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  • Black Fire! New Spirits: Images Of A Revolution
    Black Fire! New Spirits: Images Of A Revolution
    $30.00 | , ,

    At the start of the 1960s, jazz entered a unique period of revolution as African-American musicians redefined the art form in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, Afro-centric rhythm […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Geoff Dyer – The Ongoing Moment
    Geoff Dyer – The Ongoing Moment
    $10.00 | , ,

    Great photographs change the way we see the world; The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both. Focusing on the ways in which canonical figures like Alfred Stieglitz, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Terrorists* ‎– Justice / Riis Park
    The Terrorists* ‎– Justice / Riis Park
    $9.00 | , ,

    Ska-punk, in the vein of Specials, Clash, etc. Label: Max’s Kansas City Records – MKC-1002 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some creasing and small tear

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Robert Irwin: All The Rules Will Change
    Robert Irwin: All The Rules Will Change
    $50.00 | , ,

    Robert Irwin, one of the most influential postwar American artists and a pioneering figure of California Light and Space Art, is the subject of this book that traces his development […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Values Of Design
    Values Of Design
    $25.00 | , ,

    Dual-language (Chinese/English) investigation into the design of every-day objects. Lavishly illustrated. Design Society/Victoria & Albert, 2017 Softcover Edition. Dent to upper left corner [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964-1977 (scarce)
    Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964-1977 (scarce)
    $80.00 | , ,

    Photography played a critical role in conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s, as artists turned to photography as both medium and subject matter. Light Years offers the first major […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Roni Horn: Going North Boxset (scarce)
    Roni Horn: Going North Boxset (scarce)
    $100.00 | , ,

    Developed in collaboration with the artist, this two-volume monograph is a comprehensive survey of Roni Horn’s art. A leading figure in contemporary art, Roni Horn addresses wide ranging issues [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Sly & Robbie ‎– The Sixties, Seventies + Eighties = Taxi
    Sly & Robbie ‎– The Sixties, Seventies + Eighties = Taxi
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Taxi is Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare’s own label and production company, and this 1981 collection is something of a statement of purpose for the pair. The mathematical title is [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Iris Chacón ‎– Iris Chacón
    Iris Chacón ‎– Iris Chacón
    $28.00 | , ,

    Groovy Latin funk from the Puerto Rican icon, Iris Chacón Label: Borinquen – AAD-1315 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Puerto Rico Released: 1977 VG/VG. Noticeable light marks. Sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Latin, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Augustus Muller ‎– Machine Learning Experiments (Blue Vinyl)
    Augustus Muller ‎– Machine Learning Experiments (Blue Vinyl)
    $26.00 | , ,

    “Augustus Muller (Gus from Boy Harsher), releases two original scores through own label Nude Club records. The films, ‘Orgone Theory’ and ‘Hydra’, are Muller’s first [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music, Synthwave / Electronic
  • Organizatsiya ‎– À L’Ombre Des Roches
    Organizatsiya ‎– À L’Ombre Des Roches
    $15.00 | , ,

    “An extraordinary twilight world opens while listening to Organizatisya. Adventurous yet humble, they push the limits towards the unknown. One thing’s for sure, it’s fresher than the [...]

    GENRE: Synthwave / Electronic
  • Kim Fowley ‎– I’m Bad
    Kim Fowley ‎– I’m Bad
    $25.00 | , ,

    “One of rock & roll’s great eccentrics, Kim Fowley has had a long and often successful career as a producer, songwriter, and talent scout (anyone who fronted the Hollywood [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cienfuegos ‎– Autogolpe
    Cienfuegos ‎– Autogolpe
    $12.00 | , ,

    Beyond crushing sounds from Alex Suárez Label: L.I.E.S. Records – LIES108 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2018 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Elliott Sharp ‎– Ism
    Elliott Sharp ‎– Ism
    $20.00 | , ,

    “I/S/M is a very early release of Elliott Sharp’s and one of his best, the recording that defined to a great extent the persona and direction he would pursue for […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score)
    Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi (Original Motion Picture Score)
    $12.00 | , ,

    The ground-breaking soundtrack to the film of the same name. Label: Orange Mountain Music – OMM0058 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • George Harrison ‎– Electronic Sound
    George Harrison ‎– Electronic Sound
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Hard as it is to believe, George Harrison, guitar picker, was also an electronic music pioneer, as these two lengthy, abstract tone poems for early-vintage Moog synthesizer reveal. A naif [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rhys Chatham ‎– Three Aspects Of The Name
    Rhys Chatham ‎– Three Aspects Of The Name
    $15.00 | , ,

    “In “Three Aspects Of The Name” I return to my hard-core roots as a minimalist. The musical vocabulary is essentially the same as that of my earlier composition, “Guitar [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Central ‎– Softness
    Central ‎– Softness
    $28.00 | , ,

    A double 12″ of pulsating house energy. Label: Help Recordings – HELP019 Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Album Country: Denmark Released: 2022 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Codeine ‎– What About The Lonely? (Red Vinyl)
    Codeine ‎– What About The Lonely? (Red Vinyl)
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Following on the somnambulant heels of When I See The Sun, our massive, near-complete Codeine overview, comes What About The Lonely?, an eight-track LP recorded at the group’s live zenith. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pink Floyd ‎– Atom Heart Mother
    Pink Floyd ‎– Atom Heart Mother
    $42.00 | , ,

    “Appearing after the sprawling, unfocused double-album set Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother may boast more focus, even a concept, yet that doesn’t mean it’s more accessible. If [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • John Lennon And Yoko Ono* ‎– Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins
    John Lennon And Yoko Ono* ‎– Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins
    $45.00 | , ,

    Conceptual/art-music melding of minds between two lynchpins of the 60’s. Label: Apple Records – T-5001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ogives ‎– La Mémoire Des Orages
    Ogives ‎– La Mémoire Des Orages
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Chamber music, loud riffs, pure choirs, electronic textures, This first album from OGIVES, “La mémoiredes orages” (The Memory of Storms) is a myriad of contrasts. The double LP [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Perreault ‎– S/T LP
    John Perreault ‎– S/T LP
    $20.00 | , ,

    “Ultra limited LP release, comes with 6 pages booklet, featuring two tape works pieces by conceptual artist John Perreault (b. 1937). The first work, “A Recorded Message,” features a tape [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Baptista Siqueira – Nordeste Jandaia
    Baptista Siqueira – Nordeste Jandaia
    $18.00 | , ,

    Works by the Brazilian composer, Baptista Siqueira Label: Uirapuru – c14 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: Brazil Released: VG+/VG. Creasing to sleeve

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Shit And Shine ‎– Some People Really Know How To Live
    Shit And Shine ‎– Some People Really Know How To Live
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Shit & Shine’s sidestep from percussion led bunny rabbit rock ensemble performance based glee to ultimate heavy fools of the sticky dancefloor remains one of the more inspiring turn [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Country Club ‎– Collection 2009​-​2020
    Country Club ‎– Collection 2009​-​2020
    $60.00 | , ,

    Contains both Country Club albums and the EP Brothers. Label: Breathing Problem Productions – BPP-151 Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Remastered Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • UFO ‎– Live In Japan
    UFO ‎– Live In Japan
    $18.00 | , ,

    “It’s been speculated that this album, taped in front of an enthusiastic Tokyo audience in the early ’70s, was recorded without UFO’s knowledge. When it was issued, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Metal, Rock / Pop
  • Kate NV ‎– WOW (Screen-Printed Jacket)
    Kate NV ‎– WOW (Screen-Printed Jacket)
    $50.00 | , ,

    “Kate NV’s WOW offers listeners a prismatic shift in perspective and scale, a parallel dimension in which the mundane becomes funny, unfamiliar, and altogether sensational. Turning the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Philippe Boesmans ‎– Intervalles II / Sur Mi / Fanfare I
    Philippe Boesmans ‎– Intervalles II / Sur Mi / Fanfare I
    $25.00 | , ,

    Works for electric organ and multiple pianos by the Belgian composer. Label: Musica Magna – MAG 50 010 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Belgium Released: VG+/VG+. Sleeve has some […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gruppen / Carré
    Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gruppen / Carré
    $15.00 | , ,

    “The first piece on this CD originates in a commission that Stockhausen received from the WDR, but nobody – perhaps not even Stockhausen – could foresee the kind of music […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – First Belgian Punk Contest – March 1978 Volume 2
    V/A – First Belgian Punk Contest – March 1978 Volume 2
    $16.00 | , ,

    Split comp between The Razors & Modern World. Live and hard Belgian punk! Label: Gnome Records – 00001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Unofficial Release Country: Belgium Released: 2000 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Radio Active
    V/A – Radio Active
    $16.00 | , ,

    Compilation of various tracks from Fallout Records. Features The Adicts, UK Subs, Urban Dogs & more. Label: Fallout Records – FALL LP 040 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Charles Ives / Alan Hovhaness, The Walden String Quartet, Maro Ajemian ‎– 2nd String Quartet / “Lousadzak” Concerto No. 1 For Piano & String Orchestra
    Charles Ives / Alan Hovhaness, The Walden String Quartet, Maro Ajemian…
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Charles Ives is one of the most important American classical composers of international distinction, but it wasn’t always so: he was frustrated by indifferent audiences and ambivalent [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Normal Brain ‎– Lady Maid
    Normal Brain ‎– Lady Maid
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Originally released in 1981 as a limited vinyl pressing of 300 copies on Agi Yuzuru’s fabled experimental label Vanity Records (R.N.A. Organism, Dada, Sympathy Nervous, Tolerance…), Lady [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Jordan Cho-Tung Tang / Carla Scaletti / Michael Mauldin / John Donald Robb* – Piece / Motet / Three New Mexico Landscapes / Toccata
    Jordan Cho-Tung Tang / Carla Scaletti / Michael Mauldin / John Donald …
    $20.00 | , ,

    ““Piece” for cello and harp. “Motet” for mezzo-soprano, narrator, bass clarinet and harp. “Three New Mexico Landscapes” for piano and clarinet. “Toccata” for electronically derived [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rhys Chatham – Reve Parisien
    Rhys Chatham – Reve Parisien
    $15.00 | , ,

    “”RÊVE PARISIEN” features four new Rhys Chatham compositions that were performed live at Kassay’s exhibition at Art: Concept in Paris in 2010, and loosely functions as an audio [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Arne Nordheim ‎– The Tempest (Suite From The Ballet)
    Arne Nordheim ‎– The Tempest (Suite From The Ballet)
    $17.00 | , ,

    Electronically-augmented score for Nordheim’s Tempest ballet Label: Philips – 9598 043 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Norway Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light discoloration/wear

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Witold Lutosławski / Krysztof Penderecki / Toshiro Mayuzumi / Lasalle Quartet ‎– String Quartet / Quartetto Per Archi / Prelude For String Quartet
    Witold Lutosławski / Krysztof Penderecki / Toshiro Mayuzumi / Lasalle …
    $18.00 | , ,

    Part of Deutsche Grammophon’s avantgarde series. Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 137 001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1968 VG+/VG. jacket has small radio station [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Henze – Voices
    Henze – Voices
    $14.00 | , ,

    “One of the London Sinfonietta’s landmark commissions of the past fifty years, Henze’s Voices is a collection of 22 folk songs from all over the world, spanning the soundworld of […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Pingoud*, Klami* – The Klemetti Institute Youth Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen ‎– Pingoud / Klami
    Pingoud*, Klami* – The Klemetti Institute Youth Symphony Orchest…
    $18.00 | , ,

    Works specifically composed for the Finnish youth orchestra. Label: Ondine – ODE 705 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Finland Released: 1986 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some creasing/wear

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Péter Eötvös ‎– Cricket Music – Sequences Of The Wind
    Péter Eötvös ‎– Cricket Music – Sequences Of The Wind
    $15.00 | , ,

    Hungarian electroaccoustic music. Label: Hungaroton – SLPX 12602 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Hungary Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A– XKatedral Anthology Series I (An Anthology Of Slowly Evolving Timbral Music)
    V/A– XKatedral Anthology Series I (An Anthology Of Slowly Evolving Tim…
    $65.00 | , ,

    “XKatedral Anthology I is the first in a series of archival releases dedicated to presenting music by XKatedral affiliated composers working within the realm of slowly evolving harmonic and [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Joyce Johnson – Minor Characters
    Joyce Johnson – Minor Characters
    $10.00 | , ,

    In 1954, Joyce Johnson’s Barnard professor told his class that most women could never have the kinds of experiences that would be worth writing about.  Attitudes like that were not […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
    Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Icelandic artist and musician Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson is known for his work with Stilluppsteypa, numerous solo albums and collaborations with other artists, such as Swedish composer BJ [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
    Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
    $75.00 | , ,

    “One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark seemed to arrive fully formed on his supremely swinging debut album Dial “S” for Sonny recorded […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Eleh / Tara Jane O’Neil ‎– Circle Four: 100 Gongs For Arieto / Medusa Smack (Gold Vinyl)
    Eleh / Tara Jane O’Neil ‎– Circle Four: 100 Gongs For Arieto / M…
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Sound sculptures and gongs by Harry Bertoia unite both sides of the album. O’Neil’s Medusa Smack was commissioned by Venessa Renwick for her video installation of the same name, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kreidler ‎– Den
    Kreidler ‎– Den
    $18.00 | , ,

    “It could be said that Tank (BB 070CD/LP), Kreidler’s critically-acclaimed previous album — is a drum album. Not in the sense of the brute force of a Ginger Baker or […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cheyney Thompson: Passages
    Cheyney Thompson: Passages
    $18.00 | , ,

    One of the first book-length publications on contemporary artist Cheyney Thompson, whose work is known for its radically forward-looking intellectualism and formal rigor. Cheyney Thompson’s (b. [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Leaning On The Moment: Interviews From Parabola
    Leaning On The Moment: Interviews From Parabola
    $9.00 | , ,

    Featuring interviews with Mircea Eliade, Joseph Campbell & others. Parabola Books, 1986 Hardcover Edition. Some staining to upper edge of pages. Some scuffing/discoloration to dustjacket

  • V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Exact reproduction LP of a Swedish release from 1970. A bit of confusion surrounds this release: The album has been credited to Träd, Gräs och Stenar, but they aren’t featured […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise