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  • Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
    Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
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    Reissue of cassette on Bizarre Audio Arts from 2018

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Parasite Nurse  – Lack
    Parasite Nurse – Lack
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    Parasite Nurse’s follow up to 2023’s “Life Is Beautiful” with “Lack” which as far as I’m concerned, it might be necessary to listen to as a whole, all [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Reona + T. Mikawa – Live at Bar Isshee
    Reona + T. Mikawa – Live at Bar Isshee
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    A live documentation of a collaboration between T. Mikawa: Electronics and Reona: Tap Dance, Metal sheets, Chains, Loud speaker. Disarming, complex tension creeping through a labyrinth of junk [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Duke Ellington ‎– The Reprise Studio Recordings
    Duke Ellington ‎– The Reprise Studio Recordings
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    #1-8 is mono. All other is stereo. # 2-15 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-5 Produced Under License From Atlantic Recording Corp., All Other Produced Under License From Warner Bros. Records, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Max Roach Plus Four ‎– The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions
    Max Roach Plus Four ‎– The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions
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    Incredible amount of Roach here… late 50s into early 60s group that includes Bob Boswell, Julian Priester, Ray Bryant, Stanley Turrentine & Tommy Turrentine. Label: Mosaic Records (2) – [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh ‎– The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh
    Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh ‎– The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh
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    Cool jazz giants boxset. Very ill – 6CDs. Label: Mosaic Records (2) – MD6-174 Format: 6 x CD, Compilation Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: US Released: 1997 VG+/VG+ Virtually [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Basinski + Richard Chartier – Untitled 1-3
    William Basinski + Richard Chartier – Untitled 1-3
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    LINE is proud to release this new updated and remastered version of William Basinski and Richard Chartier’s universally acclaimed work Untitled 1-2. Originally released in 2004 on the noted [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Demdike Stare ‎– Wonderland
    Demdike Stare ‎– Wonderland
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    “Following Demdike Stare’s ambitious 2012 double CD, Elemental, which compiled four EPs along with bonus material, the British experimental electronic duo (consisting of Sean Canty [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Betty Davis ‎– Nasty Gal
    Betty Davis ‎– Nasty Gal
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    “In the 1970s, Betty Davis defied genre and gender by pushing her voice to extremes and embracing the erotic. She articulated a kind of pre–punk, funk–blues fusion that had yet […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Various ‎– CIMPFest: Live In Villach 2009 [5CD set]
    Various ‎– CIMPFest: Live In Villach 2009 [5CD set]
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    All perfomances recorded at CIMPFest, Villach, Austria Label: CIMP – CIMPoL 5020-5024 Format: 5xCD, Album Country: US Released: 2011 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Heule / Leguía / Rivero / Escalante – An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
    Heule / Leguía / Rivero / Escalante – An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
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    A monumentally fucked up recording from this quartet. Anything short of saying “AUDIO ASSAULT” is not doing any justice to the release. This is fucked up and violent/blown out & [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Michael Vallera – The Other World
    Michael Vallera – The Other World
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    Released in an edition of 300 CDs by Torn Light Records — The Other World was recorded in the spring of 2023 by Greg Norman at his home studio in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
  • 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
  • SleepResearchFacility – Deep_Frieze
    SleepResearchFacility – Deep_Frieze
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    In an isolated arctic landscape, the frigid wind howls by. The temperature drops lower, causing the heart to slow to a nearly fatal pace, as the extremities begin to lose […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Anal Cunt – Fuckin’ A
    Anal Cunt – Fuckin’ A
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    Do we need to find a length review for one of the greatest albums ever made? AC hair metal Buckcherry/Motley Crue metal punk zone. Speaks for itself. Label: PATAC Records […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
    My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
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    Stunning collection of works from 1998 to 2008, MY CAT IS AN ALIEN’s first decade of adventure in outer space and modern music. All ultra-rare and long-out-of-print material from space […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Charles Lloyd New Quartet – Passin’ Thru
    Charles Lloyd New Quartet – Passin’ Thru
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    Though the Charles Lloyd New Quartet has been together for a decade, they haven’t recorded as a group since 2011’s Athens Concert, when the saxophonist was still signed to ECM. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Eberhard Weber – The Following Morning
    Eberhard Weber – The Following Morning
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    “In some ways this is a more contemplative work, lingering longer upon the tones of the individual instruments. The title track opens with backwards piano and slides into a pensive […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dave McMurray – Grateful Deadication
    Dave McMurray – Grateful Deadication
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    Dave McMurray made his Blue Note debut in 2018 with Music Is Life, an album that focused largely on his own assertive original tunes. Now, the saxophonist returns with Grateful […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cautious Clay – Karpeh
    Cautious Clay – Karpeh
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    On Cautious Clay’s deeply personal Blue Note debut KARPEH, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer takes an artistic leap forward with an ambitious yet introspective [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Roland Kirk – Introducing Roland Kirk
    Roland Kirk – Introducing Roland Kirk
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    This title is part of GRP’s new Chessmates series, which culls from Chess, Argo, Cadet, Coral, Dot, Decca and associated label analog source materials from the ’50s and ’60s. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jean-Luc Ponty – Civilized Evil
    Jean-Luc Ponty – Civilized Evil
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    All of the titles here make some kind of reference to cosmic issues of good and evil on the planet Earth, but the suggestive wordplay doesn’t make this music much […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple
    Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple
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    With the possible exception of its song, “Footprints,” which would become a jazz standard, Adam’s Apple received quite a bit less attention upon its release than some of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long
    Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long
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    The Bessemer, AL native has his finest hour with this, his first and only album for Stax Records. The title track, co-written by his wife Posie, was his biggest hit […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Nduduzo Makhathini – Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds
    Nduduzo Makhathini – Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds
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    After collaborations with Wynton Marsalis and Shabaka Hutchings, the visionary South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini is set to release his Blue Note debut Modes of Communication: [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Johnathan Blake – Passage
    Johnathan Blake – Passage
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    Passage captures the arc of personal and collective evolution: the passing from one moment to the next, from one phase into another. Johnathan Blake – “Passage” / Johnathan [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant
    Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant
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    Yusef Lateef’s music from the early ’70s commands large doses of both appeal and skepticism. At a time when funk and fusion were merging with the intensely volatile and distrustful [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Olé Coltrane
    John Coltrane – Olé Coltrane
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    The complicated rhythm patterns and diverse sonic textures on Olé Coltrane are evidence that John Coltrane was once again charting his own course. His sheer ability as a maverick — […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane & Don Cherry – The Avant-Garde
    John Coltrane & Don Cherry – The Avant-Garde
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    This album is rightfully co-credited to Don Cherry (trumpet), who ably trades blows with John Coltrane (tenor/soprano sax) throughout. The Avant-Garde also boasts the debut studio recording of [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Steve Kuhn Trio – Live At Birdland
    Steve Kuhn Trio – Live At Birdland
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    Steve Kuhn has been recording professionally for close to five decades, most of which time he’s operated stealthily, rarely achieving the level of recognition he so richly deserves for [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Changes Two
    Charles Mingus – Changes Two
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    Along with its companion volume Changes One, this is one of the great sessions from one of the best working bands of the 1970s. Starting with the spirited “Free Cell […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Duke Ellington – The Feeling Of Jazz
    Duke Ellington – The Feeling Of Jazz
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    This is a nice all-around set by the 1962 Duke Ellington Orchestra. Whether it be the lightweight but fun “Taffy Twist,” “I’m Gonna Go Fishin'” (the theme from [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Brubeck Plays Bernstein
    The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Brubeck Plays Bernstein
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    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
    John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
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    One of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing, that at once compiled all of the innovations from his past, spoke […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz