April 12th Newsletter
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  • Sun Ra – The Magic City
    Sun Ra – The Magic City
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    “The boundaries of Sun Ra’s self-proclaimed “space jazz” underwent a transformation in the mid-’60s. The Magic City is an aural snapshot of that metamorphic process. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Black Sabbath – Born Again
    Black Sabbath – Born Again
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    Regularly heralded as a flop meet up of Sabbath & Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan, I think Born Again rocks. The weird 80s production doesn’t help my case at all, […]

    GENRE: Metal, Rock / Pop
  • Lee Morgan ‎– Search For The New Land (1973 Stereo)
    Lee Morgan ‎– Search For The New Land (1973 Stereo)
    $75.00 | , Add to cart

    “All that seriousness and intensity is embodied in the album’s mesmerising title track, which, at nearly 16 minutes long, takes up most of the first side. From its opening moments, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • R.E.M. ‎– Document
    R.E.M. ‎– Document
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    “R.E.M. began to move toward mainstream record production on Lifes Rich Pageant, but they didn’t have a commercial breakthrough until the following year’s Document. Ironically, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
    Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
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    Pretty vacant… Label: Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3147, Virgin – BSK 3147 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Jacksonville Pressing Country: US Released: Nov 11, 1977 VG/VG [Some pretty large scuff [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Herbie Hancock ‎– Man-Child
    Herbie Hancock ‎– Man-Child
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    “Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock’s early- to mid-’70s jazz/funk/fusion era, Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable “Hang Up Your Hang Ups,” and the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chet Baker ‎– Chet Baker Sings (Japanese Pressing)
    Chet Baker ‎– Chet Baker Sings (Japanese Pressing)
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    “As Gerald Heard’s liner notes point out, it’s difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Karate ‎– The Bed Is In The Ocean (Splatter Vinyl)
    Karate ‎– The Bed Is In The Ocean (Splatter Vinyl)
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    “Karate’s third full-length album showcases the Massachusetts’ quartet’s knack for simple indie rock instrumentation and emo-esque lyrics. “The Same Stars” [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Adverts ‎– Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts [Green vinyl]
    The Adverts ‎– Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts [Green vinyl]
    $45.00 | , Add to cart

    “A devastating debut, one of the finest albums not only of the punk era, but of the 1970s as a whole, Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts was the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Scorpions – In Trance
    Scorpions – In Trance
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    “The Scorpions’ third release, In Trance, continues to display their high-energy music, which is impossible to ignore. With the eyebrow-lifting “Dark Lady” as the opening [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sekou Batourou Kouyaté – Et Sa Cora (180g Reissue)
    Sekou Batourou Kouyaté – Et Sa Cora (180g Reissue)
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    This definitive example of Malian kora playing, by the legendary and influential Sekou Batourou Kouyaté was recorded in 1976, and has been digitally remastered for the first time, allowing the [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Lee Perry & Diggory Kenrick ‎– The Antisnake
    Lee Perry & Diggory Kenrick ‎– The Antisnake
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    Killer 10′ from Mr Perry and Diggory Kenrick. Rhythm is ‘Long Way’ by Junior Byles. Four cuts and the 2 on the flipside are particularly nice. Label: Pressure Sounds – […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Max Roach – Confirmation
    Max Roach – Confirmation
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    Label: Fluid Records (4) – FLUID 103 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1978 Media Condition: VG+ Sleeve Condition: VG   Recorded 10.6.1978 at the studio Sysmo Records

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alex York – The Tiger Is In The Library
    Alex York – The Tiger Is In The Library
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    Live set of field recordings & sampled sounds. “Recorded live December 10, 2023 In Yellow Springs Ohio At the Foundry Theatre, Antioch College At a live performance by myself & […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Discus – To Relate To
    Discus – To Relate To
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    Recorded and Mixed by Michael Macdonald at bim bom studios Mastered by Alan Douches Art & Design by Clare Byrne Rewind as you might, but your ears didn’t deceive you: […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Central Heat Exhange – Central Heat Exchange
    Central Heat Exhange – Central Heat Exchange
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    Central Heat Exchange is the sound of four co-writers and a deep list of special features (Sun June, Lala Lala, Fran, + more) scattered by distance, time, and circumstance. Their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Elon Katz & Michael Vallera – Independence Day
    Elon Katz & Michael Vallera – Independence Day
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    Limited Edition – 125 Copies   NINA – Editorial (Staff Picks) On Nina, one of the tags used to describe Independence Day, the new collaborative release by the artists Elon […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Priest In Shit – Virgin Martyr
    Priest In Shit – Virgin Martyr
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    Four tracks of harsh noise with a junk noise vortex that leans into all manner of collapsed constraint. Richard Ramirez, Sean Matzus, and guests Anjilla Ulfhednar, Scott Kindberg, Thomas Puopolo [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Death Dedication – Dopamine Abjection Sabotage
    Death Dedication – Dopamine Abjection Sabotage
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    Tracks complied from previously released cassettes released on Property Solution as “Dopamine Scythe”, “Imprudent Abjection”, “Pure Slaughter Value” and “Sabotage Momentum” All sounds and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Amplexus – Necessary Intercourses
    Amplexus – Necessary Intercourses
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    Amplexus is a raw unforgiving barrage of harsh noise as one might expect from two well-known figures in the noise world. There is definitely some shared territory with the newer […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • K9 Hemorrhoids ‎– Garfield Is Dead
    K9 Hemorrhoids ‎– Garfield Is Dead
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    Michigan-based noisecore. Feel the burn.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
    Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
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    Reissue of cassette on Bizarre Audio Arts from 2018

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Agniratha – To Fell A God
    Agniratha – To Fell A God
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    Mysterious, dungeon-synth tinged black metal from the person behind Vanen

    GENRE: Metal
  • Frailord / Ambrogio – Those Who Enter The Land Of Phantoms Are Forever Lost
    Frailord / Ambrogio – Those Who Enter The Land Of Phantoms Are Forever Lost
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    Vampryic split of dungeon synth and black metal.

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Systematic Elimination / Death Cult Ritual – Anti Cult Assassins
    Systematic Elimination / Death Cult Ritual – Anti Cult Assassins
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    Split 7″ from two Midwest noise heavies.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Support Unit – A New World In Our Hearts
    Support Unit – A New World In Our Hearts
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    Harsh Noise Wall from the anarchist project out of Pittsburgh.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Rita ‎– Sharks And The Female Form
    The Rita ‎– Sharks And The Female Form
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    The aesthetics and patterns of a woman’s physical form violently and tragically manipulated in the arts. A revisit of classic sharks/women fetish themes and crackling walls synonymous with THE [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dahulagiri ‎– Spectral Pilgrimage
    Dahulagiri ‎– Spectral Pilgrimage
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Haunted and decayed dungeon synth from Indonesia

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Ghost Gardener ‎– Chaos Natura
    The Ghost Gardener ‎– Chaos Natura
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Deeply atmospheric black metal from Turin, Italy.

    GENRE: Metal
  • Upir, Forbidden Tomb – Upir​/​Forbidden Tomb
    Upir, Forbidden Tomb – Upir​/​Forbidden Tomb
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Pulverizing Indonesian black metal.

    GENRE: Metal
  • Castlerock – Honmaru
    Castlerock – Honmaru
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    inspired by the castles still standing in japan today. all music written and performed by P.T.S. in the winter of mmxx the first entry in the Kuruwa trilogy

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Katabasilisk / Kneipegeist – What Flowers Bloom In Velvet Night
    Katabasilisk / Kneipegeist – What Flowers Bloom In Velvet Night
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    Dark ambient/black metal split. Absolutely crushing.

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • People Skills – Subalternity Interlude
    People Skills – Subalternity Interlude
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    Avant-folk electronics and surrealistic sound construction from Philadelphia.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Creode – Zep Tepi
    Creode – Zep Tepi
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    The duo of Samantha Flowers and Tyler Hicks have been perfecting their dulcet tones for over ten years now. Combining, as if in a cauldron, blender, or analogous mixing device […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mark Anderson & Anthony Guerra ‎– River Transcription
    Mark Anderson & Anthony Guerra ‎– River Transcription
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    Gently lay your palm on the warmed belly of a flat stone, and skim your humming thoughts across the murmuring divide. The opposite shore is a shadowed encampment of slowly […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Pound To Stone – Pound To Stone
    Pound To Stone – Pound To Stone
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    Looking for something out on the Chilterns, Philadelphian Christian Mirande persuaded Loiners Kieron Piercy and Anna Peaker to join him on the search. Guided by a hallucination of a Victorian [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Russell Walker – Back To The Womb
    Russell Walker – Back To The Womb
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    “Stockport’s Regional Bears unleashes their label MVP Russell Walker for what seems to be their debut solo album proper on ‘Back To The Womb’ – a rambling masterclass of British […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hugo Randulv – Drunkna I Ljus
    Hugo Randulv – Drunkna I Ljus
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    The much anticipated sophomore solo album from Hugo Randulv (Enhet För Fri Musik, Amateur Hour, Makthaverskan etc). Drunkna I Ljus was composed and recorded mainly during 2024 and consists of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Five Years Of Failure
    V/A – Five Years Of Failure
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    Five year anniversary compilation from Discreet Music featuring new or unreleased music from Facit, Eftergift, Demeters Döttrar, Sewer Election, Juho Toivonen, Leda, Shadow Pattern, Livskraft, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Parasite Nurse  – Lack
    Parasite Nurse – Lack
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    Parasite Nurse’s follow up to 2023’s “Life Is Beautiful” with “Lack” which as far as I’m concerned, it might be necessary to listen to as a whole, all [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Reona + T. Mikawa – Live at Bar Isshee
    Reona + T. Mikawa – Live at Bar Isshee
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    A live documentation of a collaboration between T. Mikawa: Electronics and Reona: Tap Dance, Metal sheets, Chains, Loud speaker. Disarming, complex tension creeping through a labyrinth of junk [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget
    Lovely Midget – Lovely Midget
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    A long time in the works vinyl edition of one of our favorite New Zealand albums. Rachel Shearers astonishing debut as Lovely Midget was originally released as a CD on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Blod – Helvetet Pa Jorden Skona Ingen Fast…..
    Blod – Helvetet Pa Jorden Skona Ingen Fast…..
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    With the intention of doing a proper and full out choir record, Helvetet På Jorden was initiated by Blod two years ago. While the finished album became something slightly different, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Franciska Og Emilie – Franciska Og Emilie
    Franciska Og Emilie – Franciska Og Emilie
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    Jonas Torstensen returns to Discreet Music with the second Franciska album, following up the much praised Tryghed (Discreet Music 12) that was released in early 2023. Since Tryghed came out, […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Arv & Miljo – Arv & Miljo
    Arv & Miljo – Arv & Miljo
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    The final album from Arv & Miljö consists of two sidelong pieces based almost entirely on field recordings. The recordings roughly span from 2014 to 2024 and were primarily recorded […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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 / Neofolk
  • Hank Mobley ‎– Straight No Filter
    Hank Mobley ‎– Straight No Filter
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    “Straight No Filter finds tenor Hank Mobley in several settings from the mid-’60s, each of them excellent. The overall roster is quite impressive, starting with the first set which [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues
    Esther Phillips – Black-Eyed Blues
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    “Galveston gal, Esther Phillips, was a teenage R&B sensation in the 1950s (when she went under the name ‘Little Esther’) but reinvented herself as a raspy-voiced blues/jazz song stylist [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paulinho Da Costa ‎– Happy People
    Paulinho Da Costa ‎– Happy People
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    “Whomever the real Paulinho DaCosta is, there isn’t any doubt that he was heavily plugged into the American R&B hitmaking mode when this, one of his few albums as a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • James Brown – Sings Out Of Sight
    James Brown – Sings Out Of Sight
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    “Brown actually recorded this album in 1964, during his brief alliance with Smash; a court injunction from King Records prevented its release at the time, and it wasn’t issued until [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco