play loud! productions

09/07/2026

Kiezsalon
mit Limpe Fuchs & Grischa Lichtenberger und Cahl Sel
18.7.2026, 20–23.30 Uhr

19/06/2026

"People in Sorrow is and remains a masterpiece of collective improvisation.”
Great review by of Art Ensemble of Chicago’s "People in Sorrow" in today’s edition of .die_tageszeitung
👉Read the full article here (in German):
https://taz.de/Klassiker-von-Art-Ensemble-of-Chicago/!6188076/

"The album People in Sorrow by the Art Ensemble of Chicago set new standards for collective improvisation in the 1960s. It has now been reissued."

06/05/2026

"People in Sorrow" receives a great review from Stewart Smith in The Wire.
“In July 1969, only weeks into their two year sojourn in France, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago transported their horns and little instruments to the Pathe Marconi studio in Boulogne and recorded a masterpiece.”
You can read the full review in the print edition of the magazine. In shops now.
The album is available to order: just follow the link in our bio or go to https://www.playloud.org/archiveandstore/en/cd/911-people-in-sorrow.html
If you’re based in the U.S., we encourage you to order through our U.S. distributor:
https://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/art-ensemble-of-chicago-people-in-sorrow-cd/PL.195CD.html

04/05/2026

A new play loud! digital release: “Pentatonic Permutations", the algorithmic piano composition by German media artist Benjamin Heidersberger, invites listeners on a transformative auditory journey that began 13.799 billion years ago with the Big Bang and will continue for another 16 trillion years.
You can purchase now "The First Hour", the first 256 permutations of Pentatonic Permutations after the Big Bang. Available in all digital platforms: https://orcd.co/benjaminheidersbergerthefirsthour
For the entire ongoing musical exploration, which takes listeners through an ever-evolving soundscape, shaped by a unique fusion of science, music, and philosophy, please visit https://pentatonic-permutations.de/

28/04/2026

After much anticipation, this beautiful record is finally in our hands. This release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator calls "one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made."
It hasn’t been an easy road, but thanks to the support of our distributors, record stores, and everyone who stood with us, we were able to move forward with the authorized pressing. It was worth the wait.
Following "Les Stances à Sophie", this marks our second reissue of an album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Special thanks to Jimmy at Forced Exposure, Chris Morris for the liner notes and much more, our pressing plant Duophonic, and the rest of our supporters.
🔗Order the LP or the CD here: https://www.playloud.org/archiveandstore/en/vinyl-12/910-people-in-sorrow.html
Link also in bio
👉If you are located in the US, we encourage you to order the album directly from our distributor: https://www.forcedexposure.com/SearchResult.html?SearchType=Basic&Type=title&Key=people%20in%20sorrow

Format: Vinyl 12" & CD-Digipak, glossy cover, liner notes by music journalist Chris Morris
Original release: Recorded in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on July 7th, 1969. Originally released on Pathé.
Licenced courtesy of Warner Brothers
Trumpet, Percussion: Lester Bowie
Bass, Percussion, Vocals: Malachi Favors
Saxophone, Clarinet, Percussion: Joseph Jarman
Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Percussion: Roscoe Mitchell
Remastered by: Moritz Illner (Duophonic)
Limited Edition

28/04/2026

Enjoy THE HACKER remixing Gabi Delgado & Marc Hurtado:

LP/CD at play loud! archive & store (the label) REMIX only digital

27/04/2026

We had a blast last Saturday at the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek , playing an all-vinyl set featuring a selection of music released on play loud! up to the present day. Our biggest thanks to the for the invitation, to Marten Seedorf for the organization and support, to Oleg Hollmann for the interview and photographs, and to the rest of the team.
👉 Interview mit Lucía Palacios and Dietmar Post: https://www.zlb.de/phonothek/

24/04/2026

Music with soul and substance. Phonoklub regularly presents carefully selected sounds on vinyl from passionate Berlin indie labels. This time: play loud! productions from Berlin-Friedrichshain, founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucía Palacios, based in Berlin since 2003. play loud! publishes music and text, produces film and is building an alternative music scene with the play loud! (live) music series , an alternative music archive. play loud! is best known for its documentary films about music, for example the Grimme Award-winning Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback, and politics, including Deutsche Pop Zustände.
You can listen in anywhere in the library using wireless headphones. The headphones are available on site.
🗓Tomorrow, 25. Apr 2026 15:00 - 16:30
Free admission

13/03/2026

New Digital Release: Expander Fortgesetzte Expedition (Expander Continued Expedition) - Live
🔗Play: 👉 https://orcd.co/expanderdesfortschrittspotsdam
35 years ago, the Expander des Fortschritts brought his "experimental chansons" and radio plays to the stages of the GDR pop-underground. The lyrics and tapes were about a society on the brink of being shut down. Musically, they orientated themselves towards the West German Cassiber and the Residents from the USA. Thirty years later, two founding members have revived the Expander. The historical material was retrieved from the record shelves and archives and overwritten with contemporary material: Acting, Disappearing, Reappearing. Together with the next generation, they went into the rehearsal room and on tour: more rhythmic, more intense in sound, more driving - Expander Fortgesetzte Expedition.
This live album joins the LP release of "Urknall-Horde-Mensch", released in 2023 in the series tapetopia, Undergroundtapes from the GDR and the release of an edition of works (a box with two vinyls and a 60-page catalogue) with recordings from 1989 and 1990, which will be released by the Leipzig major label in autumn 2024.
The songs were recorded during a performance at Potsdamer Waschhaus in November 2019, edited and mastered by Falk Andreas (). The cover design was created by artist .gloeckner1 and the band photo was taken by Berlin photographer .
Stimme/Syntheziser: Safi .music
Sopransaxophon: Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer
Gitarre/Effekte: Sascha Wonerow
Keyboard: Eckehard Binas
Bass: Christoph Chudaska
Drums/Sample: Leo Binas