Asphodel News

Metal Machine Music and Xenakis [a]live! out on 09/04/07

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Asphodel introduces the post-everything chamber orchestra "zeitkratzer" with two CD/DVD releases: "Metal Machine Music", Lou Reed's seminal noise masterpiece (featuring Reed on guitar) and "Xenakis [a]live!", Reinhold Friedl's homage to the great 20th century composer. You've never heard a full chamber orchestra sound quite like this!

Ann Magnuson Live at the Hammer Museum (L.A.) 6/14/07

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Pioneering a brand of performance art that blends alternative cabaret, pop, surrealism, and social satire, Ann Magnuson presents a multi-media concert of song and spoken word featuring selections from her latest CD, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories. Thursday June14, 2007 at 8pm. More Info

Ann Magnuson Announces Rare NYC Live Performance and Deal with Asphodel

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT

Actress, singer and part-time performance artist Ann Magnuson will perform selections from her new CD "Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories" at NYC’s Joe's Pub on May 18th (two shows at 9:30 and 11:30 PM)

Recently picked up for worldwide distribution by Asphodel "Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories" is an ultra-lush confection of Baroque Pop melodies mixed with surrealistic spoken word and psycho-sexual drama.

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AGF.3 + SUE.C Minimovies Nominated for Qwartz Prize

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 CST

AGF.3 and SUE.C have received three nominations for the Qwartz Prize, one for the album Mini Movies, one for SUE.C's video for Fourtythousand3hundred20 memories, and one for the track "lazy". Please show your support for the artists and vote!
The Album The Video The Track

May 2006 WIRE

Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 CDT

AGF is on the cover of the May issue of the WIRE! New downloads are available at thewire.co.uk

BADAWI Tour / News

Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 CDT

BADAWI 2006 European Tour this spring. Schedule updates

Live Cinema with SUE.C

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CDT

Friday April 28th as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival's KinoTek program | 7pm at Kabuki 8 Theaters Main Cinema. For tickets visit SFFS

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MINI MOVIES, AGF + SUE.C, KINOTEK

Mini Movies out now...

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST

Loping, wine-soaked electrical r+b, AGF.3's third album (her first for Asphodel) finds her dropping neu beat poetry over cookie crumb beats and snaking across sly bass and piano. Tales of friendship, longing, and wandering through anonymous city streets permeate the airwaves. More...

Antimatter - Our Lady of the Skies

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 CST

Antimatter is Xopher Davidson and "Our Lady of the Skies" is his second Asphodel release under this moniker. Heavy and repetitive, antimatter creates an album sounding not unlike Tangerine Dream, Michigan space/psych legends f/i and the better side of Bristol's mid-90's space rock scene. More...

Marclay / Tone / Wolf, Event

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:00:00 CDT

Originally recorded in early 1998 when it was improvised for a performance of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Event is a three way tug of war of formats. More...

Alva Noto / Ryuichi Sakamoto - insen

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:00:00 CDT

With insen, Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) and Ryuichi Sakamoto continue the collaboration they started with their 2003 debut, vrioon, voted by The Wire as 2004's electronica record of the year. More...

Curtis Roads - Point Line Cloud

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 CST

Asphodel is proud to announce the long awaited premier of Point Line Cloud by the California composer and pioneer of granular synthesis, Curtis Roads.More..

Philip Jeck / Janek Schaefer - Songs for Europe

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:00:00 CDT

"Songs for Europe" is the highly anticipated recording by two of the most respected names in experimental music. Philip Jeck and Janek Schaefer are best known for their work using vinyl and record players in creative ways through performance and installation. On their debut album together they have produced music that bursts with energetic character, fleeting melodies and skittering rhythms that all translate an evocative sense of place.