Sub Rosa Rock & Indie 14 Items

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Sub Rosa)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Dark-folk songwriter Chantal Acda and beyond drums-percussion musician extraordinaire Eric Thielemans propose a new score for »Koyaanisqatsi«, re-actualising the incredibly beautiful, raw, rhythmic and touching images of this 80-ties cinematographic masterpiece. Slow deep electric waves, lonely synths in sonic desert landscapes, rhythmic pulses, transporting drums and bells, and deeply longing sounds and voices make up the audible fundamentals of this imagined, neo shamanic, ritualistic music to accompany the Earth as it keeps on supporting our post human frenetics even today.

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Bill Laswell

City Of Light

20,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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City Of Light is the sixth solo album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on July 29, 1997. While it may appear an anachronism in his catalog, fans of Bill Laswell will find City Of Light an extension of ideas he has explored throughout his career. His strong interest in Eastern music and religion resulted in this 1997 collaboration with Janet Rienstra. Part sacred, spoken word, part meditative soundscape, City Of Light takes as its inspiration the holy region of Banaras, India. Said to belong to Shiva, Banaras also contains the Ganges river: a place sought by Hindus for their cremation. Surrounding the texts is some of the most compelling music this genre has produced featuring Trilok Gurtu on tablas, Coil (Peter Christopherson & John Balance) on electronics, sound collages by Tetsu Inoue and vocals provided by Lori Carson.

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LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Sub Rosa)

Ceux Du Dehors

Exploring Gongs Culture In Southeast Asia, Mainland And Archipelago

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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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 piece. A key release for the band. »Ceux du Dehors« sometimes suggests a darker and more complex version of the motorik minimalism of classical music contemporaries Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

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Yasuhiro Morinaga

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A field recording project initiated by Japanese sound artist Yasuhiro Morinaga, documenting traditional gong music by different Southeast Asian ethnic groups. The project aimed to examine the impact of the natural and social environment on the gong music culture of Southeast Asia. During the project, he visited over 50 different ethnic groups and made hundreds of recordings. This album presents a selection of the unique gong music from different ethnic minorities.

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Sub Rosa)

Heresie

20,99 €*

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Second album by Univers Zero originally released in 1979. A classic of chamber rock music featuring heavy use of dissonance and dark, brooding and extremely complex melodies.

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Lueur Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

23,99 €*

Elephantine Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Univers Zero's new album (since 10 years) follows the lineage of 'Phosphorescent Dreams', originally released only on CD in Japan in 2014, and reissued as an LP on the Sub Rosa label in 2019. Lueur is the fruit of two years' work and reflection, the foundations of which were laid by Daniel Denis (keyboards, drums, percussion...), then enriched by the contributions of Nicolas Dechêne (guitars), Kurt Budé (clarinet / bass clarinet) and Nicolas Denis (bass, percussion, vocals), all three present on Phosphorescent Dreams.

With this reduced line-up, Lueur offers a dense journey, rooted in the balance between power and calm, raging and serene sound. A balance, too, between complex arrangements and more contemplative moments. While this album continues the avant-rock tradition of Univers Zero, it also features some very short pieces, more electronic, tribal and haunting sounds, and voice work that is new to the U.Z. universe. Between tradition and subtle evolution, Lueur is a major new contribution to the discography of this band, which will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2024.

Univers Zero represents one of the longest-living bands in Belgium. It was established in 1974. Drummer Daniel Denis had the brilliant idea to gather together a team of professionals sharing the same taste for music. The band has adopted an instrumental progressive style. Over the last couple of decades, the band has also implemented a series of influences from chamber music - most commonly, chamber music from the 20th century. Even if the line-up changes a lot over the years, the overall sound of UZ remained fairly consistent.

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Maurice Louca

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

Mick Harris / Martyn Bates

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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On »Elephantine«, Cairo-based Maurice Louca guides a 12-piece ensemble through a 38-minute work that might best be described as panoramic. Elements of free improvisation, Sun Ra's cosmic jazz, gorgeous Arabic melody, trancelike African and Yemeni music and minimalism meet in his wholly unique compositional vision. Louca also makes vital contributions on guitar and piano, and inspires stirring performances from a global lineup.

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Murder Ballads [Passages]

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Sub Rosa)

21,59 €* 23,99 € -10%

Palo Alto Featuring Richard Pinhas

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Tears Of Nietzsche Limited Clear Vinyl Edition

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

11,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Arkham

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Arkham are an early historic Belgian 70's prog-fusion outfit that played eclectic jazz and rock mixtures in the 'Canterbury' vein, inspired by Soft Machine and Egg. Featuring keyboard player Jean-Luc Manderlier who would later join Magma, drummer Daniel Denis who would also move on to Magma as well as Univers Zero, and drummer Patrick Cogneaux.

Arkham aren't nearly as dark as Magma or Univers Zero, their jazzy overtones placing them a little closer to Soft Machine. The three musicians, who show some maturity, are obviously pouring their hearts out through out the album, which exudes an intensity that can't be ignored.

Never released before on vinyl, the recordings reproduced on this album come from magnetic tapes of some of Arkham's concerts and rehearsals, recorded at various times.

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Winter Family

Chevaliers

Tatiana Dordzhieva & Maria Beltsykova

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kalmykian Archaic And Soviet Folk

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Sub Rosa)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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In early November 2014 we went to Kalmykia. Our goal was the local “Dzhangar” epic. The epic genre, as one of the most archaic, can be called a basis for Kalmyk music culture. Not so long time ago among Kalmyks there were their own professional epic storytellers - Dzhangarchi who as a socio-artistic institute today are practically absent: repertoire of modern folk singers mostly consists of late folk art of the Soviet era.

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Acezantez Ensemble

Acezantez

17,99 €*

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally issued in 1977, A Croatian masterpiece is back in vinyl again.
"Rich textural pieces constructed from an unnotatable, intricate interplay of percussive squeals, scrapes and rattles, parched and pitchless woodwinds, and dislocated keyboards on the evidence here, this gifted composer and ensemble clearly merit wider recognition." - The Wire
"Here are supposedly stylistic affinities between early Nurse With Wound and Detoni's music. Listen, and discover them!" - The Sound Projector 8

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Lueur Blue Crystal Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sub Rosa)

25,99 €*