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Sluggo – Sluggo LP
$18.00 | LP Add to cartWhat 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 […]
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Transmissions From Abroad – Soviet Wave 1986 – 1990 – Radio Topo #2
$8.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartWhat 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 -
Flag Decal Bumper Sticker
$5.00 | Merchandise Add to cartHomage to the imortal John Prine. “But your flag decal won’t get youInto Heaven any more.They’re already overcrowdedFrom your dirty little war.Now Jesus don’t like [...]
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Crazy Doberman – — / Haunted, Non / Haunted – 2nd pressing
$18.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe Doberman crew has been relentlessly touring the U.S. for years now, existing as a traveling band of frequent collaborators and changing lineups, consisting of often radically different [...]
GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Sculpture Club – Worth LP (Milky Clear Exclusive Color Vinyl)
$20.00 | Vinyl Add to cartLabel Description: Pressed on 180 gram vinyl & housed an embossed jacket. Existing in a place not normally associated with the darker currents of culture, the pristine valley backdrop of […]
GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk -
Secrets From The Castle Keep: Kate Bush Mega Mix – Radio Topo #14
$8.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “This is my Mix, so of course i recommend it. 60 min of my fav KB tracks. Some extended cuts, instrumentals, and screwed up […]
GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych -
Don’t Talk To Me About New York – Radio Topo #18
$8.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartJustin Wiese, our film guru, is here to lay knowledge on the under appreciated jams of our lord, Lou Reed. Mistrial haters – fuck off!! C60
GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych -
New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
$13.00 | CD Add to cartWhat 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
$16.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartNew 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 […]
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Ted Byrnes – Moving My Body Through Space CD
$12.00 | CD Add to cartRecognized 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 -
Personal Best Issue 8
$16.00 | Magazine, Print Add to cartFinally here from Lasse Marhaug: Personal Best 8. My favorite zine around. Always a worldwide affair, a zine that felt familiar to me the first time I picked up a […]
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Transmissions From Abroad – The Italian Connection / Italo 77-90 – Radio Topo #9
$8.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartRadio Topo #9 Recycled C60 of Italo Disco / High NRG bangers from the 80’s All Vinyl Mix by DJ WW4
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God’s Own Country : A NZ Mixtape – Radio Topo #16
$8.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartKiwi jams compiled by Brian McCabe with help from Robert Scott (The Clean, The Bats) Always fun to jam the Flying Nun Track Listing Included C50
GENRE: Indie / Alternative -
Gift Card
$275.00 – $300.00 | Gift Certificate, Merchandise Buy gift card This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageDigitally 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 […]
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I Want To Die. I Want To Live. – An Acid Mixtape – Radio Topo #19
$8.00 | CS Add to cartDeep in the bad places in your mind, you have to fight to get out. C50 of acid bummers.
GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych -
Spacemen 3 – Revolution or Heroin
$30.00 | LP Add to cartScreen 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 [...]
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Mark Trecka – Acknowledgment LP
$13.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartLabel 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 [...]
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Music Of Algeria 50’s – 70’s : Radio Topo #021
$8.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartRadio 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, […]
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Spacemen 3 – Live in Koln
$30.00 | LP Add to cartScreen printed LP jackets, riso inserts. Recorded live 11th January 1988 at The Rose Club in Koln, Germany. Excerpt from Nov 19, 1988 Melody Marker interview: The red room is […]
GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych -
Personal Best 9
$16.00 | Magazine Add to cartLasse 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 -
Merzbow – Aqua Necromancer 2LP
$31.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartMasami Akita’s psych-noise mantra originally released on CD in 1998 by Alien8 Recordings. Expanded double LP reissue available now in standard black and limited white vinyl editions. [...]
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Nigel Ayers – Electronic Resistance
$70.00 | Book, Print Add to cartWhat 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 -
Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
$22.00 | LP Add to cartShips 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 -
Wasteland Jazz Ensemble – S/T 2xLP
$26.00 | 2xLP, LP, Vinyl Add to cartOut 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 -
The Column – Sparrows Tongue
$19.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe 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 -
Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
$22.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartPre-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 -
Ted Byrnes – Tactility CD
$12.00 | CD Add to cartThe 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 -
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Cleveland 1970
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartBlown out nasty recording. Crazy Horse are white hot. Recommend with a doob. Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Folk / Country -
Sun Ra and his Intergalatic Friends – Dieswarts CS
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartEarly 80s audience recordings from Euro tours. Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Joy Division – Unknown Martyrs
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartRecorded live July 13, 1979. One of the most fierce and spirited live JD bootlegs. Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 *Currently shipping to us from Hungary. Ships from us by Christmas.*
GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk -
The French Connection – French Ye Ye Garage Pop & Psych Mixtape – Radio Topo #20
$8.00 | CS Add to cart“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…
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Low Life – Catholic Guilt 7″
$10.00 | 7", Vinyl Add to cartLabel Description: New 7” from Sydney’s Low Life featuring two previously unreleased tracks which tie up loose ends from the band’s first wave period. ‘Catholic Guilt’ was originally leftover [...]
GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk -
The Drin – Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom
$22.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWay out there. From up in the attic, in the village of Cincinnati – the third album from the Drin has arrived to commence 2023. Cold rhythms reverberate through the […]
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Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
$10.00 | CS Add to cartShips 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 […]
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NeuGrau – Beneath The Skin
$19.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartThe 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 […]
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11 Year Anniversary Shirt
$30.00 – $32.00 | Merchandise, Shirt Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageWe are somehow into our 12th year as a store… Trying to own a record shop is a ton of work, and very expensive. If you like what we do, […]
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Bjork – Violently Live CS
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartCirca 1993 live Bjork… sounds great. Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic -
Gene Clark – 1975
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartLive & unreleased 1975 tracks from Gene Clark with a KILLER band. Must have. Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Folk / Country -
V-3 – Hit Dead Center With My Disease LP
$20.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartAs 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 […]
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V-3 – The Enemy Within LP
$21.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartAs 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
$19.00 | LP Add to cart“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)
$20.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhat our staff has to say: “Top tier death metal. Absolutely crushing, FFO being absolutely destroyed. Favorite track ‘Skinjob’” – Dan HATRED SURGE – Human Overdose LP [...]
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Kraftwerk – 1981 – Live In Tokyo CS
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartLive in Tokyo – Computer World set. Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic -
Townes Van Zandt – Live Europe
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartLive european recordings of TVZ! Fantastic release. Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Folk / Country -
Miles Davis – Belgrade 1973
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cart“At his most adventurous 70s zone. The band was Dave Liebeman, Al Foster, Michael Henderson, Reginald Lucas, Pete Cosey & Mtume.” Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 *Currently [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Miles Davis – Belgrade 1971
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cart“At his most adventurous 70s zone. The band was Gary Bartz, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Michael Henderson, Keith Jarrett, Don Alies & Mtume.” Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
James Fella & Gabriella Isaac – CCTK Music
$18.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartCCTK 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 -
New Order – Berlin 1981
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartEarly live set, includes a beautiful and depression rendition of Ceremony. Worth it for the cover art alone! Fan club tape – ships April 25th
GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk -
Personal Best 10
$16.00 | Magazine, Print, Zine Add to cartInterviews with: Alexander Rishaug Carlos Giffoni Hilary Woods Harald Fetveit Evicshen Rhodri Davies Deathprod 100 pages. Offset CMYK print. Perfect bound.
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The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartIn from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Pink Fairies at their absolute best. Remarkable psych freaks make loud noise.
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Yana – Obitvs CS
$12.00 | Cassette Add to cartHeavy 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
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Max Nordile – Building A Better Void
$16.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cart*Max Nordile (Preening, Violence Creeps, Uzi Rash, et al.) tosses Gilgongo 30 minutes of trudging, free-form sprawl that draws unassuming and collateral reference points (in the label’s [...]
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Tashi Dorji & John Dietrich – Midden
$16.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to cartWhile 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 […]
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Sun City Girls “You’re Never Alone…” T-shirt
$25.00 | Merchandise, Shirt Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pagePrinted On Comfort Colors Mustard Shirts 1 Color Print using Soft Vintage Feel Inks
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Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cart“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 [...]
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DJ Speedsick – You People Make Me Fucking Sick CDr
$16.00 | CD-R Add to cartNew 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 [...]
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Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
$10.00 | Cassette, CS Add to cartIn 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 […]
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Alex York – Electro Paralysis
$7.00 | Cassette Add to cartFrequent 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 -
Nape – Ten Tonne Angel CS (2nd Edition)
$10.00 | CS Add to cartWhat 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
$23.00 | LP, Vinyl Add to carthe 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