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  • 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
  • Damnation Of Adam Blessing ‎– The Second Damnation
    Damnation Of Adam Blessing ‎– The Second Damnation
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    “The Damnation of Adam Blessing’s second LP (sometimes attributed in discographies to Damnation) went in a harder rock direction than their 1969 self-titled debut. The result was a [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Lennon And Yoko Ono* ‎– Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins
    John Lennon And Yoko Ono* ‎– Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins
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    Conceptual/art-music melding of minds between two lynchpins of the 60’s. Label: Apple Records – T-5001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Devadip Carlos Santana* & Turiya Alice Coltrane* ‎– Illuminations
    Devadip Carlos Santana* & Turiya Alice Coltrane* ‎– Illuminations
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    “For his third duet album, Carlos Santana performed the works of John Coltrane, paired with Coltrane’s widow, harpist/keyboardist Alice Coltrane, on this instrumental album. Side One [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Mad River – Mad River (1968 US Pressing)
    Mad River – Mad River (1968 US Pressing)
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    “By far the most ominous-sounding of the Bay Area’s 1960s psychedelic bands, Berkeley’s Mad River comes across like a spiraling, acid-spiked descent into hell. With a raw, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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
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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
  • UFO ‎– Flying
    UFO ‎– Flying
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    “The first two albums by UFO featured an odd mix of crisp, focussed songs alternating with meandering electric guitar-led soundscapes. Flying starts off with perhaps their best of the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Metal, Rock / Pop
  • UFO ‎– Live In Japan
    UFO ‎– Live In Japan
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    “It’s been speculated that this album, taped in front of an enthusiastic Tokyo audience in the early ’70s, was recorded without UFO’s knowledge. When it was issued, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Metal, Rock / Pop
  • 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
  • Art Farmer & Bill Evans ‎– Modern Art
    Art Farmer & Bill Evans ‎– Modern Art
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    “Modern Art is the prelude recording for Art Farmer prior to his partnership with Benny Golson in the Jazztet, and also foreshadows the classy, tasteful inventiveness that group brought to [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • UFO ‎– UFO 1
    UFO ‎– UFO 1
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    “Recorded on a shoestring budget, UFO has several challenging sonic moments. The uneven mixes and amateur performances that some listeners might find quaint or innocent could be distracting [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Metal
  • Hold The Phone ‎– Safe Breezes
    Hold The Phone ‎– Safe Breezes
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    Grading: VG+/VG+ *Image in listing is stock there may be variation in actual product.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
  • The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
    The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
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    The Alan Parsons Project I Robot is re-issued in a variety of different formats including as a blu-ray disc (ABC Region Free) containing Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround sound mixes by […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Charles Rouse – Two Is One
    Charles Rouse – Two Is One
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    Experience the groundbreaking sound of Charlie Rouse on Two Is One—a funk-infused exploration of jazz that embodies the innovative spirit of Strata-East Records. Originally recorded in 1974 and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
    Pharoah Sanders – Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
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    Pharoah Sanders’ Izipho Zam (My Gifts) is a groundbreaking jazz masterpiece. Recorded in 1969, two years after John Coltrane’s passing, and released in 1973 on Strata-East, the album [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Music Inc – Live At Slugs’ Volume I & II
    Music Inc – Live At Slugs’ Volume I & II
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    For the first time ever, Charles Tolliver’s Live at Slugs’, Volumes I & II will be released together in one set, presenting the full power of these historic performances in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– A Night In Tunisia (1973 Pressing)
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– A Night In Tunisia (1973 Pres…
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    “One of the greatest line-ups of drummer Art Blakey’s hard bop finishing school The Jazz Messengers coalesced in 1960 when tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
    Sonny Clark ‎– Dial S For Sonny (1972 Mono)
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    “One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark seemed to arrive fully formed on his supremely swinging debut album Dial “S” for Sonny recorded […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie McLean ‎– Right Now! (1967 Repress)
    Jackie McLean ‎– Right Now! (1967 Repress)
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    “With the exception of a beautiful ballad version of Larry Willis’ “Poor Eric,” the music here (also available in Mosaic’s four-disc Jackie McLean box set) is [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Ra Can Row ‎– Ra Can Row
    Ra Can Row ‎– Ra Can Row
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    “An instrumental band from the USA active in early 80s, built around guitars, throbbing bass lines and a solid drum drive, moog synths and electronics, enrich with a spatial feel […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Ruth Goller ‎– Skyllumina
    Ruth Goller ‎– Skyllumina
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    “SKYLLUMINA represents a new evolution of London-based, Italian-born composer, bassist, and vocalist Ruth Goller. Goller is known for her bass and vocal work with Alabaster DePlume, whose [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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…
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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
  • 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
  • Niklas Persson Trio – Live at Teater Tribunalen
    Niklas Persson Trio – Live at Teater Tribunalen
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    The long overdue first proper jazz album on Discreet Music! Niklas Persson Trio is a free jazz group consisting of three of Sweden’s leading improvisers. The trio started 10 years […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother
    Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother
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    The role of jazz as a catalyst in rock, pop, funk, new wave, hip-hop, and techno. From music writer Alex Coles, Fusion! From Alice Coltrane to Moor Mother traces the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Pamela Z – Echolocation
    Pamela Z – Echolocation
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    Echolocation is the debut work by Pamela Z, the pioneering Bay Area intermedia performance artist and composer. Recorded, released and distributed on cassette by Pamela in 1988, and a definitive, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • François J. Bonnet* / Sarah Davachi – Banshee / Basse Brevis
    François J. Bonnet* / Sarah Davachi – Banshee / Basse Brevis
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    François J. Bonnet – Banshee Banshee is an ear directed towards the edges of the old world, where these infinite fines terrae cut and fractalize into coasts, harbours, fjords, peninsulas […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sissy Spacek – Entrance
    Sissy Spacek – Entrance
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    Entering its 26th year of activity, the morphing, Los Angeles based experimental outfit, Sissy Spacek, joins Shelter Press with Entrance, among the project’s most captivating outings to date. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Atrás Del Cosmos ‎– Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
    Atrás Del Cosmos ‎– Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
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    “Atrás del Cosmos have been called Mexico’s first free jazz ensemble. Founded in 1975 by pianist Ana Ruiz, saxophonist Henry West, and percussionist Evry Mann, the trio soon became a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Heliocentrics ‎– Telemetric Sounds
    The Heliocentrics ‎– Telemetric Sounds
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    “The Heliocentrics’ albums are all confounding pieces of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kayo Makino & Tori Kudo ‎– Ein Traum Für Dich
    Kayo Makino & Tori Kudo ‎– Ein Traum Für Dich
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    “Black Truffle is pleased to announce the release of this genuine head-scratcher, the first collaboration between DJ/mixtape-compiler Kayo Makino and underground legend Tori Kudo. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Creep Of Paris ‎– Virgin Brood
    Creep Of Paris ‎– Virgin Brood
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    “Creep Of Paris is the solo project of Thomas LaRoche (aka Eudocimus Ruber). Complementing his audio and visual output, he moonlights as an insect breeder and secondhand book seller. He [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chippendale* – Gustafsson* – Pupillo* ‎– Melt
    Chippendale* – Gustafsson* – Pupillo* ‎– Melt
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    “Begun as a temporary project in 2014 by Mats Gustafsson (The Thing, Fire!), Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt), and Massimo Pupillo (Zu), this trio soon evolved into a band project. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • PDP III ‎– Pilled Up On A Couple Of Doves
    PDP III ‎– Pilled Up On A Couple Of Doves
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    “Pilled Up on a Couple of Doves is the debut full-length by PDP III, who fell into alignment in December of 2018 amid a handful of immersive and improvisatory recording […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise