April 19th Newsletter
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  • Mesh – Mesh
    Mesh – Mesh
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    “Mesh’s self-titled debut EP on high-bias cassette tape. Clear cassette with a green J-Card.” Label: Born Yesterday Records – BYE-017 Format: Cassette, EP, 3rd Edition Country: [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Amethyst: New Sounds From Moon Glyph Records
    Amethyst: New Sounds From Moon Glyph Records
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    “Moon Glyph is pleased to present a compilation of new, unreleased tunes from established veterans of the label and newcomers alike. Staying true to Moon Glyph’s transportive aesthetic, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Diatom Deli – TQM
    Diatom Deli – TQM
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    “Serene ambient music that evokes guided meditation through the use of phase-shifting melodies, droning bass, and gauzy synth textures. Her live performance utilizes classical guitar, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ostseetraum – Das Gute Leben Ist Schlecht
    Ostseetraum – Das Gute Leben Ist Schlecht
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    “10 minimal wave songs about sinking, getting moldy, holding on, people hiding in empty caged spaces, about empty heads, about volcanoes, about tasty pheasants, about desolate urban areas [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Nobunny – Leap Frog Vol. 2
    Nobunny – Leap Frog Vol. 2
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    Demos & alternate tracks from the first two Nobunny albums Label: Scotch Tapes – none Format: Cassette Country: Canada Released: 2009 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Anthony Guerra – Cold Victory – Kingdoms III
    Anthony Guerra – Cold Victory – Kingdoms III
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    Anthony Guerra hails from Sydney, Australia and has a long history of creating unique songs and sounds. Over the last 20+ years Guerra has produced a great variety of work […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Uranium Club* – The Beat Sessions Vol.1
    Uranium Club* – The Beat Sessions Vol.1
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    Recorded live on May 28th, 2016 at The Golden Beat. Label: Shout Recordings – SHOUT 002 Format: Cassette, Black Country: US Released: 2016 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Shin Otowa – わすれがたみ
    Shin Otowa – わすれがたみ
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    “In 1974, Shin Otowa 音羽信 (Elia Taniguchi) recorded this album, わすれがたみ (wasuregatami, “memento”) at Gyoen Studio in Tokyo with his friend Makoto Kubota & others, with [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Negative Scanner – Negative Scanner
    Negative Scanner – Negative Scanner
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    “Negative Scanner have been destroying rooms in Chicago’s vibrant DIY since 2012, earning well-deserved accolades as one of the cities best live bands. Their electrifying debut album finds [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lumpy And The Dumpers – 2012-2014 Collection
    Lumpy And The Dumpers – 2012-2014 Collection
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    “Hear Ye Hear Ye, Fucksticks. In your hands is the real gunk, the stuff of future college courses. The soundtrack to the Cheesedick revolution. Lean in, Press your ear to […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Handsome Family – The Handsome Family
    The Handsome Family – The Handsome Family
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    Pre-Odessa, self-released cassette by the americana duo. Label: no label – no cat number, self-released Format: Cassette, Album Country: US Released: 1994 VG+/VG+. No oval/sticker. Scuffing [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Starbirthed – In Alignment
    Starbirthed – In Alignment
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    “Following the In the Key of I and Record of the Year releases at the end of 2018, Starbirthed prepared its third major exploration and demonstration of their Tonal Cosmology […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Moor Jewelry – True Opera
    Moor Jewelry – True Opera
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    “On True Opera, Moor Jewelry took a different approach — exploring the visceral, physical punk music that the duo grew up listening to.The tracks were improvised in the recording [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Famous Mammals – Famous Mammals
    Famous Mammals – Famous Mammals
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    “Famous Mammals were already going to be fantastic the moment they decided to form as a pandemic avocation in 2020, considering they’d been birthed from the flames of recent Oakland, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • May Witch – May Witch
    May Witch – May Witch
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    “Jacob Sunderlin: guitar Ezra Buchla: viola Andrew Mansberger: banjo Ariel Ackerly: autoharp, mountain dulcimer recorded spring 2019 at Jacob’s house in Athens, GA improvised live to [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dancer – Dancer
    Dancer – Dancer
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    “A new Glasgow band with members of Current Affairs (Tough Love), Nightshift (Trouble in Mind), Order of the Toad (Gringo records) and Robert Sotelo (Upset the Rhythm).” Label: Gold [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Shiroishi* / Tagi* – Flock
    Shiroishi* / Tagi* – Flock
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    “Flock is the first collaboration between Los Angeles-based musicians Patrick Shiroishi and Eldar Tagi (of multimedia duo the2vvo). Alto saxophone, chaotic electronics and some amplified [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Aquarian Blood – Aquarian Blood
    Aquarian Blood – Aquarian Blood
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    “Early wildness from the Aquarian Blood crew, originally released as Aquarian Blood I cassette. Raw and alive. Breathe it.” Label: ZAP Cassettes – ZP026 Format: Cassette Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Hellvete – ’t Land van Den Akker
    Hellvete – ’t Land van Den Akker
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    “´t Land van den Akker finds Glen Steenkistes HELLVETE project in a soothing, friendly mood. The six tracks on this newest cassette feature harmonium and banjo, and it is quite […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kristen Roos – Universal Synthesizer Interface Volume Two
    Kristen Roos – Universal Synthesizer Interface Volume Two
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    “Hotham Sound is pleased to announce the much-anticipated second volume of Kristen Roos’s ‘Universal Synthesizer Interface’ series; an ongoing audio exploration of early [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Lia Kohl – Too Small To Be A Plain
    Lia Kohl – Too Small To Be A Plain
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    ““I decided to treat my process like gathering tiny beach rocks — nothing stands on its own initially but after a few months you find yourself with a collection,” says […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hollow Hand – Ancestral Lands
    Hollow Hand – Ancestral Lands
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    New-Age tinged ambient brain wave music that feels as cleansing as spring day. Label: Cosmic Ocean – COSMIC001 Format: Cassette, Album Country: UK Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jon Collin – What Is Thunder
    Jon Collin – What Is Thunder
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    “On recent releases Jon Collin has taken to the woods, mostly near his adoptive home of Stockholm, playing amid the sounds of birdsong and waterfalls. Meanwhile, those who’ve caught [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Program 3: Sonic Communications From The Circle City, Midwest & Other Far Off Places
    Program 3: Sonic Communications From The Circle City, Midwest & Other Far Off Places
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    “Twenty-eight tracks across two tapes of strange electronics, free-wheeling aural experiments and other sonic trickery from Indianapolis, the greater Midwest and beyond.” Label: [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Josh Medina – Drifting Toward the Absolute
    Josh Medina – Drifting Toward the Absolute
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    “Josh from somesurprises hits you where it counts with this collection of shimmering slices of life. Guitars and synths melt together in a woozy puddle reminiscent of Astral Social Club [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Delphine Dora & Jackie McDowell – The Dream Of Change
    Delphine Dora & Jackie McDowell – The Dream Of Change
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    “The initial collaborative seed for The Dream of Change was planted back in 2016 when Delphine Dora invited Jackie McDowell to release some of her solo work on her now-defunct […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • IE – Pome
    IE – Pome
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    “IE (pronounced “eee”) is a five-piece from Minneapolis devoted to experiences of hypnotic minimalism— sonic rituals from the future and ambient, desert soundscapes. Their shows feature [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Model Home X His Name Is Alive – Versions Returned
    Model Home X His Name Is Alive – Versions Returned
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    “This is fables of the deconstruction part six point something. Return Versions Returned. The half-disciples series of deeper dives disappeared into a dub basement lurking by the empty [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • DSR Lines* – Analogie Van De Dageraad
    DSR Lines* – Analogie Van De Dageraad
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    “All tracks are live improvisations, recorded between october 1st and 8th 2014 at ElektronMusikStudion, Stockholm. Mixed and compiled at ll150, Antwerpen. The EMS Buchla 200 and Serge [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Saint Pepsi ‎– World Tour
    Saint Pepsi ‎– World Tour
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    “THE OFFICIAL “FIRST ALBUM” FROM SAINT PEPSI AND NEW GENERATION” Label: My Pet Flamingo – MPF063 Format: Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Country: UK Released: [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Alternate Express
    Art Ensemble Of Chicago – The Alternate Express
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    Late 80’s Japan-exclusive release by the longstanding avant-jazz collective. Label: DIW – DIW-832 Format: CD, Album Country: Japan Released: 1989 VG+/VG+. No obi.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Various ‎– CIMPFest: Live In Villach 2009 [5CD set]
    Various ‎– CIMPFest: Live In Villach 2009 [5CD set]
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    All perfomances recorded at CIMPFest, Villach, Austria Label: CIMP – CIMPoL 5020-5024 Format: 5xCD, Album Country: US Released: 2011 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • D. N. Rodowick – Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine
    D. N. Rodowick – Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine
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    Although Gilles Deleuze is one of France’s most celebrated twentieth-century philosophers, his theories of cinema have largely been ignored by American scholars. Film theorist D. N. Rodowick [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking & Legacy of L.A. Punk
    More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking & Legacy of L.A. Punk
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    Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of L.A.’s punk rock […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Punk / Hardcore
  • Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
    Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
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    Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of France’s leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Big Goodbye: Chinatown & the Last Years of Hollywood
    Big Goodbye: Chinatown & the Last Years of Hollywood
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    From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece Chinatown is the Holy […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
    After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
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    Over the past twenty-five years, Italy’s film industry has produced a remarkable number of award-winning international art-house hits, among them Cinema Paradiso and Life Is Beautiful. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kate Brideau – Typographic Medium
    Kate Brideau – Typographic Medium
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    An innovative examination of typography as a medium of communication rather than part of print or digital media. Typography is everywhere and yet widely unnoticed. When we read type, we […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rauschenberg: Art & Life (New Edition)
    Rauschenberg: Art & Life (New Edition)
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    A revised edition of a retrospective on the Venice Biennale grand prize-winning artist incorporates the last ten years of his career including his retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim in [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Dieter Roth: Souvenirs. (Text in English & German)
    Dieter Roth: Souvenirs. (Text in English & German)
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    Art polymath extraordinaire, Dieter Roth (1930-1998) maintained throughout his career an output so prodigious and various that art historians and fans are still struggling to keep up. Bringing [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Artist & His Critic Stripped Bare: The Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp & Robert Lebel (Bilingual Edition)
    Artist & His Critic Stripped Bare: The Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp & Robert Lebel (Bilingual Edition)
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    Robert Lebel, French art critic and collector, was instrumental in rendering Marcel Duchamp’s often hermetic life, art, and ideas accessible to a wider public across Europe and the United States, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
    Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
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    Julio Mario Santo Domingo (1957-2009) was a collector and visionary who filled his homes and warehouses with the world’s greatest private collection related to the subjects of drugs, sex, magic, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
    Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
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    “It’s not essential, but this collection of early, (mostly) acoustic recordings from Ohio oddballs Tommy Jay and Mike Rep is there for you when you want to wade deep into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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    OG Copy! “Stuart Gordon’s 1985 movie based on the H.P. Lovecraft story “Herbery West – Re-Animator” was an instantly made its mark on the science fiction horror genre. [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
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    “Robyn manages to combine his Syd Barrett/John Lennon-esque oh-so-British vocals, Byrds-y guitar jangle, and lyrics which run the gamut from Monty Python-like absurdity to late [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jon Cale – Caribbean Sunset
    Jon Cale – Caribbean Sunset
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    Label: ZE Records – IT 8401 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– Pawn Hearts
    Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– Pawn Hearts
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    Van der Graaf Generator’s fourth album, Pawn Hearts was also their second most popular; at one time this record was a major King Crimson cult item due to the presence […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Dexys Midnight Runners ‎– Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
    Dexys Midnight Runners ‎– Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
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    The crackling stations being switched on the radio and the gang shout followed by the spoken injunction to “burn it down” sound like they should be starting off a Sham […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • John Cale – Artificial Intelligence
    John Cale – Artificial Intelligence
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    Though this is still nowhere near prime John Cale, 1985’s Artificial Intelligence is a big step up from its predecessor, 1984’s weak and sloppy Caribbean Sunset. For the first time [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
    Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
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    Limited edtion clear vinyl pressing. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of an exclusive Record Store Day 2022 limited gatefold clear vinyl edition of Tangerine Dream’s [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych