Erased Tapes are proud to announce the first in a series of Bell Orchestre reissues. The band’s landmark debut album Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light is now streaming everywhere, with the original masters being repressed on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 2005. The vinyl reissue is out January 13 and available to pre-order now.

Formed in 1999 whilst studying in Montreal, the first music Bell Orchestre made was live scores for contemporary dance performances and puppet shows. Looking back at the band’s early years two decades later, drummer Stefan Schneider says: “Everybody was doing random things to pay the rent like working at cafes, busking, cooking at a daycare, making pizzas, teaching kids in China English by telephone at four in the morning. Mostly in our early 20s, Montreal was cheap, a little grungy and there was a vibrant DIY scene. We were all excited about this special chemistry that was felt making music together.”

A few years later, the writing and recording sessions for Recording a Tape... started taking shape. Most of the music was written in Kaveh Nabatian’s family cabin near a lake in remote Vermont in the deep winter. The roads weren’t ploughed, so to get there the group of friends had to cross a frozen lake on foot, carrying the instruments and boxes of food on sleds over snow and ice.

“The first pieces of music that were actually recorded were the field recordings that became the opening, middle and closing of the album. Pietro and I lived together in this loft that was beside the Lachine canal, and at the bottom of our street there was a traffic tunnel that went underneath the canal, and whenever I went walking down there I noticed the incredible acoustics — the sound of cars driving through it was this immense kind of oceanic sound. Pietro and Kaveh just improvised all these slow moving fanfare ideas, just playing together until their instruments got too cold to play and we eventually had to go inside again”, Richard Reed Parry remembers.

When the group entered the now-legendary Montreal studio Hotel2Tango, Arcade Fire were also recording their eponymous debut Funeral there and the two bands had to take turns recording. Due to the growing interest in Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre was put on hold as members of both bands, Parry and Sarah Neufeld, quickly became occupied with Arcade Fire’s busy touring schedule. “The Bell Orchestre album was almost done, but it kind of sat there. We were just sitting on this album that we were really proud of, but we didn't have anyone to pay attention to it” Parry told Pitchfork in 2005. After signing to Rough Trade the same year, the album was released to critical acclaim and despite being overshadowed has since received cult status among fans.

After almost a decade of hiatus, the band signed to Erased Tapes in 2020. Long-time fan and friend of Bell Orchestre and its individual members, label founder Robert Raths was equally excited about them releasing new music and the opportunity to shine more light on their astonishing body of work.

“This record has always had a firm place in the wider Erased Tapes story, because it contributed heavily to some of us connecting online and eventually meeting in person. It is deeply ingrained in my memory of the time when I had just moved to London. I worked across the street from this small record shop called Pure Groove, where I’m pretty sure I picked up a copy based on its intriguing title and a hand-written note of recommendation by the staff.”

“When retouching the artwork files for this reissue, I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before. There is this seismographic disc that’s printed on the labels, which is astonishingly similar to the one that forms the basis for the original Erased Tapes mountain logo drawing by Chris Hernandez from 2007. When I pointed this funny little coincidence out to Richard, he immediately agreed it would be damn nice to highlight this connection,” states Robert Raths.

Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light

Bell Orchestre - Les Lumières Pt. 1

In collaboration with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Julianna Barwick - "Meet You At Midnight" from Rosabi EP, out 6/3/14 on Dead Oceans.

In collaboration with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Julianna Barwick, Rosabi EP, out 6/3/14 on Dead Oceans.

More info on Julianna's new EP + beer: http://bit.ly/jb_rosabi

TOUR DATES:
[tickets: http://bit.ly/jb_tour]
5/09 | Umea, Sweden - Made Festival
5/10 | London, England - Royal Albert Hall
5/11 | Cork, Ireland - Cork Opera House *
5/25 | Halifax, Nova Scotia - Obey Festival
6/07 | Brooklyn, NY - Roulette **
6/21 | Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
6/22 | Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival
8/01 | Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
8/02 | Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
8/03 | Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon
* with Kronos Quartet
** with Brooklyn Youth Chorus


Julianna Barwick's ethereal looping has the uncanny ability to adapt to the space in which she performs - be it a church, warehouse, museum. Now Julianna can add Dogfish Head Craft Brewery's new brewhouse to the list. 

Late last year, Dogfish Head Founder and President Sam Calagione invited Julianna to perform in the newly renovated space as well as to collaborate on a unique brew. This June, Dogfish Head will release Rosabi, a well-hopped Imperial Pale Ale, along with a mini-album composed by Julianna that incorporates the symphony of sounds found in the brewing process. Of the project Sam said, 
 
 "I just love Julianna's sonic palette, her layered style reminds me of the art of brewing. Her songs are beautiful but completely unconventional, just as our beer recipes are completely nontraditional. But in the end, they are both distinct and find an adventurous community of enthusiasts." 

The 10-inch record will be available in a limited edition of 1,000, sold only in sealed cases of six 750ml bottles of the 8% ABV Rosabi. Julianna's home state of Louisiana is reflected with a touch of red rice, her love of hops with Citrusy Simcoe and Centennial feed. Her go-to ingredient, wasabi, adds bittering and herbal notes - plus a subtle heat. 

Juliana Barwick
Artist Page http://deadoceans.com/artist.php?name=barwickjulianna
Official Website http://www.juliannabarwick.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JuliannaBarwick
Twitter https://twitter.com/juliannabarwick

In collaboration with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Julianna Barwick - "Meet You At Midnight" from Rosabi EP, out 6/3/14 on Dead Oceans.

Julianna Barwick - Meet You At Midnight

.WRONG

“Release Youth” from Sasha Smirnova’s record Gone Stray. Built around a simple, repetitive melody, the track combines bass-heavy minimalism, trap-inspired hi-hats, and field recordings. Calm on the surface but unsettling in tone, it lingers in tension and restraint.

Credits
Composed and produced by Sasha Smirnova
Mixed by Mika at Movement
Mastered by Lorenzo C. at Coreless Collective Sound Studio
Released on White Forest label on September 26th, 2025

Gone Stray

Release Youth

The storm

Fictionalise (Release)

Cycle

...

Composition, Mix & Master: Golden Twin
Album cover photo: Elliott Engelmann

In A Maze

Taken from Peter Broderick's new album 'Blackberry', out now. 
Stream & pre-order the LP: https://idol.lnk.to/blackberry

"For a while I had the idea of making an album for children, all about wild foods. There would be a different song for each plant, and the songs would be catchy and full of rhymes, but also educational. Somehow that idea for an album condensed itself into this one song. When I shared the album with my dad, who is a man of very few words, he wrote me and said, “Wild Food is one of the funnest songs I’ve ever heard.” That’s enough for me, by golly!" — Peter Broderick

Blackberry

Wild Food (Radio Edit)

Stream & order LP · CD

Peter Broderick - Wild Food (Radio Edit)

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/outbalance-single/id640278030
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/4ZZvU8OgJquMtRSnPDZosi
WiMP: http://wimp.dk/wweb/album/19938589

Lisa Alma - Outbalance.
Single released May 8, 2013.

more info at: http://www.ikarosrec.com

Follow Lisa Alma at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Alma/10722638247


Lisa Alma - Outbalance

Made this over the summer, never released it until now. 

Enjoy <3

Introspection

The World is a dark place, that is why I’m painting the Sun

https://linktr.ee/paintingthesun