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  • Small Sur – Attic Room
    Small Sur – Attic Room
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    Attic Room is Bob Keal’s fifth full-length album as Small Sur and first since his daughter’s birth in 2014. In this collection of songs, Keal meditates on the rhythms of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
    Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
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    Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • V/A – Mehme Aslan presents Senza Decoro
    V/A – Mehme Aslan presents Senza Decoro
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    A new compilation explores the far reaches of the post-punk, experimental and electronic landscape in Switzerland on Senza Decoro: Liebe & Anarchia in Switzerland 1980-1990 curated by [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Ni?o – Rainbow Revisited
    Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Ni?o – Rainbow Revisited
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    South African pianist Thandi Ntuli traveled to Los Angeles in 2019, where she recorded this album of bare, explorative piano and voice pieces at a Venice Beach studio with International […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bar Italia – The Twits
    Bar Italia – The Twits
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    ‘The Twits’ was recorded by the trio over eight weeks from February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, and was mixed by Marta Salogni. It finds bar italia’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • GUB – GUB
    GUB – GUB
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    “GUB” — debut full-length from the two-headed beast of Beau Wanzer / Champagne Mirrors — is a low-boiling cauldron aswirl with glurpy synthscapes, hypnotized rhythms and eerily dubbed-out [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes
    Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes
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    ***Jenny from Thebes began its life as many albums by the Mountain Goats do, with John Darnielle playing the piano until a lyric emerged. That lyric, “Jenny was a warrior […]

    GENRE:
  • Minor Threat – Out Of Step
    Minor Threat – Out Of Step
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    ***BACK IN PRINT ON BRAND NEW WHITE VINYL!!! MINOR THREAT’s classic 1983 Out of Step album remastered and re-released.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Cuticles – Major Works
    Cuticles – Major Works
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    Oamaru, located about 80 miles north of Dunedin on New Zealand’s south island, might seem like the last place you expect to find a prodigious racket like Cuticles, but ain’t […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
    Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
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    The fantastic new album from tireless seeker Emily Robb. It’s a no-frills, high-minded celebration of guitar and sound and tone and string and amp and adventure committed to tape at […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village
    Albert Ayler – In Greenwich Village
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    In the mid-’60s, Albert Ayler found himself at the center of major transformations within jazz. On his albums for ESP-Disk’, his delivery was radically aggressive and his tone blistering—aiming [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Love Cry Want – S/T
    Love Cry Want – S/T
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    What our staff has to say: “Wild record on many levels, recorded at an anti-war rally in DC in ’72, featuring organist Larry Young and percussionist Joe Gallivan. Organ heavy, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Felt – Gold Mine Trash
    Felt – Gold Mine Trash
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    Lawrence Hayward knew that he wanted to be a pop star as a teen, and he devised a plan to release ten albums and ten singles over ten years to […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Low – Trust
    Low – Trust
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    BACK IN PRINT!!! The ninth full-length album from slo-mo beauty dealers LOW, and the band’s most assertive and expansive release to date. Thirteen tracks recorded in Minneapolis with TOM [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
    MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
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    Kick Out The Jams still sounds astonishingly powerful after almost 30 years. Recorded live at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom in 1968, this relentless, aggressive set offers the frenzy of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Rock / Pop
  • Osmo Lindeman – Electronic Works
    Osmo Lindeman – Electronic Works
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    What our staff has to say: “Incredible works from Finnish electronic music composer. Fits right in with the Sahko catalog.” – Alex *includes a CD featuring all tracks from the [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Habitat Ensemble – S/T
    Habitat Ensemble – S/T
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    Self-titled debut album of Habitat Ensemble, a new musical collective headed up by musician Marius Houschyar. The collective originates deep in the south of the Czech Republic, on the border […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
    V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
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    Four essential cuts from Ghana & Cape Verde, compiled by Arp Frique… Music is a great connector, bringing people together in many ways. On his journey in music so far, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
    Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
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    Nigel Rolfe’s “Island Stories” is a unique record for 80’s Ireland. An unusually experimental electronic and abstract record for the time, it was originally released to little fanfare on Reekus [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stano – Anthology
    Stano – Anthology
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    Following on from our 2018 repress of his debut album “Content to Write in I Dine Weathercraft “ we’re delighted to present an Anthology of Stano’s productions spanning the start […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Philipp Otterbach ? The Dahlem Diaries
    Philipp Otterbach ? The Dahlem Diaries
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    The new LP by Krefeld-born, Berlin-based artist Philipp Otterbach entitled ‘The Dahlem Diaries’. Recorded in a little-visited corner of the German capital, ‘The Dahlem [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Arp Frique – Analog People Digital World
    Arp Frique – Analog People Digital World
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    Arp Frique returns with a new album after a string of releases, leaving the cratediggers and dancefloor tastemakers with underground classics like Nos Magia, Voyage and Nyame Ye. On ”Analog [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Afro Exotique 2: Further Adventures In The Leftfield Africa 1975-87
    V/A – Afro Exotique 2: Further Adventures In The Leftfield Africa 1975-87
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    After “Afro Exotique – Adventures In The Leftfield, Africa 1972-88” was enthusiastically embraced by heads, collectors and core Africa Seven enthusiasts alike, we dived back [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Thee Retail Simps – Live On Cool St.
    Thee Retail Simps – Live On Cool St.
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    “After countless hours of data driven market research it was determined that the wild success of the first Retail Simps album, Reverberant Scratch was 82.6% due to the cheeky and […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Shadow Ring – City Lights
    Shadow Ring – City Lights
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    Recorded and self-released by The Shadow Ring’s own Dry Leaf Discs in 1993, City Lights is the debut record of the then duo Graham Lambkin and Darren Harris—an assured arrival […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • CoH – Radiant Faults
    CoH – Radiant Faults
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    Ivan Pavlov aka CoH characterizes his latest solo work, ‘Radiant Faults’, as “the recording of a dialogue,” rather than a set of compositions. Crafted using a rare new [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Codeine – What About The Lonely?
    Codeine – What About The Lonely?
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    Following on the somnambulant heels of When I See The Sun, our massive, near-complete Codeine overview, comes What About The Lonely?, an eight-track LP recorded at the group’s live zenith. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
    Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
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    “Workin’ all day, trying to forget about the old me.” Like most of us, Martin Frawley is busy trying to work himself out. He lives alongside the long shadow of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Melenas – Ahora LP (Red Vinyl)
    Melenas – Ahora LP (Red Vinyl)
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    ‘Ahora’, the new record by Melenas is the exact opposite of “that difficult third album”. While other bands might be suffering from a lack of inspiration typical of that [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Blacklight Braille – Electric Canticles Of The Blacklight Braille
    Blacklight Braille – Electric Canticles Of The Blacklight Braille
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    Cincinnati Psych/prog rock. 1981 US Pressing on Vetco Records, LP 707 VG/VG Some noticeable light marks & wear

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tent Music – Tent Music
    Tent Music – Tent Music
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    It’s difficult not to feel like everything’s already been discovered and documented, posted, scrolling under our compulsive thumbs; that what we have to look forward to is, at best, only […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Allison Lorenzen – Tender (Baby Blue Vinyl Repress)
    Allison Lorenzen – Tender (Baby Blue Vinyl Repress)
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    Still reeling from the gut-punch of the distortion filled lead single “Vale” released earlier this year, many of us wondered what a full-length LP by the Denver based artist would […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Magn?s P?lsson ? Enginn Gleypir S_?_lina CD + Book
    Magn?s P?lsson ? Enginn Gleypir S_?_lina CD + Book
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    What our staff has to say: “Audio from a Magnus Palsson exhibit. Very Runzelstirn Gurgelstock or Hermann Nitsch energy here. Lots of of grunting, moaning and intimate human sounds. Includes [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Chlorine – Wait For The Light To Shine
    Chlorine – Wait For The Light To Shine
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    What our staff has to say: “The instrumentals on this record are fantastic – super hazy synths, steady drum machine, all creating this surreal wash of sound. Perfect for lonely […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Eng?rdetz ? Sillmj?lke
    Eng?rdetz ? Sillmj?lke
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    Engürdetz perhaps weren’t a known name to the vast music devouring public – but for a brief period in time & to a scene of chosen few, they were a […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • John Wiese ? Magnetic Stencil/ 3
    John Wiese ? Magnetic Stencil/ 3
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    This is the third installment in a series of albums produced by John Wiese using an expanded ensemble of recorded sound contributions. Composed and mixed by John Wiese Cleveland, Ohio—15 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Wiese ? Magnetic Stencil/ 2
    John Wiese ? Magnetic Stencil/ 2
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    This is the second installment in a series of albums produced by John Wiese using an expanded ensemble of recorded sound contributions. Composed and mixed by John Wiese Cleveland, Ohio—19 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Wiese ? Magnetic Stencil/ 1 LP
    John Wiese ? Magnetic Stencil/ 1 LP
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    This is the first installment in a series of albums produced by John Wiese using an expanded ensemble of recorded sound contributions. Composed and mixed by John Wiese Cleveland, Ohio—19 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Gong – Magick Brother
    Gong – Magick Brother
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    What our staff has to say: “Gong’s first, a previously hard to get album is back in print. Comparatively to the albums they did a few years after, this one […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Magma – Zühn Ẁöhl Ünsaï – Live 1974
    Magma – Zühn Ẁöhl Ünsaï – Live 1974
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    Wherever they perform – whether at the legendary hippie Burg Herzberg Festival or at the Leverkusener Jazztage in Germany at the end of the 90s, the Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Henryk GoyRecki – Beth Gibbons, Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 3 Op. 36
    Henryk GoyRecki – Beth Gibbons, Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 3 Op. 36
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    An incredibly moving rendition of an important piece by the Portishead frontwoman. 2019 UK Pressing on Domino, WIGLP395X VG+/VG+ Light marks & wear. Signed print & DVD included.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
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    On the same label that brought us that Pat Metheny “Zero Tolerance for Silence” ‘reissue’ last year…. Insane “private press” ultra-obscurity reissued for [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • T.V. Star – Hallucinate Me
    T.V. Star – Hallucinate Me
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    What our staff has to say: “Seattle’s TV Star Hallucinate Me is a short but sweet 12″ EP. 6 songs of killer Alt Country Twangy Psych Rock.” – Dan The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Davachi – Selected Works II
    Sarah Davachi – Selected Works II
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    Late Music and Disciples are pleased to present the first and second volumes in an archival series of selected electronic and acoustic works by Sarah Davachi, all previously unreleased in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals
    Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Instrumentals
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    Following the star-studded release of Jazz Is Dead’s second series, the venerated label returns with an intimate offering of selected instrumentals from the Series 2 sessions with the legendary [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Koeosaeme ? Obanikeshi
    Koeosaeme ? Obanikeshi
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    Koeosaeme is Japanese artist Ryu Yoshizawa, and OBANIKESHI, his second album for Orange Milk, is a master class in how to engineer a compelling sound-design record front to back. Utilizing […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Foodman – Shokuhin
    Foodman – Shokuhin
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    Originally released 9/12/2012

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Nico Niquo ? Esperanto
    Nico Niquo ? Esperanto
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    Nico Niquo’s ‘Esperanto’ sees the Australian artist return to Orange Milk Records six years since his album ‘In A Silent Way’, and on this new release, Nico builds upon the […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Lauren Bousfield – Salesforce
    Lauren Bousfield – Salesforce
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    An omnivorous composer – gathering inspirations from a wide splattering of genres, styles, and subjects – Lauren Bousfield’s new album Salesforce is the latest creation in her sprawling catalog [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Enemy – Maladjusted
    Enemy – Maladjusted
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    Like a rocket from LA to the moon, enemy takes off with their new record Maladjusted. Returning from a split from LA’s Downsided last year, Enemy brings their brand of […]

    GENRE:
  • Aphrodite’s Child ? Best Of Aphrodite’s Child
    Aphrodite’s Child ? Best Of Aphrodite’s Child
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    A compilation of some of the Vangelis-led prog band’s best tracks German Pressing on Mercury, 6333 002 VG+/VG+ sleeve is VG++, nice copy!

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Icons Of Filth – Onward Christian Soldiers (90’s Boot)
    Icons Of Filth – Onward Christian Soldiers (90’s Boot)
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    Anarcho-punk from Wales. Goes hard. Mortarhate Records – LP MORT 5 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Fan Club Release Country: UK Released: 1996 VG+/VG+ Light marks, some shelf & cornerwear

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
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    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
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    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
    Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
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    “Hark! DIY sleaze-rock henchpersons, ascend from your cellars and rejoice… Midwestern anti-folk hero Christopher Alan Durham (The Bibs, All Gone Recs) arrives on high horse in [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 (White Vinyl)
    Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 (White Vinyl)
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    Born out of a series of studio sessions, LP.8 was created with no preconceptions or expectations: an unbridled exploration into the creative subconscious. After releasing her sophomore album [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Woods – Perennial
    Woods – Perennial
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    Woods are in bloom again, inviting you to disappear into a new spectrum of colors and sounds and dreams on Perennial. “Formed in Brooklyn in 2004, Woods have matured into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dead C – Operation Of The Sonne
    Dead C – Operation Of The Sonne
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    What our staff has to say: “The weird, undersung cousin of Tusk & The White House. Operation Of The Sonne is the closest Dead C’s gotten to touching on the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • S*Glass – Cesspool Of The Angels
    S*Glass – Cesspool Of The Angels
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    First solo LP of 2023 by S. Glass of Glands of External Secretion, Bren’t Lewiis Ensemble, This Is Yvonne Lovejoy and Bananafish Magazine. Numerous practices make up the electro-acoustic sound [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Holger Czukay – Der Osten Ist Rot
    Holger Czukay – Der Osten Ist Rot
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    Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might come to the conclusion that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych