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  • Steve Adams / Ken Filiano Quartet – Anacrusis
    Steve Adams / Ken Filiano Quartet – Anacrusis
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    Interesting, reed-led Free Jazz from a power group featuring Billy Mintz, Ken Filiano, Steve Adams, and Vinny Golia Label: Nine Winds Records – NW 0128 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Talking Heads – Remain In Light
    Talking Heads – Remain In Light
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    “The musical transition that seemed to have just begun with Fear of Music came to fruition on Talking Heads’ fourth album, Remain in Light. “I Zimbra” and “Life [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Merry Airbrakes ‎– Merry Airbrakes
    Merry Airbrakes ‎– Merry Airbrakes
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    “Its 1973… in three years it will be 1976. This album of music, conceived and recorded during the months between the 1972 Presidential election and the full-flowering of the Watergate [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
    Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
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    Debut release from Circuit Des Yeux that shows Haley Fohr at her darkest and most lo-fi. Label: De Stijl – IND-066 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, White Label, Gray Marbled […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
    Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
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    “That old saw about dancing and architecture notwithstanding, I am like most people who make records in that I do not especially relish the task of writing about them. (Better […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
    Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
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    The duo of Mark Anderson (Bancho Taste / Mysteries of Love) and Mark Sadgrove (Mazda Hatchback / Mysteries of Love) take the wheel and don the louvres to serve up […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • New York Contemporary 5* – Vol. 2.
    New York Contemporary 5* – Vol. 2.
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    “Recorded at the end of a string of engagements throughout the Scandinavian countries, Archie Shepp + The New York Contemporary Five, Vol. 2 captures a group of young musicians seeking […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alexander von Schlippenbach – Globe Unity
    Alexander von Schlippenbach – Globe Unity
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    “In 1966, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach assembled his first large ensemble to play his compositions “Globe Unity” and “Sun.” This 14-piece band, which brought together some of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Cale – Slow Dazzle
    John Cale – Slow Dazzle
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    “Recording again with Phil Manzanera, along with noted journeyman guitarist Chris Spedding, Cale kept up the focus and amazing music on Slow Dazzle, easily the equal of Fear in terms […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Carter ‎– Fields
    John Carter ‎– Fields
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    “Clarinetist John Carter, a few years before his death, musically told the story of Black Americans in five albums. The fourth set concentrates on the years of slavery, which were […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kraftwerk – Autobahn
    Kraftwerk – Autobahn
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    “Although Kraftwerk’s first three albums were groundbreaking in their own right, Autobahn is where the group’s hypnotic electronic pulse genuinely came into its own. The main [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Anthony Braxton – For Four Orchestras
    Anthony Braxton – For Four Orchestras
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    “Braxton’s contract with Arista during the ’70s allowed him a unique opportunity to perform and record a number of projects that would normally have been, considering his [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nico – The End…
    Nico – The End…
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    “It is one of the most entrenched visions in the rock critic’s vocabulary; Nico as doomed valkyrie, droning death-like through a harsh gothic monotone, a drained beauty pumping dirges [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
    Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
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    “This double LP from Arista’s Freedom series features Paul Bley with his trios (either Kent Carter or Mark Levenson on bass along with drummer Barry Altschul) at two different [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Loopsel – The Spiral
    Loopsel – The Spiral
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    “Fans of the Swedish underground should be familiar with Elin Engström from her time playing in Monokultur, Skiftande Enheter, and excellent solo recording project Loopsel. Her debut album [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau – Live!
    Lenny Breau – The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau – Live!
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    “Recorded live at Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California, The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau: Live! features a trio setting of Breau on electric guitar, Reg Kelln on drums, and Ron [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (Netherlands Press 1972)
    The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (Netherlands Press 1972)
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    “Upon first release, the Velvet Underground’s self-titled third album must have surprised their fans nearly as much as their first two albums shocked the few mainstream music fans who [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – The Gardens Of Harlem (Japanese Pressing)
    Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – The Gardens Of Harlem (Japanese Pressing)
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    “The documentation of avant-garde jazz from any period becomes severely hampered by production insecurities as soon as the subject at hand is large-scale orchestral music. The Jazz [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Lee Morgan ‎– Caramba [1968 pressing]
    Lee Morgan ‎– Caramba [1968 pressing]
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    “Of the other selections, “Soulita” has the catchiest melody while Cal Massey’s slow ballad “A Baby’s Smile” was previously unreleased. While Morgan and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alan Sondheim / Ritual-All-770* – Ritual-All-7-70
    Alan Sondheim / Ritual-All-770* – Ritual-All-7-70
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    “Ritual All 7-70 is a curious collection of short improvisations by the multi-instrumentalist Alan Sondheim — who plays, among others, koto, English horn, electric and acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – A² (An A-Square Compilation)
    V/A – A² (An A-Square Compilation)
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    “A-Square (Of Course) is an essential compilation of the Michigan garage revolution in the late ’60s, all revolving around the catalyst for the revolution, Hugh “Jeep” [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
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    The Dutch free-jazz legend’s intense debut Label: BASF – 14 25182-9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released:1972 VG+/VG. Sleeve shows noticeable edgewear/corner creasing

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The New York Bass Violin Choir – The New York Bass Violin Choir
    The New York Bass Violin Choir – The New York Bass Violin Choir
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    “This might easily be Bill Lee’s greatest epiphany. It also celebrates the artistic partnership that Bill Lee shares with the six other bassists on the album. The seven movements run […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
    Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
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    Recorded at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, Holland (The Netherlands), 9th August 1972 by courtesy of Joop de Roo, N.O.S. Radio, Hilversum. Label: Black Lion Records – PA-3001/2 Format: 2xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Il Gruppo* ‎– The Private Sea Of Dreams
    Il Gruppo* ‎– The Private Sea Of Dreams
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    Italian free-jazz featuring Roland Kayn & Ennio Morricone Label: RCA Victor – LSP-3846 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1967 VG+/VG+. Light marks/edgewear

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe ‎– A Spirit Speaks
    The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe ‎– A Spirit Speaks
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    “Active during the prime years of New York jazz label Strata-East, The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe was one of the various projects on the label spearheaded by bassist Bill […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
    Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
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    Guitar duo improvisation from Walker & Brokaw Label: American Tapes – AM 982 Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
    Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
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    “Albert Ayler was confronted with a spiritual anxiety that both plagued and comforted him throughout his life. This is frighteningly clear listening to the highly intense musical yin and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
    Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
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    “Recorded live at New York’s Town Hall in 1974, Spring of Two Blue Jays is split between Taylor’s solo piano version of the title song and a quartet rendition featuring […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Robert Wyatt ‎– Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
    Robert Wyatt ‎– Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
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    “There was no way that Wyatt’s follow-up to Rock Bottom could be as personal and searching, but this album that came barely a year later instead collects some earlier material […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
    The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
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    A smoking modal set from the trumpeter’s legendary quintet. Label: Can-Am Records – CA 1700 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Canada Released: 1985 VG+/VG+. Jacket in shrink.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mark Tester – Oblivion Rhythms Revisited
    Mark Tester – Oblivion Rhythms Revisited
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    “Mark Tester returns with his brand new album “Oblivion Rhythms Revisited” as a follow-up to last year’s “Super Hiss”. “Oblivion” weaves together a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace
    Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace
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    “This offering could be depicted as a pulsating mist of near static incandescent vapor. ‘Spiral Reflector’ starts things off with Lubelski’s briskly bowed violin drone taking the fore, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Samara Lubelski ‎– Partial Infinite Sequence
    Samara Lubelski ‎– Partial Infinite Sequence
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    “The sound of the violin is a product of tension and release; the hair of the bow pulls back the violin’s string over and over again and, when the tension […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Herbie Hancock – Sextant
    Herbie Hancock – Sextant
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    “When Herbie Hancock left Warner Bros. in 1971 after releasing three musically sound but critically and commercially underappreciated albums — Crossings, Mwandishi, and Fat Albert [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Walt Dickerson – This Is Walt Dickerson!
    Walt Dickerson – This Is Walt Dickerson!
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    “Walt Dickerson never got quite the credit he deserved for pioneering a modernist approach to the vibes during the early ’60s, aligning himself with the emerging “new [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Frans De Waard – America’s Greatest Noise
    Frans De Waard – America’s Greatest Noise
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    The next book on Korm Plastics contains no photographs of the artists, no list of released records, no pictures of record sleeves, and no footnotes. It is not a hardcover, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Non-Fiction
  • Rapoon – Errant Angels
    Rapoon – Errant Angels
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    “Errant Angels is a shot into the deepest rows of the left field bleachers. Rapoon, aka Robin Storey, pulled out all the experimental thunder for this avant-garde electronica. He takes […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Zbigniew Karkowski – Perceptual Interpretations Of Ambiguous Figures
    Zbigniew Karkowski – Perceptual Interpretations Of Ambiguous Figures
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    “new solo cd by Zbigniew Karkowski, 6 new pieces (2 composed with Aaron McLeran).” Label: Test Tone Music – TTM-009 Format: CD Country: Japan Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Illusion Of Safety – Of & The
    Illusion Of Safety – Of & The
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    “Chicago’s long-running experimental Illusion of Safety collective, now reduced to a less-stable lineup of Dan Burke and Mark Klein, turns briefly from meticulous musique concrete [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Caul – A Golden Epiphany
    Caul – A Golden Epiphany
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    “Throughout the years, CAUL / Brett Smith has built his reputation as one of the most impressive dark ambient acts of the world. You can finally taste the early days […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
    Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
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    “In August of 2009, Soriah invited Voice of Eye to play at his Atlan CD release party in Portland, Oregon, USA. In the anxious hours before a show what does […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
    Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
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    “Voice Of Eye Anthology Two: 1992-96 continues our anthology series documenting early works composed for compilations, a live rehearsal and other projects from the early nineties. Because [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Soirée
    Asmus Tietchens – Soirée
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    “Soirée is the result of extended recycling. Beginning from the investigation of: what will happen if I recycle (not remix) some of my older compositions and then recycle the recyclings [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tangerine Dream – Zeit
    Tangerine Dream – Zeit
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    “TD’s purest expression of “space music,” this double album ebbs and flows effortlessly from one tone cluster to another. Almost classical in construction, the music is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
    Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
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    ‘All sound you hear on this CD originated from natural ambient sources. No electronic sound-sources were used. Ambient recordings made between August of 1989 and June of 1990 in West […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
    Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
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    “Musically, as Rapoon, Robin Storey has been treading dangerously close to the edges of damnation. Tin of Drum is the culmination of years of flirtation and preparation. If, indeed, there [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rapoon – Church Road
    Rapoon – Church Road
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    “Another spellbinding meditation from 2006 from Robin Storey a.k.a. Rapoon, founding members of the legendary post-industrial group Zoviet France. Robin Storey is one of the founder members [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
    The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
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    When the cassette 1984 was released on Chimik Communications in 1984, the Nihilist Spasm Band’s last record was the 1978 Vol. 2. Although the band was very active at the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Smegma ‎– Glamour Girl 1941 + Pigface Chant
    Smegma ‎– Glamour Girl 1941 + Pigface Chant
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    This CD collects the first Smegma long-player, Glamour Girl 1941, originally released on the LAFMS label in 1979, the Pigface Chant 7″ released that same year and recorded five years […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
    irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
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    “an uncertin animal,ruptured; tissue expanding in conversation” has a matchinglysurrealistic sound and equally disturbing accompanying artwork (lots ofasparagus-esque vegetation and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Trigger Trilogy
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Trigger Trilogy
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      Conrad Schnitzler is a genuine legend in the Krautrock and electronic music worlds. Schnitzler studied under Joseph Beuys before joining an early Tangerine Dream. Their first album, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rapoon – Fallen Gods (Cidar)
    Rapoon – Fallen Gods (Cidar)
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    ‘Fallen Gods’ is the third studio album by Rapoon aka Robin Storey, formerly of :zoviet*france:. Originally released in 1994, ‘Fallen Gods’ emerged amid a prolific early period for the Rapoon [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Negativland – These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit
    Negativland – These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit
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    Negativland is still in many ways defined by the U2 debacle/smash success (depending on how you look at it), so it perhaps made perfect sense that ten years on the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
    irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
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    This limited edition collection of live recordings sees irr. app. (ext.) stripped down from its usual group configuration for the stage; for these performances Matthew Waldron braved audiences on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ernie Krivda – Tough Tenor Red Hot
    Ernie Krivda – Tough Tenor Red Hot
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    “Tenor saxophonist Ernie Krivda, whose decision to remain home in Cleveland has resulted in gaining much less recognition than he deserves, is a highly original player with an intense and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Oliver Lake – Gallery
    Oliver Lake – Gallery
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    “Unlike some musicians associated with the avant-garde, altoist Oliver Lake often sounds at his strongest when backed by a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. This excellent set finds Lake [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
    My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
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    Stunning collection of works from 1998 to 2008, MY CAT IS AN ALIEN’s first decade of adventure in outer space and modern music. All ultra-rare and long-out-of-print material from space […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Borah Bergman – Upside Down Vision
    Borah Bergman – Upside Down Vision
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    “Borah Bergman is a volatile free jazz pianist who also plays with a fractured lyricism whenever he turns thoughtful (which is often–see “Poignant Dream”). Keeping the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis – Coelacanth
    Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis – Coelacanth
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    Recorded at Waterworks New York, NY on June 6, 1992. Label: Agaric Records – Ag 1991 Format: Vinyl, 10″, Reissue Country: US Released: VG+/VG+. Still in shrink.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz