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American artist Sheherazaad has shared a music video for ‘Lehja’, the closing track from her mini-album Qasr. The video was filmed by visual collaborator Raghavi Agarwal, and features the dance collective Seven Sisters.

A special evening of new music and film with composer, drummer and filmmaker Daniel Brandt has been announced.

Continuing our annual tradition of label compilations, we release today Erased Tapes 17, curated and sequenced by label founder Robert Raths, marking the label’s seventeenth year.

Today American singer-songwriter Peter Broderick shares his Mimi EP — a two-track release — featuring ‘Mimi’, a tribute to the musician’s late grandmother, alongside a cover of Low’s ‘Laser Beam’, as a tribute to the late Mimi Parker.

French contemporary music ensemble, Ensemble 0, will perform Open Symmetry by New York-based composer Tristan Perich, in the UK for the first time next year.

The UK producer has announced a UK/EU headline tour that will take place in May 2025, kicking off in London, taking him across the continent with stops in Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and beyond.

Portland-based singer-songwriter David Allred has shared two new singles including the heartbreaking ‘Oh Lauren’, which is a song written in dedication to one of Allred’s childhood best friends who tragically took her own life at the age of 11 years old.

French producer Crayon shares his new single ‘Home Safe’, featuring French-Cameroonian artist Yamê and JPL, the singer of Australian indie band Tora. The track is paired with an official video that brings his distinct blend of French rap, electronic, and folk into a reflective and forward-looking piece.

Berlin based composer, producer and sound designer Ben Lukas Boysen is pleased to share new single ‘Alta Ripa’, the third single and title track of his forthcoming long player released November 29.

Portland-based composer and producer David Allred returns with ‘The Beautiful World’, the title track from his forthcoming album, set for release on January 24. This single introduces listeners to the emotional depth and introspective beauty that define his fourth album for us, marking a significant chapter in his creative evolution.

Ben Lukas Boysen is thrilled to share his monolithic new single ‘Fama’, released today, taken from his forthcoming album Alta Ripa, released November 29.

UK producer Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles returns with genre-blurring new piece ‘Gaivotas’, a first taster from his forthcoming ninth studio album, written during an experimental residency in Portugal last year.

Masayoshi Fujita, the Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player, is set to release his new album Migratory this Friday, September 6. Today he shares his hypnotic new single ‘Desonata’.

Berlin-based composer, producer and sound designer Ben Lukas Boysen is thrilled to announce his new studio album Alta Ripa, set for release on November 29.

Following the recent release of his boldly brilliant fourth album, Omni, British artist Douglas Dare shares heavy club track ‘One Eye Open’ ahead of his forthcoming UK & Europe headline tour.

Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita is set to release his new album Migratory on September 6 via Erased Tapes. Today he is sharing two new singles from the record – the album’s centrepiece ‘Our Mother’s Lights’ featuring Moor Mother who’s lent her powerful voice, and the mesmerising ‘Valley’.

Hatis Noit’s Aura Reworks series continues with a transcendental reinterpretation of her debut album’s title track ‘Aura’, featuring Harlem-based multi-instrumentalist, laughter meditation practitioner and ambient godfather Laraaji.

Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita returns with his new album Migratory, where his sonic explorations into the unknown continue. The record is set for release September 6 and features Moor Mother and Hatis Noit. Fujita has shared the first, synth-lead single from the record, ‘Tower of Cloud’.

Ahead of the release of their long-awaited new album, Kiasmos have shared the video for latest single Sailed. Shot in the middle of the Icelandic highlands in the dead of winter.

Today Kiasmos, the duo of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen, share a new single from their long-awaited second album, which is set for release on July 5. The single drops ahead of a sold out show at London’s Outernet tomorrow night, with an Autumn show at Troxy already announced for later this year, as well as international headline and festival appearances.

Open Symmetry is New York-based composer Tristan Perich’s first release on Erased Tapes. The 50-minute work for 3 vibraphones and 20-channel 1-bit electronics is performed by the dynamic French group, ensemble 0, who return to Erased Tapes following their 2023 collaboration with Peter Broderick.

Today Kiasmos, the duo of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen, announce details of their long-awaited second album II, set for release on July 5.

British artist Douglas Dare today announces EU & UK tour and shares his throbbing new single ‘Three Roads’, the latest to come from his fourth album Omni, out on May 10.

It’s the 88th day of the year again... dedicated to our 88-key friend, the Piano. Today we celebrate Piano Day 2024 with new music from Ben Lukas Boysen, Jon Hopkins, Kiasmos, Shards and Roedelius & Story.

Ahead of the release of their long-awaited new album, Kiasmos have shared the video for latest single ‘Sailed’. Shot in the middle of the Icelandic highlands in the dead of winter.

Douglas Dare today shares his new single ‘8w9zeros’, the latest release following the acclaimed ‘Mouth to Mouth’ to come from his fourth album Omni, out on May 10.

We’re thrilled to announce the signing of American composer Tristan Perich to Erased Tapes. His work is inspired by the aesthetic simplicity of math, physics and code. The WIRE Magazine describes his compositions as “an austere meeting of electronic and organic.” His first recording project with us is scheduled for release in summer 2024.

The original score for female writer-director Aylin Tezel’s debut feature Falling Into Place will be released in full on Piano Day 2024 via Erased Tapes Music. Ahead of its UK premiere this weekend on March 2 at Glasgow Film Festival, Erased Tapes Music has announced the release of the film’s original score by Grammy, Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize-nominated composer Jon Hopkins and German composer and sound designer Ben Lukas Boysen, featuring performances by pianist Lisa Morgenstern and cellist Anne Müller.

Today Shards announce their new album Byrd Song, inspired by Renaissance composer William Byrd, due April 19 on Erased Tapes. The album consists of eight reimagined works by Shards and their de facto leader Kieran Brunt, featuring the already released ‘Facta est deserta’ and ‘Amen, amen, amen…’. With today’s announcement, the vocal group shares the deeply emotional ‘Agnus Dei’.

Following contributions from L.A.-based avant-garde composer William Basinski and legendary London producer Matthew Herbert, Hatis Noit’s Aura Reworks series continues with a re-interpretation of ‘Jomon’ by producer Preservation and cult NY rap duo Armand Hammer.

British artist Douglas Dare announces the release of his fourth album Omni. Seen by Douglas himself as a bold rebirth and embrace of the electronic, Omni is all at once a throbbing, avant-garde, queer, dark and cinematic record imbued with a love of rave culture and sense of fearless storytelling that’s deeply evocative. Omni will be released on May 10.

Today, migration seems to be encoded into everyday habits. As so many of our minds and bodies aggressively globalise in unprecedented ways, previously fixed “genres” and identities of any kind are constantly being dismantled, made redundant, and born anew. It’s from this space of flux that American composer and vocalist Sheherazaad derives song. Produced by Arooj Aftab, her forthcoming mini-album, Qasr, is set for release on March 1.

Today Hatis Noit shares the epic animated video for her song ‘Jomon’, for which she collaborated with Berlin-based Taiwanese-Japanese media artist NAOWAO. The visual piece weaves a tale of a profound ritual where different living beings come to life, led by the guiding hand of a shamanic Hatis Noit.