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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Angels 4 Carrots – Frog Bone
    Angels 4 Carrots – Frog Bone
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    circular poems carved in a rock below a windswept coastal bog in 10,000 years. consciousness emerging through cracks of stone, satellites falling from the sky, bugs composting the wires, listen, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 75 Dollar Bill – Olives In The Ears
    75 Dollar Bill – Olives In The Ears
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    “On our second cassette, released in 2014, Rick and I are already bringing friends into the mix. Sue Garner, Andrew Lafkas and Karen Waltuch join us on two tracks here, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Leyland Kirby – Intrigue & Stuff (Vol. 4)
    Leyland Kirby – Intrigue & Stuff (Vol. 4)
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    “What is ”Intrigue & Stuff” ? The title may refer to a Martin Hannett quote regarding Factory Records – “There’s an awful lot of incest that goes on” [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nekropolis, Peter Frohmader – Cultes Des Goules (Ballett Of Death)
    Nekropolis, Peter Frohmader – Cultes Des Goules (Ballett Of Death)
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    “A strange album this, one I’ve found very hard to come to terms with. Very fragmented, diverse; an amalgam of a whole range of styles from ECM style classical-jazz (i.e. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sun Araw – The Phynx
    Sun Araw – The Phynx
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    Darkly psychedelic energy from a contemporary master Label: Not Not Fun – NNF112 Format: Vinyl, LP, Repress Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Saint Abdullah, Jason Nazary – Evicted In The Morning
    Saint Abdullah, Jason Nazary – Evicted In The Morning
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    “A unique dialogue between the electronic textures of Saint Abdullah with the live drums of Jason Nazary (Anteloper). Saint Abdullah consists of Tehran-born brothers Mohammad and Mehdi [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Personal Best Issue 8
    Personal Best Issue 8
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    Finally here from Lasse Marhaug: Personal Best 8. My favorite zine around. Always a worldwide affair, a zine that felt familiar to me the first time I picked up a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
    Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
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    Regardless of whether Dave Vettraino’s name rings a bell, there’s a solid chance he’s pulled strings behind a record you love. The Chicago-based audio engineer and multi-instrumentalist has spent [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
    Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
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    “Controlled Death is the dark side project by the Japanese noise legend Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna. In April 2018 he decided to make a shudder debut with 1st album Symphony […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Thom Nguyen – Imago Ossuary
    Thom Nguyen – Imago Ossuary
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    Known to many as the percussive presence in groups like Nest Egg, MANAS, Wasting and We Bow to No Masters, Asheville’s Thom Nguyen moves in to dronier, driftier worlds with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Eternal Husk – Commune III
    Eternal Husk – Commune III
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    Further tonal ruminations and aural questions asked from deep within. An outsider music grab bag jam selection, nay, transmission from deep within the Circle City. Another sonic commune (the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Solid Squares – KS I & II
    Solid Squares – KS I & II
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    Local composer / saxophonist / drummer / improvisor Tom Lageveen drops in two heavenly compositions for piano, under his Solid Squares moniker. With a little help from his friends, KS […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Soft Places – Memory Does Not Pass
    Soft Places – Memory Does Not Pass
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    Memory Does Not Pass is a collection of studies in dissolving rhythm & voice set against environment, time, & connection to those who have come before and the echoes of […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Zander Raymond – Secrets From A Squirrel
    Zander Raymond – Secrets From A Squirrel
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    After a series of impressive collaborations and increasingly assured solo releases, multimedia artist Zander Raymond now shares his first LP, Secrets From A Squirrel. Inherent in these pieces is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Altamira – Altamira
    Altamira – Altamira
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    Jackie Beckey’s Altamira is a cave song, a meditative howl, like Joanna Brouk in a snowstorm, ripping up your down jacket and wool socks, find her in the cold turning […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kudler* / Gerycz* – Kapteyn B
    Kudler* / Gerycz* – Kapteyn B
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    my squashed ideas of person foil cooking oil padding your mouse feet across the kitchen I’m used to this sound and actually its lullaby doubled over the infestation is endearing […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Shadow Ring – Remains Unchanged
    The Shadow Ring – Remains Unchanged
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    The Shadow Ring was founded by guitar player Graham Lambkin and percussionist Darren Harris in Cheriton, Kent, England in 1993. Tim Goss joined the Shadow Ring in 1996 performing on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rodger Stella / Kites – Interior Moon
    Rodger Stella / Kites – Interior Moon
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    Grim and zoned out noise Label: Mutter Wild – no cat number Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released:2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The New Blockaders – Changez Les Blockeurs
    The New Blockaders – Changez Les Blockeurs
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    “Within the history of noise music, there are few artefacts, as seminal as The New Blockaders’ Changez Les Blockeurs. Anyone who has even a casual interest in noise music should […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Joe Colley – Pleasure Pressure
    Joe Colley – Pleasure Pressure
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    New Forces presents “Pleasure Pressure,” Joe Colley’s latest LP of expert sound composition. Damaged wires, crackling speakers, and the existential dread of droning electronics [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards
    Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards
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    Compilation boxset containing Coil’s swansongs, Ape Of Naples & The New Backwards, two absolute masterpieces of electronic music. Label: Important Records – imprec174 Format: 4xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Francisco Meirino – A New Instability
    Francisco Meirino – A New Instability
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    “in 2019, the swiss power-acoustic musician francisco meirino presented ‘a new instability’ a commission for the venerable ina-grm in paris. of course, this institution is the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sputtering And Distorted: A Reluctant History Of The BUFMS
    Sputtering And Distorted: A Reluctant History Of The BUFMS
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    Hidden but not forgotten, hinted at through piecemeal reference after the fact, the creative efforts of the members of this West-Coast-centric cadre of art mutants first took shape in the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Experimental / Noise, Non-Fiction
  • Tashi Dorji – We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit
    Tashi Dorji – We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit
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    begin form here… begin from here…our world lives when their world ceases to exist begin from here…with hopes, between silent skies, while world breathes again and the fever [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gyorgy Galantai – Space & Time (Hungarian Mail Art / Fluxus Artist)
    Gyorgy Galantai – Space & Time (Hungarian Mail Art / Fluxus Artist)
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    Here’s another one with the Fluxus vibes. Sounds like a dude scraping a piece of metal in a circular motion sometimes softly, sometimes more aggressively. György Galántai (born June 17, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage
    Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage
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    Label: Cause And Effect Format: Cassette, Album, C60 Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Electronic Style: Industrial Does not include re-sealable pouch with a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ booklet.  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Personal Best 10
    Personal Best 10
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    Interviews with: Alexander Rishaug Carlos Giffoni Hilary Woods Harald Fetveit Evicshen Rhodri Davies Deathprod 100 pages. Offset CMYK print. Perfect bound.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Personal Best 9
    Personal Best 9
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    Lasse Marghaug’s magazine Personal Best is back! Issue number 9 will be in hand and shipping mid to late June. Still my favorite magazine around. Issue 9 features interviews with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • DDAA – Ronsard
    DDAA – Ronsard
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    French experimental/art-music that crosses into industrial at certain points. Label: Electrip – ELECTRIP 01 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country:Belgium Released: 1988 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tongue Depressor – Bones For Time
    Tongue Depressor – Bones For Time
    $37.00 | , Add to cart

    “Zach Rowden and Henry Birdsey’s generous latest offering is a tape-mangled, xenharmonic trip into the dissociated outerzone. Properly next level spirit-calling drone musick that [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Old Saw – Dissection Maps
    Old Saw – Dissection Maps
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    Old Saw, the enigmatic New England collective led by Henry Birdsey (Tongue Depressor), return with their third long-playing record, Dissection Maps. _____________________________________ It is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country