from the album Sombunall by Beneva and Clark Nova, released at Fenetre Records. The video was directed by Frank Benjamin ‘Beneva’ Finger. read more
The Official video for ‘Happiness’ by Goldfrapp. Taken from the album Seventh Tree released on february at Mute Records. The video was directed by Dougal Wilson, the guy who made that sweet video last year “What’s a girl to do” from Bat for Lashes. read more
The track is featured on the album Time Lapse released by Dom Mino’ at Scholecultures
The cycle of an acorn becoming a tree. Time lapse photography and animation induces a dreamlike, halcyon illusion.
Seed was curated for the onedotzero_transvision event at the v+a museum in London. read more
We first witnessed Frank Benjamin Finger (Beneva) and Rudi Simmons (Clark Nova) in battle at the Great Easter Party (held rather unseasonally in autumn) at Indigo, Oslo in 2005. The host was the wacky Skrudd collective and the programme included music in almost all conceivable directions. Beneva vs. Clark Nova was the stand out act with their careful musical paintings of inner landscapes. read more
Take the scent of a Sunday morning air, add a touch of an after-rain breeze, multiply it by the silent beauty of a couple of seashore sunset but removed the over-powering awe that surrounds it, and add a pinch of urban avant-garde grandeur, you’d be somewhere close to flica. read more
The times when electro house, electroclash and electropop were at the top of their popularity are fortunately gone now, but the etiquette “electro” may still call up backhanded associations. Let’s then go back to the roots of this genre. Classical electro is a breakbeat styled paraphrase of hip hop composed using drum machines and the robotic sounds generated through analogue synthesis. read more
COH PLAYS COSEY CD is the first part of an ongoing collaborative project between Ivan Pavlov/COH and Cosey Fanni Tutti known for her solo performances and work with Chris Carter/CTI as well as for being a part of the radical cultural phenomena COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle. read more
August plays the bass, the keyboard and twists the computer knobs on more than 30 jazz,latin, electro, dub, hip hop, break beat, and other electronic/experimental releases. read more
Wanderlust, the second track from Bjork’s “Volta” released in may 2007, will be featured on a DVD single ( including remixes from Matthew Herbert, Mark Stent and this 3D beauty) due April 14 on “One Little Indian”. read more