New in the registry

November 15, 2026

This week we added two records by Federico Balducci to the CEP registry, one of them made with nobuka. Here’s a track from each, plus one from the vault, all certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production: no grid correction, pitch correction, or generative AI.

A Series of Intercessory Prayers or Petitions

Federico Balducci

From And Watch the Earth Below (Cadet Chronicles I)

Experimental space jazz, contemporary classical

Federico Balducci is a guitarist and composer from West Springfield, Massachusetts, who describes his music as “dreamscapes for hope and the facilitation of enlightenment.” And Watch the Earth Below (Cadet Chronicles I), released April 2, 2021, has eight pieces he composed and arranged, playing every guitar and synth himself. The album notes open with a passage from Oliver Sacks on gratitude. “A Series of Intercessory Prayers or Petitions” is the sixth track. All eight tracks are certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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Cover of Depth is Not a Place by Federico Balducci and nobuka

Submarine Deck Logs Final Descent May 1, 1930

Federico Balducci & nobuka

From Depth is Not a Place, Difficult Art And Music

Electronic, drone, sound art

Federico Balducci and nobuka both play guitar and electronics on Depth is Not a Place, released May 15, 2026, on Difficult Art And Music, a boutique label in Lewes, UK. The two-volume concept album is inspired by William Beebe’s 1930 bathysphere descent and told as 30 recovered submarine deck logs. Across the logs, curiosity turns to disorientation, then systems degrade, instruments fail and navigation collapses. “Final Descent May 1, 1930” is the 15th log, the first of the Final Descent entries. The album runs about 70 minutes and is out as a limited double CD. All 30 tracks are certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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From the vault

Descarga Rockeada

Camilo y los Cruzers

A single, Round Whirled Records

Latin, descarga, psychedelic soul

Camilo y los Cruzers is a project led by Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and producer Camilo Landau, exploring where Latin and Black music meet. “Descarga Rockeada,” released June 12, 2026, is a descarga, the Cuban tradition of musicians gathering to jam, but rocked out. It comes from the Sala Sessions, recorded live in Landau’s living room in Alameda, California, with no overdubs or edits. Landau plays electric guitar, with Karl Perazzo, Santana’s longtime percussionist, on congas, Darian Gray on drums and Jeremiah Haynes on Farfisa organ and synth bass. It was one of the first recordings certified under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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This week in Denver

Our founder, Jeffrey Anthony, spent this week at the Music Policy Forum in Denver, as a delegate for both the Musical Form Institute and the MusicOregon Music Advocacy Council, where he leads its economic development work. There was a day of talks, then two days of roundtables held under a modified Chatham House Rule, with frank policy discussion and new ideas for the music ecosystem. Student delegates from Colorado universities joined on the second day. Today’s music policy will matter most to their generation.

The Musical Form Institute will be relocating to Portland, Oregon, and our music advocacy work there is already underway through our relationship with MusicOregon.

The Music Policy Forum in Denver, November 12

You can browse and listen to more certified recordings in our public registry. If you’re a musician, we invite you to submit a recording for consideration under the Certificate of Embodied Production.

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