Kontra-Musik returns with a new release on its sought after, vinyl only, white label series. The label that from the start has celebrated analogue expressions of dance music, this time presents long time label collaborator PST (famous for brilliant releases on labels like Workshop, Sued and Kontra-Musik).
On the a-side PST brings us a 15-minute-long analogue techno meltdown. The track is so powerful the vinyl almost melts when played. On the flip the mood is different. The title of the first track, Houseparty +, is to say the least very revealing before PST ends the EP with his signature mood music house sound. PST is a master of his craft, and it is with joy and pride we release a new, hand stamped vinyl after a few years of Covid hiatus.

KMWL012 PST - ELD PREVIEW

In a time fixated with genres, Ved have kept defying definition for over a decade, their hypnotically repetitive music constantly crossing the borderlands of post-punk, art rock, musique concrète and minimalism. So far, vocals have been sacrificed for the sampled voices of anyone from Uri Geller to Yngwie Malmsteen. However, on their fifth full-length album, If the Door …, the group brings a new, literary dimension to their eclectic music by letting two of their four permanent members emerge as lyricists with wildly contrasting vocal styles – one confrontational, the other introspective – on ten songs all springing from collective improvisation. So, what are they singing about? Refrigerators, airports and excrements – or is it capitalism, transcendence and rebirth?

f the door is opened, it's opened from the outside

KM059 VED - If the door is opened it's opened from the outside PREVIEW

A1. Zong
B1. Dang
B2. Party in Laguna

FRAK was the first act out on the Kontra-Musik White Label series. Back in 2012 the EP Triffid Gossip marked the return of both the band FRAK and the label Börft. Now, 12 years later, FRAK returns to KMWL with the splendid and diverse Safari Modules EP. 
Machine produced by FRAK, hand stamped by Ulf-Ulf. 
Enjoy!

Safari Modules

KMWL013 FRAK - SAFARI MODULE PREVIEW

A1. E 22:an Syd
A2. Myterna
B1. Inga Konstigheter
B2. Cheap but Good Flip Flop´s (Wine Bar´s mix)
B3. Mint Planets

Following a live show at the Kontra-Musik showcase in the summer of 2024 in Malmö, PST aka Porn Sword Tobacco got so inspired that he went straight into the studio to work on new music. This EP is the result of that warm summer night. The title of the EP in Swedish, "Inga Konstigheter", means  something that is very straight to the point. And this record is exactly that - no frills.

Produced by PST, hand stamped by Ulf-Ulf.

Inga Konstigheter

KMWL014 PST - INGA KONSTIGHETER PREVIEW

Across eight tracks, Tilliander and Kajfeš masterfully balance slow, lumbering machine pulses, delicate synth textures, and impeccable trumpet lines. Tilliander’s use of both analog and digital synths carve out the structure of these sonic sculptures, while Kajfeš’s elegant trumpet playing pushes against them, infusing the dreamy soundscapes with both acoustic tension and melodic detail.

Individually, Andreas Tilliander and Goran Kajfeš have long been recognized as leading names in Swedish electronic music and jazz, respectively. Both have consistently pushed and transcended the boundaries of their genres. Tilliander has explored everything from techno, drones, and dub to clicks’n’cuts under monikers like TM404 and Mokira. Kajfeš has been a relentless innovator in jazz, playing a central role in bands such as Oddjob, Subtropic Arkestra, Tropiques, Nacka Forum, and Fire! Orchestra.

Now, they join forces, forging a new path for both ambient and jazz music.

KM060 © 2025 / Kontra-Musik
Written and produced by Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfeš
Andreas Tilliander - electronics / Goran Kajfeš - trumpet
Mixed by Andreas Tilliander /Mastered by Rashad Becker / Image by Goran Kajfeš /Graphic design by Daniel Zachrisson www.kontra-musik.com / Distributed by Clone

In Cmin

KM060 Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfes - In Cmin PREVIEW

A mix made for Mutant Radio, winter 2024/2025. This one features a lot of unreleased goodies, soon to be out on Kontra-Musik. Enjoy. 
Thanks to Camilla Rehnstrand for the picture. 

Ulf Eriksson [Kontra-Musik] - Kontra-Mutant-Mix

Sebastian Mullaert has always favoured the long arc: of tracks, of creative cycles, of artistic trust. His next chapter unfolds in the form of a new vinyl only label, born in close collaboration with Ulf Eriksson — his longtime friend, ally and the steady pulse behind Kontra Musik, a label that’s been both home and launchpad for many of Mullaert’s most vital releases.

K-Files is built on two foundations: singularity and multiplicity. Every release will present a single track refracted through three or four different versions — each one approaching the core idea from a distinct creative angle. These are tools not just for DJs, but for listeners who hear dance music as more than just rhythm — as mood, as exploration, as transformation.

The first release, KFILE 001, sets the tone: deep, dubby, and spacious, it invites patience and immersion. But like all good rituals, the process will shift. Future releases are already poised to explore other territories: sharper energies, stranger grooves, unexpected colours.

In an world increasingly defined by instant access and digital saturation, K-Files stands
intentionally apart — a slower offering. A return to physicality, to process, to the tactile rituals of listening, selecting, and playing music with care.

K-Files is a sublabel for those who play records not just to move bodies, but to open space. A
platform for sonic evolution, variation, and perspective. A place where dance music is not pinned down — but opened up.

Each record will be released exclusively on vinyl.


K-FILES 01

K-FILES01 -  Sebastian Mullaert  - K-FILES01 PREVIEW

Andreas Tilliander & Goran Kajfes - Minor Sea

Vanligt Folk - TKO

A fish dreams in a drum machine. Hidden Operator surfaces, soaked in fog and radio hiss. The fever escapes. Kontra-Musik and Kess Kill hold hands in a burning telephone booth—two labels dancing backwards through a mirror, cackling.

This is a record made of riddles and ruin. Dub coughs in the corner. Proto techno slips on oil. UK hardcore gurgles something unspeakable before melting into a slo-mo house groove with a hangover. Lo-fi? No-fi. High-why. Slightly wrong but utterly intentional.

Basslines stagger like drunks in a maze. Snares in existential crisis. Synths whispering conspiracy theories. This is an apparition. Half dungeon, half dancefloor, half pigeon coop.

Understanding is colonialism. Twitch instead. 

KONTRAKESS01. Carved in vinyl. Released into the ether. Confuse your neighbours. Alarm your pets. Send postcards from the inside.

In Orbit

Kontrakess01 - Hidden Operator - In Orbit vinyl PREVIEW

Malmö-based producer Martinou returns to his roots with a debut on hometown label Kontra-Musik. Since crafting his first album for Nous’Klaer Records (NL) at Inkonst’s studio, Martinou has steadily built an international presence through acclaimed releases on Mule Musiq (JP) and Turbo Recordings (CA). This three-track EP is the result of a long-running dialogue with label head Ulf Eriksson—blending Detroit-inspired techno, hypnotic depths and broken lush, all produced with subtle precision and emotional weight.
A homecoming of sorts, but also a new departure.

Kontentan

KM061 Martinou - Kontentan PREVIEW

Ulf Eriksson [Kontra-Musik] - Mutated Funk From The Möllan Sewers Part 1 (recorded 2007)

Ulf Eriksson [Kontra - Musik] - Juno Plus Pod (recorded 2014)

Ulf Erikson [Kontra-Musik] - Red Light Radio ADE Pod 2017

Artist: Vanligt Folk
Title: Hambo
Label: Kess Kill/Veleno Viola
Catnr: KESS09/KM052
Format: 12" LP
Release: 24 sept 2018
Distributed by: Clone

What would have become of D.A.F. if they had been signed to Trojan instead of Mute back in the day? Add a good pinch of absurdism and social realism in the vein of prized film director Roy Andersson and Vanligt Folk might just be the answer. The Gothenburg group’s name can be translated to ’common people’ and they make use of primitive electronics, drums and skewed vocals - ranging from harsh social commentary to the purely nonsensical - to create their own take on body music. ’Hambo’ is the name of a traditional Swedish folk dance that was highly popular among the common people at the turn of the last century. With this album, Vanligt Folk juxtaposes the working class dance phenomena of Hambo with modern day rave culture. This is done in the most blasphemous manner thinkable, as is the way of Vanligt Folk. Concepts like nationalism, race and tradition are all treated with the same merry lack of reverence. The only thing that needs to be respected is The Dance and those who take part in it, whether accompanied by accordions or drum machines. Or both. 

This album is a collaboration between Kontra-Musik and DJ veteran Rivet’s label Kess Kill.

KM052/KESS09 Vanligt Folk - Hambo PREVIEW

Ulf Erikssons [Kontra-Musik] - Latency Records Pod (recorded 2016)

Ulf Erikisson [Kontra-Musik] & Sebastian Mullaert - The Poppel Experience mix (recorded 2016)

Ulf Eriksson [Kontra-Musik] - Mnml Ssgs Pod(recorded 2011)

Another year has passed, another mix is done. Only Kontra tracks and focusing on the more esoteric side of the label.

Ulf Eriksson [Kontra-Musik] - So Zen Kontra mix (recorded 2018)

Tollarp Transmission

KM053 Johanna Knutsson - Tollarp Transmissions PREVIEW

Ulf Eriksson [Kontra-Musik] - The Lost Fact mix (recorded 2019)

Tracklist
A1:  ILYI
A2: Pulsar
A3: 223377
B1: Lambdoma Chamber
B2: sōt
B3: Uéchant

sōt

KM054 LDY OSC - sōt PREVIEW

Sebastian Mullaert has always been a seeker and an innovator, so naturally his long awaited debut solo album, ”A Place Called • Inkonst“ presents an unique artistic concept and a thoughtful exploration of the relationship between sound and space. 

For several weeks, Mullaert spent most of his time at Kontra-Musik’s home base Inkonst, an old chocolate factory turned cultural hub in the busy urban area of Möllan, Malmö city. Working in solitude outside the venue's usual hours, he built his live rig in front of the PA, right in the middle of the dance floor. This figurative role reversal between a dancer and performer allowed him to fully immerse himself in a perspective as close as possible to that of the audience during the process of creation. Mullaert’s recording studio lies deep within a beautiful forest in the south of Sweden, a setting which has increasingly made its mark on his music: lush, green and spacious. It’s a lovely place that makes for equally lovely music, but contentment is art’s worst enemy. The complete displacement during the recording process of this album has affected his music profoundly. Mullaert’s usually wide horizon of green hills and tall beech wood is more condensed and focused here, taking the form of urban patterns of life. Shades of longing and melancholy run through the album and those hazy ambient parts are no longer modelled on morning mist, they are exuding from smoke machines. 

The album is an exploration of improvisation, an approach that has become far more than a method for Mullaert:  For him this is a way of encountering the present. The tracks are expressions of chance; collisions and collaborations of sound waves caught in the moment by Mullaert, like snapshots of fleeting harmony. The thematics are always distinct but at the same time ever morphing, pulsating and breathing like living entities. As the music changes we accordingly change with it. New patterns of movement and thought emerge and we improvise to keep up. This is the concept of dancing in its purest form, but also of meditation. A place called • Inkonst is made for both. 

A place called • Inkonst is Sebastian Mullaert’s hommage to improvisation - an approach that is central to his work as a musician, as well as his critically acclaimed Circle Of Live event series concept he launched last year. The here and now is always in a state of flux, so improvising is the only true way to experience the present.

KM055 Sebastian Mullaert - A place called • Inkonst PREVIEW

"ALLT E’NTE" IS A REACTION TO THE EMERGING EXPECTATION ON POLITICIZATION OF MUSIC. A RESPONS TO THE DEMAND AND IMPLICIT CONDITION TO BE CURRENT, RELEVANT AND TAKE A STAND.

ALLT E’NTE REPUDIATES ALL RESPONSIBILITY, CONVEYS HARDLY ANYTHING, BUT HOPEFULLY OCCUPIES SPACE. 

ALLT E’NTE CELEBRATES SYNTHESIS AND REJECTS BINARIES. OUR HOPE IS THAT ALLT E’NTE IS AS OUT-OF-DATE IN 200 YEARS AS IT IS TODAY. NO NEED TO POINT OUT THE PARADOX.

SINCERELY, VANLIGT FOLK

Track list:
BEng
Boss
Benny
Bah SØD
VKO
‘nte
(Allt e) POLITIKK
POLITIKK

 Allt E'nte

ALLT E’NTE

KM056/KESS12 Vanligt Folk - ALLT E’NTE PREVIEW

Tyler Friedman returns to Kontra-Musik with Epiphytic, an improvisational vortex of psychedelic modular synthesizer lines, made in one continuous take. A stylistic shift from Friedman’s previous releases on Kontra, the album eschews percussion in favor of an intense pulsing spectrality, situating the music both on the fringes of club culture and in the concert hall.

The title—Epiphytic—which refers to a type of plant that grows on the surface of another, non-parasitically, is a metaphor for the way the interlacing and divergent arpeggiations co-exist, forming a larger harmonic structure. The system used in the production of the album acts as a seed to be built upon in a live setting, where the piece can evolve into more esoteric tonalities and rhythms. While Epiphytic is an exploration of 7 limit Just Intonantion, future releases and performances will grow into different tunings and tempos, shifting the genre between fourth world fm, microtonal abstraction and clouds of noise bliss, generating a work in permanent flux.

Epiphytic

KM057 Tyler Friedman - Epiphytic PREVIEW

https://kontra-musik.bandcamp.com/album/syra
TM404 - SYRA

The evolution of Andreas Tilliander’s moniker TM404 has reached its third stage. The first TM404 album was a heavily self-restricted concept album, live recorded with classic Roland machines. The subsequent album had a more playful vibe, shaped by Tilliander’s extensive live touring. This third TM404 album on Kontra-Musik simply tells the story of what he’s been up to since. The third part of a musical diary, initiated in 2013. 

The TM404 venture might have started out as a dreamy acid dub project, more suited for the chill-out than the main floor. But by popular demand Tillander found himself touring big clubs around the globe and the TM404 sound adapted organically. As a result, the album features tracks like Vactro and Rymdeko: fast paced acidic techno tracks in the same vein as classic Plus 8 releases, but with more space echo. Much more.

But never fear, fans of the classic warm and bubbling TM404 sound. You’ll certainly get yours as well. A substantial portion of this album was recorded in a studio flat in Berlin as part of an artist residency. For obvious reasons, Tilliander could only bring a small portion of his studio gear to this German sanctuary. As a consequence, this album has a more stripped down vibe than its predecessors, which creates more space for Tilliander’s glowing melodies. The last track on the album, a loving homage to Kontra-Musik’s label boss, is a sublime example.

And for the Instagram generation, here’s the short version: The album is called Syra. That translates to Acid. You’re welcome.

KONTRA-MUSIK/ULF ERIKSSON

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