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  • Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
    Albert Ayler – Goin’ Home
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    “Albert Ayler was confronted with a spiritual anxiety that both plagued and comforted him throughout his life. This is frighteningly clear listening to the highly intense musical yin and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
    Cecil Taylor Unit* ‎– Spring Of Two Blue-J’s
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    “Recorded live at New York’s Town Hall in 1974, Spring of Two Blue Jays is split between Taylor’s solo piano version of the title song and a quartet rendition featuring […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Robert Wyatt ‎– Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
    Robert Wyatt ‎– Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
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    “There was no way that Wyatt’s follow-up to Rock Bottom could be as personal and searching, but this album that came barely a year later instead collects some earlier material […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
    The Ted Curson Quintet – Live At La’Tete De L’Art: The Canadian Concert Of Ted Curson
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    A smoking modal set from the trumpeter’s legendary quintet. Label: Can-Am Records – CA 1700 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Canada Released: 1985 VG+/VG+. Jacket in shrink.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Edgar Froese ‎– Kamikaze 1989 (Original Soundtrack Music)
    Edgar Froese ‎– Kamikaze 1989 (Original Soundtrack Music)
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    The soundtrack to the 1982 German Cyberpunk thriller, featuring Rainer Werner Fassbinder in his last acting role before his death a month later. Label: Virgin – V 2255 Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace
    Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace – Samara Lubelski / Bill Nace
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    “This offering could be depicted as a pulsating mist of near static incandescent vapor. ‘Spiral Reflector’ starts things off with Lubelski’s briskly bowed violin drone taking the fore, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Samara Lubelski ‎– Partial Infinite Sequence
    Samara Lubelski ‎– Partial Infinite Sequence
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    “The sound of the violin is a product of tension and release; the hair of the bow pulls back the violin’s string over and over again and, when the tension […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Klaus Weiss Rhythm & Sounds ‎– Sound Inventions
    Klaus Weiss Rhythm & Sounds ‎– Sound Inventions
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    “The second Be With foray into the archives of revered German library institution Selected Sound is one of our favourites, Sound Inventions from Klaus Weiss Rhythm And Sounds, originally [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Walt Dickerson – This Is Walt Dickerson!
    Walt Dickerson – This Is Walt Dickerson!
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    “Walt Dickerson never got quite the credit he deserved for pioneering a modernist approach to the vibes during the early ’60s, aligning himself with the emerging “new [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Discharge ‎– Grave New World
    Discharge ‎– Grave New World
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    Label: Profile Records – PRO-1221, Rock Hotel Records – PRO-1221 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1986 Media Condition: VG+ Jacket Condition: VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
    Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
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    “Spirit Dome returns with a perfect companion, Live Archive. Two out-of-print releases from this acclaimed ambient duo are brought together in this value-priced 2-CD release. Living proof [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (Part 2)
    Steve Roach – Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (Part 2)
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    A cinematic epic for the ears, part 2 of Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces builds upon the swirling currents and massive harmonic landscapes established on part 1. On the first […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Immersion : Three
    Steve Roach – Immersion : Three
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    Released in 2007 IMMERSION: THREE is vast statement in Steve’s ongoing series of long-form, steady state “zones” created specifically as tone meditations for the deep immersions [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Illusion Of Safety – Of & The
    Illusion Of Safety – Of & The
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    “Chicago’s long-running experimental Illusion of Safety collective, now reduced to a less-stable lineup of Dan Burke and Mark Klein, turns briefly from meticulous musique concrete [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
    Voice Of Eye – The Portland Improvisations
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    “In August of 2009, Soriah invited Voice of Eye to play at his Atlan CD release party in Portland, Oregon, USA. In the anxious hours before a show what does […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
    Voice Of Eye – Anthology Two 1992-1996
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    “Voice Of Eye Anthology Two: 1992-96 continues our anthology series documenting early works composed for compilations, a live rehearsal and other projects from the early nineties. Because [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens – Soirée
    Asmus Tietchens – Soirée
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    “Soirée is the result of extended recycling. Beginning from the investigation of: what will happen if I recycle (not remix) some of my older compositions and then recycle the recyclings [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
    Maëror Tri* – Ambient Dreams
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    ‘All sound you hear on this CD originated from natural ambient sources. No electronic sound-sources were used. Ambient recordings made between August of 1989 and June of 1990 in West […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Climax Denial – You’re Never Safe
    Climax Denial – You’re Never Safe
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    Harsh & nihilistic, beyond harsh & nihilistic. Label: BloodLust! – B!110 Format: CDr Country: US Released: 2008 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
    Rapoon – Tin Of Drum
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    “Musically, as Rapoon, Robin Storey has been treading dangerously close to the edges of damnation. Tin of Drum is the culmination of years of flirtation and preparation. If, indeed, there [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana – Well Of Souls
    Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana – Well Of Souls
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    “When the habits of logic evaporate in the trances of an unbridled sun, you begin to recognize the things your eyes prefer to hide. From American composer Roach and Belgian […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Darkest Before Dawn
    Steve Roach – Darkest Before Dawn
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    “Darkest Before Dawn is a long-form composition that is meant for continuous play. It is from Steve Roach, a master of that technique. His activity that preceded this CD had […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
    The Nihilist Spasm Band – 1984
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    When the cassette 1984 was released on Chimik Communications in 1984, the Nihilist Spasm Band’s last record was the 1978 Vol. 2. Although the band was very active at the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sleep Chamber – Sirkus
    Sleep Chamber – Sirkus
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    1985 recordings – psychedelic dark ambient. Great release. Label: Daft Records – 1024 CD, Daft Records – D 1024 CD Country: Belgium Released: 1997 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Techno / House / Electronic
  • irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
    irr. app. (ext.) – An Uncertain Animal, Ruptured; Tissue Expanding In Conversation
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    “an uncertin animal,ruptured; tissue expanding in conversation” has a matchinglysurrealistic sound and equally disturbing accompanying artwork (lots ofasparagus-esque vegetation and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II
    Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II
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    Read this Quietus article about the album: https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/aphex-twin-selected-ambient-works-ii-review-reissue/ It’s fantastic! Label: Sire – 9 [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Trigger Trilogy
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Trigger Trilogy
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      Conrad Schnitzler is a genuine legend in the Krautrock and electronic music worlds. Schnitzler studied under Joseph Beuys before joining an early Tangerine Dream. Their first album, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Negativland – These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit
    Negativland – These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit
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    Negativland is still in many ways defined by the U2 debacle/smash success (depending on how you look at it), so it perhaps made perfect sense that ten years on the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kevin Drumm – Imperial Horizon
    Kevin Drumm – Imperial Horizon
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    Imperial Horizon released on cd by Hospital Productions, 2009. 3 guitars, 1 organ, 4-track. Source material recorded in 1996, reworked in 2007-2008. Just lay(lie…I know) down and forget it. [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
    irr. app. (ext.) – Josephine & Elsewhere
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    This limited edition collection of live recordings sees irr. app. (ext.) stripped down from its usual group configuration for the stage; for these performances Matthew Waldron braved audiences on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sacher-Pelz – Mutation For A Continuity
    Sacher-Pelz – Mutation For A Continuity
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    Very few are aware of the beginning of Maurizio Bianchi’s adventures? Before starting the complex and compelling production of many records and tapes in the early eighties under the M.B. [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Alva Noto ‎– Xerrox Vol.2
    Alva Noto ‎– Xerrox Vol.2
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    On Xerrox Vol. 2, Nicolai turns to a roster of contemporary musicians, including Michael Nyman, Stephen O’Malley, and his longtime collaborator, Ryuichi Sakamoto. This volume of work is more [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • SleepResearchFacility – Deep_Frieze
    SleepResearchFacility – Deep_Frieze
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    In an isolated arctic landscape, the frigid wind howls by. The temperature drops lower, causing the heart to slow to a nearly fatal pace, as the extremities begin to lose […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ernie Krivda – Tough Tenor Red Hot
    Ernie Krivda – Tough Tenor Red Hot
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    “Tenor saxophonist Ernie Krivda, whose decision to remain home in Cleveland has resulted in gaining much less recognition than he deserves, is a highly original player with an intense and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Oliver Lake – Gallery
    Oliver Lake – Gallery
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    “Unlike some musicians associated with the avant-garde, altoist Oliver Lake often sounds at his strongest when backed by a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. This excellent set finds Lake [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anal Cunt – Fuckin’ A
    Anal Cunt – Fuckin’ A
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    Do we need to find a length review for one of the greatest albums ever made? AC hair metal Buckcherry/Motley Crue metal punk zone. Speaks for itself. Label: PATAC Records […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
    My Cat Is An Alien – Alienology: Selected Works 1998​-​2008 [10Discs]
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    Stunning collection of works from 1998 to 2008, MY CAT IS AN ALIEN’s first decade of adventure in outer space and modern music. All ultra-rare and long-out-of-print material from space […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Borah Bergman – Upside Down Vision
    Borah Bergman – Upside Down Vision
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    “Borah Bergman is a volatile free jazz pianist who also plays with a fractured lyricism whenever he turns thoughtful (which is often–see “Poignant Dream”). Keeping the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis – Coelacanth
    Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis – Coelacanth
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    Recorded at Waterworks New York, NY on June 6, 1992. Label: Agaric Records – Ag 1991 Format: Vinyl, 10″, Reissue Country: US Released: VG+/VG+. Still in shrink.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • A. Spencer Barefield – After The End
    A. Spencer Barefield – After The End
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    Recorded on October 25. 1987, Dearborn Heights, Michigan Label: Sound Aspects – sas 030 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1989 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, Toshinori Kondo, Evan Parker, Rova Saxophone Quartet – Metalanguage Festival Of Improvised Music 1980 – Volume 1: The Social Set
    Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, Toshinori Kondo, Evan Parker, Rova Saxophone Quartet – Metalanguage Festival Of Improvised Music 1980 – Volume 1: The Social Set
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    The Social Set is a free improvisation. Recorded in Berkeley, Ca. at 1750 Arch Studios, Oct. 19, 1980. Label: Metalanguage – ML 116 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1981 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Yuma Abe – Hotel New Yuma
    Yuma Abe – Hotel New Yuma
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    Yuma Abe presents “Hotel New Yuma,” the latest album from the vocalist and guitarist of Tokyo-based band never young beach. Japan of the 1950s and 1960s has had such a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – Shiminkai
    Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – Shiminkai
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    New album “Shiminkai” by Kafka’s Ibiki, a three-piece band comprised of Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto. Recorded live performance in Tokyo in 2023 by [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Steve Kuhn, Scott LaFaro, Pete La Roca – 1960
    Steve Kuhn, Scott LaFaro, Pete La Roca – 1960
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    The only recordings left by the three members of John Coltrane’s short-lived rhythm section in New York in 1960 tell the story of the missing link in jazz history. This […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Burton Greene / Alan Silva ‎– The Ongoing Strings
    Burton Greene / Alan Silva ‎– The Ongoing Strings
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    Recorded Live at BIM Huis, Amsterdam, February 14, 1980 Label: Hat Hut Records – hat Hut FIFTEEN Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: Switzerland Released:1981 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Derek Bailey / Noël Akchoté – Close To The Kitchen
    Derek Bailey / Noël Akchoté – Close To The Kitchen
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    “Derek Bailey records often with very different people, but this session stands out as one of his best from the second half of the ’90s. At the time of this […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Derek Bailey / Pat Thomas / Steve Noble – And
    Derek Bailey / Pat Thomas / Steve Noble – And
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    Derek Bailey: guitar; Pat Thomas: keyboards; Steve Noble: turntables. Label: Rectangle – REC-S Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1997 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dewey Redman ‎– Coincide
    Dewey Redman ‎– Coincide
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    “Dewey Redman is featured in a few different settings on this intriguing and generally successful album. The best cuts are the originals that match Redman’s tenor with bassist Sirone [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu – New York Live !
    Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu – New York Live !
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    Side One recorded October 24, 80, Live at the Public Theatre, N.Y.C. Side Two recorded April 2, 1981, Live at Studio Henry, N.Y.C. Label: Cadence Jazz Records – CJR 1006 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Richard Davis, Robert Adkins – Inneraction
    Joel Futterman, Jimmy Lyons, Richard Davis, Robert Adkins – Inneraction
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    “Of all forms of expression, music can enter most deeply into the whole being: the emotions; memory; intellect as it connects with feeling and desire. Of course, for this to […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz