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  • Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
    Bashi Rose – Ritual of Rebellion
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    Hank Shocklee said the most unique thing about hip hop’s genesis is that it was the first time non-musicians were responsible for making records. Before that, everybody involved knew what […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
    Marwa Helal – LIVE from the light unobserved
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    Poetry is as much voice as it is writing. The writing captures the voice so that we can remember. The idea that many of our great contemporary poets remain unrecorded […]

    GENRE: Spoken Word
  • Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
    Camille Dietrich – Grates of Love
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    Camille is the rawest cellist working today, straight up, no qualifiers. It’s hard to separate her from her dad and co-conspirator Don Dietrich in the same way it’s incredibly difficult […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
    Guilherme Granado – Christi Annu Ali Vyianna
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    When Ab from Cartas de Cartalunya (OCFC-002) sent me Christi Annu Ali Vyianna I thought it was another of his alter egos because it shared the same dreamscape Brazilian cyclical […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    Marcel Wave – Something Looming
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    Marcel Wave write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment ‘Something Looming’ is part trades club symphony, part itchy serenade, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    Nick Maurer – Come On In!
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    Nick Maurer’s Come On In! is the stuff of a modern American fable. The 20 year-old Cincinnatian’s first release on Happy Families feels wise beyond years but is equally moving […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Rolex – Promo 2022
    Rolex – Promo 2022
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    THEY’RE BACK! Rolex is back with a promo that returns with a vengeance. From an upcoming split LP with my other favorite LA band, Grimly Forming. These are four of […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Shitty Life – Limits To Growth
    Shitty Life – Limits To Growth
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    Blazing fast, Chitarrino-Punk from Parma, Italy. If you enjoy Shitty Limits, Youth Avoiders, or Social Cirkle, you will love this new record. You might have seen them on tour recently […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Subliminal Excess – Witness
    Subliminal Excess – Witness
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    From the depths of lower wacker…its the return of Subliminal Excess. With a demo that ushered in the cold reality of 2020, they are keeping that same energy with witness. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Gerrit Hatcher ? Burnt Pan Rolling Boil
    Gerrit Hatcher ? Burnt Pan Rolling Boil
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    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE RECORDED AT BEL_AIR SOUND STUDIO ON MARCH 29TH, 2019 RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY TODD CARTER ALL MUSIC BY GERRIT HATCHER (BMI) ART & DESIGN […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gerrit Hatcher Group – The Good Instinct of the Morning
    Gerrit Hatcher Group – The Good Instinct of the Morning
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    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE KATIE ERNST – BASS BEN LAMAR GAY – CORNET KEEFE JACKSON – TENOR SAXOPHONE JULIAN KIRSHNER – DRUMS RECORDED BY EDWARD HAMEL ON MAY [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gerrit Hatcher / Peter Maunu / Julian Kirshner – Live at Splice Series
    Gerrit Hatcher / Peter Maunu / Julian Kirshner – Live at Splice Series
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    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE PETER MAUNU – GUITAR, VIOLIN AND MANDOLIN JULIAN KIRSHNER – DRUMS RECORDED LIVE AT THE BEAT KITCHEN 9/25/19 RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY BILL [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Keefe Jackson, Jim Baker, Julian Kirshner ? Routines
    Keefe Jackson, Jim Baker, Julian Kirshner ? Routines
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    KEEFE JACKSON – TENOR AND SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE JIM BAKER – PIANO AND SYNTHESIZER JULIAN KIRSHNER – DRUMS RECORDED BY BILL HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2019 AT THE SHAPE SHOPPE, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rob Magill – Blues Etudes
    Rob Magill – Blues Etudes
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    RECORDED AND COMPOSED BY ROB MAGILL IN OJAI, CA IN FEBRUARY 2022 MIXED AND MASTERED BY JEHF JONES ARTWORK BY ROB MAGILL LAYOUT BY GERRIT HATCHER PHOTO BY BRETT WILLIAM […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gerrit Hatcher – Solo Five
    Gerrit Hatcher – Solo Five
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    GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE RECORDED BY TODD A. CARTER AT BEL_AIR SOUND STUDIO, MAY 31ST, 2021 MIXED AND MASTERED BY TODD A. CARTER ARTWORK AND LAYOUT BY GERRIT HATCHER […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Near Miss – The Natural Regimen
    Near Miss – The Natural Regimen
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    ROB MAGILL – TENOR AND SOPRANO SAXOPHONES AND BASS CLARINET GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE BILL HARRIS – DRUMS RECORDED BY BILL HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022 AT THE MUSIC [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Glaciers – Superposition
    Glaciers – Superposition
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    TODD A. CARTER – PIANO, RHODES, SYNTH, PERCUSSION, TOYS, ORGAN MICHAEL HARTMAN – PIANO, SYNTHS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION RECORDED AT BEL_AIR SOUND STUDIO NOBLE SQUARE 2019 – 2022 [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Devouring The Guilt – Not to Want to Say
    Devouring The Guilt – Not to Want to Say
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    BILL HARRIS – DRUMS GERRIT HATCHER – TENOR SAXOPHONE ELI NAMAY – BASS RECORDED JULY 10TH, 2021 AT THE MUSIC GARAGE, CHICAGO RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY BILL HARRIS COVER [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Spllit – Infinite Hatch
    Spllit – Infinite Hatch
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    Cut from a magnetic, jagged edge of the Louisiana underground, Spllit open up an entirely new can of worms on ‘Infinite Hatch’. A dozen new originals, mined from the minds […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
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    First solo project from S.T. McCrary who longtime wrote and played for Baton Rouge punk band the Melters. A true lo-fi masterwork, Tight Ass Goku Pictures is a compilation of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ted Byrnes & Michael Foster – Solfege CD
    Ted Byrnes & Michael Foster – Solfege CD
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    It’s always very special for me as a ‘harsh noise’ artist to be able to discuss the improvisational works of colleagues such as Ted Byrnes and Michael Foster as I […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Aki Onda – Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
    Aki Onda – Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
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    This project, entitled Transmissions From The Radio Midnight, started around 2006, when I acquired a Sony TCM F59 — an AM/FM radio and cassette recorder combined in a slim, handheld […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Heiki – Valley Beyond
    Heiki – Valley Beyond
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    “Valley Beyond” is the Suction Records label debut by Heiki, aka Toronto-based, Canadian electronic music veteran, Heiki Sillaste. Heiki first made his mark with Digital Poodle, a cult EBM [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • What Lies Beneath #5 Zine + CD-R
    What Lies Beneath #5 Zine + CD-R
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    Interviews with/writings on Troth, Warm Currency, Ritual Heaps & Minimum Table Stacks.   What Lies Beneath, 2024

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John McCowen ? Models of Duration
    John McCowen ? Models of Duration
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    The latest from the uncompromising John McCowen is a split release between Dinzu Artefacts and Astral Spirits. Models of Duration follows the same trajectory as McCowen’s other amazing solo [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gnawed ? Torchsmoke & Rope
    Gnawed ? Torchsmoke & Rope
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    Following the path forged on 2020’s landmark album Subterranean Rites (Malignant/Cloister), Grant Richardson returns from the depths of his literal and conceptual explorations of civilization’s [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Trendees _? Barmaid
    The Trendees _? Barmaid
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    The Trendees uberoscure 2017 cassette for Albert’s Basement has somehow found its way to a 7″ release some seven years later, replete with an extra third track in tow. If […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lord Spikeheart – The Adept
    Lord Spikeheart – The Adept
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    The Adept is Lord Spikeheart’s first full-length album. A ferocious debut that ups the intensity and physicality of his previous releases and promises to bring a telluric big bang in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Matsumoto / Shiroishi / Watanabe – Yellow
    Matsumoto / Shiroishi / Watanabe – Yellow
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    Yellow brings together acclaimed LA-based musicians Kozue Matsumoto, Patrick Shiroishi, and Shoshi Watanabe. With total expressive command of their instruments, the trio unfurls a brilliant and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Group Material – Intimations
    Group Material – Intimations
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    Intimations marks the first official release of Group Material, the sound work of Eric Sanchez and Avalon Kalin. Released as a limited edition cassette on Slug Spitter. Dreamlike, “Intimations” [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Plight – Plastic Sun
    Plight – Plastic Sun
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    Brooklyn-based four piece Plight has spent the last five years making a name for themselves in New York City. Releasing their Catharsis demo in 2017, the group has been cultivating their own […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Max Nordile ? Hanging By A Fan Over Wet Cement
    Max Nordile ? Hanging By A Fan Over Wet Cement
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    Hanging by a Fan Over Wet Cement is the music of listening after listening, when water runs relative to the sound of your own footsteps, and you lean over the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cartoon ? Nyuck Nyuck Boing!
    Cartoon ? Nyuck Nyuck Boing!
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    Human Headstone Presents… “Nyuck Nyuck Boing!”, the debut full-length from Philadelphia’s CARTOON. Listener discretion advised : Weight-defying escapades, technicolor transmutations, a swirling [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joy Guidry ? Amen
    Joy Guidry ? Amen
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    AMEN is the 3rd release by bassoonist / composer / producer Joy Guidry. Representing a major step up in her ability to fully realize and embody a sound and concept, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • A Record Could Be Your Whole World: Vinyl Records as the Total Artwork Of The Late 20th Century
    A Record Could Be Your Whole World: Vinyl Records as the Total Artwork Of The Late 20th Century
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    This is a book about records considered ‘in themselves’. It is not about musicians, or music, or design, or music history — though all those things are considered at various […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Imminent Death – Radiant Ignition
    Imminent Death – Radiant Ignition
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    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • INTRAVIS Compilation
    INTRAVIS Compilation
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    A compilation featuring Nota Grave, Vampiros Kosmos, Universal Cell Unlock, Zach Rowden, Energy Gradient, Tval, Shredded Nerve, Mortido, Prosperity, and Cienfuegos.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Spiteful Womb – Traumacore
    Spiteful Womb – Traumacore
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    C20, Edition of 50

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Martin Wong: Footprints, Poems, and Leaves
    Martin Wong: Footprints, Poems, and Leaves
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    A rich and engaging facsimile of the artist’s first visual poetry book, self-published in 1968 The paintings of Chinese American artist Martin Wong (1946-99) are celebrated for their [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Marcel Schwob – Spicilege
    Marcel Schwob – Spicilege
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    Exquisitely crafted essays on medieval criminal slang, ancient Greek prostitution, laughter, anarchy and more from the endlessly influential Marcel Schwob “All over the world,” wrote [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Weird Fiction/Sci-Fi/Unexplained Phenomena
  • Marguerite Young – Miss Macintosh, My Darling
    Marguerite Young – Miss Macintosh, My Darling
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    This novel is one of the most ambitious and remarkable literary achievements of our time. It is a picaresque, psychological novel—a novel of the road, a journey or voyage of […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Hamlet in Purgatory: Expanded Edition
    Hamlet in Purgatory: Expanded Edition
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    In Hamlet in Purgatory, renowned literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt delves into his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet’s father, and his daring and ultimately gratifying journey [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Propaganda and the Holy Writ of the Process Church of the Final Judgment: Process Sex Issue-Fear Issue-Death Issue
    Propaganda and the Holy Writ of the Process Church of the Final Judgment: Process Sex Issue-Fear Issue-Death Issue
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    The rare and collectible Process Church magazines are back in print. Do you dare find out who rules you? The Process Church of the Final Judgement inspired fear and devotion […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Kate Zambreno – To Write As If Already Dead
    Kate Zambreno – To Write As If Already Dead
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    To Write As If Already Dead circles around Kate Zambreno’s failed attempts to write a study of Hervé Guibert’s To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life. In this […]

    GENRE: Memoir, Non-Fiction
  • Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism
    Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism
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    The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist Tantra The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Expanded Cinema: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
    Expanded Cinema: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
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    Fiftieth anniversary reissue of the founding media studies book that helped establish media art as a cultural category. First published in 1970, Gene Youngblood’s influential Expanded Cinema was [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Erik Davis – Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica
    Erik Davis – Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica
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    In these wide-ranging essays, Erik Davis explores the codes — spiritual, cultural, and embodied — that people use to escape the limitations of their lives and enrich their experience of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jimmy Desana: Salvation
    Jimmy Desana: Salvation
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    Salvation is a previously-unpublished artist book by Jimmy DeSana that he conceptualized shortly before his death in 1990. The publication contains 44 of the artist’s late photographic [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Stefan Aune – Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire
    Stefan Aune – Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire
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    References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
    Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
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    A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction