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  • Finished Basements – Varnish
    Finished Basements – Varnish
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    *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 […]

  • The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
    The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
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    “There is no such thing as intellectual property.” Jean-Luc Godard Take a ride on the back of DJ WW4’s vespa and hold on tight…

  • Hawkwind – Live 1972
    Hawkwind – Live 1972
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Recorded live by the BBC on 28th September 1972 at the famed Paris Theatre in London, this is the classic Space Ritual-era Hawkwind, featuring […]

  • 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.

  • Les Rallizes Denudes – 1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
    Les Rallizes Denudes – 1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Psychotic works of L-R-D from 80 & 81. Noise bliss and sad feedback. Pivoting into a more rich toned psychosis of sound, these sessions […]

  • Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits
    Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. This work is a masterpiece compilation released from Ethiopia’s in 1972 on the eve of the release of Mulatu Astatke’s masterpiece [...]

  • King Tubby – At The Grass Roots Of Dub
    King Tubby – At The Grass Roots Of Dub
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Seminal dub album produced by Winston Edwards.  In 1974 Edwards left Jamaica to reside in the UK and through his strong connections with such […]

  • Bunny Lee & King Tubby Present The Aggravators – Brass Rockers
    Bunny Lee & King Tubby Present The Aggravators – Brass Rockers
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. King Tubby and producer Bunny ‘striker’ Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that made a [...]

  • Kenji Kawai – Ghost In The Shell OST
    Kenji Kawai – Ghost In The Shell OST
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Composed by Kenji Kawai for the original 1995 film. In 2029, with the advancement of cybernetic technology, the human body can be augmented or […]

  • DJ Paul & Juicy J (Three Six Mafia) – Vol. 2 Da Exorcist
    DJ Paul & Juicy J (Three Six Mafia) – Vol. 2 Da Exorcist
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    A certified classic from the days of pirating music online. We had CDrs of so many DJ Paul tapes. They floated around heavily in CD binders, being traded until you […]

  • The Velvet Underground – 1966
    The Velvet Underground – 1966
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    Incredibly rich and raw recordings from VU in 1966. Blown out and dragged down. Side A features a Reed-less band with Angus Maclise still in the fold. Side B takes […]

  • Chants Révolutionnaires D’Oman – Oman Protest Music
    Chants Révolutionnaires D’Oman – Oman Protest Music
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    Compilation of revolutionary Omani songs from the time of the Marxist-Leninist Dhofar Liberation Front seeking to overthrow the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Establish an independent state in [...]

  • Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
    Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
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    Nowhere is the richness of Balinese art more evident than in the glitteringly brilliant music and dance of gamelan gong kebjar, which uses a 25-piece orchestra of xylophone-like bronze-keyed [...]

  • Future Bound Sound – Lowest End Theory – Radio Topo #13
    Future Bound Sound – Lowest End Theory – Radio Topo #13
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    LIVE ALL VINYL from 2/23/2013 – FUTURE/BOUND/SOUND C60

  • I Want To Die. I Want To Live. – An Acid Mixtape – Radio Topo #19
    I Want To Die. I Want To Live. – An Acid Mixtape – Radio Topo #19
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    Deep in the bad places in your mind, you have to fight to get out. C50 of acid bummers.

  • God’s Own Country : A NZ Mixtape – Radio Topo #16
    God’s Own Country : A NZ Mixtape – Radio Topo #16
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    What our staff has to say: “Very cool mix from Brian McCabe (Sorry Eric) of the highlights from New Zealand’s indie rock history. A great primer for the uninitiated or […]

  • I’m So Hip To Pain – Radio Topo #17
    I’m So Hip To Pain – Radio Topo #17
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    Feel It Records Boss Sam Richardson brings the heat with a mix deep from his collection. Psych, soul & power pop gems. Track Listing Included. C50

  • Don’t Talk To Me About New York – Radio Topo #18
    Don’t Talk To Me About New York – Radio Topo #18
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    Justin Wiese, our film guru, is here to lay knowledge on the under appreciated jams of our lord, Lou Reed. Mistrial haters – fuck off!! Track Listing Included C60

  • An Adventure In Demonology CS Radio Topo #11
    An Adventure In Demonology CS Radio Topo #11
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    What our staff has to say: “c-60 mix tape that sets the mood for a cold fall day. Filled with samples from classic horror movies and background themes from survival […]

  • Here Comes Your Midnight Man – A Folk Mixtape – Radio Topo #5
    Here Comes Your Midnight Man – A Folk Mixtape – Radio Topo #5
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    Recycled C60 CS Folk mixtape curated by Alex York (Torn Light/Fantastique) & John Rich (Wasteland Jazz Unit / No Response) C60 (minus a few min’s) of downer folk. Dreary and […]

  • Transmissions From Abroad – Soviet Wave 1986 – 1990 –  Radio Topo #2
    Transmissions From Abroad – Soviet Wave 1986 – 1990 – Radio Topo #2
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    What our staff has to say: “Soviet Wave Tape. 35 Min mixtape of dark and synth wave tracks virtually unheard and kept behind the Iron Curtain until this amazing curation […]

  • Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
    Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
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    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 […]

  • Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
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    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 [...]

  • Transmissions From Abroad – The Italian Connection / Italo 77-90 – Radio Topo #9
    Transmissions From Abroad – The Italian Connection / Italo 77-90 – Radio Topo #9
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    Radio Topo #9 Recycled C60 of Italo Disco / High NRG bangers from the 80’s All Vinyl Mix by DJ WW4  

  • Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
    Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
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    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 […]

  • Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
    Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
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    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 […]

  • Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
    Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
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    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 […]

  • Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    $10.00 | Ships on/around Aug 23, 2024 Add to cart

    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 […]

  • Rolex – Promo 2022
    Rolex – Promo 2022
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    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 […]

  • Spllit – Infinite Hatch
    Spllit – Infinite Hatch
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    Cut from a magnetic, jagged edge of the Louisiana underground, Spllit open up an entirely new can of worms on ‘Infinite Hatch’. A dozen new originals, mined from the minds […]

  • Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
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    First solo project from S.T. McCrary who longtime wrote and played for Baton Rouge punk band the Melters. A true lo-fi masterwork, Tight Ass Goku Pictures is a compilation of […]

  • The Threat – Live In Limerick (1981)
    The Threat – Live In Limerick (1981)
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    Legendary Dublin punk band formed in November 1978 by Maurice Foley (guitar/vocals), which had a number of iterations before disbanding in 1981. The Threat built up a following in Dublin […]

  • Sofia Carbonara – On Names
    Sofia Carbonara – On Names
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    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 […]

  • Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
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    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 […]

  • Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
    Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
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    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. […]

  • Les Rallizes Denudes – Heavier Than A Death In The Family
    Les Rallizes Denudes – Heavier Than A Death In The Family
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    What our staff has to say: “Absolutely essential.” – Cleo Japanese psychedelic noise rock act Les Rallizes Denudes never made an official studio recording; their entire [...]

  • The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival – Boxset & Book
    The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival – Boxset & Book
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    What our staff has to say: “Almost 5 hours of recordings from the 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival on 4 cassettes and including a lovely 240 page book documenting […]

  • Mattxibarra – Absolute Misery
    Mattxibarra – Absolute Misery
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    It should come as no surprise that ‘deep listening,’ a practice attributed to the late Pauline Oliveros, gestated into a form of ‘music,’ often labelled ‘as ambient, ethereal, [...]

  • Why Bother? – There Are Such Things CS
    Why Bother? – There Are Such Things CS
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    Undeniably one of the most prolific punk bands of the moment, Iowa’s WHY BOTHER? are back mere weeks after their debut LP with an eleven song cassette! Just in time […]

  • Drone – A Perfect Blind
    Drone – A Perfect Blind
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    The 2nd in our 3 drøne reissues, released on cassette for the first time, in anticipation of new material from the band late ’19, early ’20 a perfect blind was […]

  • Spoils – Find Later CS
    Spoils – Find Later CS
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    What our staff has to say: “Spoils are my favorite band in Ohio. Rock for life.” – Kobe “Ohio style baby you know what we mean haha” Upon first listen […]

  • Various Artists – Slowscan 52 – Drag Marks (10 CS boxset)
    Various Artists – Slowscan 52 – Drag Marks (10 CS boxset)
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    In (heavy and over-sized) wooden box of 40 handnumbered copies. Includes one handnumbered insert. 10 audiotqps with interviews/statements, experimental and electronic music by William Burroughs, [...]

  • Alex Cunningham – Armor
    Alex Cunningham – Armor
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    Six tracks of solo acoustic violin improvisation, recorded at home in October 2020. Alex Cunningham – violin, objects, artwork

  • Alie – Whole
    Alie – Whole
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    𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 For 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒, Berlin-based Alie illustrates a selection from the Ashtavakra Gita with a sprawling excursion of […]

  • Geklaper – Penitent Judge
    Geklaper – Penitent Judge
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    A rich, introspective journey towards the deep zone of repentance. The newest effort by Russian artist Geklaper is a broken, tape flutter-stained affair, retaining some moments of hopefulness but [...]

  • Doris Dana – Sentimental Atmospheres
    Doris Dana – Sentimental Atmospheres
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    Thought forms arranged on a timeline swept along by the dusty cacophony of emotional debris. Radiating vibrations trapped in memory vessels, existing in our constantly rotating loop of life. [...]

  • Tarkamt – 1100dB
    Tarkamt – 1100dB
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    Tarkamt, the solo project of Egyptian artist Cherif El-Masri (The Invisible Hands), unfolds its second release 1100 dB. A deluge of mass psychotropic soundscapes, churning crude spurts of coarse [...]

  • pnl(a) – Compulsion Fabric
    pnl(a) – Compulsion Fabric
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    The first cassette release by pnl(a), a project conceived by Brandon Auger (Halifax, NS) in 1995 and now highly active after some torpid years. Compulsion Fabric droops sentimental tones tangled [...]

  • Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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    Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We’ve Been Going About This All […]

  • Marv – Basse Danse CS
    Marv – Basse Danse CS
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    What our staff has to say: “Magical little tape here, hits on all cylinders. Label hails from Boone NC, artists from Durham NC. Places both family and friends are located […]

  • Fourth Wife – Head Fell Between Two Horses CS
    Fourth Wife – Head Fell Between Two Horses CS
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    Fourth Wife is the long-running project of Cincinnati’s Michael Latella. His latest full-length is Head Fell Between Two Horses, and as in his previous work, Latella stretches, splits, and [...]

  • Riley – Drowned
    Riley – Drowned
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    “Drowned” is a collection of spectral, downtempo jungle reverberations from NYC-based artist Riley, who East Coast underground types may also know from the intense tape-machine and [...]

  • Chris Fratesi – Stunad
    Chris Fratesi – Stunad
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    “The immense detail and expression of the slow decay of ‘symmetry’ displayed via two examples of exhaustive long form audio patterning.  Both tapes achieve ‘non composition’ via subtle yet [...]

  • Drekka – Grieve
    Drekka – Grieve
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    Drekka’s debut full-length, “Grieve”, was release on August 24th, 1996. This was the day of my friend Phil Perry’s funeral and the first copy was buried with him. Phil was [...]

  • Indiegubben – Morka Moln
    Indiegubben – Morka Moln
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    He doesn’t tell me too much about how he makes the music, it just happens. Wise decision making from a seasoned listener and (only recent) sound creator. Magnus Jensen is […]

  • Night Foundation – Reflection
    Night Foundation – Reflection
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    Reflection first began as a series of three recordings I made for my close friend and colleague, the performance artist Ana Mendez. The purpose of the music was to accompany […]

  • Shredded Nerve – Bleeding From The Head
    Shredded Nerve – Bleeding From The Head
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    mt114cs released July 31, 2017 2016-2017 Linden St., Brooklyn NY

  • Signal Decay – Derelict (Pump Song) CS
    Signal Decay – Derelict (Pump Song) CS
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    Label Description: Signal Decay – Derelict (Pump Song) Here: Cassette plus 1 Digi Track (Excerpt) Industrial Coast Big Cartel: Cassette Only An ill-at-ease musing on home and place. [...]

  • John O’Neill – Cine/Hollywood Tow
    John O’Neill – Cine/Hollywood Tow
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    After years of receiving many of his excellent recordings in my inbox, I’m excited to finally be involved in the materialization of the first proper release by Los Angeles-based artist […]