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  • Kate Hall – I Did But I Don’t Anymore
    Kate Hall – I Did But I Don’t Anymore
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Kate Hall is a Los Angeles based artist. I Did But I Don’t Anymore is a compilation of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Michael Dopp – Swizzle
    Michael Dopp – Swizzle
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: March 1, 2017 Michael Dopp is a Los Angeles based artist. Swizzle is a collection of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Sarah Rara – Earth Breakup
    Sarah Rara – Earth Breakup
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: October 1, 2015 Sarah Rara is a Los Angeles based artist. Earth Breakup is a collection […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Simone Forti – On An Iron Post
    Simone Forti – On An Iron Post
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: October 1, 2017 Simone Forti is a dancer, artist and writer based in Los Angeles. The […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Matt Lifson – Sleep With Me And A Ghost
    Matt Lifson – Sleep With Me And A Ghost
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: October 1, 2016 Matt Lifson is a Los Angeles based artist. “Sleep With Me And A […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Emily Joyce – A Cigar Caught In The Lilies
    Emily Joyce – A Cigar Caught In The Lilies
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: April 1, 2019 A Cigar Caught In The Lilies is a book of visual concrete poetry […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Paul McCarthy/Damon McCarthy – Aftermath
    Paul McCarthy/Damon McCarthy – Aftermath
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: April 1, 2019 Aftermath is collection of photographs of all the inanimate objects in the Saloon, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Luke Fischbeck – Beyond Majority Rule
    Luke Fischbeck – Beyond Majority Rule
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: May 1, 2018 Beyond Majority Rule began by surveying how non-hierarchical groups make decisions, with a […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Petra Cortright – E Girl
    Petra Cortright – E Girl
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: March 1, 2021 “This book is a collection of webcam screenshots from videos that were too […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Soft Shoulder – Formerly On Flourescent Paper
    Soft Shoulder – Formerly On Flourescent Paper
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    Formerly on Fluorescent Paper delivers 14 jaunts culled from the artist’s tape soup collage of several generations’ worth of punk and no-wave adjacent music. Be it jagged, angular, short tracks… [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • MattxIbarra – Seventeen (H2L Reissue)
    MattxIbarra – Seventeen (H2L Reissue)
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    Matt Ibarra presents “Seventeen” a double LP working through 6 compositions. Soothing minimalist ambient akin to Loscil or Windy & Carl.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • John Cage, David Tudor – Musik Im Technischen Zeitalter 1963
    John Cage, David Tudor – Musik Im Technischen Zeitalter 1963
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    In the winter of 1962-63 the writer on music and supporter of contemporary music Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, professor at the Technische Universität in Berlin, ran the international lecture series [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Limbs Bin – Burnt White Elephant CD
    Limbs Bin – Burnt White Elephant CD
    $11.00 |

    Toiling tirelessly among the shadows of the crumbling imperial superstructure, beloved noise hero Limbs Bin emerges in 2021 with a new full-length studio album on Damien Records. Burnt White [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
    Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
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    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
  • Mark Trecka –  Acknowledgment LP
    Mark Trecka – Acknowledgment LP
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    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
  • Cryocene – Exclave
    Cryocene – Exclave
    $10.00 |

    “Exclave” is the debut of NYC-based duo Cryocene, comprised of Stefan Aune (Kjostad) and Matt Boettke (Scant). Over the course of 5 tracks Cryocene weave together an ominous landscape [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
    King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
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    On Cleveland’s late ‘60s gospel scene, the BOS label was the refined, professional ying to Boddie’s lo-fi yang, galloping to the fore bearing a torch for Curtis Mayfield’s robe-wearing roots. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • H.C.O.D – Instruments Of Destiny
    H.C.O.D – Instruments Of Destiny
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    “55 minute journey into severe necrological territory. Eight heavily layered tracks that don’t attempt to repair the heavily damaged skeletal system. Suffocating industrial noise and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher – Stockhausen Syndrome CDr
    Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher – Stockhausen Syndrome CDr
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    “Composed and edited in Portland and Queens, September – December 2020.” – Flea.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Madalyn Merkey & Julie Moon – Conversation for Room with Piano and Loudspeaker Array CDr
    Madalyn Merkey & Julie Moon – Conversation for Room with Pi…
    $10.00 |

    Julie Moon and I began collaborating in 2014 as a computer music and prepared piano duo. Over the years we have tried to create a sound palette that we can […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Peter Thoegersen – Facebook Cantos CDr
    Peter Thoegersen – Facebook Cantos CDr
    $10.00 |

    Peter Thoegersen’s new CD on Flea004 is a recording of his Microtonal Song Cycle «Facebook: What’s On Your Mind » (2016-2020). Sung with hair-raising power by Lore Lixenberg, this is […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher ‎– The Past, Present And Future Of Experimental Music (Uncut GRM) CDr
    Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher ‎– The Past, Present And Future Of Exp…
    $10.00 |

    A Reader Response Exercise for 10 Participants & GRM Sample Pack. Made for Erick Laska’s Lateral Addition websit.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests ‎– Macle CDr
    S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests ‎– Macle CDr
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    “Composed by Julius Eastman. Performed by S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests (Petr Kotik, Elisa Faires, Elizabeth Lang, Chandra Shukla) at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Pierce With Arrow – Shatter
    Pierce With Arrow – Shatter
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    The collaborative debut of American minimal techno producer Troy Pierce and Colombian audiovisual artist Natalia Escobar aka Poison Arrow was conceived in reverse: first they created a collection [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Blessed Sacrificst – Loss of Innocence CD
    Blessed Sacrificst – Loss of Innocence CD
    $10.00 |

    Thirteen years of tears, screams, and reflections culminate with the Loss of Innocence, the long anticipated, ultimate release of depressive electronics project Blessed Sacrifist. Written, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Vernacular – The Little Bird CS
    Vernacular – The Little Bird CS
    $8.00 |

    Generational Muse “Forty years ago a group of hipsters fled Manhattan for . . . has it even been that long? I cannot fathom for I’m still alive and so […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Xambuca – Dissimulata CS
    Xambuca – Dissimulata CS
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    Recorded live, March 2020, just prior to the closure of the world Xambuca is Chandra Shukla: Xambuca are an international concept multimedia/music performance group consisting of sound artist [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Paolo Coteni ‎– Nel Corso Del Tempo, A tribute To Laura Grisi LP
    Paolo Coteni ‎– Nel Corso Del Tempo, A tribute To Laura Grisi LP
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    Edition of 220 copies. Conceptual artist Laura Grisi (1939-2017) was mostly know for work with natural elements and phenomena such as fog, water, wind, air & light. Quoting Germano Celant [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Relly Tarlo ‎– Territorial Landscape No. 1 LP
    Relly Tarlo ‎– Territorial Landscape No. 1 LP
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    Edition of 250 copies. Sculptor Relly Tarlo (° 1949) is mostly known for his large scale installations which he specifically designs for certain locations, i.e. an outside staircase, a park […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Giuseppe Chiari ‎– Gesti Sul Piano LP
    Giuseppe Chiari ‎– Gesti Sul Piano LP
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    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
  • Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky – Peshekhod
    Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky – Peshekhod
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    Peshekhod, the debut album from Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky, oscillates through an immaculate synth-pop ecosystem in which every shift feels both accurate in it’s absurdity and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stella Research Committee – A Proposed ….
    Stella Research Committee – A Proposed ….
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    DEDICATED TO BROOD DRIVES DOWN US-52. “A first run through A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness by the Cincinnati / Columbus based no-wave / noise-rock trio Stella Research [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem
    Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem
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    After more than 12 years, Einstürzende Neubauten‘s long-awaited new studio album Alles In Allem is finally going to be released. The album marks the quintessence of the band’s output, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Matt Shoemaker – Isolated Agent Stranding Behavior
    Matt Shoemaker – Isolated Agent Stranding Behavior
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    Limited edition picture disc Much of Shoemaker’s recorded output prominently features the use of field recordings (see his “Tropical Amnesia One” CD), but in this case he has [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie ‎– Essential Anatomies
    Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie ‎– Essential Anatomies
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    Colin Andrew Sheffield (sampler) and James Eck Rippie (turntables) began playing music together in Dallas, Texas in 2000 and released their debut LP, “Variations,” a year later. They [...]

    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
  • Skull Skull – Count To One
    Skull Skull – Count To One
    $9.00 |

    Jagged waves of shrieking shatter from the dueling guitars of Aaron Hemphill and Jarrett Silberman. Excavated from the deep archives of the mid-2000s Los Angeles explosion, Count to One shows [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Ex – History Is What’s Happening
    The Ex – History Is What’s Happening
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    “Emerging out of Amsterdam’s vibrant squat scene in 1979, The Ex — a name chosen for the ease and speed with which it could be spray-painted onto a wall — […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Saturn And The Sun – The New Age Is Shit
    Saturn And The Sun – The New Age Is Shit
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    After seeing us off with last year’s ‘Your Skulls Are To Us What The Sun Is To You’ for Industrial Coast, the duo’s instinct for ace titles is in effect […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Nick Klein – Actor Network Theory
    Nick Klein – Actor Network Theory
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    “Actor-Network Theory” is the final record Nick Klein made as a resident of New York City. Recorded in 2018, it weaves a disparate sonic narrative of dissociative opiated sleeping-bag [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ted Byrnes – All Hands
    Ted Byrnes – All Hands
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    “There’s something life reaffirming about each Ted Byrnes release. The intensity of his playing is ejaculatory and joyful. His recordings are intimate, and every time I hear them I [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Griefer – Communication Denail
    Griefer – Communication Denail
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    A follow up to 2017’s “Egress Report”, and an appearance on Tesco’s “Projekt Neue Ordnung II” compilation, “Communication Denial” is perhaps [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Knurl – Initial Shock CD/DVD
    Knurl – Initial Shock CD/DVD
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    CD – Reissue of Knurl’s debut 1994 tape “Initial Shock” with 3 bonus tracks, all mastered for CD in 2020. Approximately 1 hour of material. DVD – Footage from 9 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Oil Thief – The Colony LP
    Oil Thief – The Colony LP
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    Vinyl debut, after a string of tapes and lathes, and a CD issue of the first release. Oil Thief deftly straddles the treriksroset between industrial, noise and techno while giving […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Waxy Tomb – Imminent Fold LP
    Waxy Tomb – Imminent Fold LP
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    LP includes a 25 page full-color art booklet. Amorphous and perplexing, Jules Litman-Cleper’s work as Waxy Tomb can incidentally incite a notion of chaos or randomness in the foreground while [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • James Fella – Inactive Parts
    James Fella – Inactive Parts
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    “Inactive Parts” was a December 2014 installation at The Trunk Space in Phoenix, AZ consisting of paintings, screen printed xerox pieces, lathe cut 7″ records and two sets of [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Filthy Grin – Saturn In The Mirror
    Filthy Grin – Saturn In The Mirror
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    Gerald Biggs developed Filthy Grin as a living sound journal to document explorations in the sonification of sculpture and body movement. Currently located in Montreal, over the past decade he [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Soft Shoulder – Contextual
    Soft Shoulder – Contextual
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    Two months after the recent ‘Aerosol Can Stand’ 7”, James Fella’s long-running group Soft Shoulder returns with 10 tracks recorded throughout 2018-2019 at various live performances, at their [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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
  • Jay Robert Nash – Bloodletters & Bad Men
    Jay Robert Nash – Bloodletters & Bad Men
    $5.00 | ,

    Warner Books A narrative encyclopedia of American criminals from the pilgrims to the present. Good with noticeable shelf and spinewear along stains on front cover

    GENRE: True Crime