2020 News

Today sees Douglas Dare surprise us with Heavenly Bodies, a new 3-track EP that comes with an evocative video.

Today marks the release of Tripping with Nils Frahm — an extraordinary musical journey, captured on record and film in one of Berlin’s most iconic live music spaces.

Following the announcement of his live album and concert film Tripping with Nils Frahm to be released December 3, Nils shares a first excerpt titled Fundamental Values.

Today sees Rival Consoles release Night Melody / Articulation — a release compiling his 2016 mini album and this year’s LP to one full-length.

An extraordinary musical journey, in one of Berlin’s most iconic live music spaces — out December 3.

Peter unveils the video for Ode To Blackberry, featuring Chad VanGaalen’s consciousness-expanding visual animation.

Two years after the release of his acclaimed Erased Tapes debut, The Transition, Portland-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Allred returns with a solo piano perspective on the album, aptly titled Felt The Transition — out December 18.

The fabled Canadian instrumental outfit, who feature Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire amongst their six members, share short film IX: Nature That’s It That’s All.

Today marks the release of Penguin Cafe’s Handfuls of Night (Explored) — a Special Edition of their acclaimed 2019 album featuring a Track-by-Track Audio Commentary by Arthur Jeffes, plus a Bonus Track titled More Milk.

After its surprise digital release last March, the highly anticipated physical editions of Nils Frahm’s latest album Empty are set for release on October 23.

Today sees the release of Peter Broderick’s new single Wild Food, taken from Blackberry, his latest album released on August 28.

Peter Broderick surprise releases Blackberry, his first vocal album in over five years.

Today sees Rival Consoles’ sonic exploration continue with the release of his much anticipated new album Articulation.

Rival Consoles unveils Sudden Awareness of Now today, the third single taken from his forthcoming six-track album Articulation, out on July 31.

Pakistani-American avant-composer and drummer of experimental acoustic trio Dawn of Midi, Qasim Naqvi’s new album Beta is now available digitally, following its limited clear vinyl release for Love Record Stores Day last weekend.

Rival Consoles has shared a second single, Vibrations on a String, taken from his forthcoming new album Articulation released on 31 July.

Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles announces details of his highly anticipated new album Articulation, released on July 31.

Douglas Dare shares the video for I Am Free, the latest single to be taken from his new album Milkteeth released in February this year.

Avant-composer and drummer of the cult experimental acoustic trio Dawn of Midi, Qasim Naqvi, shares the second single taken from his new album Beta — out June 20 to coincide with Love Record Stores Day.

Erased Tapes and La Blogothèque present one of the last Take Away Shows to be filmed before lockdown, with a mesmerising performance from Japanese vocal artist Hatis Noit shot by the fabled Vincent Moon on location at the Mausoleum of Graz.

Ben Lukas Boysen shares the video for kaleidoscopic lead track Medela, taken from his new album Mirage — out now.

Today sees the much anticipated release of Berlin-based composer and producer Ben Lukas Boysen’s shape-shifting new album Mirage.

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Nils Frahm and his French film director friend Benoit Toulemonde publish their short art film Empty.

Shards enlist fellow musicians including Douglas Dare, Anna Meredith, Nico Muhly, Joe Newman of Alt-J, Jonathan Donahue of Mercury Rev, plus many more to collaborate remotely as the Isolation Choir on a new composition by leader Kieran Brunt titled Inside I’ll Sing.

Today sees the start of the Erased Tapes Rewinder — a new series in which we rewind the tapes to their beginnings, revisiting highlights as the full catalogue is being added to our YouTube channel.

Happy Piano Day — to mark this year’s 88th day and as an acknowledgement to these unprecedented circumstances we find ourselves in, Piano Day founder, pianist and producer Nils Frahm releases a surprise album of eight solo piano pieces, titled Empty — out today.

Berlin-based composer and producer Ben Lukas Boysen has announced the release of his third album, the progressive and shape-shifting Mirage, out on May 1.

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Douglas Dare releases his third and most stripped back album to date Milkteeth today and heads out on a European tour next month starting at Omeara in London on March 16.

Watch Erased Tapes artists explore Bangkok as they compose new music in response to the city’s architecture for MSCTY at Wonderfruit festival

London-based experimental vocal group Shards perform The Only Thing by Sufjan Stevens for Mahogany’s Covers series, ahead of their UK tour next week

Douglas Dare has shared the playful new single The Joy In Sarah’s Eyes, taken from his forthcoming album Milkteeth released on February 21.