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  • Michael Atherton – Windshift
    Michael Atherton – Windshift
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    Michael Atherton is a writer, composer and educator from Sydney, Australia. Originally born in Liverpool, England, to Welsh-Irish and German parents, his family later migrated to Australia in [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • L – Marilyn Monroe – All of Us
    L – Marilyn Monroe – All of Us
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    L are a disassociated non-music trio based around the writings of card magician Jack Paton. Jack is joined by Laurie Pitt (Golden Teacher, The Modern Institute) and Jack Mellin (Smack Wizards, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jaroslav Kořán – Zahrada
    Jaroslav Kořán – Zahrada
    $30.00 | ,

    A pivotal document of the early 90s Czech alternative music scene, Zahrada – the deeply immersive 1992 album by Prague-based composer and sound artist Jaroslav Kořán – finally makes its […]

    GENRE: Ambient
  • Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
    Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
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    Torn Light Records recording artists Fruit Looops lastest EP released via Orange Milk Records. Mental & fried 4 track CD of their stripped down vocal/synth/drum line up of art punk/electronic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Punk / Hardcore, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Rob Mohan – A Sign of Things to Come
    Rob Mohan – A Sign of Things to Come
    $25.00 | ,

    Excellent American primitive guitar from Cincinnati Ohio’s Rob Mohan. Recorded on both 6 & 12 string guitar, crispy clear recording of beautiful original compositions by Rob.

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ténèbres / Mound Of Glass – Split
    Ténèbres / Mound Of Glass – Split
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    Gracious Host is proud to present a split offering of prime material from two projects sharing a singular cinematic obsession. Ténèbres and Mound of Glass provide their audience with one […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lace – Reclamation
    Lace – Reclamation
    $7.00 | ,

    Limited to 60 “RECORDED 2017. ALL SOUND MADE BY lace USING TAPE, MICROPHONES, COPICAT & MS-20. lace : WC & VS

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter – Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter
    Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter – Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter
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    In the summer of 2023 Shredded Nerve and Form Hunter embarked on an east coast tour that culminated at the Initial Shock festival in Montreal. This CD is a reissue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Concept Horse – Tod Durch Museen
    The Concept Horse – Tod Durch Museen
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    Recorded 2021 – 2022 with Trevor’s broken Uher 4000, a small silver bell, high walled white pots, soft-boiled eggs, unused birds & hand-slowed piano.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • High Grove – A Year Of Winter
    High Grove – A Year Of Winter
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    High Grove is the experimental tape duo of Montreal’s Heather Ross and Sara Delecorte. Originally recorded and released on Sloane Distro in 2019, Gracious Host is proud to re-issue this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Franciska – Afvikling
    Franciska – Afvikling
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    The latest in the prolific output of Copenhagen’s talented Jonas Torstensen, better known as Franciska. Those already familiar with Franciska’s output from the past couple years on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Aquilla Sadalla Ft. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Inner City Bluze
    Aquilla Sadalla Ft. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Inner City Bluze
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    Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is an eight-piece, Chicago-based brass ensemble consisting of eight sons of the jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran. Their musical style ranges from hip hop to jazz to funk […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Whirlywirld – Complete Discography 1978-80
    Whirlywirld – Complete Discography 1978-80
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    Whirlywirld was an Australian Post-Punk band led by Ollie Olsen (Reals, Young Charlatans), and the first of his musical collaborations with drummer John Murphy (News). The band formed Whirlwirld [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – We Were Living In Cincinnati (Vol 2)
    V/A – We Were Living In Cincinnati (Vol 2)
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    WE WERE LIVING IN CINCINNATI Vol. 2 covers a vast swath of biodiverse underground noise from all corners of the brain. Compiled by Peter Aaron as with the first volume […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • ESG – Keep On Moving (Neon Orange Vinyl)
    ESG – Keep On Moving (Neon Orange Vinyl)
    $32.00 | ,

    It feels like someone left the light on in the studio and it all just ran itself, there had been a funky human input earlier in the day but, by […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Debashish Bhattacharya – Legacy
    Debashish Bhattacharya – Legacy
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    Legacy, crafted by the illustrious World Music Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-nominated maestro Debashish Bhattacharya, stands as a resplendent testament to India’s rich musical heritage [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Eli Winter – A Trick Of The Light (Transparent Red Vinyl)
    Eli Winter – A Trick Of The Light (Transparent Red Vinyl)
    $25.00 | ,

    “A Trick of the Light” is the new album by Chicago-based guitarist Eli Winter, an elegantly crafted and vibrant collection that finds the composer and bandleader at the height of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Macie Stewart – When The Distance Is Blue
    Macie Stewart – When The Distance Is Blue
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    When the Distance is Blue is Macie Stewart’s International Anthem debut. The Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser describes the collection as “a love letter to the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne
    Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne
    $36.00 | ,

    Analog Africa has the huge honour to present a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, a musician that changed the trajectory of the label for ever. Hailing from Benin, […]

    GENRE: African
  • Tropical Fuck Storm – Tropical Fuck Storm’s Inflatable Graveyard
    Tropical Fuck Storm – Tropical Fuck Storm’s Inflatable Graveyard
    $30.00 | ,

    The first ever live album from this fiery and popular Melbourne punk quartet. On this the band run through a raging live set to reveal the full extent of their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Adverts – Cast Of Thousands
    The Adverts – Cast Of Thousands
    $31.00 | ,

    Originally released to a fan base and music press that were unprepared for the band to move on from the punk fury of “Crossing The Red Sea”, The Adverts “Cast […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Neutrals – New Town Dream (Blue Vinyl)
    Neutrals – New Town Dream (Blue Vinyl)
    $21.00 | ,

    Neutrals are a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area, channeling a wide range of ’70s and ’80s punk, post-punk, and DIY indiepop influences. Their spare, angular songs don’t [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Nimbus
    Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Nimbus
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    If the setting is right, magic will happen. And so, this record came into being. Sunburned Hand of the Man, three decades into their one of a kind run, still […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • The Donnas – Turn 21 (Blue Vinyl)
    The Donnas – Turn 21 (Blue Vinyl)
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    Blessed with a formidable front woman in Brett Anderson, a guitar heroine in Allison Robertson, and a pummeling rhythm section in bassist Maya Ford and drummer Torry Castellano, The Donnas […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Donnas – Get Skintight
    The Donnas – Get Skintight
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    1999’s Get Skintight was The Donnas’ third album in three years, but, with such bangers as “I Didn’t Like You Anyway,” “You Don’t Wanna Call,” and “Hyperactive,” the girls show […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Donnas – The Donnas (Natural With Black Swirl Vinyl)
    The Donnas – The Donnas (Natural With Black Swirl Vinyl)
    $32.00 | ,

    Recorded when they were still in high school, The Donnas’ 1997 debut was and will forever be one of the most infectious, sing-along slabs of punk ever waxed. Owing no […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jody Stecher, Krishna Bhatt – Rasa
    Jody Stecher, Krishna Bhatt – Rasa
    $27.00 | ,

    Originally released in 1981, Rasa has long been admired and studied by musicians as a model for how to do a cross-cultural recording project where the musicians actually understand something […]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Headdress
    Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Headdress
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    20 years ago Sunburned Hand of the Man released “Headdress” and it cracked there world open. This is not hyperbole. The album resulted in the band becoming the cover children […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Eli Winter – Eli Winter
    Eli Winter – Eli Winter
    $22.00 | ,

    Chicago-based guitarist / composer Eli Winter’s new self-titled album finds him building on the promise of his recent records – like 2020’s Unbecoming and his 2021 collaboration [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Irreversible Entanglements – Open The Gates
    Irreversible Entanglements – Open The Gates
    $15.00 | ,

    Ethereal, dynamic & expansive free jazz meditations manifest coruscating portals of aqueous regeneration; a collectivist ultra-sonic healing conveyance.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kurt Vile / Steve Gunn – Gunn Vile (Purple Vinyl)
    Kurt Vile / Steve Gunn – Gunn Vile (Purple Vinyl)
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    Kurt Vile and Steve Gunn, two artists originally connected by mutual friends and geographic proximity, have long pushed the other’s continued artistic development. Despite sharing many live [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga
    Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga
    $27.00 | ,

    Jupiter & Okwess returns with the explosive ‘ Na Kozonga’ album, a blast of energy that bewitches the body and feeds the spirit . From the samba of carioca Rogê […]

    GENRE: International
  • The VSS – Nervous Circuits + 25:37
    The VSS – Nervous Circuits + 25:37
    $27.00 | ,

    Nineties post-punks the VSS may have only issued one full-length in their brief two-year existence, 1997’s Nervous Circuits, but what a record it was. Synthesizing elements of hardcore, new [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stenhjarta – 2
    Stenhjarta – 2
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    The second album from Stenhjärta follows up Gryning Kommer Röd (Grapefruit Records, 2024) and very much continues in the same vein while approaching a rather damn catchy pop song format […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Christopher Alan Durham – Basement Debris
    Christopher Alan Durham – Basement Debris
    $10.00 | ,

    Shelved recordings that have been collecting basement dust sense 2021? with the exception of Walk In The Park & Minutes Collect & those were recorded in early spring 2025, Sinking […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • P.G. Six – The Well of Memory (2025)
    P.G. Six – The Well of Memory (2025)
    $30.00 | ,

    Amish Records is happy to announce an expanded, gatefold 2XLP version of P.G. Six’s second album, ‘The Well of Memory, originally released in 2004. This 2025 expanded edition has [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • John Di Stefano – For The Moment
    John Di Stefano – For The Moment
    $10.00 | ,

    American-born, Japan-based composer John Di Stefano self-released a number of cassettes as part of the 80s DIY underground on his own imprint Oktron Produktions, including Klang’s Drift, a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ghérasim Luca – Self-Shadowing Prey
    Ghérasim Luca – Self-Shadowing Prey
    $19.00 | ,

    Self-Shadowing Prey, one of the final texts by the Romanian poet Ghérasim Luca (1913–1994), is clearly constructed around the sought complications of language. Embodying the surrealist operation [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Rainer J. Hanshe/Friedrich Nietzsche/Vincent Van Gogh – Closing Melodies
    Rainer J. Hanshe/Friedrich Nietzsche/Vincent Van Gogh – Closing …
    $40.00 | ,

    As the 19th century comes to a close, Friedrich Nietzsche and Vincent van Gogh unknowingly traverse proximate geographical terrain, nearly circling one another like close but distant stars as the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marquis De Sade – Stories, Tales, & Fables
    Marquis De Sade – Stories, Tales, & Fables
    $34.00 | ,

    Written in his Bastille cell in the years between 120 Days of Sodom and Justine, this is the first English translation of Marquis de Sade’s collection of short works, Stories, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Crosscut Universe: Writing on Writing from France
    Crosscut Universe: Writing on Writing from France
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    Norma Cole has combed through books, little magazines, and correspondence to gather an exciting body of writing by our French contemporaries. There are letters, poems, interviews, critical [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Lisa Jarnot – Some Other Kind Of Mission
    Lisa Jarnot – Some Other Kind Of Mission
    $15.00 | ,

    Composed of poems, prose segments, and visual pieces, this remarkable first book is both formal and colloquial, fluid and hard-edge, with the diction riffing between Biblical and Dylanesque. A [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Habib Tengour – Crossings
    Habib Tengour – Crossings
    $17.00 | ,

    Beginning with the astonishing prologue poem, “Conversation with Mohammed Dib,” followed by four long, spectacular poems, each a small book in itself, Habib Tengour’s Crossings takes us through [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Gérard Macé – The Last of the Egyptians
    Gérard Macé – The Last of the Egyptians
    $15.00 | ,

    “About Champollion I knew: that he did not go to Egypt with Napoleon, that he never saw the actual Rosetta stone, only more or less bad copies, that he suffered […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Felix Bernstein – Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry
    Felix Bernstein – Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry
    $15.00 | ,

    An aggravated surveyer of contemporary poetry, art, and criticism, Felix Bernstein conducts an archaeological dig of the relics and ruins of Language poetry, Conceptual poetry, and his own [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jeremy Reed – Bad Boys
    Jeremy Reed – Bad Boys
    $20.00 | ,

    Jeremy Reed’s Bad Boys rehabilitates some of his personal obsessions with poets and rock musicians into a rich assemblage of challenging, provocative assessments, in which the field of writing, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kyle Booten – Salon des Fantômes
    Kyle Booten – Salon des Fantômes
    $24.00 | ,

    Kyle Booten’s colossal Salon des Fantômes is a farcical evening with the digital summoning of long dead thinkers from history. They discuss aesthetics & ethics while getting falldown [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Belshaw & Diane Purvey – Vancouver Noir
    John Belshaw & Diane Purvey – Vancouver Noir
    $25.00 | ,

    It was an era of gambling, smuggling rings, grifters, police corruption, bootleggers, brothels, murders, and more. It was also a time of intensified concern with order, conformity, structure, and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • J.K. Huysmans – The Cathedral
    J.K. Huysmans – The Cathedral
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    THE CATHEDRAL, by J.K. Huysmans was originally published in French in 1898. The same year, this English translation by Clara Bell was published. THE CATHEDRAL is the second in a […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • John Trefry – Plats
    John Trefry – Plats
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    Plats is the ornate debut novel by John Trefry. A hallucinatory meditation on life in Los Angeles by a schizophrenic consciousness, Plats turns a funhouse mirror on the banality of […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive