Staalplaat

Staalplaat on vinyl: sound art and experiment

In short: Staalplaat was founded in Amsterdam in 1982 as a record shop and label and later also made its home in Berlin. It stands for experimental music, sound art and industrial – and for the recordings of Muslimgauze, which it still releases today. The Vinyl Room currently has 4 records on Staalplaat.

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Records on Staalplaat

→ Muslimgauze · Tribal · Industrial · Electronic on vinyl

What makes Staalplaat special?

Noise as music: Muslimgauze, the project of Briton Bryn Jones, combined electronics, dub and percussion into dense sounds – here with “Jackal The Invizible”.

Quite unique is the work of Estonian sound artist Taavi Suisalu: “Noisephony Of Lawn Mowers” is a piece played on lawn mowers.

FAQ

Where does Staalplaat come from? From Amsterdam; founded in 1982, later also in Berlin.

What does Staalplaat have to do with Muslimgauze? The label released Muslimgauze during Bryn Jones’s lifetime and still releases his recordings today.

Is that really music with lawn mowers? Yes – Taavi Suisalu uses them as instruments on “Noisephony Of Lawn Mowers”.

What do you have on Staalplaat? Editions from the 2020s – 4 records in all.