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  • Anal Cunt ‎– The Old Testament 1988-1991
    Anal Cunt ‎– The Old Testament 1988-1991
    $35.00 | , ,

    “Expanding 2000’s The Early Years double-disc compilation even further, 2011’s The Old Testament, the last release overseen by Seth Putnam before his passing, essentially wraps [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Cecil Taylor ‎– Live In The Black Forest
    Cecil Taylor ‎– Live In The Black Forest
    $40.00 | , ,

    “A retrospective look at the sixty-year career of Cecil Taylor, in progress at the Whitney Museum of American Art, incorporates the museum’s unobstructed spaces and impressive views [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Flipper ‎– Gone Fishin’
    Flipper ‎– Gone Fishin’
    $35.00 | , ,

    “After the glow of Album, Gone Fishin’ may sound like a bit of a disappointment primarily due to the cleaned up (for Flipper anyway) sound, but that shouldn’t stop you […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Fred Lane / Ron ‘Pate’s Debonairs ‎– From The One That Cut You
    Fred Lane / Ron ‘Pate’s Debonairs ‎– From The One That Cut…
    $20.00 | , ,

    “From the One That Cut You starts out like a relatively straightforward, if not quite professional, big-band jazz record, only to get progressively stranger and more surreal as it goes […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sonny Rollins Quartet With Don Cherry ‎– Complete Live At The Village Gate 1962
    Sonny Rollins Quartet With Don Cherry ‎– Complete Live At The Village …
    $30.00 | , ,

    Live at the Village Gate, New York, July 27-30, 1962. Label: Solar Records – 4569959 Format: 6 x CD, Limited Edition, Remastered, Box Set Country: Europe Released: 2015 VG+/VG+ *Image […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann Shoji Hano* ‎– Funny Rat
    Peter Brötzmann Shoji Hano* ‎– Funny Rat
    $36.00 | , ,

    “Free jazz drummer Shoji Hano and German saxophone giant-leading European free improviser Peter Brotzmann first met in Japan in the early eighties. In 1990 Hano went to Europe for the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lull ‎– Dreamt About Dreaming
    Lull ‎– Dreamt About Dreaming
    $25.00 | , ,

    Former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris’s dark ambient project always enthralls. Label: Sentrax – SET 3 CD Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 1992 VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Tiento De Las Nieves
    Thomas Köner ‎– Tiento De Las Nieves
    $10.00 | , ,

    “”Love is life’s snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight—whiter and purer than snow itself. What is life without love? It is like this […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Kaamos
    Thomas Köner ‎– Kaamos
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Thomas Köner’s first album for Mille Plateaux continues the abstract tones and sublime white-noise of earlier LPs, though occasional crackles and low-end bass gives some element of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band* ‎– Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
    Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band* ‎– Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-…
    $50.00 | , ,

    “An unprecedented project in the rock field: a five-CD box set of unreleased material by a cult artist that never had anything close to a chart hit. Of course Captain […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Neil Young ‎– Neil Young Archives – Vol. I (1963-1972)
    Neil Young ‎– Neil Young Archives – Vol. I (1963-1972)
    $80.00 | , ,

    “This is the first volume of the Neil Young Archives series of box sets, produced by Neil Young himself. This series is the definitive, comprehensive, chronological survey of his entire [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Aube ‎– Sensory Symphonies
    Aube ‎– Sensory Symphonies
    $60.00 | , ,

    “Akifumi Nakajima, renowned for his prolific and captivating work under the alias Aube, stands as one of Japan’s most intriguing noise artists. His artistic prowess extends beyond the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • K2 – Burst After Burst (Early Recordings 1990-1996) [unplayed]
    K2 – Burst After Burst (Early Recordings 1990-1996) [unplayed]
    $100.00 | , ,

    “K2 is the personal noise project by Kimihide Kusafuka, originally came onto the scene in 1981, in order to explore the possibility of noise. Along with Hijokaidan, Merzbow, and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Stupor Mundi
    Asmus Tietchens – Stupor Mundi
    $15.00 | ,

    Part 14th in the ongoing re-release series of all early Asmus Tietchens Vinyl albums between 1980-1991. ‘Stupor Mundi’ (Discos Esplendor Geometrico EGD 018) was originally released in [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Marches Funèbres
    Asmus Tietchens – Marches Funèbres
    $15.00 | ,

    Tracks 1 & 2 originally released on Marches Funebres LP (Multimood, 1989). Track 3 is a bonus track. Released as a joint release by German labels Die Stadt and Aufabwegen. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Abfleischung
    Asmus Tietchens – Abfleischung
    $15.00 | ,

    2th part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980—1991. Abfleischung is based on material recorded by Tietchens as early as 1967—1970. These recyclings made in [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Notturno
    Asmus Tietchens – Notturno
    $15.00 | ,

    10th part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980—1991. »Notturno« was originally released by spanish label Discos Esplendor Geometrico in 1987 and also by [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens + Okko Bekker – E
    Asmus Tietchens + Okko Bekker – E
    $15.00 | ,

    Continuing with the ongoing re-release series of all early Asmus Tietchens vinyl albums between 1980 and 1991, “E” was originally released on LP by Dom in 1988. This CD reissue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Organum – Darcknes
    Organum – Darcknes
    $14.00 | ,

    Organum Electronics ‘Darcknes’ is the sibling album of ‘Quietude’ (DS128). It is a similarly dense work, consisting of buzzing washes of electronic sounds, reminiscent of the very first Organum [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • David Jackman – Herbstsonne
    David Jackman – Herbstsonne
    $14.00 | ,

    “It is very easy to misunderstand David Jackman. Well, also to understand him, really. I don’t ‘get’ pretty much anything of his work, and yet I love it very much. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Organum / Z’EV – Tocsin -6 Thru +2
    Organum / Z’EV – Tocsin -6 Thru +2
    $12.00 | ,

    Following their maxi CD »Tinnitus Vu« on Touch in 2004 »Tocsin« is the first full lenght album produced together by these two renowned sound artists. Whereas »Tinnitus VU« was mostly […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
    Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
    $13.00 | ,

    My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • James K – Friend
    James K – Friend
    $20.00 | ,

    New York-based artist James K returns with Friend. This album is full of electric pop anthems that blends ear-worming melodies with peak-time breaks, buzzing powerpunk guitars and a classic rave [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A – Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar
    V/A – Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar
    $16.00 | ,

    Tsapiky music from Southwest Madagascar features wild ecstatic vocals, distorted electric guitars, rocket bass, and the amphetamine beat! Unlike anything else, this is THE high life music [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    $16.00 | ,

    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
  • Phương Tâm – Magical Nights – Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
    Phương Tâm – Magical Nights – Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966…
    $18.00 | ,

    Sublime Frequencies present the first ever retrospective of Phương Tâm, the groundbreaking Saigon teenager who became one of the first singers to perform and record rock and roll in 1960s […]

    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…
    $16.00 | ,

    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…
    $16.00 | ,

    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
    $16.00 | ,

    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
  • V/A – Proibidão C.V (Forbidden Gang Funk From Rio De Janeiro)
    V/A – Proibidão C.V (Forbidden Gang Funk From Rio De Janeiro)
    $11.00 | ,

    Proibidão is the name given to a certain kind of electronic funk music produced in Brazilian favelas, especially in Rio de Janeiro where it started to appear in the beginning […]

    GENRE: International
  • Bill Orcutt – Another Perfect Day
    Bill Orcutt – Another Perfect Day
    $16.00 | ,

    “Another Perfect Day is Bill Orcutt’s first solo electric guitar record since 2017’s eponymous Bill Orcutt. While that eight-year gap might not seem like a ton of time on the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lois Svard – Other Places
    Lois Svard – Other Places
    $13.00 | ,

    Other Places is an exploration of Lois Svard’s interest in new concepts and ideas in music. This disc features works written for her by composers Elodie Lauten, Jerry Hunt, and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Eliane Radigue – Songs Of Milarepa
    Eliane Radigue – Songs Of Milarepa
    $22.00 | ,

    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
  • David Tudor – Three Works For Live Electronics
    David Tudor – Three Works For Live Electronics
    $13.00 | ,

    Originally released on Lovely Music as Pulsers / Untitled in 1984. This re-release includes an additional piece from David Tudor, Phonemes. Pulsers explores the world of rhythms created [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Take Your Time
    “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Take Your Time
    $13.00 | ,

    A CD of works for solo piano from “Blue” Gene Tyranny. Thirty-five of the 36 songs in this “audio storyboard” are individually built around an atmospheric primary chord, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Country Boy Country Dog
    “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Country Boy Country Dog
    $13.00 | ,

    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
  • “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Free Delivery (Keyboard Performances: 1983-89)
    “Blue” Gene Tyranny – Free Delivery (Keyboard Performances…
    $13.00 | ,

    Some of “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s greatest keyboard works/performances can be found here on Free Delivery. The Nocturne With and Without Memory was commissioned by Lois Svard and [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • David Behrman – Leapday Night
    David Behrman – Leapday Night
    $13.00 | ,

    A series of three pieces/suites; “Leapday Night”, “A Traveler’s Dream Journal”, and “Interspecies Smalltalk” involving Rhys Chatham/Ben Neill (on [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Alvin Lucier – I Am Sitting In A Room
    Alvin Lucier – I Am Sitting In A Room
    $13.00 | ,

    In this fascinating exploration of acoustical phenomena, Alvin Lucier slips from the domain of language to that of music in the course of 40 minutes and 32 repetitions of a […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Alvin Lucier – Music On A Long Thin Wire
    Alvin Lucier – Music On A Long Thin Wire
    $13.00 | ,

    A 50-foot length of taut wire passes through the poles of a large magnet and is driven by an oscillator; the vibrations of the wire are miked at either end, […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Robert Ashley – eL/Aficionado
    Robert Ashley – eL/Aficionado
    $13.00 | ,

    The fourth opera in Robert Ashley’s Now Eleanor’s Idea tetralogy: Junior, Jr.’s story. A group of scenes from the life of an agent. The scenes are a kind of debriefing […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Robert Ashley – Automatic Writing
    Robert Ashley – Automatic Writing
    $13.00 | ,

    Automatic Writing compiles three early Robert Ashley works from 1967-79 — some of his most experimental works. Composed in recorded form over a period of five years, “Automatic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Abdou El Omari – Lost Tape: 1980
    Abdou El Omari – Lost Tape: 1980
    $16.00 | ,

    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
  • Kreidler – Early Recordings 1994-95
    Kreidler – Early Recordings 1994-95
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $17.00 | ,

    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
  • Kyle Flanagan – Nightmare
    Kyle Flanagan – Nightmare
    $15.00 | , ,

    VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Someone That Has Left Earth – Profane Illumination Through Prolific Intoxication
    Someone That Has Left Earth – Profane Illumination Through Prolific In…
    $7.00 | ,

    VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sissy Spacek ‎– Glass
    Sissy Spacek ‎– Glass
    $10.00 | , ,

    Track one recorded at The Smell, Los Angeles, California, July 19, 2008. Track two recorded at Bay Area 51, San Francisco, California, August 15, 2008. Label: Misanthropic Agenda – MAR022 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Star – Elephant In The Snow
    Star – Elephant In The Snow
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Recorded today on the top floor with the window open at night in Manhattan following dinner from 2022 into early winter 2023 by the three-piece band – lead singer, dj, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise