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  • Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon ‎– Leave No Trace: Live In St. Louis
    Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon ‎– Leave No Trace: Live In St. Louis
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    “As live albums go, Tashi Dorji and Tyler Damon nail it down. No matter the crowd — head thrashers, Instagram zombies, shaken jazzniks — the shadow lines of feedback and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tashi Dorji ‎– Tashi Dorji
    Tashi Dorji ‎– Tashi Dorji
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    An improviser on both the electric and acoustic guitar, Dorji has an envious amount of tools and touchstones at his disposal. During these 43 minutes, he moves between delicacy that […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hijokaidan × Sissy Spacek ‎– Entropic
    Hijokaidan × Sissy Spacek ‎– Entropic
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    “On the verge of their 40th and in the midst of their 20th anniversaries, respectively, Hijokaidan and Sissy Spacek merge in Tokyo for their first collaboration, featuring Jojo Hiroshige, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mike Cooper ‎– White Shadows In The South Seas
    Mike Cooper ‎– White Shadows In The South Seas
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    “White Shadows In The South Seas is the title of a book written in 1919 by Frederick O’Brien as part of a trilogy he wrote based on his experiences living […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Rhys Chatham ‎– Three Aspects Of The Name
    Rhys Chatham ‎– Three Aspects Of The Name
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    “In “Three Aspects Of The Name” I return to my hard-core roots as a minimalist. The musical vocabulary is essentially the same as that of my earlier composition, “Guitar [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rdeča Raketa ‎– Wir Werden
    Rdeča Raketa ‎– Wir Werden
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    “Wir werden (We will) (godrec11) is the second release of the viennese duo Rdeča Raketa (Maja Osojnik & Matija Schellander). Following Old Girl, Old Boy, a 40-minute electroacoustic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Testament (RRR Comp featuring Eric Lunde, Illusion Of Safety, etc)
    V/A – Testament (RRR Comp featuring Eric Lunde, Illusion Of Safety, et…
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    RRRecords comp featuring Eric Lunde, Illusion Of Safety, Arcane Device, Jack Wiggins & more Label: RRRecords – RRR-028 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+. Light wear

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guerilla Toss ‎– Smack The Brick
    Guerilla Toss ‎– Smack The Brick
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    “It’s widely known that mosh funk in the 21st century is best done zonked and fried by Boston natives Guerilla Toss. There’s no doubt these kids are some of the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
  • Jason Lescalleet ‎– Much To My Demise
    Jason Lescalleet ‎– Much To My Demise
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    “Kye is proud to present Much To My Demise, the brand new solo LP by Jason Lescalleet. Since establishing himself as a preeminent voice in contemporary electro-acoustic study, Jason [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Porn/ Merzbow ‎– …And The Devil Makes Three.
    Porn/ Merzbow ‎– …And The Devil Makes Three.
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    Collaboration between the Japanese Noise legend and the Melvins adjacent sludge band. Label: Truth Cult – TCX01V Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Green Vinyl Country: UK Released:2008 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Anna Homler And Steve Moshier ‎– Breadwoman & Other Tales
    Anna Homler And Steve Moshier ‎– Breadwoman & Other Tales
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    Breadwoman is a being who exists outside of time, yet surfaced on tape during the perfect storm of performance art, renegade DIY avant-garde, gallery culture, and esoteric mysticism of early […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sun Ra | Merzbow ‎– Strange City
    Sun Ra | Merzbow ‎– Strange City
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    “Officially licensed from Irwin Chusid of the SUN RA estate, Cold Spring’s Justin Mitchell negotiated rare and unreleased tracks from the SUN RA archive to be remixed and treated by […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Shit And Shine ‎– Some People Really Know How To Live
    Shit And Shine ‎– Some People Really Know How To Live
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    “Shit & Shine’s sidestep from percussion led bunny rabbit rock ensemble performance based glee to ultimate heavy fools of the sticky dancefloor remains one of the more inspiring turn [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Wolf Eyes ‎– Undertow
    Wolf Eyes ‎– Undertow
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    “Times of chaos ring the bells for the newest sea-bottom R&B sound lurch from radical sonic artists WOLF EYES. The U$A’s longest-running homemade primitive electronic poetry & vibes [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Emil Beaulieau – America’s Greatest Living Noise Artist
    Emil Beaulieau – America’s Greatest Living Noise Artist
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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
  • V/A – Computer Murder
    V/A – Computer Murder
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    “compilation of obsolete technology and industrial harsh noise. machines take revenge on human creators. human scientists create manmade containers of death. scientists aid war. circuit [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Arv & Miljö – Under Bågar Av Darrande Ljus
    Arv & Miljö – Under Bågar Av Darrande Ljus
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    Limited to 30 copies. Label: Blue Can Crossing – BCC01 Format: Lathe Cut, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – California
    V/A – California
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    Twenty artists each fill an LP side of this 10xLP boxed set. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Label: Troniks ‎– TRO225 Format: 10 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Box Set Country: […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Haters – Future Cheers
    The Haters – Future Cheers
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    “I enjoy destroying everything because I enjoy leaving nothing un-destroyed.” Originally released as a cassette on the Sound of Pig label in 1986, Future Cheers is a crucial piece in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kate NV ‎– WOW (Screen-Printed Jacket)
    Kate NV ‎– WOW (Screen-Printed Jacket)
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    “Kate NV’s WOW offers listeners a prismatic shift in perspective and scale, a parallel dimension in which the mundane becomes funny, unfamiliar, and altogether sensational. Turning the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Weston Olencki ‎– Broadsides
    Weston Olencki ‎– Broadsides
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    “In 2023, sound artist and composer Weston Olencki toured across the American South. Beginning in their hometown in South Carolina, they snaked a circuitous path from the mountains of West [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sonic Youth / Jim O’Rourke ‎– Invito Al Ĉielo (Clear Vinyl)
    Sonic Youth / Jim O’Rourke ‎– Invito Al Ĉielo (Clear Vinyl)
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    “This third installment of the SYR series issued in 1998 continues to showcase the home-brewed outer explorations of Sonic Youth running concurrent to their busy mid-decade major label run [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Goodbye 20th Century
    Sonic Youth – Goodbye 20th Century
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    “Originally released 11/16/1999, Sonic Youth wrapped up the millennium with an adventurous double album of performances of works by some of the twentieth-century’s greatest composers. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer
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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
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
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    Oneohtrix Point Never returns with a new self-titled album, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, out on October 30th 2020. It is the fourth full-length for Warp Records and follows his last, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / 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
  • Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
    Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson ‎– Into The Second Half
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    “Icelandic artist and musician Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson is known for his work with Stilluppsteypa, numerous solo albums and collaborations with other artists, such as Swedish composer BJ [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lisa Lerkenfeldt ‎– Collagen
    Lisa Lerkenfeldt ‎– Collagen
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    “The music of Naarm/Melbourne composer Lisa Lerkenfeldt channels a unique wavelength of foreboding, interstitial electronics, incorporating strategies of musique concréte threaded with [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Eleh / Tara Jane O’Neil ‎– Circle Four: 100 Gongs For Arieto / Medusa Smack (Gold Vinyl)
    Eleh / Tara Jane O’Neil ‎– Circle Four: 100 Gongs For Arieto / M…
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    “Sound sculptures and gongs by Harry Bertoia unite both sides of the album. O’Neil’s Medusa Smack was commissioned by Venessa Renwick for her video installation of the same name, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A ‎– Killing Capitalism With Kindness
    V/A ‎– Killing Capitalism With Kindness
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    “The New Zealand rock scene, despite producing an unprecedented number of worthwhile projects, hasn’t received the recognition is probably deserves in the international sense. For [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Yoko Ono With Plastic Ono Band* – Fly
    Yoko Ono With Plastic Ono Band* – Fly
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    “What you hear on Fly is Ono’s disarming combination of opacity and visceral, personal transparency in full bloom. It’s also one of the most unbridled, most captivating soul albums ever [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cheyney Thompson: Passages
    Cheyney Thompson: Passages
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    One of the first book-length publications on contemporary artist Cheyney Thompson, whose work is known for its radically forward-looking intellectualism and formal rigor. Cheyney Thompson’s (b. [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media
    Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media
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    The groundbreaking, seminal work that redefined the way we think about communication—and the then-emerging phenomenon of mass media. Marshall McLuhan’s classic work Understanding Media was called [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble – For Those Who Wish to Sing Will Always Find a Song
    Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble – For Those Who Wish to Sing…
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    One night, not too long ago at Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ryan Sawyer introduced his piece, “For Those Who Wish to Sing, Will Always Find a Song.” He invited […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ben Bennett – Answers
    Ben Bennett – Answers
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    I often think about a video that Ben made in the mid-2000s, shot in profile with his shadow cast on a dimly lit Ohio punk house wall. In the video, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sam Wenc & Stefano Grasso – OMNI
    Sam Wenc & Stefano Grasso – OMNI
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    Recorded in Philadelphia, PA in the afternoon of October 21, 2023 Stefano Grasso: percussion & recorder Sam Wenc: pedal steel & percussion

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sam Wenc – Language At An Angle
    Sam Wenc – Language At An Angle
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    There are some transformations for which you can’t prepare. And others you can. This time, the color of the sky was a warning: a shattered braid of slate and orange […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
    V/A – Reportage: Spela Själv (Unofficial Reissue)
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    “Exact reproduction LP of a Swedish release from 1970. A bit of confusion surrounds this release: The album has been credited to Träd, Gräs och Stenar, but they aren’t featured […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rocker Magazine Issue 12
    Rocker Magazine Issue 12
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    ROCKER is a digest published in beautiful Richmond, VA, USA. It focuses on noise, ambient, and experimental music. on the cover: Stefan Aune In this issue: interviews with • New […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Carrie DeCunzo Mirande – My Shadow
    Carrie DeCunzo Mirande – My Shadow
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    Discreet Music encountered Philadelphia-based Carrie Decunzo Mirande for the first time in 2024 when she performed at Longest Night in Gothenburg alongside Arv & Miljö and Christian Mirande. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sewer Election + AN – De salla jaktmarkerna
    Sewer Election + AN – De salla jaktmarkerna
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    De Sälla Jaktmarkerna is a collaborative effort recorded during 2024 in Kortedala in the outskirts of Gothenburg. The Discreet Music mainstay Dan Johansson of Sewer Election shouldn´t need any [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Steve Goodman – Sonic Warfare
    Steve Goodman – Sonic Warfare
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    An exploration of the production, transmission, and mutation of affective tonality—when sound helps produce a bad vibe.Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jaime Semprún – A Gallery of Recuperation
    Jaime Semprún – A Gallery of Recuperation
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    The first English translation of the French cult classic that lampoons France’s most popular intellectuals of the post-1968 period and their ideas, which became forces of counterrevolution. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh – Omnicide II
    Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh – Omnicide II
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    An infernal catalogue of manic visionaries, inspired by the poetry of the Middle East. In a new work in which conceptual elaboration, storytelling, and poetics are fused in the infernal […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh – Omnicide
    Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh – Omnicide
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    A fragmentary catalogue of poetic derangements that reveals the ways in which mania communicates with an extreme will to annihilation What kind of circumstances provoke an obsessive focus on the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Manfred Hermes – Hystericizing Germany
    Manfred Hermes – Hystericizing Germany
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    Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s fourteen-part Berlin Alexanderplatz, broadcast on German television in 1980, is a pivotal work in the artist’s oeuvre. The 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin, a [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hollis Frampton & Bruce Jenkins – On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters
    Hollis Frampton & Bruce Jenkins – On the Camera Arts and Con…
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    The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material. As Hollis [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction