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Torn Light Records
356 Ludlow Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
513-873-6995
Monday - Saturday
11:00AM - 8:00PM
Sunday
11:00AM - 5:00PM
Torn Light Records
356 Ludlow Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
513-873-6995
Monday - Saturday
11:00AM - 8:00PM
Sunday
11:00AM - 5:00PM
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Interlude with Fun Machine relies on textures, patterns, found sounds, presets, rhythm boxes, inversion of background and foreground elements, and the very deadpan sense of humor of Steve Fisk [...]
Oddly distorted guitars, mangled erhu, manipulated violas, unrecognizable African percussion, bouncy Hagemanizer™, bizarre noises, and found nonsense looped, stretched, chopped, sped up, and [...]
A surreal scrapbook collage of songs, sounds, and manipulated noise by singer–songwriter Barbara Manning and founder of Bananafish magazine S. Glass. With many excerpts from Glass’s early ’80s [...]
Hypnotic sounds with inspiration from the Brian Jones work with Moroccan traditional music
Recorded at 3 Beacon St 2003-2004 by Jessica Rylan
Karlheinz: “Right now, my music is noise — possibly harsh noise, possibly power electronics, depending upon your definition and which piece you’re talking about. I used to do [...]
20 artists + 50 lock grooves each = 1000 lock grooves. Absolute insanity
Recorded at the Red Rose, London. November 2003
RRR picture disc from the power electronics masters
True auditory weirdness from the ever elusive Crank Sturgeon
First Lp released on the legendary RRRecords August 2009. Scathing and virulent perspectives on Suburban life & culture. Coming of age socio-sexual nightmare. Original inserts included with [...]
First and only Full length LP from the Masters of Digital Destruction.
After a well received demo, ZIG ZAG has been making waves at shows around America as well as their home ground of South Florida. Playing punk hardcore that is as akin to Germs and Blatz on [...]
As the dust finally settles on their debut 7 inch on EDGER records, REEK MINDS returns with a record that is equally punishing as it is breakneck. With speed clocking in over 120 MPH, [...]
LTD 12″ LP There’s a body of water in the woods near Carrboro. Dappled light on the trail leads you to it. Crunch of leaves underfoot. A river feeds the swimming hole where people plunge, [...]
Boise hardcore legends return with one of the best hardcore LPs of the last 10+ years.
“…Let’s just say that the year is 2003, and we’re finally meeting the protagonist of this story, a young aspiring post-post-post-punk musician playing guitar (and burning CDRs) in his [...]
ALADDIN SALES — the debut 12″ from Southern Indiana producer “Roadhouse” — is a 14-song tapestry of home recording workouts with a wide palate of approaches, ranging [...]
Originally the brainchild of Jim Marlowe (Tropical Trash, Teal Grapefruit, etc), Equipment Pointed Ankh has been churning out material since 2016, with a handful of tape releases, a previous LP, [...]
Palais Schaumburg was an influential underground NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle) band from Hamburg, founded in 1979. Grab this reissue of their first LP here, originally released in 1981. Great combo [...]
Late 70s German punk, ffo X-Ray Spex, Wire, The Slits, and even early Blondie. Lava Records – TCH 79 449 OG 1979 German pressing Media Condition – VG, some light scuff marks on both [...]
Originally released in 1985, grab this Severed Heads record for some dark, abrasive synths mixed with the propulsive rhythms of synth-pop. Medical Records LLC – MR-035 2014 US limited [...]
Compilation of atmospheric electronics from the influential Patrick Cowley. The tracks “Deep Inside You” & “ Somebody To Love Tonight” originally appeared in the movie “School Daze” (1980), [...]
Soliman Gamil was a musicologist and composer who lived and worked in Cairo, Egypt. Born in 1924, his soundtracks for theatre and film have won international awards. His compositions are [...]
An essential Kraftwerk album, and a must-have for krautrock, electronic music, and…the list could go on and on. Capitol Records – SN-16301 1979 US reissue, Jacksonville pressing Media [...]
Driving and atmospheric synths on this sole release from The Procession. FFO of synth-heavy new wave like The Human League, Soft Cell, and Gary Numan. Flaming Disk – DSFD87 1987 US Media [...]
Television’s follow-up to punk classic, Marquee Moon. While still drawing from the edge of Marquee, tracks like “Glory” and “Days” feel prophetic of the jangly riffs [...]
Super influential record leading the way for punk and new wave. If you listen to Talking Heads or The Cars, listen to The Modern Lovers to get where it all began. This release includes three [...]
Sire – 1-25829 1989 US Pressing Media Condition – VG+ with light marks Sleeve Condition – VG+ with light shelfwear
Debut release from Louisville-originated Circle X. Important no-wave record to add to your collection. Index – LP FOUR 1983 US Media Condition – VG+ Sleeve Condition – VG, comes [...]
Killer UK comp capturing some late-70s punk, including legends Young Marble Giants. Also has tracks by Addiction, Mad Dog, Test To Destruction, Riotous Brothers, Reptile Ranch, The New Form, and [...]
Atman Music & Recordings – M1 2012 Fan Club Reissue Media Condition – VG+ with light marks Sleeve Condition – VG+, still in shrink
Everest – EVEREST 3254/3 1969 US Pressing, box set Media Condition – VG+ with light marks Box Condition – VG with wear and slight peeling/foxing
The 1979-80 collaborations of singer/designer Jacqueline Humbert and pianist/violist David Rosenboom, creating an engaging collection of electronic modern comp and spoken word. Unseen Worlds [...]
One of five compilations capturing the New York loft jazz scene of the mid-70s, specifically Studio Rivbea on these comps. On this record, listen to performances by Hamiet Bluiett, Julius [...]
Real Gone Music – RGM-0978 2020 US Pressing on clear vinyl Media Condition – Strong VG+ Sleeve Condition – Strong VG+ with light sleevewear
THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER!!! RECORDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIP ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER 12th, 2021 2020 has been one rough ride for everyone, forcing us all to review what we thought was normal and maybe, [...]
TEST PRESSING: “Kings of Drugs proclaim H.Sap insane as daylight radio waves fade. Survivors of Syrian Wars tell of video kiosks with torture tapes worldwide copyright Police Operational [...]
Les Filles de Illighadad comes from the village of Illighadad in a remote region of central Niger. Like many of the villages in the area, its borders are loosely defined, owing to the largely [...]
Ephat Mujuru exemplifies a unique generation of traditional musicians in Zimbabwe. Born under an oppressive colonial regime in Southern Rhodesia, his generation witnessed the brutality of the [...]
Menzi turns out the darkest Gqom on road with this ridiculously strong debut solo release by Infamous Boiz’ Menzi brimming with cyperpunk-cinematic sound design via hard-synched taxi techno [...]
Launching Hakuna Kulala’s new club white label series, is young Congolese, Kampala-based DJ & producer Oyisse. Oyisse drops a pure gem of a debut EP featuring 4 fresh tracks of slower [...]
Manchester UK’s Space Afrika make music of what they term “overlapping moments” – oblique mosaics of dialogue, rhythm, texture, and shadow, half-heard through a bus window on a rainy night. [...]
Cindytalk is the mercurial, expressionist outlet of Scottish artist Cinder. An evolution of her early 1980’s Edinburgh-based punk band The Freeze, she launched the project upon moving to [...]
Cindytalk is the mercurial, expressionist outlet of Scottish artist Cinder. An evolution of her early 1980’s Edinburgh-based punk band The Freeze, she launched the project upon moving to [...]
When asked to describe the circumstances that influenced her beautifully fraught new work, Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson—better known simply as Anika—quickly articulates a set of [...]
The magical Mega Bog returns with another fantastical off-world transmission, the most sophisticated, exploratory, and accessible statement yet from surrealist songwriter and avant-pop prospector [...]
A seamless mix of the organic and inorganic, the recent past and distant future, and the possible and impossible, Japanese multi-media artist Masumi Hara’s sophomore album arrived like a fish on [...]