October 4th Newsletter

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  • Chenille – Riffing On The Loaf
    Chenille – Riffing On The Loaf
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    Off-kilter and lo-fi slowcore. Think Raincoats fronting a band on Darla.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
    The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
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    “There is no such thing as intellectual property.” Jean-Luc Godard Take a ride on the back of DJ WW4’s vespa and hold on tight…  

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits
    Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. This work is a masterpiece compilation released from Ethiopia’s in 1972 on the eve of the release of Mulatu Astatke’s masterpiece [...]

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  • The Velvet Underground – 1966
    The Velvet Underground – 1966
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    Incredibly rich and raw recordings from VU in 1966. Blown out and dragged down. Side A features a Reed-less band with Angus Maclise still in the fold. Side B takes […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Hawkwind – Live 1972
    Hawkwind – Live 1972
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Recorded live by the BBC on 28th September 1972 at the famed Paris Theatre in London, this is the classic Space Ritual-era Hawkwind, featuring […]

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  • Chants Révolutionnaires D’Oman – Oman Protest Music
    Chants Révolutionnaires D’Oman – Oman Protest Music
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    Compilation of revolutionary Omani songs from the time of the Marxist-Leninist Dhofar Liberation Front seeking to overthrow the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Establish an independent state in [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
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    Radio Topo #021   Born from the rich musical heritage of the Berber people, the music of Algeria is as diverse as Algerian culture itself. While primarily associated with Rai, […]

    GENRE: International
  • I Want To Die. I Want To Live. – An Acid Mixtape – Radio Topo #19
    I Want To Die. I Want To Live. – An Acid Mixtape – Radio Topo #19
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    Deep in the bad places in your mind, you have to fight to get out. C50 of acid bummers.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kenji Kawai – Ghost In The Shell OST
    Kenji Kawai – Ghost In The Shell OST
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Composed by Kenji Kawai for the original 1995 film. In 2029, with the advancement of cybernetic technology, the human body can be augmented or […]

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  • Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
    Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
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    Nowhere is the richness of Balinese art more evident than in the glitteringly brilliant music and dance of gamelan gong kebjar, which uses a 25-piece orchestra of xylophone-like bronze-keyed [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Les Rallizes Denudes – 1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
    Les Rallizes Denudes – 1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Psychotic works of L-R-D from 80 & 81. Noise bliss and sad feedback. Pivoting into a more rich toned psychosis of sound, these sessions […]

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  • V/A – Mexican Rumble
    V/A – Mexican Rumble
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    “Much has already been said about Rock and the welcome our nation has given it; nevertheless, all were surprised at how strongly this “ritmo tuvo” took root in our youth. […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk

VINYL

  • Norillag – The Union Of Death
    Norillag – The Union Of Death
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    HAUNTED BY SPECTRES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. “True industrial music from Vancouver, Canada. Norillag uses scrap metal percussion and heavy machinery hand in hand with atmospheric classical [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Amorous Sickness – Modern Antipathies
    Amorous Sickness – Modern Antipathies
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    Electric Nihilism! Manic Misanthropy! The trademark sound of Amorous Sickness; weaving dense analog synthesizers, hypnotic drum patterns and stark, sordid vocals calling out with existential [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Primitive Impulse – Piss It Away
    Primitive Impulse – Piss It Away
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    Like a roar, or a belch, in the face of late-stage capitalism Cincinnati’s Primitive Impulse comes blasting through your speakers with thirteen tracks of head-pounding drums, face-shredding [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Kilynn Lunsford – Promiscuous Genes
    Kilynn Lunsford – Promiscuous Genes
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    God bless the barbarians and the ignorami for rescuing us from an even more repulsive technological society .. If we hadn’t had a “dark age,” if Mao’s fanatic followers hadn’t […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Maura Weaver – Strange Devotion
    Maura Weaver – Strange Devotion
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    After some turbulent late teen years in her former pop punk band, Mixtapes, Maura Weaver needed a break. Months became years and the songs still weren’t coming. It wasn’t until […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Self Improvement – Syndrome
    Self Improvement – Syndrome
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    Perhaps in the contemporary simulacra wherein copies are all copies of other copies, the sense of the fraught sophomore effort is accentuated even more so. In a world of endless […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Artificial Go – Musical Chairs
    Artificial Go – Musical Chairs
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    Building on 2024’s Hopscotch Fever, Cincinnati’s Artificial Go return with ten more tracks of existential post-punk chamber pop. Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the band’s [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Artificial Go – Hopscotch Fever (Red Vinyl Repress)
    Artificial Go – Hopscotch Fever (Red Vinyl Repress)
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    Artificial Go is a new four piece hailing from the DIY post-punk scene of Cincinnati, Ohio. Local labels Feel It and Future Shock have teamed up to co-release Artificial Go’s […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Secular Music Group – Volume 2
    Secular Music Group – Volume 2
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    Secular Music Group returns to Love All Day with Volume Two, a long-playing and exceedingly strong follow-up which both condenses and expands the vision they began to lay out on […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Portable Vaudeville – Holland Festival
    Portable Vaudeville – Holland Festival
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    Infinite Expanse is excited to announce the reissue of Holland Festival, the soundtrack for The Theatre for Moveable People, Objects and Music, originally performed live in 1983 during the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Phobophlyptix – Phobophlyptix
    Phobophlyptix – Phobophlyptix
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    Radical Documents is amped to announce the debut LP from LA, CA’s PHOBOPHLYPTIX. In 10 songs, clocking just over 9 minutes, ZZ, JJ, Paully, and Sammy thrash, grind, chug, and […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Nostalgie Éternelle ‎– At That Time
    Nostalgie Éternelle ‎– At That Time
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    Originally issued on cassette in limited runs between 1989 and 1990, At That Time is a long-overdue excavation of Nostalgie Éternelle – one of the most quietly crucial names in […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk

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