April 19th Newsletter
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  • NeuGrau – Beneath The Skin
    NeuGrau – Beneath The Skin
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    The 12th instalments on the label is signed by NeuGrau a brand new project from Ingmar Pauli and Saša Rajković. Their sound brings to mind rough 80s/90s dark wave with […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Kneeling In Piss – Tour De Force
    Kneeling In Piss – Tour De Force
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “My favorite Ohio band, punk rock with true DIY spirit. Very excited to see what this band does next!” – Kobe Incredible Ohio DIY […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • M?thersky – Remain In Memory
    M?thersky – Remain In Memory
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    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 / Neofolk
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 / Neofolk
  • 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
  • Soft Shoulder – Formerly On Flourescent Paper
    Soft Shoulder – Formerly On Flourescent Paper
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    Formerly on Fluorescent Paper delivers 14 jaunts culled from the artist’s tape soup collage of several generations’ worth of punk and no-wave adjacent music. Be it jagged, angular, short tracks… [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mark Trecka –  Acknowledgment LP
    Mark Trecka – Acknowledgment LP
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    Label Description: Recorded using only voice, piano, and handmade cassette loops, Acknowledgment was conceived of and is presented as an intertextual document reflecting on 15 years of dialogue [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • 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
  • 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 / Neofolk, 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 / Neofolk
  • Paolo Coteni ‎– Nel Corso Del Tempo, A tribute To Laura Grisi LP
    Paolo Coteni ‎– Nel Corso Del Tempo, A tribute To Laura Grisi LP
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Edition of 220 copies. Conceptual artist Laura Grisi (1939-2017) was mostly know for work with natural elements and phenomena such as fog, water, wind, air & light. Quoting Germano Celant [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Relly Tarlo ‎– Territorial Landscape No. 1 LP
    Relly Tarlo ‎– Territorial Landscape No. 1 LP
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Edition of 250 copies. Sculptor Relly Tarlo (° 1949) is mostly known for his large scale installations which he specifically designs for certain locations, i.e. an outside staircase, a park […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Giuseppe Chiari ‎– Gesti Sul Piano LP
    Giuseppe Chiari ‎– Gesti Sul Piano LP
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    Edition of 250 copies, historical recordings from 1975 and 1980. Giuseppe Chiari was one of the leading names associated first with Fluxus (being the only Italian member of the interdisciplinary [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Peter Finch ‎– Dances Interdites LP
    Peter Finch ‎– Dances Interdites LP
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    Slowscan vol. 38 is a expanded re-issue on vinyl of the Dances Interdites tape originally released on Balsam Flex, a London-based label run by artist Erik Vonna-Michell in the late […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A ‎– MOCA/FM: Exhibition Of One Minute Soundworks From The Museum Of Conceptual Art, San Francisco LP
    V/A ‎– MOCA/FM: Exhibition Of One Minute Soundworks From The Museum Of Conceptual Art, San Francisco LP
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    Slowscan editions  presents  a new lp  record edition  It concerns a registration of a broadcasting  from 1971 by KPFA_FM, Berkeley on March 1971. Twenty six one minute audio art pieces […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • John Perreault ‎– S/T LP
    John Perreault ‎– S/T LP
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    Ultra limited LP release, comes with 6 pages booklet, featuring two tape works pieces by conceptual artist John Perreault (b. 1937). The first work, “A Recorded Message,” features a tape […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • John Driscoll ‎– Ghostly Agents 2LP
    John Driscoll ‎– Ghostly Agents 2LP
    $25.00 | Add to cart

    **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 / Neofolk
  • 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
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    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
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

    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 / Neofolk
  • 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
    $34.00 | , Add to cart

    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
  • 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
  • This Kind Of Punishment – In The Same Room
    This Kind Of Punishment – In The Same Room
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “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 / Neofolk
  • 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)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    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 / Neofolk
  • Max Nordile – Building A Better Void
    Max Nordile – Building A Better Void
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    *Max Nordile (Preening, Violence Creeps, Uzi Rash, et al.) tosses Gilgongo 30 minutes of trudging, free-form sprawl that draws unassuming and collateral reference points (in the label’s [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • 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
  • 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
  • Oil Thief – The Colony LP
    Oil Thief – The Colony LP
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    Vinyl debut, after a string of tapes and lathes, and a CD issue of the first release. Oil Thief deftly straddles the treriksroset between industrial, noise and techno while giving […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Waxy Tomb – Imminent Fold LP
    Waxy Tomb – Imminent Fold LP
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    LP includes a 25 page full-color art booklet. Amorphous and perplexing, Jules Litman-Cleper’s work as Waxy Tomb can incidentally incite a notion of chaos or randomness in the foreground while [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise