Daniel Castrejón

New on Umor Rex: Siavash Amini, “Till Human Voices Wake Us.” Special edition for the 20th anniversary of Umor Rex [cat. URXX-CLXIII]. Originally released in 2014 on cassette and digital only, this album became a key work in our catalog. Now, 12 years later, it is available on vinyl for the first time. This marks the first in a series of four special, limited reissues to be released in 2026. Now available for pre-order via Bandcamp & @anostanost (link in bio). Amini’s album is based on poems by T.S. Eliot, with ambient expressions that at times recall Morricone’s scores. The interplay of textures and electric guitar creates emotional passages, a sense of cold resolution, and the quiet inevitability of an ending. “Till Human Voices Wake Us” was Amini’s first album on a non-Iranian label. Following this release, he has also published work alongside Umor Rex on labels such as Room40, Hallow Ground, and Opal Tapes, among others, and is now considered one of the most prominent figures in Iran’s contemporary music scene. All music by Siavash Amini. Original master by Nicholas Szczepanik. Remastered for vinyl by Rafael Anton Irisarri at @blackknoll Artwork by Daniel Castrejón. “Already established within Iran’s music scene, Siavash Amini has crafted a powerful signature sound that blends meticulously assembled ambient synthesis with languid electric guitar melodies, recalling Lanois and Eno’s classic Apollo.” — THE QUIETUS (Tristan Bath) “Till Human Voices Wake Us—an album of fragile ambient sketches and gentle drones—was something of a “breakout” album for Amini. “This release alone started me on this path that I am on today,” Amini says.” — BANDCAMP (interview by Adam Badí Donoval) #umorrex

Out now on Umor Rex: “Primal Forms” by @phantomhorse_band the fourth album by the German duo on the label. Kraut-influenced, hypnotically slow-burning electronic music. Catalog UR162. Now available on neon-orange vinyl and digital via @anostanost and our Bandcamp. Written and produced in Hamburg, Nijmegen and Ojén by Niklas Dommaschk & Ulf Schütte. Mastering by Rafael Anton Irisarri at @blackknoll Artwork by Daniel Castrejón. #umorrex

out today on Umor Rex: “Pequeño clima doméstico” by @entidadanimada [catalog UR161], the Buenos Aires–based producer’s second album on the label. Influenced by environmental music and pioneers of electronic music, it was recorded in a single session using loops later edited into its final form. It proposes music as a tool capable of modifying the perception of a moment. Rather than closed songs, it functions as a device that allows one to tune a state, transform a space, or alter a mood. In this sense, it engages with the idea of functional music not as a utilitarian background, but as a means to equalize time, slow the pace, and reconfigure the listener’s emotional climate. Now available for worldwide shipping from Berlin via @anostanost and our Bandcamp. Copias ya disponibles en Ciudad de México en @holasalvajemusicstore All songs by @entidadanimada Recorded in August 2025 in Buenos Aires. Field recordings & processed textures by Guazuncho. Mastered by José D’Agostino at Moloko Estudio, Frankfurt. Cover photo by @dberruecos Layout by Daniel Castrejón. #umorrex

Postal (año ¿?) intervenida en rojo, verde y negro. Biarritz, Côte d’Argent

Postal de 1969, intervenida en rojo, verde y azul. Environs de Paimpol, Francia

VI. Varsovia

New on Umor Rex → “Primal Forms” by @phantomhorse_band After their last album six years ago, the new release by the German duo finally arrives. They have long established a reputation for expertly crafted, kraut-influenced, hypnotically slow-burning electronic music, and we do not hesitate to say that “Primal Forms” stands among the epitomes of their discography. Catalog UR162. Now available for pre-order on neon-orange vinyl and digital via @anostanost and our Bandcamp. Release date: April 30, though it’s very likely we’ll ship earlier (Link in bio). Listen to “Umbra-Mechanik” on Bandcamp and streaming platforms. Written and produced in Hamburg, Nijmegen and Ojén by Niklas Dommaschk & Ulf Schütte. Mastering by Rafael Anton Irisarri at @blackknoll Artwork by Daniel Castrejón. In an age of all-encompassing distraction on every sensory, thematic, and semantic level, Phantom Horse explores the possibilities of reduction, searching for simplified melodic arcs without resorting to the vocabulary of classical minimalism. The overall impression is more electronic; the slowly shifting, polyrhythmic compositions repeatedly lead to a peculiar danceability. However, these are perhaps the dances of mechanical birds, undeterred by anything. #umorrex

Estatuas 1 a 5. Por muchos años me obsesioné con fotografiar estatuas. No importaba realmente la calidad de la foto, hay muchas realmente malas. A veces era con una cámara, a veces con un teléfono. No había una finalidad, solo registrarlas y coleccionarlas. Con el tiempo acumulé carpetas y carpetas, gigas. Algunas de ellas las he utilizado para artes de Umor Rex, pero muy pocas. Luego intenté formar páginas con la intención de una publicación, debo tener seis o siete formaciones pendientes. Hace un par de años, de forma no tan consciente, decidí no tomar más fotos de estatuas. Y ahora, con plena conciencia, he formalizado la decisión de NO tomar más fotos de estatuas. Pero cada tanto imprimiré en casa algunas de las páginas de esas formaciones inconclusas. Música de Andreas Gerth y Carl Oesterhelt, del álbum “Music for Unknown Rituals”, publicado en Umor Rex en 2023.

Three photographs of Constantin Brâncuși’s studio printed on found archival papers, intervened with linear drawings

New on Umor Rex /// Very excited to announce “Pequeño clima doméstico” by @entidadanimada the Buenos Aires–based producer’s second album on Umor Rex [cat. UR161]. Available now for pre order on cassette and digital via @anostanost and Bandcamp. Listen to the first track, “Microcielo,” on our Bandcamp and streaming services. Release date March 20, though it is very likely we will ship earlier. The album traces its origin to the influence of environmental music, as well as to some pioneers of electronic music. It was recorded in a single session, making extensive use of loops that were later edited into the six pieces that shape the record. This working method reflects a playful approach that runs through Entidad Animada’s practice, which often starts from a specific genre or aesthetic and then filters it through his own language. The record proposes music as a tool capable of modifying the perception of a moment. Rather than closed songs, the album functions as a device that allows one to tune a state, transform a space, or alter a mood. In this sense, it engages with the idea of functional music not as a utilitarian background, but as a means to equalize time, slow the pace, and reconfigure the listener’s emotional climate. All songs written and performed by Entidad Animada. Recorded in Buenos Aires. Field recordings & processed textures by Guazuncho. Mastered by José D’Agostino at Moloko Estudio, Frankfurt. Cover photo by Diego Berruecos @dberruecos Layout by Daniel Castrejón. #umorrex

Out now on Umor Rex: “Noor” by Yamila (cat. UR159). The Spanish composer @yamilariossss intertwines strings and electronics to sculpt landscapes where listening expands toward territories of dusky beauty. All music & voices by Yamila Ríos. Recorded at Destelheide by Christophe Albertijn. Strings by @echocollectivemusic Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at @blackknoll Studio. Photos by Assiah Alcázar. Design by Daniel Castrejón. Worldwide shipping from Berlin through @anostanost and our Bandcamp (links in bio). “Yamila is a kind of sound vessel—a composer, singer, and cellist who has the ability to conjure ethereal beauty in multiple contexts, carving out a space where gauzy textures, elegant melodic gestures [...] Despite the fact that the album contains almost no percussive sounds, the rhythms of dance palpitate through Yamila’s tunes [...] There’s a quirkiness to her singing that evokes a subdued hybrid of Björk and Juana Molina, but Yamila has her own more delicate ethos.” — BANDCAMP DAILY (Peter Margasak) “The compositions move by their own strange logic, never proceeding in a linear fashion but constantly mushrooming into off shapes… Noor casts a singular spell.” — UNCUT (Stephen Deusner) “A remarkable fluidity of form... The music and artist are in harmony with nature; in this context, the conditions are created in which divine light might break through.” — A Closer Listen (Richard Allen) “You could easily imagine this Madrid-based cellist’s industrial-tinged gothic opus on the soundtrack to Dune, with its thundering drums, metallic shrieks, eerie chorals and end-times grandeur.” — THE GUARDIAN (Matthew Xue) “A brilliant set of adventurous, sweeping, orchestral art-pop... Noor is an often otherworldly journey that boldly blends together classical influences, Spanish folklore, operatic avant-pop inclinations, and Yamila’s celestial vocals with riveting string orchestrations” - KEXP #umorrex

Out now on Umor Rex: “Solo suono”, the first collaboration between Italian musicians Filippo Ansaldi and Simone Sims Longo. [Catalog UR160] Available on cassette through Bandcamp and @anostanost shipping from Berlin 🌐 / mailorder & record stores around, and across all digital and streaming platforms. “Solo Suono” unfolds at the intersection of acoustic action and electronic transformation. Grounded in classical practice yet reaching beyond it, the album navigates breath, amplified mechanisms, residual textures, looping structures, electronic processing, traces of jazz, and concrete sound. The result is a fluid dialogue between the organic and the synthetic, shaped by subtle timbral variations and slowly shifting forms. Sax by @filippo_ansaldi Electronics by @simonesimslongo Mastering by Anton Jechiel Kossjanenko: Artwork by Daniel Castrejón #umorrex