LOUCA MAURICE
2019. On 'Elephantine', his 2019 album released exclusively on Sub Rosa as vinyl LP, Cairo-based Maurice Louca guides a 12-piece ensemble through a 38-minute masterwork that might best be described as panoramic. Ele..
VÝBEROVKA
2008. "Dr. Boogie Presents Shim Sham Shimmy". Third volume of Sub Rosa's Fundamental collection devoted to rare and lost recordings from '20 to '60's. Put a nickel in the juke and boogie 'till you puke! Is..
KNIZAK MILAN
2015. Milan Knizak's 1979 masterpiece never re-released before on vinyl. Presented as a gatefold with the original design. Before everyone else (Christian Marclay, Philip Jeck, eRikm, Martin Tétreault, Otom..
SHAVIT AMI
2019. A previously unheard masterpiece of Israeli multimedia artist Ami Shavit. As a professor of both philosophy and art and established kinetic artist in the 1970s Shavit was fascinated with new and interactive te..
CHAUVEAU SYLVAIN
2019. This selection of short pieces showcases what might be Chauveau's musical signature: quietness, slow pace, long resonances, a close as possible to silence. Music to be played at night.
GILLES GOBERT
2019. A subtle mix of electronic composition and contemporary touches. Gilles Gobert composes and play electronic/mixed music with different groups like the laptop duo [KNAPP], the LAPS ensemble or individual instru..
MERZBOW
2018. 'Merzopo' is a collaborative 2CD album of Japanese noise legend Masami Akita alias Merzbow and a Czech seven-member ensemble called Opening Performance Orchestra, based in Prague. The first CD contains four co..
BOOK OF AIR: VVOLK
2018. 'Se (In) De Bos' is a slow paced 60 minute piece performed by the 18 musicians 'vvolk' orchestra and composed by Stijn Cools. As in the first Book Of Air album 'Fieldtone' and the second 'Vvolk', the parameter..
BOOK OF AIR: VVOLK
2018. 'Se (In) De Bos' is a slow paced 60 minute piece performed by the 18 musicians 'vvolk' orchestra and composed by Stijn Cools. As in the first Book Of Air album 'Fieldtone' and the second 'Vvolk', the parameter..
ROCHE JEAN C.
2018. Jean-Claude Roché (May 11, 1931) is an French ornithologist and wild life field recordist. Roché recorded bird songs worldwide for over 30 years and released over 130 records out of his recording..
ACEZANTEZ
2018. This album by Acezantez, founded by the versatile Croatian composer and instrumentalist Dubravko Detoni is a contemporary Croatian masterpiece! Rich textural pieces constructed from an unnotatable, intricate i..
OLIVEROS PAULINE
2018. Pauline Oliveros is more than ever an important American composer. Born in Houston, Texas on May 30, 1932, the music she produces today is close to the breath of life, with, notably, her pieces for accordion..
JAER BAUDOUIN DE
2018. New compositions for the ancient Korean instrument the Geomungo. This a follow up to the highly acclaimed 'Compositions For Geomungo And Gayageum' (2012).
OISEAUX-TEMPETE
2018. 'Tarab' is the result of live recordings captured during the 'Al-'An!' tour which led the group, after a preliminary residency at l'Autre Canal in Nancy, to cross Europe and into Canada, performing at the pres..
PSEUDO CODE
2018. Belgian electronic improvised music band, active from 1980 to 1982, featuring Xavier Ess (Thrills), Guy-Marc Hinant and Alain Neffe (Insane Music, Bene Gesserit). This is Pseudocode in a kind of free form mini..
LASWELL BILL/NICHOLAS JA
2018. This recording features the dark side of Bill Laswell at the peak of his art in 1995. The piece is not from a collaboration, it was designed alone in his studio in Brooklyn. Laswell's 'Bass Terror Tetragrammat..
FAFCHAMPS JEAN-LUC
2018. Third chapter in the Sufi Word's series. "The Sufi Letters is a vast project of 28 compositions (for the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet) undertaken in 2000 and still ongoing. I am drawing inspiration f..
MAGGI PHIL
2018. Phil Maggi is a composer, a vocalist and a film maker from Belgium. Known as the lead singer of heavy-rock combo Ultraphallus, Phil Maggi develops an extensive body of work as a solo musician for several years..
M.A.L.
2018. Four decades after its release (on Ohr, 1975), 'Inventions For Electric Guitar', the solo debut by Ash Ra Temple guitarist Manuel Göttsching, is now a classic, an undisputed worldwide reference. This albu..
HASTINGS OF MALAWI
2018. After a long gap the legendary British dadaist group Hastings Of Malawi have finally released their second album. Another musique concrète jewel created with the same peculiar, disjointed, uncommercial ..
VÝBEROVKA
2018. These songs originate from the city of Sanaa, the sheikdom of Lahej and the port of Aden. Samar is the delicious, luxury time when people gather for relaxation, refreshment and music. This record contains oudh..
BILLONE PIERLUIGI
2018. Pierluigi Billone (1960) is an Italian composer known for works which often 'reinvent' the performance techniques of the instruments involved. Performer Tom De Cock (1982) received his masters degree in percus..
TOOP DAVID
2018. Never released before recordings from Logos Foundation live sessions in Brussels on May 7, 1977. Paul Burwell: percussion, whistles, David Toop: flutes, home-made reeds, whistle. The Logos Foundation is Belgiu..
SIDHARTA OTTO
2017. A release of fascinating and previously unreleased music by Otto Sidharta, pioneer of Indonesian electronic music. Electronic compositions that integrated natural sounds and urban sounds to this extent were ex..
DIGITAL DANCE
2017. After the album 'Total Erasement' that includes the more 'professional' studio recordings of the band, this new record is the re-release of their last cassette tape, reflecting another side of their work and t..
SOUNDTRACK
2017. 'selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul' - apichatpong weerasethakul is recognised as one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema today. His seven fea..
CHAUVEAU SYLVAIN
2017. A fine, sensitive, interesting crossover between Early Music (from between 1470 and 1510) and contemporary electronic music with a repertoire mostly unknown.
SOUNDTRACK
2017. 'selected soundworks from the cinema of apichatpong weerasethakul' - apichatpong weerasethakul is recognised as one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema today. His seven fea..
UNIVERS ZERO
2017. Reissue of the third album (1981) by the Belgian band Univers Zero. The title alludes to the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft; the players read the story in studio, then proceeded to record the ..
COIL
2017. These two rare pieces were commissioned by Sub Rosa for these two specific projects: 'Myths 4 - Sinople Twilight In Çatal Hüyük' (1989) and 'Chaos In Expansion' (1993). 'Another Brown World' w..