Fällt is an independent publishing house specialising in experimental music

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

, fine art

Fine art

Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....

, design

Design

Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...

 and criticism

Criticism

Criticism is the judgement of the merits and faults of the work or actions of an individual or group by another . To criticize does not necessarily imply to find fault, but the word is often taken to mean the simple expression of an objection against prejudice, or a disapproval.Another meaning of...

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Established in the mid 1990s by W. Conrad Röntgen and Christopher Murphy as a publishing vehicle for experimental interdisciplinary works, Fällt is now jointly run by W. Conrad Röntgen and Christian Lange. Christopher Murphy departed the organisation in mid 2006. In late 2005 Nicholas Kove joined the organisation as in-house archivist.

Early contributors at Fällt included Christophe Behrens, Otaku Yakuza and Anton van Leewenhoek (1969–1999). Since 2000, the organisation has collaborated with over one hundred artists worldwide including: Pita

Peter Rehberg

Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...

, Pimmon

Pimmon

Pimmon is the recording name of Australian musician Paul Gough. He has released records on labels such as Fat Cat Records, Fällt, Tigerbeat6, Staalplaat and Staubgold, and collaborated with Keith Rowe and Oren Ambarchi, among others....

, Taylor Deupree

Taylor Deupree

Taylor Deupree , is an American electronic musician, photographer and graphic designer. He is most known for the founding of the 12k record label, along with his work as a member of Prototype 909, and his collaborations with Savvas Ysatis and Christopher Willits...

, Richard Chartier

Richard Chartier

Richard Chartier is a sound/installation artist and graphic designer. Chartier is works in reductionist microsound electronic music, a form of extreme minimalism in which the music is sometimes very quiet, sometimes very sparse, often both.-About:Since 1998, Chartier has created recordings for...

, Akira Rabelais

Akira Rabelais

Akira Rabelais, Los Angeles-based composer and author.Akira is the author of ‘Argeïphontes Lyre’, a software filtering application based on recombination and morphologies. He has collaborated with various musicians, including Björk, David Sylvian, Harold Budd, Nobukazu Takemura, Stephan Mathieu and...

, Stephan Mathieu

Stephan Mathieu

Stephan Mathieu is a German musician and sound artist whose work is based on digital and analog processing techniques. He lives and works in Saarbrücken, Germany.-About:...

 and regular design partners Fehler

Fehler

Internationally respected digital artists Fehler have been described as "a William Morris for the digital age" .Established in 1994 by Fällt co-founder Christopher Murphy, Christophe Behrens [1,024, Fällt] and Otaku Yakuza [Aubergine, Fällt] Fehler currently exists as a platform for a number of...

 and Alorenz.

At the turn of the millennium, attention shifted primarily to audio experiments and design-driven works.

Fällt's underlying concerns include a collective approach; an emphasis on collaboration; and exploring methods of making high quality works available in a variety of formats to a variety of audiences.