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The new collaboration between Stars of the Lid member Adam Wiltzie and composer / pianist Dustin O'Halloran. A beautiful Neo-Classical work that juxtaposes Wiltzie's atmospheric arrangements over O'Halloran poetic and cinematographic compositions.
The new collaboration between Stars of the Lid member Adam Wiltzie and composer / pianist Dustin O'Halloran. A beautiful Neo-Classical work that juxtaposes Wiltzie's atmospheric arrangements over O'Halloran poetic and cinematographic compositions.
An appetizer for the "Atomos" full-length album, a score for choreographer Wayne Mcgregor’s long form dance piece of the same name. This EP includes also an exclusive track (an outtake from AWVftS's debut album) and also a Ben Frost remix of "Atomos VII"!
Agnes's debut claimed influences by Roy Orbison, Sonic Youth and Eric Satie, and drew comparisons to Joanna Newsom, Ane Brun, St Vincent and Ricki Lee Jones, as her masterful use of piano and strings injected energy and shading into the songs.
A poignet journey through dreams and moonlight forests, profoundly inspired by art where each song takes inspiration from paintings of some their favorite artists related to the Surrealism movement.
An intriguing new project by Toby Driver, of Maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot. A self-described tribute to Toby's early love of New Age music, in his own interpretation of the genre.
Emerging once more from the endlessly creative genius of Toby Driver, Alora Crucible presents its latest offering. This otherworldly creation further elevates the artistic journey begun in 2021 with the stunning "Thymiamatascension".
A French super-group, which features members of the brilliant Rajna and Les Secrets de Morphée, bringing to live one of the most impressive Ethno/Ambient projects heard in a long while. Absolutely essential for any Dead Can Dance fan.
Their first album in 6 years. Amber Asylum plumbs the crevasse between noise and beauty. Lyrical, confessional, dark yet aspirant. A filmic fusion of modern classical and post-rock, where arias and Art Songs meet in a pale field of electronic disturbance.
Their first album in 6 years. Amber Asylum plumbs the crevasse between noise and beauty. Lyrical, confessional, dark yet aspirant. A filmic fusion of modern classical and post-rock, where arias and Art Songs meet in a pale field of electronic disturbance.
6th album by this Avantgarde Neo-Classical ensemble. An unearthing of the magic of such classic works as “Natural Philosophy...” and “Songs Of Sex...”, and updating the immaculate vibe with Amber Asylum’s current carnation. Inc. bonus track.
"Frozen In Amber" was not only Amber Asylum's debut, but also the first release on Elfenblut, a sublabel of U.K.'s cult label Misanthropy Records. An essential release that crosses Neo-Classical, Ambient and Post-Rock, now available with 8 bonus tracks.
One of the most polarizing works within the Amber Asylum repertoire, the journey that the listener will undertake in such a pilgrimage will be one where somber and lush cinematic orchestrations parallel with voices of darkly angelic wonder.
A haunting reflection on turbulent eras which blends instrumental passages with evocative lyrics. "Ruby Red" combines dirges, introspective laments, and powerful songwriting that evoke both despair and hope. CD in hardcover book, lim. 500x.
A haunting reflection on turbulent eras which blends instrumental passages with evocative lyrics. "Ruby Red" combines dirges, introspective laments, and powerful songwriting that evoke both despair and hope.
A haunting reflection on turbulent eras which blends instrumental passages with evocative lyrics. "Ruby Red" combines dirges, introspective laments, and powerful songwriting that evoke both despair and hope. Lim. 200x.
A mix of Electronic, Experimental and surreal tracks by this regular Nurse With Wound / Current 93 collaborator. “LIAEP” comes in a fantastic cover made by Steven Stapleton / Babs Santini / Nurse With Wound. Lim. 100x copies.
Referencing the minimalism of contemporary composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass, it builds to a crescendo of harmonics, allowing the cello to sore as it crosses the border from minor to major.
The acclaimed sitar player, producer and composer delivers the third and final instalment of the trilogy of mini-albums she began with "Chapter I: Forever, For Now" in 2023. Central to this chapter is the mindfulness of India at the root of all her music.
Debut by the project founded by ex-Anathema Duncan Patterson. A combination of cineastic electronica with beautiful, mostly female voices, emotional laid back guitar and the melancholic atmosphere of Anathema's "Eternity" and "Alternative 4
While their first two albums seduced the listeners with a blending of relaxed guitars and darkly melancholic electronic elements, this new work has turned out as an acoustic, fragile, and very personal album, already dubbed one of the saddest of the year!
Digipak double CD featuring 22 unreleased recordings and a total playing time of more than 100 minutes. Without a doubt, this retrospetive will draw an impressive line under Antimatter's first decade of existence!
Antimatter's song-oriented debut, where they combine cinematic electronica with laid-back guitar and the melancholic atmosphere of Anathema's "Eternity" and "Alternative 4" albums. Lim. 300x copies on 180gr. vinyl.
The second full-length from this extraordinary New York artist and his cohorts, features contributions from both Antony's peers (Rufus Wainwright, Devendra Banhardt) and heroes (Lou Reed, Boy George).
The follow-up to "I Am A Bird Now" shifts thematic focus and explores Antony's relationship with the natural world. The intimacy of the Johnsons' sound is enveloped by avant-classical composer Nico Muhly's symphonic arrangements.
Arguably Antony's most wide-ranging emotional work to date, with an exotic sound palette, of strange percussive elements, John Cale-esque string drones, heavily distorted guitars and symphonic voicings.
The culmination of several years working in collaboration with orchestras and symphonies around the world is a collection of live symphonic performances of songs from "Swanlights", "The Crying Light", "I Am a Bird Now" and the self-titled debut.
The culmination of several years working in collaboration with orchestras and symphonies around the world is a collection of live symphonic performances of songs from "Swanlights", "The Crying Light", "I Am a Bird Now" and the self-titled debut.
The second full-length from this extraordinary New York artist and his cohorts, features contributions from both Antony's peers (Rufus Wainwright, Devendra Banhardt) and heroes (Lou Reed, Boy George).
“…The Last Embrace” sees a continuity in Arcana’s staple sonorities of hypnotic melodies, percussive elements, dulcimer and guitars, overlaid with soaring ethereal vocals. Emotive, dark yet up lifting. Also includes “Eclipse of the Soul” as a bonus!
Arcana has turned another page in the book and the next chapter will be a meeting between the old and the new, forming a kind of compendium of their career.
“Inner Pale Sun” sees a continuity in Arcana’s staple sonorities, creating an impressive and hauntingly genuine medieval atmosphere that is uniquely theirs. This re-issue also includes the track “Body of Sin” as a bonus. Lim. 700x.
Originally released in 2012, Swedish neo-classical legends Arcana unveiled their seventh full-length album "As Bright as a Thousand Suns" - a profound, emotional journey woven with ethereal soundscapes and cinematic intensity. Lim. 400 copies.
Originally released in 2012, Swedish neo-classical legends Arcana unveiled their seventh full-length album "As Bright as a Thousand Suns" - a profound, emotional journey woven with ethereal soundscapes and cinematic intensity. Lim. 200 copies.
Compilation of various favorite Arvo Part pieces. All sparse and beautiful arrangements. Some solo piano pieces, some duets with piano, violin cello and viola and one string quartet, yet all unique to the style of Part - deceptively simple yet profound.
Features a never-before-released rendition of "Silentium", the second movement of Pärt's most famous concerto, "Tabula Rasa", performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry at nearly half the speed of the 1984 ECM version. Beautiful and healing.
Features a never-before-released rendition of "Silentium", the second movement of Pärt's most famous concerto, "Tabula Rasa", performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry at nearly half the speed of the 1984 ECM version. Beautiful and healing.
Features a never-before-released rendition of "Silentium", the second movement of Pärt's most famous concerto, "Tabula Rasa", performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry at nearly half the speed of the 1984 ECM version. Beautiful and healing.
After visiting the Parisian cabarets, Ataraxia return to Greek shores to rediscover ancient rituals and traditions. A felt following of "Lost Atlantis". The natural accomplishment of the voyage.
Ataraxia's highly anticipated new studio album “Quasar”, in a limited Edition of strictly 400 copies presented in heavy Deluxe A5-sized Digibook and including an exclusive bonus-track!
Ataraxia's highly anticipated new studio album “Quasar”, in a limited vinyl edition on black vinyl of the all new album, in completely different artwork and including the 7 main tracks of the CD!
"In astronomy, quasars are very distant objects that have to emit energy equivalent to hundreds of normal galaxies. Thus, the namesake Quasar is more than suiting here, for Ataraxia to take you on a wondrous journey into the event horizon..."
Intended as a kind of darker, sober ‘twin’-album to the self-released "Celestial Exile", "Lost Lighthouse" contains different versions of some of the songs, with new lyrics and song titles, in a more cinematic, orchestral and bombastic way!
A continuation of the ethereal sonic world explored by Azam Ali, "Synesthesia" further asserts her creative autonomy with elegance and depth in a sensorial experience that dissolves the boundaries of language, culture, and form.
A continuation of the ethereal sonic world explored by Azam Ali, "Synesthesia" further asserts her creative autonomy with elegance and depth in a sensorial experience that dissolves the boundaries of language, culture, and form.
10 beautiful new songs recorded over a period of 10 years, and, by some measure, her most personal work yet. These are songs from the mid-course of life, when looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back has a sudden, sharper focus.
On their 30th anniversary, Black Tape For A Blue Girl returns to their evocative ethereal, neo-classical, gothic roots with an album exploring the existential predicaments of time’s passage, choices questioned, and loves lost. Lim. 500x.
Black Tape for a Blue Girl's 1989 third album of existential, ethereal, and gothic musings in an expanded edition, fully remastered and with 21 bonus tracks, including 6 additional never-before-heard complete songs.
An original and thoughtful gothic torch song to humanity, embracing all of our tragedy, heartache, and loss. NeoClassical darkwave with seductive mournful string, electronics & voice on 8 stories of loss, longing and doomed love. Lim. 1000x.
A 16-track, 72-minute companion to "The Cleft Serpent", with instrumental versions of the 8-track album remixed & reworked to highlight Henrik Meierkord's cello and viola, exclusive instrumentals, three demos, and three alternate vocal mixes. Lim. 500x.
On its 31st anniversary remaster, the ethereal gothic ambience of BTFABG’s 1991 fourth album swims in a sea of memory, a heart filled with pain and despondent hope. This new remastered edition includes a bonus CD with 9 alternate mixes. Lim. 500x copies.
On its 31st anniversary remaster, the ethereal gothic ambience of BTFABG’s 1991 fourth album swims in a sea of memory, a heart filled with pain and despondent hope. Lim. 500x copies.
The Ethereal / Darkwave masterpiece from 1989, for the FIRST TIME EVER on beautiful transparent vinyl, in a limited edition of 300 copies, containing the ORIGINAL mix of the album, as it appeared in 1989!
An original and thoughtful gothic torch song to humanity, embracing all of our tragedy, heartache, and loss. NeoClassical darkwave with seductive mournful string, electronics & voice on 8 stories of loss, longing and doomed love. Lim. 500x.
Flowing on its haunting thread, ethereal music enveloped in a lush dreamscape atmosphere. Sam Rosenthal remixes Black Tape For A Blue Girl's 1987 sophomore album revealing the heart of its lush ethereal dreamscape atmospheres. Lim. 500x, with bonus CD!
Flowing on its haunting thread, ethereal music enveloped in a lush dreamscape atmosphere. Sam Rosenthal remixes Black Tape For A Blue Girl's 1987 sophomore album revealing the heart of its lush ethereal dreamscape atmospheres. Lim. 200x.
Flowing on its haunting thread, ethereal music enveloped in a lush dreamscape atmosphere. Sam Rosenthal remixes Black Tape For A Blue Girl's 1987 sophomore album revealing the heart of its lush ethereal dreamscape atmospheres. Lim. 300x.
"Aflame"'s deluxe remastered reissue is sensual & enchanting neo-classical Darkwave with poignant & powerful lyrical insight, where emotional, melancholy waters run deep. Lim. 500 copies, with 4-page lyric/photo book and vinyl exclusive bonus track.
Black tape's masterpiece: exquisite and stunning. Long droning deep tones overlaid by intense vocals from Oscar and Lucian as well as rich cello and violin arrangements from Vicki and Mera. Lim. 500 copies, comes with the 8-page album-sized booklet.
Black Tape for a Blue Girl / Vidna Obmana (U.S.A./Belgium)
Sam Rosenthal and Dirk Serries blended their atmospheres and somber contemplative electronics on this timeless album filled with lush, dark and beautiful impressions. Ambient minimalism at its best. Lim. 500x.
Sam Rosenthal and Dirk Serries blended their atmospheres and somber contemplative electronics on this timeless album filled with lush, dark and beautiful impressions. Ambient minimalism at its best. Lim. 250x.
Sam Rosenthal and Dirk Serries blended their atmospheres and somber contemplative electronics on this timeless album filled with lush, dark and beautiful impressions. Ambient minimalism at its best. Lim. 250x.
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The debut solo album from Brendan Perry, one half of Dead Can Dance, finally available again and complemented with his 1993 "Live at the I.C.A." recording!
On sound structures that are formed by an elegant dance of guitars and piano, ethereal voices weave a world animated by intense and lemotional exchanges between human and non-human beings. Lim. 300x.
"Anomima" brilliantly combines rich, classical orchestration, celestial female vocals and lush soundscapes involving both modern textures and elements of extreme music, and moves from Classical pieces to Byzantine music, and even oriental sounds.
CAS waited nearly a decade to release their debut record, and rather fittingly it unfolds at a lethargic pace. The shimmering guitars, placid percussion, and wistfully delivered vocals in their Slowcore also reveal a debt to Dream Pop and Shoegaze.
While the band’s sound may be most associated with the romantic Pop music of the late 50’s and early 60’s, Gonzalez pushes into more unexpected sonic territory on Cry, reaching back to his childhood in El Paso, Texas, drawing a subtle melodic influence.
CAS waited nearly a decade to release their debut record, and rather fittingly it unfolds at a lethargic pace. The shimmering guitars, placid percussion, and wistfully delivered vocals in their Slowcore also reveal a debt to Dream Pop and Shoegaze.
Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slowburn Pop songs, Greg captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires. "X’s" centralizes on just one relationship that spanned four years.
Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slowburn Pop songs, Greg captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires. "X’s" centralizes on just one relationship that spanned four years.
Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slowburn Pop songs, Greg captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires. "X’s" centralizes on just one relationship that spanned four years.
Filled with raw, imagistic, sometimes smutty vignettes set to entrancing, slowburn Pop songs, Greg captures every emotion a romantic arc inspires. "X’s" centralizes on just one relationship that spanned four years. Includes Lyric & Photo Book.
A rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion. "Halo on the Inside" finds CdY renewed, recombinant, and thrillingly alien, veering towards synth-heavy Pop and Electronica.
A rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion. "Halo on the Inside" finds CdY renewed, recombinant, and thrillingly alien, veering towards synth-heavy Pop and Electronica.
Working as a good primer to the Cocteau Twins stellar catalogue, "Stars and Topsoil" brings together tracks released during the group's time on 4AD between 1982 and 1990, covering everything from debut "Garlands" through to "Heaven or Las Vegas".
Their fourth album, released in spring 1986. This largely acoustic, non-percussive album was made with Elizabeth and Robin, while Simon was working on This Mortal Coil's second album. 24bit HD remaster, from the original tapes.
Working as a good primer to the Cocteau Twins stellar catalogue, "Stars and Topsoil" brings together tracks released during the group's time on 4AD between 1982 and 1990, covering everything from debut "Garlands" through to "Heaven or Las Vegas".
Delivered after a slightly longer period between records than fans had been used to, this was their first self-produced album, introducing a new Pop sensibility while showing the band’s continued maturity. Remastered from HD audio, on 180 gr vinyl.
“a core of ungodly gorgeous songs that is every bit as moving and relevant today as it ever was” Their most commercially successful release, reaching number seven in the UK album charts, and often declared one of the best albums of the 90s.
"The Pink Opaque" was originally released in 1986 by 4AD as a special retrospective to coincide with the band’s first US-based label and distribution contract with Relativity. This pressing has been remastered from HD audio and comes in 180g vinyl.
Released in late-1983, "Head Over Heels" is the Cocteau Twins’ second album. By moving on from the starkness of their debut, they were now making the music that would help them define the decade ahead.
The band's debut album. Far darker than some their later offerings, being influenced by Siouxsie and the Banshees, early Cure and The Birthday Party. 24bit HD remaster, from the original tapes.
Their fourth album, released in spring 1986. This largely acoustic, non-percussive album was made with Elizabeth and Robin, while Simon was working on This Mortal Coil's second album. 24bit HD remaster, from the original tapes.
These two EPs were originally released two weeks apart back in November 1985. Seen as companion pieces, they both acted as a precursor to their fourth studio album, "Victorialand", and are now brought together on one piece of vinyl, 30 years later!
A singular record for Cocteau Twins – unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention.
A singular record for Cocteau Twins – unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention.
An splendid re-issue for one of CAA's finest releases, which finds the band merging Neo-Classical elements with bits reminiscent of Siouxsie and the Banshees on acid. For the first time on vinyl, lim. 400x.
CDAA's brand new album redefines and reinvents the already presumed dead genre of Dark Wave. Elegiac yet powerful Dark Wave, enmeshed in neoclassical drama and electronic finesse, reinforcing their place as peers of Dead Can Dance or Cocteau Twins.
CDAA explore, with strength and elegance, musical territories that bring them closer to Electro, as the band reinvents itself without denying its beautiful influences grounded in Darkwave, Electro-Industrial, Dark Pop, Neo-Classical or Heavenly Voices.
CDAA explore, with strength and elegance, musical territories that bring them closer to Electro, as the band reinvents itself without denying its beautiful influences grounded in Darkwave, Electro-Industrial, Dark Pop, Neo-Classical or Heavenly Voices.
The debut by this new project fronted by guitarist-composer Riccardo Prencipe, already the mind behind Lupercalia. A folk-ethereal-ethnic album which forms a resonant journey that takes us from little rainy harbours to distant valleys.
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