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  • Grant Green – The Main Attraction
    Grant Green – The Main Attraction
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    The Main Attraction is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1976 and released on the Kudu label.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri ? Toy Planet
    Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri ? Toy Planet
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    Toy Planet was recorded in 1981 and was a collaboration between the Swiss electronic music pioneer (and Jazzman) Bruno Spoerri and Irmin Schmidt.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cleveland Eaton ? Plenty Good Eaton
    Cleveland Eaton ? Plenty Good Eaton
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    The jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Leda – Neuter
    Leda – Neuter
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    Sofie Herner (Enhet För Fri Musik, Neutral) returns with Neuter, the first proper album since the Gitarrmusik III-X LP released on Förlag För Fri Musik back in 2017. Neuter was […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sofia Carbonara – On Names
    Sofia Carbonara – On Names
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    ON “ON NAMES:” I recorded the voices of my parents (Joaquin & Daniela) reading off phonemes (the sounds in words) from Spanish, Italian, and German in search of what my […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
    Grey Windowpane – Churn Clockburning Ace CS
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    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
  • Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
    Fruit LoOops – Last Chance At The Pharmacy CS (2nd pressing)
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    Ships by or around 7/21/223 “Do you wanna hear it? Do you want to hear me screeeaaaaammmm!?” Fruit LoOops vocalist Jackie Switzer opened their 2020 LP, Orangina, with these words. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Punk / Hardcore
  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
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    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
  • Grant Green – Green Is Beautiful
    Grant Green – Green Is Beautiful
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany The Classic Vinyl Reissue [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Kwanza (Verve By Request Series)
    Archie Shepp – Kwanza (Verve By Request Series)
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    Newly Remastered from Original Analog Sources and Pressed on 180g Vinyl LP at Third Man Pressing in Detroit as Part of the Verve By Request Series Verve Records/UMe and Third […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Andrew Hill – Dance (Tone Poet Series)
    Andrew Hill – Dance (Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Andrew Hill’s Dance With Death Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Joe […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Freddie Hubbard – Blue Spirits (Tone Poet Series)
    Freddie Hubbard – Blue Spirits (Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Freddie Hubbard’s Blue Spirits Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Joe [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joe Henderson – Page One
    Joe Henderson – Page One
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    Page One introduced the jazz world to the unusually mature and original young tenor saxophonist, Joe Henderson. “Recorda Me” & “Blue Bossa” have become jazz classics [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Brown Acid: The Fifteenth Trip
    V/A – Brown Acid: The Fifteenth Trip
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    Lo and behold, Brown Acid – The Fifteenth Trip is here, and it’s another mind-melting dose of brilliant long-lost, rare, and unreleased hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal tracks from [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Metal
  • Sissy Spacek – Live In Hong Kong
    Sissy Spacek – Live In Hong Kong
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    Sissy Spacek is known for their extended approach to sound and performance. Founded in 1999, the group (since 2013, primarily a duo of Charlie Mumma and John Wiese) have released […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Faust – Momentaufnahme II
    Faust – Momentaufnahme II
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    Originally part of 2021’s Faust Box Set release commemorating the bands 50th anniversary Momentaufnahme I and II are now set for their own standalone release by popular demand. This is […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kevin Drumm – Battering Rams
    Kevin Drumm – Battering Rams
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    From the viscerally punishing and nerve wrecking, to the wistfully sublime, Kevin Drumm’s work often yield a ferocious intensity through the timbres of minute details. Now, throughout this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Faust – Punkt
    Faust – Punkt
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    After the overwhelming success of the 1971-1974 box set release (BB 374CD/LP), containing the first four studio albums and for the first time ever this lost “last” album recording, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 (Deluxe Edition)
    Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 (Deluxe Edition)
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    “To hear a tape containing their earliest demos, recorded on May 11, 1965, and locked away until now, is to hear traces of things rarely associated with The Velvet Underground: […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Rock / Pop
  • Alan Licht and John Krausbauer – Self Titled 7″
    Alan Licht and John Krausbauer – Self Titled 7″
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    What our staff has to say: “Insane amplified violin shredding on top of electric guitar on A side – I’ve never heard a violin sounding like that, blending completely with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • John Krausbauer + Patrick Shiroishi – High Life 7″
    John Krausbauer + Patrick Shiroishi – High Life 7″
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    High Life is like a mini-album, a short journey or guide. The perfect use of the 7″ format, showcasing the range of this inventive duo with each playing their core […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grupo Um – Starting Point
    Grupo Um – Starting Point
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    Includes insert. The previously unreleased debut album from 1975. In 1975, under the oppressive military dictatorship in Brazil, brothers Lelo and Zé Eduardo Nazario invited bassist Zeca [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Hooker – Shamballa – Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (RSD)
    William Hooker – Shamballa – Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (RSD)
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    Shamballa is the 1993 collaboration from jazz drummer William Hooker, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), and composer Elliott Sharp. The release features Hooker performing duets with each musician. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – Europe 1966 (RSD)
    Albert Ayler – Europe 1966 (RSD)
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    What our staff has to say: “Lovely boxset of select dates from Ayler’s 1966 Euro tour. Live material from this tour has been dug up over the years, most notably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    FRENCH IMPORT (One Time Pressing, Jazz avant-garde Collector’s item) – 1976 Iconic Pioneer of Bebop Jazz. Considered one of the most important drummers in the history of Jazz. He was [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Hawkwind – Hawkwind – The Iron Dream – Live 1977 (LP, RSD, Cle) (NM or M-)
    Hawkwind – Hawkwind – The Iron Dream – Live 1977 (LP, RSD, Cle) (NM or M-)
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    In September 1977 Hawkwind undertook a UK tour to promote the album Quark, Strangeness & Charm. The shows were some of the finest of this era of the band, featuring […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • ‘-  – Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels () (NM or M-)
    ‘- – Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels () (NM or M-)
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    Mingus and Roach’s protest to the pop leaning Newport Jazz Festival / Remastered by Bernie Grundman / Exclusive Color / 180 gm / 24pt Matte Jacket

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Archie Shepp – À Massy – U-Jaama “Unité” (LP, RSD) (NM or M-)
    Archie Shepp – Archie Shepp – À Massy – U-Jaama “Unité” (LP, RSD) (NM or M-)
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    FRENCH IMPORT (One Time Pressing, Jazz avant-garde Collector’s item) – 1975 Iconic, Very Rare Live Recording from The Massy in France. Archie “Vernon” Shepp American is a [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sistrenatus ? Sensitive Disturbance
    Sistrenatus ? Sensitive Disturbance
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    Blurring the lines between Dark Ambient, Industrial and Noise, Sistrenatus storms forth, shifting between oppressive aggression and unsettling atmospheres. “Sensitive Disturbance” is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • South Saturn Delta ? Experience The Concreteness
    South Saturn Delta ? Experience The Concreteness
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    This is South Saturn Delta’s debut album, featuring their finest live recordings from between 2003-2005, in Osaka and Tokyo. SSD is a kind of Japanoise supergroup, formed in 2003, with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Shirese – Rose Of Smiling Faces LP
    Shirese – Rose Of Smiling Faces LP
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    What our staff has to say: “If the almighty Grapefruit Records has a hand in it, you know it’s going to be good. Killer psyched out rock very reminiscent of […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Limbs Bin – A Glass Of Sour Quince
    Limbs Bin – A Glass Of Sour Quince
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    18 new tracks of heartstopping blast chaotics from Western Mass noisecore legend Limbs Bin. 17 originals and a Bob Dylan cover in less than three minutes. When they said you’d […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Sound
    V/A – Sound
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    What our staff has to say: “Etats-Unis (Superior Viaduct’s more experimental reissue label) had a recent LAFMS drop (Smegma, ID Art #2, Blorp Esette Volume One, and the La Forte […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – I.d. Art #2
    V/A – I.d. Art #2
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    “Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) formed in the mid-1970s as a loose-knit experimental music collective and multimedia publishing vehicle. Founded by teenage Le Forte Four members [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Blorp Esette Volume One
    V/A – Blorp Esette Volume One
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    “Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) formed in the mid-1970s as a loose-knit experimental music collective and multimedia publishing vehicle. Founded by teenage Le Forte Four members [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now!
    Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now!
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    2023 repress. “The Tribe co-founder’s debut, lacquered directly from his master tapes in an all-analog transfer by Bernie Grundman. The definitive reissue of this spiritual jazz album [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Siegfried Kessler / Gus Nemeth / Stu Martin – Solaire
    Siegfried Kessler / Gus Nemeth / Stu Martin – Solaire
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    Reissue, originally released in 1971. Solaire, Siegfried Kessler, that is the least you can say! Aged four: learns piano. Aged six: his first concert. After this: studies classical music like [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris
    Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris
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    “The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, expanding to a chamber orchestra, marks its sixth decade as a vital force on the world music stage with an ear-opening live recording on two […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Residents – Meet The Residents (50th Anniversary 3xLP Boxset)
    The Residents – Meet The Residents (50th Anniversary 3xLP Boxset)
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    “Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have now been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for half a century. To commemorate their 50th Anniversary, the group revisit [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Cosmic Jokers / Sternenmädchen – Gilles Zeitschiff
    Cosmic Jokers / Sternenmädchen – Gilles Zeitschiff
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    Reissue of the original 1974 album by Gille Lettmann aka Sternenmädchen/Star Maiden. Live in the Quadro Studio: Gille and Klaus Schulze. Music inserts from the LPs Seven Up (Ash Ra […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • NBDY – Woods & Wires
    NBDY – Woods & Wires
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    Czech Republic based artist NBDY utilities precise measures in his approach to cut-up noise. Tearing into passages with precise immediacy which at points abruptly hyperextends into crisp, bracing [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Derek Bailey, Cyro Baptista – Cyro
    Derek Bailey, Cyro Baptista – Cyro
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    Honest Jon’s Records present a reissue of Derek Bailey and Cyro Baptista’s Cyro, originally released on Incus in 1988. When Cyro Baptista moved to New York in 1980 from his […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sons Of Kemet – Black To The Future
    Sons Of Kemet – Black To The Future
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    Sons of Kemet return in 2021 with their new album Black To The Future. This release finds the UK-based quartet at their most dynamic – showcasing harmonically elegant arrangements and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie McClean – A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
    Jackie McClean – A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note 80th Anniversary Edition)
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    Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series Curated by Don Was and Cem Kurosman; Great Reid Miles Covers (Part 3) Themed Installment Presented on 180g Vinyl LP In honor of Blue […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – The Latin Bit (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
    Grant Green – The Latin Bit (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Grant Green’s The Latin Bit Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Just Coolin’
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    All-analog 180-gram LP mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio No drummer more palpably imprinted their sonic identity and aesthetic principles on the soundtrack and culture of late 20th- and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival – Boxset & Book
    The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival – Boxset & Book
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    What our staff has to say: “Almost 5 hours of recordings from the 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival on 4 cassettes and including a lovely 240 page book documenting […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Frank Wright Trio – Frank Wright Trio
    Frank Wright Trio – Frank Wright Trio
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    Reissue, originally released on ESP Disk’ in 1966. Frank “The Reverend” Wright was one of the most powerful saxophonists to pick up on Albert Ayler‘s freedom and ferocious [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • People – Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock
    People – Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock
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    Reissue, originally released in 1971. A monster on its own Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock still is one of the most enigmatic records to have come out of the early seventies Japanese […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Masonna / Prurient – Annihilationism
    Masonna / Prurient – Annihilationism
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    Includes two-sided poster and download code. Years in the making, Annihilationism is a split full-length of brand new material of “harshtronics and exclamation” from Japan’s [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise