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  • Drekka – Examinations – 2016 – 2018 CD
    Drekka – Examinations – 2016 – 2018 CD
    $8.00 |

    For over twenty years, Mkl Anderson has curated a vast archive of recorded material for his cinematic ambient industrial soundscapes. Working for as many years under the name Drekka, he […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Sleeping Patterns Of The Discontent
    Drekka – Sleeping Patterns Of The Discontent
    $7.00 |

    «One can be a discontent – that is, an insurgent or a revolutionary – but there is also that more literal, personal meaning of the word which may be in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Beings Of ImberIndus
    Drekka – Beings Of ImberIndus
    $8.00 |

    “Beings of ImberIndus” was commissioned as a hexaphonic sound installation to accompany the “Beings of ImberIndus” solo soft sculpture show by Carrie Weaver; presented at [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – There Is No Silence Left (Drekka Remix)
    Drekka – There Is No Silence Left (Drekka Remix)
    $8.00 |

    “There is no silence left” is a collection of remixes and reworkings by Mkl Anderson of Drekka, released under various monikers between 1996 and 2012. Contains 13 previously [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lacerations
    Lacerations
    $13.00 |

    Six international artists showcased across two compact discs of shredding sound, clattering depths, power electronics violence, and deafening discordance. Though a diverse compilation, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Vasculae – Broken Lust
    Vasculae – Broken Lust
    $12.00 |

    The distant clang and scrape of metals, slow burning atmospherics, and subdued electronics both tonal and textured; less blast and more resignation this time around. Mostly recorded and composed [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Snail Mail – Valentine CD
    Snail Mail – Valentine CD
    $14.00 |

    Valentine was written and produced by Lindsey Jordan and co-produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee). Written in 2019-2020 the album is filled with romance, heartbreak, blood, sweat and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stare Tasmy – Kryzys Czytelnictwa
    Stare Tasmy – Kryzys Czytelnictwa
    $10.00 |

    Debut from this Polish group, whose name means Old Tapes and whose members have an impressive background in punk, improv, experimental and even classical music. They have come together here […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Molly McCann – Das Jahr
    Molly McCann – Das Jahr
    $11.00 |

    The first published recordings of Molly McCann, my older sister, playing Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Das Jahr (“The Year”, 1841); a groundbreaking cycle of 12 thematically interlocked character [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Charlie Morrow – Chanter
    Charlie Morrow – Chanter
    $14.00 |

    To celebrate composer Charlie Morrow’s 80th birthday, Recital presents 80 minutes of voice-based recordings in his new album, Chanter. Curated by Sean McCann, this collection spans over 60+ years [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Mass Marriage – Restless CD
    Mass Marriage – Restless CD
    $11.00 |

    After a series of highly regarded tapes releases New Forces is proud to unleash the much-anticipated debut full-length CD “Restless” by Mass Marriage. Across these five tracks [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Riki – Gold
    Riki – Gold
    $13.00 |

    West coast new romantic icon Riki returns with her 2nd simulacrum of pitch-perfect synth-pop, aptly titled for the precious substance it is: Gold. Inspired by notions of symbolic power, letting [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Advance Base – Live At Home
    Advance Base – Live At Home
    $9.00 |

    The last Advance Base show in front of a live audience was in Portland, Oregon on March 11, 2020, four days into a west coast tour with Claire Cronin & […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • October Prowler – On The Prowl Again
    October Prowler – On The Prowl Again
    $10.00 | ,

    The sequel to last year’s ‘October Prowler’ Pro-duplicated and printed CDr in a Digipack case

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • HNRTR – True To Form
    HNRTR – True To Form
    $5.00 | ,

    Cadre Fall 2021 artwork by Paul van Trigt

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Genophobia – Guilty Pleasures
    Genophobia – Guilty Pleasures
    $5.00 | ,

    Cadre Fall 2021 artwork by Paul van Trigt

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Airway – Live At Zebulon
    Airway – Live At Zebulon
    $9.00 |

    In December 2019, Los Angeles Free Music Society pioneers Airway performed live at Zebulon with a stacked cast of collaborators, unleashing a constantly mutating wave of raucous free improv [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Wasteland Jazz Unit – Mind Obscured
    Wasteland Jazz Unit – Mind Obscured
    $9.00 |

    Wasteland Jazz Unit presents a mind-frying monolith of brain-scrambled haze and searing screech bursting forth from the psychic fog of Cincinnati’s Jon Lorenz (sax, electronics) & John Rich [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ted Byrnes – Tactility CD
    Ted Byrnes – Tactility CD
    $12.00 |

    The first release from our CD imprint, ARKEEN – a 7 track, 30 minute full length from Los Angeles based Ted Byrnes. Percussive abuse and aural assault. Fragmented time creating […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ted Byrnes – Moving My Body Through Space CD
    Ted Byrnes – Moving My Body Through Space CD
    $12.00 |

    Recognized as a skilled and sought after collaborator, Ted Byrnes solo albums cast a wide net that capture Byrnes’ adventurous and omnivorous approach to solo percussion. An alumnus of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Limbs Bin – Burnt White Elephant CD
    Limbs Bin – Burnt White Elephant CD
    $11.00 |

    Toiling tirelessly among the shadows of the crumbling imperial superstructure, beloved noise hero Limbs Bin emerges in 2021 with a new full-length studio album on Damien Records. Burnt White [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cryocene – Exclave
    Cryocene – Exclave
    $10.00 |

    “Exclave” is the debut of NYC-based duo Cryocene, comprised of Stefan Aune (Kjostad) and Matt Boettke (Scant). Over the course of 5 tracks Cryocene weave together an ominous landscape [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • H.C.O.D – Instruments Of Destiny
    H.C.O.D – Instruments Of Destiny
    $12.00 |

    “55 minute journey into severe necrological territory. Eight heavily layered tracks that don’t attempt to repair the heavily damaged skeletal system. Suffocating industrial noise and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher – Stockhausen Syndrome CDr
    Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher – Stockhausen Syndrome CDr
    $10.00 |

    “Composed and edited in Portland and Queens, September – December 2020.” – Flea.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Madalyn Merkey & Julie Moon – Conversation for Room with Piano and Loudspeaker Array CDr
    Madalyn Merkey & Julie Moon – Conversation for Room with Pi…
    $10.00 |

    Julie Moon and I began collaborating in 2014 as a computer music and prepared piano duo. Over the years we have tried to create a sound palette that we can […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Peter Thoegersen – Facebook Cantos CDr
    Peter Thoegersen – Facebook Cantos CDr
    $10.00 |

    Peter Thoegersen’s new CD on Flea004 is a recording of his Microtonal Song Cycle «Facebook: What’s On Your Mind » (2016-2020). Sung with hair-raising power by Lore Lixenberg, this is […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher ‎– The Past, Present And Future Of Experimental Music (Uncut GRM) CDr
    Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher ‎– The Past, Present And Future Of Exp…
    $10.00 |

    A Reader Response Exercise for 10 Participants & GRM Sample Pack. Made for Erick Laska’s Lateral Addition websit.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests ‎– Macle CDr
    S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests ‎– Macle CDr
    $10.00 |

    “Composed by Julius Eastman. Performed by S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests (Petr Kotik, Elisa Faires, Elizabeth Lang, Chandra Shukla) at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Blessed Sacrificst – Loss of Innocence CD
    Blessed Sacrificst – Loss of Innocence CD
    $10.00 |

    Thirteen years of tears, screams, and reflections culminate with the Loss of Innocence, the long anticipated, ultimate release of depressive electronics project Blessed Sacrifist. Written, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Skull Skull – Count To One
    Skull Skull – Count To One
    $9.00 |

    Jagged waves of shrieking shatter from the dueling guitars of Aaron Hemphill and Jarrett Silberman. Excavated from the deep archives of the mid-2000s Los Angeles explosion, Count to One shows [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Knurl – Initial Shock CD/DVD
    Knurl – Initial Shock CD/DVD
    $15.00 | ,

    CD – Reissue of Knurl’s debut 1994 tape “Initial Shock” with 3 bonus tracks, all mastered for CD in 2020. Approximately 1 hour of material. DVD – Footage from 9 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Limbs Bin – Unrelenting Barrage Of FLowers And Amethyst Energy CDr
    Limbs Bin – Unrelenting Barrage Of FLowers And Amethyst Energy C…
    $7.50 |

    Blow the horn and tap the tambourine! For want of live performances in this blighted year, LIMBS BIN has self-released a pro CD-R containing two of 2019’s most ecstatic declarations […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise