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  • Chenille – Riffing On The Loaf
    Chenille – Riffing On The Loaf
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    Off-kilter and lo-fi slowcore. Think Raincoats fronting a band on Darla.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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…  

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • 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 […]

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  • 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 [...]

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  • 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 […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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 [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
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    Radio Topo #021   Born from the rich musical heritage of the Berber people, the music of Algeria is as diverse as Algerian culture itself. While primarily associated with Rai, […]

    GENRE: International
  • 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.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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 […]

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  • 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 [...]

    GENRE: International
  • 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 […]

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  • V/A – Mexican Rumble
    V/A – Mexican Rumble
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    “Much has already been said about Rock and the welcome our nation has given it; nevertheless, all were surprised at how strongly this “ritmo tuvo” took root in our youth. […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Norillag – The Union Of Death
    Norillag – The Union Of Death
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    HAUNTED BY SPECTRES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. “True industrial music from Vancouver, Canada. Norillag uses scrap metal percussion and heavy machinery hand in hand with atmospheric classical [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Amorous Sickness – Modern Antipathies
    Amorous Sickness – Modern Antipathies
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    Electric Nihilism! Manic Misanthropy! The trademark sound of Amorous Sickness; weaving dense analog synthesizers, hypnotic drum patterns and stark, sordid vocals calling out with existential [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Primitive Impulse – Piss It Away
    Primitive Impulse – Piss It Away
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    Like a roar, or a belch, in the face of late-stage capitalism Cincinnati’s Primitive Impulse comes blasting through your speakers with thirteen tracks of head-pounding drums, face-shredding [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Kilynn Lunsford – Promiscuous Genes
    Kilynn Lunsford – Promiscuous Genes
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    God bless the barbarians and the ignorami for rescuing us from an even more repulsive technological society .. If we hadn’t had a “dark age,” if Mao’s fanatic followers hadn’t […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Maura Weaver – Strange Devotion
    Maura Weaver – Strange Devotion
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    After some turbulent late teen years in her former pop punk band, Mixtapes, Maura Weaver needed a break. Months became years and the songs still weren’t coming. It wasn’t until […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Self Improvement – Syndrome
    Self Improvement – Syndrome
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    Perhaps in the contemporary simulacra wherein copies are all copies of other copies, the sense of the fraught sophomore effort is accentuated even more so. In a world of endless […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Artificial Go – Musical Chairs
    Artificial Go – Musical Chairs
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    Building on 2024’s Hopscotch Fever, Cincinnati’s Artificial Go return with ten more tracks of existential post-punk chamber pop. Recorded at Lambda Research and the haunted attic of the band’s [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Artificial Go – Hopscotch Fever (Red Vinyl Repress)
    Artificial Go – Hopscotch Fever (Red Vinyl Repress)
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    Artificial Go is a new four piece hailing from the DIY post-punk scene of Cincinnati, Ohio. Local labels Feel It and Future Shock have teamed up to co-release Artificial Go’s […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Secular Music Group – Volume 2
    Secular Music Group – Volume 2
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    Secular Music Group returns to Love All Day with Volume Two, a long-playing and exceedingly strong follow-up which both condenses and expands the vision they began to lay out on […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Portable Vaudeville – Holland Festival
    Portable Vaudeville – Holland Festival
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    Infinite Expanse is excited to announce the reissue of Holland Festival, the soundtrack for The Theatre for Moveable People, Objects and Music, originally performed live in 1983 during the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Phobophlyptix – Phobophlyptix
    Phobophlyptix – Phobophlyptix
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    Radical Documents is amped to announce the debut LP from LA, CA’s PHOBOPHLYPTIX. In 10 songs, clocking just over 9 minutes, ZZ, JJ, Paully, and Sammy thrash, grind, chug, and […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Nostalgie Éternelle ‎– At That Time
    Nostalgie Éternelle ‎– At That Time
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    Originally issued on cassette in limited runs between 1989 and 1990, At That Time is a long-overdue excavation of Nostalgie Éternelle – one of the most quietly crucial names in […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Martin Franklin & Michael O’Dempsey – Kolbe
    Martin Franklin & Michael O’Dempsey – Kolbe
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    Live recordings taken from the theatrical performance at St Edwards Church, Windsor, UK September 1986. Michael O’Dempsey: Yamaha CX5M, modified violin, piano, voice Martin Franklin: Korg MS10, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Michael Atherton – Windshift
    Michael Atherton – Windshift
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    Michael Atherton is a writer, composer and educator from Sydney, Australia. Originally born in Liverpool, England, to Welsh-Irish and German parents, his family later migrated to Australia in [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • L – Marilyn Monroe – All of Us
    L – Marilyn Monroe – All of Us
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    L are a disassociated non-music trio based around the writings of card magician Jack Paton. Jack is joined by Laurie Pitt (Golden Teacher, The Modern Institute) and Jack Mellin (Smack Wizards, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Johannes Björk – Johannes Björk
    Johannes Björk – Johannes Björk
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    Johannes Björk is a musician and literary critic based in Gothenburg. His music combines drones, pop melodies and field recordings to produce refined sketches rather than fully formed songs – [...]

    GENRE: Ambient
  • Jaroslav Kořán – Zahrada
    Jaroslav Kořán – Zahrada
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    A pivotal document of the early 90s Czech alternative music scene, Zahrada – the deeply immersive 1992 album by Prague-based composer and sound artist Jaroslav Kořán – finally makes its […]

    GENRE: Ambient
  • Anna Nacher, Marek Styczyński – Barycz
    Anna Nacher, Marek Styczyński – Barycz
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    First vinyl edition of eco-acoustic psych ritual from Poland’s Magic Carpathians Project, conjuring a spectral symbiosis of birdcall, field recording, zither, and reed instrumentation. Lush and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jim Shepard ‎– Heavy Action
    Jim Shepard ‎– Heavy Action
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    “When Charles and Josh tapped me to spill some ink for this project, I couldn’t say yes fast enough. Culled from Charles’s vast personal collection, the contents herein abide no […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music)
    V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music)
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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
  • Brigid Dawson And The Mothers Network – Ballet Of Apes [Electric Blue Vinyl]
    Brigid Dawson And The Mothers Network – Ballet Of Apes [Electric Blue Vinyl]
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    “Brigid Dawson was sometimes referred to as the “secret weapon” of Thee Oh Sees, her vocal harmonies offsetting John Dwyer’s husky yelps. When the two reactivated the OCS [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Coolies – Kaka
    The Coolies – Kaka
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    “The Coolies have been blurting out random batches of high order avant garage spew since 1997. Sjionel Timu and Tina Pihema are the core of the band. Formed in the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Delaney Davidson / Bruce Russell – One Hand Loose
    Delaney Davidson / Bruce Russell – One Hand Loose
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    “This is an improbable record made by two guys who have on the face of it little business together except that they live in the same small town. Lyttelton is […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Features ‎– X Features
    Features ‎– X Features
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    “The Features, perhaps more than anybody, were the band that provided the stylistic delineation between punk and post-punk in the Auckland, New Zealand scene. The band formed in late 1979, [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Birdie – Some Dusty (Green Vinyl)
    Birdie – Some Dusty (Green Vinyl)
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    Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s “Some Dusty,” is the culmination of a series of fortuitous events, set in motion in 1992 when members Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Macula Kuru ‎– Macula Kuru
    Macula Kuru ‎– Macula Kuru
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    “Amazingly psychedelic quartet session by two Japanese players (Junzo Suzuki and Mitsuru Tabata) and two Belgians (Bart De Paepe and Jan D’Hooghe.) Originally this was recorded as a trio, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cole Pulice ‎– Gloam
    Cole Pulice ‎– Gloam
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    Cole Pulice is a saxophone player from Minneapolis. An improviser of ambient jazz who earned their merits touring with Bon Iver, working with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and releasing wonderful [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cuticles – Major Works
    Cuticles – Major Works
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    Oamaru, located about 80 miles north of Dunedin on New Zealand’s south island, might seem like the last place you expect to find a prodigious racket like Cuticles, but ain’t […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Marion Cousin et Kaumwald – Tu Rabo Par’Abanico
    Marion Cousin et Kaumwald – Tu Rabo Par’Abanico
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    There are commitments whose delineations are only defined by a territory. The series initiated in 2016 by Marion Cousin prompts an exploration of the Iberian Peninsula through its enchanted [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dr. John, The Night Tripper ‎– The Sun, Moon & Herbs
    Dr. John, The Night Tripper ‎– The Sun, Moon & Herbs
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    “Originally intended as a triple album, The Sun, Moon & Herbs was chopped up, whittled down and re-assembled into this single-disc release, and while Dr. John never liked this version [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Blues
  • Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
    Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
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    “Starting as a collaborator of François de Roubaix and Michel Magne in the 60s, Eric Demarsan went on to become a mainstay of French cinema soundtracks, composing for directors such […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • LEYA – Eyeline
    LEYA – Eyeline
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    “Eyeline is a mixtape we started in mid-November while on tour. We recorded it mostly at home and asked friends to contribute.” Label: NNA Tapes – NNA 45 Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Country Teasers – The Empire Strikes Back
    Country Teasers – The Empire Strikes Back
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    “In the industry, I am the only complete man…” sang Country Teaser’s B.R. Wallers, quoting Naked Lunch, back in 1995. If modesty didn’t forbid, he might’ve been speaking of his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Automelodi ‎– Automelodi
    Automelodi ‎– Automelodi
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    A new approach to classic minimal-synth/minimalwave sounds. Label: Wierd Records – VR011 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country:US Released: 2010 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Ian Tescee ‎– Io
    Ian Tescee ‎– Io
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    Kosmiche-musik edged New Age. Vaguely dissonant in sections, tranquil in others. Label: E-N Records – ITC2010 Format: Vinyl, LP, Transparent Red Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+. Old store tag [...]

    GENRE: Synthwave / Electronic
  • Etta James ‎– Etta James Sings Funk
    Etta James ‎– Etta James Sings Funk
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    Etta James covers a lot of ground in these interpretations of tracks by songwriters as diverse as the Louvins & the Gershwins Label: Cadet – LPS-832 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chris & Cosey ‎– Songs Of Love & Lust
    Chris & Cosey ‎– Songs Of Love & Lust
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    Absolutely essential love songs for the emotionally desolate. Label: Rough Trade – ROUGH 64 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1984 VG+/VG. Sleeve high end VG, small tear on […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
    Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
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    “If you wandered into a smoky South Side club in Chicago during the early ’70s, there’s a good chance you’d have been met by the raw, unvarnished truth of Arelean […]

    GENRE: Rhythm & Blues