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  • Broken Bones ‎– Bonecrusher
    Broken Bones ‎– Bonecrusher
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    “Side one is the better recorded of the sides, with a mighty driving bass clearing all obstacles, leading the way for non-stop metalish thrash. Lyrics remain in the doom-and-gloom mold, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Detox ‎– Detox
    Detox ‎– Detox
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    “Sounds like a less thrashy and slightly more serious VANDALS. There’s lots of catchy punk songs with lots of humor or satire, plenty of melody, tight playing, and even tinges […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Cro-Mags – Best Wishes (promo)
    Cro-Mags – Best Wishes (promo)
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    Crossover classick – Cro-Mags 2nd album of Hindu Thrash… Label: Profile Records ‎– PRO-1274-DJ Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 26 Apr 1989 VG+/VG Light marks. [...]

    GENRE: Metal, Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – They Don’t Get Paid, They Don’t Get Laid, But Boy Do They Work Hard! (A D.I.Y. Compilation)
    V/A – They Don’t Get Paid, They Don’t Get Laid, But Boy Do They Work Hard! (A D.I.Y. Compilation)
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    1989 MRR comp featuring The Detonators, Amenity, Christ On A Crutch, Nausea, Apocalypse, Conspiracy of Equals & MORE. Label: Maximumrocknroll ‎– MRR No. 4 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Würm – Feast
    Würm – Feast
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    “Würm prefigured Chuck Dukowski’s tenure in Black Flag; he reformed the group temporarily in 1982 and cut a belated LP which SST issued a few years later. Feast features the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
    Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
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    “Alice Coltrane’s landmark Journey to Satchidananda reveals just how far the pianist and widow of John Coltrane had come in the three years after his death. The compositions here are [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • CTI – Electronic Ambient Remixes One
    CTI – Electronic Ambient Remixes One
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    “Dark ambient remixes, radical reworkings and reinventions of the 1980 Chris Carter album ‘The Space Between’.” Label: Conspiracy International – CTIEAR1 Format: CD, Album [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cabaret Voltaire – The Original Sound Of Sheffield ’78 / ’82. Best Of;
    Cabaret Voltaire – The Original Sound Of Sheffield ’78 / ’82. Best Of;
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    “Electronic music has come a long way since Cabaret Voltaire began mixing it up with machines in order to evade boredom. As primitive as Watson, Kirk, and Mallinder’s early material [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • 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
  • The Flying Luttenbachers ‎– Destroy All Music Revisited
    The Flying Luttenbachers ‎– Destroy All Music Revisited
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    “SKiN GRAFT Records proudly presents “DxAxMx Revisited”, a fully remastered, extended edition of The Flying Luttenbachers’ landmark 1995 album, “Destroy All [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe
    Swell Maps – Jane From Occupied Europe
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    Noisy and experimental, Britain’s Swell Maps experienced little commercial success during the course of their chaotic career, but in hindsight they stand as one of the pivotal acts of the […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, Oren Ambarchi – Imikuzushi
    Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, Oren Ambarchi – Imikuzushi
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    “The yearly summit of Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke and Oren Ambarchi continues with Imikuzushi, which finds the group extending the power-trio strategies of last year’s highly praised In a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Glenn Branca – The Third Ascension
    Glenn Branca – The Third Ascension
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    “This is a return to the 4-guitar, bass and drums format of his legendary 1981 release The Ascension as well as 2010’s The Ascension: The Sequel. The recording is a […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Marion Brown – Three For Shepp
    Marion Brown – Three For Shepp
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    “In 1966, when Marion Brown was ready to make his first record as a leader, he was standing on the shoulders of giants. Formative associations with Ornette Coleman and Sun […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • The Shaggs – “Shaggs’ Own Thing”
    The Shaggs – “Shaggs’ Own Thing”
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    “When The Shaggs’ Philosophy Of The World came out in 1969, some people couldn’t or wouldn’t understand it. But many musicians, including Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain, cited the Shaggs […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Joshua Massad, Dylan Aycock – 4 Improvisations
    Joshua Massad, Dylan Aycock – 4 Improvisations
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    These four improvisations were recorded in 2016 in my living room with my longtime friend Joshua Massad. Josh is an indian classical musician living between Tulsa and India, studying tabla […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Hindustani
  • 2814 – Lost Fragments
    2814 – Lost Fragments
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    “One of the defining electronic music acts of the 2010s, HKE and Telepath cap off their collaborative work as 2814 in this decade with a 10-track release of rare and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Patrick Shiroishi – I Shouldn’t Have To Worry When My Parents Go Outside
    Patrick Shiroishi – I Shouldn’t Have To Worry When My Parents Go Outside
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    “Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. Patrick has been involved in a bewildering array of musical projects in the last decade, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Perfect Angels – Exit from the Ultra-World
    Perfect Angels – Exit from the Ultra-World
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    “For those a bit more familiar with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips, you’re sure to know that he belongs in that exciting and always refreshing field you can loosely call [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Taiwan Housing Project – Moments Are The Elements Of Profit
    Taiwan Housing Project – Moments Are The Elements Of Profit
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    Limited edition of 30 copies Label: Half A Million – HM-001 Format: Cassette, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Maim / Pedestrian Deposit – Maim / Pedestrian Deposit
    Maim / Pedestrian Deposit – Maim / Pedestrian Deposit
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    Edition of 100 copies. Label: Iatrogenesis – IR033 Format: Cassette, C10 Country: US Released: 2006 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Charlie Megira – Da Abtomatic Miesterzinger Mambo Chic
    Charlie Megira – Da Abtomatic Miesterzinger Mambo Chic
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    “On his 2000 debut, Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic, Megira channels the optimism of post-war America, narcoleptic surf, and the Twin Peaks soundtrack into a lo-fi masterpiece all his [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Aaron Dilloway – Beggar Master
    Aaron Dilloway – Beggar Master
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    Recorded in Kirtipur, Nepal, March 2005. Originally released on LP limited to 300 copies. Tape manipulations, feedback, crude field recordings, & Nepali dirt. “Side ‘Beggar [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • SAINT PEPSI – Studio 54
    SAINT PEPSI – Studio 54
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    Tape edition of 2013 album by Saint Pepsi. Label: My Pet Flamingo – MPF068 Format: Cassette, Album, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Cops – Demo
    Cops – Demo
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    Same tracks repeat on both sides. Label: Scavenger Of Death – SOD 05 Format: Cassette, EP Country: US Released: 2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Aaron Dilloway – After The Showers
    Aaron Dilloway – After The Showers
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    Remixes and unreleased versions of tracks from the Aaron Dilloway – Modern Jester 2xLP. Label: Hanson Records – HN253 Format: Cassette, C90 Country: US Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Twig Harper* – Classical Electronics
    Twig Harper* – Classical Electronics
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    “The new cassette from Baltimore’s Twig Harper actively evades an easy explanation. Filled with punctuations of madness bookended by moments of sparse calm. At times it can sound like a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Arp – Inversions
    Arp – Inversions
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    “It’s been described as an Eno-like transformation more than once before, but the comparison seems more fitting than ever in light of this magnificent tape of long form, no pussyfooting, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Omni Gardens – Moss King
    Omni Gardens – Moss King
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    “Omni Gardens is the experimental ambient/new age project by Moon Glyph head Steve Rosborough. Recorded at home in Portland during the early days of covid, “Moss King” is [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Yara Asmar – Synth Waltzes & Accordion Laments
    Yara Asmar – Synth Waltzes & Accordion Laments
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    “October felt like the appropriate time for Yara Asmar to unveil her intimate new album “synth waltzes & accordion laments” – a captivating new collection of home [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Lori E Allen – Tears Of The Material Vulture
    Lori E Allen – Tears Of The Material Vulture
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    “Lori E Allen is an unemployed prehistoric archaeologist from middle America, b. 1975, now living and working between London and Berlin as an experimental composer and video artist. In the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tolchock – After Fog Open
    Tolchock – After Fog Open
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    Droned out Japanese Psych Label: Sky Lantern Records – SLR106 Format: Cassette, Album Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Six Six – Six Six
    Six Six – Six Six
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    “Six Six is the Washington, DC duo of Anthony Pirog (The Messthetics) and Luke Stewart (Irreversible Entanglements, Blacks’ Myths). Their long-awaited recorded collaboration delivers [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – The Portable Class
    V/A – The Portable Class
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    Live compilation from Lokifest 3 Label: The Loki Label – no cat number Format: Cassette, Compilation Country: US Released: 2018 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Duster – Contemporary Movement
    Duster – Contemporary Movement
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    “A muffled cry into the technological darkness, Contemporary Movement slid into the world right as the MP3 was seeping out of college dorms. A 39-minute drift into the void, drenched […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Natural Dice – Natural Dice
    Natural Dice – Natural Dice
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    “Natural Dice is the glorious result of Jason Henn and Dan Melchior’s year long instrumental guitar tape trading. Chock a block with dense textures, chugging grooves, acoustic wanderings, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Mesh – Mesh
    Mesh – Mesh
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    “Mesh’s self-titled debut EP on high-bias cassette tape. Clear cassette with a green J-Card.” Label: Born Yesterday Records – BYE-017 Format: Cassette, EP, 3rd Edition Country: [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Günter Schlienz* – Orphée Aux Enfers
    Günter Schlienz* – Orphée Aux Enfers
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    “Günter Schlienz is an electronic musician and composer based in Stuttgart, Germany. He combines do-it-yourself modular synths, tape machines, guitar and field recordings to create [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Amethyst: New Sounds From Moon Glyph Records
    Amethyst: New Sounds From Moon Glyph Records
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    “Moon Glyph is pleased to present a compilation of new, unreleased tunes from established veterans of the label and newcomers alike. Staying true to Moon Glyph’s transportive aesthetic, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Diatom Deli – TQM
    Diatom Deli – TQM
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    “Serene ambient music that evokes guided meditation through the use of phase-shifting melodies, droning bass, and gauzy synth textures. Her live performance utilizes classical guitar, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ostseetraum – Das Gute Leben Ist Schlecht
    Ostseetraum – Das Gute Leben Ist Schlecht
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    “10 minimal wave songs about sinking, getting moldy, holding on, people hiding in empty caged spaces, about empty heads, about volcanoes, about tasty pheasants, about desolate urban areas [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Nobunny – Leap Frog Vol. 2
    Nobunny – Leap Frog Vol. 2
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    Demos & alternate tracks from the first two Nobunny albums Label: Scotch Tapes – none Format: Cassette Country: Canada Released: 2009 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Anthony Guerra – Cold Victory – Kingdoms III
    Anthony Guerra – Cold Victory – Kingdoms III
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    Anthony Guerra hails from Sydney, Australia and has a long history of creating unique songs and sounds. Over the last 20+ years Guerra has produced a great variety of work […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Uranium Club* – The Beat Sessions Vol.1
    Uranium Club* – The Beat Sessions Vol.1
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    Recorded live on May 28th, 2016 at The Golden Beat. Label: Shout Recordings – SHOUT 002 Format: Cassette, Black Country: US Released: 2016 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Honey Radar – The Cop’s Dream
    Honey Radar – The Cop’s Dream
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    Bizarre and burnt out indie-rock Label: Stale Heat – 006 Format: Cassette, EP Country: US Released: 2015 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Taylor K Conrad / Matthew J Rolin Duo – Conrad / Rolin
    Taylor K Conrad / Matthew J Rolin Duo – Conrad / Rolin
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    “I met both Matthew J Rolin and Taylor K Conrad after swinging thru Columbus OH last October (holy shit, has it been a year?!) on a trek thru the midwest […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Shin Otowa – わすれがたみ
    Shin Otowa – わすれがたみ
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    “In 1974, Shin Otowa 音羽信 (Elia Taniguchi) recorded this album, わすれがたみ (wasuregatami, “memento”) at Gyoen Studio in Tokyo with his friend Makoto Kubota & others, with [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Negative Scanner – Negative Scanner
    Negative Scanner – Negative Scanner
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    “Negative Scanner have been destroying rooms in Chicago’s vibrant DIY since 2012, earning well-deserved accolades as one of the cities best live bands. Their electrifying debut album finds [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore