label highlight 17/01 iDEAL Recordings
"The Existence of Do-Ti-La-So-Fa-Mi-Re-Do Is Everything! presents a work for church organ, recorded in Göteborg and initially played by organist Mikael Wahlin, and thereafter constructed into a 48 minutes long composition by Fröberg." (label info) Accompanying release ...
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IDEAL096 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Artist and composer Dan Fröberg is a true original, whether his modes of expression are sound-works, text-works, video-works or other presentations that are of his mind and hands. They all and always connect to the ever-growing labyrinth of clues and secrets and ...
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IDEAL069 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Evil Moisture is Andy Bolus, operating from his base in a former mirror factory in north east Paris. "If You Want To Fuck The Sky, Teach Your Cock To Fly" is an old Russian prison saying and very suitable to the sound of this LP. It sounds like it was recorded in a ...
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IDEAL083 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Altar of Flies is the new power on the Swedish noise scene, to be put on the underground throne next to Sewer Election. Altar of Flies is Mattias Gustafsson who has recorded stuff since 2006, mainly for his own cassette label Hästen & Korset but also high quality sub ...
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IDEAL081 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Beautiful filth by Mr Mike Conelly (Wolf Eyes/Hair Police)." (label info) Limited to 200 copies.
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IDEAL071 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Finally! Stockholm's legendary repetitive neo kraut/new wave rockers Audionom is back with their first proper album! We have been waiting for it patiently and man - it was really worth waiting for!!! This is music that goes straight to your guts and it is all set for a ...
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IDEAL066 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Recorded in Chicago and Gothenburg, "Power Model X" is a documentation of Henrik Rylander's performance action which is right in between installation art and live performance. With a background as the drummer of the rough garage rock group Union Carbide Productions and ...
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IDEAL044 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Christine Ödlund is a sound- and visual artist based in Stockholm and "Phenomena" is her debut album. Ödlund is educated in Electro-Acoustic Music at EMS, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Konstfack - all in Stockholm. Her organic electro-acoustic music is drifting ...
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IDEAL057 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Electro-acoustic music is going to different places. One of our favourite ones is when it gets deconstructed and carries that feeling of something that is falling apart. Mattias Peterssons first album for iDEAL; "Floodlight, can be seen as a beautiful document of ...
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IDEAL056 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"We'd like to call this acoustic drone jazz. Viktor calls it Slow Jazz on himself which might give you an even better idea on how this sounds. This beautiful album (Viktor's first one with this band) is sensitive and fragile. It is music filled with passion, warmth and ...
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IDEAL050 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"An important album by one of the hidden masters of the contemporary electronic music scene! O.S.T. is Berlin-based Christopher Douglas and "Waetka" is his long awaited return after a five years hiatus, a time he spent hidden in the darkest shadows. Step into a world of ...
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IDEAL042 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"I asked John to write something about this but he never got around to do so. Dylan's fest in the UK came between I think. However, this is a heavily psychedelic drone trip from John & Tovah Olson from Detroit. Dark soundtrack muzak that will rule your skull... Intense ...
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IDEAL049 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Hardcore improvisation. Extreme, sharp and filled with burning energy - No More Music (at the service of capital). This is a beautifully painful record recorded in Oslo, russels and Strassbourg in early 2006 by the duo of Argentinian Lucio Capece on saxophone, often ...
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IDEAL041/ABSURD#63 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
""Heavy Rain Returns" is a truly monumental album. Recorded in Bushwick, New York City - it's an intense trip into harsh noise and electronic sickness. Carlos Giffoni is maybe best known for his great "Welcome Home" record for Important and his curator skills are ...
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IDEAL030 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"His ability to put soul into his machines is rare among electronic recording artists today. "Hateless" is the long awaited album where Tilliander shows us his full power, and takes another step out from the electronica label he's been carrying for so long. His love for ...
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IDEAL038 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"The second full-length for iDEAL by Gothenburg's Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words offer us a journey down the depths of a hurt soul. Recorded during one year of emotional turmoil, from pitch black depression to something resembeling happiness, »old Ghosts, New ...
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IDEAL029 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"Limited to 500 numbered copies in an oversized cardboard jacket. HENRIK RYLANDER (EX-UNION CARBIDE PRODUCTIONS, ALSO ACTIVE IN THE SKULL DEFEKTS) AND LEIF ELGGREN (KREV, FIREWORK EDITIONS, THE SONS OF GOD) PERFORMED AT SPIRE LIVE IN MASTHUGGSKYRKAN IN GOTHENBURG, ...
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IDEAL039 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"the punk comes with the attitude and the aesthetic. for once, here is a cd where the cover art actually sounds like the music, and the music looks like the cover art. so, if you think you would fancy something sounding like this trashy, pixelated electro-blob in the ...
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IDEAL011 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
"C.P.U.s second release is a very advanced take on techno and electronica. And everywhere in between! Four harsh hi-tech tracks overfilled with junk and noise, hidden melodies and power! Highly recommended for fans of the Warp and Skam labels. This is where dub, ebm and ...
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IDEAL019 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
Mats Gustafsson - prepared sax, alto fluteophone & electronics, Dror Feiler - sopranino, alto & contrabass sax, computer & cracklebox, Lasse Marhaug - electronics, computer & broken guitar. "This is fucking extreme. No shit. I am deadly serious. This is no doubt one of ...
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IDEAL027 | IDEAL RECORDINGS
