Cast the Dice

24/01/2025

Following the heady and intoxicating ‘Highed’, Brussels based futuristic quartet ECHT! have dropped another stomper from their upcoming third full-lengh album Boilerism. Titled ‘Wacky Wave’, the new single is an outlandish, menacing and propulsive track (...)

Following the heady and intoxicating ‘Highed’, Brussels based futuristic quartet ECHT! have dropped another stomper from their upcoming third full-lengh album Boilerism. Titled ‘Wacky Wave’, the ne…

22/01/2025

We’re as happy as a clam about the newly announced new album from ingenious and thought-provoking spoken word artist, bandleader, composer, saxophonist and activist Alabaster DePlume. Entitled A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole, (...)

We’re as happy as a clam about the newly announced new album from ingenious and thought-provoking spoken word artist, bandleader, composer, saxophonist and activist Alabaster DePlume. Entitle…

21/01/2025

We’ve been eagerly waiting for the release of Matt McBane's Buoy since the composer, electronic musician, and violinist announced its release at the tail end of last year, alongside the immersively gorgeous and engrossing single ‘Eleven Eleven’. A record of patterns and ambience for synthesizers and violin, (...)

We’ve been eagerly waiting for the release of Matt McBane’s Buoy since the composer, electronic musician, and violinist announced its release at the tail end of last year, alongside the…

21/01/2025

Buenos Aires born, Bern based cellist, composer and curator Vio Garcia has recently announced the release of a new album titled IN / OUT. Releasing on March 7th through Bongo Joe, the forthcoming album was recorded in a cave in Geneva which used to be the city’s water reservoir. (...)

Buenos Aires born, Bern based cellist, composer and curator Violeta García has recently announced the release of a new album titled IN / OUT. Releasing on March 7th through Bongo Joe, the forthcomi…

19/01/2025

We’re always excited about new releases coming out through Sdban Records, and there’s plenty of good reasons for that in their rich catalogue. Brussels-based quintet CIAO KENNEDY is one of the latest bands to join the label and prick up our ears. (...)

We’re always excited about new releases coming out through Sdban Records, and there’s plenty of good reasons for that in their rich catalogue. Brussels-based quintet Ciao Kennedy is the latest band…

11/01/2025

2025 is gearing up to be a wildly exciting year in music with album drops from artists and bands we love like Black Flower. At the tail end of last year, the Belgian quintet had already announced the release of new album Kinetic, and shared then the brilliant and boisterous lead single ‘Monkey System’. They have now unveiled a treat of a new single called ‘Synesthetic’. (...)

2025 is gearing up to be a wildly exciting year in music with album drops from artists and bands we love like Black Flower. At the tail end of last year, the Belgian quintet had already announced t…

10/01/2025

We’re only a couple of weeks away from the release of TUKAN‘s upcoming album Human Drift, and the Belgian quartet had already shared the riveting and pulsating ‘Pluck’ and the radiant and energized ‘Roda’. As if weren’t excited enough for this release, they are teasing the album again with a new single called ‘Blinker’. (...)

We’re only a couple of weeks away from the release of TUKAN’s upcoming album Human Drift, and the Belgian quartet had already shared the riveting and pulsating ‘Pluck’ and the radiant a…

08/01/2025

2025 is starting on a high with Song of the Earth, the newly announced collaborative album from producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter David Longstreth and Berlin-based experimental ensemble stargaze. A song cycle for orchestra and voices performed by Longstreth with his band Dirty Projectors (...)

2025 is starting on a high with Song of the Earth, the newly announced collaborative album from producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter David Longstreth and Berlin-based experimental …

06/01/2025

Astrobal‘s third solo album, L’uomo e la natura (Man and Nature), is nearing its release date on February 7th through Karaoke Kalk. On the run up to it, Emmanuel Mario, the French drummer, composer and producer behind the project, (...)

Astrobal’s third solo album, L’uomo e la natura (Man and Nature), is nearing its release date on February 7th through Karaoke Kalk. On the run up to it, Emmanuel Mario, the French drummer, co…

02/01/2025

Àbáse, the project of strikingly talented Berlin-based Hungarian producer, composer, improviser and keyboardist Szabolcs Bognár, instantly got us under his spell with Awakening, his magnificent second album, which made it to our Album Picks of 2024. Drawing from a diverse musical background, including collaborations with artists like Wayne Snow, Dele Sosimi and Pat Thomas, and also his own projects like Mabon Dawud Republic and Soulclap Budapest amongst many others, Àbáse explores the intersection of jazz, Afrobeat, Yoruba rhythms, hip-hop and electronic music. Taking his name from a Yoruba word for collaboration, his music exudes a palpable sense of joyful unity and is jam-packed with infectious grooves. Needless to say we're beyond excited to kick off 2025 with a very special selection of tracks handpicked and mixed by Àbáse. Press play and enjoy!

Jiří Stivín – Stíny Psů A Lidí [Supraphon / Gramofonový Klub] Chuck Strangers – Skid Up [Lex Records] Fix – Town At Night [Мелодия] Scott, Stivín, Dašek – By Way Of Introduc…

23/12/2024

2024 is wrapping up and now is the time to look back at the releases that stood out to us. With so many sublime musical delights flowing into our ears over the course of the year, it wasn't an easy task to narrow it down to only 15 but this selection reflects the albums that captured our hearts, sparked our imaginations, and kept us coming back for more! A testament to the power and magic of music, the records on this page are the ones that left us instantly smitten and have been with us ever since. All timeless and endlessly rewarding, each and every single one of these releases have really spoiled us with their boundless creativity and we’re confident they’ll do the same to you. So we hope you´ll enjoy listening to these albums that wove themselves into the fabric of our year and that with some luck, you´ll discover a few that will stick with you for ever!

https://castthedice.org/album-picks/2024/

Evan Chapman - Reveries [Better Company]
Basher - May Day [Sinking City Records]
Jake Long - City Swamp [New Soil]
Tomin - A Willed and Conscious Balance [International Anthem]
Alex E. Chávez - Sonorous Present [Artivist Entertainment]
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Ventre Unique [Bongo Joe Records]
Jharis Yokley - Sometimes, Late At Night [Rainbow Blonde Records]
Amy Aileen Wood - The Heartening [Colorfield Records]
Dorian Dumont - to the APhEX [WERF records]
Flock - Flock II [Strut Records]
De Beren Gieren - What Eludes Us [Sdban Records]
Moor Mother - The Great Bailout [Anti Records]
Za! + Perrate - Jolifanto [ Lovemonk]
Àbáse - Awakening [Analogue Foundation x Oshu Records x Bridge The Gap]
Why The Eye - Inspirex [EXAG' Records]

21/12/2024

Right in time for the incoming festivities, Maurice Louca has gifted us with a buoyant banger. The immeasurably talented and adventurous composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer unleashed yesterday a brand new single called ‘El Gawhara’. Uplifting, ebullient and kaleidoscopic, (...)

Right in time for the incoming festivities, Maurice Louca has gifted us with a buoyant banger. The immeasurably talented and adventurous composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer unleashed yeste…

17/12/2024

Last month, Australian-born, Berlin-based drummer and percussionist Eilis Frawley announced the release of Fall Forward, her debut album, and alongside the news she had shared the title track as the first single. Now, and ahead of the album’s release on March 7th through Sinnbus, Frawley has dropped a second single called ‘Be A Lady’, (...)

Last month, Australian-born, Berlin-based drummer and percussionist Eilis Frawley announced the release of Fall Forward, her debut album, and alongside the news she had shared the title track as th…

13/12/2024

ECHT swept us off our feet with their debut EP, DOUF, released in 2019, and both albums that followed it, 2021’s Inwane and 2023’s Sink-Along completely blew our minds. So we’re obviously buzzing with today’s announcement of an incoming third full-lengh album. Entitled Boilerism, (...)

ECHT! swept us off our feet with their debut EP, DOUF, released in 2019, and both albums that followed it, 2021’s Inwane and 2023’s Sink-Along completely blew our minds. So we’re …

11/12/2024

February 14th will see the release of Jean-Claude Vannier‘s new album Jean-Claude Vannier et son orchestre de mandolines (Jean Claude Vannier and his mandolin orchestra), a record created as the soundtrack to a non-existent silent film. The French musician, composer and arranger had already shared the tender and heartfelt ‘Perdue dans la cité (Lost in the city)’ and the charming ‘Comme les enfants savent aimer’ and today he’s sharing a new single called ‘La 2CV rouillée (The rusty 2CV)’. (...)

February 14th will see the release of Jean-Claude Vannier’s new album Jean-Claude Vannier et son orchestre de mandolines (Jean Claude Vannier and his mandolin orchestra), a record created as …

11/12/2024

A seminal figure in Chicago’s underground music scenes, artist, educator, musician, deejay, and vocalist Damon Locks has been leading and involved in various projects since the late 1980s, including Trenchmouth, The Eternals, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, Black Monument Ensemble and collaborated with artists such as Nicole Mitchell and Ben LaMar Gay, amongst many more. A man of many talents and disciplines, Locks has in recent years expanded his creative work across different media, including sound/animation projects with unreleased Sun Ra recordings, collaborations with dancers and choreographers, (...)

A seminal figure in Chicago’s underground music scenes, artist, educator, musician, deejay, and vocalist Damon Locks has been leading and involved in various projects since the late 1980s, includin…

10/12/2024

Following the radiant and energized ‘Roda’, TUKAN are teasing their upcoming album with a second riveting and pulsating single called ‘Pluck’. The track is lifted from Human Drift, the highly anticipated follow-up to their 2022 debut Atoll. (...)

Following the radiant and energized ‘Roda’, TUKAN are teasing their upcoming album with a second riveting and pulsating single called ‘Pluck’. The track is lifted from Human Drift, the …