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  • V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
    V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
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    Four essential cuts from Ghana & Cape Verde, compiled by Arp Frique… Music is a great connector, bringing people together in many ways. On his journey in music so far, […]

    GENRE: International
  • The Threat – Live In Limerick (1981)
    The Threat – Live In Limerick (1981)
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    Legendary Dublin punk band formed in November 1978 by Maurice Foley (guitar/vocals), which had a number of iterations before disbanding in 1981. The Threat built up a following in Dublin […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Punk / Hardcore
  • Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
    Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
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    Nigel Rolfe’s “Island Stories” is a unique record for 80’s Ireland. An unusually experimental electronic and abstract record for the time, it was originally released to little fanfare on Reekus [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stano – Anthology
    Stano – Anthology
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    Following on from our 2018 repress of his debut album “Content to Write in I Dine Weathercraft “ we’re delighted to present an Anthology of Stano’s productions spanning the start […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Thee Retail Simps – Live On Cool St.
    Thee Retail Simps – Live On Cool St.
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    “After countless hours of data driven market research it was determined that the wild success of the first Retail Simps album, Reverberant Scratch was 82.6% due to the cheeky and […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Harald Voetmann – Sublunar
    Harald Voetmann – Sublunar
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    A great mind and a formidable personality, Brahe is also the world’s most illustrious noseless man of his time. Told by Brahe and his assistants–a filthy cast of characters– [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Denis Johnson – Angels
    Denis Johnson – Angels
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    The most critically acclaimed, and first, of Denis Johnson’s novels, Angels puts Jamie Mays–a runaway wife toting along two kids–and Bill Houston–ex-Navy man, ex-husband, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
    Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
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    What our staff has to say: “The Harry Smith resurgence is upon us.” – Jack He was an anthropologist, filmmaker, painter, folklorist, mystic, and walking encyclopedia. He taught [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Marjorie Muir Worthington – The Strange World Of Willie Seabrook
    Marjorie Muir Worthington – The Strange World Of Willie Seabrook
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    Literary Nonfiction. This is an intimate, stunning look at the torturous relationship of two writers: Marjorie Worthington and William Seabrook. A renowned writer on the exotic and the occult, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • CoH – Radiant Faults
    CoH – Radiant Faults
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    Ivan Pavlov aka CoH characterizes his latest solo work, ‘Radiant Faults’, as “the recording of a dialogue,” rather than a set of compositions. Crafted using a rare new [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Codeine – What About The Lonely?
    Codeine – What About The Lonely?
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    Following on the somnambulant heels of When I See The Sun, our massive, near-complete Codeine overview, comes What About The Lonely?, an eight-track LP recorded at the group’s live zenith. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
    Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
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    “Workin’ all day, trying to forget about the old me.” Like most of us, Martin Frawley is busy trying to work himself out. He lives alongside the long shadow of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Melenas – Ahora LP (Red Vinyl)
    Melenas – Ahora LP (Red Vinyl)
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    ‘Ahora’, the new record by Melenas is the exact opposite of “that difficult third album”. While other bands might be suffering from a lack of inspiration typical of that [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Desperate Nights 7″ (H2L)
    Desperate Nights 7″ (H2L)
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    H2L007 – Desperate Nights High Tolerance B/w Unclean Machine 7” Lathe Cut/mastered at Str Mastering Center Label Design Luke Yamasaki Cover Design Erektor Korp Layout Assembled Packaged and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Adios Mundo Cruel 7″ (H2L)
    Adios Mundo Cruel 7″ (H2L)
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    H2L008 – Adiós Mundo Cruel En Silencio B/w Estrella De La Mañana 7” Lathe Cut / Mastered at Str Mastering Center Label Design Luke Yamasaki Design Layout Assembled Packaged and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • T.V. Star – Hallucinate Me
    T.V. Star – Hallucinate Me
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    What our staff has to say: “Seattle’s TV Star Hallucinate Me is a short but sweet 12″ EP. 6 songs of killer Alt Country Twangy Psych Rock.” – Dan The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Davachi – Selected Works II
    Sarah Davachi – Selected Works II
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    Late Music and Disciples are pleased to present the first and second volumes in an archival series of selected electronic and acoustic works by Sarah Davachi, all previously unreleased in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals
    Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals
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    Following the star-studded release of Jazz Is Dead’s second series, the venerated label returns with an intimate offering of selected instrumentals from the Series 2 sessions with the legendary [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Koeosaeme ? Obanikeshi
    Koeosaeme ? Obanikeshi
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    Koeosaeme is Japanese artist Ryu Yoshizawa, and OBANIKESHI, his second album for Orange Milk, is a master class in how to engineer a compelling sound-design record front to back. Utilizing […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Foodman – Shokuhin
    Foodman – Shokuhin
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    Originally released 9/12/2012

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Nico Niquo ? Esperanto
    Nico Niquo ? Esperanto
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    Nico Niquo’s ‘Esperanto’ sees the Australian artist return to Orange Milk Records six years since his album ‘In A Silent Way’, and on this new release, Nico builds upon the […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Lauren Bousfield – Salesforce
    Lauren Bousfield – Salesforce
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    An omnivorous composer – gathering inspirations from a wide splattering of genres, styles, and subjects – Lauren Bousfield’s new album Salesforce is the latest creation in her sprawling catalog [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Enemy – Maladjusted
    Enemy – Maladjusted
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    Like a rocket from LA to the moon, enemy takes off with their new record Maladjusted. Returning from a split from LA’s Downsided last year, Enemy brings their brand of […]

    GENRE:
  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
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    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
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    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Noel Meek & Mattin – Homage to Annea Lockwood Book + CD
    Noel Meek & Mattin – Homage to Annea Lockwood Book + CD
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    Recital presents a book and CD homage to the New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood (b. 1939). The unique concept for this album was conceived by artists Noel Meek (New […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
    Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
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    “Hark! DIY sleaze-rock henchpersons, ascend from your cellars and rejoice… Midwestern anti-folk hero Christopher Alan Durham (The Bibs, All Gone Recs) arrives on high horse in [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 (White Vinyl)
    Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 (White Vinyl)
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    Born out of a series of studio sessions, LP.8 was created with no preconceptions or expectations: an unbridled exploration into the creative subconscious. After releasing her sophomore album [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Woods – Perennial
    Woods – Perennial
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    Woods are in bloom again, inviting you to disappear into a new spectrum of colors and sounds and dreams on Perennial. “Formed in Brooklyn in 2004, Woods have matured into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • S*Glass – Cesspool Of The Angels
    S*Glass – Cesspool Of The Angels
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    First solo LP of 2023 by S. Glass of Glands of External Secretion, Bren’t Lewiis Ensemble, This Is Yvonne Lovejoy and Bananafish Magazine. Numerous practices make up the electro-acoustic sound [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Holger Czukay – Der Osten Ist Rot
    Holger Czukay – Der Osten Ist Rot
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    Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might come to the conclusion that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Protomaryr – Ultimate Success Today
    Protomaryr – Ultimate Success Today
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    There is a sting in the summer blossom of Ultimate Success Today, Protomartyr’ new album. Arriving after Relatives In Descent, Protomartyr’s headlong dive into the morass of American life in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Michael Rother – Fernwarme
    Michael Rother – Fernwarme
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    “This is a special guy. Rare among fine musicians is one who never bit the industry weenie. This guy never did. He’s done nothing but superior work just the way […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Holger Czukay – Rome Remains Rome
    Holger Czukay – Rome Remains Rome
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    Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might come to the conclusion that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
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    Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is a tale as old as time. It’s an album. Its songs and music are by and for people together. For listening together. Before it […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Nace – Both
    Bill Nace – Both
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    Free guitar for the new age: improv with intention, construction and destruction, all with the grain and air of performance captured and telescoped in a sonic particle collider. Makes sense, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Callahn – Shephard In Sheepskin Vest
    Bill Callahn – Shephard In Sheepskin Vest
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    The voice murmuring in our ear, with shaggy-dog and other kinds of stories, is an old friend so fine to hear from again. Bill’s gentle, spacey take on folk and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
    Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
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    From the beautiful to the jarring, intrepid explorer Callahan charts a passage through all kinds of territory, pitting dreams of dreams against dreams of reality. When he makes it back […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ty Segall – Hello, Hi
    Ty Segall – Hello, Hi
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    Tossing down straight acoustic shots with electric guitar back, Hello, Hi rides through the valley of yer ol’ Canyon legends, finding an isolated place to unspool Ty’s copious [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Circuits Des Yeux – Reaching For Indigo
    Circuits Des Yeux – Reaching For Indigo
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    A moment that fell down in the life of Haley Fohr on January 22, 2016 – now in album form! Redefining and realizing the goals that were set to allow […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smog _? The Doctor Came At Dawn
    Smog _? The Doctor Came At Dawn
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    “all the bar tabs were destroyed in the fire. Once again I was a free man”

    GENRE:
  • Michel Leiris – Aurora and Cardinal Point
    Michel Leiris – Aurora and Cardinal Point
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    This volume collects two classics of Surrealist fiction, both long out of print, by the writer and ethnographer Michel Leiris (1901–1990). Close to Georges Bataille, Picasso, Jean-Paul Sartre and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Louis Aragon – Anicet or the Panorama: A Dadaist Novel
    Louis Aragon – Anicet or the Panorama: A Dadaist Novel
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    This novel, much of it written amidst the horror of the trenches when Louis Aragon (1897–1982) was a medical orderly during the First World War, demonstrates the chasm that separates […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Pyschedelic Folk
    Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Pyschedelic Folk
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    In the late 60s and early 70s the inherent weirdness of folk met switched-on psychedelic rock and gave birth to new, strange forms of acoustic-based avant-garde music. Artists on both […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Pierre Clastres – Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
    Pierre Clastres – Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
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    Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is Pierre Clastres’s account of his 1963–64 encounter with this small Paraguayan tribe, a precise and detailed recording of the history, ritual, myths, and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Count Stenbock – The Shadow Of Death
    Count Stenbock – The Shadow Of Death
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    Here, presented for the first time in paperback format, and limited edition hardcover, is an unabridged edition of Count Eric Stenbock’s third and last collection of poetry, which was originally [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age
    Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age
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    Late ’70s San Francisco. The Summer of Love is a hazy memory, the AIDS crisis is looming, and nearby Silicon Valley is still an obscure place where microchips are made. […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
    Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
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    Hold On to Your Dreams is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to New York’s downtown music […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • A Handful Of Dust – The Drum Is The Shaman’s Horse
    A Handful Of Dust – The Drum Is The Shaman’s Horse
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    With the death in 2020 of long-standing occasional third member Peter Stapleton (percussion/electronics), A Handful of Dust has regrouped as the core duo of Alastair Galbraith (violin, guitar, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Patton – Oh Baby!
    John Patton – Oh Baby!
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    Oh Baby! is an album by American organist Big John Patton recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz