Of Shadow And Substance

https://disciples.ffm.to/heavycombination

A crucial introduction to the 'King of Kikuyu Benga' and the first career-spanning retrospective of the incredible catalogue of the late, great Joseph Kamaru.

17 tracks that run the gamut from vibrant dancefloor chants with high life-esque guitars, to afro funk, drum machine and keyboard driven disco grooves, and folk style laments. The music is raw, immediate, danceable, and packed full of memorable hooks. The incisive lyrics range from protest songs to relationship advice. Joseph Kamaru was an incredibly popular figure in his native Kenya, connecting with everyone from high-powered politicians to the rural and urban working class, and his music deserves a much wider international audience.

Compiled in partnership with Joseph Kamaru's grandson, the sound artist KMRU.

The tracks have been carefully remastered from original tape transfers by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.

Sleeve designed by Karolina Kołodziej using original archive material from the Kamaru family vaults.

Extensive liner notes include essays by Kenyan academic Maina wa Mũtonya, music journalist Megan Iacobini de Fazio, and KMRU himself.

Joseph Kamaru - Kenya Kũrũngara (Remastered) - from Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007

The Sound In My Mind

Escorial

«UnKnown»

Widely regarded as one of the most uncompromising works in experimental noise, Kevin Drumm’s Sheer Hellish Miasma is once again available on vinyl. First released on CD in 2002 on the original Mego label, the album remains a landmark in extreme electronic sound and is an essential and ferocious document of Drumm at his most inventive.

The history of Drumm’s Sheer Hellish Miasma is one of resilience to the twists of underground trends that have come and gone since its initial release. Using guitar, tape manipulation, microphones, pedals, analog synthesizers, and subtle computer processing, Sheer Hellish Miasma is an overwhelming experience: a sonic onslaught of storming feedback, fractured textures and  an unrelenting energy. At once brutal and meticulously composed, the album offers a singular vision at the outermost edges of sound art.

For seasoned noise veterans, Sheer Hellish Miasma offers a bracing soundscape filled with exquisitely abrasive textures and more than enough hidden detail to warrant repeated listening – a distinct voice in the increasingly same-sounding world of abstract electronic noise. For everyone else, Drumm’s journey through the noisy underworld is likely to inspire fear or, in an optimistic case, fearful admiration. 

Drumm’s Sheer Hellish Miasma is an abstract noise classic with this 2LP reissue being an artefact of eternal power.

Sheer Hellish Miasma

Cloudy

Kevin Drumm 'Cloudy' (EMEGO053)

a little death (Devin Sarno Remix)

LE DON DES LARMES

LÉO LA NUIT - NAUSÉE

𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱 & 𝗞𝗠𝗥𝗨 - 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗪𝗲𝗴𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 - 𝗳𝗼-𝗵𝗻 - 𝗕𝟮

𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗝𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖́ - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 - 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵 

𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮) (𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘁)

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 & 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲 - 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮 - 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼

𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃 + 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗳 - 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 - 𝟬𝟭 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹

𝗞. 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 - 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲

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[ 𝗲 𝗮 𝗿 ] • 𝗹𝘆 — 𝗼 𝗳 𝗳 𝗮 𝗹 𝗹 (𝗺𝗶𝘅)

somewhat burdensome (Seavulf Remix)

@leo_la_vie

LÉO LA NUIT released her album LE DON DES LARMES on Knekelhuis.
Out September 12.

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UPCOMING SHOWS

9/1/25 - Bow and Arrow - Duo with Michael Beharie at Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock NY.  1-9pm
sets by Brandee Younger, Play Time, Evan Shornstein + Celia Hollander
tickets-> https://maverickconcerts.org/event/unexpected-music-ii-independent-production/

9/6/25- Solo at Silence Please, NYC with Matthew Ryals (album release!)

9/10/25 - Duo with Olivia Block at Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville North Carolina. https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/events/lea-bertucci-olivia-block/ 

9/12/25 - Duo with Olivia Block at Sound and Gravity Festival, Chicago

9/14 - Duo with Olivia Block at Allen Gardens Conservatory, Toronto - with Aida Khorsandi @musicgalleryto curated by Tad Michalak

9/20 - Solo at Conflux Festival, Rotterdam, NL

9/24 - Bow And Arrow at Benmarle Winery House Show, Marlboro NY

9/28 - Bow and Arrow, Duo with Michael Beharie at Three’s Brooklyn

10/22 - Record Release Party LS&D Greenpoint Brooklyn, with Ka Baird, Victoria Keddie DJ Shawn O’Sullivan

10/29 - Record Release Upstate at Avalon Lounge with Ka Baird and Keith Fullerton Whitman

Of Shadow And Substance

Lea Bertucci

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