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Welcome to our new website.

We really hope you find it interesting as well as entertaining. We have spent many months trying to ensure it has as much crucial music and information as possible. The Sargasso site is not only an easy way for customers to obtain our products, but also an opportunity to keep in touch with all the news about our outstanding artists and our live Sargasso:C events. And now the latest news...

Sargasso now has its own Blog (click above). All sorts of music-related topics will be covered, as well as video extracts from our Sargasso:C events and exclusive interviews. So please join in the discussions and feel free to leave comments. You can also follow us on Twitter.

Out now: Lawrence Casserley, Martin Burck, Rainer Burck 'Crystalline Strata'. New CD by where the Burck brothers' piano and percussion are treated in real time by Casserley's unique Signal Processing Instrument. Ever-changing sound alchemy from three master improvisors. See Shop for details.

Sargasso releases 100 exclusive limited edition signed box-sets to celebrate Jonathan Harvey's 70th birthday. Includes 3 CDs + a unique 2-hour interview DVD by Barrie Gavin. Available only from Sargasso! See Shop for details

We are proud to announce the launch of our new sister label "S4". Featuring melodic music from around the world, the first release is a brand new recording by Venezualen pianist Elena Riu. More details can be found at www.s4cds.com

World Premiere of Daniel Biro's new piece 'Shir Hadash' for 5 voices and electronics, in collaboration with the Vocal Motions Singers, at the Sargsso:C event at Kings Place on 23rd Nov 2009. CD release to follow in 2010. See Live for details.

'Crystalline Strata': new CD by Lawrence Casserley together with Rainer and Martin Burck will be launched at the Sargasso:C concert on 23rd Nov 2009. See Live for details.

Special Live-on-Line Sargasso:C concert on 22nd February 2010 between London and Nice. Musicians in both countries will play together thanks to a zero-latency audio/video connection. See Live for details.

Last minute Sargasso:C club event on Wed 12th of August at London's Cross Kings Bar at 8pm. Featuring BB Davis, Vincenzo Lamagna, Daniel Biro and more. See Live section for details.

Congratulations to composer John Palmer whose piece 'Transient' has been selected at the 36th Bourges International Competition Electroacoustic Music 2009 in Section II: Trivium - 3rd category. 'Transient' is available on Palmer's 'Inwards' CD (SCD28059).

Jonathan Harvey was 'Composer Of The Week' on BBC Radio 3 from July 13th to 17th.

Don’t forget to bookmark our site. Better still, subscribe to our mailing list, and receive regular updates on new releases, special offers and news from all our artists.

A good idea before you start is to go to our sounds player that will open a new window in your browser and play a selection of podcasts and music from the world of Sargasso whilst browsing the site. We’ll keep this page updated so that there's always something new and interesting to discover.

Our shop provides easy access to all our available releases, with full information on all our recordings and the opportunity to listen to a couple of extracts from each release. You can search by title, artist or browse through by genre.

If you are new to Sargasso, go straight to our essentials, where you can discover a selected choice of music from our wide range of genres that will ease you into the world of experimental contemporary music.

If you want to find out more about our artists, visit our artists pages, and discover more about our label's creative geniuses.

Our live section tells you all about our upcoming Sargasso:C concerts and where to go to hear for yourselves exciting new music from our artists and special guests. Don't miss out!

Feel free to contact us with your thoughts.