Artist and composer Laurie Anderson recently presented our 2011 release “i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces,” during an online conversation with Brian Eno, Simon McBurney, and Nitin Sawhney. You can view the discussion below: We co-produced "i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces" with visual and sound artist Steve Roden. The title is available in digital format and we have just a few cases left of the physical version, which features a 184 page hardback book with 2 CDs. Both editions feature 150 sepia photographs reproduced in full-color, notes and essays by Steve Roden, and 51 vintage recordings from 1925-1955.  ...

We are excited to announce the first-ever album and book to document the music of a single Ethiopian village. The village, Yeha, is located in the far north of the country in north-central Tigray about 30 km south of the Eritrean border.The field recordings were made by David Evans, a musicologist with whom we have been working since our very first project in 2003. From 2012-2013, David made multiple trips to record in Yeha. This digital release features 22 recordings and a 52-page book in PDF format. The book provides an account of the cultural and musical history of the region along...

Several years ago, we shared a video of Zimbabwean musician Daniel Gonora performing with his young son Isaac on the Dust-to-Digital Instagram page. The post resonated with many people, and not long after, Daniel’s associates got in touch with us. They told us that Daniel and his band would soon be heading into the studio to record an album.In 2021, the producers reached back out to tell us the album had been completed and inquired if Dust-to-Digital would be interested in helping with the digital distribution. We liked the idea of continuing to share Daniel's music and are excited to...

This past week, we were excited to receive news that our most recent release “Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music” was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Historical Album category.