Torn Light Records
We are an independent brick & mortar record store in Cincinnati, OH.We offer a wide selection of new and used titles instore, on our website, and via our Discogs profile.
Torn Light Records also operates Fantastique HQ Distribution, a wholesaler of highly curated import and domestic labels. Wholesale accounts login and click button to be directed to B2B.
FEATURED ITEMS
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Shop Shirt – Summer 22
$15.00 | Merchandise, Shirt Select optionsDesigned by Evan Wolff Rep your favorite Record Store Begins shipping and available for pickup and in store Friday August 19th
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Spoils – Find Later CS
$8.00 | CS Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Spoils are my favorite band in Ohio. Rock for life.” – Kobe “Ohio style baby you know what we mean haha” Upon first listen […]
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New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
$13.00 | CD Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “The birth of NEW FREE JAZZ. A completely unhinged document of New Monuments. Fresh new quartet line-up. This is the next level, and the […]
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Sissy Spacek – Blear (Expanded CD version)
$11.00 | CD Add to cartAn entropic vortex of full-room tear-up texture. Duo lineup of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese. Originally released in 2018 on LP/CS, this crucial CD reissue brings back into a print […]
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Sissy Spacek — Electric Field In Parallel
$11.00 | CD Add to cart‘Another stunning, definitive and beyond harsh release from the arguably the most forward thinking ultra-sonic-destruction unit in the world.’ -Brandon Hill (Fantastique / Starved [...]
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Sissy Spacek – Reslayer CD
$11.00 | CD Add to cart‘Sissy Spacek reaching full maturation – Hyper destructive low end heavy cut ups. Harsh noise from unheard nether-realms.’ -Brandon Hill (Fantastique / Starved Relations) [...]
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Secret Boyfriend – Stud Control
$9.00 | Cassette Add to cartinstrumental tape-loop and ambient pieces from summer 2021
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Poly Styrene: I Am Cliche – Blu-Ray
$26.00 | Blu-Ray, Video Add to cartPoly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band, and a key influence on the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements. But Poly […]
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Kübler-Ross – Kübler-Ross LP
$22.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Standing high and alone vs dozens of wannabes. Kubler-Ross stay true to a rigid tradition of earth 80s electronic post punk. No romance here, […]
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RX-101 – New Discoveries CD
$10.00 | CD Add to cartLabel Description: New Discoveries” is a new side of the RX-101 sound. Rather than taking inspiration from braindance heroes like Aphex Twin and Bochum Welt, “New Discoveries” is a reflection [...]
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The Wire – #461 July 2022
$10.00 | Magazine, Print Add to cart“AMM: For 50 years, Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe and John Tilbury have had their sights set firmly on sonic freedom, changing the landscape of music in the process. By Clive […]
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MattxIbarra – Head Face & Meat 12″
$20.00 | 12" Add to cart‘Techno’ has always avoided definition. Be it referencing the classic experimental and working class sounds from its origins in the early 80’s in Germany or later in Detroit – to […]
SPECIALTY ITEMS
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Donny Hathaway – Everything Is Everything
$40.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartAtco – SD 33-332 Media Condition – VG+, few light marks on each side. Sleeve Condition – VG+, Still in shrink!, sleeve has very light wear
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N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (OG Pressing)
$70.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartRuthless Records SL-57102 OG Pressing Media Condition – G+, LP has some hairline scratches, marks and overall wear Sleeve Condition – VG, has some shelf wear and marks
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James Brown & The Famous Flames – Cold Sweat (Sealed!)
$35.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartKing Records 1020 Sealed! Media Condition – NM Sleeve Condition – NM
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Big Black – Atomizer
$15.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartTouch and Go – TG93 Reissue Media Condition – VG+, lightly used copy. Sleeve Condition – VG+, lightly worn.
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Gag – Killing For Both Realities 3 ’92
$18.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartIron Lung Records – LUNGS-167 Media Condition – VG+, lightly used copy Sleeve Condition – VG+, great shape, no real wear.
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Betty Davis – They Say I’m Different (No Poster)
$100.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartJust Sunshine Records – JSS 3500 74 US Monarch Pressing Media Condition – VG+, few marks on each side, plays great! Sleeve Condition – VG, has some ring wear and […]
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Earth Crisis / Snapcase / Strife – The California Takeover… Live
$12.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartVictory Records – VR042 Media Condition – VG+, great shape. Looks to of lightly been played. Sleeve Condition – Generic
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Pebbles Vol. 10
$16.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartBFD – 5027 – A Media Condition – VG+, few marks on each side. Sleeve Condition – VG+, light wear
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Incantation – Blasphemous Cremation
$35.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartNecroharmonic – SLEAZY024 Media Condition – VG+, few marks on each side Sleeve Condition – VG+, great shape. Very light wear.
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Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls
$30.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartProfound Lore Records – PFL-152.5 Media Condition – VG+, all 3 LPs in nice shape, very light wear. Sleeve Condition – VG+, light wear on sleeve.
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Archie Shepp – On This Night (OG Mono)
$50.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartImpulse! – A-97-A OG Mono Media Condition – VG+, light marks on each side Sleeve Condition – VG+, Sleeve in good shape, has some very minor tearing on the bottom […]
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MC5 – Back In The USA
$32.00 | LP, Specialty Items Add to cartAtlantic – SD 8247 Media Condition – VG, LP has some hairline scratches and marks. Sleeve Condition – VG, Sleeve has ring wear and lots of wear from age. Some […]
STAFF PICKS
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Spoils – Find Later CS
$8.00 | CS Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Spoils are my favorite band in Ohio. Rock for life.” – Kobe “Ohio style baby you know what we mean haha” Upon first listen […]
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New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
$13.00 | CD Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “The birth of NEW FREE JAZZ. A completely unhinged document of New Monuments. Fresh new quartet line-up. This is the next level, and the […]
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Shriek of the Mutilated – Blu-Ray
$34.00 | Blu-Ray, Video Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Absolutely bonkers Bigfootspoitation from the minds of exploitation auteurs Michael & Roberta Findlay. One of the classic WTF movies, very glad Vinegar [...]
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – Blu-Ray
$26.00 | Blu-Ray, Video Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Probably one of the most haunting movies i’ve seen recently. To talk about it too much would spoil it, but completely left me torn […]
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Kübler-Ross – Kübler-Ross LP
$22.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Standing high and alone vs dozens of wannabes. Kubler-Ross stay true to a rigid tradition of earth 80s electronic post punk. No romance here, […]
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Nuovo Testameno – New Earth CD
$15.00 | CD Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “CD issue of this gem of a cold wave record. Cancel that spotify subscription and pop this into your 95 toyota corolla’s cd player. […]
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CrusHerr – Den Haag Acid Pack CS
$12.00 | Cassette Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “303 Heavy CS. Use in application ranging through various heavy techno uses.” – Jack Label Description: Dope Sheets is a new sublabel of the […]
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RX-101 – Hearts Utd. EP 12″
$14.00 | Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Breathtaking 90’s era Rephlex style electronic perfection. Blissful, playful, cold, heady, smart, primitive, and ingenious all at once. Must have material [...]
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Bloody Muscle Body Builder In Hell – Blu-Ray
$26.00 | Blu-Ray Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Micro-budget tribute to The Evil Dead from Japan, indeed featuring a body builder (albeit not Lou Ferrigno sized) battling the undead evil spirits in […]
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Masahiko Togashi Quartet – Speed & Space: The Concept of Space in Music (Colored Vinyl)
$43.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Originally released in 1969, at the start of the influence of free jazz crossing over to Japan, Masahiko Togashi Quartet’s Speed And Space is […]
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Francis Bebey – African Electronic Music 1975-1982
$27.00 | 2xLP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Mesmerizing electronic tracks combining synths, acoustic instruments, and both sung & spoken word. One of the coolest parts of listening to Francis Bebey’s [...]
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The Contortions – Buy
$23.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Absolute classic of New York’s No Wave scene. Dissonant James Brown funk punk. Reissued by Superior Viaduct” – Jon Soon after their 1978 debut [...]