Melting Song

The Cure - Plainsong (Black Sessions)

The score for Only Lovers Left Alive -- a collaboration between SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan and Shane Stoneback) and Dutch lutenist Jozef Van Wissem -- serves as a reflection of the distinct textures of Detroit and Tangier, bridging ancient and modern sounds, entangled and timeless.

Avant-Baroque lute weaves through twenty-first century guitar grit, heavy back beats, Moroccan percussion, synth bass, field recordings, and numerous sonic effects to create a cinematic tapestry.

Guest vocalist Madeline Follin (Cults) appears on SQÜRL’s syrup soaked re-interpretation of the Wanda Jackson hit “Funnel of Love." Zola Jesus's commanding vocal soars through Van Wissem’s "In Templum Dei." And Yasmine Hamdan’s intimate and evocative “Hal" was recorded on the set of the film and mixed by SQÜRL.

The film and soundtrack album were released worldwide in 2014, and quickly earned the group the Cannes Soundtrack Award from a consortium of film and music critics. In the years that have followed it has remained a favorite of critics and fans alike, who have continued to hunt down the limited vinyl copies in existence.

Film Synopsis:
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

Funnel Of Love

Vivre Sa Vie (Princess De Suède)

Something special

With "Daily Battles," US-American musician Marla Hansen, who lives in Berlin, kicks off her new cover project "Laugh Into the Leaves", a fully acoustic EP that places voice and strings at the forefront. Hansen interprets Thom Yorke’s song – originally released in 2019 as part of the soundtrack for Motherless Brooklyn – as a quiet, intimate meditation on the pressure to adapt in everyday life.

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Marla Hansen - Daily Battles

Лаванда - Московский 33

Caution! Soviet Electronic Music and dangerous guys!

Заросли Вереска - Ночной Дозор 
Солнечная Соль - Воля К Новому
Алмата - Ди-Ги-Дай
Попов Александр Кузьмич - NLP_track3
Самцы Дронта - Крокет
Маяк - Весна
Шесть мёртвых болгар - Мой костер в тумане светит
Шесть Мёртвых Болгар - Stoping
VLD - 432
Заросливереска -Героин
New Composers - Love of Nature
Кофе - Ломаные пляски
Шесть Мертвых Болгар - Любовь и железо, часть вторая
Шесть Мёртвых Болгар - Ловец человеков
Кофе - Ставлю на зеро

Radio Cómeme - Soviet Bon Voyage 07 By Inga Mauer

Kedr's first ever finished track back in 2015. Finally released officially in 2018. Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHvTbBWIvQ

No More Summer Rain

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Kedr Livanskiy - No More Summer Rain

Second studio album. Recorded on 8 tracks analog tape, live, in Paris between 2018 and 2019.
(p) & (c) Le Phonographe 2019

09 - Juniore - Que La Nuit

Mansfield.TYA - Auf Wiedersehen

Karaoke Kalk is a record label founded in 1997 in Cologne. The name comes from the „Köln-Kalk“ district where the label started out. Over the past 25 years the label has amounted a superb catalog totaling well over 120 releases by a dazzling array of artists spanning the broadest possible spectrum of musical output.

Some of the most notable musicians to have released on Kalk include Scottish post-jazz pianist Bill Wells, To Rococo Rot bassist Mapstation aka Stefan Schneider, Static aka classically trained drummer Hanno Leichtmann, tireless musical activist Guido Möbius and the meister of prepared-piano Hauschka. Of all the acts to appear on KK, the later has undoubtedly reached the widest audience, with continued success and international acclaim, it was Kalk that first brought Hauschka's unique style to the world. While between them Bill Wells and Stefan Schneider have worked with everyone from Aidan Moffat and Barbara Morgenstern to Mahar Shalal Hash Baz and Hans-Joachim Roedelius. Other well established acts that have released on Kalk include the electronic pop duo Donna Regina and the English post-jazz ensemble Dakota Suite.
Of course, besides all these well known names Karaoke Kalk is very much about supporting new talent and bringing to light fantastic new artists who might not otherwise get a break. And so the label is proud to support young artists which recent releases by the likes of Emanuele Errante, Toulouse Low Trax, Roman and J.R.Plankton goes to show.

In 2004 the label relocated from Cologne to Berlin where label head Thorsten Lütz aka DJ Strobocop is extremely active with residencies and regular appearances at some of the best clubs around town. The label is now firmly established as one of the finest the „Musical Capital“ of Europe has to offer. A year later, Karaoke Kalk spawned the Kalk Pets sublabel again proving the Kalk's ongoing support of the clubscene with a focus on remix 12“s. So far the sublabel has released over 20 vinyl Eps with contributions from the likes of DeWalta, Paul Frick (from Brandt, Brauer, Frick), Daniel Meteo, Atom TM and Chica Paula. Kalk Pets proves the labels undying love for the vinyl format and affinity with traditional djing and ever changing club landscape. Since 2006 the label has had its own publisher too - Karaoke Kalk Musikverlag – empowering its artists to retain control of their rights. 

Karaoke Kalk release wonderful electronic and indie sounds beyond the cliches: label boss Thorsten Lütz likes to sit on the fence, creating his own niche for music beyond all the fleeting trends and typical media categorizations. It is one of the few genuinely eclectic labels out there, covering an astonishingly wide range of genres encompassing everything from ambient and indie to electronic, experimental and singer-songwriter. It's one of the true joys of Karaoke Kalk that one just never knows that the label is going to release next: it could go in any direction. The fact is no matter what style of music the label selects, its always of the highest standard and never fails to surprise and delight with each new release.

Marla Hansen - Daily Battles

Karaoke Kalk

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