2025 News
Peter Broderick’s Arthur’s Opinion reappears
Originally released in 2017 but has subsequently become “lost media”, Arthur’s Opinion is one of Peter Broderick’s most beloved songs, with fans messaging him to ask about it once it was taken down a few years ago.
Daniel Brandt announces Without Us Reworks / Remixes
Daniel Brandt, of lauded German electroacoustic outfit Brandt Brauer Frick, released his third solo album Without Us earlier this year to critical acclaim on Erased Tapes. The album is a multimedia project that clashes head on with the spiralling chaos of our times, which included an audiovisual cinema rave performance at London’s iconic Barbican.
American songwriter Sheherazaad returns with haunting new single Gulukara
American singer and storyteller Sheherazaad returns today with new single Gulukara (Songstress), featuring childhood friend and Kodaikanal-bred rapper Irfana. The song is a nocturnal hymn highlighting the historical confluence of sex work and female artistry.
Tristan Perich & James McVinnie announce collaborative album Infinity Gradient
Infinity Gradient is the grand collaboration from composer Tristan Perich and organist James McVinnie, set for release on 21 November. A remarkable work with few precedents, Infinity Gradient is a duet between two musical instruments, millennia apart in conception. An hour-long symphony in seven movements for organ and 100 speakers in 1-bit audio.
Crayon shares new single ‘Cristaux Liquides’ feat. Swing
Paris-based producer, songwriter, and visual artist Crayon unveils his new single Cristaux Liquides, paired with a live session of his recent track Kill Your Idols ft. Lossapardo, directed by Alexandra Waespi. Both arrive ahead of his long-awaited debut album Home Safe, out October 24.
Rival Consoles announces Australian tour dates for 2026
UK producer Rival Consoles aka Ryan Lee West has announced his return to Australia for January 2026. The tour will see West bring his new A/V show at some of the country’s most beautiful venues.
Crayon unveils new single ‘Kill Your Idols’ ft. painter-turned-singer Lossapardo
After having recently announced his long-awaited debut album ‘Home Safe’, out October 24 on Erased Tapes, Paris-based producer, songwriter, and visual artist Crayon unveils the album’s third single ‘Kill Your Idols’ featuring painter-turned-singer Lossapardo.“Kill Your Idols was originally just an instrumental I made with my old guitar and a looper/reverse pedal,” Crayon explains. “It sat in a shared folder with Lossa for a while, until he spontaneously sent back a version with his vocals pitched down. It’s one of the songs that stayed closest to its original form—which fits the title’s message: kill your idols, become who you are.”
Yu Su reworks Hatis Noit’s ‘Himbrimi’
Captivating Japanese vocal artist Hatis Noit has shared new single ‘Himbrimi’, reworked by Kaifeng-born, London-based producer and sound artist Yu Su. This single is the latest from Hatis Noit’s upcoming album, Aura Reworks, which reimagines her acclaimed 2022 debut album, Aura, by legendary artists and collaborators, to be released 26 September on Erased Tapes.
Brazilian producer ANNA shares luminous remix of Kiasmos’ Burst
Kiasmos, the duo of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen, drop ANNA’s remix of ‘Burst’. The Brazilian producer and DJ has turned the song into the club-ready tropical-tinged banger it was destined to be.
Crayon announces debut album Home Safe with new single ‘Diamond Miner ft. FKJ & ELIZA’
Paris-based producer and songwriter Crayon announces his long-awaited debut album Home Safe, set for release on October 24. As a precursor he unleashes new track ‘Diamond Miner’ featuring FKJ and ELIZA.
Rival Consoles shares epic stop motion video for new single ‘Soft Gradient Beckons’
Ahead of the release of his ninth LP, Landscape from Memory, this Friday, Rival Consoles has shared the music video for ‘Soft Gradient Beckons’. The video is made in collaboration with film-maker and visual artist Anthony Dickenson, who spent the last 12 months working and developing the video.
Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit announces Aura Reworks album
Enchanting Japanese vocal artist Hatis Noit has announced Aura Reworks to be released September 26. The new release reimagines her 2022 debut album, Aura, by legendary artists and collaborators, including the godfather of ambience Laraaji, hip hop duo Armand Hammer, composers and electronic producers Jlin, Alex Somers, William Basinski, Emel, Matthew Herbert and Yu Su.
Masayoshi Fujita announces EU & UK autumn tour dates
Japanese vibraphonist, marimba player and composer Masayoshi Fujita has announced his long-awaited return to Europe for a string of shows this autumn, with performances across Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Finland, UK and Germany, including headline appearances in London and Berlin. Tickets are on sale now.
Masayoshi Fujita reveals Smoking Tigers original score
Japanese vibraphonist, marimba player and composer Masayoshi Fujita announces today the release of his original score for Korean-American filmmaker So Young Shelly Yo’s debut feature, Smoking Tigers. The full score is out on June 19.
Rival Consoles shines a light on summerly new single ‘Jupiter’
UK producer Ryan Lee West, better known as Rival Consoles, will release his ninth studio album Landscape from Memory on July 4. Today, he shines a light on his summerly new single ‘Jupiter’.
Qasim Naqvi shares new single ‘Power Down the Heart’ feat. Moor Mother
Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi shares ‘Power Down the Heart’ — the latest single from his forthcoming album Endling, out May 30, featuring a vocal performance from poet and musician Moor Mother.
Rival Consoles scores new video game MindsEye
Rival Consoles has scored the upcoming MindsEye game, developed by the legendary Leslie Benzies and his team at Build A Rocket Boy, out on June 10.
Qasim Naqvi unveils second single ‘Beautification Technologies’
Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi has unveiled Beautification Technologies, the latest single from his forthcoming album Endling, set for release on May 30. Following the first single Plastic Glacier, it’s a warm, layered meditation in fractured electronics — tracing the blurred edges between machine decay and human memory.
Rival Consoles shares new single ‘Known Shape’, and announces new live dates
Rival Consoles, UK producer Ryan Lee West, will release his ninth studio album, Landscape from Memory on July 4 and today is sharing new single ‘Known Shape’. Rival Consoles is also set to embark on a special pre-album release tour across Europe next month, which includes London, Glasgow, Leeds and Dublin.
Peter Broderick shares electronic rework of viral song ‘Let It Go’
Today, American singer-songwriter Peter Broderick releases an electronic rework of Let It Go, the centerpiece of his 2020 album Blackberry. The remix comes courtesy of Phoenix-based producer Desolent, who discovered the track after it went viral on TikTok in early 2024.
Douglas Dare and Manu Delago share sweeping new single ‘One Thing’
London-based musicians Douglas Dare and Manu Delago have collaborated on a number of projects over the last eight years including features on each other’s albums and performing a small EU tour together in 2023. Today the two friends release their first music written as a duo, ahead of their international tour later this month. The sweeping new single, ‘One Thing’ is out now.
Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi unveils new album Endling
Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi returns with Endling, his newest album for Erased Tapes set for release on May 30th. Written as a modular synth prequel to his 2023 BBC Concert Orchestral work God Docks at Death Harbor, Endling takes the listener on a 43-minute odyssey through an intense and beautiful landscape set hundreds of years into the future.
Erased Tapes return to Royal Albert Hall on March 29
Announcing a special Erased Tapes night at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday, March 29, in support of Teenage Cancer Trust.
Rival Consoles details his ninth studio album, Landscape from Memory
Rival Consoles unveils his ninth studio album, Landscape from Memory, out July 4. The ninth studio LP from the UK producer and musician born Ryan Lee West, finally blossomed following a frustrating fallow year away from the production desk.
Alex Somers reimagines Hatis Noit’s ethereal piece ‘Angelus Novus’
Hatis Noit’s Aura Reworks series continues with American composer Alex Somers and his haunting reimagination of her piece ‘Angelus Novus’.
Daniel Brandt shares hypnotic new single ‘Steady’
Daniel Brandt, of lauded German electroacoustic outfit Brandt Brauer Frick, leads the apocalyptic rave with his third solo album Without Us — a multimedia project that clashes head on with the spiralling chaos of our times, trying to make sense of the world as it unravels.
Daniel Brandt announces new album Without Us, due March 21
Daniel Brandt, of lauded German electroacoustic outfit Brandt Brauer Frick, leads the apocalyptic rave with his third solo album Without Us — a multimedia project that clashes head on with the spiralling chaos of our times, trying to make sense of the world as it unravels.
Portland-based artist and producer David Allred shares new single ‘Look’
Ahead of the release of his new album later this month, today prolific Portland-based artist and producer David Allred has shared a final taste of things to come in the form of new single “Look”. Alongside the single, Allred has released a self-made video featuring VHS footage from his childhood, which he described as an incredibly cathartic project to create. The Beautiful World, described by Uncut as an “existential masterpiece”, is due out on January 24.