Henceforth Records' quest is to bring to the attention of a contemporary listening audience the work of some of today's most vital artists whose vision crosses the boundaries and expands definitions of contemporary classical, improvised, electronic and experimental music.

News and Events

Newest release Cities and Eyes by Andrea Parkins and Jessica Constable.

Henceforth Records now has a catalog of 6 CDs, including the just released "Cities and Eyes" with Andrea Parkins and Jessica Constable. This newest (6th) CD is an extraordinary debut disc from The Skein, a duo project from internationally lauded improvising artists Andrea Parkins, electric accordion, effects, samples and live processing, synthesizers, piano, voice and Jessica Constable, voice, electronics. The disc comprises a study in diversity, and how could it be otherwise? Parkins and Constable bring deep musical intuition to the drafting table, not to mention worlds of experience that defy the falsely imposed limits of geographical location. Both artists experiment without ceasing, reveling in the possibilities of each new sonic experience.

Henceforth Records produces music by soloists and groups whose vision and musicality adds to creativity. Our first CD was SOS Live with Lisle Ellis, Marco Eneidi and Peter Valsamis. Second was Baggerboot with violinist Gunda Gottschalk and accordionist Ute Völker from Wuppertal, Germany (home of many of our favorites: Peter Brötzmann, Pina Bausch, and the late Peter Kowald), and bassist Peter Jacquemyn from Belgium. We heard their trio play at the Antwerp Festival in 2004 and realized that we wanted to hear them again. We released Gustavo Aguilar's unsettled on an old sense of place in August, 2007. The first three have been receiving rave reviews. Minamo is is a duo recording of live performances by Carla Kihlstedt, violin and Satoko Fujii, piano, an example of powerful genre-bending music that we prefer. This was released October 20, 2007 an received a great review from Ben Ratliff of the NY Times. Lisle Ellis's Sucker Punch Requiem: An homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat was released February 2008, also with many stellar reviews. True to the spirit of Henceforth Records, Ellis's creation, inspired by the life and work of one of the most important artists of the last century, brings together an astounding array of musicians, each one a leader in their own right: Lisle Ellis, bass, electronics, and sound design; Oliver Lake, saxophone; Susie Ibarra, percussion; George Lewis, trombone; Pamela Z, voice and electronics; Holly Hofmann, flute; and Mike Wofford, piano.