A year of collaboration, reinvention, and music that thrives outside the lines.

2025 brought new projects from emerging voices, veteran innovators, and unexpected partnerships—along with meaningful additions to our back catalog and composer resources. Whether through spontaneous improvisation, meticulous studio craft, or concept-driven songwriting, every release this year shared one thing in common: artists shaping their own sound without compromise.

NEW RELEASES — 2025

Andre LaFosse — Entry Level: An Introduction to Andre LaFosse
A curated initiation into Andre LaFosse’s musical universe, Entry Level gathers pivotal pieces from across his catalog while debuting a new track, “Moral Combination.” Mastered and assembled with input from Trey Gunn and A.J. Chippero, the album doubles as both a welcome mat for new listeners and a sharply framed retrospective for longtime followers—showcasing LaFosse’s touch-guitar fluency, rhythmic complexity, and melodic instinct.

Argo Vals — Lavendel
On Lavendel, Estonian guitarist and composer Argo Vals builds serene, introspective soundscapes from acoustic guitar, keys, and ambient textures. Select guests add tonal depth without breaking the album’s quiet tension: Kitty Florentine’s vocals on “Barokk,” Karl Petti’s golpe percussion on “Õhuke joon,” and classical colors from Kristo Käo (baroque guitar) and Villu Vihermäe (viola da gamba) on “Gambale.” Minimal in instrumentation yet maximal in atmosphere, Lavendel rewards close listening.

KOMARA — KOMARA II
The follow-up from KOMARA—Pat Mastelotto, David Kollar, and Paolo Raineri—pushes further into the trio’s darkly cinematic territory, blending electronics, molten brass, and jagged guitar textures. Guest voices appear like characters in a film: Arve Henriksen’s trumpet intensifies “Komarantino,” Bill Munyon’s voice shadows “Not Our Way,” and Deborah Carter Mastelotto contributes ghostlike vocal layers to “Relocating Children” and “Burning Man.” A brooding, atmospheric work where tension and restraint carry as much weight as impact.

Marco Mattei — Age of Fragility
Italian guitarist and songwriter Marco Mattei blends world-beat influence, progressive and art-rock sensibilities, and personal lyrical themes into a concept album reflecting on emotional vulnerability and modern disconnection. Recorded at Dreamland Studios, the record features Mattei on electric and acoustic guitars, bouzouki, celesta, keyboards, and programming with Jerry Marotta (drums/percussion) and Tony Levin (electric & upright bass) forming the rhythmic foundation, alongside contributions from Duilio Galioto, Trey Gunn, Jennifer Maidman, and others. 

Andrew Keeling & Alex Che Johnson — A Temple of Trees
A Temple of Trees balances structure and breath: Keeling and Johnson weave guitars, piano, synths, and voice with contributions from Susana Lopez (violin), Vlad Naslas (cello), John Timney (uilleann pipes), Danielle Price (vocals), and Naama Tsabar (electric bass). The pieces feel grown rather than built—organic, narrative, and sonically spacious, like music written in the margins of nature.

Jason Blake — Almost Entirely Forgotten (feat. Marco Minnemann) (Single)
Jason Blake’s Warr guitar meets Marco Minnemann’s rhythmic instinct in a single that unfolds like an unsolved diary entry. The track deepens the thematic world first outlined in A Confusion Sequence, pairing harmonic architecture with dynamic drumming. Mixed by Amery Schmeisser and mastered by Andy VanDette, with artwork by Hajo Mueller, it’s a concise summation of Blake’s ability to turn detail into drama.

Barend Tromp — Odd Time Concepts
On Odd Time Concepts, Dutch multi-instrumentalist Barend Tromp turns groove and meter into narrative across eleven instrumental pieces that move fluidly from 3/4 to 21/8 without losing pulse or melodic clarity. Tromp performs fretted and fretless basses, guitars, sitar, and synths, while Trey Gunn contributes a striking Warr guitar solo on “Madhuvanti” and four drummers—Pat Mastelotto, Ron van Stratum, Nathan van de Wouw, Eugene Vugts—shape the record’s rhythmic identity. Mixed by Tromp and mastered by Michael Valentine West, the album is intricate without indulgence—focused, expressive, and human.

Arnold McCuller & Jerry Marotta — The Star-Spangled Banner (Single)
Celebrated vocalist Arnold McCuller (James Taylor, Phil Collins) and renowned drummer/producer Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney) offer a striking new interpretation of The Star-Spangled Banner that restores the rarely performed second and fourth verses—lending historical context and emotional depth to the anthem’s lesser-heard language. Inspired in part by McCuller’s unforgettable 2002 rendition of the fourth verse in the film The Sum of All Fears, the new recording features Marotta’s inventive percussion-led arrangement and snare contributions from Ariel Shafir and Doug Stringer.

Deep Energy Orchestra — The Science of Sound
The third album from Deep Energy Orchestra, led by Jason Everett (aka Mister E), blends progressive rock, jazz fusion, orchestral color, and Indian classical rhythmic frameworks across eight compositions. Everett’s seven-string fretless bass and custom piccolo sitar-bass guide an ensemble including Joe Deninzon, Gary Husband, Trey Gunn, Adam Holzman, V. Selvaganesh, Mark Lettieri, Radhika Iyer, Eric “Doc” Smith, and others, with a string section fleshing out key movements. Produced and arranged by Everett and engineered, mixed, and mastered by Don Gunn, the record turns cultural diversity into compositional unity.

Andre LaFosse — Then Again
Then Again is an album of in-studio live looping performances for electric guitar and Hologram Microcosm, with the Glou-Glou Loupé joining on selected tracks—and each piece presented as a complete performance with only light structural edits for listener clarity. Mixed and mastered by Andre LaFosse himself, and produced with Trey Gunn, the album distills his real-time process into focused musical statements that treat looping as a compositional engine rather than an effect. 

Trey Gunn & David Forlano — Select Habits of Invertebrates
Recorded live over two sessions in Santa Fe, Select Habits of Invertebrates pairs Gunn’s Warr guitar with Forlano’s electronics, EWI, saxophone, flutes, and bells, forming structured improvisations that feel like sonic field notes. Mixed by Gunn and mastered by Erik Emil Eskildsen, the album turns texture and timbre into narrative—abstract yet vividly cinematic.

BACK CATALOG & BOOKS — 2025
This year saw major catalog expansion including essential recordings from Matt Dorsey, Andre LaFosse, and David Kollar, and continued digital availability of Andrew Keeling’s Musical Guide series, deepening access to composer-level insights into classic King Crimson works.

What Comes Next?

We’ll be releasing Solace, a boundary-pushing collaboration from Jonathan Crossley, David Kollar, and Lucas Ligeti; a new album from Aziola Cry featuring Jason Blake that expands their dark cinematic prog vocabulary; and the long-awaited return of Matte Henderson. New work is also on the way from Elliott Sharp & Tim Motzer, alongside a Tu-Ner live album that captures the trio’s improvisational force in full flight. We’re excited to introduce The Forever Moment, a new duo featuring Mark Cook and Steven Leak, and we’ll also see fresh solo releases from Matt Dorsey and Sam Morrison. In print, Markus Reuter will publish Touch Guitar Technique – Volume One, while the King Crimson Scorebooks turn the page to The Wetton Years. And through our ongoing collaboration with DiN Records, label boss Ian Boddy has a strong lineup of electronic releases ready to bring even more depth and color to the catalog.

As we enter a new year, we remain dedicated to the same core principle we started with: giving artists the space to create the music only they can make — and connecting those sounds with listeners who value discovery.