Welcome to the Ether

2019 - 2025

2182 Recording Company is a collaboration between Robert V Anderson and Ryan J Bruce. We share an interest in sounds that engage beyond just listening. These sounds are rooted in a history of creation in Arizona that involves people that were inspired by people who do things differently. If what you hear and see inspires you, then we hope you engage with us.

The Big Takeover - 2182 Supports Physical Media

May 2026

2182 is humbled and heartened by the reviews in the upcoming issue of The Big Takeover. We want to thank reviewer James Broscheid and publisher and editor Jack Rabid for their support. We have been readers of The Big Takeover since our adolescence, so it is quite satisfying to be able to work with them together as peers. James reviewed all of the albums 2182 released in the last year (links below).

The Big Takeover - Porcelain Hammer

The Big Takeover - Fellahin

The Big Takeover - Khoury, Sehnaoui, Yassin

The Big Takeover - Cecyl Ruehlen

The Big Takeover - Monypeny and Corcoran

The Big Takeover - Descending Pharaohs

The Big Takeover - Turner Williams Jr and Derek Monypeny

Since We Last Spoke...

April 2026

Well, good afternoon, it is nearing one of the only days we tend to celebrate -- May Day. On that note, we would like to share with you that in the last few months that we have put catalog numbers to new releases by Descending Pharaohs, Empool (Ben and Laurence Miller), Derek Monypeny and Kelby Clark, and Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. Specific information about these releases will be available shortly.

2182 has made Cecyl Ruehlen's A Move Stone That Bends available for pre-order and Stephen Schmitt's Modern Explorations in Pagan Rock will be available shortly. This will be followed closely by Gong Gaada and

Idol Ko Si. These will be available here on the 2182 website and via bandcamp.

2182 has decided to extend the incentive on all Saamleng titles. We have new titles from the label coming shortly, so if you order any two titles, 2182 will include a 2182 title of your choice. 2182 would like to continue to provide distribution for labels that have larger catalogs, but limited distribution in the United States.

Forthcoming from 2182

January through December 2026

First up in 2026 is Cecyl Ruehlen’s A Moving Stone That Bends and Stephen Schmitt’s Modern Explorations in Pagan Rock. In late spring/early summer, Ben and Laurence Miller will realize a fifty-three-year journey to release Galavan and Los Angeles’ Gong Gaada will release their first record entitled Sing Wenten, a gamelan experiment that has been on repeat at the 2182 office. There are records from Mike Khoury including KHZ with Robbie Lynn Hunsinger and Michael Zerang, his duo/duo with Ben Hall. Paul Lyyton, and C Spencer Yeh, as well as Inscribe, an acoustic group that explores Japanese, Arab Indian, and American traditions. Derek Monpyeny will be back with a double solo LP and his collaboration with Kevin Corcoran explores their longtime creative relationship in new and satisfying ways. Idol Ko Si has returned with another record, but alas no 12-inch maxi single this time! You can learn a little more about each releases on the press page and ordering for A Moving Stone That Bends and Modern Explorations in Pagan Rock will be available for purchase in January.

2182 Distro: Saamleng -- Warsaw, Poland

January 2026

In light of the current situation regarding shipping and tariffs, 2182 has started to maintain stock of foreign labels that have similar aims so that folks stateside can support these labels. 2182 has stock of all twenty-one titles in the Saamleng catalog. The price for all items is $10 and you can review title descriptions on this listing and on the Saamleng bandcamp account.

Through January 2026, if you order two or more Saamleng titles, 2182 will include a 2182 title for you at no cost. Please just choose which titles you would like in the notes. The stateside shipping, which this listing is limited to, is 6 dollars and 1 additional dollar per title. For 50 dollars, you can get four titles including shipping. Thank you to Tomek and Saamleng for their support.

2025 Twenty One Eighty Two Releases Bundled

December 2025

All 2025 releases are available via the 2182 website and bandcamp page, but you can also now purchase them for one price. If you are interested in getting all eight records (7 LPs and 1 seven inch), you can purchase the package on bandcamp or paypal $160 dollars to 2182recordingcompany@gmail.com. You will receive digital downloads and a physical copy of each record. You may also purchase these items in the coming weeks through Forced Exposure in the United States and Sound Ohm in Europe.

Fellahin and Khoury/Sehnaoui/Yassin out now

September 2025

Mike Khoury approached us in 2022 about releasing two records -- Fellahin's Live at Space Mountain and a trio record with Sharif Sehnaoui and Raed Yassin called TAQATO3. We were excited to get an opportunity to work with Steve Bristol, Kenny Millions, Sharif Sehnaoui, Raed Yassin, and Khoury, who was also featured on the Porcelain Hammer release Born for Years. These records have allowed us to work with folks that are tied to Detroit and the massive history that city has with experimental sound. We plan on being part of some release parties for these records this fall, so keep an eye out on this page about future dates.

Shahi Baaja Duo: Williams and Monypeny - Drueling LP

August 2025

When 2182 received the initial recordings of the Drueling LP, it was hard to contain our excitement. These two prolific musicians met briefly in France in a setting that seemed ripe for their collaboration. The record is not referential because of the rarity but lays bare the journey both took to arrive at that moment using an instrument with a long traditional history. A present day example of east meets west with a reverence that that is produced by mindful musicians. It is possible to listen to this recording and see how a new sound forms in a moment of inspiration.

Ben Miller issues second Porcelain Hammer recording

July 2025

Porcelain Hammer formed in 2018 for expanding the direction of Ben Miller's multiphonic guitar work into a full ensemble. This new direction in Miller's music is the melding of art, psych, world and no-wave with lyrical hypnagogia. Miller has been improvising and composing since he was a teenager with his brothers Roger and Laurence Miller. Since that time, Miller has performed with Glenn Branca, Anne Carson, Rashaun Mitchel, Silas Riener, Ron Ashton, Michael Davis, and Franck Vigroux -- just to name a few. Porcelain Hammer includes violinist Mike Khoury, cellist Deanna Lee, and percussionist Mike List.

Cecyl Ruehlen releases "Oozetones / Fleshscapes"

June 2025

On June 26, Cecyl Ruehlen releases Oozetones / Fleshscapes. While this album was written and completed in early 2022, the work reflects about a decade's worth of developing a unique approach to improvising, super-imposition, and sound engineering as a method of constantly shifting and expanding composition. The LP arrives in a gatefold sleeve with a large format book that delves into the basis for the album's title.

Monypeny and Corcoran issue "Abacomancy"

June 2025

Abacomancy is a collaboration between Derek Monypeny and Kevin Corcoran. Abacomancy is defined as "a form of divination based on the interpretation of the patterns in dust, dirt, silt, or sand." This collaboration was completely improvised during a one-day recording session in Joshua Tree, CA. While Monypeny and Corcoran have performed and recorded before, it marks there first release as a duo. The record comes with a book of photographs by Kevin Corcoran that collides with the sound produced on the record and captures a twenty first century abacomancy.

Portland's Descending Pharaohs release first LP

May 2025

Ritual of Light is the first full length from Descending Pharaohs. Recorded in mid-2022, it marks the band in its first year as a trio with a sound that is mainly implemented by the conventions of guitar, bass, and drums and enhanced by rich textures created by Turkish saz-baglama, greek tzoura, and oud as well as drone-driven electronics. The LP is available with the Telesterion 7 inch and a limited edition print by Theo Khoury.