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Chicago, IL 60647
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  • Fleeting Breath – Unfiction
    Fleeting Breath – Unfiction
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    Grading: VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Genetics And Windsurfing – Nonlinear Record
    Genetics And Windsurfing – Nonlinear Record
    $5.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jim Haynes – Vane Dodson
    Jim Haynes – Vane Dodson
    $5.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lapse – Nothing Feels Right
    Lapse – Nothing Feels Right
    $5.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sunk Heaven – Apex Plummet
    Sunk Heaven – Apex Plummet
    $3.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Limbs Bin – A Glass Of Sour Quince
    Limbs Bin – A Glass Of Sour Quince
    $5.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Wilted Woman – Keychain
    Wilted Woman – Keychain
    $3.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Shameful – Impossible Navigation
    Shameful – Impossible Navigation
    $6.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Deuce Avenue – Perennial Fire And Life
    Deuce Avenue – Perennial Fire And Life
    $4.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fleshlicker – Decomp
    Fleshlicker – Decomp
    $8.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Smegma ‎– Folklore & Concepts
    Smegma ‎– Folklore & Concepts
    $25.00 | ,

    Folklore & Concepts, the latest release by Smegma—now five decades into their outsider avant-garde career—extends the band’s legacy of ritualistic collage, spontaneous improvisation, and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille – Crucible
    Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille – Crucible
    $20.00 | ,

    Continuing much of the instrumental, musically dense partnership of Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille in the 80s and 90s, Crucible stands out as a clear highlight in the pair’s musical [...]

    GENRE: Blues, Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • TASTE – I dipped my comb… (Loud experimental rock)
    TASTE – I dipped my comb… (Loud experimental rock)
    $24.00 |

    I dipped my comb in shochu and ran it through the hair of the night is the brand new release from the intriguing trio 番長 Taste, consisting of Mark Anderson […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
    Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
    $30.00 | ,

    Don’t Trust Mirrors marks one of the most transformative chapters in New York-based composer and producer, Kelly Moran’s career. In 2019, fresh from touring her Warp debut Ultraviolet, she began [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Limbs Bin – New Berkshire Blues
    Limbs Bin – New Berkshire Blues
    $10.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Scald Hymn – You’re Not Supposed To Be Alive
    Scald Hymn – You’re Not Supposed To Be Alive
    $8.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hairbrushing – Two Broken Mirrors & Thirty​-​One Open Windows
    Hairbrushing – Two Broken Mirrors & Thirty​-​One Open Windows
    $3.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nystrand / Klein – Bayou Stickee
    Nystrand / Klein – Bayou Stickee
    $6.00 | ,

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ligature – 245 Days In Hell
    Ligature – 245 Days In Hell
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Vestigial Limb – Now, Voyager
    Vestigial Limb – Now, Voyager
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Circuit Wound – Succumbing To The Inevitable Automation
    Circuit Wound – Succumbing To The Inevitable Automation
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grant Evans – Concrete Narcissus
    Grant Evans – Concrete Narcissus
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Werewolf Jerusalem – Hand Of The Gallows
    Werewolf Jerusalem – Hand Of The Gallows
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Vatican Shadow ‎– 20th Hijacker
    Vatican Shadow ‎– 20th Hijacker
    $12.00 | , ,

    “20TH HlJACKER – the redacted ‘what if’ Doom Electronics loop which dissects the gulf between death as sacrifice vs. reward, anxiety digitalization and universal human commonality [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Pjusk ‎– Salt Og Vind
    Pjusk ‎– Salt Og Vind
    $18.00 | , ,

    “With Salt og Vind Pjusk retums from an eight year album hiatus. This release is also the first seeing Pjusk as a solo project consisting of Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik. Salt […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jan Martin Smørdal, Øystein Wyller Odden ‎– Kraftbalanse
    Jan Martin Smørdal, Øystein Wyller Odden ‎– Kraftbalanse
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    “SOFA MUSIC continues to release the work of the extraordinary Norwegian composer Jan Martin Smørdal. Recently he was awarded the prestigious Arne Nordheim Composers Prize for his creative [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Christina Carter ‎– Texas Blues Working
    Christina Carter ‎– Texas Blues Working
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    “Featuring the 6 tracks from the original release, along with an additional brand new amazing track. The original edition on tape received some fantastic reviews, so its great to finally [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • David Gilden ‎– Texas Pillbox 18 CD Boxset
    David Gilden ‎– Texas Pillbox 18 CD Boxset
    $140.00 | ,

    All the Gilden you could ever want. 6/1/1973 – 4/6/2008 18 CDs housed in six six-panel 3CD A5 Digipaks, housed in a slipcase with fold-out insert. 300 copies were produced. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pulsinger / Fennesz – In Four Parts (Tribute To John Cage)
    Pulsinger / Fennesz – In Four Parts (Tribute To John Cage)
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Equipped with a modular synthesizer, guitar, and electronics, Patrick Pulsinger and Christian Fennesz present an homage to the master of all things silent: John Cage. The pieces on this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Goddaughter ‎– Goddaughter
    Goddaughter ‎– Goddaughter
    $12.00 | , ,

    Edition of 50. Label: Blue Can Crossing – BCC02 Format: Lathe Cut, 7″, Limited Edition, Clear Vinyl Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Diamanda Galas ‎– You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
    Diamanda Galas ‎– You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
    $22.00 | , ,

    “Originally issued as a 45 rpm 12” on Restless Records, You Must Be Certain of the Devil was, at the time, Galas’ most song-oriented and rockish release and would remain […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rhys Chatham ‎– Three Aspects Of The Name
    Rhys Chatham ‎– Three Aspects Of The Name
    $15.00 | , ,

    “In “Three Aspects Of The Name” I return to my hard-core roots as a minimalist. The musical vocabulary is essentially the same as that of my earlier composition, “Guitar [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ogives ‎– La Mémoire Des Orages
    Ogives ‎– La Mémoire Des Orages
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Chamber music, loud riffs, pure choirs, electronic textures, This first album from OGIVES, “La mémoiredes orages” (The Memory of Storms) is a myriad of contrasts. The double LP [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Shit And Shine ‎– Some People Really Know How To Live
    Shit And Shine ‎– Some People Really Know How To Live
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Shit & Shine’s sidestep from percussion led bunny rabbit rock ensemble performance based glee to ultimate heavy fools of the sticky dancefloor remains one of the more inspiring turn [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – California
    V/A – California
    $60.00 | , ,

    Twenty artists each fill an LP side of this 10xLP boxed set. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Label: Troniks ‎– TRO225 Format: 10 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Box Set Country: […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kate NV ‎– WOW (Screen-Printed Jacket)
    Kate NV ‎– WOW (Screen-Printed Jacket)
    $50.00 | , ,

    “Kate NV’s WOW offers listeners a prismatic shift in perspective and scale, a parallel dimension in which the mundane becomes funny, unfamiliar, and altogether sensational. Turning the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples
    Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples
    $45.00 | , ,

    “”The Ape of Naples” is a deeply emotional and uniquely rewarding album. In its immediate accessibility it is somewhat reminiscent of Coil’s mid-1980s classic “Horse [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
    Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Icelandic artist and musician Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson is known for his work with Stilluppsteypa, numerous solo albums and collaborations with other artists, such as Swedish composer BJ [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Eleh / Tara Jane O’Neil ‎– Circle Four: 100 Gongs For Arieto / Medusa Smack (Gold Vinyl)
    Eleh / Tara Jane O’Neil ‎– Circle Four: 100 Gongs For Arieto / M…
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Sound sculptures and gongs by Harry Bertoia unite both sides of the album. O’Neil’s Medusa Smack was commissioned by Venessa Renwick for her video installation of the same name, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble – For Those Who Wish to Sing Will Always Find a Song
    Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble – For Those Who Wish to Sing…
    $22.00 | ,

    One night, not too long ago at Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ryan Sawyer introduced his piece, “For Those Who Wish to Sing, Will Always Find a Song.” He invited […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ben Bennett – Answers
    Ben Bennett – Answers
    $22.00 | ,

    I often think about a video that Ben made in the mid-2000s, shot in profile with his shadow cast on a dimly lit Ohio punk house wall. In the video, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Exact reproduction LP of a Swedish release from 1970. A bit of confusion surrounds this release: The album has been credited to Träd, Gräs och Stenar, but they aren’t featured […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rocker Magazine Issue 12
    Rocker Magazine Issue 12
    $14.00 | ,

    ROCKER is a digest published in beautiful Richmond, VA, USA. It focuses on noise, ambient, and experimental music. on the cover: Stefan Aune In this issue: interviews with • New […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Carrie DeCunzo Mirande – My Shadow
    Carrie DeCunzo Mirande – My Shadow
    $32.00 | ,

    Discreet Music encountered Philadelphia-based Carrie Decunzo Mirande for the first time in 2024 when she performed at Longest Night in Gothenburg alongside Arv & Miljö and Christian Mirande. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • François J. Bonnet* / Sarah Davachi – Banshee / Basse Brevis
    François J. Bonnet* / Sarah Davachi – Banshee / Basse Brevis
    $22.00 | ,

    François J. Bonnet – Banshee Banshee is an ear directed towards the edges of the old world, where these infinite fines terrae cut and fractalize into coasts, harbours, fjords, peninsulas […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sissy Spacek – Entrance
    Sissy Spacek – Entrance
    $27.00 | ,

    Entering its 26th year of activity, the morphing, Los Angeles based experimental outfit, Sissy Spacek, joins Shelter Press with Entrance, among the project’s most captivating outings to date. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kayo Makino & Tori Kudo ‎– Ein Traum Für Dich
    Kayo Makino & Tori Kudo ‎– Ein Traum Für Dich
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Black Truffle is pleased to announce the release of this genuine head-scratcher, the first collaboration between DJ/mixtape-compiler Kayo Makino and underground legend Tori Kudo. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Creep Of Paris ‎– Virgin Brood
    Creep Of Paris ‎– Virgin Brood
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Creep Of Paris is the solo project of Thomas LaRoche (aka Eudocimus Ruber). Complementing his audio and visual output, he moonlights as an insect breeder and secondhand book seller. He [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jennifer Veillerobe ‎– Luftlöcher
    Jennifer Veillerobe ‎– Luftlöcher
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Recorded at home in Oreno di Vimercate (Italy), September 2012, using various kinds of sparkling liquids recorded through miniature holes on plastic bottles. No overdubs, postproduction or [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lucrecia Dalt – Ou
    Lucrecia Dalt – Ou
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Along the arc of Dalt’s music, beyond what steers her so allusively away from self-repetition, there is an undefinable forward inertia. What can explain, for instance, the near absence of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise