Backlash Music

Artist Led, Creatively Driven

BACKLASH is an independent record label for composed and improvised music based in Berlin. It was founded in 2018 by producer Johann Günther and pianist Mathias Halvorsen as a space for alternative and conceptually developed recordings. BACKLASH primarily operates in the sphere of classical, contemporary and improvised music, but also seeks to be a home for projects that identify with several or no one genre in particular.

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And check out the catalogue below.

Mythos

Mythos is a new album by german jazz drummer Max Andrzejewski, combining both composed and improvised elements. Performed by a 12 piece ensemble, the music […]

Music for Lokkur

The Lokkur Project has evolved through Berglind’s creative efforts over the last decade. At its core is Tómasdóttir’s instrument building, resulting in the invented historical […]

Landscapes, Knives And Glue: Kid A Recycled

Wooden Elephant’s version of Radiohead’s Kid A owes more to Radiohead than just source material: as part of the London Contemporary Orchestra, Wooden Elephant’s composer/violist […]

On Goldberg Variations

On their first album together, classical pianist Mathias Halvorsen and contemporary jazz percussionist Jan Martin Gismervik have built a musical world of surprising subtlety and […]

Works For Piano & Clarinet

This release features the world premiere recording of David Geppert’s Sonata for Piano and Clarinet. Geppert (1921-2017) worked on his Clarinet Sonata, Op.72, for half-a-century: […]

Ombre Nel Mattino Di Piero

The music of Salvatore Sciarrino is taking place along the edges between sound and silence, between noise and sound. The players who need to choose […]

The Well-Prepared Piano, Vol. 1

In a new multi-release project from Backlash, pianist Mathias Halvorsen records J.S. Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier on various prepared pianos. The instruments are developed in […]