December 15, 2007
Afe Christmas sale!!!
Once again and as usual it's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid, the Afe Christmas sale is here to bring you the chance of buying many items from the Afe catalogue at an unbeatable price: choose five titles from the following list and get them shipped worldwide for 40,00 EUR!!!
- afe014rcd Never Known "Once in a Lifetime [Remastered Edition]" [Ambient]
- afe030lcd A.A.V.V. "No Abiding Places" [Dark Ambient]
- afe032lcd True Colour of Blood "The Significance of Secrecy" [Ambient / Dark Ambient]
- afe040cd Kabal "Alone" [New Electronica]
- afe041lcd Nat Evans "Post Modern Sound Images" [Ambient / Avantgarde]
- afe043lcd Nimh "Frozen" [Ambient / Experimental]
- afe044lcd Moan "Between/Associated" [Ambient / Experimental]
- afe046lcd Telepherique "Hörspiele" [Experimental]
- afe050lcd aal "Disc 1 + Inherited and Partially Transmitted" [Deep Space/Inner Space Soundtracks]
- afe054cd Raffaele Serra "Le spectre de la rose" [Avantgarde]
- afe056lcd Luca Sigurtà "La vera macchina d'argento" [Avantgarde]
- afe059cd Telepherique + Maurizio Bianchi "Zehn Tage (Touka)" [Experimental]
- afe060lcd Sparkle in Grey / A.A.V.V. "The Echoes of Thiiings / Fadiiing Echoes" [Ambient-Electronica / Experimental]
- afe063lcd The Impossible Flower "Roots and Fruits" [Post-Everything]
- afe064lcd The Impossible Flower "Anthophobia" [IDM / Drill'n'Bass]
- afe065lcd Snotra "All Done By John" [IDM / Weird Electronica]
- afe066lcd Ornament "Unicorn Lullaby" [Industrial Ambient]
- afe071mcd Anofele + Logoplasm "Gravescapes" [Experimental]
- afe073lcd Ninth Desert "Different Trouble Experiences of Twilight" [Ambient / Dark Ambient]
- afe075lcd Sam & Valley "Stupid Love or Smart Laugh" [Unsuitable Rock / Electro-Pop]
- afe076lcd Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" [Electroacoustic / Experimental / Dark Ambient]
- afe079cd Leeza "Plasmic" [Electronica / IDM]
- afe081lcd Two Dead Bodies "Reflect" [Experimental / Extreme / Tribal-Noise Rock]
- afe082lcd Sidra "A Swampadelic Blessing of Downtown SF (The Official Bootleg)" [Post-Noise Guitar Grooves / Desktop Jazz]
- afe083lcd Ur "Triadic Memories" [Industrial]
- afe084lcd Steve Brand "Awakensong" [Ritual / Tribal / Ambient]
- afe085lcd Dronæment "Ezoterick Muzick" [Ambient / Experimental]
- afe086mcd The Infant Cycle / UPhold "Our Past Present (Now Then)" [Experimental]
- afe087cd a034 "Chemical Nature" [Ambient-Electronica / IDM / Drill'n'Bass]
- afe088mcd Fhievel "Preghiera per una stella" [Experimental]
- afe089lcd Edward Ruchalski "Territorial Objects" [Experimental]
- afe090lcd Edward Ruchalski "Dark Night" [Experimental]
- afe091lcd Cordell Klier "Measure Here and Be Now" [Ambient / Minimal / Lowercase]
- afe092lcd Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" [Electroacoustic / Experimental]
- afe093cd Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" [Avantgarde / Experimental]
- afe094lcd Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" [Ritual / Tribal / Ambient]
- afe095lcd Andrew Duke "From the Deep End" [Minimal Electronica / Glitch / Experimental]
- afe096lcd Horchata "Coleoid" [Ambient / Dark Ambient]
- afe097lcd Mathieu Ruhlmann "The Earth Grows in Each of Us" [Electroacoustic / Experimental]
- afe098lcd Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" [Dark Ambient / Sound Art / Experimental]
- afe100cd Logoplasm "Testa piena d'orche" [Electroacoustic / Experimental]
- afe103lcd Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" [Post-Everything / Electroacoustic / Glitch]
- afe104cd Never Known "Live at the Cosmic Egg, 10.06.2000" [Ambient]
- afe50008 Rensek "Rensek EP" [Minimal / Microscopic Explorations]
- afe50014 Madame P & The Afeman "April's Fool" [Experimental / Noise]
- afe50015 Spiral "Minimum Effort / Maximum Result" [Experimental / Minimal]
- afe50016 The Afeman vs. Madame P "Journey Through the Shadow of the Sun" [Ambient / Drone Music]
- afe50017 Punck "Aube noire" [Avantgarde]
- afe50018 Der Einzige "Early Poor Loops For Krishna" [Industrial / Noise]
To order please specify the titles you wish to buy and send a PayPal payment to:
This offer ends on December 31st.
December 14, 2007
New reviews (14)
Here's the usual bunch of reviews about the latest Afe releases that we collected during the last weeks:
Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" on Blow Up
a034 "Chemical Nature" on Connexion Bizarre
Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" on SentireAscoltare
Edward Ruchalski "Dark Night" on SentireAscoltare
Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" on SentireAscoltare
The Infant Cycle / UPhold "Our Past Present (Now Then)" on SentireAscoltare
Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" on Musique Machine
December 13, 2007
Andrea Marutti interviewed by Lupo Ululì
Andrea Marutti will be interviewed live tomorrow during Radio onda d'urto's Lupo Ululì alternative music program from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Real-time internet streaming is available here.
December 10, 2007
A.A.V.V. "Squashing Charms" is out now on Kosmik Elk Mind
Kosmik Elk Mind has released a new MiniCD-R 3" which includes unreleased and exclusive contributes by Davide Prato, Rom:u, Harshcore, Sparkle in Grey, aal, Santoro, Lips Vago, Fhievel & The Abstract and Rag Mother. Please have a look at the Kosmik Elk Mind website for more info and to order your copy! |
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December 6, 2007
Andrea Marutti interviewed by Digimag
An interview with Andrea Marutti appears on issue number 30 of the on-line magazine Digimag. The interview is in Italian and was conducted by Bertram Niessen. It is available here.
November 29, 2007
Andrea Marutti + Figli di Diapa live @ Margini Sonori
Margini Sonori is a festival organized by ODRZ, the third night will be staged on Tuesday 4 December 2007 at Barrio's Cafè, Milan (Italy). |
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New reviews (13)
A few more reviews about the latest Afe releases were published recently:
Horchata "Coleoid" on Invisible Oranges
Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" on Stylus Magazine
Logoplasm "Testa piena d'orche" on Musique Machine
November 19, 2007
Andrea Marutti interviewed by Connexion Bizarre
An interview with Andrea Marutti was published today on Connexion Bizarre. The interview focuses on the Afe Records activities and was conducted by Kate Turgoose and Miguel de Sousa. It is available here.
Christ. (live-set) + Andrea Marutti (dj-set) reportage by Drexkode
A report about recent Christ.'s concert and Andrea Marutti's dj-set at Ortosonico is on-line now on the Drexkode website. Here's the direct link, many thanks to Gilly and Drex as usual!
November 16, 2007
Afe podcast on Taâlem radio
Our friend Jean-Marc at Taâlem has prepared quite a nice surprise for us: the tenth playlist of the Taâlem radio is entirely made of selections taken from many Afe releases. The podcast will be on-line until the end of the current year.
November 14, 2007
Christ. (live-set) + Andrea Marutti (dj-set) @ Ortosonico
On November the 16th 2007, starting from 10:00 p.m., Benbecula's star Christ. will play his live-set at Ortosonico, a beautiful place out in the country near Giussago, not so far from Milan / Pavia (Italy). Following the live performance, Andrea Marutti will close the night with an Afe DJ-set.
November 8, 2007
"Table For Six: All Quiet? #2" is out now on EE Tapes
EE Tapes has just released the second volume in the "Table For Six: All Quiet?" series. This new chapter includes all unreleased and exclusive contributions by Objekt4, Andrea Marutti, Laurent Perrier, Lutnahimat, June 11 and Brian Lavelle. The compilation is limited to 300 CD copies and is packaged in a beautiful 7" cover. A few copies are available for sale through the Afe mail-order. |
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Afe DJ-set @ Kazze's "Urban Design" vernissage
On November the 9th 2007, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Andrea Marutti will perform an Afe DJ-set during the opening night of Kazze's personal pictures exhibition entitled "Urban Design". The exhibition will be visible until November the 30th at "E...brezza", Via Garigliano 5 (Isola district), Milano, Italy.
New reviews (12)
Many new reviews about some of the latest Afe releases were published during last week both on magazines and webzines:
Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" on Blow Up
Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" on Blow Up
Logoplasm "Testa piena d'orche" on Heathen Harvest
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Musique Machine
aal "Urania" on SentireAscoltare
Cordell Klier "Measure Here and e Now" on Connexion Bizarre
Edward Ruchalski "Dark Night" on Touching Extremes
The Infant Cycle / UPhold "Our Past Present (Now Then) on Touching Extremes
October 29, 2007
New reviews (11)
Here comes the usual bunch of new reviews about the latest Afe releases that we collected in the last couple of weeks:
Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" on Tokafi
Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" on Vital Weekly
Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" on Heathen Harvest
Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" on Lunar Hypnosis
Sam & Valley "Stupid Love or Smart laugh" on Slurp
Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" on Invisible Oranges
Mathieu Ruhlmann "The Earth Grows In Each of Us" on Tokafi
Horchata "Coleoid" on Lunar Hypnosis
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Onda Rock
October 19, 2007
a034 + Andrea Marutti live @ Snaturama
PIM Spazio Scenico, No Human No Cry and Afe Records present Snaturama, a night of music, art and performances inspired by nature. The event will happen at PIM Spazio Scenico, a nice theatre in Milan, on Thursday 25 October 2007. |
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October 10, 2007
New reviews (10)
A few more reviews about the latest Afe releases were published recently:
Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" on Heathen Harvest
Ninth Desert "Different Trouble Experiences of Twilight" on Lunar Hypnosis
Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" on Lunar Hypnosis
Edward Ruchalski "Dark Night" on Lunar Hypnosis
October 4, 2007
The Afe radio
Well, as you probably already noticed, the upper frame of our website is now hosting the Afe radio. Purpose of this simple flash object is streaming tracks taken from our music catalogue. We truly hope you will enjoy this novelty as much as we do. In case somehow you find the music disturbing, you probably entered the wrong site, but anyway, you can easily surf elsewhere or simply click on the pause button!
Kosmik Elk Mind
Our best friends Paolo and Laura have launched a new label dedicated to release their old and new works, either as Logoplasm or the throbbing plethora of side projects and collaborations they have been and are working on these last years. The label name is Kosmik Elk Mind, its first four releases are out now and include works by Logoplasm, aal, Harshcore and Boombox Borealis. All releases are quite cheap and extremely limited, so you'd better have a look here.
September 25, 2007
Forthcoming Afe releases
Our 24 latest releases are still hot but we already started to work on the forthcoming Afe releases that will be out in 2008, probably in late October. Well, it's still too early to have a complete picture but here's what you can expect for sure:
- an Amon vs. Mortar full-lenght disc based on the tracks originally published by Oktagön in January 2000 on the "From the Graves" vinyl album. This is not about revenge, it's about equity: read the whole story here;
- a new full-lenght experimental work by acclaimed american sound artist John Hudak;
- the newest chapter of the collaboration between italian maestro Maurizio Bianchi and israeli veteran producer and multi-instrumentalist musician Maor Appelbaum;
- the return of Brian Lavelle with a new unreleased work;
- a noisy collaboration between italian underground guitarist / songwriter Daniele Brusaschetto and norwegian experimentalists Benny Braaten, better known as Origami Galaktika.
- more and more surprises that will be unveiled as time goes by.
23/20
The newest Sigillum S album was officially released just a couple of days ago: it's their first new work in eight years and it also marks their 20th anniversary. The album is available as a double format limited edition, either as a deluxe digipack or a numbered edition gatefold double vinyl, with each format sporting seven exclusive tracks and nine common tracks (16 tracks per format, 23 in total), together with completely different sequences. The album features audio contributions by Claudio Agostoni, Andrea Marutti, Mark Solotroff, Karyn and all Crisis members, Ephel Duath, Raiz, Bill Laswell, Zu, Xabier Iriondo, Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari, Gudrun Gut, Toshinori Kondo, Thomas Fehlmann, Professor Shebab, SH Fernando/Wordsound, Martino Nicoletti, Antonio Denti and many others.
New reviews (9)
As usual here's a list of the new reviews we collected in the last two weeks:
aal "Urania" on Sound and Silence
Edward Ruchalski "Territorial Objects" on The Sound Projector
Edward Ruchalski "Dark Night" on The Sound Projector
Mathieu Ruhlmann "The Earth Grows in Each of Us" on The Sound Projector
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Losing Today
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Rockit
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Mescalina.It
Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" on Musique Machine
September 10, 2007
New reviews (8)
More reviews about the latest Afe releases were published while we were on holidays, here's the full list:
Punck "Aube Noire" on Sound and Silence
Ninth Desert "Different Trouble Experiences of Twilight" on Chain D.L.K.
Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" on Musique Machine
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Dagheisha
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Guts of Darkness
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Blood Ties
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Terrorverlag
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Chain D.L.K.
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Blow Up
August 2, 2007
New reviews (7)
Wow! Quite a lot of new reviews about the latest Afe releases appeared recently:
Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" on Tokafi
Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" on Tokafi
Horchata "Coleoid" on Portsmouth Magazine
Horchata "Coleoid" on Heathen Harvest
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Heathen Harvest
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Gothtronic
Cordell Klier "Measure Here and Be Now" on Touching Extremes
Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" on Touching Extremes
Edward Ruchalski "Territorial Objects" on Touching Extremes
Mathieu Ruhlmann "The Earth Grows in Each of Us" on Touching Extremes
The Afeman vs. Madame P "Journey Through the Shadows of the Sun" on Sound and Silence
August 1, 2007
Afe summer sale!
As it always happens around this time of the year, Afe is about to enter stand-by mode and won't be operative until early September.
As usual, we are giving to our Afecionados the chance of buying many items from the Afe catalogue at a very special price during August: choose five titles among the following items and get them shipped by registered air-mail to your door in September for 40,00 EUR!
- afe014rcd Never Known "Once in a Lifetime [Remastered Edition]" [Ambient]
- afe030lcd A.A.V.V. "No Abiding Places" [Dark Ambient]
- afe040cd Kabal "Alone" [New Electronica]
- afe050lcd aal "Disc 1 + Inherited and Partially Transmitted" [Deep Space/Inner Space Soundtracks]
- afe054cd Raffaele Serra "Le spectre de la rose" [Avantgarde]
- afe056lcd Luca Sigurtà "La vera macchina d'argento" [Avantgarde]
- afe059cd Telepherique + Maurizio Bianchi "Zehn Tage (Touka)" [Experimental]
- afe060lcd Sparkle in Grey / A.A.V.V. "The Echoes of Thiiings / Fadiiing Echoes" [Ambient-Electronica / Experimental]
- afe063lcd The Impossible Flower "Roots and Fruits" [Post-Everything]
- afe064lcd The Impossible Flower "Anthophobia" [IDM / Drill'n'Bass]
- afe065lcd Snotra "All Done By John" [IDM / Weird Electronica]
- afe066lcd Ornament "Unicorn Lullaby" [Industrial Ambient]
- afe071mcd Anofele + Logoplasm "Gravescapes" [Experimental]
- afe073lcd Ninth Desert "Different Trouble Experiences of Twilight" [Ambient / Dark Ambient]
- afe075lcd Sam & Valley "Stupid Love or Smart Laugh" [Unsuitable Rock / Electro-Pop]
- afe076lcd Non Ethos "Syk Asfalt" [Electroacoustic / Experimental / Dark Ambient]
- afe079cd Leeza "Plasmic" [Electronica / IDM]
- afe081lcd Two Dead Bodies "Reflect" [Experimental / Extreme / Tribal-Noise Rock]
- afe082lcd Sidra "A Swampadelic Blessing of Downtown SF (The Official Bootleg)" [Post-Noise Guitar Grooves / Desktop Jazz]
- afe083lcd Ur "Triadic Memories" [Industrial]
- afe084lcd Steve Brand "Awakensong" [Ritual / Tribal / Ambient]
- afe086mcd The Infant Cycle / UPhold "Our Past Present (Now Then)" [Experimental]
- afe087cd a034 "Chemical Nature" [Ambient-Electronica / IDM / Drill'n'Bass]
- afe088mcd Fhievel "Preghiera per una stella" [Experimental]
- afe089lcd Edward Ruchalski "Territorial Objects" [Experimental]
- afe090lcd Edward Ruchalski "Dark Night" [Experimental]
- afe091lcd Cordell Klier "Measure Here and Be Now" [Ambient / Minimal / Lowercase]
- afe092lcd Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" [Electroacoustic / Experimental]
- afe093cd Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" [Avantgarde / Experimental]
- afe094lcd Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" [Ritual / Tribal / Ambient]
- afe095lcd Andrew Duke "From the Deep End" [Minimal Electronica / Glitch / Experimental]
- afe096lcd Horchata "Coleoid" [Ambient / Dark Ambient]
- afe097lcd Mathieu Ruhlmann "The Earth Grows in Each of Us" [Electroacoustic / Experimental]
- afe098lcd Pholde "Aperture of the Internal Surface" [Dark Ambient / Sound Art / Experimental]
- afe100cd Logoplasm "Testa piena d'orche" [Electroacoustic / Experimental]
- afe103lcd Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" [Post-Everything / Electroacoustic / Glitch]
- afe104cd Never Known "Live at the Cosmic Egg, 10.06.2000" [Ambient]
- afe50014 Madame P & The Afeman "April's Fool" [Experimental / Noise]
- afe50015 Spiral "Minimum Effort / Maximum Result" [Experimental / Minimal]
- afe50016 The Afeman vs. Madame P "Journey Through the Shadow of the Sun" [Ambient / Drone Music]
- afe50017 Punck "Aube noire" [Avantgarde]
- afe50018 Der Einzige "Early Poor Loops For Krishna" [Industrial / Noise]
This offer ends on August 31st. All orders received will be shipped in early September by registered air-mail.
To order please specify which titles you wish to buy and send a PayPal payment to:
We wish you a wonderful summertime!
July 28, 2007
New reviews (6)
Two other reviews appeared during this week:
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Audiodrome
The Infant Cycle / UPhold " Our Past Present (Now Then)" on Tokafi
July 20, 2007
New reviews (5)
...more reviews about some of the latest Afe releases appeared during this week:
Mathieu Ruhlmann "The Earth Grows in Each of Us" on Vital Weekly
Mark Hamn "Je déchire l'ongle aux criminels" on Sound and Silence
Ninth Desert "Different Trouble Experience of Twilight" on Musique Machine
July 19, 2007
New items available in our distribution catalogue
Many new items are now available for sale in the mail order section of this website, including latest arrivals from Silentes, A Silent Place, Smallvoices and more. Here's a direct link to the distribution catalogue.
July 12, 2007
Hall of Mirrors "Reflections On Black" is out now on Silentes
Hall of Mirrors is an experimental music project founded by Andrea Marutti and Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh) in 2005. Their first album entitled "Reflections on Black" was released by Silentes in early July 2007. Some copies are available through the Afe mail order. Hall of Mirrors utilizes different collaborators on each work, guests on "Reflections on Black" were Giulio Biaggi (Nefelheim) and Daniela Gherardi. |
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July 10, 2007
New reviews (4)
...a couple of new reviews of some of the latest Afe releases appeared this week:
Cría Cuervos "Vor Feuerschlünden" on Chain D.L.K.
Bestia Centauri "Teratogenesis" on Audiodrome
July 4, 2007
New reviews (3)
More and more reviews keep flowing in:
a034 "Chemical Nature" on Drexkode
Steve Brand "Looking Into the Other" on Audiodrome
June 28, 2007
New reviews (2)
More reviews about some of the latest Afe releases are available now: Frans de Waard reviewed aal's "Urania" box-set on the latest Vital Weekly issue, you can read it here. A review of Never Known's "Live at the Cosmic egg, 10.06.2000" (written in italian) was published on Sands-Zine by Matteo Uggeri, you can find it here. Matteo also reviewed Sam & Valley's "Stupid Love or Smart Laugh" (here) and Cría Cuervos' "Vor Feuerschlünden" (here).
June 22, 2007
New reviews
Reviews about Logoplasm's "Testa piena d'orche" and Cría Cuervos' "Vor Feuerschlünden" were published in the current issue of Vital Weekly, you can read them here. An heartfelt review of "Testa piena d'orche" (written in italian) was published on Sound and Silence by Etero Genio, you can read it here. Another nice review was also published on Tokafi, help yourself.
June 19, 2007
| Afe @ Tago Fest 3 | |
Afe will take part to Tago Fest 3, a three days long independent music festival organized by Tago Mago, Fratto9under The Sky, Boring Machines, Wallace Records, Fooltribe and Bar la Muerte. The festival will be staged from June the 29th to July the 1st at the Tago Mago Lounge Club in Marina di Massa, Tuscany, Italy. More than 30 independent italian labels will be represented on stage by one or more bands. Our beloved a034 will play during the second night of the festival, The Afeman will be on stage too as part of the Ctrl+Alt+Canc Noise Sound System earlier the same day; he will also perform a late night DJ-set. |
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May 26, 2007
24 new Afe releases are out now!
Here we are at last, just a few weeks later than announced, but anyway... 24 new Afe releases are out now for your listening pleasure! It sounds like a new Guinness record, doesn't it? (8-D
Working on this new wild bunch of items has been a real pleasure for us, we truly love each of them and hope you will appreciate our efforts.
Here's the complete list of the new entries in the ever-growing Afe catalogue of experimental, weird - or simply cool - electronic music:
