Current Available Releases
You've come to the right place - where you'll find all the commercially available Auricular audio releases. Download the releases in many formats (MP3 320, FLAC, MP3 VBR, AAC, Ogg Vorbis or ALAC) or purchase a CDr. All Auricular Records releases are also available through Bandcamp.com.
PAS MUSIQUE & PHILIPPE PETIT$10 Download / $15.00 Double Enhanced CD Ltd. Ed.
Memories of a 2012 Tour of the US. Sound sculptors PAS Musique join Philippe Petit, a self described musical travel agent, for this foray into audio experimentation. Presented on 2 enhanced CDs with audio and video of performances in a beautifully illustrated 6 panel wallet. Petit has collaborated in the past with Lydia Lunch, Cindytalk, Edward Ka-Spel, Cosey Fanni Tutti amongst many many others.
RHEDCERULEANLost Gemini
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The first of two new releases in 2014 from Rhedcerulean and the third release from Auricular expands even further on their relaxing brand of electronic dub.
HENRY WARWICKSomething Borrowed
$8.50 CD
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An intense exloration into the manipulation and reworking of "borrowed" sounds to build unique compositions. A meeting of lush ambient, glitch, and avant-garde styles
NUX VOMICABetween Telephone Wires and the Spider's Web
$5.00 CD
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A collection of tracks that have appeared on compilation albums no longer available. The tracks span the styles of noise, micro sound, sound art, glitch and ambient.
HYAENA FIERLINGBlood of My Blood
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Frightening and beautiful dark soundtracks to life with voice, samples, prepared bass, akoustara, analog synth + editing, sequencing from Hyaena Fierling
HYAENA FIERLINGSuper Flumina Babylonis
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Dark, hypnotic drones recorded at HOX, sequenced and mastered at FOXP2. Voice, prepared bass, editing, sequencing.
VASHTA NERADALiving as the Shadow of Your Prey
$8.50 CD
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Vashta Nerada is a collaborative project between M^+H Lewis of Noisepsalm and Alan Herrick of Nux Vomica. Dark ambient and lush textures create meditative and intense environments.
VASHTA NERADAIn The Key Of Gold (EP)
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The second single from the upcoming Vashta Nerada album entitled "Living as the Shadow of your Prey"Features an exclusive alternate remix of the track "To Ascend Through Your Shadow".
ARBOL PAJARO DE FUEGOQue Vivan Los Muertos (EP)
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APF is a one man experimental - indie project based in Costa Rica, formed by Rolando Lopez, singer, guitar player and drummer. APF's name is inspired by the Russian legend of the Fire Bird .
VASHTA NERADA...and peter spoke in tongues (EP)
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The first single from the upcoming Vashta Nerada album entitled "Living as the Shadow of your Prey". This single is dedicated to Peter Christopherson and released in memorium on the anniversary of his death.
NUX VOMICAA Frozen Moment
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This is a re-imagining and reprocessing of Epiphany Part V (1992). The original 12-minute track has been repurposed into a 52 min track - The result is waves of audio moments frozen in time, crystal waterfalls, layers of bells and a dense meditative icy sea.
VEIL OF ALCHEMYEspiritu
$6 CDR
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Veil of Alchemy is an ambient music project. Soundscapes to stir the senses and stimulate aural chemistry within. Espiritu was conceived, realized, produced, and recorded during the latter part of 2012 and early 2013.
INSTAGONThee Perplexity Ov A Shrinking Steering Wheel
$10 Ltd Ed. CDR
This version of this release is limited to only 46 copies. Packaged in a silver metallic bag with bifold liner notes and printed CD each hand numbered and including a signed art print. Includes immediate digital download with purchase.
ADAMENNON | BETAThe Nightwood Sessions
$10 Ltd Ed. CDR
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Collaboration between well known italian dark ambient musician Adamennon and Beta, the solo project of MikeB. of Viscera///. Also features remixes by inDUBstrial artist Noisepsalm and ambient/experimental artist Nux Vomica.
THOUGHTS600 Seconds
$6 CDR
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Carefully sculpted sounds, wandering rhythms and experimentations pushing the boundaries of sonic sculpture and textural compositions yet still remaining remarkably accessible. Thoughts is a collaborative sound project of Laetitia Schteinberg and Roberto Lazzarino.
VENETIAN VEILApophenia
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Venetian Veil is a side project of Sacramento area post rock/metal shoe gaze artists (waning). A richly layered style which is equal parts early 4AD and an entire 3-decades of cross-genre influences contribute to this release. A dream of the ghostly woman in the cinema, whispering into your ear. Star-gazing music. If the listener sleeps, all the better. Patterns in the carpet, the wall, the trees, the clouds.
GILIGADIIn Hypnotic Disarray
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Giligadi returns with his first full length release for our Auricular Records in almost 20 years and is has been well worth the wait. Genre bending, classification defying and a complete meltdown of several decades of styles, moods, instrumentation and musical influences all wrapped up in one dangerous and somewhat prolific package.
CLOUD SHEPHERDHelioscript
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Cloud Shepherd was formed in late 2008 as Free Rein by three gentlemen who had all met through the Bay Area experimental poetry scene and proceeded to form a trio to explore improvised music, but in a more "ambient" setting reflecting their combined interests in improv, drone-based music, and certain 20th Century classical and jazz composers.
THOMAS PARK AND CONUREFragments and Connections
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Two deeply experienced artists known for their rather different approaches to ambient and experimental noise music have managed to create a richly woven tapestry of sound and emotion. These dense and atmospheric pieces journey through the abandoned industrial backdrops of our planet. Delicate and deeply moving - blurring the lines between the ambient and noise genres.
SGHORaway from light away from life
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Now with several albums to their credit in the ambient/ experimental genre and a few ventures into dark metal, Poland's own Sghor has proven a profound mastery of a black and hypnotic ambient style which reflects the beauty of cold landscapes and the deep mysteries of the dark - both frightening and eternally emotional. A raw beauty cries out from beneath the gentle layers of lost worlds of sonic restlessness.
MY BOYFRIEND THE PILOT
Cleared Touch and Go
$35 (5-CD Box Set) - OUT OF STOCK
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the experimental electronic project My Boyfriend the Pilot, we present a retrospective 5-disc box set featuring all past releases, new material, videos and remixes. My Boyfriend the Pilot is a creation of audio genius ripped from the heart and viciously fervent mind of its creator, Minmei Decelis. From the deepest, darkest corners of her psyche she bares all, in a melodically transcendental form. She has been described by critics as representing some of the most innovative sounds-styling towards electronica, rhythmic noise and dark ambient genres.
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Andrez Bergen - Convert to Mono$6 CD / $2 Download
Andrez Bergen's 4th release with Auricular of his specialized cut and paste, sliced up techno mixes. Andrez has been rightfully compared to Cabaret Voltaire in his cut up techniques and approaches to the specialized mixes he releases on our label. Purchase the CD or name your own price for the digital download (buy the whole release for $1 if you like)...
Nux Vomica - Saturnalia et Sigillaricia$6 CD / $2 Download
The newest release by Nux Vomica. Saturnalia is the feast with which the Romans commemorated the dedication of the temple of the god Saturn. The celebrations included the making and giving of small presents (saturnalia et sigillaricia). This is a collection of moments of delicate and intense deep ambient.
Big City Orchestra - Adita$6 CD / $2 Download
Adita is a collection of recordings created by Ninah Pixie, dAS and Phil Knight (Silverman of Legendary Pink Dots) during rehearsals for two performances in the Netherlands as part of Big City Orchestra's 30th Anniversary Tour in 2009 -- the DFM Radio International benefit at the Overtoom 301 in Amsterdam, and Incubate Festival in Tilburg. Also included are several tracks recorded in the US at Chakra Chimp Research Kitchen with Univac and dAS exclusively at the helm. Also contains the Big City Orchestra Sound Effect Library Volume 22!
Noisepsalm - Death Mask$6 CD / $2 Download
The latest release by Noisepsalm is now available. What is being described by some as the Noisepsalm Manifesto - This release explores a broad sonic landscape and presents with a marvelous selection of remarkably well produced and intricate pieces. This is a complex and diverse offering which serves as a testament to the abilities, growth and sonic achievements of Noisepsalm.
Andrez Bergen - Hackneyed Record Crate$6 CD / $2 Download
Our favorite expat of a prison colony, known in the underground by many aliases, and currently believed to be residing in a sci-fi metropolis has smuggled us his 3rd Auricular Records release of twisted themes for robotic chimney sweeps fueled by strychnine and lemonade.
Rhedcerulean - Kindling$6 CD / $2 Download
Often moody, sometime atonal, and otherwise out of tune, the music of Rhedcerulean is reminiscent of a chronic depression with a hopeful optimism that someday soon things won't suck so bad. Many of the songs feature some element of anti-pop mockery with a sincere attempt to be uplifting. The music is a break from the norm. It's introspective, but it's refreshingly satirical.
Nux Vomica & Voice of EyeFire of the Unitive Path :: Three Rivers
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All new material from these two dark ambient groups, united as a single force. This is the first volume in a series taken from a continuous Improvised session recorded in the Fall of 2009. Re-defines the boundaries of dark ambient and opens up new territories for both groups as they walk the mysterious path of sounds and energies. Pure experimental audio alchemy.
Nux Vomica & Voice of EyeINVIVO
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Recorded in 1994, and recently remastered. This is the first time these landmark improvisational collaborations have ever been available to the public. The first release in a trilogy culled from a 6-hour studio session. Dark ambient at its finest.
Giligadi - Fissures inn the Faithful$6 CD / $2 Download
A reissue/remaster of the 1992 release. Giligadi's ultimate goal is to "map, capture, and present emotions in a sonic form; the destruction of platitudes; the pursuit of truth, such as it is." With a broad range of styles and genres covered this release holds as a beautiful exploration of the modern soul wherein 1992 still echoes to the current day as poignant, involved and wildly varied emotional states.
Drew Dobbs - Music from the Center of Nowhere$6 CD / $2 Download
Drew Dobbs is a 20-year Auricular Records veteran and has appeared on our recordings and compilations in the past with Big City Orchestra, Rob & Robo, Chambermaidens, Sense/Net and more. Drew draws from extremely diverse styles and influences making each of his recordings and projects something truly unique.
The Cats' Orchestra - The Noise Under the Eyelid$6 CD / $2 Download
The Cats' Orchestra is a project led by Ukrainian composer/performer Nicolay Sirov from Kiev. The project began in fall of 2008. Sirov states, " This project is not a musical experiment. It's an experiment of one personal soul. It is concerned with trying to take part in dialogue.
Noisepsalm - sOma causatum$6 CD / $2 Download
Noisepsalm has collaborated with brethren in the field (Rhedcerulean, Marshall Pierce, Cursed Chimera & Alan Herrick) resulting in a release which is somewhat of a missing link between 80's Coil albums and a really good, unreleased, missing, rare Psychic TV album.
$6 CD / $2 DownloadBarry Dillon - Ten and a Half Miles from Craggy Island
Dillon utilizes the processing techniques developed in musique concrete, enhanced with the present day developments in Digital Signal Processing, Electronics and Computer Music "programming languages" like "Csound, Max / MSP" , PD and supported by additional audio processing software like the Composers Desktop Project, and Pro Tools as well as various other Open Source and Commercial software applications.
Nux Vomica - Rubedo$6 CD / $2 Download
Nux Vomica's return as well as an ushering in of new styles and disciplines in their art form. While still distinctly "Nux Vomica" the works have evolved and shifted in time.
Andrew Kaluzynski - Inverted Ambience$6 CD / $2 Download
Inverted Ambience was created, very much by accident, from sounds collected in various East Bay coffee shops between May 2008 and June 2009. "There is no Limit" is the only track that contains traditional instrumentation.
/mp> - Urban Soundscapes$6 CD / $2 Download
Massimo Polveraccio (MP) is Italian and lives in Toronto, Canada. He is not a musician, never learned music, but he likes to describe himself as a sound designer. He has been playing with his computer for years and finally was able to come up with something that seemed to address his interest for aesthetic and quiet listening.
Daniel Alexander - Music For Film$6 CD / $2 Download
Composed using instruments, synths and field recordings - this recording mimicks traditional soundtrack techniques (both structurally and aesthetically) but executes them in a manner that leaves no room for the existence of the footage from which the idea was born.
Brent Goodbar & Alan HerrickMass Ascendo Ad Klavier: Three Disparate Pieces for Treated Piano
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A suite of uniquely disparate pieces for treated piano. This process was started with two treated pianos which were banged, filled with nails, struck with wood, maimed with steel rods, laden with tacks, and generally abused.
Cliff Neighbors - Skidloy Systems$6 CD / $2 Download
Originally released as a cassette only in 1992 by Auricular Records. The tracks have been minimally remastered. Cliff Neighbors is known for his work with Deathranch, Big City Orchestra, Crawling with Tarts and more recently performances with composer Cheryl Leonard.
Noisepsalm - The Injured Aerm ArmyAn engaging journey through dark trip hop and industrial dub leading into the dark recesses of your mind inhabited by Saturday afternoon horror flicks, runaway robots and mad scientists.
Andrez Bergen - DeeppressoOur favorite multiple personality disordered artist returns with his sophomore release for Auricular Records. This is an all new collection of original material in the same vein as his previous Auricular release of collected works. This release however stands out with hypnotic rhythms and crazed samples spliced 'n' diced and strewn together in a dark weave of mayhem which brings comfort to madness and an engaging listening experience to divine chaos!
Instagon - Deamon RockThe legendary Instagon's latest release - recorded in the legendary Studio A at KDVS Radio in Davis, CA on September 8, 2007. Self-classified as "garage jazz".
Various ArtistsAuricular Audio Magazine #13
16 artists, many award winning, from 7 separate countries are represented in this broad reaching exploration into the various realms of experimental, ambient, and alternative music and soundart. Artists include: Forms of Things Unknown, Nux Vomica, A Pyxie Worm, The Lullaby League, Gintas K, G:Nome, Courtis, Noisepsalm, a.P.A.t.T., Manuel T Engel, and more.
G:NOME - PolymorphismSolo piano compositions have been combined with synthesis, spoken word and sound sculpture to create distinct "explorations" and "concepts". The focus of the material was on that of self-realization and is presented through music and words that explore virtue, fear, discovery, and conscience. » more
Nux Vomica - The Tree of AlchemyThese rarely heard tracks have been digitally remastered and are now available for the first time in almost 10 years. The Tree of Alchemy Part I-VI is the first release of a series exploring the alchemical process through sound.
Nux Vomica - The Crowning of NatureAn aural exploration into the world of alchemy. Each track is a representation of a different stage in the alchemical process as outlined in the ancient alchemical manuscript entitled The Crowning of Nature.
Auricular Audio Magazine #15Various Artists
For the highly aniticipated volume fifteen we have included artists from as close as our own backyard and as far as Malaysia. Tracks contributed by My Boyfriend the Pilot, Giligadi, Space Gambus Experiment, (waning), Everything But the Gargoyle, Nosens, Kwisp, Rhedcerulean, pixyblink, Instagon, The Background Front and Mr. Leary.
Various ArtistsAuricular Audio Magazine #14
Auricular veterans and new artists join forces to present this selection of soundart pieces. Featuring an exclusive 17-minute track by Voice of Eye, Drew Dobbs and Giligadi who are both 17+ year Auricular veterans returning to the fold, award winning composer Eldad Tsabary, Vadim Gusis' newest project Thunderwheel, Argentinian sonic explorers ÜL, glitch & mod masters Bureau of Nonstandards, current Auricular artists Andrez Bergen of Tokyo and composer Barry Dillon of Ireland as well as Swedish noise artist Pythgora and electronic musician Novachild.
