Label Description: The debut release.
How do you spell the band name??
Recorded in 2025 by Torin Carmichael, Bobby Lirette and Shae Breton at CU Denver.
Mixed by Torin Carmichael and Bobby Lirette
Mastered By Carl Saff
Cover art and Liner art by SwooDiss (Lumerian Picnic) ((Kieran))
Back Cover Art by Marcelo Andres Perez (of Scorplings) and SwooDiss
Label Description: Merciless Death Metal from Berlin
Vocals and Guitars: Carlos von Bismarck
Bass: Johan Pastoor
Drums: Richard Bartsch
Produced by Tom Tschernig/LTMF Studios
Physical Release via Lycanthropic Chants
Artwork by Belial Necroarts.
Label Description: These tracks are mastered in such a way as to allow you to play through the whole set as if it was one experience. The tracks in the middle of the set are mastered quieter, so that you can sleep during your travels, if you wish.
You are on a journey to other worlds, using wormhole navigation and cosmic guidance. You’ll go through parallel universes. A lot of the time, you will need to sleep in order to maintain sanity and these sounds can accompany you if you’ll allow them in. They’ll comfort you, remind you…
There will be echoes of your past lives, encounters and tangential moments. Darkness, beauty and noise will be your companions…
A mangled communication burst…a smattering of spy transmissions…broken broadcasts and ethereal interludes from an Earth long since abandoned by a stupid and brutal race. A race only occasionally capable of connecting to the cosmic wheel that gives our souls energy.
These recordings have been composed, sequenced and mastered in such a way as to allow for periods of hazy dreams, deep sleep, time displacement and finally, awakening. Please use them as you see fit – perhaps as a toolbox for your own sleep travels and dream experimentation.
Music composition and arrangement by Andrew Lagowski 2014-2018 at Studio FWD.
Artwork by Knut Enderlein.
Mastered by Leaf Audio.
Andrew Lagowski is a British musician and producer who has been active in the electronic music scene since the 1980s. He has released a diverse range of music under various aliases, including Lagowski, Legion, S.E.T.I., Clans of the Alphane Moon and Project Ghost.
Lagowski’s early work focused on experimental and industrial music, with albums such as ‘Nadir’ and Legion’s ’Die Datenschleuder’ showcasing his interest in exploring unconventional sound sources and production techniques.
In the early 1990s, Lagowski began to move towards a more techno-oriented sound, releasing an influential series of 12” singles on the Chromium Industries label. These helped to establish Lagowski as a key figure in the techno and electronic music scenes.
His musical output has continued to evolve and expand over the years, with recent releases such as ‘Secrets of Numbers’ and S.E.T.I.’s ‘Sleep Environments for Interplanetary Travel’ showcasing his continued experimentation with sound and production techniques.
Throughout his career, Lagowski’s music has been characterised by its innovative use of electronic instrumentation, as well as his willingness to blend and cross-pollinate genres. His diverse musical catalogue of 60+ albums and 10+ 12” singles has earned him a loyal following and cemented his place as a respected and influential figure in the world of electronic music.
アンドリュー・ラゴフスキーは、1980年代初頭から電子音楽シーンで活動しているイギリスのミュージシャンおよびプロデューサーです。彼はLagowski、Legion、S.E.T.I.、Nagamatzu、Clans of the Alphane Moon、Project Ghostなど、さまざまな別名で多様な音楽をリリースしています。
彼の初期の作品は実験的でインダストリアルな音楽に焦点を当て、S.E.T.I.の『Knowledge』、Lagowskiの『Nadir』、Legionの『Die Datenschleuder』などのアルバムでは非伝統的な音源と制作技術の探求が表れています。
1990年代には、ラゴフスキーはよりテクノ志向のサウンドに移行し、Chromium Industriesレーベルでの一連の影響力ある12インチシングルをリリースしました。これらは彼をテクノおよび電子音楽シーンで重要な存在として確立するのに役立ちました。
彼の音楽は年を重ねるごとに進化し拡大し、最近のリリースである『Secrets of Numbers』やS.E.T.I.の『Sleep Environments for Interplanetary Travel』では、音と制作技術の実験を続けています。
ラゴフスキーのキャリアを通して、彼の音楽は電子楽器の革新的な使用と、ジャンルを融合・交差させる意欲によって特徴づけられています。60以上のアルバムと10以上の12インチシングルからなる多様な音楽カタログは、彼に忠実なファンを魅了し、電子音楽の世界で尊敬される影響力ある人物としての地位を確立しています。
Label Description: FAKE DUST – Decrepitizing Din Of The Cerebral Psyopticon
LP / Digital
(LUNGS-320)
Out May 15th 2026
This is real West Coast Grind.
After a couple of already impressive demos, Portland’s FAKE DUST blindsided us with a fully baked maelstrom of mindsnapping grindcore that only true masters of the craft can achieve. Absolutely unrelenting. Diabolically softening up the unsuspecting masses only to lay serious waste to our constantly monitored and mass media muddled minds. The times we live in are angry and chaotic, without much hope for relief – this is what the barrage of ‘Decrepetizing Din…’ reflects. With songs tackling a range of topics like self-medication, anxiety, paranoia, data collection, disillusion, deception and more, FAKE DUST urge you to “pay attention to the evolution of the tools and tactics of the mass media mind control surveillance state. They are adapting rapidly to influence us, in ways we may not realize yet.” Be careful out there…
350 on black, 150 on op purple 150gr vinyl housed in a 20pt jacket with insert and poster included. Recorded and mastered by Sasha Stroud. Art by Brendan Smith.
FFO: Insect Warfare, Goner, Defeated Sanity, Excruciating Terror, Foetopsy, Mahavishnu Orchestra
CD version out on Headsplit Records.
See them live in 2026:
5/19 – Seattle, WA
5/20 – Victoria, BC
5/21 – Vancouver, BC
5/22 – Kamloops, BC
5/23 – Calgary, AB
5/24 – Edmonton, AB
5/25 – Winnipeg, MB
5/26 – Minneapolis, MN
5/27 – Chicago, IL
5/28 – Toronto, ON
5/29 – Montreal, QB
5/30 – Montreal, QB
6/1 – Ottowa, ON
6/2 – Quebec, OB
6/3 – Fredericton, NB
6/4 – Halifax, NS
6/5 – Portland, ME
6/6 – Providence, RI
6/7 – NYC, NY
6/8 – Washington, DC
6/9 – Richmond, VA
6/10 – Greensboro, NC
6/11 – Asheville, NC
6/12 – Athens, GA
6/17 – Paris, FR
6/18 – Besancon, FR
6/19-6/20 – Lixiviat Fest
6/21 – Bern, CH
6/22 – Padua, IT
6/23 – TBA – SI
6/24 – Budapest, HU
6/25 – Vienna, AT
6/26 – Pilsner, CZ
6/27 – Leipzig, DE
6/28 – Berlin, DE
6/29 – Dresden, DE
6/30 – Prague, CZ
7/8 – Birmingham, AL
7/9 – Memphis, TN
7/10 – Oklahoma City, OK
7/11 – Albuquerque, NM
7/12 – Phoenix, AZ
7/13 – Los Angeles, CA
7/15 – Sacramento, CA
7/17 – Portland, OR
Label Description: SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann.
Their debut album ‘Small Medium Large’ began as a collection of long form improvisations recorded during two separate two-night stands at beloved Highland Park, Los Angeles venue ETA. Unfortunately, this major development site for the burgeoning new West Coast jazz & improvised music sound closed its doors permanently at the end of 2023.
The venue, perhaps best known outside of LA for Jeff Parker’s 2022 album ‘Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy’, was the perfect location for the start of SML, especially given that both bassist Anna Butterss and saxophonist Josh Johnson are part of Parker’s quartet that held down a regular gig at ETA since the venue’s early days (and hence thoroughly documented, heard on Parker’s album). ‘Small Medium Large’ was engineered and recorded in stereo direct to Nagra by Bryce Gonzales and compiled, arranged, and edited with additional production, recording, and studio composition by SML across their various home studios.
While editing, chopping, and rearranging stereo mixed improvisations is hardly a new idea (for a modern and relevant example we can look to Makaya McCraven’s output on IARC) these results are a stunning expansion of the Teo Macero / Miles Davis editing concept explored on classics like ‘In a Silent Way’, ‘On The Corner’, and ‘Get Up With It’. Stylistically though, these recordings have more in common with the proto-trance repetitions of Harmonia, and with Holgar Czukay’s re-assembly technique used in his work with Can. Throw in a supremely intuitive utilization of polyrhythmic floating patterns (a la Susumu Yokota), and the result is a truly innovative take on time-clocked electronic rhythms augmented with live instrumentation that never loses that elusive human sway.
‘Small Medium Large’ is a sublime assemblage of circulatory grooves and textural anomalies, at different moments recalling the synth-laced improvisations of Herbie Hancock’s Sextant, the jagged dance punk of Essential Logic, the rhythmic revelry of Fela Kuti, the low-end elasticity of Parliament/Funkadelic, or the glitchy dub techno of Pole. Taken in totality, the album captures a euphoric creative synchronicity between some of today’s most exciting musicians.
All music composed by Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, Gregory Uhlmann. Performed live by SML.
Anna Butterss – Electric Bass
Jeremiah Chiu – Synthesizers, Live-sampling, Aux Percussion
Josh Johnson – Saxophone, Electronics
Booker Stardrum – Drums, Percussion
Gregory Uhlmann – Guitar, Effects
Engineered and recorded in stereo direct to Nagra by Bryce Gonzales at ETA, Los Angeles (October 12–13 2022 & April 8–9 2023). Overdubs by SML (2024).
Produced by Jeremiah Chiu & SML.
Mixed by Dave Vettraino & SML.
Sequenced by Scott McNiece & SML.
Mastered by David Allen.
Cover art by Miranda Javid.
Insert photos by Brian Guido.
Layout by Jeremiah Chiu.
Label Description: Two decades ago, an all-star assembly of Chicago improvisers started a new band, drawing its name from an 1841 book by Charles Mackay: Extraordinary Popular Delusions. With weekly gigs at a spot in Chicago called Hotti Biscotti, Jim Baker, Mars Williams, Brian Sandstrom, and Steve Hunt honed their sound, which could be ferocious or impressionistic or diffuse, as they moment required. After a couple years, the quartet moved to a regular Monday session at Beat Kitchen, where they have maintained their weekly residency for more than fifteen years. Williams was from time to time called away on tour, frequently enough that the band invited another horn player, the venerable Edward Wilkerson Jr., to substitute. This inevitably led to quintet convenings with both Williams and Wilkerson, the likes of which are now legend. Without question, although they have only released two previous records, EPD is one of the signal ensembles of Chicago creative music.
Mars Williams (1955-2023) had been diagnosed with late-stage cancer when EPD booked a concert at Elastic Arts Foundation at the end of August, 2023. Williams, who lived less than three months more, was on the bill. Nobody expected him to play the way he did. More than an honorary appearance, this was Mars at the top of his game, playing, as it were, for his life. With Sandstrom switching between bass, trumpet, and electric guitar, Wilkerson doubling on saxophone and clarinet as well as oud and didgeridoo, Baker on ARP synthesizer and piano as well as violin, and Hunt on all sorts of percussion, Williams’ table of toys and his blazing soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones were in perfect company – a band that could freely improvise open structures and instantly compose unforeseen suites, while maintaining a level of intensity and intrigue on par with the saxophonist’s mastery. Long term relationships extending outside this group, including those with NRG Ensemble, Mars Williams’ Ayler Xmas projects, as well as a variety of ad hoc and shorter lived amalgamations, made this one of the most fertile environments for these players, and this final quintet bore the marks of a classic concert. Which it was.
Fortunately, Dave Zuchowski was there to brilliantly document it in all its two-set glory. Corbett vs. Dempsey is pleased to present the entire concert on two CDs, as the fourth installment of CvsD’s Mars Archive series, with a cover painting by Timothy Howe.
CD available via found.ee/EPD
Mars Williams: sopranino, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones; zither; whistles; electronic devices; toys
Edward Wilkerson, Jr: tenor saxophone; clarinet and alto clarinet; didgeridoo; oud; voice
Jim Baker: piano; analog synthesizer; viola
Brian Sandstrom: bass; electric guitar; six-string electric bass; electronics
Steve Hunt: drums and percussion; glockenspiel; miscellaneous paraphernalia
Recorded at Elastic Arts Foundation, August 29, 2023.
Recorded and mixed by David Zuchowski (davidzuchowski.com).
Mastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, by Alex Inglizian.
Interior photograph by Mark Lind.
Cover art by Timothy Howe.
CD design by David Khan-Giordano.
All music improvised by Extraordinary Popular Delusions;
copyright 2023; all rights reserved.
Label Description: Words, art and music by Autjoy.
Label Description: More than twenty years of friendship haunt Vrhältnis, the new album by Antoine Chessex and Dave Phillips, out now on Coherent States and Krim Kram. Its source material reaches back twenty years, originating from live performances during a 2005 joint tour in Lausanne and Basel and a studio session recorded the same year at the Dynamo/Popkredit Studio in Zürich. Both sessions were then filed away, the recordings disappearing into the archive, untouched for nearly two decades, before resurfacing in 2025 and prompting both artists to return to them with fresh ears and renewed intent. The material was subsequently reworked, manipulated, layered and decomposed -in Zürich and in Thailand- into the two extended pieces that form this album. Iischtellig and Tüüfi unfold across an expanded temporal horizon, echoes and non-linear fragments reverberating between what was recorded, what was remembered, and what was made anew.
The strange ritual unfolding within Vrhältnis possesses a particular distant quality – the creators’ specific gravity and distinct compositional traits concealed behind accumulating densities. Musique concrète with strong noise and heavy electronics elements is the obvious point of entry, yet the work exists under a mystical prism that embraces sonic naturalness, as if the sounds themselves carry a memory that predates their recording. Running through both pieces is a haunting vocal presence drawn from the Silvesterchlausen tradition of northeastern Switzerland -an ancient Alpine ritual of winter processions- raw and untethered, arriving from no fixed point, eerie and unmoored. Deep in the forest, spectral voices surface and dissolve. What time is it?
Antoine Chessex is a sound artist based in Zurich. Drawing on long-standing experience in experimental music and sonic arts since the late 1990s, his work engages sound and listening across multiple formats. Emerging from an early practice as an improvising saxophonist and a sustained investigation of noise within performance contexts, his work has traversed plural sonic territories. It has since evolved into a distinctly transversal practice moving between performance, installation, research, improvisation, and composition. Rooted in sonic intensity, Chessex’s early experience as a solo performer and collaborator -including works with Zbigniew Karkowski, Jérôme Noetinger, and Valerio Tricoli- positioned him within international noise and avant-garde communities. As a founding member of the experimental noise-rock band MONNO, he toured extensively across underground scenes while maintaining an active international practice as a solo artist. He has appeared at CTM Festival, Unsound, INA/GRM Présence Électronique, Issue Project Room, Berghain, and Café OTO, among others, and has released works on Tochnit Aleph, Fragment Factory, Editions Cave12, Musica Moderna, Bocian, and Rekem Records.
Dave Phillips is a sonic activist, composer, performer and core member of the legendary Schimpfluch-Gruppe alongside Rudolf Eb.er and Joke Lanz, a collective that has spent four decades wielding sound as a tool of metaphysics, protest and catharsis. Emerging from the radical tradition of Viennese Actionism and pushing it into the terrain of harsh noise, performance art and extreme sound, Schimpfluch-Gruppe remains one of the most uncompromising and influential collectives in the history of experimental music. Phillips’ roots stretch back further still, to his co-founding of Swiss grindcore pioneers Fear Of God in the late 1980s. His solo work is as philosophical as it is visceral, rooted in a radical ecological and humanimal worldview that consistently positions the listener at the edge of civilisational discomfort. He has appeared at No Fun Fest, Colour Out Of Space, Liquid Architecture, Ende Tymes, Bergen International Festival and many others, and has released his music on Schimpfluch, Tochnit Aleph, Blossoming Noise, Ideal Recordings, Misanthropic Agenda and numerous other labels worldwide.
Mastered by Francisco Meirino | Artwork inspired by the Silvesterchlausen tradition | Layout by PH!D
A co-release between Coherent States and Krim Kram.
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Label Description: After a period of quiet, Golden Ratio Frequencies record label is delighted to mark its return to physical releases with KURAMA from French experimental musician Agathe Max.
Best known for her exquisite, powerful, and deeply emotive work as a virtuoso violinist—across projects including Abstract Concrete (with Charles Hayward of ThisHeat), These Towns (UKEA, Will Glaser) Mésange (God Unknown Records) And Kuro (Rocket Recordings)—KURAMA sees Max step away from strings and into the realms of experimental electronics, ASMR, and healing music.
Named after the Japanese mountain regarded as the birthplace of the energy healing practice of Reiki, KURAMA unfolds as an eight-track journey through the body. It serves as a musical interpretation of the hands-on healing practice, of which Max is a trained practitioner, whilst the act of making the record became a form of self-regulation in itself.
Max explains:
“All tracks were composed in the morning, when I would wake up around 7am, often after a series of vivid dreams, in the first light of the day and with the clearest mind as possible to channel the Reiki energy.”
The first track, Space Transformer, is based on ASMR and therapeutic tuning forks, with water and fire elements, crystals and minerals combined with the frequencies of the tuning forks C 256/G 384-C 128-C 64.
All the other tracks are following the solfeggio scale from the crown chakra, third eye, throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral, root as followed 963hz, 852hz, 741hz, 639hz, 528hz, 417hz 396hz.”
This attention to detail may not be immediately obvious, but it is felt, subtly resonating through the body in a series of calming sound experiments. There’s a playful innocence at work, wrapped in healing intention, full of soft pads, arpeggiated synths, and sensory tingling textures, all sitting alongside unexpected touches, such as the purring of Max’s late feline companion, Lemmy. The result evokes echoes of 80s New Age healing cassettes, the environmental Kankyō Ongaku of Japan (think Hiroshi Yoshimura), and contemporary Nu-age minimalism in the vein of Green-House.
Ultimately, KURAMA is a gentle offering, thoughtfully created with deep care and intention, as Max concludes:
“I hope the listener will feel the connection I have implanted in my compositions.
They all came from the deepest part of my heart, channeling the healing power of music.”
Physical copies are realised on pro-dubbed C40 lilac marbled cassette tape made from recycled plastics, with a full-colour double-panel inlay and housed in cases UV-printed with the Golden Ratio spiral, limited to just 50 copies.
Written, recorded and produced by Agathe Max during 2020/2021.
Artwork – A P Macarte
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