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  • Fred Lane / Ron ‘Pate’s Debonairs ‎– From The One That Cut You
    Fred Lane / Ron ‘Pate’s Debonairs ‎– From The One That Cut…
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    “From the One That Cut You starts out like a relatively straightforward, if not quite professional, big-band jazz record, only to get progressively stranger and more surreal as it goes […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lull ‎– Dreamt About Dreaming
    Lull ‎– Dreamt About Dreaming
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    Former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris’s dark ambient project always enthralls. Label: Sentrax – SET 3 CD Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 1992 VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Montibus Communitas – Ananda Samgha
    Montibus Communitas – Ananda Samgha
    $20.00 | , ,

    Peruvian psych destroyers Label: Sky Lantern Records – SLR105 Format: Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Scattered Purgatory – God Of Silver Grass
    Scattered Purgatory – God Of Silver Grass
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    “”God of Silver Grass” is Taiwanese experimental duo, Scattered Purgatory’s second release from Guruguru Brain. On this album the drone music-makers delve deeper into their [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Tiento De Las Nieves
    Thomas Köner ‎– Tiento De Las Nieves
    $10.00 | , ,

    “”Love is life’s snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight—whiter and purer than snow itself. What is life without love? It is like this […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Kaamos
    Thomas Köner ‎– Kaamos
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    “Thomas Köner’s first album for Mille Plateaux continues the abstract tones and sublime white-noise of earlier LPs, though occasional crackles and low-end bass gives some element of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Scattered Purgatory – Lost Ethnography of the Miscanthus Ocean
    Scattered Purgatory – Lost Ethnography of the Miscanthus Ocean
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    “Lost Ethnography of the Miscanthus Ocean” contains six of their earlier works from 2013 to early 2014. “雲生/Cloudborn” is a re-recorded version. This album is dedicated to Grass Mountain and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Scattered Purgatory – Burial Chamber Sessions
    Scattered Purgatory – Burial Chamber Sessions
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    “Scattered Purgatory is a direct translation of “破地獄”, in reference to a Taoist ritual that believes people who committed suicide or had an accidental death will stay in a City […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Laraaji ‎– The Piano Trilogy
    Laraaji ‎– The Piano Trilogy
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    “All Saints Records present a 3 Cassette box set anthology of Laraaji’s recent piano trilogy Sun Piano, Moon Piano, and Through Luminous Eyes. The box set includes cassette versions of […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Aube ‎– Sensory Symphonies
    Aube ‎– Sensory Symphonies
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    “Akifumi Nakajima, renowned for his prolific and captivating work under the alias Aube, stands as one of Japan’s most intriguing noise artists. His artistic prowess extends beyond the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Teimo
    Thomas Köner ‎– Teimo
    $40.00 | , ,

    “The gorgeous second album from dark ambient pioneer Thomas Köner. Originally released in 1992 and never previously available on vinyl, Teimo is probably the most “tuneful” of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Permafrost
    Thomas Köner ‎– Permafrost
    $45.00 | , ,

    “Permafrost was originally issued in 1993 and marked the conclusion of Thomas Köner’s epic and influential trilogy which included Nunatak (TYPE 069LP) and Teimo (TYPE 070LP). Darker [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Anniversary ‎– Designing A Nervous Breakdown
    The Anniversary ‎– Designing A Nervous Breakdown
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    “The Anniversary’s debut album, Designing a Nervous Breakdown, blends their skill at crafting emotional, punky-yet-melodic songs with a fondness for new-wave synths. Little analog [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Thomas Köner ‎– Nunatak
    Thomas Köner ‎– Nunatak
    $30.00 | , ,

    “The Type label reissues German music producer Thomas Köner’s debut album, the first in a set of three, on vinyl for the very first time. Originally introduced to the world […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • K2 – Burst After Burst (Early Recordings 1990-1996) [unplayed]
    K2 – Burst After Burst (Early Recordings 1990-1996) [unplayed]
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    “K2 is the personal noise project by Kimihide Kusafuka, originally came onto the scene in 1981, in order to explore the possibility of noise. Along with Hijokaidan, Merzbow, and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Stupor Mundi
    Asmus Tietchens – Stupor Mundi
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    Part 14th in the ongoing re-release series of all early Asmus Tietchens Vinyl albums between 1980-1991. ‘Stupor Mundi’ (Discos Esplendor Geometrico EGD 018) was originally released in [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Marches Funèbres
    Asmus Tietchens – Marches Funèbres
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    Tracks 1 & 2 originally released on Marches Funebres LP (Multimood, 1989). Track 3 is a bonus track. Released as a joint release by German labels Die Stadt and Aufabwegen. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Abfleischung
    Asmus Tietchens – Abfleischung
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    2th part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980—1991. Abfleischung is based on material recorded by Tietchens as early as 1967—1970. These recyclings made in [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Notturno
    Asmus Tietchens – Notturno
    $15.00 | ,

    10th part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980—1991. »Notturno« was originally released by spanish label Discos Esplendor Geometrico in 1987 and also by [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens + Okko Bekker – E
    Asmus Tietchens + Okko Bekker – E
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    Continuing with the ongoing re-release series of all early Asmus Tietchens vinyl albums between 1980 and 1991, “E” was originally released on LP by Dom in 1988. This CD reissue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Organum – Darcknes
    Organum – Darcknes
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    Organum Electronics ‘Darcknes’ is the sibling album of ‘Quietude’ (DS128). It is a similarly dense work, consisting of buzzing washes of electronic sounds, reminiscent of the very first Organum [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • David Jackman – Herbstsonne
    David Jackman – Herbstsonne
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    “It is very easy to misunderstand David Jackman. Well, also to understand him, really. I don’t ‘get’ pretty much anything of his work, and yet I love it very much. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Organum / Z’EV – Tocsin -6 Thru +2
    Organum / Z’EV – Tocsin -6 Thru +2
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    Following their maxi CD »Tinnitus Vu« on Touch in 2004 »Tocsin« is the first full lenght album produced together by these two renowned sound artists. Whereas »Tinnitus VU« was mostly […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bitchin Bajas – Bitchin Bajas
    Bitchin Bajas – Bitchin Bajas
    $34.00 | ,

    Four faces to the sky, stretched to the max to finally allow us to be free.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
    Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
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    “Breathing in, breathing out. Tide comes in, tide goes out. The sun rises and it also sets: beginnings and endings. These are the first impressions given by The Visitor: a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jim O’Rourke – Eureka
    Jim O’Rourke – Eureka
    $26.00 | ,

    He’s alive!!! And can he sing! Could this be the world’s first experimental MOR album? Nah, but time will tell whether or not it is the most supreme. Wackos of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Callahan – My Days Of 58
    Bill Callahan – My Days Of 58
    $32.00 | ,

    My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Magik Markers – 2020
    Magik Markers – 2020
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    “All of the complexities of a world’s collapse in a blissed out, horribly gentle, rugged, ragged rock n’ roll album. Rock back and forth as you hum these songs through […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Scott Walker – Tilt
    Scott Walker – Tilt
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    1995 album by the meticulous ex-Walker Brothers frontman. The weirdest, bleakest and most-before-it’s-time solo album ever made.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
    Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
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    After a two-decade interlude, Jim O’Rourke’s Moikai returns with Spectral Evolution, a major new work by Rafael Toral. Making his name in the mid-1990s with influential guitar drone platters [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
    Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
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    Gaze into the sound of Smog, paddling upstream through the past, guiding us… determined.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
    Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
    $13.00 | ,

    My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ben Vince – Street Druid
    Ben Vince – Street Druid
    $32.00 | ,

    Saxophonist and producer Ben Vince presents his sixth album, Street Druid, the first in almost six years via AD 93. Street Druid merges acoustic, manipulated, and electronic sound. It has […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Leif – Collide
    Leif – Collide
    $28.00 | ,

    Much of the Collide’s sound is derived from an old Aria Pro II electric guitar from Leif’s childhood, scratched up with damaged and unpredictable electrics. The record leans into this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • James K – Friend
    James K – Friend
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    New York-based artist James K returns with Friend. This album is full of electric pop anthems that blends ear-worming melodies with peak-time breaks, buzzing powerpunk guitars and a classic rave [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Bill Orcutt – Another Perfect Day
    Bill Orcutt – Another Perfect Day
    $16.00 | ,

    “Another Perfect Day is Bill Orcutt’s first solo electric guitar record since 2017’s eponymous Bill Orcutt. While that eight-year gap might not seem like a ton of time on the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Manuel Göttsching – E2–E4
    Manuel Göttsching – E2–E4
    $25.00 | ,

    In celebration of the 2016 35th anniversary of the December 12, 1981, recording of Manuel Göttsching’s legendary E2-E4, one of electronic music’s most influential recordings, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Synthwave / Electronic, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton – Live At Pioneer Works, 26 October 2023
    Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton – Live At Pioneer Works, 26 October 20…
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    Formed 29 years ago (1996) by Nate Young, Wolf Eyes is currently a duo generally characterized as “noise,” though they have called themselves “psycho jazz” (among other [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Coil – Backwards (White Vinyl)
    Coil – Backwards (White Vinyl)
    $44.00 | ,

    Cold Spring marks a decade since the label first released Coil’s landmark album Backwards, with a special 10-year anniversary vinyl reissue. After the ground-breaking release of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • You Ishihara – Passivité
    You Ishihara – Passivité
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    Passivité is the entrancingly beautiful debut solo album from You Ishihara, the founder of Japan’s legendary White Heaven. Originally released on CD in 1997, it received scant attention. [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Silberland Vol 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik (1972–1986)
    V/A – Silberland Vol 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik (1972–1986…
    $35.00 | ,

    On their last trip to Silberland, hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Kyle Flanagan – Nightmare
    Kyle Flanagan – Nightmare
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    VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Someone That Has Left Earth – Profane Illumination Through Prolific Intoxication
    Someone That Has Left Earth – Profane Illumination Through Prolific In…
    $7.00 | ,

    VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ozzie – The Parabolic Rock: 1975 – 1982
    Ozzie – The Parabolic Rock: 1975 – 1982
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    “From their wine-soused, Magic Band obsessed roots to their art-rock/new wave end some ten years later, OZZIE made some fantastic music. They built up substantial followings in Sacramento, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Raglani / Outer Space ‎– Raglani / Outer Space
    Raglani / Outer Space ‎– Raglani / Outer Space
    $12.00 | , ,

    “An incredible journey into the inner-space of analog synthesis. Soothing, pleasant, hypnotic & manic are thoughts of the day. This cosmic oozing mess of layered sequencers as swirling [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sissy Spacek ‎– Glass
    Sissy Spacek ‎– Glass
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    Track one recorded at The Smell, Los Angeles, California, July 19, 2008. Track two recorded at Bay Area 51, San Francisco, California, August 15, 2008. Label: Misanthropic Agenda – MAR022 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Star – Elephant In The Snow
    Star – Elephant In The Snow
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Recorded today on the top floor with the window open at night in Manhattan following dinner from 2022 into early winter 2023 by the three-piece band – lead singer, dj, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Cherry Point ‎– Live Hell 2
    The Cherry Point ‎– Live Hell 2
    $12.00 | , ,

    A scorching blast of blistering overload and scathing hell compiling seven complete live concert performances unearthed from The Cherry Point vault, including ear-splitting collaborations with [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Crazy Doberman* ‎– “Final Syllables In Recorded History” Volume One
    The Crazy Doberman* ‎– “Final Syllables In Recorded History̶…
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    Psycho freak-out always. Label: self-released – no cat number Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Edition of 50 Country: US Released: 2020 VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Crazy Doberman* ‎– “Final Syllables In Recorded History” Volume Two
    The Crazy Doberman* ‎– “Final Syllables In Recorded History̶…
    $25.00 | , ,

    Psycho freak-out always. Label: self-released – no cat number Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: US Released: 2020 VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise