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  • William Hooker ‎– Big Moon
    William Hooker ‎– Big Moon
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    “Over 70 releases and 44 years into his career as a jazz drummer and composer, William Hooker has made (arguably) his best album yet during the pandemic in 2020, a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dave Burrell ‎– Windward Passages
    Dave Burrell ‎– Windward Passages
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    “There is only one other pianist in Dave Burrell’s class, and that is Misha Mengelberg. Burrell is so thoroughly a pianist, composer, and improviser that the three are inseparable in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Flaming Lips ‎– At War With The Mystics (Blue Marbled Vinyl)
    The Flaming Lips ‎– At War With The Mystics (Blue Marbled Vinyl)
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    “Since 1999’s The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips have issued an album once every three or four years — roughly once per presidential term, making At War with the Mystics […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bob Dylan & The Band ‎– The Basement Tapes (Mobile Fidelity Pressing)
    Bob Dylan & The Band ‎– The Basement Tapes (Mobile Fidelity Pressi…
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    “The official release of The Basement Tapes — which were first heard on a 1968 bootleg called The Great White Wonder — plays with history somewhat, as Robbie Robertson [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Autechre – Untilted
    Autechre – Untilted
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    Autechre continue their chronological series of LP reissues with the albums Untilted (2005) and Quaristice (2008). Neither of these albums have been repressed since their original release and [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London
    Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Let The Spirit Out, Live a…
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    Spiritmuse Records and Kahil El’Zabar present Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London, a unique concept of recording new material purposefully in a live audience environment, to capture the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nightmares On Wax – Echo 45 Soundsystem (Gold Vinyl)
    Nightmares On Wax – Echo 45 Soundsystem (Gold Vinyl)
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    Growing up in the sound system culture of Leeds in England, George spent a fiver, courtesy of his mum, on a battered old speaker box he named “Echo45”. That box […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Danny Brown – Stardust (White Vinyl)
    Danny Brown – Stardust (White Vinyl)
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    Danny Brown’s last albums Quaranta and Scaring The Hoes bookended the end of the XXX era. Enter Stardust – Danny’s first album since entering sobriety sees him rediscover his [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah
    Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah
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    With Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, this limited edition 2 LP box set presents the definitive, remastered version of PHAROAH, his seminal record from 1977, along with two previously unreleased live [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
    V/A – Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
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    “The Numero Group has painstakingly audited every tape in the Lowland archives, selecting the best of the best (22 tracks on CD, 28 for the 2LP) for this peerless compilation. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Mike Cooper With The Machine Gun Co. And Michael Gibbs / The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper ‎– Places I Know / The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper
    Mike Cooper With The Machine Gun Co. And Michael Gibbs / The Machine G…
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    “Paradise of Bachelors is proud to present the first artist-sanctioned reissues—and first-ever vinyl reissues—of iconoclastic English-born, Rome-based folk and experimental music legend [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • V/A – Transcendental Movements Vol. 1
    V/A – Transcendental Movements Vol. 1
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    “Transcendental Movements Vol. 1 marks the beginning of a new full-length ambient series, curated by IDO founder Valentino Mora. Since the age of 14, Mora has been searching for alternative [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Central ‎– Softness
    Central ‎– Softness
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    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
  • Ogives ‎– La Mémoire Des Orages
    Ogives ‎– La Mémoire Des Orages
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    “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
  • V/A – Studio Ghibli · Kokyo Kyokushu
    V/A – Studio Ghibli · Kokyo Kyokushu
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    A collection of key tracks from Ghibli films. Label: Mondo – MOND-014 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Compilation, Blue and Red Vinyl Country: US Released: 2013 VG+/VG+. Light […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Sonic Youth ‎– Hits Are For Squares
    Sonic Youth ‎– Hits Are For Squares
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    “Leave it to Sonic Youth to put a twist on the typical greatest-hits album. Originally released in 2008, Hits Are for Squares features tracks selected by writers, artists, actors, and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Motörhead ‎– No Remorse
    Motörhead ‎– No Remorse
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    “There have been dozens and dozens of Motörhead compilations released over the decades, but the first one remains definitive, even if it’s not perfect. Released in 1984 as a [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Don Bajema / Lydia Lunch / Hubert Selby Jr. / Henry Rollins ‎– Our Fathers Who Aren’t In Heaven
    Don Bajema / Lydia Lunch / Hubert Selby Jr. / Henry Rollins ‎– Our Fat…
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    Worth it for the Hubert Selby tracks alone. Label: Widowspeak Productions – WSP 25 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1990 VG+/VG+. Some creasing to spine.

    GENRE: Spoken Word
  • Henze – Voices
    Henze – Voices
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    “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
  • 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…
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    “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
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Clear Vinyl)
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Clear Vinyl)
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    Tranquilizer isn’t the sound of sedation but resurfacing. Daniel Lopatin isn’t condemning our need for escape, but exploring what happens after. The record maps a movement from weightless calm [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Daniel Avery – Tremor
    Daniel Avery – Tremor
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    Tremor – the breathtaking sixth album by Daniel Avery. An inner world built from chaotic noise, transcendental ambience and voices that echo around it like pulsing transmissions from some distant [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
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    so the bad news is,  in a fit of pique, I asked Chat GPT (nicely) to compose a one-sheet for the new Shit and Shine double album, ‘Mannheim HBF’.  The […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples
    Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples
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    “”The Ape of Naples” is a deeply emotional and uniquely rewarding album. In its immediate accessibility it is somewhat reminiscent of Coil’s mid-1980s classic “Horse [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City
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    “Left unexplored by Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label were those narrow roads leading away from the misfits of FAMU’s Marching 100 band, out of Deep City, and into its […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – A Todas Las Imágenes Del Mundo: Antología Del Canto A Lo Divino
    V/A – A Todas Las Imágenes Del Mundo: Antología Del Canto A Lo Divino
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    Canto A Lo Divino is the unique musical expression of the Chilean peasant world – a conversation with the divine nourished by Biblical and other sacred texts. It is communal […]

    GENRE: International
  • Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
    Dickie Landry ‎– Solos
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    “On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert. This ensemble’s [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Julia Heyward – T-Venus ‎– Duka 1 1979-1988
    Julia Heyward – T-Venus ‎– Duka 1 1979-1988
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    “Leaving music fans checking the bins since MTV’s 1984 spotlight on “Draggin’ The Bottom,” this double LP presents multi-media artist Julia Heyward’s debut release of T-Venus’ art rock [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
    Phillip Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
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    “Recorded in 1971, shortly after he departed Cadet where he served as a house sideman-playing on dozens of records and a prefferred guitarist for Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, Phil […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Superchunk – Incidental Music 1991-95 (1995 Pressing)
    Superchunk – Incidental Music 1991-95 (1995 Pressing)
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    “While Superchunk had already established themselves as indie rock icons on the strength of their frequently materializing early full-lengths, 1995’s Incidental Music 1991-95 was [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jackie-O Motherfucker – Flags Of The Sacred Harp
    Jackie-O Motherfucker – Flags Of The Sacred Harp
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    20th anniversary 2xLP reissue of Flags Of The Sacred Harp, a transcendent masterpiece of free-folk, gospel-drone, and psychedelic Americana. A re-imagining of traditional hymns and anthems from [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Again (Blue Vinyl)
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Again (Blue Vinyl)
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    Oneohtrix Point Never, AKA Daniel Lopatin, has announced his new album Again, set for release September 29 via Warp. In Lopatin’s words the album is in part “a speculative autobiography,” […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Autechre – Draft 7.30
    Autechre – Draft 7.30
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    Double LP reissue of Autechre’s seventh album.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Wayne Shorter – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
    Wayne Shorter – Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival
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    “In 2017, Wayne Shorter was artist-in-residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival. He was scheduled to perform three times during the weekend: Once with his longstanding quartet — pianist [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Augustus Pablo – Yard Style Melodica Songs
    Augustus Pablo – Yard Style Melodica Songs
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    Here for the first time from Clock Tower Records is a collection of gems brought back from the ’70s: Augustus Pablo’s Yard Style Melodica Songs. All tracks produced by Brad […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Nijiumu – When I Sing, I Slip Into The Microphone. Into That Void, I Bring Comrade “prayers”, Then, Turning To Face The Outside, Together We Explode
    Nijiumu – When I Sing, I Slip Into The Microphone. Into That Void, I B…
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    Among the true Keiji Haino devotees, Nijiumu’s Era of Sad Wings (released on P.S.F. in 1993) has always held a special place in the pantheon. Operating for only a few […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ornette Coleman & Prime Time – In All Languages
    Ornette Coleman & Prime Time – In All Languages
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    “Ornette Coleman, on alto and tenor, has a reunion with his original quartet, which is comprised of trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins. The second CD […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Thelonious Monk – Always Know
    Thelonious Monk – Always Know
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    “Thelonious Monk fans in particular are advised to search for this valuable two-LP set for it contains a variety of unissued material from the pianist/composer’s six-year period with [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Rollins – After The Bridge
    Sonny Rollins – After The Bridge
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    Alternate tracks & takes from the same sessions as Sonny Rollins album The Bridge. Label: RCA – RJL-2551~52 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold Country: Japan Released: 1982 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Behind The Dykes (Beat, Blues And Psychedelic Nuggets From The Lowlands 1964-1972)
    V/A – Behind The Dykes (Beat, Blues And Psychedelic Nuggets From The L…
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    “Behind The Dykes is a double LP compilation presenting the best bands and artists the Dutch had to offer in the period 1964-1972. The Netherlands was the first non-English speaking […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Garage / Proto Punk
  • Mo Kolours – Original Flow
    Mo Kolours – Original Flow
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    “We Release Jazz announces an exciting new body of work by Joseph Deenmamode aka Mo Kolours. A catalog of critically acclaimed records, including his self-titled debut (2014), Texture Like [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
    Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
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    “Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s The Walls Have Ears appeared/disappeared as a 2LP set in [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smog – Dongs Of Sevotion
    Smog – Dongs Of Sevotion
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    “Smog checks back in. Easy money never seemed so hard! Buy for the songs – stay for the Dongs.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Rafael Toral – Traveling Light
    Rafael Toral – Traveling Light
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    “From out of the dark, the crackle of feed back birdsong signals a return to the land of sound environments exclusive to the music of Rafael Toral. A year and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music)
    V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Ac…
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    Featuring: Peter Wright, CJA and Annamarie, Sleep. Pumice, Kieran Monaghan (mr sterile), Swagger Jack, Birchville Cat Motel, Richard Francis, 1/3 Octave Band, Tim Cornelius (Sandoz Lab Techs), [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Manikins – From Broadway To Blazes
    Manikins – From Broadway To Blazes
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    From the same scene that begat the Scientists and the Victims came Perth, Australia’s The Manikins. Founded by Neil Fernandes — a former member of the legendary Cheap Nasties with [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • V/A – Wound
    V/A – Wound
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    Continuing the tradition of its milestone-marking compilations, Carbon is using the occasion of its 25th year to bring together an impressive roster of guitar-based artists. Showcasing the use of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Musica Transonic ‎– Musica Transonic
    Musica Transonic ‎– Musica Transonic
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    “In 1986, Tokyo’s PSF Records released the second album by High Rise, simply titled II, and it immediately became one of those legendary albums that hipsters worldwide whispered [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Lunchbox – Evolver
    Lunchbox – Evolver
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    Lunchbox’s legendary lost album “Evolver” is lost no more! Sparklingly remastered for the album’s twentieth (and a few!) anniversary and available on CD, cassette and (for the [...]

  • Kahn & Neek – Lupus et Ursus
    Kahn & Neek – Lupus et Ursus
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    “A decade since their debut, ‘Backchat / Hotline’ (2012), Kahn & Neek play to a now-classic conception of UK rudeness with lurching halfstep rhythms underlining an armoury of MCs and [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic