UK’s Musique Machine kindly reviewed two of our releases : COLIN WEBSTER & DIRK SERRIES – Light Industry and RUSSELL/KEUNE/VANDERSTRAETEN – On Sunday. Still a bit strange to read new reviews while our dear comrade JOHN RUSSELL just passed away. Let his name and legacy remain essential. Read here and here.

The great JOHN RUSSELL passed away. Our label had the priveledge to work with him, Stefan Keune and Kris Vanderstraeten for the release of ‘On Sunday‘ and slowly we got to know the person behind the mentor and innovator he’s. Since the 70s he has been a significant musician and guitarist in the free impro scene, UK and abroad. Focused on the acoustic archtop guitar, John was unique and wilful in his style of playing. For many, like affiliated musicians like Daniel Thompson and Dirk Serries, JOHN RUSSELL was a mentor, a source of inspiration and one of the greatests who paved the way for improvising on the guitar. To get an idea on the artist/human being himself, read this excellent interview with him.
Sleepwell, dear friend.

Last year KODIAN TRIO (Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle, Dirk Serries) was about to celebrate their 5th anniversary when covid19 decided differently. Their exciting tour got cancelled. The trio did one show, just prior to the national lockdowns throughout Europe, on February 29th, 2020, at the BRÅK festival (held at the fantastic Hundred Years Gallery, London UK). And now slated for a cd release on February 16th. Recorded and mixed by Martin Clarke for his own OEM Records. Check out the teaser.

The lastest AMBIENT LANDSCAPE episode features an excerpt from ‘Modulation Grid I’ which has COLIN WEBSTER on clarinet, MARTINA VERHOEVEN on concertina and DIRK SERRIES on soprano melodica. The album ‘SEGMENT TONES’ is still available from our store and check that out that episode.

Yesterday MIDIRA RECORDS released this beautiful tape capturing TONUS live at the Moving Noises Festival 2019 in the Christuskirche (Bochum, Germany). For this occassion TONUS was MARTINA VERHOEVEN (concertina) and DIRK SERRIES (accordeon) performing one of the ‘Modulation Grid’ graphic scores.
Available on bandcamp.

In these troubled times of a virus circulating and lockdown rules, Youtube becomes a relevant partner in keeping the mind sane and for us a platform to share our creativity on. We’ll expand this channel with homemade performances and hopefully public concerts in the near future, videos on the productional process and of course our digital event we’re presenting on March 20th. So join our channel and sign up (free of course) to receive updates. The more members the merrier and it will give us access to our own URL along the way. Thanks and see you there.

Mutation Theory is the excellent eclectic radioshow by Phillip B Klinger (also known as the tone-setting PBK whoes experimental music has been relevant in the field of industrial, ambient and experimental music since the early cassette network days). Episode January 2021, aired last night on KOWS, featured an excerpt from TONUS’ Ear Duration album. Still available from our store.

Listen to Mutation Theory here.

Printed magazine GONZO CIRCUS reviews two of our recent 2020 releases : COLIN WEBSTER & ANDREW LISLE ‘New Invention’ and KEUNE/RUSSELL/VANDERSTRAETEN ‘On Sunday’. The review is in Dutch.
Both albums are still available from our store.