March 8th Newsletter
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  • Gidia – Struga
    Gidia – Struga
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Ritualistic, tribal industrial from the mountains of Greece. GIDIA is a Greek duo of george kondaktor and giorgos lemos, part of Athens fruitful electronic music scene for a long time […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Vinny & Charlie – The Repo Code
    Vinny & Charlie – The Repo Code
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Following in the steps of last year’s mysterious “Beyond the Garage” 12 inch, L.I.E.S. throws another curve ball with a 30 track continuous LP from veteran West Coast producers, [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    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
  • Wolf Eyes – Dread
    Wolf Eyes – Dread
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    A sought after early Wolf Eyes album back on vinyl and CD for the first time in 17 years. Originally released on Hanson Records, American Tapes and Bulb Records in […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • 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
  • Technicolor Band – Walks The Blue Circle
    Technicolor Band – Walks The Blue Circle
    $25.00 | , Ships on/around May 19, 2025 Add to cart

    Technicolor Band is a revolving-cast, cross-genre improv unit based in Bloomington, IN. The group, initially instigated by multi-instrumentalists David Brown and Caleb Hickman as a regular [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    $22.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 01, 2025 Add to cart

    Pre-order ships on or around April 1st, 2025. Church Shuttle “ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle” is an 8 track LP of alien abducted industrial music. Specifically Pure Michigan soundscapes Chris […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • 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)
    $70.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
  • Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings With Drew Gladstone – Tibetan Bells
    Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings With Drew Gladstone – Tibetan Bells
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Back in 1972, Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings made a landmark recording. They released the first album of Tibetan singing bowls and Tibetan bells. They, in effect, introduced the meditative [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Quiet Sun – Mainstream
    Quiet Sun – Mainstream
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    “QUIET SUN is a strange little beast. The jazz-fusion band existing in the Canterbury Scene was one of the few to incorporate highly distorted rock guitar in its sound. The […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    $24.00 | , , Add to cart

    “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
  • Billy Bragg – Back To Basics
    Billy Bragg – Back To Basics
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    After Elektra signed Billy Bragg to his first major-label deal and released Talking with the Taxman About Poetry in 1986, the label decided to do a clean-up job on his […]

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  • 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
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
  • Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– H To He Who Am The Only One
    Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– H To He Who Am The Only One
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    The foreboding crawl of the Hammond organ is what made Van Der Graaf Generator one of the darkest and most engrossing of all the early progressive bands. On H to […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff
    Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff
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    Following the release of Pawn Hearts, bandleader Peter Hammill took time out to develop a solo career, choosing to focus his energy on darkly introspective works that seemed to be […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale ‎– Sabotage/Live
    John Cale ‎– Sabotage/Live
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    Though Lou Reed is often thought of as the abrasive member of the Velvet Underground, during the punk era Reed was writing confessional singer/songwriter albums while his former bandmate John [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cale – Honi Soit
    John Cale – Honi Soit
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    The rise of the punk/new wave scene finally provided John Cale with a context in which he didn’t seem that much more eccentric than the other musicians surrounding him, and […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 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
  • Gism / The Comes ‎– Detestation / No Side [w/ insert & printed inner]
    Gism / The Comes ‎– Detestation / No Side [w/ insert & printed inner]
    $50.00 | , , Add to cart

    Infamous bootleg split. Green Vinyl. Includes insert. Buy this and have Sakevi’s ghost haunt you.   Label: Not On Label (G.I.S.M.) – none, Not On Label (The Comes) – none […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • John Cale – Vintage Violence
    John Cale – Vintage Violence
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    John Cale had the strongest avant-garde credentials of anyone in the Velvet Underground, but he was also the Velvet whose solo career was the least strongly defined by his work […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Russian Mind
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Russian Mind
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    “Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Russian Mind’ is centred around the theme of a Russian cosmonaut past his prime, composing the score to a film from his hospital bed in a room on [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
    Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    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
  • Conrad Schnitzler – Con
    Conrad Schnitzler – Con
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Bureau B present a reissue of Conrad Schnitzler’s Con, originally released in 1978. Conrad Schnitzler: In the electric garden by Wolfgang Seidel, May 2020: “… Whilst on shore [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – Gespenterland
    V/A – Gespenterland
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Over the last ten years a strange mycelium was sprouting from the ground of Germany’s sound topography, going widely unnoticed while creeping its way up through the copse of the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Faust – Blickwinkel
    Faust – Blickwinkel
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    “After dipping into the archive to deliver a series of essential reissues, Bureau B continues to encourage the chaotic brilliance of Faust with an LP of brand new music curated […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
    Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    “Auf dem schwarzen Kanal” is one of the most outstanding and sought-after releases in Conrad Schnitzler’s extensive catalog. Released in 1980 as the only one of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Supersempfft – Roboterwerke
    Supersempfft – Roboterwerke
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    LP version. After introducing listeners to the techno-tropical pop of Supersempfft via an essential reissue of their stargazing sophomore LP Metaluna, those surefooted folks at Bureau B beam back [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Von Spar, Ishibashi, Talia, Yamamoto – Album 1
    Von Spar, Ishibashi, Talia, Yamamoto – Album 1
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    The inspiration for ‘Album l’ and ‘Album Il’ began with a performance by Japanese musician Eiko Ishibashi at Cologne’s Week-End Fest in 2019. For this appearance the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Toluse Low Trax – Kiosique Versions
    Toluse Low Trax – Kiosique Versions
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Parisian-by-choice Detlef Weinrich aka Tolouse Low Trax turns the page again. Always willing for a new episode, notion, impulse, idea, ideal. Searching for some light out there. Now Kiosque [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Cluster – Cluster II
    Cluster – Cluster II
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    Cluster’s second album finds them still in their Berlin phase, that of the amorphous analog electronic passages without the reference points of any actual rhythms. The tracks move along [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Agonal Lust / Serration – Like A Knife
    Agonal Lust / Serration – Like A Knife
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Remastered vinyl edition of long sold out split tape from Dominion Of Flesh. Limited to 200 copies.

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Brighter Death Now – No Decency
    Brighter Death Now – No Decency
    $45.00 | , Add to cart

    This is the raw rehearsal recordings of Brighter Death Now for the American tour in 2019. Recorded early february 2019. Originally released as a tape, we now bring you a […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Trepaneringsritualen – Septentrional
    Trepaneringsritualen – Septentrional
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    The most elusive of T × R × P albums finally sees a reissue, courtesy of Cloister Recordings. The six songs — here accompanied by a seventh, previously unreleased outtake […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Various – Devastate To Liberate
    Various – Devastate To Liberate
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    Industrial / Experimental / Punk Comp Ft. Nurse With Wound, Sema, Shock Headed Peters ,P16 D4, Coil, 93 Current 93, Legendary Pink Dots, Hafler Trio, Annie Anxiety, Crass, D&V, Who […]

    GENRE:
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1946-1960 [Mono]
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1946-1960 [Mono]
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    “21 songs from, as the title indicates, 1946 to 1960, mostly Lightnin’ solo on guitar, although there are occasional additional instruments.” – allmusic.com Label: RST [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Neil Young ‎– Songs For Judy
    Neil Young ‎– Songs For Judy
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Songs For Judy is a thoroughly engaging collection of live acoustic performances culled from Neil’s November 1976 solo tour and features twenty-two songs recorded at various cities [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Rot
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Rot
    $16.00 | , , Add to cart

    “There was a particular type of artist who could only have emerged in the legendary early 1970s. Few musicians fit the bill better than Conrad Schnitzler. Revolution, pop art and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Varukers ‎– Bloodsuckers
    The Varukers ‎– Bloodsuckers
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    “A true building block of UK hardcore/punk. This record is a steamroller of slightly metallic d-beat punk. As mandatory a piece of history as any Discharge record. The Varukers were […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Tangerine Dream ‎– Encore 2LP
    Tangerine Dream ‎– Encore 2LP
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Encore — Tangerine Dream Live, 1977 is one of the better concert albums from Tangerine Dream. As with most of their live releases, this disc features all new material. Each […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Howlin Rain – The Alligator Bride [colored vinyl]
    Howlin Rain – The Alligator Bride [colored vinyl]
    $9.00 | , , Add to cart

    “On June 8, Oakland, California’s Howlin Rain return with The Alligator Bride, their fifth LP of swampy, ragged, unapologetic rock ’n roll. Led by Ethan Miller (co-founder of psych rockers [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston – HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2
    John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston – HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2
    $9.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This work comprises 20-minute solos for 1 – 7 amplified harpsichords and tapes for 1-51 monaural machines to be used in whole or in part in any combination with or […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – Flash Lightnin’ – Volume One
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – Flash Lightnin’ – Volume One
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    A compilation of Lightnin’ Hopkins tracks from 1954. Label: Diving Duck Records – DD 4307 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Netherlands Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Blues
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – Bad Boogie Vol. 2
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – Bad Boogie Vol. 2
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    A compilation of Lightnin’ Hopkins rare tracks from 1954 Label: Diving Duck Records – DD 4308 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue Country: Netherlands Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Blues
  • Lightning Hopkins – Houston’s King Of The Blues (Historic Recordings 1952-1953)
    Lightning Hopkins – Houston’s King Of The Blues (Historic Recordings 1952-1953)
    $22.00 | , , Add to cart

    Collects some of Hopkins’ best tracks from 1952-1953 Label: Blues Classics – BC 30 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG. spine cracked open 3″ with some [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Link Wray – Missing Links Vol. 2 – Big City After Dark
    Link Wray – Missing Links Vol. 2 – Big City After Dark
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    “A mix of super-rare cuts, a couple of unissued outtakes, and live material, all from the 1960s. It’s rawer than Link Wray’s norm (which is durned raw indeed), but not […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Link Wray – Missing Links Vol.3 – Some Kinda Nut
    Link Wray – Missing Links Vol.3 – Some Kinda Nut
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Another great grab bag of hideously rare Link, all from the ’60s on this volume, including tracks that Wray issued under his own name, and side projects that he lent […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1948-1961
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1948-1961
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    “Original recordings from the collections of Joe Bussard, Dani Gugolz, Hans Maitner, Johnny Path and Victor Pearlin A1 to A4 recorded in Houston, Texas in 1948 A5 to A8 recorded […]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Blind Lemon Jefferson – How Long, How Long Lasting Loving
    Blind Lemon Jefferson – How Long, How Long Lasting Loving
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    Side A and “Long Lastin’ Lovin'” recorded in Chicago between February and March 1928 other songs recorded in Chicago between June and August 1928  Label: Monk – mk340 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Blues