RELEASES

various artists - Alternate African Reality – Electronic and experimental music from Africa and the diaspora

Label: Syrphe [S026]

Released: January 2020

Format: 2CD & digital

Digital version: Bandcamp

Limited edition of 1000.

Experimental, electroacoustic, free improv, singeli, electronica, industrial hip hop, bass music and more. The double CD compilation includes 32 artists and bands from 24 African countries and the diaspora : eSwatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, the DRC, South Sudan, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, the Réunion, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana/France, Rwanda/Belgium, Somalia/Ethiopia, France/Madagascar, Cameroon, Nigeria, Lesotho, Angola, Mauritania and last but not least, 14 women are among those vibrant musicians and composers. Limited to 1000 copies. The digital version also a PDF with an essay, links, websites and biographies of the artists.

Uchronia

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.

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).

various artists - Pekak! Indonesian Noise 1995-2015. 20 Years Of Experimental Music From Indonesia

Label: Syrphe [S022]

Released: July 2018

Format: audio DVD-ROM & digital

Price: DVD : 17€, files : free/pay as you wish (for the digital version)

Digital version: Bandcamp

Limited edition of 500.

Noise, experimental, noisegrind, electroacoustic, electronica, electro-rock, doom, dark ambient and much more, 123 artists, more than 8 hours of music ! Comes with a PDF including contacts and biographies of the artists. Done in collaboration with Relamati Records (Indonesia), Loudness Records (Indonesia), Mindblasting (Indonesia), Hirang Records (Indonesia).

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. &lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/not-your-world-music-noise-in-south-east-asia"&gt;Not Your World Music: Noise in South East Asia by Syrphe&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/burm-lange"&gt;Burmélange by Burmélange&lt;/a&gt;
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 !
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/ici-et-ailleurs"&gt;Ici et ailleurs by C-drík&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/multiples-des-uns"&gt;Multiples des uns by C-drík&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-htein-lins-studio-7000-padauk-yangon-myanmar"&gt;Live at Htein Lin&amp;#39;s Studio / 7000 Padauk, Yangon, Myanmar. by Compilation&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/newfound-grids"&gt;Newfound Grids by Litter&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/no-apologies"&gt;No Apologies by Munma&lt;/a&gt;
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).
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/302"&gt;30.2 by Compilation&lt;/a&gt;
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).
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/moussafer"&gt;مسافر / Moussafer by Tasjiil Moujahed&lt;/a&gt;
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).
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/turbulence-2"&gt;Turbulence by Infinite Moment Of Composure&lt;/a&gt;
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).
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/toni-na-negibnost"&gt;Tonična Negibnost by Aluviana&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/mourir-de-bonne-heure"&gt;Mourir De Bonne Heure by Le Diktat Kirdec&lt;/a&gt;
Art of the Muses

Label: Syrphe [S012]

Released: 2012

Format: CD & digital

Price: Sold out

Digital version: Bandcamp

An experimental music compilation featuring ten female composers from Far East Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia)
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/art-of-the-muses"&gt;Art of the Muses by Compilation&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/moje-elo"&gt;Moje čelo by C-drík / Aluviana&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/das-gemeinsame-schicksal"&gt;Das gemeinsame Schicksal by Kirdec&lt;/a&gt;
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...
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/journeys-into-space-and-time"&gt;Journeys into space and time by Contagious Orgasm &amp;amp; C-drík&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/disturbing-perceptions"&gt;Disturbing Perceptions by The klank of črno migs&lt;/a&gt;
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.).
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-ignorance-and-borders"&gt;Beyond ignorance and borders by Compilation&lt;/a&gt;
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...
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/killed-by-a-coconut"&gt;Killed by a coconut by Kirdec&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/voluntary-human-extinction"&gt;Voluntary human extinction by Elekore&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/rained-and-it-rained-bullets-it-rained"&gt;Rained And It Rained, Bullets It Rained by One Man Nation&lt;/a&gt;
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...
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/pangaea-noise"&gt;Pangaea Noise by Compilation&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/fear-of-a-blind-date"&gt;Fear Of A Blind Date by Tetra Plok&lt;/a&gt;
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.
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/future-marker"&gt;Future Marker by Tetra Plok&lt;/a&gt;
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]
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/dissolution"&gt;Dissolution by C-drík&lt;/a&gt;
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
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/katatoki-m-caniques-de-masse"&gt;Katatoki / Mécaniques de masse by C-drík&lt;/a&gt;
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
&lt;a href="http://syrphe.bandcamp.com/album/daniova-mama-oci-rne-lune"&gt;Daniova Mama / Oci Črne Lune by C-drík / Aluviana&lt;/a&gt;