Monthly Archives: April 2026

 Berrocal – Vincent Epplay – Timo van Luijk LP

April 9, 2026 – 2:08 pm

Jac Berrocal – Vincent Epplay – Timo van Luijk LP Ste Cy – La Scie Dorée

Ste Cy, the latest studio offering from the trio of Jac Berrocal, Vincent Epplay, and Timo van Luijk, ripens like a forbidden fruit—born of an improvised instrumental session captured in the secluded hush of Kulta Saha by Timo van Luijk.
These raw recordings were later reshaped into 12 songs by Vincent Epplay at Studio Villejuif in Paris. And over it all drifts the poetry of Jac Berrocal— sensual and incendiary, seeping into the music like spice into flesh.

As always it’s superbly produced and has a surrealist and a film noir vibe.

25€

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Wired (Michael Ranta &Karl-Heinz Böttner)

April 9, 2026 – 2:02 pm

Wired (Michael Ranta &Karl-Heinz Böttner) LP Kyoto 1970 – Metaphon

Wired was an ephemeral improvisational music project formed by Michael Ranta, Karl-Heinz Böttner, and Mike Lewis. On 28 April 1970, the trio recorded an extended studio session of approximately 140 minutes, in collaboration with Conny Plank, who engineered and mixed the recording in real time, incorporating elements of live electronics. This session was subsequently edited to album length and released in 1974 as part of the Free Improvisation 3LP box set issued by Deutsche Grammophon, alongside recordings by Iskra and New Phonic Art.

The present release, sourced from the personal archive of Michael Ranta, documents a live duo performance by Ranta and Böttner, recorded on 27 July 1970 in an outdoor setting in Kyoto (the exact location remains unknown), before an audience of approximately 200 music teachers. The recording exhibits sonic and aesthetic characteristics closely aligned with the previously recorded studio material, retaining the distinctive “Wired” sound while situating it within a live, site-specific context. 

Michael Ranta: percussion, voice, home-made instruments, tapes, tape delay, effects
Karl-Heinz Böttner: guitar, organ, ocarina, voice, effects

24€

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Cheru LP

April 9, 2026 – 1:57 pm

Cheru LP Omamori – Gingembre records

Released in 2021, Cheru is not very well known on our shores. What is life with her ? Some songs, only with a voice, a guitar and a few discreet environmental sounds. It couldn’t be more direct and simple on the paer. Sometimes she can remind us Eddie Marcon or remembering how magical is seeing,looking at a sky and being lost in our thoughts & memories.

23€

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