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  • Louse – Passions Like Tar
    Louse – Passions Like Tar
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    “Like some mutated phantom lurking in the shadows, Cincinnati based new-wave punks Louse emerge into light with their debut LP Passions Like Tar- a heady and sullen collection of post-punk [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Disintegration – Shiver In A Weak Light
    Disintegration – Shiver In A Weak Light
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    The first full-length release from Cleveland’s Disintegration brings their intricate circuitry of nocturnal synthwave and noise-saturated post-punk to a new plateau. Sharper, leaner, and more [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Class – A Healthy Alternative
    Class – A Healthy Alternative
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    “My mates went on holiday to the Isles for this one. Galactic romantic entropy three sheets to the ‘Wind. Saxy glimmers, broken sunbeams, oil dancing in a puddle of water […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Corker – Hallways Of Grey (Clear / Smoke Vinyl)
    Corker – Hallways Of Grey (Clear / Smoke Vinyl)
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    CLEAR VINYL “Fragments of the past intersect with a dynamic sonic vision on Hallways of Grey, the second full length from Corker. Expanding upon the dense, rhythmic post-punk of their […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Artificial Go! – Hopscotch Fever
    Artificial Go! – Hopscotch Fever
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    Artificial Go is a new four piece hailing from the DIY post-punk scene of Cincinnati, Ohio. Local labels Feel It and Future Shock have teamed up to co-release Artificial Go’s […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Drin – Elude The Torch
    The Drin – Elude The Torch
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    The Drin forge further into their own captivating world of sound on their fourth album, ‘Elude the Torch’. Since 2021, the Cincinnati group has released one strikingly original album [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Drin – Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom
    The Drin – Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom
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    Way out there. From up in the attic, in the village of Cincinnati – the third album from the Drin has arrived to commence 2023. Cold rhythms reverberate through the […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
    Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
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    Regardless of whether Dave Vettraino’s name rings a bell, there’s a solid chance he’s pulled strings behind a record you love. The Chicago-based audio engineer and multi-instrumentalist has spent [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
    Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
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    Black Vinyl The Exploding Star Orchestra is Rob Mazurek’s vehicle for blowing minds and reshaping worlds. For more than a decade and a half, the multi-instrumentalist has guided the variably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Tomin – Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina
    Tomin – Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina
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    Black Vinyl 27-year-old Tomin Perea-Chamblee is a brass- and reed-centered multi-instrumentalist, the composer and arranger of pieces with excellently thorny harmonies, an at-times reluctant [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Om
    John Coltrane – Om
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    “Condemned by many critics as John Coltrane’s worst album, Om suffers only in comparison to the great works that preceded it. Also issued in 1965, Ascension had stunned the jazz […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
    Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
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    “The Inner City label reissued this album not out of some great commitment to avant-garde solo saxophone, but because there was a licensing deal with the shady French label called […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
    Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
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    Since bassist Lou Barlow left Dinosaur Jr. in 1989, the band–whose last record was 1997’s expansive Hand It Over–has largely become an alter-ego moniker for guitarist/vocalist J [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Crude – Attitude
    Crude – Attitude
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    Reissue of their 4th album from 2000 Label: Feral Ward – YAN-0012-056-2009 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Morbid Opera – Collection
    Morbid Opera – Collection
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    “Finally, after years of work, the Morbid Opera discography LP!! Painstakingly compiled by Jeff Hodapp (ex-Roach Motel & spouse of Morbid Opera vocalist) and Vinyl Rites, here is all [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Lacy – Only Monk
    Steve Lacy – Only Monk
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    “Steve Lacy has long been one of the foremost interpreters of pianist Thelonious Monk’s music. This set is a solo soprano saxophone recital in which Lacy digs into nine of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
    COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
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    The most recent installment of the rare & unheard archival recordings from the transgressive 70’s performance art group COUM Transmissions. Founded in late 1969 by Genesis P-Orridge [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
    Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
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    “Controlled Death is the dark side project by the Japanese noise legend Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna. In April 2018 he decided to make a shudder debut with 1st album Symphony […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Reportage: Spela Själv (2010 Reissue)
    Reportage: Spela Själv (2010 Reissue)
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    “Exact reproduction LP of a Swedish release from 1970. A bit of confusion surrounds this release: The album has been credited to Träd, Gräs och Stenar, but they aren’t featured […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
    Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
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    “Having left Pink Floyd in 1968 after a daily LSD habit had taken its toll, Syd Barrett’s first solo album finally appeared two years later with ex-Floyd sidekicks David Gilmour […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Astrud Gilberto ‎– I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do
    Astrud Gilberto ‎– I Haven’t Got Anything Better To Do
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    “With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven’t Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • SS-20 – Merry Christmas 1986: Is Santa Listening
    SS-20 – Merry Christmas 1986: Is Santa Listening
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    Cincinnati punk in its holiday best. Label: No Pretense Records – JRC 86043A Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. Paste on santa has fallen off but is still […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Rixe – Collection (blue vinyl)
    Rixe – Collection (blue vinyl)
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    Collection neatly compiles RIXE’s first 3 Eps on one album. All 12 cuts have been remastered for maximum volume. Rixe appeared from nowhere and went from strength to strength over […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Charged G.B.H* ‎– Leather, Bristles, No Survivors And Sick Boys…
    Charged G.B.H* ‎– Leather, Bristles, No Survivors And Sick Boys…
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    Compiles the Leather, Bristles, Studs & Acne 12″, the No Survivors 7″ and the Sick Boy 7″ Label: Roadrunner Records – RR 9935 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • William Basinski – Lamentations
    William Basinski – Lamentations
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    “William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, Lamentations, he transforms operatic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused
    Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused
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    “Having first approached Scott Walker about appearing on their 2009 album Monoliths & Dimensions, Sunn O))) initiated a conversation that would instead lead to something even more [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Metal
  • Lip Cream – Early Years Gig
    Lip Cream – Early Years Gig
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    Live recording of Lip Cream from 1984. Label: Dynamite Records – DON DON SU・89 LP Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 2013 VG+/VG+ with light wear.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Zander Raymond – Secrets From A Squirrel
    Zander Raymond – Secrets From A Squirrel
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    After a series of impressive collaborations and increasingly assured solo releases, multimedia artist Zander Raymond now shares his first LP, Secrets From A Squirrel. Inherent in these pieces is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Zander Raymond – To Have Several Lives
    Zander Raymond – To Have Several Lives
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    Zander Raymond is an interdisciplinary artist and musician working in Chicago, IL. In his visual work, he improvises with found materials, tools, and images to make drawings, prints, and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom (gold vinyl)
    Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom (gold vinyl)
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    Victor Vieira-Branco – vibraphone John Moran – bass Joey Sullivan – drums

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom
    Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom
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    Victor Vieira-Branco – vibraphone John Moran – bass Joey Sullivan – drums

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Robert Wyatt ‎– Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (1975 UK Pressing)
    Robert Wyatt ‎– Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (1975 UK Pressing)
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    Robert Wyatt’s voice is as distinctive and subtle an instrument as Tom Waits’s or Bessie Smith’s. He stretches his vocal chords through alien alto registers with grace, into [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Body Without Organs – Isis And Thoth
    Body Without Organs – Isis And Thoth
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    Body Without Organs were a duo from New York City consisting of Richard Behrens (lyrics, vocals, guitar) and Carl Howard (electronics, effects) formed in 1982. The pair brought together skill [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Consumer Electronics – Repetition Reinforcement
    Consumer Electronics – Repetition Reinforcement
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    The long-running alias of former Whitehouse agitator Philip Best, and now featuring vocals and music by Sarah Froelich and n0!se pioneer Russell Haswell, Consumer Electronics hold steadfast to an [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • John Cage – Variations VII
    John Cage – Variations VII
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    Performed at 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, October 15 and 16, 1966 Sound sources: AM-FM Short Wave Radio, Geiger counter, sine wave generators, horn [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Shadow Ring – Remains Unchanged
    The Shadow Ring – Remains Unchanged
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    The Shadow Ring was founded by guitar player Graham Lambkin and percussionist Darren Harris in Cheriton, Kent, England in 1993. Tim Goss joined the Shadow Ring in 1996 performing on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Xiu Xiu – The Air Force
    Xiu Xiu – The Air Force
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    “It comes in waves of nausea and unease. The Air Force is a wraith, and wraithlike it moves according to genuine, human rhythms; we see frontman Jamie Stewart staring into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick ‎– Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby (pink vinyl)
    Sarah Mary Chadwick ‎– Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby (pink vinyl)
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    Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby is the latest full-length from New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter, Sarah Mary Chadwick, whose brutally honest songwriting has cast her contrary to [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pax Nicholas And The Nettey Family – Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
    Pax Nicholas And The Nettey Family – Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
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    Nicholas Addo-Nettey became a full member of Fela´s legendary band Africa 70 as a conga player and background singer in 1971. The first record he appeared on was Lady Shakara […]

    GENRE: International
  • Xiu Xiu – Knife Play
    Xiu Xiu – Knife Play
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    Xiu Xiu’s daring first album Label: Absolutely Kosher – AK018 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: US Released: 2003 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Rodger Stella / Kites – Interior Moon
    Rodger Stella / Kites – Interior Moon
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    Grim and zoned out noise Label: Mutter Wild – no cat number Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released:2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Soft Cell – The Singles
    Soft Cell – The Singles
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    Compilation of Soft Cell’s singles. Label: Some Bizarre – BZLP 3 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – 9 Classic Tracks
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – 9 Classic Tracks
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    Sarah Mary Chadwick is back with her second official full-length release since her debut solo LP Eating for Two (Bedroom Suck Records, 2012). While preserving her distinctive traits of [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Raspberry Bulbs – Finally Burst / Lone Gunman
    Raspberry Bulbs – Finally Burst / Lone Gunman
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    Compilation of two early Raspberry Bulbs cassettes Label: Personnel Records – PER-002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass – The Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass
    The Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass – The Art Ensemble Of Chicago With Fontella Bass
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    “The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass was recorded in a Paris studio in 1970. The band had been gigging regularly in the city and this session offered an […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The New Blockaders – Changez Les Blockeurs
    The New Blockaders – Changez Les Blockeurs
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    “Within the history of noise music, there are few artefacts, as seminal as The New Blockaders’ Changez Les Blockeurs. Anyone who has even a casual interest in noise music should […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • T.R. Mahalingam – Flûte En Concert – Inde Du Sud
    T.R. Mahalingam – Flûte En Concert – Inde Du Sud
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    “Intégrale du concert enregisstrée le 1er décembre 1978 à la Maison de la Culture de Rennes” Label: Stil – 0112 S 78 0212 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album, Boxset Country: France […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Timara: Electroacoustic Music At Oberlin Vol. 2
    V/A – Timara: Electroacoustic Music At Oberlin Vol. 2
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    “The TIMARA Department at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music traces its roots to the first electronic and computer music courses taught on campus in 1969. Today we celebrate TIMARA’s [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Bill Fay – Life Is People
    Bill Fay – Life Is People
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    “Bill Fay is one of English music’s best kept secrets. At the dawn of the 1970s, he was a one-man song factory, with a piano that spilled liquid gold and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • David Bedford, Ursula Le Guin – Rigel 9
    David Bedford, Ursula Le Guin – Rigel 9
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    Rigel 9 is a space opera with music by composer David Bedford and libretto written by Ursula K. Le Guin. Label: Charisma – RIGEL 9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joe Colley – Pleasure Pressure
    Joe Colley – Pleasure Pressure
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    New Forces presents “Pleasure Pressure,” Joe Colley’s latest LP of expert sound composition. Damaged wires, crackling speakers, and the existential dread of droning electronics [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards
    Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards
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    Compilation boxset containing Coil’s swansongs, Ape Of Naples & The New Backwards, two absolute masterpieces of electronic music. Label: Important Records – imprec174 Format: 4xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Arab Strap – The Shy Retirer E.P.
    Arab Strap – The Shy Retirer E.P.
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    Features AC/DC and Van Halen covers. Mope-rock. Label: Chemikal Underground – CHEM067 Format: Vinyl, 12″, EP Country: UK Released: 2003 VG+/VG+. Old store sticker

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Six Organs Of Admittance – Shelter From The Ash
    Six Organs Of Admittance – Shelter From The Ash
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    “Music for those post-apocalyptic dreams we’re all having. The ones where you’re stumbling through the desert with one leg bandaged from the last coyote attack. These songs are [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Francisco Meirino – A New Instability
    Francisco Meirino – A New Instability
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    “in 2019, the swiss power-acoustic musician francisco meirino presented ‘a new instability’ a commission for the venerable ina-grm in paris. of course, this institution is the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Enklav – 2.
    Enklav – 2.
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    “On their second Lp Enklav presents two longer tracks of raw tape manipulations of concrete sounds. With an uncompromising attitude and a sound that seems to be carved out of […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jackie Edwards – Puts It All Together
    Jackie Edwards – Puts It All Together
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    Soul-tinged Reggae from a master songwriter. Label: Total Sounds – TSL 108 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Jamaica Released: VG+/VG. WOS. Some wear along upper seam

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Gordon Ashworth* – S.T.L.A.
    Gordon Ashworth* – S.T.L.A.
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    “S.T.L.A. is the first album that Gordon Ashworth has released under his own name, & it marks a major step forward in his musical development. S.T.L.A. marries the drone & […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage
    Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Mystic Voyage
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    Solid jazz-funk from Roy Ayers best band. Label: Polydor – PD 6057 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1975 VG/VG

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bobby Callender – Rainbow (promo)
    Bobby Callender – Rainbow (promo)
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    “This bizarre, Alan Lorber-produced psychedelic album appeared originally in 1969 on Boston Sound. Bobby Callendar was an incredibly gifted poet and lyricist whose complex texts could only [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Soul / Funk / Disco