Tag Archives: experimental

Spruce Needles – Have You Had Enough Pain? (Self-Released)

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Label Description: I didn’t love my album The Father, so I took some of it and added more sound to it. What is a recording anyway? Like are we kidding ourselves? I know that every time I see an album referred to as “personal”, I’m being asked to buy into a narrative that’s about as real as Santa Claus. Something else that’s pretty funny is that someone is going to not read this blurb and then refer to all of this as “deconstructed” even though the process of making it was piling things on to recordings I made with my phone.

Mick Magic – The Bridge (Klappstuhl Records)

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Label Description: “Celebrating 40 years in underground music, “The Bridge” is a collection bridging my cassette culture years, with Magic Moments At Twilight Time and Ehrlich Bullet, to my digital era project, Magic Bullet, and on to the bridge of my radioshow’s starship, the WSS Boobyprise (Consolation Class).”

– Mick Magic

Includes bonus items:
The Bridge” – The official 40th anniversary album guide
(PDF format booklet, 24 pages)
“The Second World Chronicles” by Sati Varg
(PDF format book, 244 pages, the ‘lost time journal’ from the 2016 Magic Moments At Twilight Time 30th anniversary online event, “Down The Rabbit Hole”)

Concept, Mix, Mastering – Mick Magic
Also see individual track notes for further details.
“Radioshow To The Stars” Pts. 1-8 recorded aboard the
WSS Boobyprise (Consolation Class), June 2026

Cover Art includes elements originally drawn by:
Kate Twilight: Ford Escortron and Magic Moments band picture
Kevin Trundley: The WSS Boobyprise and Magic Bullet band picture
Thayen Rich: The Starship Psychotron, with party going on
Iaino Davies: Ehrlich Bullet logo and band picture
Design and Layout by Mick Magic.
www.mickmagic.net

Licensed from Music & Elsewhere 2026

Published by Klappstuhl International

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Giuseppe Antonuccio & Antonio Murga – Subcultura (Petroglyph Music)

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Label Description: -Subcultura- by Giuseppe Antonuccio & Antonio Murga
A big welcome to Giuseppe Antonuccio here at Petroglyph Music

This album is truly a wonderful journey into a surreal world of experimentalism. Each track invites you to explore unexpected soundscapes, blending innovative rhythms and textures that challenge the ordinary. It’s like stepping into an imaginative dream where every note pushes boundaries and sparks curiosity. A must-listen for anyone eager to experience music beyond the conventional!

No sé cuántos trabajos hemos hecho juntos Giuseppe y yo, algunas maravillas sin duda. Esta Subcultura es idea suya, como muchas iniciativas. En esta ocasión donde él se basa en guitarras y percusión y batería he intentado como siempre hacerle un buen traje. Pero la impromta y la sensibilidad, el ensayar algo, el revivir…
La palabra, el alma, el amor… Es que algo tengo que escribir. Y espero sorprender a Giuseppe con el contubernio y ayuda de Øystein Petroglyph!!!

Non so quanti progetti io e Giuseppe abbiamo realizzato insieme, alcuni davvero meravigliosi, senza dubbio. Questa sottocultura è una sua idea, come molte delle sue iniziative. Questa volta, concentrandomi su chitarre, percussioni e batteria, ho cercato, come sempre, di darle l’importanza che merita. Ma la spinta e la sensibilità, il processo di prova, la rinascita… La parola, l’anima, l’amore… Devo assolutamente scrivere qualcosa. E spero di sorprendere Giuseppe con una collaborazione, supportata dallo straordinario Øystein Petroglyph!

I don’t know how many projects Giuseppe and I have done together, some truly wonderful, no doubt. This subculture is his idea, like many of his initiatives. This time, focusing on guitars, percussion, and drums, I tried, as always, to give it the importance it deserves. But the drive and sensitivity, the rehearsal process, the rebirth… The word, the soul, the love… I absolutely must write something. And I hope to surprise Giuseppe with a collaboration, supported by the extraordinary Øystein Petroglyph! 

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giuseppeantonucciometauro.bandcamp.com

antoniomurga.bandcamp.com

Carlos Giffoni & Thurston Moore – Iguana (iDEAL Recordings)

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Label Description: Recorded Live at Sweat Records in Miami, December 29 2024. Back cover polaroid by Lia Miranza Hernandez Avendano. Live Audience Recording by Guillermo (Lia’s Dad). Master and design by Lasse Marhaug.

iDEAL280 2026. Edition of 100 copies.

EIII – Emanations (Opal)

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Label Description: Cassette and Vinyl version available at – eiii.bandcamp.com/merch

Last year @eiii.music.eiii released Refractions via Opal — seven pieces of sparse, electro-acoustic tension shaped from low-end pressure, restrained harmonic movement and moments of near-collapse. The record carried a quiet intensity that placed EIII somewhere between the austerity of Panasonic and the physical force of Emptyset, while remaining entirely its own. It later received Electronic Album of the Year at Latvia’s Golden Microphone Awards.

Now, almost exactly a year later, Emanations arrives.

Where Refractions felt sealed and monolithic, these new pieces seem more exposed. Rhythms surface and disappear, tones bloom slowly through the static, and small harmonic shifts carry an unexpected emotional weight. The music remains minimal, but nothing feels empty — every sound lands with purpose, suspended somewhere between restraint and impact.

OPAL300