Unsigned

09/04/2025

30/03/2025

8 track album

07/03/2025

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Unsigned is an independent record label located in Budapest, Hungary

31/12/2024

UNSIGNED EXPERIMENTAL NOISE COMP #8. (cassette compilation by Unsigned)

How to define ‘unsigned’ is the question for today. The Hungarian label with the same name sure knows where to find artists you may never have heard of, but also some whose names you recognise. I name-checked Alexei Borisov, Instagon, Juice Machine, Radio Noise Duo, Noiseculptor, and Chefkirk on the latest. That doesn’t mean they are signed. Who is ‘signed’, as ‘we will release all your work’, to a label these days anyway? The musicians I recognised released their music on various labels many times only once. This is a long cassette, 90 minutes or so, and limited to 36 copies, which, with 24 artists, either means only 12 are sold, or the artists don’t get a free copy (or those are not counted of the 36). As with previous instalments of this series on the Unsigned label, this is filled with ‘experimental noise’, as the title promises. That’s not to say that we’re dealing here with 90 minutes of loud noise music, far from it. The 24 groups deal with many subgenres of all things electronic, emphasising the experiment. There are, for instance, the more improvised sounds of Alexeo Borisov & Alexander Cheskidov, Instagon or Flamethrower, but they are exceptions. Sometimes, a more dance-oriented beat comes in, with ROBotron, for instance. The majority, however, are more towards the drone noise variants, yet very few deal with a bunch of screaming electronics or walls of feedback. Ifjú Sátáns ‘How To Torture Nazis’ is an example of totally over the beats and noise of the top. Persefone is one of the few quieter moments on this album; ambient music, which goes along with that, is the minority of this album. The pieces are thus placed on the compilation that no two are alike, and that means a lot of variation and listening pleasure on this compilation. If you have a label and are looking to ‘sign’ new artists, this is a place to seek new talent. (FdW)

“I haven’t included an artist name or credit on the CD sleeve but if you do write about it, you can credit to my name. It’s not hat I’m avoiding responsibility for all this, just prefer the music to…

31/12/2024

ANDRÁS WAHORN MEETS ABSTRACT HOUSEHOLD WARFARE – M​É​HLEGELŐ (cassette by Unsigned)

This cassette is my first encounter with saxophone player András Wahron, who invited some players to his barn; these include the electronics of Rovar17 and Xpldnglke, plus the guitar and vocals, Tim Holehouse on one track. Wahorn also plays electronics. That’s about all we know, next to some mastering and artwork credits. The music is a curious mix of quite experimental electronics, not all too loud or noisy, creating dense atmospheres on top of that muted saxophone sound from the world of doom jazz. There is some reverb used to suggest more space than we knew was necessary to get the point across, and it’s a bit too much. That whole doom jazz/film noir sound is not something for me. I find this a well-worn cliche, and if it weren’t part of this swamp-like electronics, muddy, without details, suppressed noise, I would probably dismiss the whole thing. Still, it’s these electronics that save the day. If the idea of doom jazz is to play something unnerving and spooky, then this tape is the place to be, but in general, there is the electronic side. The saxophone is often put towards the back, but all music here sounds muffled. Maybe it’s the barn/shed setting where they recorded the music, a more lo-fi studio type. The pieces are long and could have benefitted from some editing. On the other hand, it is also a documentation of a work in progress, which is perfect for this medium. (FdW)

BIG CITY ORCHESTRA – ANGUILLIFORM (CD by EE Tapes/Tribe Tapes) * SCANNER & NEIL LEONARD – THE BERKLEE SESSIONS (CD by Alltagsmusik) * KJELL BJØRGEENGEN & KEITH ROWE & JOHN TILBURY – FLICKER…

01/08/2024

Az Abstract Household Warfare (vagyis Rovar17 és Xpldnglke) Wahorn Andrással készítette Méhlegelő című lemezét (aki szaxofon mellett elektronikán is játszik). A kazettán is kijött album egy alapvető kontrasztra épül: a folyamatosan kavargó, puttyogó, csipogó, zörmögő, zajongó elektronika és az elnyújtott, lebegős, effektezett szaxofon olyan jól kiegészíti egymást, hogy végig izgalmas marad a zene. Az utolsó szám aztán drone-ba fordul (ez az egyetlen, aminek nem agrártematikájú címe van), itt gitár és torokéneklés is hallható Tim Holehouse-tól.

(Rónai András)

Mindegy, megoldom majd nélküled! Húzd ki magad büszkén, a világ rajtad nevet! Nem rosszabb a sorsod az átlagnál. Amikor majd meghalok, azt is biztos elbaszom! Innentől bogyósodásig semmi. Happy banjo ending; a Titán szirénjei; klasszikus, birodalmi és igazságosztó. A Recorder új mag...

01/07/2024

retro running by dj goodbye is OUT NOW!!!

Digital version available on bandcamp & spotify:

https://havizaj.bandcamp.com/album/retro-running

https://open.spotify.com/album/4MhTWUYwenQe9xhg9PdePi

4 track album

01/06/2024

M​é​hlegelő by András Wahorn Meets Abstract Household Warfare
is finally OUT NOW!!!

Cassette and digital version available on bandcamp & spotify:

https://havizaj.bandcamp.com/album/m-hlegel

https://open.spotify.com/album/2XA85vblp3nnsbZgmQBfsJ

16/05/2024

Friss szakos megjelenések 🔥

mödödmöd és Voiwode az Unsigned kiadó új válogatásán: https://havizaj.bandcamp.com/album/unsigned-experimental-noise-comp-8

Voiwode pedig a Hard Return új anyagán is szerepel: https://hardreturn.bandcamp.com/album/compilation
https://havizaj.bandcamp.com/album/unsigned-experimental-noise-comp-8

19/04/2024

Unsigned Experimental Noise Comp #8 is finally OUT NOW!!!
Cassette and digital version available on bandcamp & spotify

24 track album