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  • Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry & Plays of Jack Spicer.
    Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry & Plays of Jack Spicer.
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    Be Brave to Things shows legendary San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer at the top of his form, with his blistering intelligence, painful double-edged wit, and devastating will to truth [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, & Memory.
    Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, & Memory.
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    In this vivid tale of adultery and intrigue, witchcraft and murder, Glenn Watkins explores the fascinating life of the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo―a life suffused with scandal and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.
    Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.
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    From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a book about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took from New York to LA in 1963, and how that journey—and […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Donald Judd (October Files)
    Donald Judd (October Files)
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    Donald Judd (1928-1994) is one of the most influential American artists of the postwar era. Beginning in the 1960s, he developed new ideas about art–in both his works and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art & Literature.
    Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art & Literature.
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    In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components: the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • We Are The Mutants: The Battle For Hollywood From Rosemary’s Baby To Lethal Weapon
    We Are The Mutants: The Battle For Hollywood From Rosemary’s Baby To Lethal Weapon
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    We Are the Mutants is a critical reassessment of what is arguably the most discussed and beloved stretch of movies in Hollywood history. Documenting the period between the arrival of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Radical Virtuosity: Ana Mendieta & The Black Atlantic
    Radical Virtuosity: Ana Mendieta & The Black Atlantic
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    Reclaiming the artist Ana Mendieta as a formally innovative maker of performative art who forged connections to the marginalized around the world.The artist Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) is remembered [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
    Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
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    Debut release from Circuit Des Yeux that shows Haley Fohr at her darkest and most lo-fi. Label: De Stijl – IND-066 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, White Label, Gray Marbled […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
    Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
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    “That old saw about dancing and architecture notwithstanding, I am like most people who make records in that I do not especially relish the task of writing about them. (Better […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
    Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
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    The duo of Mark Anderson (Bancho Taste / Mysteries of Love) and Mark Sadgrove (Mazda Hatchback / Mysteries of Love) take the wheel and don the louvres to serve up […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Cage Assisted By David Tudor – Variations IV Volume II
    John Cage Assisted By David Tudor – Variations IV Volume II
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    “This work was originally used as music for the choreographed piece by Merce Cunningham, “Field Dances,” with stage and costume design in the original version by Robert [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Alan Vega – Insurrection
    Alan Vega – Insurrection
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    “In The Red are proud to announce the release of Insurrection – a previously unreleased album by the Brooklyn born master of minimalism Alan Vega. The 11 songs on [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine
    Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine
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    “Heartattack and Vine is Tom Waits’ seventh and final album for Asylum. As such, it’s transitional. As demonstrated by its immediate predecessors, 1978’s excellent Blue [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
    Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
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    “This double LP from Arista’s Freedom series features Paul Bley with his trios (either Kent Carter or Mark Levenson on bass along with drummer Barry Altschul) at two different [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau – Live!
    Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau – Live!
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    “Recorded live at Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California, The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau: Live! features a trio setting of Breau on electric guitar, Reg Kelln on drums, and Ron [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Devo ‎– Duty Now For The Future
    Devo ‎– Duty Now For The Future
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    Devo begins to embrace poppier leanings on their second album. Particular highlight is their cover of Johnny Rivers’ Secret Agent Man. Label: Warner Bros Records – BSK 3337 Format: Vinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • V/A – Raw Deal!
    V/A – Raw Deal!
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    Part of Raw Records New Wave Series, this compilation features The Users and The G.T’s, along with several other Power-Pop/New Wave influenced UK punk bands. Label: Raw Records – RAWL […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Star Club – The Very Best Of The Star Club
    The Star Club – The Very Best Of The Star Club
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    A compilation of the best of the early material from the first era of The Star Club, a long running and heavily influential Japanese punk band. Label: Club The Star […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Suicidal Tendencies – Join The Army [
    Suicidal Tendencies – Join The Army [
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    Suicidal Tendencies embrace thrash & metal influences on their second album Label: Caroline Records – CAROL 1336 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG. Vinyl is clean [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Husker Du – Metal Circus
    Husker Du – Metal Circus
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    “A five-song EP bristling with energy and pummeling guitars, Metal Circus is the first indication of Hüsker Dü’s greatness. With these five songs, the band shows more invention, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Alan Sondheim / Ritual-All-770* – Ritual-All-7-70
    Alan Sondheim / Ritual-All-770* – Ritual-All-7-70
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    “Ritual All 7-70 is a curious collection of short improvisations by the multi-instrumentalist Alan Sondheim — who plays, among others, koto, English horn, electric and acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett [white label promo]
    Wilson Pickett – The Wicked Pickett [white label promo]
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    “A fabulous album, done when Pickett was in the midst of his best period at Atlantic. It had everything — great songs, wonderful production and arrangements, and a hungry, galvanizing [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
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    The Dutch free-jazz legend’s intense debut Label: BASF – 14 25182-9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released:1972 VG+/VG. Sleeve shows noticeable edgewear/corner creasing

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
    Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
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    Recorded at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, Holland (The Netherlands), 9th August 1972 by courtesy of Joop de Roo, N.O.S. Radio, Hilversum. Label: Black Lion Records – PA-3001/2 Format: 2xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Il Gruppo* ‎– The Private Sea Of Dreams
    Il Gruppo* ‎– The Private Sea Of Dreams
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    Italian free-jazz featuring Roland Kayn & Ennio Morricone Label: RCA Victor – LSP-3846 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1967 VG+/VG+. Light marks/edgewear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dino Valente* – Dino Valente
    Dino Valente* – Dino Valente
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    “Dino Valente’s sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late ’60s, Skip Spence: quirky, lyrically vague, folky yet psychedelic, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Eugene Chadbourne With Camper Van Beethoven (aka) Camper Van Chadbourne ‎– Camper Van Chadbourne
    Eugene Chadbourne With Camper Van Beethoven (aka) Camper Van Chadbourne ‎– Camper Van Chadbourne
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    “Camper Van Chadbourne is one of Eugene Chadbourne’s best albums, and perhaps the best introduction to his weird world. He offers up his usual assortment of cover songs, medleys, and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
    Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
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    Guitar duo improvisation from Walker & Brokaw Label: American Tapes – AM 982 Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
    Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
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    “Albert Ayler was confronted with a spiritual anxiety that both plagued and comforted him throughout his life. This is frighteningly clear listening to the highly intense musical yin and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
    Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
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    “Recorded live at New York’s Town Hall in 1974, Spring of Two Blue Jays is split between Taylor’s solo piano version of the title song and a quartet rendition featuring […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
    The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
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    A smoking modal set from the trumpeter’s legendary quintet. Label: Can-Am Records – CA 1700 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Canada Released: 1985 VG+/VG+. Jacket in shrink.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Edgar Froese ‎– Kamikaze 1989 (Original Soundtrack Music)
    Edgar Froese ‎– Kamikaze 1989 (Original Soundtrack Music)
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    The soundtrack to the 1982 German Cyberpunk thriller, featuring Rainer Werner Fassbinder in his last acting role before his death a month later. Label: Virgin – V 2255 Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Bass Communion ‎– Ghosts On Magnetic Tape
    Bass Communion ‎– Ghosts On Magnetic Tape
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      Label: Headphone Dust – HDBCCD9 Format: 2xCD, Album, Repress, Cardboard Country: UK Released: 2008 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Discharge ‎– Grave New World
    Discharge ‎– Grave New World
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    Label: Profile Records – PRO-1221, Rock Hotel Records – PRO-1221 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1986 Media Condition: VG+ Jacket Condition: VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
    Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
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    “Spirit Dome returns with a perfect companion, Live Archive. Two out-of-print releases from this acclaimed ambient duo are brought together in this value-priced 2-CD release. Living proof [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (Part 2)
    Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (Part 2)
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    A cinematic epic for the ears, part 2 of Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces builds upon the swirling currents and massive harmonic landscapes established on part 1. On the first […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Immersion : Three
    Steve Roach – Immersion : Three
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    Released in 2007 IMMERSION: THREE is vast statement in Steve’s ongoing series of long-form, steady state “zones” created specifically as tone meditations for the deep immersions [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
    Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
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    “In August of 2009, Soriah invited Voice of Eye to play at his Atlan CD release party in Portland, Oregon, USA. In the anxious hours before a show what does […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
    Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
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    “Voice Of Eye Anthology Two: 1992-96 continues our anthology series documenting early works composed for compilations, a live rehearsal and other projects from the early nineties. Because [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
    Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
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    ‘All sound you hear on this CD originated from natural ambient sources. No electronic sound-sources were used. Ambient recordings made between August of 1989 and June of 1990 in West […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Climax Denial – You’re Never Safe
    Climax Denial – You’re Never Safe
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    Harsh & nihilistic, beyond harsh & nihilistic. Label: BloodLust! – B!110 Format: CDr Country: US Released: 2008 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
    Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
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    “Musically, as Rapoon, Robin Storey has been treading dangerously close to the edges of damnation. Tin of Drum is the culmination of years of flirtation and preparation. If, indeed, there [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana – Well Of Souls
    Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana – Well Of Souls
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    “When the habits of logic evaporate in the trances of an unbridled sun, you begin to recognize the things your eyes prefer to hide. From American composer Roach and Belgian […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Darkest Before Dawn
    Steve Roach – Darkest Before Dawn
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    “Darkest Before Dawn is a long-form composition that is meant for continuous play. It is from Steve Roach, a master of that technique. His activity that preceded this CD had […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
    The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
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    When the cassette 1984 was released on Chimik Communications in 1984, the Nihilist Spasm Band’s last record was the 1978 Vol. 2. Although the band was very active at the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
    irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
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    “an uncertin animal,ruptured; tissue expanding in conversation” has a matchinglysurrealistic sound and equally disturbing accompanying artwork (lots ofasparagus-esque vegetation and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Trigger Trilogy
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Trigger Trilogy
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      Conrad Schnitzler is a genuine legend in the Krautrock and electronic music worlds. Schnitzler studied under Joseph Beuys before joining an early Tangerine Dream. Their first album, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
    irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
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    This limited edition collection of live recordings sees irr. app. (ext.) stripped down from its usual group configuration for the stage; for these performances Matthew Waldron braved audiences on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sacher-Pelz – Mutation For A Continuity
    Sacher-Pelz – Mutation For A Continuity
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    Very few are aware of the beginning of Maurizio Bianchi’s adventures? Before starting the complex and compelling production of many records and tapes in the early eighties under the M.B. [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Alva Noto ‎– Xerrox Vol.2
    Alva Noto ‎– Xerrox Vol.2
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    On Xerrox Vol. 2, Nicolai turns to a roster of contemporary musicians, including Michael Nyman, Stephen O’Malley, and his longtime collaborator, Ryuichi Sakamoto. This volume of work is more [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic