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  • Rottweiler – Haight
    Rottweiler – Haight
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    Hard-hitting acid house from Ariel Motto Label: Chicago Research – CR038 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Fried ESK – Fried Eco System Kontact
    Fried ESK – Fried Eco System Kontact
    $4.00 | ,

    “Eco System Kontact Live hardware set” Label: Yard Sale For World Peace – YSFWP09 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Todd Tamanend Clark – The Deathguard Remnants
    Todd Tamanend Clark – The Deathguard Remnants
    $35.00 | ,

    “The Deathguard Remnants contains rare lo-fi recordings that were left off of legendary underground poet and composer Todd Tamanend Clark’s best-known album Nova Psychedelia 1975-1985 due [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Thom Nguyen – Imago Ossuary
    Thom Nguyen – Imago Ossuary
    $10.00 |

    Known to many as the percussive presence in groups like Nest Egg, MANAS, Wasting and We Bow to No Masters, Asheville’s Thom Nguyen moves in to dronier, driftier worlds with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Eternal Husk – Commune III
    Eternal Husk – Commune III
    $10.00 |

    Further tonal ruminations and aural questions asked from deep within. An outsider music grab bag jam selection, nay, transmission from deep within the Circle City. Another sonic commune (the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dior – Angels Kiss At The Edge Of Cacatopia
    Dior – Angels Kiss At The Edge Of Cacatopia
    $9.00 |

    DIOR is Sarah Moore and Stasia Kowaleski, (of Vats, Porcelain Gods, Trixie Linoleum, Babyface Evil) Sarah from Snoqualmie, WA and Phoenix and Stasia (Ghost Bitch, Desire Complex, kzv, Babyface [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Altamira – Altamira
    Altamira – Altamira
    $9.00 |

    Jackie Beckey’s Altamira is a cave song, a meditative howl, like Joanna Brouk in a snowstorm, ripping up your down jacket and wool socks, find her in the cold turning […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chevrolet Pile – The Crunchy Western Commotion Of
    Chevrolet Pile – The Crunchy Western Commotion Of
    $9.00 |

    It’s as if the all star cast of a specific midwestern underground scene conspired to turn to their roots, an expansive flat land, rows of corn and a god damn […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Kudler* / Gerycz* – Kapteyn B
    Kudler* / Gerycz* – Kapteyn B
    $9.00 |

    my squashed ideas of person foil cooking oil padding your mouse feet across the kitchen I’m used to this sound and actually its lullaby doubled over the infestation is endearing […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • American Friend – Sound Under Rock
    American Friend – Sound Under Rock
    $9.00 |

    Adam’s drums keep the blood flowing and Sarah’s bass holds the body upright, Jana’s guitar reacts to the confines of rhythm and their lyrics pinch. They pull open the curtains […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Skeme Richards – Jazz All Days
    Skeme Richards – Jazz All Days
    $35.00 | ,

    Limited release directly sourced from the Nostalgia King Himself A true Jazz Funk Mixtape The Jazz All Days cassette released in conjunction with fRUITY Shop in Shanhai. The cassette is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
    Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
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    “Tracks taken from Nico’s 1965 45 single, an outake from The Academy In Peril & the Reed/Cale/Nico “Le Bataclan 72″ concert. Wonderful cover art worth price of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Mac Blackout, Landon Caldwell & Nicholas Yeck-Stauffer  – Between Infinities
    Mac Blackout, Landon Caldwell & Nicholas Yeck-Stauffer – B…
    $10.00 | ,

    “Somewhere there is the unhappened. Somewhere, if there is a somewhere. Unhappened – as in – on the way. There was a path to get there. We don’t magically emerge […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage
    Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage
    $80.00 | , ,

    Label: Cause And Effect Format: Cassette, Album, C60 Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Electronic Style: Industrial Does not include re-sealable pouch with a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ booklet.  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Corey Madden – Taste The Hour
    Corey Madden – Taste The Hour
    $10.00 |

    AI this is not. 2024 finds guitar journeyman Corey Madden stepping out and into his own zone. An NYC expat, and a founding member of the Los Angeles based Color […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    $10.00 |

    Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant jazz in the1970s — on Therapy, Eder drops the […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Blaine Todd – Goodbye ‘Til I Do Good By You
    Blaine Todd – Goodbye ‘Til I Do Good By You
    $10.00 |

    All songs written by Blaine Todd except Just As You Are written by Robert Wyatt Blaine Todd: guitar, bass, voice Henry Birdsey: pedal steel Liam Herb: synth on Wild Desperation […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Severed + Said – End Time Loop
    Severed + Said – End Time Loop
    $9.00 | ,

    Floridian synthesist John Touchton aka Severed+Said returns with his most cinematic suite yet of witching hour electronics, spidery rhythm, and macabre clockwork: End Time Loop. A 10-track [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • David Edren – Relativiteit Van de Omgeving
    David Edren – Relativiteit Van de Omgeving
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    Antwerp synthesist David Edren describes his latest solo collection in conceptual terms: a harmony of space and time, elements and environments, perception and impermanence. Conceived in the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Teenage Gizzard
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Teenage Gizzard
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    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 6 Music To Burn Money To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 6 Music To Burn…
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    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo’s 5 Music To Think Existentially To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo’s 5 Music To T…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 4 Music To Die To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 4 Music To Die…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 3 Music To Eat Pong Scum To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 3 Music To Eat …
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 1 Music To Kill Bad People To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 1 Music To Kil…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    $10.00 |

    In the age of boredom-less nights I sometimes yearn for times I sat on my bedroom floor listening to the same albums over and over. The first time I heard […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Finished Basements – Varnish
    Finished Basements – Varnish
    $10.00 |

    *ships mid Sept at latest* Finished Basements “Varnish” full length cassette is up now for pre-order. 50+ minutes, 22 tracks of basement electronics. Beats, kraut zones & 99 WARP RECORDS […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Baphomet Sex – All Ancestors Standing Beside Your Bed
    Baphomet Sex – All Ancestors Standing Beside Your Bed
    $10.00 |

    Baphomet Sex is V. Jasper Fairbanks 4 track cassette player with looping cassette 10 channel mixer Genthalz C.U.N.T Earthquaker Organizer, Arpanoid, Astral Destiny Donner loop pedal Edition of 50

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
    Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Bassist Uli Trepte was one of the founders of the seminal space rock Krautrock group Guru Guru, and this CD, a reissue of a […]

  • The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
    The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Pink Fairies at their absolute best. Remarkable psych freaks make loud noise.

  • Conduit Gold – s/t
    Conduit Gold – s/t
    $8.00 |

    Electric guitar duo musings from Kelly MacDonald & Alex York. Released in tape edition of 30 copies & given away for free at our first gig opening for Ned Collette […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
    Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
    $10.00 |

    Czech split cassette from Happy Families. “When I heard the Diptych / Ohnive plamene split tape I felt alive for the first time in a long while. What is going […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Punk / Hardcore
  • Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    $10.00 |

    New Argentinean tape in from Happy Families: “Originally released in 2019 by Facultad de Medicina in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Slacker core genius. Sleepy indie pop from underground [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
    Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
    $10.00 |

    Hank Shocklee said the most unique thing about hip hop’s genesis is that it was the first time non-musicians were responsible for making records. Before that, everybody involved knew what […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
    Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
    $10.00 |

    Poetry is as much voice as it is writing. The writing captures the voice so that we can remember. The idea that many of our great contemporary poets remain unrecorded […]

    GENRE: Spoken Word
  • Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
    Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
    $10.00 |

    Camille is the rawest cellist working today, straight up, no qualifiers. It’s hard to separate her from her dad and co-conspirator Don Dietrich in the same way it’s incredibly difficult […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    $10.00 |

    When Ab from Cartas de Cartalunya (OCFC-002) sent me Christi Annu Ali Vyianna I thought it was another of his alter egos because it shared the same dreamscape Brazilian cyclical […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rolex – Promo 2022
    Rolex – Promo 2022
    $8.00 | ,

    THEY’RE BACK! Rolex is back with a promo that returns with a vengeance. From an upcoming split LP with my other favorite LA band, Grimly Forming. These are four of […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Imminent Death – Radiant Ignition
    Imminent Death – Radiant Ignition
    $9.00 |

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Spiteful Womb – Traumacore
    Spiteful Womb – Traumacore
    $9.00 |

    C20, Edition of 50

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Alex York – Electro Paralysis
    Alex York – Electro Paralysis
    $7.00 |

    Frequent patrons of the Prime Ruin catalog should already recognize Alex York as a household name but for those that don’t, here is a brief introduction: Hailing from the Cincinnati, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stinkmeat – Stinkmeat
    Stinkmeat – Stinkmeat
    $7.00 |

    “Who is he?!” While the subgenre of gorenoise may be a hair outside of this label’s wheelhouse, Gracious Host is no less proud to present the debut of Ithaca’s STINKMEAT. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    $7.00 |

    Ryley Walker, guitar Jeffrey Tucholski, guitar Matthew Hord, bass Alejandro Morales, drums

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dave Grundy – The Problem, The Questions, The Poem
    Dave Grundy – The Problem, The Questions, The Poem
    $11.00 |

    The deeper goal of poetry has always been ritual. In Fred Moten’s early PennSound recordings, unbelievable, I listened in headphones for the year of 2010, the words, crawling and dripping, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cartas Da Catalunya – When Damian Meets Suitcase Bob
    Cartas Da Catalunya – When Damian Meets Suitcase Bob
    $11.00 |

    Bruno Abdala, or Abdala, or Ab as he’s known in Brazil is an enthusiastic supporter. Unlike folks of a certain age who center themselves in every story as hero or […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Shadowklan – Einstein’s Rainbow
    Shadowklan – Einstein’s Rainbow
    $11.00 |

    Shadow Klan is a ghost. Like Sun Ra he is utterly aware that it’s after the end of the world. And if that is the case, then he’s already gone, […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Sofia Carbonara – On Names
    Sofia Carbonara – On Names
    $9.00 |

    ON “ON NAMES:” I recorded the voices of my parents (Joaquin & Daniela) reading off phonemes (the sounds in words) from Spanish, Italian, and German in search of what my […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    $10.00 |

    Ships by 7/28/23. Writing about Mazozma aka Ma Turner’s work is like trying to frame a river. Throughout the course of their prolific career and many projects, the Lexington, KY […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
    Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
    $10.00 |

    Ships by or around 7/21/223 “Do you wanna hear it? Do you want to hear me screeeaaaaammmm!?” Fruit LoOops vocalist Jackie Switzer opened their 2020 LP, Orangina, with these words. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Punk / Hardcore