Nexsound
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Nexsound is a Ukraine
based independent record label
founded by Andrey Kiritchenko
in 2000
and was also co-operated by Dmytro Fedorenko (Kotra) from 2003
till July 2007
.
Founded in 2000, Nexsound has been dedicated to the unusual and experimental music
, both acoustic
and electronic
, released on CDs, cassettes and digital releases. During 8 years of its activity Nexsound released 60 albums from more than 30 artists, such as Muslimgauze
, Kim Cascone
, Perlonex
with Charlemagne Palestine
and Keith Rowe
, Anla Courtis
, Tom Carter
, Zavoloka
, Kotra
, the Moglass, Andrey Kiritchenko
and many more.
From 2005
to 2007
Nexsound hosts international festival for electronic music
and visual arts
- Detali Zvuku.
In 2007
Nexsound opened up a new series of CDs – Nexsound PQP (pickup) which is dedicated to music that lies on the edges of pop and experimental music
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
based independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
founded by Andrey Kiritchenko
Andrey Kiritchenko
Andrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
in 2000
2000 in music
See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....
and was also co-operated by Dmytro Fedorenko (Kotra) from 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
till July 2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
.
Founded in 2000, Nexsound has been dedicated to the unusual and experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, both acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
and electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, released on CDs, cassettes and digital releases. During 8 years of its activity Nexsound released 60 albums from more than 30 artists, such as Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze was a music project of Bryn Jones , a prolific British ethnic electronica and experimental musician, influenced by conflicts in the Muslim world with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
, Kim Cascone
Kim Cascone
Kim Cascone is an American composer of electronic music who is best known for his releases in the ambient, industrial and electro-acoustic genre on his own record company, Silent Records...
, Perlonex
Perlonex
The electro-acoustic trio PERLONEX was founded in late 1998 and has performed and toured in Europe and North America extensively since then. Ranging from prominent contemporary music festivals to underground noise/punk clubs, from art galleries to obscure improv backrooms the wide variety of venues...
with Charlemagne Palestine
Charlemagne Palestine
Charlemagne Palestine is an American minimalist composer, performer, and visual artist...
and Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both the hugely influential AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, Rowe's paintings have been featured on most of his own albums...
, Anla Courtis
Anla Courtis
Alan Courtis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 22, 1972. He studied classical guitar, piano, theory and composition. He holds a degree in Communication Science from the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently runs an annual music workshop...
, Tom Carter
Tom Carter
Tom Carter may refer to:*Tom Carter , centre for the New South Wales Waratahs*Tom Carter , NFL player*Tom Carter , American golfer*Thomas Carter , actor and director...
, Zavoloka
Zavoloka
Zavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
, Kotra
KOTRA
In Korea, KOTRA was established in 1962 as a national trade promotion organization. Since then, it has facilitated Korea's rapid export-led economic development through various trade promotion activities such as overseas market surveys and business matchmaking...
, the Moglass, Andrey Kiritchenko
Andrey Kiritchenko
Andrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
and many more.
From 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
to 2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
Nexsound hosts international festival for electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
- Detali Zvuku.
In 2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
Nexsound opened up a new series of CDs – Nexsound PQP (pickup) which is dedicated to music that lies on the edges of pop and experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
.
Notable artists
- Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
- Kotra
- ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
- Alla Zagaykevych
- MuslimgauzeMuslimgauzeMuslimgauze was a music project of Bryn Jones , a prolific British ethnic electronica and experimental musician, influenced by conflicts in the Muslim world with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
- Kim CasconeKim CasconeKim Cascone is an American composer of electronic music who is best known for his releases in the ambient, industrial and electro-acoustic genre on his own record company, Silent Records...
- Francisco LópezFrancisco López (musician)Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...
- the Moglass
- PerlonexPerlonexThe electro-acoustic trio PERLONEX was founded in late 1998 and has performed and toured in Europe and North America extensively since then. Ranging from prominent contemporary music festivals to underground noise/punk clubs, from art galleries to obscure improv backrooms the wide variety of venues...
- Saralunden
Discography
- 13.2000 : Sidhartha - Alfa Moon Planets EP (CDr)
- none : Various Nexsound Sampler #1 (CDr)
- none : Various Nexsound Sampler #2 (CDr)
- none : Various Nexsound Sampler #3 (CDr)
- ns01 : Cold War Mechanizm - Surrendered (Cassette)
- ns02 : Nihil Est Excellence - 4e4558.424f54 (Cassette)
- ns03 : Alphonse De Montfroyd - Silence (CDr 3")
- ns04 : Various Polyvox Populi (CD)
- ns05 : Nihil Est Excellence + the Moglass - The Nihil Est eXcellence + The Moglass (CDr 3")
- ns06 : the Moglass - Kogda Vse Zveri Zhili Kak Dobrye Sosedi (CD5")
- ns07 : Kotra - Stir Mesh (CDr)
- ns08 : Kim CasconeKim CasconeKim Cascone is an American composer of electronic music who is best known for his releases in the ambient, industrial and electro-acoustic genre on his own record company, Silent Records...
/ Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
/ Andreas Berthling / Kotra - Fourfold Symmetry (CD) - ns09 : Alphonse De Montfroyd + Nihil Est Excellence - Defect Analysts (CD3")
- ns10 : Francisco LópezFrancisco López (musician)Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...
/ Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
- Mavje (CD) - ns11 : the Moglass - Saliva (MP3)
- ns12 : the Moglass - Uhodyaschie Vdal' Telegrafnye Stolby Stanovyatsa Vsyo Men'she I Men'she (CD)
- ns13 : Ok 01 - Where I've Been, What I've Seen (MP3)
- ns14 : Various Polyvox Populi 2 (MP3)
- ns15 : Infra Red Army - Black Body EP (MP3)
- ns16 : I/DEX / h.h.t.p. / -ED - Micro Motion (MP3)
- ns17 : ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
- Suspenzia (MP3) - ns17e : ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
- Suspenzia (CD) - ns18 : I/DEX - Seqsextend (CD)
- ns19 : MuslimgauzeMuslimgauzeMuslimgauze was a music project of Bryn Jones , a prolific British ethnic electronica and experimental musician, influenced by conflicts in the Muslim world with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
- In Search Of Ahmad Shah Masood (CD) - ns20 : Various Rural Psychogeography (CD)
- ns21 : Ok 01 - To A.K. W/ Best Wishez (MP3)
- ns22 : Derek Holzer + Oloolo - Kosta (MP3)
- ns23 : Kotra - Live Sessions (MP3)
- ns24 : LuntLuntLunt is a small village in the borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, close to Sefton Village and to the west of Maghull and is in the L29 postcode.-History:...
- An Half Of You (MP3) - ns25 : Tirriddiliu - Deliranti In Circostanze Astratte (MP3)
- ns26 : MuslimgauzeMuslimgauzeMuslimgauze was a music project of Bryn Jones , a prolific British ethnic electronica and experimental musician, influenced by conflicts in the Muslim world with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
- Vote Hezbollah (CD) - ns27 : Kotra - Dissilient (CD)
- ns27a : Kotra - Acute (MP3)
- ns28 : Tom CarterTom CarterTom Carter may refer to:*Tom Carter , centre for the New South Wales Waratahs*Tom Carter , NFL player*Tom Carter , American golfer*Thomas Carter , actor and director...
& Vanessa Arn / the Moglass - Snake-Tongued Swallow-Tailed (CD) - ns29 : Alexei BorisovAlexei BorisovMaking music on the fringe since the underground movement ignited in Russia in the beginning 80s, Alexei Borisov has developed an impressively diverse body of work as a member of NIGHT PROSPEKT, F.R.U.I.T.S. and VOLGA, among many other projects....
/ PomasslFranz PomasslFranz Pomassl is an electronic sound and recording artist and DJ residing in Vienna, Austria, and is a co-founder of the Austrian Laton experimental techno label....
/ Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
/ Kotra - Live In Jaroslavl (MP3) - ns30 : Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
- True Delusion (CD) - ns31 : Violet - Electrolux (MP3)
- ns32 : Arturas BumsteinasArturas BumsteinasArturas Bumšteinas was born in 1982 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is composer of acoustic and electronic music , founder of international ensembles Works and Days and Quartet Twentytwentyone, visual artist with various projects presented in more than 30 exhibitions around Europe...
- Retorta Ver.1 (MP3) - ns33 : Process - #1 (MP3)
- ns34 : Tirriddiliu - Conglomerato Auto-Deviante Di Strumenti E Suonatori (MP3)
- ns35 : Nilan Perera - Harmless Love (MP3)
- ns36 : Critikal - State (MP3)
- ns37 : ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
- Plavyna (CD) - ns38 : Alla Zagaykevych - Motus (CD)
- ns39 : Paul Kust / Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
/ Kotra - Curious Kitchen (MP3) - ns40 : Various - Fabelbuch (MP3)
- ns41 : Kidsok Nuit - Say Goodbye (MP3)
- ns42 : MatsutakeMatsutakeMatsutake is the common name for a highly sought after mycorrhizal mushroom that grows in Asia, Europe, and North America...
- Nine & Seventeen (MP3) - ns43 : Gultskra Artikler - Moreprodukt (MP3)
- ns44 : ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
& AGF - Nature Never Produces The Same Beat Twice (CD) - ns46 : Ballrooms Of Mars - Cédre (MP3)
- ns47 : Alla Zagaykevych - To Escape, To Breathe, To Keep Silence (MP3)
- ns48 : ole Plastique - Sourire En Souriant (MP3)
- ns49 : Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
/ Anla CourtisAnla CourtisAlan Courtis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 22, 1972. He studied classical guitar, piano, theory and composition. He holds a degree in Communication Science from the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently runs an annual music workshop...
/ Moglass - The Courtis / Kiritchenko / Moglass (CD) - ns51 : Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
- Stuffed With/Out (CD) - ns52 : ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
vs. KotraKOTRAIn Korea, KOTRA was established in 1962 as a national trade promotion organization. Since then, it has facilitated Korea's rapid export-led economic development through various trade promotion activities such as overseas market surveys and business matchmaking...
- To Kill The Tiny Groovy Cat EP (CD) - ns52 : ZavolokaZavolokaZavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....
vs. KotraKOTRAIn Korea, KOTRA was established in 1962 as a national trade promotion organization. Since then, it has facilitated Korea's rapid export-led economic development through various trade promotion activities such as overseas market surveys and business matchmaking...
- To Kill The Tiny Groovy Cat EP (MP3) - ns53 : Nikita Golyshev & Sergey LetovSergey LetovSergey Letov , born on September 24, 1956, is a Russian musician, known for improvisational style, and the founder of Pentagram recording label. He has collaborated with numerous music artists including his younger brother Yegor Letov.-Discography:...
- Live At NCCA (MP3) - ns54 : PerlonexPerlonexThe electro-acoustic trio PERLONEX was founded in late 1998 and has performed and toured in Europe and North America extensively since then. Ranging from prominent contemporary music festivals to underground noise/punk clubs, from art galleries to obscure improv backrooms the wide variety of venues...
/ Keith RoweKeith RoweKeith Rowe is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both the hugely influential AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, Rowe's paintings have been featured on most of his own albums...
/ Charlemagne PalestineCharlemagne PalestineCharlemagne Palestine is an American minimalist composer, performer, and visual artist...
- Tensions (2xCD) - ns55 : Bluermutt - When I'm Not (MP3)
- ns57 : First 8 - In Tune (MP3)
- ns58 : Various - Vibrating Portraits (MP3)
- ns59 : Various - In Memoriam Nesterov (MP3)
- ns60 : Critikal - Graphorrhea (CD)
- ns61 : Roman Slavka - After Long Time Of Mute (MP3)
- nsp01 : Saralunden . Björkås* . Mjös - Dubious (CD)
- nsp02 : Saralunden & Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
- There Was No End (CD) - nsp03 : Nole Plastique - Escaperhead (CD)
- nsp04 : Bluermutt - Decivilize After Consumption (CD)