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New releases

Asuna, Tide Ripples CD (Home Normal)
Benoit and the Mandelbrots, S/t 2LP (Syff)
Sir Richard Bishop / Ava Mendoza, Ivory Tower (Hanuman) LP (Unrock)
Black Sun Productions, Dies Juvenalis LP (Hallow Ground)
Thomas Brinkmann, A 1000 Keys 2LP (Editions Mego)
Driftmachine, Eis Heauton LP (Hallow Ground)
John Duncan, Bitter Earth LP (iDEAL Recordings)
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek, Schaum LP/CD (Faitiche)
Hey-O-Hansen, Sno Dub LP (Hey Rec)
Midori Hirano, Minor Planet LP/CD (Sonic Pieces)
Maria W. Horn, Diverted Units MLP (Holodisc)
Felix Kubin und das Mineralorchester: II: Music for Film and Theatre LP (Dekorder)
La Tène: Vouerca/Fahy LP (Three:Four Records)
Lord Tang, Butterflies LP (Meakusma)
Antonio d. Luca, Musik Wozu LP (Hauch Records)
Ross Manning, Interlacing LP (Room40)
Walter Marchetti, Concerto Per La Mano Sinistra In Un Solo Movimento LP/CD (Alga Marghen)
Michaela Melián, Electric Ladyland Book/LP/CD (Lenbachhaus)
Antony Moore & The Missing Present, The Present is Missing LP (a-Musik)
Mary Ocher + Your Government, S/t (Klangbad)
Razen, Endrhymes LP (K-raa-k)
Rizan Said, King of Keyboard (Discrepant)
V.A., A Story of Sahel Sounds LP (Treibender Teppich Record)
V.A., Aufabwegen#50. Ausgewählte Geräusche 2CD (Auf Abwegen)
V.A., Orbital Planes & Passenger Trains Vol.1 2LP/CD (Serein)


Archival releases

AMM, Ammmusic LP (Black Truffle Records)
Harry Bertoia, Sonambient 11CD (Important Records)
Mario Bertoncini, Arpe Eolie LP (Die Schachtel)
John Cage/Morton Feldman, Radio Happenings Book & DVD (MusicTexte)
Henning Christiansen, Musik Hessayistik 2LP (Holidays Records)
Tony Conrad with Faust, Outside the Dream Syndicate LP/CD (Superior Viaduct)
Peter Cusack, After Being in Holland for Two Years LP (Blume)
Frank Dommert, Kiefermusik LP (Pacific City Sound Vision)
Gabriele Emde, Die Natur der Klänge. Neue Musik für Harfe CD (Edition RZ)
Vivien Goldman, Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982) LP/CD (Staubgold)
Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, S/t LP/CD (Schema)
Richard Hamilton & Dieter Roth & Luis Chispas, Canciones de Cadaques 2x7“ (Primary Information)
Hastings of Malawi, Vibrant Stapler Obscures Characteristic Growth LP (Sub Rosa)
A.K. Klosowski, plays the Kassetteninstrument LP (Gagarin)
Lucifer, Black Mass LP (Black Mass Rising)
The Male Nurse, S/t LP (Decemberism)
Harry Partch, A Portrait LP (New World Records)
Steve Reich, The ECM Recordings 3CD (ECM)
Wayne Siegel, Autumn Resonance / Domino Figures LP (Black Sweat Records)
Slapp Happy, Sort Of LP/CD (Tapete Records)   
Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra, The Intergalactic Thing 2LP (Roaratorio)
Yoshi Wada, Off The Wall LP (Lantern)
Iannis Xenakis, La Legende d’Eer LP (Karlrecords)
La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela, Dream House 78’17“ LP (Aguirre)
V.A., The Essential Doi Inthanon: Classic Isan Pops from the 70s-80s LP/CD (EM Records)

a-musik staff picks december 2016

John Cage/Morton Feldman, Radio Happenings Book & DVD (MusicTexte)
Henning Christiansen, Musik Hessayistik 2LP (Holidays Records)
Datashock8000, HD_Trailer MLP (Gang of Ducks)
Fraktus II, Optische Täuschung LP/CD (Klangbad)
Hexa, Factory Photographs LP (Room40)
Maria W. Horn, Diverted Units MLP (Holodisc)
Eyving Kang & Jessica Kenney, Reverse Tree LP (Black Truffle Records)
Wayne Siegel, Autums Resonance/Domino Figures LP (Black Sweat Records)
Slapp Happy, Acnalbasac Noom LP (Tapete Records)
Typhonian Highlife, The World of Shells LP (Kraak)

a-musik staff picks november 2016

Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek, Schaum LP/CD (Faitiche) 
Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, S/t LP/CD (Schema)
Junko & Thomas Tilly, Wild Protest LP (Vent des Forets)
A.K. Klosowski, plays the Kassetteninstrument LP (Gagarin)
Konrad Kraft, Quadrat LP (Auf Abwegen)
Anthony Moore & The Missing Present Band, The Present Is Missing LP (a-Musik)
Andrew Pekler, Tristes Tropiques LP (Faitiche)
Conrad Schnitzler, Filmmusik 1 LP/CD (Bureau B)
Slapp Happy, Sort Of LP/CD (Tapete Records)
Anna von Hausswolff, Källan LP (Betatype)

a-musik staff picks october 2016

Thomas Brinkmann, A 1000 Keys 2LP/CD (Editions Mego)
David Maranha Ensemble, Salt, Ashes, Goat Skin LP (Roaratorio)
Midori Hirano, Minor Planet LP/CD (Sonic Pieces)
Felix Kubin und das Mineralorchester: II: Music for Film and Theatre LP (Dekorder)
Norberto Lobo, Muxama LP (Three:Four Records)
Walter Marchetti, Concerto Per La Mano Sinistra In Un Solo Movimento LP/CD (Alga Marghen)
Oval, Popp LP/CD
Pisse, Kohlrübenwinter #1/#2 (Beau Travail/In A Car)
Rizan Said, The King of Keyboard LP (Discrepant)
Reinier Van Houdt, Paths of the Errant Gaze LP (Hallow Ground)

a-musik staff picks september 2016

Af Ursin, Classement Vertical LP (Ultra Eczema)
John Chantler, Even Clean Hands Damage The Work LP (Room40)
Lord Tang, EP3 MLP (ALARM) / Butterflies (Meakusma)
Okkyung Lee / Bill Orcutt, Live at Cafe Oto LP (Oto Roku)
The Male Nurse, S/t LP (Decemberism)
Mouse on Mars, Lichter 10“ (Infinite Greyscale)
Steve Reich, Drumming etc. 3LP (Deutsche Grammophon)
Sea Urchin, Yaqaza LP (K-raa-k)
V.A., Orbital Planes & Passenger Trains Vol.1 2LP/CD (Serein)
V.A., The Essential Doi Inthanon: Classic Isan Pops from the 70s-80s LP/CD (EM Records)

a-musik staff picks august 2016

Asuna, Tide Ripples CD (Home Normal)
Mario Bertoncini, Arpe Eolie LP (Die Schachtel)
John Cage meets Sun Ra, The Complete Concert 2LP/CD (Modern Harmonic)
Hüseyin Ertunc Trio, Musiki LP (Holidays Records)
John, Paul, George, Ringo & Richard, Augen Zu, Malibu LP (Beau Travail)
Saturn And The Sun, Focus on the Centre of Your Skull LP (iDEAL Recordings)
Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini, Devotional Songs 2x12“ (Honest Jon’s Records)
Shigeo Tanaka, Yumi Kagura LP/CD (EM Records)
Therapeutische Hörgruppe Köln / hans w. koch, Tube Dust Drone - Brückenmusik 1995-2015 Book & CD (Brückenmusik)
Piero Umiliani, Genti e Paesi del Mondo LP (Black Sweat Records)

a-musik staff picks july 2016

Lawrence English, Approaching Nothing CD (Baskaru)
Daniel Higgs, The Fools Sermon, Part 1 LP (Ideologic Organ)
Jürgen Karg, Elektronische Mythen LP/CD (Bureau B)
Monochord, Spatial Stereo 12“ (Meakusma)
Porest, Modern Journal of Popular Savagery LP (Nashazphone)
Swans, The Glowing Man 3LP/2CD/2CD&DVD (Mute)
David Toop, Entities Inertias Faint Beings LP (Room40)
Yoshi Wada, Off The Wall LP (Lantern)
Iannis Xenakis, La Legende d'Eer LP (Karlrecords)
V.A., Aufabwegen 50. Ausgewählte Geräusche 2CD (Auf Abwegen)

a-musik staff picks june 2016

"A" Trio & Alan Bishop, Burj Al Imam LP (Unrock)
Christian Fennesz & Jim O’Rourke, It’s Hard For Me To Say I’m Sorry LP/CD (Editions Mego)
Charbel Haber, Of Palm Trees and Decomposition LP (Discrepant)
Hey-O-Hansen, Sno Dub LP (Hey Rec)
Antonio d. Luca, Musik Wozu LP (Hauch Records)
Michael Moser, Antiphon Stein 2LP (Edition RZ)
Teresa Rampazzi, Immagini per Diana Baylon LP (Die Schachtel)
Rainer Riehn, Chants de Maldoror 2LP (Edition Telemark)
Mika Vainio, Mannerlaatta CD (iDEAL Recordings)
Max Würden, Transit CD (Binemusic)

a-musik staff picks may 2016

Benoit and the Mandelbrots, S/t 2LP (Syff)
Black Sun Productions, Dies Juvenalis LP (Hallow Ground)
Johanna Biling, Pulheim Jam Session LP (Apparent Extent)
J.D.Emmanuel, Electronic Minimal Music 3LP (Black Sweat)
Vivien Goldman, Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982) LP/CD (Staubgold)
High Wolf / The Durian Brothers, High Wolf vs. The Durian Brothers 12" (Diskant)
La Tène: Vouerca/Fahy LP (Three:Four Records)
Lucifer, Black Mass LP (Black Mass Rising)
M.Ostermeier, Tiny Birds CD (Home Normal)
Red Stars Over Tokyo, Deconstructing Happiness LP (Testtoon)

a-musik staff picks april 2016

Chris Abrahams, Fluid to the Influence LP/CD (Room40)
Karel Appel, Musique Barbare LP/CD (Sub Rosa)
Henning Christiansen, Requiem of Art Fluxorum Organum II Opus 50 LP (Penultimate Press)
Peter Cusack, After Being in Holland for Two Years LP (Blume)
Tony Conrad with Faust, Outside the Dream Syndicate LP/CD (Superior Viaduct)
John Duncan, Bitter Earth LP (iDEAL RECORDINGS)
Michaela Melian, Electric Ladyland Book/LP/CD (Lenbachhaus)
Danny Oxenberg & Bear Galvin (Pillow Mt. Conspiracy), Late Superimpositions LP (Three:Four Records)
Razen, Endrhymes LP (K-raa-k)
Ytamo, MI WO CD (Someone Good)