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  • Petra Cortright – E Girl
    Petra Cortright – E Girl
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    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: March 1, 2021 “This book is a collection of webcam screenshots from videos that were too […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Crazy Doberman – — / Haunted, Non / Haunted – 2nd pressing
    Crazy Doberman – — / Haunted, Non / Haunted – 2nd pressing
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    The Doberman crew has been relentlessly touring the U.S. for years now, existing as a traveling band of frequent collaborators and changing lineups, consisting of often radically different [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • MattxIbarra – Seventeen (H2L Reissue)
    MattxIbarra – Seventeen (H2L Reissue)
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    Matt Ibarra presents “Seventeen” a double LP working through 6 compositions. Soothing minimalist ambient akin to Loscil or Windy & Carl.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • John Cage, David Tudor – Musik Im Technischen Zeitalter 1963
    John Cage, David Tudor – Musik Im Technischen Zeitalter 1963
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    In the winter of 1962-63 the writer on music and supporter of contemporary music Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, professor at the Technische Universität in Berlin, ran the international lecture series [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • VA – Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989
    VA – Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989
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    Oz Echoes peels away another layer of Australia’s ’80s DIY hive mind. The Oz Waves (EFFICIENT 004LP, 2017) successor exposes a deeper circuit of micro-run cassettes, community radio [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cinema – S/T
    Cinema – S/T
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    First time vinyl reissue. 1985 was one of the most important years in Brazil’s recent history, when the country was freed from more than 20 years of military dictatorship. The […]

    GENRE: International
  • Limbs Bin – Burnt White Elephant CD
    Limbs Bin – Burnt White Elephant CD
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    Toiling tirelessly among the shadows of the crumbling imperial superstructure, beloved noise hero Limbs Bin emerges in 2021 with a new full-length studio album on Damien Records. Burnt White [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
    Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
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    From the label: “Originally released on CD in 2012, Chapter’s landmark compilation of 70s gay musical pioneers gets a vinyl release for the first time ever – and on pink […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • 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
  • King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
    King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
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    On Cleveland’s late ‘60s gospel scene, the BOS label was the refined, professional ying to Boddie’s lo-fi yang, galloping to the fore bearing a torch for Curtis Mayfield’s robe-wearing roots. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Anna Hogberg Attack – Lena
    Anna Hogberg Attack – Lena
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    A primal force of something… real. I have listened back and forth to the new album of Anna Högberg`s “Attack” numerous times now and it hit me like a split […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Futurians – Atuan
    The Futurians – Atuan
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    Deemed to happen IDDB EP from the long running Dunedin, NZ act The Futurians. Full throttle avantgarde punk/sci-fi synth chaos, the two-suite ‘Atuan’ follows up the massive, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Louise – Earth Bow
    Sarah Louise – Earth Bow
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    At first glance, Sarah Louise might seem an unlikely candidate to credit technology as inspiration for her new album, Earth Bow. After all, she has lived in rural Appalachia for […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • H.C.O.D – Instruments Of Destiny
    H.C.O.D – Instruments Of Destiny
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    “55 minute journey into severe necrological territory. Eight heavily layered tracks that don’t attempt to repair the heavily damaged skeletal system. Suffocating industrial noise and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Cover Art 1965-1983
    Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Cover Art 1965-1983
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    Soul Jazz Records are issuing a new flexibound paperback edition of their long out of print ground-breaking deluxe art book Freedom, Rhythm and Sound Revolutionary Jazz Cover Art 1965-83. This [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher – Stockhausen Syndrome CDr
    Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher – Stockhausen Syndrome CDr
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    “Composed and edited in Portland and Queens, September – December 2020.” – Flea.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Madalyn Merkey & Julie Moon – Conversation for Room with Piano and Loudspeaker Array CDr
    Madalyn Merkey & Julie Moon – Conversation for Room with Piano and Loudspeaker Array CDr
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    Julie Moon and I began collaborating in 2014 as a computer music and prepared piano duo. Over the years we have tried to create a sound palette that we can […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher _? The Past, Present And Future Of Experimental Music (Uncut GRM) CDr
    Jack Callahan and Jeff Witscher _? The Past, Present And Future Of Experimental Music (Uncut GRM) CDr
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    A Reader Response Exercise for 10 Participants & GRM Sample Pack. Made for Erick Laska’s Lateral Addition websit.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Enhet F?r Fri Musik _? ?mhet & Skilsm?ssa LP
    Enhet F?r Fri Musik _? ?mhet & Skilsm?ssa LP
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    New Enhet För Fri Musk album, recorded in Gothenburg and Malmö 2020 by Hugo Randulv, Sofie Herner, Gustaf Dicksson, Matthias Andersson and Dan Johansson. A concept album on relationships, family [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Pierce With Arrow – Shatter
    Pierce With Arrow – Shatter
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    The collaborative debut of American minimal techno producer Troy Pierce and Colombian audiovisual artist Natalia Escobar aka Poison Arrow was conceived in reverse: first they created a collection [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Marching Church – This World Is Not Enough
    Marching Church – This World Is Not Enough
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    Since 2010, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (Iceage, Vår) has used the Marching Church moniker to a variety of musical ends, both live and recorded. However, the project as it exists on […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Areski – Brigitte Fontaine _? Th??tre Musical
    Areski – Brigitte Fontaine _? Th??tre Musical
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    Monster Mélodies presents Concert Théâtral, an unpublished public recording by Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem dating from 1973. Areski Belkacem and Brigitte Fontaine, major artists of the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Gaznevada ‎– Sick Soundtrack
    Gaznevada ‎– Sick Soundtrack
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    Sick Soundtrack by Gaznevada, originally released in 1980. “The five Gaznevada band components hit hard with a sound mixing new wave inspirations along with splinters of Talking Heads, Pere [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Blessed Sacrificst – Loss of Innocence CD
    Blessed Sacrificst – Loss of Innocence CD
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    Thirteen years of tears, screams, and reflections culminate with the Loss of Innocence, the long anticipated, ultimate release of depressive electronics project Blessed Sacrifist. Written, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Vernacular – The Little Bird CS
    Vernacular – The Little Bird CS
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    Generational Muse “Forty years ago a group of hipsters fled Manhattan for . . . has it even been that long? I cannot fathom for I’m still alive and so […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chris Williams & Patrick Shiroishi – Sans Soleil CS
    Chris Williams & Patrick Shiroishi – Sans Soleil CS
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    CHRIS WILLIAMS: Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, Synth, Objects PATRICK SHIROISHI: Alto, Bari, Sopranino, Soprano and Tenor Saxophones, Clarinet, Electric Toothbrush, Glockenspiel Engineered by: [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Xambuca – Dissimulata CS
    Xambuca – Dissimulata CS
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    Recorded live, March 2020, just prior to the closure of the world Xambuca is Chandra Shukla: Xambuca are an international concept multimedia/music performance group consisting of sound artist [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Driscoll ‎– Ghostly Agents 2LP
    John Driscoll ‎– Ghostly Agents 2LP
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    **Regular edition of 350 copies, gatefold sleeve** John Driscoll is a composer who is a founding member of Composers Inside Electronics (CIE) and collaborated on David Tudor’s Rainforest V [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Low Life – Catholic Guilt 7″
    Low Life – Catholic Guilt 7″
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    Label Description: New 7” from Sydney’s Low Life featuring two previously unreleased tracks which tie up loose ends from the band’s first wave period. ‘Catholic Guilt’ was originally leftover [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Gene Russell – New Direction
    Gene Russell – New Direction
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    The first album released by the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky – Peshekhod
    Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky – Peshekhod
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    Peshekhod, the debut album from Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky, oscillates through an immaculate synth-pop ecosystem in which every shift feels both accurate in it’s absurdity and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz – FRKWYS Vol 16: In a Word
    Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz – FRKWYS Vol 16: In a Word
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    In a Word, the sixteenth installment of the intergenerational collaboration series FRKWYS, brings together postminimalist composer Daniel Lentz with vocalist and sound artist Ian William Craig [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Stella Research Committee – A Proposed ….
    Stella Research Committee – A Proposed ….
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    DEDICATED TO BROOD DRIVES DOWN US-52. “A first run through A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness by the Cincinnati / Columbus based no-wave / noise-rock trio Stella Research [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Kelly Moran / Prurient – Chain Reaction At Dusk
    Kelly Moran / Prurient – Chain Reaction At Dusk
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    Originally initiated for the Merzbow, Kelly Moran, Prurient USA tour (representing three generations of heavy electronics), this archival recording is finally released as Chain Reaction At Dusk. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem
    Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem
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    After more than 12 years, Einstürzende Neubauten‘s long-awaited new studio album Alles In Allem is finally going to be released. The album marks the quintessence of the band’s output, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Delroy Wilson – Worth Your Weight In Gold
    Delroy Wilson – Worth Your Weight In Gold
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    Radiation Roots present a reissue of Delroy Wilson‘s Worth Your Weight In Gold, originally released in 1984. Delroy Wilson, one of Jamaica’s best loved vocalists, got his start with [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Bizarre Uproar _? Himosta Rottiin – 017 Live Activities
    Bizarre Uproar _? Himosta Rottiin – 017 Live Activities
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    Documenting two Bizarre Uproar live shows from 2017. Usual extreme Finnish noise.

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Matt Shoemaker – Isolated Agent Stranding Behavior
    Matt Shoemaker – Isolated Agent Stranding Behavior
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    Limited edition picture disc Much of Shoemaker’s recorded output prominently features the use of field recordings (see his “Tropical Amnesia One” CD), but in this case he has [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie ‎– Essential Anatomies
    Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie ‎– Essential Anatomies
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    Colin Andrew Sheffield (sampler) and James Eck Rippie (turntables) began playing music together in Dallas, Texas in 2000 and released their debut LP, “Variations,” a year later. They [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Man From Higher Heights (2016 Soul Jazz Reissue)
    Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Man From Higher Heights (2016 Soul Jazz Reissue)
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    Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie & The Rasta Family’s long lost reggae album ‘Man From Higher Heights’ (originally released in 1983), digitally remastered and [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Skull Skull – Count To One
    Skull Skull – Count To One
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    Jagged waves of shrieking shatter from the dueling guitars of Aaron Hemphill and Jarrett Silberman. Excavated from the deep archives of the mid-2000s Los Angeles explosion, Count to One shows [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • This Kind Of Punishment – In The Same Room
    This Kind Of Punishment – In The Same Room
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    “With This Kind Of Punishment, Graeme Jefferies and Peter Jefferies produced some of most adept DIY sounds to emerge from New Zealand’s 1980s post-punk scene. After their phenomenal [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Russell Haswell – Digital
    Russell Haswell – Digital
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    Coventry’s most notorious export celebrates 50 years of existence with an expansive new set on Editions Mego. Spread across two x vinyls (LP and 12″). Please note the 12″ tracks [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kluster ‎– Zwei-Osterei
    Kluster ‎– Zwei-Osterei
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    Zwei Osterei is the second half of a recording session which took place on a single day in November 1970. Klopfzeichen is the first part. Yet the uncompromising Zwei Osterei […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa
    Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa
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    Nahawa Doumbia’s new album Kanawa concisely captures this current moment in Malian history. The singer, whose storied career spans more than four decades, reflects on the immigration crisis from [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra – Nidhamu (2020 Strut Reissue)
    Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra – Nidhamu (2020 Strut Reissue)
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    Strut present the definitive edition of Sun Ra’s ‘Egypt 1971’ along with the original albums ‘Dark Myth Equation Visitation’, ‘Nidhamu’ and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Ex – History Is What’s Happening
    The Ex – History Is What’s Happening
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    “Emerging out of Amsterdam’s vibrant squat scene in 1979, The Ex — a name chosen for the ease and speed with which it could be spray-painted onto a wall — […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Chuck Mangione Promo Photo
    Chuck Mangione Promo Photo
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  • Valorie Jones Promo Photo
    Valorie Jones Promo Photo
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    Brenda Jones Promo Photo
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  • Gladys Knight & The Pips Promo Photo [Buddah live shot]
    Gladys Knight & The Pips Promo Photo [Buddah live shot]
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  • Gladys Knight & The Pips Promo Photo [illustration]
    Gladys Knight & The Pips Promo Photo [illustration]
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  • Lakeside Promo Photo [SOLAR]
    Lakeside Promo Photo [SOLAR]
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  • Lakeside Promo Photo [Kool Jazz]
    Lakeside Promo Photo [Kool Jazz]
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  • Johnny Hammond Promo Photo
    Johnny Hammond Promo Photo
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  • George Jones Promo Photo
    George Jones Promo Photo
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  • Pee Wee Erwin Promo Photo
    Pee Wee Erwin Promo Photo
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  • Clark Terry Promo Photo
    Clark Terry Promo Photo
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  • Rashaan Roland Kirk Promo Photo
    Rashaan Roland Kirk Promo Photo
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  • Millie Jackson Promo Photo
    Millie Jackson Promo Photo
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