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"PURPLE TRAP, the powerful trio of KEIJI HAINO (voice, guitar), BILL LASWELL on bass and RASHIED ALI (drums), recorded live on stage at The Stone.Recorded in december 2005, this furious live album by what can easily be called a super group remained unreleased till in ...
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KR109 | KARLRECORDS
"For the first time a full album with recordings based on YOKO ONO's 1964 collection of texts, event scores and drawings "Grapefruit", a foundational cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art, and enveloping the orbits of Fluxus and experimental music. ...
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KR100LP | KARLRECORDS
"For the first time a full album with recordings based on YOKO ONO's 1964 collection of texts, event scores and drawings "Grapefruit", a foundational cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art, and enveloping the orbits of Fluxus and experimental music. ...
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KR100CD | KARLRECORDS
"For her new and most radical album »Electroacoustic Works for Halldorophone«, Martina Bertoni used the electronic instrument at EMS Stockholm to create four pieces that are massive in scale and incredibly intimate, sonically restrained and emotionally ...
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KR118 | KARLRECORDS
"»The Burning Bright Light« is a mind-meld between improvisation trio »Dromedaries« (saxophonist Keir Neuringer of Irreversible Entanglements, Shayna Dulberger on double bass, and percussionist Julius Masri) and sci-fi writer/vocalist »Alexoteric« (Alex Smith), ...
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KR116 | KARLRECORDS
"DAVID WALLRAF is a noise artist and theorist living in Hamburg. His artistic work deals with the repressed and uncanny sonic residues of quotidian life, crafting soundtracks for the creeping disaster we inhabit. His works have been released on numerous international ...
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KR119 | KARLRECORDS
"In his most recent solo release, "The Devil And The River: Volume One", recorded live in his rural New Mexico studio, William Fowler Collins tremolo brushes his electric guitar using a calligraphy brush, playing a single chord with no overdubs to produce two compelling ...
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KR112 | KARLRECORDS
"IANNIS XENAKIS (1922-2001) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century avantgarde whose influence on music can be traced to the present day - not only in the world of conservatory-trained composers but also in various streams of current non-academic ...
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KR092CD | KARLRECORDS
"Born in winter 1949 in a grey and gloomy post-war Berlin, WOLFGANG SEIDEL's first encounter with electronic sounds was at the cinema: the music for "Forbidden Planet" by LOUIS and BEBE BARRON sounded like the promise of a bright, exciting future ... but in the 1960's, ...
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KR114CD | KARLRECORDS
"A new piece by minimalist / experimental composer PHILL NIBLOCK (1933 - 2024), co-composed and performed by ANNA CLEMENTI & THOMAS STERN. Intense, menacing layers of thick drones and alien sounds.In summer 2022, within just a few weeks and by pure coincidence, 2 ...
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KR115CD | KARLRECORDS
"A new piece by minimalist / experimental composer PHILL NIBLOCK (1933 - 2024), co-composed and performed by ANNA CLEMENTI & THOMAS STERN. Intense, menacing layers of thick drones and alien sounds.In summer 2022, within just a few weeks and by pure coincidence, 2 ...
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KR115 | KARLRECORDS
""Lichtung" is the collaboration of Friedl and no other than Vienna-based Martin Siewert, himself a highly prolific and reputated innovative guitar player and producer in groups like Radian or Trapist. Martin Siewert played with the who is who in experimental and ...
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KR106CD | KARLRECORDS
"eitkratzer director Reinhold Friedl and his ensemble present new compositions, grounded on Domenico Scarlatti's piano sonata F-minor K.466. Commissioned by the dance company Rubato and dedicated to Mario Bertoncini (1932-2019). Little is known about Domenico Scarlatti ...
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KR102 | KARLRECORDS
"EREIGNISHORIZONT, SCHNEIDER TM's new and with a duration of over 80 minutes truly epic album, sounds and feels like a soundtrack for a yet-to-be-made sci-fi movie and exposes the essence of Dresselhaus' artistic approaches, crafted here with a more pared-down set-up, ...
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KR104CD | KARLRECORDS
"EREIGNISHORIZONT, SCHNEIDER TM's new and with a duration of over 80 minutes truly epic album, sounds and feels like a soundtrack for a yet-to-be-made sci-fi movie and exposes the essence of Dresselhaus' artistic approaches, crafted here with a more pared-down set-up, ...
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KR104 | KARLRECORDS
"Modular synthesizers / electronics + a drum kit enhanced with triggers and sensors: on its self-titled debut album, the duo hÄK / Danzeisen creates a sonic energy that oscillates between high-precision rhythm patterns, analogue sounds and frenzy climaxes." (label ...
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KR105LP | KARLRECORDS
"11th album by the one-of-a-kind collective: psychedelia and free form jazz (not jazz) trigger a sophisticated excursion into weird textures with drastic turns. Dislocated dense music full of secret connections!" (label info)
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KR101CD | KARLRECORDS
"11th album by the one-of-a-kind collective: psychedelia and free form jazz (not jazz) trigger a sophisticated excursion into weird textures with drastic turns. Dislocated dense music full of secret connections!" (label info)
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KR101LP | KARLRECORDS
"Cello player and electronic artist Martina Bertoni returns with her 2nd album for Karl: Hypnagogia delivers six new, masterfully crafted tracks between experimental ambient, drone and modern composition. " (label info)
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KR097 | KARLRECORDS
"Electronic music legend and head of Editions Mego, Peter Rehberg, teams up with zeitkratzer mastermind Reinhold Friedl. 3 side-long pieces melting electronic / contemporary avantgarde. Uncompromising.When Peter "Pita" Rehberg and Reinhold Friedl first met each other, ...
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KR099 | KARLRECORDS
"By zkr director Reinhold Friedl's personal request now available on vinyl for the first time: Zeitkratzer's critically acclaimed interpretations of groundbreaking compositions by James Tenney. James Tenney (1934 - 2006) was a composer, music theorist and pioneer ...
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KR095 | KARLRECORDS
"Italian sound artist GIULIO ALDINUCCI returns with his 4th album on KARL: "Real" is again a truly masterfully composed and sound-designed ambient masterpiece and a more than worthy follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Borders And Ruins" (2017), "Disappearing In A ...
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KR096 | KARLRECORDS
repressed "The compilation "Celestial Birds" reveals and focuses on the widely unkown electronic compositions of the AACM founder and jazz pianist MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS. No. 5 in the Perihel Series, curated by zeitkratzer director REINHOLD FRIEDL. MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS ...
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KR070 | KARLRECORDS
repressed "On her 6th album, the French electroacoustic composer BERANGERE MAXIMIN explores the idea of a kaleidoscopic world - a sonic aggregation of living creatures, plants, minerals, nature and buildings, using various sound objects, small percussions, synths, ...
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KR078 | KARLRECORDS
This album is disc V "Late Works" of the 5 LP / 5 CD box set "Electroacoustic Works" that celebrates the 100th anniversary of IANNIS XENAKIS (on May 29th, 2022), one of the most influential 20th century avantgarde composers. All tracks have been newly mixed by longtime ...
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KR091 | KARLRECORDS
