RELEASES
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various artists - Uchronia
Label: Syrphe [S025]
Released: March 2018
Format: 3CD & digital
Digital version: Bandcamp
Limited edition of 1000.
Experimental, electroacoustic, free improv, noise music, 49 artists from 32 Asian countries & the disapora : Lebanon, Iran, Iraq/Kurdistan, Turkey, Syria, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, China, South Korea, Japan. Includes one booklet with an essay, and contacts of the artists. Handmade covers, limited to 1000 copies. The digital version also includes the booklet as PDF with more links and biographies of the artists.
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Tasjiil Moujahed - The Death of Permanence
Label: Syrphe [S023]
Released: September 2016
Format: CD & digital
Digital version: Bandcamp
Limited edition of 300.
Second mini-album for Beirut and Berlin-based duo Tasjiil Moujahed, this time blending ambient atmospheres and electronica together with various lyrics in French, English, German and Arabic, dystopian and sci-fi soundscapes composed by prolific musicians Jawad Nawfal (Munma, Infinite Moment Of Composure) and C-drík (Kirdec, Axiome).
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Not Your World Music: Noise In South East Asia
Label: Syrphe [S021]
Released: September 2016
Format: Book & CD, PDF & digital
Price: 10€ (book) (CD sold out) +/- 4€ shipping
Digital version: Bandcamp (audio), Hushush (book, free PDF)
A 276 pages book about art, politics, identity, gender and global capitalism. From academic electronic music to DIY noise in South East Asia. Contemporary and past noise, electroacoustic, industrial, experimental music and sound art in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. With political, historical and sociological essays, exclusive interviews with artists and organizers, as well as an extensive bibliography of popular music from South East Asia and a thorough discography of noise and experimental music artists and a compilation that covers a varied range of noise and experimental music from the region. We have selected female and male artists, DIY and academically trained musicians, and newcomers and established artists. With exclusive tracks from: Cheryl Ong & Vivian Wang, Dharma (Singapore), Menstrual Synthdrone, Sodadosa, Bergegas Mati (Indonesia), Nguyễn Hong Giang, Sound Awakener (Vietnam), GAMNAD737 (Thailand), Goh Lee Kwang, Yandsen (Malaysia), Teresa Barrozo (The Philippines), Musica Htet (Myanmar). Book and/or CD order on our website.
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Burmélange
Label: Syrphe [S020]
Released: September 2015
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
The album comes in a paper cover printed by hand : linocut on one side and stamps on the other one which give every single cover a unique touch. Limited edition of 250.
Burmélange is a collective from Myanmar (Burma) founded in 2010 and dedicated to so called experimental music. Hearing and assuming the sounds as an art form, they create music in their own styles in accordance with the country they live in, their lives, minds, feelings and inspirations. The band includes four musicians from Yangon : Ko Jeu, Darko C, Kyi Ther and Tser Htoo. Ko Jeu, started to experiment with sound in 2005 and collaborated to a sound art and poetry project in 2008 with Darko C, who is together with Tser Htoo, a member of Side Effects, one of the best known Burmese punk bands, it is then of no surprise that Burmélange doesn't stick to one genre : they switch from post-industrial to minimal electronic to post-punk, from instrumental tracks to songs in English or Burmese from abrasive distorted sounds to dark melodies.
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C-drík - Ici et ailleurs
Label: Syrphe [S019]
Released: September 2015
Format: CD and digital
Price: Free
Digital version: Bandcamp
Limited edition of 250.
Ici et ailleurs (Here and elsewhere) is a project about listening, memory and imagination. Upon request, each participant listened to one or more field recordings and told me a story, memories, described some emotions afterwards... The result has been reassembled to create this recording.
This CD cannot be sold !
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C-drík - Multiples des uns
Label: Syrphe [Syrphe Gift 004]
Released: 2015
Format: digital
Price: free / pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp
Following an art residency at Radio Picnic in Berlin in 2014, C-drík composed a piece which is a mix of various field recordings made between January and June 2014 across Asia. A sort of cinema for the ears made of various soundscapes taken in urban areas, transports, fields, parks, etc.
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Live at Htein Lin's Studio / 7000 Padauk, Yangon, Myanmar.
Label: Syrphe [Syrphe Gift 003]
Released: 2014
Format: digital
Price: free
Digital version: Bandcamp
Ko Jeu (violin - Myanmar), Kif (saxophone - France/Myanmar), Rastko (gongs, electronics - Serbia/Myanmar), DJ Kavas (electronics - Myanmar), So Takahashi (gongs, electronics - Japan/Myanmar), C-drík (gongs, electronics - Belgium/Germany) live improvisations recorded at Htein Lin' studio, organised by Nathalie Johnston and Mrat Lanuite (7000 Padauk), Yangon, Myanmar. 23 February 2014.
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Litter - Newfound Grids
Label: Syrphe [S018]
Released: June 2013
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Litter aka Elyse Tabet is an audio-visual artist based in Beirut, Lebanon.
In her first album, omnipresent is the image of a machine running out of power while passing through a stream of hazy, often almost melodic sonic landscapes.
Featuring Munma on some tracks and Nabil Sabila (Trash Inc.) for some drums. Limited edition of 250 hand numbered copies.
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Munma - No Apologies
Label: Syrphe [S017]
Released: June 2013
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Munma aka Jawad Nawfal is one of the most prolific electronica artists in Lebanon, he undertook audiovisual and film studies at IESAV in Beirut and chose to specialize in sound design. In 2001, Jawad formed Altered Ear, a laboratory of sound research and composition, based on the need to explore and link several means of computer assisted musical writing. He has collaborated with artist such as El Rass, Liliane Chlela (in Infinite Moment Of Composure) and C-drík (in Tasjiil Moujahed), his new album also features RadioKVM, El Rass and one remix by C-drík. Limited edition of 250 hand numbered copies.
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30.2 - Electronica, experimental and noise from Africa
Label: Syrphe [S013]
Released: 2012
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
30.2 is an introduction to the contemporary African music scene : electronica, noise, experimental music, ambient... No cheezy world music or maintream pop here !
Omar Raafat (Egypt), Ynfl-X (Tunisia), Kwerk (Mauritius), Mehdi Halib (Morocco), Ujjaya (Madagascar/France), Victor Gama (Angola/Portugal), Patrick Lombe (Réunion), As Is (South Africa), Hohner Comet (Algeria).
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Tasjiil Moujahed - مسافر
Label: Syrphe [S016]
Released: 2012
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Home: Tasjiil Moujahed on Facebook
Digital version: Bandcamp
Tasjiil Moujahed is a project featuring Beirut-based artist Jawad Nawfal (Munma, Infinite Moment Of Composure) and Berlin-based C-drík (Axiome, Tetra Plok, etc.). Their first album (read Moussafer) features Maria Kassab on some vocals and navigates between electro, electronica, ebm and dub/dubstep not falling into any trap, no déjà-vu, both composers keep innovating over and over. Limited edition (250 copies).
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Infinite Moment Of Composure - Turbulence
Label: Syrphe [S015]
Released: 2012
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Home: IMOC on Facebook
Digital version: Bandcamp
Electronica, ambient by two major musicians from Beirut : Munma/Jawad Nawfal and Liliane Chlela. Limited edition (250 copies).
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Aluviana - Tonična negibnost
Label: Syrphe [S011]
Released: 2011/2012
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Home: aluviana.net
Dark ambient noise from Ljubljana. Limited edition (200 copies/200 different hand painted covers on recycled cardboard).
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Le Diktat - Kirdec – Mourir De Bonne Heure
Label: Syrphe [S014]
Released: 2012
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
C-drík pairs up with France's Le Diktat for a CD which also contrasts greatly with the faster and more club-oriented new Axiome album. Dark hop, breakbeat, dubstep.
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Art of the Muses
Label: Syrphe [S012]
Released: 2012
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
An experimental music compilation featuring ten female composers from Far East Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia)
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C-drík / Aluviana - Moje Čelo
Label: Syrphe [S006]
Released: 2008
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
A collaboration between Belgian musician C-drík (Axiome, Kirdec, Ambre, etc.) and Slovenian musician Aluviana. Electroacoustic, dark ambient. Limited to 300 copies.
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Kirdec – Das gemeinsame Schicksal
Label: Syrphe [S010]
Released: 2008
Format: 3"CD & digital
Price: 8€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp (free download/pay as you wish)
Last copies, ambient, dub, industrial... Including one remix by Aluviana.
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Contagious Orgasm and C-drík – Journeys into space and time
Label: Syrphe [S008]
Released: 2008
Format: CD
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Back to old school industrial and other ambient and traditional soundscapes for this unique collaboration between these well established artists...
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The klank of črno migs – Disturbing perceptions
Label: Syrphe [S007]
Released: 2008
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Seventeen migs of spring and Črno klank aka C-drík joined by Stephan Friedman (Silence and strength). Minimal experimental, drone, ambient.
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Beyond ignorance and borders
Label: Syrphe [S002]
Released: 2007
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
An African, Middle-Eastern, Asian noise and electronic compilation. 20 artists from Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, Lebanon, UAE, Turkey, China, Mongolia, Tibet, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, etc.).
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Kirdec – Killed by a coconut
Label: Syrphe [S003]
Released: 2007
Format: CD & digital
Price: CD sold out, free download/pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp (free download/pay as you wish)
Killed by a coconut is it's third records under the moniker Kirdec wich crosses genres like breakcore, electro-industrial, electronica and even ambient...
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Elekore – Voluntary Human Extinction
Label: Syrphe [S004]
Released: 2007
Format: CD & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Mindfuckingboy, C-drík Fermont and Marcos Destructos (One Man Nation), digital hardcore with a touch of industrial made in Singapore.
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One Man Nation – Rained And It Rained, Bullets It Rained
Label: Syrphe [S005]
Released: 2007
Format: CD & digital
Price: sold out, free download/pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp
From ambient to folk to electronica, One Man Nation (Singapore) has meandered seamlessly through all pigeon-holed genres and trends creating eclectic sounds that stretches boundaries unsurpassed.
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Pangaea noise – An international compilation
Label: Syrphe [S009]
Released: 2008
Format: CD & digital
Price: sold out, free download/pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp (free download/pay as you wish)
A follow-up to Beyond ignorance and borders including noise and drone artists from Puerto Rico, Indonesia, Singapore, Latvia, Luxembourg, Ecuador, Switzerland, China, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Malta...
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Tetra plok - Fear of a blind date
Label: Textolux [002]
Released: 2007
Format: 10" & digital
Price: 12€ post incl.
Digital version: Bandcamp
Second record for the band which became a trio [DJ Rob & Zoopsie, C-drík] : between minimal wave, ebm and electro-clash.
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Tetra plok - Futur désuet
Label: Textolux [001]
Released: 2003
Format: 7" & digital
Price: sold out, free download/pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp (free download/pay as you wish)
Electro/electro-clash, collaboration between Belgian DJ's Rob Dublo [The revolving eyes] and C-drík.
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C-drík – Dissolution
Label: Syrphe [S001]
Released: 2002
Format: CD & digital
Price: sold out, free download/pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp
Dark ambient and minimal music. [Also released by Hushush]
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C-drík - Katatoki / Mécaniques de masse
Label: Syrphe [Syrphe Gift 002]
Released: 2012
Format: Digital
Price: Free/Pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp
Two noise/industrial tracks published on Steinklang Industries in 2005 and Miisc in 2002. The full Steinklang compilation can be downloaded for free here
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C-drík / Aluviana - Daniova Mama / Oci Črne Lune
Label: Syrphe [Syrphe Gift 001]
Released: 2012
Format: Digital
Price: Free/Pay as you wish
Digital version: Bandcamp
Two exclusive tracks recorded by Aluviana and C-drík together with Sanjazzy : dark ambient, electro-acoustic, experimental with Slavic traditional songs influences