XKatedral

Katedral is Swedish for cathedral, and the name is fair warning. XKatedral began in Stockholm as a small tape label and concert series, set up by two composers, Kali Malone and Maria W Horn, to put out their own work and the work of the people around them.

What holds the catalogue together is a way of listening more than a sound: music that changes slowly, through harmony and timbre, made with electronics and acoustic instruments alike. Organs, voices, small ensembles, long tones. Pieces that ask for time and give back a room.

Many of the artists run the label together, as a collective. The early tapes carried work by Horn, Malone, Ellen Arkbro, Caterina Barbieri and Mats Erlandsson. The Anthology Series later gathered the circle on vinyl: its third volume, for the label's tenth year, spans pieces from 2014 to 2025 by Malone, Horn, David Granström, Jessica Ekomane, Stephen O'Malley, Erlandsson, Theodor Kentros and Daniel M Karlsson.

Start with the anthologies, then follow the names.