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Fred Frith Cornelius Claudio Kreusch Johannes Tonio KreuschPink / Neon
For Fred Frith, the guitar is merely a starting point. It is a user interface onto which he superimposes various concepts that expand the instrument’s sound to include effects, noises, decompositions and reconstructions. Together with Cornelius Claudio Kreusch and Johannes Tonio Kreusch, he created pieces that crashed against one another like waves and flowed into one another. Some had a meditative depth, developing through drone motifs and ostinatos. Others condensed into textures, into sonic bodies ...more

New releases July 2026

DGM50332 CD
Rock  Progressive16.18 EUROKing Crimson2014 NYCNew King Crimson LIVE compilation series from the band’s 2014 to 2021 line-up, starting with ‘2014 NYC’. Taken from live multi-track recordings from the band’s electric four-night run in September 2014 (18th – 21st Sept)New sleevenotes from King Crimson biographer Sid SmithRobert Fripp: Guitar, KeyboardsJakko Jakszyk: Guitar, VocalsMel Collins: Sax, Flute Tony Levin: Bass, Chapman Stick, Backing Vocals ... more
KCLPX20142 LP
Rock  Progressive33.28 EUROKing Crimson2014 NYC (200 Gramm Vinyl)New King Crimson LIVE compilation series from the band’s 2014 to 2021 line-up, starting with ‘2014 NYC’. Taken from live multi-track recordings from the band’s electric four-night run in September 2014 (18th – 21st Sept) 2LP set cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering and pressed on 200-gram audiophile vinyl Gatefold sleeve with new sleevenotes from King Crimson biographer Sid SmithRobert Fripp: Guitar, ... more
DC0322 CD
Jazz  Allgemein24.99 EUROMarkus StockhausenBetween Earth and SkyIt’s very rare for this to happen. But when it does, something magical happens, something that goes beyond the beauty of the composition, the purity of the performance, or the virtuosity.My late friend Keith Tippett called this magic Mujician. It had happened with him several times. With few others. This quintet plays intuitive, spontaneous music, and the communion of spirit, of intent, the spirituality ... more
CRACK0092CD
World Music  Österreich  Wiener Lied17.98 EURODie Strotternwia i tua
CRACKLP0092LP
World Music  Österreich  Wiener Lied25.99 EURODie Strotternwia i tua (LP)
SFW40269CD
Jazz  World Jazz17.98 EUROJoy Harjoinsomnia & seven steps to graceJoy Harjo, the musician, activist, and former National Poet Laureate, presents her new album, Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace via Smithsonian Folkways. Produced by Grammy-winning composer, bassist, and vocalist esperanza spalding, it is Harjo’s debut release for the label.On the album, Harjo treads the fertile ground at the intersection of jazz and poetry, leaning into the improvisational aspects ... more
FY8299CD
World Music  Italien15.98 EUROStefano Valla Daniele ScuratiInstabasuaIn the Apennine area called the "Four Provinces" there is a centuries-old tradition of dances, songs and ritual celebrations animated by the pair of piffero (popular oboe) and accordion. Stefano VALLA and Daniele SCURATI are the direct successors of this ancient repertoire, interpreting it in a masterful way and renewing it through contemporary stimuli. This new album, the latest in a long recording ... more
LBW015 CD
World Music  Italien17.98 EUROPino RuffoPegno d'ammore“Pegno d’Ammore” is an act of love for the traditional music of Southern Italy and, above all, forNaples: its stone, its voice, its wounds, and its inexhaustible vitality.An album born from the streets and destined to return to them, like a song bouncing off tuff walls,slipping into alleyways, and blending with the rhythm of everyday life. Naples not only as a city,but as a voice that never stops singing.Pino ... more
LBW016CD
World Music  Italien17.98 EUROBrigan & Torgeir VassvikVoci di mare e di ventoThe new album by Brigan, “Voices of Sea and Wind”, to be released on April 1, 2026 by LiburiaRecords, was born from a crossing—one that is not only geographical, but also sensory and human.The project emerged from the meeting between the Italian ensemble and Sámi musician TorgeirVassvik, developed during an artistic residency in the far north of Norway.From January 22 to February 3, 2025, the musicians ... more
TPR202601CD
Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROMatti KlessascheckAirportsLiminal spaces are spaces of transition, states of being in-between. Airports are such places: nothere anymore, not quite there yet, defined by functional, unobtrusive design, yet filled withmeaning by personal memory and associations. They hold moments of departure, of becomingand belonging, perhaps also a reorientation of ‘home’ and the feeling of returning.With Airports, saxophonist and composer ... more
EB684CD
Pop  Deutschland17.98 EUROMathias KellnerSchnappschuss!
FA30742 CD
Jazz  Allgemein23.98 EUROEric DolphyThe Quintessence Los Angeles - New York – Copenhague 1949-1961Raised in the ranks of Californian bop, the gifted multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy brought a fresh breath into the most diverse contexts. A tireless “bridge-builder” toward a different realm of jazz—freer, and one he helped magnificently to open up—he stands as a profoundly sincere, principled, and generous artist. Here, he reveals the many facets of his art: the raw emotion of beauty laid bare. ... more
FA59312 CD
Rock  Rock n Roll23.98 EURORicky NelsonThe Indispensable 1957-1962Ricky Nelson established himself as one of the major figures of American popular music in the late 1950s, a symbol of a new youth driven by the rise of rock ’n’ roll. Produced by Olivier Julien, this anthology brings together his foundational hits recorded between 1957 and 1962 for Imperial Records. From “Lonesome Town” to “Poor Little Fool,” including “Be- Bop Baby” and “Travelin’ Man,” a style of ... more
FA5924CD
Jazz  Bebop15.98 EUROCharlie Parker & Bud Powell & Dizzy Gillespie & Charles Mingus & Max RoachJazz At Massey Hall Toronto, 15-05-1953 - L’Enregistrement HistoriqueOn May 15, 1953, at Toronto’s Massey Hall, five leading figures of bebop came together for a single appearance: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. This legendary concert captures bebop at its peak, balancing architectural rigor and blazing freedom. Driven by a powerful rhythm section, Parker and Gillespie display dazzling inventiveness. Released alongside Franck ... more
FA5920CD
Jazz  World Jazz15.98 EUROErnest RanglinThe Indispensable 1958-1962 Jazz, Calypso, SoundtrackErnest Ranglin is one of the legendary and greatest Jamaican Jazz guitar players. He first recorded with blues and calypso artists as well as for the James Bond Dr. No film soundtrack. This anthology gathers the cream of these dazzling early recordings, some of his best, and finally reissues his world class, ultra rare debut jazz album — the second ever album issued on the Island label and produced ... more
ZP-42CD
Rock  Progressive17.98 EURODiceOur Future Is A Storm
BMCCD361CD
Jazz  Allgemein16.98 EUROClément Janinet & Arve Henriksen & Robert Lucaciu & Ambre VuillermozGarden Of SilencesClément Janinet’s European quartet, Gardenof Silences, is releasing its debut album.The bandleader, alongside Arve Henriksen,Ambre Vuillermoz, and Robert Lucaciu,explores and creates points of intersectionbetween free improvisation, Baroque, popular,repetitive minimalist, and world music.Clément Janinet the best-known violinists of hisgeneration who, although deep into jazz, emergefrom it to retain ... more
BMCCD369CD
Jazz  Contemporary16.98 EUROHans Lüdemann & Burcu Karadağ & TransEuropeExpress EnsembleOn the Edges 4The On the Edges series is planned to visit five regions inside and outside the European Union. The members of the TransEuropeExpress Ensemble and invited guest artists draw creative energy from the interplay and fusion of their musical languages to paint a colorful, richly layered picture of European jazz, while making palpable the clash of musical elements and cultures. The fourth episode of the ... more
EAR001CD
Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROArne HuberStill
NR137CD
Rock  Punk17.98 EURODeafkidsCicatrizes Do FuturoBrazilian duo DEAFKIDS returns with a vital and combustive new album, CICATRIZES DO FUTURO (SCARS OF THE FUTURE).This nine-track sonic assault forges a path beyond the conventions and boundaries of static musical genres. Here, electronic fury and feverish organic percussion collide with a relentless Latin American punk spirit.Conceptually, the album is a visceral diagnosis of a world intoxicated by ... more
NR137LPLP
Rock  Punk37.98 EURODeafkidsCicatrizes Do Futuro (LP)Brazilian duo DEAFKIDS returns with a vital and combustive new album, CICATRIZES DO FUTURO (SCARS OF THE FUTURE).This nine-track sonic assault forges a path beyond the conventions and boundaries of static musical genres. Here, electronic fury and feverish organic percussion collide with a relentless Latin American punk spirit.Conceptually, the album is a visceral diagnosis of a world intoxicated by ... more
HOOP012LP
Rock  Gothic30.99 EUROHoly Sun Opera HouseThe Holy Sun Opera House (LP)Holy Sun Opera House at its core is soprano and drummer Krissy Barker with composer dl Salo. Along with a revolving cast of collaborators, singers and performers, they create emotionally engaging and haunting symphonic music embellished by electronics, heavy drums and synthesizers. The group has been described as “Opera Cult” and as one who would play at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks. They draw influence ... more
UTR171LPYLP
Pop  Folk Pop26.99 EUROQuinieForefowk, Mind Me (LP)The record is largely sung in Scots language, one of Scotland’s three official languages along with Gaelic and English. “Scots gives me a way of expressing myself which is connected directly with the landscapes I love. It brings the songs alive and it is a fascinating language. The name of the record is in Scots - Forefowk means the people who came before, or ancestors. When we say ‘mind me,’ we can ... more

News

  • 6/23/2026Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard concerts in GermanyOver the past decade, the Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band has established itself as a renowned interpreter and innovator of the Danish musical tradition. As tireless ambassadors of Danish folk music, they breathe new life into the country’s cultural heritage at the highest artistic level. Their own songs and compositions are featured alongside original interpretations of old songs and melodies from Denmark’s rich, yet often little-known, musical treasure trove. This summer, the band will perform three concerts in Germany:

    25.07.26 Europäischer Kultursommer Fellbach 08.08.26 Reithalle Wotersen 09.08.26 Christkirche Rendsburg     ...more
  • 5/29/2026Cheikh Ibra Fam y Raül Refree & Maria Mazzotta en las World Music Charts EuropeEn el mes de mayo vuelven a aparecer dos nuevos lanzamientos de Galileo Music en las World Music Charts Europe. El álbum «San Paolo di Galatina», de Raül Refree y Maria Mazzotta, que entró en el número 2 en marzo, sigue manteniéndose en el número 10 en mayo. En el número 4 se estrena el álbum de Adouna, de Cheikh Ibra Fam, del sello Cumbancha, que desde abril de 2026 distribuye Galileo Music. ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Afrika  Senegal
    Cheikh Ibra FamAdouna CMB-CD-177 CD
    World Music  Italien
    Raül Refree Maria MazzottaSan Paolo di Galatina GMC120 CD
  • 4/1/2026The World Music Charts with Raül Refree und Maria MazzottaWith their joint album, Raül Refree and Maria Mazzotta are featured in April’s Transglobal World Music Chart (6) and the World Music Charts Europe (2). “San Paolo di Galatina” draws on classical instruments from our history and combines them with liturgical influences from vocals, choir, organ and guitar to create a popular yet contemporary reinterpretation. It captivates with its beauty and the depth of its sound, which at times plays with emptiness and silence and at others seeks out avant-garde sounds. It is a work that says a great deal through small gestures and tells a narrative arc that leads us from religion, through work and grief, to the realisation that singing is a necessity for our liberation and our personal and social development. ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Italien
    Raül Refree Maria MazzottaSan Paolo di Galatina GMC120 CD
    World Music  Italien
    Raül Refree Maria MazzottaSan Paolo di Galatina (LP) GMCLP120 LP
  • 4/1/2026Georg Ringsgwandl Tour in April 2026With his new album “Schawumm!”, the Bavarian singer-songwriter has once again made a musical splash, generating huge excitement and selling out concerts across southern Germany and Austria. His promotional tour continues in April with concerts on 22 April at the Tollhaus in Karlsruhe, 23 April at the Frankfurter Hof in Mainz, 24 April at the Gloria Theatre in Cologne and 26 April at the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart. On 13 April, Georg Ringsgwandl will be featured on the SWR1 programme “Leute”. ...moreLatest release
    Pop  Deutschland
    Georg RingsgwandlSchawumm! GMC119 CD
  • 3/31/2026Souad Massi tops the Transglobal World Music Charts with her album “Zagate”Somewhere between folk, rock and poetry, Souad Massi is back with Zagate, a dazzling album in which the softness of her vocals stands in stark contrast with the weight of today’s world. The emotional force and lyrical clarity present throughout this eleven-track album makes it the most liberated and outspoken work in the French-Algerian artist’s career. Helmed by English guitarist and producer Justin Adams - already present on the album Sequana (2022) - the eleven tracks on Zagate, recorded predominantly in England, explore a range of emotions of a rare intensity: pain, anger and revolt, but also hope and courage. From the electric rock of Ana Inssan to the bewitching Afrobeat of Samt, or from the Saharan folk of D’ici, De là-bas to the Parisian blues of Chibani, each track reveals new vocal nuances. ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Afrika  Algerien
    Souad MassiZagate BTCD002 CD
    World Music  Afrika  Algerien
    Souad MassiZagate (LP) BTLP002 LP

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