Waclaw Zimpel
Quite simply, Wacław Zimpel is one of the most original and unique talents to have emerged from Poland this side of the Millennium. A multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer of rare distinction, music has flowed through and from him since an early age. Inspired as much by jazz as he is by electronics, minimalism and roots […]
Skiftande Enheter
Skiftande Enheter started out as a punk band in 2017, not the noisiest kind but still noisy enough to scare away the most sensitive ears. The sound was firmly rooted in the UKDIY sound of the late seventies. Since then they have through a series of singles and EP’s developed into something else, more like […]
Peaking Lights
Aaron Coyes is a DJ, musician and producer who has been playing with esoteric sounds since the mid 90’s. For the last 10 years he has been one half of the experimental electronic duo Peaking Lights, who have toured extensively and released 5 albums to date – most recently an EP in 2018 on Dekmantel with an LP to follow […]
E/tape
Mystery and ambiguity have long been established strategies through which artists can ensure focus remain on their music; for e/tape, who’s originally from Slovenia but spent his last decade between the Balearic Islands and the rest of the planet, it is just his level of commitment to sound. e/tape is a project built on the […]
John Chantler
John Chantler is a musician and organiser living in Stockholm, Sweden. He mostly works with synthesizers and electronics to create unpredictable, highly dynamic music where passages of spare, alien beauty bridge distorted washes of massed harmonics. His latest solo recording ‘Tomorrow is too late’ will be released in October 2019 by ROOM40 and was originally commissioned by INA […]
Schlammpeitziger
Ever since his very first cassette releases on the Cologne label Entenpfuhl in 1993 Jo Zimmermann aka Schlammpeitziger has granted an international audience a glimpse into his own private cosmos. The musician, illustrator and inventor of song titles that don’t want to end, has a course yet sophisticated humor and has shaped his very own […]
A Trio
“A” Trio is probably the oldest Lebanese improv group. Formed in 2002 for a concert during “Irtijal’02”, they went on to record the first free jazz CD to be produced in the arab world (“A”, La Cédéthèque, 2003). Their music later moved away from its jazz roots towards a more textural approach, relying strongly on […]