March 8th Newsletter
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  • Joshua Massad, Dylan Aycock – 4 Improvisations
    Joshua Massad, Dylan Aycock – 4 Improvisations
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    These four improvisations were recorded in 2016 in my living room with my longtime friend Joshua Massad. Josh is an indian classical musician living between Tulsa and India, studying tabla […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Hindustani
  • 2814 – Lost Fragments
    2814 – Lost Fragments
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    “One of the defining electronic music acts of the 2010s, HKE and Telepath cap off their collaborative work as 2814 in this decade with a 10-track release of rare and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Patrick Shiroishi – I Shouldn’t Have To Worry When My Parents Go Outside
    Patrick Shiroishi – I Shouldn’t Have To Worry When My Parents Go Outside
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    “Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. Patrick has been involved in a bewildering array of musical projects in the last decade, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Perfect Angels – Exit from the Ultra-World
    Perfect Angels – Exit from the Ultra-World
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    “For those a bit more familiar with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips, you’re sure to know that he belongs in that exciting and always refreshing field you can loosely call [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Taiwan Housing Project – Moments Are The Elements Of Profit
    Taiwan Housing Project – Moments Are The Elements Of Profit
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    Limited edition of 30 copies Label: Half A Million – HM-001 Format: Cassette, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Mary Lattimore – Collected Pieces
    Mary Lattimore – Collected Pieces
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    “Last year, Mary Lattimore’s At The Dam marked a watershed moment for the classically trained harpist. While over the past decade she had recorded and performed with notable talents like [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Aaron Dilloway – Door With No Handle
    Aaron Dilloway – Door With No Handle
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    Originally released on CDr in August 2009 by Chocolate Monk. Also released on cassette by Hanson Records in October 2009. Recorded in a hotel in Brighton, UK 2008. Label: Hanson […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Nace, Emily Robb – Bill Nace ​/ ​Emily Robb
    Bill Nace, Emily Robb – Bill Nace ​/ ​Emily Robb
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    “Before hitting the road together in 2022 Bill Nace and Emily Robb recorded a tour split — a cassette, limited run of 50 — only to be found at their […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Aaron Dilloway – Bhoot Ghar: Sounds Of The Kathmandu Horror House
    Aaron Dilloway – Bhoot Ghar: Sounds Of The Kathmandu Horror House
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    “Phone recordings from the Haunted House in the Kathmandu Fun Park in Kathmandu, Nepal. Entrance Soundtrack: The audio playing as you walk the path to enter the Horror House… Being [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Claire Rousay – Twin Bed EP
    Claire Rousay – Twin Bed EP
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    Twin Bed EP is the first solo Claire Rousay material to come after a softer focus, showcasing additional vignettes featuring the artist’s dense collection of field recordings and her recent, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Charlie Megira – Da Abtomatic Miesterzinger Mambo Chic
    Charlie Megira – Da Abtomatic Miesterzinger Mambo Chic
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    “On his 2000 debut, Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic, Megira channels the optimism of post-war America, narcoleptic surf, and the Twin Peaks soundtrack into a lo-fi masterpiece all his [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Claire Rousay – Live
    Claire Rousay – Live
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    “Untitled 2,” the sole composition on Claire Rousay’s Live, was created for Rousay specifically in collaboration with Mari Maurice (violin, objects) and Henna Chou (cello, electronics). “They are [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • SAINT PEPSI – Studio 54
    SAINT PEPSI – Studio 54
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    Tape edition of 2013 album by Saint Pepsi. Label: My Pet Flamingo – MPF068 Format: Cassette, Album, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Cops – Demo
    Cops – Demo
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    Same tracks repeat on both sides. Label: Scavenger Of Death – SOD 05 Format: Cassette, EP Country: US Released: 2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Aaron Dilloway – After The Showers
    Aaron Dilloway – After The Showers
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    Remixes and unreleased versions of tracks from the Aaron Dilloway – Modern Jester 2xLP. Label: Hanson Records – HN253 Format: Cassette, C90 Country: US Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Twig Harper* – Classical Electronics
    Twig Harper* – Classical Electronics
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    “The new cassette from Baltimore’s Twig Harper actively evades an easy explanation. Filled with punctuations of madness bookended by moments of sparse calm. At times it can sound like a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson / Andy Heck Boyd – Ideas On Tape
    Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson / Andy Heck Boyd – Ideas On Tape
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    “An Intimate and unhinged double sided hang out featuring occasional plucking, groaning, and strumming. Topics include, The Florida Cyborg movie ingredient list, an explanation of what the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Arp – Inversions
    Arp – Inversions
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    “It’s been described as an Eno-like transformation more than once before, but the comparison seems more fitting than ever in light of this magnificent tape of long form, no pussyfooting, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lea Bertucci / Kyle Eyre Clyd* – Lea Bertucci / Kyle Eyre Clyd
    Lea Bertucci / Kyle Eyre Clyd* – Lea Bertucci / Kyle Eyre Clyd
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    “A ringing that approaches from the distance. An accumulation of harmonics, of a fullness, a density, craning ever upward. The examination of states of solitude, the vast expanse of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
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    In your face new 8 track LP of vicious beat driven warehouse electronics from the L.I.E.S. boss. Straight and to the point, “Extinctionist” stands very much in line and continues […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Nate Powell – Aggregates of Subjective Desire
    Nate Powell – Aggregates of Subjective Desire
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    After 13 years doing HN under various monikers, Nate Powell gives us his nominative debut. Layers stack seamlessly while never operating from a blur. Each sound is deliberate, laid out […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Midnight Minds – Echo Poems
    Midnight Minds – Echo Poems
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    Fantastic duo of new age / ambient tunes from Midnight Minds. Room recording for extra haze. 10/10 highest recommendation.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Various Artists – Percussive Resistance
    Various Artists – Percussive Resistance
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    A compilation of 29 percussionists making rhythm, texture & noise to raise funds for the National Network of Abortion Funds. Percussive Resistance is our heeding a call to action. Each […]

    GENRE: Percussion, Beats, Rhythm
  • Kagami Smile – Nostalgia Screen
    Kagami Smile – Nostalgia Screen
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    The prolific and idyllic Kagami Smile comes to Torn Light with a tape of tape hissed electronic music. Wonderful corridors of sound, the walls are covered in tapestries. Low low […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • 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
  • Rottweiler – Haight
    Rottweiler – Haight
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    Hard-hitting acid house from Ariel Motto Label: Chicago Research – CR038 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Rodrigo Amado / Chris Corsano – No Place To Fall
    Rodrigo Amado / Chris Corsano – No Place To Fall
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    “The longer one works as an artist, the more secure one’s own identity becomes — whether visual, sonic, textual, or otherwise, the goal is to be clearly oneself. It may […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ali* / Bordreuil* / Mattrey* – I Used To Sing So Lyrical
    Ali* / Bordreuil* / Mattrey* – I Used To Sing So Lyrical
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    JOANNA MATTREY – viola LEILA BORDREUIL – cello SEAN ALI – double bass Label: Astral Spirits – AS102 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2019 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Sfyria Trio – Rockefeller Concert
    Sfyria Trio – Rockefeller Concert
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    SAM DECKER – tenor saxophone CHARLIE KIRCHEN – bass MATT CARROLL – drums Recorded live at Rockefeller Chapel in Chicago, IL on May 30, 2017. Label: Astral Spirits – AS109 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mark Winter – Mosquito: The Originol Soundtrack
    Mark Winter – Mosquito: The Originol Soundtrack
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    “RA#1 Presenting … Mosquito The Originol Soundtrack …. A concept album by Mark Winter. Chime on into the mind of mosquito for its short and precious life cycle as Marky […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Earthgasm – Y.S.F.W.P. 02
    Earthgasm – Y.S.F.W.P. 02
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    “YARD SALE FOR WORLD PEACE 02 All tracks: Stephen Sharrett – Saxophone, electronics Anton Seder – Clarinet, electronics” Label: Yard Sale For World Peace – YSFWP02 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Fried ESK – Fried Eco System Kontact
    Fried ESK – Fried Eco System Kontact
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    “Eco System Kontact Live hardware set” Label: Yard Sale For World Peace – YSFWP09 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Electric Drywall Band – Electric Drywall
    Electric Drywall Band – Electric Drywall
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    Jim Marlowe/Ryan Davis post-punk/no-wave collaboration Label: All Gone Format: CS, Single Sided Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • 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
  • Chiemi Manabe – 不思議・少女
    Chiemi Manabe – 不思議・少女
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    Haruomi Hosono produced city-pop/disco Label: Savers -04 Format: CS, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: International, Rock / Pop
  • 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
  • Earthgasm – World Wide Gasm
    Earthgasm – World Wide Gasm
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    “All energy music by Earthgasm and A.G. Seedhair recorded at Gemini Unity by Jonny Wulf 2018” Label: Double Dogging – DD07 Format: CS, EP Country: US Released: 2018 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Todd Tamanend Clark – The Deathguard Remnants
    Todd Tamanend Clark – The Deathguard Remnants
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    “The Deathguard Remnants contains rare lo-fi recordings that were left off of legendary underground poet and composer Todd Tamanend Clark’s best-known album Nova Psychedelia 1975-1985 due [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Ben Hall – Windbag
    Ben Hall – Windbag
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    A half hour channeling session invoked by human breath. Lungs push forth force and conjure temporary and overlapping tones to trance out to. Let these sounds set your ears afloat […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • Mark & Landon – Vol. 1
    Mark & Landon – Vol. 1
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    Sounds from the basement underneath the dance floor. Dusty programmed beats bussed out and live mixed amongst a hazy tapestry of keys and electric strings. Midwestern crunch through a [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • 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
  • Half Shadow – At Home With My Candles
    Half Shadow – At Home With My Candles
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    At Home With My Candles, Half Shadow’s third LP is an album of mythopoetic paeans to the domestic uncanny—the mysterious and unseen worlds experienced at home. Recorded almost entirely in […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country