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ALKU is incredibly proud to announce the release of a new tape by PAINJERK: 'Surreal Grind'. Limited edition chrome tape, black shell, silver print. Two monster tracks full of sense of humour, blasting dynamics, squeaky synths, punching beats, slimey samples and more. DON'T call it japanoise, DON'T ...

The long-awaited second volume of the LESS-LETHAL project is al about subliminal messaging, backmasking and psychoacoustic fuckery. One of the craziest releases we've worked on to date: 2 super-limited embroidered shoulder patches in the style of the most secretive military programs, to accompany a ...

ALKU is incredibly proud to announce two new releases: - Goodiepal : "Havet" (ALKU 125) in hippie ocean blue vinyl. The long lost first ever album by the Goodiepal, recorded in 1990 and never before published! Comes with 2 inserts featuring liner notes and autostereograms. Graphite black ink on gold...

ALKU is incredibly proud to present a new 7" by Enrico Malatesta: 'Bestiario vol. 3' (ALKU 109) Limited edition green vinyl 7". GET IT HERE . ‘Bestiario’ is a series of short pieces for solo acoustic percussion, recorded live with no overdubs or editing. Using extremely dense micro-structures, broke...

ALKU is extremely happy to announce the release of:

Ben Vida - Monoblock's and 200 Tracks b/w TQ80108 (ALKU 119)
Eight tracks. Limited edition orange vinyl 12".

For further info see: http://alkualkualkualkualkualkualkualkualkualku.org

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Anna + Roc

In preparation for the coming end of the world, ALKU is proud to announce the release of 3 new projects: EVOL: Right Nightmare (ALKU 117) Limited edition purple vinyl 12". Ships September 9! Two new tracks of blasting impossible rave music, and 20 (yes, twenty) locked groove remixes by multidiscipli...

Funnily enough, dp was recently added to Noise Park: http://noise-park.tumblr.com/post/23804 ... e-phillips.

ALKU is extremely proud to announce the release of Agitated unfilled extended geometric figure made of ersatz substance , a new 7" by the highly regarded Swiss sound artist Dave Phillips. This record is an addition to the series of acoustic works we started in 2009. Binaural recording, 100% acoustic...

The new EVOL album, Wormhole Shubz is out now on Entr'acte! The CD comes in a limited edition oversized jacket with glow in the dark ink and an 8-page booklet featuring an exclusive interview with Eric Persing, the father of the legendary ‘hoover’ sound. Key words: hardcore drone, radical computer ...

Right before this tape came out, the Goodiepal embarked on a crazy bicycle trip from Denmark to Russia.
He says hi from Saint Petersburg: http://www.denfri.dk/2011/10/kommunal-k ... etersborg/

ALKU is proud to announce the release of Music to Playback Lecture by! a new DOUBLE! cassette by Gæougi Sygnok , aka Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen (and friends), aka The Aarhus Warrior , aka Goodiepal . 180 minutes of action-packed raw Scandinavian power in a limited edition chrome grade DOUBLE c...

ALKU is proud to announce the release of 'Three hundred grams of latex and steel in one day' , a new EVOL record and the second totally acoustic piece in the Punani series. Binaural recording! 100% acoustic rave action. Limited edition hyper-pink vinyl 7" available in SMALL and WIDE hole for extra p...

Here's a video with excerpts from the 12": http://bit.ly/db1fAz

ALKU is proud to announce the release of 'RAVE SLIME', a new EVOL record written by Stephen Sharp and Roc Jiménez de Cisneros. Two tracks for synthesizer and computer plus two locked grooves and a palindrome, on a limited edition black vinyl 12". Key words: extreme rave, radical synthesis, computer ...

AN ALKU EVENING AT NK Saturday, July 17, 19:00 Elsenstr. 52, 2.Hinterhaus Et. 2 Berlin Entrance: 2 € Anna Ramos & Roc Jimenez de Cisneros cordially invite you to an ALKU event with live music, synthetic birds and hot Mexican chocolate. Programme: - EVOL (live performance for computer and gas horns)...

"Particularity", a program for generating sounds and accompanying visuals written by Chris Jeffs (aka Cylob, nonprivate) has recently won the first prize of the LoMus (a prize for open-source music software that is awarded every couple of years by the Association Française d’Informatique Musicale). ...

Here's a couple of tracks from this tape to satisfy everyone's curiosity:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4354079/BWV-1080-a3.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4354079/BWV-1080-b4.mp3

Regarding John Cage output, Ràdio Web MACBA http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials produced a very interesting show curated by Joe Gilmore and Rhiannon Silver which explored the Fluxus movement. MP3 file free to download: http://bit.ly/cLnwxk "FluxRadio" explores some of the concepts and ideas behind the ...

Downloable essay on the work of Yasunao Tone, available at: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/qa/QA_01/QA_01.pdf Yasunao Tone (Tokyo, 1935) is a Japanese interdisciplinary artist. He graduated from Chiba Japanese National University in 1957, majoring in Japanese literature. He became active in the Fluxus...

Yes, good old Johan Sebastian never imagined he'd end up on crispy green tape.