Dictaphone are back with their 6th full length called Unstable. In the 25th year of the project Brussels born composer and mastermind Oliver Doerell is surrounded again by a lot of musicians & friends. Roger Dring is there, his clarinet and saxophone play has always been a trademark sound of the band – also Alexander Stolzes ghostly violins. The dark atmosphere and experimental sound of the new album is a reference to the 80s belgian art music scene, which Doerell had the luck to experience in his formative years. Minimal jazz meets musique concrete meets a postpunk mind. On this new album Unstable more voices and vocals than usual can be heard – especially Helga Raimondi (who already sang on the last album Goats and Distortions 5) . As a collage artist she is also responsible for the visual side of Dictaphone – she designed the cover artwork and the visuals for the live shows. Dictaphone played more than two hundred shows all over the world (including festivals Mutek, Transmediale, Unsound , Benicassim and many others). Their music can be heard in countless films, tv series and theatre pie- ces – (the responder (BBC) , the love he knows (Ali Mohammad) , Don t move (Modjgan Hashemian) , Ring (Felix Ruckert) among others.

Format / LP
Released / 01/09/2026
Catalogue / DEN-397X
Barcode / 634457209848
Artist / Dictaphone
Label / Denovali Records
Genre / Jazz