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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts (blue vinyl)
    Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts (blue vinyl)
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    “Though it’s somewhat surprising Thurston Moore and Beck didn’t work together prior to Demolished Thoughts, their collaboration lives up to its promise, delivering an album of psychedelic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Six Organs Of Admittance – Sleep Tones
    Six Organs Of Admittance – Sleep Tones
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    Six Organs of Admittance takes listeners through an extended narcoleptic journey on Sleep Tones, an all-electronic double album of new ambient work. Mastered by VDSQ labelmate Chuck Johnson, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Days Of A Quiet Sun
    V/A – Days Of A Quiet Sun
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    Mid-1960’s Richmond, Virginia had little to offer aspiring local artists. Enter Martin Gary, a local kid who grew up working at Gary’s, the primary record shop in town that his […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Garage / Proto Punk
  • Flanger Magazine – Breslin
    Flanger Magazine – Breslin
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    “A set of spry, pastoral Aecoustic Guitar and errant Electronic pieces that harken back to libraries by Teisco, Vittorio Marino, and the like, yet mapped in an alien manner unlike […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Pedestrian Deposit – Kithless
    Pedestrian Deposit – Kithless
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    Pedestrian Deposit (J. Borges and Shannon A. Kennedy) possesses a certain, restrained relationship to texture. Sources both electric and acoustic operate on a logic of hybridity becoming [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
  • Perth County Conspiracy ‎– The Perth County Conspiracy
    Perth County Conspiracy ‎– The Perth County Conspiracy
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    “Despite having completed their debut for Columbia just weeks earlier, in August 1970 Cedric Smith, Richard Keelan, Michael Butler, and other Conspirators recorded another album, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Goose – Som Folk Är Mest
    Goose – Som Folk Är Mest
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    An organism of shredded memories, connections and relations. Existing because of mixtures, collages, escapism and rescues. Behind Goose there are two of the currently most forward thinking and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg – Weisheit Aus Des Kindes Mund Tut Uns Stets Die Wahrheit Kund
    Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg – Weisheit Aus Des Kindes Mund Tut Uns Stets Die Wahrheit Kund
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    It’s hard to overstate the influence of Ditterich von Euler-Donnersperg on A Colourful Storm; indeed, it’s almost impossible to imagine the label’s existence without it. A figure whose movements [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • People Skills ‎– Former January Ending Through 52 Weeks
    People Skills ‎– Former January Ending Through 52 Weeks
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    “Sophomore Lounge gifts us a vinyl reissue of People Skills, Former January Ending Through 52 Weeks, which was quietly released by Saga House in 2016. Inzane Johnny called it “the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Philip Perkins – King Of The World
    Philip Perkins – King Of The World
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    “This album was inspired by the lives and works of three ancient monarchs, all of whom considered themselves to be the absolute ruler of all mankind. The music was made […]

    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
  • Various – Spela Själv (Repress)
    Various – Spela Själv (Repress)
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    “A bit of confusion surrounds this release: The album has been credited to Träd, Gräs och Stenar, but they aren’t featured on it. Bo Anders Persson did, in fact, in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Quintron – Erotomania: Quintron At The Chamberlin
    Quintron – Erotomania: Quintron At The Chamberlin
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    Loop-based, cacophonous grooves that sound just a little too off to be mellow. Label: Mind Meld Records – MM-002 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 2019 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fille Qui Mousse ‎– Fille Qui Mousse
    Fille Qui Mousse ‎– Fille Qui Mousse
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    “Fille Qui Mousse (“Girl With Froth”??) is one the most mythical albums to be released(?) from France. Recorded in 1972, it was issued in 73 (evidently only as a test […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Michael Oosten – Michael Oosten
    Michael Oosten – Michael Oosten
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    “Keeping a band together was difficult in the late 1960s. Tough too, because Michael Oosten was writing songs that veered away from pop-song structures. There was also the relative ease [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Shadow Ring – City Lights
    The Shadow Ring – City Lights
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    Throughout their legendary, decade-long run, the Shadow Ring were an enigmatic force on the international musical sub-underground. Before their disbandment in 2002, this shambolic rock outfit, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nashville Ambient Ensemble – Cerulean (Blue Vinyl)
    Nashville Ambient Ensemble – Cerulean (Blue Vinyl)
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    The Nashville Ambient Ensemble is based, as you may have guessed, in Nashville, Tennessee. Organized and led by electronic composer Michael Hix, the ensemble’s lineup is made up of some […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Glorias Navales ‎– Cofradía Náutica
    Glorias Navales ‎– Cofradía Náutica
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    “Kye is proud to present ‘Cofradia Nautica’ the debut LP by Chile’s Glorias Navales, and the follow-up to 2015’s ‘Carta a Maureen Tucker’ cassette on ETCS. “Glorias Navales is a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • A Handful Of Dust ‎– Dragging Her Wings Of Rusty Knives: Selected Recordings 1994-2016
    A Handful Of Dust ‎– Dragging Her Wings Of Rusty Knives: Selected Recordings 1994-2016
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    A Handful of Dust was founded over three decades ago by two giants of the New Zealand underground, Bruce Russell (The Dead C, Xpressway, Corpus Hermeticum) and Alastair Galbraith (Plagal […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lead – 2
    Lead – 2
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    Artist duo Amy Howden-Chapman and Steve Kado return with a follow up to their debut album on Radical Documents. The side long pieces on 2 are sprawling and intense. The […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Piotr Kurek ‎– Edena
    Piotr Kurek ‎– Edena
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    “10 years anniversary reprint of the amazing record of Piotr Kurek! As a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a penchant for vintage sound equipment, as well as the practical sense to [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Beautify Junkyards ‎– Cosmorama
    Beautify Junkyards ‎– Cosmorama
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    The fourth album for the Lisbon based band and their second on Ghost Box following on from The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards in 2018. Joining the band as writing […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • F/i / Boy Dirt Car – Split
    F/i / Boy Dirt Car – Split
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    Heavy beyond heavy psych zones Label: RRRecords – RRR 006 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Post Moves – Heart Music
    Post Moves – Heart Music
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    “Heart Music’ was recorded over the course of 2019 and 2020. The initial intention was not necessarily to produce an album, but rather to explore composing from a percussive perspective [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Elori Saxl – The Blue Of Distance
    Elori Saxl – The Blue Of Distance
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    Combining digitally-processed recordings of wind and water with analog synthesizers and chamber orchestra, Elori Saxl’s The Blue of Distance begins as a meditation on the effect of technology on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Raajmahal – Anthemoessa
    Raajmahal – Anthemoessa
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    “I’m thinking of following a river up and up stream until it becomes just a little trickle on a bare hill. I’m thinking of the time I climbed into the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • F/i ‎– Space Mantra
    F/i ‎– Space Mantra
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    A classic slice of Underground Amerika from the Reagan Era, Space Mantra was originally issued on the RRRecords label in 1988 and saw Milwaukee’s in full Hawkwind/Krautrock mode, mixing [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Body/Dilloway/Head – Body/Dilloway/Head (silver vinyl)
    Body/Dilloway/Head – Body/Dilloway/Head (silver vinyl)
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    “on november 19 we had the privilege of helping introduce you all to the self-titled debut album from body/dilloway/head. this album is a serious and apt soundtrack for our times […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bobby Lee – Oridin Myths
    Bobby Lee – Oridin Myths
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    Open sky/scorched earth improvisations recorded to four track tape during the rare moments of solitude afforded by lockdown and early fatherhood. Bobby Lee’s “worn-denim psych-country” remains, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Influenza Prods. – Mémoire
    Influenza Prods. – Mémoire
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    Bruno De Angelis and Giovanna Gulinello unwittingly met in London in the late 70’s, after being introduced by a mutual friend. Both Bruno and Giovanna arrived with varying ambitions. Giovanna [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kazuo Imai – Far And Wee
    Kazuo Imai – Far And Wee
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    Kazuo Imai is one of the few artists to traverse both Japan’s early avant-garde and free jazz movements. Though he began performing in the 1970’s, his 2004 P.S.F. album “far [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lightning Bolt ‎– Ride The Skies (Blue Vinyl)
    Lightning Bolt ‎– Ride The Skies (Blue Vinyl)
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    “Lightning Bolt’s Ride the Skies sees a true classic from the band’s catalog back in print for the first time in a long time. Arguably the first album where the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Safe As Milk (2013 Mono Reissue)
    Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Safe As Milk (2013 Mono Reissue)
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    “Beefheart’s first proper studio album is a much more accessible, pop-inflected brand of blues-rock than the efforts that followed in the late ’60s — which isn’t to [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Claire Rousay ‎– Everything Perfect Is Already Here (Silver Vinyl)
    Claire Rousay ‎– Everything Perfect Is Already Here (Silver Vinyl)
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    “When words trail off at the beginning of claire rousay’s “everything perfect is already here,” ornate instrumentation is waiting to fill a void left by the breakdown of language. Yet […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise