Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER019
Release-Date:02.10.2026
Genre:Soundtracks
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER019
Release-Date:02.10.2026
Genre:Soundtracks
Configuration:LP
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Midori Hirano - The Juniper Tree
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Midori Hirano - Far Above
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Midori Hirano - Spell On You
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Midori Hirano - Temptation
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Midori Hirano - What Connects The Two
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Midori Hirano - The Dead Count
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Midori Hirano - You Can See What We Can't See
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Midori Hirano - Take Me With You
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Midori Hirano - Mother's Path
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Midori Hirano - In A Glass Box
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Midori Hirano - Midnight
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Midori Hirano - Silencing
13
Midori Hirano - Bird Sleeping In Water
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Midori Hirano - A Piece Of Him
15
Midori Hirano - Good Bye
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Midori Hirano - Forever In The Sky
In The Juniper Tree, an interrelationship between the ethereal and terrestrial seems to cloak the ever-present Icelandic landscape. The film, written and directed by Nietzchka Keene in 1986 and released in 1990, is disbelieving of binaries such as life and death, natural and supernatural, stillness and unrest. It is perhaps best known as the genesis point for Björk’s career as an actor, but in its compelling feminist retelling of the Brothers Grimm story of the same name it recasts tropes of witches and wicked stepmothers as women in tune with nature’s gifts and fighting for survival under the suspicious gaze of patriarchy. Throughout, the land dwarfs the characters, and a sense of studied quietude saturates even the tensest moments. Tenderness and terror intertwine as a web of familial bonds contract and unravel, the dead reappearing as visions and as birds.
In 2025, Japanese composer Midori Hirano was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed Videodroom series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for The Juniper Tree is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music’s gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.
Tracklist
A1. The Juniper Tree
A2. Far Above
A3. Spell On You
A4. Temptation
A5. What Connects The Two
A6. The Dead Count
A7. You Can See What We Can't See
A8. Take Me With You
B1. Mother's Path
B2. In A Glass Box
B3. Midnight
B4. Silencing
B5. Bird Sleeping In Water
B6. A Piece Of Him
B7. Good Bye
B8. Forever In The Sky
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Germany
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In 2025, Japanese composer Midori Hirano was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed Videodroom series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for The Juniper Tree is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music’s gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.
Tracklist
A1. The Juniper Tree
A2. Far Above
A3. Spell On You
A4. Temptation
A5. What Connects The Two
A6. The Dead Count
A7. You Can See What We Can't See
A8. Take Me With You
B1. Mother's Path
B2. In A Glass Box
B3. Midnight
B4. Silencing
B5. Bird Sleeping In Water
B6. A Piece Of Him
B7. Good Bye
B8. Forever In The Sky
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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More records from Midori Hirano
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER19C
Release-Date:02.10.2026
Genre:Soundtracks
Configuration:CD
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER19C
Release-Date:02.10.2026
Genre:Soundtracks
Configuration:CD
1
Midori Hirano - The Juniper Tree
2
Midori Hirano - Far Above
3
Midori Hirano - Spell On You
4
Midori Hirano - Temptation
5
Midori Hirano - What Connects The Two
6
Midori Hirano - The Dead Count
7
Midori Hirano - You Can See What We Can't See
8
Midori Hirano - Take Me With You
9
Midori Hirano - Mother's Path
10
Midori Hirano - In A Glass Box
11
Midori Hirano - Midnight
12
Midori Hirano - Silencing
13
Midori Hirano - Bird Sleeping In Water
14
Midori Hirano - A Piece Of Him
15
Midori Hirano - Good Bye
16
Midori Hirano - Forever In The Sky
In The Juniper Tree, an interrelationship between the ethereal and terrestrial seems to cloak the ever-present Icelandic landscape. The film, written and directed by Nietzchka Keene in 1986 and released in 1990, is disbelieving of binaries such as life and death, natural and supernatural, stillness and unrest. It is perhaps best known as the genesis point for Björk’s career as an actor, but in its compelling feminist retelling of the Brothers Grimm story of the same name it recasts tropes of witches and wicked stepmothers as women in tune with nature’s gifts and fighting for survival under the suspicious gaze of patriarchy. Throughout, the land dwarfs the characters, and a sense of studied quietude saturates even the tensest moments. Tenderness and terror intertwine as a web of familial bonds contract and unravel, the dead reappearing as visions and as birds.
In 2025, Japanese composer Midori Hirano was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed Videodroom series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for The Juniper Tree is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music’s gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.
Tracklist
1. The Juniper Tree
2. Far Above
3. Spell On You
4. Temptation
5. What Connects The Two
6. The Dead Count
7. You Can See What We Can't See
8. Take Me With You
9. Mother's Path
10. In A Glass Box
11. Midnight
12. Silencing
13. Bird Sleeping In Water
14. A Piece Of Him
15. Good Bye
16. Forever In The Sky
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
In 2025, Japanese composer Midori Hirano was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed Videodroom series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for The Juniper Tree is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music’s gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.
Tracklist
1. The Juniper Tree
2. Far Above
3. Spell On You
4. Temptation
5. What Connects The Two
6. The Dead Count
7. You Can See What We Can't See
8. Take Me With You
9. Mother's Path
10. In A Glass Box
11. Midnight
12. Silencing
13. Bird Sleeping In Water
14. A Piece Of Him
15. Good Bye
16. Forever In The Sky
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
More records from Viernulvier Records
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER19C
Release-Date:02.10.2026
Genre:Soundtracks
Configuration:CD
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER19C
Release-Date:02.10.2026
Genre:Soundtracks
Configuration:CD
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Midori Hirano - The Juniper Tree
2
Midori Hirano - Far Above
3
Midori Hirano - Spell On You
4
Midori Hirano - Temptation
5
Midori Hirano - What Connects The Two
6
Midori Hirano - The Dead Count
7
Midori Hirano - You Can See What We Can't See
8
Midori Hirano - Take Me With You
9
Midori Hirano - Mother's Path
10
Midori Hirano - In A Glass Box
11
Midori Hirano - Midnight
12
Midori Hirano - Silencing
13
Midori Hirano - Bird Sleeping In Water
14
Midori Hirano - A Piece Of Him
15
Midori Hirano - Good Bye
16
Midori Hirano - Forever In The Sky
In The Juniper Tree, an interrelationship between the ethereal and terrestrial seems to cloak the ever-present Icelandic landscape. The film, written and directed by Nietzchka Keene in 1986 and released in 1990, is disbelieving of binaries such as life and death, natural and supernatural, stillness and unrest. It is perhaps best known as the genesis point for Björk’s career as an actor, but in its compelling feminist retelling of the Brothers Grimm story of the same name it recasts tropes of witches and wicked stepmothers as women in tune with nature’s gifts and fighting for survival under the suspicious gaze of patriarchy. Throughout, the land dwarfs the characters, and a sense of studied quietude saturates even the tensest moments. Tenderness and terror intertwine as a web of familial bonds contract and unravel, the dead reappearing as visions and as birds.
In 2025, Japanese composer Midori Hirano was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed Videodroom series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for The Juniper Tree is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music’s gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.
Tracklist
1. The Juniper Tree
2. Far Above
3. Spell On You
4. Temptation
5. What Connects The Two
6. The Dead Count
7. You Can See What We Can't See
8. Take Me With You
9. Mother's Path
10. In A Glass Box
11. Midnight
12. Silencing
13. Bird Sleeping In Water
14. A Piece Of Him
15. Good Bye
16. Forever In The Sky
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
In 2025, Japanese composer Midori Hirano was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed Videodroom series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for The Juniper Tree is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music’s gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.
Tracklist
1. The Juniper Tree
2. Far Above
3. Spell On You
4. Temptation
5. What Connects The Two
6. The Dead Count
7. You Can See What We Can't See
8. Take Me With You
9. Mother's Path
10. In A Glass Box
11. Midnight
12. Silencing
13. Bird Sleeping In Water
14. A Piece Of Him
15. Good Bye
16. Forever In The Sky
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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER017
Release-Date:26.06.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER017
Release-Date:26.06.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux I
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux II
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux III
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux IV
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux V
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux VI
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage I
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage II
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage III
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage IV
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage V
(black vinyl, booklet, 500 copies) Renowned French musician and artist Félicia Atkinson announces new album SANS VISAGE, a reimagined score for Georges Franju’s cult 1960 horror classic Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face), out June 26 via VIERNULVIER Records. The news arrives alongside lead preview “Les Yeux II” and follows her recently released collaborative album with Christina Vantzou, Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems, via RVNG Intl., as well as her acclaimed solo releases Promenades and Space as an Instrument on Shelter Press.
Tracklist
A1. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux I"
A2. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux II"
A3. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux III"
A4. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux IV"
A5. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux V"
A6. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux VI"
B1. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage I"
B2. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage II"
B3. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage III"
B4. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage IV"
B5. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage V"
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Germany
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Tracklist
A1. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux I"
A2. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux II"
A3. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux III"
A4. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux IV"
A5. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux V"
A6. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux VI"
B1. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage I"
B2. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage II"
B3. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage III"
B4. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage IV"
B5. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage V"
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Germany
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER17CD
Release-Date:26.06.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER17CD
Release-Date:26.06.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux I
2
Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux II
3
Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux III
4
Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux IV
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux V
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Félicia Atkinson - Les Yeux VI
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage I
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage II
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage III
10
Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage IV
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Félicia Atkinson - Sans Visage V
Renowned French musician and artist Félicia Atkinson announces new album SANS VISAGE, a reimagined score for Georges Franju’s cult 1960 horror classic Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face), out June 26 via VIERNULVIER Records. The news arrives alongside lead preview “Les Yeux II” and follows her recently released collaborative album with Christina Vantzou, Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems, via RVNG Intl., as well as her acclaimed solo releases Promenades and Space as an Instrument on Shelter Press.
Tracklist:
01. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux I"
02. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux II"
03. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux III"
04. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux IV"
05. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux V"
06. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux VI"
07. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage I"
08. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage II"
09. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage III"
10. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage IV"
11. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage V"
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Tracklist:
01. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux I"
02. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux II"
03. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux III"
04. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux IV"
05. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux V"
06. Félicia Atkinson - "Les Yeux VI"
07. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage I"
08. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage II"
09. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage III"
10. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage IV"
11. Félicia Atkinson - "Sans Visage V"
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Klinck Trio - Infinity Forever
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Klinck Trio - My Hair Is Everywhere
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Klinck Trio - Little Song
4
Klinck Trio - Lullaby
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Klinck Trio - Flirting Around
(CD, digipack, 300 copies) Blending elements of jazz, classical, and minimalism, the trio forges a unique language of their own, creating slowly unfolding soundscapes where melody and silence intertwine.
Belgian violinist and composer Elisabeth Klinck announces the debut album of her ensemble, Klinck Trio, on VIERNULVIER Records. My Hair is Everywhere will be released on November 7, 2025 on vinyl LP and through all digital platforms.
Rooted in improvisation and guided by openness, the Klinck Trio — Adia Vanheerentals (saxophone, voice), Maya Dhondt (piano, voice), and Elisabeth Klinck (violin, voice) —crafts music where sound and silence are equally vital.
Their debut album is an exploration of fragility, unfolding like a delicate conversation in which each note is chosen with intention and every pause carries presence.
Recorded in the summer of 2024 at Studio Ledeberg, My Hair Is Everywhere captures a moment in time: three musicians meeting in sound, each bringing their own timbre, language and natural state of being into dialogue. Klinck offers seeds of material —metaphors, sketches, sonic ideas — that the ensemble shapes into fully formed pieces. The result is an album that stands complete, yet carries within it the openness to unfold further in live performance, where new layers and resonances can emerge.
In the spirit of American composer and pianist Meredith Monk, the trio embraces lightness and vulnerability, crafting soundscapes that feel both childlike in their intimacy and expansive in their emotional reach. My Hair is Everywhere balances melancholy, tenderness, and harmonic interplay with silence, breath, and resonance—the subtle negative space where music continues beyond the notes themselves.
By recording in close proximity, every detail emerges: the strike of piano pedals, the clicking of saxophone keys, the intake of breath, and the faint displacement of air. Textures of dragging violin, whispered fragments, and soft humming become almost tangible, drawing the listener fully into this intimate, enveloping present
moment.
Above all, this compelling debut is an invitation to listen differently: to enter a transformative space where three distinct musical voices find each other in fragility.
The artwork, created by French artist Annabelle Guetatra, reflects the album’s sense of lightness through color and playful collage work.
Tracklist
1. Klinck Trio - Infinity Forever
2. Klinck Trio - My Hair Is Everywhere
3. Klinck Trio - Little Song
4. Klinck Trio - Lullaby
5. Klinck Trio - Flirting Around
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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Belgian violinist and composer Elisabeth Klinck announces the debut album of her ensemble, Klinck Trio, on VIERNULVIER Records. My Hair is Everywhere will be released on November 7, 2025 on vinyl LP and through all digital platforms.
Rooted in improvisation and guided by openness, the Klinck Trio — Adia Vanheerentals (saxophone, voice), Maya Dhondt (piano, voice), and Elisabeth Klinck (violin, voice) —crafts music where sound and silence are equally vital.
Their debut album is an exploration of fragility, unfolding like a delicate conversation in which each note is chosen with intention and every pause carries presence.
Recorded in the summer of 2024 at Studio Ledeberg, My Hair Is Everywhere captures a moment in time: three musicians meeting in sound, each bringing their own timbre, language and natural state of being into dialogue. Klinck offers seeds of material —metaphors, sketches, sonic ideas — that the ensemble shapes into fully formed pieces. The result is an album that stands complete, yet carries within it the openness to unfold further in live performance, where new layers and resonances can emerge.
In the spirit of American composer and pianist Meredith Monk, the trio embraces lightness and vulnerability, crafting soundscapes that feel both childlike in their intimacy and expansive in their emotional reach. My Hair is Everywhere balances melancholy, tenderness, and harmonic interplay with silence, breath, and resonance—the subtle negative space where music continues beyond the notes themselves.
By recording in close proximity, every detail emerges: the strike of piano pedals, the clicking of saxophone keys, the intake of breath, and the faint displacement of air. Textures of dragging violin, whispered fragments, and soft humming become almost tangible, drawing the listener fully into this intimate, enveloping present
moment.
Above all, this compelling debut is an invitation to listen differently: to enter a transformative space where three distinct musical voices find each other in fragility.
The artwork, created by French artist Annabelle Guetatra, reflects the album’s sense of lightness through color and playful collage work.
Tracklist
1. Klinck Trio - Infinity Forever
2. Klinck Trio - My Hair Is Everywhere
3. Klinck Trio - Little Song
4. Klinck Trio - Lullaby
5. Klinck Trio - Flirting Around
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER015
Release-Date:24.04.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER015
Release-Date:24.04.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP
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Razen - Stained Glass Starling
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Razen - Jalak Bali Egg
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Razen - Murmur Murmur
4
Razen - Starling Gut
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Razen - In The Reeds
(LP, black vinyl, booklet, 300 copies) Belgian formation Razen joins forces with Dutch composer and theatre musician Dick Van der Harst for a new collaborative album Stained Glass Starling.
Between modal mysticism and otherworldly folk trance, “Stained Glass Starling” draws the Razen universe into its deepest listening mode yet.
After their recent LP Mirages (Kraak Records, 2025) with French turntablist Guilhem’All, the group continues to explore collaborations with artists and instruments from diverse musical traditions. Building on decades of uncompromising acoustic exploration, Razen delves deeper into their practice with five improvisational pieces that unfold slowly in time and space. The duo’s radical core - Brecht Ameel and Kim Delcour - finds in Van der Harst a longtime kindred spirit, united by the impact of sound, intonation, and the sheer joy of playing.
Tracklist
A1. Razen - Stained Glass Starling
B1. Razen - Jalak Bali Egg
B2. Razen - Murmur Murmur
B3. Razen - Starling Gut
B4. Razen - In The Reeds
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Between modal mysticism and otherworldly folk trance, “Stained Glass Starling” draws the Razen universe into its deepest listening mode yet.
After their recent LP Mirages (Kraak Records, 2025) with French turntablist Guilhem’All, the group continues to explore collaborations with artists and instruments from diverse musical traditions. Building on decades of uncompromising acoustic exploration, Razen delves deeper into their practice with five improvisational pieces that unfold slowly in time and space. The duo’s radical core - Brecht Ameel and Kim Delcour - finds in Van der Harst a longtime kindred spirit, united by the impact of sound, intonation, and the sheer joy of playing.
Tracklist
A1. Razen - Stained Glass Starling
B1. Razen - Jalak Bali Egg
B2. Razen - Murmur Murmur
B3. Razen - Starling Gut
B4. Razen - In The Reeds
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER016
Release-Date:20.03.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER016
Release-Date:20.03.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP
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Youniss - Still Point
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Youniss - Gits Worse (feat. Petite Noir)
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Youniss - Notice
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Youniss - Glass Ceilings
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Youniss - Take That (feat. Pink Siifu)
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Youniss - Open To Interpretation (feat. Quelle Chris & Porcelain ID)
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Youniss - Birds (Real) (feat. Ashden & Amani)
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Youniss - Found Footage (feat. Dienne)
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Youniss - The Sun is Falling! (feat. Seigfried Komidashi)
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Youniss - Kill The Light
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Youniss - Roof Collapses
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Youniss - Why Don’t You?
(Featuring Quelle Chris and Porcelain id) Belgian artist Youniss announces the release of his ambitious new album, 'Good Effort!'.
Inspired by the concept of the city as a living, complex entity - a feeling Youniss describes as the difference between "living in a city [and] just being in that city" - Good Effort! is an open-ended narrative drawn from the artist's own experiences, including growing up on the outskirts of Antwerp.
Like a vibrant city itself, the album is a culmination of organic interactions, layered with diverse perspectives from a collective of artists. Good Effort! features a dynamic cast of collaborators, including international heavyweights like Pink Siifu, Petite Noir, and Quelle Chris, alongside celebrated names from the Belgian underground such as Dienne and Porcelain id.
While retaining his critical edge - especially on themes like gentrification, an acute problem in his home city - Youniss explores the full range of his voice across the album's tracks, resulting in a warmer, more texturally diverse sound.
Despite the cynicism forged by witnessing his environment change - like the flattening of the beloved venue Onder Stroom for a parking space - Youniss offers a crucial message of perseverance. The album's title, Good Effort!, is a defiant embrace of trying again.
Tracklist
A1. Still Point
A2. Gits Worse (feat. Petite Noir)
A3. Notice
A4. Glass Ceilings
A5. Take That (feat. Pink Siifu)
A6. Open To Interpretation (feat. Quelle Chris & Porcelain ID)
B1. Birds (Real) (feat. Ashden & Amani)
B2. Found Footage (feat. Dienne)
B3. The Sun is Falling! (feat. Seigfried Komidashi)
B4. Kill The Light
B5. Roof Collapses
B6. Why Don’t You?
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Inspired by the concept of the city as a living, complex entity - a feeling Youniss describes as the difference between "living in a city [and] just being in that city" - Good Effort! is an open-ended narrative drawn from the artist's own experiences, including growing up on the outskirts of Antwerp.
Like a vibrant city itself, the album is a culmination of organic interactions, layered with diverse perspectives from a collective of artists. Good Effort! features a dynamic cast of collaborators, including international heavyweights like Pink Siifu, Petite Noir, and Quelle Chris, alongside celebrated names from the Belgian underground such as Dienne and Porcelain id.
While retaining his critical edge - especially on themes like gentrification, an acute problem in his home city - Youniss explores the full range of his voice across the album's tracks, resulting in a warmer, more texturally diverse sound.
Despite the cynicism forged by witnessing his environment change - like the flattening of the beloved venue Onder Stroom for a parking space - Youniss offers a crucial message of perseverance. The album's title, Good Effort!, is a defiant embrace of trying again.
Tracklist
A1. Still Point
A2. Gits Worse (feat. Petite Noir)
A3. Notice
A4. Glass Ceilings
A5. Take That (feat. Pink Siifu)
A6. Open To Interpretation (feat. Quelle Chris & Porcelain ID)
B1. Birds (Real) (feat. Ashden & Amani)
B2. Found Footage (feat. Dienne)
B3. The Sun is Falling! (feat. Seigfried Komidashi)
B4. Kill The Light
B5. Roof Collapses
B6. Why Don’t You?
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER014
Release-Date:13.02.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER014
Release-Date:13.02.2026
Genre:Indie Rock/Alternative
Configuration:LP
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schntzl - Magicland
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schntzl - Fanta Merino
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schntzl - Tamagotchi Baby
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schntzl - Jardin Secret
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schntzl - Oasis
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schntzl - The Hill
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schntzl - Hard Fantasy
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schntzl - My Singing Heart
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schntzl - The Pearl
(LP, black vinyl, 300 copies) Belgian electronic duo schntzl, known for their fearless live improvisation and playful fusion of jazz, Dada, and ’90s trance kitsch, invite listeners to hear sound anew with their latest album.
On their new album Fata Morgana, an illusory trip of emotion and confrontation, Belgian duo schntzl conjure mirages of fleeting realities while diving headfirst into a trance-driven, confrontational digital sound.
Fata Morgana unfolds like a hyper-visual journey, constructing enveloping dreamworlds through trance-infused live electronica. Yet trance here is present not in form but in essence—an intensity, a state of being. It may stir the same emotions as club music, but schntzl express them in a language entirely their own. Kitsch loops, improvisation, and distortion bend their music into illusions that dissolve and reappear, creating sonic worlds that never settle into habitual patterns.
Tracklist
A1. Magicland
A2. Fanta Merino
A3. Tamagotchi Baby
A4. Jardin Secret
B1. Oasis
B2. The Hill
B3. Hard Fantasy
B4. My Singing Heart
B5. The Pearl
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On their new album Fata Morgana, an illusory trip of emotion and confrontation, Belgian duo schntzl conjure mirages of fleeting realities while diving headfirst into a trance-driven, confrontational digital sound.
Fata Morgana unfolds like a hyper-visual journey, constructing enveloping dreamworlds through trance-infused live electronica. Yet trance here is present not in form but in essence—an intensity, a state of being. It may stir the same emotions as club music, but schntzl express them in a language entirely their own. Kitsch loops, improvisation, and distortion bend their music into illusions that dissolve and reappear, creating sonic worlds that never settle into habitual patterns.
Tracklist
A1. Magicland
A2. Fanta Merino
A3. Tamagotchi Baby
A4. Jardin Secret
B1. Oasis
B2. The Hill
B3. Hard Fantasy
B4. My Singing Heart
B5. The Pearl
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER013
Release-Date:21.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER013
Release-Date:21.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
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Dudal & de Roover - e
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Dudal & de Roover - a
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Dudal & de Roover - ab
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Dudal & de Roover - b
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Dudal & de Roover - bc
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Dudal & de Roover - c
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Dudal & de Roover - cd
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Dudal & de Roover - d
(LP, black vinyl, 200 copies) The album captures two years (2021–2022) of tape-loop explorations, weaving together fragments from live performances in Ghent, Brussels, and Eupen’s Meakusma Festival into one slowly turning constellation.
Belgian musicians Pieter Dudal and Adriaan de Roover unveil pivot rotations, out November 21 on VIERNULVIER Records. is available for streaming now on all platforms.
At its heart, pivot rotations is about movement and return: constellations revolving like a mobile, blocks of sound circling on their axis, clocks whose hands fold back into themselves. Layers of tape loops glide past each other, creating a measured calm that invites meditative stillness while holding subtle tension — a quiet pull that draws thelistener forward.
Recorded live and later assembled as a continuous sound collage, the pieces carry the grain of their making: worn tapes with sunbleached grit, accidental bleed from earlier forgotten recordings, the soft roar of room air, and the crackling, creaking bodies of the machines themselves.
Working with tape machines older thenthemselves, including one with a slightly offspeed running motor, the duo embraced imperfection as material. Loops are mounted onstands, adjusted by hand, and allowed to drift, transforming the process into a meticulous, almost artisanal craft — a performative act where control meets surrender.
This physical, performative practice shapes the album’s pacing: changes arrive with patience, textures overlap, and patterns hover between calm and unrest. Found sounds, the warm, coppery voice of a euphonium, and hushed electronics flicker through a field of magnetic tape hiss, forming constellations that gradually rotate and dissolve.
With pivot rotations, dudal & de Roover present more than a document of performance — it is a patient study of time, texture, and chance. In the spirit of William Basinski, Cristina Vantzou, and the early works of Tim Hecker, the album opens a space where loops breathe, collide, and subtly reconfigure, revealing new contours with each turn.
The album artwork features a picture by visual artist Jelle Martens, inspired by patterns found in daily life, and resonates with the album’s tactile, evolving sonic textures.
Tracklist
A1. e
A2. a
A3. ab
A4. b
B1. bc
B2. c
B3. cd
B4. d
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Belgian musicians Pieter Dudal and Adriaan de Roover unveil pivot rotations, out November 21 on VIERNULVIER Records. is available for streaming now on all platforms.
At its heart, pivot rotations is about movement and return: constellations revolving like a mobile, blocks of sound circling on their axis, clocks whose hands fold back into themselves. Layers of tape loops glide past each other, creating a measured calm that invites meditative stillness while holding subtle tension — a quiet pull that draws thelistener forward.
Recorded live and later assembled as a continuous sound collage, the pieces carry the grain of their making: worn tapes with sunbleached grit, accidental bleed from earlier forgotten recordings, the soft roar of room air, and the crackling, creaking bodies of the machines themselves.
Working with tape machines older thenthemselves, including one with a slightly offspeed running motor, the duo embraced imperfection as material. Loops are mounted onstands, adjusted by hand, and allowed to drift, transforming the process into a meticulous, almost artisanal craft — a performative act where control meets surrender.
This physical, performative practice shapes the album’s pacing: changes arrive with patience, textures overlap, and patterns hover between calm and unrest. Found sounds, the warm, coppery voice of a euphonium, and hushed electronics flicker through a field of magnetic tape hiss, forming constellations that gradually rotate and dissolve.
With pivot rotations, dudal & de Roover present more than a document of performance — it is a patient study of time, texture, and chance. In the spirit of William Basinski, Cristina Vantzou, and the early works of Tim Hecker, the album opens a space where loops breathe, collide, and subtly reconfigure, revealing new contours with each turn.
The album artwork features a picture by visual artist Jelle Martens, inspired by patterns found in daily life, and resonates with the album’s tactile, evolving sonic textures.
Tracklist
A1. e
A2. a
A3. ab
A4. b
B1. bc
B2. c
B3. cd
B4. d
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Klinck Trio - Infinity Forever
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Klinck Trio - My Hair Is Everywhere
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Klinck Trio - Little Song
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Klinck Trio - Lullaby
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Klinck Trio - Flirting Around
(LP, black vinyl, 200 copies) Blending elements of jazz, classical, and minimalism, the trio forges a unique language of their own, creating slowly unfolding soundscapes where melody and silence intertwine
Belgian violinist and composer Elisabeth Klinck announces the debut album of her ensemble, Klinck Trio, on VIERNULVIER Records. My Hair is Everywhere will be released on November 7, 2025 on vinyl LP and through all digital platforms.
Rooted in improvisation and guided by openness, the Klinck Trio — Adia Vanheerentals (saxophone, voice), Maya Dhondt (piano, voice), and Elisabeth Klinck (violin, voice) —crafts music where sound and silence are equally vital.
Their debut album is an exploration of fragility, unfolding like a delicate conversation in which each note is chosen with intention and every pause carries presence.
Recorded in the summer of 2024 at Studio Ledeberg, My Hair Is Everywhere captures a moment in time: three musicians meeting in sound, each bringing their own timbre, language and natural state of being into dialogue. Klinck offers seeds of material —metaphors, sketches, sonic ideas — that the ensemble shapes into fully formed pieces. The result is an album that stands complete, yet carries within it the openness to unfold further in live performance, where new layers and resonances can emerge.
In the spirit of American composer and pianist Meredith Monk, the trio embraces lightness andvulnerability, crafting soundscapes that feel both childlike in their intimacy and expansive in their emotional reach. My Hair is Everywhere balances melancholy, tenderness, and harmonic interplay with silence, breath, and resonance—the subtle negative space where music continues beyond the notes themselves. By recording in close proximity, every detail emerges: the strike of piano pedals, the clicking of saxophone keys, the intake of breath, and the faint displacement of air. Textures of dragging violin, whispered fragments, and soft humming become almost tangible, drawing the listener fully into this intimate, enveloping present
moment.
Above all, this compelling debut is an invitation to listen differently: to enter a transformative space where three distinct musical voices find each other in fragility.
The artwork, created by French artist Annabelle Guetatra, reflects the album’s sense of lightness through color and playful collage work.
Tracklist
A1 Infinity Forever
A2 My Hair Is Everywhere
B1 Little Song
B2 Lullaby
B3 Flirting Around
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Belgian violinist and composer Elisabeth Klinck announces the debut album of her ensemble, Klinck Trio, on VIERNULVIER Records. My Hair is Everywhere will be released on November 7, 2025 on vinyl LP and through all digital platforms.
Rooted in improvisation and guided by openness, the Klinck Trio — Adia Vanheerentals (saxophone, voice), Maya Dhondt (piano, voice), and Elisabeth Klinck (violin, voice) —crafts music where sound and silence are equally vital.
Their debut album is an exploration of fragility, unfolding like a delicate conversation in which each note is chosen with intention and every pause carries presence.
Recorded in the summer of 2024 at Studio Ledeberg, My Hair Is Everywhere captures a moment in time: three musicians meeting in sound, each bringing their own timbre, language and natural state of being into dialogue. Klinck offers seeds of material —metaphors, sketches, sonic ideas — that the ensemble shapes into fully formed pieces. The result is an album that stands complete, yet carries within it the openness to unfold further in live performance, where new layers and resonances can emerge.
In the spirit of American composer and pianist Meredith Monk, the trio embraces lightness andvulnerability, crafting soundscapes that feel both childlike in their intimacy and expansive in their emotional reach. My Hair is Everywhere balances melancholy, tenderness, and harmonic interplay with silence, breath, and resonance—the subtle negative space where music continues beyond the notes themselves. By recording in close proximity, every detail emerges: the strike of piano pedals, the clicking of saxophone keys, the intake of breath, and the faint displacement of air. Textures of dragging violin, whispered fragments, and soft humming become almost tangible, drawing the listener fully into this intimate, enveloping present
moment.
Above all, this compelling debut is an invitation to listen differently: to enter a transformative space where three distinct musical voices find each other in fragility.
The artwork, created by French artist Annabelle Guetatra, reflects the album’s sense of lightness through color and playful collage work.
Tracklist
A1 Infinity Forever
A2 My Hair Is Everywhere
B1 Little Song
B2 Lullaby
B3 Flirting Around
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER011
Release-Date:12.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:VIERNULVIER011
Release-Date:12.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
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Oren Ambarchi & Fredrik Rasten - Part I
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Oren Ambarchi & Fredrik Rasten - Part II
Tracklist
A1. Part I
B1. Part II
(LP with obi strip, incl. booklet) A meditative, folk-inflected score rooted in improvisation, ‘Dragon’s return’ echoes the soul of A film long buried behind the Iron Curtain
With Dragon’s Return, Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi and Norwegian guitarist Fredrik Rasten present a new, meditative score to Eduard Grecner’s eponymous 1967 Slovak cult film — a stark, black-and-white parable.
The album captures a unique live performance recorded at the Videodroom Festival during Film Fest Ghent in October 2024, where this new score premiered alongside the film in collaboration with the Slovak Film Institute. What began as a fleeting, improvisational encounter between music and image has since taken on a life of its own — an evocative sound world that retains its power even in the absence of visuals.
The album will be available on vinyl and all digital platforms from September 12 via VIERNULVIER Records. The vinyl edition includes an obi strip, a booklet with film stills, and extensive liner notes on the film.
The label is known for shedding new light on forgotten films through reimagined soundtracks — claire rousay’s acclaimed The Bloody Lady being the most recent example.
“Folklore meets avant-garde in an ancient drama - a ballad about love, hate and finding a way out of loneliness” - Rastislav Steranka (Slovak Film Institute)
Ambarchi and Rasten do not accompany the images so much as speak through them. Their interplay — on guitars, flutes, percussion, and voice — unfolds slowly, without a fixed destination, culminating in subtle, entrancing drones. With few breaks or ruptures, this trippy, folk-inflected continuous composition invites surrender.
Rasten’s 12-string guitar and delicate use of voice create layered textures that shimmer and shift. Ambarchi, known for his electro-acoustic work, here explores a radically softer mode — strumming, bowing and coaxing tones from his instrument as though it were a string section unto itself. He blows into shells, adding breath and texture to the sonic palette, touching on something elemental.
Together, they evoke a sound world that feels both ritualistic and strangely familiar — as if echoing from a forgotten ceremony or dreamed into being after hearing an old folk tale. Rooted in improvisation, the music speaks in tones both intimate and expansive, shaped live in dialogue with the film and with each other, with only minimal overdubs added afterward.
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A1. Part I
B1. Part II
(LP with obi strip, incl. booklet) A meditative, folk-inflected score rooted in improvisation, ‘Dragon’s return’ echoes the soul of A film long buried behind the Iron Curtain
With Dragon’s Return, Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi and Norwegian guitarist Fredrik Rasten present a new, meditative score to Eduard Grecner’s eponymous 1967 Slovak cult film — a stark, black-and-white parable.
The album captures a unique live performance recorded at the Videodroom Festival during Film Fest Ghent in October 2024, where this new score premiered alongside the film in collaboration with the Slovak Film Institute. What began as a fleeting, improvisational encounter between music and image has since taken on a life of its own — an evocative sound world that retains its power even in the absence of visuals.
The album will be available on vinyl and all digital platforms from September 12 via VIERNULVIER Records. The vinyl edition includes an obi strip, a booklet with film stills, and extensive liner notes on the film.
The label is known for shedding new light on forgotten films through reimagined soundtracks — claire rousay’s acclaimed The Bloody Lady being the most recent example.
“Folklore meets avant-garde in an ancient drama - a ballad about love, hate and finding a way out of loneliness” - Rastislav Steranka (Slovak Film Institute)
Ambarchi and Rasten do not accompany the images so much as speak through them. Their interplay — on guitars, flutes, percussion, and voice — unfolds slowly, without a fixed destination, culminating in subtle, entrancing drones. With few breaks or ruptures, this trippy, folk-inflected continuous composition invites surrender.
Rasten’s 12-string guitar and delicate use of voice create layered textures that shimmer and shift. Ambarchi, known for his electro-acoustic work, here explores a radically softer mode — strumming, bowing and coaxing tones from his instrument as though it were a string section unto itself. He blows into shells, adding breath and texture to the sonic palette, touching on something elemental.
Together, they evoke a sound world that feels both ritualistic and strangely familiar — as if echoing from a forgotten ceremony or dreamed into being after hearing an old folk tale. Rooted in improvisation, the music speaks in tones both intimate and expansive, shaped live in dialogue with the film and with each other, with only minimal overdubs added afterward.
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier009
Release-Date:07.02.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier009
Release-Date:07.02.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
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Nele De Gussem - Wonder
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Nele De Gussem - Say Yes
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Nele De Gussem - Harvest
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Nele De Gussem - The Gardener
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Nele De Gussem - The Pool
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Nele De Gussem - The Loom
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Nele De Gussem - Chavanon
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Nele De Gussem - Empty Room
(1XLP, black vinyl, 200 copies incl. insert sleeve and booklet) Nele De Gussem announces debut album ‘The Loom Of Longing’ on Viernulvier Records
Tracklist
A1. Wonder
A2. Say Yes
A3. Harvest
A4. The Gardener
B1. The Pool
B2. The Loom
B3. Chavanon
B4. Empty Room
Release Info:
Balancing mystic pop, psychedelic ambiance, and pulsating electronica, her debut LP weaves a divine, harmonic universe
Ghent-based singer-songwriter and composer Nele De Gussem (Uma Chine) has today announced her debut solo album The Loom Of Longing, out February 7 2025 on Viernulvier Records.
De Gussem has delivered a sensational album of mystic pop, psychedelic ambiance and pulsating electronica. To shape her divine harmonic universe, she has a preoccupation with soundscaping that involves using her sensual voice and electronic/analog instruments as a sort of palette of rich textures where she’s the auteur, as opposed to the cog in a bigger machine as she’s been with her band, Uma Chine.
“This album celebrates having found desire as a compass in my life and as a medicine to quell fear, holding back and keeping silent.”
— NELE DE GUSSEM
The cracking first single from the album - ‘Wonder’ comes with an eye-popping music video by Belgian visual artist Victor Verhelst (STROOM). Verhelst crafts a unique collage of 90s computer game-inspired motion graphics, which has an otherworldly appeal and highly symbiotic relationship with the music. Rarely do the marriage of visual and musical arts come together so invitingly.
Of the single’s feel, Nele De Gussem says: “‘Wonder’ is about the paradoxical situation of being at a party and finding stillness within. Introspection amid exuberance; tranquillity amid joy. It’s like being swept away by a rush of light - feeling our head in the clouds - but feeling equal magic in the corporeal self.”
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Tracklist
A1. Wonder
A2. Say Yes
A3. Harvest
A4. The Gardener
B1. The Pool
B2. The Loom
B3. Chavanon
B4. Empty Room
Release Info:
Balancing mystic pop, psychedelic ambiance, and pulsating electronica, her debut LP weaves a divine, harmonic universe
Ghent-based singer-songwriter and composer Nele De Gussem (Uma Chine) has today announced her debut solo album The Loom Of Longing, out February 7 2025 on Viernulvier Records.
De Gussem has delivered a sensational album of mystic pop, psychedelic ambiance and pulsating electronica. To shape her divine harmonic universe, she has a preoccupation with soundscaping that involves using her sensual voice and electronic/analog instruments as a sort of palette of rich textures where she’s the auteur, as opposed to the cog in a bigger machine as she’s been with her band, Uma Chine.
“This album celebrates having found desire as a compass in my life and as a medicine to quell fear, holding back and keeping silent.”
— NELE DE GUSSEM
The cracking first single from the album - ‘Wonder’ comes with an eye-popping music video by Belgian visual artist Victor Verhelst (STROOM). Verhelst crafts a unique collage of 90s computer game-inspired motion graphics, which has an otherworldly appeal and highly symbiotic relationship with the music. Rarely do the marriage of visual and musical arts come together so invitingly.
Of the single’s feel, Nele De Gussem says: “‘Wonder’ is about the paradoxical situation of being at a party and finding stillness within. Introspection amid exuberance; tranquillity amid joy. It’s like being swept away by a rush of light - feeling our head in the clouds - but feeling equal magic in the corporeal self.”
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier008
Release-Date:08.11.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier008
Release-Date:08.11.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
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Claire Rousay - i
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Claire Rousay - ii
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Claire Rousay - iii
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Claire Rousay - iv
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Claire Rousay - v
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Claire Rousay - vi
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Claire Rousay - vii
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Claire Rousay - viii
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Claire Rousay - ix
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Claire Rousay - x
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Claire Rousay - xi
(LP, Vinyl with OBI-strip, 500 copies inc. booklet) Through emotive ambient textures, granular synths, and field recordings, rousay reimagines the Slovak animated fairy tale with a brand-new score. The Bloody Lady stands as a stunning masterpiece of Slovak animation.
Tracklist
A1. i
A2. ii
A3. iii
A4. iv
A5. v
B1. vi
B2. vii
B3. viii
B4. ix
B5. x
B6. xi
A release show is scheduled in De Minard (Ghent, Belgium) on November 13.
Electroacoustic composer claire rousay (US) has announced her upcoming album, ‘The Bloody Lady’, featuring the reimagined score she wrote for Viktor Kubal's 1980 eponymous animated film. Kubal (1923-1997), a pioneering Slovak animator, is considered one of the most influential animation filmmakers of the 20th century.
Known as a singular artist who challenges conventions in experimental and ambient music forms, rousay crafted the score in her home studio immediately after moving to LA over the course of 2023.
The inaugural performance, a screening of the film accompanied by rousay performing the score live, took place at Videodroom / Film Fest Gent 2023 in Ghent, Belgium. The project has since been developed into an 11-track album with alternating themes that evoke the film’s atmosphere while standing on its own as a distinct sonic work.
‘The Bloody Lady’ is set to be released on November 8 via VIERNULVIER Records, the label known for its audiovisual collaborations with artists like Miaux, Hieroglyphic Being, and Mattias De Craene.
The record comes with an extensive booklet including liner notes.
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Tracklist
A1. i
A2. ii
A3. iii
A4. iv
A5. v
B1. vi
B2. vii
B3. viii
B4. ix
B5. x
B6. xi
A release show is scheduled in De Minard (Ghent, Belgium) on November 13.
Electroacoustic composer claire rousay (US) has announced her upcoming album, ‘The Bloody Lady’, featuring the reimagined score she wrote for Viktor Kubal's 1980 eponymous animated film. Kubal (1923-1997), a pioneering Slovak animator, is considered one of the most influential animation filmmakers of the 20th century.
Known as a singular artist who challenges conventions in experimental and ambient music forms, rousay crafted the score in her home studio immediately after moving to LA over the course of 2023.
The inaugural performance, a screening of the film accompanied by rousay performing the score live, took place at Videodroom / Film Fest Gent 2023 in Ghent, Belgium. The project has since been developed into an 11-track album with alternating themes that evoke the film’s atmosphere while standing on its own as a distinct sonic work.
‘The Bloody Lady’ is set to be released on November 8 via VIERNULVIER Records, the label known for its audiovisual collaborations with artists like Miaux, Hieroglyphic Being, and Mattias De Craene.
The record comes with an extensive booklet including liner notes.
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier007
Release-Date:11.10.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
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Mattias De Craene - Transcension pt. I
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Mattias De Craene - Transcension pt. II
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Mattias De Craene - Transcension pt. III
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Mattias De Craene - Away
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Mattias De Craene - You and me
6
Mattias De Craene - Gazing upwards towards the sky
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Mattias De Craene - A Stranger that moved me
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Mattias De Craene - Shepherd s Glow
Tracklist
A1. Transcension pt. I
A2. Transcension pt. II
A3. Transcension pt. III
B1. Away
B2. You and me
B3. Gazing upwards towards the sky
B4. A Stranger that moved me
B5. Shepherd s Glow
Balancing ethereal ambient and hypnotic folk, Mattias De Craene's 'A House Where I Dream' was written as an alternative soundtrack to Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 cult classic 'The Holy Mountain'. The album will be presented live with the film on October 16 at Videodroom during Film Fest Gent.
Belgian saxophonist, composer, and producer Mattias De Craene (Nordmann, MDCIII) announces a new solo album, ‘A House Where I Dream,’ on VIERNULVIER Records. On his second album, he delivers a highly personal and healing journey, presented as an alternative soundtrack to the 1973 cult film ‘The Holy Mountain.’
The record will be released on October 11 on vinyl LP and through all digital platforms.
"The Holy Mountain" is a surreal Mexican film from 1973 directed, written, and produced by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also stars in the film. The film holds a prominent place in avant-garde cinema and explores themes such as spirituality, mysticism, and the quest for enlightenment. It is in this vein that ‘A House Where I Dream’ is crafted.
“My mind and soul - and thus my music - come home to this motion picture” - Mattias De Craene
The album will be presented live with the film on October 16 at Videodroom during Film Fest Gent.
ABOUT THE ALBUM
With hypnotic tape loops, grainy textures, and mesmerizing saxophone, Mattias De Craene creates possible worlds that herald a spiritual transformation. From the Scottish Highlands and desolate mountains to the deepest recesses of the soul, this music has the power to create cinematic landscapes that transcend time and space. The sound of these 8 tracks is closely related to the minimalist compositions of Terry Riley, but the work of contemporary artists like KMRU or William Basinski is also drawn from the same material.
Above all, this album is a deeply personal journey and unintentionally serves as a metaphor for De Craene's ascent of his own mountain. For the Videodroom festival by Arts Center VIERNULVIER, the saxophonist began working on a new soundtrack for the film ‘The Holy Mountain’ in 2023, but his body and mind abruptly called him to a halt, forcing him to take a professional break. However, this project never left him, leading to an honest and raw quest to find himself as both a person and an artist, with Jodorowsky as a companion de route and music as an anchor. It initiated a long process of dismantling, searching, healing and back again. The album not only provides a sanctuary for dreaming to all who listen, but for its creator it also serves as both an outcry of despair and a source of comfort during challenging times.
All the tracks on 'A House Where I Dream' share an unfiltered grain of life, as one can almost feel the damp breath of the saxophone blowing
The album opens with the three-part strong 'Transcention,' where the hypnotic interplay between soprano sax and lo-fi tape loops leads to higher realms of the mind and soul.
Alternating between deep frequencies and farout folk modalities, this mantra-like triptych acquires an alchemical character and ultimately transcends time and space.
In the ethereal 'Away,' one can peer into an abyss of resonance while a saturated tenor sax lends guidance in the spirit of Terry Riley's productions. 'You and Me' also bathes in a similar atmosphere, albeit in the vein of healing 90s ambient as granular sax tones converge with celestial chants. 'Gazing Upwards Towards The Sky,' offers different shades of blue as a slumbering tenor sax is juxtaposed to swift sax patterns. On 'A Stranger That Moved Me,' beauty lands in a soft and subtle manner, while the closing track 'Shepherd's Glow' drifts like a mountain wind flaring up at the darkest hour of the night.
The artwork is created by Gent-based artist Sam Timmerman, who portrays the world of 'A House Where I Dream' with playful repetition and mystique.
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A1. Transcension pt. I
A2. Transcension pt. II
A3. Transcension pt. III
B1. Away
B2. You and me
B3. Gazing upwards towards the sky
B4. A Stranger that moved me
B5. Shepherd s Glow
Balancing ethereal ambient and hypnotic folk, Mattias De Craene's 'A House Where I Dream' was written as an alternative soundtrack to Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 cult classic 'The Holy Mountain'. The album will be presented live with the film on October 16 at Videodroom during Film Fest Gent.
Belgian saxophonist, composer, and producer Mattias De Craene (Nordmann, MDCIII) announces a new solo album, ‘A House Where I Dream,’ on VIERNULVIER Records. On his second album, he delivers a highly personal and healing journey, presented as an alternative soundtrack to the 1973 cult film ‘The Holy Mountain.’
The record will be released on October 11 on vinyl LP and through all digital platforms.
"The Holy Mountain" is a surreal Mexican film from 1973 directed, written, and produced by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also stars in the film. The film holds a prominent place in avant-garde cinema and explores themes such as spirituality, mysticism, and the quest for enlightenment. It is in this vein that ‘A House Where I Dream’ is crafted.
“My mind and soul - and thus my music - come home to this motion picture” - Mattias De Craene
The album will be presented live with the film on October 16 at Videodroom during Film Fest Gent.
ABOUT THE ALBUM
With hypnotic tape loops, grainy textures, and mesmerizing saxophone, Mattias De Craene creates possible worlds that herald a spiritual transformation. From the Scottish Highlands and desolate mountains to the deepest recesses of the soul, this music has the power to create cinematic landscapes that transcend time and space. The sound of these 8 tracks is closely related to the minimalist compositions of Terry Riley, but the work of contemporary artists like KMRU or William Basinski is also drawn from the same material.
Above all, this album is a deeply personal journey and unintentionally serves as a metaphor for De Craene's ascent of his own mountain. For the Videodroom festival by Arts Center VIERNULVIER, the saxophonist began working on a new soundtrack for the film ‘The Holy Mountain’ in 2023, but his body and mind abruptly called him to a halt, forcing him to take a professional break. However, this project never left him, leading to an honest and raw quest to find himself as both a person and an artist, with Jodorowsky as a companion de route and music as an anchor. It initiated a long process of dismantling, searching, healing and back again. The album not only provides a sanctuary for dreaming to all who listen, but for its creator it also serves as both an outcry of despair and a source of comfort during challenging times.
All the tracks on 'A House Where I Dream' share an unfiltered grain of life, as one can almost feel the damp breath of the saxophone blowing
The album opens with the three-part strong 'Transcention,' where the hypnotic interplay between soprano sax and lo-fi tape loops leads to higher realms of the mind and soul.
Alternating between deep frequencies and farout folk modalities, this mantra-like triptych acquires an alchemical character and ultimately transcends time and space.
In the ethereal 'Away,' one can peer into an abyss of resonance while a saturated tenor sax lends guidance in the spirit of Terry Riley's productions. 'You and Me' also bathes in a similar atmosphere, albeit in the vein of healing 90s ambient as granular sax tones converge with celestial chants. 'Gazing Upwards Towards The Sky,' offers different shades of blue as a slumbering tenor sax is juxtaposed to swift sax patterns. On 'A Stranger That Moved Me,' beauty lands in a soft and subtle manner, while the closing track 'Shepherd's Glow' drifts like a mountain wind flaring up at the darkest hour of the night.
The artwork is created by Gent-based artist Sam Timmerman, who portrays the world of 'A House Where I Dream' with playful repetition and mystique.
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Cat-No:viernulvier005
Release-Date:17.05.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
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Miaux - Too much current, too much sand
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Miaux - Put your soul into it a little, ok?
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Miaux - Thank you but I’m never coming back
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Miaux - The old pavilion near the lake
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Miaux - What’s the matter with everyone, why don’t they answer me?
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Miaux - I have no desire for the close company of other people
Tracklist
A1. Too much current, too much sand
A2. Put your soul into it a little, ok?
A3. Thank you but I’m never coming back
B1. The old pavilion near the lake
B2. What’s the matter with everyone, why don’t they answer me?
B3. I have no desire for the close company of other people
“An impeccably tuned ear” - The Wire
“Armed with a synth and devastating song writing skills, her music is minimal, melancholic and timeless, somewhere between Roedelius, Ruth White and electronic realisations of Baroque music” - Roope Eronen
“The general gloom MIAUX spreads on her sandwiches is darker than Tatort and could replace any soundtrack of a Fassbinder movie” - Dennis Tyfus
MIAUX PRESENTS NEW LP ‘NEVER COMING BACK’ ON VIERNULVIER RECORDS
The Belgian Composer’s upcoming LP IS INSPIRED BY THE NEW FILM SCORE SHE wrote FOR 60S CULT FILM ‘CARNIVAL OF SOULS’
Antwerp-based composer and synth virtuoso Miaux presents her new album, 'Never Coming Back’ on VIERNULVIER Records. The record is rooted in the recent film score she composed for the surreal and haunted cult movie 'Carnival of Souls' (1962).
Directed by American filmmaker Herk Harvey, this enigmatic ghost film influenced contemporary directors like David Lynch, George A. Romero, and Lucrecia Martel.
Miaux meticulously crafted the score in her home studio, relying solely on her two hands and a single synthesizer during the spring and summer of 2022. The inaugural performance of this renewed score with film, unfolded at Videodroom / Film Fest Gent 2022 in Ghent, Belgium. The compositions were subsequently unraveled, rewritten into full-fledged songs, and assembled into a new record entitled 'Never Coming Back’, bearing Miaux’s unmistakable signature.
The album is scheduled for release on May 3 and will be available on vinyl LP and all digital platforms.
Miaux will perform the album live at Roadburn Festival (NL), offering a pure interpretation of the new songs. Additionally, there are shows planned a STUK (Leuven) and Palmarium (Ghent), where she will perform the film score alongside the film.
Live
19-04-2024 Roadburn festival Tilburg Netherlands
24-04-2024 Stuk Leuven Belgium 'Carnival Of Souls' Live score
08-05-2024 Cafe Foyer Antwerp Belgium
13-06-2024 Palmarium Gent Belgium
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A1. Too much current, too much sand
A2. Put your soul into it a little, ok?
A3. Thank you but I’m never coming back
B1. The old pavilion near the lake
B2. What’s the matter with everyone, why don’t they answer me?
B3. I have no desire for the close company of other people
“An impeccably tuned ear” - The Wire
“Armed with a synth and devastating song writing skills, her music is minimal, melancholic and timeless, somewhere between Roedelius, Ruth White and electronic realisations of Baroque music” - Roope Eronen
“The general gloom MIAUX spreads on her sandwiches is darker than Tatort and could replace any soundtrack of a Fassbinder movie” - Dennis Tyfus
MIAUX PRESENTS NEW LP ‘NEVER COMING BACK’ ON VIERNULVIER RECORDS
The Belgian Composer’s upcoming LP IS INSPIRED BY THE NEW FILM SCORE SHE wrote FOR 60S CULT FILM ‘CARNIVAL OF SOULS’
Antwerp-based composer and synth virtuoso Miaux presents her new album, 'Never Coming Back’ on VIERNULVIER Records. The record is rooted in the recent film score she composed for the surreal and haunted cult movie 'Carnival of Souls' (1962).
Directed by American filmmaker Herk Harvey, this enigmatic ghost film influenced contemporary directors like David Lynch, George A. Romero, and Lucrecia Martel.
Miaux meticulously crafted the score in her home studio, relying solely on her two hands and a single synthesizer during the spring and summer of 2022. The inaugural performance of this renewed score with film, unfolded at Videodroom / Film Fest Gent 2022 in Ghent, Belgium. The compositions were subsequently unraveled, rewritten into full-fledged songs, and assembled into a new record entitled 'Never Coming Back’, bearing Miaux’s unmistakable signature.
The album is scheduled for release on May 3 and will be available on vinyl LP and all digital platforms.
Miaux will perform the album live at Roadburn Festival (NL), offering a pure interpretation of the new songs. Additionally, there are shows planned a STUK (Leuven) and Palmarium (Ghent), where she will perform the film score alongside the film.
Live
19-04-2024 Roadburn festival Tilburg Netherlands
24-04-2024 Stuk Leuven Belgium 'Carnival Of Souls' Live score
08-05-2024 Cafe Foyer Antwerp Belgium
13-06-2024 Palmarium Gent Belgium
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier003
Release-Date:16.02.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier003
Release-Date:16.02.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
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Hieroglyphic Being - Quadric Surfaces 7:18
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Hieroglyphic Being - Triquetra 4:11
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Hieroglyphic Being - Ogee 7:21
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Hieroglyphic Being - Cellies 5:04
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Hieroglyphic Being - Brachistochrone 4:35
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Hieroglyphic Being - Conchospiral 7:52
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Hieroglyphic Being - Butterfly Curve 6:07
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Hieroglyphic Being - Diacaustic 8:13
Genre: Electronic, Left-field
TRACKLIST:
A1. Quadric Surfaces 7:18
A2. Triquetra 4:11
B1. Ogee 7:21
B2. Cellies 5:04
C1. Brachistochrone 4:35
C2. Conchospiral 7:52
D1. Butterfly Curve 6:07
D2. Diacaustic 8:13
• New album by Hieroglyphic Being features score for abstract animation film.
• Through off-world frequencies and raw primal sounds, ‘Quadric Surfaces’ presents a collection of exploratory left-field dance music.
• 2LP, pressed on black vinyl, printed inners.
• Artwork by Gabriela González.
VIERNULVIER RECORDS presents its new LP release ‘Quadric Surfaces’ by iconic electronic producer Hieroglyphic Being aka Jamal R Moss. It collects the soundtracks Moss wrote for ‘Parellel Spheres’ & ‘Figures in Mynd’, two parts of an abstract animation film by visual artist Gabriela González Rondon. The film premiered in October 2023 during Videodroom / Film Festival Ghent.
In her surreal and trippy gem of analog filmmaking Gonzales draws up whole universes of movement and color that seem to share a spiritual space with likeminded sci-fi writers such as Ursula K Le Guin or filmmaker John Whitney. The soundtrack for this dreamy experiment was provided by kindred soul and psychonaut Hieroglyphic Being.
For over 20 years Moss has been an one-off musical explorer that takes inspiration from House, Industrial, Kraut, Avant-Jazz and Noise to make his spectacularly unique take on radical & psychedelic (dance) music.
VIERNULVIER RECORDS is the Belgian record label by VIERNULVIER Arts Centre (Ghent). The label focuses on music that is unconventional, unafraid to go against the grain. A mix of local and international talent, always linked to visual arts or performances.
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TRACKLIST:
A1. Quadric Surfaces 7:18
A2. Triquetra 4:11
B1. Ogee 7:21
B2. Cellies 5:04
C1. Brachistochrone 4:35
C2. Conchospiral 7:52
D1. Butterfly Curve 6:07
D2. Diacaustic 8:13
• New album by Hieroglyphic Being features score for abstract animation film.
• Through off-world frequencies and raw primal sounds, ‘Quadric Surfaces’ presents a collection of exploratory left-field dance music.
• 2LP, pressed on black vinyl, printed inners.
• Artwork by Gabriela González.
VIERNULVIER RECORDS presents its new LP release ‘Quadric Surfaces’ by iconic electronic producer Hieroglyphic Being aka Jamal R Moss. It collects the soundtracks Moss wrote for ‘Parellel Spheres’ & ‘Figures in Mynd’, two parts of an abstract animation film by visual artist Gabriela González Rondon. The film premiered in October 2023 during Videodroom / Film Festival Ghent.
In her surreal and trippy gem of analog filmmaking Gonzales draws up whole universes of movement and color that seem to share a spiritual space with likeminded sci-fi writers such as Ursula K Le Guin or filmmaker John Whitney. The soundtrack for this dreamy experiment was provided by kindred soul and psychonaut Hieroglyphic Being.
For over 20 years Moss has been an one-off musical explorer that takes inspiration from House, Industrial, Kraut, Avant-Jazz and Noise to make his spectacularly unique take on radical & psychedelic (dance) music.
VIERNULVIER RECORDS is the Belgian record label by VIERNULVIER Arts Centre (Ghent). The label focuses on music that is unconventional, unafraid to go against the grain. A mix of local and international talent, always linked to visual arts or performances.
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Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier001
Release-Date:30.09.2022
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
Label:Viernulvier Records
Cat-No:viernulvier001
Release-Date:30.09.2022
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:LP
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Use Knife - Ptolemaic
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Use Knife - Coupe d’état
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Use Knife - True-Love Not
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Use Knife - Ed Wana Ed
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Use Knife - To Feed the Gentry (feat. Radwan Ghazi Moumneh)
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Use Knife - The Shedding of Skin
(180gr heavy weight vinyl) Belgian label founded by Viernulvier Arts Centre (formerly Vooruit) to release music composed for theatre, dance and performances. Viernulvier Records‘ first release will be “The Shedding of Skin”, the debut album from the Belgian-Iraqi Use Knife, set to be released on September 30, 2022.
TRACKLIST
A1. Ptolemaic
A2. Coupe d’état
A3. True-Love Not
B1. Ed Wana Ed
B2. To Feed the Gentry (feat. Radwan Ghazi Moumneh)
B3. The Shedding of Skin
INFO
Belgian label founded by Viernulvier Arts Centre (formerly Vooruit) to release music composed for theatre, dance and performances.
Viernulvier Records‘ first release will be The Shedding of Skin, the debut album from the Belgian-Iraqi Use Knife, set to be released on September 30, 2022.
Use Knife is the music project of Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck and Saif Al-Qaissy, in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Youniss Ahamad. The project first emerged when Stef and Kwinten, both also active members of Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat, met Saif during auditions for a dance performance. The musical possibilities that presented themselves gave the gentlemen the drive to start the journey of uniting their Belgian and Iraqi musical backgrounds.
The album’s title, The Shedding of Skin, refers to the human survival instinct, the desire to leave war and disaster behind and build a new life in a completely different environment.
In addition to making music and composing together, Saif, Kwinten and Stef had countless conversations in order to gain insight into each other’s lives. These conversations are reflected in the song lyrics: for one of them, the worst is all behind them and they are focused on a brighter future, while the other is aware of all the privileges he has been given. The need to address this inequality is reflected in the combination of dreamy Arab songs with punky Dadaist touches.
For the recordings of the Arabic percussion, vocals and wind instruments, the band worked together with Joris Caluwaerts (Stuff., Lady Linn, Hydrogen Sea,…) in his Finster Studio. The mastering was done by Frederik Dejongh aka Jerboa Mastering. Youniss Ahamad provided the artwork, Farah Fayyad converted the English album title into Arabic script and Jef Cuypers and Chloé D’hauwe realised the graphic design of the cover.
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TRACKLIST
A1. Ptolemaic
A2. Coupe d’état
A3. True-Love Not
B1. Ed Wana Ed
B2. To Feed the Gentry (feat. Radwan Ghazi Moumneh)
B3. The Shedding of Skin
INFO
Belgian label founded by Viernulvier Arts Centre (formerly Vooruit) to release music composed for theatre, dance and performances.
Viernulvier Records‘ first release will be The Shedding of Skin, the debut album from the Belgian-Iraqi Use Knife, set to be released on September 30, 2022.
Use Knife is the music project of Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck and Saif Al-Qaissy, in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Youniss Ahamad. The project first emerged when Stef and Kwinten, both also active members of Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat, met Saif during auditions for a dance performance. The musical possibilities that presented themselves gave the gentlemen the drive to start the journey of uniting their Belgian and Iraqi musical backgrounds.
The album’s title, The Shedding of Skin, refers to the human survival instinct, the desire to leave war and disaster behind and build a new life in a completely different environment.
In addition to making music and composing together, Saif, Kwinten and Stef had countless conversations in order to gain insight into each other’s lives. These conversations are reflected in the song lyrics: for one of them, the worst is all behind them and they are focused on a brighter future, while the other is aware of all the privileges he has been given. The need to address this inequality is reflected in the combination of dreamy Arab songs with punky Dadaist touches.
For the recordings of the Arabic percussion, vocals and wind instruments, the band worked together with Joris Caluwaerts (Stuff., Lady Linn, Hydrogen Sea,…) in his Finster Studio. The mastering was done by Frederik Dejongh aka Jerboa Mastering. Youniss Ahamad provided the artwork, Farah Fayyad converted the English album title into Arabic script and Jef Cuypers and Chloé D’hauwe realised the graphic design of the cover.
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Vinyl re-press of the third album by Broadcast, originally released in 2005.
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STL - So Bin Ich Dem Leben Näher
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STL - Ey Snooper
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STL - Loop A
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STL - M-Brainiac
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STL - Lunar Magic
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STL - Loop B
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STL - Now
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STL - Verlinked
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STL - Loop C
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STL - Fat Sunday
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STL - Low Thang
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STL - Space Warriors
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STL - Snug Acid
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STL - Loop E
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STL - Paperboy
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STL - Standard Fried Stir
Sublime extended psychedelic House longplayer
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Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-068-2
Release-Date:18.09.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP Excl
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-068-2
Release-Date:18.09.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP Excl
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - A_01_12_conversation_01
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - A_02_12_conversation_02
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - A_03_12_conversation_03
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - B_04_12_conversation_04
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - B_05_12_conversation_05
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - C_06_12_conversation_06
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - C_07_12_conversation_07
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - C_08_12_conversation_08
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_09_12_conversation_09_part1
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_10_12_conversation_09_part2
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_11_12_conversation_09_part3
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_12_12_conversation_09_part4
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_13_12_conversation_09_part5
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_14_12_conversation_10
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_15_12_conversation_11
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - D_16_12_conversation_12
2LP | 2 × 12 Inch ‘Black’ Vinyl, 33.3 rpm, Tip-on Cover, Special Varnish
Available in the following Territories: Wordwide minus Japan & Korea
NOTON is pleased to announce12 Conversations, a collaborative album by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto to be released on 18 September 2026.
The partnership between the legendary musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and the German artist Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto) has produced some of the most distinctive and enduring works in contemporary electroacoustic music. Beginning with Vrioon in 2002, the artists spent more than two decades fusing and expanding their disciplines, with Sakamoto's evocative, sustain-drenched piano compositions finding their counterpart in Nicolai's skilful and sensitive electronic detailing.
Each successive project further deepened their artistic dialogue: from the five studio albums of the V.I.R.U.S. series (Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_ with Ensemble Modern, and Summvs), to their score for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's The Revenant; Glass (2017), a wholly improvised performance inside Philip Johnson's iconic Connecticut landmark, in which the pair fixed contact microphones to the glass walls, playing the architecture itself as an instrument; and Two (2019), a document of their live performance at the Sydney Opera House.
Across these works, their distinct approaches achieved a rare synthesis, a brilliantly sustained dialogue between piano and electronics, Sakamoto's warmth and melodic finesse meeting Nicolai's abstract electronic formalism to invoke a mesmeric quietude as deeply satisfying in its melodic resolutions as in the merger of its filmic romanticism and meditative subtlety.
12 Conversations brings together musical exchanges recorded in November and December 2022. Rooted in the same creative period that gave rise to Sakamoto's final solo album 12, these recordings were not originally intended as a standalone release. It was only after the completion of 12 that Sakamoto and Nicolai decided to present these exchanges as a work in their own right.
The album reflects the vitality and curiosity that defined more than two decades of shared inspiration: fluid, exploratory, and forward-looking. Created with openness and trust, it captures a creative process in constant transformation - sounds expanding, altering, and evolving through attentive listening.
Conceived as the continuation of an artistic dialogue extending beyond the physical, 12 Conversations honours Sakamoto's wish that these encounters should exist beyond the archive, offering an enduring testament to one of contemporary music's most revered collaborations.
Carsten Nicolai writes:
"A heavy breath can be heard in the recordings. Yet this work is not about remembrance but continuation, vitality, curiosity, and the spirit of experimentation that shaped an artistic relationship over decades.
The twelve pieces we exchanged in November and December 2022 possess extraordinary density: sounds expanded, altered, recontextualized. Initially, every intervention felt almost inappropriate. Yet this was part of our openness and trust: adding, shifting and radically yet softly transforming.
Even in these final exchanges, plans for future projects continued to take shape, mindful of finite yet firmly believing in the power of new ideas. We chose the name Conversations, which has become a space of memory and vision, where past, present and future intertwine.
For a long time, releasing this music seemed impossible. The loss felt too sudden, and the emotional connection too profound. As time passed, it became clear that these twelve musical encounters should have life outside the archive. To honor Ryuichi's wish, these pieces are now being released as the continuation of a dialogue that extends beyond the physical."
The first single, Conversation 3, will be released on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. The second single, Conversation 6, will be be released on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
12 Conversations will be available worldwide on vinyl, CD and digitally. A Japanese edition will be available on Ryuichi Sakamoto's commons.
Tracklist
1. Conversation 1
2. Conversation 2
3. Conversation 3
4. Conversation 4
5.Conversation 5
6. Conversation 6
7. Conversation 7
8. Conversation 8
9. Conversation 9 Part I
10. Conversation 9 Part II
11. Conversation 9 Part III
12. Conversation 9 Part IV
13. Conversation 9 Part V
14. Conversation 10
15. Conversation 11
16. Conversation 12
Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai & Nibo.
Mastered by: Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering, Berlin (2026)
Voice on Track 07: Emma Maeda
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke, Primal Sound
Press release text: Maria Orciuoli
Special thanks: Norika Sora, Alec Fellman, Sherry Kennedy, Erin Gleeson
© & P: 2026 NOTON. Archiv für Ton und Nichtton. All rights reserved.
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 1
Playtime: 00:06:50
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600003
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 2
Playtime: 00:05:42
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600004
(P):
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 3
Playtime: 00:05:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600005
(P):
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 4
Playtime: 00:08:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600006
(P):
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 5
Playtime: 00:06:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600007
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 6
Playtime: 00:07:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600008
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 7
Playtime: 00:10:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600009
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 8
Playtime: 00:03:20
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600010
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part I
Playtime: 00:01:12
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600011
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part II
Playtime: 00:03:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600012
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part III
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600013
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 12
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part IV
Playtime: 00:02:15
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600014
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 13
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part V
Playtime: 00:00:39
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600015
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 14
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 10
Playtime: 00:03:01
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600016
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 15
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 11
Playtime: 00:04:35
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600017
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 16
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 12
Playtime: 00:02:41
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600018
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
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Contact: [email protected]More
Available in the following Territories: Wordwide minus Japan & Korea
NOTON is pleased to announce12 Conversations, a collaborative album by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto to be released on 18 September 2026.
The partnership between the legendary musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and the German artist Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto) has produced some of the most distinctive and enduring works in contemporary electroacoustic music. Beginning with Vrioon in 2002, the artists spent more than two decades fusing and expanding their disciplines, with Sakamoto's evocative, sustain-drenched piano compositions finding their counterpart in Nicolai's skilful and sensitive electronic detailing.
Each successive project further deepened their artistic dialogue: from the five studio albums of the V.I.R.U.S. series (Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_ with Ensemble Modern, and Summvs), to their score for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's The Revenant; Glass (2017), a wholly improvised performance inside Philip Johnson's iconic Connecticut landmark, in which the pair fixed contact microphones to the glass walls, playing the architecture itself as an instrument; and Two (2019), a document of their live performance at the Sydney Opera House.
Across these works, their distinct approaches achieved a rare synthesis, a brilliantly sustained dialogue between piano and electronics, Sakamoto's warmth and melodic finesse meeting Nicolai's abstract electronic formalism to invoke a mesmeric quietude as deeply satisfying in its melodic resolutions as in the merger of its filmic romanticism and meditative subtlety.
12 Conversations brings together musical exchanges recorded in November and December 2022. Rooted in the same creative period that gave rise to Sakamoto's final solo album 12, these recordings were not originally intended as a standalone release. It was only after the completion of 12 that Sakamoto and Nicolai decided to present these exchanges as a work in their own right.
The album reflects the vitality and curiosity that defined more than two decades of shared inspiration: fluid, exploratory, and forward-looking. Created with openness and trust, it captures a creative process in constant transformation - sounds expanding, altering, and evolving through attentive listening.
Conceived as the continuation of an artistic dialogue extending beyond the physical, 12 Conversations honours Sakamoto's wish that these encounters should exist beyond the archive, offering an enduring testament to one of contemporary music's most revered collaborations.
Carsten Nicolai writes:
"A heavy breath can be heard in the recordings. Yet this work is not about remembrance but continuation, vitality, curiosity, and the spirit of experimentation that shaped an artistic relationship over decades.
The twelve pieces we exchanged in November and December 2022 possess extraordinary density: sounds expanded, altered, recontextualized. Initially, every intervention felt almost inappropriate. Yet this was part of our openness and trust: adding, shifting and radically yet softly transforming.
Even in these final exchanges, plans for future projects continued to take shape, mindful of finite yet firmly believing in the power of new ideas. We chose the name Conversations, which has become a space of memory and vision, where past, present and future intertwine.
For a long time, releasing this music seemed impossible. The loss felt too sudden, and the emotional connection too profound. As time passed, it became clear that these twelve musical encounters should have life outside the archive. To honor Ryuichi's wish, these pieces are now being released as the continuation of a dialogue that extends beyond the physical."
The first single, Conversation 3, will be released on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. The second single, Conversation 6, will be be released on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
12 Conversations will be available worldwide on vinyl, CD and digitally. A Japanese edition will be available on Ryuichi Sakamoto's commons.
Tracklist
1. Conversation 1
2. Conversation 2
3. Conversation 3
4. Conversation 4
5.Conversation 5
6. Conversation 6
7. Conversation 7
8. Conversation 8
9. Conversation 9 Part I
10. Conversation 9 Part II
11. Conversation 9 Part III
12. Conversation 9 Part IV
13. Conversation 9 Part V
14. Conversation 10
15. Conversation 11
16. Conversation 12
Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai & Nibo.
Mastered by: Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering, Berlin (2026)
Voice on Track 07: Emma Maeda
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke, Primal Sound
Press release text: Maria Orciuoli
Special thanks: Norika Sora, Alec Fellman, Sherry Kennedy, Erin Gleeson
© & P: 2026 NOTON. Archiv für Ton und Nichtton. All rights reserved.
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 1
Playtime: 00:06:50
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600003
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 2
Playtime: 00:05:42
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600004
(P):
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 3
Playtime: 00:05:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600005
(P):
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 4
Playtime: 00:08:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600006
(P):
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 5
Playtime: 00:06:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600007
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 6
Playtime: 00:07:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600008
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 7
Playtime: 00:10:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600009
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 8
Playtime: 00:03:20
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600010
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part I
Playtime: 00:01:12
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600011
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part II
Playtime: 00:03:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600012
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part III
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600013
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 12
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part IV
Playtime: 00:02:15
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600014
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 13
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 9 Part V
Playtime: 00:00:39
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600015
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 14
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 10
Playtime: 00:03:01
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600016
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 15
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 11
Playtime: 00:04:35
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600017
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: // Side: // Track: 16
Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto
Title: Conversation 12
Playtime: 00:02:41
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600018
(P):
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More