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  • Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
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    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
  • Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
    Circuit Des Yeux ‎– Symphone
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    Debut release from Circuit Des Yeux that shows Haley Fohr at her darkest and most lo-fi. Label: De Stijl – IND-066 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, White Label, Gray Marbled […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
    Bee Mask ‎– When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
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    “That old saw about dancing and architecture notwithstanding, I am like most people who make records in that I do not especially relish the task of writing about them. (Better […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
    Greymouth ‎– Parked Up
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    The duo of Mark Anderson (Bancho Taste / Mysteries of Love) and Mark Sadgrove (Mazda Hatchback / Mysteries of Love) take the wheel and don the louvres to serve up […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
    Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw – Strangled Pairs #13
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    Guitar duo improvisation from Walker & Brokaw Label: American Tapes – AM 982 Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mark Tester – Oblivion Rhythms Revisited
    Mark Tester – Oblivion Rhythms Revisited
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    “Mark Tester returns with his brand new album “Oblivion Rhythms Revisited” as a follow-up to last year’s “Super Hiss”. “Oblivion” weaves together a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace
    Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace
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    “This offering could be depicted as a pulsating mist of near static incandescent vapor. ‘Spiral Reflector’ starts things off with Lubelski’s briskly bowed violin drone taking the fore, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Samara Lubelski ‎– Partial Infinite Sequence
    Samara Lubelski ‎– Partial Infinite Sequence
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    “The sound of the violin is a product of tension and release; the hair of the bow pulls back the violin’s string over and over again and, when the tension […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Frans De Waard – America’s Greatest Noise
    Frans De Waard – America’s Greatest Noise
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    The next book on Korm Plastics contains no photographs of the artists, no list of released records, no pictures of record sleeves, and no footnotes. It is not a hardcover, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Non-Fiction
  • Rapoon – Errant Angels
    Rapoon – Errant Angels
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    “Errant Angels is a shot into the deepest rows of the left field bleachers. Rapoon, aka Robin Storey, pulled out all the experimental thunder for this avant-garde electronica. He takes […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Zbigniew Karkowski – Perceptual Interpretations Of Ambiguous Figures
    Zbigniew Karkowski – Perceptual Interpretations Of Ambiguous Figures
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    “new solo cd by Zbigniew Karkowski, 6 new pieces (2 composed with Aaron McLeran).” Label: Test Tone Music – TTM-009 Format: CD Country: Japan Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Illusion Of Safety – Of & The
    Illusion Of Safety – Of & The
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    “Chicago’s long-running experimental Illusion of Safety collective, now reduced to a less-stable lineup of Dan Burke and Mark Klein, turns briefly from meticulous musique concrete [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Caul – A Golden Epiphany
    Caul – A Golden Epiphany
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    “Throughout the years, CAUL / Brett Smith has built his reputation as one of the most impressive dark ambient acts of the world. You can finally taste the early days […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
    Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
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    “In August of 2009, Soriah invited Voice of Eye to play at his Atlan CD release party in Portland, Oregon, USA. In the anxious hours before a show what does […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
    Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
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    “Voice Of Eye Anthology Two: 1992-96 continues our anthology series documenting early works composed for compilations, a live rehearsal and other projects from the early nineties. Because [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Soirée
    Asmus Tietchens – Soirée
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    “Soirée is the result of extended recycling. Beginning from the investigation of: what will happen if I recycle (not remix) some of my older compositions and then recycle the recyclings [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tangerine Dream – Zeit
    Tangerine Dream – Zeit
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    “TD’s purest expression of “space music,” this double album ebbs and flows effortlessly from one tone cluster to another. Almost classical in construction, the music is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
    Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
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    ‘All sound you hear on this CD originated from natural ambient sources. No electronic sound-sources were used. Ambient recordings made between August of 1989 and June of 1990 in West […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
    Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
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    “Musically, as Rapoon, Robin Storey has been treading dangerously close to the edges of damnation. Tin of Drum is the culmination of years of flirtation and preparation. If, indeed, there [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rapoon – Church Road
    Rapoon – Church Road
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    “Another spellbinding meditation from 2006 from Robin Storey a.k.a. Rapoon, founding members of the legendary post-industrial group Zoviet France. Robin Storey is one of the founder members [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
    The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
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    When the cassette 1984 was released on Chimik Communications in 1984, the Nihilist Spasm Band’s last record was the 1978 Vol. 2. Although the band was very active at the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Smegma ‎– Glamour Girl 1941 + Pigface Chant
    Smegma ‎– Glamour Girl 1941 + Pigface Chant
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    This CD collects the first Smegma long-player, Glamour Girl 1941, originally released on the LAFMS label in 1979, the Pigface Chant 7″ released that same year and recorded five years […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
    irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
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    “an uncertin animal,ruptured; tissue expanding in conversation” has a matchinglysurrealistic sound and equally disturbing accompanying artwork (lots ofasparagus-esque vegetation and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rapoon – Fallen Gods (Cidar)
    Rapoon – Fallen Gods (Cidar)
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    ‘Fallen Gods’ is the third studio album by Rapoon aka Robin Storey, formerly of :zoviet*france:. Originally released in 1994, ‘Fallen Gods’ emerged amid a prolific early period for the Rapoon [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Negativland – These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit
    Negativland – These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit
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    Negativland is still in many ways defined by the U2 debacle/smash success (depending on how you look at it), so it perhaps made perfect sense that ten years on the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
    irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
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    This limited edition collection of live recordings sees irr. app. (ext.) stripped down from its usual group configuration for the stage; for these performances Matthew Waldron braved audiences on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
    My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
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    Stunning collection of works from 1998 to 2008, MY CAT IS AN ALIEN’s first decade of adventure in outer space and modern music. All ultra-rare and long-out-of-print material from space […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – Shiminkai
    Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – Shiminkai
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    New album “Shiminkai” by Kafka’s Ibiki, a three-piece band comprised of Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto. Recorded live performance in Tokyo in 2023 by [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • M.B. – Plays The Clockwork Orange
    M.B. – Plays The Clockwork Orange
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    “Reissue of a February 1980 decomposition (M.B. skippin’ up the film’s original soundtrack) from the Italian industrial forereunner. Halting tape cut-ups of the classical score [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Richard Ramirez & MSBR – Negative / Offensive
    Richard Ramirez & MSBR – Negative / Offensive
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    (A tribute to The New Blockaders (A celebration of the influential) Anti) artists Richard & P.D. Rupenus, TNB. Dedicated to the memory of Koji Tano. Collaboration release. Each artist [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The New Blockaders – First Live Performance
    The New Blockaders – First Live Performance
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    Recorded live at Morden Tower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 8th. June, 1983. Originally released together with Changez Les Blockeurs as part of a 2LP box set, has since been released as a single […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Boyd Rice – S/T
    Boyd Rice – S/T
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    An early entirely sample-based work that approaches Warp Records territory in certain sections. Label: Mute – STUMM 4 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue Country: UK Released: 1981 VG+/VG. Some creasing [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • COUM Transmissions – Sugarmorphoses
    COUM Transmissions – Sugarmorphoses
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    “Sugarmorphoses was recorded in 1974 solely by Genesis P-Orridge within the COUM Transmissions headquarters, joyfully known as the Ho Ho Funhouse, and are some of the most compelling [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Teils Teils
    Asmus Tietchens – Teils Teils
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    “The first track of this is the side-long “Teilmenge 20,” which begins as a set of indecipherable static electricity clicks that are quite warm and engaging, which quickly [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – Anthology One:1989-91
    Voice Of Eye – Anthology One:1989-91
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    “Anthology One is culled from the first three cassette releases by Voice of Eye — Isolation (1990), Voice of Eye (1991), and Resonant Fields/Hot Gypsy Fink Hell (1992) — all [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Andrew Liles – Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D’antan)
    Andrew Liles – Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D’antan)
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    “Miscellany Deluxe was originally released as a 13 CDR box set in 2003. Eleven of the albums included in the box were later made available as individual downloads in 2011. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Aaron Dilloway / Carlos Giffoni – Live At The No Fun Fest 2007
    Aaron Dilloway / Carlos Giffoni – Live At The No Fun Fest 2007
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    “Full no fun 2007 live sets, from Giffoni and Dilloway recorded to the best possible quality.Total tape mangling, and Analog Synth destruction.” – No Fun. Label: No Fun [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Astro / Hiroshi Hasegawa – Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple
    Astro / Hiroshi Hasegawa – Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple
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    “This is the companion release to the Astro CD titled The Echo At the Purple Dawn being released at the same time on Important Records. Astro, of course, is the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Current 93 Dreamt By Andrew Liles – Like Swallowing Eclipses
    Current 93 Dreamt By Andrew Liles – Like Swallowing Eclipses
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    “The Material on these albums, that has now been dreamt by Andrew Liles, was originally performed and released by Current 93 on the following albums Nature Unveiled, Dogs Blood Rising, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Wahrnehmungen 1980/1981 (Early P16.D4 and related groups, comes with 7″)
    V/A – Wahrnehmungen 1980/1981 (Early P16.D4 and related groups, comes with 7″)
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    “Members of the group p.d. (later renamed p16.d4) founded the label selektion in 1980. Using the name Wahrnehmungen the label released 19 cassettes in 1980/1981. The tapes mostly presented [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Galen – American Cassette Culture: Galen Recordings 1979-1982
    Galen – American Cassette Culture: Galen Recordings 1979-1982
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    “Galen Herod is one of the pioneering synthesis artists of American cassette culture. From 1979 to 1982 he produced several outstanding and creative electronic tape releases which he [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Plague Mother – Carrying Your Halo
    Plague Mother – Carrying Your Halo
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    For more than a decade Plague Mother has occupied a highly influential position in the noise underground. The artist boasts a unique sound that blends haunting ambiance with crushing walls […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Breaking The Will – Mortal Terrain Incendiary
    Breaking The Will – Mortal Terrain Incendiary
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    Human terrain systems. Operational art. Combat maneuver. Unrelenting harsh electronics exploding at a breakneck pace. The first Breaking The Will full-length since 2015’s “Choosing [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Richard Ramirez – Volume 2
    Richard Ramirez – Volume 2
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    New Forces is proud to present Richard Ramirez Volume 2, a 6-CD boxset compiling some of the best work by noise legend Richard Ramirez: Supply and Shutdown, Nature’s Afterbirth, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Form Hunter – Dread Harvest
    Form Hunter – Dread Harvest
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    Form Hunter returns with their first full-length album since 2021’s “Violent Adaptation” (Troniks / Helicopter). Dread Harvest refines their signature blend of in-the-red tape [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Commuter – No Longer Penitent
    Commuter – No Longer Penitent
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    “No Longer Penitent” is the new full-length from Commuter, a project from Portland’s Jackson Abdul-Salaam (Herukrat, Junta Cadre) that blends harsh noise and urban field [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cryocene – Exclave
    Cryocene – Exclave
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    “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
  • Green Tea – Snowblower
    Green Tea – Snowblower
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    New Forces is proud to present “Snowblower,” the debut album from Green Tea, a new project from Nick Forté (Rorschach, Raspberry Bulbs, Half Mortal). Drawing inspiration from the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jerman* / Nordwall* – Topology
    Jerman* / Nordwall* – Topology
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    Jeph Jerman (Hands To) and Joachim Nordwall (Organ of Corti) present “Topology,” a stunning collaboration that brings out the best from both artists. Jerman’s trademark field [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Shredded Nerve – Third Sign
    Shredded Nerve – Third Sign
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    The long-awaited follow up to 2020’s “Acts of Betrayal,” Justin Lakes returns with “Third Sign,” a psychedelic noise masterpiece that will cement Shredded [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ryoko Akama & Bruno Duplant – immobilité
    Ryoko Akama & Bruno Duplant – immobilité
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    “Although living in separate European countries, Akama (electronics) and Duplant (organ, electronics) have forged a strong musical bond on a handful of collaborative releases, often with [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nick Storring – Exaptations
    Nick Storring – Exaptations
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    “Side A: Field Lines (24.33) composed October 2013-May 2014 for Yvonne Ng’s dance piece ‘Magnetic Fields’, premiered in May 2014. Special thanks to Yvonne, Marie-Josée [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Earthgasm – Untitled CS
    Earthgasm – Untitled CS
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    “Shelter Paradigm, Virtual Tongue, Avatar Bioremediation recorded 8/19/20 for online viewing. Hypnotic Surveillance Cycle, Universal Declaration of Rights for Mother Earth recorded 10/13/19 [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • CARL – Solid Bottom
    CARL – Solid Bottom
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    DAMON SMITH – Double Bass ANDREW DURHAM – Electric Bass, Radio Manipulation, Effects DANNY KAMINS – Baritone Saxophone Label: Astral Spirits – AS091 Format: CS, Album Country: [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Space Machine – Complete Space Tuning Box CD Box Set
    Space Machine – Complete Space Tuning Box CD Box Set
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    This incredible box, released in a deluxe wooden edition with digital printing on the lid limited to 300 copies, contains the first album “Cosmos from Diode Ladder Filter” released on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Equipment Pointed Ankh
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Equipment Pointed Ankh
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    “Jim Marlowe with Shutaro Noguchi and Jeannine Lonardo Cover art by Alex Coxen recorded n mixed n mastered by Jim at Captains Quarters in late winter 2016” Label: Sophomore Lounge [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mary Lattimore – Charlie’s Yard
    Mary Lattimore – Charlie’s Yard
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    Limited edition hyper-mellow cassingle Label: Petty Bunco – PB #3 Format: CS, Single Country: US Released: 2018 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Free Sound Shelter System – Live on the Oregon Coast
    Free Sound Shelter System – Live on the Oregon Coast
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    “Recorded live at Tillicum Beach on September 12, 2021 Field recordings found at Tillicum Beach, Alder Dunes, and Yachats State Park Free Sound Shelter System has spent the last year […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pyrolator / Sharrock* / Samba* AS Every 2nd – Every 2nd
    Pyrolator / Sharrock* / Samba* AS Every 2nd – Every 2nd
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    “Originally commissioned for the 1988 Seoul Olympic games, this one-off collaboration of Pyrolator, Linda Sharrock and Frank Samba (as Every 2nd) is an all too obscure gem of blasted [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • A Comedy Of Errors Volume 2
    A Comedy Of Errors Volume 2
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    “EVAPORATED PEOPLE-S/T 14 SONGS 1 HOUR AND SOME MINS. L.I.E.S. STALWART STEVE SUMMERS COMES TO THE LABEL WITH A NEW ALIAS. THE EVER PROLIFIC ARTIST ONCE AGAIN SHOWS HIS VERSATILITY […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic