AUN is the ambient doom project of Montreal’s Martin Dumais who describes his take on outsider metal meets shoegaze as ‘blight metal’. He has been ...
Alien8 Recordings has been exploring a more melodic brand of psychedelia recently through releases with Shalabi Effect, Soft Canyon, and Tanakh. We...
Back in print! Starless and the Bible Black Sabbath is our third release with the Japanese psychedelic ensemble known as Acid Mothers Temple who h...
Anyone who has ever witnessed Acid Mothers Temple live has more than likely heard them perform _Pink Lady Lemonade_. It's a staple of their live se...
We are celebrating Acid Mothers Temple's return to North America by honoring them with a new release, their fourth for the label. The band toured N...
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...
Using only the heartbeat as source material, Japanese sound sculptor, Akifumi Nakajima challenges the ears and mind with Cardiac Strain. Aube deliv...
Alien8 Recordings celebrates it's first year anniversary with a split release between Kyoto, Japan's Aube and Toronto, Canada's Knurl. Each artist ...
While Alien8 Recordings has had the pleasure of releasing three full-length albums by Aidan Baker's ambient doom project "Nadja":http://www.alien8r...
_Fantasma Parastasie_ sees the pairing of "Aidan Baker":http://www.alien8recordings.com/store/artists/aidan-baker, of the Ambient Doom band "Nadja"...
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 ...
Montreal’s Bestalita is the brainchild of the shadowy (read: anonymous) Asmodeous. It is unclear who, if anyone, is lending a helping hand in the r...
Black Feelings are the essence of a power trio: each member of the three-piece exhibiting a great deal of power while the whole remains balanced. C...
Founded as a duo by T. Graves and Reyna Kay in September 2008, Blessure Grave blurs the lines between the Goth, Post Punk and Neo Folk genres. The ...
"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 ...
Since 2001, Duchess Says have been spreading the gospel of the influential and mysterious Church of Budgerigars. Their learned mix of hypnotic rock...
Montreal’s Duchess Says fuses the fury and intensity of a punk rock comprised of screaming guitars, moaning bass and relentless drumming with keybo...
Wow! Our first 7” release! We hope that you are as excited as we are. This release pairs two like-minded bands that compliment each other and pair ...
Those with preconceptions about doom metal’s purported lack of variety may be surprised by what Ensorcelor, a relatively new band coalescing out a ...
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 ...
_Free All Psychic Centers_ serves as a scrapbook-style document of the Grand Trine’s initial home recordings in the six months leading up to their ...
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...
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...
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...
Back in print! Tim Hecker's latest full-length, Mirages, is a lesson of darkness, a midnight whisper revealing its true essence to the listener: ...
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...
Describing this debut collaboration between Zbigniew Karkowski and Daniel Menche as heavy would be a serious understatement; gruelingly brutal woul...
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...
As part of upcoming release blowout with Canadian experimentalist David Kristian we are quite excited to be presenting his first beat-oriented full...
Electronic musician David Kristian, recognised as an innovator for electronic drum n' bass as well as his less known analog-synth material has just...
Canadian electronic composer David Kristian returns with his fifth release for Alien8 Recordings, Room Tone. This latest offering from the critica...
Here we present 13 different artists remixing David Kristian. Throughout Woodworking one is subjected to many styles and interpretations. While som...
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...
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...
Continuing his “exploration of the universe of broad-band noise from the real world”, Francisco López delivers his latest tour de force, the origin...
Alien8 Recordings has undertaken a return to the extreme with an explosive new offering from Spain's Francisco López. Finally, a studio recording t...
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 ...
Last year we announced the birth of this fantastic new band from Montreal. Menace Ruine came out of nowhere with a debut release that fused black m...
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...
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...
Three years ago Alien8 Recordings debuted with Merzbow's Akasha Gulva [aliencd1], a live document, perhaps the ultimate endurance test. Seventy min...
"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. 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. 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. Announcing “Touched”, our second release by the up and coming ambient doom band Nadja. The Outs...
Neige et Noirceur quickly follow up the recent digital release Thanatonaut, which offered an epic slab of doom that treaded familiar waters to that...
_Thanatonaut_, the latest effort from *Spiritus* who records under the moniker of Neige et Noirceur, offers a temporary departure from the artist's...
_Fool, Redeemer_ is semi-collaborative split release between Canadian acts *Picastro* and "Nadja":http://www.alien8recordings.com/artists/nadja. H...
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 is the most difficult band to characterize in the Montreal's vibrant music scene. Since their inception in the late 90's, the band,...
Shalabi Effect refer their latest effort, Pink Abyss as their "pop record"— an apt description in comparison to their two previous releases. While ...
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...
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 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 ...
“Mon animal est possible” is a collection of electronic love songs written and conceived by Alexandre St-Onge, whose purpose behind the recordings ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Vinyl edition on green vinyl, packaged in gatefold sleeve now available. Back in May 2006 we baptized the emergence of the Montreal’s energetic par...
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...
Montréal Quebec's ambient power trio Torngat create majestic instrumental music that is at times as breathtaking as the glorious Quebec mountain ra...
New vinyl pressing now available available. Features full-colour gatefold jacket and LP on pink vinyl. Get yourself ready and put your hands toget...
Alien8 Recordings is very excited to announce the release of Coalescence, an international compilation. We never could have predicted how difficult...
'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...
thisquietarmy’s _Transmissions_ is a conceptual soundtrack to Christy Romanick’s _Very Large Array_ book, which features a series of colored photog...