ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"Following multiple band projects, including the parallel powerhouse acts Spinnen and the ecstatic Turkish-Armenian-Friendship TAF, multi-instrumentalist SOFT VIOLET, now releases her solo debut album: Sterner Stuff. And that it is: Guttural with a pounding heart laid ...
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N97LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"'Hometown to Come' is the second full-length album by Minhwi Lee from Seoul, South Korea. The eight tracks were written over a period of seven years after Lee's first album and loosely form a single story, contemplating how people who have lost their hometown can ...
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N94LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"Known as a long-time member of The Notwist and various other bands/projects (Alien Ensemble, AMEO, jersey, Ditty etc.), Berlin-based drummer/composer Andi Haberl has also worked with My Brightest Diamond, Till Brönner, Owen Pallet, and Kurt Rosenwinkel, to name a few. ...
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N95LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"Borrowed Tongue is the debut solo album by Korean singer-songwriter Minhwi Lee. It's a mysterious, strangely compelling thing, an album of rare poetry, and remarkably self-assured. Originally released in November 2016, the album made waves, winning best folk album of ...
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N85LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
Four new cover versions by Hochzeitskapelle. Original songs by Pavement, Low, Yo La Tengo, Wir Sind Helden. Edition of 500 copies, silk-screened sleeve. incl. download code
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N92-10 | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"3 Shades is a collective of musicians (and guests) that one could call a "Supergroup". Based in and around Munich/Germany the group was founded 9 years ago. Famous for their rare but exciting live performances it was just a question of time before they released their ...
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N19CD | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"There's a big clue to the pacific wisdom of The Orchestra in the Sky in the artist name - Hochzeitskapelle + Japanese Friends. For this is, indeed, music based in, and resonating with, friendship, camaraderie, collaboration, and creative exchange. Across two albums - ...
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N90CD | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"Alien Transistor is proud to announce a reissue of Such December, the fourth album by Japanese indie folk-pop artist, Gratin Carnival. Listeners might already know Gratin Carnival from their appearance on the Alien Parade Japan compilation of indie pop groups working ...
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N88LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"Alien Transistor present Alien Parade Japan, a joyous double-album compilation of groups from Japan's indie-pop and avant-garde undergrounds, all of which feature brass or woodwind instruments as part of their line-up. Compiled by Markus Acher (Alien Transistor, The ...
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N82LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"When The Notwist returned with their acclaimed 7th studio album 'Close To The Glass' in early 2014, many were enchanted by the epic instrumental 'Lineri'. It was the only instrumental track featured on the LP, but according to Notwist-singer Markus Acher, instrumental ...
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N41LP | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
"The artwork displays a detail shot of swampland: think of ist vegetation as an exotic contradiction - at once rooted, but in constant motion from the flow of water it is immersed in. What water does to the Hylophytes, the bassline does to the title track of this EP: it ...
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N34 | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
Adam (doseone) Drucker, Jeffery (jel) Logan, and Dax Pierson (collectively themselves), meet up with the Acher brothers Markus and Micha, and Martin "Console" Gretschmann (the core of the Notwist).
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N12 | ALIEN TRANSISTOR
