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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 2d

Louis Carnell releases ‘torch his emblem, fear obtains laced dreams’, a deeply personal work based around various elements of his his voice, exploring loss, solitude, and resolve through delicate spoken word and resonant choral layers.

mute.ffm.to/louis-carnel...

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 6d

To mark 40 years of their debut,
Laibach & Mute present Laibach 40, a limited vinyl & CD box set.

Includes remastered Nebo žari / The Sky is Glowing, rare early recordings, historic live sets & a new documentary.

Order: mute.ffm.to/laibach-40

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 6d

HAAi releases HUMANiSE (Live Album Performance, from Drumsheds)

A surreal ‘90s office reimagined inside London’s Drumsheds, with Jon Hopkins, Alexis Taylor, Obi Franky, KAM-BU, TRANSVOICES & poet Kaiden Ford.

Now premiering on YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEB...

HAAi - HUMANiSE (live album performance, from Drumsheds)

YouTube video by HAAi

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Maps @thisismaps.bsky.social · 15d

𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝕿𝖔 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕿𝖚𝖉𝖔𝖗 𝕲𝖆𝖙𝖊
- 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕿𝖜𝖔 -

Listen & pre-save: mute.ffm.to/maps-wtttg

The 2nd part of a long-lost soundtrack to a half remembered film.

31st day of October is the day that all our work will be revealed.

We invite you in.…we hope that you will never leave.

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 16d

Today we celebrate the birthday of Nick Cave, an artist whose songs, words, and performances have left a profound mark on music and culture for more than four decades.

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 23d

Ian Boddy & Chris Carter announce the 25th anniversary edition of their underground classic Caged, out 28 Nov 2025 on Mute.

Remastered + expanded with new reworkings:
🎧 ‘Claustrophobia’ (Carter)
🎧 ‘Uncaged’ (Boddy) – out today!

Listen: mute.ffm.to/ib-cc-c25

Ian Boddy & Chris Carter - Caged (25th Anniversary Edition)

They say expectation is a prison. Here, being Caged is being free | OUT 28 NOV

mute.ffm.to

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 26d

Swell Maps’ ‘The John Peel Sessions’ is out now on digital & CD, featuring three legendary sessions of raw, chaotic and boundary-pushing energy: mute.ffm.to/swellmaps-tjps

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · 27d

Happiest Birthday to Moby, an artist, activist, and longtime friend of Mute whose music has shaped generations.
On the dancefloor, in meditation or punk rock raging, what part of Moby’s wild catalogue would you indulge in today?

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today we honour our old friend Frank Tovey, aka Fad Gadget, on what would’ve been his birthday.
An innovator, provocateur, entertainer, and an essential part of the beginning of Mute’s story.

A pyro, a gadget, an MKUltra, a Tovey… which era of Frank’s music will you be enjoying today?

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Sep 5

Here at Mute, we’d like to congratulate our dear friend Cosey Fanni Tutti, who will, quite rightly, be honoured with this year’s AIM Innovator Award.

#coseyfannitutti

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Sep 3

Adi Newton of Clock DVA curates this month’s #MuteMixtape, tracing the influences that shaped their experimental sound. Listen now: mute.ffm.to/mutemixtape

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Aug 12

𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝕿𝖔 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕿𝖚𝖉𝖔𝖗 𝕲𝖆𝖙𝖊
- 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕺𝖓𝖊 -

A long-lost soundtrack to a half-remembered film, has now been unearthed, and invites you in. Join @thisismaps.bsky.social at ‘Chapter One’ now: mute.ffm.to/maps-wtttg

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Aug 8

Discover what’s next from Mute 🚶‍♂️
Sign up to our newsletter for updates on new music, tour dates, and more.

Newsletter sign-up: linktr.ee/muterecords

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Jul 30

thequietus.com/news/laibach...

Laibach Share New Track, 'Die Kanone' | The Quietus

Laibach have shared a new standalone single, ‘Die Kanone’. The new cut is the band’s intepretation of a 1974 single by rock band Bijelo Dugme called ‘Top’. Bijelo Dugme were the most popular and comme...

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Jul 29

Laibach presents 'Die Kanone', a German version of 'I’ll Shoot You With a Cannon, My Sweet One', feat. Bijelo Dugme.

Created in collaboration between Laibach & Bijelo Dugme to mark the 50th anniversary of this legendary ex-Yugoslav band.

Listen now: mute.ffm.to/laibach-diek...

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Jun 17

"At the dawn of UK synth-pop‘s imminent explosion, a little-known electronic quartet called Silicon Teens dropped an audacious cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Memphis Tennessee’."
Read in full: faroutmagazine.co.uk/silicon-teen...

Silicon Teens: Daniel Miller's synth-pop virtual group

Shortly after founding the indie label Mute, Daniel Miller produced a string of rock and roll covers behind the virtual synthpop band ruse Silicon Teens.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Jun 12

We ask everyone to please be respectful of Douglas, his wife, his family and Nitzer Ebb in this difficult time.
We appreciate your understanding.

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MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social · Jun 12

It is with a heavy heart that we regret to inform that our dear friend, Nitzer Ebb’s Douglas McCarthy passed away yesterday morning, June 11th, 2025. We’ll miss him terribly, his spirit, artistry and personality effected Mute indelibly in the most wonderful of ways.