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Ekkehard Ehlers's seminal plays series was originally released on three 12"s (Staubgold) and two 7"s (Bottrop-Boy) in very limited runs The entire series was previously only available as a CD compilation Keplar finally presents it on double vinyl for the first time, featuring a new artwork Domestic ethnology: Ekkehard Ehlers plays...
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Out of stock100% GALCHER was by all accounts a game-changer when it landed in 2013 as an hour of original music from a relatively unknown producer ushered in by the beloved mix series Blowing Up The Workshop Galcher Lustwerk's signature sound — a smoky stream-of-consciousness baritone shadow-boxing with beats, informed by funk, rap,...
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Out of stockRide reissue their first four EP's 'Ride, 'Play', 'Fall', and 'Today Forever' for 30th anniversary of their debut ‘Nowhere’ "Shoegaze legends Ride have announced the details of the reissues of their early classic albums via Wichita Recordings These will be released on the 4th November and will include the first four EPs, plus...
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Naarm’s fertile hotbed of spirited ambient energies spurts this milky gem by John Jones (AV Moves, Geo Rip) and Jesse Sapell (Motion Ward) for fans of the quietest fronds from Perila to Ulla and Craig Tattersall Like a dream bath that never loses its warmth, ‘peeled’ proffers space to sink in and soak up sublime good vibes...
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SoiSong is the partnership of Coil co-founder Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson and veteran Russian electronic experimentalist Ivan Pavlov "Though friends since 1997, the project birthed roughly a decade later in Bangkok, where Christopherson relocated following the death of his Coil collaborator John Balance in 2004 Named after...
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Mahogany Brain forged their unique audio dialect with their debut release, With (Junk-Saucepan) When (Spoon-Trigger) for the legendary Futura label in 1971 More Avant-Garde than Prog, it spoke to the souls of the dedicated one percenters — such as the ESP Disk set — specifically patrons of The Godz and Cromagnon But in...
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This vinyl box set is the first-ever official release of La Monte Young’s Trio for Strings (1958), recorded live from the Dream House, a legendary sound-and-light installation by Young, Marian Zazeela, and Jung Hee Choi, and performed by The Theatre of Eternal Music String Ensemble led by Charles Curtis and featuring Curtis,...
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In certain circles, this is a record that would easily be called "eternal" Back in 1996, when it was originally released, it sounded like nothing else -- and still does The sixth record of Frankfurt's soon to be imperial Playhouse label and Losoul's first outing on the label, it hot-wired many things at once: house and techno, US...
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Out of stockAethiopes is billy woods’ first album since 2019’s double feature of Hiding Places and Terror Management The project is fully produced by Preservation (Dr Yen Lo, Yasiin Bey), who delivered a suite of tracks on Terror Management, including the riveting single “Blood Thinner” The two collaborated again on Preservation’s...
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Out of stockRecorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane family home in Dix Hills in 1970, Alice Coltrane’s fourth album is a transcendent masterpiece of spiritual jazz The title track is an ode to the Egyptian God, Ptah (the El Daoud meaning “the beloved”) Many moments on the album reach what Coltrane herself defined the term Turiya...
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Out of stockA North American road trip of coming of age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space’s latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache and unchecked, unrealised ambition Across 17 open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the 2LP...
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Out of stockThe follow up to their well received debut album ‘Moot!’, the record draws influences from alternative guitar music in its many forms, using electronic manipulations and sampling techniques to redefine it's context, not settling on any one style but moving through them in search of new connectionsBy exploring these...
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Re-issue of Arpanet's second album from 2005 After the criticly acclaimed 'Wireless Internet' album Arpanet goes on a starker and more experimental ambient trip As with his other pseudonyms Gerald Donald pushes the envelop further on every album with sonic explorations of scientific, technological and social themes Originally...
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Out of stockBrand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book on punk, England’s Dreaming) and Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) This new edition comes with a new introduction from Bobbie Gillespie, founder of Primal Scream (who...
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Out of stockRide announce details of the reissues of their early classic EPs and albums, embark on a 'Nowhere' 30th anniversary tour and release a live film Ahead of their ‘Nowhere’ 30th anniversary UK tour starting 20th April, shoegaze legends Ride have announced the details of the reissues of their early classic albums via...
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A special sort of project from the great Misha Panfilov, but one that's very much in line with the psychedelic sound of his funky 45s – as the set here is all instrumental, and features tracks recorded by Misha for a stage performance! Yet this is hardly familiar soundtrack music – as the performance is one with a lot of...
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In Pakistan the interest in local traditional music is slowly dying As western music and sounds are increasingly favoured, fewer musicians reach for traditional Hindi instruments, like the Sarangi, Cajon or Tabla This a reflection of modern times, and the need for instant interaction and fast data exchange Learning and mastering...
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A vinyl-only regression session of modal chopped & screwed trance and ambient dance music from Alexis Le Tan and Joakim’s super collectable Full Circle project, newly minted by Good Morning Tapes A febrile, downtempo melange of screwed classics and original productions, ‘From Back There Again’ is Full Circle’s 5th...
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Out of stockOriginally released on cassette in 2016 on Feathered Coyote Records Brannten Schnüre are one of those neo-romantic music experimentalists who add to a long tradition of celebrating folk tale and exoticism Their meticulously crafted loops, hesitant melodies and heavily nostalgic lyricism could easily be translated to what the late...
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Reissue There's not another album on the planet that sounds even remotely like vibraphonist Khan Jamal's eccentric, one-of-a-kind masterpiece, Drum Dance To The Motherland Thirty years after its release, the album's tapestry of sound, fearless abstractions, relentless grooves, cool swing, flashes of ecstasy, and pan cultural...
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2022 repress Aguirre Records present the first vinyl edition of France's Occitanie, originally released in 2009 Savage pulsating drone-rock from France, the trio of Jeremie Sauvage on electric bass, Mathieu Tilly on drums, and Yann Gourdon on amplified hurdy-gurdy They play one note/one rhythm, producing energetic performances...
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Out of stockOperating out of a small upstairs space just around the corner from the train station in the Kichijoji neighborhood of Tokyo, OZ was a scruffy, DIY affair that lasted not much more than a year Between June 1972 to September 1973, the cafe and performance space became the nerve center for the city’s burgeoning underground and...
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Feedback Moves returns with a vinyl reissue of Pat Thomas’ New Jazz Jungle: Remembering The album was originally released on CD in 1997, at a time when Pat had already spent years playing on the free improvisation circuit with the likes of Lol Coxhill and Derek Bailey Thomas is largely known as a jazz and improvising pianist,...
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Out of stockThe latest collection of nocturnal environments from Deepchord, marking his first full length album release on Soma in 5 years The enigmatic Detroit based producer once again transports us into his sonic realm via night-walks through numerous cities before being transmuted into aural excellence through field recordings,...
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Liai's debut LP, Pome, via Quiet Time Tapes "On “Pome”, Liai has given us a stunning work of expertly crafted rhythmic ambience, inspired by the intimacy and solitude of the midwestern countryside Having grown up in rural Missouri, Liai channels the mixed feelings that can accompany solo contemplation in nature -...
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picnic follow up their self-titled debut album with ‘creaky little branch’"A love for early 00's electronica guides the listener as it sits somewhere between familiarity and the unknown However, this isn’t an exercise in nostalgia, instead foreground for the here and nowWith contributions from Alejandra & Aeron, el2,...
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A new avatar on 3XL, someone you may or may not have encountered before on the experiences / west mineral axis, tending to the inner life with a lush fantasy of sound-bathing beatdown and mossy atmospherics somewhere between Ulla x Malibu x Headz-era Mo Wax ‘Earth FF’ yields a delicate bouquet of synaesthetic ambience...
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Out of stockDouble LP version Silver pantone, UV spot varnish 180 gram vinyl Tresor Records announce forthcoming special editions of the entire catalog of Drexciya and related projects 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of James Stinson and the releases of the Transllusion and Shifted Phases albums In recognition, the rights...
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Out of stockAs I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band At the time I just wasn’t paying attention to the writing and production I was focused on trying to keep the balance between our love of exploration and our focus on...
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Out of stockAs I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band At the time I just wasn’t paying attention to the writing and production I was focused on trying to keep the balance between our love of exploration and our focus on...
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Out of stockAs I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band At the time I just wasn’t paying attention to the writing and production I was focused on trying to keep the balance between our love of exploration and our focus on...
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Double LP version Released for the first time in 2011, Summvs is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's VIRUS series The title Summvs refers to the Latin word "summa" (sum) and "versus" (towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result The album features...
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Bulbous Monocle presents a first time vinyl reissue of The TFUL 282 masterpiece LP originally released in 1994 on Matador Records Even in a catalog that bristles with pinnacles, Strangers from the Universe remains pinnaclier than most Somehow harnessing influences from Bali to Cinecittà to Memphis to the wobbly Sunday morning...
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Out of stockFollowing the release of his album trilogy (Kwaidan, Komachi and Kofū), Meitei has established himself as a defining voice in contemporary Japanese music By sharing intricate sonic stories and impressions of his nation's rich culture, he has built an aural world around his notion of the ‘lost Japanese mood’ His latest...
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Out of stockFantastic Damage marked the beginning of El-P’s career as a solo artist, following a groundbreaking career as frontman and producer of legendary NYC underground hip hop crew, Company Flow Fan Dam was a foundational release for his fledgling record label Definitive Jux, which would soon establish itself as an iconic juggernaut of...
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Out of stockIt's by some strange inversion that since his untimely death in 1999 Bryn Jones' Muslimgauze project has become evermore enigmatic as his publicly available recordings have become evermore vast The Mancunian artist's sudden passing at the age of 37 prematurely resolved a body of work that remains as experimental as it is diffuse,...
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Out of stockThe Classic Greg Foat Group line-up returns with special guests Art Themen on Soprano Saxophone and Morgan Simpson (Black Midi) on Drums Heavy Synth and percussive...
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Out of stockAOTN proudly present a new solo outing from long time friend & contributor to Athens of the North, Other Lands aka Gavin LSutherland Channelling his considerable improvisational skills to evoke notions of island life, his concept was to create something that could work equally well in the wilds of the Western Isles as in the...
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Out of stockIll considered are a group of musicians interacting with each other to create freely improvised music, based loosely around simple pre-written themes or composed on the spot Deep grooves and plaintive melodies ranging from whispered chants to monstrous climaxes, the group react to the mood of the audience and the sonics of the...
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Out of stockA limited edition of 300 copies hand numbered white vinyl pressing of Ill Considered's 'Untitled Tape - Untitled Work' album which was previously only available on...
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Comet Records present the first release out of the Comet new reissue series with this cult French Free Jazz LP from 1974, Crowded with Loneliness by Full Moon Ensemble was produced by Claude Delcloo, check the classic ‘Samba `Miaou’, like a lost Pharoah Sanders tune mixed with politically-engaged French poetry! The whole LP is...
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Out of stockDouble LP version Initially released in 2006, Revep is the third collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the third installment of VIRUS's five album series Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by three new compositions titled "City Radieuse", "Veru 1",...
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Out of stockReleased for the first time in 2009, utp_ is the third installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's VIRUS's series It was commissioned for the 400th anniversary of Mannheim, Germany The flowing ten-section multimedia work derives its shape from a rasterized structure of the southwestern city, founded in 1608 The recording...
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Black Sea was Fennesz's follow-up album to Venice (Touch, 2004), and was originally released in 2008; Stylus Magazine's Nick Southall wrote: "Fennesz does with sound what Stan Brakhage did with film, altering its very fabric and texture, employing disorder and error as forms of communication and expression He forces you to learn a...
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Originally reissued to mark the 300th release on Tresor Records and the 20th anniversary of the mysterious Scopex imprint, Tresor is pleased to present the long-awaited repress of the package The three essential Scopex records and the previously unreleased track "Optimal Flow" are now completed by "Pressure Point", a new track on...
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Stephan Mathieu's FrequencyLib was originally released in 2001 on Mille Plateaux's Ritornell sub-label A quintessential document of the late 1990s/early 2000s Pismo PowerBook era of digitally manipulated audio, FrequencyLib is an adept meditation on the entropic possibilities inherent in popular music Included with this reissue is...
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Out of stockOne first heard the Danish artist Astrid Øster Mortensen as a surprise guest vocalist on Gustaf Dicksson’s Blod album, Missväxt, which Grapefruit released in 2021 New in Gothenburg, the Denmark-born Mortensen had been frequenting the Discreet Music shop where various musicians of the underground scene communed and shared...
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Neutral’s 2014 1st LP, Grå Våg Gamlestaden, is widely considered ground zero for the explosion of creativity that has transpired in the Swedish Underground ever since It is the noisy experimental rock album that opened the door and welcomed in so many artists working behind the scenes Gothenburgers Dan Johansson (Sewer...