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  • Charles Mingus – Mingus At Monterey
    Charles Mingus – Mingus At Monterey
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    Any list of the greatest jazz artists of all time includes the legendary Charles Mingus. Bassist, composer, outspoken jazz pioneer, Mingus was an innovator whose legacy continues to inspire us. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride – Trilogy 3
    Chick Corea, Brian Blade, Christian McBride – Trilogy 3
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    In 2020, Chick Corea—27-time GRAMMY® winner, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, and one of the most iconic figures in jazz—hit the road with his powerhouse trio of Christian […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
    Charles Mingus – Reincarnations
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    Rare Mingus tracks unavailable on vinyl for decades, reassembled as a stand-alone album. The companion album to Incarnations.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Beasley, Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning To Forever
    John Beasley, Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Returning To Forever
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    THE MUSIC OF CHICK COREA’S LEGENDARY GROUP, RETURN TO FOREVER . . . REIMAGINED THE LATEST COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE GRAMMY®- WINNER BEASLEY & THE TWICE-NOMINATED FRANKFURT RADIO BIG BAND [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chick Corea Elektric Band – Beneath The Mask
    Chick Corea Elektric Band – Beneath The Mask
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    Beneath the Mask marks a return to the more commercially viable jazz-funk of the Chick Corea Elektric Band’s earlier albums, and marks the end of the first stage in the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
    Thelonious Monk – The Classic Quartet
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    At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
    Charles Mingus – Presents Charles Mingus
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    In 1960, celebrated jazz critic Nat Hentoff called Charles Mingus to record a number of sessions for the new Candid label. Mingus was given absolute freedom on these sessions, and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ken Vandermark – October Flowers for Joe McPhee
    Ken Vandermark – October Flowers for Joe McPhee
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    “It’s not a stretch to say that saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Vandermark’s path into creative music was paved by Joe McPhee. In particular, McPhee’s landmark 1976 LP [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Extraordinary Popular Delusions – The Last Quintet
    Extraordinary Popular Delusions – The Last Quintet
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    “Two decades ago, an all-star assembly of Chicago improvisers started a new band, drawing its name from an 1841 book by Charles Mackay: Extraordinary Popular Delusions. With weekly gigs at [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Erez Dessel – Pro Fake No Reject
    Erez Dessel – Pro Fake No Reject
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    “Corbett vs. Dempsey presents the release of PRO FAKE NO REJECT by pianist Erez Dessel. This is Dessel’s first solo CD. One of the most astonishing young musicians to emerge […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alice – Châteaux Faibles
    Alice – Châteaux Faibles
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    “Alice is a vocal harmony trio made up of three persons, joined by a cheap synth and limited virtuosity. Together, they craft a kind of future folklore that’s part funny, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
    Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
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    “The valleys and lakes had better watch out, too. The Joos have returned with an unmistakable force that will shake the very foundations we all hold dear. David Berman’s wit […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Major Stars – Return To Form
    Major Stars – Return To Form
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    “On their seventh album, Return to Form, acid rockers Major Stars make a journey back to their fuzzier, more psychedelic roots. Sandra Barrett is still holding down the vocal duties, but [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Major Stars – Mirror/Messenger
    Major Stars – Mirror/Messenger
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    “New school psych freak-outs from the Northeast. Three guitars slice at your ears with knives of all sizes while Sandra Barrett belts out her vocals, drawing the songs tight before […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Joanna Newsom – Divers
    Joanna Newsom – Divers
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    “…further along and down the road apiece from where she took her leave of us, Joanna Newsom plays on. Breathe deep and equalize your today-ears to the new world of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jim White – Inner Day
    Jim White – Inner Day
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    “For his second solo album, master drummer Jim White travels further into expressionist landscapes of private meditation; his vehicle, an evocative duet of keyboards and drums alongside his [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dirty Three – Toward The Low Sun
    Dirty Three – Toward The Low Sun
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    “Sticking us with something that won’t go away, the Dirty Three are back. It’s been awhile, but that just means that the music here is heavy with seven years in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Brothers Sang
    Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – What The Broth…
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    “Another chapter of The Great American Songbook written back in the 1950s — the publisher’s catalogs that fed The Everly Brothers and their brethren and led, at the greatest moment, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Ease Down The Road
    Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Ease Down The Road
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    “The palace halls are rocking with new music! Take heart- our Bonnie “Prince” has lived to sing another day.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bonnie Prince Billy – Beware
    Bonnie Prince Billy – Beware
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    “Hark, the Prince returns! Dark and mysterious, yet occasionally jovial – that’s the man you remember. Here he brings some of the classic country sound mixed with his own honest [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Singer’s Grave A Sea Of Tongues
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Singer’s Grave A Sea Of Tong…
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    “At the locus of five corners, mythos is in the wind; a sea of tongues boils forth, mountains spurting forth from the magma. Bonny sings for who he was and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Master And Everyone
    Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Master And Everyone
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    “Ain’t you wealthy? Ain’t you wise? BPB’s 3rd album.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
    Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
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    Torn Light Records recording artists Fruit Looops lastest EP released via Orange Milk Records. Mental & fried 4 track CD of their stripped down vocal/synth/drum line up of art punk/electronic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Punk / Hardcore, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter – Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter
    Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter – Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter
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    In the summer of 2023 Shredded Nerve and Form Hunter embarked on an east coast tour that culminated at the Initial Shock festival in Montreal. This CD is a reissue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Form Hunter – Dread Harvest
    Form Hunter – Dread Harvest
    $10.00 | ,

    Form Hunter returns with their first full-length album since 2021’s “Violent Adaptation” (Troniks / Helicopter). Dread Harvest refines their signature blend of in-the-red tape [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Debashish Bhattacharya – Legacy
    Debashish Bhattacharya – Legacy
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    Legacy, crafted by the illustrious World Music Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-nominated maestro Debashish Bhattacharya, stands as a resplendent testament to India’s rich musical heritage [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Irreversible Entanglements – Open The Gates
    Irreversible Entanglements – Open The Gates
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    Ethereal, dynamic & expansive free jazz meditations manifest coruscating portals of aqueous regeneration; a collectivist ultra-sonic healing conveyance.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Basinski ‎– The Garden Of Brokenness
    William Basinski ‎– The Garden Of Brokenness
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    “The main loop in this piece is one of the original piano and tape experiments from my early days as a composer. A few of the derivative piano variations have […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • William Basinski ‎– Nocturnes
    William Basinski ‎– Nocturnes
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    1. Nocturnes 41:33 dark, suspended and formal early prepared piano and tape composition from San Francisco period c. 1979-80. 2. The Trail of Tears 28:03 tape loop and delay recording […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Matmos – Metallic Life Review
    Matmos – Metallic Life Review
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    Matmos’ singular compositional approach resembles the creation of sculpture. The incredibly detailed pieces that make up each album are created with carefully selected sounds that adhere to a [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Plunky & Oneness – Made Through Ritual
    Plunky & Oneness – Made Through Ritual
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    Strut present the first international release in over 30 years by legendary Afro-jazz group Oneness Of Juju with their new album Made Through Ritual on 4th July 2025. In 1975, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – 300% Dynamite!
    V/A – 300% Dynamite!
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    Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! series – 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Hamid Al-Saadi – Maqam Al-Iraq
    Hamid Al-Saadi – Maqam Al-Iraq
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    Hamid Al-Saadi (b.1958, Iraq), is the only living singer who has mastered the entire Iraqi Maqam repertoire. Inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Heritage list, the Iraqi Maqam is a repertoire of [...]

  • Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
    Perez Prado – Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
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    “In reissues, this “inspired 16-minute tone poem” has been paired with its monaural predecessor, “Voodoo Suite.” The format is the same, but the success is greater. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
    Ramones – Subterranean Jungle
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    “Tentatively returning toward punk, or at least new wave, the Ramones turned in their most enjoyable record since Rocket to Russia with Subterranean Jungle. Producers Ritchie Cordell and [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
    The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
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    “Although it was not the last album to be issued under the name of The Flesh Eaters, Hard Road to Follow occupies a unique and special place in the band’s […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
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    “A compilation of tracks recorded by Hawkwind between 1977-1982, Acid Daze, Vol. 1 does a solid, if unexceptional, job of summarizing a difficult period for the band. In marked contrast [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
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    Take Me Out To a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? marks a deliberate pivot. The album’s open, introductory chords evoke seem fit to score a scene in a Michael […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Primitive Motion – Lost Frequencies
    Primitive Motion – Lost Frequencies
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    Over the past fifteen years, Primitive Motion, the Meanjin / Brisbane duo of musicians and visual artists Sandra Selig and Leighton Craig, have quietly, consistently, insistently, released a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
    Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
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    Ripped and Torn on June 6. The youthful trio of Asher Case, Isaac Lowenstein, and Kai Slater have been making music together since they were in high school, nearly a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stanley Cowell – Musa • Ancestral Streams
    Stanley Cowell – Musa • Ancestral Streams
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    Featuring stunning solo piano work by Strata-East co-founder Stanley Cowell, Musa: Ancestral Streams is a landmark album in jazz, celebrated for its intimacy and innovation. Recorded in 1974, it [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dr. John – Plays Mac Rebennack
    Dr. John – Plays Mac Rebennack
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    “With this solo piano performance, he romps, he stomps, he lays back, he makes the keys cry and he makes them jump for joy.” – Randy Lewis (Los Angeles Times) […]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Maria Chavez & Sandy Ewen – All The Duos
    Maria Chavez & Sandy Ewen – All The Duos
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    Orb Tapes presents “All The Duos,” a brand new collection of collaborative pieces featuring Maria Chavez and Sandy Ewen. A colossal effort, this double CD release contains over 90 minutes […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Arelseum / Recovery Center – Split
    Arelseum / Recovery Center – Split
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    ARELSEUM: all sound by Ryan Lipynsky and Colin Marston RECOVERY CENTER: Synthesizers and feedback by Pow Martinez and Chester Masangya Vocals on “Qlippoth” and “KA RA YA SA TA [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kevin Sims – Yarrow Canon
    Kevin Sims – Yarrow Canon
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    “People misrecite the best portion of what they memorize, memorize the best portion of what they write, and write the best portion of what they hear. So if you acquire […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Television Personalities – Some Kind Of Happening (Singles 1978-1989)
    Television Personalities – Some Kind Of Happening (Singles 1978-1989)
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    Television Personalities – Some Kind of Happening: Singles 1978-1989. “Treacy is the outsider’s outsider, committed to a raw honesty, constantly bearing witness to his own suffering, his [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Rocket From The Tombs – Black Record
    Rocket From The Tombs – Black Record
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    Rocket From The Tombs is back. ‘Black Record’ delivers eight new tracks, as well as definitive recordings of Rocket classics ‘Sonic Reducer’ and ‘Read It And Weep’ and a cover […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk, Punk / Hardcore
  • Tarotplane – Between Soil And Sky
    Tarotplane – Between Soil And Sky
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    Between Soil and Sky is the 2024 CD release by devoted experimentalist, PJ Dorsey (Tarotplane), and his second release with Noir Age. A curated embodiment of an amphibious reality — […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Orplid ‎– Geheiligt Sei Der Toten Name
    Orplid ‎– Geheiligt Sei Der Toten Name
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    Ambient neo-folk Label: Eis Und Licht – rex regum 240399 Format: CD, EP, Reissue, 2nd Edition Country: Germany Released:1999 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Intrinsic Action ‎– Peepland: The Complete Singles
    Intrinsic Action ‎– Peepland: The Complete Singles
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    “Compiles all of the official and authorized vinyl releases by Intrinsic Action.” Label: BloodLust! – B!052 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2006 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics