CONFUSHAN
The label for artists
the algorithm
can't understand.
“We are twelve people, four cities, one press. Everything you hear here was made by someone who couldn't sleep.”— S. Okafor, curator
Room 12 — Kreuzberg
side a · vol. V
Hover the artifact00:00 / 03:34
Amber Static — Kai Ozawa
Ambient · Drone/Cf—017
Confushan is a home for the artists the algorithm cannot figure out. We press vinyl by hand, host invitation-only nights across four continents, and build careers on the slow arc of a decade rather than the noise of a single afternoon.
- I
We press movements, not playlists.
Every release is bound by hand, numbered, and released without a billboard.
- II
The artist keeps the master.
No exclusive contracts. No rights we do not return by dawn.
- III
Silence is not rejection.
A single WAV and one paragraph. We reply only when the room is moved.
- IV
Twelve records a year. Never more.
Small runs, slow craft. If the ink is still wet, it is not ready.
- V
The night belongs to the people in it.
Invitations arrive on paper. Address on the day. No phones inside.
Sisay & Anouk, custodians of the label
Sealed by hand · Berlin · Anno MMXX
Four rites · one door
A treatise, written slowly, on how a stranger becomes a Confushan artist.
Enter the studio.
A door in a Kreuzberg courtyard. No sign. You bring the file that keeps you awake.
Send the track.
One WAV. One paragraph. No press kits, no manager intros. We do not want polish, we want signal.
Listening session.
Every Tuesday, three of us sit in the dark and press play. Nothing gets skipped. Nothing gets forgotten.
You are contacted.
A phone call. Sometimes a plane ticket. We build a release you will be proud of a decade from now.
A salon of twelve
No exclusive contracts. Every artist keeps their masters. The label works for them — not the other way around.
- 07N—to be announced
- 08T—to be announced
- 09R—to be announced
- 10S—to be announced
- 11V—to be announced
- 12P—to be announced
The ledger.
Four bindings, four thresholds. Each pressing recorded by hand in the vault at Studio Ost — released without a billboard and heard by exactly the right people.
Amber Static
Kai Ozawa · LP · A/B
300 pressed
- IVAmber StaticKai OzawaLP · A/BMMXXVI300 pressed · listen on wax → catalogue.confushan
- IIISalt & TapeNia AdukeEP · 45rpmMMXXV
- IINightformMarek ValeSingleMMXXV
- IFirst BloodVariousCompilationMMXXIV
The vault, playing
One night,
four cathedrals.
No ticketing platforms, no guest lists. The invitation arrives inside a black envelope, hand-delivered by a courier who does not wait for a reply.
Berlin
- Date
- 14 · III · MMXXVI
- Hours
- 23:00 → 06:00
- Capacity
- 80
- N° 02ParisLe Sanctuaire · Sunday05 · IV · MMXXVICap. 60
- N° 03KyōtoUchū Room · Saturday18 · IV · MMXXVICap. 40
- N° 04ReykjavíkSalurinn Vestur · Saturday09 · V · MMXXVICap. 50
Sand falls, doors open.
Submissions for the spring season close when the last grain has crossed. There will not be a second call.