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  • Heule / Leguía / Rivero / Escalante – An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
    Heule / Leguía / Rivero / Escalante – An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
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    A monumentally fucked up recording from this quartet. Anything short of saying “AUDIO ASSAULT” is not doing any justice to the release. This is fucked up and violent/blown out & [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Arthur Machen – Ornaments In Jade
    Arthur Machen – Ornaments In Jade
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    Long out of print and presented here for the first time in paperback, is Arthur Machen’s classic collection of prose poems. The ten exquisite pieces included in this volume are: […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Althea Gyles – A Woman Without A Soul And Other Writings
    Althea Gyles – A Woman Without A Soul And Other Writings
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    Althea Gyles (1867-1949), Irish artist and mystic, though primarily remembered today for the book covers she did for the poet William Butler Yeats and her association with the author and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • She Follows No Progression: A Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Reader
    She Follows No Progression: A Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Reader
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    She Follows No Progression reflects on the plurality of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982)’s work and legacy, collecting essays, personal narratives, poems, conversations, letters, and the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Delphi Fabrice – The Red Sorcerer
    Delphi Fabrice – The Red Sorcerer
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    The Red Sorcerer, originally published as a 64-part feuilleton serial in Le Journal  between 31 July 1910 and 3 October 1910, and here appearing in English for the first time […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Institute For Erotic Vertigo – Enigma Strategy
    The Institute For Erotic Vertigo – Enigma Strategy
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    A collection of work from the Institute for Erotic Vertigo. “Possibly, I could describe the entire oeuvre as a series of poems, images and literature, interested more in form and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Mrs. Florence Aadland – The Big Love
    Mrs. Florence Aadland – The Big Love
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    The Big Love is a Hollywood nightmare. It tells the story of Errol Flynn—a fading, alcoholic movie star—and the underage dancer-actress Beverly Aadland. The narrator? Beverly Aadland’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Armand Charpentier – Claustrophobic Madness
    Armand Charpentier – Claustrophobic Madness
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    Armand Charpentier (1864-1949), though all but forgotten today, was one of a number of journalists who, around the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, contributed [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jean Lorrain – Monsieur De Bougrelon
    Jean Lorrain – Monsieur De Bougrelon
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    In Jean Lorrain’s Monsieur de Bougrelon, an eccentric, outmoded dandy leads ennui-filled French tourists around misty Amsterdam. Guiding them through sailors’ bars, whorehouses, and costume [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • 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
  • Michel Leiris – Nights As Day Days As Night
    Michel Leiris – Nights As Day Days As Night
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    Translated from French by Richard Sieburth, with a foreword by Maurice Blanchot. Hailed as an “important literary document and contemporary pleasure” by Lydia Davis, Nights as Day, Days as Night [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • 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
  • Michael Vallera – The Other World
    Michael Vallera – The Other World
    $13.00 | , Ships on/around Apr 25, 2025 Add to cart

    Released in an edition of 300 CDs by Torn Light Records — The Other World was recorded in the spring of 2023 by Greg Norman at his home studio in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
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    “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!
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    “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 […]

    GENRE:
  • 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
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    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
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    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
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    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]
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    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
  • The Wild Tchoupitoulas – The Wild Tchoupitoulas
    The Wild Tchoupitoulas – The Wild Tchoupitoulas
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    1976 New Orleans funk masterpiece of Mardi Gras Indians backed up by The Meters and The Neville Brothers. Inducted into the Library National Recording Registry for it’s cultural, artistic [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • 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)
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    “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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
  • Nate Powell – Aggregates of Subjective Desire
    Nate Powell – Aggregates of Subjective Desire
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    After 13 years doing HN under various monikers, Nate Powell gives us his nominative debut. Layers stack seamlessly while never operating from a blur. Each sound is deliberate, laid out […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rocker Magazine – Issue #8
    Rocker Magazine – Issue #8
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    ROCKER is a digest published in the great city of Philadelphia, PA, USA. It focuses on harsh noise, ambient, experimental + In this issue: • on the cover: Nick Forte’ […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • 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]
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    “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
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    “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