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  • David Tholfsen – Walk With Me
    David Tholfsen – Walk With Me
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    What our staff has to say: “Layered vocal melodies that guide you through a natural world. FFO Avant yodeling.” – Dan David Tholfsen is an American musician and artist living [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Loopsel – The Spiral
    Loopsel – The Spiral
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    2022 U.S. Reissue Fans of the Swedish underground should be familiar with Elin Engström from her time playing in Monokultur, Skiftande Enheter, and excellent solo recording project Loopsel. Her [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Fay – Still Some Light: Part 2
    Bill Fay – Still Some Light: Part 2
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    Bill Fay has always sung about attempting to understand the most universal questions: those of nature, spirituality, humanity. His songs are “calming hymns for another chaotic time”, he says. His [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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    Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We’ve Been Going About This All […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sylk – S/T
    Sylk – S/T
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    Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Quinn  Harris – Statements
    Quinn Harris – Statements
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    Born in Texas but raised in Riverside, California, Quinn Harris first started playing music in 1954 when he saved up his paper route money for an alto sax. At a […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Frank Derrick Total Experience – You Betcha!
    Frank Derrick Total Experience – You Betcha!
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    Drummer Frank Derrick III (born 1950) grew up in Harvey, Illinois in a musical family…his father Frank Derrick Jr. was a professional musician and arranger who played with notables such […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
    Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
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    Houston’s reputation for developing first-class jazz acts is well-established, as a stream of young players has been distinguishing themselves for decades…among those musicians and mentors who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – INASOUND: retour aux sources de l’électro avec l’INA GRM
    V/A – INASOUND: retour aux sources de l’électro avec l’INA GRM
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    What our staff has to say: “Found this gem hidden inside the modern comp section. Ranging from sparse musique concrete to early synth compositions, this comp is a fascinating document […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Kenny Cox – Introducing Kenny Cox
    Kenny Cox – Introducing Kenny Cox
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany Blue Note Records has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breathe
    Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breathe
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    Recorded Live in 2017 at the Jazz Standard in NYC During 75th Birthday Run and Bookended with Two Unique Studio Collaborations with Iggy Pop! Breathe captures the Hammond B-3 organ […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Red – Out Of The Blue
    Sonny Red – Out Of The Blue
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Sonny Red’s Out of the Blue Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Stanley Turrentine – Rough ‘N Tumble
    Stanley Turrentine – Rough ‘N Tumble
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Stanley Turrentine’s Rough ‘N Tumble Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Connan Mockasin & Ade – It’s Just Wind (RSD)
    Connan Mockasin & Ade – It’s Just Wind (RSD)
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  • V/A – Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (RSD Italy)
    V/A – Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. First volume — though the second never happened — of this ongoing collaboration between post-punk stalwarts Cherry Red and home of the [...]

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  • Ian A. Anderson – Royal York Crescent (RSD Italy)
    Ian A. Anderson – Royal York Crescent (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. When we talk about British folk revival, we should not forget a key figure as Ian A. Anderson, a songwriter on its own and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Halloween Ii: Live 2007 (RSD)
    Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Halloween Ii: Live 2007 (RSD)
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    WHITE 2xLP + DVD. Best live recording from Roky’s “comeback” era of 2005-2008 with The Explosives. Recorded at the Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY on April 15, 2007. This [...]

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  • Ceyleib People – Tanyet (RSD)
    Ceyleib People – Tanyet (RSD)
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    Originally released in 1968 as an LA studio concept album, this instrumental album is a remarkable fusion of the psychedelic sounds of sitar and mellotron with angular guitar riffs and […]

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  • V/A – The Rock Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Rock Sides (RSD)
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    The first-ever compilation of the rare and unissued garage and rockabilly from Jetstar Records! Largely done under the watchful eye of Dale Hawkins (who penned “Suzie Q”) including an unearthed [...]

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  • 50 Foot Wave – Bath White (RSD)
    50 Foot Wave – Bath White (RSD)
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    Back on vinyl for this Kristin Hersh fronted project, a super rare 2016 EP of enchanting and exhilarating sounds that shift from dreamy and emotional melancholy to jagged and almost […]

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  • 50 Foot Wave – Power + Light (RSD)
    50 Foot Wave – Power + Light (RSD)
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    Back on vinyl for this bracing, ever twitching opus made of seven fluid pieces that fold into one continuous mantra. An essential release from the Throwing Muses’ offshoot helmed by […]

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  • Ultravox – Live At The Rainbow 1977 (RSD)
    Ultravox – Live At The Rainbow 1977 (RSD)
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    Ultravox! Live at the Rainbow 1977 is available for the first time on vinyl with this special 45th Anniversary Edition. Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London, in February 1977, […]

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  • Cold War Kids – Zowie Selects (RSD)
    Cold War Kids – Zowie Selects (RSD)
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    This 10 song compilation features a track list of favorites from Cold War Kids’ New Age Norms selected by super-fan and friend, Zowie. This limited edition Record Store Day vinyl […]

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  • David Bowie – Brilliant Adventure E.P. (RSD)
    David Bowie – Brilliant Adventure E.P. (RSD)
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    1LP 12″ EP Single (black). Includes 75 sticker. Additional info strictly confidential until announcecd via Bowie.

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  • David Bowie – Toy E.P. (‘You’ve Got It Made With All The Toys’) (RSD)
    David Bowie – Toy E.P. (‘You’ve Got It Made With All The Toys’) (RSD)
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    1LP 10″ Single (black). Includes 75 sticker. Additional info strictly confidential until announcecd via Bowie.

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  • V/A – Salutations
    V/A – Salutations
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    An inaugural compilation of new music from RVNG Intl., Salutations observes and elevates the nature of meetings, greetings, group assemblies and exercises along the invisible plane created [...]

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  • Marv – Marv
    Marv – Marv
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    Marv is a keyboard duo based in Carrboro, NC. This effort is their debut, self-titled, LP, recorded in February and July 2019 in Campobello, SC and Carrboro respectively. Each track […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • S. Carey – Break Me Open
    S. Carey – Break Me Open
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    S. Carey is the moniker of Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Sean Carey, commonly recognized as the drummer, backing vocalist, and second-longest serving [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross
    M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross
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    Like some kind of time-hopping wizard with preternatural melodic sensibilities, M Ross Perkins is back with his sophomore full-length, E Pluribus M Ross. The album, his first for Colemine/Karma [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Goin On
    Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Goin On
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    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • BUÑUEL – Killers Like Us
    BUÑUEL – Killers Like Us
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    Bunuel is the sound of a difficult situation made worse by an unwillingness and an inability to play nice. If slotting it in a genre makes it easier for one […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Timber Rattle – Phantoms Of Place
    Timber Rattle – Phantoms Of Place
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    2017 release on BLUESANCT, “Phantoms Of Place” is a psyche-pastoral hymnal which seems to be as informed by noise shows in West Coast Basements as it is by the Blue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Examinations: 2016 -2018
    Drekka – Examinations: 2016 -2018
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    For over twenty years, Mkl Anderson has curated a vast archive of recorded material for his cinematic ambient industrial soundscapes. Working for as many years under the name Drekka, he […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Fall – Slates
    The Fall – Slates
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    If The Fall truly is a cult band, then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions. In presenting these six particular songs as a 10-inch EP, the inherent […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Francesco Messina – Reflex
    Francesco Messina – Reflex
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    Francesco Messina is perhaps best known for his collaboration with fellow composer Raul Lovisoni on the album Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo, originally released on seminal Italian label Cramps [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gentle Leader XIV ? Channels
    Gentle Leader XIV ? Channels
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    Gentle Leader XIV conjures the unholy ghost of modern life while warming around the fire of a domesticated mythology. A friend long gone, a beloved object stolen, a bird on […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Flower Travellin’ Band – Anywhere (Picture Disc)
    Flower Travellin’ Band – Anywhere (Picture Disc)
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    A picture disc reissue of the first album from the legendary Japanese rockers, Flower Travellin’ Band, fronted by Yuya Uchida. Although an album consisting mainly of cover versions, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tyvek – Live At Third Man
    Tyvek – Live At Third Man
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    Tyvek ‘Live at Third Man’ recorded straight to tape on 09/27/2010.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Deerhoof – Actually, You Can (Olive Green Vinyl)
    Deerhoof – Actually, You Can (Olive Green Vinyl)
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    Over eighteen boundless albums as experimental as they are pop, Deerhoof has continuously quested for radical sounds and daring storytelling. 2020’s Future Teenage Cave Artists explored fairytale [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Testicle Hazard – Fifty-Sixty
    Testicle Hazard – Fifty-Sixty
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    The long-lost psychedelic album from the Incapacitants of the North! On Friday the 13th, 2009, Lasse Marhaug and Tommi Keränen had an extremely productive day at a real-deal high-end studio […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lonnie Holley – MITH
    Lonnie Holley – MITH
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    The expansive American experience Lonnie Holley quilts together across his astounding new album, MITH, is both multitudinous and finely detailed. Holley’s self-taught piano improvisations [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Alex Cameron – Oxy Music
    Alex Cameron – Oxy Music
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    Alex Cameron has always been a great storyteller, finding his ways into the depths of the places where not many others are looking, and Oxy Music continues on that trajectory. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Caroline – S/T
    Caroline – S/T
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    UK eight-piece caroline’s eponymous debut album often cascades with force like an avalanche, squalling and rumbling on the edge of all-out collapse. At other points they slip back into impossibly [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
    Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
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    Norwegian musician and novelist Jenny Hval releases her new album Classic Objects. Classic Objects is a map of places; past places, like the old empty Melbourne pubs Hval’s band used […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ethan P. Flynn – Universal Deluge
    Ethan P. Flynn – Universal Deluge
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    On his forthcoming EP ‘Universal Deluge’, Ethan P. Flynn plunges into the darker side of experimental pop, combining electronics with stripped-back acoustics, underpinned by his well-recognised [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dashboard Confessional – All The Truth That I Can Tell
    Dashboard Confessional – All The Truth That I Can Tell
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    DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL’S NINTH STUDIO ALBUM, ALL THE TRUTH THAT I CAN TELL, IS BOTH A REMARKABLE RENEWAL AND FORTUNATE STEP FORWARD FOR THE BAND’S SONGWRITER, FRONT MAN, AND FOUNDER, CHRIS […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Gene Vincent – Gene Vincent And The Bluecaps
    Gene Vincent – Gene Vincent And The Bluecaps
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    Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps is an album by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. It was originally released in 1957, four months after its predecessor, Bluejean Bop. It […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Clarence Reid – On The Job
    Clarence Reid – On The Job
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    Clarence Henry Reid is also known by the stage name and alternate persona Blowfly Reid wrote and produced for artists including Betty Wright Sam & Dave, Gwen McCrae, Jimmy “Bo” [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Wanda Jackson – There’s A Party Goin’ On
    Wanda Jackson – There’s A Party Goin’ On
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    What our staff has to say: “When it comes to people who I think have some of the most interesting voices in rock, Wanda Jackson is on that list. The […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Tangerine Zoo – Outside Looking In
    Tangerine Zoo – Outside Looking In
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    Excellent sophomore album by this fuzz drenched, organ driven psych band from Rhode Island, originally released by Mainstream Records in 1968. Both albums by Tangerine Zoo (this one and the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Liv Landry, Sean McCann, & Eric Schmid – St. Francis
    Liv Landry, Sean McCann, & Eric Schmid – St. Francis
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    What does it mean to pray? To address someone, to plead for something, to welcome humiliation and failure: Please, let me forget about the China Chalet parties, please let there […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dead Goldfish Ensemble – Fishy Tails
    Dead Goldfish Ensemble – Fishy Tails
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    conatala presents “Fishy Tales” – the first ever vinyl release of the works of The Dead Goldfish Ensemble, the recording name of UK musician Steve Hartwell. Hartwell began [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Invaders ? Test Card
    The Invaders ? Test Card
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    UK power-pop that verges on post-punk Polydor – 2383 589 1980 UK Media Condition – NM Sleeve Condition -VG+, very light ringwear and edge wear

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Le Matos – Ninja Eliminator Trilogy OST (Transparent Purple Vinyl)
    Le Matos – Ninja Eliminator Trilogy OST (Transparent Purple Vinyl)
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    2008 saw fledgeling filmmakers RKSS release a faux trailer for NINJA ELIMINATOR. It was a love letter to the kung fu flicks of Godfrey Ho they grew up watching, loaded […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Adam Wingard – Past Life Regression
    Adam Wingard – Past Life Regression
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    Death Waltz Originals is proud to present Adam Wingard’s album PAST LIFE REGRESSION. Who were you in a past life? Many have thought about this. Director Adam Wingard (THE GUEST, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • BABii – HiiDE
    BABii – HiiDE
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    This is the debut album by electronic producer BABii, co-produced by Adrian Sherwood (On-U-Sound system). BABii produces incredibly forward thinking electro tinged pop/R&B which features [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Christopher Young – Pet Sematary OST (“Church” Colored Vinyl)
    Christopher Young – Pet Sematary OST (“Church” Colored Vinyl)
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    Waxwork Records is proud to present PET SEMATARY Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Christopher Young. Directed by Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kölsch (Starry Eyes), Pet Sematary is a 2019 [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Eels – Eels – Extreme Witchcraft (See My Engine Gleam) (LP, Album) (NM or M-)
    Eels – Eels – Extreme Witchcraft (See My Engine Gleam) (LP, Album) (NM or M-)
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    One evening in the fall of 1998 EELS were taping their second appearance on the British television show Top of the Pops, performing “Last Stop: This Town” from their about […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Florian T M Zeisig – Slow Bench Flexi
    Florian T M Zeisig – Slow Bench Flexi
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    Description Languid washes of warming tones punctuated by untreated piano, glittering glissandos, and delicate droplets welcome us into Florian T M Zeisig’s 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ. Like icicles drifting [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Brett Naucke – Mirror Ensemble
    Brett Naucke – Mirror Ensemble
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    “I guess this is my indie rock record,” jokes Chicago electronic musician and composer Brett Naucke – he’s referring to his new LP Mirror Ensemble, created in conjunction with Windy […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise