March 21st Newsletter

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Chicago, IL 60647
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  • Velvet Underground – Tune In / Drop Out
    Velvet Underground – Tune In / Drop Out
    $30.00 | ,

    We opened the door to a 6 foot by 6 foot concrete room. There they were, all the dogs standing in puddles of blood. Who put them here? What’s on […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Transmissions From Abroad – Soviet Wave 1986 – 1990 –  Radio Topo #2
    Transmissions From Abroad – Soviet Wave 1986 – 1990 –…
    $8.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “Soviet Wave Tape. 35 Min mixtape of dark and synth wave tracks virtually unheard and kept behind the Iron Curtain until this amazing curation […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Sluggo – Sluggo LP
    Sluggo – Sluggo LP
    $18.00 |

    What our staff has to say: “Sluggo was that band, and The Contradiction E.P. that gave me pride of being from the midwest. Amazing reissue with the first EP and […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Gift Card
    Gift Card
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    Digitally send anyone a Gift Card for Torn Light Records! Cards can be sent in any amount and redeemed online! Your recipient will be given a code for the amount […]

  • New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
    New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
    $13.00 |

    What our staff has to say: “The birth of NEW FREE JAZZ. A completely unhinged document of New Monuments. Fresh new quartet line-up. This is the next level, and the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Marsh Chapel – Child Of YHWH
    Marsh Chapel – Child Of YHWH
    $16.00 | ,

    New Torn Light release that we have been more than excited to work on with Drew & the crew. Torn Light has a huge place in our heart for records […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ted Byrnes – Moving My Body Through Space CD
    Ted Byrnes – Moving My Body Through Space CD
    $12.00 |

    Recognized as a skilled and sought after collaborator, Ted Byrnes solo albums cast a wide net that capture Byrnes’ adventurous and omnivorous approach to solo percussion. An alumnus of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Velvet Underground – 1966
    The Velvet Underground – 1966
    $10.00 |

    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 T…
    $10.00 |

    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
  • Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
    $10.00 | ,

    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
  • Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
    Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
    $30.00 |

    Screen printed LP jackets, riso inserts. Recorded live in The Mean Fiddler, London – 22.10.1987. Against all predictions, the fight to release these recordings has finally been won. We [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
    The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mix…
    $10.00 |

    “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
  • Mark Trecka –  Acknowledgment LP
    Mark Trecka – Acknowledgment LP
    $13.00 | ,

    Label Description: Recorded using only voice, piano, and handmade cassette loops, Acknowledgment was conceived of and is presented as an intertextual document reflecting on 15 years of dialogue [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    $22.00 |

    Ships prior to release date of 9/29/2023. What our staff has to say: “‘Kentucky Kraut Rock’ If you are not yet familiar with EPA, please make it a point to […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Personal Best 9
    Personal Best 9
    $16.00 |

    Lasse Marghaug’s magazine Personal Best is back! Issue number 9 will be in hand and shipping mid to late June. Still my favorite magazine around. Issue 9 features interviews with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Nigel Ayers – Electronic Resistance
    Nigel Ayers – Electronic Resistance
    $70.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “A fantastically displayed retrospective of work by Nigel Ayers, including his ‘mail art, collages, assemblages, flyers, slides, video stills, ephemera, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Les Rallizes Denudes – 1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
    Les Rallizes Denudes – 1980-1981 Fields Of Artifical Flowers
    $10.00 | ,

    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 […]

  • V/A – Mexican Rumble
    V/A – Mexican Rumble
    $10.00 | ,

    “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
  • Wasteland Jazz Ensemble – S/T 2xLP
    Wasteland Jazz Ensemble – S/T 2xLP
    $26.00 | , ,

    Out December 16th, 2022 – Pre-Orders ship immediately! “Wasteland Jazz Unit is a staple in the world of destroyed music. With countless releases cataloged by a literal who’s who [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    $22.00 | ,

    Pre-order ships on or around April 1st, 2025. Church Shuttle “ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle” is an 8 track LP of alien abducted industrial music. Specifically Pure Michigan soundscapes Chris […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Column – Sparrows Tongue
    The Column – Sparrows Tongue
    $19.00 | ,

    The Column, brainchild of prolific musician & illustrator Reuben Sawyer, returns with the Sparrows Tongue EP, his first vinyl release since the 2018 LP, Oracle.  Sparrow’s Tongue finds Sawyer [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Ted Byrnes – Tactility CD
    Ted Byrnes – Tactility CD
    $12.00 |

    The first release from our CD imprint, ARKEEN – a 7 track, 30 minute full length from Los Angeles based Ted Byrnes. Percussive abuse and aural assault. Fragmented time creating […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Last Train To Hazeville – Radio Topo #24
    Last Train To Hazeville – Radio Topo #24
    $8.00 | , ,

    Last Train To Hazeville – David hit us with the perfect end of summer mixtape. Dusty pop 45s, crying trumpets & all the weird feelings you get before fall. They’re […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits
    Mulatu Astatke – Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits
    $10.00 | ,

    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 [...]

  • Hawkwind – Live 1972
    Hawkwind – Live 1972
    $10.00 | ,

    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 […]

  • Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    $10.00 |

    Ships by 7/28/23. Writing about Mazozma aka Ma Turner’s work is like trying to frame a river. Throughout the course of their prolific career and many projects, the Lexington, KY […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fuxter Schittly – “1998 – 1999 God Particles”
    Fuxter Schittly – “1998 – 1999 God Particles”
    $10.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “An excellent example that we have no real grasp on what is going on around us. In a world of fake news and discordianism, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • NeuGrau – Beneath The Skin
    NeuGrau – Beneath The Skin
    $19.00 | ,

    The 12th instalments on the label is signed by NeuGrau a brand new project from Ingmar Pauli and Saša Rajković. Their sound brings to mind rough 80s/90s dark wave with […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • V-3 – Hit Dead Center With My Disease LP
    V-3 – Hit Dead Center With My Disease LP
    $20.00 | ,

    As I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band. At the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V-3 – The Enemy Within LP
    V-3 – The Enemy Within LP
    $21.00 | ,

    As I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band. At the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lace – Human Condition LP
    Lace – Human Condition LP
    $19.00 |

    “Crawling out of the darkness in early 2016, Houston’s Lace grabbed several lifetimes of depression, displacement, and outsider feelings, and stuffed them into one-minute blasts of [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
    Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
    $20.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “Top tier death metal. Absolutely crushing, FFO being absolutely destroyed. Favorite track ‘Skinjob’” – Dan HATRED SURGE – Human Overdose LP [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Personal Best 10
    Personal Best 10
    $16.00 | , ,

    Interviews with: Alexander Rishaug Carlos Giffoni Hilary Woods Harald Fetveit Evicshen Rhodri Davies Deathprod 100 pages. Offset CMYK print. Perfect bound.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
    The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
    $10.00 | ,

    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Pink Fairies at their absolute best. Remarkable psych freaks make loud noise.

  • James Fella & Gabriella Isaac – CCTK Music
    James Fella & Gabriella Isaac – CCTK Music
    $18.00 | ,

    CCTK Music combines Gabriella Isaac’s exploitative use of laptop as feedback loop / sound source / physical device and James Fella’s electro-acoustic / tape as instrument approach. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Yana – Obitvs CS
    Yana – Obitvs CS
    $12.00 |

    Heavy psychedelic noise duo from Finland. Decrepit and broken down feedback trails into restrained echoes drenched guitar and bass. Edition of 100 packaged in A5 sleeve

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tashi Dorji & John Dietrich – Midden
    Tashi Dorji & John Dietrich – Midden
    $16.00 | ,

    While the hypothetical range of what the listener might expect from a record of free-improvised guitar playing is understandably gigantic, it’s not very often that what is heard so easily […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bruce McClure – Interval Band Selection / Glance Mechanic: 1st Glance
    Bruce McClure – Interval Band Selection / Glance Mechanic: 1st G…
    $30.00 | ,

    “Interval Band Selections” transmits two recordings from Bruce McClure’s October 11, 2019 performance at Cafe OTO, each utilizing one 16mm projector threaded with a film loop of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Various Artists – Percussive Resistance
    Various Artists – Percussive Resistance
    $10.00 | ,

    A compilation of 29 percussionists making rhythm, texture & noise to raise funds for the National Network of Abortion Funds. Percussive Resistance is our heeding a call to action. Each […]

    GENRE: Percussion, Beats, Rhythm
  • Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
    Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
    $10.00 | ,

    “Tracks taken from Nico’s 1965 45 single, an outake from The Academy In Peril & the Reed/Cale/Nico “Le Bataclan 72″ concert. Wonderful cover art worth price of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • DJ Speedsick – You People Make Me Fucking Sick CDr
    DJ Speedsick – You People Make Me Fucking Sick CDr
    $16.00 |

    New sixteen-minute piece by DJ Speedsick of cut-up style harsh noise and claustrated blues guitar entrails descending into a vortex; comprised largely of archival recordings and audio extracted [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
    Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
    $10.00 | ,

    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Bassist Uli Trepte was one of the founders of the seminal space rock Krautrock group Guru Guru, and this CD, a reissue of a […]

  • Alex York – Electro Paralysis
    Alex York – Electro Paralysis
    $7.00 |

    Frequent patrons of the Prime Ruin catalog should already recognize Alex York as a household name but for those that don’t, here is a brief introduction: Hailing from the Cincinnati, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Discreet Music Mag #2
    Discreet Music Mag #2
    $7.00 | ,

    Second issue of Discreet Music Mag, featuring interviews with Greymouth and Jon Collin and a long piece on IDDB 001-044. Full colour, written in English. Discreet Music, 2021

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Nape – Ten Tonne Angel CS (2nd Edition)
    Nape – Ten Tonne Angel CS (2nd Edition)
    $10.00 |

    What our staff has to say: “Top level techno. Raw, primitive, engaging angular sounds all under the umbrella of dance inducing psychedelia. A MUST HAVE OF 2021!!!” – Brandon [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • NE 21 – In The Realm of Electricity
    NE 21 – In The Realm of Electricity
    $23.00 | ,

    he NE-21 return to She Lost Kontrol after their first pitch-perfect 80s dark wave release in 2016. After releasing a collaboration with Donato Dozzy with the project ‘Men with [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Mia Loucks – Sister Honey Demos LP
    Mia Loucks – Sister Honey Demos LP
    $13.00 | ,

    Bedroom music” as a genre is perhaps questionable, and yet when first hearing the cassette that these songs were originally released on, this was the thought that I was fixated […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Null Mutants – Syncing Feeling
    Null Mutants – Syncing Feeling
    $10.00 | ,

    THE FINAL RELEASE ON TORN LIGHT RECORDS Null Mutants is the Chicago-based duo of Todd Irwin and Nick Butcher. Accomplished graphic artists, the project finds the pair mixing deep reverence […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Reggae / Dub
  • Chants Révolutionnaires D’Oman – Oman Protest Music
    Chants Révolutionnaires D’Oman – Oman Protest Music
    $10.00 | ,

    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
  • Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
    Golden Rain – Balinese Gamelan Music
    $10.00 |

    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
  • Laibach – Deutschland 1985
    Laibach – Deutschland 1985
    $7.00 |

    CDr packaged with fold over cover in polybag. A bootleg live recording from Oberhausen, Germany, performed on 4 December 1985. Bringing to mind the best of underground industrial tapes in […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Container – Yacker
    Container – Yacker
    $24.00 | ,

    Ren Schofield’s long running electronic project Container returns with his first release since the Creamer EP in 2021. Rolling straight out of the pandemic Schofield has since played a large […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Franciska – Afvikling
    Franciska – Afvikling
    $7.00 | ,

    The latest in the prolific output of Copenhagen’s talented Jonas Torstensen, better known as Franciska. Those already familiar with Franciska’s output from the past couple years on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Similar Shapes – Sites CS
    Similar Shapes – Sites CS
    $9.00 |

    What our staff has to say: “Ambient soundscapes, environmental noise, all tinged with decay. Listening to this tape feels like library music you heard as a kid appearing in your […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
    Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
    $32.00 | ,

    Classic album, limited repress.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Autumn Casey – Your Own Entertainment Channel
    Autumn Casey – Your Own Entertainment Channel
    $7.00 | ,

    Currently based out Miami FL Autumn Casey is an Artist in the truest sense, using multiple different mediums to express her inspirations. On the A.side of “Your Own Entertainment [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
    Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
    $12.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “Neutral live tape – now reissued on wax via Happiest Place. Disturbing “true industrial” sound. No flexing – akin to throbbing gristle or buried […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • DJ ARG – 808 Miles High
    DJ ARG – 808 Miles High
    $10.00 |

    From Mainz Germany, DJ ARG is one of the most prolific and skilled acid producers in the underground scene. He lives and breathes acid. With ‘808 Miles High’ he has […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
    Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
    $7.00 | ,

    From the label: “Originally released on CD in 2012, Chapter’s landmark compilation of 70s gay musical pioneers gets a vinyl release for the first time ever – and on pink […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Giuseppe Chiari ‎– Gesti Sul Piano LP
    Giuseppe Chiari ‎– Gesti Sul Piano LP
    $28.00 | ,

    Edition of 250 copies, historical recordings from 1975 and 1980. Giuseppe Chiari was one of the leading names associated first with Fluxus (being the only Italian member of the interdisciplinary [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic