Extremely excited to announce a special reissue of two cult classic albums from Microstoria, the duo of Markus Popp (Oval) and Jan St. Werner (Mouse on Mars) with the init ding and _snd remastered 2xLP, out January 26th.

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Considered foundational texts in ambient music, both albums equally sound just as cutting-edge now as on their initial release, continually cropping up in “best of” lists from the likes of Pitchfork and FACT while finding new fans through remixes by Jim O’Rouke and Stereolab. After being long out of print and coveted by collectors, both albums now finally receive the expanded reissue treatment as a double LP, featuring remixed sleeve artwork based on the original designs by Frieda Luczak and a full remaster of each by engineer Rashad Becker.

Alongside the announcement, the duo are sharing the remastered versions of "Endless Summer NAMM" (_snd) and "Communerism" (init ding). "Communerism" captures the thrilling energy of the duo's early studio sessions, Popp and Werner wresting paradoxically organic sounds from their electronics, arranged into dense thickets teeming with life. "Endless Summer NAMM" provides a subtle refinement of that same sonic palette, arranging colder, more deliberately digital sounds into warm washes of color that evoke the light and heat of late-summer evenings.

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init ding + snd is available to preorder now in a limited quantity of dual-color Side A/B opaque pink, Side C/D opaque green 2xLPs, including a digital download code.

The word "prolific" doesn't even cut it when it comes to The Body. Following the release of the debut album from Lee's duo Dead Times early this year, The Body have announced a new collaboration with Berlin-based producer and vocalist Dis Fig, with Orchards of a Futile Heaven out February 23rd.

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The Body & Dis Fig are a natural pair. Each has pioneered instantly recognizable worlds of sound all their own that defy any traditional categorizations or boundaries. The Body continually challenge any conventional conception of metal, collaborating with myriad artists and from the folk-leanings of their work with BIG|BRAVE to their groundbreaking work with the Assembly of Light Choir to the intensity of their collaborations with OAA or Thou. Dis Fig, aka Felicia Chen, pushes electronic music into dark extremes, from warped DJ sets to avant production, from being a member of Tianzhuo, Chen’s performance-art series TRANCE to being the vocalist with The Bug. The Body and Dis Fig find kinship in reimagining what it means to make “heavy music”. Their debut Orchards of a Futile Heaven is the perfect synthesis of two forces, twisting melodicism and intoxicating rhythms, layering a dense miasma of distortion with intense beats and a soaring voice clawing its way towards absolution.

Orchards of a Futile Heaven is available to preorder now on limited-edition coke bottle clear LP and CD. 

This one's a rager - Persher, the new duo from prolific producers Blawan and Pariah have announced their debut album as Persher, with Sleep Well out February 23rd.

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Originally bonding over a love of heavy music back in 2009, Sleep Well channels the subversive, boundaryless nature of their electronic projects into an exploration of more extreme sounds, with gleeful buzz-saw riffs and baleful howls enveloped in coruscating noise and texture. Alongside the album announcement, the duo have shared two new tracks - "Sleep Well Night Time Forest Rain" and "Elemental Stoppage", both erupting from the speakers drenched in distortion. 

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Sleep Well is available to preorder now on limited-edition pink LP and CD, with a limited bundle deal of the new album and their debut Man With The Magic Soap also available! 

Following live premieres at Atonal Festival, Semibreve Festival and more, we're extremely excited to announce Maya Shenfeld's new album Under the Sun, out February 23rd.

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Composed and produced over the last two years between a studio in Berlin and on site at one of the world’s deepest marble quarries in Portugal, the album’s powerful sounds are a meditation on the natural world, wrestling with the looming threat of catastrophe and crisis, and the power of community and collaboration to enact change.

Alongside the announcement, Shenfeld shares the mesmeric video for lead single "Interstellar", directed by Pedro Maia.

Watch the "Interstellar" video now

The video was shot in 2022 in the same marble quarries in Vila Vicosa, Portugal, where the album was produced. Through a cycle of electroacoustic pieces for analogue synths, woodwinds, voice, and field recordings, and imagery shot under the scorching sun of the hottest summer on record, Shenfeld and Maia explore change and repetition, deep time and the ephemeral moment, equilibrium and imminent threat. Pushing the boundaries of Super 8 film and drones shootings, Maia’s analog film processing is brought into dialogue with Shenfeld’s layered textural compositions to create an immersive radiant live audio-visual experience.

Under the Sun is available to preorder now on limited-edition opaque yellow vinyl and CD. Shenfeld is touring throughout 2023 and 2024, with more dates to be announced:

Nov. 10 - Leipzig, DE - Heilandskirche w/ FUJITA
Dec. 2 - Bratislava, SK – NEXT Festival ^
Feb. 10 - Baden, CH - OOAM Festival (solo set)
Feb. 23 - Berlin, DE - Silent Green (Under the Sun album release show) ^ 
Mar. 2 - Graz, AT - Elevate Festival ^

^ live A/V set with Pedro Maia

Basque multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer Elena Setién has announced her breathtaking, mesmeric new album Moonlit Reveries, out Jan. 26th, 2024.

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A musician’s musician, Setién has drawn collaborators from far and wide, from her improvisational duo Little Red Suitcase to more recent collaborations with Steve Gunn, Mary Lattimore, and fellow Basque musicians Xabier Erkizia and Grande Days. For Moonlit Reveries, a hallucinatory promenade of mood and rhythm, Setién is joined by renowned drummer/percussionist Glenn Kotche of Wilco.

Along with the album's announcement, Setién has shared two singles, "Surfacing" which was initially inspired by Kotche's "A Beat A Week" series, and title track "Moonlit Reveries" which exemplifies Setién's featherlight yet lively songwriting, reveling in a playful mystique, Setién’s words carried by the wind across the night’s sky.

Listen to "Surfacing" and "Moonlit Reveries"

Moonlit Reveries is available to preorder now on limited-edition translucent blue LP and CD.

Re-joice, fans of noise-rock nastiness! Philly trio Eye Flys are back with their latest collection of rippers, possibly their most unhinged and noxious to date, with their self-titled album out January 26th.

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Expanding on their bludgeoning debut Tub of Lard, Eye Flys is lean and aggressive, fast and unforgiving, delivered with an acerbic wit that swiftly whittles matters down to their element. It is an unsparingly heavy record, driven by the colossal rhythm section of bassist Kevin Bernsten and drummer Patrick Forrest. Vocalist/guitarist Jake Smith delivers sharp humor with a healthy dose of venom and bile with each bestial growl while his dirty riffs roar at you.

Along with the album's announcement, Eye Flys share pummelling first single "Sleep Forever." Erupting from the speakers on a wave of noise and distortion, “Sleep Forever” throws down a thrashing, infernal groove, demolishing all in its path as Smith’s craggy guitar figures rise like toxic smoke from the devastation.

Listen to "Sleep Forever" now

Eye Flys self-titled is avaialble to preorder now on limited-edition translucent red LP, featuring artwork by John Herndon (Tortoise) (who did the band's iconic TNT cover), also on CD. Worldwide tour dates coming in 2024 too, watch this space!