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Latest Contemporary Classical music releases, featuring dates, details, biographies, and discography.

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Tarkovsky's Stalker

Tarkovsky’s Composers Get a Long Overdue Reissue

July 14, 2026

Cold Spring Reassembles the Soundtracks Behind Soviet Cinema’s Strangest Decade Cold Spring will release Tarkovsky, a five-disc box set gathering the remastered scores to all … Read more

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Blue Lake Composer Jason Dungan Partners with Johan Carøe on Upcoming Album

June 25, 2026

Cello zither and clarinet arrangements construct Routine 1 the opening single from the duo’s upcoming record Jason Dungan and Johan Carøe will release a collaborative … Read more

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Helen Svoboda’s Headwater Runs Sixteen Pieces as a Single Continuous Thread

May 27, 2026

The Australian-Finnish bassist and composer releases a 16-track record built around two double basses, two voices, and electronics Headwater is out on 26 June 2026 … Read more

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Irmin Schmidt, Requiem, piano and environmental recordings from Southern France

April 25, 2026

Irmin Schmidt returns with Requiem on Mute and Spoon Irmin Schmidt has released Requiem, a new album built around prepared and unprepared piano paired with … Read more

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Mathias Kom and Michael Cloud Duguay on Cold War Ghost Towns and Experimental Metal

March 24, 2026

Mathias Kom and Michael Cloud Duguay Return After a Decade with Experimental Album Closed City Transmission 332: Interview with Closed City Mathias Kom and Michael … Read more

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Mativetsky, Amiri & Pagé — Metamorphose (Fifth House Records, March 20, 2026)

March 21, 2026March 20, 2026

Persian Santur, Indian Tabla and Processed Harp on One Montreal Record Three Montreal musicians have pooled careers that have little obvious reason to converge. Shawn … Read more

Isabel Pine

Isabel Pine on the Sonic Weight of British Columbia

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

The Friction of the Bow and the Raven’s Wing in Fables Transmission 322: Interview with Isabel Pine Isabel Pine abandoned the rigid architecture of the … Read more

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The Geometry of into air by Robert Humber

March 4, 2026

From Toronto bedrooms to Newfoundland churches Robert Humber tracks into air The recordings on into air (February 27th, 2026, Redshift Records) function as layered portraits … Read more

Requiem by Irmin Schmidt

Future Days Music to release Requiem by Irmin Schmidt this April

February 26, 2026

A two-part meditation on loss and commemoration On 24 April 2026, Mute and Future Days Music (Spoon) release Requiem, an album by Irmin Schmidt structured … Read more

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Apparat Releases Hum of Maybe Track from New Album on Mute Records

April 27, 2026January 15, 2026

Sascha Ring Returns as Apparat with A Hum of Maybe Album February 2026 Apparat has released a new track from his sixth studio album. The … Read more

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Daniel Blumberg Issues All is Summer From The Testament of Ann Lee Score

January 8, 2026

Amanda Seyfried Leads Vocal on Blumberg’s ‘All is Summer’ Daniel Blumberg has released ‘All is Summer’, a track taken from the soundtrack for Mona Fastvold’s … Read more

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Magda Drozd Announces Divided By Dusk Album on Präsens Editionen, February 2026

December 12, 2025

Warsaw-born composer collaborates with goat (jp) flutist on eight-track cassette and digital release Magda Drozd releases Divided By Dusk on 13th February 2026 through Präsens … Read more

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Laibach Interview on 21st Century Trauma, Gaza And Algorithmic Control

April 27, 2026November 24, 2025

Interview With Laibach On Techno-Feudalism, Digital Tribalism And Spectator Complicity Transmission 289: Interview with Laibach Laibach are a Slovenian collective who emerged from the industrial … Read more

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Laura Loriga on Moon Talk, Compossibility, and Her Forthcoming Album Almas

October 21, 2025

Laura Loriga Discusses Her New EP and Forthcoming Album on God Unknown Records Transmission 277: Interview with Laura Loriga Laura Loriga is an Italian songwriter … Read more

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Hilary Woods Announces Night CRIÚ Album and Shares Taper Single

October 9, 2025

Former JJ72 Member Hilary Woods Returns with Night CRIÚ Album Hilary Woods will release Night CRIÚ through Sacred Bones Records on October 31st. The album … Read more

Mélodies pour Clairons by ioa beduneau

French Artist Ioa Beduneau Releases Debut Album via Marionette This November

September 30, 2025

Ioa Beduneau releases debut album Mélodies pour Clairons through Marionette on 21st November French electronic artist Ioa Beduneau has completed his first full-length record, Mélodies … Read more

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Sophie Sirota Announces Debut Album Pressure Drop

September 25, 2025

Pressure Drop: New Album from Sophie Sirota on Coastal Electronauts The debut album from Sophie Sirota, Pressure Drop, will be released on 24th October 2025 … Read more

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Steve Bates on Static, Radio Dials and His New Album An Infinite Antenna: Interview

Steve Bates on Static, Radio Dials and His New Album An Infinite Antenna: Interview

Raw Electronics Without Compromise: Portion Control on 47 Years of Industrial Synthesis

Raw Electronics Without Compromise: Portion Control on 47 Years of Industrial Synthesis

Lawrence English On Acid Nostalgia In The Rest Is My Ghost

Lawrence English On Acid Nostalgia In The Rest Is My Ghost

Cor de Lux Talk Politics, the Outer Banks and the Year Of The Horse

Cor de Lux Talk Politics, the Outer Banks and the Year Of The Horse

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  • Blonde Redhead
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  • Jesse Sykes
  • The Dream Syndicate
  • Deep Sea Diver
  • Spain

Comics & Graphic Novels

  • Alan Moore
  • Junji Ito
  • Shintaro Kago
  • Dave McKean
  • David Lloyd
  • Eddie Campbell
  • Darick Robertson
  • Shawn McManus
  • Tommi Parrish
  • Carol Tyler
  • Katriona Chapman

Photography

  • Masayoshi Sukita
  • Gered Mankowitz
  • Derek Ridgers
  • Chris Cuffaro
  • Brian Aris
  • Mike O'Meally
  • Jenny Brough
  • François Brunelle
  • Geoff MacCormack

Post-Punk & Goth

  • Jah Wobble & Jon Klein
  • The Chameleons
  • Anja Huwe (Xmal Deutschland)
  • David J Haskins
  • Vamberator
  • And Also the Trees
  • Human Impact
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  • Simon Fisher Turner
  • Pop Will Eat Itself
  • Peter Perrett

Punk & Hardcore

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Psychedelic & Experimental

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  • Green Milk from the Planet Orange
  • Bardo Pond
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  • Kula Shaker
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  • Nolan Potter
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  • Black Lips
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  • Fatso Jetson
  • Gnome

Noise, Avant-Garde & Free

  • Jarboe
  • JG Thirlwell (Foetus)
  • Swans (Michael Gira)
  • Black Dice
  • Xiu Xiu – Eraserhead
  • Lawrence English
  • Melt-Banana
  • Sly & The Family Drone
  • Bag People
  • Zu
  • EXEK
  • MAQUINA.

Industrial & Noise

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  • Klaus Maeck (Decoder)
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Krautrock & Kosmische

  • Michael Rother (Neu!, Harmonia)
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  • Kremietz
  • Hackedepicciotto
  • thisquietarmy

Folk, Drone & Dark Acoustic

  • Vashti Bunyan
  • Comus
  • Steve Von Till
  • Meat Puppets
  • Smote
  • Bellbird
  • Hand to Earth
  • Me Lost Me

Funk, Soul & World

  • Hermeto Pascoal
  • Michael Hampton (Parliament-Funkadelic)
  • SANAM
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  • Meridian Brothers
  • Axel Krygier

Visual Artists

  • Laurie Lipton
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  • Olivier de Sagazan
  • Cecilia Paredes
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  • JAW Cooper
  • Rogan Brown
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  • István Orosz
  • Frank Kunert
  • Rima Day

Writers, Thinkers & Scientists

  • Erik Davis
  • Jeff VanderMeer
  • John Higgs
  • Mark Dery
  • Akiyoshi Kitaoka
  • Russell T. Hurlburt
  • Dacher Keltner
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Interview: Jacqui Hunt on Her First Solo Album in 18 Years

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