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  • Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
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    Sublime Frequencies is honored to release the third Album from Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band. Sonbonbela was recorded in the beginning of 2022 in the Republic of Burkina Faso. […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records From Japan, 1903-1912
    V/A – Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records From Japan, 1903…
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    The first commercial recordings from Asia were made in Japan in 1903 by Fred Gaisberg, the legendary producer and recording engineer who traveled the world making recordings for the Gramophone [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Adnan Othman – “Bershukor” A Retrospective Of Hits By A Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend
    Adnan Othman – “Bershukor” A Retrospective Of Hits By A Ma…
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    The legendary Adnan Othman has long been a driving force in the Malaysian rock scene. As early as the 1960s his groundbreaking songs in the style known as Pop Yeh […]

    GENRE: International
  • Erkin Koray – Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
    Erkin Koray – Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
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    Erkin Koray and Sublime Frequencies are pleased to present this collection of rare tracks and lesser-heard singles. All tracks were recorded and released in Turkey between 1970-1977 and culled [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • Eliane Radigue – Songs Of Milarepa
    Eliane Radigue – Songs Of Milarepa
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    Double CD of all five of Elaine Radigue’s songs in tribute to the Tibetan saint and poet from the 11th century. Two of the tracks dates from Radigue’s first release […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Country Boy Country Dog
    “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Country Boy Country Dog
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    A realization of “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s How to Discover Music In the Sounds of Your Daily Life, a procedural score for recording and composing with environmental sounds. [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton – Live At Pioneer Works, 26 October 2023
    Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton – Live At Pioneer Works, 26 October 20…
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    Formed 29 years ago (1996) by Nate Young, Wolf Eyes is currently a duo generally characterized as “noise,” though they have called themselves “psycho jazz” (among other [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue (Clear VInyl)
    Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue (Clear VInyl)
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    Nina Simone’s 1957 debut, Little Girl Blue, introduced her singular blend of jazz, blues, and classical influences. Backed by bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Albert “Tootie” [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Etta James – The Second Time Around (Clear Vinyl)
    Etta James – The Second Time Around (Clear Vinyl)
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    Etta James’ second album leans more toward pop than the fiery soul she’s known for, with lush orchestration by Riley Hampton and a repertoire of ’40s standards. Yet, her [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Reggae Hits Vol. 1
    V/A – Reggae Hits Vol. 1
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    Reggae hits featuring Pat Kelly, Ken Parker, L. Sterling/Stranger Cole, M. Motts, Nora Dean, Hoyd Devon, Val Bennett, Derrick Morgan, Max Romeo, and L. Sterling.

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Abdou El Omari – Lost Tape: 1980
    Abdou El Omari – Lost Tape: 1980
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    Abdou El Omari was born in 1945 in Tafraout, south of Agadir — a village suspended between the pink granite peaks of the Anti-Atlas and the waves of the Atlantic. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Hallelujahs – Pie-Para-Para / Star
    Hallelujahs – Pie-Para-Para / Star
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    Two previously lost gems from the 1985 sessions that produced one of the key albums in Japanese underground music, the Hallelujahs’ psychedelic pop masterpiece Eat Meat Swear and Oath [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kreidler – Early Recordings 1994-95
    Kreidler – Early Recordings 1994-95
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    While working in Berlin Wedding at andereBaustelle studio on their upcoming album, Kreidler found also time to dig deep into the vaults of their Düsseldorf and Berlin archives. Thirty years […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Faust – So Far
    Faust – So Far
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    So Far, so far out. By 1972, Faust had already dismantled the concept of a rock album. With their self-titled debut, they tore through convention with tape edits, abstract structures, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cluster – Cluster II
    Cluster – Cluster II
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    Cluster can be counted among the most important international protagonists of the electronic avant-garde. Some credit them with having invented ambient music, others as pioneers of synthesizer [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – Bollywood Nuggets Vol. 2: The Instrumentals
    V/A – Bollywood Nuggets Vol. 2: The Instrumentals
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    Volume 2 of this series focused on the amazing sonic treasures Bollywood music has to offer. This second volume is centered on the incredible instrumental gems that populate Hindi cinema […]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • V/A – The Milwaukee Protocol: Unfamiliar Audio For Rabies Awareness
    V/A – The Milwaukee Protocol: Unfamiliar Audio For Rabies Awareness
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    The Milwaukee Protocol is a sonic interpretation of what rabies would sound like if it were music. Terrific! Recordings asked a handful of artists – the best-of-the-best, masters of myriad [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Duncan ‎– Da Sich Die Machtgier…
    John Duncan ‎– Da Sich Die Machtgier…
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    “A new CD by John Duncan which is completely based on recordings of Asmus Tietchens voice. Edition of 1000 copies in digipack cover with insert.”

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Peter Jefferies – Closed Circuit
    Peter Jefferies – Closed Circuit
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    Peter Jefferies, a living legend of New Zealand underground music, from his seminal bands Nocturnal Projections and This Kind of Punishment, to his collaborative efforts in bands such as Plagal [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • L. Eugene Methe – Maybe, Tomorrow
    L. Eugene Methe – Maybe, Tomorrow
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    L. EUGENE METHE (pronounced meth-e) is a sub-underground DIY lifer. At age 17, Methe started performing at bars in Omaha, Nebraska, fronting a band with six guitars, bass and drums […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stehnjarta – Gryning Kommer Röd [Lo Fi Swedish Folk Rock]
    Stehnjarta – Gryning Kommer Röd [Lo Fi Swedish Folk Rock]
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    Grapefruit Records is proud to introduce Stenhjärta, a new duo consisting of Gustaf Dicksson & Magnus Jäverling. Both are active in the Swedish Underground music scene centered in Gothenburg. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Music from the Hearts of Space Guide – Anna Turner & Stephen Hill
    Music from the Hearts of Space Guide – Anna Turner & Stephe…
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    The Hearts of Space Guide to Cosmic, Transcendent and Innerspace Music by Anna Turner and Stephen Hill 8 x 8.75 in. 116pp 1 color PMS offset with 4 color offset […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction, Synthwave / Electronic
  • Bruce McClure – Interval Band Selection / Glance Mechanic: 1st Glance
    Bruce McClure – Interval Band Selection / Glance Mechanic: 1st G…
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    “Interval Band Selections” transmits two recordings from Bruce McClure’s October 11, 2019 performance at Cafe OTO, each utilizing one 16mm projector threaded with a film loop of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Null Mutants – Syncing Feeling
    Null Mutants – Syncing Feeling
    $10.00 | ,

    THE FINAL RELEASE ON TORN LIGHT RECORDS Null Mutants is the Chicago-based duo of Todd Irwin and Nick Butcher. Accomplished graphic artists, the project finds the pair mixing deep reverence […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Reggae / Dub
  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Eggs A Little Late
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Eggs A Little Late
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    In a time when cleverness is prized over belly-busting fun, in a musical landscape that worships genre over invention, and in a world increasingly begging computers to think on our […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Laszlo Krasznahorkai – Seiobo There Below
    Laszlo Krasznahorkai – Seiobo There Below
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    Beauty, in László Krasznahorkai’s new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred – even if we are mostly unable to bear it. In Seiobo There Below we see the Japanese goddess […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • J.G Ballard – Crash
    J.G Ballard – Crash
    $14.00 | ,

    The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism – reissued with an introduction from Zadie Smith. After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • J.G Ballard – The Atrocity Exhibition
    J.G Ballard – The Atrocity Exhibition
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    A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’, featuring an introduction by Hari Kunzru. The human organism is an atrocity [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • James Tiptree Jr – Warm Worlds and Otherwise
    James Tiptree Jr – Warm Worlds and Otherwise
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    ‘Tiptree’s narratives of alien worlds and alienation make up one of science fiction’s most vivid and influential bodies of work’ The New York TimesThis landmark collection [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • James Tiptree Jr. – Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home
    James Tiptree Jr. – Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home
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    ‘Unquestionably one of the brightest-burning talents in the constellation of science fiction’ The New York Times. Written under the pseudonym James Tiptree Jr., the pioneering and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Andreas Eschbach – The Hair Carpet Weavers
    Andreas Eschbach – The Hair Carpet Weavers
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    In a distant universe, since the beginning of time, workers have spent their lives weaving intricate carpets from the hair of women and girls. But why? Andreas Eschbach’s mysterious, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Kobo Abe – The Ark Sakura
    Kobo Abe – The Ark Sakura
    $14.00 | ,

    ‘One of Japan’s most venerated writers’ David MitchellIn this unnerving fable from one of Japan’s greatest novelists, a recluse known as ‘Mole’ retreats to a [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Dorothy B Hughes – In a Lonely Place
    Dorothy B Hughes – In a Lonely Place
    $14.00 | ,

    ‘The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect’ Daily TelegraphLos Angeles, the late 1940’s. A serial killer stalks the foggy [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ingeborg Bachmann – Malina
    Ingeborg Bachmann – Malina
    $14.00 | ,

    Part detective novel, part love story, part psychoanalytic case study, Malina is a staggering portrait of a writer trying to tell her own story in a world dominated by men. […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Russell Hoban – Turtle Diary
    Russell Hoban – Turtle Diary
    $14.00 | ,

    Born to swim thousands of miles in the ocean, the giant sea turtles are now trapped in a tank of golden-green water at London Zoo. But not for much longer. […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Russell Hoban – Riddley Walker
    Russell Hoban – Riddley Walker
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    Wandering a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape, speaking a broken-down English lost after the end of civilization, Riddley Walker sets out to find out what brought humanity here. This is his [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Russell Hoban – Mr Rinyo-Clacton’s Offer
    Russell Hoban – Mr Rinyo-Clacton’s Offer
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    You want to buy my death for a million pounds!’ Piccadilly Circus tube station is an unlikely location for a pact with the Devil, but this is where Jonathan Fitch […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Russell Hoban – The Medusa Frequency
    Russell Hoban – The Medusa Frequency
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    It all begins the night a leaflet comes through the door of unsuccessful novelist Herman Orff, promising a magical cure for writer’s block. The strange treatment plunges him into a […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Russell Hoban – Kleinzeit
    Russell Hoban – Kleinzeit
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    On an ordinary day in a strangely unfamiliar London, Kleinzeit is fired from his advertising job and told he must go to hospital with a skewed hypotenuse. There on Ward […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Russell Hoban – Fremder
    Russell Hoban – Fremder
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    On 4 November 2052, Fremder Gorn is discovered drifting in deep space. He has no spacesuit, no helmet, no oxygen, but he is still alive: the sole survivor from the […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Kobo Abe – The Ruined Map
    Kobo Abe – The Ruined Map
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    A private detective is hired to find a missing person, but nothing is normal about this case. Why has the beautiful, alcoholic wife of the vanished salesman waited over half […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Georges Bataille – Eroticism
    Georges Bataille – Eroticism
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    A philosopher, essayist, novelist, pornographer and fervent Catholic who came to regard the brothels of Paris as his true ‘churches’, Georges Bataille ranks among the boldest and most [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Georges Bataille – Blue of Noon
    Georges Bataille – Blue of Noon
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    Set against the backdrop of Europe’s slide into Fascism, Blue of Noon is a blackly compelling account of depravity and violence. As its narrator lurches despairingly from city to city […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Psychedelic Experience : A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead
    The Psychedelic Experience : A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the…
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    The Psychedelic Experience, created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzer and Richard Alpert, is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Georges Bataille – Story of the Eye
    Georges Bataille – Story of the Eye
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    A masterpiece of transgressive, surrealist erotica, George Bataille’s Story of the Eye was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its era. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Joachim [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jorge Luis Borges – Labyrinths
    Jorge Luis Borges – Labyrinths
    $16.00 | ,

    Jorge Luis Borges’s Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America’s most influential and imaginative writers. This Penguin Modern Classics [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Silvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch : Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
    Silvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch : Women, the Body and Pr…
    $19.00 | ,

    A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici’s history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Susan Sontag – On Photography
    Susan Sontag – On Photography
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    Susan Sontag’s On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject. Susan Sontag’s groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • G.I. Gurdjieff – Meetings with Remarkable Men
    G.I. Gurdjieff – Meetings with Remarkable Men
    $16.00 |

    The exhilarating, life-affirming call to spiritual arms from world-renowned spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff’Gurdjieff’s voice is heard as a call. He calls because he suffers from [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Merzbow/John Wiese – Akashaplexia
    Merzbow/John Wiese – Akashaplexia
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    Akashaplexia is the debut full-length studio collaboration between Merzbow and John Wiese, recorded together in December 2024 at Sound Studio Noah, Tokyo, Japan, and is one of the most [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise