Jan 17th Newsletter

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  • V/A – Studio One Roots
    V/A – Studio One Roots
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    “Studio One Roots set the standard for Soul Jazz Records’ long-standing series of Studio One collections and features many of the classic artists from Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • V/A – Sounds Of The Universe (Art + Sound) (Record A)
    V/A – Sounds Of The Universe (Art + Sound) (Record A)
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    “Soul Jazz Records new Sounds of the Universe: Art + Sound 2012-15 is a new album featuring a line-up of some of the most forward-thinking and progressive artists and producers […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A ‎– Studio One Dub
    V/A ‎– Studio One Dub
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    “18 years on from its original release Studio One Dub remains super-hard hitting featuring classic + rare Dub tracks from Studio One, many available on vinyl for the first time […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Sly Stone – Sly! Thank You
    Sly Stone – Sly! Thank You
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    Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses of the last century, decides to finally tell his life story, it can’t […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Joyce Johnson – Minor Characters
    Joyce Johnson – Minor Characters
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    In 1954, Joyce Johnson’s Barnard professor told his class that most women could never have the kinds of experiences that would be worth writing about.  Attitudes like that were not […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Mekons – I Have Been To Heaven And Back: Hen’s Teeth And Other Lost Fragments Of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1
    Mekons – I Have Been To Heaven And Back: Hen’s Teeth And Other Lost Fragments Of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1
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    A collection of B-sides and outtakes from throughout Mekons career. Label: Quarterstick Records – QS57CD Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 1999 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Saxophone Colossus: The Life And Music Of Sonny Rollins
    Saxophone Colossus: The Life And Music Of Sonny Rollins
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    The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins. Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the “Saxophone Colossus,” he is widely [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Billy Childish ‎– Archive From 1959 – The Billy Childish Story
    Billy Childish ‎– Archive From 1959 – The Billy Childish Story
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    “In an era when a band is considered unusually prolific if they release an album every 18 months, Billy Childish is a glorious anomaly, a man who believes in the […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Bill Callahan – Letters To Emma Bowlcut
    Bill Callahan – Letters To Emma Bowlcut
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    Sixty-two letters from a nameless protagonist comprise this epistolary novel. He writes them to Emma, a woman he sees at a party. Each entry captures the loose, disparate details of […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Beat Happening – Music To Climb The Apple Tree By (2003 Pressing)
    Beat Happening – Music To Climb The Apple Tree By (2003 Pressing)
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    “Music to Climb the Apple Tree By was originally released as one of the seven CDs in the 2002 Beat Happening box set Crashing Through, but was not made available […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beat Happening ‎– Jamboree(1996 Pressing)
    Beat Happening ‎– Jamboree(1996 Pressing)
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    “Co-produced by Steve Fisk and the Screaming Trees’ Mark Lanegan and Gary Lee Conner, Beat Happening’s brief, brilliant sophomore effort significantly expands the trio’s [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beat Happening ‎– Black Candy
    Beat Happening ‎– Black Candy
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    “As evidenced by its title, Black Candy is Beat Happening’s darkest, most deliriously ominous album; clearly influenced by the Cramps, the record is dominated by Calvin [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beat Happening ‎– Beat Happening (1996 Pressing)
    Beat Happening ‎– Beat Happening (1996 Pressing)
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    “Beat Happening can’t be given credit for creating the indie pop genre, but they certainly gave it life in America. This, their first album, is indie pop in its purest […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples
    Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples
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    “”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
  • Ryo Kawasaki ‎– Eight Mile Road
    Ryo Kawasaki ‎– Eight Mile Road
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    A fusion slammer on East Wind from Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Label: East Wind – EW-8035 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released: 1976 VG+/VG+. Light wear/no obi

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Unwound ‎– Fake Train (Silver Vinyl)
    Unwound ‎– Fake Train (Silver Vinyl)
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    “After the Pacific Northwest grunge raids of the early ’90s that saw Nirvana, Mudhoney, and even the Melvins hoisted up the major label flagpole, Unwound’s 1993 debut came as a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
    Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
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    “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
  • Kevin Ayers ‎– Odd Ditties
    Kevin Ayers ‎– Odd Ditties
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    “It is indeed an oddity that, for all the considerable ambition of his albums, this collection of singles and unreleased outtakes may be Ayers’ most satisfying LP. Why? Perhaps [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Bobby Hutcherson Featuring Harold Land ‎– San Francisco (1975 Pressing)
    Bobby Hutcherson Featuring Harold Land ‎– San Francisco (1975 Pressing)
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    “Bobby Hutcherson’s late-’60s partnership with tenor saxophonist Harold Land always produced soulful results, but not until San Francisco did that translate into a literal [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– A Night In Tunisia (1973 Pressing)
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– A Night In Tunisia (1973 Pressing)
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    “One of the greatest line-ups of drummer Art Blakey’s hard bop finishing school The Jazz Messengers coalesced in 1960 when tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Leadbelly ‎– Easy Rider (Leadbelly Legacy Volume Four)
    Leadbelly ‎– Easy Rider (Leadbelly Legacy Volume Four)
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    “This collection of songs by Lead Belly was assembled by Folkways founder Moses Asch from recordings made in the early to mid-1940s, and it focuses primarily on Lead Belly’s observations [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Lisa Lerkenfeldt ‎– Collagen
    Lisa Lerkenfeldt ‎– Collagen
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    “The music of Naarm/Melbourne composer Lisa Lerkenfeldt channels a unique wavelength of foreboding, interstitial electronics, incorporating strategies of musique concréte threaded with [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Don Pullen ‎– Five To Go
    Don Pullen ‎– Five To Go
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    Two side-long piano compositions by the master Don Pullen Label: Horo Records – HZ 02 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Italy Released: 1976 VG+/VG. Some staining/wear to sleeve, along [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
    Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
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    “One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark seemed to arrive fully formed on his supremely swinging debut album Dial “S” for Sonny recorded […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie McLean ‎– Right Now! (1967 Repress)
    Jackie McLean ‎– Right Now! (1967 Repress)
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    “With the exception of a beautiful ballad version of Larry Willis’ “Poor Eric,” the music here (also available in Mosaic’s four-disc Jackie McLean box set) is [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Warped Wave – Oooh-Ahhh
    The Warped Wave – Oooh-Ahhh
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    Archival release of 1982-1986 recordings from ex-Rejects (Closet Records) guitarist Mark Semmes and prolific outsider Russell Hoke. Recorded in and around San Antonio, Texas. Highly eclectic and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela ‎– 31 VII 69 10:26 – 10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45 – 3:11 AM The Volga Delta
    La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela ‎– 31 VII 69 10:26 – 10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45 – 3:11 AM The Volga Delta
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    “La Monte Young was born in Bern, Idaho in 1935. He began his music studies in Los Angeles and later Berkeley, California before relocating to New York City in 1960, […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • 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 / Medusa Smack (Gold Vinyl)
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    “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
  • Kreidler ‎– Den
    Kreidler ‎– Den
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    “It could be said that Tank (BB 070CD/LP), Kreidler’s critically-acclaimed previous album — is a drum album. Not in the sense of the brute force of a Ginger Baker or […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ra Can Row ‎– Ra Can Row
    Ra Can Row ‎– Ra Can Row
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    “An instrumental band from the USA active in early 80s, built around guitars, throbbing bass lines and a solid drum drive, moog synths and electronics, enrich with a spatial feel […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Ruth Goller ‎– Skyllumina
    Ruth Goller ‎– Skyllumina
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    “SKYLLUMINA represents a new evolution of London-based, Italian-born composer, bassist, and vocalist Ruth Goller. Goller is known for her bass and vocal work with Alabaster DePlume, whose [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Leo Takami ‎– Felis Catus & Silence
    Leo Takami ‎– Felis Catus & Silence
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    “Felis Catus and Silence is a breakthrough release for Tokyo composer-guitarist Leo Takami, following the milestone albums Children’s Song (2012) and Tree of Life (2017). Takami [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City
    $50.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Left unexplored by Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label were those narrow roads leading away from the misfits of FAMU’s Marching 100 band, out of Deep City, and into its […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Nicolas Jaar ‎– Piedras
    Nicolas Jaar ‎– Piedras
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    “The initial seed for this project was planted in 2020 when Nicolás Jaar wrote the song “Piedras” for a concert at the Museum of Memory & Human Rights in Santiago, […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Sam Rivers ‎– Hues
    Sam Rivers ‎– Hues
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    “All ten selections on Hues are titled by a particular color. Four of the ten trio performances are studio and six are live performances. Rivers is accompanied by drummer Norman […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A ‎– Killing Capitalism With Kindness
    V/A ‎– Killing Capitalism With Kindness
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    “The New Zealand rock scene, despite producing an unprecedented number of worthwhile projects, hasn’t received the recognition is probably deserves in the international sense. For [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Henri Chopin – La Peur And Co (1958-1979)
    Henri Chopin – La Peur And Co (1958-1979)
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    A collection of early text-sound compositions: “Dynamisme intégral”, (1966), “Présence du Soleil” (1971), “Dentales soufflées” (1979), “Le Peur” [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Yoko Ono With Plastic Ono Band* – Fly
    Yoko Ono With Plastic Ono Band* – Fly
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    “What you hear on Fly is Ono’s disarming combination of opacity and visceral, personal transparency in full bloom. It’s also one of the most unbridled, most captivating soul albums ever [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Farm ‎– The Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun
    Farm ‎– The Innermost Limits Of Pure Fun
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    “Legendary independent soundtrack recording to the classic 1969 surf movie The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun, directed by George Greenough. The soundtrack was written, performed and produced [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • V/A – Love, Peace & Poetry (Japanese Psychedelic Music)
    V/A – Love, Peace & Poetry (Japanese Psychedelic Music)
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    “The Love, Peace & Poetry series takes its international psych tour to the Far East for some of Japan’s vintage garage freakouts. The time period stretches from 1968-1972, and the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Outsider Art In Texas
    Outsider Art In Texas
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    Texas looms large: big skies, vast plains, large cities. The Lone Star State often inspires a heightened sense of place in its citizens that rivals or surpasses that of New […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Static – Theoretical Record
    The Static – Theoretical Record
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    Glenn Branca’s punk band. A seminal No-Wave 7″. Label: Atavistic – alp3345 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Reissue Country: US Released: 1995 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Sun Ra: Collected Works Vol. 1
    Sun Ra: Collected Works Vol. 1
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    Sun Ra was a master jazz musician unlike any before or after him. Here is a stunning collection of 260 of his cosmic poems and selected prose. Phaelos, 2005 Softcover […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Japanese Design (Taschen)
    Japanese Design (Taschen)
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    Comprehensive overview of Japanese design-work, lavishly illustrated. Taschen, 1992 Softcover Edition. Some light scuffing/wear to wraps.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Heavenly Bodies – Universal Ressurection
    Heavenly Bodies – Universal Ressurection
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    As any casual student of astronomy will tell you, the heavens move at their own pace. A certain slowness and deliberateness marks each tug and shove of any given celestial […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Gerhard Ruhm – Auf Messers Schneide
    Gerhard Ruhm – Auf Messers Schneide
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    Gerhard Rühm – table, piano Christa Hemtesberger – fork Alois Pillichshammer – knife Wolfgang Liko – tablespoon Jonas Geise – teaspoon Gabriele Egger – soup Fully transcribed, with accompanying [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Cheyney Thompson: Passages
    Cheyney Thompson: Passages
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    One of the first book-length publications on contemporary artist Cheyney Thompson, whose work is known for its radically forward-looking intellectualism and formal rigor. Cheyney Thompson’s (b. [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Hard Art: DC 1979
    Hard Art: DC 1979
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    “A great concert photograph finds a way to communicate all the stuff your retinas can’t detect. Noise. Humidity. Claustrophobia. Young minds being shaped inside sweaty skulls. Lucian [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Punk / Hardcore
  • #Accelerate: The Accelerationist Reader
    #Accelerate: The Accelerationist Reader
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    An apparently contradictory yet radically urgent collection of texts tracing the genealogy of a controversial current in contemporary philosophy. Accelerationism is the name of a contemporary [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media
    Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media
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    The groundbreaking, seminal work that redefined the way we think about communication—and the then-emerging phenomenon of mass media. Marshall McLuhan’s classic work Understanding Media was called [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • James Ellis – A Methodoly Of Posession
    James Ellis – A Methodoly Of Posession
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    Garbage time never ends.”A Methodology of Possession is a philosophical Hellraiser narrating Ellis’s ego-shattering journey to the outside of time following the demonic guidance of [...]

  • Seductive Exacting Realism
    Seductive Exacting Realism
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    A 13-volume set of Marcel Proust’s collected works was published in Yugoslavia in 1967. This edition, in the Latin alphabet, was highly valued by Yugoslav intelligentsia for its elegant [...]

  • Leaning On The Moment: Interviews From Parabola
    Leaning On The Moment: Interviews From Parabola
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    Featuring interviews with Mircea Eliade, Joseph Campbell & others. Parabola Books, 1986 Hardcover Edition. Some staining to upper edge of pages. Some scuffing/discoloration to dustjacket

  • Codices Illustres
    Codices Illustres
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    From The Book of Kells to Boccaccio’s Decameron, from the Vienna Genesis to Dante’s Divine Comedy: to open Codices illustres is to open the door into a precious, private world. […]

  • Clarice Lispector – The Passion According To GH
    Clarice Lispector – The Passion According To GH
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    The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector’s mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, [...]

  • Swans ‎– Live Rope
    Swans ‎– Live Rope
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    “With soul-lacerating commitment and relentless pursuit of our own truth through sound we Swans Schechter, Gira, Hahn, Mullins, Puleo, and Pravdica managed over the course of a year of rehearsing [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “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
  • Les Rallizes Dénudés – Mizutani / Les Rallizes Dénudés (Clear Vinyl)
    Les Rallizes Dénudés – Mizutani / Les Rallizes Dénudés (Clear Vinyl)
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Temporal Drift presents the first-ever officially sanctioned reissue of celebrated Japanese cult band Les Rallizes Dénudés’ three albums, originally compiled and released in limited [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tolerance ‎– Tolerance
    Tolerance ‎– Tolerance
    $85.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This box-set collects all the available recordings by seminal Japanese group Tolerance. It includes both their albums released released between 1979 and 1981 on Japanese cult DIY label [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – Towards A Total Poetry
    V/A – Towards A Total Poetry
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    “Culled from live performances in Los Angeles in 1980, Towards A Total Poetry holds radioplays and sound poems by Julien Blaine, Adriano Spatola, F. Tiziano, and Paul Vangelisti. Two [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Atrás Del Cosmos ‎– Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
    Atrás Del Cosmos ‎– Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
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    “Atrás del Cosmos have been called Mexico’s first free jazz ensemble. Founded in 1975 by pianist Ana Ruiz, saxophonist Henry West, and percussionist Evry Mann, the trio soon became a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lee Moses ‎– How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles & Rarities 1965-1972
    Lee Moses ‎– How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles & Rarities 1965-1972
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    “How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles & Rarities 1965-1972 collects all of Lee Moses’ non-album singles and B-sides, plus three never-released tracks together for the first time ever. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Malagasy, Gilson* ‎– At Newport-Paris
    Malagasy, Gilson* ‎– At Newport-Paris
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    “In May 1972, the wave of anger and the thirst for freedom that had swept the world in 1968 arrived in Madagascar. The Malagasy youth took the opportunity to exile […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Heliocentrics ‎– Telemetric Sounds
    The Heliocentrics ‎– Telemetric Sounds
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    “The Heliocentrics’ albums are all confounding pieces of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kayo Makino & Tori Kudo ‎– Ein Traum Für Dich
    Kayo Makino & Tori Kudo ‎– Ein Traum Für Dich
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    “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
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    “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
  • Chippendale* – Gustafsson* – Pupillo* ‎– Melt
    Chippendale* – Gustafsson* – Pupillo* ‎– Melt
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    “Begun as a temporary project in 2014 by Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, Fire!), Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt), and Massimo Pupillo (Zu), this trio soon evolved into a band project. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • PDP III ‎– Pilled Up On A Couple Of Doves
    PDP III ‎– Pilled Up On A Couple Of Doves
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    “Pilled Up on a Couple of Doves is the debut full-length by PDP III, who fell into alignment in December of 2018 amid a handful of immersive and improvisatory recording […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
    Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
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    “On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert. This ensemble’s [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jennifer Veillerobe ‎– Luftlöcher
    Jennifer Veillerobe ‎– Luftlöcher
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    “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
  • Flora Yin Wong* / Sébastien Roux ‎– Trigram For Earth / 50 Frequency And Amplitude Modulated Sine Waves Describing A Landscape
    Flora Yin Wong* / Sébastien Roux ‎– Trigram For Earth / 50 Frequency And Amplitude Modulated Sine Waves Describing A Landscape
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    “Flora YIN WONG ‘Trigram for Earth’ Trigram for Earth, by Flora Yin Wong, is inspired by traditional eight-sided Pakua mirrors and the trigrams inscribed on each of their edges. [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Giusto Pio ‎– Motore Immobile
    Giusto Pio ‎– Motore Immobile
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    “One of the most striking documents of Italy’s Minimalist movement, Giusto Pio’s “Motore Immobile” is a masterwork with few equivalents. Produced by Franco Battiato in 1979, at [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Chicaloyoh ‎– Folie Sacrée
    Chicaloyoh ‎– Folie Sacrée
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    “Folie Sacrée is the debut full length record of Chicaloyoh, musical incarnation of Normandy resident Alice Dourlen. Creating music between soundscape exploration and intimate [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Alessandro Cortini ‎– Nati Infiniti
    Alessandro Cortini ‎– Nati Infiniti
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    “Following up on 2021’s Scuro Chiaro, NATI INFINITI is a 40-minute piece split into five movements, based on an immersive audio installation that Cortini originally created for the Sónar [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lucrecia Dalt – Ou
    Lucrecia Dalt – Ou
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    “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
  • Smell & Quim ‎– Atom Heart Motherfucker
    Smell & Quim ‎– Atom Heart Motherfucker
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    “Reissue of 2017 cassette on Vis a Vis Audio Arts that came out as an extremely small edition.” Label: Wonderland Media, LLC – WM009 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Francois Douris ‎– Le Disque Bruitiste
    Francois Douris ‎– Le Disque Bruitiste
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    Crushing French Industrial. Later reissued by RRRecords. Label: Les Disques Bruitistes – 1711 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition Country: France Released: VG+/VG. Cracking at spine, general edgewear

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Spectre ‎– Ruff Kutz
    Spectre ‎– Ruff Kutz
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    “PAN digs into the archives of WordSound label founder Skiz Fernando Jr. (a.k.a. Spectre) to reissue his 1998 experimental hip-hop mixtape, Ruff Kutz, originally released as an extremely [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ian William Craig ‎– A Turn Of Breath
    Ian William Craig ‎– A Turn Of Breath
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    “Following several self-released digital albums, Canadian composer Ian William Craig made his vinyl debut with the astonishing A Turn of Breath, originally released by Sean McCann’s [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ruth Goller ‎– Skylla
    Ruth Goller ‎– Skylla
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    “Ruth Goller’s ‘Skylla’ shines a long-awaited light on one of the most important musicians to have driven and revolutionised the UK jazz and improv scenes over the last 16 years. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Julia Heyward – T-Venus ‎– Duka 1 1979-1988
    Julia Heyward – T-Venus ‎– Duka 1 1979-1988
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    “Leaving music fans checking the bins since MTV’s 1984 spotlight on “Draggin’ The Bottom,” this double LP presents multi-media artist Julia Heyward’s debut release of T-Venus’ art rock [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Joe McPhee ‎– Black Magic Man
    Joe McPhee ‎– Black Magic Man
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    “Black Magic Man is arguably the pivotal Joe McPhee release. It bridged the span between the regional and the international, bypassing the national altogether. Recorded in the same sessions [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • S.P.I.T.E. ‎– Violence
    S.P.I.T.E. ‎– Violence
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    “Solo album by Gary Mundy. This pre-dates Kleistwahr. This was the only record released under this name. Originally released on cassette in 1982 on Broken Flag as BF2. Re-released on […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Cortex A9 ‎– Basic Housekeeping – Order.
    Cortex A9 ‎– Basic Housekeeping – Order.
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    Music By – Dan Johansson (sewer election) , Frederikke Hoffmeier (puce mary), Hugo Randulv Label: Förlag För Fri Musik – 013 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Sweden Released: 2019 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Judith Hamann ‎– Shaking Studies
    Judith Hamann ‎– Shaking Studies
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    “For her first album releases as a soloist, nomadic Australian cellist and composer Judith Hamann presents two collections of her sonic inquiries into shaking and humming. Her LP, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Graham Lambkin ‎– Poem (For Voice & Tape)
    Graham Lambkin ‎– Poem (For Voice & Tape)
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    “Graham Lambkin’s first solo release, and the premiere record of his then newly-formed label Kye, Poem (For Voice & Tape) (Kye, 2001) captures his Shadow Ring bandmate, Tim Goss, as [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Redd Kross – Born Innocent (Pink Vinyl)
    Redd Kross – Born Innocent (Pink Vinyl)
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    “Originally issued in 1982, Born Innocent was the debut full-length release from Redd Kross, a band of suburban L.A. youth fronted by brothers Jeff (guitar, vocals) and Steve McDonald [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Phil Cooper and Kirk Chilton – Hawk In The Morn
    Phil Cooper and Kirk Chilton – Hawk In The Morn
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    Private press folk from Illinois. Strides the line between out there & traditional. Label: Depot Recordings – DEP 003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Mary Jane Leach ‎– Woodwind Multiples
    Mary Jane Leach ‎– Woodwind Multiples
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    “Mary Jane Leach is a composer focused on the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. She has played an instrumental role in NYC’s pioneering [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Velvet Underground ‎– White Light/White Heat [early 70s Stereo/Mono]
    The Velvet Underground ‎– White Light/White Heat [early 70s Stereo/Mono]
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    “The world of pop music was hardly ready for The Velvet Underground’s first album when it appeared in the spring of 1967, but while The Velvet Underground and Nico sounded […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
    The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
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    “The world of pop music was hardly ready for The Velvet Underground’s first album when it appeared in the spring of 1967, but while The Velvet Underground and Nico sounded […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Fred Frith ‎– Gravity
    Fred Frith ‎– Gravity
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    “This one of the most important guitar-based, experimental guitar titles from the avant-guitarist and founding Henry Cow member Fred Frith. Gravity is the most lighthearted of Frith’s [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Can ‎– Out Of Reach
    Can ‎– Out Of Reach
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    “All but unknown to most but the most hardcore Can fanatics, 1978’s Out of Reach is one of the group’s rarest albums. This is due in large part to the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • J.J. Johnson ‎– Proof Positive
    J.J. Johnson ‎– Proof Positive
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    Trombonist J.J Johnson at his absolute peak on this killer set. Label: Impulse! – A-68 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: US Released: 1965 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some edgewear and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Celia* & Johnny ‎– Celia & Johnny
    Celia* & Johnny ‎– Celia & Johnny
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    ““Celia y Johnny,” undoubtedly the most important album in Celia Cruz’s career, opened the doors of success for the famous Cuban singer with the force of a raging bull. The […]

    GENRE: Latin
  • The Godz ‎– Godz 2
    The Godz ‎– Godz 2
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    “Even further out than Contact High with the Godz, Godz Two is, at times, one of the most deliberately annoying, purposefully incompetent albums ever made. White Light/White Heat has [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Genesis ‎– In The Beginning
    Genesis ‎– In The Beginning
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    Sole album by the California acid-rock band. Has no relation to the UK Prog band. Label: Mercury – SR 61175 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1968 VG+/VG+. […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ‎– Trout Mask Replica (1972 US Pressing)
    Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ‎– Trout Mask Replica (1972 US Pressing)
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    “Trout Mask Replica is Captain Beefheart’s masterpiece, a fascinating, stunningly imaginative work that still sounds like little else in the rock & roll canon. Given total [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Charlemagne Palestine ‎– CHARRRLLEEMMMAGGGNEELANDDDDDSSS”””” CCCRREATTORRSSSSSSCCARILLONNNN”””””” DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzzferrrr SSSOFTTT DIVINITIESSSSS!!!!!!!! STTTTHOMASSS “”””DINGGG
    Charlemagne Palestine ‎– CHARRRLLEEMMMAGGGNEELANDDDDDSSS”””” CCCRREATTORRSSSSSSCCARILLONNNN”””””” DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzzferrrr SSSOFTTT DIVINITIESSSSS!!!!!!!! STTTTHOMASSS “”””DINGGG
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    “DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz!!!!!!! In the newest record by the iconoclastic Brooklyn-born composer Charlemagne Palestine (b. 1947), find two mesmerizing works for carillon, the [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
    Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
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    “Recorded in 1971, shortly after he departed Cadet where he served as a house sideman-playing on dozens of records and a prefferred guitarist for Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, Phil […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Airto ‎– Virgin Land
    Airto ‎– Virgin Land
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    An all-star cast accompanies Brazilian percussion master Airto Moreira on this percolating collection of jazz fusion pieces. Produced by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham, the album locks into [...]

    GENRE: International, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Mick Trouble ‎– It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP
    Mick Trouble ‎– It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP
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    Following on from the success of the critics and fans favorite 2019 Debut LP, the maverick tunesmith Mick Trouble returns to the fold with 12 solid “A”s. “It’s Mick [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Power Pop / New Wave
  • The Horace Silver Quintet ‎– Song For My Father
    The Horace Silver Quintet ‎– Song For My Father
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    One of Blue Note’s greatest mainstream hard bop dates, Song for My Father is Horace Silver’s signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Silver was […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet ‎– First Moog Quartet
    Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet ‎– First Moog Quartet
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    Gershom Kingsley had Robert Moog build three more synthesizers just so he could pull this thing off. The Moog Quartet played the first live performance of synthesized music at Carnegie […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Jesus Lizard ‎– Shot (Red Vinyl)
    The Jesus Lizard ‎– Shot (Red Vinyl)
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    JL go major. Label: The Billions Corporation – C1-1-36778 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red Translucent Country: US Released: Apr 1996 VG+/VG Sleeve has some noticeable creasing/edgewear

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Yusef Lateef ‎– Jazz ‘Round The World
    Yusef Lateef ‎– Jazz ‘Round The World
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    Yusef Lateef’s first Impulse! date Jazz ‘Round the World anticipates the emerging vogue for global music with a series of impassioned interpretations of traditional ethnic folk songs. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Heldon – II
    Heldon – II
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    Inexplicably, Pinhas repudiated this reissue in a 1992 interview, along with its sequel, It’s Always Rock ‘n’ Roll, as recordings that “did not stand time.” Heldon [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kluster ‎– Klopfzeichen
    Kluster ‎– Klopfzeichen
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    Imagine finding a message in a bottle, forty years after it was dispatched. That is what it feels like when you listen to Kluster’s Klopfzeichen for the first time, mysterious, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych