International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 5)
For the 5th edition of our quarterly music series at Public Records in Brooklyn, on April 15th, 2023, the legend Jeff Parker did a Brooklyn debut of the solo guitar set he’d spent the previous two years touring across the globe.
Preorder LIVE for Vinyl LP of Jeremiah Chiu's IN ELECTRIC TIME /// short film by Burkie documents "Rococco Rondo"
Available now, by popular demand... We are happy to open preorders for Jeremiah Chiu's spontaneous summer hit record In Electric Time – a smoking suite of organic electronic music that was conceptualized, recorded, and released all in a very short span of time starting just 4 months ago (June 2023).
Asher Gamedze - Turbulence and Pulse LIVE
At the top of 2024, Cape Town, South Africa based drummer, composer, and International Anthem recording artist Asher Gamedze - with the quartet of cohorts who accompanied him on our 2023 Mushroom Hour co-released LP Turbulence and Pulse - will embark on a series of EU shows organized by the good folks of JAW Family.
Resavoir's "Sunset" // new single + animated video by Nik Arthur out today
Today Resavoir - the collaborative project led by Chicago producer/composer Will Miller - releases “Sunset,” a new single from their forthcoming LP Resavoir (out on LP, CD, and digitally on November 3rd, 2023)
*announcing* Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Niño - Rainbow Revisited /// LP/CD/Digital Album out November 17th
Today we are pleased to announce a new album from the Johannesburg, South Africa based pianist, composer, and singer Thandi Ntuli.
"On falling" - new Bex Burch music, mini documentary, and upcoming shows in UK & EU
Today, composer, percussionist, producer and instrument maker Bex Burch shares “On falling," the latest lead single from her forthcoming International Anthem debut There is only love and fear.
Ben LaMar Gay Fall Tour Dates >>>
Ben LaMar Gay embarks on a tour of the European continent this October with his classic quartet, featuring Tommaso Moretti (drums), Matthew Davis (tuba), Will Faber (guitar), and BLG himself on cornet, synths, flutes, percussion and vocals.
*announcing* RESAVOIR /// LP/CD/Digital Album out November 3rd /// Shows in Brooklyn and London
A day we've been waiting for a long time... Resavoir - the collaborative project led by Chicago producer/composer Will Miller - announces their second self-titled LP, Resavoir, today.
Two New Carlos Niño & Friends Videos >> Transcendental Bounce, Run to it >> Maha Rose North 102021, Breathwork
Today we are happy to share two new Carlos Niño & Friends singles, “Maha Rose North 102021, Breathwork” featuring Laraaji and Photay, and “Transcendental Bounce, Run to it” featuring Maia, Deantoni Parks, and Nate Mercereau.
*announcing* Jeremiah Chiu - In Electric Time /// Cassette/Digi Album out September 29th /// US tour w/ Mary Lattimore in October
Today we are happy to announce a new album by Los Angeles-based composer, synthesist, graphic designer and multi-medium artist Jeremiah Chiu – In Electric Time – to be released on September 29th, 2023. The title track “In Electric Time” is available now on all digital music platforms, along with a video directed and edited by Burkie.
a march for breezy
On the afternoon of September 26, 2022, friends and family of jaimie branch gathered at the Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for a second line style march in memory of our dearly departed sister.
Alabaster DePlume's US tour starts August 26th!!! New Single "Naked Like Water" is out today
Today, on the verge of a major month-long headlining tour of the United States, Alabaster DePlume shares a new single, “Naked Like Water,” featuring Donna Thompson, drummer/vocalist and member of his touring ensemble. It’s the third and final preview from his forthcoming album Come With Fierce Grace, which is out on LP, CD, and digitally September 8th).
*announcing* Daniel Villarreal - Lados B /// LP, CD, Digital album out October 6th, 2023
On October 15th and 16th, 2020, drummer Daniel Villarreal was joined by guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Anna Butterss for two afternoons of recording in the backyard of Chicali Outpost in Los Angeles. For all three musicians, it was the first ensemble recording session they’d done in-person since the pandemic locked the world down just seven months prior. Some choice moments from these sessions made it onto Villarreal’s critically-acclaimed 2022 album Panamá 77, but most of the music remained unreleased.
jaimie branch's joyful "baba louie" /// Brooklyn release party Roulette October 2nd /// listening parties NYC & Chicago in August
Writing about jaimie branch in the wake of her passing, Pitchfork’s Allison Hussey says she “connected the focus and intensity of high-concept sound artists with the unbridled joy of living in the moment.” “baba louie” exemplifies that sentiment.
New single from Resavoir out today!
Resavoir, the Chicago-based project led by producer/composer Will Miller, has a new single out today! "Inside Minds" is the first original music released by Resavoir since the 2019 debut Resavoir.
International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 4)
Today we are happy to share a live EP – International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 4) 121022 – including three recordings from set one with Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Adam Rudolph, plus one recording from the second set led by Photay with Carlos Niño – featuring artwork created for the event by Mark Rice of Goatmother Industrial.
Out today – "the mountain" – second single from jaimie branch's forthcoming LP Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)).
Out today – "the mountain" – second single from jaimie branch's forthcoming LP Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)). A sparse and rustic, beautifully loose and minimalist cover of The Meat Puppets’ “Comin’ Down," the track features Fly or Die bassist Jason Ajemian on lead vocals, with branch doing harmonies. Singing together, they express a congenial solidarity — branch and Ajemian were best friends, after all — and though restrained, it's rousing.
*announcing* Bex Burch - There is only love and fear /// LP, CD, Digi album out October 20th
Debut eponymous work by a new artist on our label, created in collaboration with all manner of places and faces from our extended family...
There is only love and fear is a vignetted voyage via oceans, dwellings, and landscapes by Berlin-based, British-born composer, percussionist, producer, and instrument maker Bex Burch.
This Is The Beginning, Not The End
On an occasionally snowing spring day in Chicago – April 20th, 2021 – just ahead of the release of Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble's sophomore album NOW, International Anthem's Alejandro Ayala, Scottie McNiece and Lindsey Stepney traversed the city with microphone and camera, aiming to eternalize a moment in time with every BME band member outside of their respective homes.
Alabaster DePlume - Come With Fierce Grace /// LP, CD, Digital album out September 8th
In what's been shaping up to be a truly historic run of creative output amidst a seemingly endless live schedule... the Mancunian troubadour Alabaster DePlume returns today with a new album of mostly instrumental material... Open, honest, and true... these merely lightly-fined by-products of collectivist compositional process are from now-legendary sessions at Total Refreshment Centre, and they are titled Come With Fierce Grace.