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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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  • Milt Hinton Promo Photo
    Milt Hinton Promo Photo
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  • Milt Hinton Promo Photo [Pacific Kool Jazz]
    Milt Hinton Promo Photo [Pacific Kool Jazz]
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  • Smokey Robinson Promo Photo
    Smokey Robinson Promo Photo
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  • Gerry Mulligan Promo Photo
    Gerry Mulligan Promo Photo
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  • James Cotton Band Promo Photo [wide shot]
    James Cotton Band Promo Photo [wide shot]
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  • James Cotton Band Promo Photo [close shot]
    James Cotton Band Promo Photo [close shot]
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  • Freddie Hubbard Promo Photo
    Freddie Hubbard Promo Photo
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  • Luther Ingram Promo Photo [Stax Vest]
    Luther Ingram Promo Photo [Stax Vest]
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  • Luther Ingram Promo Photo [Stax Suit]
    Luther Ingram Promo Photo [Stax Suit]
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  • Earl Hines Promo Photo
    Earl Hines Promo Photo
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  • Barry White Promo Photo
    Barry White Promo Photo
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  • Kool & The Gang Promo Photo [De Lite]
    Kool & The Gang Promo Photo [De Lite]
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  • Kool & The Gang Promo Photo [Booking promo]
    Kool & The Gang Promo Photo [Booking promo]
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  • Kool & The Gang Promo Photo [Kool Festival]
    Kool & The Gang Promo Photo [Kool Festival]
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  • Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Promo Photo
    Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Promo Photo
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  • Eddie Jerferson [mispelled] Promo Photo
    Eddie Jerferson [mispelled] Promo Photo
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  • Eddie Jefferson Promo Photo
    Eddie Jefferson Promo Photo
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  • Albert King Promo Photo
    Albert King Promo Photo
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  • Les McCann Promo Photo
    Les McCann Promo Photo
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  • The Modern Jazz Quartet Promo Photo
    The Modern Jazz Quartet Promo Photo
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  • The Isley Brothers Promo Photo
    The Isley Brothers Promo Photo
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  • Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Promo Photo
    Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Promo Photo
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  • Kazuma Kubota – January Thirty + Uneasiness
    Kazuma Kubota – January Thirty + Uneasiness
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    Kazuma Kubota The flag-bearer of the Post Harsh Noise, His famous works up to now that lay the foundation of his present, have been turned into CDs and two titles […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Saturn And The Sun – The New Age Is Shit
    Saturn And The Sun – The New Age Is Shit
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    After seeing us off with last year’s ‘Your Skulls Are To Us What The Sun Is To You’ for Industrial Coast, the duo’s instinct for ace titles is in effect […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Saturn And The Sun – In Love With The Extreme
    Saturn And The Sun – In Love With The Extreme
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    Joachim Nordwall and Henrik Rylander created Saturn and the Sun for their mutual passion in mindchanging sound experiments. Since 2005, they have created music together in ritual rock band The [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Villa Abo – Carpet Proof Of Daily Reports
    Villa Abo – Carpet Proof Of Daily Reports
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    It’s a Swedish house thing. Börft boss Jan Zwarre Svensson a.k.a Frak returns to his early project, Villa Åbo, for six deep and rude acid rub downs.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Sins For Beginners – Fireburn The Bloodlot
    Sins For Beginners – Fireburn The Bloodlot
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    Fireburn the Bloodlot’ commits crenellated walls of guitar noise by CM Von Hausswolff and Joachim Nordwall under their Sins For Beginners alias for avant-garde powerhouse, iDEAL Mantled after a [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • RM – Spazi Futuri
    RM – Spazi Futuri
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    A masterful work from the Italian underworld. Riccardo Mazza is a hidden master of the Italian experimental music scene, a scene that has been extremely important since the late 70’s […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Nick Klein – Actor Network Theory
    Nick Klein – Actor Network Theory
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    “Actor-Network Theory” is the final record Nick Klein made as a resident of New York City. Recorded in 2018, it weaves a disparate sonic narrative of dissociative opiated sleeping-bag [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
    Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
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    Of all the artists who recorded for the Black Jazz label, keyboardist and composer Doug Carn was the most prolific, releasing four albums for the imprint. 1972’s Spirit of the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ted Byrnes – All Hands
    Ted Byrnes – All Hands
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    “There’s something life reaffirming about each Ted Byrnes release. The intensity of his playing is ejaculatory and joyful. His recordings are intimate, and every time I hear them I [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Griefer – Communication Denail
    Griefer – Communication Denail
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    A follow up to 2017’s “Egress Report”, and an appearance on Tesco’s “Projekt Neue Ordnung II” compilation, “Communication Denial” is perhaps [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Knurl – Initial Shock CD/DVD
    Knurl – Initial Shock CD/DVD
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    CD – Reissue of Knurl’s debut 1994 tape “Initial Shock” with 3 bonus tracks, all mastered for CD in 2020. Approximately 1 hour of material. DVD – Footage from 9 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Alastair Galbraith – Seconds Mark III
    Alastair Galbraith – Seconds Mark III
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    Alastair Galbraith is considered nothing less than a genius around these parts. A New Zealand underground legend active since the ’80s, his solo works have seen release on Siltbreeze, MIE, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jay Robert Nash – Bloodletters & Bad Men
    Jay Robert Nash – Bloodletters & Bad Men
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    Warner Books A narrative encyclopedia of American criminals from the pilgrims to the present. Good with noticeable shelf and spinewear along stains on front cover

    GENRE: True Crime
  • Bari Wood – The Tribe
    Bari Wood – The Tribe
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    Signet Paperback Highly acclaimed when first published in 1981, The Tribe follows a group of Jewish people who not only survive the concentration camps, but thrive. Their secret follows them […]

    GENRE: Horror Fiction
  • Limbs Bin – Unrelenting Barrage Of FLowers And Amethyst Energy CDr
    Limbs Bin – Unrelenting Barrage Of FLowers And Amethyst Energy CDr
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    Blow the horn and tap the tambourine! For want of live performances in this blighted year, LIMBS BIN has self-released a pro CD-R containing two of 2019’s most ecstatic declarations […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • A Fail Association – Dedicated To Shot + Weapon Cassette
    A Fail Association – Dedicated To Shot + Weapon Cassette
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    Mandatory noise from the boss of the flawless Dada Drumming imprint. Razor sharp slicing noise executed with breakneck speed and fearless propulsion. A longtime favorite here at New Forces HQ. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane
    Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane
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    Sweet and sublime school recordings from elementary school group in Northern Niger from the 1980s. All-girl group accompanied by their instructor on the guitar, recalling Guinean folk and early [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Drew McDowall – Agalma
    Drew McDowall – Agalma
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    “Veteran NYC based Scottish electronic musician Drew McDowall’s latest work is his loftiest, most liturgical, and least industrial outing to date — and potentially the apex of his [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • E-Saggila – Corporate Cross
    E-Saggila – Corporate Cross
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    E-Saggila is an enigmatic cult producer in electronics, constructing soaring calm from dynamic turbulence as the era of domesticated destruction and creation arrives. Conceived by Iraqi-born, [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Eric Copeland – Dumb It Down
    Eric Copeland – Dumb It Down
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    “Nimble, persuasive, and brisk, these ten songs bounce along with a charm and directness that’s entirely unprecedented in Eric’s 20+ year career. The evocative, carnival loops [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Profligate – Too Numb To Know
    Profligate – Too Numb To Know
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    “‘Too Numb to Know’ showcases Profligate continuing to shirk the heavy electronics of his early years for razor sharp pop. On 2018’s ‘Somewhere Else,’ Noah [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Andrew Elaban – VARIEGATED TRIBUTARY / WOVEN CRESCENT
    Andrew Elaban – VARIEGATED TRIBUTARY / WOVEN CRESCENT
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    As part of Whited Sepulchre’s 4 x LP release in June, Cincinnati experimental electronic artist Andrew Elaban brings his wide-screen conduction of chance connections and orchestrated unfolding of [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Death Bells – New Signs of Life
    Death Bells – New Signs of Life
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    Australian outfit Death Bells return with their sophomore album, New Signs of Life. Nine Captivating tracks for fans of eighties indie, classic antipodean new wave, and turn of the century […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Death Dedication _? Shot Down By Nature CS
    Death Dedication _? Shot Down By Nature CS
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    ” This stalwart of the Grand Rapids harsh noise front returns with two slabs of blue collar, Midwestern static. No frills, no pretensions, just monolithic noise from the heartland drenched [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chasman – Synth E Fuge
    Chasman – Synth E Fuge
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    “From the blown-out motherboard of West Philadelphia’s Master Control Programmers, Charles Grossman broke off to explore his own personal outer space experience. With just a DW-8000 to keep [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Matt Adis – Heads Of The Malnourished
    Matt Adis – Heads Of The Malnourished
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    Published in 2020 by IQ32 Press 8.5″ x 11” zine – 24 pages Full color printed eggshell covers Includes single color 8.5”x11” risograph printed by Nick Flessa at the Los […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Uniform – Shame [Smoke Vinyl]
    Uniform – Shame [Smoke Vinyl]
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    What if the antihero in your favorite film or book had no chance to repent, reconcile, or redeem himself? There’s no victim to rescue. There’s no evil to thwart. There’s […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Greg Fox – Contact
    Greg Fox – Contact
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    “Greg Fox’s Contact is an extension and evolution of the multidisciplinary artist’s rigorous, virtuosic sound-making practices. On Contact, the devoted performer, intrepid composer and avid [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Private World – Aleph
    Private World – Aleph
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    “Aleph is often defined as the “oneness of God”, and Cardiff, UK indie pop outfit Private World thematically embrace the sentiment on their debut album for Dais while eschewing pop […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Silvia Tarozzi – Mi Specchio E Rifletto
    Silvia Tarozzi – Mi Specchio E Rifletto
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    “Silvia Tarozzi, inspired by the poet Alda Merini and her studies with composer Garret List, worked with intimate personal history to write songs of love, motherhood, and the mystery hidden [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess
    Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess
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    “An intimate and vulnerable emotional portrait that shows her grappling with a period of personal tumult, ‘Whole New Mess’ presents Angel Olsen working through her open wounds [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Suzanne Langille & Neel Murgai – Come When The Raven Calls
    Suzanne Langille & Neel Murgai – Come When The Raven Calls
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    “Come When The Raven Calls is the second album by Suzanne Langille and Neel Murgai after more than two decades performing together. Langille fuses the rawness of American spiritual blues [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Inventions – Continuous Portrait LP
    Inventions – Continuous Portrait LP
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    “On their first album together since Maze of Woods (2015), Matthew Robert Cooper (Eluvium) and Mark T. Smith (Explosions in the Sky) further their creative curiosities as Inventions. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tabloid – Music For Tape and Voice
    Tabloid – Music For Tape and Voice
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    Tabloid formed in Northern California in 2011 exploring growing repetition and sustained tones. It is comprised of Philip Geraldi (Shock Tropics, Mystics in Bali) and Luke Molloy (Piles, Anxient [...]

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  • Syl Johnson-Uptown Shakedown
    Syl Johnson-Uptown Shakedown
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    “A different sound than usual for Syl Johnson – but a record that still has loads of those amazing vocals we love from Syl! The style’s mostly modern soul – […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco