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  • Siren – S/T
    Siren – S/T
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    Bonfire Records present a reissue of Siren’s self-titled album, originally released on John Peel’s Dandelion label in 1969. Siren was the debut album by Kevin Coyne with Siren, the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Richard Pinhas – Rhizosphere
    Richard Pinhas – Rhizosphere
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    What our staff has to say: “I’m a big fan of Richard Pinhas’ solo material, especially this one and ‘Chronolyse.’ A few months ago, I chose Heldon’s ‘Stand By’ as […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Peter Baumann – Romance 76
    Peter Baumann – Romance 76
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    Bureau B present a reissue of Peter Baumann’s solo debut album Romance 76, originally released in 1976. From 1971 to 1977, Peter Baumann was a member of the legendary Berlin […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
    Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
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    The album title is apt, as this was saxman Rudolph Johnson’s second album for the Black Jazz label (and this reissue marks only the second time this 1973 album has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Walter Bishop, Jr’s 4th Cycle – Keeper Of My Soul
    Walter Bishop, Jr’s 4th Cycle – Keeper Of My Soul
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    Keyboardist Walter Bishop, Jr. recorded the second album released by the Black Jazz label, Coral Keys, a masterpiece of Blue Note-style atmospherics infused with ‘70s soul-jazz. But a mere two [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Terry Fox ? Audio Works
    Terry Fox ? Audio Works
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    Song Cycle Records present a reissue of Terry Fox‘s Audio Works, originally released in 1983. Terry Fox (1943, Seattle-2008, Cologne) was one of the leading pioneers of American body art [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • NE 21 – In The Realm of Electricity
    NE 21 – In The Realm of Electricity
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    he NE-21 return to She Lost Kontrol after their first pitch-perfect 80s dark wave release in 2016. After releasing a collaboration with Donato Dozzy with the project ‘Men with [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • M?thersky – Remain In Memory
    M?thersky – Remain In Memory
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    I never was in a punk band. Began music by making slow-paced space racket, solo with old tape loops around 2005. Then Möthersky was conceived, starting as a solo instrumental […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Cut Out – Interlude With Fun Machine
    Cut Out – Interlude With Fun Machine
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    Interlude with Fun Machine relies on textures, patterns, found sounds, presets, rhythm boxes, inversion of background and foreground elements, and the very deadpan sense of humor of Steve Fisk [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Karlheinz – Fucking
    Karlheinz – Fucking
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    Karlheinz: “Right now, my music is noise — possibly harsh noise, possibly power electronics, depending upon your definition and which piece you’re talking about. I used to do [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Warmer Milks – Soft Walks
    Warmer Milks – Soft Walks
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    “…Let’s just say that the year is 2003, and we’re finally meeting the protagonist of this story, a young aspiring post-post-post-punk musician playing guitar (and burning CDRs) in his [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Roadhouse – Aladdin Sales
    Roadhouse – Aladdin Sales
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    ALADDIN SALES — the debut 12″ from Southern Indiana producer “Roadhouse” — is a 14-song tapestry of home recording workouts with a wide palate of approaches, ranging [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Trey Gruber – Herculean House Of Cards
    Trey Gruber – Herculean House Of Cards
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    What our staff has to say: “Heartfelt, laid-back rock tracks by Trey Gruber from Chicago DIY’s Parent. Compiled after his death in 2017. Sometimes I get Leonard Cohen vibes, other […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
    Neutral – Live Pa Autodidaktik LP
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    What our staff has to say: “Neutral live tape – now reissued on wax via Happiest Place. Disturbing “true industrial” sound. No flexing – akin to throbbing gristle or buried […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Huevos II – III
    Huevos II – III
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    HUEVOS II — the relatively new, relatively low-profile power trio of Ma Turner, John McGuigan, and Patrick Borezo — began somewhere up east, sometime in the Winter of 2018, and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Musica Elettronica Viva – Spacecraft
    Musica Elettronica Viva – Spacecraft
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    Musica Elettronica Viva, or MEV for short, was formed in 1966 in Rome by Allan Bryant, Alvin Curran, Jon Phetteplace, Carol Plantamura, Frederic Rzweski, Richard Teitelbaum, and Ivan Vandor. From [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • João De Bruçó, R.H. Jackson – Caracol
    João De Bruçó, R.H. Jackson – Caracol
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    First time reissue of Caracol. Brazilian underground music in the 1980s produced fascinating and mysterious records, where organic and regional percussion finally gained electronic and synthetic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, International
  • Mark Perry ‎– Snappy Turns
    Mark Perry ‎– Snappy Turns
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    What our staff has to say: “First ever vinyl reissue of Mark Perry’s (of Alternative TV fame) 1980 album, ‘Snappy Turns.’ A classic of the UK DIY scene. If you […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Jason Crumer – Services Rendered 3xLP
    Jason Crumer – Services Rendered 3xLP
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    “Services Rendered” is an epic multipart audio journey … Filled with Crumer’s usual masterful composition .. Utilizing Harsh noise sounds , ambient pieces , field recordings and beyond to [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Crazy Doberman – — / Haunted, Non / Haunted – 2nd pressing
    Crazy Doberman – — / Haunted, Non / Haunted – 2nd pressing
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    The Doberman crew has been relentlessly touring the U.S. for years now, existing as a traveling band of frequent collaborators and changing lineups, consisting of often radically different [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • MattxIbarra – Seventeen (H2L Reissue)
    MattxIbarra – Seventeen (H2L Reissue)
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    Matt Ibarra presents “Seventeen” a double LP working through 6 compositions. Soothing minimalist ambient akin to Loscil or Windy & Carl.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • VA – Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989
    VA – Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989
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    Oz Echoes peels away another layer of Australia’s ’80s DIY hive mind. The Oz Waves (EFFICIENT 004LP, 2017) successor exposes a deeper circuit of micro-run cassettes, community radio [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cinema – S/T
    Cinema – S/T
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    First time vinyl reissue. 1985 was one of the most important years in Brazil’s recent history, when the country was freed from more than 20 years of military dictatorship. The […]

    GENRE: International
  • Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
    Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-81 (Baby Pink Vinyl)
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    From the label: “Originally released on CD in 2012, Chapter’s landmark compilation of 70s gay musical pioneers gets a vinyl release for the first time ever – and on pink […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
    King Bullard Version: Songs Of The BOS Label
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    On Cleveland’s late ‘60s gospel scene, the BOS label was the refined, professional ying to Boddie’s lo-fi yang, galloping to the fore bearing a torch for Curtis Mayfield’s robe-wearing roots. [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Futurians – Atuan
    The Futurians – Atuan
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    Deemed to happen IDDB EP from the long running Dunedin, NZ act The Futurians. Full throttle avantgarde punk/sci-fi synth chaos, the two-suite ‘Atuan’ follows up the massive, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Louise – Earth Bow
    Sarah Louise – Earth Bow
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    At first glance, Sarah Louise might seem an unlikely candidate to credit technology as inspiration for her new album, Earth Bow. After all, she has lived in rural Appalachia for […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Enhet F?r Fri Musik _? ?mhet & Skilsm?ssa LP
    Enhet F?r Fri Musik _? ?mhet & Skilsm?ssa LP
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    New Enhet För Fri Musk album, recorded in Gothenburg and Malmö 2020 by Hugo Randulv, Sofie Herner, Gustaf Dicksson, Matthias Andersson and Dan Johansson. A concept album on relationships, family [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Pierce With Arrow – Shatter
    Pierce With Arrow – Shatter
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    The collaborative debut of American minimal techno producer Troy Pierce and Colombian audiovisual artist Natalia Escobar aka Poison Arrow was conceived in reverse: first they created a collection [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Marching Church – This World Is Not Enough
    Marching Church – This World Is Not Enough
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    Since 2010, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (Iceage, Vår) has used the Marching Church moniker to a variety of musical ends, both live and recorded. However, the project as it exists on […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Areski – Brigitte Fontaine _? Th??tre Musical
    Areski – Brigitte Fontaine _? Th??tre Musical
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    Monster Mélodies presents Concert Théâtral, an unpublished public recording by Brigitte Fontaine and Areski Belkacem dating from 1973. Areski Belkacem and Brigitte Fontaine, major artists of the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Gaznevada ‎– Sick Soundtrack
    Gaznevada ‎– Sick Soundtrack
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    Sick Soundtrack by Gaznevada, originally released in 1980. “The five Gaznevada band components hit hard with a sound mixing new wave inspirations along with splinters of Talking Heads, Pere [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • John Driscoll ‎– Ghostly Agents 2LP
    John Driscoll ‎– Ghostly Agents 2LP
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    **Regular edition of 350 copies, gatefold sleeve** John Driscoll is a composer who is a founding member of Composers Inside Electronics (CIE) and collaborated on David Tudor’s Rainforest V [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Low Life – Catholic Guilt 7″
    Low Life – Catholic Guilt 7″
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    Label Description: New 7” from Sydney’s Low Life featuring two previously unreleased tracks which tie up loose ends from the band’s first wave period. ‘Catholic Guilt’ was originally leftover [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Gene Russell – New Direction
    Gene Russell – New Direction
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    The first album released by the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky – Peshekhod
    Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky – Peshekhod
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    Peshekhod, the debut album from Dima Pantyushin & Sasha Lipsky, oscillates through an immaculate synth-pop ecosystem in which every shift feels both accurate in it’s absurdity and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz – FRKWYS Vol 16: In a Word
    Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz – FRKWYS Vol 16: In a Word
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    In a Word, the sixteenth installment of the intergenerational collaboration series FRKWYS, brings together postminimalist composer Daniel Lentz with vocalist and sound artist Ian William Craig [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Stella Research Committee – A Proposed ….
    Stella Research Committee – A Proposed ….
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    DEDICATED TO BROOD DRIVES DOWN US-52. “A first run through A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness by the Cincinnati / Columbus based no-wave / noise-rock trio Stella Research [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Kelly Moran / Prurient – Chain Reaction At Dusk
    Kelly Moran / Prurient – Chain Reaction At Dusk
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    Originally initiated for the Merzbow, Kelly Moran, Prurient USA tour (representing three generations of heavy electronics), this archival recording is finally released as Chain Reaction At Dusk. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem
    Einsturzende Neubauten – Alles In Allem
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    After more than 12 years, Einstürzende Neubauten‘s long-awaited new studio album Alles In Allem is finally going to be released. The album marks the quintessence of the band’s output, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Delroy Wilson – Worth Your Weight In Gold
    Delroy Wilson – Worth Your Weight In Gold
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    Radiation Roots present a reissue of Delroy Wilson‘s Worth Your Weight In Gold, originally released in 1984. Delroy Wilson, one of Jamaica’s best loved vocalists, got his start with [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Bizarre Uproar _? Himosta Rottiin – 017 Live Activities
    Bizarre Uproar _? Himosta Rottiin – 017 Live Activities
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    Documenting two Bizarre Uproar live shows from 2017. Usual extreme Finnish noise.

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Matt Shoemaker – Isolated Agent Stranding Behavior
    Matt Shoemaker – Isolated Agent Stranding Behavior
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    Limited edition picture disc Much of Shoemaker’s recorded output prominently features the use of field recordings (see his “Tropical Amnesia One” CD), but in this case he has [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie ‎– Essential Anatomies
    Colin Andrew Sheffield & James Eck Rippie ‎– Essential Anatomies
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    Colin Andrew Sheffield (sampler) and James Eck Rippie (turntables) began playing music together in Dallas, Texas in 2000 and released their debut LP, “Variations,” a year later. They [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Man From Higher Heights (2016 Soul Jazz Reissue)
    Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Man From Higher Heights (2016 Soul Jazz Reissue)
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    Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie & The Rasta Family’s long lost reggae album ‘Man From Higher Heights’ (originally released in 1983), digitally remastered and [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • This Kind Of Punishment – In The Same Room
    This Kind Of Punishment – In The Same Room
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    “With This Kind Of Punishment, Graeme Jefferies and Peter Jefferies produced some of most adept DIY sounds to emerge from New Zealand’s 1980s post-punk scene. After their phenomenal [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Russell Haswell – Digital
    Russell Haswell – Digital
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    Coventry’s most notorious export celebrates 50 years of existence with an expansive new set on Editions Mego. Spread across two x vinyls (LP and 12″). Please note the 12″ tracks [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kluster ‎– Zwei-Osterei
    Kluster ‎– Zwei-Osterei
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    Zwei Osterei is the second half of a recording session which took place on a single day in November 1970. Klopfzeichen is the first part. Yet the uncompromising Zwei Osterei […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa
    Nahawa Doumbia – Kanawa
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    Nahawa Doumbia’s new album Kanawa concisely captures this current moment in Malian history. The singer, whose storied career spans more than four decades, reflects on the immigration crisis from [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra – Nidhamu (2020 Strut Reissue)
    Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra – Nidhamu (2020 Strut Reissue)
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    Strut present the definitive edition of Sun Ra’s ‘Egypt 1971’ along with the original albums ‘Dark Myth Equation Visitation’, ‘Nidhamu’ and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Ex – History Is What’s Happening
    The Ex – History Is What’s Happening
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    “Emerging out of Amsterdam’s vibrant squat scene in 1979, The Ex — a name chosen for the ease and speed with which it could be spray-painted onto a wall — […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Saturn And The Sun – The New Age Is Shit
    Saturn And The Sun – The New Age Is Shit
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    After seeing us off with last year’s ‘Your Skulls Are To Us What The Sun Is To You’ for Industrial Coast, the duo’s instinct for ace titles is in effect […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Saturn And The Sun – In Love With The Extreme
    Saturn And The Sun – In Love With The Extreme
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    Joachim Nordwall and Henrik Rylander created Saturn and the Sun for their mutual passion in mindchanging sound experiments. Since 2005, they have created music together in ritual rock band The [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Villa Abo – Carpet Proof Of Daily Reports
    Villa Abo – Carpet Proof Of Daily Reports
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    It’s a Swedish house thing. Börft boss Jan Zwarre Svensson a.k.a Frak returns to his early project, Villa Åbo, for six deep and rude acid rub downs.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Sins For Beginners – Fireburn The Bloodlot
    Sins For Beginners – Fireburn The Bloodlot
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    Fireburn the Bloodlot’ commits crenellated walls of guitar noise by CM Von Hausswolff and Joachim Nordwall under their Sins For Beginners alias for avant-garde powerhouse, iDEAL Mantled after a [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • RM – Spazi Futuri
    RM – Spazi Futuri
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    A masterful work from the Italian underworld. Riccardo Mazza is a hidden master of the Italian experimental music scene, a scene that has been extremely important since the late 70’s […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Nick Klein – Actor Network Theory
    Nick Klein – Actor Network Theory
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    “Actor-Network Theory” is the final record Nick Klein made as a resident of New York City. Recorded in 2018, it weaves a disparate sonic narrative of dissociative opiated sleeping-bag [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
    Doug Carn – Spirit Of The New Land
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    Of all the artists who recorded for the Black Jazz label, keyboardist and composer Doug Carn was the most prolific, releasing four albums for the imprint. 1972’s Spirit of the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alastair Galbraith – Seconds Mark III
    Alastair Galbraith – Seconds Mark III
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    Alastair Galbraith is considered nothing less than a genius around these parts. A New Zealand underground legend active since the ’80s, his solo works have seen release on Siltbreeze, MIE, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane
    Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane
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    Sweet and sublime school recordings from elementary school group in Northern Niger from the 1980s. All-girl group accompanied by their instructor on the guitar, recalling Guinean folk and early [...]

    GENRE: International