Label: Knekelhuis - All

Geier Aus Stahl

Strapazen Und Genesung

Recommended by: Parrish Smith

Geier aus Stahl is one of the many artistic guises of Leonard Prochazka. No superfluous elements take away from the core experience of his sound. Some... more...

• 01 Wendeltreppe
• 02 Wohin
• 03 Leg Dich In
• 04 Geschichten Aus Dem Narrenkasten

Stacks

Love and Language

Stacks is the Belgian duo of Jan and Sis Matthé. These Antwerp residents build and undress different timbres and textures into vocal-hooked songs, flo... more...

• 1 Passengers Of Time
• 2 Above Ground
• 3 The Freedom To Pretend
• 4 People Around

Jimmy Smack

Death Is Certain

Across two 7”s, Death Or Glory (1982) and Death Rocks (1983) and one 12”, Anguish (1982) Jimmy Smack carved his own bleak chasm amidst the LA Death Ro... more...

• 1 Anguish
• 2 Hating Life
• 3 Depression
• 4 Souls

Michel Banabila

Echo Transformations

Recommended by: DJ FRM

Michel Banabila is an indispensable part of the Dutch experimental music scene, where he has acquired a special place with many, in the 40 years that... more...

• 1 coral reef
• 2 balafon dub
• 3 the three stages of endurance
• 4 echo transformations

Troth

Oak Corridor

Oak Corridor is the second full-length album from Newcastle, Australian duo Troth (Amelia Besseny & Cooper Bowman). It follows 2020’s warmly received... more...

• 01 balancing arc
• 02 forge fabric
• 03 komodo
• 04 oak corridor

Various Artists

And Felt Like...

An introspective document of contemporary music, in spirit of Eno and Hassell. A space where we embrace our differences and speak the language of coll... more...

• 1 XIII - Le Abete Al Contrario
• 2 Ike Zwanikken – Bianca
• 3 Treasury of Puppies - Himlen Den Vackraste
• 4 Avsluta - Mono No Aware

KEITO

Manget

Summer has arrived and with it our first club release in ages, a high energy burner by K?ITO from Tokyo, Japan. We are more than excited to welcome th... more...

• 1 Kannon Yu
• 2 6th Street
• 3 Manget
• 4 Ao Zora

Electric Party

Play

Recommended by: Wrong Sal

Amsterdam, 1982. Smoke fills the streets, squatters clash violently with the police, uprising is in the air. In this disorderly mess, the worlds of ac... more...

• 1 tension
• 2 portrait of ezra pound
• 3 words from the underground
• 4 money on your mind

Ssiege

Meteora

SSIEGE have struck our non-linear world again with Meteora, the follow-up to the breathtaking 2019 cassette release Fading Summer, on Youth. Its elusi... more...

• 1 il re delle mandorle
• 2 nebbia spugna
• 3 dune
• 4 il pesco

Reymour

Leviosa

Reymour packed their bags in the pre-Alps of Switzerland and left to start a new life in Bruxelles. This debut album finds originates in this transiti... more...

• 01 le flot de ces mots
• 02 de ma tour
• 03 je te tiens tu me tiens
• 04 au rythme de lennui

Spill Gold

Highway Hypnosis

Amsterdam based Spill Gold ( who previously released on Portland's Beacon Sound) with a jaunty 7 track mini album for Knekelhuis. sleeve art from Jaco... more...

• 1 beast machine alien
• 2 highway hypnosis
• 3 ecotone part 1
• 4 oyster

Organizatsiya

A L Ombre Des Roches

Recommended by: Phuong-Dan

An extraordinary twilight world opens while listening to Organizatisya. Adventurous yet humble, they push the limits towards the unknown. One thing’s... more...

• 1 Organizatsiya & Nikita von Tiraspol - Die Idee der Toleranz
• 2 Organizatsiya & Elen Huynh - Ophelia
• 3 Organizatsiya – We cannot promise you privacy
• 4 Organizatsiya – A Song For Marius

Further Reductions

Array

Recommended by: BMG | Wrong Sal

Old friends Katie Rose and Shawn O’Sullivan, aka Further Reductions, collaborate again with the label. This time the Brooklyn NY two-piece brings a mo... more...

• 1 Dense As Smoke
• 2 Array
• 3 Only In My Mind
• 4 More Than Just A Dream

De Ambassade

Standhouden

On this third, consecutive 7'' for Knekelhuis they showcase a slightly darker side, undoubtedly influenced by these current viral times. Still, shadow... more...

• 1 verwijder jezelf
• 2 standhouden

Zaliva D

Immortality

Beijing-based duo Zaliva-D returns with a second installment on Knekelhuis. After last year’s great EP, released on Shanghai label SVBKVLT, Zaliva-D u... more...

• 1 long journey
• 2 speed of faith
• 3 immortality
• 4 sick step

Patricia Kokett

Bizarr

On this long-awaited debut album Patricia Kokett continues his transcendent explorations. Built around a trip to the annual Nine Emperor Gods festival... more...

• 1 szamanka
• 2 amulet
• 3 hexerr
• 4 bizarr

Various Artists

Transition Volume 1

Recommended by: Artefakt | Steele Bonus

Sometimes, looking back to the tracks that have been most inspirational yields very interesting results. In the last couple of years these four tracks... more...

• 1 ADSR – Infinities Of Life
• 2 Cacophony 33 – Old Codger III
• 3 Drome – Hinterland, Kassler Kessel
• 4 Zen Paradox – Say Goodbye To The Dark Place

Eye

Metamujer

Recommended by: Mick Wills

EYE is back. Metamujer marks the third installment on the Knekelhuis label and we’re extremely happy to release this document of another chapter in La... more...

• 1 Acqua Vera
• 2 Luscinia
• 3 Tu Anima
• 4 Mirador

De Ambassade

Duistre Kamers

Something was brooding in the furthest outskirts of Amsterdam. The isolated concrete suburbs of the western part of the city constituted the ideal dwe... more...

• 01 Duistre Kamers
• 02 Zo Hoog Als De Bogen
• 03 Geen Genade
• 04 Malefica

Cold Front

Beyond The Beat

Recommended by: Dj Nephil

Founded in 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Cold Front were what you'd call early adaptors, their music at the time of its inception an oddity. This fo... more...

• 1 Beyond The Beat (radio mix)
• 2 Beyond The Beat (Infinite mix)
• 3 Beyond The Beat (Subterranean Bass mix)
• 4 Stars & Stripes

Jean-Luc

Des Litres De Essence

Recommended by: Dj Nephil | Exhausted Modern

Hailing from different places in western Europe, Luc Bersier, Low Bat, Leonard Prochazka and Ariel Garcia created this vibrant EP. Their synergy tells... more...

• 1 Le Sabbat
• 2 Holliday
• 3 Inspiration
• 4 40 Stunden

Dark Star

Cryonics: 1989 - 1992

Recommended by: Randstad | Dollkraut | Pasiphae | Mick Wills

Deep-frozen for many decades, something is on the verge of being released from obscurity. Dark Star is the project of Wolfgang Reffert (Ger). In the l... more...

• 1 Ixtlan
• 2 334
• 3 From The Inside
• 4 The Phoenix Asteroids

Philipp Otterbach

The Rest Is Bliss

Recommended by: Exhausted Modern | Ernestas Sadau | Endfest

Philipp Otterbach has been around for a while, publishing records at Grokenberger and Tour Messier Records. Although he is now based in Berlin, Philip... more...

• 1 Interlude
• 2 Dark side of the mon
• 3 The Weak Song
• 4 The Roamer pt 1

Zaliva-D

Forsaken

Recommended by: Naks | Priori | Ernestas Sadau | Cinnaman

Welcome to the richly rhythmic and deeply esoteric world of Zaliva-D. Based in the Chinese capital of Beijing, they’ve been circling the country’s bor... more...

• 1 Cant Go Back
• 2 Forsaken
• 3 Faraway
• 4 Wicked

Victor de Roo

Nachtdichter

Recommended by: MR TC | Exhausted Modern

Nachtdichter (poet of the night) is the world of Victor de Roo, assisted by the words of Alex Deforce: “Meer naar café's, ze gaan dicht zonder ons”.... more...

• 1 Gewoon
• 2 Voorbenachte Rade
• 3 Beland In Bed
• 4 Nachtdichter

Various Artists

Testimony

Recommended by: DJ Nephil

This 12” is a document of modern contemporary music, containing future artifacts made by a selection of old friends and new faces. All of them deviate... more...

• 1 Sabla - Chant 35
• 2 Patricia Kokett - Luxor
• 3 Maoupa Mazzocchetti - 644 Beauty Marks
• 4 Job Sifre - We Are Monsters

Kale Plankieren

Dutch Cassette Rareties 1981 - 1987 Vol. 2

Recommended by: MR TC | Helena Hauff | Le Romph | Mark Knekelhuis | Elena Sizova

After last years excellent discoveries from Volume 1, another batch of ‘lost’ and unreleased Dutch (cassette) material is coming back to the future. F... more...

• 01 RTC - Slightly Damp In A Misty Street
• 02 Van Kaye - White Dove
• 03 De Fabriek - Il Giornio Dei Morti
• 04 The Hi-Tones - Ibrahim

Patricia Kokett

Diabel

Recommended by: Morah | Mark Knekelhuis | DJ Nephil | Randstad | Philip Berg | Roman Sputnik | Ernestas Sadau

Patricia Kokett’s sound is shrouded in a veil of mysticism. The brainchild of Lithuanian Gediminas Jakubka, Diabel’s metallic heartbeat underlies a ma... more...

• 1 Diabel
• 2 Mmuo
• 3 Serpiente
• 4 Mmuo Trance

Violent Quand On Aime

Untitled

Recommended by: Myn | Endless Illusion

Coming from different regions in France, Violent Quand On Aime’s members have joined forces to canalize their energies into something truly essential.... more...

• 01 Les Elements De l'Embourgeoisement
• 02 Ofcourse I Am A Liar
• 03 The Viper
• 04 My Love

Meo

Fine Corsa

Meo, pseudonym of Daniele Mei, is a cosmic dj from Rimini, Italy. Fine Corsa was his first record, released in 1985. In those days Meo was active in w... more...

• 1 Chichita
• 2 Oriental Lodge
• 3 Fine Corsa
• 4 Monday's Coma

Job Sifre

Het Bestaan

Recommended by: Danny Daze | Myn | Randstad | Kris Baha | Vladimir Ivkovic | Mark Knekelhuis | Ernestas Sadau

Job Sifre is new blood in the Amsterdam scene. This is the follow-up to his recently released debut on the new Artifical Dance label, where he continu... more...

• 1 Bestaan
• 2 Zodiak
• 3 Mars Express
• 4 Zeno Dicho

Further Reductions

Disparate Elements

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff | Ernestas Sadau | Endless Illusion

New York City based Further Reductions is the live project from husband and wife Shawn (aka Vapauteen, 400ppm, Let Er Est) and Katie O'Sullivan (aka R... more...

• 1 Central System
• 2 Its Later Than You Think
• 3 Disparate Elements
• 4 Aural Equivalent

Kale Plankieren

Dutch Cassette Rareties 1981 - 1985 Vol. 1

*** 1 copy per customer *** Featuring a wide range of artists (Das Ding, Plus Instruments, De Fabriek for a start!) from the Amsterdam Fetisj scene an... more...

• 1 Das Ding - Meteor Sinkhole
• 2 Boris Dzaneck - Dance
• 3 Y Create - I Don't Want To Be
• 4 Roy G. Biv - Ulloas Ring

De Ambassade

Verloren

Recommended by: Marsman

*** 1 copy per customer *** ‘Verloren’ is like a late night pink Dutch sky after a long day of heavy rain, a sign that a warm summer’s day is just ahe... more...

• 1 Verloren
• 2 Jerney

Smersh

M Appeal EP

Recommended by: Philip Berg | Endless Illusion

Archive tracks from this much revered New Jersey duo. We assume both the originals were recorded in the mid 80s. Nieuwegein’s most warped mind Parrish... more...

• 1 M Appeal
• 2 Kiss Me Stupid
• 3 M Appeal (Parrish Smith remix)

As Longitude

Blauer Part EP

As Longitude is the illuminated brainchild of Eva Geist and Laura ODL. Together they explore sonic waves in an exiting world full of spatial drum mach... more...

• 1 Black Rise
• 2 Pink Is Orange
• 3 Kalte Fusse
• 4 Bauer Part

Maoupa Mazzocchetti

Glow In The Dark

Recommended by: De Dupe

WHO'S THIS FACE!? After several strong and adventurous releases on Unknown Precept and Mannequin records, now it's time to land on Knekelhuis for t... more...

• 1 Glow In The Dark
• 2 Blood Clot
• 3 You Have Only Records Without Lyrics
• 4 Who's This Face

EYE

Sabine

Recommended by: Endless Illusion

EYE is a project from Laurene Exposito from Rennes (France), where she runs the intimate label Waving Hands. EYE's debut album 'Sabine' takes us into... more...

• 1 There Is
• 2 Undress
• 3 You're So Fine
• 4 Nachtwasser

Various

Murray CY Edits

Recommended by: Naks | Ernestas Sadau | Mitchell Goor | Marsman

In a world where everything is relative, this may well be the final nail in the truth's coffin. From the past to the present and the present to the pa... more...

• 1 Fan Tan - Dress Up (Murray CY Edit)
• 2 Die Form - Presumption (Murray CY Edit)
• 3 Nocturnal Emissions - We Are Getting Closer (Murray CY Edit)
• 4 AGeM - Caustic Cunts (Murray CY Edit)

Parrish Smith

Virgin Of The World

Recommended by: Ernestas Sadau | Paul du Lac | Marsman

For our next chapter, there is Parrish Smith. In his wicked game of creation and demolishment he's working on combining organic and mental material wh... more...

• 1 stillness and secrecy
• 2 supra
• 3 savior as the false
• 4 seven

De Ambassade

Wat Voel Je Nou

Recommended by: Veronica Maximova | Ernestas Sadau | Brassfoot | Modular DJs | Marsman | Obermann | De Dupe

In the grayness by concrete of the Amsterdam suburbs we find Pascal Pinkert (Dollkraut) working on his darker wave salvation, going by the moniker of... more...

• 1 Wat Voel Je Nou
• 2 Geen Genade

Pagan Sector

Hermopolis Magna

Recommended by: Gustav Goodstuff | Cliff Lothar | Koehler | Marsman

Under the moniker Pagan Sector, two mysterious grandmasters of electronic music collaborated, resulting in this depraved love child. Hermopolis Magna... more...

• 1 The Corpse Fell Into The Hourglass
• 2 Ultra Paganus
• 3 Druids 2 Frenzy
• 4 Midi Cauldron

Various Artists

KHCC001

Recommended by: Elena Sizova

Collectors item from the Knekelhuis crew including exclusive tracks from the likes of Beau Wanzer & Parrish Smith. BASF chrome super cassette C60 (bl... more...

• 1 Beau Wanzer - Cellphone Calamity
• 2 Maekkot - Kyoko
• 3 Beau Wanzer - Birthtribe
• 4 Parrish smith - Linga Sarira