April 5th Newsletter
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  • 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
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    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
  • 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
    $32.00 | , Add to cart

    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
  • Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    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 / Neofolk, 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
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    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 […]

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Protomaryr – Ultimate Success Today
    Protomaryr – Ultimate Success Today
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    There is a sting in the summer blossom of Ultimate Success Today, Protomartyr’ new album. Arriving after Relatives In Descent, Protomartyr’s headlong dive into the morass of American life in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Michael Rother – Fernwarme
    Michael Rother – Fernwarme
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    “This is a special guy. Rare among fine musicians is one who never bit the industry weenie. This guy never did. He’s done nothing but superior work just the way […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Holger Czukay – Rome Remains Rome
    Holger Czukay – Rome Remains Rome
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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
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is a tale as old as time. It’s an album. Its songs and music are by and for people together. For listening together. Before it […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Nace – Through A Room
    Bill Nace – Through A Room
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    What our staff has to say: “Fever dream experimental guitar with an array of other instruments that are all completely abstracted. Uneasy listening.” – Hannah Using the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Nace – Both
    Bill Nace – Both
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    Free guitar for the new age: improv with intention, construction and destruction, all with the grain and air of performance captured and telescoped in a sonic particle collider. Makes sense, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
    Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
    $34.00 | , Add to cart

    From the beautiful to the jarring, intrepid explorer Callahan charts a passage through all kinds of territory, pitting dreams of dreams against dreams of reality. When he makes it back […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ty Segall – Hello, Hi
    Ty Segall – Hello, Hi
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    Tossing down straight acoustic shots with electric guitar back, Hello, Hi rides through the valley of yer ol’ Canyon legends, finding an isolated place to unspool Ty’s copious [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Circuits Des Yeux – Reaching For Indigo
    Circuits Des Yeux – Reaching For Indigo
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    A moment that fell down in the life of Haley Fohr on January 22, 2016 – now in album form! Redefining and realizing the goals that were set to allow […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Joanna Newsom – Milk-Eyed Mender
    Joanna Newsom – Milk-Eyed Mender
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Soul-enhancing dynamic range, the voice of a old one in a young one’s body with a harp of gold. J-New’s hulloa to the world at large.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smog _? The Doctor Came At Dawn
    Smog _? The Doctor Came At Dawn
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    “all the bar tabs were destroyed in the fire. Once again I was a free man”

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  • H.P. Lovecraft -H.P. Lovecraft
    H.P. Lovecraft -H.P. Lovecraft
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    Chicago based acid rock. Fuzzed out and dark. 1967 US Pressing on Philips, PHS-600-252 G+/VG Vinyl plays VG to G+ throughout. Some light popping here & there, but overall a […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • A Handful Of Dust – The Drum Is The Shaman’s Horse
    A Handful Of Dust – The Drum Is The Shaman’s Horse
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    With the death in 2020 of long-standing occasional third member Peter Stapleton (percussion/electronics), A Handful of Dust has regrouped as the core duo of Alastair Galbraith (violin, guitar, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Patton – Oh Baby!
    John Patton – Oh Baby!
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    Oh Baby! is an album by American organist Big John Patton recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Grant Green – The Main Attraction
    Grant Green – The Main Attraction
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    The Main Attraction is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1976 and released on the Kudu label.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Milk From Cheltenham ? Triptych Of Poisoners
    Milk From Cheltenham ? Triptych Of Poisoners
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    The first-time vinyl reissue of the sole album from UK DIY legends Milk From Cheltenham, originally released in 1983 on famed It’s War Boys imprint, is recommended for fans of […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri ? Toy Planet
    Irmin Schmidt & Bruno Spoerri ? Toy Planet
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    Toy Planet was recorded in 1981 and was a collaboration between the Swiss electronic music pioneer (and Jazzman) Bruno Spoerri and Irmin Schmidt.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cleveland Eaton ? Plenty Good Eaton
    Cleveland Eaton ? Plenty Good Eaton
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    The jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • JJ Band – Live I Kungsten
    JJ Band – Live I Kungsten
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    While working on his solo albums, JJulius put together a live band consisting of Clara Flygare (Standard) on drums and vocals, Gustav Danielsbacka (Incipientium) on guitar and Mattias Rörström [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Leda – Neuter
    Leda – Neuter
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    Sofie Herner (Enhet För Fri Musik, Neutral) returns with Neuter, the first proper album since the Gitarrmusik III-X LP released on Förlag För Fri Musik back in 2017. Neuter was […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Magnus J?verling ? Bowdark
    Magnus J?verling ? Bowdark
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    What our staff has to say: “Feels and sounds like a real movie score. For fans of electronic music sounds.” – Jack Bowdark is the name of a fictitious town […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Zach Rowden – No Middle Without The Beginning LP
    Zach Rowden – No Middle Without The Beginning LP
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    Ships prior to release date of 9/29/2023. Zach Rowden’s new album, titled “No Middle Without The Beginning”, radiates the current musical concrete. Two pieces, each spanning a [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Downtown! LP
    $22.00 | Add to cart

    Ships prior to release date of 9/29/2023. What our staff has to say: “‘Kentucky Kraut Rock’ If you are not yet familiar with EPA, please make it a point to […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych