Starless and the Bible Black Sabbath is our third release with the Japanese psychedelic ensemble known as Acid Mothers Temple who have recently exc...
Alien8 Recordings has been exploring a more melodic brand of psychedelia recently through releases with Shalabi Effect, Soft Canyon, and Tanakh. We...
Alien8 Recordings continues to invade different areas of psychedelia and is pleased to present the most groove-heavy release yet by Japan's Acid Mo...
An electroacoustic masterpiece which unites the talents of France's Christian Renou (Brume) and Belgium's Slavek Kwi (Artificial Memory Trace). Eac...
Alien8 Recordings is finally issuing its first vinyl release, Aube's Sensorial Inducement. Aube's earlier work shares many characteristics with som...
Alien8 Recordings celebrates it's first year anniversary with a split release between Kyoto, Japan's Aube and Toronto, Canada's Knurl. Each artist ...
Using only the heartbeat as source material, Japanese sound sculptor, Akifumi Nakajima challenges the ears and mind with Cardiac Strain. Aube deliv...
In the works for nearly a year and a half, Bastard Noise's The Analysis of Self-Destruction marks our second release with an American artist. We ...
"Dinosaur Dinosaur" is the latest release by Los Angeles based Books On Tape, Todd Drootin's project dedicated to the style he terms "beatpunk". Th...
CPC Gangbangs rise from ashes of garage punk architects *Les Sexareenos*, *Daylight Lovers* and *Spaceshits* and create a new drug, punk, weirdo, h...
Like many of the artists we have been working with here at Alien8 Recordings, Loren MazzaCane Connors is a rather prolific musician. Over the last ...
Dreamcatcher are a Montreal based duo comprised of Blake Hargreaves and Katherine Kline and together they blend loops with an arsenal of home spun ...
Montreal’s Duchess Says fuses the fury and intensity of a punk rock comprised of screaming guitars, moaning bass and relentless drumming with keybo...
Et Sans' long awaited debut for Alien8 Recodings dispels the notion that all Montreal bands that include members from the Alien8 and Constellation ...
A mix of dialogue, interviews, documentary material, and composed music, “Overpass!” presents the story of Antonia, a new arrival to Vancouver, BC ...
So, Black Is Myself. "Wisdom that bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer." Keiji Haino. All words/music by Ke...
We are very pleased to announce two new recordings by Keiji Haino, focusing on hurdy-gurdy and wave drum. Continuing in the vein of our previous re...
Alien8 Recordings presents "Oasis Of Whispers": a journey in free improv performed by a trio comprised of Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) on guitar, audi...
It was January 1996 on the Carribean coast of Honduras. The musician in question was looking to catch a ride with a local vessel to the neighboring...
Tim Hecker's latest full-length, Mirages, is a lesson of darkness, a midnight whisper revealing its true essence to the listener: an ambient-death-...
We are very pleased to introduce Tomas Jirku, a fantastic newcomer to the IDM and minimal techno movements. Jirku's sound is an excellent and real...
Kiss Me Deadly is a Montreal-based quartet that has progressed from an early Dischord influenced emo/math-rock sound to an epic, deeply melodic, da...
Kiss Me Deadly is a Montreal based four-piece that has progressed from its more emo/math-rock beginnings to forge a deeply melodic, epic, and dance...
Quite a while back we featured Knurl as part of a split release with Aube, that sold out it's pressing within it's first month of release. Recently...
Canadian electronic composer David Kristian returns with his fifth release for Alien8 Recordings, Room Tone. This latest offering from the critica...
Electronic musician David Kristian, recognised as an innovator for electronic drum n' bass as well as his less known analog-synth material has just...
Here we present 13 different artists remixing David Kristian. Throughout Woodworking one is subjected to many styles and interpretations. While som...
As part of upcoming release blowout with Canadian experimentalist David Kristian we are quite excited to be presenting his first beat-oriented full...
This CD marks our second split release between Canada and Japan. The first half of the disc is provided by electronic composer David Kristian, whil...
Alien8 Recordings is releasing the studio recordings from the trio of David Kristian on EMS VCS-3 synthesizer, Sam Shalabi on guitar and oud, and A...
"When the qallunaaq Black Eskimo decided to leave the petrochemical ironclad Les Georges Leningrad stuck in the ice, he didn't doubt that he would ...
Alien8 Recordings is excited to announce the re-issue of "Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou" from Montreal's most notorious post-punks, Les Georges Lenin...
Since their inception two years ago Montreal band, Lesbians on Ecstasy have been tearing up the continent with their slamming live shows. They spen...
Special Offer: All purchases of the CD or LP format of this release come with a free copy of the _Giggles in the Dark_ remix CD by Lesbians on Ecst...
"Gluteal Arrest" is a physical ailment which has spread rapidly throughout dance floors, school gymnasiums, soccer fields and living rooms worldwid...
Alien8 Recordings has undertaken a return to the extreme with an explosive new offering from Spain's Francisco López. Finally, a studio recording t...
This live offering marks our fourth release with Madrid, Spain's Francisco López in as many years. Over the same period we have organized nearly a ...
Announcing our second and latest release with Madrid, Spain's Francisco López. "Untitled #123" follows the very successful "Untitled #104", his dea...
While it has been less than one year since our most release by Francisco López we are pleased to present “Untitled #180”, our third release in Lópe...
At this point an introduction hardly seems necessary. Madrid, Spain's Francisco López has developed his art over the last 20 some years to the poin...
We are finally releasing our long spoken of collaboration between Tokyo's Koji Tano, AKA M.S.B.R., and Kengo Iuchi. The release features three live...
Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna is undoubtedly the most over the top player in the field of extreme noise. He has been dominating the Japanese undergr...
Mecha Fixes Clock is Michel F. Coté, a veteran of Montreal's thriving experimental scene. On "Orbiting with Screwdrivers" he has assembled a carefu...
Hailing from the frozen north of the province of Québec comes the duo cloaked in mystery, simply known as Menace Ruine. Since the release of their ...
Daniel Menche is one of the most exciting experimental music artists currently active in North American. His live performances and numerous recordi...
Alien8 Recordings is proud to announce the release of Merzbow's Space Metalizer. Ambient space effects derived from Moogs and Theremins make this q...
Masami Akita, possibly Japan's most respected and prolific extreme artist, delivers his debut release for both Alien8 Recordings and Canada. Akash...
This is our third release by Masami Akita, and certainly the most dynamic. On this recording Akita has included the use of sampled drums, lifted fr...
Three years ago Alien8 Recordings debuted with Merzbow's Akasha Gulva [aliencd1], a live document, perhaps the ultimate endurance test. Seventy min...
After an extended period of four years since our last release by the artist, Alien8 Recordings is pleased to announce a new recording from Masami A...
"In 1996 I recorded the cannon that is fired every day at noon in Halifax, Nova Scotia, all pieces here are based on that recording or inspired by ...
We are extremely pleased to announce the release of "Trouble at Jinx Hotel", the fourth album from sprawling Montréal ensemble, Molasses. This insp...
Montreal boasts quite an exciting improvised/underground music scene these days, popularized by the likes of GYBE!, Shalabi Effect, Fly Pan Am, Dav...
Now available on vinyl. See below for more info. The Canadian ambient doom band Nadja returns with _Radiance of Shadows_, the follow-up to their c...
Now available on vinyl. See below for more info. Finally a full-fledged metal release on Alien8 Recordings. Alright, perhaps that's a bit of an ex...
Now available on vinyl. See below for more info. Announcing “Touched”, our second release by the up and coming ambient doom band Nadja. The Outs...
set fire to flames are a collective of thirteen musicians from the musical community of Montreal. Brooding and beautiful, haunted and haunting, sin...
Following the critical success of set fire to flames' 2001 album, 'sings reign rebuilder', the 13-piece Montreal-based collective return with an ea...
Originally slated for release as the flip side of a split cd/lp with godspeed you black emperor! entitled Aural Florida, this release just kept gro...
Following the success of Shalabi Effect's staggering self-titled debut double CD, a 131-minute epic, we are excited to present their full-length fo...
Shalabi Effect refer their latest effort, Pink Abyss as their "pop record"— an apt description in comparison to their two previous releases. While ...
Shalabi Effect is the most difficult band to characterize in the Montreal's vibrant music scene. Since their inception in the late 90's, the band,...
We are very pleased to present Osama, Sam Shalabi's "protest music about arabophobia in a Post 9-11 World". Sam Shalabi is the hardest working pers...
Sam Shalabi's third solo outing for Alien8, _Eid_, was written and conceived in Cairo, Egypt in 2006 while Shalabi was living there and further rea...
Sam Shalabi is the most active player in Montreal's blossoming improv scene. Over the last couple of years has been documented on releases by Shala...
Announcing Alien8 Recordings' latest signing and the first release from Montreal's very own Soft Canyon, Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings. We ...
We are very pleased to announce the debut solo release from one of Canada's most exciting free music/experimental artists, Alexandre St-Onge. The t...
“Mon animal est possible” is a collection of electronic love songs written and conceived by Alexandre St-Onge, whose purpose behind the recordings ...
Tanakh's newest record, Dieu Deuil, commands a nautical embrace of wet boots and November days filled with rain. It sings stories of loss, hope, an...
Tanakh's "Ardent Fevers" marks the band's fourth release for Alien8 Recordings and finds Jesse Poe and company continuing to delve deeper into the ...
Introducing Tanakh, an incredible new project headed by Richmond, Virginia's Jesse Poe. Tanakh is a layering of sound and structure that combines s...
This marks our third release with American singer songwriter Jesse Poe's project Tanakh, currently based in Florence Italy. Unlike the first two re...
Announcing the self-titled debut from Montreal’s Think About Life. Think About Life have been causing panic on dance floors and concert halls alike...
Torngat is a formidable trio hailing from the fertile and diverse musical community of Montreal. Up until now the band has enjoyed success in a few...
Get yourself ready and put your hands together for the “blow-up” sensation of the rest of your lives: The Unicorns, Alien8 Recordings’ latest addit...
'Blank Field' is a program of experimental music that was curated by Francisco López for the event 'Cité des Ondes' organized by Champ Libre in Mon...
Alien8 Recordings is very excited to announce the release of Coalescence, an international compilation. We never could have predicted how difficult...