March 8th Newsletter
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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Cro-Mags – Best Wishes (promo)
    Cro-Mags – Best Wishes (promo)
    $65.00 | , , Add to cart

    Crossover classick – Cro-Mags 2nd album of Hindu Thrash… Label: Profile Records ‎– PRO-1274-DJ Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 26 Apr 1989 VG+/VG Light marks. [...]

    GENRE: Metal, Punk / Hardcore
  • Dave Bixby – Ode To Quetzalcoatl
    Dave Bixby – Ode To Quetzalcoatl
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Since its discovery in the late 90s, Dave Bixby’s legendary $2000 private press album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the king in the loner/downer folk [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
    Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Alice Coltrane’s landmark Journey to Satchidananda reveals just how far the pianist and widow of John Coltrane had come in the three years after his death. The compositions here are [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Current 93 – Live At Bar Maldoror
    Current 93 – Live At Bar Maldoror
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Current 93 neither: David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, John Murphy, John Balance, John Fothergill.1983” Label: Durto – DURTRO 001CD Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Repress Country: UK [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • CTI – Electronic Ambient Remixes One
    CTI – Electronic Ambient Remixes One
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Dark ambient remixes, radical reworkings and reinventions of the 1980 Chris Carter album ‘The Space Between’.” Label: Conspiracy International – CTIEAR1 Format: CD, Album [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cabaret Voltaire – The Original Sound Of Sheffield ’78 / ’82. Best Of;
    Cabaret Voltaire – The Original Sound Of Sheffield ’78 / ’82. Best Of;
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Electronic music has come a long way since Cabaret Voltaire began mixing it up with machines in order to evade boredom. As primitive as Watson, Kirk, and Mallinder’s early material [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Taiwan Housing Project – Moments Are The Elements Of Profit
    Taiwan Housing Project – Moments Are The Elements Of Profit
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    Limited edition of 30 copies Label: Half A Million – HM-001 Format: Cassette, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Mary Lattimore – Collected Pieces
    Mary Lattimore – Collected Pieces
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Last year, Mary Lattimore’s At The Dam marked a watershed moment for the classically trained harpist. While over the past decade she had recorded and performed with notable talents like [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Aaron Dilloway – Door With No Handle
    Aaron Dilloway – Door With No Handle
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Originally released on CDr in August 2009 by Chocolate Monk. Also released on cassette by Hanson Records in October 2009. Recorded in a hotel in Brighton, UK 2008. Label: Hanson […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Nace, Emily Robb – Bill Nace ​/ ​Emily Robb
    Bill Nace, Emily Robb – Bill Nace ​/ ​Emily Robb
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Before hitting the road together in 2022 Bill Nace and Emily Robb recorded a tour split — a cassette, limited run of 50 — only to be found at their […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Aaron Dilloway – Bhoot Ghar: Sounds Of The Kathmandu Horror House
    Aaron Dilloway – Bhoot Ghar: Sounds Of The Kathmandu Horror House
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Phone recordings from the Haunted House in the Kathmandu Fun Park in Kathmandu, Nepal. Entrance Soundtrack: The audio playing as you walk the path to enter the Horror House… Being [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Claire Rousay – Twin Bed EP
    Claire Rousay – Twin Bed EP
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    Twin Bed EP is the first solo Claire Rousay material to come after a softer focus, showcasing additional vignettes featuring the artist’s dense collection of field recordings and her recent, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise

VINYL

  • Cro-Mags – Best Wishes (promo)
    Cro-Mags – Best Wishes (promo)
    $65.00 | , , Add to cart

    Crossover classick – Cro-Mags 2nd album of Hindu Thrash… Label: Profile Records ‎– PRO-1274-DJ Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 26 Apr 1989 VG+/VG Light marks. [...]

    GENRE: Metal, Punk / Hardcore
  • Gidia – Struga
    Gidia – Struga
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Ritualistic, tribal industrial from the mountains of Greece. GIDIA is a Greek duo of george kondaktor and giorgos lemos, part of Athens fruitful electronic music scene for a long time […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Vinny & Charlie – The Repo Code
    Vinny & Charlie – The Repo Code
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Following in the steps of last year’s mysterious “Beyond the Garage” 12 inch, L.I.E.S. throws another curve ball with a 30 track continuous LP from veteran West Coast producers, [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    In your face new 8 track LP of vicious beat driven warehouse electronics from the L.I.E.S. boss. Straight and to the point, “Extinctionist” stands very much in line and continues […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Wolf Eyes – Dread
    Wolf Eyes – Dread
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    A sought after early Wolf Eyes album back on vinyl and CD for the first time in 17 years. Originally released on Hanson Records, American Tapes and Bulb Records in […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
    Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
    $17.00 | , , Add to cart

    “It’s not essential, but this collection of early, (mostly) acoustic recordings from Ohio oddballs Tommy Jay and Mike Rep is there for you when you want to wade deep into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Technicolor Band – Walks The Blue Circle
    Technicolor Band – Walks The Blue Circle
    $25.00 | , Ships on/around May 19, 2025 Add to cart

    Technicolor Band is a revolving-cast, cross-genre improv unit based in Bloomington, IN. The group, initially instigated by multi-instrumentalists David Brown and Caleb Hickman as a regular [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    $22.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 01, 2025 Add to cart

    Pre-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
  • Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    $70.00 | , , Add to cart

    OG Copy! “Stuart Gordon’s 1985 movie based on the H.P. Lovecraft story “Herbery West – Re-Animator” was an instantly made its mark on the science fiction horror genre. [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings With Drew Gladstone – Tibetan Bells
    Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings With Drew Gladstone – Tibetan Bells
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Back in 1972, Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings made a landmark recording. They released the first album of Tibetan singing bowls and Tibetan bells. They, in effect, introduced the meditative [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Quiet Sun – Mainstream
    Quiet Sun – Mainstream
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    “QUIET SUN is a strange little beast. The jazz-fusion band existing in the Canterbury Scene was one of the few to incorporate highly distorted rock guitar in its sound. The […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    $24.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Robyn manages to combine his Syd Barrett/John Lennon-esque oh-so-British vocals, Byrds-y guitar jangle, and lyrics which run the gamut from Monty Python-like absurdity to late [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative

CDs

  • Dave Bixby – Ode To Quetzalcoatl
    Dave Bixby – Ode To Quetzalcoatl
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Since its discovery in the late 90s, Dave Bixby’s legendary $2000 private press album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the king in the loner/downer folk [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
    Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Alice Coltrane’s landmark Journey to Satchidananda reveals just how far the pianist and widow of John Coltrane had come in the three years after his death. The compositions here are [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Current 93 – Live At Bar Maldoror
    Current 93 – Live At Bar Maldoror
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Current 93 neither: David Tibet, Steven Stapleton, John Murphy, John Balance, John Fothergill.1983” Label: Durto – DURTRO 001CD Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Repress Country: UK [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • CTI – Electronic Ambient Remixes One
    CTI – Electronic Ambient Remixes One
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Dark ambient remixes, radical reworkings and reinventions of the 1980 Chris Carter album ‘The Space Between’.” Label: Conspiracy International – CTIEAR1 Format: CD, Album [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cabaret Voltaire – The Original Sound Of Sheffield ’78 / ’82. Best Of;
    Cabaret Voltaire – The Original Sound Of Sheffield ’78 / ’82. Best Of;
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Electronic music has come a long way since Cabaret Voltaire began mixing it up with machines in order to evade boredom. As primitive as Watson, Kirk, and Mallinder’s early material [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Aaron Dilloway – Beggar Master
    Aaron Dilloway – Beggar Master
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    Recorded in Kirtipur, Nepal, March 2005. Originally released on LP limited to 300 copies. Tape manipulations, feedback, crude field recordings, & Nepali dirt. “Side ‘Beggar [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Alternate Express
    Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Alternate Express
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    Late 80’s Japan-exclusive release by the longstanding avant-jazz collective. Label: DIW – DIW-832 Format: CD, Album Country: Japan Released: 1989 VG+/VG+. No obi.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Various ‎– CIMPFest: Live In Villach 2009 [5CD set]
    Various ‎– CIMPFest: Live In Villach 2009 [5CD set]
    $40.00 | , , Add to cart

    All perfomances recorded at CIMPFest, Villach, Austria Label: CIMP – CIMPoL 5020-5024 Format: 5xCD, Album Country: US Released: 2011 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Heule / Leguía / Rivero / Escalante – An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
    Heule / Leguía / Rivero / Escalante – An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    A monumentally fucked up recording from this quartet. Anything short of saying “AUDIO ASSAULT” is not doing any justice to the release. This is fucked up and violent/blown out & [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Michael Vallera – The Other World
    Michael Vallera – The Other World
    $13.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Released in an edition of 300 CDs by Torn Light Records — The Other World was recorded in the spring of 2023 by Greg Norman at his home studio in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
    Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Spirit Dome returns with a perfect companion, Live Archive. Two out-of-print releases from this acclaimed ambient duo are brought together in this value-priced 2-CD release. Living proof [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (Part 2)
    Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (Part 2)
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    A cinematic epic for the ears, part 2 of Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces builds upon the swirling currents and massive harmonic landscapes established on part 1. On the first […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic

BOOKS

  • Peter Tradowsky – Stigmata: Destiny as a Question of Knowledge
    Peter Tradowsky – Stigmata: Destiny as a Question of Knowledge
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    Stigmata―the spontaneous appearance of bodily marks in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ―have long been a controversial phenomenon. Well-known stigmatics such as [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Victor Serge – Notebooks, 1936-1947
    Victor Serge – Notebooks, 1936-1947
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Available for the first time, Victor Serge’s intimate account of the last decade of his life gives a vivid look into the Franco-Russian revolutionary’s life, from his liberation from [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Baudrillard – Spirit of Terrorism
    Jean Baudrillard – Spirit of Terrorism
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    In dealing all the cards to itself, the system forced the Other to change the rules of the game. And the new rules are ferocious, because the game is ferocious. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • D. N. Rodowick – Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine
    D. N. Rodowick – Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Although Gilles Deleuze is one of France’s most celebrated twentieth-century philosophers, his theories of cinema have largely been ignored by American scholars. Film theorist D. N. Rodowick [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Baudrillard – Cool Memories II: 1987-1990.
    Jean Baudrillard – Cool Memories II: 1987-1990.
    $9.00 | , , Add to cart

    Jean Baudrillard is widely recognized as one of the most important and provocative writers of our age. Variously termed “France’s leading philosopher of postmodernism” and “a sharp-shooting Lone [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bill Peel – Tonight It’s a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics
    Bill Peel – Tonight It’s a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    Tonight It’s a World We Bury explores a range of tendencies central to black metal and uncovers their potential as critiques of capitalism. Tonight It’s a World We Bury is […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Songs of the Unsung: The Musical & Social Journey of Horace Tapscott
    Songs of the Unsung: The Musical & Social Journey of Horace Tapscott
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    Songs of the Unsung is the autobiography of Los Angeles jazz musician and activist Horace Tapscott (1934–1999). A pianist who ardently believed in the power of music to connect people, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Memoir
  • More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking & Legacy of L.A. Punk
    More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking & Legacy of L.A. Punk
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of L.A.’s punk rock […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Punk / Hardcore
  • Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
    Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of France’s leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Big Goodbye: Chinatown & the Last Years of Hollywood
    Big Goodbye: Chinatown & the Last Years of Hollywood
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece Chinatown is the Holy […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
    After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Over the past twenty-five years, Italy’s film industry has produced a remarkable number of award-winning international art-house hits, among them Cinema Paradiso and Life Is Beautiful. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kate Brideau – Typographic Medium
    Kate Brideau – Typographic Medium
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    An innovative examination of typography as a medium of communication rather than part of print or digital media. Typography is everywhere and yet widely unnoticed. When we read type, we […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction