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  • Ligature – 245 Days In Hell
    Ligature – 245 Days In Hell
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Vestigial Limb – Now, Voyager
    Vestigial Limb – Now, Voyager
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Circuit Wound – Succumbing To The Inevitable Automation
    Circuit Wound – Succumbing To The Inevitable Automation
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grant Evans – Concrete Narcissus
    Grant Evans – Concrete Narcissus
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Post Moves – No Dignity In Haste
    Post Moves – No Dignity In Haste
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    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Nobuo Yamada – Highway / Nightmare
    Nobuo Yamada – Highway / Nightmare
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Werewolf Jerusalem – Hand Of The Gallows
    Werewolf Jerusalem – Hand Of The Gallows
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Id M Theft Able – Recycled
    Id M Theft Able – Recycled
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Small Melodies
    V/A – Small Melodies
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    “A 14-track compilation from mondii’s spekk label, featuring tracks by artists from the minimalist music scenes in the USA, in Sweden, France, Germany, Australia and Japan, including [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Vatican Shadow ‎– 20th Hijacker
    Vatican Shadow ‎– 20th Hijacker
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    “20TH HlJACKER – the redacted ‘what if’ Doom Electronics loop which dissects the gulf between death as sacrifice vs. reward, anxiety digitalization and universal human commonality [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A – Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
    V/A – Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands
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    “The Numero Group has painstakingly audited every tape in the Lowland archives, selecting the best of the best (22 tracks on CD, 28 for the 2LP) for this peerless compilation. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Tim Daisy – Relucent: Music For Marimba, Radios, And Turntables
    Tim Daisy – Relucent: Music For Marimba, Radios, And Turntables
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    “‘Relucent’ is Chicago composer and percussionist Tim Daisy’s latest solo effort. A collection of compositions and improvisations combining recent explorations with turntable manipulation [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rafael Toral ‎– Spectral Evolution
    Rafael Toral ‎– Spectral Evolution
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    “After a two-decade interlude, Jim O’Rourke’s Moikai returns with Spectral Evolution, a major new work by Rafael Toral. Making his name in the mid-1990s with influential guitar drone [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pjusk ‎– Salt Og Vind
    Pjusk ‎– Salt Og Vind
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    “With Salt og Vind Pjusk retums from an eight year album hiatus. This release is also the first seeing Pjusk as a solo project consisting of Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik. Salt […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jan Martin Smørdal, Øystein Wyller Odden ‎– Kraftbalanse
    Jan Martin Smørdal, Øystein Wyller Odden ‎– Kraftbalanse
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    “SOFA MUSIC continues to release the work of the extraordinary Norwegian composer Jan Martin Smørdal. Recently he was awarded the prestigious Arne Nordheim Composers Prize for his creative [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Hototogisu* + Burning Star Core ‎– Hototogisu + Burning Star Core
    Hototogisu* + Burning Star Core ‎– Hototogisu + Burning Star Core
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    LP of alternate recordings from the same sessions as the DroneDisco CD of the same name. Label: Yik Yak – YIK YAK 014 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 2008 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Blau
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Blau
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    “On the Red Album Rot, Conrad Schnitzler laid down the direction his musical artistry would take. His second solo , The Blue Album Blau, originally released in 1974, offered confirmation [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Christina Carter ‎– Texas Blues Working
    Christina Carter ‎– Texas Blues Working
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    “Featuring the 6 tracks from the original release, along with an additional brand new amazing track. The original edition on tape received some fantastic reviews, so its great to finally [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Caroliner – Smoke Tour For Lunation / Effrointerian Healing Spools Of Sacrificed Modesty Through The Curious Science Of Magnetism As Presented By Woodpatty The Chicken Climber
    Caroliner – Smoke Tour For Lunation / Effrointerian Healing Spools Of …
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    “This is a split record with Woodpatty. One side is 28 minutes of “Smoke Tour for Lunation” by Caroliner Rainbow Snake Tailed Waxwalker. The other side is Woodpatty [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Liz Durette ‎– Primordial Soup
    Liz Durette ‎– Primordial Soup
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    “Another splendid album of avant hi-jinx and shreddery from keyboard whiz, Liz Durette. Primordial Soup is her fourth album (first was a cassette), and the second for Feeding Tube. It […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • David Gilden ‎– Texas Pillbox 18 CD Boxset
    David Gilden ‎– Texas Pillbox 18 CD Boxset
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    All the Gilden you could ever want. 6/1/1973 – 4/6/2008 18 CDs housed in six six-panel 3CD A5 Digipaks, housed in a slipcase with fold-out insert. 300 copies were produced. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jandek – Blue Corpse
    Jandek – Blue Corpse
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    “Here it is: the way in. Blue Corpse is the most accessible Jandek record, the “easiest” to absorb, the most conventional, the most “melodic” and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pulsinger / Fennesz – In Four Parts (Tribute To John Cage)
    Pulsinger / Fennesz – In Four Parts (Tribute To John Cage)
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    “Equipped with a modular synthesizer, guitar, and electronics, Patrick Pulsinger and Christian Fennesz present an homage to the master of all things silent: John Cage. The pieces on this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Goddaughter ‎– Goddaughter
    Goddaughter ‎– Goddaughter
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    Edition of 50. Label: Blue Can Crossing – BCC02 Format: Lathe Cut, 7″, Limited Edition, Clear Vinyl Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Joe Colley, Mike Shiflet – Intentional Accidents For Microphone / 4 A.M. With Chris And Dan
    Joe Colley, Mike Shiflet – Intentional Accidents For Microphone / 4 A.…
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    Side A: Composed August 2004 at HOLE and Desperation Mobile from minidisc archive materials. Side B: Excerpt from a radio performance on WFMU, Jersey City, NJ. Recorded on September 19, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Diamanda Galas ‎– You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
    Diamanda Galas ‎– You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
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    “Originally issued as a 45 rpm 12” on Restless Records, You Must Be Certain of the Devil was, at the time, Galas’ most song-oriented and rockish release and would remain […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pharmakon ‎– Contact
    Pharmakon ‎– Contact
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    “The release date of Contact marks the ten-year anniversary of Margaret Chardiet’s project, Pharmakon. While working on her newest release, she began to evaluate the project as a whole. [...]

    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
  • Mike Cooper With The Machine Gun Co. And Michael Gibbs / The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper ‎– Places I Know / The Machine Gun Co. With Mike Cooper
    Mike Cooper With The Machine Gun Co. And Michael Gibbs / The Machine G…
    $16.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Paradise of Bachelors is proud to present the first artist-sanctioned reissues—and first-ever vinyl reissues—of iconoclastic English-born, Rome-based folk and experimental music legend [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, 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
  • Bill MacKay, Ryley Walker ‎– SpiderBeetleBee
    Bill MacKay, Ryley Walker ‎– SpiderBeetleBee
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    “Shared joy and acoustics in rambling conversation, as two friends travel the continents via high-road, short-cut and their own paths, yet untravelled. Picking in the tradition, Walker and [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • 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
  • 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
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
  • 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
  • Various – Weaving The Strands
    Various – Weaving The Strands
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    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Hold The Phone ‎– Safe Breezes
    Hold The Phone ‎– Safe Breezes
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Clear Vinyl)
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Tranquilizer (Clear Vinyl)
    $37.00 | , Add to cart

    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
  • Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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…
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    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