Erased Tapes

10 years ago tonight we took over the Louvre Museum in Paris with Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm who performed a one of a kind all-nighter set with special guest Mary Anne Hobbs for our dear friend and artist JR who had erased the pyramid. It was one to remember… who was there?

Documented by Robert Raths

“I’m so into this”

Tyondai Braxton’s new single UnFS appeared on the most recent BBC Radio 6 Music New Music Fix.

BBC Radio 6 Music - New Music Fix, Breaking Artist: ear Nathan unveils this week's Breaking Artist, London/New York alt electronic duo ear.

“UnFS could almost be a skewed techno track, danceable with some twists; it puts a (mostly) steady-thumping beat behind hopscotching bass lines and quasi-melodies that don't always reduce to 4/4”

The New York Times 8 Songs feature for new Tyondai Braxton single from his forthcoming album Splayed Werks, out August 21

Olivia Rodrigo, Vince Staples: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week Olivia Rodrigo’s orchestral angst, Charli XCX’s fashion crisis and Vince Staples’s frustrated sing-rap.

American composer, producer, and professor Tyondai Braxton announces today his new album Splayed Werks with the release of the track UnFS. The album is out on August 21.

Splayed Werks marks his first full-length album since the 2022 release of his symphonic work, Telekinesis, reveals itself as unlike what came before, including 70+ minutes of pure electronics and sound design, comprising mostly sub-five minute tracks recorded in his home studio.

Pre-order it & listen to ‘UnFS’ now: idol-io.ffm.to/splayedwerks

This Friday night, Hatis Noit will premiere new work joined by a choir as part of this year’s Festival of Voice at the National Concert Hall in Dublin alongside Saint Sister, Clarissa Connelly and Rachael Lavelle.

Last tickets: https://www.nch.ie/all-events-listing/fov-ecstatic-visions-may26

We are proud to re-issue The Red Book by Penguin Cafe, with an expanded vinyl track list which now includes the previously digital-only “And Yet…” plus two bonus tracks taken from their Umbrella EP. This new edition will be available on limited translucent vinyl and CD, both with updated art from Studio Torsten Posselt utilising the original drawing from renowned British sculptor and Simon Jeffes’ partner Emily Young.

Pre-order on limited vinyl & CD ahead of the reissue’s June 19th release date.

http://idol-io.ffm.to/theredbook

BBC Radio 6 Music queen Mary Anne Hobbs created a “20-minute forest bathing soundscape” for Slow Sunday including pieces by Masayoshi Fujita and Nils Frahm

Listen back from 42:54 onwards

BBC Radio 6 Music - Mary Anne Hobbs, Slow Sunday: MAX PORTER + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO LOVE TREES Love for Trees with writer Max Porter and Ryuichi Sakamoto's assistant Alec Fellman.

Come say hi at the Independent Label Market at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross, London from now until 6:30pm with Charlie spinning records for an hour, special goods like test pressings, leftover tour stock and a crossword with a chance to win a 2LP set.

https://independentlabelmarket.com/events/london-spring-market-2026/

This week we were blessed with the presence of our beautiful friend, the visionary filmmaker and sonic explorer Vincent Moon who performed his Live Cinéma experience in our freshly completed Sound Gallery space. More to be revealed soon. Until then, we urge you to visit vincentmoon.com for his Petites Planètes Collection, which to this day includes more than 1,300 films.

Photographs by Robert Raths