En liten designbombe på tampen av året: nytt design på Lofoten klassisk kaviar.

December 2nd.

Design work: Richard Youngs Hidden LP. Black Truffle.

Today’s episode

Mastering work: MERZBOW “Animal Magnetism” 2LP. Early 2k album. First time on vinyl. With bonus track. Black and purple edition. On @urashima_records

Coming December 5th: kompakt.fm/releases/hid... Thanks @orenambarchi.bsky.social for asking, @lassemarhaug.bsky.social for design, and Francis Plagne for writing.

Duo w Anja Lauvdal at Spriten in Skien last night.

Night Moves

Crossing Vestfjorden

Photography work: Charlemagne Palestine/Oren Ambarchi/Eric Thielemans «Kaanal» LP on @matiere_memoire

Evicshen. Insomnia festival Tromsø.

the four seasons

Michael Pisaro-Liu - Within (2) / Appearance (2) Michael Pisaro-Liu electric guitar (track 2) Michael Francis Duch double bass mixed by Lasse Marhaug @lassemarhaug.bsky.social released October 2, 2025 confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/within...

Mastering work: Merzbow “Animal Magnetism” 2LP on Urashima. First time on vinyl, w bonus track. Classic early 2k loop heavy release. A pleasure to work on this one. urashima.bandcamp.com/album/animal...

Thursday hike.

Wednesday mood

First snow of the season

This Monday only this.

Today: Blåheia. 766 m.

Design work: Amelia Cuni “Melopea” LP on Black Truffle

From sound (and video) check two days ago w Kjell Bjørgeengen. Album coming on Smalltown this autumn.

Another 2002 release I forgot was Lasse Marhaug and Kevin Drumm’s “Frozen By Blizzard Winds”. Its title and cover reference black metal. Its creators were both metal fans and guitarists (of sorts) who gravitated towards digital laptop noise. This is 00s minimal, abstract, ambient noise at its best.

Preorders for the first ever solo Donso n’goni recording from legendary Swedish multi-instrumentalist & Don Cherry collaborator Christer Bothén, a stunning document of a remarkable instrument played with an almost spiritual intensity by one of contemporary music’s great explorers shorturl.at/N9pe4

Awkward silence after long discussion on what’s the best 90’s NZ 7” noise comp

How I want it to sound

🤘

RIP Ozzy. 🖤

Skårvågsfjellet, Vesterålen. one week left of midnight sun season.

Summer wavs

new one from MICROCORPS otw from Downwards, feat Justin K Broadrick, Phew, Regis, Elvin Brandhi, Karl D’Silva++ bit.ly/40UjTxF

Goat and mountains.

Lødingen Bognes

July mood.

Today

Terry Riley turns 90 today!

Mastering work: Kevin Drumm 10CD box on iDEAL

Black Truffle is pleased to announce a new edition of KASSEL JAEGER’s 2012 release FERNWEH, a major work in his oeuvre, drawing together synthesized & musique concrète materials into a drifting assemblage. Preorder the LP+digital here: kasseljaeger.bandcamp.com/album/fernwe...

how the jetlag is treating me

Mer Mar

Still schön

Rest in power, SÅJ

This holds up

My article about the Sonic Legacy of David Lynch is out now, published in the new edition of the MPSE magazine Wavelength. I’ve interviewed three of the sound designers who worked with Lynch – thanks so much to Douglas Murray, Randy Thom and Dean Hurley ❤️🔊 Link: digital.copcomm.com/i/1535880-su...?

KNURL. Toronto 2025.

Design work: Salamat Ali Khan LP on Black Truffle.