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Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
WILLIAMSON II, SONNY BOY	Do It If You Wanta: The Best Trumpet & Checker A-sides 1951-62	LP	ACROBAT	ACRSLP 1686LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "There are perhaps few characters in the history of popular music who were as mysterious, as they were brazen than Aleck Ford, AKA Sonny Boy Williamson II. The true story of Sonny Boy Williamson II remains shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, and it seems this was Ford's intention, but to what ends, nobody can say. One thing is certain though -- he was one of the all-time greats of the harmonica, a bone fide bluesman, talented and charismatic in equal measure. His influence cannot be overstated. The first incarnation of the band that would become the Rolling Stones was named after him: Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys; B.B King described him as 'the King of the harmonica;' and maybe there would have been no Howlin' Wolf, or Elmore James without Williamson's mentorship and support. The British Blues explosion of the late 1960s certainly owed much to Williamson and his compatriots. This carefully curated collection of this colorful and charismatic performer's work showcases just why he was one of the true legends of blues music. Interestingly, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, the same year as Sonny Boy Williamson I. It seems fitting that even in death and in honors they were inextricably linked. This collection hones in on his work that took the world by storm during his tenure with Trumpet and Checker in the 1950's and early '60s from his iconic 'Eyesight For The Blind' through to 'One Way Out.' It is a true celebration of one of the most mysterious characters in music."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DIDDLEY, BO	Say Man! The Singles & More 1955-62	LP	ACROBAT	ACRSLP 1687LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "They called him the Originator for a very good reason. Bo Diddley was the foremost bridge between blues and rock 'n' roll, facilitated in no small part by his 'Bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp' sound, the famous 'Bo Diddley beat.' He was a master of invention too, inventing his name, his persona and style, and his own guitar. Put simply, he was one of those artists whose importance and influence as a pioneer of popular music far outweighed the commercial and chart success he enjoyed during his career. With just nine U.S. R&B and two Pop chart successes across a career spanning five decades, Diddley was not exactly a hit-making machine. But his legacy is such that echoes of his music pervade rock, pop and hip-hop to this day. This LP revels in Diddley's guitar genius and features 16 of his greatest and most iconic tracks including 'I'm A Man,' 'Diddley Daddy,' 'Pretty Thing,' 'Mona,' 'Say Man' and 'Road Runner.' Once he had scored his first No. 1 with 'Bo Diddley' the shape of popular music changed forever. His influence is clear to see, through some of the work of artists -- and Diddley devotees -- like Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Otis, Cliff Richard, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, U2, and George Michael. Every time a song uses the 'Bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp' motif, Diddley's legacy lives on."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HOOKER, JOHN LEE	Boogie Chillen': The Early Years 1948-62	LP	ACROBAT	ACRSLP 1689LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "John Lee Hooker, known as 'The King of the Boogie' and 'the Boogie Man,' was a true blues icon. Quality rather than quantity is the key to Hooker's singular success. He did not have a huge number of hits in the R&B chart, but those that did make a major impact would provide some of the key musical architecture for future blues and rock artists. When he came to prominence in the late '40s, he was playing blues in a way that was regarded as somewhat spare, his dark repetitive vocals supported only by his amplified guitar and his stamping foot. His was no overnight stardom. Having paid his dues over many years, once he started recording, he did so prolifically. This fine collection of his earlier songs demonstrates Hooker's blues virtuosity while at the same time establishing his work as a signpost to a deeper understanding of the British Blues explosion. It features a host of early hits including the iconic No. 1's 'Boogie Chillen'' and 'I'm In The Mood,' alongside 'Hoogie Boogie,' 'Hobo Blues,' 'Crawlin' King Snake,' 'Dimples,' 'No Shoes,' and, naturally, the timeless 'Boom Boom.'"

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HOLIDAY, BILLIE	God Bless Lady Day: The Best Of 1936-42	LP	ACROBAT	ACRSLP 1690LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "The life and career of Billie Holiday was underscored by triumphs and tragedies. One of the greatest artists of her generation, no-one conveys deep emotion better than 'Lady Day.' Hers was a new jazz voice, influenced by jazz instrumentalists, with its ability to manipulate tempo and phrasing in bold and enthralling ways. The great Frank Sinatra was both a friend and a fan of her music. He said of her in 1958, 'With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the U.S. during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.' In fact, her legacy carries across the generations, with artists such as Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, and Amy Winehouse citing her as an influence. This collection traces an important six years of her early recording career which built the platform for the huge commercial success she enjoyed during the mid to late '40s, before she began to succumb to the lifestyle which eventually destroyed her. It features iconic and beautifully harrowing recordings such as 'Summertime,' 'Strange Fruit,' 'Night & Day,' 'God Bless The Child,' and 'Solitude,' demonstrating her unique and unmistakable way of interpreting the songs. It is a fascinating and beguiling musical journey."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
U.S. MAPLE	Talker	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 164LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 2025 repress forthcoming. "Starting in the mid-'90s, the U.S. Maple saga was rent open, seam by seam, over ten long, sweaty years, like a ripple of mirages exploding up around the bend. Theirs was a dues-paid elevation of good old rock 'n roll values that reached dizzyingly high, past the blunt force of their immediate '80s- '90s forebears and the magisterial arc of the venerated classic rockers before them. Their music is a rapacious, constantly morphing ooze through which can be sighted gristled flecks and shards of glam, punk, blues, metal, funk, jazz and other denuded musical formations to be grabbed upon and squeezed til the juice runs down your leg. Talker, their Drag City debut, came on in the summer of 1999, its discrete shades of soundscape yawning like an open fly, dangling like shirttails through silence into previously unimagined spaces of width and depth. Having Swans' Michael Gira on to produce was big, but bigger still was the group's vigilant sense of what they were up to -- at that exact moment, a sequence of 'back to school' reflections with singer Al Johnson as your skeezy JD/Virgilian guide. Their tactile cloak of intimacies/detritus/little jokes/lucid dreams/vast emptiness was the perfect cover for a deceptive populism."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
U.S. MAPLE	Acre Thrills	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 208LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 2025 repress forthcoming. 180 gram pressing, embossed sleeve. "Starting in the mid-'90s, the U.S. Maple saga was rent open, seam by seam, over ten long, sweaty years, like a ripple of mirages exploding up around the bend. Theirs was a dues-paid elevation of good old rock 'n roll values that reached dizzyingly high, past the blunt force of their immediate '80s- '90s forebears and the magisterial arc of the venerated classic rockers before them. Their music is a rapacious, constantly morphing ooze through which can be sighted gristled flecks and shards of glam, punk, blues, metal, funk, jazz and other denuded musical formations to be grabbed upon and squeezed til the juice runs down your leg. Released in April 2001, Acre Thrills is the most danceable, sensual and subcutaneous of all their offerings, 'Ma Digital' their most kicking song EVER. It ain't alone -- captured by Brian Paulson, the workings of the trio within the quartet were greased to absolute slickness, with Todd Rittmann/Mark Shippy's guitars and Pat Samson's drums collectively divining and conquering the songs' rhythm and harmony, while also playing in what appeared to be their own private imaginations. With his signature succession of consumptive wheezes and acid-tongued utterances, Al Johnson -- for some, the most unlikely front man of the rock 'n roll era (and to others, their own private Jim Morrison) -- drew it all together immaculately."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
U.S. MAPLE	Purple On Time	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 250LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 2025 repress forthcoming. Vinyl LP version. "Starting in the mid-'90s, the U.S. Maple saga was rent open, seam by seam, over ten long, sweaty years, like a ripple of mirages exploding up around the bend. Theirs was a dues-paid elevation of good old rock 'n roll values that reached dizzyingly high, past the blunt force of their immediate '80s- '90s forebears and the magisterial arc of the venerated classic rockers before them. Their music is a rapacious, constantly morphing ooze through which can be sighted gristled flecks and shards of glam, punk, blues, metal, funk, jazz and other denuded musical formations to be grabbed upon and squeezed til the juice runs down your leg. Their final LP, recorded with Jeremy Lemos, Purple On Time dropped in late 2003, and found new drummer Adam Vida cannily replacing the fairly departed Pat Samson. With consolidations and developments heavy on the ground, the band once more surged and retarded in near-orchestral precision, as Johnson's voice swooped through fresh ranges. The songs were tangy, more rock than ever, yet just as potent when it came to drawing forth that thrusting, demented hip-shake that they induced in 'their faithful.'"

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
RUTTENBERG & LUCINDA SCHREIBER, JAY	Gabba Gabba We Accept You	Book	DRAG CITY	DC 936BK
$30.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Hardcover. 51-pages. "Gabba Gabba We Accept You is a children's picture book that tells the story of how a kid who was bullied and felt like a misfit grew up to become a hero to so many as lead singer of The Ramones. This story speaks to one of the greatest silent majorities in the world -- all the kids who feel a little off. It contains an essential message that the world of punk rock has always meant to communicate. The challenging passages of life that brought Jeffrey Ross Hyman to the place where he became Joey Ramone provide a natural lesson to young folks navigating their way through the complexities of growing up. Working in collaboration with visual artist Lucinda Schreiber, Jay Ruttenberg guides the story of Gabba Gabba We Accept You in unexpected directions, with Lucinda's lyrical illustrations and colorful design opening the sense of possibility in what feels like the path less traveled on every page. About the inspiration for this book, Jay says: 'My daughter just turned 11, so I've spent recent years in children's book land. I think I've read her 97 books about Abraham Lincoln and 12,984 about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It occurred to me that a lot of the life lessons I've been trying to teach her weren't learned through my family or school, but through punk stuff: the importance of being your own person, following your own radar instead of a group's, embracing uniqueness, etc. The Ramones, and in particular Joey, seemed like the perfect embodiment of that. So my big hope for the book is that it tells the story of Joey Ramone, but also, in kind of the biggest way, of what punk rock means, and how it might help a little kid wade through difficult social waters and be their own unique person." Gabba Gabba We Accept You speaks in well-grounded and wise verbal and visual language to inform and affirm children -- young ones and the adult children, alike -- that their individual personalities have an inspired and inspiring place in the world. In the process of becoming and being a person, there's no one set of rules. The sooner we all know that, the sooner we'll find ourselves in a much better place."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MATHEWS, BENEDIKT MONTIEL	Electric Works	LP	JAZZ MONTEZ DANCE RECORDS	JMD 001LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Frankfurt-based producer, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ Benedikt Montiel Mathews presents his debut LP in collaboration with Jazz Montez. Fusing jazz, funk, electro, house, and techno, the album reflects Benedikt's genre-bending sound and unique musical voice -- shaped by his skills on keys, trombone, guitar, bass, and vocals. Expect rich textures, danceable grooves, and a fresh perspective from one of Frankfurt's most exciting young talents.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LUEBS, ERIK	Speicher 136	12"	KOMPAKT	KOM EX136EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Michael Mayer became obsessed with Erik Luebs, an American producer based in Osaka, after stumbling upon his independently released music on Bandcamp. Luebs' talent for creating high-energy, minimalist acid techno with impeccable, futuristic sound design swiftly earned him a regular place in Mayer's sets. It was only a matter of time before Luebs made his debut on Kompakt's Speicher series with this highly versatile EP. If you like your techno sexy and forward-thinking, there's no way around the man from Osaka. Play it loud!

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SANDERS QUARTET, PHAROAH	Moon Child (Red Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2949RED-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "Pharoah Sanders' Moon Child was released in 1990 and bookended a decade of musical soul searching for Sanders. The acclaimed free jazz player is known to have a raw and abrasive sound but reinvented himself on this album as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful deliberations. Moon Child is a grand old time throughout, and Sanders has never been more eminently sing-along-able as he is on its title track. The record was co-written with Horace Silver, George Gershwin and Abdullah Ibrahim and recorded with William Henderson, Stafford James, Eddie Moore, and Cheikh Tidiane Fall. Moon Child by Pharoah Sanders is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent red colored vinyl and is printed on heavy cardboard with linen laminate finish."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SANDERS, PHAROAH	Welcome To Love	2LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 3272LP
$50.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "Pharoah 'Farrell' Sanders was a leading figure in the world of jazz and his tenor saxophone playing earned him a legendary status among jazz circles. This 2LP compilation Welcome To Love features the master saxophonist playing straight-up jazz ballads and includes the bonus track 'Moonlight In Vermont.' Sanders is accompanied by William Henderson on piano, Stafford James on bass and Eccleston W. Wainwright on drums. Welcome To Love is available as a double album on black vinyl."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
OUTSIDERS, THE	C.Q. (Yellow Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 3929COL-LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 "The album C.Q. was originally released in 1968 by the Dutch Nederbeat band The Outsiders, featuring Wally Tax (vocals), Ronnie Splinter (guitar), Leendert 'Buzz' Busch (drums), and Frank Beek (bass guitar). The Outsiders, hailing from Amsterdam, were a key figure in the Dutch Nederbeat movement-a local interpretation of beat music inspired by the British Invasion. Though the album C.Q. initially struggled commercially, it has since gained recognition as a psychedelic and garage rock masterpiece. C.Q. is available as a limited edition on yellow colored vinyl and packed in a gloss laminated gatefold sleeve."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
TAKAHASHI, KUNIYUKI	We Are Together	2LP	MULE MUSIQ	MUSIQ 300LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Kuniyuki Takahashi -- one of Japan's, if not the world's, most remarkable producers -- originally released his debut album We Are Together on CD in 2006. Nearly two decades later, the album is finally seeing a vinyl release to commemorate the 300th title from Mule Musiq. "Kuni is a true artist -- an artist that I love and respect. His music displays true emotion and life and when I listen to his music I can feel his soul, but most importantly it's his own music. Kuni, thank you for giving our planet your music, spirit, and heart. Peace, love and respect." --Joaquin Joe Claussell

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
ANKERSMIT, THOMAS	The Dip	LP	STUDENTS OF DECAY	SOD 140LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Students of Decay presents The Dip, a new full-length recording by Berlin-based artist and composer Thomas Ankersmit, marking his debut with the label and sixth album to date. Comprised of two expansive, sidelong pieces composed entirely on the Serge Modular synthesizer, it signals a subtle yet significant shift in Ankersmit's trajectory, imbuing the hyper-physical, psychoacoustic intensities of his live performances with introspective, atmospheric, and even melodic elements. Primarily known for a site-responsive approach to sound, often realized in the moment of performance, Ankersmit's turn toward the studio in the last few years has opened up a new dimension within his practice. It is in this quiet rupture that The Dip emerged, a study in internality and suspended states, rich with cinematic undercurrents and ghostly spatial suggestion. Here, electricity itself feels transfigured -- becoming supple, even organic -- within an environment shaped entirely by analog signals. Over the past two decades, Ankersmit has established himself as one of the foremost practitioners of the Serge, the notoriously idiosyncratic and expressive instrument that has remained central to his work. On The Dip, he harnesses its potential not for brute force or disorientation, but for spaciousness, resonance, and lyrical abstraction. Without resorting to additional processing or effects, he draws out tones that feel simultaneously raw and refined, articulated and blurred -- intricate structures that seem to breathe and evolve of their own volition. The result is a kind of auditory hallucination, a "cinema for the ears," wherein impressions, emotional arcs, and imagined topographies unfold. Each side of The Dip plays like a single gesture unfolding in time -- a spatial narrative constructed through vibration, density, and the movement of air. The Dip follows acclaimed works on PAN, Touch, and Shelter Press, and reaffirms Thomas Ankersmit's position as one of the most focused and probing voices in contemporary experimental music. Quietly radical and meticulously constructed, it is less a departure than a deepening -- a descent into a more private sonic world, where the boundaries between perception, memory, and pure signal dissolve.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LOSOUL	Baby Fate	12"	SLICES OF LIFE	SOL 014EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Losoul is back on Slices Of Life with two minimal house gems! Frankfurt-based DJ and producer legend Losoul is renowned for his unique sonic language and deep, captivating grooves. On his latest release for the Berlin imprint, the tracks take listeners on a journey back to the roots of minimal house. "Post Service Pop" on the A-side flows deep and funky, spreading pads like hot oil, topped with subtly modulated vocal snippets. "Modesty Bump" on the B-side dives into rawer territory with high-energy sounds and edgy sonic sparkles.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LAGOSS	Platano Tapes	Cassette	SUCATA TAPES	SUC 067CS
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Originally available as a tour only tape for the bands Asian tour 2024 (Japan, Malaysia & Indonesia). Plátano Tapes is a collage of unreleased studio recordings and free-flowing jams from the band's rehearsal space in a banana plantation. Recorded, mixed and mastered at the band's studio between 2019-2024 in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LAGOSS/BABAU	Splitting Hits for the Heat Damage	Cassette	SUCATA TAPES	SUC 069CS
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Limited split tape collaboration between like-minded pranksters Lagoss and Babau. Co-released by Sucata tapes and Artetetra. "The chars were emerging as some chunk of makeshift swamp coolers blasted the soil surrounding our motorbikes. Sunburn vapors floating grey all around, licking our necks with heavy hazy tongues. Just oppressive and gross. Blah. Someone says heat waves are among the most dangerous natural hazards. I guess that the magnetic tides did not help at all. For sure, recreational sleep deprivation aside, it was days of relentlessly documented tipsy headaches, thermometric cicada noises and weird-ass hallucinations. It is what it is. The age of earthquakes. We drink from our black plastic bags with a straw pushing a bit of oxygen thru our reptile brains. Just half a pack of synthetic tobacco for the ride. No internet. Whatever. She looks at me behind the war metal glasses and the silicone frog mask high on desert dust. Sweaty pools on her shoulders. Eyes purple with adrenaline. Map on the scratched screen. 'It says that at this point we should be hearing that fucking flute.' We stop amidst the geysers. We can see the monoliths and stone gods ready to eat up all the solar storms and the thunder. Towards the horizon, second moon is up. Damn. Water rises to our knees, green with bloating sounds. Just what we needed. We're stuck. Turn up the radio. Let's hope it lasts five minutes.' After trashing a bunch of fake subtropical signals, the radio plays a flute. She takes off the mask and explodes in a grin: 'This is it man, we made it! No man's land. The real fucking thing.' I light one up and let the sight get blurred: 'You betcha.'"

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
ROSE, JACK	Luck In The Valley	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 229CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Originally released in 2010. "A native of Virginia and resident of Philadelphia since 1998, Jack Rose first rose to prominence with the drone/noise/folk unit, Pelt. Pelt can be counted among the early influential new music underground bands such as UN, No Neck Blues Band, Charalambides, Tower Recordings and Six Organs of Admittance. Rose recorded and toured with the band up until 2006. Rose released his first solo LP in 2002, Red Horse, White Mule, of post-Takoma, American primitive guitar. Along with the influences of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, Rose also incorporated North Indian classical, early American blues, bluegrass and minimalism into his singular style. Luck in the Valley is the third album in a set of recordings that Rose jokingly refers to as his 'Ditch Trilogy.' Rose continues his exploration of pre-war American music with a set brand new material featuring the Twigs, Jones, Harmonica Dan and Hans Chew along with a handful of solo pieces. This recording set out to capture the energy and feel of the classic three-track shack recordings by the Wray Brothers and Mordicai Jones. Luck In The Valley was written and recorded over a period of nine months off the road, an unusually long time for Rose to be at home and woodshedding. The album finds Rose employing new themes and techniques that haven't appeared on previous releases. Like all pre-war recordings and all of Rose's releases, this album was recorded live. It was not created using overdubs but rather by recording a few 'takes' and selecting the best performance out of those. Also Included in the set are three covers: 'St. Louis Blues,' 'Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime,' and 'West Coast Blues.' All of these pre-war classics are Rose's unique arrangements. The album title refers to the old red light section of St. Louis and was a code for procuring the services of a prostitute. An avid record collector with an encyclopedic knowledge of pre-war American music, Rose has been acknowledged as a rising star among contemporary guitar players. Luck in the Valley finds Rose at his best surrounded by like-minded friends on a recording that is enriched by a sense of history but entirely new, vibrant and warm."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
ROSE, JACK	Luck In The Valley	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 229LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 LP version. Originally released in 2010. "A native of Virginia and resident of Philadelphia since 1998, Jack Rose first rose to prominence with the drone/noise/folk unit, Pelt. Pelt can be counted among the early influential new music underground bands such as UN, No Neck Blues Band, Charalambides, Tower Recordings and Six Organs of Admittance. Rose recorded and toured with the band up until 2006. Rose released his first solo LP in 2002, Red Horse, White Mule, of post-Takoma, American primitive guitar. Along with the influences of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, Rose also incorporated North Indian classical, early American blues, bluegrass and minimalism into his singular style. Luck in the Valley is the third album in a set of recordings that Rose jokingly refers to as his 'Ditch Trilogy.' Rose continues his exploration of pre-war American music with a set brand new material featuring the Twigs, Jones, Harmonica Dan and Hans Chew along with a handful of solo pieces. This recording set out to capture the energy and feel of the classic three-track shack recordings by the Wray Brothers and Mordicai Jones. Luck In The Valley was written and recorded over a period of nine months off the road, an unusually long time for Rose to be at home and woodshedding. The album finds Rose employing new themes and techniques that haven't appeared on previous releases. Like all pre-war recordings and all of Rose's releases, this album was recorded live. It was not created using overdubs but rather by recording a few 'takes' and selecting the best performance out of those. Also Included in the set are three covers: 'St. Louis Blues,' 'Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime,' and 'West Coast Blues.' All of these pre-war classics are Rose's unique arrangements. The album title refers to the old red light section of St. Louis and was a code for procuring the services of a prostitute. An avid record collector with an encyclopedic knowledge of pre-war American music, Rose has been acknowledged as a rising star among contemporary guitar players. Luck in the Valley finds Rose at his best surrounded by like-minded friends on a recording that is enriched by a sense of history but entirely new, vibrant and warm."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SAICOBAB	Sab Se Purani Bab	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 445CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Originally released in 2017. "SAICOBAB is the Japanese quartet of vocalist YoshimiO (Boredoms, OOIOO), Yoshida Daikiti (sitar), Akita Goldman (bass), and acclaimed in Japan Motoyuki "Hama" Hamamoto (percussion, gamelan). SAICOBAB masterfully blend traditional Indian music with melodies and unexpected rhythms using unorthodox instrumentation to create utterly distinct modern ragas. On their debut album Sab Se Purani Bab, YoshimiO's leaping, animated, effected vocal melodies dance fluidly through Daikiti's intricate sitar patterns. The entrancing synergy of Goldman and Hama's rhythmic pulse drives and shapes the aptly named SAICOBAB's sound to one that is at once rooted in ancient tradition, and wholly new. SAICO means 'the most ancient,' and 'BAB' stands for 'baby' in Japanese. Sab Se Purani means 'the most ancient baby girl' in Hindi. The connections made are a reflection of the deep connections made musically between traditional Indian and Japanese music and spiritual practices. In classical Indian music, there is a diverse rhythmic system that can be expressed in mathematical equations, and similarly in Japan, there are mathematical concepts such as numerology, yin and yang, and hakuginhi (silver ratio), that have been used in music and performance since ancient times. SAICOBAB's intricate melody and rhythm of the sitar, double bass, voice, and riq (a middle-eastern tambourine), are largely recorded live, but are also manipulated in subsequent editing to create bursts and distortions, such as the vocal scatterings of 'AWAWAW' or the stuttering percussion of 'One.' The artwork was created by longtime collaborator and artist Ooido Syoujou. Since YoshimiO and Daikiti formed SAICOBAB in 2001, the group has expanded beyond their initial improvisations and into an ensemble as formidable in talent as it is in originality. YoshimiO is clearly able to ignore the rules with ease and singular creativity, however she and Daikiti understand that in order to be able to ignore the rules, you need 'to train yourself to be aware of the most ancient rules of the universe.' SAICOBAB's deep understanding of traditions enables them to transform ancient cultural practices into modern playgrounds of creativity."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SAICOBAB	Sab Se Purani Bab	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 445LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 LP version. Originally released in 2017. "SAICOBAB is the Japanese quartet of vocalist YoshimiO (Boredoms, OOIOO), Yoshida Daikiti (sitar), Akita Goldman (bass), and acclaimed in Japan Motoyuki "Hama" Hamamoto (percussion, gamelan). SAICOBAB masterfully blend traditional Indian music with melodies and unexpected rhythms using unorthodox instrumentation to create utterly distinct modern ragas. On their debut album Sab Se Purani Bab, YoshimiO's leaping, animated, effected vocal melodies dance fluidly through Daikiti's intricate sitar patterns. The entrancing synergy of Goldman and Hama's rhythmic pulse drives and shapes the aptly named SAICOBAB's sound to one that is at once rooted in ancient tradition, and wholly new. SAICO means 'the most ancient,' and 'BAB' stands for 'baby' in Japanese. Sab Se Purani means 'the most ancient baby girl' in Hindi. The connections made are a reflection of the deep connections made musically between traditional Indian and Japanese music and spiritual practices. In classical Indian music, there is a diverse rhythmic system that can be expressed in mathematical equations, and similarly in Japan, there are mathematical concepts such as numerology, yin and yang, and hakuginhi (silver ratio), that have been used in music and performance since ancient times. SAICOBAB's intricate melody and rhythm of the sitar, double bass, voice, and riq (a middle-eastern tambourine), are largely recorded live, but are also manipulated in subsequent editing to create bursts and distortions, such as the vocal scatterings of 'AWAWAW' or the stuttering percussion of 'One.' The artwork was created by longtime collaborator and artist Ooido Syoujou. Since YoshimiO and Daikiti formed SAICOBAB in 2001, the group has expanded beyond their initial improvisations and into an ensemble as formidable in talent as it is in originality. YoshimiO is clearly able to ignore the rules with ease and singular creativity, however she and Daikiti understand that in order to be able to ignore the rules, you need 'to train yourself to be aware of the most ancient rules of the universe.' SAICOBAB's deep understanding of traditions enables them to transform ancient cultural practices into modern playgrounds of creativity."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PELICAN	Australasia	2LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 557LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 2025 repress. Originally released in 2022. "Pelican's debut album Australasia, originally released in late 2003 by Hydra Head Records, is a landmark record in the shifting tides of heavy music that took place at the turn of the millennium. 20 years since its release and with several sold-out represses, Australasia is a proven essential for any listener exploring the bounds of rock music. Now issued as a deluxe double LP edition newly remastered for vinyl and complete with three never-before-released bonus songs, including a remix by James Plotkin and digital downloads of early Pelican live recordings. Artwork by ISIS/SUMAC/Hydra Head founder Aaron Turner. Following the release of the band's auspicious self-titled EP, Australasia's singular integration of melodic complexity and tremendous density redefined conceptions of what constituted 'heavy.' Pelican's unique manipulation of atmosphere and dynamics seamlessly alchemized their disparate influences beyond metal into music grand, mercurial, and utterly sublime, worthy of the album's namesake. Billowing clouds of strange serenity give way to tectonic riffs. Hypnotic rhythms chug at the precipice between doom and euphoria. Guitarists Trevor Shelley de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec twirl soaring harmonies around the roaring thunder of bassist Bryan Herweg and drummer Larry Herweg. Throughout the album, the quartet move as one like a glacier, awesome and forever imbuing the landscape with their mark. Australasia stands as a pioneering work, unmatched in the level of unbridled beauty and devastation Pelican wields across the album. Features artwork designed by Aaron Turner. Newly remastered vinyl comes with a bonus remix by James Plotkin and bonus track downloads available only with vinyl purchase."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PELICAN	Australasia (Orange Vinyl)	2LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 557X-LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 2025 repress. Originally released in 2022. Transparent orange color vinyl. "Pelican's debut album Australasia, originally released in late 2003 by Hydra Head Records, is a landmark record in the shifting tides of heavy music that took place at the turn of the millennium. 20 years since its release and with several sold-out represses, Australasia is a proven essential for any listener exploring the bounds of rock music. Now issued as a deluxe double LP edition newly remastered for vinyl and complete with three never-before-released bonus songs, including a remix by James Plotkin and digital downloads of early Pelican live recordings. Artwork by ISIS/SUMAC/Hydra Head founder Aaron Turner. Following the release of the band's auspicious self-titled EP, Australasia's singular integration of melodic complexity and tremendous density redefined conceptions of what constituted 'heavy.' Pelican's unique manipulation of atmosphere and dynamics seamlessly alchemized their disparate influences beyond metal into music grand, mercurial, and utterly sublime, worthy of the album's namesake. Billowing clouds of strange serenity give way to tectonic riffs. Hypnotic rhythms chug at the precipice between doom and euphoria. Guitarists Trevor Shelley de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec twirl soaring harmonies around the roaring thunder of bassist Bryan Herweg and drummer Larry Herweg. Throughout the album, the quartet move as one like a glacier, awesome and forever imbuing the landscape with their mark. Australasia stands as a pioneering work, unmatched in the level of unbridled beauty and devastation Pelican wields across the album. Features artwork designed by Aaron Turner. Newly remastered vinyl comes with a bonus remix by James Plotkin and bonus track downloads available only with vinyl purchase."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HAINO & SUMAC, KEIJI	Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 568CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Originally released in 2022. "Thrill Jockey Records presents Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never, the third collaborative album by Japanese free music provocateur Keiji Haino and expressionist metal trio SUMAC. Into This Juvenile Apocalypse captures Haino and the three members of SUMAC live on stage, navigating a series of spontaneous compositions in front of an attentive audience, with no prior discussions or planning involving the direction of the music. All four participants agree that Into This Juvenile Apocalypse finds the quartet navigating the push-and-pull of creative interplay with bolder strides and stronger chemistry. Recorded on May 21, 2019, at the Astoria Hotel on Vancouver BC's notorious East Hastings Street as a one-off performance during a short North American tour for Haino, the six compositions comprising Into This Juvenile Apocalypse showcase a musical unit bouncing unfiltered ideas off of one another, mining a trove of textures and timbres from their armory to buoy and bolster these living and breathing pieces. Like so many albums documenting free music, the thrill here is in the tight rope walk, the wavering moments of uncertainty, and the ecstatic moments of shared brilliance. The album opens with 'When logic rises morality falls Logic and morality in Japanese are but one character different,' a pensive exploration of melody spearheaded by Aaron Turner's fractured arpeggiated guitar chords. Drummer Nick Yacyshyn and bassist Brian Cook step to the forefront on track two, 'A shredded coiled cable within this cable the sincerity could not be contained.' As with American Dollar Bill and Even For Just The Briefest Moment, Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never is an unfiltered and undoctored document of a specific moment in time. There are equipment failures. There are ideas left dangling in the ether. There are the technical handicaps of recording in a dingy hotel dive bar in a bad neighborhood as opposed to the optimal acoustics of a proper recording studio. But there is also an electricity in the air, and a continuous sense of creative elation and goosebump-inducing inspiration. It's an hour-long exercise in seeking out happy accidents and reveling in the wreckage."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HAINO & SUMAC, KEIJI	Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never (Olive Vinyl)	2LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 568X-LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Originally released in 2022. Olive color vinyl. "Thrill Jockey Records presents Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never, the third collaborative album by Japanese free music provocateur Keiji Haino and expressionist metal trio SUMAC. Into This Juvenile Apocalypse captures Haino and the three members of SUMAC live on stage, navigating a series of spontaneous compositions in front of an attentive audience, with no prior discussions or planning involving the direction of the music. All four participants agree that Into This Juvenile Apocalypse finds the quartet navigating the push-and-pull of creative interplay with bolder strides and stronger chemistry. Recorded on May 21, 2019, at the Astoria Hotel on Vancouver BC's notorious East Hastings Street as a one-off performance during a short North American tour for Haino, the six compositions comprising Into This Juvenile Apocalypse showcase a musical unit bouncing unfiltered ideas off of one another, mining a trove of textures and timbres from their armory to buoy and bolster these living and breathing pieces. Like so many albums documenting free music, the thrill here is in the tight rope walk, the wavering moments of uncertainty, and the ecstatic moments of shared brilliance. The album opens with 'When logic rises morality falls Logic and morality in Japanese are but one character different,' a pensive exploration of melody spearheaded by Aaron Turner's fractured arpeggiated guitar chords. Drummer Nick Yacyshyn and bassist Brian Cook step to the forefront on track two, 'A shredded coiled cable within this cable the sincerity could not be contained.' As with American Dollar Bill and Even For Just The Briefest Moment, Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never is an unfiltered and undoctored document of a specific moment in time. There are equipment failures. There are ideas left dangling in the ether. There are the technical handicaps of recording in a dingy hotel dive bar in a bad neighborhood as opposed to the optimal acoustics of a proper recording studio. But there is also an electricity in the air, and a continuous sense of creative elation and goosebump-inducing inspiration. It's an hour-long exercise in seeking out happy accidents and reveling in the wreckage."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
OVAL	Romantiq	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 590LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Originally released in 2023. "The music of Markus Popp is endlessly curious. Since the early '90s his pioneering albums as Oval have continually excavated new spaces in electronic music, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. Popp's playful and singular approach to sound has continually left critics and peers alike confounded by his ability to conjure such lithe, evocative sonics from software. Celebrated collaborations with Jan St. Werner as Microstoria remain foundational texts in underground music, while a rare split record with Liturgy exemplifies Popp's reach and influence outside electronic spheres. His album Romantiq turns the producer's inquisitive ear to an omnipresent and yet oft ill-defined, even maligned area of music and art -- the romantic. The album foregrounds the emotional drive that has always been present in Oval records, providing a genuine and unabashed interrogation of its subject matter delivered with delectable sophistication. Romantiq evolved from an audio-visual collaboration with digital artist Robert Seidel for the grand opening of the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt -- a huge outdoor projection covering the museum building. From the project's inception both Seidel and Popp sought a more expansive definition of 'romantic,' extending outward from the museum's comprehensive survey of the 19th-century epoch in art. Popp crafted dozens of short vignettes that each sought to evoke a specific mood or emotion in dialogue with Seidel's dense, intricate digital imagery and animations. From those initial foundations Popp continued to develop his initial sketches into something even more ambitious and diverse in its outlook. Romantiq surveys a staggering amount of source material, looking as much to literature, architecture and artistic traditions as it does music. Processed period instruments trace luxuriant spaces that shift from low-lit chambers to glistening palatial grandeur, glitching through past, present and future. Swelling atmospheres emerge like perfume, rich scents flooding the senses before evaporating on the breeze. Disparate traditional elements and romantic tropes are juxtaposed and recast into a future-seeking survey of ephemeral emotion. Throughout Romantiq, Popp masterfully blurs the line between the organic and digital, obscuring or revealing instruments in service of atmosphere."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
OVAL	Romantiq (Red Vinyl)	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 590X-LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Transparent red color vinyl. Originally released in 2023. "The music of Markus Popp is endlessly curious. Since the early '90s his pioneering albums as Oval have continually excavated new spaces in electronic music, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. Popp's playful and singular approach to sound has continually left critics and peers alike confounded by his ability to conjure such lithe, evocative sonics from software. Celebrated collaborations with Jan St. Werner as Microstoria remain foundational texts in underground music, while a rare split record with Liturgy exemplifies Popp's reach and influence outside electronic spheres. His album Romantiq turns the producer's inquisitive ear to an omnipresent and yet oft ill-defined, even maligned area of music and art -- the romantic. The album foregrounds the emotional drive that has always been present in Oval records, providing a genuine and unabashed interrogation of its subject matter delivered with delectable sophistication. Romantiq evolved from an audio-visual collaboration with digital artist Robert Seidel for the grand opening of the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt -- a huge outdoor projection covering the museum building. From the project's inception both Seidel and Popp sought a more expansive definition of 'romantic,' extending outward from the museum's comprehensive survey of the 19th-century epoch in art. Popp crafted dozens of short vignettes that each sought to evoke a specific mood or emotion in dialogue with Seidel's dense, intricate digital imagery and animations. From those initial foundations Popp continued to develop his initial sketches into something even more ambitious and diverse in its outlook. Romantiq surveys a staggering amount of source material, looking as much to literature, architecture and artistic traditions as it does music. Processed period instruments trace luxuriant spaces that shift from low-lit chambers to glistening palatial grandeur, glitching through past, present and future. Swelling atmospheres emerge like perfume, rich scents flooding the senses before evaporating on the breeze. Disparate traditional elements and romantic tropes are juxtaposed and recast into a future-seeking survey of ephemeral emotion. Throughout Romantiq, Popp masterfully blurs the line between the organic and digital, obscuring or revealing instruments in service of atmosphere."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CLARK	Sus Dog	CD	THROTTLE	THROT 007CD
$12.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 This is Chris Clark's tenth studio album, originally released in 2023. The electronic artist chose to marry his signature volatile, pin-sharp production to the introduction of his own emotive vocals. Challenging himself to fantasize what a record might sound like "if the Beach Boys took MDMA and made a rave record," Clark looked to Thom Yorke to assist in an executive production role, an ideal companion considering Yorke's most recent flights to the world of immersive electronica. There's also plenty of occasions where the compositions lean towards cinematic soundscapes particularly on the unnerving distortion of "Forest." However unlike on his Growl Garden EP where vocals were used in a more chilling and dystopian role, those on the likes of "Dolgoch Tape" are far more reverential and tender, closer to the spellbound serenity found on a Sufjan Stevens LP. Vocals funneled into textures rather than dominant leads. Highlighting the album's contrasts and bonds between human and machine The Guardian described it as "wandering free from structure, deploying sunbursts of synths and metallic percussion, nailing melodies into your primitive brain."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CLARK	Sus Dog	2LP	THROTTLE	THROT 007LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Double LP version. This is Chris Clark's tenth studio album, originally released in 2023. The electronic artist chose to marry his signature volatile, pin-sharp production to the introduction of his own emotive vocals. Challenging himself to fantasize what a record might sound like "if the Beach Boys took MDMA and made a rave record," Clark looked to Thom Yorke to assist in an executive production role, an ideal companion considering Yorke's most recent flights to the world of immersive electronica. There's also plenty of occasions where the compositions lean towards cinematic soundscapes particularly on the unnerving distortion of "Forest." However unlike on his Growl Garden EP where vocals were used in a more chilling and dystopian role, those on the likes of "Dolgoch Tape" are far more reverential and tender, closer to the spellbound serenity found on a Sufjan Stevens LP. Vocals funneled into textures rather than dominant leads. Highlighting the album's contrasts and bonds between human and machine The Guardian described it as "wandering free from structure, deploying sunbursts of synths and metallic percussion, nailing melodies into your primitive brain."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CURRIE, CODY	Fade To Black	12"	TOY TONICS	TOYT 187EP
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 8/29/2025 Cody Currie returns with a new EP! The London super soul talent did five more tracks for his label Toy Tonics. Being part of the Toy Tonics crew since almost day one, he has been sharing studio, stages and free time with the Berlin label bunch for more than five years now. The new EP shows his talent as a musician who plays bass, guitar and keyboard on the highest level again as well his skills as a superb electronic producer.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FUCKWOLF	Boone	LP	AGITATED RECORDS	AGIT 074LP
$30.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "If Goodbye, Asshole was the wild night -- tequila-sharp riffs, sticky floors, and last-call chaos howled into the void of a disappearing city -- then Boone is the merciless morning after. The sun cracks the blinds. The brain throbs. Every bad decision gleams in the hard light, raw and undeniable. Fuckwolf's second album pares their scuzz-wave blitz down to exposed nerves: Eric Park's basslines stalk like a hangover pulse, Simon Phillips' drums land like a palm slapping the alarm into silence, and Tomo Yasuda's guitar wirings spit like diner coffee left to burn on the hotplate. The fog has lifted; the damage is inventoried. These ten tracks are crime scene polaroids, tales of longing and woe, fresh mystery bruises and eulogies. There's no wallowing here, just the tight, terrible beauty of a band that's stared down the void and come back swinging. The party's dead. Long live the reckoning."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FUCKWOLF	Boone (Color Vinyl)	LP	AGITATED RECORDS	AGIT 074X-LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Color vinyl version. "If Goodbye, Asshole was the wild night -- tequila-sharp riffs, sticky floors, and last-call chaos howled into the void of a disappearing city -- then Boone is the merciless morning after. The sun cracks the blinds. The brain throbs. Every bad decision gleams in the hard light, raw and undeniable. Fuckwolf's second album pares their scuzz-wave blitz down to exposed nerves: Eric Park's basslines stalk like a hangover pulse, Simon Phillips' drums land like a palm slapping the alarm into silence, and Tomo Yasuda's guitar wirings spit like diner coffee left to burn on the hotplate. The fog has lifted; the damage is inventoried. These ten tracks are crime scene polaroids, tales of longing and woe, fresh mystery bruises and eulogies. There's no wallowing here, just the tight, terrible beauty of a band that's stared down the void and come back swinging. The party's dead. Long live the reckoning."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
JELINEK, MADS EMIL NIELSEN, JAN	Framework/Zwischen Remixes	7"	ARBITRARY	ARBITRARY 022EP
$11.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 The Danish label Arbitrary presents Framework/Zwischen Remixes -- a remix by German artist Jan Jelinek and one by musician and label founder Mads Emil Nielsen originally made for a digital compilation, now published on 7" vinyl. For the CRXSSINGS release, Jan Jelinek remixed Nielsen's "Framework 10," a track from the Framework book/CD based on sequences/recordings of sine waves and noise. Side B features a rework by Mads Emil Nielsen of Jelinek's voice collage and electronic sounds, from Zwischen -- Marcel Duchamp, would you like or expect people to spin the wheel on your kinetic object Roue de Bicyclette. Mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer at D&M, Berlin.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CARLI	Sea of Love	LP	STUDIO BARNHUS	BARN 110LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 It's pretty wild to think this is in fact Carli's debut solo album, considering the Swedish producer's long and illustrious career, defined by eclectic hits ranging from underground grime scorchers to straight-up Eurovision goodness, not to mention him being a cornerstone of acclaimed outfits like Off The Meds, Savage Skulls, and Marcus Price & Carli. On Sea Of Love, the Stockholm-born former breakdancer takes listeners on a journey through a vast ocean of musical influences, effortlessly blending rave nostalgia, bass-heavy experimentation, and contemporary club sounds. Carli skillfully navigates from raw UK hardcore bonkerisms to the crisp rhythmic pulses of modern-day dancehall, always upholding a vibe that's at once futuristic and reverent of club music's storied past. Filled with intricate production techniques and an irresistible sense of joy, Sea Of Love showcases Carli's unique ability to merge styles without losing coherence or authenticity. This is club music crafted by someone who's not only seen it all from the booth, but also been on the dancefloor himself, resulting in tracks that feel deeply personal yet universally appealing. With Sea Of Love, Carli firmly establishes himself as a visionary solo artist, proving that after decades of shaping the sound of Stockholm's underground, his best is still ahead. Featuring Duvchi, K. Sling, Lune, and Seinabo Sey.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Silberland Vol 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik 1972-1986	CD	BUREAU B	BB 471CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 On their last trip to Silberland, hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg imprint opt for an unhurried itinerary, coasting far beyond the familiar rhythmic terrain to immerse listeners in the ambient side of this alternative Allemagne. Building on the tape loops, tone poems, and minimalist compositions of the '60s avant-garde, these musicians utilized the sweeping scope of the synthesizer to create expansive meditations. This compilation offers a survey of this singular era, blending pioneering voices with lesser-known artists for an immersive sonic experience. Taken from Cluster & Eno's self-titled 1977 album, "Ho Renomo" opens the set with a profound minimalism. Roedelius' "Veilchenwurzeln" follows, evoking pastoral scenes in a multi-layered and undulating composition, where synths flow gently, conjuring images of open fields and embodying an organic warmth. Der Plan's "Die Wüste" delves into darker territories, translating the visual world of Rainer Kirberg's cult film into a stark soundscape, while Rolf Trostel's "Hope Is The Answer" sees a steady sequence rise and fall beneath the filter. The koto-like plucks and piercing drones of Vono's "Hitze" create a mysterious and hypnotic experience which draws on both ancient and futuristic tones before giving way to "E-Night", a recording from the sessions of You's 1980 LP Electric Days. As the album progresses, Serge Blenner's "Phrase IV" beguiles with minimalist yet celestial synth lines, while Moebius' "Falsche Ruhe" offers a quiet, haunting meditation on solitude. From there, Harald Grosskopf's "Oceanheart," envelops listeners in aquatic ambient textures that suggest serene, moonlit waters -- a perfect surface to reflect the starry sky portrayed by Lapre's acoustic guitar and wistful synths. The glimmering, crystalline, landscape of Riechmann's "Abendlicht" finds a heartbeat amongst the tranquility, leading seamlessly into the unhurried progression of shimmering chords and chiming synths which make up Adalbert von Deyen's "Per Aspera Ad Astra". Unreleased until Bureau B's recent retrospective set, Faust's "Lampe An, Tür Zu, Leute Rein!" channels a darker, introspective, energy, marked by drones and field recordings while Conrad Schnitzler's "Electric Garden" creates an electronic biosphere buzzing with synthetic life. Moebius & Plank's "Nordöstliches Gefühl" pairs calm percussion and rhythm guitar with pastoral, swirling electronics, resulting in a lush, stately piece that captures the spirit of a vast, open landscape. Deutsche Wertabeit delivers hypnotic minimalism, before Asmus Tietchens' "Räuschlinge" pulls the listener into an eerie atmosphere of deep disquiet. Pyrolator's "Minimal Tape 1/8" offers an immersive wall of sound. The wintry "Southland" by Rüdiger Lorenz evokes the isolation of frozen landscapes, a fitting prologue for "Alleewalzer" by Thomas Dinger.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Silberland Vol 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik 1972-1986	2LP	BUREAU B	BB 471LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Double LP version. On their last trip to Silberland, hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual motorik motion. This time, however, the Hamburg imprint opt for an unhurried itinerary, coasting far beyond the familiar rhythmic terrain to immerse listeners in the ambient side of this alternative Allemagne. Building on the tape loops, tone poems, and minimalist compositions of the '60s avant-garde, these musicians utilized the sweeping scope of the synthesizer to create expansive meditations. This compilation offers a survey of this singular era, blending pioneering voices with lesser-known artists for an immersive sonic experience. Taken from Cluster & Eno's self-titled 1977 album, "Ho Renomo" opens the set with a profound minimalism. Roedelius' "Veilchenwurzeln" follows, evoking pastoral scenes in a multi-layered and undulating composition, where synths flow gently, conjuring images of open fields and embodying an organic warmth. Der Plan's "Die Wüste" delves into darker territories, translating the visual world of Rainer Kirberg's cult film into a stark soundscape, while Rolf Trostel's "Hope Is The Answer" sees a steady sequence rise and fall beneath the filter. The koto-like plucks and piercing drones of Vono's "Hitze" create a mysterious and hypnotic experience which draws on both ancient and futuristic tones before giving way to "E-Night", a recording from the sessions of You's 1980 LP Electric Days. As the album progresses, Serge Blenner's "Phrase IV" beguiles with minimalist yet celestial synth lines, while Moebius' "Falsche Ruhe" offers a quiet, haunting meditation on solitude. From there, Harald Grosskopf's "Oceanheart," envelops listeners in aquatic ambient textures that suggest serene, moonlit waters -- a perfect surface to reflect the starry sky portrayed by Lapre's acoustic guitar and wistful synths. The glimmering, crystalline, landscape of Riechmann's "Abendlicht" finds a heartbeat amongst the tranquility, leading seamlessly into the unhurried progression of shimmering chords and chiming synths which make up Adalbert von Deyen's "Per Aspera Ad Astra". Unreleased until Bureau B's recent retrospective set, Faust's "Lampe An, Tür Zu, Leute Rein!" channels a darker, introspective, energy, marked by drones and field recordings while Conrad Schnitzler's "Electric Garden" creates an electronic biosphere buzzing with synthetic life. Moebius & Plank's "Nordöstliches Gefühl" pairs calm percussion and rhythm guitar with pastoral, swirling electronics, resulting in a lush, stately piece that captures the spirit of a vast, open landscape. Deutsche Wertabeit delivers hypnotic minimalism, before Asmus Tietchens' "Räuschlinge" pulls the listener into an eerie atmosphere of deep disquiet. Pyrolator's "Minimal Tape 1/8" offers an immersive wall of sound. The wintry "Southland" by Rüdiger Lorenz evokes the isolation of frozen landscapes, a fitting prologue for "Alleewalzer" by Thomas Dinger.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PHEW, ERIKA KOBAYASHI, DIETER MOEBIUS	Radium Girls	CD	BUREAU B	BB 485CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 In the shadow of the nuclear accident in Fukushima in 2011, Japanese musician Phew, artist Erika Kobayashi, and German electronic music pioneer Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) came together for an extraordinary project. Together, they developed the concept album Radium Girls 2011, which they released in 2012 under the project name Project UNDARK -- 114 years after the discovery of radium by Marie and Pierre Curie. The album is dedicated to the so-called Radium Girls, female factory workers in the United States during the 1920s who painted watch dials with radioactive luminous paint and suffered severe health consequences from radium poisoning. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the label Bureau B is reissuing Radium Girls -- for the first time also on vinyl. The Radium Girls were female factory workers who unknowingly suffered radiation poisoning while painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium Factory in Orange, New Jersey, around 1917. A group of five affected women later took their employer to court, setting a legal precedent that granted workers the right to sue companies for illnesses caused by hazardous working conditions. Between 1917 and 1926, the U.S. Radium Corporation -- previously named the Radium Luminous Material Corporation -- specialized in extracting and refining radium from carnotite ore to manufacture glow-in-the-dark paint, marketed as "Undark." As a supplier for the military, the company produced radioluminescent watches and other instruments. The New Jersey factory employed over a hundred workers, primarily women, to apply the radium-based paint, unaware of the serious health dangers associated with it. In total, around 4,000 workers across the United States and Canada were hired to paint watch dials with radium. Many later suffered from severe health problems due to radiation exposure, though the exact number of fatalities remains uncertain.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PHEW, ERIKA KOBAYASHI, DIETER MOEBIUS	Radium Girls	LP	BUREAU B	BB 485LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. In the shadow of the nuclear accident in Fukushima in 2011, Japanese musician Phew, artist Erika Kobayashi, and German electronic music pioneer Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) came together for an extraordinary project. Together, they developed the concept album Radium Girls 2011, which they released in 2012 under the project name Project UNDARK -- 114 years after the discovery of radium by Marie and Pierre Curie. The album is dedicated to the so-called Radium Girls, female factory workers in the United States during the 1920s who painted watch dials with radioactive luminous paint and suffered severe health consequences from radium poisoning. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the label Bureau B is reissuing Radium Girls -- for the first time also on vinyl. The Radium Girls were female factory workers who unknowingly suffered radiation poisoning while painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium Factory in Orange, New Jersey, around 1917. A group of five affected women later took their employer to court, setting a legal precedent that granted workers the right to sue companies for illnesses caused by hazardous working conditions. Between 1917 and 1926, the U.S. Radium Corporation -- previously named the Radium Luminous Material Corporation -- specialized in extracting and refining radium from carnotite ore to manufacture glow-in-the-dark paint, marketed as "Undark." As a supplier for the military, the company produced radioluminescent watches and other instruments. The New Jersey factory employed over a hundred workers, primarily women, to apply the radium-based paint, unaware of the serious health dangers associated with it. In total, around 4,000 workers across the United States and Canada were hired to paint watch dials with radium. Many later suffered from severe health problems due to radiation exposure, though the exact number of fatalities remains uncertain.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	2015-2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations	CD	BONGO JOE RECORDS	BJR 10Y-CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Since 2015, Les Disques Bongo Joe have been exploring musical margins with passion and precision -- from rare reissues to bold local projects and international collaborations. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Geneva-based label releases 10 Years of Sonic Explorations, a compilation that captures a decade of handcrafted work, collective vision, and sonic adventures. It's not a "best of," but a vivid snapshot of what drives the label: from forgotten archives to emerging scenes, from Geneva to Bogotá, Istanbul or Lilongwe -- through lo-fi grooves, offbeat percussion, raw vocals and unclassifiable sounds. Spanning the label's earliest releases to its most recent ones, this selection highlights the range of aesthetics Bongo Joe has championed over the years -- always resisting trends, always embracing singularity. A deep dive into a freeform catalogue built on one belief: that music is a force for expression, transmission, and connection. Featuring Alain Peters, Altin Gün, Mauskovic Dance Band, Esplendor Geometrico, Hyperculte, Madalitso Band, Meridian Brothers, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Nordine Staifi, Cyril Cyril, África Negra, Yīn Yīn, Les Abranis, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Coco Maria, AMAMI, Lalalar, Nusantara Beat, Yalla Miku, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, Sami Galbi, Baby Berserk, and Dressed Up Animal.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	2015-2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations	2LP	BONGO JOE RECORDS	BJR 10Y-LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 2LP version. Since 2015, Les Disques Bongo Joe have been exploring musical margins with passion and precision -- from rare reissues to bold local projects and international collaborations. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Geneva-based label releases 10 Years of Sonic Explorations, a compilation that captures a decade of handcrafted work, collective vision, and sonic adventures. It's not a "best of," but a vivid snapshot of what drives the label: from forgotten archives to emerging scenes, from Geneva to Bogotá, Istanbul or Lilongwe -- through lo-fi grooves, offbeat percussion, raw vocals and unclassifiable sounds. Spanning the label's earliest releases to its most recent ones, this selection highlights the range of aesthetics Bongo Joe has championed over the years -- always resisting trends, always embracing singularity. A deep dive into a freeform catalogue built on one belief: that music is a force for expression, transmission, and connection. Featuring Alain Peters, Altin Gün, Mauskovic Dance Band, Esplendor Geometrico, Hyperculte, Madalitso Band, Meridian Brothers, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Nordine Staifi, Cyril Cyril, África Negra, Yīn Yīn, Les Abranis, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Coco Maria, AMAMI, Lalalar, Nusantara Beat, Yalla Miku, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, Sami Galbi, Baby Berserk, and Dressed Up Animal.

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DENNISON, DORIS	Earth Interval	LP	BLUME	BLUME 025LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 The discovery of Doris Dennison's score represents a genuine musicological breakthrough -- what once would have been "a tree falling in the woods" thirty years ago now holds the potential to render "a thunderous clap in our minds." While researching Anna Halprin's lesser-known collaborators, scholar Tom Welsh uncovered the archives of AA Leath, one of Halprin's principal dancers. Buried within these materials was Dennison's handwritten score for Earth Interval, dated May 1956. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1908, and raised near Seattle, Dennison (1908-2009) encountered John Cage while teaching Dalcroze eurythmics at the Cornish College of the Arts. She joined Cage's earliest percussion quartet -- alongside Margaret Jansen, the composer and his wife Xenia -- in the group widely regarded as having performed the first complete concert of percussion music in the United States. This historic December 1938 concert was followed by tours and the landmark May 1941 performance at the California Club, comprising Cage and Lou Harrison's Double Music, the premiere of Cage's Third Construction, and Harrison's 13th Simfony. As Bradford Bailey observes in his extensive liner notes, Earth Interval demonstrates "an extraordinary balance of elements that imbues the piece with a sense of clarity, directness, and constraint that is both distinct and ahead of its time." The work's most remarkable innovation lies in its approach to extended techniques, particularly Dennison's notation for the central movement. The temporal sophistication of these manipulations anticipated Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I (1964) and Annea Lockwood's water-based sound investigations by over a decade. Comprising three movements "Land Form," "Air Tide," and "Earth Play," Earth Interval is scored for recorder, drums, gongs, maracas, muted gongs, and bowl gongs. When viewed in historical context, placed in contrast to roughly contemporaneous avant-garde percussion works by Cage, Harrison, Louis Thomas Hardin (Moondog), and Harry Partch, or important precursors like Edgard Varèse's Ionisation (1931) and Henry Cowell's Ostinato Pianissimo (1934), it's clear that Dennison was following her own path. This recording by Chicago's Third Coast Percussion, captured in March 2022, represents the first complete documentation of this pioneering work. The present Blume edition, featuring Third Coast Percussion's authoritative interpretation, includes a lavishly illustrated 16-page booklet designed by Bruno Stucchi/dinamomilano, containing complete scholarly apparatus, historical photographs, and detailed production notes.

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FREY, JURG	Extended Circular Music	LP	BLUME	BLUME 026LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Since its founding back in 2014, Blume has carved a unique place in cultural landscape, issuing free-standing works, spanning the historical and contemporary, that represent singular gestures of creativity within the field of experimental sound. Joining their broad efforts in building networks of context and understanding and following the first ever vinyl release to attend to James Tenney's legendary Postal Pieces, the label now presents the first LP published by the visionary Swiss composer Jürg Frey. Drawing from the transformative power of breath and resonance, this release represents one of the most profound explorations of musical metamorphosis to emerge from the contemporary experimental landscape. The completed work represents a "conjunction of these two artists" that has "activated a transformative form of experimentalism." In this liminal space between composition and interpretation, between breath and resonance, Zurria and Frey have created something that transcends the boundaries of experimental music itself, offering what might be called a metaphysical cartography of sound in its most essential form. As Bradford Bailey observes in his penetrating liner notes, "music is rarely a fixed entity," existing instead in a state of perpetual flux, "taking on the influences of its interpreters and performers." This fundamental truth finds its most eloquent expression in the transformative collaboration between Italian flutist Manuel Zurria and Frey, longtime member of the Wandelweiser Group. The Extended Circular Music pieces -- each comprising "a small number of bars to be repeated an undetermined number of times" -- become organizations of sound that defy being definitive or fixed. Originally scored for different combinations of violin, viola, cello, and piano, these works now exist as pure phenomena of breath and resonance, where "hanging, breath-length utterances dance and intertwine amongst complex harmonic clusters and conjunctions." Drawing parallels to Morton Feldman's understanding of non-functional harmony, Zurria's approach represents "a transformative form of experimentalism" that activates what Frey calls the "thaumaturgic power" of music -- its capacity to heal and transform consciousness itself. The result is "a radical reimagining of ambience: sprawling sonorities and resonances adrift in space, carrying the liberated traces of the work's former incarnations and their truths." Recorded and mixed by Zurria at BigCardo, Catania between 2022-2024, with mastering by Bruno Germano at Vacuumstudio, Bologna, this Blume release represents a profound exploration of musical transformation.

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ADAMS, EVE	American Dust	CD	BASIN ROCK	BR 023CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 American Dust is an ode to the beauty of the American Southwest, where vast desert landscapes hold stories both stark and tender. Eve Adams' characteristic folk noir weaves a vivid tapestry of love, sacrifice and quiet revelation, conjuring images of dust storms, stray dogs and far off trains. Somewhere out there in that broad and boundless landscape, Eve Adams has been living her own desert life, quietly writing the follow-up to 2021's Metal Bird LP. Where that album sang of liminal space, the dream-like turbulence of Holly-wood's golden age, American Dust is far more rooted in traditional storytelling; a eulogy for the American Dream channeled through that sweeping part of the country that holds such power and mystery. Slipping into different and varied costumes throughout its ten songs, it finds Eve not just observing the people around her but stepping into their shoes and peeling back the layers of their quiet lives. Adams writes from within. Weaving together themes of grit and romance, American Dust holds its focus on the bittersweet poetry of lives lived in solitude, most notably the women who sustain life at the center of it all. Eve is joined on American Dust by Canadian musician Bryce Cloghesy, aka Military Genius of Crack Cloud, who plays throughout and also helped produce the album. Musically bold and vivid, it's an ambitious and detailed stride forward from what's come before, the scope of album's narrative reflected in the radiant sweep of the playing. On top of gentle piano and guitar, gorgeous strings drift through the album, lending the songs a woozy sense of romanticism; a collaboration with Gamaliel Traynor (Cello) and Caroline's Oliver Hamilton (Violin). Musically it's lush and vibrant, intimate and cinematic side by side, and always bursting with warmth. But it's what it holds in its weary bones that elevates it to something truly special, something more than just a collection of songs penned in the heart of the desert. The characters it speaks of, and from, feel shadowed but wholly real, like they're bursting to share their stories that have remained hidden for years and years and they allow Eve Adams to grow as a songwriter.

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ADAMS, EVE	American Dust	LP	BASIN ROCK	BR 023LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. American Dust is an ode to the beauty of the American Southwest, where vast desert landscapes hold stories both stark and tender. Eve Adams' characteristic folk noir weaves a vivid tapestry of love, sacrifice and quiet revelation, conjuring images of dust storms, stray dogs and far off trains. Somewhere out there in that broad and boundless landscape, Eve Adams has been living her own desert life, quietly writing the follow-up to 2021's Metal Bird LP. Where that album sang of liminal space, the dream-like turbulence of Holly-wood's golden age, American Dust is far more rooted in traditional storytelling; a eulogy for the American Dream channeled through that sweeping part of the country that holds such power and mystery. Slipping into different and varied costumes throughout its ten songs, it finds Eve not just observing the people around her but stepping into their shoes and peeling back the layers of their quiet lives. Adams writes from within. Weaving together themes of grit and romance, American Dust holds its focus on the bittersweet poetry of lives lived in solitude, most notably the women who sustain life at the center of it all. Eve is joined on American Dust by Canadian musician Bryce Cloghesy, aka Military Genius of Crack Cloud, who plays throughout and also helped produce the album. Musically bold and vivid, it's an ambitious and detailed stride forward from what's come before, the scope of album's narrative reflected in the radiant sweep of the playing. On top of gentle piano and guitar, gorgeous strings drift through the album, lending the songs a woozy sense of romanticism; a collaboration with Gamaliel Traynor (Cello) and Caroline's Oliver Hamilton (Violin). Musically it's lush and vibrant, intimate and cinematic side by side, and always bursting with warmth. But it's what it holds in its weary bones that elevates it to something truly special, something more than just a collection of songs penned in the heart of the desert. The characters it speaks of, and from, feel shadowed but wholly real, like they're bursting to share their stories that have remained hidden for years and years and they allow Eve Adams to grow as a songwriter.

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FLYNN, TOM	Do The Thud/Balloons vs. Grenades	7"	BONER RECORDS	BR 049EP
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "The first solo release from Tom Flynn (Tapeworm, Fang, Duh, Star Pimp, Cornelius Asperger, Antler Family, Suboptics, Melvins, etc.). 'Do the Thud' is a sludgy glob of blues-metal coughed up from the diseased lung of a depressed walrus, featuring Flynn's usual guitar strangulations. The flip side 'Balloons vs. Grenades' is a hyper new-wave robot attack, a political cry for help. Both tracks feature 1000 tons of drumming talent residing in the person of Dale Crover (Melvins), as well as additional vocals from Elma Marcelle Poulos (Star Pimp) in her long-awaited return to the microphone."

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LA CHOOMA	La Chooma	LP	BATOV RECORDS	BTR 125LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Psychedelic dub, Afro-Latin rhythms and cosmic grooves come together on La Chooma's self-titled debut for Batov Records. Drawing on Moroccan Gnawa, Colombian cumbia, Afrobeat, Jamaica dub and roots, and cosmic jazz, the six-piece ensemble create deep, hypnotic music rooted in global traditions and shaped for contemporary. Having already captivated local audiences with their hypnotic, organic live performances, La Chooma -- now a six-piece ensemble -- have been steadily building an international following. Initial singles "Magic Plant" and "Huachuma" earned support from tastemakers including BBC Radio 6 Music's Deb Grant and Tom Ravenscroft. "Magic Plant" distills the band's signature blend of hypnotic grooves, lush percussion and woozy synths, like Jimi Tenor lost in the Colombian Amazon. A dreamlike, dub-infused trip driven by organic rhythm and cosmic textures. "Huachuma" picks up the thread, fusing Afrobeat percussion, swirling basslines and psychedelic flourishes into a hallucinogenic jam made for a tropical dancefloor. "High Grow" conjures images of The X-Files set in Addis Ababa, with Ethiojazz-style synths dancing and tripping across a relentless Mulatu-inspired bassline and Afrobeat drums, all drenched in foreboding dub delay. Perfect for dark, smoke-filled rooms in the small hours. Like the lost child of Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids and The Comet Is Coming, "Lonely" hits like a sledgehammer of cosmic synth funk and intense Afrorock drums, riding an acoustic bassline that breaks into a frenetic solo after a minute. The drums constantly threaten to overwhelm, but open up for the spiraling synths to peak half way through the track. "Cozumel" follows seamlessly, moving to a slightly slower groove built on a deep electric bassline and irresistible four-to-the-floor Afro-Latin rhythms. Synths rise in harmony with the haunting call of the hand-carved Egyptian kawala flute as the energy builds in the third minute before the tension finally releases. There's something in the music's spiritual core and soulful presence that recalls the groundbreaking work of Jamaican legends Count Ossie and Cedric Brooks, who fused jazz with Rastafari drumming. La Chooma draw dotted lines across time and space, finding hidden connections and shared frequencies, pulling threads together into a sound that hypnotizes the mind and moves the body.

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AL BILALI SOUDAN	Chez Aballou	LP	CLERMONT MUSIC	CLE 078LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. Al Bilali Soudan sparked by passion, and experience generate an improvisational tour de force melding tradition, rhythm and scale. From Tombouctou, Mali, these bravura players have performed together for generations. Pairing blazing strings with insistent percussion, Al Bilali Soudan's cultural roots represent the source of trance desert blues. Al Bilali Soudan delivers Takamba in its rawest form -- the original desert sound. These masters command the tehardent, a three-stringed lute buzzing with hypnotic power, propelled by deep calabash rhythms. Their music is tradition unleashed: unrefined, immediate, and pulsing with the spirit of Saharan gatherings. Recorded during informal rehearsals, this session captures Al Bilali Soudan's essence. Two extended tracks stretch beyond 13 minutes, locking into relentless trance inducing grooves. Abellow Yattara leads with tehardent work that's both virtuosic and deeply rooted, proving why he's revered as a keeper of Mali's musical legacy. This is desert music at its most primal. No studio effects, no concessions -- just real, raw resonance of strings, skin and voice. For those who think they know African blues, here's the deeper truth.

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EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS	The Last Quintet	2CD	CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY	CVSD 123CD
$18.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Two decades ago, an all-star assembly of Chicago improvisers started a new band, drawing its name from an 1841 book by Charles Mackay: Extraordinary Popular Delusions. With weekly gigs at a spot in Chicago called Hotti Biscotti, Jim Baker, Mars Williams, Brian Sandstrom, and Steve Hunt honed their sound, which could be ferocious or nerdy or diffuse, as they moment required. After a couple years, the quartet moved to a regular Monday session at Beat Kitchen, where they were resident band for more than fifteen years. Williams was from time to time called away on tour, frequently enough that the band invited another horn player, the venerable Edward Wilkerson Jr., to substitute. This inevitably led to quintet convenings with both Williams and Wilkerson, the likes of which are now legend. Without question, although they have only released two previous records, EPD is one of the signal ensembles of Chicago creative music. Mars Williams (1955-2023) had been diagnosed with late-stage cancer when EPD booked a concert at Elastic Arts Foundation at the end of August, 2023. Williams, who lived less than three months more, was on the bill. Nobody expected him to play the way he did. More than an honorary appearance, this was Mars at the top of his game, playing, as it were, for his life. With Sandstrom switching between bass, trumpet, and electric guitar, Wilkerson doubling on saxophone and clarinet as well as oud and didgeridoo, Baker on ARP synthesizer and piano as well as violin, and Hunt on all sorts of percussion, Williams' table of toys and his blazing soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones were in perfect company -- a band that could freely improvise open structures and instantly compose unforeseen suites, while maintaining a level of intensity and intrigue on par with the saxophonist's mastery. Long term relationships extending outside this group, including those with NRG Ensemble, Mars Williams' Ayler Xmas projects, as well as a variety of ad hoc and shorter-lived amalgamations, made this one of the most fertile environments for these players, and this final quintet bore the marks of a classic concert. Which it was. Fortunately, Dave Zuchowski was there to brilliantly document it in all its two-set glory. Corbett vs. Dempsey is pleased to present the entire concert on two CDs, as the fourth installment of CvsD's Mars Archive series, with a cover painting by Timothy Howe.

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CRANES	John Peel Sessions (1989-1990) (White Vinyl)	LP	DADAPHONIC	DADA 005X-LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Limited-edition of 500 worldwide on white vinyl. The first in a series of archival releases from Cranes, the band's John Peel Sessions are collected for the first time. Artwork by feted 4AD/v23 sleeve designer Chris Bigg (Cocteau Twins, Pixies etc). Formed in mid-1980s Portsmouth by the brother and sister duo of Jim Shaw (drummer, keyboardist, guitarist, programmer) and Alison Shaw (vocalist, guitarist, bassist), Cranes first appeared in 1986 with Fuse, a self-released and now highly sought-after cassette of demos. Their debut album Self-Non-Self followed in 1989, catching the attention of legendary DJ John Peel, who invited them to record two sessions for his show in 1989 and 1990, the second seeing Mark Francombe (guitarist, keyboardist, bassist) and Matt Cope (guitarist) join ranks to form the line-up who would go on to record multiple albums for Dedicated including the much-loved album, Forever. Cranes now present John Peel Sessions (1989-1990) on their own Dadaphonic label.

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CRANES	Fuse (Magenta Vinyl)	LP	DADAPHONIC	DADA 006X-LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Limited-edition of 500 worldwide on magenta vinyl. The Fuse album was remastered at Abbey Road in 2023. The album includes an extra unheard track from the period called New Liberty. Artwork is by Chris Bigg of V23. The second in a series of archive releases by Cranes, Fuse was recorded in Portsmouth, their home town by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw. It originally appeared as a cassette album in 1986 on the Bite Back! label. With an initial run of only 200 copies, over the years this album, with its distinctive purple cover has been highly sought after amongst fans, often exchanging hands for more than £100. Fuse showcases a sparser, darker and more industrial, post punk sound. From the hypnotic allure and rhythmic intensity of the title track to the ferocious and challenging beats of Wrench, the songs are just as mesmerizing as Cranes' later, critically acclaimed releases. Recorded in a garage on a 4-track porta-studio, the band spent many months experimenting and became obsessed with the recording process. Jim Shaw used a very early sampling pedal to create the drum sounds, which were all individually triggered. The only and first "industry" person to hear anything by Cranes at this time was Martin Hannett (legendary producer of Joy Division and New Order). He was looking for unsigned bands to appear on a new music TV show in Manchester and so Ian Binnington from Bite Back! sent him a compilation tape of many Portsmouth bands. Hannett picked out "Fuse (Original Version)" by Cranes and told Ian that the track was "fucking great."

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CURRENT 93	Like Swallowing Eclipses	7CD BOX	DIRTER PROMOTIONS	DPRMCDBX 076CD
$75.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 3,900 years ago, in 2010, David Tibet and Andrew Liles decided to ReDream and ReName the first six and two-halves Current 93 albums on Steve Pittis' dirty Dirter label. Now, 3,900 years later, to mark The Death Of The Age, Or Æon, Or Arse, Of Aquarius, they have returned with a CD box-set, consisting of the original vinyl albums in the box-set remastered by Master Monster Liles, and an extra CD featuring C93's album Who Is The Sufferer. The box-set has been taken from the original artwork by Saint Rob Hopeye, and also includes five color cards, and one color poster, painted by David Tibet. Limited to 1,000 copies. The material on these albums and single and postcard, that has now been dreamt and redrawn by Andrew Liles, was originally performed and released by Current 93 on her earlier UnVeiled, Rising, MalD'Aurorian, MoonBled, DayBreaking, Faustian, Suffering, and BlackBird albums and singles. Now Dirter Promotions offers to you all: Nature Revealed, Dogs Blood Ascending, The End Of Red Dreams, Dead At Bar Maldoror, Dusk, Haunt Invocation (Apadno), Who Is The Sufferer. The box-set also includes a 7" single in full-color sleeve, featuring "There's No Hiding From The BlackBird."

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WASSERMANN	The Palace	12"	THESE EYES	EYE 018EP
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 After years in aesthetic exile, Wolfgang Voigt returns as Wassermann -- for the first time on These Eyes. An elegant escalation, a technoid homage to The Palace in Gstaad -- alpine glamour meets minimalist rigor. Between champagne flute and fog machine, Voigt draws his unmistakable lines: precise, cool, hypnotic. High society meets high fidelity. Alpine views in 4/4 time. Vinyl comes with insert.

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HOG	Blackhole	LP	RIDINGEASY RECORDS	EZRDR 213LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. "Hailing from the Central Valley of California, HÖG's founding member Daniel moved to Portland in 2018 and formed the group, releasing an EP with the initial lineup in 2022. In early 2024 it was announced that Portland locals and friends Adam and Bobcat would join ranks, and they went to work playing shows and developing their upcoming debut album, Blackhole. While HÖG aligns with the familiar tones and rhythm of heavy rock n roll of the 1970s, this group is by no means derivative. Their collective influences and backgrounds of punk and metal that encourage steady experimentation, along with what Daniel identified as 'the dirty bleakness that Portland embodies most of the year' allows the sound of Blackhole to stand on its own. It is dark and grimy, and best played loud. Daniel's writing occurred over two timelines, and while the lyrical content has shifted from 'optimistically defiant and lighthearted' in the early work to more serious subject matter influenced by 'the state of the world, depression, and sex' in newer songs, the execution in both live performance and studio sound does not feel disjointed. This stands as a testament to the band's membership and unity. Adam's swift cadence on the kit with Bobcat's bassline moving in waves, the low end allows Daniel to wail through every fret on his guitar while performing his lyrics in an equally wide vocal range. Recorded in the summer of 2024 in the back of Trevor Labovitz amp repair store named Arcane Amps in Portland Oregon, entirely on 2" reel tape and spanned about two months recording after hours when the shop was closed."

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RUE DE GARDERIES	Jiddu	12"	FEMACOSME	FEMACOSME 004EP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Following their eponymous debut album and the vertiginous Everest, Rue des Garderies continue their semi-narcotic explorations with Jiddu. Around a stretched, distorted sample, a 16-minute improvisation recorded on a summer's night, interacting with their immediate environment: truncated discussions, laughter, noises of joy, silences, love. The whole piece seems to exist in an unknown zone of our psyche -- unknown until then, but which was obvious at the time: an automatic writing done in total freedom, reminiscent of trip-hop and abstract electronic from the '90s. Was it a dream? On the B-side; a drawing by French artist Rebecca Bournigault is etched.

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FUJIIIIIIIIIIITA	Live at Epsilon Spires	LP	FEEDING TUBE RECORDS	FTR 717LP
$27.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Feeding Tube Records is excited to present the first North American release by this amazing Japanese sound artist. Yosuke Fujita goes by the name FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA, perhaps so he won't be mistaken for the guitarist of the same name who plays with Better Days, or perhaps because he just likes to hear people try to figure out how to say, 'FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA,' properly. Either way, FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA is a wonderful avant-garde project that has been active for almost two decades. In its current iteration, performances involve spontaneous compositions on a mutant pipe organ which is operated by air pumps rather than keys. Using a variety of gestural means to create the long tones that are the basis of his work, FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA's performances (such as this one at an old church in Brattleboro VT) have a choreographic element to match the sonics. As an element for this live session (the first he has released), the artist was also able to weave in sounds from Epsilon Spire's own 1906 3' manual Estey pipe organ. The sonic mix is both organic and ghostly. The process by which FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA works has a deeply spiritual quality that blends seamlessly with instrumental sounds sometimes recalling Charlemagne Palestine at his most oceanic. When FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA adds vocals, things get even better. Sometimes using a technique where he pushes himself to a place where he utters sounds that are beyond his actual range, at others singing long wordless passages with prayer-like qualities, the music is beyond easy description. There are three tracks on the LP, each with a slightly different instrumental approach, but all of a piece. The first has both FUJI\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|TA's mutant organ as well as the church's. The second features the church organ and voice. The third is church organ and a Japanese free reed instrument called a shõ. Some parts have a single drone line, others commingle multiple sources for extra pleasure. But the entire album is something like waking up in the middle of a very strange and beautiful dream, not exactly certain where you are or even who you are, just drifting on clouds of serendipitous sounds. All we can say is, 'dream on.'" --Byron Coley, 2025

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SATIN JACKETS	Cruise Control	2LP	GOLDEN HOUR RECORDINGS	GHRLP 001LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 With his new album Cruise Control, Satin Jackets presents a perfect musical soundtrack for relaxed moments that take listeners away from the stresses of everyday life. The title of the album is meaningful: Cruise Control stands for the feeling of switching on the autopilot, leaning back and enjoying the journey to the fullest -- an atmosphere that the album unfolds. The album is a collection of singles that have been released over the last few years and are all interwoven at their core. Because no matter where you listen to the songs, they work, images arise in your head and your feet rarely stay still. Satin Jackets remains true to himself with his album sound, as he repeatedly receives feedback from listeners who appreciate the positive mood in his songs and which always puts them in a good mood. The songs are first created in the producer's head and then develop together with the features, who add their own touch. For Satin Jackets, "the most important thing is this immediate feeling that it fits musically and atmospherically." This can also come out of nowhere, as was the case with David Bay and Small Black, who got in touch with the producer and it was an instant fit. "There are always those magical moments when a song comes out of nowhere. Once I had an idea for a chord sequence that I couldn't get out of my head, but somehow that certain something was still missing. I then spontaneously asked a bassist friend of mine if he would like to play something to it -- ten minutes later we had a hook that carried the whole piece. It's these unexpected, spontaneous inspirations that make the process so exciting." Cruise Control is more than just another album from Satin Jackets. It is an invitation to enjoy the moment and surrender to the music -- a soundtrack that creates a good mood and takes you on a relaxing journey. So just switch on the autopilot again, put on your headphones and let yourself go. Featuring Seint Monet and Nazzereene.

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LIPSTICK KILLERS	Tour De Force Live In Adelaide 1979	LP	GROWN UP WRONG	GUWDM 012LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Sydney's Lipstick Killers released just one single in their lifetime -- the perfect '79 pairing of 'Hindu Gods of Love' and 'Shakedown USA,' released on both their own Lost in Space Records and Greg Shaw's Voxx Records and produced by Deniz Tek of the band's heroes Radio Birdman -- but a posthumous live album and a couple of archival releases followed. It was all incredible. and it was all put together a few years ago on Grown Up Wrong!'s 2CD set Strange Flash! And while the 2LP version of that release included all the studio stuff and the live in LA 1981 set, there was no room for this brain-burning, chaotic live set from '79. Tour De Force, which was recorded for local radio station 5UV, captures the band as they were still emerging from the cocoon that was the Psycho Surgeons. The Nuggets influences are there, but it's a Stooges influences which dominate proceedings, and definitive readings of both sides of the Psycho Surgeons classic 45 'Wild Weekend'/'Horizontal Action' are included alongside early Killers killers like 'Teen Police' and 'Sockman' and later faves like 'Hindu Gods of Love,' 'Shakedown USA' and 'Dying Boy's Crawl.' The band's hot take on the Thirteenth Floor Elevators' 'I've Got Levitation' is also featured. There's also plenty of tunes that were only ever captured on tape on this wild night, including 'Human Crash,' 'Crush On You,' 'Head Off,' and 'Bully!'"

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JARMEY, TOM	Daybreak	LP	INTERCEPT	INT 076LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Tom Jarmey returns with Daybreak, a widescreen second album weaving ambient textures, dusty drum breaks and hazy melodies into a deeply emotive listening experience. Known for his genre-blurring releases on Holding Hands and X-Kalay, the London-based producer continues to push his sound into bold new territory. Having clocked 20M+ streams and earned praise from DJ Mag, Mixmag, and Four Tet, Jarmey's second LP cements his place in the UK's new vanguard of genre-fluid electronic artists.

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CASSY	No Title	12"	KWENCH RECORDS	KWR 040EP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Cassy: Kwench 040 is a celebration with tougher house beats embellished with acid lines and lots of classic house "Loving" on the third track. "It's Time" has two versions one with breakdown and one without.

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MYSTIC 100S	Double Live	2LP	L.G. RECORDS	LG 012LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Mystic 100s, formally known as Milk Music are an underground psychedelic rock group from Washington State. They've maintained a healthy cult following and underground existence since 2008. Double Live is their first live record, and features the band once again as a quartet (Alex Coxen, Abby Dahlquist, Joe Rutter, Charles Waring). It was captured in 2024 by two mysterious audience members at two separate shows (Oakland and Philadelphia), unaware to the band at the time. Inspired and heartfelt songs, playfully careless and expressive jamming. For fans of Neil Young, Velvet Underground, Grateful Dead, Trad Gras och Stenar, etc.). Limited pressing of 500. Pressed on 140g vinyl and housed in gatefold tip-on sleeves."

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TROTH	An Unfinished Rose	LP	NIGHT SCHOOL	LSSN 099LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Slowly yet firmly blooming into focus, An Unfinished Rose is the new album from Australian duo Troth. This is their first since relocating to Hobart, Tasmania and their introduction to Night School Records. With a detailed web of past releases on labels A Colourful Storm, Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox, Knekelhuis and Bowman's own Altered States Tapes imprint, An Unfinished Rose is the group's most realized and composed work thus far. While still drawing on the improvisatory and DIY practices that informed Troth's beginnings, it points to a new incarnation of the duo's music; an intentional language emerging from the fog of obfuscation and mists of uncertainty. Over these nine meditations on change, acceptance, renewal and rebirth, An Unfinished Rose finds Amelia Besseny and Cooper Bowman peeling back some of the roughhewn architecture that defined their earlier releases to reveal a masterful -- if auto-didactic -- use of space and melody. Composition and improvisation compliment and feed each other throughout, with locked-loop earworms providing the springboard for lines of clarinet or synth melody, and the negative space between chord clusters giving ample room for Besseny's most confident vocal performances to date. Shaving off a little of the defining dissonance and tape compression of old reveals Troth's music in radiant daylight, humbly accepting of its place in the world while yearning for better, more sympathetic modes of living. Leaning more heavily on acoustic instrumentation and post-production processes than previously, the result is a transcendent body of work infused with an almost zen-like presence."

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STATUS QUO, THE	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (Color Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 1864COL-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "In 1968 Status Quo's first hit record Pictures of Matchstick Men was released and the debut album soon followed. The single reached #7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached #12. Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo features several covers, including 'Green Tambourine' by The Lemon Pipers and 'Spicks and Specks' by The Bee Gees. South London members Alan Lancaster (bass) and Francis Rossi (guitar) were the original members and founders of Status Quo. Formerly known as The Spectres and later renamed to Traffic or Traffic Jam they settled for Status Quo as their band name in 1967. The following years they were joined by John Coghlan (drums), Roy Lynes (keyboard) and Rick Parfitt (guitar). Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on turquoise vinyl."

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UPSETTERS, THE	Eastwood Rides Again	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2611COL-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Eastwood Rides Again follows the theme of Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters previous classic, Return Of Django -- and like that one, the groove isn't just the rocksteady rhythms you'd expect -- but also maybe this more spacious version of the style. They got their funk on with the inspiration of Spaghetti Westerns and soul music. The record is largely instrumental and it's a representation of Perry's significant production skills. Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music and worked together with artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Clash and The Beastie Boys. Nowadays he's still performing and recording music. Eastwood Rides Again is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on turquoise vinyl."

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KREGGO	Altro Mood	12"	OATH	OATH 025EP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Oath's latest release features renowned producer Kreggo, founder of Art-Aud and Secret Rave, known for his genre-defying sound and deeply atmospheric productions. Active since 2014, Kreggo's music spans IDM, acid, breaks, bass, and techno, continually evolving with each release. His label Art-Aud is celebrated for its forward-thinking output. His new EP Altro Mood includes three original tracks and a remix by Gilb'R, blending energetic rhythms with rich, emotive layers. Tracks like "Sensor," "Labi Inside," and "Obabi" explore intricate sonic textures, while "Taylor Bottle" and Gilb'R's remix add further depth. The EP showcases Kreggo's signature warmth, innovation, and ever-expanding sonic world.

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PRIEBE, PHILIPP	Until The End	2LP	PARADIJS BOOGIE	PARALP 001LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Philipp Priebe's newest release on Paradijs Boogie, the first offshoot of the esteemed German label Freund der Familie. Featuring Ben Kaczor, Tim Eder, OHM, and Soela.

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VON ERCKERT, DAMIANO	Magnolia (Roman Flügel Remix/Pascal Moscheni Remix)	12"	POLIFONIC	PF 010EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 At the crossroads of tradition and experimentation, Damiano von Erckert's sonic identity is forged in the fertile space between house and techno -- a spectrum he navigates with instinct and intention. On Magnolia, his debut for Polifonic Records, von Erckert distills his musical ethos into a concise, emotionally rich release that bridges soulful euphoria and rhythmic introspection.

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ZIUR	Home	LP	RAUM MUSIK	RAUM 006LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 On her fifth album, Ziúr considers not just what home symbolizes from her perspective, but the word's resonance to the diverse community that surrounds her, and how their stories have impacted her over the years. Indeed, it's the first time she's felt it necessary to examine her own nationality. In the past, she's deliberately avoided labelling herself as German, feeling disconnected from her country's politics, culture and even the German language itself. Stepping up to provide a different narrative, Ziúr scours her soul, writing and singing in German for the first time and proposing growth and evolution, not fear and regression. A solemn mood permeates the album's opening track 'Brown is the Color', and Ziúr sings in measured, slow-motion breaths over noisy synth oscillations and doomed piano flourishes. Already, it's a significant departure from her last run of releases, veering away from the frenetic, satirical chaos of 2023's Hakuna Kulala-released Eyeroll or its fantastical, dubby predecessor Antifate. Ziúr pulls on real world insights here, tracing her oldest, dearest musical inspirations to present her origins to anybody who might be listening. It's pop music in its own way, inverted and reconstructed to fit snugly into her well-established sonic landscape. On "No Yawn," brittle, downsampled hi-hats and industrial scrapes ping-pong around distorted riffs, provided by James Ó Ceallaigh aka WIFE. Even the beatless "All Odds No Chants," a collaboration with Elvin Brandhi and Sara Persico, reveals another room in Ziúr's autobiographical suite. An openness carries the whole record, whether she's crying harsh truths over damaged orchestral scrapes on the album's goth-y title track, or duetting with Manchester's Iceboy Violet on "Through the Trees." On the former, Ziúr's voice soars, echoing hypnotically over unsettling analog distortions and gnarled strings. It's one of the eeriest and most beautiful tracks she's penned, camouflaging its broken electronics with ghostly moans and theatrical punctuations. By inviting in her own demons, Ziúr has been able to write her most personal album. Her relationship with home will always be thorny, but through music, she's been able to create a place to exist that's truly comfortable and protective.

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HAND TO EARTH	Nurru Wana	CD	ROOM40	RM 4261CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 A note from Peter Knight: "Ŋurru Wäŋa traces notions of home, belonging, and displacement. In the two parts of the title track, Sunny Kim intones the words of Korean poet Yoon Dong Ju's poem, Another Home, in counterpoint to Daniel Wilfred's song, sung in the Wáglilak language. Ŋurru Wäŋa (pronounced Wooroo Wanga), translates as 'the scent of home', and as we travel we long for that fragrance, passing the bee, guku, making the bush honey while the crow circles calling overhead. This theme -- this search for a sense of belonging -- is at the heart of what drives Hand to Earth, a group of five people, who come together from different backgrounds, different birthplaces, and different musical approaches to share our songs, and by doing that to create something new. The six tracks on this album map our respective journeys into the now and express the connections that have developed within Hand to Earth over the years we have travelled and played together. We each have our own relationship to this place, its difficult history, its contended present, its clouded future. This music is perhaps a way of thinking through this, written in the scribble of electronics, in the sighs of the clarinet and trumpet, in the broad-brush strokes of the yidaki, and the snap of the bilma. The songs that sit at the heart of Ŋurru Wäŋa were recorded mid-tour on a day off in Melbourne. Daniel had a spontaneous urge to record songs from the song line of Djuwaḻpada who is an important figure in Wägilak dreaming. Djuwaḻpada walked through the land starting in Daniel's country, Nyilipidgi, in central Arnhem Land and ending at the coast at Lutenbuy singing the place and everything that lives there into existence. Daniel's song cycle traces the flight of the birds, the Mäḏawk and Wäk Wäk. It describes the seasons, and the Stringybark tree, Gaḏayka, that supplies the bark for painting, and the wood for the bilma (clapping sticks). With the exception of 'The Crow,' which was recorded in New York, these songs landed in single takes in one session recording just the voice, bilma, and yidaki with some synth drones and other materials. The rest of the sounds came later in separate iterative recording sessions, in which the settings for the songs were developed through spontaneous layering and rubbing back. This process reflected the approach we take to live performance but stretched across time, our voices calling to one another. Creating connections -- resonating, blurring, vibrating."

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INCAPACITANTS	Chwalfa	CD	OTOROKU	ROKU 044CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Chwalfa (Welsh for "dispersal, rout, upheaval, upset, or a confused or chaotic state") documents the first return of Incapacitants to the UK since 2016. With the windows boarded up and the subs doubled, two ordinary looking blokes Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosaka obliterate OTO's usual whisper hush with clipped out, scorched earth tape loops and pedal chains -- creating such an excoriating din it transports the room to the planet's furnace core and back again. It's all music, all at once -- a whorling vortex delivered at time bending velocity. For Vymethoxy Redspiders, who writes the release's extensive liners, "[the music] is a transcendental outpouring of raw consciousness and firmamental emotion, more in line with the 'fire music' of free jazz players like Albert Ayler and Dave Burrell or Sun Ra in his most apocalyptic moments of Moog sorcery than most of the things I long came to associate with the practice of Noise. Incapacitants' unholy racket morphs from vista of tormented glitch shimmer to crater of obliterated tape loop to deafening light pouring down on disaster fathoms." Chwalfa contains two tracks, one from each night of the residency. It arrives as a glass mastered CD in a digipak. Edition of 500 with liner notes by Vymethoxy Redspiders. Recorded live at Cafe OTO on the 6th and 7th of September, 2024 by Billy Steiger. Mixed by Oli Barrett. Deemed best left unmastered. Cover photo by Paul Watson. Layout by Abby Thomas.

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FKA BOURSIN	Listless Intertext	12"	SCISSOR & THREAD	SATLTD 007EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 FKA Boursin is a DJ and producer out of Bristol, UK. Previously known as DJ Boursin, he is recognized for his deep, ambient-infused house music that explores political dimensions of clubs and identity politics. Welcomed into the Scissor & Thread fold, FKA Boursin shares two cuts of deep and introspective electronic music. The original "Listless Intertext" is a hazy trip through ambient soundscapes, shuffling rhythms and half-caught conversations, drifting across a 12-minute run time that slowly evolves and shifts with time. When label bosses Frank & Tony step up for their "Housebeat Dub," they keep the essential mood but introduce a thick, fat groove that works just as well in conveying the mood.

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ORCUTT SHELLEY MILLER	Orcutt Shelley Miller	CD	SILVER CURRENT	SC 063CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the '60s and '70s and the Pacific Rim's subterranean reimagining of 'rock' form in the '90s, Orcutt Shelley Miller utilize explosive group chemistry, focused intention and chance to pursue the creation of song in its rawest, purest form." "The landscape Orcutt Shelley Miller inhabits lies deep in the stoner American bedrock, fed by volcanic riffage and hypnotic phrasing with rhythmic nods to the SoCal '60s and atonal slash piled on a mid '80s SST punk-fusionoid substrate, ultimately blasting a 'big rock statement' that treads the line between good times and blown minds." --Tom Carter

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ORCUTT SHELLEY MILLER	Orcutt Shelley Miller	LP	SILVER CURRENT	SC 063LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. "Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the '60s and '70s and the Pacific Rim's subterranean reimagining of 'rock' form in the '90s, Orcutt Shelley Miller utilize explosive group chemistry, focused intention and chance to pursue the creation of song in its rawest, purest form." "The landscape Orcutt Shelley Miller inhabits lies deep in the stoner American bedrock, fed by volcanic riffage and hypnotic phrasing with rhythmic nods to the SoCal '60s and atonal slash piled on a mid '80s SST punk-fusionoid substrate, ultimately blasting a 'big rock statement' that treads the line between good times and blown minds." --Tom Carter

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ORCUTT SHELLEY MILLER	Orcutt Shelley Miller (Color Vinyl)	LP	SILVER CURRENT	SC 063X-LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. "Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the '60s and '70s and the Pacific Rim's subterranean reimagining of 'rock' form in the '90s, Orcutt Shelley Miller utilize explosive group chemistry, focused intention and chance to pursue the creation of song in its rawest, purest form." "The landscape Orcutt Shelley Miller inhabits lies deep in the stoner American bedrock, fed by volcanic riffage and hypnotic phrasing with rhythmic nods to the SoCal '60s and atonal slash piled on a mid '80s SST punk-fusionoid substrate, ultimately blasting a 'big rock statement' that treads the line between good times and blown minds." --Tom Carter

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AKASHA SYSTEM	Heliocene	LP	100% SILK	SILK 160LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "The formative years of Hunter Thompson's music as Akasha System were seeded and shaped by the shrouded meadows and wet woodlands of the Pacific Northwest: Sea Glass, Shadow Self, Echo Earth, Geomind. But pandemic flux flipped the script, prompting a migration to the monsoon tropics of Tampa. Heliocene ushers in a fresh chapter in the Akashic record, recasting the project's precision synergy of cellular melody, holographic pads, spiral tribalism, and eco-futurist swing for a new solar age. The album's eight songs were recorded across 2023 and 2024, inspired by explorations of the many sanctuaries hidden in Florida's ragged paradise: singing towers, ancient grottoes, emerald lagoons. From vortex house ('Purity Vector,' 'Sun Particle') to mirage electronica ('Haunted Planet,' 'Soma Totem') to hand drum divination ('Terraform Dream'), the sides flow, glow, and gleam, dialed in but dreaming out, tracing radiant waves of the eternal now."

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ASHTAR AFTERHOURS	Body Music	12"	SMALLVILLE	SMALL 070EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Ashtar Afterhours is Kenneth Graham -- originally from Los Angeles, he has been a defining presence in electronic music ever since the '90s. Buying his first classic synthesizer, a Yamaha CS01, in 1984, he delved into music production at an early stage. Kenneth also formed some super-groups together with friends, his Sun Children/Sunkiss project -- together with David Alvarado -- put out highly influential music on legendary Peacefrog Records. Body Music was originally released on Plastic City in 2001 and it has been a Smallville favorite for a long time. Featuring full cover artwork by Stefan Marx.

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SLICK N BOBBY	Dance Affi Nice/Juicy Bubble	7"	TOUCHING BASS	TB 018X-EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 South London live dub outfit SLICKnBOBBY return with their second dosage of deep dub and steppers sonics on this double single with Liam Bailey. Fresh from supporting Greentea Peng at her largest London show, and playing Glastonbury and Notting Hill Carnival, the South London live dub outfit return to Touching Bass with "Dance Affi Nice/Juicy Bubble." SLICKnBOBBY and soul troubadour Liam Bailey fuse modern ragga and steppers dub with deep effect.

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EDMONDS, BEN	Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? and the Last Days of the Motown Sound	Book	THIRD MAN BOOKS	TMB 053BK
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Arguably the greatest soul album ever made, What's Going On? established Motown star Marvin Gaye as a unique and maverick musical talent. His determination and vision resulted in inspirational and pioneering works that, in the era of Vietnam and the civil rights protests, asked America to take a long hard look at itself. In 2001, music critic Ben Edmonds published an in-depth history of Gaye's classic, which is now being reissued by Third Man Books, an imprint of Third Man Records. Edmonds examines in detail the making of this legendary work-initially rejected by Motown's quality-control department-interviewing many of the artists and record company employees closest to the singer, to arrive at a deeper understanding of what the album means. It is, without question, one of the greatest stories ever told. As Edmonds writes in the introduction, 'This is not simply about a singer and a record album. It is the story of an idea, formed out of the mixed ethers of social anger and spiritual longing, that Marvin Gaye articulated with a cast of brilliant accomplices, and fought to get recorded and released. From that idea, and with that help, and out of that struggle, something was fashioned that continues to touch souls more profoundly than even its creator could have imagined.' With a career that exemplified the maturation of romantic Black pop into a sophisticated form spanning social and sexual politics, Marvin Gaye was one of the most consistent and enigmatic of the Motown hit makers. Gaye's determination and vision resulted not only in inspirational, pioneering grooves but in an album that challenged America."

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PROLAPSE	I Wonder When They're Going To Destroy Your Face	CD	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 595CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Prolapse formed in Leicester in the early '90s and are now spread across the UK and Scandinavia. Still pursuing their own path of repetition and twisted melodies, they merge influences from post punk to krautrock and even folk. Their previous releases have included numerous singles and four albums on various labels, including Cherry Red and Radar. They feature vocalists Mick Derrick and Linda Steelyard, whose intense dueling vocals combine with ferocious triple guitar assault and pummeling rhythms. The fifth Prolapse album I Wonder When They're Going to Destroy Your Face is released on Tapete Records and marks the band's first new recordings since their last album, Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes. From the opening incessant riff of "The Fall of Cashline," Prolapse set their stall out, hammering the message that they're back, over and over (and over and over) again. The album was mainly written in Leicester and recorded at Foel Studio in Wales. Some songs had been evolving for a few years whilst others (three on the album) were improvised and recorded on the spot, just like they've always done. Get ready, turn the microphones on, press record -- and something just happens. Perhaps channeling some of the ghosts that have previously recorded at Foel: Amon Düül II, the Groundhogs, Young Marble Giants, My Bloody Valentine, and inevitably The Fall. The last words of the album are said by Linda Steelyard, recounting a tale of arriving at Leicester Forest East Services, and deciding to stay -- forever.

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PROLAPSE	I Wonder When They're Going To Destroy Your Face	LP	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 595LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 LP version. Prolapse formed in Leicester in the early '90s and are now spread across the UK and Scandinavia. Still pursuing their own path of repetition and twisted melodies, they merge influences from post punk to krautrock and even folk. Their previous releases have included numerous singles and four albums on various labels, including Cherry Red and Radar. They feature vocalists Mick Derrick and Linda Steelyard, whose intense dueling vocals combine with ferocious triple guitar assault and pummeling rhythms. The fifth Prolapse album I Wonder When They're Going to Destroy Your Face is released on Tapete Records and marks the band's first new recordings since their last album, Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes. From the opening incessant riff of "The Fall of Cashline," Prolapse set their stall out, hammering the message that they're back, over and over (and over and over) again. The album was mainly written in Leicester and recorded at Foel Studio in Wales. Some songs had been evolving for a few years whilst others (three on the album) were improvised and recorded on the spot, just like they've always done. Get ready, turn the microphones on, press record -- and something just happens. Perhaps channeling some of the ghosts that have previously recorded at Foel: Amon Düül II, the Groundhogs, Young Marble Giants, My Bloody Valentine, and inevitably The Fall. The last words of the album are said by Linda Steelyard, recounting a tale of arriving at Leicester Forest East Services, and deciding to stay -- forever.

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MARONGIU, FRANCESCA	Still Forms in Air	Cassette	UMOR REX	UR 157CS
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Still Forms in Air is the debut album by Italian composer Francesca Marongiu under her own name. It draws inspiration from mid-1980s Japanese ambient music -- Hiroshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Ashikawa, Takashi Kokubo -- and, more subtly, from Italian experimental echoes rooted in both personal and cultural memory. These tracks reflect an emotional and urban landscape, shaped by a gaze cast upon the mid-1980s and early '90s -- a time of subtle yet lasting changes in the form and meaning of shared space. That period marked a delicate turning point, later described as les années d'hiver: the slow onset of fragmentation beneath a surface of creative openness. Still Forms in Air doesn't dwell in nostalgia (though it draws from it), but reimagines that duality through a contemporary lens. Its sound blends memory and presence, layering ambient textures with a refined spatial sensitivity. It is a dialogue across decades -- clear-eyed, affectionate, and quietly luminous. Written, arranged and recorded by Francesca Marongiu in Rome and Pistoia between May 2024 and March 2025. Francesca Marongiu: electronics, synthesizers, vocals, sound objects. Antonio Gallucci: wind arrangements on track 1 and 4, bass and sound objects on track 3, drums on track 3 and 4. Mixed by Francesca Marongiu and Antonio Gallucci. Mastered by Antonio Gallucci at Mercurial Mastering in Pistoia. Artist photo by Elisabetta Scarpini. Artwork by Daniel Castrejón.

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SMITH/THE SMASHING TIMES, LINDA	Linda Smith/The Smashing Times	7"	UPSET THE RHYTHM	UTR 174EP
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 This split 7" EP comprises four new tracks, two from Linda Smith in keyboard-warble anthem mode and two low-fidelity daytrips by The Smashing Times. Linda Smith and The Smashing Times are the best of friends. They are both currently based in Baltimore, USA. This split 7" EP celebrates that friendship with two new tracks by each act; united by DIY spirit, a bedroom-pop sensibility and now a puddle of black vinyl. Songwriter Linda Smith has a gentle but unconventional experimental style that continues to evolve as she adds new entries to her storied catalogue. Smith's pioneering work with four-track production in the '80s found her at the beginning of a home-recording movement that would set the pace for the decades of indie rock that followed. During this most active period, Smith's music was limited mostly to obscure cassette and 7" releases. This trailblazing time was recently revisited on Captured Tracks' compilation Till Another Time: 1988-1996. Shortly after Smith's retrospective, she teamed up with like-mind and collaborator Nancy Andrews to release an album of beguiling pop entitled A Passing Cloud (2023). The duo performed songs from that record at Upset The Rhythm's 20th anniversary party at Café OTO that same year. 2024 saw further reissues of Smith's music including Nothing Else Matters (1995) and I So Liked Spring (1996). The Smashing Times are a premier East Coast pop experimental group. They have also gleefully performed in London for Upset The Rhythm twice in quick succession. Known for their dogtooth style, waggish mod attitude and tumbledown sound, The Smashing Times have holes in their socks and sit idly between The Kinks and Tori Kudo. Their previous albums on K Records, Perennial and Meritorio are a cherished commodity steeped in Paisley psyche and slapdash panache.

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LARD	Pure Chewing Satisfaction	CD	ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES	VIRUS 199CD
$10.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 "Lard's Pure Chewing Satisfaction is the second landmark album of the industrial-hardcore collision between vocals of Jello Biafra with the patented wall of noise assault and studio wizardry of Ministry founders Paul Barker and Al Jourgensen! Originally released in 1997, Pure Chewing Satisfaction is a dark, frightening look at everything wrong in America, and it rings as true now as it ever has. Lyrically its pessimistic and apocalyptic, tackling topics like looking for work, the legacy of the Me Generation and their failures, to environmental disasters. Sonically, the album is an avalanche of both real and electronic drums, menacing effects galore, and layers of machine gun guitars. Not quite punk rock, nor completely industrial -- this is Lardcore for the people! A must have for fans of Jello Biafra's work and of Ministry, the result remains another classic release from this legendary collaboration."

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MELIA, MARC	Pieces Monophoniques	LP	VLEK	VLEK 040LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Crafted entirely on an analog monophonic synthesizer with no overdubs, Pièces Monophoniques is a tribute to simplicity in an era of limitless digital possibilities. Since his debut album, Music For Prophet (Les Disques du Festival Permanent, 2017), Majorca-born composer Marc Melià, now a long-time resident of Brussels, has been redefining the contours of electronic music through a minimalist, reductionist approach. Much like a solitary hike through the vastness of mountains, where one carries only the essentials, Melià's work invites listeners on a journey stripped of excess, focusing instead on the purity of sound and intention. Historical records, such as those by Johannes Quasten, reveal that early church leaders were drawn to monophonic music because it resonated with the era's cosmological beliefs, highlighting the harmony and unity of all creation. In an age of digital abundance, Marc Melià deliberately embraces constraint, crafting an album that thrives within a limited palette of choices. Yet, from these self-imposed boundaries emerges a stunning universe, brimming with rich textures and elegant harmonies. With Pièces Monophoniques, his third LP, he returns armed solely with an analog monophonic synthesizer and handcrafted MIDI sequences etched directly onto a single stereo track. These recordings seek to uncover beauty within the boundaries of limitations and simplicity, rejecting any embellishments that are not essential. Melià presents the bare skeleton of music, highlighting the power of absence and silence as creative forces. The album navigates the boundary where the quest for an uninhibited emotional response intersects with the mechanical sounds generated by synthesizer circuitry. Despite being a collection of beatless tracks, a pulse occasionally surfaces, like in the closing piece, "224 Steps." A sharp sequence blended with multiple delays and reverbs creates the vaporous celestial specter of multiple voices in "Illusions of Polyphony," while "Échoes et Fantasies" conjures the illusion of dual harmony. The expansive reverbs and silences between the euphoric synth phrases in "Overture" transport us to an imaginary majestic landscape shaped out of an electric field. "Resonances," a one-note drone-like sequence, embodies the album's aims as a series of resonances created with the synth filter emerge from the fundamental note. "Pièces Monophoniques," aims to contribute to a tradition that dates back to the dawn of humanity. After all, there is no denying that the earliest music crafted by humanity was monophonic, from the soothing lullabies sung to newborns to Gregorian chants, traditional labor songs, and the repertoire of solo compositions by countless composers.

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CAPRICORNI PNEUMATICI	Uber Artaud	LP	VASOPRESSIN	VSP 002LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 After forty years, the enigmatic Italian collective Capricorni Pneumatici's lost opus, Über Artaud, finally emerges complete. Originally conceived in 1987 as an electronic sonorization of Antonin Artaud's censored 1947 radio work "Pour En finir avec le Jugement de Dieu," this mysterious project showcases masterful use of FM synthesis via the iconic Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, creating dark ritualistic soundscapes akin to Throbbing Gristle and Nurse With Wound. In the widening realms of uncovered Italian outsider art and cursed musical enigmas, few discoveries prove as compelling as the resurgence of Über Artaud. After nearly four decades from its original conception, this work returns in a completely remastered LP edition and, for the first time, in its definitive and complete form via Vasopressin. Capricorni Pneumatici emerged from the Italian underground during the late '80s as one of the most mysterious and elusive projects of the era. Little is known about the collective beyond their dedication to researching the esoteric and ritual implications of music and sounds. The name itself, derived from Aleister Crowley's work, hints at the radical and visionary approach that would define their influential existence, evolving from acoustic/concrete music toward the darker territories of electronic manipulation. Composed between November and December 1987, Über Artaud was born from a temporally charged coincidence: exactly forty years after Antonin Artaud's apocalyptic radio work Pour En finir avec le Jugement de Dieu (November 28, 1947) was censored and never aired due to its blasphemous content and violent critique of Western civilization. This piece, featuring Artaud alongside Roger Blin, Maria Casarès, and Paule Thévenin, represents one of the most radical expressions of his "Theater of Cruelty" philosophy. The album demonstrates an extraordinary mastery of FM synthesis, extracting from the Yamaha DX7 a universe of complex timbres and intricate stratifications. Capricorni Pneumatici's electronic manipulations function as both artistic statement and esoteric ritual. The original cassette edition of Über Artaud was produced in an extremely limited edition through underground channels but remained incomplete, lacking the sonorization of Artaud's final "Conclusion" section. After almost forty years, the work finally finds completion with an additional track, recorded in 2024, that blends seamlessly with the original material. This new LP edition was sourced from the original tapes, remastered by Capricorni Penumatici, and optimized for vinyl pressing by Andrea Marutti. Coming as a black vinyl housed in a poly-lined sleeve, released in a limited-edition of 150 copies, Über Artaud transforms Artaud's censored radio work into a revelatory aural experience, connecting the prophetic vision with the dark electronic sensibility of the Italian underground.

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JAMES K	Friend	CD	AD 93	WHYT 083CD
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 New York-based artist James K returns with Friend. This album is full of electric pop anthems that blends ear-worming melodies with peak-time breaks, buzzing powerpunk guitars and a classic rave pulse, with K's signature enchanting vocals playfully spitting emotion. It's a hallucinatory pleasure, tearing through your body and mind. "Play" rushes with a rebellion of friends -- an electro fever daydream waking up everywhere you go. Hot off extensive tours worldwide, playing the likes of Pitchfork Festival, Dekmantel, iii Points, and Mutek, following in the footsteps of her last two critically acclaimed singles Friend comes on AD 93. RIYL: Cocteau Twins, Yves Tumor, Prodigy, Oklou, Grimes. Also available on black (WHYT 083LP) and transparent vinyl (WHYT 083TR-LP).

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JAMES K	Friend	2LP	AD 93	WHYT 083LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Double LP version. New York-based artist James K returns with Friend. This album is full of electric pop anthems that blends ear-worming melodies with peak-time breaks, buzzing powerpunk guitars and a classic rave pulse, with K's signature enchanting vocals playfully spitting emotion. It's a hallucinatory pleasure, tearing through your body and mind. "Play" rushes with a rebellion of friends -- an electro fever daydream waking up everywhere you go. Hot off extensive tours worldwide, playing the likes of Pitchfork Festival, Dekmantel, iii Points, and Mutek, following in the footsteps of her last two critically acclaimed singles Friend comes on AD 93. RIYL: Cocteau Twins, Yves Tumor, Prodigy, Oklou, Grimes.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
JAMES K	Friend (Transparent Vinyl)	2LP	AD 93	WHYT 083TR-LP
$39.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Double LP version. Transparent vinyl. New York-based artist James K returns with Friend. This album is full of electric pop anthems that blends ear-worming melodies with peak-time breaks, buzzing powerpunk guitars and a classic rave pulse, with K's signature enchanting vocals playfully spitting emotion. It's a hallucinatory pleasure, tearing through your body and mind. "Play" rushes with a rebellion of friends -- an electro fever daydream waking up everywhere you go. Hot off extensive tours worldwide, playing the likes of Pitchfork Festival, Dekmantel, iii Points, and Mutek, following in the footsteps of her last two critically acclaimed singles Friend comes on AD 93. RIYL: Cocteau Twins, Yves Tumor, Prodigy, Oklou, Grimes.

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WINTERLIGHT	Winterlight	2LP	WINTERLIGHT RECORDINGS	WINTER 001LP
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/5/2025 Emerging from the shadows of a small apartment in Chicago's South Side Pilsen neighborhood in 1999, Winterlight was produced and mixed by Daniel Thompson over the course of three years, from 1999 to 2002. It's an intimate and evocative album that captures a pivotal chapter in Thompson's life and echoes the spirit of a formative era in the underground music scene. Thompson's journey began in the heat of Houston, Texas, where his love for sound quickly became an obsession. By the late '90s, he was among the first DJs in Houston to champion the sound of Chicago house, often driving long distances from Texas to Chicago in search of records, inspiration, and connection. These trips -- equal parts pilgrimage and education -- eventually led him to relocate to Chicago, where his artistic vision would fully take shape. Winterlight is the direct result of that move. Crafted over several years, the album embodies a raw, hands-on approach to production, built from analog synths, outboard gear, and hours of meticulous layering. Thompson leaned on tools like the Kurzweil K2000, SE-1, Juno-106, and classic processors such as the DP4 and TC Electronic units, shaping each track with care and intention. Blending atmospheric textures with hypnotic rhythm and subtle experimental flourishes, Winterlight captures the sound of an artist deeply engaged with his tools and surroundings. His extensive vinyl collection -- over 3,000 records -- served as both palette and inspiration, with carefully chosen samples lending further depth and narrative to the music. Now set for release, Winterlight invites listeners into a soundscape that is both immersive and personal. More than just an album, it is a sonic document of a moment in time -- rich in tone, memory, and intent. For those willing to listen deeply, Winterlight offers a rare window into the underground spirit of the early 2000s and the inner world of a producer finding his voice.

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THOMPSON, IAN	Synths, Sax, & Situationists: The French Musical Underground 1968-1978	Book	ROUNDTABLE BOOKS	9780645492804
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 229 x 152 x 27 mm. 530 pages. At the dawn of the '70s, in a country still reeling from the aftershocks of World War 2, an underground movement of rock musicians resolved to tear it all up and start again. Welcome to France, 1968. Music fans in the English-speaking world are well-versed in the Krautrock scene springing up across the border in Germany, but they are almost totally unaware of the French musical underground. There the radicalism of May '68 collided with the counterculture, post-psychedelic rock, and free jazz to produce some of the most distinctive and vital music made anywhere in the '70s. Synths, Sax & Situationists tells the story of more famous bands like Magma, Etron Fou Leloublan, and Gong alongside almost-forgotten groups like Cheval Fou, Fille Qui Mousse, and Barricade. Forewords from Jean-Jacques Birgé and Steven Stapleton. Also, includes coverage on Lard Free, Red Noise, Maajun, Komintern, Dagon, Bananamoon, Ame Son, Crium Delirium, Clearlight (and Delired Cameleon Family), Moving Gelatine Plates, Contrepoint, Camizole, Jac Berrocal, Birgé Gorgé Shiroc, Philippe Besombes, Heldon, and Ilitch.

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SILVER BUMP BAND	Feelin' Funky/Feelin' Silver	7"	AUSTUDY RECORDS	AUS 005EP
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Much sought-after funk 45 originally recorded and released in Tasmania on the Candle label in 1976. Written and performed by Lyn Thomas to celebrate the opening of the Silvers Nightclub at the Hobart Casino.

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URD & INGRI HOYLAND, IDA	Duvet	LP	BALMAT	BALMAT 018LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 In the winter of 2023, Ingri Høyland and Ida Urd retreated to a Danish sommerhus, or summer house -- the tiny, tidy shacks that are a central feature of the national culture, where for generations, Danes have whiled away the warm months with their families. This sanctuary was the origin for Høyland and Urd's Duvet, a meditation on shelter, trust, and communication. They were motivated by the idea of nesting: finding ways of feeling safe and being at home while traveling, moving through seasons, enduring periods of change. Høyland and Urd both studied at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, which has turned out acclaimed artists like Clarissa Connelly, Smerz, and Fine; over the past few years, the two musicians have developed a collaborative method based on connection and trust. A practice, they write, "where composing, or rather suggesting, sounds and melodies for one another is a way of carefully talking, mending emotions and obstacles. Saying yes to one another. The compositional space becomes a nest for entangling whatever emotions, thoughts, or barriers one of the composers brings to the given day or moment." Sonically, Duvet feels like an extension of Høyland's last album, 2023's Ode to Stone, which also featured Urd along with ambient musician Sofie Birch and visual artist Lea Guldditte Hestelund. But where that album, created in response to an open call for work themed around Denmark's national parks, suggested rolling landscapes and endless horizons, Duvet turns inward, countering chill winds with glowing warmth. Its eight tracks seek a balance between abstraction and melody, intention and happenstance. "We had a truly inspiring and rewarding process working with Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen from Vanessa Amara, who co-produced and mixed the album with us," Ingri adds. "He approached the material with great care and sensitivity, while also bringing his own distinct presence and creativity into the sound." Quiet and contemplative, Duvet is simple on the surface but rich in timbral, textural, and emotional complexity. Høyland and Urd sourced their sounds from an array of instruments and techniques -- electronic devices, modules, pedals, and also electroacoustic treatments of various wind instruments. Mixing primarily through analog tape units added further mystery and depth, weaving together wordless voices and unknown sounds -- breathing, rustling, perhaps the coppery gleam of Urd's electric bass -- into a dynamic matrix. Like a nest, pull one twig and the whole thing unravels.

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EGOEXPRESS	A Piece Of The Action (1995-2005)	CD	BUREAU B	BB 491CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 This is your invite to the best party around. Putting the focus on the body and following their feelings, Hamburg duo Mense Reents and Berndt "Jimi" Siebels crafted direct and danceable house hits which offered a vibrant counterpoint to the cerebral cool of their contemporaries. Emerging from the punk and rock crowd and ultimately smuggling a stubborn sense of self and infectious humor into the club, Egoexpress forged their own crooked path through Germany's electronic underground over their ten-year existence. "Formed in 1995 and rooted in the radical spirit of Hamburg's St. Pauli district, Egoexpress began as a friendly rebellion? While peers like Blumfeld mastered literate rock and existential dissection, Egoexpress turned instead toward the bass drum: blunt, immediate, and liberating. Their musical upbringing, punk, mod culture, Neue Deutsche Welle, and a love for the hypnotic intensity of Suicide and Bohannon, translated into a fierce commitment to DIY ethos and sonic play? Between 1995 and 2005, the pair developed their sound from minimalist, Atari-driven loops to sprawling, psychedelic club tracks that gestured at house, electro, and pop, without fully belonging to any of them. Though an immediate sensation around Hamburg's Golden Pudel club, their sound took longer to become established outside their city? By 1999, thanks in part to an invitation from Westbam to play Mayday, they were finally embraced into the wider electronic fold. But by then, their work had already crystalized its core ideas. The '00s wore on and electroclash exploded. With their punk background, brash saw-saves and towering beats, it would be easy to consider Egoexpress as forerunners, though in truth they bristled at the retro fixations of the scene. They didn't want to return to the '80s and the boredom of East Frisian adolescence -- they wanted to burn through the now. This retrospective, compiled and curated by Mense, offers a long-overdue reintroduction to one of Germany's most fearless electronic duos. Neither early enough to ride the house wave nor comfortable cashing in on the electroclash moment, Egoexpress fell between the cracks. What they left behind is timeless: a heartfelt, headstrong catalog that celebrates instinct over intellect, rhythm over rigidity, and emotional intensity over sonic orthodoxy. A Piece Of The Action is a reminder that often the most vital music doesn't fit the moment, it defines one of its own." --Patrick Ryder

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
EGOEXPRESS	A Piece Of The Action (1995-2005)	2LP	BUREAU B	BB 491LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Double LP version. This is your invite to the best party around. Putting the focus on the body and following their feelings, Hamburg duo Mense Reents and Berndt "Jimi" Siebels crafted direct and danceable house hits which offered a vibrant counterpoint to the cerebral cool of their contemporaries. Emerging from the punk and rock crowd and ultimately smuggling a stubborn sense of self and infectious humor into the club, Egoexpress forged their own crooked path through Germany's electronic underground over their ten-year existence. "Formed in 1995 and rooted in the radical spirit of Hamburg's St. Pauli district, Egoexpress began as a friendly rebellion? While peers like Blumfeld mastered literate rock and existential dissection, Egoexpress turned instead toward the bass drum: blunt, immediate, and liberating. Their musical upbringing, punk, mod culture, Neue Deutsche Welle, and a love for the hypnotic intensity of Suicide and Bohannon, translated into a fierce commitment to DIY ethos and sonic play? Between 1995 and 2005, the pair developed their sound from minimalist, Atari-driven loops to sprawling, psychedelic club tracks that gestured at house, electro, and pop, without fully belonging to any of them. Though an immediate sensation around Hamburg's Golden Pudel club, their sound took longer to become established outside their city? By 1999, thanks in part to an invitation from Westbam to play Mayday, they were finally embraced into the wider electronic fold. But by then, their work had already crystalized its core ideas. The '00s wore on and electroclash exploded. With their punk background, brash saw-saves and towering beats, it would be easy to consider Egoexpress as forerunners, though in truth they bristled at the retro fixations of the scene. They didn't want to return to the '80s and the boredom of East Frisian adolescence -- they wanted to burn through the now. This retrospective, compiled and curated by Mense, offers a long-overdue reintroduction to one of Germany's most fearless electronic duos. Neither early enough to ride the house wave nor comfortable cashing in on the electroclash moment, Egoexpress fell between the cracks. What they left behind is timeless: a heartfelt, headstrong catalog that celebrates instinct over intellect, rhythm over rigidity, and emotional intensity over sonic orthodoxy. A Piece Of The Action is a reminder that often the most vital music doesn't fit the moment, it defines one of its own." --Patrick Ryder

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HARRIS, WYNONIE	Wynonie Harris Rocks	CD	BEAR FAMILY RECORDS	BCD 17746CD
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Bear Family Records dedicates a complete CD album to Mr. Blues full of echoes to his issues of the time -- alcohol, women, gambling joints -- in the label's Rocks series. Fantastic original rhythm 'n' blues from the late 1940s and early '50s, recorded at King Studios in Cincinnati. Classics of the genre such as 'Good Rockin' Tonight,' 'Lollipop Mama' or the mischievous 'Good Morning Judge.' Harris created some of the best R&B smashes ever. Accompanied by a line-up of the best musicians of his era, including Red Prysock, Wynonie Harris rocks like mad on this excellent compilation by Nico Feuerbach. The liner notes by Chicago rock expert Bill Dahl shed light on the background of rhythm 'n' blues and the life story of 'Mr. Blues'. Of all the studly blues shouters whose raucous wails in front of jumping, sax-leavened combos provided a vivid blueprint for the rise of rock and roll, none inhabited the role any more enthusiastically than Wynonie Harris. Mr. Blues, as he was known from coast to coast, sang about a world that he knew well, filled with booze, women, gambling, and all manner of sleazy escapades guaranteed to heartily resonate with his massive fan base during the late 1940s and early '50s. Wynonie's rafter-rattling hits for Syd Nathan's Cincinnati-based King Records provide many of the highlights on Bear Family's blistering compilation Wynonie Harris Rocks, led by his '48 R&B chart-topper 'Good Rockin' Tonight' and his similarly rafter-rattling 'Lollipop Mama,' 'All She Wants To Do Is Rock,' 'I Want My Fanny Brown,' 'Sittin' On It All The Time,' 'Good Morning Judge,' and 'Bloodshot Eyes.' Just as potent were Wynonie's mighty houserockers 'Quiet Whiskey,' 'Bite Again,' 'Bite Again,' 'Shake That Thing,' 'Git With The Grits,' and the aptly titled 'Rock Mr. Blues.' Harris' slightly hoarse, frequently leering vocal delivery was as distinctive as it was instantly recognizable; if not for Wynonie and his leather-lunged compatriots, rock and roll might never have happened at all!"

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EARTH	The Legendary Lost Tapes	CD	BIG BEAR	BEARCD 060CD
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "The band these Brummie boys were fated to become were always an exceptional group, even in their early years as Earth, when as teenagers they formed a blues band. Neatly timed in the mid-1960s, as the blues boom was in decline. Nevertheless, they persevered, widening their repertoire, until, name-change they became the most important and most-copied of all heavy metal bands. They single-handedly invented the style that influenced and inspired not only so many bands, but also those dozens of sub-metal styles that now abound -- black metal, death metal, gothic metal, nu metal and so many more. The band's subsequent worldwide success over the last fifty odd years has, unsurprisingly, drawn attention away from just how fine a band they were at the outset. This release will most certainly address that position. These early recordings were made by the band, still known as Earth, who had already built an enviable reputation and a veritable army of fans with their high-powered, blues-rooted, red hot and rocking performances. These recordings accurately chart their development of their repertoire as they edged their way towards those heavy metal anthems that were soon to captivate the world of rock."

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EARTH	The Legendary Lost Tapes	LP	BIG BEAR	BEARLP 060LP
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward first came together in 1968 and originally named themselves The Polka Tulk Blues Band, before transitioning to Earth shortly afterwards. In 1969, they recorded a number of demos in Zella Studios in Birmingham that were never released. The band these Brummie boys were fated to become were always an exceptional group, even in their early years as Earth, when as teenagers they formed a blues band. Neatly timed in the mid-1960s, as the blues boom was in decline. Nevertheless, they persevered, widening their repertoire, until, name-change they became the most important and most-copied of all heavy metal bands. They single-handedly invented the style that influenced and inspired not only so many bands, but also those dozens of sub-metal styles that now abound -- black metal, death metal, gothic metal, nu metal and so many more. The band's subsequent worldwide success over the last fifty odd years has, unsurprisingly, drawn attention away from just how fine a band they were at the outset. This release will most certainly address that position. These early recordings were made by the band, still known as Earth, who had already built an enviable reputation and a veritable army of fans with their high-powered, blues-rooted, red hot and rocking performances. These recordings accurately chart their development of their repertoire as they edged their way towards those heavy metal anthems that were soon to captivate the world of rock. All tracks featured have been carefully restored from the original masters, untouched for over 50 years, and presented here for the very first time in all their glory."

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LOWRIDER	Ode To Io	2LP	BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS	BFR 045LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Commemorating the 25th anniversary of its original release on September 19, 2000, this special edition of the desert rock classic on gorgeous silver/black/white color merge double LP features previously unpublished photos, essays, notes from the band, and magnificently updated silver-infused design to pay homage to one of the founding pillars of desert rock on its milestone silver anniversary."

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DAO STROM	Tender Revolutions	LP	BEACON SOUND	BNSD 094LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Expansive and ambitious, Tender Revolutions is the latest from Vietnam-born, Portland, Oregon- based multimedia artist Dao Strom. A fluid album, existing between genres -- part ambient folk, part sound collage, part spoken word, part post rock -- it blurs the line between the work of an experimental composer and the work of an accomplished singer-songwriter. Instruments slip in and out (guitar, piano, synthesizer, strings, drums, percussion) amid field recordings and samples, all anchored by Strom's singular voice. The songs of Tender Revolutions reflect on and embody themes of "yellow subjectivities" the Asian body as perceived; the Asian feminine body as reflection/catalyst/consort -- offering their own forms of response to troubling representations of Asian women in popular media in the West. A "re-voicing" of the problematic hit song "China Girl" by David Bowie re-inhabits this song from a discomfiting silence at its center, and serves as a fulcrum point in the album's sequencing. Other songs utilize voice as both texture and lyric-driven telling to deepen angles of interiority and thematics of voice/silence. While Tender Revolutions stands alone as its own whole, it also exists as part of a larger multifaceted project, drawing from a four-part song-cycle (Nhạc Vàng 1-4) and accompanying a series of hybrid-genre literary chapbooks (Yellow Songs 1-4). Released in collaboration with The 3rd Thing, an interdisciplinary publisher in Olympia.

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VA	Dolores: Salsa & Guaracha from '70s French West Indies	CD	BORN BAD RECORDS	BORNBAD 183CD
$12.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Here are fourteen tracks of untimely yet unprecedented cross-fertilization from the French West Indies: all types of music rooted in the Creole archipelago have found their way, whatsoever, to the tracklisting. Whether originating from the city or being more rural, they all go back to what Edouard Glissant, in an interview about the place of West Indian music in the Afro-American scope, called "the trace of singing, the one which got erased by slavery." The opening track features one of the emblematic orchestras of this aesthetic identity, criscrossing many music types from the archipelago. The 1974 Ray Barretto guajira is magnificently performed by Malavoi, a legendary Fayolais group. Additionally, the compilation ends on a piece by Los Martiniqueños de Francisco. Practicing the danmyé rounds (a kind of capoeiria) to the rhythm of the bèlè drum, it delivers a terrific Caterete, a kind of champeta of Afro- Colombian obedience which was originally composed by Colombian Fabián Ramón Veloz Fernández for the group Wgenda Kenya. The icing on the cake is Brazilian Marku Ribas, who found refuge in Martinique in the early 1970s, bringing his singing to the last trance-inducing track. The Los Caraïbes cover of "Dónde," a famous Cuban theme composed by producer Ernesto Duarte Brito, has a typical violin and features renowned Martinique singer Joby Valente and his piquant voice. The meaningful "Amor en chachachá" by L'Ensemble Tropicana, a band which included Haitian musicians among whom was composer and leader Michel Desgrotte, also recalls how Latin music was pervasive in the tropics in the mid-1960s. They were the ones keeping people dancing at Le Cocoteraie in Guadelupe and La Bananeraie in Martinique. Around the same time, another "foreign" band, Congolese Freddy Mars N'Kounkou's Ryco Jazz, achieved some success on both islands by covering Latin jazz classics. In a more typically salsa vein, the Super Combo, a famous Guadelupean orchestra from Pointe-Noire that was formed around the Desplan family and had Roger Plonquitte and Elie Bianay on board, adapt "Serana," a theme by Roberto Angleró Pepín. Léon Bertide's Martinican ensemble excelled at the boogaloo which had been composed by Puerto Rican saxophonist Hector Santos for the legendary El Gran Combo. Three years later, in 1972, Henri Guédon, with the help of Paul Rosine on the vibraphone, tackled the Bilongo made famous by Eddie Palmieri. On the high-value collectible single -- the first one released by Les Aiglons under the Duli Disc label -- there is a sticker classifying the track under the generic name "Afro." Digipack CD includes 20-page booklet, and liners notes in French, Spanish, English. LP version includes 6-page booklet.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Dolores: Salsa & Guaracha from '70s French West Indies	LP	BORN BAD RECORDS	BORNBAD 183LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 LP version. Here are fourteen tracks of untimely yet unprecedented cross-fertilization from the French West Indies: all types of music rooted in the Creole archipelago have found their way, whatsoever, to the tracklisting. Whether originating from the city or being more rural, they all go back to what Edouard Glissant, in an interview about the place of West Indian music in the Afro-American scope, called "the trace of singing, the one which got erased by slavery." The opening track features one of the emblematic orchestras of this aesthetic identity, criscrossing many music types from the archipelago. The 1974 Ray Barretto guajira is magnificently performed by Malavoi, a legendary Fayolais group. Additionally, the compilation ends on a piece by Los Martiniqueños de Francisco. Practicing the danmyé rounds (a kind of capoeiria) to the rhythm of the bèlè drum, it delivers a terrific Caterete, a kind of champeta of Afro- Colombian obedience which was originally composed by Colombian Fabián Ramón Veloz Fernández for the group Wgenda Kenya. The icing on the cake is Brazilian Marku Ribas, who found refuge in Martinique in the early 1970s, bringing his singing to the last trance-inducing track. The Los Caraïbes cover of "Dónde," a famous Cuban theme composed by producer Ernesto Duarte Brito, has a typical violin and features renowned Martinique singer Joby Valente and his piquant voice. The meaningful "Amor en chachachá" by L'Ensemble Tropicana, a band which included Haitian musicians among whom was composer and leader Michel Desgrotte, also recalls how Latin music was pervasive in the tropics in the mid-1960s. They were the ones keeping people dancing at Le Cocoteraie in Guadelupe and La Bananeraie in Martinique. Around the same time, another "foreign" band, Congolese Freddy Mars N'Kounkou's Ryco Jazz, achieved some success on both islands by covering Latin jazz classics. In a more typically salsa vein, the Super Combo, a famous Guadelupean orchestra from Pointe-Noire that was formed around the Desplan family and had Roger Plonquitte and Elie Bianay on board, adapt "Serana," a theme by Roberto Angleró Pepín. Léon Bertide's Martinican ensemble excelled at the boogaloo which had been composed by Puerto Rican saxophonist Hector Santos for the legendary El Gran Combo. Three years later, in 1972, Henri Guédon, with the help of Paul Rosine on the vibraphone, tackled the Bilongo made famous by Eddie Palmieri. On the high-value collectible single -- the first one released by Les Aiglons under the Duli Disc label -- there is a sticker classifying the track under the generic name "Afro." Digipack CD includes 20-page booklet, and liners notes in French, Spanish, English. LP version includes 6-page booklet.

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STAR FEMININE BAND	Jusqu'au Bout Du Monde	CD	BORN BAD RECORDS	BORNBAD 185CD
$12.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Star Feminine Band, hardest working women in Beninese show business, present their third album on Born Bad. These eight young women, from a village that even Beninese can't quite place, started out in hard mode. They had to convince themselves that it was worth a shot, but also their family, their village and an entire continent. André Balaguemon, composer, manager and lyricist, does a lot, while remaining in the background. He put the group together, included his three daughters, houses everyone with his wife Edwige who also manages dances and costumes. He gave them a musical training, and created the framework for them to continue school while rehearsing hard. From local heroes to UNICEF ambassadors, the group has made it. The very existence of this new album is a testament to the perseverance of Grâce, Anne, Urrice, Bénie, Angélique, Sandrine, Julienne, and Ashley. The personnel of this family affair has changed a bit: two new women have joined the group, which conquered bigger stages. This new album brings simple joys: watching them grow from Benin's first girl band to a band in its own right. Star Feminine Band makes straightforward music, taking no detours to express what's missing in the country. The musicians having a lot of fun on this album. It wanders through the vast territory of the countless West African styles. They even make a quick foray into reggae to talk about marriage (with a little rap thrown in), and interweave their voices in multiple languages (Waama, Ditamari, Bariba, Fon, Yoruba). And boy do they have hits. To each is own, but "L'enfant c'est un don de Dieu" (Child is god's gift) is a mighty steamroller, methodically smoothing out the ground for dancing together to its final chorus, singing "debout-les-en-fants / get up, kids!" along. Smoother than the first two albums, supported by fine arrangements, ambitious keyboard parts and more complex vocal harmonies without losing any of their spontaneity, this third opus quietly adds to Benin's musical heritage. As they make clear in "Jusqu'au bout du monde," a clever little number that listeners can already hear swelling up on stage.

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STAR FEMININE BAND	Jusqu'au Bout Du Monde	LP	BORN BAD RECORDS	BORNBAD 185LP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 LP version. Star Feminine Band, hardest working women in Beninese show business, present their third album on Born Bad. These eight young women, from a village that even Beninese can't quite place, started out in hard mode. They had to convince themselves that it was worth a shot, but also their family, their village and an entire continent. André Balaguemon, composer, manager and lyricist, does a lot, while remaining in the background. He put the group together, included his three daughters, houses everyone with his wife Edwige who also manages dances and costumes. He gave them a musical training, and created the framework for them to continue school while rehearsing hard. From local heroes to UNICEF ambassadors, the group has made it. The very existence of this new album is a testament to the perseverance of Grâce, Anne, Urrice, Bénie, Angélique, Sandrine, Julienne, and Ashley. The personnel of this family affair has changed a bit: two new women have joined the group, which conquered bigger stages. This new album brings simple joys: watching them grow from Benin's first girl band to a band in its own right. Star Feminine Band makes straightforward music, taking no detours to express what's missing in the country. The musicians having a lot of fun on this album. It wanders through the vast territory of the countless West African styles. They even make a quick foray into reggae to talk about marriage (with a little rap thrown in), and interweave their voices in multiple languages (Waama, Ditamari, Bariba, Fon, Yoruba). And boy do they have hits. To each is own, but "L'enfant c'est un don de Dieu" (Child is god's gift) is a mighty steamroller, methodically smoothing out the ground for dancing together to its final chorus, singing "debout-les-en-fants / get up, kids!" along. Smoother than the first two albums, supported by fine arrangements, ambitious keyboard parts and more complex vocal harmonies without losing any of their spontaneity, this third opus quietly adds to Benin's musical heritage. As they make clear in "Jusqu'au bout du monde," a clever little number that listeners can already hear swelling up on stage.

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RUTH	Polaroid Roman Photo: 40th Anniversary Edition	LP + 7"	BORN BAD RECORDS	BORNBAD 188LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of this indisputable classic of French coldwave and synthwave, including hits such as "Polaroid Roman photo" and "Mots," Born Bad presents a limited-edition reissue, including a bonus 7" with two previously unreleased tracks and a 12-page vinyl booklet. Thierry Müller, who initiated the RUTH project, was not a newcomer when the album Polaroid Roman Photo was released in 1985. As early as 1982, an early version of the track "Polaroïd/Roman/Photo" was released under the project RUTH. "I wanted to write a piece to make the girls dance and make fun of the boys. I plugged a small handmade clock on my Farfisa organ as a sequencer. I had a small Roland synth-guitar, I put the organ in it and that's how it started." Thierry worked on other tracks for the future LP and asked some friends to write other texts. Later, Thierry settled down in the Anagramme recording studio to carry out acoustic sound recordings. But when the sessions were over, he was not too happy with the results of "Polaroïd/Roman/Photo": according to them, they lacked "flamboyance". They decided then to record a new female voice with a professional singer and the sound engineer Patrick Chevalot offered to mix the track in the Synthesis studio "so that it blows out." With his tape ready and the help of Jacques Pasquier (S.C.O.P.A./ Invisible Records) he started to contact record companies. "I visited almost all the major record companies and was thrown out every time. Only at RCA's I found someone interested in my music." The album barely sold 50 copies in 1985, despite the eponymous title being a potential success. In 2004, two DJs (Marc Colin and Ivan Smagghe) discovered the track "Polaroïd/Roman/Photoand," and decided to exhume it from oblivion. They released it on a compilation called So Young But So Cold (Tigersushi) and then with Born Bad records on the BIPPP compilation in 2008. Thanks to them, the track and the album began a new life. Alongside his activity as graphic designer, Thierry Müller carries on producing music under his name, those of ILITCH and RUTH, and with various collaborators.

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TOOTS & MAYTALS	Ska Father	LP	BURNING SOUNDS	BSR 932R-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "1999 ska heavy album from Toots & The Maytals. Wicked pacing and inspired playing and singing set this one as a high-water mark in the Maytals' discography."

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BOTHEN, CHRISTER	Christer Bothen Donso n'goni	LP	BLACK TRUFFLE	BT 133LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Black Truffle presents the first ever solo Donso n'goni recording from octogenarian Swedish multi-instrumentalist Christer Bothén. Active in the Swedish jazz and improvisation scene since the 1970s, often heard on bass clarinet, Bothén travelled to Mali in 1971, eventually making his way to the Wassoulou region in the country's south where he encountered the Donso n'goni, the sacred harp of the hunter caste of Wassoulou society. Though playing the instrument has traditionally been restricted to those who belong to the hunters' brotherhood, Bothén found an enthusiastic teacher in Brouema Dobia, who, after many months of intensive one-on-one lessons, gave Bothén his blessing to play the instrument both traditionally and in his own style. Returning to Sweden, he would go on to pass on what he had learned to Don Cherry and play the Donso n'goni in a wide variety of inventive settings, including the driving Afro-jazz-fusion of his Trancedance (BT 118LP, 2024). The seven pieces of Christer Bothén Donso n'goni offer up a stunning showcase of Bothén's work on this remarkable instrument, heard entirely unaccompanied, except for the final piece where he is joined on a second Donso n'goni by his student and collaborator, the virtuoso bassist Kansan/Torbjorn Zetterberg, and Marianne N'Lemvo Linden on the metal Karanjang scraper. Recorded in three sessions in Stockholm between 2019 and 2023 in richly detailed high fidelity, the instrument's buzzing, sonorous bass strings make an immediate, overwhelming sonic impression. Hyper-focused on hypnotically repeating pentatonic patterns, the seven pieces are at once relentlessly single-minded and endlessly rich in subtle variations. The concentrated listening environment turns small details, such as the deployment of the instrument's segesege rattle on two of the pieces, into major events. Six of the seven pieces are traditional, with Bothén contributing the remaining "La Baraka," but the line between tradition and the individual talent is imaginary here. While the traditional Wassoulou pieces provide the rhythmic and harmonic elements, Bothén's individuality as a performer is alive in every moment, felt acutely in boundless variations of attack, improvisational flourishes, and unexpected accelerations and decelerations. Captured entirely live and bristling with spontaneity, this music is undeniably the product of almost half a decade of Bothén's devotion to the Donso n'goni and its traditional music. Accompanied by detailed new liner notes by Bothén and color photos from his time in Mali, Christer Bothén Donso n'goni is a stunning document of a remarkable instrument.

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KOUYATE, KANDIA	Tribute To Kandia	CD	BUDA MUSIQUE	BUDA 860404CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Sory Kandia Kouyaté (1933-1977) was 'The Voice' of independent Guinea. It is to this baobab of Guinean song that one of his sons, Kaabi Kouyaté dedicates this tribute. The most fascinating thing about this album is Kaabi's voice, whose timbre, modulations and inflections, and the felicity of his DNA, echo so hauntingly those of Guinea's most famous griot."

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FLABBERGAST	Weirdo Active	12"	CIRCUS COMPANY	CCS 128EP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Montreal duo Flabbergast -- aka Guillaume Coutu Dumont and Vincent Lemieux -- return to Circus Company, the label where it all began with their debut EP in 2015. Now seasoned veterans of leftfield club experimentation, they deliver Weirdo Active, a two-track vinyl release that distills their signature blend of groove, absurdity, and refined weirdness. Perfect for after-hours transitions or more openminded floors. Following standout releases on Yoyaku, Copier/Coller, and Chapelle XVI, Flabbergast continue to offer up dance music that's deeply heady, subtly unhinged, and always full of intent. A finely sculpted dose of dancefloor surrealism -- just the way Flabbergast likes it.

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ROGINSKI & RUZICNJAK TAJNI, RAPHAEL	Bura	LP	INSTANT CLASSIC	CLASSIC 100LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Bura is a brand-new album by guitarist Raphael Rogiński and the group Ru?ičniak Tajni (Svetlana Spajić, Marina D?ukljev and Tijana Golubović). It features guest appearances by Piotr Zabrodzki (LXMP, Mitch & Mitch) and Mila Gavrilovič. Ru?ičniak Tajni is a unique meeting of Polish and Serbian musical traditions, the result of cooperation between artists seeking new forms of expression based on the cultural heritage of Central and Eastern Europe. The initiator of the project is Raphael Rogiński -- a Polish guitarist, composer and researcher, known for his experimental approach to traditional music and his love of improvisation. In the project, he is accompanied by three outstanding Serbian artists whose work is a conscious combination of local traditions and modern expression: Svetlana Spajić -- a renowned ethnomusicologist and singer, specializing in old vocal techniques and archaic song forms. Her interpretations combine authenticity of message with sensitivity to the contemporary context. Marina D?ukljev -- a pianist moving in the area of improvised and experimental music, known for deconstructing harmonic and rhythmic structures. Tijana Golubović -- a violinist and vocalist, drawing from folk performance practice, while simultaneously exploring new sonic narratives. Their collaboration resulted in the album Bura, recorded in Serbia in November 2024. The title refers to the characteristic wind from the northern Balkans, symbolizing both the forces of nature and the cultural tensions shaping the identity of the region. The album is a musical encounter of traditional Serbian songs -- reconstructed on the basis of oral traditions and archival materials - with modern means of expression. Another key element is Raphael Rogiński's original compositions, inspired by Sufi poetry, which was translated into Serbian in the 19th century."

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HINODE TAPES & HIROKI CHIBA	Ita	LP	INSTANT CLASSIC	CLASSIC 101LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Ita is the third album form Polish trio Hinode Tapes. This time, Piotr Chęcki, Piotr Kaliński, and Jacek Prościński are joined by Japanese double bassist Hiroki Chiba (who has collaborated with Jim O'Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, and Otomo Yoshihide, among others). Their joint album is titled Ita and features four new compositions at the intersection of ambient and free jazz. This extraordinary collaboration came about thanks to Piotr Kaliński. 'We were connected by a mutual colleague who understands the music of Hinode Tapes and Chiba quite well. He recommended that I go to one of his concerts and it just blew me away, because Hiroki explored the territories between jazz and ambient in a masterful fashion,' explains Kaliński. 'From my perspective, Chiba's presence adds a new color to Hinode Tapes' music. Apart from the fact that objectively he is a great musician, this is our first album to feature a double bass player. This aspect determined the way we made decisions on this album in terms of managing sonic space,' adds Prościński. At the beginning of 2025, Hinode Tapes played a short tour in Japan. 'It was a very strong experience. We saw a genuinely great interest from the audience, and we were watched on stage by such legendary and important people to me as Inoyama Land and Chihei Hatakeyama,' recalls Kaliński. 'During the concerts we tried to compress our approach and musical aesthetics. We also played strongly improvised concerts with Japanese artists -- Hiroki Chiba, Momose Yasunaga (known from our previous album) and Ko Ishikawa, a virtuoso playing the traditional Japanese instrument shō. Ko collaborated with Ryūichi Sakamoto on the album Async. It was an honor and a big challenge for us.' Ita brings another change of aesthetics in the context of the Hinode Tapes discography. 'Our previous album was quite dark, you could even say gloomy. On this one there is more sun, colors in a higher register, like bells, triangles, janissaries,' says the drummer."

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DJ MARCELLE/ANOTHER NICE MESS	Sorry, No Silence	LP	CORTIZONA	CORTIZONA 032LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "High urgency music with a very personal expression of the artist: in one way or another", this has always been the important or maybe even the core factor of every Cortizona release so far. So it was just a matter of time until DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess, longtime fan of The Fall and Jiskefet, topnotch producer, DJ wizard with three turntables (and a lovely person in general) would collaborate towards a Cortizona release. Sorry, No Silence resonates feelings of global despair over the genocide in Gaza and the moraland political bankruptcy of "western values." It does so over a repetitive, militant tribal beat, complete with heavy basslines. The spirits of Mark Stewart, On-U Sound and Muslimgauze loom over the track, but as is always the case with Marcelle, both on stage and in the studio: she has an authentic style of her own, where playfulness meets courage and - also in this case -- anger meets rhythm.

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NEW BRUTALISM	Requiescat Record (Foil Sleeve)	LP	COMPUTER STUDENTS	CS 012B-LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Foil sleeve version. Requiescat Record is the new album by New Brutalism, a minimal rock quartet formed in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Shane Elliott, guitarist/vocalist Matt Hall, bassist/vocalist David Basford, and drummer Carey Balch. The three-track release -- "088," "087" and "089," in keeping with their strict numerical naming convention -- was recorded in 2021 by the late, great Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service in 2025. For the band, "less is more" became a guiding principle -- channeled through an unwaveringly raw, direct, and honest approach to sound. Out of partly sound, partly aesthetic, mainly a thirst to build, New Brutalism performs on aluminum instruments built by the band members. They chose the material because it's lighter than steel, more consistent than wood, and easy to machine. Above all, it's precise -- and thereby, can produce precise music. In 2021, New Brutalism entered Electrical Audio to record Requiescat Record. Named after a Latin term meaning a prayer for the repose of a dead person, Requiescat Record retroactively became a dedication to Albiniʼs memory. The band acknowledges that so much of the aesthetic, interests and sounds they admired are a product of his influence and the circle of artists around him. His death instigated a state of urgency. A desire to act became more pressing, to strike more often, and usher in a new era of productivity. Shattered and kinetic, forged by time and tragedy, with god-given sonic quality, Requiescat Record may acknowledge the dead, but this music feels ever so alive.

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NEW BRUTALISM	Requiescat Record	LP	COMPUTER STUDENTS	CS 012LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Requiescat Record is the new album by New Brutalism, a minimal rock quartet formed in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Shane Elliott, guitarist/vocalist Matt Hall, bassist/vocalist David Basford, and drummer Carey Balch. The three-track release -- "088," "087" and "089," in keeping with their strict numerical naming convention -- was recorded in 2021 by the late, great Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service in 2025. For the band, "less is more" became a guiding principle -- channeled through an unwaveringly raw, direct, and honest approach to sound. Out of partly sound, partly aesthetic, mainly a thirst to build, New Brutalism performs on aluminum instruments built by the band members. They chose the material because it's lighter than steel, more consistent than wood, and easy to machine. Above all, it's precise -- and thereby, can produce precise music. In 2021, New Brutalism entered Electrical Audio to record Requiescat Record. Named after a Latin term meaning a prayer for the repose of a dead person, Requiescat Record retroactively became a dedication to Albiniʼs memory. The band acknowledges that so much of the aesthetic, interests and sounds they admired are a product of his influence and the circle of artists around him. His death instigated a state of urgency. A desire to act became more pressing, to strike more often, and usher in a new era of productivity. Shattered and kinetic, forged by time and tragedy, with god-given sonic quality, Requiescat Record may acknowledge the dead, but this music feels ever so alive.

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OXYMORON, MONTY	The Piano Plays 'Til Midnight: Monty Oxymoron Plays The Songs Of The Damned	CD	DAMAGED GOODS	DAMGOOD 628CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "The Damned keyboardist Monty Oxymoron plays classical-hued piano versions of the band's most lived tracks! Not many people realize that The Damned have produced a fine array of songs with melodic, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication; with a depth of imagination and atmosphere. They spearheaded British punk, and yet diverse musical influences went into the crucible: UK and US psychedelia, Canterbury prog rock, and even classical and filmic musical influences abound. Now, with the return of drummer Rat Scabies the line-up is the same as that which produced many of these songs, with Monty on keys. Monty Oxymoron has played keyboards with The Damned since 1996, has written songs for the band, and played with Captain Sensible and Dr Space Toad before that. He is a retired psychiatric nurse and trained in art psychotherapy. Monty is keen on 'free improvisation' and plays in and around Brighton where he lives. Monty has an almost impossibly eclectic collation of his music on Bandcamp, his YouTube channel, and shares ideas on various subjects on his Substack page (under his 'real' name: Laurence Burrow)."

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OXYMORON, MONTY	The Piano Plays 'Til Midnight: Monty Oxymoron Plays The Songs Of The Damned	LP	DAMAGED GOODS	DAMGOOD 628LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "The Damned keyboardist Monty Oxymoron plays classical-hued piano versions of the band's most lived tracks! Not many people realize that The Damned have produced a fine array of songs with melodic, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication; with a depth of imagination and atmosphere. They spearheaded British punk, and yet diverse musical influences went into the crucible: UK and US psychedelia, Canterbury prog rock, and even classical and filmic musical influences abound. Now, with the return of drummer Rat Scabies the line-up is the same as that which produced many of these songs, with Monty on keys. Monty Oxymoron has played keyboards with The Damned since 1996, has written songs for the band, and played with Captain Sensible and Dr Space Toad before that. He is a retired psychiatric nurse and trained in art psychotherapy. Monty is keen on 'free improvisation' and plays in and around Brighton where he lives. Monty has an almost impossibly eclectic collation of his music on Bandcamp, his YouTube channel, and shares ideas on various subjects on his Substack page (under his 'real' name: Laurence Burrow.)"

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MILKSHAKES, THE	Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats	LP	DAMAGED GOODS	DAMGOOD 632LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Following on from the imaginary international success of their debut album Talking Bout and the 45 It's You c/w Please Don't Tell My Baby, the Milkshakes decided to squander what little money they had left on another long-player. The result was the cleverly-titled, if slightly boastful-sounding, Fourteen Rhythm & Beat Greats. Indeed, if you close your eyes and unplug the record-player, all 14 -- count 'em (next time you open your peepers) -- finely-crafted tunes on this LP could almost qualify as 'great,' depending on where you stand, musically. Featuring such live favorites as 'Black Sails In The Moonlight' and 'Red Monkey,' the general consensus was that this was The Milkshakes' finest work to date (ask them yourselves). That must be partially true, as London's prestigious Big Beat Records figured it was good enough to reissue on their very own prestigious Big Beat record label -- twice."

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DANOU P	In The Brine EP	12"	DEFINITIVE RECORDINGS	DEF 2505EP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Danou P serves up deep, funky heat with his In The Brine EP on Definitive Recordings. Rotterdam-based producer and DJ Danou P delivers a standout fourtracker. Known for his warm, soulful and funk-infused take on house music, Danou channels raw rhythm and musical flair into a collection that feels both classic and freshly personal. Best known for his work alongside Jamie 3:26, and with releases on Glitterbox, Tru Thoughts, and Soulfuric Trax, Danou P is steadily building a solo catalogue that's as musical as it is danceable.

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HANDS TO	Q'ojfa	2CD	DUNKELHEIT PRODUCTIONS	DP 147CD
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Double CD. Noble jewelcase edition. Ltd. 200, hand-numbered. "Attention lovers of audial art, sophisticated noise and musique concrete! Dunkelheit Produktionen presents two full-length CDs by Hands To in an ambitious campaign to make these amazing compositions available to a wider audience. Although Hands to and its mastermind Jeph Jerman may not be quite as known within die hard Power Electronics or Harsh Noise circles, the legacy of this unique musician speaks for itself. Having released music under the moniquer of Hands To as well as his own name, this visionary has been an unsung hero of his craft, creating genre-shaping classics and pushing boundaries, extending his sounds into realms unknown. There have even been extensive visual documentations of mastermind Jerman sitting in front of peculiar utensils like bowls filled with metal balls conjuring up tasty and refined sounds like the sonic alchemist he is. Presented as a noble double CD edition, Q'Ofja is the perfect release for those who appreciate Hands To's harsher and noisier side. This roughly 90 minutes of material actually stems from the late '80 and could be seen as a perfect blend between the finer points of US Noise and the artistic merits of musique concrete. The leading element here is metal junk and there is enough of it to spoil even the greediest aficionado. The opening track 'X' proves this without a doubt, as squeaking loops meet unhinged bashing in audial bliss. However, as the journey goes on, Hands To even venture into more experimental territories, presenting symphonies that slightly resemble the more technical Japanese cut-up artists. Q'Ofja is a killer release and also a landmark monument of Noise history. Mandatory."

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HANDS TO	Klangfiguren	CD	DUNKELHEIT PRODUCTIONS	DP 148CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Noble jewelcase edition. Ltd. 200, hand-numbered. "Attention lovers of audial art, sophisticated noise and musique concrete! Dunkelheit Produktionen presents two full-length CDs by Hands To in an ambitious campaign to make these amazing compositions available to a wider audience. Although Hands to and its mastermind Jeph Jerman may not be quite as known within die hard Power Electronics or Harsh Noise circles, the legacy of this unique musician speaks for itself. Having released music under the moniquer of Hands To as well as his own name, this visionary has been an unsung hero of his craft, creating genre-shaping classics and pushing boundaries, extending his sounds into realms unknown. There have even been extensive visual documentations of mastermind Jerman sitting in front of peculiar utensils like bowls filled with metal balls conjuring up tasty and refined sounds like the sonic alchemist he is. Klangfigurenn is the perfect showcase for the talents of Hands To. Rusty scraping dance over waves of crumbling oscillations as wonderful symphonies are formed out of a seeming nothingness. Although the elements can always be traced to a concrete source (hence: musique concrete), there is a certain level of skill in the arrangement and treatment that presents aspects of dark drones and piercing highs that may resemble the more brutish sides of harsh noise. Like some kind of audial storyteller, Jerman mixes the beauty of nature with a noiseman's handywork to form Klangfiguren -- a true work of art."

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BLACK DOG, THE	My Brutal Life: The Ambient Mixes	3CD BOX	DUST SCIENCE	DUST 137CD
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "This is the inaugural boxset in a series inspired by our work on the My Brutal Life project and the Sleep Deprivation 24/7 broadcast channel. During our studio sessions, we occasionally get sidetracked, either by following creative impulses or simply having fun. While working on these mixes for our streaming channel, it was clear something else was happening. Something unexpected. It unfolded on its own. Before we realized it, we had over three hours of completely new recordings, all centered around My Brutal Life. This box set contains three CDs with over three hours of brand-new music and exclusive remixes. It's an exploration of long-form works, leading with emotion rather than structure, so come with us through the inner cityscapes, where grey over green wins every time." --The Black Dog

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TOUCH, JENNIFER	Aging At Airports (Black Vinyl)	LP	FABRIKA RECORDS	FP 007A-LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Jennifer Touch presents Aging at Airports on Fabrika Records. The idea for the record title came before the music even existed as Touch was spending an increasing amount of time in airports while touring. In her own words: 'It felt like I waste a large part of my life waiting for the next show to come, to entertain and perform my music and build timeless moments with others. This waiting, the slowly ticking time at the gate, was in complete contrast to what I want to do as an artist: to be in flux, to create things that will last forever. The airport, as a busy hub, was like a symbol of this ambivalence. And a reminder: every second, whether waiting or on the move, I have to accept that I am fading, that my creative power, my face, and my body are fading. As a (performing) artist, everything feels like a strange contrast. While you want to stay true to yourself and speak authentically from the soul, you are also expected to appear forever young, and powerful. Artists are often wanted to distract people, but creating this art forces me to confront my own transience. I feel the struggle to fit into this powerful artificial framework that the world has set and the desire to break free from it.'"

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TOUCH, JENNIFER	copy of Aging At Airports (Silver Vinyl)	LP	FABRIKA RECORDS	FP 007B-LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Silver color vinyl version. "Jennifer Touch presents Aging at Airports on Fabrika Records. The idea for the record title came before the music even existed as Touch was spending an increasing amount of time in airports while touring. In her own words: 'It felt like I waste a large part of my life waiting for the next show to come, to entertain and perform my music and build timeless moments with others. This waiting, the slowly ticking time at the gate, was in complete contrast to what I want to do as an artist: to be in flux, to create things that will last forever. The airport, as a busy hub, was like a symbol of this ambivalence. And a reminder: every second, whether waiting or on the move, I have to accept that I am fading, that my creative power, my face, and my body are fading. As a (performing) artist, everything feels like a strange contrast. While you want to stay true to yourself and speak authentically from the soul, you are also expected to appear forever young, and powerful. Artists are often wanted to distract people, but creating this art forces me to confront my own transience. I feel the struggle to fit into this powerful artificial framework that the world has set and the desire to break free from it.'"

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LEBANON HANOVER	Asylum Lullabies	LP	FABRIKA RECORDS	FP 039A-LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Nearly five years after the release of Sci-Fi Sky, Lebanon Hanover has produced your favorite soundtrack for a visit in a psychiatry clinic: Asylum Lullabies. This is the evolution of an even colder, more caustic sound by a band that has dominated the post punk landscape for over a decade. Asylum Lullabies is a very heavy album about dealing with mental health struggles, a breakup and ongoing wars and the current horror in the world ultimately leaving one consumed with dread, fear and a constant feeling of being crushed. Everything falls apart at the same time."

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DESINTERESSE	Onschuld	LP	FABRIKA RECORDS	FP 040-LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Desinteresse present their first studio produced album, Onschuld, through Fabrika Records. Desinteresse is a Dutch Coldwave act formed in late 2022 as a duo consisting of Bart Vranken (bass) and Sem van den Munckhof (vocals/synth/guitar). Joppe de Swart (drums) joined in 2024 to form the current trio. Onschuld is their first true album after the release of two cassettes on their own label DECADENCE. This is Desinteresse's first studio production and experience in recording things separately; their first tape Voor Altijd was simply recorded live in Sem's attic room. Onschuld was recorded at The Lullabye Factory in Amsterdam, where Desinteresse took control of the completely analog production. Engineers at The Lullabye Factory assisted with the mixing. Recording took place January and March 2025, except for 'Grijze Dromen' which was recorded in June 2024 and released as a 7" single in August 2024. The overall approach was to create something in the same way it was done in the 1970s and '80s, hence the dedicated use of tape and instruments, effects and amplifiers that come from that era. The titles and lyrics are in their native Dutch. Most of the album's lyrics were written by Sem between 2023 and 2025, with the exception of the song 'Fantomen,' which was written by Bart."

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SCOTCH BROOM COLLECTIVE	Insects & Water	Cassette	FEEDING TUBE RECORDS	FTR 403CS
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "(The) Scotch Broom Collective is an imaginary ensemble helmed (or once helmed) by Robert 'Bob' Fay, whose real-world units have included Sebadoh, Somerville Players, Deluxx, Crush, Baby Jesus Burnout, and so on. Bob's primary instrument is drums, but like his fellow American polymath Ben Vereen, Bob does not allow himself to be pigeon-holed. With Scotch Broom Collective he does it all, except perhaps for the tap dancing segments, which he has chosen to leave to others. The material on this tape (as on Scotch Broom's debut LP on UK's Golden Lab Records) was recorded by a miscellany of outfits with which Bob has been involved, and includes players like Conrad Capistran, Chuck P. Elea, Mark Perretta, Stephen Mathewson, Jason Lowenstein, Eric Matthews, Manny Lander, and Dan Ireton. As you might expect, the tunes are varied-as-shit, lo-fi-as-fuck and random-as-hell. Scotch Broom Ensemble's sound is dedicated to the unbridled freedom of otherness. So the tunes range from aggressive pokes into the cage of the free jazz bear to raw electric guitar instrumentals to wailing collabs with the great Dredd Foole. There is no slack, no waiting, and the tape unspools like a slacker's guide to the outer rim of the universe. It should probably be noted that the final Deluxx free form blowout on the tape was performed at the Paradise, opening for Sebadoh. Bob recalls, 'The packed house didn't know what to make of us?' What a bunch of goddamn squares. Insects & Water started coming together just before the Plague Years began, when Ted Lee innocently asked Bob if there were more good Scotch Broom tapes around. Now, after five long years of digging we have the answer. A solid, multivalent earful of strange yet somehow familiar raunch epistemology, delivered to your head by machines of loving grace. Perhaps we should all be asking better questions more frequently. Apparently they get results." --Byron Coley, 2025

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DUIT QUARTETT, VALENTIN	Sinn/ist	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 499CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "The Valentin Duit Quartett consists of Robert Unterköfler on saxophones, Tobias Meissl on vibraphone, Ivar Roban Kri?ić on double bass and Valentin Duit on drums. The quartet interprets pieces by Valentin Duit which offer space for collective and solo improvisation in different ways. It emerged from the Tobias Meissl Trio in 2023 and has existed as a collective exploratory ensemble ever since. Valentin Duit is a Vienna-based drummer who plays with various ensembles mainly in the fields of jazz and improvised music, e.g. Dsilton, Tobias Meissl Trio, Pynzenyk/Rosilio/Duit or Vienna Improvisers Orchestra. Ivar Roban Kri?ić is a researcher, musician, curator, and composer active in the field of improvised music. His artistic practice encompasses a wide variety of international projects, spanning contemporary jazz, experimental music, and free improvisation. His research is focused on musical cognition, AI, and technical and technological extensions of the double bass. Tobias Meissl is a Vibraphonist, Composer and Pianist from Vienna, investigating the relationship of Composition and Improvisation in the context of spontaneous interpretation and de-/reconstruction of given structures through his work. After completing his studies in Jazz Composition and Vibraphone at Berklee College of Music and Music and Arts Private University Vienna, Meissl now lives in Vienna, where he is a sought-after sideman in various musical situations and has received several composing commissions. Robert Unterköfler is an Austrian saxophonist, composer and educator. Besides the saxophone as his main-instrument, he also plays clarinet, flute & electronic wind instruments. Robert began his jazz studies at the Konservatorium Klagenfurt."

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REININGER, BLAINE L.	Nine Times	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 504CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Blaine L. Reininger needs no special introduction. He is an American post-punk, new-wave and alternative pop singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist (particularly violin), writer and performer. He is known for being a member of the group Tuxedomoon since 1977 after co-founding it with Steven Brown and, latterly, for a notable music and theatre career, both as a soloist and contributor to other artists' recordings, including The Durutti Column, Snakefinger, Anna Domino, Savage Republic or Paul Haig. After learning the violin and guitar during childhood and studying music theory in San Francisco, Reininger formed with the band Tuxedomoon with composer, singer, musician and college-mate Steven Brown and appeared on early albums such as Half Mute, Desire and Suite En Sous-Sol before departing early in 1983 to pursue a solo career. He permanently rejoined Tuxedomoon in 1988 and has subsequently appeared on more recent recordings such as 'Vapour Trails,' issued in 2007 by independent label Crammed Discs. Nine Times is Blaine's all-new album, following up Ghost Festival on Klanggalerie. Like its predecessor, it is a mix of classic Reininger songs and pieces of a more experimental nature."

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LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, THE	Apparition	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 516CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "The Legendary Pink Dots are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. In 1984 the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist Phil Knight aka The Silverman. The band was originally called One Day but subsequently changed the name to The Legendary Pink Dots, apparently inspired by pink dots on certain keys of the band's main recording studio piano. In the 1980s the band released albums on Mirrodot and In Phaze; in 1985 they signed with Play It Again Sam for the release of The Lovers. Their music touches on elements of neo-psychedelia, ambient music, electronic music, tape music, industrial, psychedelic folk, synthpop, post-punk, progressive, jazz, noise, pop, and goth rock, with a distinctly experimental/avant-garde bent; their sound has evolved over time and remains distinctive, making it difficult to place the group into a concise style or genre. The group's overall sound combined with Ka-Spel's distinct lyrics and singing have earned comparisons to Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett; the group also has links to the sounds of krautrock bands such as Can, Faust, Brainticket, Magma, or Neu! Apparition originally came out in 1982, the same year as their album Brighter Now. The first edition was a cassette only on the band's own Ding Dong label. In 2013 it came out as a limited edtion CDR, this 2025 release now being the first ever proper CD release. It has been carefully remastered by Edward Ka-Spel and includes bonus tracks not on the original album."

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RIQUISIMO & LUKE ALESSI, DEMI	Yes Bby	12"	LIFE AND DEATH	LAD 091EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Life & Death welcomes a standout collaboration from Demi Riquísimo and Luke Alessi with the release of their new EP Yes Bby. Setting themselves the brief of, "upbeat rollers and a little bit of naughtiness," the two producers blend their sonic identities on this club-ready two tracker, formed of "Basement Trash" and title track "Yes Bby." Already receiving support from the likes of Chloé Caillet, Call Super, Moxie, and more, Yes Bby marks an exciting moment in both artists' trajectories.

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JOHN AND PAUL	A Toot And A Snore In '74	LP	LIFE GOES ON RECORDS	LIFE 062LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 A classic example of "tune in, turn on, drop out," this mystified session was recorded in '74 and it's basically a drug-infused meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney after the Beatles break-up. At that time Lennon was producing Harry Nilsson's album Pussy Cats, when Paul and Linda McCartney dropped in after the first night of the sessions at Burbank Studios on the 28th of March. They were joined by Nilsson, Stevie Wonder, Jesse Ed Davis, May Pang, Mal Evans, Bobby Keys and producer Ed Freeman for an impromptu jam session. The result is a stoned as fuck manifest you need to hear to believe!

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ORBITAL	Orbital 2 (The Brown Album) (2025 Black Vinyl)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725563
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 New/permanent black vinyl edition; double 140gr vinyl. Originally released in 1993, The Brown Album marked a significant evolution in Orbital's sound -- and was met with widespread critical acclaim. NME awarded it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag's best albums of all time. Standout track "Halcyon + On + On" became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III's It's a Fine Day. The track's dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" is another defining moment, an evolving journey of layered breakbeats and dynamic synth arrangements, reflecting the duo's ability to create both club-ready and introspective music. Meanwhile, "Lush 3-1" and "Lush 3-2" demonstrate Orbital's knack for crafting intricate, evolving grooves, balancing pulsating rhythms with melodic flourishes that keep the listener engaged. This Brown Album 2LP reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release.

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CHAMELEONS, THE	Arctic Moon	CD	METROPOLIS RECORDS	MET 1416CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Long cited as a hugely influential act, having inspired the likes of (The) Verve, Oasis, Interpol, The Killers, Editors, and White Lies, Chameleons are renowned for their transformative catalogue and intense, emotionally charged live performances, creating a legacy that extends far beyond their four studio albums to date. Their widely acclaimed debut, Script of the Bridge (1983) has been cited by many as a masterpiece way ahead of its time, and was followed by What Does Anything Mean? Basically! (1984), Strange Times (1986) and Why Call It Anything? (2001). Their unique sound quickly won them an audience with its mix of melancholic yet energetic and powerful tunes, hypnotic, ethereal riffs and a potent, timeless lyrical style. They are considered one of the most influential guitar bands of the '80s and '90s, contributing substantially to the post-punk, shoegaze and indie scenes. 2024 saw the release of two EPs that kicked off a new chapter for the band. Where Are You? consisted of three new songs, while Tomorrow Remember Yesterday featured five re-recorded archive tracks. Arctic Moon sees them propelling forward musically while retaining the essence that originally made them iconic. Arctic Moon is the first full-length album by Chameleons since the release of Why Call It Anything? in 2001."

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CHAMELEONS, THE	Arctic Moon	LP	METROPOLIS RECORDS	MET 1416LP
$30.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Long cited as a hugely influential act, having inspired the likes of (The) Verve, Oasis, Interpol, The Killers, Editors, and White Lies, Chameleons are renowned for their transformative catalogue and intense, emotionally charged live performances, creating a legacy that extends far beyond their four studio albums to date. Their widely acclaimed debut, Script of the Bridge (1983) has been cited by many as a masterpiece way ahead of its time, and was followed by What Does Anything Mean? Basically! (1984), Strange Times (1986) and Why Call It Anything? (2001). Their unique sound quickly won them an audience with its mix of melancholic yet energetic and powerful tunes, hypnotic, ethereal riffs and a potent, timeless lyrical style. They are considered one of the most influential guitar bands of the '80s and '90s, contributing substantially to the post-punk, shoegaze and indie scenes. 2024 saw the release of two EPs that kicked off a new chapter for the band. Where Are You? consisted of three new songs, while Tomorrow Remember Yesterday featured five re-recorded archive tracks. Arctic Moon sees them propelling forward musically while retaining the essence that originally made them iconic. Arctic Moon is the first full-length album by Chameleons since the release of Why Call It Anything? in 2001."

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ROTSCHOPF, TERESA	Currents and Orders	LP	MARTIN HOSSBACH	MH 002LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Teresa Rotschopf, a musician and composer from Vienna, presents her second solo album, Currents and Orders -- a radical, delicate, yet grandiose sonic journey between experimental pop, new music, and improvised composition. Currents and Orders was recorded in an unusual location: a stalactite cave in Styria, Austria. Together with a small group of musicians (Maria Gstättner: bassoon, contraforte; Alex Kranabetter: tuba, trumpet, French horn; Patrick Dunst: saxophone, duduk; Florian Klinger: marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, cymbals, gong, stalactite; Patrick Pulsinger: gong, stalactite; Ulrich Schleicher: gong) and in co-production with Patrick Pulsinger, Rotschopf recorded the album in June 2023 -- deep underground, far from daylight, but all the closer to archaic sounds and resonances. The cave becomes not only an acoustic stage, but also a symbolic space of memory, retreat, and transformation. The album comprises four pieces -- including two large-scale tracks. Rotschopf first developed the desire to record in a cave in the summer of 2022. What began as a visual and sonic image became a concrete project -- supported by the Austrian Cave Association. In June 2023, Rotschopf and her musicians spent three days in a cave in the Styrian Forest. Almost a kilometer of cable was laid, and equipment and instruments were carried deep underground. Rotschopf describes the recording situation as a kind of return to herself: "I descended into this cave, as if I could descend into myself, into my own womb [...] What we did in the cave could just as easily be called 'recording music,' but it could also be called 'remembering' -- remembering the earth, the cave, and humanity." Currents and Orders is an album like a ritual: haunting, atmospheric, bold in its form, and deeply rooted in both physical and emotional space. Music that takes its time, uses space, and pushes boundaries.

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EVANS, BILL	Consecration 1	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 3894LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Consecration I is a posthumous live album by the legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans. The recordings were captured during Evans' final performances at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco between August 31 and September 7, 1980. Consecration 1 showcases Evans' signature introspective style, blending lyrical phrasing with intricate harmonic progressions. The album features Evans alongside bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera, forming a trio that delivered deeply expressive interpretations of jazz standards and original compositions. Tracks like 'You and the Night And the Music,' 'Emily,' and 'Someday My Prince Will Come' highlight Evans' delicate touch and masterful improvisation."

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FLAER	Translations (White Vinyl)	LP	ODDA RECORDINGS	ODA 006FT-LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 White color vinyl version. Artist and multi-instrumentalist Flaer embraces the search for quiet miracles on first full-length LP Translations. In 2023, Realf Heygate -- who makes music as Flaer -- released his debut mini-album Preludes, composed on his mother's piano and his childhood cello. Returning to ODDA for his debut full-length album, Heygate is now looking in another direction. A record that embraces transition and movement, Translations is in many ways more internal, less rooted to a single place and reflective of the process of laying new foundations in Cornwall. Like Preludes, Translations is colored with found sounds and field recordings, from the starlings which can be heard singing through the open window of his studio, to the brittle recordings of his mother, who was a linguist, learning Spanish on a set of language tapes. In both cases, Heygate embraced the translations and memories inherent to the sounds. These decayed transmissions hint at loss, resisting clarity in favor of the ineffable. Translations is also a record of ambiguities and in-betweens, suggested by the double meaning of the album's opening track "Entre." At once intricate and expansive, threaded with birdsong and acoustic guitar motifs, this and "Starling Descends" (a reference to Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending") act as a bridge away from the pastoral themes of Preludes towards a more assertive sound. At times intimate in its textured instrumentation and at others more overtly grand in orchestration, reflecting a wider palette of influences. Recorded between 2023 and 2025 -- what Heygate calls "A gradual process of sowing and harvesting ideas rather than a single intense creative period" -- each track follows a rhythm similar to the small maquettes and sculptures he has been working on in his visual practice, whereby structures and melodies form intuitively in moments that are as rare as they are fleeting.

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FLAER	Translations	LP	ODDA RECORDINGS	ODA 006LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Artist and multi-instrumentalist Flaer embraces the search for quiet miracles on first full-length LP Translations. In 2023, Realf Heygate -- who makes music as Flaer -- released his debut mini-album Preludes, composed on his mother's piano and his childhood cello. Returning to ODDA for his debut full-length album, Heygate is now looking in another direction. A record that embraces transition and movement, Translations is in many ways more internal, less rooted to a single place and reflective of the process of laying new foundations in Cornwall. Like Preludes, Translations is colored with found sounds and field recordings, from the starlings which can be heard singing through the open window of his studio, to the brittle recordings of his mother, who was a linguist, learning Spanish on a set of language tapes. In both cases, Heygate embraced the translations and memories inherent to the sounds. These decayed transmissions hint at loss, resisting clarity in favor of the ineffable. Translations is also a record of ambiguities and in-betweens, suggested by the double meaning of the album's opening track "Entre." At once intricate and expansive, threaded with birdsong and acoustic guitar motifs, this and "Starling Descends" (a reference to Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending") act as a bridge away from the pastoral themes of Preludes towards a more assertive sound. At times intimate in its textured instrumentation and at others more overtly grand in orchestration, reflecting a wider palette of influences. Recorded between 2023 and 2025 -- what Heygate calls "A gradual process of sowing and harvesting ideas rather than a single intense creative period" -- each track follows a rhythm similar to the small maquettes and sculptures he has been working on in his visual practice, whereby structures and melodies form intuitively in moments that are as rare as they are fleeting.

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STABBINS & KEITH TIPPETT & LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO, LARRY	Live In Foggia	CD	OGUN RECORDS	OGCD 951CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Recorded in Italy in 1985, this is a valuable record of a unique trio -- saxophonist Larry Stabbins, pianist Keith Tippett, and drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo -- playing at the very top of their game. Larry Stabbins, after years of playing with many of the greatest improvising musicians of the '60s and '70s (John Stevens, Chris McGregor, Keith Tippett, Mike Westbrook, Tony Oxley etc) had recently exploded onto the pop world with the bands Weekend and Working Week and was quite famous in Italy. Not to be outdone, Louis Moholo-Moholo turned up to this gig in full 'warpaint' and all three play like the clappers. Both Louis and Keith are in their prime here, and the level of playing by all three is off the scale."

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GUSGUS	New Arrivals EP	12"	OROOM	OROOMVE 001EP
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 GusGus are continuing their weird fusion of '80s and '90s vibes in the spirit of their last album DanceOrama. This time its nostalgic futuristic raving, delivering two nasty bits for those DJ's bringing stranger journeys on floor, or some madness when the crowd is vulnerable for some alter reality experience.

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JANSSON & THE ESCAPISM, BROR GUNNAR	People!	LP	PLAYGROUND MUSIC	PGML 184LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 180g, colored vinyl. Perhaps the hardest thing about soul music is convincing. If the place and the experiences don't somehow shine through, people risk missing out on what's on offer completely. That's precisely why soul music is difficult in Sweden. There are few who can portray their experiences in music in a way as convincing as in the Black US Soul tradition. This however seems almost provocatively easy for Bror Gunnar Jansson to do. On the album People, it's as if he pours both lyrics and melodies that have grown slowly in life and that come naturally if you grow up on the right soil. And on almost every song, it only takes a few bars for Bror Gunnar Jansson & The Escapism to show who their musical relatives are. Although Gunnar seems to move freely in musical landscapes ruled by the greats of seventies soul from Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, and Aretha Franklin, as well as in some of the fringes of blues and jazz territory, both he and drummer and producer Christopher Cantillo explain that the album has took a long time brewing. And that what may appear obvious and simple has sprung out of a friendship that spans more than half of their lives.

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ROACH & ROGER KING, STEVE	Dust To Dust	LP	PROJEKT RECORDS	PRO 079LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Released in 1998, Roach & King's vivid world of desert reveries continues to engage new listeners with a sound that rides trails no electronic artist has travelled before or since. Dust to Dust's guitars, harmonicas and washboard rhythms find their place next to a wagon full of electronics on nine tracks revealing the slow heat of wide-open spaces and barren environments. The ambient-blues grows in the cactus shadow swathes of haunting atmospheres and Morricone-like nylon twang flourishes. It's a bold narrative of bygone eras with haunting melodies drawn from the desertscape told with the instruments of old and new pioneers. This is the music, and even more the soundtrack, to lingering ghosts and lost but not forgotten dreams of restless souls driven to 'Go West by God!' It's a transcendent musical masterpiece, an alluring, provocative legend inspired by the rolling tumbleweeds, barren landscape, and hardscrabble lifestyle of the Old West. Alternative Press: 'After looking toward these desert vistas for visions deep within and far beyond the earth, Roach pays homage to the brave souls who forged the hard road west. Joined by fellow Arizonian and guitarist Roger King. Roach's deep synths and King's Kottke-esque guitars sing and moan, allowing the sound to tell the story of an era when pioneers risked everything in pursuit of new worlds and promised fortunes. Like a ghost train winding through layers of memory and history, Dust to Dust has the mystery and allure of 150-year-old photographs of strangers whose eyes and stoic faces suggest a thousand untold stories.'"

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SIMONETTI'S GOBLIN, CLAUDIO	Profondo Rosso (Deep Red)	2CD	RUSTBLADE	RBL 095CD
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Deep Red / Profondo Rossso Soundtrack 50th Anniversary Edition. The incredible existential and atmospheric experience of Dario Argento's films comes from the merging of gorgeously crafted visuals with a soul tingling auditory experience. Once heard, Goblin's scores are never quite forgotten. Profondo Rosso is no exception, characterized by its synth heavy sound and chilling central theme. Along with Suspiria, Profondo Rosso is perhaps Argento's most celebrated film and a classic of the giallo horror subgenre in its own right. A surreal masterpiece from Dario Argento with a pounding score from cult prog rockers Goblin, Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) will leave you battered and breathless! Limited Deluxe Double CD (500 Copies) with a bonus CD with alternative and live versions."

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FRIEBE, RICO	Dream	CD	TIME IN THE SPECIAL PRACTICE OF RELATIVITY	RELTIME 012CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 The new Rico Friebe album Dream has arrived and it has been a true one-man job on drums, piano, Hammond organ, (bass) guitar and vocals! For converting his recent and life-long recurring dreams to lyrics and music, the decision to mainly embed these into one personally favored dream pop-rock/shoegaze scenery stood to reason for him. Opened (and closed) by the multi-guitar instrumental 'Cayman,' Rico Friebe sets a fugitive premise (not to be understood fiscally!) for something bigger and interfering to come. "Dissect" immediately dissects the already crumbling, warping and distorting dream of an enchanted archipelago and falls into a scenario of a burning world. "Crippled" then comes down as a more palpable take on people leaving others high and dry in a grueling and fatal way while "Folder Zero" marks a consecutive shift of perspective and moment of recollecting decisions. "You Know (How)" suddenly appeals as an upbeat pop-appealish try to grasp interhuman interaction and communication followed by its more gritty counterpart "Disconnect" that deals with those preceding things and hopes falling apart. "Seven" happens to be a magic number as well as a magic moment disputing the troubles and struggles of interacting and deciding within close emotional situations leading to a universal introspective (maybe the Friebe's most apt yet) with "Lessons" positioned to be infinity number 8 on purpose here. "Now" is the musically lightest moment on the album and a recourse on the earlier pop-appeal of "You Know (How)" before a hypnotically replaying chain of questioning "When?" enters the final spotlight. Ultimately, "Namyac" spawns memories of how all of this once began. What once was dreamt in a few seconds, now unfolds in a truly unique and individual manner on this (once again) unexpected new album work by Rico Friebe!

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HIBUSHIBIRE	Official Live Bootleg 11	LP	RIOT SEASON	REPOSE 150LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Cyan-color vinyl LP, housed in full color sleeve with polylined inner bag. In November 2024, Japanese quartet Hibushibire flew into the UK for the third time. Heads were banged, minds were blown and a new legion of fans were made. During the tour, the band recorded several shows with the idea to release another of their legendary live bootleg album if the performances were up to scratch. They were! This is a trimmed down version of their set, recorded in both Glasgow and London with no overdubs and no fancy production. It's 100% raw/live Hibushibire as God intended. Crank it up and freak out!

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KALIYUGA EXPRESS	The Wandering Mountain	LP	RIOT SEASON	REPOSE 152LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Transparent sky-blue vinyl LP. Housed in full-color sleeve with polylined inner bag and download code. Two fields of existence collide as Nolla (Finnish psych/space rockers) and Mike Vest (maximalist guitar guru, Bong, Blown Out, Drunk In Hell, Artifacts & Uranium, Modoki, Tomoyuki Trio, Mienakunaru, etc) merge their creative visions for the third time, creating a steady and surreal exploration through astral planes. Nolla improvised the ground layer in their signature minimal space-rock style and MikeV wrapped everything up in lavish layers of fuzz, phased and U-Wah layered guitars. Blending octaval tones, around an array of electronics and vocal harmonies. Resulting in a constant trance like psychedelic drone rock. It's time to join the extraterrestrial communion, beyond the skies, convert into the mode of light and pay homage to his mighty eminence.

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MACLEAN, STEVE	Prime	CD	RER MEGACORP	RER SM8
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "A collection of new pieces that range across media and genres, mostly exploring prime numbers and the overtone series and featuring various guitars, a grand piano (played and remote-controlled), a quiet drum station, tube bells, assorted percussion, an amplified wire with an Echoplex, a modular synthesizer system -- and Moog, Roland, Korg and Smith synths. Also featuring bassoon, five-string bass and drums on various tracks. There are tuneful polyrhythmic compositions, timbre-based works, atmospheric meditations, film-music and some exquisite manipulations of sound. This is Steve's ninth CD on ReR Megacorp and in some ways usefully bridges the wide variety of styles and media that have marked his compositions to date. Meticulously produced and mastered. A retired Professor in the Electronic Production and Design Dept at Berklee College of Music, Steve MacLean is a guitarist, composer, producer, and engineer, he has been evolving with music technology since the early '80s, when he worked in a New York City recording studio and had hands-on with early versions of the Fairlight CMI, DX-7, Linn Drum, mixing consoles and digital audio samplers. Later, he founded his own recording and production studio and produced/engineered hundreds of artists and numerous award- winning projects including scores for over two hundred commercials and soundtracks as well as a constant artistic output of his own works. An active performer and composer for over 35 years, including numerous concerts with Roswell Rudd, Chris Cutler, MeRCy, Steve MacLean Ensemble and a host of Boston-based improvisers, Steve was co-founder of the Portland Experimental Music Collective, has performed original compositions at numerous new music festivals, including several pieces for New Music Across America and similar events. An innovator in the new music circuit, he was curator for a series of concerts '2001 New Music Odyssey,' and continues to release recordings internationally on ReR Megacorp and others."

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MACLEAN, STEVE	Box Of Seven	7CD	RER MEGACORP	RER SMB1
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "To encourage you, here are seven CDs for the price of two: Frog, Bug, Guitar, Computer (featuring what it says in the title); Prime; GPS (Steve MacLean Ensemble's final CD), Year of the Dragon, (featuring Chris Cutler); Bridges (double CD) and Ordinary Objects and Other Distractions (musical manipulations of toys and everyday objects) -- PLUS the great-and-long-out-of-print Radial Circuit (polyrhythmic instrumental band compositions) -- in a sturdy box. Steve MacLean is a musician, composer, producer, and engineer known for his work with music technology, particularly in the early 1980s. He is also a professor in the Electronic Production and Design department at Berklee College of Music (retired). Early in his career, MacLean gained experience with early digital audio and music production tools like the Fairlight CMI, DX-7, Linn Drum, and automated mixing consoles in a NYC recording studio. He has been actively performing and composing for over 30 years. Briefly a member of Nick Didkovsky's Dr Nerve, MacLean then co-founded the Portland Experimental Music Collective, formed his own quartet (with Tim Inman on keyboards, Jim McGirr on bass, and Dave Fields on drums) and released the all-instrumental album The Opposite of War (ReR, 1999). The lively chamber jazz-rock music of Windows Pt 2 and Windows Pt 1 is modulated by a frenzy of tempo shifts, with more than a hint of Frank Zappa's influence. The other tracks, notably 'Branches,' walk a fine line between lounge music, minimalist repetition, neoclassical passages, and exotic rhythms. The double-CD Bridges (2007) compiles works spanning two decades and several styles, from the mechanic ballet No Jazz (1989) to the King Crimsonian prog rock of One Little Life (2001). Its second disc, devoted to electronic experiments, runs the gamut from ambient music to musique concrete."

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ONDA, AKI	In The Depth Of Illusion: A Soundtrack For Nervous Magic Lantern	LP	ROOM40	RM 4207LP
$24.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 A Note from Aki Onda: "This album was recorded as a soundtrack for Ken Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern at Spiral Hall, organized by Sound Live Tokyo, on November 3, 2015. It was probably one of our best performances. Before the performance, Ken explained to me the selected slides he uses and the ordering he employs, so that I would better understand the flow. Some slides are black-and-white and some color. For a given performance, Ken selects ten slides or so. However, he might play with just one slide for the entire show or change the order -- there was plenty of room to improvise. On my side, I also had a structure and the order of tapes, quite independent from Ken's visual. But I made the system easy to extend or shorten, duration-wise, in order to respond to Ken's ordering and mood. I dedicate this album to Flo Jacobs who passed away just recently. Flo was deeply involved in Ken's creative process; as he says: 'This is a mom-and-pop business.' From the first day of working together, she was always there with us and took care of all practical matters. Ken is a dreamer and thinks and works intuitively. But Flo -- an exceptionally beautiful woman in and out -- is rooted in the real world. Not just a pragmatist, however, Flo advises Ken on artistic decisions. Ken always asks to hear her thoughts, as I did as well. As film critic and their decades-long friend Amy Taubin once described it, 'Florence Jacobs is nothing less than a producer of Ken Jacobs' cinema.' What a perfect couple, and it was an extremely joyous journey with them!"

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HAWKINS & TAYLOR HO BYNUM, ALEXANDER	A Near Permanent State Of Wonder	CD	ROGUEART	ROG 144CD
$17.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Two great musicians, here under the tutelary figure of Bill Dixon, which does not prevent them from developing their own expression."

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LAIBACH	Tribut: Schlecht Und Ironisch	CD	CIRCLE MUSIC	RSE 003CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "Laibach is a pioneering Slovenian industrial and experimental music group known for their provocative and often controversial approach to art and music. Their innovative sound and theatrical performances have earned them a cult following worldwide. Schlecht Und Ironisch is a testament to the enduring power of Laibach's music and a must-have for fans of industrial, experimental, and avant-garde music. Rune Serpent Europa is a label that bridges the evocative worlds of industrial, neofolk, and medieval-inspired music, establishing itself as a cornerstone for fans of atmospheric and avant-garde soundscapes. Complementing this artistic vision is its sub-label, Assur Anshar, which caters to the more energetic realms of electro and EBM (Electronic Body Music). Together, these entities form a hub for creative exploration, offering not just music but a total artistic experience."

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LAIBACH	Tribut: Schlecht Und Ironisch (Marble Brown Vinyl)	LP	CIRCLE MUSIC	RSE 003LP
$45.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Marble brown vinyl. "This album features a diverse range of artists interpreting Laibach's iconic sound, from industrial and EBM to dark ambient and neofolk, including Prager Handgriff, Kirlian Camera, Staat Und Organisation, DDR, Andrew King, Angels And Agony."

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SCHRNZ	SCHRNZ	12"	SCHRNZ	SCHRNZ 001EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Techno is back in the building!

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X-RAY SPEX	Germfree Adolescents (Black Vinyl)	LP	SECRET RECORDS	SEC 301LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 "X-Ray Spex was a British punk rock band that emerged in the late 1970s, known for their distinctive sound, socially conscious lyrics, and the dynamic frontwoman Poly Styrene. The band was active during the first wave of punk rock and played a significant role in the punk movement. Lead vocalist and songwriter Poly Styrene was known for her unique vocal style and often cited as an influential figure in the punk scene. Other band members on Germfree Adolescents are Jak Airport, Paul Dean, Rudi Thompson, and B P Hurding. X-Ray Spex released their debut album, Germfree Adolescents, in 1978, featuring the title track, 'Germfree Adolescents.' The album is considered a classic of the punk era. Poly Styrene's lyrics often addressed social and consumerist issues, and her unconventional fashion sense and energetic stage presence added to the band's overall identity. While X-Ray Spex had a relatively short-lived career, disbanding in 1979, they left a lasting impact on the punk scene, and their music continues to be celebrated for its originality and influence. Poly Styrene sadly passed away in 2011, but her contributions to punk rock remain influential. This limited-edition re-issue of Germfree Adolescents is pressed on black 180-gram vinyl. Incl. 12" insert poster of album cover + sleeve notes by Stephanie Phillips."

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TUR, MANUEL	Aftersun EP	12"	SPACED REPETITIONS	SRP 006EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Manuel Tur returns to his own Spaced Repetitions imprint for a late summer three-tracker. DJ support from Mano Le Tough, Horse Meat Disco, Âme, Dave DK, Lars Behrenroth, Hans Nieswandt, DJ Harri, and more.

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TRAD, GRAS OCH STENAR	Trad, Gras Och Stenar	LP	SILENCE	SRS 3510LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Legendary and pioneering Träd, Gräs och Stenar is considered Sweden's oldest rock band to play psychedelic underground music. The group originally formed in 1967 as International Harvester, later became Harvester, and eventually evolved into Träd, Gräs och Stenar. Their unique blend of psychedelic rock and traditional Swedish folk music was groundbreaking at the time -- and still resonates with new generations of listeners today. This long-awaited "Green Album" from 1970 marks their very first release under the name Träd, Gräs och Stenar. Now, for the first time since its original release, it's being reissued on vinyl-complete with rare photos, an in-depth story, and a 30x60 cm poster. Decades later, the band continues to perform under the name TRÄDEN, now with only one original member. He is joined by a new generation of acclaimed musicians, who are keeping the spirit alive and carrying the sounds and legacy of Träd, Gräs och Stenar into the future.

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FRANKS, MICHAEL	The Reworks (Color Vinyl)	12"	TOO SLOW TO DISCO	TSTDREWORKS 003
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Color vinyl edition. Part 2 of this series of official reworks of The Warmer Music catalogue. This new 12" is still in the warm Michael Franks land. Now comes more smooth, high class edits/reworks by three outstanding modern producers of soulful/jazzy dance vibes. Michale Franks is one of the most prolific musicians of the Californian Westcoast/jazz/AOR/yacht scene. Over the languorous course of 33 years and 16 albums, Michael Franks has mesmerized an international legion of fans with his one-of-a-kind artistry. Seamlessly weaving lyrics of stunning sensuality, wit, reflection and literary eloquence over music that tastefully utilizes top shelf shadings of jazz, soul, pop, chamber and music from around the globe. His music was covered by countless international stars, like The Carpenters, Shirley Bassey, Ringo Starr, and Natalie Cole.

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HAME DJ	Dog Swamp	12"	VULCAN VENTI	VV 002EP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Limited edition. Vinyl only. Blowing over from the west comes Hame DJ's debut on Vulcan Venti, with three tracks carefully constructed for the discerning disc jockey. Stretching out over dubby breaks and tranquil textures, this is one twelve inch you're sure to get trispy to!

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GAISTER	Gaister	LP	AD 93	WHYT 076LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Gaister (Olivia Salvadori, Akihide Monna, and Coby Sey) bring their self-titled LP out via AD 93. The record captures the embodiment of an encounter, one moment of the trio's ongoing relationship as artists who communicate with each other through sound, voice and music. After orbiting in the same circles at each other's shows around 2016 in London, Sey and Salvadori eventually crossed paths. In 2017 Sey joined Salvadori's artistic collective Tutto Questo Sentire on a residency in Capalbio, the southernmost part of Tuscany, Italy, and started working together. Down the line the pair ended up joining with Akihide Monna (of Bo Ningen), performing together in 2019 at Camden Art Centre on Cork Street in London. When the trio come together something new is created, brought out after laying dormant, like an Icelandic Geysir. The setting of this particular encounter amongst the trio is essential in the album's sonic palette, process and emotion. The album was recorded in Iceland at Greenhouse Studios, where the trio formalized a set of intuitions; how nature can provide a guideline in the choices of the instruments, their materials and related rhythms; reflections on the voice as a sculptural element, pure sound and words. A purity, spirit and essence, is pulled from the trio, in spite of their varying mother tongues (Italian, Japanese and English), musical genres, and identities to create something new. Olivia Salvadori's operatic vocals run free, flowing and moving in synergy with Monna's rhythmic drumming. Sey, who is arguably best known for rapping and producing, sings freely with Salvadori, their voices braided together like a waterfall. This flowing nature is reflected in the album itself, its timestamps and scores are marked by encounters rather than tracks themselves. This album can be considered as one constant piece and a journey of its own that is not foreclosed, in keeping with the band's ethos of constant conversation and collaboration. Gaister are able to synergize, hold and transform this varied emotional and primordial matter together through a deep shared trust and intuition.

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FAIRUZ	Sings The Rahbani Brothers: Chat Iskandaria	LP	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSLP 102LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/12/2025 Wewantsounds reissues Fairuz's classic album Chat Iskandaria released on Relax-in in 1987. The album sees "The Lebanese Diva" going back to her roots and interpreting classic songs by the Rahbani Brothers in her own style accompanied by hypnotic traditional orchestral arrangements. Coming with its original deluxe gatefold sleeve, the album -- curated by Mario Choueiry from Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), who also wrote the liner notes -- has been newly remastered by Colorsound Studio in Paris. Fairuz is a living legend and one of the greatest divas of the Arab world. For more than sixty years, she has been at the heart of Arabic music, releasing landmark albums since the early '50s and performing on stages around the globe. Fairuz rose to prominence through her collaboration with the Rahbani Brothers (Assi and Mansour), a creative partnership that began in the 1950s and flourished through the 1970s, producing a vast repertoire of timeless songs that remain beloved across the Arab world and beyond. In the late 1970s, Fairuz shifted to a more modern sound with albums such as Wahdon (1979) and Maarifti Feek (1986), produced by her son Ziad Rahbani, blending jazz, funk, and other contemporary influences into her music. However, Chat Iskandaria, released in 1987, marks a return to her classic Rahbani sound, offering a more traditional yet captivating approach to Arabic music. The album sees Fairuz interpreting a selection of Rahbani Brothers compositions in their signature theatrical and orchestral style, with themes ranging from nostalgia and love -- including a heartfelt homage to the city of Alexandria -- to the passage of time, central motifs in much of their work the legendary poet Saïd Akl contributes to two songs, "Min Rawabina Al Kamar" and "Fattehhon Alay." Unlike her more experimental collaborations with Ziad Rahbani, Chat Iskandaria stays firmly rooted in traditional Lebanese and Levantine musical aesthetics. Rich in melody and poetic imagery, it showcases Fairuz at her most evocative, supported by the refined orchestral arrangements that defined her golden era with the Rahbanis. Chat Iskandaria is a must-have for lovers of classical Arabic music and a poignant reminder of the enduring artistic bond between Fairuz and the Rahbani Brothers. Wewantsounds releases the album on vinyl for the first time since its original 1987 release, featuring its beautiful gatefold sleeve, remastered audio and a new bilingual introduction by Mario Choueiry (Institut du Monde Arabe).

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UMEKAWA & GIUSEPPE CORDARO, HIDEKI	Terrarum Murmur	Cassette	AMISH RECORDS	AMI 064CS
$12.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 "In the summer of 2023, Japanese artist and composer Hideki Umezawa and Italian sound artist Giuseppe Cordaro came together on the small island of Stromboli that sits in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily. The island is home to Mount Stromboli, an active volcano that has been in almost continuous eruption for the past 2,000+ years. Supported by Marosi Festival and Liminaria /Interferenze, the two engaged in a deep listening to the muttering, grunting and whispering of this energetic environment. They set to the task of recording the terrarum murmur, in Latin, which loosely translates to the 'murmur of the land.' Terrarum Murmur is a sonic meditation on planetary vibrations, earthly time, and hidden frequencies. Composed collaboratively by Giuseppe Cordaro and Hideki Umezawa, the album blends modular synthesis, granular textures, and field recordings into an immersive soundscape that shifts between the organic and the imaginary. The work unfolds slowly, like geological strata, drawing inspiration from deep listening practices, tectonic movement, and the subtle murmurs of the natural world. It is both a reflection on distance -- cultural, physical, and temporal -- and a poetic attempt to bridge those spaces through sound. This work, which marks the first step of the project 'Paroxysms. Sounds and other volcanism' a collaboration between Marosi and Liminaria/Interferenze, represents an attempt to open a space of investigation that can nourish future research directions on volcanic phenomena and other 'extreme' territories through the device of sound art."

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JASSS	Eager Buyers	LP	AWOS	AWOS 001LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Spanish-born, Berlin-based artist JASSS, presents her third LP, Eager Buyers. It's the inaugural release on her own new platform called AWOS, which also encompasses musical, AV and art collaborations, live events, and a radio show. Eager Buyers is an observation of longing, of memory, of attempted connection, of lost innocence, and irreconcilable dreams. It's the sound of broken promises for a bright future, where rose-tinted glasses have lost their clarity, dirtied with disaffection over time. Across this sultry, smoky, cinematic epic, JASSS attempts to process mixed feelings amidst the modern malaise. Alluringly atmospheric and cerebral, but bold and direct, with high-spec sound design, JASSS spaces each element with expert definition. Searing swathes of noise nestle with crisp breakbeats, billowing bass, dark ambience, prepared piano, phosphorescent electronics and calibrated percussion. A sort of anti-nostalgia, the record lives in a contemporary purgatory of oblique moods which hover in the psyche, somewhere between uncertainty, foreboding, and guarded anticipation. The raw metal of bass guitar strings plays a key part too, ranging from ornate melodic phrases, shoegazy drones, and attitude-riven hard twangs. Vocals come from JASSS herself, plus James K and Alias Error on the track "It's A Hole." The heavy, hauntological atmospherics are in part due to the addition of field recordings -- the discreet, but spiritually-loaded incidental sounds of a place which can capture its history, with the acoustics somehow retaining an emotional imprint of lives long gone. If pressed for descriptive reference points, "masterfully-produced-post-punk-post-rockbaroque-gothy-dubby-trip-hop" might be a starting point, but that doesn't do it justice. Equally spectral in their dream-like quality are the musical signposts, where genre elements are familiar, but somehow also unplaceable, untethered from context, and beautifully strange in their new composite. At points there's an air of strangely dazed calm too -- a kind of frazzled cool in the face of desolation, and even tender, lighter moments, which glint through the cracks.

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PROPAGANDA	Remix Encounters	CD	BUREAU B	BB 482CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Electronic pioneers Propaganda follow up their acclaimed 2024 comeback with Remix Encounters, a broad and brilliant remix album featuring Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber, Schiller, and more. Released on Bureau B, this remix collection reflects the enthusiasm Propaganda's return after three decades of silence has ignited among contemporary artists, who approached the project with fresh energy and creative freedom. "Since breaking new ground with their seminal 1985 debut A Secret Wish and its pioneering remix companion Wishful Thinking, Propaganda have thrived on transformation. Yet rather than revisiting the past, Remix Encounters looks forward, building on the vitality of last year's album and celebrating its widespread critical and fan acclaim. What began as a remix request from Finnish electronic maestro Jori Hulkkonen, returning the favor after Ralf Dörper's contribution to his last album, quickly blossomed into an international collaboration, drawing in luminaries such as Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Delerium), and Schiller. Embracing openness, Propaganda spent the fourth quarter of 2024 encouraging the wide range of musicians inspired by their triumphant return to offer their own interpretations. Each brought their distinctive voice to the material, resulting in a thrilling journey through electronic subgenres, from EBM and industrial to rave, ambient, house, and beyond. Rhys Fulber opens the album with a brooding, machine-funk reinvention of 'They Call Me Nocebo,' evolving from a sleek, sinuous introduction into a relentless pneumatic stomp. Next, Schiller offers a powerful remix of 'Distant' that balances raw electro-house and techno energy with the emotional depth of EBM, before Moby transforms 'Purveyor of Pleasure' into a furious early-'90s rave anthem, fusing breakbeats and rolling basslines that pulse with nostalgic urgency yet feel unmistakably modern. Elsewhere, Finnish polymath Jimi Tenor infuses 'Vicious Circle' with cosmic jazz and dub textures, while Pyrolator, a key figure in Düsseldorf's avant-garde scene, delivers a shadowy reinterpretation of 'LoveCraft.' Cult With No Name also contribute a brooding electro-ballad version of the same track. Propaganda's own Michael Mertens teams up with longtime collaborator Hans Steingen to re-envision 'Dystopian Waltz,' shifting its time signature to a gripping 4/4 and intensifying its ominous mood for darker dance floors. The range of remixers speaks volumes: from industrial punks Gewalt and synth purists Metroland to ambient pioneers Tangerine Dream, Remix Encounters unites an eclectic group of electronic artists bound by a shared reverence for innovation and Propaganda's distinctive voice." --Patrick Ryder

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PROPAGANDA	Remix Encounters	2LP	BUREAU B	BB 482LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Double LP version. Electronic pioneers Propaganda follow up their acclaimed 2024 comeback with Remix Encounters, a broad and brilliant remix album featuring Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber, Schiller, and more. Released on Bureau B, this remix collection reflects the enthusiasm Propaganda's return after three decades of silence has ignited among contemporary artists, who approached the project with fresh energy and creative freedom. "Since breaking new ground with their seminal 1985 debut A Secret Wish and its pioneering remix companion Wishful Thinking, Propaganda have thrived on transformation. Yet rather than revisiting the past, Remix Encounters looks forward, building on the vitality of last year's album and celebrating its widespread critical and fan acclaim. What began as a remix request from Finnish electronic maestro Jori Hulkkonen, returning the favor after Ralf Dörper's contribution to his last album, quickly blossomed into an international collaboration, drawing in luminaries such as Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Delerium), and Schiller. Embracing openness, Propaganda spent the fourth quarter of 2024 encouraging the wide range of musicians inspired by their triumphant return to offer their own interpretations. Each brought their distinctive voice to the material, resulting in a thrilling journey through electronic subgenres, from EBM and industrial to rave, ambient, house, and beyond. Rhys Fulber opens the album with a brooding, machine-funk reinvention of 'They Call Me Nocebo,' evolving from a sleek, sinuous introduction into a relentless pneumatic stomp. Next, Schiller offers a powerful remix of 'Distant' that balances raw electro-house and techno energy with the emotional depth of EBM, before Moby transforms 'Purveyor of Pleasure' into a furious early-'90s rave anthem, fusing breakbeats and rolling basslines that pulse with nostalgic urgency yet feel unmistakably modern. Elsewhere, Finnish polymath Jimi Tenor infuses 'Vicious Circle' with cosmic jazz and dub textures, while Pyrolator, a key figure in Düsseldorf's avant-garde scene, delivers a shadowy reinterpretation of 'LoveCraft.' Cult With No Name also contribute a brooding electro-ballad version of the same track. Propaganda's own Michael Mertens teams up with longtime collaborator Hans Steingen to re-envision 'Dystopian Waltz,' shifting its time signature to a gripping 4/4 and intensifying its ominous mood for darker dance floors. The range of remixers speaks volumes: from industrial punks Gewalt and synth purists Metroland to ambient pioneers Tangerine Dream, Remix Encounters unites an eclectic group of electronic artists bound by a shared reverence for innovation and Propaganda's distinctive voice." --Patrick Ryder

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IRISARRI, RAFAEL ANTON	A Fragile Geography (10th Anniversary)	LP	BLACK KNOLL EDITIONS	BKE 021LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Rafael Anton Irisarri's landmark work reimagined. Marking the tenth anniversary of the American composer's critically acclaimed album A Fragile Geography, this new edition arrives renewed, both sonically and visually. First released in 2015 during a period of personal upheaval and creative reinvention, it endures as a testament to resilience, transformation, and the connection we hold with the places that shape us. Written in the aftermath of a devastating theft, A Fragile Geography was born out of loss. Just days before a cross-country move to New York, Irisarri's entire Seattle-based studio was wiped out. Instruments. Recordings. Archives. Gone without a trace. He arrived on the East Coast to an empty room and the daunting task of starting over. Composed and recorded in the rural woods of the Hudson Valley, the album took shape in seclusion, surrounded by nature, and through a process guided by improvisation. Embracing limitations, Irisarri wove textural layers of field recordings with half-remembered melodies from his Seattle years, piecing them together like fragments of memory. Among its defining sounds is "Empire Systems," a monumental centerpiece built around a simple four-chord progression, organ textures, and guitar drones. Gradually, the track expands into layers of immersive loops and thick, enveloping distortion that wash over the listener like a rolling wave. More than a career highlight, A Fragile Geography has laid the foundation for Black Knoll studio, which Irisarri rebuilt from the ground up. The studio has since grown into a creative hub for countless projects, with Irisarri engineering records for iconic music figures like Terry Riley, Ryuichi Sakamoto, William Basinski, MONO, Devendra Banhart, Grouper, Emeralds, Steve Hauschildt, Julianna Barwick, and many others. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu with exceptional attention to detail, this anniversary edition uncovers every nuance in the sound design, enhancing clarity and presence. With each listen, new elements emerge, inviting discovery and reconnection.

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IRISARRI, RAFAEL ANTON	A Fragile Geography (10th Anniversary) (Orange Vinyl)	LP	BLACK KNOLL EDITIONS	BKE 021OR-LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Orange color vinyl version. Rafael Anton Irisarri's landmark work reimagined. Marking the tenth anniversary of the American composer's critically acclaimed album A Fragile Geography, this new edition arrives renewed, both sonically and visually. First released in 2015 during a period of personal upheaval and creative reinvention, it endures as a testament to resilience, transformation, and the connection we hold with the places that shape us. Written in the aftermath of a devastating theft, A Fragile Geography was born out of loss. Just days before a cross-country move to New York, Irisarri's entire Seattle-based studio was wiped out. Instruments. Recordings. Archives. Gone without a trace. He arrived on the East Coast to an empty room and the daunting task of starting over. Composed and recorded in the rural woods of the Hudson Valley, the album took shape in seclusion, surrounded by nature, and through a process guided by improvisation. Embracing limitations, Irisarri wove textural layers of field recordings with half-remembered melodies from his Seattle years, piecing them together like fragments of memory. Among its defining sounds is "Empire Systems," a monumental centerpiece built around a simple four-chord progression, organ textures, and guitar drones. Gradually, the track expands into layers of immersive loops and thick, enveloping distortion that wash over the listener like a rolling wave. More than a career highlight, A Fragile Geography has laid the foundation for Black Knoll studio, which Irisarri rebuilt from the ground up. The studio has since grown into a creative hub for countless projects, with Irisarri engineering records for iconic music figures like Terry Riley, Ryuichi Sakamoto, William Basinski, MONO, Devendra Banhart, Grouper, Emeralds, Steve Hauschildt, Julianna Barwick, and many others. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu with exceptional attention to detail, this anniversary edition uncovers every nuance in the sound design, enhancing clarity and presence. With each listen, new elements emerge, inviting discovery and reconnection.

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IRISARRI, RAFAEL ANTON	A Fragile Geography (10th Anniversary) (Yellow Vinyl)	LP	BLACK KNOLL EDITIONS	BKE 021YE-LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Yellow color vinyl version. Rafael Anton Irisarri's landmark work reimagined. Marking the tenth anniversary of the American composer's critically acclaimed album A Fragile Geography, this new edition arrives renewed, both sonically and visually. First released in 2015 during a period of personal upheaval and creative reinvention, it endures as a testament to resilience, transformation, and the connection we hold with the places that shape us. Written in the aftermath of a devastating theft, A Fragile Geography was born out of loss. Just days before a cross-country move to New York, Irisarri's entire Seattle-based studio was wiped out. Instruments. Recordings. Archives. Gone without a trace. He arrived on the East Coast to an empty room and the daunting task of starting over. Composed and recorded in the rural woods of the Hudson Valley, the album took shape in seclusion, surrounded by nature, and through a process guided by improvisation. Embracing limitations, Irisarri wove textural layers of field recordings with half-remembered melodies from his Seattle years, piecing them together like fragments of memory. Among its defining sounds is "Empire Systems," a monumental centerpiece built around a simple four-chord progression, organ textures, and guitar drones. Gradually, the track expands into layers of immersive loops and thick, enveloping distortion that wash over the listener like a rolling wave. More than a career highlight, A Fragile Geography has laid the foundation for Black Knoll studio, which Irisarri rebuilt from the ground up. The studio has since grown into a creative hub for countless projects, with Irisarri engineering records for iconic music figures like Terry Riley, Ryuichi Sakamoto, William Basinski, MONO, Devendra Banhart, Grouper, Emeralds, Steve Hauschildt, Julianna Barwick, and many others. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu with exceptional attention to detail, this anniversary edition uncovers every nuance in the sound design, enhancing clarity and presence. With each listen, new elements emerge, inviting discovery and reconnection.

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SABABA 5 & CANAY DOGAN & ITZHAK VENTURA	Gaip/Seher	7"	BATOV RECORDS	BTR 126EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Sababa 5 return with another essential 45 for Batov Records' Middle Eastern Groove series. This time, they team up with two very different artists on two distinct tracks built from the same hypnotic groove: soulful Turkish alt-pop sensation Canay Doğan and reed flute specialist Itzhak Ventura. After four albums and a strong run of 45s and EPs, plus support from tastemakers like Gilles Peterson, Cerys Matthews, Gideon Coe, and Jeremy Sole, Sababa 5 lay down a cinematic, slow-burning groove built for hazy summer days. Raz Man's crisp drumming locks in with Amir Sadot's psych-soul bassline. Though they share the same root groove, "Gaip" and "Seher" explore different moods and textures -- two individual pieces that complement each other while standing firmly on their own.

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TWILIGHT SEQUENCE	Outline of Nature	LP	CASTLES IN SPACE	CIS 111LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 "First released on August 18, 2023, Outline of Nature started as an experiment in building a modular synthesizer system and ended up as a voltage-controlled outpouring of love for the natural world. Sylvan-born and pastoral-powered, sap-blooded and lightning-charged, this album grew out of the damp florescent corners of the woods, each note and sound, a fractal extension of their seedling sounds. It was nurtured into being at The Twilight Research Centre, a studio facility situated on the border of Somerset and Dorset. During Covid lockdown 1.0, I spent the outdoor hours we were permitted, wandering through the center's surroundings, in the green lanes, woodlands and corridors of the wilds with their wary and flickering inhabitants, beneath the distant eyes of the soaring buzzards and the hulking red kites. I didn't expect it, but it was in the quiet, ferociously vibrant dens of nature, that I found a deeply profound connection with the natural world. It once again made sense to feel as much a part of the woods as the trees were; I felt like a natural entity in its habitat again, not something I'd properly felt since running wild through the gullies, dells and fells of the Midlands as a child. And I became afflicted with a powerful urge to build strange electronic sound systems that were organic, chaotic, fractal and in some way reflective of the awesome natural systems that surround us and surround the center. I plugged in the modular, and went searching for signs of life. Adding to this, just before the lockdowns, I stumbled across a three-volume nature encyclopedia in a local charity shop, called Outline of Nature in the British Isles by Sir John Hammerton. The sub-heading reads 'A Comprehensive Photo-Survey of the Varied Life of Field and Hedgerow, Moor and Mountain, River, Pond and Sea,' and it's a stunning collection of grainy photographs, beautiful illustrations and wondrously poetic writing, some of which inspired track titles and of course, the album title. I also rekindled my love of Ladybird nature books such as the What to Look for in Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter series, Birds and How They Live and Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects, rebuilding a small collection I had as a child and discovering numerous volumes new to me. Between the two literary sources, I had a rich well of imagery, writing and pastoral nostalgia to draw from." --Twilight Sequence

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DJ SNIFF	Turntable Solos	LP	DISCREPANT	CREP 122LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 DJ Sniff returns to Discrepant with a direct and visceral document: Turntable Solos. Composed from live recordings made during the latter half of 2024, Turntable Solos captures DJ Sniff's improvised performances in their rawest form. At the core of his setup is Cut 'n' Play, a software sampler he originally built in Max/MSP in 2007. Since then, he has continued developing custom tools and instruments that extend what Derek Bailey called the "instrumental impulse" -- the tactile, responsive relationship between musician and machine that defines improvisation. Following a summer 2024 tour of Japan with Gonçalo Cardoso, Sniff was encouraged to document and release a selection of his live sets. Not long after, a performance at 20α (Alpha) in Hong Kong would become the emotional and conceptual anchor for the project. In the liner notes, Sniff reflects on the eerie parallels between footage of protestors in Los Angeles -- assaulted by police using so-called "less-lethal" weapons, and civilians being abducted into detention centers -- and the 2019 Hong Kong protests. A place once filled with personal nostalgia began to feel like a grim foreshadowing of what might unfold in Western societies. In this turbulent context, 20α stands out as a space of resistance and renewal -- a beacon for a new generation of experimental musicians, growing in defiance of increasing censorship and surveillance. Turntable Solos is both a personal statement and a public act of sonic resilience.

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ILLUSTRIOUS	Mesmerine 111	2CD	COLD SPRING RECORDS	CSR 357CD
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Illustrious is Martyn Ware (Heaven 17, B.E.F., ex-The Human League), and Charles Stooke. Mesmerine 111? is a 3D soundscape based on/inspired by the frequency 111Hz, which has been historically and scientifically proven to induce a trance-like state. Findings of MRI scans suggest that at exactly 111hz, the brain switches off the prefrontal cortex, deactivating the language center, and temporarily switches from left to right-sided dominance, which is responsible for intuition, creativity, holistic processing, inducing a state of meditation or a trance. These findings have been confirmed by archeo-acousticians in studies regarding ancient and Neolithic shamanistic burial rituals around the world. The title is a take on the use of sound as pharmacology ("Mesmerine" is the name of an imaginary drug). The soundscape of the ambient "Dose 1" is 50 minutes in duration -- long enough to induce a true trance-like state. "Dose 2" continues with a calming and unctuous vocal mix performed by Charles Stooke. Bringing to mind HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey), the sound is simultaneously reassuring and disquieting. Safe when used as directed. Recommended optimal dosage: 30-60 minutes at (less than) 70dB, delivered by Illustrious Labs 3D audioscape system or binaural through your own headphones. 2CD in matt-laminate digipak, presented in a slipcase with sticker hand-signed by Martyn Ware.

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EDENA GARDENS	Dispossessed	CD	EL PARAISO RECORDS	EPR 081CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Stripping away excess layers, Dispossessed lives up to its title. The band went into Causa Sui's Jonas Munk's studio on the last day of February 2025. In an a priori session, the first note played together since 2023's Dens (EPR 075CD) -- the conclusion of a trilogy and a live album all in less than a year. Has something shifted during the silence? Added aggression? Faster tempo? Darker ambiance? The feeling of losing time? Or is it simply the listener whose world has tilted? In a fast-paced world, Edena Gardens shows listeners how to resist and tune to their own inner chord. Edena Gardens deals in subtle shifts that can only be summoned from something played for the first time. From the sludgy blasts of opener "Hiraeth" to the droning ambience of 10-minute ender "Aftenstjerne." As always, the band travels far yet stays in the same internal realm. The band's own Jakob Skøtt has made minor edits to cut a record from hours of free improvisation, and every dubbed ambience has been culled directly from the material recorded that day, bringing into play the band's gestalt in a way that shows their both outer and inner workings: Dispossessed. Edena Gardens is: Jakob Skøtt: drums (Causa Sui); Nicklas Sørensen: guitar (Papir); Martin Rude: baritone guitar and bass (London Odense Ensemble).

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EDENA GARDENS	Dispossessed	LP	EL PARAISO RECORDS	EPR 081LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. Stripping away excess layers, Dispossessed lives up to its title. The band went into Causa Sui's Jonas Munk's studio on the last day of February 2025. In an a priori session, the first note played together since 2023's Dens (EPR 075CD) -- the conclusion of a trilogy and a live album all in less than a year. Has something shifted during the silence? Added aggression? Faster tempo? Darker ambiance? The feeling of losing time? Or is it simply the listener whose world has tilted? In a fast-paced world, Edena Gardens shows listeners how to resist and tune to their own inner chord. Edena Gardens deals in subtle shifts that can only be summoned from something played for the first time. From the sludgy blasts of opener "Hiraeth" to the droning ambience of 10-minute ender "Aftenstjerne." As always, the band travels far yet stays in the same internal realm. The band's own Jakob Skøtt has made minor edits to cut a record from hours of free improvisation, and every dubbed ambience has been culled directly from the material recorded that day, bringing into play the band's gestalt in a way that shows their both outer and inner workings: Dispossessed. Edena Gardens is: Jakob Skøtt: drums (Causa Sui); Nicklas Sørensen: guitar (Papir); Martin Rude: baritone guitar and bass (London Odense Ensemble).

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HOG	Blackhole	CD	RIDINGEASY RECORDS	EZRDR 213CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 "Hailing from the Central Valley of California, HÖG's founding member Daniel moved to Portland in 2018 and formed the group, releasing an EP with the initial lineup in 2022. In early 2024 it was announced that Portland locals and friends Adam and Bobcat would join ranks, and they went to work playing shows and developing their upcoming debut album, Blackhole. While HÖG aligns with the familiar tones and rhythm of heavy rock n roll of the 1970s, this group is by no means derivative. Their collective influences and backgrounds of punk and metal that encourage steady experimentation, along with what Daniel identified as 'the dirty bleakness that Portland embodies most of the year' allows the sound of Blackhole to stand on its own. It is dark and grimy, and best played loud. Daniel's writing occurred over two timelines, and while the lyrical content has shifted from 'optimistically defiant and lighthearted' in the early work to more serious subject matter influenced by 'the state of the world, depression, and sex' in newer songs, the execution in both live performance and studio sound does not feel disjointed. This stands as a testament to the band's membership and unity. Adam's swift cadence on the kit with Bobcat's bassline moving in waves, the low end allows Daniel to wail through every fret on his guitar while performing his lyrics in an equally wide vocal range. Recorded in the summer of 2024 in the back of Trevor Labovitz amp repair store named Arcane Amps in Portland Oregon, entirely on 2" reel tape and spanned about two months recording after hours when the shop was closed."

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VA	Pase Bel Tan: Francophonies & Creolities in Louisiana	2LP	FLEE	FLEE 007LP
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 The songs of Louisiana's Francophone and Creole heritage have flowed through the bayous for centuries, shaped by African, Native American, French, and Caribbean influences. This double vinyl compilation and its OBI strip features a staggering 34 songs, ranging from French ballads and Creole renditions to zydeco hooks and reinterpretations by a wide array of contemporary artists such as Madteo, Tanz Mein Herz, Radio Hito, Cyril Cyril, and Deafkids, among others. With archival recordings and contemporary creations side by side, it serves as a bridge across the vast bayou of Louisiana music. Also featuring Elby "Bee" Deshotels, Alma Barthélémy, Caesar Vincent, Raywood Morvant, Chalvin Godar, Burton LeMaire, Clifton Chenier, Isome J. Fontenot, Gabriel Broussard, Emeline Broussard, Chimère FM, Yama Warashi, Herandu, _thesmoothcat, Juu, and NAPPYNAPPA.

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LIPSTICK KILLERS	Tour De Force Live In Adelaide 1979 (Color Vinyl)	LP	GROWN UP WRONG	GUWDM 012X-LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Color vinyl version. "Sydney's Lipstick Killers released just one single in their lifetime -- the perfect '79 pairing of 'Hindu Gods of Love' and 'Shakedown USA,' released on both their own Lost in Space Records and Greg Shaw's Voxx Records and produced by Deniz Tek of the band's heroes Radio Birdman -- but a posthumous live album and a couple of archival releases followed. It was all incredible. and it was all put together a few years ago on Grown Up Wrong!'s 2CD set Strange Flash! And while the 2LP version of that release included all the studio stuff and the live in LA 1981 set, there was no room for this brain-burning, chaotic live set from '79. Tour De Force, which was recorded for local radio station 5UV, captures the band as they were still emerging from the cocoon that was the Psycho Surgeons. The Nuggets influences are there, but it's a Stooges influences which dominate proceedings, and definitive readings of both sides of the Psycho Surgeons classic 45 'Wild Weekend'/'Horizontal Action' are included alongside early Killers killers like 'Teen Police' and 'Sockman' and later faves like 'Hindu Gods of Love,' 'Shakedown USA' and 'Dying Boy's Crawl.' The band's hot take on the Thirteenth Floor Elevators' 'I've Got Levitation' is also featured. There's also plenty of tunes that were only ever captured on tape on this wild night, including 'Human Crash,' 'Crush On You,' 'Head Off,' and 'Bully!'"

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COSMIC REAPER	Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 362CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 "Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned is an album we poured our hearts into. With our sophomore LP, we wanted to take our sound to a new level, but also call back to the roots of doom, with a touch of '90s angst. Lyrically, it touches on everything from standing up to tyranny, to revenge, to sacrifice, to love, lust and betrayal -- all wrapped in themes of horror, science-fiction, and history. For the best listening experience: light one up, and turn it up loud." -- Cosmic Reaper

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COSMIC REAPER	Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 362LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. "Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned is an album we poured our hearts into. With our sophomore LP, we wanted to take our sound to a new level, but also call back to the roots of doom, with a touch of '90s angst. Lyrically, it touches on everything from standing up to tyranny, to revenge, to sacrifice, to love, lust and betrayal -- all wrapped in themes of horror, science-fiction, and history. For the best listening experience: light one up, and turn it up loud." -- Cosmic Reaper

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COSMIC REAPER	Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned (Gold Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 362LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. Gold color vinyl. "Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned is an album we poured our hearts into. With our sophomore LP, we wanted to take our sound to a new level, but also call back to the roots of doom, with a touch of '90s angst. Lyrically, it touches on everything from standing up to tyranny, to revenge, to sacrifice, to love, lust and betrayal -- all wrapped in themes of horror, science-fiction, and history. For the best listening experience: light one up, and turn it up loud." -- Cosmic Reaper

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COSMIC REAPER	Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned (Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 362ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. Splatter color vinyl. "Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned is an album we poured our hearts into. With our sophomore LP, we wanted to take our sound to a new level, but also call back to the roots of doom, with a touch of '90s angst. Lyrically, it touches on everything from standing up to tyranny, to revenge, to sacrifice, to love, lust and betrayal -- all wrapped in themes of horror, science-fiction, and history. For the best listening experience: light one up, and turn it up loud." -- Cosmic Reaper

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HAUGE TRIO, LIV ANDRE	Dognville	CD	HUBRO	HUBRO 2670CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Liv Andrea Hauge Trio presents its third album, Døgnville, on Norwegian label Hubro. The record explores the feeling of being "døgnvill" a Norwegian term describing the sensation of being out of sync with time and reality, like during jet lag or insomnia. The music inhabits this liminal space between structure and freedom, consciousness and dream. Half of the compositions were written while pianist and composer Liv Andrea Hauge was bedridden with a high fever in a semi lucid, dreamlike state. The other half emerged ahead of the trio's European tour in autumn 2024. The result is a fusion of fresh inspiration and songs shaped and seasoned through live performance a record rooted in both spontaneity and maturation. Since forming in 2022, the trio Liv Andrea Hauge (piano), Georgia Wartel Collins (bass) and August Glännestrand (drums) has become a compelling voice in modern acoustic jazz. With extensive touring across Norway and internationally, and two previous album releases, the band has cultivated a strong, intuitive musical chemistry. Døgnville reflects this presenting a sound that is more serious and contemplative than earlier works.

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HAUGE TRIO, LIV ANDRE	Dognville	LP	HUBRO	HUBRO 3670LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. Liv Andrea Hauge Trio presents its third album, Døgnville, on Norwegian label Hubro. The record explores the feeling of being "døgnvill" a Norwegian term describing the sensation of being out of sync with time and reality, like during jet lag or insomnia. The music inhabits this liminal space between structure and freedom, consciousness and dream. Half of the compositions were written while pianist and composer Liv Andrea Hauge was bedridden with a high fever in a semi lucid, dreamlike state. The other half emerged ahead of the trio's European tour in autumn 2024. The result is a fusion of fresh inspiration and songs shaped and seasoned through live performance a record rooted in both spontaneity and maturation. Since forming in 2022, the trio Liv Andrea Hauge (piano), Georgia Wartel Collins (bass) and August Glännestrand (drums) has become a compelling voice in modern acoustic jazz. With extensive touring across Norway and internationally, and two previous album releases, the band has cultivated a strong, intuitive musical chemistry. Døgnville reflects this presenting a sound that is more serious and contemplative than earlier works.

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CRAYOLA LECTERN	Disasternoon	LP	ONOMATOPOEIA RECORDS	HUM 051LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. Disasternoon is an album of psychedelic melancholia, a carousel of dreams, otherworldly and fantastical, each song sculpted into an allegory, elegant, rich, textured and authentic. Crayola Lectern explore memories, separation, isolation and the times that changed us, with lyrics scattered sparingly throughout. Crayola Lectern is the project from Chris Anderson, often compared to the piano led jazz of Robert Wyatt, the psychedelic folk of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, with echoes of Mercury Rev, or Flaming Lips, and experimentalism of Fred Frith. In Disasternoon, Chris Anderson performs on vocals, piano, mellotron, synths, organs, sax, guitars and bass, with Alistair Strachan on trumpet, cornet, glockenspiel and Damo Waters on drums and percussion. Bic Hayes performs electric guitar solos on "Disasternoon" and "Coscoroba," and Maria Marzaioli plays violin in "Coscoroba." The live show often also featuring the likes of Jon Poole (Cardiacs, Widhearts) heading-up electronics, gadgets, sounds and keyboard parts, Bob Leith (Cardiacs) on drums, and Bic Hayes (Cardiacs, Levitation) on guitar.

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CRAYOLA LECTERN	Disasternoon	CD	ONOMATOPOEIA RECORDS	HUM 052CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Disasternoon is an album of psychedelic melancholia, a carousel of dreams, otherworldly and fantastical, each song sculpted into an allegory, elegant, rich, textured and authentic. Crayola Lectern explore memories, separation, isolation and the times that changed us, with lyrics scattered sparingly throughout. Crayola Lectern is the project from Chris Anderson, often compared to the piano led jazz of Robert Wyatt, the psychedelic folk of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, with echoes of Mercury Rev, or Flaming Lips, and experimentalism of Fred Frith. In Disasternoon, Chris Anderson performs on vocals, piano, mellotron, synths, organs, sax, guitars and bass, with Alistair Strachan on trumpet, cornet, glockenspiel and Damo Waters on drums and percussion. Bic Hayes performs electric guitar solos on "Disasternoon" and "Coscoroba," and Maria Marzaioli plays violin in "Coscoroba." The live show often also featuring the likes of Jon Poole (Cardiacs, Widhearts) heading-up electronics, gadgets, sounds and keyboard parts, Bob Leith (Cardiacs) on drums, and Bic Hayes (Cardiacs, Levitation) on guitar.

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DEO CADAVER	Zombie Radio	2LP	INFOLINE	ILG 007LP
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Infoline presents a compilation of tracks by Deo Cadaver on double 12" inch vinyl. Active from 1987 to 1993, Geneva-based trio Deo Cadaver stood at the vanguard of Switzerland's electronic body music scene. Formed at just 17 years old, the group drew early influence from the visceral intensity of acts like The Young Gods, Front 242, Laibach, and Skinny Puppy -- but quickly forged a sound and performative presence entirely their own. Their live shows became infamous: loud, theatrical, and uncompromising. Covered in grey-green clay and fake blood, suspended from chains, or locked in cages wired with sensors, projections, and video monitors, Deo Cadaver unleashed chaotic storms of samples, distorted drum machines, live percussion, and seismic basslines. At the center stood a vocalist whose voice and energy pushed the limits of physical endurance. Despite their undeniable force, Deo Cadaver remained largely unknown beyond their immediate circles. "There was no support structure -- barely any venues, press, or labels for what we were doing," they reflect. "Apart from our parents and a few community associations, we were completely on our own." The internet, still confined, offered no relief. Connections were built face-to-face, and tapes were copied by hand. Still, the band found kinship in the Swiss experimental collective MXP, alongside other likeminded outliers pushing electronics beyond the dancefloor. Their spirit was one of invention, defiance, and independence. While Belgium reveled in its New Beat wave and the UK fell into euphoric ecstasy, Deo Cadaver raged in the shadows -- loud, isolated, and ahead of their time. This compilation finally brings their work into the light: a long- overdue snapshot of an uncompromising force from the margins of EBM history.

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LUISA	Luisa (Featuring Azymuth)	7"	FAR OUT RECORDINGS	JD 057EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros doesn't remember recording this single. It's understandable -- the sessions happened over forty years ago, and at the time, Malheiros, Ivan Conti and José Roberto Bertrami were backing countless MPB artists throughout the genre's golden age. As one of Brazil's most influential groups, Azymuth's story is well known. Vocalist Luisa, however, remains something of an enigma. She recorded this, her one and only single, in 1981 for Carlos Lemos' Piramide Label. With Luisa's powerful yet understated vocal, Bertrami's futuristic synths and José Carlos Bigorna's brow-raising tenor sax licks, the stirring early-'80s pop ballad "Romantica" should have been a radio hit. On B-side, "Lenha na Fogueira", Azymuth lock into an exceptional samba-funk groove with legendary guitarist Paulinho Guitarra. The record also features backing vocals from the lesser-known vocal group Arco Iris.

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BLUMM & NILS FRAHM, F.S.	Handling	LP	LEITER	LTR 053LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 A luminous new chapter in a singular collaboration Handling, Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm present their fifth collaborative album-an immersive, 40-minute journey across just three tracks that radiate intimacy, invention, and sonic depth. Building on the dub-inflected textures of 2X1=4, the duo now ventures into more delicate, exploratory terrain, where every sound feels intentional and alive. Recorded at Frahm's LEITER studio in Berlin's Funkhaus, Handling is a masterclass in subtlety and sonic storytelling. Each of the three compositions-titled Leuchter-glows with quiet energy, evoking miniature worlds through a rich palette of instruments: pianos, celestas, cristal baschets, glockenspiels, guitars, and a wide array of percussive textures. Blumm and Frahm's long-standing friendship and mutual trust allow for a rare creative freedom. Their contrasting approaches-Blumm's playful chaos and Frahm's structured intuition-merge into a sound that is neither one nor the other, but something entirely new. Handling is not just music-it's a living, breathing sound sculpture, full of warmth, wonder, and the joy of discovery. A must for fans of ambient, experimental, and genre-defying music.

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FOXX, JOHN	No-One Driving	LP	METAMATIC	META 082LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 No-One Driving is a collection of John Foxx singles and B-sides, all released 45 years ago in 1980 and now set for release on black vinyl. Includes the singles "Underpass," "No-One Driving," "Burning Car," and "Miles Away," the latter hinting at a new direction after the minimalism of his 1980 album, Metamatic. Some of Foxx's strongest work is on the B-sides with the likes of "Film One" and "Mr. No" being particular Aphex Twin favorites, while "This City" could easily have been a single in its own right. An alternative take on "20th Century" became the theme for the Janet Street-Porter TV magazine show, 20th Century Box which was first broadcast by London Weekend Television in 1980, but this B-side remains the definitive, full-fledged version. To complete the album are two tracks -- "Cinemascope" and "To Be With You" -- which were later constructed by Foxx out of original cassette recordings, notes and lyrics from the Metamatic sessions and have never been released on vinyl before.

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MUM	History of Silence	CD	MORR MUSIC	MORR 206CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 History of Silence is the first full body of work by Icelandic collective múm since 2013's Smilewound (MORR 124CD) and their seventh studio album to date -- recorded, deconstructed, put back together again, refined and finished over the course of two years. Vibrantly oscillating around a carefully curated palette of electronic and analogue sounds, the eight new tracks reflect the group's continuous strive to explore sonic spaces through subtle yet gripping songwriting. For a long time now, múm have been exploring the idea of distance in their music. Founded in Iceland in the late 1990s, the members soon began embarking on journeys across the world. Settling in, moving on, catching up: The concept of distance soon became an integral part of the collective's process. History of Silence leans into this idea, with space and time becoming indispensable pillars of the arrangements. While being coherent and structured, they echo their origins from different seasons, cities, and spaces -- neatly stitched together with unparalleled craftsmanship. On History of Silence time manifests in unexpected, liberating, and mesmerizing ways. It does not move reliably forward; it drifts, takes twists and turns, even disappears completely. Electronic textures blur into acoustic sounds, voices flicker and dissolve, melodies stumble and repeat. The arrangements often feel like they're wandering, gently resisting direction. Work on History of Silence began at Sudestudio in southern Italy. Additional recordings were made in Reykjavík, Berlin, Athens, Helsinki, New York, and Prague. The strings were recorded by Sinfonia Nord at the Hof concert hall, Akureyri, arranged and conducted by Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, who has worked with the band for many years. The orchestral elements don't dominate the record -- instead, they surface gently, adding depth and resonance to the songs without disturbing the songs' fragility. Contrary to what the album title suggests, History of Silence is a collection of bold and colorful songs, no matter how muted they might sound at times. They tickle like a feather drifting through the wind, ending up in unexpected places, stimulating long-forgotten thoughts and feelings, intimate moments of introspection. The songs move through the echoes those moments leave behind: the emotional traces of things unsaid, the weight of stillness. Offering closeness by means of distance and much-needed support. Bless.

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MUM	History of Silence	LP	MORR MUSIC	MORR 206LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. History of Silence is the first full body of work by Icelandic collective múm since 2013's Smilewound (MORR 124CD) and their seventh studio album to date -- recorded, deconstructed, put back together again, refined and finished over the course of two years. Vibrantly oscillating around a carefully curated palette of electronic and analogue sounds, the eight new tracks reflect the group's continuous strive to explore sonic spaces through subtle yet gripping songwriting. For a long time now, múm have been exploring the idea of distance in their music. Founded in Iceland in the late 1990s, the members soon began embarking on journeys across the world. Settling in, moving on, catching up: The concept of distance soon became an integral part of the collective's process. History of Silence leans into this idea, with space and time becoming indispensable pillars of the arrangements. While being coherent and structured, they echo their origins from different seasons, cities, and spaces -- neatly stitched together with unparalleled craftsmanship. On History of Silence time manifests in unexpected, liberating, and mesmerizing ways. It does not move reliably forward; it drifts, takes twists and turns, even disappears completely. Electronic textures blur into acoustic sounds, voices flicker and dissolve, melodies stumble and repeat. The arrangements often feel like they're wandering, gently resisting direction. Work on History of Silence began at Sudestudio in southern Italy. Additional recordings were made in Reykjavík, Berlin, Athens, Helsinki, New York, and Prague. The strings were recorded by Sinfonia Nord at the Hof concert hall, Akureyri, arranged and conducted by Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, who has worked with the band for many years. The orchestral elements don't dominate the record -- instead, they surface gently, adding depth and resonance to the songs without disturbing the songs' fragility. Contrary to what the album title suggests, History of Silence is a collection of bold and colorful songs, no matter how muted they might sound at times. They tickle like a feather drifting through the wind, ending up in unexpected places, stimulating long-forgotten thoughts and feelings, intimate moments of introspection. The songs move through the echoes those moments leave behind: the emotional traces of things unsaid, the weight of stillness. Offering closeness by means of distance and much-needed support. Bless.

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GRUPO AMIGOS	Paloma Mensajera	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 474LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Paloma Mensajera (featuring members of New Juggler Sound/Laghonia) shows the shift that was taking place within Peruvian rock away from psych and hard rock which had predominated during the early '70s. The style adopted by Grupo Amigos (and other bands and artists during this period) highlights the influence of soft rock, UK, US and Latin American folk rock and, above all, the desire to keep the melodic greatness of The Beatles alive. The positive reception albums by artists such as We All Together, Telegraph Avenue, and Zulu garnered between 1972 and 1975, marked a change of paradigm and in preferences within the Peruvian rock scene. Eclecticism gained new ground, to the detriment of the sectarian and orthodox, while melody grew more present and visible, moving away from the progressive experimentation that typified underground Peruvian rock up to the beginning of the '70s. For their first single on MAG, included on this reissue, the band adopted a formula in which Beatles harmonies converged symmetrically with folk motifs. "Dirty Girl" was a hit on the radio. A full album followed but only a fairly small number of copies of the album were pressed, which seems to have been the main reason for omitting it from the historical accounts of Peruvian rock music from the late '90s onwards. In Paloma Mensajera all compositions were penned by the group, after several years during which cover versions were a staple. Some of the musical resources that the band had at their disposal in terms of composition and arrangements are striking and even surprising, considering that they were a debut band, whose members were under the age of 20. The arrangements included the clever use of a Moog synthesizer which had just arrived at the MAG studio. The success achieved by the Beatles tribute performances played by the members of Grupo Amigos for decades have eclipsed the songs that Edmundo, Andrés Da Ros, and Simón Ames composed with youthful enthusiasm and energy between 1972 and 1973 to the point where they have almost been forgotten. This re-release of Paloma Mensajera should help rectify this major injustice. It includes bonus tracks and extensive liner notes.

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ESKORBUTO	Anti Todo	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 485LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 1985 was a landmark year for punk rock in the Basque country, and possibly for the whole of Spain. Punk merged with the Basque Radical Rock (Rock Radikal Vasco or RRV) movement, although this was not necessarily always the case. For instance, Eskorbuto invariably kept their distance from the movement and everything related to it. Hardship was part and parcel of Eskorbuto's life and musical career. All their albums were recorded in the shortest time imaginable, partly due to tight budgets (studios were expensive, labels were close-fisted), and partly because Josu and Jualma needed to spend the money on other things. When it came to recording Anti Todo, Eskorbuto stuck to what they did best: hitting the studio with as much raw energy, provocation, inspiration, and natural talent as possible. It was their best record and the question is: what would Eskorbuto have been capable of if they had more time, a bigger budget, and tighter control? The song "Tamara" was practically composed on the spot in the studio in less than two recording days, as was much of "Ha llegado el momento." The experienced sound technician did an outstanding job, but a new remastering for this rerelease has given the album the richer, more vibrant sound it always deserved. Listeners can once again enjoy the urgency, simplicity, and rage of this refreshed Anti Todo, a true classic in musical history, originally released in 1985 at Eskorbuto's peak of their creativity and energy. This edition of the album includes a large poster and insert with notes.

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VA	Joropop: Psych Pop & Folk in Venezuela, 1968-1976	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 487LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Welcome to a kaleidoscopic picnic where you can feast on a music scene that was rich, sparkling, multi-colored, ground-breaking and it'll blow your mind. A prodigious soundscape that blends the Caribbean and the Amazon sophistication and flavors; raw yet delicate textures. Joropop: Psych Pop & Folk in Venezuela, 1968-1976 features infectious Latin rock rhythms and timeless folk melodies across 15 ultra-rare tracks -- most of which have never been reissued until now. The golden age of Caracas pop started in 1965. It replaced the wave of cloyingly romantic song writing as fresh talents leant into richer and more complex styles: folk-rock, psychedelia, soul, hard blues, symphonic pop, Latin rock etc. Singer-songwriters, experimental electric guitars and jam sessions all appeared on the scene, creating music that became increasingly refined and free. The industry took a while to catch on to this new trend and leave behind the teen idols and dream lifestyles. By the late '60s, there was a long list of new bands in the capital city. Young people finally found their voice. Featuring El Zigui Y Una Luz, Grupo Espiga, Grupo Syma, La Fe Perdida, Ladies W.C., Los Fabricantes De Muñecas, Los Memphis, La Cuarta Calle, Grupo C.I.M., Grupo Pan, Los Rangers, Los Chicos Malos, Ciruela, The Four Blues, and La Cuarta Calle.

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WAU Y LOS ARRRGHS!!!	Copa, Raya, Paliza	7"	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 7392EP
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Valencia-based band Wau y Los Arrrghs!!! is made up of five punk rock hooligans as raw and real as chaos itself -- led by one of the wildest frontmen around, Juanito Wau. Yes, there's garage rock here, no doubt -- but you'll also find blasts of punk, rock 'n' roll, pop, and even a splash of surf. This joint release with Slovenly Records brings back two anthemic tracks from Spain's undisputed kings of garage punk! Originally produced by Jorge Explosion over a decade ago, "Copa, raya, paliza" and "Es un buen día" are guaranteed party-starters no garage DJ should be without. Pressed on neon pink vinyl.

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ALIEN DUB ORCHESTRA, THE	Plays the Breadminster Songbook	LP	ALIEN TRANSISTOR	N 102LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 The Alien Dub Orchestra is ragtag collective of Bavarian musicians, featuring members of The Notwist and G.Rag y los hermanos Patchekos. The cohort formed around the idea of performing the standards of the fabled Breadminster Songbook, aka the back-catalogue of lone dubman Elijah Minnelli. Minnelli is known for constructing wheezy, forlorn odes to his hometown, both as highly sought-after self-released 7" singles, and a critically-acclaimed debut album, Perpetual Musket for FatCat Records, lauded by the likes of The Guardian, The Wire, and The Quietus. Plays the Breadminster Songbook finds group covering Minnelli's cumbia-infused dub reggae with full band, playing an eclectic array of instruments including: guiro, accordion, melodica, sousaphone, trumpet and assorted percussion. The seeds of the Alien Dub Orchestra were sown during a support gig for The Notwist, where assorted musicians joined Minnelli for an encore, reinterpreting one of his dub remixes across woodwind, brass and assorted percussion. Despite the non-traditional origins of the source material, the inherent musicality of Minnelli's songwriting shines through across his releases, and this creative kinship is what attracted the Orchestra to reimagining his work. The first live collaboration led to recording sessions and further gigs, with the Orchestra building a full set of Minnelli's music. The resulting album puts forward the strongest case yet of the shared musical throughline between the acts, where cumbia, dub and folk sensibilities coalesce to something altogether unique. The tracks are wrought new, with melodies fleshed out and broader instrumentation expanding the sonic possibilities of the compositions. For these dubs, Minnelli is joined by Raimund Wong, who had caught his ear with his ambitious live sets, a daisy chain of tape machines and FX pedals. Again, despite their differing creative processes, the two bonded over a shared love of dub music.

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VA	A Collection of Songs in the Traditional & Sean-Nos Style	CD	NYAHH RECORDS	NYAHH 010CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Nyahh Records presents this compilation of singers, which has been on the back boiler for some time! Inspired by the song collecting of Alan Lomax, this compilation brings together two generations of singers from all across the island of Ireland. Some of the songs previously appear on albums, but the rest were recorded by the singer themselves on their phones to give the song a real and raw effect that brings an authentic feel and immediacy to the songs. A long-standing tradition in Irish culture, singing has taken place in pubs and private homes all over the country since the 13th Century and has been a way to share and keep the music alive, passing it down to younger generations. It is considered to be an aural tradition, as a lot of these songs would not have been written down. Featuring Conor O'Kane, Aoife Hammond, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Michael Frank Ó Confhaola, Méabh Meir, Rosie Stewart, Ruth Clinton, Fionnuala Maxwell, Nell Ní Chroinin, and Thomas McCarthy.

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SPACEMEN 3	Playing With Fire	2CD	SPACE AGE	ORBIT 057CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Originally released in 1989, the third and penultimate studio album Playing with Fire by Spacemen 3 (Sonic Boom a.k.a. Peter Kember and Jason Pierce) has been repressed due to popular demand. Featuring 22 incredible tracks, spanning 2CD's, including the brilliant singles "Revolution" and "Lord Can You Hear Me." This release is an unrelenting psychedelic experience, with razor-blade riffs and drones that lead you into a sonic underworld of alienation, desolation and raw power. The instantly recognizable artwork of this brand new deluxe digifile sleeve, stays completely true to the original CD release, a delight for old and new fans alike.

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ORCHIDS, THE	Lyceum	CD	CIRCUITRY	PLEXUS 001CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Hailing from the suburbs of Glasgow, this five-piece are best known for their three starry-eyed albums on the renowned Sarah Records -- this being an expanded version of their first (an eight-track 10" at the time). By the tail end of the 1980s the independent music scene in the UK was turning its back on the polish and over-indulgence of the mid-'80s with its gated drums and wallpaper production. And those who weren't stretching the boundaries of sonic innovation had tuned back to the post-punk ethos of ramshackle charm and zealous melody, even dousing the spirit with some political fervor once more. Influences were more likely to be Television and the Television Personalities than MTV. The Orchids and The Sea Urchins were the first two bands to release 7" singles on the Sarah label having previously begun their recording existence on a shared flexi disc in 1987 (The Sea Urchins went on to become Delta, whose classic album Slippin' Out from 2000 will be the second release on Circuitry). The Scottish five-piece released I've Got a Habit and Underneath the Window, Underneath the Sink as EPs before really finding their feet with Lyceum; the tracks, remastered from the original Toad Hall tapes are included on this reissue as are the three songs from the "What Will We Do Next?" 7" (this collection closes with the frazzled stretch that is "Yawn"). Lyceum was originally released in August 1989. The album opens with "It's Only Obvious" and its gloriously youthful chorus of "who needs tomorrow when all I need, all I needed was you." James Hackett somehow appears both forthright and rejected, something that one of their musical heroes The Go-Betweens also had down to a fine art. It barely takes a breath until midway through side two where "Hold On" (sounding suspiciously like an unlikely objective) descends into the intro of "Blue Light," the counted-in "1, 2, 3, 4" whispered like the most hopelessly dejected rally. If that sounds depressing it isn't. This record by The Orchids was a spirited source of comfort for an 18-year-old at the time and still shudders with the best type of melancholy, one that's spirited not indulgent. If you're not familiar with the band's charm, this is where you should begin.

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ORCHIDS, THE	Lyceum	2LP	CIRCUITRY	PLEXUS 001LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Double LP version. Hailing from the suburbs of Glasgow, this five-piece are best known for their three starry-eyed albums on the renowned Sarah Records -- this being an expanded version of their first (an eight-track 10" at the time). By the tail end of the 1980s the independent music scene in the UK was turning its back on the polish and over-indulgence of the mid-'80s with its gated drums and wallpaper production. And those who weren't stretching the boundaries of sonic innovation had tuned back to the post-punk ethos of ramshackle charm and zealous melody, even dousing the spirit with some political fervor once more. Influences were more likely to be Television and the Television Personalities than MTV. The Orchids and The Sea Urchins were the first two bands to release 7" singles on the Sarah label having previously begun their recording existence on a shared flexi disc in 1987 (The Sea Urchins went on to become Delta, whose classic album Slippin' Out from 2000 will be the second release on Circuitry). The Scottish five-piece released I've Got a Habit and Underneath the Window, Underneath the Sink as EPs before really finding their feet with Lyceum; the tracks, remastered from the original Toad Hall tapes are included on this reissue as are the three songs from the "What Will We Do Next?" 7" (this collection closes with the frazzled stretch that is "Yawn"). Lyceum was originally released in August 1989. The album opens with "It's Only Obvious" and its gloriously youthful chorus of "who needs tomorrow when all I need, all I needed was you." James Hackett somehow appears both forthright and rejected, something that one of their musical heroes The Go-Betweens also had down to a fine art. It barely takes a breath until midway through side two where "Hold On" (sounding suspiciously like an unlikely objective) descends into the intro of "Blue Light," the counted-in "1, 2, 3, 4" whispered like the most hopelessly dejected rally. If that sounds depressing it isn't. This record by The Orchids was a spirited source of comfort for an 18-year-old at the time and still shudders with the best type of melancholy, one that's spirited not indulgent. If you're not familiar with the band's charm, this is where you should begin.

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SABRA, JULIA	Natural History Museum	LP	RUPTURED	RPTD 054LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 "This album is a collection of songs written between 2020 and 2024 in Beirut. I wanted to capture them the way they were written by keeping the rawness and fragility intact, like the late-night voice memos I send to my bandmates as soon as I have a first draft of a song. Fadi and I decided to record them live on tape, with no overdubs, barely any effect -- with all the imperfections. Most of the tracks were done in one take only. Some were recorded in the studio, and some in the church I grew up going to every summer in Dhour Shweir. This is a collection of songs that slipped through the cracks, and some of the most personal ones I ever wrote. Songs about the port explosion, its aftermath, picking up the pieces and trying to move on, coming to terms with the past, regret and nostalgia for a childhood that lives only in memory, the uncertain future, learning to love, getting married, watching a genocide unfold on my phone screen, having it fill my every waking moment, imagining a better send off for all the dead, processing the violence and terror, and finding solace in community. These songs would've probably stayed in my 'songs in limbo' folder on my laptop had it not been for Pascal and Fadi, who pushed me to release them. And for this I'm eternally grateful." --Julia Sabra, September 2024

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FRUIT DISTRO COLLECTIVE	Just.Life.	LP	RECORDS WE RELEASE RECORDS	RWRR 002LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Just. Life. is FDC's second endeavor after their 2022 debut Some Kind Of Wisdom. The A-side draws inspiration from everyday life. Things that are often overlooked. Birds whistling. Just being somewhere spending time together. Whereas the first four tracks open up a can of playful jazz the B-side explores more heavy conceptualizations. Birth and love for a child and the passing of a friend. Life and death. The cyclicity of it all. Fruit Distro Collective is a project by long-time friends Boris van der Hoff and Tristan Coco. Raised on boombap beats, schooled through jazz composition and inspired by Afro and Latin styles. Pour some reel-to-reel tape sauce over it et voilá.

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LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE	Corporal	CD	SONIC CATHEDRAL	SCR 350CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Lorelle Meets The Obsolete return with their seventh album, Corporal. It's the Mexican duo's finest, most ferocious work to date which sees them turbo-charge their psychedelic post-punk with a new electronic engine. Mixed by Antoine Goulet (live sound engineer for SUUNS) and mastered by Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring), the most obvious comparison in terms of mood and mode is Primal Scream's classic XTRMNTR, another record that processed personal and political conflicts and spat them out as distorted dance music. It shows the influence of the duo's DJ sets and 2024's radical Remezcla remix collection on their way of thinking and why they are now namechecking the likes of Moor Mother, MF DOOM, Patrick Cowley, The Bug, Paula Garcés, Phil Kieran, Coby Sey, Run the Jewels, and Anadol. Corporal, as the title suggests, is all about the body. The theme is carried over into the lyrics which, according to Lorena, variously refer to "the bodies that disappear, the abused bodies, the bodies that march together in protest, the bodies that are being controlled."

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LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE	Corporal	LP	SONIC CATHEDRAL	SCR 350LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 LP version. Neon orange color vinyl. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete return with their seventh album, Corporal. It's the Mexican duo's finest, most ferocious work to date which sees them turbo-charge their psychedelic post-punk with a new electronic engine. Mixed by Antoine Goulet (live sound engineer for SUUNS) and mastered by Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring), the most obvious comparison in terms of mood and mode is Primal Scream's classic XTRMNTR, another record that processed personal and political conflicts and spat them out as distorted dance music. It shows the influence of the duo's DJ sets and 2024's radical Remezcla remix collection on their way of thinking and why they are now namechecking the likes of Moor Mother, MF DOOM, Patrick Cowley, The Bug, Paula Garcés, Phil Kieran, Coby Sey, Run the Jewels, and Anadol. Corporal, as the title suggests, is all about the body. The theme is carried over into the lyrics which, according to Lorena, variously refer to "the bodies that disappear, the abused bodies, the bodies that march together in protest, the bodies that are being controlled."

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OHTA & MATTHIAS LINDERMAYR, MASAKO	Nozomi (Risograph Booklet)	LP	SQUAMA	SQM 028RE-LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 180g vinyl LP. Includes a 24-page risograph printed publication and a print with works by Tokyo-based photographer Daisuke Tomizawa. Pianist Masako Ohta and trumpet player Matthias Lindermayr are back on Squama with Nozomi, the follow-up to their 2022 debut MMMMH (SQM 018CD). The Japanese title, which translates to "hope," felt fitting, as the album was conceived during a time of personal loss for Ohta, during and after which music proved itself as a beacon of hope. The music on Nozomi unfolds gently, with Lindermayr's airy tone and lyrical playing being wrapped in Ohta's chordal backing that moves from tender to tense and back over the course of the album. While most tunes were written by Lindermayr, the only exception being an interpretation of Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Hibari," the arrangements are largely improvised, letting the duo's intuition guide the course and build the form. Solemn slowness has become a signature trait of the Munich-based duo and it makes listening to their new record a healing retreat from the frantic chatter of the present.

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TITANIC	Hagen	LP	UNHEARD OF HOPE	UOH 018LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 "Titanic, the project spearheaded by Mabe Fratti and Hector Tosta (aka I. la Católica), return with a sumptuous and life-affirming new album. With Hagen, and their previous release, Vidrio, (2023), the pair are creating a distinctive signature sound in modern alternative pop music. Nobody else sounds quite like them. Both records have an open-hearted nature and simple, winning melodies that play off against a taste for drama, spectacular orchestration and a feeling of otherworldly mystery. Hagen is the more ambitious, sometimes more mystical effort. From the opening handclaps of 'Lágrima del Sol', (a wonderfully uptempo playground chant translating as a tear from the sun but, surely, not referencing the brand of pineapple wine), the record dances its way through various mid-to-late-eighties inspirations, lush and widescreen passages of melancholy and vertiginous contrasts. On Hagen, singer and cellist Mabe Fratti once again displays her brilliant knack of speaking to us directly. There is never the suspicion of her playing to the gallery, and the directness of many of the lyrics don't allow it. Parallel to this, Fratti has an almost magical ability to give Hector Tosta's melodies, and her and Tosta's lyrics ones imbued with an insight and meaning that feels otherworldly. Tosta admitted it was 'pretty wild to hear Mabe take the interpretations to a different place' and the listener can pick up on the delight Fratti takes in (literally) adding a voice to the many narratives. Like Vidrio, Hagen was partially and additionally recorded at Fratti and Tosta's house, aka Tinho Studios in Mexico City, as well as Golden Girl Studios & Circular Ruin Studios in New York City. Mixing was done by Santiago Parra in Pedro y el Lobo Studios, Mexico City and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York City. The recording engineer was Nate Salon. Hagen featured Mabe Fratti on cello, vocals and backing vocals, I. la Católica on guitar, keyboards, prepared piano, bass and backing vocals, drums by Eli Keszler and synths in 'Pájaro de Fuego' from Daniel Lopatin and Nate Salon."

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TITANIC	Hagen (Color Vinyl)	LP	UNHEARD OF HOPE	UOH 018X-LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Color vinyl version. "Titanic, the project spearheaded by Mabe Fratti and Hector Tosta (aka I. la Católica), return with a sumptuous and life-affirming new album. With Hagen, and their previous release, Vidrio, (2023), the pair are creating a distinctive signature sound in modern alternative pop music. Nobody else sounds quite like them. Both records have an open-hearted nature and simple, winning melodies that play off against a taste for drama, spectacular orchestration and a feeling of otherworldly mystery. Hagen is the more ambitious, sometimes more mystical effort. From the opening handclaps of 'Lágrima del Sol', (a wonderfully uptempo playground chant translating as a tear from the sun but, surely, not referencing the brand of pineapple wine), the record dances its way through various mid-to-late-eighties inspirations, lush and widescreen passages of melancholy and vertiginous contrasts. On Hagen, singer and cellist Mabe Fratti once again displays her brilliant knack of speaking to us directly. There is never the suspicion of her playing to the gallery, and the directness of many of the lyrics don't allow it. Parallel to this, Fratti has an almost magical ability to give Hector Tosta's melodies, and her and Tosta's lyrics ones imbued with an insight and meaning that feels otherworldly. Tosta admitted it was 'pretty wild to hear Mabe take the interpretations to a different place' and the listener can pick up on the delight Fratti takes in (literally) adding a voice to the many narratives. Like Vidrio, Hagen was partially and additionally recorded at Fratti and Tosta's house, aka Tinho Studios in Mexico City, as well as Golden Girl Studios & Circular Ruin Studios in New York City. Mixing was done by Santiago Parra in Pedro y el Lobo Studios, Mexico City and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York City. The recording engineer was Nate Salon. Hagen featured Mabe Fratti on cello, vocals and backing vocals, I. la Católica on guitar, keyboards, prepared piano, bass and backing vocals, drums by Eli Keszler and synths in 'Pájaro de Fuego' from Daniel Lopatin and Nate Salon."

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LOS ZHEROS	Psychedelic Cumbia Party	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 325LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 This compilation brings together for the first time the best songs by Los Zheros, one of the most renowned cumbia bands to emerge in the early 1970s in Iquitos -- alongside groups like Los Rogers and Los Wemblers -- in the heart of Peru's Amazon capital. The unique Amazonian sound blended fast, percussive cumbia rhythms with electric guitars in a surf style -- a distinctive fusion that came to define Peruvian-recorded cumbia, markedly different from the traditional cumbia styles that developed in other cumbia-producing countries like Colombia. The album includes their psychedelic rock hit "Cuarto Oscuro," a highly sought-after track not only by cumbia collectors but also by garage and psychedelic DJs. This song also marked the beginning of their recording career in 1973. This compilation is a joint release with the Peruvian label Rey Record and comes with an insert featuring never- before-seen photos of the band, as well as liner notes by genre expert Víctor Zela (the mind behind the prestigious project La Cumbia de mis Viejos).

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RANIL Y SU CONJUNTO TROPICAL	Sonido Amazonico	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 328LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Ranil is undoubtedly the most unconventional figure among the greats of Amazonian cumbia, earning a well-deserved place alongside all the better-known iconic bands. He worked as a teacher, criollo guitarist, radio host, TV entrepreneur, and politician, but gained lasting fame as the founder of Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical in the 1970s. By 1968, around the same time Los Destellos were making waves in Lima, groups like Los Wembler's de Iquitos and Juaneco y su Combo began electrifying cumbia in Iquitos. This new genre, dubbed Amazonian cumbia, exploded nationwide in 1973, thanks to hits by Juaneco y su Combo, Los Mirlos, and Los Wembler's. The success these bands achieved spawned dozens of other groups from the Amazon. Ranil, always a visionary, recognized the movement's potential and joined forces through his first single recorded on the Dinsa label in 1974. Unhappy with the contractual terms, he went on to found Producciones Llerena, the label on which he would release the rest of his discography. Over the years, Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical featured guitarists like Límber Zumba and Luis Nigro, while Ranil remained the lead vocalist and bassist for group. Zumba and Nigro had already played with other regional bands and written songs for groups like Los Destellos and Los Mirlos. This compilation offers a glimpse into the vast musical output Ranil created in the late 1970s and early 1980s, bringing together 14 tracks from the band's ten LPs. These records have always been hard to come by as, despite being recorded in Lima, they were distributed by Ranil from Iquitos. Psychedelia, rock fusion, cumbia, salsa, mambo, Amazonian folk -- you'll find all these flavors blended into the vibrant, jungle-rich sound Ranil crafted.

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SHAPEDNOISE	Absurd Matter 2	LP	WEIGHT LOOMING	WEILO 002LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Arriving two years after the first chapter, Absurd Matter 2 isn't just a sequel, it's an evolution, redrawing the boundaries established by its acclaimed predecessor. The Berlin-based Italian producer tempers his confrontational sonics with rare moments of introspection, shifting seamlessly between blown-out noise, warped hip-hop, mutant club experimentation, and weightless ambience. It's a poetic, layered response to Nino Pedone's changing physical reality: the gradual hearing loss and perceptual renegotiation triggered by Ménière's disease, which struck him in 2022. At first, the experience felt like betrayal, a brutal disconnection from the very sense that had shaped his life. But over time, the disorientation turned into a strange kind of focus. The silence between sounds became as expressive as the sounds themselves. The first Absurd Matter (WEILO 001LP) was a visceral reaction to trauma; the second is more reflective -- an ambiguous chronicle of sensory recalibration. Pedone doesn't represent his altered inner reality through extremes, but through depth, zooming in on illusory distortions, tense rhythmic fluctuations, and fragmented sonics. Dense, immersive, and mystical, the album mirrors Pedone's evolving relationship with perception itself. Tinnitus-like feedback wails and noir-ish strings introduce "Repeater," making it immediately clear that Pedone is painting a more delicately finessed image this time around. Fleshed out by raps from cult MCs billy woods and E L U C I D, the track is marked by subtle, sophisticated contrasts: the blurred, inverted rhythms that couch Armand Hammer's haunted back-and-forth, and the glitchy interference that offsets the lavish orchestral phrases. Backwoodz associate Fatboi Sharif lends his Lynchian drawl to "Bandage Chipped Wings," grounding Pedone's lysergic rhythmic distortions with syrupy, horror-inspired couplets. Pedone also invites discomfort into "Crash Landing", with droning, metallic tones that contradict South Central rapper ICECOLDBISHOP's elastic flow. Working alongside London's Loraine James on production, Pedone reunites with Moor Mother on "I Saw The Light," blending James' soft-focus atmospherics with soundsystem-damaging, overdriven bass hits and rusted percussive snips. On "Splintered", he reunites with Kenyan prodigy Slikback, mangling neon-lit trance arpeggios with dissociated trap rhythms. Perhaps the album's most surprising moment arrives with "Viel", which features vocals from Los Angeles-based composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. Together, Pedone and Smith chance upon their notion of dub techno, fogging synth stabs and ghostly vocal traces into eerie harmonic distortions. Absurd Matter 2 doesn't simply document a process; it enacts one. It doesn't offer clarity; it invites disorientation. It's not a map of the labyrinth, but a foghorn piercing the darkness.

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ROBERTSON, JOANNE	Blurrr	LP	AD 93	WHYT 092LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Joanne Robertson follows up on AD 93 with the album Blurrr. Written between painting sessions and also whilst raising a child, Blurrr is a record of loose and playful intuition. Robertson's vocals and guitar drift, murmur and whisper across the record; fostering a deep intimacy as unknown emotions rise up from the well. Robertson's intuitive approach to music making co-exists alongside her improvisatory and collaborative nature. She has collaborated regularly with artists such as Elias Rønnenfelt on Heavy Glory, Dean Blunt on Backstage Raver, and Black Metal, and Sidsel Meineche Hansen on Alien Baby. In Blurrr Robertson turns to previous collaborator and friend: cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates.

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PIZZA HOTLINE	Polygon Island	2LP	WRWTFWW RECORDS	WRWTFWW 095LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 WRWTFWW Records is boiling with excitement: Pizza Hotline is back! The UK producer and DJ is following up the already classic Level Select (WRWTFWW 078LP, 2023) with another liquid drum and bass with a video game music twist beauty: the Polygon Island album, available in a limited-edition double LP with a majestic 45rpm cut (for louder, bigger, bolder, deeper earth-shaking bass), packaged in a heavyweight 350gsm gatefold sleeve. Home of eight all new slices of delicious atmospheric drum and bass, Polygon Island is the perfect artificial paradise beach for Pizza Hotline to deepen his exploration of modern jungle music liquified through the lens of '90s/Y2K video game motifs and seasoned with the soundtrack essence of PS1, PS2, N64, Sega Saturn & Dreamcast adventures. Bewitching and larger than life, Pizza Hotline's perfect follow-up to Level Select takes listeners (players?) on an endless summer escapade filled with immaculate vibes, crispy beats, and refashioned homages to, once again, LTJ Bukem, Peshay, the Wipeout OST, and Soichi Terada's Ape Escape. It's bouncy, it flows, it's dreamy -- something to dance to, something to reminisce to, something to chill to. Pizza Hotline is back and it feels so good. Press start. Again.

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KIKUCHI, MOMOKO	Ocean Side (Transparent Vinyl)	LP	WRWTFWW RECORDS	WRWTFWW 107C-LP
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 WRWTFWW Records presents the first release from its new City Pop Series with Japanese singer, actress, entertainer, scholar and all-around legend Momoko Kikuchi's sun-drenched classic Ocean Side album, available as a limited-edition transparent vinyl LP in a heavyweight sleeve with obi. A cult classic among Japanese music collectors, Ocean Side was originally released in 1984 by mythical label VAP and features lush compositions and arrangements by J-Pop icon Tetsuji Hayashi (Mariya Takeuchi, Miki Matsubara, Omega Tribe, Junichi Inagaki). Momoko Kikuchi's city pop gem is a flawless mix of heartwarming beachside funk, breezy grooves, and silky-smooth vocals -- the feel-good music we all need in our life right now. The nine-track summer-is-forever adventure notably includes the ultra-funky megahit "Blind Curve," the fan-favorite title song, and the insanely romantic ballad "Futari No Night Drive." A vibrant reflection of summer in 1980s Japan, Ocean Side masterfully balances nostalgia and elegance, and provides part of the origin story for revered modern music genres such as chillwave, and future funk, and vaporwave. The official reissue licensed from VAP, Inc. is sourced from the original masters with an audiophile-cut by Sidney Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios.

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HUMAN LEATHER	Here Comes The Mind, There Goes The Body	LP	WRONG SPEED RECORDS	WSR 067LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/19/2025 Human Leather have always been a ferocious live act, unbelievably loud for a two piece. Their gigs are often an overwhelming wall of sludge, howls and amphetamine-addled drums, with spectators flying joyously around the pit. Previous recordings did full justice to the impact of the live show; however, the second helping is something else. On Here Comes the Mind, There Goes the Body the sludge is still present, rising, and lapping at your ankles, but there's a new clarity showing off exactly how fucking good those riffs are. There are ear worm riffs for days, shout along vocals that roar, shriek and reform into a Greek chorus, drums that thump you repeatedly in the chest and then the whole thing vanishes in just under 30 minutes, leaving you bruised, deafened and with questions about your life. Squint your ears a bit and you'll hear the influences of bands like Karp, Torche and Big Business but they're thrown into a much crustier stew. The lyrics span a variety of political issues, not limited to the landed gentry, global warming and consumerist harbingers of doom. Importantly the songs are also not afraid to discuss class issues (unlike many political bands who you suspect have a much sturdier security net). While this could easily feel preachy, every line is delivered with the knowing wink of the underdog and good humor, and the vibes are as they've always been in difficult times. And what is the point of a revolution you can't dance to? Speaking of dancing, the final track features an honest-to-god dance beat, acid squelches and disembodied vocal samples, pointing to an alternative universe in which Human Leather are a heavy electroclash band. Here comes the record of the year, bring what is left of your eardrums. You didn't need that body anyway.

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SEXVERBOT	Sexverbot	LP	BRETFORD RECORDS	BRD 009LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 Sexverbot is a punk band from Berlin. Fast guitars, direct lyrics, unmistakable character. Whether it's fever dreams of capitalism ('Ich bin verliebt'), social coldness and concrete bleakness ('Täglich grüßt die Monarchie'), self-destruction as the only way out ('Der Antagonist'), or a middle finger to New Age followers ('Mystic Shit') -- Sexverbot delivers short, punchy, and uncompromising songs. Much like the pioneers of decades past, the album reflects the sense of hopelessness and anger felt by a generation. The self-titled debut was produced by Lorenz Szukal (Die Verlierer).

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NOISESHAPER	Welcome The Unknown	CD	ECHO BEACH	EB 212CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 Noiseshaper is back with new music, bringing their classic dub sound into a fresh comeback. Their return is all about those classic basslines and soulful reggae-inspired vocals, making this a must- hear for long-time-fans and a perfect introduction for new listeners. Noiseshaper now presents their highly-anticipated new album, Welcome The Unknown, featuring their latest discovery Simple Straw and soul singer Jackie Deane, whose unmistakable voice is already familiar to fans. The album's lyrics tackle themes from climate change to social inequality and love in its various forms. Simple Straw describes the new album as "pure positivity." The album features a special appearance by Bernard Fowler, best known as The Rolling Stones' longtime backing vocalist. With a spirit that bridges soulful introspection and dub-fueled defiance, Welcome The Unknown promises to be a sound journey -- one that reflects Noiseshaper's undying commitment to pushing boundaries and creating music that resonates.

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VA	King Size Dub: Hamburg	2CD	ECHO BEACH	EB 213CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Hamburg-based dub label Echo Beach is treating itself to a multidimensional portrait of its home and Hanseatic city of Hamburg. The label has already traveled the world musically and released dub sets from the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, New York, Jamaica and Germany. King Size Dub: Hamburg is the first album compilation dedicated exclusively to dub music from Hamburg. Even when the label entered the stage with a compilation of UK dub, there were already sound masters such as Silly Walks and Dub Me Ruff, projects by producer Matthias Arfmann and bands such as Dub Division and Di Iries a lively dub scene in Hamburg, which has blossomed just as wildly over the decades as the Echo Beach label outside Germany, with overlaps and crossovers occurring. Now the time of harvest has come: The first Dub- Label has teamed up with the best record store in town, and not just for Dub-Heads, and pressed a groove full of versions, specials and exclusives from the Hamburg studios. Featuring Station 17, Udo Lindenberg, Chassy Meets Matthias Arfman, Nikel Pallat & Tc Sunshine, Elbtonal Percussion, Protassov, Prince Istari, Frau Kraushaar, Knarf Rellöm Arkestra, Heinz Strunk, Black Jets, Legoluft, Kings Of Dubrock, Caracho, Pensi, Haghbin, Annananda, Echohäuser, Fettes Brot, Absolute Beginner, Khalia X Silly Walks, Greg Morris III, Deichkind, Turtle Bay Country Club, Onejiru, Jahyu, Ras Tinny, Knarf Rellöm & Tillamanda, Erobique, MC Lafote, Guzzi & Scuzz, Manuel Scuzzo, Sam Ragga Band, Erobique & Palminger, Rockers To Rockers, Ashraf Sharif Khan, Viktor Marek, Sufi Dub Brothers, Hallo Werner Clan, Re, Peter Heppner & Mika Bajinsky, Dub Division, Reggaedemmi, Penguin Sound, Kastrierte Philosophen, Die Goldenen Zitronen, Easy Business & Eric Iq Gra, and Kein Hass Da.

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VA	King Size Dub: Hamburg	LP	ECHO BEACH	EB 213LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 LP version. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Hamburg-based dub label Echo Beach is treating itself to a multidimensional portrait of its home and Hanseatic city of Hamburg. The label has already traveled the world musically and released dub sets from the UK, South Africa, New Zealand, New York, Jamaica and Germany. King Size Dub: Hamburg is the first album compilation dedicated exclusively to dub music from Hamburg. Even when the label entered the stage with a compilation of UK dub, there were already sound masters such as Silly Walks and Dub Me Ruff, projects by producer Matthias Arfmann and bands such as Dub Division and Di Iries a lively dub scene in Hamburg, which has blossomed just as wildly over the decades as the Echo Beach label outside Germany, with overlaps and crossovers occurring. Now the time of harvest has come: The first Dub- Label has teamed up with the best record store in town, and not just for Dub-Heads, and pressed a groove full of versions, specials and exclusives from the Hamburg studios. Featuring Station 17, Udo Lindenberg, Chassy Meets Matthias Arfman, Nikel Pallat & Tc Sunshine, Elbtonal Percussion, Protassov, Prince Istari, Frau Kraushaar, Knarf Rellöm Arkestra, Heinz Strunk, Black Jets, Legoluft, Kings Of Dubrock, Caracho, Pensi, Haghbin, Annananda, Echohäuser, Fettes Brot, Absolute Beginner, Khalia X Silly Walks, Greg Morris III, Deichkind, Turtle Bay Country Club, Onejiru, Jahyu, Ras Tinny, Knarf Rellöm & Tillamanda, Erobique, MC Lafote, Guzzi & Scuzz, Manuel Scuzzo, Sam Ragga Band, Erobique & Palminger, Rockers To Rockers, Ashraf Sharif Khan, Viktor Marek, Sufi Dub Brothers, Hallo Werner Clan, Re, Peter Heppner & Mika Bajinsky, Dub Division, Reggaedemmi, Penguin Sound, Kastrierte Philosophen, Die Goldenen Zitronen, Easy Business & Eric Iq Gra, and Kein Hass Da.

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GOOD ONES, THE	Rwanda Sings with Strings	CD	GLITTERBEAT	GB 173CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 The celebrated Rwandan folk duo returns with a resonant fifth album, Rwanda Sings with Strings. The record combines their signature earthy vocals and acoustic instrumentation (guitar and hand percussion) with atmospheric cello and violin arrangements, creating a soundscape that vividly brings to life their powerful stories of resilience, memory, and longing. Recorded 100% live without overdubs in a hotel room by Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Parchman Prison Project), the album delivers an unusually intimate listening experience. Reflective, unfiltered and deeply human. For The Good Ones' fifth album, Ian Brennan scheduled a cellist and violinist to accompany the duo. The entire album was recorded in single takes without written scores or demos. The arrangements were improvised on the fly by the two string players who also didn't know each other. Within minutes of meeting all four musicians were recording -- their only communication, musical. "It was all an experiment," reports producer Ian Brennan, "but the second the strings entered during the intro of 'Agnes Dreams of Being an Artist,' it felt like the room began levitating and there was no doubt that something magical and profoundly beautiful was occurring. The album is extraordinarily ethereal -- even by their high standards." The session fulfilled the group's long-held dream to have main writer, guitarist, and lead vocalist, Adrien Kazigira's songs performed with strings. Sequestered in a Washington, DC hotel room the day prior to The Good Ones NPR "Tiny Desk" session, the musicians recorded nineteen songs in just three hours. Kazigira was so happy with the experience, afterwards, he wrapped his arms around the cello, as he lay chuckling and exhausted on the couch. The album's sound is steeped in a romanticism, longing, and a sense of resigned grandeur that echoes Malian balladeers like Boubacar Traoré or even Nick Drake and Astral Weeks. Perfect Sunday morning listening. Decidedly an underground group, The Good Ones' renown is nonetheless evidenced by the stellar musicians who've collaborated with them in the past, including members of Wilco, TV on the Radio, Sleater-Kinney, My Bloody Valentine, and Fugazi, and also by the vocal supporters that they've attracted such as Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant. Kazigira states, "We are so thankful that music has taken us so many places that we never dreamed of visiting. And this new album has given us hope and really carried us through the hard times."

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GOOD ONES, THE	Rwanda Sings with Strings	LP	GLITTERBEAT	GB 173LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 LP version. The celebrated Rwandan folk duo returns with a resonant fifth album, Rwanda Sings with Strings. The record combines their signature earthy vocals and acoustic instrumentation (guitar and hand percussion) with atmospheric cello and violin arrangements, creating a soundscape that vividly brings to life their powerful stories of resilience, memory, and longing. Recorded 100% live without overdubs in a hotel room by Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Parchman Prison Project), the album delivers an unusually intimate listening experience. Reflective, unfiltered and deeply human. For The Good Ones' fifth album, Ian Brennan scheduled a cellist and violinist to accompany the duo. The entire album was recorded in single takes without written scores or demos. The arrangements were improvised on the fly by the two string players who also didn't know each other. Within minutes of meeting all four musicians were recording -- their only communication, musical. "It was all an experiment," reports producer Ian Brennan, "but the second the strings entered during the intro of 'Agnes Dreams of Being an Artist,' it felt like the room began levitating and there was no doubt that something magical and profoundly beautiful was occurring. The album is extraordinarily ethereal -- even by their high standards." The session fulfilled the group's long-held dream to have main writer, guitarist, and lead vocalist, Adrien Kazigira's songs performed with strings. Sequestered in a Washington, DC hotel room the day prior to The Good Ones NPR "Tiny Desk" session, the musicians recorded nineteen songs in just three hours. Kazigira was so happy with the experience, afterwards, he wrapped his arms around the cello, as he lay chuckling and exhausted on the couch. The album's sound is steeped in a romanticism, longing, and a sense of resigned grandeur that echoes Malian balladeers like Boubacar Traoré or even Nick Drake and Astral Weeks. Perfect Sunday morning listening. Decidedly an underground group, The Good Ones' renown is nonetheless evidenced by the stellar musicians who've collaborated with them in the past, including members of Wilco, TV on the Radio, Sleater-Kinney, My Bloody Valentine, and Fugazi, and also by the vocal supporters that they've attracted such as Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant. Kazigira states, "We are so thankful that music has taken us so many places that we never dreamed of visiting. And this new album has given us hope and really carried us through the hard times."

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RACE & GIANNI MAROCCOLO, HUGO	The Vigil	LP	GUSSTAFF RECORDS	GRAM 2504LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 LP version. It's 2022. The world lockdown is finally over. Imagine a picturesque lake in Tuscany. Now imagine a floating state of the art studio on that lake with two maverick rock icons creating a wild, alchemical concept album: Hugo Race, frontman of Australian post-punk legends The Wreckery and guitarist for the Bad Seeds and leader of True Spirit and Fatalists, and Gianni 'Marok' Maroccolo, producer of Italian alternative music and film soundtracks since the 1980s Florence darkwave scene with Litfiba, CSI & CCCP. Together, they fuse an existential narrative made up of individual stories in the style of Boccaccio's Decameron with psychedelic soundscapes framed by experimental electronica, rock instrumentation and decades of experience as cutting-edge musicians and studio producers to bring you an album that defies categorization.

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SOUTHERN FOLD, THE	5 (+2) Live From The Southern Fold	LP	JUKE JOINT 500	JJ 5018LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/22/2025 The Southern Fold was formed in Kilkenny, Ireland in 2014 by singer/guitarist/songwriter Emlyn Holden. Incorporating elements of country, blues and gospel music into a folks/Roots sound, influences from sources as far and wide as Hank Williams and Nirvana can be found. Holden first picked up a guitar at age 10 when he heard Elvis Presley and was totally immersed in those old Sun recordings in his early teens. Moving on towards Roots rockers Creedence Clearwater Revival and into punk rock, he forged an eclectic backdrop of inspirations to draw from. Discovering alt country pioneers Uncle Tupelo and Wilco brought the country back into his songwriting and set him on the road to The Southern Fold. Initially starting out as a duo in the style of Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris, the band's first EP -- 2016's A True Ascension from the Wayward Path included five originals plus a cover of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." It was a stripped-down folk-country affair coupled with deeply personal lyrics and extra instrumentation provided by piano, cello and electric guitar. A few years of heavy gigging followed, and by the time full length album Bible Fear's came along in 2019, the band had developed into a full five-piece which brought about a more folk-rock sound. Joining Holden in a new live lineup are ex- Blackbird & Crow guitarist Stephen Doohan, Mauritius native Madeline Leclezio on vocals, Canadian drummer Gregor Beresford, and ex-Midnight Union Band bassist Brian McGrath. This limited-edition vinyl release recorded live at Cleere's, Kilkenny (entitled 5+2 Live), makes an appearance through German record label JukeJoint500.

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GRANDBROTHERS	Elsewhere	CD	AND OTHERS	ANDOTHERS 001CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 With Elsewhere, Grandbrothers open a bold new chapter. Known for crafting all their music from a single grand piano, the duo now expand their sonic palette with analog synths, drum machines, and a new sense of rhythm and physicality. It's their most transformative album to date -- a reinvention that ventures into unfamiliar territory while staying rooted in emotional depth and detail. Released via their own newly founded label __and__others.

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GRANDBROTHERS	Elsewhere	LP	AND OTHERS	ANDOTHERS 001LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. With Elsewhere, Grandbrothers open a bold new chapter. Known for crafting all their music from a single grand piano, the duo now expand their sonic palette with analog synths, drum machines, and a new sense of rhythm and physicality. It's their most transformative album to date -- a reinvention that ventures into unfamiliar territory while staying rooted in emotional depth and detail. Released via their own newly founded label __and__others.

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SILVESTRE	Fantasma	Cassette	STUDIO BARNHUS	BARN 116CS
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Superstar Silvestre strikes strong on Studio Barnhus, bringing moronic dance music and stupendously haunting ambient ditties to the forefront once again, following his highly reputable It's 2024!! EP, released in 2024. On his most expansive and accomplished work yet, tensions between Silvestre's many expressions -- bass-faced rave maker, hazy lo-fi crooner, absurdist beat poet, etc. -- reach catastrophic levels, resulting in an album that shimmers and convulses with both inviting warmth and that rare, essential hint of danger at the core of club music's spirit. There's just never a dull moment with this Silvestre guy, whether he's out blessing club crowds with electroid techno sets or effortlessly delivering instant classic albums like this one. Delivered via 16 tracks on cassette designed by Stefan Fält, Silvestre's Fantasma arrives on Studio Barnhus. Featuring Oneofunderworld.

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FAUST	Faust	CD	BUREAU B	BB 492CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Few debut albums arrive with the kind of self-contained logic and radical spirit found on the self-titled Faust. Released in 1971, it marked the beginning of a project that would sidestep genre and expectation, offering a fractured, exploratory take on rock music, blending tape experiments, improvised structures, and surreal collage. This Bureau B reissue offers a fresh opportunity to engage with one of the most curious and uncompromising records of its time. The story of Faust begins in 1969, when cultural journalist Uwe Nettelbeck met with Horst Schmolzi, an A&R man at Polydor in Hamburg. Schmolzi was looking for a German answer to The Beatles, but Nettelbeck had other ideas. With a generous advance in hand, he set out to assemble something far more radical. Nettlebeck headed into the Hamburg underground and fused members of the bands Nukleus and Campylognatus Citelli into a new six-piece lineup. From Nukleus came bassist Jean-Hervé Péron, guitarist Rudolf Sosna, and saxophonist Gunther Wüsthoff. From Campylognatus Citelli, he brought in keyboardist Hans-Joachim Irmler and drummers Werner "Zappi" Diermaier and Arnulf Meifert. Their debut album Faust feels deliberate in its unpredictability: a meticulously chaotic document of six musicians discovering a new musical language in real time. At its heart lies a groove so deep and syncopated it borders on funk, only to collapse into chaos once more. Drums stutter toward cohesion and then back away in terror. Guitars unravel into smoke. And in the final moments, the music recedes, leaving behind a broken narrative, fragmented speech, laughter, coughs, like a bedtime story told by ghosts of a Europe still recovering from war. Despite the experimental nature, surrealist lyrics and a complete rejection of conventional music form, this isn't an over intellectual exercise, or a display of willful antagonism. Instead, Faust packed these three sprawling, sputtering pieces with the breadth of human emotion, capturing the chaos and complexity of existence in an audio analogue to Jackson Pollock's abstract expressionism. More than 50 years on, it remains a thrilling reminder of what can happen when artists abandon the map and follow instinct instead.

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FAUST	Faust	LP	BUREAU B	BB 492LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Few debut albums arrive with the kind of self-contained logic and radical spirit found on the self-titled Faust. Released in 1971, it marked the beginning of a project that would sidestep genre and expectation, offering a fractured, exploratory take on rock music, blending tape experiments, improvised structures, and surreal collage. This Bureau B reissue offers a fresh opportunity to engage with one of the most curious and uncompromising records of its time. The story of Faust begins in 1969, when cultural journalist Uwe Nettelbeck met with Horst Schmolzi, an A&R man at Polydor in Hamburg. Schmolzi was looking for a German answer to The Beatles, but Nettelbeck had other ideas. With a generous advance in hand, he set out to assemble something far more radical. Nettlebeck headed into the Hamburg underground and fused members of the bands Nukleus and Campylognatus Citelli into a new six-piece lineup. From Nukleus came bassist Jean-Hervé Péron, guitarist Rudolf Sosna, and saxophonist Gunther Wüsthoff. From Campylognatus Citelli, he brought in keyboardist Hans-Joachim Irmler and drummers Werner "Zappi" Diermaier and Arnulf Meifert. Their debut album Faust feels deliberate in its unpredictability: a meticulously chaotic document of six musicians discovering a new musical language in real time. At its heart lies a groove so deep and syncopated it borders on funk, only to collapse into chaos once more. Drums stutter toward cohesion and then back away in terror. Guitars unravel into smoke. And in the final moments, the music recedes, leaving behind a broken narrative, fragmented speech, laughter, coughs, like a bedtime story told by ghosts of a Europe still recovering from war. Despite the experimental nature, surrealist lyrics and a complete rejection of conventional music form, this isn't an over intellectual exercise, or a display of willful antagonism. Instead, Faust packed these three sprawling, sputtering pieces with the breadth of human emotion, capturing the chaos and complexity of existence in an audio analogue to Jackson Pollock's abstract expressionism. More than 50 years on, it remains a thrilling reminder of what can happen when artists abandon the map and follow instinct instead.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FAUST	Faust (Color Vinyl)	LP	BUREAU B	BB 492LTD-LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. Few debut albums arrive with the kind of self-contained logic and radical spirit found on the self-titled Faust. Released in 1971, it marked the beginning of a project that would sidestep genre and expectation, offering a fractured, exploratory take on rock music, blending tape experiments, improvised structures, and surreal collage. This Bureau B reissue offers a fresh opportunity to engage with one of the most curious and uncompromising records of its time. The story of Faust begins in 1969, when cultural journalist Uwe Nettelbeck met with Horst Schmolzi, an A&R man at Polydor in Hamburg. Schmolzi was looking for a German answer to The Beatles, but Nettelbeck had other ideas. With a generous advance in hand, he set out to assemble something far more radical. Nettlebeck headed into the Hamburg underground and fused members of the bands Nukleus and Campylognatus Citelli into a new six-piece lineup. From Nukleus came bassist Jean-Hervé Péron, guitarist Rudolf Sosna, and saxophonist Gunther Wüsthoff. From Campylognatus Citelli, he brought in keyboardist Hans-Joachim Irmler and drummers Werner "Zappi" Diermaier and Arnulf Meifert. Their debut album Faust feels deliberate in its unpredictability: a meticulously chaotic document of six musicians discovering a new musical language in real time. At its heart lies a groove so deep and syncopated it borders on funk, only to collapse into chaos once more. Drums stutter toward cohesion and then back away in terror. Guitars unravel into smoke. And in the final moments, the music recedes, leaving behind a broken narrative, fragmented speech, laughter, coughs, like a bedtime story told by ghosts of a Europe still recovering from war. Despite the experimental nature, surrealist lyrics and a complete rejection of conventional music form, this isn't an over intellectual exercise, or a display of willful antagonism. Instead, Faust packed these three sprawling, sputtering pieces with the breadth of human emotion, capturing the chaos and complexity of existence in an audio analogue to Jackson Pollock's abstract expressionism. More than 50 years on, it remains a thrilling reminder of what can happen when artists abandon the map and follow instinct instead.

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COMELADE, PASCAL	Improperis: Compositions et enregistrements magnetiques (1984-2024)	6LP BOX	BECAUSE MUSIC	BEC 5615942
$167.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 This ultimate 6LP boxset presents the works of Pascal Comelade from 1984 to 2024 and his 40 years producing instrumental music. Each vinyl has been thought as an album in itself, with its own identity, that could be listened as it is. According to the artist, Improperies: compositions et enregistrements magnétiques (1984-2024) is a music puzzle which doesn't obey to any rule with the exception of Pascal Comelade's creation and art thoughts that kept moving over the years. Limited numbered to 500 copies ? 6LP Black Vinyl in spineless sleeve, heawyweight cardboard slipcase/custom numbered at the back, includes an insert-photo signed by the artist. The boxset artwork is an original creation by Miquel Barceló.

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EVERYTHING ELSE	Another One Making Clouds	LP	BIG POTATO RECORDS	BPR 050LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Friends since the age of six, most of this album was written and recorded by the pair when they were nineteen. The songs possess all the singular magic of a duo writing and playing together while sounding like a full, sonically charged band. Their debut E.P. track "Two Monkeys," included here, has a level of shoegazey dirt that will leave many distortion freaks reeling. "Every Word Said" is prog-pop perfection. The title track is as moody as anything by Flying Saucer Attack. "Another One Making Clouds" evolves over 35 minutes and doesn't stop elevating and surprising. A founding notion of our label was to release recordings made as the musicians' first intended. No "notes" and no re-recording with a "proper" producer in a "real" studio. This album captures something you can't fake. A young band finding an epic, emotional, cinematic sound in their bedroom. Using it in that peculiarly British way to express the wonder, confusion and heartache of being nineteen. Of wanting to be seen and not seen. It's a kind of British "soul" music with ancestors like The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus & Mary Chain, and the original shoegaze bands. Progressive guitar music, channeling deep emotion, a desire to hear something that sounds like how you feel inside. The stuff nobody talks about. Everything Else.

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EVERYTHING ELSE	Another One Making Clouds (Blue Vinyl)	LP	BIG POTATO RECORDS	BPR 050T-LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Blue vinyl version. Friends since the age of six, most of this album was written and recorded by the pair when they were nineteen. The songs possess all the singular magic of a duo writing and playing together while sounding like a full, sonically charged band. Their debut E.P. track "Two Monkeys," included here, has a level of shoegazey dirt that will leave many distortion freaks reeling. "Every Word Said" is prog-pop perfection. The title track is as moody as anything by Flying Saucer Attack. "Another One Making Clouds" evolves over 35 minutes and doesn't stop elevating and surprising. A founding notion of our label was to release recordings made as the musicians' first intended. No "notes" and no re-recording with a "proper" producer in a "real" studio. This album captures something you can't fake. A young band finding an epic, emotional, cinematic sound in their bedroom. Using it in that peculiarly British way to express the wonder, confusion and heartache of being nineteen. Of wanting to be seen and not seen. It's a kind of British "soul" music with ancestors like The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus & Mary Chain, and the original shoegaze bands. Progressive guitar music, channeling deep emotion, a desire to hear something that sounds like how you feel inside. The stuff nobody talks about. Everything Else.

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MELLO, MARINA	Desagua	LP	BUH RECORDS	BR 194LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Marina Mello presents Deságua, her debut solo album for experimental harp, via Buh Records. Mello blends classical harp training with experimental techniques, creating a rich sonic journey that pushes the boundaries of the instrument. Recorded in Switzerland and mastered in Madrid, Deságua is available as a very limited-edition vinyl. Based in Zurich, Mello has developed a unique and expressive approach to the harp, combining her classical training with a deep exploration of the instrument's sonic possibilities. Deságua is the result of this process: an intimate and expansive work that traverses sonic landscapes rich in contrast and texture. In the artist's own words, this album is a synthesis of material developed through her musical practice. The title refers to the Portuguese word that describes the moment a river flows into the sea. This concept guides the album's sonic narrative, in which each piece functions as a tributary flowing into an immersive and unexpected listening experience. From bittersweet whale-like sounds to destructive, unsettling, and shattering noise provocations, she explores, senses, and transcends the musical boundaries of her instrument. Recorded by Beat Keller at Lager Studio (Winterthur, Switzerland) and mastered by Alberto Cendra in Madrid, the album presents a wide range of sounds and styles, yet maintains a strong internal coherence through its technical and conceptual exploration of the harp. Mello performs on both lever and pedal harps, employing a range of non-traditional techniques: preparing the instrument with objects, using guitar effects pedals, detuning the strings, and using close mic recording to capture the subtlest sounds and the shifts that lie between them. The result is a collection of pieces that move between the melodic and the dissonant. Deságua does not shy away from repetition, noise, or raw textures. Instead, it embraces them fully, situating the album at the crossroads of contemporary music, improvisation, and electronic experimentation. The physical edition features graphic design by Chhandak Pradhan, photography by Philip Frowein, and a poetic text by Yana Eva Thönnes. The album was made possible with support from Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung, C. und A. Kupper-Stiftung, and Kulturförderung Stadt Zürich.

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BALCONY'S PARADISE	Spot The Difference	LP	BRETFORD RECORDS	BRD 007LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Spot The Difference invites you to explore the Balcony's Paradise project through a new lens of chiaroscuro. Psychedelia alters perception, and from the first track, listeners journey through a timeless sonic space filled with echoes, mysterious atmospheres, and spherical guitar melodies. Lorenz O'Tool initially returned to Australia to work on some new stuff with his partner on drums and co-founder of the project, Jeremy Tayler. The album also features some covers of Television Personalities, two tracks by M.O.T.O., and one by Jeff Clarke of the Black Lips, three influential bands for O'Tool, who is also the guitarist and co singer of the Berlin post-punk Band Die Verlierer.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CUNI, AMELIA	Melopea	LP	BLACK TRUFFLE	BT 134LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Black Truffle presents Melopea, two new pieces highlighting the incredible voice of Amelia Cuni (1958-2024), the great Italian singer, based in Berlin in later life, whose mastery of the classical Indian dhrupad developed in parallel with a commitment to contemporary experimental approaches. After two stunning archival releases documenting traditional dhrupad performances in India in the 1990s, the two side-long pieces here embody the freedom with which Cuni explored new contexts and settings for her singing. Both make use of a long recording of Cuni singing the pentatonic Raag Bhoop (or Bhopali) made in 2012 by her partner Werner Durand in Berlin. Melopea began from Cuni and Durand's superimposition of this recording with violinist Silvia Tarozzi and cellist Deborah Walker's performance of Éliane Radigue's Occam River II. Inspired by the beauty of this chance encounter (and other experiments with non-synchronous collaboration during the pandemic years), Tarozzi and Walker recorded independently, without hearing Cuni's voice but "having her present in memory." Tarozzi and Walker's bowed strings places Cuni's magisterial performance in a new context, emphasizing, as Radigue commented upon hearing the initial layering of her piece with Cuni's voice, a shared "searching toward the partials, overtones, these natural constituents of acoustical sounds in their richness." Primarily focusing on her lower register, Cuni's performance demonstrates her mastery of microtonal pitch subtleties, elegant sweeping glissandi and meditatively unhurried pacing. The continuation of the same recording by Cuni forms the foundation of "Bhoop-Murchana," with Anthea Caddy on cello and Werner Durand on soprano saxophone. In contrast to the randomized layering of the first piece, here Durand and Caddy have carefully selected pitches based on the raag Cuni sings, using the "Murchana" form, which uses the constituent notes of the raag as tonics of new raags, retaining the same interval structure. Both players who have developed tones of striking depth and harmonic purity on their instruments, Caddy and Durand's patient long tones are simultaneously rigorously grounded in the physical properties of sound and possessed of an immaterial, floating quality. Combined with Cuni's voice and, near the piece's end, her contributions on hammered and plucked tanpura, the effect borders on miraculous. Accompanied by liner notes from Durand, Tarozzi and Walker, Melopea is both a moving tribute to the profound art of Amelia Cuni and, for the uninitiated, a perfect introduction to it.

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HANGING STARS, THE	Over The Silvery Lake	LP	CRIMSON CROW	CRO 003LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Long overdue reissue of the first album by The Hanging Stars. Initial 300 copies come with 12"x12" print. London-based psych-folk outfit The Hanging Stars re-release their much-loved debut album Over the Silvery Lake on Crimson Crow. Blending folk pastoralism with swampy '60s Americana, they sound like the missing link between the California desert sun and the grey skies of London Town. The album was recorded between LA, Nashville and Walthamstow, with each of these vastly different places leaving an indelible mark on the songs. Now signed to the Loose Records label and fronted by London-based songwriter, singer and guitarist Richard Olson (The See See, Eighteenth Day of May), The Hanging Stars are essentially a loose collective of people who weave together a blissed-out psychedelic tapestry. The rest of the core band is made up of Sam Ferman on bass and Paulie Cobra on drums, Horse on pedal steel and Patrick Ralla on banjo, guitar. They jam rather than write and hang out rather than rehearse, harnessing a kind of tipsy euphoria resplendent with luscious arrangements and glorious vocal harmonies. There are a number of allusions to nature and the weather on the album, borne in part out of the contrasting surroundings in which it was produced. The band's fascination with Americana led them to record some of the material Stateside, laying down some of the parts at Battle Tapes Studios in Nashville, as well as at Vision Quest Studios in Los Angeles with Rob Campanella. Following the LA recordings, a trip to the Californian desert provided the core notion of what they wanted to produce -- a shard of light that they clung on to whilst recording the rest of the album in the significantly more rain-soaked atmosphere of Walthamstow, London, under the watchful eye of Brian O'Shaughnessy at Bark Studios. The Hanging Stars place themselves firmly as part of a long folk tradition encompassing European and North American influences -- as a continuation rather than a pastiche of these styles. This is the sound of a band really coming in to their own, fully formed and in no doubt of their vision. With Over the Silvery Lake they succeeded in producing a record, which has the country, blues and folk traditions at its heart.

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MACKAY & RYLEY WALKER, BILL	Land Of Plenty	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 943LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Drag City presents the reissue of hypnotic syncretic guitar duo Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker's recorded debut, Land of Plenty. And just in time for the 10th anniversary of the original release! Now, who remembers where they were in January 2015? Bill and Ryley don't need to, they've got Land of Plenty to remind 'em. That's when they made the record, but a scant year before, they barely knew each other! Once they met, though, they hit it off over mutual influences, like Albert King, Laura Nyro, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Ali Akbar Khan and Jimi Hendrix. They got to work. And play. A year later, they were loaded into The Whistler every single Friday night on the calendar in January 2015. A residency, so called, but these resident players had designed not simply to entertain each night, but also to record the pool of material they'd woodshedded together in the recent months. A record, of all new originals, recorded live. Then when they went back to review the tapes, they were reliving the dream! While the two of them are generally divided up by speakers, which is a groovy old-school way to have stereo sound, their shared headspace is a constant flow of ever-melding play, ranging across all sorts of genres and geographies from east to west and folding them immaculately into each other, whether in moments of transition or extended meditation. Listening out for each other as they're picking, these boys dance together and never land a foot wrong. Whether head-to-head with six-strings or with Bill picking up his Requinto, or Ryley picking up his 12-string, these performances sound rich. The live capture seems to enhance the sound in all sorts of unpredictable ways that activates with the chemistry in their playing, and ultimately serves to elevate Land of Plenty in its field!"

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BITCHIN BAJAS	Inland See	Cassette	DRAG CITY	DC 949CS
$11.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Cassette version. "The successor to 2022's Bajascillators glides easily into frame, but once there, Inland See is deceptively immediate. It's so dialed in, you hardly even feel how present the music (and you the listener) is. Time wharping's always been a resident magic for Bitchin Bajas, as is flow, which is translucent like water here. That's the Inland See vibe, unique unto itself. In turn, each of the four songs here are entirely within themselves, all together forming an essential whole. The coincision'll cause yer breath to shorten, like an exciting and non-fatal kind of exercise! New freedoms, yet more molecular structure in each one. With every successive Bitchin Bajas release, we see that the real key for them is a sense of discovery, that tingle that comes when you feel something breaking through. The sky opening up. The stuff that fills this Inland See holds you up powerfully, as if you're floating, saltwater or helium-wise -- effervescent, effortless, elemental. An increasing sense of the Bajas' physicality -- what's ephemeral, what's mercurial, and what sits inside us after it's all over. This music was mostly written on the road. It's an unusual happening for Bitchin Bajas! They were open for it, though -- the landmarked Bajascillators kept them out there for a while, and when inspiration struck, there they rolling. When it was time to render it to tape and find the record there, they did the whole thing at Electrical Audio. Recording all together in the room there lent a sense of space, which they dug and captured as natural as possible. No reverb at all added after the fact. Everything that's there was in system, directed through the interconnects with cool hands. And once Inland See is flowing toward you, through the hi-fi, you feel it all in the air."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BITCHIN BAJAS	Inland See	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 949LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "The successor to 2022's Bajascillators glides easily into frame, but once there, Inland See is deceptively immediate. It's so dialed in, you hardly even feel how present the music (and you the listener) is. Time wharping's always been a resident magic for Bitchin Bajas, as is flow, which is translucent like water here. That's the Inland See vibe, unique unto itself. In turn, each of the four songs here are entirely within themselves, all together forming an essential whole. The coincision'll cause yer breath to shorten, like an exciting and non-fatal kind of exercise! New freedoms, yet more molecular structure in each one. With every successive Bitchin Bajas release, we see that the real key for them is a sense of discovery, that tingle that comes when you feel something breaking through. The sky opening up. The stuff that fills this Inland See holds you up powerfully, as if you're floating, saltwater or helium-wise -- effervescent, effortless, elemental. An increasing sense of the Bajas' physicality -- what's ephemeral, what's mercurial, and what sits inside us after it's all over. This music was mostly written on the road. It's an unusual happening for Bitchin Bajas! They were open for it, though -- the landmarked Bajascillators kept them out there for a while, and when inspiration struck, there they rolling. When it was time to render it to tape and find the record there, they did the whole thing at Electrical Audio. Recording all together in the room there lent a sense of space, which they dug and captured as natural as possible. No reverb at all added after the fact. Everything that's there was in system, directed through the interconnects with cool hands. And once Inland See is flowing toward you, through the hi-fi, you feel it all in the air."

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ARMISEN, FRED	100 Sound Effects	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 952LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Actor/comedian/musician/producer/author/all-round good guy Fred Armisen has long been known as one of the most curious entertainers in the business, creating a wild variety of things for television, film, stage, records and other media. The latest proof of his inquiring imagination is here: 100 Sound Effects! The goal was to create a number of specific and evocative sounds, but in addition to being a fun listen -- pure and simple -- 100 Sound Effects has great value as an industrial tool, with sound effects ready to be used in any number of entertainment projects. Some follow the basic blueprint, like doors shutting and glass breaking. Others are more abstract scenarios, but with a track like 'Campfire Breakfast Conversation.' The majority of the album was done at recording studios, but occasionally ambient sounds were needed. Rather than rely on OTHER sound effects records, Fred went outside and got these himself on a portable digital recorder, pointing it at the sky or a car or whatever was needed. Additionally, Fred wanted to recreate other specific moments not always covered on sound effects records, like 'Music Venue Employee Kicking Everyone Out While Throwing Away Bottles,' while also executing versions of his personal favorite sound effects, which resulted in tracks like 'Small Theater Booing.' With additional help and inspiration from Bill Hader, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Amber Coffman, Tim Heidecker, Riki Lindhome, and Alice Carbone Tench, Fred had a lot of fun making the album. And now, Fred Armisen's 100 Sound Effects is a sound effects album like no other, a fantastic contemporary entry in a classic album category that can be used as a library or just for brain-stimulating deep listening. Lastly, a personal note from Fred: 'I was thinking about haunted house sound effects albums and how fun those seemed to record. I wanted to do it at Steve Albini's studio in Chicago, Electrical Audio, but since this wasn't a collection of songs and I didn't know how long it was going to take, I needed to do this where I live, in Los Angeles. I told Steve what I was doing and asked if he knew of any engineers I could work with in L.A. He was very excited about the idea and asked Dave Grohl who might be available to help. Dave recommended Darrell Thorp and we started working at Studio 606, and then later Sunset Sound. Darrell was really inventive and a lot of fun to work with. Because Steve was so instrumental in making this happen, I dedicate the album to his memory. I miss him every day."

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BISHOP, SIR RICHARD	Hillbilly Ragas	CD	DRAG CITY	DC 956CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "The shaman of the six-string is back. Waving his axe of choice, Sir Richard Bishop once again summons forth damnable truth and beauty on an all-new musical kamikaze run through histories both written and -- as of yet -- not commonly known. Since the dying days of the 20th century, the composer/player of spirited polytheistic guitar recitals including Salvador Kali, Improvika, The Freak of Araby, Tangier Sessions, and most recently, Oneiric Formulary has worked feverishly to wrench and wrangle all the music that has and can possibly fall out of the guitar from east to west. With Hillbilly Ragas, Sir Rick stretches his callused hands across the waters to draw diverse musics back to his shack with the gladiatorial bloodthirst and balance of gravitas and jocosity listeners can expect from him in every hot little moment of play. But there's more to be said than these merely glib rantings as to what happens when traditional music heads for the hillbillies:" "There were a few different approaches I utilized for this release. First and foremost, I wanted to go back to basics, to strip away any excesses and keep it as simple as possible: one man, one acoustic guitar, no overdubs, no effects, no electricity. Taking several cues from the sounds most often associated with the so-called American Primitive guitar style, I wanted to avoid any traditional approaches and instead try something more-raw and aggressive, concentrating more on rhythm and movement as opposed to anything predictable or overly melodic, while also keeping my particular interpretive ideas about East Indian Raga in the mix. I've always felt that the majority of what is considered to be American Primitive music, while certainly based on historical American musical traditions, never really had any sounds that I personally thought of as being primitive -- it always seemed too orderly, too developed, and too safe? During the recording process I was envisioning an undiscovered mountain man or "hillbilly" who had remained hidden in his own private backwoods; one who never learned, or even heard about, any traditional musical canon that he was expected to work within. So what we have here with Hillbilly Ragas are nine pieces for solo acoustic guitar, each one representing a different excursion into the dark woods -- the untamed explorations of a musical loner, an outsider, maybe even an undesirable, embodying a peculiar folklore and turning it into sound -- creating his own folk music in the process. He's still out there, fueled by moonshine, his supernatural surroundings, and a fuck-all attitude!" --Richard Bishop, 2025

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BISHOP, SIR RICHARD	Hillbilly Ragas	Cassette	DRAG CITY	DC 956CS
$12.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Cassette version. "The shaman of the six-string is back. Waving his axe of choice, Sir Richard Bishop once again summons forth damnable truth and beauty on an all-new musical kamikaze run through histories both written and -- as of yet -- not commonly known. Since the dying days of the 20th century, the composer/player of spirited polytheistic guitar recitals including Salvador Kali, Improvika, The Freak of Araby, Tangier Sessions, and most recently, Oneiric Formulary has worked feverishly to wrench and wrangle all the music that has and can possibly fall out of the guitar from east to west. With Hillbilly Ragas, Sir Rick stretches his callused hands across the waters to draw diverse musics back to his shack with the gladiatorial bloodthirst and balance of gravitas and jocosity listeners can expect from him in every hot little moment of play. But there's more to be said than these merely glib rantings as to what happens when traditional music heads for the hillbillies:" "There were a few different approaches I utilized for this release. First and foremost, I wanted to go back to basics, to strip away any excesses and keep it as simple as possible: one man, one acoustic guitar, no overdubs, no effects, no electricity. Taking several cues from the sounds most often associated with the so-called American Primitive guitar style, I wanted to avoid any traditional approaches and instead try something more-raw and aggressive, concentrating more on rhythm and movement as opposed to anything predictable or overly melodic, while also keeping my particular interpretive ideas about East Indian Raga in the mix. I've always felt that the majority of what is considered to be American Primitive music, while certainly based on historical American musical traditions, never really had any sounds that I personally thought of as being primitive -- it always seemed too orderly, too developed, and too safe? During the recording process I was envisioning an undiscovered mountain man or "hillbilly" who had remained hidden in his own private backwoods; one who never learned, or even heard about, any traditional musical canon that he was expected to work within. So what we have here with Hillbilly Ragas are nine pieces for solo acoustic guitar, each one representing a different excursion into the dark woods -- the untamed explorations of a musical loner, an outsider, maybe even an undesirable, embodying a peculiar folklore and turning it into sound -- creating his own folk music in the process. He's still out there, fueled by moonshine, his supernatural surroundings, and a fuck-all attitude!" --Richard Bishop, 2025

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BISHOP, SIR RICHARD	Hillbilly Ragas	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 956LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. "The shaman of the six-string is back. Waving his axe of choice, Sir Richard Bishop once again summons forth damnable truth and beauty on an all-new musical kamikaze run through histories both written and -- as of yet -- not commonly known. Since the dying days of the 20th century, the composer/player of spirited polytheistic guitar recitals including Salvador Kali, Improvika, The Freak of Araby, Tangier Sessions, and most recently, Oneiric Formulary has worked feverishly to wrench and wrangle all the music that has and can possibly fall out of the guitar from east to west. With Hillbilly Ragas, Sir Rick stretches his callused hands across the waters to draw diverse musics back to his shack with the gladiatorial bloodthirst and balance of gravitas and jocosity listeners can expect from him in every hot little moment of play. But there's more to be said than these merely glib rantings as to what happens when traditional music heads for the hillbillies:" "There were a few different approaches I utilized for this release. First and foremost, I wanted to go back to basics, to strip away any excesses and keep it as simple as possible: one man, one acoustic guitar, no overdubs, no effects, no electricity. Taking several cues from the sounds most often associated with the so-called American Primitive guitar style, I wanted to avoid any traditional approaches and instead try something more-raw and aggressive, concentrating more on rhythm and movement as opposed to anything predictable or overly melodic, while also keeping my particular interpretive ideas about East Indian Raga in the mix. I've always felt that the majority of what is considered to be American Primitive music, while certainly based on historical American musical traditions, never really had any sounds that I personally thought of as being primitive -- it always seemed too orderly, too developed, and too safe? During the recording process I was envisioning an undiscovered mountain man or "hillbilly" who had remained hidden in his own private backwoods; one who never learned, or even heard about, any traditional musical canon that he was expected to work within. So what we have here with Hillbilly Ragas are nine pieces for solo acoustic guitar, each one representing a different excursion into the dark woods -- the untamed explorations of a musical loner, an outsider, maybe even an undesirable, embodying a peculiar folklore and turning it into sound -- creating his own folk music in the process. He's still out there, fueled by moonshine, his supernatural surroundings, and a fuck-all attitude!" --Richard Bishop, 2025

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ALTMANN, LUKE	Iron Winter	LP	DE LA CATESSEN RECORDS	DLC 021LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 The cinematic documentary Iron Winter, directed by Kasimir Burgess, follows two young herdsmen from the Tsakhir Valley in their quest to keep their community's herd of 2000 horses alive through Mongolia's harshest winter. The temperature regularly falls below -40℃ as they drive their herd into the mountains in search of pastures under the snow. As deteriorating climatic conditions make winter herding even more gravely dangerous, and the city lures away the young people, this ancient traditional rite of passage has nearly entirely disappeared. Through Iron Winter's score the Mongolian landscape shimmers and shivers with harmonics. Endless snowscapes glisten and swish, but stress and upheaval are also evident in the score's ominous murmurs. The tremors of imminent environmental and cultural collapse can be felt in the distant creak and clatter of the unseen, while tradition groans under the weight of obligation resting upon fewer and fewer shoulders. But to the sound of a mysterious reveille the herders and their horses are pulled irresistibly deeper into the mountains, exacerbating their vulnerability to dire cold and starvation, to the accompaniment of the howling wolves of the steppe. De la Catessen Records presents the original soundtrack for Iron Winter by Port Adelaide based composer Luke Altmann in a hand-numbered vinyl edition of 250 copies.

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SCHOMMER, MIKE	Heirloom Signal	12"	ECHOCORD	ECHO 096EP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Echocord welcomes Deepchord co-founder Mike Schommer onto its roster with Heirloom Signal, featuring remixes from Mathimidori, TM Shuffle and Another Channel. Mike Schommer co-founded Deepchord alongside Rod Modell and was considered by many to be at the forefront of the second wave of dub techno in the early 2000s following on from the legacy left by Basic Channel in the '90s. Here the musical story continues with a new project for the equally beloved dub techno powerhouse, Echocord.

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JUNG AN TAGEN	Revenge of the Speaker People	2CD	EDITIONS MEGO	EMEGO 321CD
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 In 1978, at the University of London, the physicist David T. Kemp made an unusual discovery. Kemp noticed that faint sounds, known as Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), revealed the existence of the cochlear amplifier, a mechanism responsible for sound sensitivity and frequency resolution. This discovery proved that the ear is an active rather than passive organ. Following this discovery the experimental music world embraced these findings by incorporating them into sound works. Maryanne Amacher was a notable early pioneer of this technique resulting in large scale sound works, the likes of which audiences had never encountered prior. Since these early explorations the use of OAEs has spread more widely in the experimental music landscape, notably by Editions Mego artists Florian Hecker and Marcus Schmickler. Stefan Juster aka Jung An Tagen is known for conceptual works and has a large back catalogue of intriguing ideas and sounds. Revenge of the Speaker People is another adventurous release, one which takes the Otoacoustic discoveries of David T. Kemp and applies them to a techno framework. OAEs are fragile and can collapse quickly when combined with other elements. Jung An Tagen's success in combining OAEs with beats is therefore quite an achievement, without precedent. The first CD comprises the results of Juster's experiments, resulting in some of the strangest techno committed to digital since the initial burst of the Mego label. A series of head spinning, ear tickling extreme electronic miniatures bleed in a continuous form. This adventurous and playful music would likely have many a raver run to the bathroom. There is a tangible subversive delight in mixing in such sounds to what is ostensibly "club music." Because the record had this clear divide of beat and otoacoustics the idea came to see how the material would lend itself to a series of remixes. The second CD has remix contributions from a selection of artists from the Editions Mego stable alongside Juster's own ETAT imprint along with DJ Nervoso from the Príncipe crew. The results are a head-spinning variety of Otoacoustic mayhem as the likes of Evol, Thomas Brinkman, Ellan Phan, Nik Colk Void and others fold these initial bizarre sounds into even more twisted shapes. Revenge of the Speaker People is a daring, playful and audacious release. One that will baffle your ears, neighbors and dancefloor clients.

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MOLA	Liebe Brutal (Red Vinyl)	LP	ESKAPADEN	ESK 025LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 MOLA -- fierce gutter pop, bittersweet ballads and roaring indie anthems oscillating between heartbreak, chaos and radical connection. On Liebe Brutal, raw emotion meets sharp irony, Italo-drama meets pogo energy. Isabella Streifeneder and producer Markus Harbauer deliver their most direct, dynamic and vulnerable record to date -- brutally honest, brutally beautiful. Also featuring Saló, Resi Reiner, MC Windhund, and Fatoni.

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PEOPLE'S PEOPLE	The People's People Present The Spirit Of David	LP	FREDERIKSBERG RECORDS	FRB 013LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Emerging from the depths of private-press obscurity, The People's People Present The Spirit of David is a remarkable testament to the ambition and discipline of its creators. This singular album, originally recorded in 1974 and released in 1976, marks the first original work by tenor saxophonist Jeff Jones, who also arranged, wrote, and conceptualized the project. That same year, Jones founded The People's People collective and The Voice of the People Publishing Company, using music and the arts as a platform to give voice to the voiceless. Performed in one continuous take, The Spirit of David weaves spiritual jazz with elements of soul, world music, and electric funk, producing a hypnotic, emotive soundscape that resonates with the era's social unrest and a longing for unity and transcendence. The band -- featuring Emmons Porter on bass vocals, Jack Spinovich on drums, Leonard Franklin on guitar, Ray Vega on percussion and congas (not the trumpeter of the same name), and Steve Espanosa on piano -- delivers a deeply cohesive and textured performance that transcends its time. Now reissued by Frederiksberg Records -- a label founded in 2013 by Danish video journalist Andreas Vingaard in New York -- the album's elusive history only deepens its mystique, inviting renewed exploration. That mystique is further illuminated in the extensive story found on the album insert, written by guitarist and composer Karl Evangelista, whose detailed liner notes provide essential context and insight into the album's creation and cultural significance. From the liner notes by Karl Alfonso Defensor Evangelista: "(Jeff) Jones had musicians commit to three years of preparation, and he was a harsh taskmaster; music was drilled -- 'like the army,' as Jones describes it. Participants were more or less forbidden from taking paying gigs in the interim, and the bandleader, saving most of his capital for studio time, could not afford to feed or pay the band. The ensemble was so thoroughly rehearsed by the time of the session that the entire record was performed in one take, and the album's myriad breaks and deft orchestration changes were accomplished without visual cues."

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DIMPLES	Obscure Residue	LP	FEEDING TUBE RECORDS	FTR 810LP
$27.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 The bicoastal duo of Greg Hartunian (West) and Colby Nathan (East) have made music together for 15 years. For their third and most focused full length, Dimples displays that they are anything but spring chickies. Past injuries leave scars, old flames leave burns, and memories are little more mental syrup on a midnight sundae. Obscure Residue stays true to Dimples' bittersweet off-the-cuff pop sound while pushing the tempo up a bpm or two, honing in their codeine dream melodies with orchestral arrangements. The humor is subtle, but ever-present -- cherished, not precious. Nowhere is this more-clear than on "Passage of Time," the most elemental and stripped down track of the album. Nathan's voice accompanied by the guitar delivers a personal and resonant message, stating: "Open up/you may get burned/But keep shut/And never even get a turn/There's no easing the passage of time." Dimples' songs comment on the psychic clutter that people collect, filter, and then retain or abandon -- be it by choice, chance, or circumstance. This clutter can be physical, too -- as experienced during Dimples live performances. Nathan typically performs alone in an ever-mounting pile of nostalgic detritus. He uses elements of the recorded materials while mixing in real time cacophonous loops, projections of deeply layered video collage, mutating outfits, and interactive set designs. One can see him smirking as he folds himself into the canvas of light and freak accident. Hartunian prefers tending his desert garden over performing live. He chooses instead to paint a world of his own design. These paintings, utilized for Dimples' album artwork and incorporated into the live projections, display surreal worlds that act as shelter for these strange pop songs. For a band more familiar with questions than answers, Dimples share some glimpses of wisdom that time bestows. Cheeky lyrics reflect that wisdom lies in the acceptance of ignorance and how it sculpts perception. Obscure Residue feels lived in -- a lifelong friendship -- direct and obtuse, familiar yet abstract. Dimples proves that they understand that time proceeds without restraint, and what comes along and what is left behind is less a matter of choice and more a matter of fact. So they sing, "some currents cannot be resisted, they turn you right around."

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HAFANA, CERYS	Angel	CD	TAK:TIL/GLITTERBEAT	GB 178CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Acclaimed Welsh composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Cerys Hafana's third album, Angel, is a deep exploration of minimalism, traditional and avant-folk music and Hafana's primary instrument the Welsh triple harp. The album alternates between vocal songs (all sung in the Welsh language) and instrumentals, often buoyed by a deft trio of sympathetic and exploratory musicians (drums, double bass, alto sax). The uncommon breadth and innovation of Angel soundly confirms Hafana as one of the UK's most exciting young contemporary folk artists. Their spellbinding music is rich with atmosphere and heart and stubbornly resistant to genre boxes and easy classification. Hafana has been self-releasing their music for a few years, with 2022's Edyf making the Guardian newspaper's Top Ten Folk Album Of The Year list. They also recently had an album of piano pieces called Difrisg released on Instant Karma Classics. Although Hafana is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and considers the piano to be their "main instrument, technically," it's for their work using the Welsh triple harp that they've gained a reputation as an innovative, exploratory, singularly powerful musician. Hafana's harp has a distinct sound, in part because they had the idea of damping the harp's strings using blu-tac to produce a woody, muted sound, after hearing about other harpists threading strips of paper and other material to create a 'buzzy' effect. It's this kind of experimentation that sees them both reach back to artists in the Welsh triple harp tradition like Llio Rhydderch and forward to fellow contemporary artists and sonic adventurers like Rhodri Davies. Hafana's music manages to be immersed in and informed by Welsh harp traditions but also embraces minimalism, jazz, the avant-garde and, particularly on the track "Angel," contemporary Breton folk styles. Hafana says: "on this album I wanted to try to push the musical limits more than I have previously, and to swing between the extremes of dynamics and texture as much as is possible on the instruments at my disposal. Lots of the writing also draws from contemporary Breton folk music with its driving and repetitive dance rhythms, more sparse, contemporary styles of composing and improvising, and some brief moments of very Welsh and traditional harp playing and unaccompanied singing."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HAFANA, CERYS	Angel	LP	TAK:TIL/GLITTERBEAT	GB 178LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Acclaimed Welsh composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Cerys Hafana's third album, Angel, is a deep exploration of minimalism, traditional and avant-folk music and Hafana's primary instrument the Welsh triple harp. The album alternates between vocal songs (all sung in the Welsh language) and instrumentals, often buoyed by a deft trio of sympathetic and exploratory musicians (drums, double bass, alto sax). The uncommon breadth and innovation of Angel soundly confirms Hafana as one of the UK's most exciting young contemporary folk artists. Their spellbinding music is rich with atmosphere and heart and stubbornly resistant to genre boxes and easy classification. Hafana has been self-releasing their music for a few years, with 2022's Edyf making the Guardian newspaper's Top Ten Folk Album Of The Year list. They also recently had an album of piano pieces called Difrisg released on Instant Karma Classics. Although Hafana is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and considers the piano to be their "main instrument, technically," it's for their work using the Welsh triple harp that they've gained a reputation as an innovative, exploratory, singularly powerful musician. Hafana's harp has a distinct sound, in part because they had the idea of damping the harp's strings using blu-tac to produce a woody, muted sound, after hearing about other harpists threading strips of paper and other material to create a 'buzzy' effect. It's this kind of experimentation that sees them both reach back to artists in the Welsh triple harp tradition like Llio Rhydderch and forward to fellow contemporary artists and sonic adventurers like Rhodri Davies. Hafana's music manages to be immersed in and informed by Welsh harp traditions but also embraces minimalism, jazz, the avant-garde and, particularly on the track "Angel," contemporary Breton folk styles. Hafana says: "on this album I wanted to try to push the musical limits more than I have previously, and to swing between the extremes of dynamics and texture as much as is possible on the instruments at my disposal. Lots of the writing also draws from contemporary Breton folk music with its driving and repetitive dance rhythms, more sparse, contemporary styles of composing and improvising, and some brief moments of very Welsh and traditional harp playing and unaccompanied singing."

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L'EMPIRE DES SONS	L'Empire Des Sons	LP	GLOSSY MISTAKES	GLOSSY 022LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 An elusive cult gem resurfaces through Glossy Mistakes. Originally released in 1986, L'Empire Des Sons is an otherworldly blend of synth pop, folk experimentation, and cinematic percussive layers -- dreamlike, poetic, and wildly ahead of its time. L'Empire Des Sons was a fleeting yet powerful transmission from the fringes of the French underground -- an album that blurred genre lines and evaded easy classification. Fusing experimental folk, lo-fi synth pop, and avant-garde textures, the record exists in its own sonic universe: poetic, layered, and fiercely independent. Formed in Saint-Étienne by percussionist and composer Dominique Lentin (Dagon, Fille Qui Mousse) and first-time vocalist Bipé Redon, L'Empire Des Sons emerged from the vibrant DIY spirit of the early 1980s. Their paths crossed during the interdisciplinary project L'Opéra Quotidien, and what followed was an intuitive, deeply collaborative process. "I would bring in lyrics and my voice," Bipé recalled, "and Dominique would shape the music around the atmosphere or rhythm suggested by the words." The result is a collection of songs that feel both meticulously constructed and completely free. Ethnic percussion, marimbas, xylophones, and synthesizers dance around Bipé's surreal, fragmented lyrics -- little sonic postcards from imagined worlds. There's a theatricality here, but it never feels forced; rather, it's playful, intimate, and raw. Despite their inventiveness, L'Empire Des Sons remained a well-kept secret -- circulating only in select avant-garde circles and eventually becoming an extremely sought-after collector's item. Now, thanks to Glossy Mistakes, this lost artifact returns to the world with new life: remastered from the original tapes, pressed on vinyl for the first time with extended liner notes. L'Empire Des Sons was never meant to be boxed in. Like the quote from Brian Eno that opens their liner notes -- "For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time" -- their music resists stasis. It evolves, shifts, surprises. And now, it finally gets the audience it always deserved.

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DUSTED ANGEL	This Side Of The Dirt	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 359CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Incorporating dusty, doom metal elements with a hint of California sunshine added for good measure. Dusted Angel's doom falls in line with traditional acts like '70s era Pentagram and Saint Vitus' more rockin' moments. Dusted Angel is a band that likes to keep it in the family. Made up of a group of close friends that have known each since the early '80s, stemming from playing in various intertwined bands engraved in the extended Santa Cruz family of friends. Featuring Ed Gregor on guitar, Eric "Dog" Fieber on guitar, Steve Ilse on drums, Clifford Dinsmore on vocals, and Eliot Young on bass. Formed in 2009, Dusted Angel is a sleeping giant that awakens from time to time to enlighten people with their unique brand of heavy, heavy groove laden music. Now it's time for a new album via Heavy Psych Sounds Records! Also available on black vinyl (HPS 359LP), orange vinyl (HPS 359LTD-LP), and red/yellow/purple color vinyl (HPS 359ULTRA-LP).

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DUSTED ANGEL	This Side Of The Dirt	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 359LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Incorporating dusty, doom metal elements with a hint of California sunshine added for good measure. Dusted Angel's doom falls in line with traditional acts like '70s era Pentagram and Saint Vitus' more rockin' moments. Dusted Angel is a band that likes to keep it in the family. Made up of a group of close friends that have known each since the early '80s, stemming from playing in various intertwined bands engraved in the extended Santa Cruz family of friends. Featuring Ed Gregor on guitar, Eric "Dog" Fieber on guitar, Steve Ilse on drums, Clifford Dinsmore on vocals, and Eliot Young on bass. Formed in 2009, Dusted Angel is a sleeping giant that awakens from time to time to enlighten people with their unique brand of heavy, heavy groove laden music. Now it's time for a new album via Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

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DUSTED ANGEL	This Side Of The Dirt (Orange Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 359LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Orange color vinyl. Incorporating dusty, doom metal elements with a hint of California sunshine added for good measure. Dusted Angel's doom falls in line with traditional acts like '70s era Pentagram and Saint Vitus' more rockin' moments. Dusted Angel is a band that likes to keep it in the family. Made up of a group of close friends that have known each since the early '80s, stemming from playing in various intertwined bands engraved in the extended Santa Cruz family of friends. Featuring Ed Gregor on guitar, Eric "Dog" Fieber on guitar, Steve Ilse on drums, Clifford Dinsmore on vocals, and Eliot Young on bass. Formed in 2009, Dusted Angel is a sleeping giant that awakens from time to time to enlighten people with their unique brand of heavy, heavy groove laden music. Now it's time for a new album via Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

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DUSTED ANGEL	This Side Of The Dirt (Red/Yellow/Purple Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 359ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Red/yellow/purple color vinyl. Incorporating dusty, doom metal elements with a hint of California sunshine added for good measure. Dusted Angel's doom falls in line with traditional acts like '70s era Pentagram and Saint Vitus' more rockin' moments. Dusted Angel is a band that likes to keep it in the family. Made up of a group of close friends that have known each since the early '80s, stemming from playing in various intertwined bands engraved in the extended Santa Cruz family of friends. Featuring Ed Gregor on guitar, Eric "Dog" Fieber on guitar, Steve Ilse on drums, Clifford Dinsmore on vocals, and Eliot Young on bass. Formed in 2009, Dusted Angel is a sleeping giant that awakens from time to time to enlighten people with their unique brand of heavy, heavy groove laden music. Now it's time for a new album via Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

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ZJACA, RATKO	Touching Minds	LP	IN AND OUT RECORDS	IOR 771611LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Ratko Zjaca is back with a very distinctive world music project that finds the Croatian-born guitarist and long-time resident of Rotterdam interacting with musicians from Romania, England and India. The results of his 18th outing as a leader or co-leader are staggeringly beautiful and full of improvisational daring. Joined by Romanian cimbalom player Marius Preda, who is widely regarded as the world's first jazz soloist on that trapezoidal stringed instrument that is the distant cousin of a hammered dulcimer, along with British-born upright bassist Nick McGuire and the innovative, groundbreaking percussionist Trilok Gurtu, Zjaca and his interactive crew strike an uncanny accord on the eight delightful originals presented on Touching Minds. With Zjaca bringing in all the compositions and Preda doing the arranging, they recruited McGuire for his rock-solid fundamental bass work. They next brought in Bombay-born Gurtu, an acclaimed master of the tabla who has also developed an abundance of chops over the decades on a hybrid drumming kit he designed and pioneered through his collaborations with John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Bill Laswell, Jonas Hellborg, Jack Bruce, Terje Rydpal, Oregon, the Arkè String Quartet and many others. Throughout Touching Minds, Gurtu brings the groove while also coloring the proceedings with nuanced shadings. 'I wanted a new sound for this album and the tabla and cimbalom together moved it all to a new spectrum. And when you have two of world's best players on their respective instruments, which Trilok and Marius are, you have some very special ingredients to make some incredible music,' Zjaca says. While he may have soaked up the influences of countless guitarists he has listened to and emulated at different times over the years, from Joe Pass and Jim Hall to John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny, he described his guiding principle throughout Touching Minds as: 'I play what I hear and what the music asks of me at that moment.'"

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MAYER, MICHAEL	The Floor Is Lava Remixe	12"	KOMPAKT	KOM 502EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Michael Mayer, aka Mr. Lava Lava asked a bunch of his absolute favorite artists to have a go at some of the tracks from his recent album The Floor Is Lava. First up is Barcelona's brightest flame, RAXON, who is melting "Brainwave 2.0" into a stompin fun-filled primetime banger. Longtime collaborator DAVE DK is a masterful producer and remixer that appears regularly on Pampa and Kompakt. His take on "The Solution" feels like a road trip to paradise and back. Montreal's PRIORI is one of the hottest names in showbiz right now. His ability to bridge genres and create pristine sound designs is fully on display in his remix for "The Solution." Last but not least, the legend that is SEBASTIAN MULLAERT took a moment off from his revered Circle Of Life jams to transform the albums deepest cut "Ardor" into an extraordinary musical journey.

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ST. HILAIRE, PAUL	w/ The Producers	2LP	KYNANT RECORDS	KYNEX 005LP
$44.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Legendary dub techno artist Paul St. Hilaire (AKA Tikiman) presents this new collaborative album, marking ten years of Kynant Records. Building on the success of Paul St. Hilaire's landmark solo album for Richard Akingbehin's label Kynant in 2023, w/ The Producers switches up the formula to pair St. Hilaire's with a different producer on each track. Referencing fellow dub techno pioneers Mark Ernestus & Moritz von Oswald's acclaimed album w/ The Artists as Rhythm & Sound, St. Hilaire flips the concept to feature as the lone vocalist. Over the album's nine tracks, St. Hilaire offers a range of conscious song-writing and headtop musings, such as the spoken-word dread of "What's This" or the sparse call-to-action of "Send Them On." The record weaves through all shades of contemporary dub evolutions, showing the vocal range and versatility of St. Hilaire. w/ The Producers is yet another essential record in St. Hilaire's unmatched discography. w/ The Producers finds Kynant Records bridging the original voice of dub techno with the genre's new wave. It's a statement of intent from the label, which began with deep, hypnotic techno and has veered gradually towards more dubwise sounds.

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MILLI, JOE	Deep Forest	12"	LIVITY SOUND RECORDINGS	LIVITY 069EP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Livity Sound welcomes Joe Milli to the fold with an assured EP of crisp club workouts that land between techno's evocative depth and UK funky's offbeat, drum-focused functionality. Over the past few years Milli has been establishing his sound across a swathe of radio shows, guest mixes and releases, and he lands on Livity with a timeless take on the label's commitment to stripped back, atmospheric soundsystem music. There's variety across the Deep Forest EP, ranging from the balmy bassweight house of the title track to the deep-diving dub pulses of "Look Again." In line with past releases from the likes of Bakongo, DJ Polo and Tribal Brothers, Milli's strength lies in his ability to bend the UK funky formula to different styles, all precision-tooled for the club.

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LE MOTEL/MAGUGU	Bitter Better/Kindness Weakness	LP	MALOCA	MLC 020LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Label boss Le Motel and versatile pidgin-rap experimentalist Magugu return to Maloca for their second full-length EP, Bitter Better. Drawing roots once again from across the full club music continuum, the release is a tour de force through rugged rhythmic workouts and self-assured vocal flows as the duo continue to develop their shared universe. The EP marks a long-standing collaborative relationship which has existed between the two artists since 2021. Bitter Better shows them at their best as they continue to experiment across any BPM and genre possible, further unifying a collective musical voice defined by Le Motel's signature organic percussive detail and Magugu's confident and dynamic vocal delivery. Anthemic, heavy and unashamedly fun throughout, standard conventions get thrown out of the window from the first track. Available on vinyl, Bitter Better is also the artists' first ever shared physical release -- all five tracks appearing on side A. On the B side, the duo's first EP, 2023's Kindness Weakness can be found, making this record a must-have for long standing fans and those just discovering Le Motel and Magugu's output.

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MONKS, THE	Black Monk Time	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 486LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Released exclusively in Germany in March 1966, Black Monk Time by The Monks has become a cult classic -- praised as a groundbreaking forerunner to punk and krautrock. From the explosive opener "Monk Time" to the fierce "Complication," Black Monk Time rejected flower power for something more urgent -- anger, humor, and innovation developing a confrontational, rhythm heavy sound. Though the album was overlooked at the time, its bold sound and sharp lyrics have earned it lasting influence and critical acclaim. The Monks were five American G.I.s stationed near Heidelberg, West Germany. Originally performing as a typical beat group under the name the 5 Torquays, they evolved into something far more radical. After discovering guitar feedback by accident and embracing a raw, percussive approach, they caught the attention of two German ad men -- Walther Niemann and Karl Remy -- who became their managers and helped reinvent their identity. Dressed in monks' robes with tonsured hair and noose neckties, the band developed a confrontational, rhythm heavy sound. Their sole studio album, produced by Jimmy Bowien and recorded in Cologne in late 1965, defied musical norms. At the time, Polydor Records deemed the music too radical for American audiences, delaying its U.S. release. Despite its initial commercial failure, the album is now seen as a pivotal moment in rock history -- loud, strange, and unapologetically ahead of its time. The Monks' story is as unlikely as their sound: five ex-soldiers and two ad executives creating one of the most daring records of the '60s. The band never sparked the revolution they hinted at, but decades later, Black Monk Time still resonates. This is your chance to experience the album that dared to be different -- don't miss it. Remastered sound from the tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl.

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JEMPERE, KITO	Infinite Azure	LP	MULE MUSIQ	MUSIQ 301LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Kito Jempere, a producer hailing from Saint Petersburg and now based in Dubai, makes his debut on Mule Musiq with a high-quality four-track album. Opening with an aptly titled, anthemic dancefloor track -- bouncy breakbeat house layered with spoken word and an uplifting, lyrical piano riff -- the record moves into "Infinite Azure," a jazzy deep house cut reminiscent of late-'90s releases on Guidance. "Mid 0000s" follows with an abstract deep house vibe that recalls the work of Isolée, before closing with "Teaser," a beautifully melancholic blend of piano and vocals, perfect for the end of the night.

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VA	The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Radical, Experimental and Irrelevant Music from 1970s San Diego	4CD	NYAHH RECORDS	NYAHH 021CD
$48.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 4CD set separated into four categories: Drones and Tapes, Ensembles, Synthesizers and Vocals. This wild and wonderful set came about from a meeting between Nyahh Records boss Willie Stewart and Bill Perrine, author of Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental and Irrelevant Music From 1970's San Diego. The two were chatting over email when Bill happened to mention that he had access to the archive at the University of California, San Diego which contained a large collection of unreleased work by many of the artists and musicians mentioned in his book. They decided to collaborate on a compilation album, which soon turned into a 4-disc set. Featuring Robert Turman, David Dunn, Warren Burt, Ernie Morgan, Harry Partch, Allen Strange, Pauline Oliveros, Reinhard Berg, Citizen's Band, Joseph Julian, KIVA, Dary John Mizelle, Diamanda Galás, Joji Yuasa, Alexina Louie, Kenneth Gaburo, Peter Gordon, Kathy Acker, David Gamper, Robert MacDougall, and Frank McCarty.

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CHILDREN OF THE MUSHROOM	Lady	LP	OUT-SIDER	OSR 116LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. First ever release of post-Children Of The Mushroom heavy prog studio/live recordings from 1971. Formed in California in 1967, Children of the Mushroom were the quintessential garage-psych band. As the times evolved, the band hardened their sound, shortening their name to Mushroom. By 1970, Mushroom became Lady, incorporating prog-rock influences and instruments like flute to their hard-pych organ/guitar dominated sound, drawing inspiration from bands like Jethro Tull, Steamhammer, Gypsy, or Bloodrock. In 1971 the band recorded a few studio demos at Village Recorders in Los Angeles, which are presented here in top sound quality along with a couple of raw, lo-fi but killer live tracks from the same year. Long tracks, heavy fuzz guitar, Hammond organ, flute, and powerful vocals. Remastered sound. Includes insert with liner notes by Klemen Breznikar (It's Psychedelic Baby) and rare photos. Also includes download card with three live bonus tracks.

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DAMASCUS KNIVES	The First Cuts	LP	RUSTBLADE	RBL 098LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Damascus Knives is the latest project from David Christian (Cervello Elettronico), delivering a raw fusion of old-school EBM and dark, minimal industrial atmospheres. Driven by vintage synths, relentless arpeggiators, distorted kick drums, and abrasive noise samples, this release is a relentless dive into the underground dancefloor. For fans of Ministry's Twitch era and the most electronic side of Clock DVA, Damascus Knives brings a stripped-down, mechanical energy that captures the spirit of alternative and minimal dance music. Limited transparent red marble vinyl."

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TOY DOLLS	Absurd-Ditties	LP	RADIATION REISSUES	RRS 277LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Absurd-Ditties is the seventh album from UK punk rockers Toy Dolls, recorded in September 1992 and hitting shelves in January 1993 via Receiver Records. Often hailed as one of their standout releases -- both by fans and frontman Olga -- it delivers the band's trademark mix of fast-paced punk and witty lyricism. The title is a playful mash-up of "absurd" (meaning bizarre or illogical) and "ditties" (short, catchy tunes), perfectly summing up the album's collection of eccentric and energetic songs.

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TOY DOLLS	Absurd-Ditties (Color Vinyl)	LP	RADIATION REISSUES	RRS 277O-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Color vinyl version. Absurd-Ditties is the seventh album from UK punk rockers Toy Dolls, recorded in September 1992 and hitting shelves in January 1993 via Receiver Records. Often hailed as one of their standout releases -- both by fans and frontman Olga -- it delivers the band's trademark mix of fast-paced punk and witty lyricism. The title is a playful mash-up of "absurd" (meaning bizarre or illogical) and "ditties" (short, catchy tunes), perfectly summing up the album's collection of eccentric and energetic songs.

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TOY DOLLS	One More Megabyte	LP	RADIATION REISSUES	RRS 278LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 One More Megabyte is the ninth studio album by English punk rock band Toy Dolls, packed with their signature humor and high-energy punk rock. Embracing the rise of computers, the album blends witty social commentary with themes of love, eccentric characters, and playful jabs at pop culture. Featuring several covers, including The Proclaimers' 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles),' and punctuated by comedic skits, it's a must-have for fans of fast, fun, and unapologetically quirky punk.

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TOY DOLLS	One More Megabyte (Color Vinyl)	LP	RADIATION REISSUES	RRS 278W-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Color vinyl version. One More Megabyte is the ninth studio album by English punk rock band Toy Dolls, packed with their signature humor and high-energy punk rock. Embracing the rise of computers, the album blends witty social commentary with themes of love, eccentric characters, and playful jabs at pop culture. Featuring several covers, including The Proclaimers' 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles),' and punctuated by comedic skits, it's a must-have for fans of fast, fun, and unapologetically quirky punk.

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VAN HELSDINGEN, RENE	Coal Mining	LP	SDBAN	SDBAN 020LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Sdban Records presents the first official reissue of Coal Mining, the 1978 debut album by Dutch jazz pianist René van Helsdingen. This album marks a significant milestone -- the beginning of van Helsdingen's decades-spanning career as an innovative and independent musician. Born in 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia, but holding Dutch nationality, René van Helsdingen began classical piano studies in the Netherlands in the early 1960s. Coal Mining was originally released on Munich Records, a respected Dutch jazz and roots label founded by music producer and musician Job Zomer. The album features a blend of jazz influences from giants such as Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, and Bill Evans, and showcases van Helsdingen's distinctive voice as a composer and pianist at the very start of his professional journey. The record includes contributions from a rich ensemble of musicians, including Wim Essed (bass), Klaus Flenter (guitar), Børge Ring (double bass), Henk Zomer (drums), Martijn Nesenberend (drums), Dick Pluim (bass), and even a student orchestra formed during van Helsdingen's time at Delft University. Coal Mining is both a literal and symbolic title. It alludes not only to van Helsdingen's brief academic past, but to the depth and labor of jazz creation itself: layered, gritty, and forged under pressure. A year after the album's release, van Helsdingen moved to Los Angeles to continue his jazz studies. While living in Hollywood, he shared a house with future musical collaborators including Kent Brinkley, Essiet Okon Essiet, Brian Batie, John Rigby, Edmond Allmond, David Best and John Butler. Even in the early stages of his career, van Helsdingen displayed the entrepreneurial spirit that would define his path, self-releasing albums and even pioneering an early form of crowdfunding by selling 400 ad spaces on a record sleeve to finance an LP project. After his jazz studies in Los Angeles, he performed extensively in Europe, Canada, the U.S. Australia and Asia, often traveling with his own "Stage bus," which housed both a stage and instruments. In August 2018, van Helsdingen was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Despite the physical challenges brought on by the condition, he continues to perform and compose music. His openness about the diagnosis -- shared publicly in a 2019 documentary -- has helped raise awareness of Parkinson's and the role of creativity and improvisation as tools for resilience. Now, nearly five decades after its initial release, Coal Mining is finally receiving a well-deserved reissue. Introducing a new generation of listeners to the raw talent and visionary beginnings of a true European jazz original.

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CARGO	Delivering The Goods	LP	SOMMOR RECORDS	SOMM 114LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Heavy UK progressive monster rarity from 1973; only one acetate copy known to exist. During their brief existence, Cargo -- a band that supported the likes of Sam Apple Pie, Stray, East of Eden, and Greenslade -- certainly delivered the goods with their powerful blend of hard-rock, psychedelic and progressive/jazz-rock sounds, full of screaming vocals, hard guitar, furious sax attacks, and heavy drums. Formed in Burton on Trent by guitarist/songwriter Andrew Perrins with members from the band Helter Skelter, they included killer lead guitarist Neillian 'Sped' Spedding, saxophonist Alan 'Nala' Wright, drummer Graham Hair, bassist Dave Kent, and a charismatic vocalist modeled after Robert Plant named Terence 'Ticker' Davies. Influenced by bands like Gentle Giant, ELP, and Yes, Cargo gained attention through strong live performances, supporting major acts like Queen and East of Eden. In 1973, they recorded a demo acetate titled Delivering The Goods at Zella Studios. Although they nearly signed with Island Records, they turned down the offer when it was only extended to the singer and drummer. This is without doubt a major find for any hard-rock/heavy-prog fan. Gatefold sleeve in the best early '70s style. Remastered sound. Includes insert with detailed liner notes by Austin Matthews (Shindig!/Flashback) and rare photos Also includes download card.

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REFUSED	This Just Might Be The Truth	Cassette	STARTRACKS	STAR 2724CS
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Cassette version. Refused's classic debut album from 1994. Now including previous unseen photos, liner notes by David and Dennis of Refused and, as an extra bonus, the demo from Nov. 6, 1993 with the songs that ended up on the album plus cover songs by Inside Out, Sick Of It All, Mötley Crue, and Beastie Boys.

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REFUSED	This Just Might Be The Truth	CD	STARTRACKS	STAR 3722CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Refused's classic debut album from 1994. Now including previous unseen photos, liner notes by David and Dennis of Refused and, as an extra bonus, the demo from Nov. 6, 1993 with the songs that ended up on the album plus cover songs by Inside Out, Sick Of It All, Mötley Crue, and Beastie Boys.

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REFUSED	This Just Might Be The Truth	2LP	STARTRACKS	STAR 3728LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Refused's classic debut album from 1994. Now including previous unseen photos, liner notes by David and Dennis of Refused and, as an extra bonus, the demo from Nov. 6, 1993 with the songs that ended up on the album plus cover songs by Inside Out, Sick Of It All, Mötley Crue, and Beastie Boys.

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REFUSED	Everlasting	CD	STARTRACKS	STAR 3832CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Recorded 7/94 at Sunlight Studios, engineered by Fred Estby, mixed and produced by Tomas Skogsberg and Fred Estby. Music and lyrics by Refused, layout by Jose, Dennis and Adam at Hillebjork.

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REFUSED	Everlasting	Cassette	STARTRACKS	STAR 3834CS
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Cassette version. Recorded 7/94 at Sunlight Studios, engineered by Fred Estby, mixed and produced by Tomas Skogsberg and Fred Estby. Music and lyrics by Refused, layout by Jose, Dennis and Adam at Hillebjork.

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REFUSED	Everlasting	LP	STARTRACKS	STAR 3838LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Recorded 7/94 at Sunlight Studios, engineered by Fred Estby, mixed and produced by Tomas Skogsberg and Fred Estby. Music and lyrics by Refused, layout by Jose, Dennis and Adam at Hillebjork.

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REFUSED	Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent	LP	STARTRACKS	STAR 4381LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent was first released in 1996 and catapulted the band Refused from Umea in northern Sweden into the hardcore punk premier league. The Scandinavians, who were known for their hard, uncompromising and irreverent lyrics, followed the album with extensive tours all over the world, for example with Kristofer Aström's Fireside, Madball and Entombed.

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REFUSED	Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent	CD	STARTRACKS	STAR 4382CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent was first released in 1996 and catapulted the band Refused from Umea in northern Sweden into the hardcore punk premier league. The Scandinavians, who were known for their hard, uncompromising and irreverent lyrics, followed the album with extensive tours all over the world, for example with Kristofer Aström's Fireside, Madball and Entombed.

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REFUSED	Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent	Cassette	STARTRACKS	STAR 4384CS
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Cassette version. Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent was first released in 1996 and catapulted the band Refused from Umea in northern Sweden into the hardcore punk premier league. The Scandinavians, who were known for their hard, uncompromising and irreverent lyrics, followed the album with extensive tours all over the world, for example with Kristofer Aström's Fireside, Madball and Entombed.

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LAX, ROBERT	Living In The Present	LP	TAL	TAL 038LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Living In The Present is an album built around the work of American minimalist poet, Robert Lax (1915-2000) who is widely praised for his artistic concept of reduction, in which a pause becomes as important as the things said. The album brings together the sound of Robert Lax reading his poetry, narrative field recordings by Nicolas Humbert and subtle yet imaginative timbres by Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet) and Miki Yui (electronics) who is also behind the final mixing of the album. Living In The Present is drawing from an archive of audio recordings originally made by film maker Nicolas Humbert while shooting a film on Robert Lax entitled Why Should I Buy A Bed When All That I Want Is Sleep? The film was made on the Greek island of Patmos where Lax had lived withdrawn for three decades. More than 25 years after the premiere of Why Should I Buy A Bed When All That I Want Is Sleep?, Humbert, Khorkhordina and Yui are revisiting the original audio material and patiently open worlds within worlds, pointing to new harmonic textures and isolating timbres, synchronizing different layers of time and traces of various locations into a new composition in its own right. In some ways this album feels like an expansion of the work Humbert and Penzel did with Lax across six years, between 1993 and 1999, where they developed a unique intimacy in their textual-visual collaboration. On two long pieces, for each side of the album, "Where do i begin" and "One moment passes, another comes on" respectively, Yui's electronics and Khorkhordina's trumpet interweave beautifully with Humbert's field recordings, in a manner that shadows the reflective reduction of Lax's poetry. Indeed, it's no surprise that Lax's poetry draws musicians into its orbit; it offers the curious a welcoming reduction in which only individual words and syllables represent the essence of language. Lax's poetry is notable for its qualities of near-stillness and its capacity to pause the reader's thought, asking them to hold the sensuality of language for an extended, quietly revelatory moment. His readings on this album share a similar cadence, interested in settling with syllables, with single or several words, for an extended time. Ultimately, Living In The Present unfolds with unforced grace and poetics -- one moment passes, then another comes on.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
TAKEMURA, NOBUKAZU	knot of meanings	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 639CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Nobukazu Takemura's music is singular in its ability to create a musical sense of childlike wonder and curiosity, with gracefully executed yet complex compositions. His pieces embody an innocence and the intricacies of self-discovery that every human is faced with as their worlds become more complex. An acclaimed producer and composer, Takemura is known for his idiosyncratic music and video artistry as well as his prolific collaborations including those with Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, DJ Spooky, and Steve Reich. knot of meanings, Takemura's first proper album in a decade, finds the Japanese artist wrestling with the rise of technological influence on art and culture in the modern era, in tandem with his own relationship to religion, and where those struggles meet. Like the colorful, irregularly shaped glasses on the cover, the album is a mosaic of technicolor elements that come together to form a complete picture, a dense portrait of interconnected struggles and triumphs. Throughout the album, Takemura exudes an unpredictability that builds surprise from unlikely combinations of instruments, tonalities and harmonic motions that embody bewildering knots to untangle, held together with a youthful sense of wonder. 'I attended a Catholic kindergarten as a child and cherished those early years, which laid the foundations for my future. This is in part why I have always used the keyword 'child' in my work as an adult,' notes Takemura. knot of meanings culminates his use of that child's perspective, or as Takemura has used extensively, that 'Child's View' to explore deeper life philosophies to ecstatic ends. The meanings and mysteries contained within make for an enchanting excavation for those attuned to deep listening, a journey that rewards the kind of inquiring open-mindedness of the listener." "Japanese composer Nobukazu Takemura, who turned in a brilliant set of electronica...At points the music turned radiant, glowing with major harmonies, the pulse of the music driving. The music makes you concentrate, it promotes ecstasy." --NY Times "Takemura has an uncanny understanding of [a child's] perspective, and even more amazing, realizes how to turn it into music." --Pitchfork

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
TAKEMURA, NOBUKAZU	knot of meanings (Clear Vinyl)	2LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 639X-LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 Double LP version. Clear color vinyl. "Nobukazu Takemura's music is singular in its ability to create a musical sense of childlike wonder and curiosity, with gracefully executed yet complex compositions. His pieces embody an innocence and the intricacies of self-discovery that every human is faced with as their worlds become more complex. An acclaimed producer and composer, Takemura is known for his idiosyncratic music and video artistry as well as his prolific collaborations including those with Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, DJ Spooky, and Steve Reich. knot of meanings, Takemura's first proper album in a decade, finds the Japanese artist wrestling with the rise of technological influence on art and culture in the modern era, in tandem with his own relationship to religion, and where those struggles meet. Like the colorful, irregularly shaped glasses on the cover, the album is a mosaic of technicolor elements that come together to form a complete picture, a dense portrait of interconnected struggles and triumphs. Throughout the album, Takemura exudes an unpredictability that builds surprise from unlikely combinations of instruments, tonalities and harmonic motions that embody bewildering knots to untangle, held together with a youthful sense of wonder. 'I attended a Catholic kindergarten as a child and cherished those early years, which laid the foundations for my future. This is in part why I have always used the keyword 'child' in my work as an adult,' notes Takemura. knot of meanings culminates his use of that child's perspective, or as Takemura has used extensively, that 'Child's View' to explore deeper life philosophies to ecstatic ends. The meanings and mysteries contained within make for an enchanting excavation for those attuned to deep listening, a journey that rewards the kind of inquiring open-mindedness of the listener." "Japanese composer Nobukazu Takemura, who turned in a brilliant set of electronica...At points the music turned radiant, glowing with major harmonies, the pulse of the music driving. The music makes you concentrate, it promotes ecstasy." --NY Times "Takemura has an uncanny understanding of [a child's] perspective, and even more amazing, realizes how to turn it into music." --Pitchfork

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PREKOP, SAM	Open Close	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 640CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Sam Prekop's work over the last 30 years, whether created primarily on his guitar or on his modular synth, is consistent in its powerful melodicism, delicate arrangements and subtle evolution. Prekop's singular blend of melody, impressionistic lyricism and quietly intricate rhythms are the core of the singular sound of The Sea and Cake. Since 2010's Old Punch Card, Prekop's exploration of modular synthesis and electronic atmospheres, has come into its own. Highly skilled at manipulating the sonic interplay, Prekop has established a style all his own, his pieces are complex expressing real movement. Harmonies bloom with granular detail and contrary to their machine sources are able to convey emotion. Open Close is an album that captures the flow and energy of a live performance through the lens of a deft craftsman, an equilibrium of intuitive composition and the excitement of possibility. The music of Sam Prekop is defined by his signature curiosity and his ability to mold and refine that curiosity into a wholly unique sound. His process in naming album Open Close mirrors his creative practice and the worlds he builds across the album: 'I like simple words that become complicated if you think of them more than a second or two, beyond face value. And Open Close could be: close as in 'close to you' or close as in 'close the door.' If it gives everything away too quickly, then I'm not interested.' Each movement across Open Close is replete with simple gestures that suggest new complexities with Prekop's careful arrangements. Open Close unearths new, soulfully human sounds from synthetic textures precisely juxtaposed, its subtle contrasts in texture and rhythm are a free-flowing celebration of sonics as stunning as they are ephemeral." "Every track is awash in sumptuous, eminently hummable melodies; the album swells with a newfound sense of joy." --Pitchfork, Best New Music "The best improvisation transforms music into a living thing." --NPR, Best Albums of 2022

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PREKOP, SAM	Open Close	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 640LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. "Sam Prekop's work over the last 30 years, whether created primarily on his guitar or on his modular synth, is consistent in its powerful melodicism, delicate arrangements and subtle evolution. Prekop's singular blend of melody, impressionistic lyricism and quietly intricate rhythms are the core of the singular sound of The Sea and Cake. Since 2010's Old Punch Card, Prekop's exploration of modular synthesis and electronic atmospheres, has come into its own. Highly skilled at manipulating the sonic interplay, Prekop has established a style all his own, his pieces are complex expressing real movement. Harmonies bloom with granular detail and contrary to their machine sources are able to convey emotion. Open Close is an album that captures the flow and energy of a live performance through the lens of a deft craftsman, an equilibrium of intuitive composition and the excitement of possibility. The music of Sam Prekop is defined by his signature curiosity and his ability to mold and refine that curiosity into a wholly unique sound. His process in naming album Open Close mirrors his creative practice and the worlds he builds across the album: 'I like simple words that become complicated if you think of them more than a second or two, beyond face value. And Open Close could be: close as in 'close to you' or close as in 'close the door.' If it gives everything away too quickly, then I'm not interested.' Each movement across Open Close is replete with simple gestures that suggest new complexities with Prekop's careful arrangements. Open Close unearths new, soulfully human sounds from synthetic textures precisely juxtaposed, its subtle contrasts in texture and rhythm are a free-flowing celebration of sonics as stunning as they are ephemeral." "Every track is awash in sumptuous, eminently hummable melodies; the album swells with a newfound sense of joy." --Pitchfork, Best New Music "The best improvisation transforms music into a living thing." --NPR, Best Albums of 2022

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PREKOP, SAM	Open Close (Clear Vinyl)	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 640X-LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 LP version. Clear color vinyl. "Sam Prekop's work over the last 30 years, whether created primarily on his guitar or on his modular synth, is consistent in its powerful melodicism, delicate arrangements and subtle evolution. Prekop's singular blend of melody, impressionistic lyricism and quietly intricate rhythms are the core of the singular sound of The Sea and Cake. Since 2010's Old Punch Card, Prekop's exploration of modular synthesis and electronic atmospheres, has come into its own. Highly skilled at manipulating the sonic interplay, Prekop has established a style all his own, his pieces are complex expressing real movement. Harmonies bloom with granular detail and contrary to their machine sources are able to convey emotion. Open Close is an album that captures the flow and energy of a live performance through the lens of a deft craftsman, an equilibrium of intuitive composition and the excitement of possibility. The music of Sam Prekop is defined by his signature curiosity and his ability to mold and refine that curiosity into a wholly unique sound. His process in naming album Open Close mirrors his creative practice and the worlds he builds across the album: 'I like simple words that become complicated if you think of them more than a second or two, beyond face value. And Open Close could be: close as in 'close to you' or close as in 'close the door.' If it gives everything away too quickly, then I'm not interested.' Each movement across Open Close is replete with simple gestures that suggest new complexities with Prekop's careful arrangements. Open Close unearths new, soulfully human sounds from synthetic textures precisely juxtaposed, its subtle contrasts in texture and rhythm are a free-flowing celebration of sonics as stunning as they are ephemeral." "Every track is awash in sumptuous, eminently hummable melodies; the album swells with a newfound sense of joy." --Pitchfork, Best New Music "The best improvisation transforms music into a living thing." --NPR, Best Albums of 2022

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TRIO TERNURA	A Gira	7"	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 45114EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 A longtime favorite among Brazilian music collectors! Trio Ternura's "A Gira," originally released in 1973, blends mid-tempo grooves with percussive funk and soul in a way that feels effortlessly timeless. Vampisoul now make this incredible single available once again, cut at 45 RPM and remastered from the original tapes. The track was written by the group's father and uncle as a heartfelt homage to the Candomblé deity -- celebrating nature and spirituality. Trio Ternura was a true family project, made up of three siblings with deep musical roots. According to them "A Gira" captures "the dancing, the expression, the lyrics and musical relaxation -- something very Brazilian." The B-side features the trio's soulful interpretation of Gato Barbieri's "Last Tango in Paris," adding a mellow cinematic touch to this sought-after release.

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SAFARI	Safari (Transparent Vinyl)	LP	WRWTFWW RECORDS	WRWTFWW 108C-LP
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 WRWTFWW Records presents the official reissue of Safari's self-titled album from 1984. The Japanese jazz-fusion super gem is available as a limited-edition transparent vinyl LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve with obi. Originally released on fabled label VAP, Safari is a one-of-a-kind city pop-adjacent summer blend of AOR, smooth jazz, and sun-drenched boogie. The sole album from the all-star outfit was the brainchild of keyboardist Toshiyuki Daitoku and Japan-based Californian jazz-funk-Latin-fusion bassist Gregg Lee. Together with a large team of experienced musicians, they created a lush, immaculately-arranged 8-track cruise filled with poolside grooves, breezy rhythms, and feel-good vocal harmonies. Safari features the well-known title track which acted as the theme song for an '80s sports program on Fuji Television, the night-swim chill music tune 'All Right in The Night,' and the fan-favorite buoyant vacation hit 'The Morning After.' The official reissue is fully licensed and sourced from the original masters, with an audiophile cut by Sidney Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios, ensuring the warm, pristine sound this lost treasure deserves. Safari is the second release from WRWTFWW's City Pop Series, following Momoko Kikuchi's beach classic Ocean Side. The series, complete with a visual identity designed by Lopetz/Büro Destruct, also comes with a limited merch capsule, and more sun-soaked gems lined up for the future.

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THROWING SHAPES	Throwing Shapes	LP	WRWTFWW RECORDS	WRWTFWW 118LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 WRWTFWW Records presents the self-titled debut from Throwing Shapes, a new collaborative project featuring harpist Méabh McKenna, percussionist Ross Chaney, and label mainstay composer/producer Gareth Quinn Redmond. The immersive electronic meets traditional album is available on limited-edition LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve and including a beautiful mini-poster designed by artwork creator Stina Sandström. A hypnotic, texturally rich exploration in sound led by the striking timbre of the Irish wire strung harp, Throwing Shapes weaves intricate instrumental tapestries with ambitious electronic synthesis and arrangements. The result is an immersive soundscape that feels rooted yet experiential and through which a unique vocabulary emerges -- cinematic harp driven avant-electronic conjuring lush sonic worlds that evoke both heritage and futurism.

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PRATT, SEAN	Prairie Whistle Call	LP	WORRIED SONGS	WS 027LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 9/26/2025 "Having spent some considerable time in Nebraska over the last few years, I've come to know and love the region and can attest that the sound on Prairie Whistle Call that is very much of that place. There's a timelessness to Pratt's songs that belie Omaha's railroad heyday with a wispy shadow of Midwest indie rock. The performances and arrangements are played with the ease of old friends having conversations, keeping the pace steady and close. The energy that lives in these songs conjure distant memories and warm nostalgia that I am not sure belongs solely to me. Perhaps it's the raw intimacy I hear in Pratt's tender spoken sung delivery sweetly nestled into the gentle and sparse instrumentation that recalls the feeling of driving through the grasslands, staring towards the relentless bright blue sky as the stories we live circle the clouds." --Rosali Middleman "Sean is a consummate Midwestern songwriter; keenly aware that our lives are more honestly depicted through impressionistic understatement than gross exaggeration. The strength of his songs lies in giving us as much of a story as we need to truly care about the characters -- to wonder where these people came from and to imagine we know where they are headed." --Simon Joyner "Sean Pratt's prairie-blown folk songs are ambling yet arresting -- moving with the worn-in certainty of a trusted friend. Gorgeously frayed harmonies and delicately spun strings are all brushstrokes in the Midwestern landscapes that populate Pratt's songs. It's music that feels rooted in a place but beams outward, a flickering porch light at the bend in a road." --Lou Turner (Styrofoam Winos)

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KYLE SOWASHES, THE	Start Making Sense	CD	ANYWAY RECORDS	AW 139CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 "Kyle Sowash has had it. I mean, he's not alone. Things are getting tough out there. People are on these streets selling their Built to Spill records just to make rent. It's not okay. Start Making Sense is an appeal to sanity for all dads and phantom dads. A celebration of the tired and a strong cry for another beer. In case of emergency, raise glass. We've come so far from simply filing things under 'what's important' and 'what's not;' on this record, Sowash deals with fragile men, Cleveland football and justice for classic rock drummers. That coffee-colored telecaster still gets beat to hell, just for the healing. Look at the guitar up close if you can. Or just listen closer. The band is locked in. La Russo bumps. You could marinate meat in Hemminger's tone. Bandman has arms like a government clock. There's a universal yuck on us. You wake up to a world advancing and aging and cracking apart. Put this record on, man. Start Making Sense is a modern life survival kit, replete with horn arrangements and hot dog hooks. You're gonna be okay. Or you're gonna get the dishes done, at the very least. Turn it around, my guy. Start making sense." --Lee Keeler

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
KYLE SOWASHES, THE	Start Making Sense	LP	ANYWAY RECORDS	AW 139LP
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. "Kyle Sowash has had it. I mean, he's not alone. Things are getting tough out there. People are on these streets selling their Built to Spill records just to make rent. It's not okay. Start Making Sense is an appeal to sanity for all dads and phantom dads. A celebration of the tired and a strong cry for another beer. In case of emergency, raise glass. We've come so far from simply filing things under 'what's important' and 'what's not;' on this record, Sowash deals with fragile men, Cleveland football and justice for classic rock drummers. That coffee-colored telecaster still gets beat to hell, just for the healing. Look at the guitar up close if you can. Or just listen closer. The band is locked in. La Russo bumps. You could marinate meat in Hemminger's tone. Bandman has arms like a government clock. There's a universal yuck on us. You wake up to a world advancing and aging and cracking apart. Put this record on, man. Start Making Sense is a modern life survival kit, replete with horn arrangements and hot dog hooks. You're gonna be okay. Or you're gonna get the dishes done, at the very least. Turn it around, my guy. Start making sense." --Lee Keeler

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SUPERPOZE	Siecle	CD	BANVILLE	BAN 002CD
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Siècle, the fourth album by Superpoze (Gabriel Legeleux, born in 1992), stands as the culmination of what the composer of Opening, For We the Living, and Nova Cardinale, also a producer and performer, has been meticulously crafting for the past ten years, with both precision and sensitivity. A striking and melancholic electronic music, where instruments and machines collide, blending synthetic textures, strings, and spectral voices. The result is an album of eight expansive and sharp-edged tracks, where life pulses, burns, and soothes.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SUPERPOZE	Siecle	LP	BANVILLE	BAN 002LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Siècle, the fourth album by Superpoze (Gabriel Legeleux, born in 1992), stands as the culmination of what the composer of Opening, For We the Living, and Nova Cardinale, also a producer and performer, has been meticulously crafting for the past ten years, with both precision and sensitivity. A striking and melancholic electronic music, where instruments and machines collide, blending synthetic textures, strings, and spectral voices. The result is an album of eight expansive and sharp-edged tracks, where life pulses, burns, and soothes.

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SCHNITZLER & WOLF SEQUENZA, CONRAD	Consequenz III	CD	BUREAU B	BB 489CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Schnitzler's collaborations with Wolf Sequenza aka Wolfgang Seidel occupy a special place in his vast musical output. They brought him closer to pop music than ever before or since, with the possible exception of Berlin Express and Auf dem schwarzen Kanal. Following Consequenz and Con 3, Consequenz III is now the third album to be released from this phase of his work. "Consequenz III follows on directly from the two previous albums. Once again, the pieces sound almost like pop music, once again they are rhythmically and harmoniously structured, once again they are between three and four minutes long. And once again, they are not 100% pop music, but rather a balancing act between strict, abstract seriality and contemporary electronics: no melodies, no vocals, and it's up to each listener to decide whether the pieces are danceable. Rather, the eleven pieces are rhythmic études or finger exercises, especially for Seidel, who once again plays with incredible precision, as if he were a sequencer himself. It is not for nothing that Schnitzler gave him the pseudonym Wolf Sequenza for their joint productions. Musicians such as Wolfgang Seidel continue to lend Schnitzler's sonic universe additional radiance. The fact that the pieces on Consequenz III have already been released in 2006 by the Japanese label Captain Trip under the title Consequenz 2 + was probably only noticed by very few Schnitzler fans outside Japan. Only a small number of the limited edition ever reached Europe, and sold out in no time. Consequenz III therefore reissues material that was previously known only to a few. And there's no end to it: Schnitzler left behind music that was either only released in very small editions (e.g. on cassettes or CDRs) or has never been released at all. There is still plenty to discover in the various archives. Will we ever get to know the 'whole Schnitzler'? I don't think so." --Asmus Tietchens, 2025

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SCHNITZLER & WOLF SEQUENZA, CONRAD	Consequenz III	LP	BUREAU B	BB 489LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Schnitzler's collaborations with Wolf Sequenza aka Wolfgang Seidel occupy a special place in his vast musical output. They brought him closer to pop music than ever before or since, with the possible exception of Berlin Express and Auf dem schwarzen Kanal. Following Consequenz and Con 3, Consequenz III is now the third album to be released from this phase of his work. "Consequenz III follows on directly from the two previous albums. Once again, the pieces sound almost like pop music, once again they are rhythmically and harmoniously structured, once again they are between three and four minutes long. And once again, they are not 100% pop music, but rather a balancing act between strict, abstract seriality and contemporary electronics: no melodies, no vocals, and it's up to each listener to decide whether the pieces are danceable. Rather, the eleven pieces are rhythmic études or finger exercises, especially for Seidel, who once again plays with incredible precision, as if he were a sequencer himself. It is not for nothing that Schnitzler gave him the pseudonym Wolf Sequenza for their joint productions. Musicians such as Wolfgang Seidel continue to lend Schnitzler's sonic universe additional radiance. The fact that the pieces on Consequenz III have already been released in 2006 by the Japanese label Captain Trip under the title Consequenz 2 + was probably only noticed by very few Schnitzler fans outside Japan. Only a small number of the limited edition ever reached Europe, and sold out in no time. Consequenz III therefore reissues material that was previously known only to a few. And there's no end to it: Schnitzler left behind music that was either only released in very small editions (e.g. on cassettes or CDRs) or has never been released at all. There is still plenty to discover in the various archives. Will we ever get to know the 'whole Schnitzler'? I don't think so." --Asmus Tietchens, 2025

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
TIPPETT GROUP, KEITH	Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening	LP	BE WITH RECORDS	BEWITH 132LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 The Keith Tippett Group's Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening is a landmark in cutting edge fusion/avant-jazz. A vital and profoundly adventurous jazz-rock record that still swings hard, it was first released on Vertigo in 1971. Original copies are now very tricky to score and, as most of you really should know, it's aged ridiculously well. The stunning gatefold jacket fully restores Roger and Martyn Dean's original, arresting album artwork to complete this must-have reissue. Alive and bursting with a joyful energy that has to be heard to be believed, Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening flirts with perfection. It's truly magical and forever essential. A brilliant jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader "who could make the outlands of modern music feel like the most hospitable of places" (The Guardian), Keith Tippett's second album is oft-regarded as his Canterbury album. Indeed, not only does he draw heavily on Soft Machine members past, present and future but the album title itself archly references a Soft Machine composition. Ray Babbington handles bass alongside Neville Whitehead and the drums are shared between Brian Spring, Robert Wyatt, and Phil Howard. Gary Boyle is on guitar whilst the great percussionist Tony Uter is enlisted for his conga and cow bell expertise. Elton Dean on alto saxello, cornetist Marc Charig and Nick Evans on trombone round out this quite stunning ensemble. Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening presents a collective of superhuman musicians enjoying themselves in the studio. The sheer exuberance of the performance is totally infectious. It's wild, energetic, atmospheric and, bluntly, bordering on chaotic at points. In a word, it's beautiful. This Be With edition of Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis' mastering working together with Cicely Balston's cut at Abbey Road Studios to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings.

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VA	Decoder	CD	COLD SPRING RECORDS	CSR 356CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Released on standalone CD for the first time in 33 years, this now-complete edition of the ground-breaking cult soundtrack is finally here. A cult classic of sci-fi dystopia, Decoder (1984) saw Einstürzende Neubauten's members working alongside Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV) and William S. Burroughs. It's one of the strangest (and most prescient) films of the decade. The film was made in Hamburg and Berlin, and directed by Klaus Maeck 'Muscha' (who directed several punk films). The lead roles are played by Christiane F and FM Einheit from Neubauten, who also contributed to the film's score. Genesis P-Orridge, the kingpin of the English industrial scene, also appears as a priest of the Black Noise faith. Author William S. Burroughs portrays an insurrectionist salesman of audio equipment (and contributes spoken word to the soundtrack), and American cult actor Bill Rice plays a detective. Soft Cell contributed their classic "Seedy Films," while Matt Johnson from The The wrote a frenetic, deformed song for the film that is both fantastic and painful to listen to, and Einstürzende Neubauten's "Compressed Metal" is sublime. Dave Ball (Soft Cell), Jon Caffery, and Genesis P-Orridge composed the rest of the soundtrack. A futuristic film, and a joyous application of William S. Burroughs' "The Electronic Revolution," which proposes a seditious and rather poetic method of subverting the masses and inciting them to rise up against the forces of order. CD in matt-laminate digipak with ten-page foldout booklet.

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AGRICULTURE	The Spiritual Sound	CD	FLENSER	FLENSER 181CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 "There's a kind of quiet violence in how music is consumed today -- flattened into background noise, sonic perfume fed into algorithms, sold as lifestyle. It's entertainment as anesthesia. Sound without the weight. The Spiritual Sound, the new full-length from Los Angeles?based band Agriculture, stands as a pointed refusal of this condition. This is not a playlist. This is not a vibe. It is a demand. Across its runtime, The Spiritual Sound traces a narrative arc through extremes: searing, sky-cracking catharsis on side A; a slow-burning, devotional undercurrent on side B. The album is largely a fusing of the visions of its two principal songwriters, Dan Meyer and Leah Levinson: distinct voices, deeply complementary. Meyer writes like someone clawing toward the divine through noise, channeling Zen Buddhism, historical collapse, ecstatic grief. Levinson's songs move differently: grounded in queer history and AIDS-era literature, amid the suffocating fog of the present, they carry the weight of survival as daily ritual. Her writing asks how to honor queer community and collective struggle without turning it into identity branding or personal mythmaking: how to stay honest, how to stay present. Though distinct, their voices converge in a singular spiritual grammar -- one that defines the totality of The Spiritual Sound, not as separate parts, but as one unified expression. Agriculture's formation mirrors this duality. What began as a loose collaboration between Kern Haug and Dan Meyer in the Los Angeles noise scene evolved into a shared pursuit of the sublime through heavy music. With the additions of Richard Chowenhill and Leah Levinson, the project solidified into the band's current form. The ecstatic black metal foundation was laid on 2022's The Circle Chant, expanded into something more precise and far-reaching on their 2023 self-titled full-length, and deepened further with 2024's Living Is Easy: a record that embraced devotional intensity and radiant heaviness in equal measure. Agriculture doesn't offer salvation. The Spiritual Sound isn't a map out of the fire. What it offers instead is presence: a confrontation with the moment, however unbearable, however divine. It insists that meaning is still possible, even in a world hell-bent on reducing everything to content, and where suffering itself can be conducive to recovery. As the Buddhist saying goes 'the only way out is in.'"

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
AGRICULTURE	The Spiritual Sound	LP	FLENSER	FLENSER 181LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. "There's a kind of quiet violence in how music is consumed today -- flattened into background noise, sonic perfume fed into algorithms, sold as lifestyle. It's entertainment as anesthesia. Sound without the weight. The Spiritual Sound, the new full-length from Los Angeles?based band Agriculture, stands as a pointed refusal of this condition. This is not a playlist. This is not a vibe. It is a demand. Across its runtime, The Spiritual Sound traces a narrative arc through extremes: searing, sky-cracking catharsis on side A; a slow-burning, devotional undercurrent on side B. The album is largely a fusing of the visions of its two principal songwriters, Dan Meyer and Leah Levinson: distinct voices, deeply complementary. Meyer writes like someone clawing toward the divine through noise, channeling Zen Buddhism, historical collapse, ecstatic grief. Levinson's songs move differently: grounded in queer history and AIDS-era literature, amid the suffocating fog of the present, they carry the weight of survival as daily ritual. Her writing asks how to honor queer community and collective struggle without turning it into identity branding or personal mythmaking: how to stay honest, how to stay present. Though distinct, their voices converge in a singular spiritual grammar -- one that defines the totality of The Spiritual Sound, not as separate parts, but as one unified expression. Agriculture's formation mirrors this duality. What began as a loose collaboration between Kern Haug and Dan Meyer in the Los Angeles noise scene evolved into a shared pursuit of the sublime through heavy music. With the additions of Richard Chowenhill and Leah Levinson, the project solidified into the band's current form. The ecstatic black metal foundation was laid on 2022's The Circle Chant, expanded into something more precise and far-reaching on their 2023 self-titled full-length, and deepened further with 2024's Living Is Easy: a record that embraced devotional intensity and radiant heaviness in equal measure. Agriculture doesn't offer salvation. The Spiritual Sound isn't a map out of the fire. What it offers instead is presence: a confrontation with the moment, however unbearable, however divine. It insists that meaning is still possible, even in a world hell-bent on reducing everything to content, and where suffering itself can be conducive to recovery. As the Buddhist saying goes 'the only way out is in.'"

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
AGRICULTURE	The Spiritual Sound (Color Vinyl)	LP	FLENSER	FLENSER 181X-LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. "There's a kind of quiet violence in how music is consumed today -- flattened into background noise, sonic perfume fed into algorithms, sold as lifestyle. It's entertainment as anesthesia. Sound without the weight. The Spiritual Sound, the new full-length from Los Angeles?based band Agriculture, stands as a pointed refusal of this condition. This is not a playlist. This is not a vibe. It is a demand. Across its runtime, The Spiritual Sound traces a narrative arc through extremes: searing, sky-cracking catharsis on side A; a slow-burning, devotional undercurrent on side B. The album is largely a fusing of the visions of its two principal songwriters, Dan Meyer and Leah Levinson: distinct voices, deeply complementary. Meyer writes like someone clawing toward the divine through noise, channeling Zen Buddhism, historical collapse, ecstatic grief. Levinson's songs move differently: grounded in queer history and AIDS-era literature, amid the suffocating fog of the present, they carry the weight of survival as daily ritual. Her writing asks how to honor queer community and collective struggle without turning it into identity branding or personal mythmaking: how to stay honest, how to stay present. Though distinct, their voices converge in a singular spiritual grammar -- one that defines the totality of The Spiritual Sound, not as separate parts, but as one unified expression. Agriculture's formation mirrors this duality. What began as a loose collaboration between Kern Haug and Dan Meyer in the Los Angeles noise scene evolved into a shared pursuit of the sublime through heavy music. With the additions of Richard Chowenhill and Leah Levinson, the project solidified into the band's current form. The ecstatic black metal foundation was laid on 2022's The Circle Chant, expanded into something more precise and far-reaching on their 2023 self-titled full-length, and deepened further with 2024's Living Is Easy: a record that embraced devotional intensity and radiant heaviness in equal measure. Agriculture doesn't offer salvation. The Spiritual Sound isn't a map out of the fire. What it offers instead is presence: a confrontation with the moment, however unbearable, however divine. It insists that meaning is still possible, even in a world hell-bent on reducing everything to content, and where suffering itself can be conducive to recovery. As the Buddhist saying goes 'the only way out is in.'"

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FELL, MARK	Psychic Resynthesis	2LP	FROZEN REEDS	FR 040LP
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Frozen Reeds presents Mark Fell's Psychic Resynthesis, an instrumental work performed by Explore Ensemble. This double LP, with included digital download, is the label's eighth release, arriving 13 years after its foundation. Fell is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, and theorist based in Rotherham, UK. Renowned for his rigorous and conceptual approach to electronic music and sound art, his work explores the limits of structure, rhythm, and perception through a blend of computational systems, philosophical inquiry, and cultural critique. Over the last decade, Fell's practice has visibly shifted from a world of technical intricacy and myopic microdetail to one of collaboration and community. He has purposefully sought out diverse musical partners from a wide variety of traditions and disciplines and found equally diverse ways to work and create together -- not to integrate their playing into a musical fusion, but rather to discover how such combinations of approaches and experience can stimulate unique and heretofore unheard results. The music here emerges from a commission for contemporary chamber group Explore Ensemble, situating Fell's work in a new context entirely. Having been a notable critic of classical music's slavish adherence to traditional musical notation, "the score," and its associated issues of control and hierarchy, one might expect a provocative or abrasive approach. Instead, a work of deep, tonal introspection unfolds -- an elegant structure navigating the artist's trepidatious relationship with linear or timeline-based musical approaches. In Fell's selection of timbres and events, the dynamic of composer and performer is interrupted by his twin adoption of system and flexibility. Mathematical determination and sonic fixation vie for dominance. The conflict governing combinations. Upsetting preconceived strategies. Published in an edition of 777 double LPs, with included digital download, the result, Psychic Resynthesis, represents both a prismatic object for repeated examination and an abstruse table of musical correspondences. Artwork and design by Mark Fell. Mastering by Jim O'Rourke.

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JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER	Give Me Shelter	LP	FEEDING TUBE RECORDS	FTR 809LP
$27.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 "Although it was the lead track on the Stones's eighth studio LP, Let it Bleed, the song 'Gimmie Shelter' was not released as a single. Indeed, the single 'from' that album was the countrified non-LP track, 'HonkyTonk Women' backed with the corny chorale sluice of 'You Can't Always Get What You Want.' It was as though the Stones, knowing they would soon be pilloried on the cross of Altamont, wanted to have a way to try and dodge those nails by being able to claim they weren't even a rock band. Well, fuck them. 55 long years after the Stones's shameful retreat from their true identity, Jackie O Motherfucker has decided to try them in the court of public opinion, both for their jaundiced world view as well as the sheer cowardice of their presentation of facts. The simplest way for JOMF to proceed would have been to illuminate the ridiculous musical and philosophical inconsistencies inside their trademark song of 1968/9, 'Sympathy for the Devil,' but they chose to leave child's play to children. Instead, they took the four minutes and thirty seconds of 'Shelter,' divided it into thirds and created a set of music that explores the mathematical relationships between those segments and the three parts of a song which it reportedly inspired, The Stooges's 'Gimme Danger.' I've had the Calculus of the equation explained to me a couple of times by Tom Greenwood, the founding member of JOMF, but I get sorta lost in most number stuff more evolved than Trigonometry. My sense is that three improvised pieces on this album are musical meditations about the possible existence of a tripartite equivalent of Aristotle's Golden Mean. And while I totally believe in his as a concept, it doesn't really help to explain what the music sounds like, y'know? The three tracks are drawn from two live shows and one studio session, using a line-up resembling that on 2023's Manual of the Bayonet, the music here is largely-instrumental, reed-laced, and filled with the same glowing sense of direction this listener gets when I'm several acid sheets to the wind. Some parts collect themselves and repeat like small bursts of energy trapped inside a pyramid. When vocals do pop up, they sound like out-takes from the soundtrack to Kenneth Anger's Invocation of My Demon Brother, and submerge themselves in a murk of Egyptian dust. Some might compare JOMF's sound to the more abstruse out-takes from the Dead's Gizan shows of '78. But its commentary on the nature of musical forms reaches back further than that. I mean, remember -- the Dead pulled out of playing Altamont. I'm not sure JOMF would have done the same, but I'm sure they would have done something if they found themselves in the same situation. And it might well have sounded like this. As Bear always said, 'A trip in time saves nine.' Good thought, and as diggable today as it was back then. Hop on. This shelter is rolling. --Byron Coley, 2025

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SIROM	In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper	CD	GLITTERBEAT	GB 179CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 The Slovenian avant-folk trio Sirom are back with a sonically and thematically expansive fifth album; a thrilling follow-up to their widely praised 2022 release The Liquified Throne of Simplicity (GB 120CD/LP). Navigating almost two dozen instruments (some of which they've handcrafted), and hypnotic compositions that often exceed ten minutes in length, Ana Kravanja, Iztok Koren, and Samo Kutin court patient, deep-dive listeners via intricately woven atmospheres, rhythms and sonics. In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is arguably the sharpest evocation yet of the group's highly collective music process, enveloping rustic melodic folklore, outernational textures, non-linear song structures and dissonance, and a buzzing ambiance that can at times feel like an ecstatic ritual. Few experimental ensembles from the last decade have created an ouevre as singular and unmistakable as that of this far-sighted trio from the disparate landscapes of Slovenia. Sirom truly sounds like no one else. The band are more melodic and accessible here than they have ever been. The insistent grooves and trademark texture are still present, but there's a new-found sense of linearity that largely replaces the stacks of sound and detailed collages that have characterized their work to date. There is suddenly more air, allowing a string of sublime melodies, in "Curls Upon the Neck, Ribs Upon the Mountain" and "Hope in an All-Sufficient Space of Calm" in particular, to flourish. Everyone's still speaking, just not at the same time, but the drama level remains high. The resulting sense of space, of emergence and arrival, is certainly something a Tim Hecker or indeed Park Jiha fan would instantly recognize. This is as close as Sirom have ever got to a state-of-the-world, state-of-their-lives record. "We don't want to play something that sounds like it already exists," said Samo, and they still don't. File this under contemporary classical, imaginary folk or rural underground, file it under Slovenian, file it under anything you want. People will find this wonderful album regardless. Or perhaps, more probably, it will find them.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SIROM	In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper	2LP	GLITTERBEAT	GB 179LP
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Double LP version. The Slovenian avant-folk trio Sirom are back with a sonically and thematically expansive fifth album; a thrilling follow-up to their widely praised 2022 release The Liquified Throne of Simplicity (GB 120CD/LP). Navigating almost two dozen instruments (some of which they've handcrafted), and hypnotic compositions that often exceed ten minutes in length, Ana Kravanja, Iztok Koren, and Samo Kutin court patient, deep-dive listeners via intricately woven atmospheres, rhythms and sonics. In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is arguably the sharpest evocation yet of the group's highly collective music process, enveloping rustic melodic folklore, outernational textures, non-linear song structures and dissonance, and a buzzing ambiance that can at times feel like an ecstatic ritual. Few experimental ensembles from the last decade have created an ouevre as singular and unmistakable as that of this far-sighted trio from the disparate landscapes of Slovenia. Sirom truly sounds like no one else. The band are more melodic and accessible here than they have ever been. The insistent grooves and trademark texture are still present, but there's a new-found sense of linearity that largely replaces the stacks of sound and detailed collages that have characterized their work to date. There is suddenly more air, allowing a string of sublime melodies, in "Curls Upon the Neck, Ribs Upon the Mountain" and "Hope in an All-Sufficient Space of Calm" in particular, to flourish. Everyone's still speaking, just not at the same time, but the drama level remains high. The resulting sense of space, of emergence and arrival, is certainly something a Tim Hecker or indeed Park Jiha fan would instantly recognize. This is as close as Sirom have ever got to a state-of-the-world, state-of-their-lives record. "We don't want to play something that sounds like it already exists," said Samo, and they still don't. File this under contemporary classical, imaginary folk or rural underground, file it under Slovenian, file it under anything you want. People will find this wonderful album regardless. Or perhaps, more probably, it will find them.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HEKURA	Two Lonely Space Cowboys	LP	HEGOA	HEG 015LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Hekura are a Barcelona-based duo that create expansive soundscapes anchored in ritual minimalism. With influences ranging from the ethereal mysticism of Alice Coltrane to the hypnotic pulse of Steve Reich, their music explores the boundary between introspection and bold sonic exploration. Inspired by ethnographic traditions and the raw energy of Julius Eastman, their compositions fuse scattered percussion, shimmering textures, and hypnotic saxophone rhythms for moments of solitude and profound reflection. Hekura's work invites listeners to immerse themselves into a spectral world where tradition meets the avant-garde, offering a unique and evocative listening experience. Ernest and Edu met during their jazz studies at Taller de Musics in Barcelona. Their first conversation was about Charlie Haden Liberation Orchestra's "free jazz" version of the South African anthem, "Nkosi Sikelele." That bond quickly translated into a shared world of listening, respect, experimentation, and sound that crystallized in Hekura. Edu Pons is a saxophonist and a music teacher at Taller de Mùsics in Barcelona. His music ranges from jazz to folk or from classical to free improvisation yet with his own distinctive voice. Ernest Pipó is a guitarist and composer from a small town in La Garrotxa. Currently based in Barcelona, he primarily focuses on music production and soundtrack composition. His influences range from jazz, electronica, noise, pop, and, although he dares to admit it, also ambient. For fans of: John Tchicai (with strings), Steve Reich, Arv & Miljö.

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LITANIA	Litania	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 369CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Litania is a doom/Hindustan psych band from Italy and Serbia. The sound is based on drones, heavy riffing and inspired by ancient Hindustan singing and playing (with instruments such as Sitar, Dilruba and Harmonium). Litania is also the title of their first album. Featuring Elisa De Munari (vocals, harmonium, sitar, Dilruba), Marco Degli Esposti (electric guitar and drones), Enrico Baraldi (bass guitar), and Vladimir Marikoski (drums and percussions). Also available on black vinyl (HPS 369LP), red vinyl (HPS 369LTD-LP), and purple/black vinyl (HPS 369ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LITANIA	Litania	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 369LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Litania is a doom/Hindustan psych band from Italy and Serbia. The sound is based on drones, heavy riffing and inspired by ancient Hindustan singing and playing (with instruments such as Sitar, Dilruba and Harmonium). Litania is also the title of their first album. Featuring Elisa De Munari (vocals, harmonium, sitar, Dilruba), Marco Degli Esposti (electric guitar and drones), Enrico Baraldi (bass guitar), and Vladimir Marikoski (drums and percussions).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LITANIA	Litania (Red Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 369LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Red color vinyl. Litania is a doom/Hindustan psych band from Italy and Serbia. The sound is based on drones, heavy riffing and inspired by ancient Hindustan singing and playing (with instruments such as Sitar, Dilruba and Harmonium). Litania is also the title of their first album. Featuring Elisa De Munari (vocals, harmonium, sitar, Dilruba), Marco Degli Esposti (electric guitar and drones), Enrico Baraldi (bass guitar), and Vladimir Marikoski (drums and percussions).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LITANIA	Litania (Purple/Black Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 369ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Purple/black color vinyl. Litania is a doom/Hindustan psych band from Italy and Serbia. The sound is based on drones, heavy riffing and inspired by ancient Hindustan singing and playing (with instruments such as Sitar, Dilruba and Harmonium). Litania is also the title of their first album. Featuring Elisa De Munari (vocals, harmonium, sitar, Dilruba), Marco Degli Esposti (electric guitar and drones), Enrico Baraldi (bass guitar), and Vladimir Marikoski (drums and percussions).

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FLUR	Plunge	LP	LATENCY RECORDINGS	LTNC 033LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Flur is the meeting of Austrian-Ethiopian harpist Miriam Adefris, British saxophonist Isaac Robertson, and percussionist Dillon Harrison. The trio met when studying separate music courses at Goldsmiths, University of London. Immersed in the explorative music scene surrounding the university, they have played in various formations over the past few years and collaborated with acclaimed artists (Ganavya, Floating Points, Gal Go, Shabaka), but it wasn't until now that they formed Flur. Shaped between Riverside Recording Studios and a South Bermondsey warehouse, Plunge captures the trio's first steps, moving between written passages and intuitive improvisation with equal clarity. Drawing on contemporary classical, free jazz, and ambient influences -- think Alice Coltrane, Ambrose Akinmusire, Kaija Saariaho, Azimuth, and Angel Bat Dawid -- the trio's instrumentation creates a sound that is both expansive and intimate. Plunge follows Latency's acclaimed releases with Nidia & Valentina, Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, goat (jp), Tarta Relena, and Moritz Von Oswald, expanding the label's commitment to boundary-pushing music. The album features cover artwork by Julie Mehretu, the renowned New York-based, Ethiopian-American artist whose layered, abstract cartographies explore the entanglements of history, place, and collective memory.

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STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS	The Dark Side Of The Moo	CD	PLAYGROUND MUSIC	PFMI 105CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Perhaps it was a cold winter day or a warm summer night in Finland -- but it was around 2010. Someone came up with an idea to combine bluegrass, Finnish folk and rock/metal music. The outcome was and has since been Steve 'n' Seagulls. The kind of band you've never heard before but you do want to hear again. Hailing from Finland in Northern Europe -- this flock of musical energy keeps on going and flying faster than ever. Now, the sun lays its rays on the long-awaited fifth Steve 'n' Seagulls album -- The Dark Side of the Moo! Recorded and produced with the same crew as the previous one, Steve 'n' Seagulls have again found and torn down the limits of progressive bluegrass and newgrass. The album combines elements from genres that are hard to imagine together. Yet they meet and shake hands like old friends.

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STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS	The Dark Side Of The Moo	LP	PLAYGROUND MUSIC	PFMILP 105LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 LP version. Perhaps it was a cold winter day or a warm summer night in Finland -- but it was around 2010. Someone came up with an idea to combine bluegrass, Finnish folk and rock/metal music. The outcome was and has since been Steve 'n' Seagulls. The kind of band you've never heard before but you do want to hear again. Hailing from Finland in Northern Europe -- this flock of musical energy keeps on going and flying faster than ever. Now, the sun lays its rays on the long-awaited fifth Steve 'n' Seagulls album -- The Dark Side of the Moo! Recorded and produced with the same crew as the previous one, Steve 'n' Seagulls have again found and torn down the limits of progressive bluegrass and newgrass. The album combines elements from genres that are hard to imagine together. Yet they meet and shake hands like old friends.

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BLUE LAKE	The Animal	LP	TONAL UNION	TU 014LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 "Blue Lake reveals his most ambitious album yet, which finds its visionary creator Jason Dungan harnessing the collective alchemy of his band, with ten spirited tracks that resonate with a powerful directness, evoking an ecological connection to the wider world. On The Animal, Dungan introduces the use of voice as an instrument, as a way of unlocking song-like characteristics. On the gracious album opener 'Circles,' which sees the group embrace in choral unison, like in birdsong, voices echo as a part of the surrounding sonic environment. The band are fore grounded and formidable in their delivery, forming a rich, acoustic accompaniment to Dungan's zither strokes, earthy guitars and percussive patterns. The soundworld is noticeably bolder and livelier, as evidenced on 'Cut Paper,' with now regular mixing collaborator Jeff Zeigler capturing the fullness of the new band sound. Dungan also enlisted the help of Danish producer Aske Zidore who encouraged him toward new working strategies, a liberating intervention which allowed the element of surprise and discovery. The center ground is never fully consumed by Dungan as we find him consciously orchestrating from a respectful distance, giving generous space for the musician's spontaneous performance and improvisation, allowing their musical intuition to give rise to beguiling, holistic synchronicity. 'The Animal' is a form of musical metamorphosis, still acoustic, yet more amplified, elevating it to new dimensions. The Blue Lake project takes on a new lease of life to encompass collaboration with Jason Dungan bound in a universal connectivity, resulting in his most ambitious album to date. A harmonious rejoicing that cements his reputation as a transformative presence in contemporary music."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BLUE LAKE	The Animal (Color Vinyl)	LP	TONAL UNION	TU 014X-LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2025 Color vinyl version. "Blue Lake reveals his most ambitious album yet, which finds its visionary creator Jason Dungan harnessing the collective alchemy of his band, with ten spirited tracks that resonate with a powerful directness, evoking an ecological connection to the wider world. On The Animal, Dungan introduces the use of voice as an instrument, as a way of unlocking song-like characteristics. On the gracious album opener 'Circles,' which sees the group embrace in choral unison, like in birdsong, voices echo as a part of the surrounding sonic environment. The band are fore grounded and formidable in their delivery, forming a rich, acoustic accompaniment to Dungan's zither strokes, earthy guitars and percussive patterns. The soundworld is noticeably bolder and livelier, as evidenced on 'Cut Paper,' with now regular mixing collaborator Jeff Zeigler capturing the fullness of the new band sound. Dungan also enlisted the help of Danish producer Aske Zidore who encouraged him toward new working strategies, a liberating intervention which allowed the element of surprise and discovery. The center ground is never fully consumed by Dungan as we find him consciously orchestrating from a respectful distance, giving generous space for the musician's spontaneous performance and improvisation, allowing their musical intuition to give rise to beguiling, holistic synchronicity. 'The Animal' is a form of musical metamorphosis, still acoustic, yet more amplified, elevating it to new dimensions. The Blue Lake project takes on a new lease of life to encompass collaboration with Jason Dungan bound in a universal connectivity, resulting in his most ambitious album to date. A harmonious rejoicing that cements his reputation as a transformative presence in contemporary music."

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LAST POETS & TONY ALLEN, THE	Africanism	LP	AFRICA SEVEN	ASVN 071LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Experience the profound legacy of The Last Poets with their new release, Africanism. Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan revisit and re-energize some of their seminal works such as 'When The Revolution Comes,' 'Gash Man' and 'Niggers Are Scared of Revolution,' infusing them with fresh and potent new soundscapes. Joining the Poets are the late, great Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) -- laying the album's foundations with legendary Afrobeat rhythms -- Egypt 80 guitarist and bassist Akinola Adio Oyebola and Kunle Justice, jazz keyboardist Kaidi Tatham (dubbed as 'The UK's Herbie Hancock') and saxophonist Courtney Pine. Africanism is the result of vibrant live sessions in Brooklyn and London, recorded and mixed by producer Prince Fatty. The album bridges spoken-word poetry with a bold fusion of Afrobeat and contemporary jazz, where live instruments amplify the Poets' raw and unflinching verses."

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VA	Frankenstein's Party: 14 Boppin' Brainbenders From The Boneyard	LP	BEAR FAMILY RECORDS	BAF 18044LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "After multiple highly successful horror and Halloween releases on CD, Bear Family Records now offers the first vinyl LP on the subject. Teutonic or Slavic accents, screams, shrieks, chain rattles, howls, and a variety of terrifying rockers and shockers! Including Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Virgil Holmes, Rod Willis, Casey Jones & The Governors, The Monotones, Jack & Jim, and other. Extensive liner notes by horror expert Roland Heinrich and careful re-mastering round off the first shocking experience on vinyl. The label compiled ten tracks from the already haunting house-party-hot tracks and dug-up four other long-lost but longing-for-life limb shakers. This record exploits it all -- everything your warped brain desires! So, invite your friends, let your hair down, and get charged by the electrical spirit of the 'man' himself."

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MAIGUASHCA, MESIAS	Cello In My Life	CD	BUH RECORDS	BR 187CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Buh Records presents the release of Cello in My Life, the new album by the renowned Ecuadorian composer Mesías Maiguashca. This deeply personal work reflects an intimate exploration of the relationship between the cello and the artist's life, realized in collaboration with celebrated cellist Gaby Schumacher. The album features six remarkable compositions spanning Maiguashca's career from 1972 to 2015. Each piece offers a unique perspective on his groundbreaking approach to music, blending acoustic and electronic elements to create an immersive sound experience. Highlights include: "Übungen" (1972-73): A fascinating dialogue between cello and synthesizer, performed by Gaby Schumacher and Maiguashca himself. "Lindgren" (1973): A haunting composition for cello and magnetic tape. "El Oro" (1992): A meditation on cultural collisions between the Old and New Worlds, featuring flute, cello, and spoken word. "The Spirit Catcher" (1993): An evocative piece inspired by the writings of Carlos Castañeda, combining cello and electronics. "unvermindert weiter" (1993): A duet for cello and accordion that highlights the interplay between the two instruments. "por el yasuní" (2015): A poignant commentary on the protests to protect Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, featuring violin, cello, and electronic textures. This release also marks the second collaboration between Maiguashca and Buh Records, following the critically acclaimed 2021 collection Música para cinta magnética (+) instrumentos (1967?1989). Cello in My Life stands as a testament to Maiguashca's enduring legacy as one of the most significant voices in contemporary and experimental music from Latin America. The album's intricate soundscapes and profound themes promise to captivate both long-time admirers and new listeners alike. Set for release on February 28, 2025, the album will be available on digital platforms and as a physical CD edition. This milestone in Maiguashca's discography further cements his reputation as a pivotal figure in the realm of contemporary and experimental music from Latin America.

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MIGHTY MAYTONES, THE	Madness (Red Vinyl)	LP	BURNING SOUNDS	BSR 931R-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Vinyl reissue of the Maytones' 1977 album, back in print since the original issue! Now on red vinyl."

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CHIMERA	Holy Grail (Red Vinyl)	LP	MORGAN BLUE TOWN	BT 5011R-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie -- cousins Francesca Garnett and Lisa Bankoff rubbed shoulders with them all in the late 1960s, and perhaps it should come as no surprise that a little stardust rubbed off on the two girls. Musically ambitious, they came close to being signed to the Beatles' Apple label (although John, Paul, and Ringo were in favor, George passed, thus vetoing the deal) before being taken under the wing of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and signing to Monty Babson's fledgling Morgan Bluetown label. Morgan Bluetown was a side project to the Morgan Music studio, which in the late 1960s was one of the UK's top studios. Wil Malone, who has gone on to be one of the world's most highly regarded arrangers, having worked on the Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony and Adele's 19 album amongst many others, and Mal Luker, who went on to engineer for the likes of the Kinks, Amon Duul, and Placido Domingo. Chimera was in the wonderful position of being able to draw on the studio's home-grown talent and to augment this with established stars such as their manager Nick Mason, who not only produced many of their recordings, but played drums on 'The Grail' and brought along his Pink Floyd colleague, Rick Wright, to play harpsichord on 'Lady With Bullets In Her Hair.' Future Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston also played on a number of tracks. Due to a variety of mishaps, the album wasn't released at the time, although apparently Hipgnosis, designers of Pink Floyd (and many other) album sleeves, had prepared a front cover for it, and the musical underground was rife with rumors of this legendary lost masterpiece of acid folk/baroque psychedelia. But now, at last, the album is out on its originally intended label."

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GOPAL, SAM	Escalator	LP	MORGAN BLUE TOWN	BT 5012SP-LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Sam Gopal took up the tabla in Malaysia at the age of 7, before coming to study music in Britain in 1962. Sam Gopal put together his first group, Sam Gopal's Dream in 1966. They quickly became a feature of the psychedelic scene, playing at the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream at Alexandra Palace in 1967 and sharing stages with such giants as Pink Floyd, the Move and Jimi Hendrix. Indeed, Jimi jammed with them during a gig at the Speakeasy in January 1968. However, whilst successful live, the band went unrecorded, and disbanded shortly after, only to be reconstituted under the 'Sam Gopal' moniker, Sam being joined by Roger D'Elia on guitar, Phil Duke on bass and most famously, ex Jimi Hendrix roadie Ian 'Lemmy' Willis on vocals and guitar. Signed to the short-lived Stable label, songs for an album were quickly written, most of them by Lemmy, and the album was released in March 1969, beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Something of a classic of psychedelic acid rock, complete with fuzzed guitars, but rooted by its Eastern percussion, the album included one cover, a rocked up version of Donovan's 'Season Of The Witch,' whilst a projected single release included a version of Willie Dixon's 'Back Door Man,' which managed to be even heavier than the interpretation by the Doors on their first album, released two years earlier. 'You're Alone Now,' one of the Lemmy-written songs on the album, became quietly influential, acting not only as a forerunner of Hawkwind's seminal 'The Watcher', but having an intro that brings to mind Black Sabbath's 1970 smash 'Paranoid.' The album ends with undoubtedly the gentlest song of Lemmy's career, the rather lovely 'Yesterlove,' which has Lemmy's vocal floating gently over a backing of tabla and acoustic guitar. Sadly, despite apparently having all the ingredients in place for success, this incarnation of 'Sam Gopal' proved to be no longer-lived than 'Sam Gopal's Dream', and broke up not long after the release of this album."

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BLANCHE, TAR	How to Dance Freely without Social Anxiety	LP	DELICIEUSE RECORDS	DELI 032LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 London-based producer Tar Blanche, also known as a member of the dreampop band Yumi Zouma, unveils How to Dance Freely Without Social Anxiety, a seven-track journey through jazz-house, deep house, and chill-out lounge. With a sound that resonates alongside artists like dublon, Table, and Berlioz, the English producer blends ambient textures, refined guitar riffs, and emotive productions, crafting an intimate yet hypnotic atmosphere. Signed to Délicieuse Records, Tar Blanche continues to push boundaries, cementing his place as one of the most exciting producers in modern electronic music.

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BLACK EYES	Hostile Design	LP	DISCHORD	DIS 199LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "More than 20 years after recording their last record, Cough, Black Eyes returns with Hostile Design. The album is comprised of six all-new songs, written directly in the wake of the band's April 2023 reunion shows. Hostile Design was recorded at Tonal Park studios over three days, with Ian MacKaye resuming his role as producer and Don Godwin engineering. The instrumentation returns to Cough's two drums, bass, guitar and sax lineup, but adds some fresh elements. Live multichannel dubbing, now a standard of their shows, has been integrated into the performances, as have electronic drum triggers and samples as well as the occasional bass clarinet passage. In the years since their initial dissolution, each member has pursued their own creative paths, including drone rock, avant techno, ambient, sonic collage, visual art, video work and more. In coming back together, the breadth of their collective practices are all integrated into the music."

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PETTER MOLVAER, NILS	Khmer Live In Bergen (Purple Vinyl)	2LP	EDITION	EDNLP 1281LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Norwegian trumpeter and sonic architect Nils Petter Molvaer presents Khmer Live in Bergen -- a charged reinvention of his era-defining 1997 ECM release Khmer -- recorded in concert in 2023. Fused with live trip-hop beats, ambient haze and Nordic lyricism, Khmer Live in Bergen amplifies a new energy with deeper grooves, sharper edges and greater dynamic intensity, pushing the music into a rawer, driven by experience, control and creative vision. Performed with a newly expanded band and released on Edition Records, Khmer Live in Bergen captures the volatile electricity of Molvaer's live sound -- fluid, restless and saturated with feeling. The album is a powerful reminder that his sound remains vital, forceful and fully alive -- constantly evolving with greater clarity, depth and intent."

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PUBLIC ENEMY	Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025	CD	ENEMY RECORDS	ER 2003CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "After a five-year hiatus, Chuck D & Flavor Flav return to the scene with a new Public Enemy album, bringing their always insightful commentary over rugged and shapeshifting beats. From the opening diagnosis of 'Siick' all the way to the insanity of school shootings during 'March Madness,' the red, black, and green machine is back to clean up the scene."

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PUBLIC ENEMY	Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025	LP	ENEMY RECORDS	ER 2003LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 LP version. "After a five-year hiatus, Chuck D & Flavor Flav return to the scene with a new Public Enemy album, bringing their always insightful commentary over rugged and shapeshifting beats. From the opening diagnosis of 'Siick' all the way to the insanity of school shootings during 'March Madness,' the red, black, and green machine is back to clean up the scene."

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POIRIER, ROMEO	Off The Record	LP	FAITICHE	FAITICHE 039LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Off The Record, the new album by French collagist Roméo Poirier, is an amusing romp through the discarded history of recording studios. It contains fourteen miniatures based on accidental recordings of studio talk, revealing things that were never meant for the public: listeners hear instructions from studio staff, scraps of talk between musicians, or just microphones being adjusted, as well as false notes, false starts: everyone stops. Start again: 1, 2, 3, 4! Poirier's approach recalls "Accumulation," an artform practiced by Arman, Jean Tinguely and Daniel Spoerri that involved piling up everyday items into assemblages. The objects themselves often remained unaltered, the artistic gesture consisting in the careful curating of a distinctive selection. Poirier's audio collages explore similar terrain. The fourteen pieces on Off the Record combine more than a thousand found sounds from studio archives into complex miniatures. The audio content of these outtakes is twisted, stretched, cut, reassembled, slowed down and accelerated. Voices cut into a microgroove, from a very old recording, intertwine with digital voices gleaned from YouTube. All of them in dialogue, engaging the listener with the impression of being part of a new music group. Poirier uses the mundane routine of setting up before the actual recording gets underway to tell a universal story about working in a recording studio. And he manages something few achieve, transforming specialist knowledge into a narrative whose beauty goes far beyond its immediate subject. It speaks to everyone, because the story is told in a musical language that is open and accessible, evoking magical images reminiscent of Oz -- a world consisting less of events than of camp hallucinations, captured in grainy black-and-white photographs. En passant, Poirier shows listeners how the notion of material accumulation can produce great art. Written and produced by Roméo Poirier, mastered by Stephan Mathieu, photos by Roméo Poirier, graphic design by Tim Tetzner.

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TIETCHENS & ACHIM WOLLSCHEID, ASMUS	Fundstuck	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 501CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Asmus Tietchens is a sound artist and composer from Hamburg, Germany. He got interested in Musique Concrete by listening to a German radio program when he was 10 years old. In 1965, at the age of 18, Asmus started experimenting with tape loops and turned them into musical collages. Soon, the use of synthesizers was added. In 1980 his debut album Nachtstücke, was released, produced by Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream. This was soon followed by a series of albums of electronic pop music for the Sky label, home of many Krautrock bands. Tietchens often uses special source materials for his compositions such as water ('Seuchengebiete'), human voices ('Von Mund zu Mund'), paper ('Papier ist geduldig'). He is associated with the Industrial music scene through his collaborations and releases on labels such as United Dairies, Esplendor Geometrico or Dom Records. Tietchens never studied composition, he has no academic background, everything he does is self-taught or learning by doing. Achim Wollscheid is a media artist whose work over the past 20 years has been at the forefront of experimental music. He has performed and presented installation projects internationally. His work in sound has led to an interest in the relation between sound, light and architectural space, which he pursues through public, interactive and electronic projects. He is a founding member of Selektion, an organisation for the production and distribution of information systems. Achim also forms the collective S.B.O.T.H.I., derivated from research from the '40s: Sexual Behaviour Of The Human Infant, later renamed to Swimming Behaviour Of The Human Infant. Recently, when Asmus Tietchens needed space in his Hamburg flat, he went through boxes in his cupboard and found a recording credited to himself and Achim Wollscheid. It turned out to be an album originally recorded 20 years ago for the Ritornell label (Mille Plateaux) that was, for reasons unknown now, shelved and forgotten."

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ZAHGURIM	I Can Feel The Fun	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 507CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Zahgurim formed in 1983 and were early contributors to the industrial music scene associating with the Temple Ov Psychick Youth. They were invited by Konnex Records Manfred Schiek to record an album for his Berlin Atonal label resulting in Moral Rearmament produced at Julian Gilbert and Simon Crab's studio at the Old Ambulance Station on Londons Old Kent Road. It became Berlin Atonal's fifth release. Live performances at Dimitri Hegemanns pioneering Berlin Atonal festival with Psychic TV, Test Dept., Laibach et al were followed by appearances at TOPYs early rave Thee Fabulous Feast ov Flowering Light at Londons Hammersmith Palais in May 1985 and the ICAs Drastic Classicism season. Shortly afterwards Zahgurim members Paul Ackerley and William Vince co-founded the percussion group Left Hand Right Hand. In 2018 Klanggalerie re-issued Moral Rearmament and Zahgurim played their first live show in 32 years in Vienna. A live document of the performance Live at Klang 25 was released on Klanggalerie. It included a new recording: 'The Living Room.' That was picked up by Olf van Eldens' Rush Hour label for the interstellar funk compilation Artificial Dancers -- Waves of Synth curated alongside Chris and Cosey, The Human League and Clan of Xymox. I Can Feel The Fun came out first as a download only release on Nostalgia De La Boue as a response to Tristan Koreya's curiosity. He rightly suspected that years of musical shrapnel lay scattered on tapes and digital folders. Recordings continued to be made with the original analogue equipment in spontaneous takes, channeling the early period musical fascinations and featured original band members, associates and new ones who are at the age now that the original ones were in 1984. As the world is still in chaos, their ruthless take on it was necessary to retain the projects authenticity. Recordings were created in coastal Sussex between 2013 and 2023. All songs were created, mixed and performed by the Ackerleys."

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ETANT DONNES	Les Cent Jours Clairs	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 518CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Etant Donnes is a French duo named after Marcel Duchamp's last major work. The group consists of brothers Marc and Eric Hurtado, born in Morocco and working mainly as performance artists and musicians. Their sound can be described as a mix of field recordings, found sounds and sometimes whispered, sometimes violent vocals. They describe their sounds like this: 'Through Marc and Eric, it is the volume of each word that becomes an object-sculpture, together with the power of their bodies expressing their voices. Each event is a scream -- indeed even the glissando -- of the strength of the word that sometimes abruptly becomes a rock, a solid surface, not in the least fluvial, as is the narrative of a tale, novel or poetic epic. With both of them, there is no more trace of ancient prosodies, no more trace of the incomprehensible Sainte-Beuve who could claim: 'I have to collect a volume of prose.' The word, the voice, the volume take shape with each other, unveiling a theatre that theatre usually ignores, which has given it such things as a Samuel Beckett's Fin de Partie.' Over the years Etant Donnes have collaborated with people like Lydia Lunch, Michael Gira, Alan Vega, and Genesis P-Orridge. Les Cent Jours Clairs was the group's sixth album and was originally released on Bain Total in 1984."

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EL INFIERNO MUSICAL	2	CD	KLANGGALERIE	GG 520CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "By inevitable coincidence, a street vendor in Buenos Aires became an instrument of providence, when he compelled attention of Christof Kurzmann, sitting outside a coffeehouse. His merchandise were small books of Hispanic writers, and the chosen one that ended up in the buyer's pocket some eighteen years ago was a collection of poems by Argentinean poet Alejandra Pizarnik. Her works abound with music and sounds or absence of it, appreciating silence. For Kurzmann, this served as a sufficient reason to dive into her writings, which resulted in releasing El Infierno Musical: a tribute to Alejandra Pizarnik in the fall of 2011. El Infierno Musical was a quintet started back in 2008 thanks to a wild card given to Kurzmann as a birthday present by the organizers of Music Unlimited festival in Wels, Austria, which hosted its official premiere. For the 50th day of death of Alejandra Pizarnik Kurzmann brought El Infierno Musical back to life again, worked on new material and changed the line-up of the band in which only he himself and Ken Vandermark are left from the founding formation. Dave Rempis -- long-time friend on saxophone, as well as Chicago Symphony Orchestra member Katinka Kleijn who together with another great Chicago-Scene musician Lia Kohl share the role of the cellists in the band. And to round the fresh line-up off, young drummer, percussionist Lily Finnegan completes the newly created Sextet. The music brings a clear structure filled with improvised parts, masterly played by perfectly coordinated musicians, who take advantage of their miscellaneous musical histories and styles."

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LADYBUG TRANSISTOR, THE	The Albemarle Sound	LP	HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME RECORDS	HHBTM 232LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Originally released in 1999 on Merge Records, The Albemarle Sound, the third full-length LP by Brooklyn, New York's The Ladybug Transistor, exists just outside its fixed point in time and space. Perhaps the last great pop album of the 20th century, The Albemarle Sound is like few records from the turn of the millennium, its attention turned to the intricate arrangements of late 1960s pop and the strange and familiar environs of home. The notion of home is important to The Albemarle Sound, not just lyrically and thematically, but in the fact that the album was recorded, mixed and produced in a Victorian house in Flatbush named Marlborough Farms. The Ladybug Transistor was formed in 1995 as the home recording project of singer and trumpeter Gary Olson, and by 1999 the group had swelled to include siblings Jeff Baron (guitar) and Jennifer Baron (bass), Sasha Bell (keyboards and flute), San Fadyl (drums), and Julia Rydholm (violin), who lived together at Marlborough Farms, a home filled with instruments, recording equipment and a piano room where the group made demos. For the 25th anniversary of The Albemarle Sound, the record has been lovingly reissued on silver vinyl by Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records."

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GLASS, PHILIP	The Complete Piano Etudes (Performed by Vanessa Wagner)	2CD	INFINE	IF 1099CD
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "After more than thirty years of working with and performing the great repertoire, the music of Philip Glass has, in a way, almost revolutionized my life as a musician," confides Vanessa Wagner. An emblematic artist on the French music scene, winner of a Victoire de la musique award and director of the Chambord and Giverny festivals, Vanessa Wagner is as inspired in her interpretation of Mozart, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Dusapin as she is alongside Murcof and Rone. With her innovative and daring approach, she has established herself as a major influence on the classical music landscape, crossing boundaries and blazing inspiring trails. For InFiné, she has dedicated four albums to the major figures of this movement, John Adams, Meredith Monk, Brian Eno, and Ryūichi Sakamoto, as well as to the new generation Caroline Shaw, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly. After giving numerous concerts based on these works, she felt the need to record in their entirety this essential monument in the history of music, which bridges the gap between the 20th and 21st centuries: Philip Glass's 20 Etudes for piano by Philip Glass. His approach helps to place these two books in the great repertoire, alongside the great cycles of studies by Ligeti, Debussy, Dusapin, and before them, Chopin and Liszt. The thread linking Philip Glass to Vanessa Wagner may be as simple as a detail: a moment, a pedagogy, a way of looking at the piano. In Words Without Music, Glass recalls his apprenticeship with Nadia Boulanger in Paris -- a lesson in rigorous received just as the Nouvelle Vague was about to shatter the conventions of cinema the conventions of cinema, just as the composers of the minimalist movement had done with the language of music. Nurtured by Ravel and Debussy, the great French pedagogue disciplined yet inquisitive minds, capable of embracing modernity without denying modernity without denying their heritage. The Complete Piano Etudes of Philip Glass is also available for the first time on vinyl, housed in a 4LP Box set (IF 1099LP).

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GLASS, PHILIP	The Complete Piano Etudes (Performed by Vanessa Wagner)	4LP BOX	INFINE	IF 1099LP
$180.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 4LP box set version. "After more than thirty years of working with and performing the great repertoire, the music of Philip Glass has, in a way, almost revolutionized my life as a musician," confides Vanessa Wagner. An emblematic artist on the French music scene, winner of a Victoire de la musique award and director of the Chambord and Giverny festivals, Vanessa Wagner is as inspired in her interpretation of Mozart, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Dusapin as she is alongside Murcof and Rone. With her innovative and daring approach, she has established herself as a major influence on the classical music landscape, crossing boundaries and blazing inspiring trails. For InFiné, she has dedicated four albums to the major figures of this movement, John Adams, Meredith Monk, Brian Eno, and Ryūichi Sakamoto, as well as to the new generation Caroline Shaw, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly. After giving numerous concerts based on these works, she felt the need to record in their entirety this essential monument in the history of music, which bridges the gap between the 20th and 21st centuries: Philip Glass's 20 Etudes for piano by Philip Glass. His approach helps to place these two books in the great repertoire, alongside the great cycles of studies by Ligeti, Debussy, Dusapin, and before them, Chopin and Liszt. The thread linking Philip Glass to Vanessa Wagner may be as simple as a detail: a moment, a pedagogy, a way of looking at the piano. In Words Without Music, Glass recalls his apprenticeship with Nadia Boulanger in Paris -- a lesson in rigorous received just as the Nouvelle Vague was about to shatter the conventions of cinema the conventions of cinema, just as the composers of the minimalist movement had done with the language of music. Nurtured by Ravel and Debussy, the great French pedagogue disciplined yet inquisitive minds, capable of embracing modernity without denying modernity without denying their heritage.

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KETTEL	Through Friendly Waters (20th Anniversary Edition)	2LP	LAPSUS RECORDS	LPS PS018LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Originally recorded in the Dutch towns of Ureterp and Groningen between 2003 and 2005, Through Friendly Waters marks a pivotal moment in Reimer Eising's -- better known as Kettel -- journey through melodic braindance and ambient electronica. With his classical training on piano and a refined sensibility for gentle electronic textures, Kettel weaves together shimmering piano motifs, warm ambient textures, playful breakbeats, and pastoral atmospheres that shimmer with emotional resonance. First released in 2005 via his own label Sending Orbs, the album soon achieved cult status among IDM fans, celebrated for balancing playful compositional elegance with heartfelt sonic depth. TFW still remains as a timeless soundtrack that perfectly encapsulates why Kettel remains a key figure of electronic music enthusiasts two decades on. To honor its twentieth anniversary, Lapsus Records presents Through Friendly Waters (20th Anniversary Edition), marking the album's debut on vinyl within the Perennial Series. This edition has been remastered by Alex Ferrer and redesigned by Basora, resulting in a deluxe version that also includes the tracks "Unistar" and "Toen," which were originally released only on CD by the Timothy Really label back in 2007.

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GOLDMANN/ENSEMBLE 180, STEFAN	Input (The Sofia Versions)	CD	MACRO RECORDINGS	MACROM 081CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Stefan Goldmann's Input translates electronic music into performance formats for human players of acoustic instruments. The standard remix process is thus inverted, by providing the electronics first. Then composers backwards-engineer what they hear into scores for ensemble. The original, synthesized version isn't available for the audience: Its hidden shape can only be guessed at through its acoustic translations. By collaborating with multiple composers, the process of direct auditory comparison allows for multidimensional insights. It reveals common traits in unlikely places and highlights differences between individual approaches. Ambiguities of sound/score relations, emergent parallelisms and unexpected congruencies become part of the sensory and cognitive experience. The three versions in this release -- by Daniel Chernov, Adrian Pavlov, and Lukas Tobiassen -- were recorded at Sofia's 180 Degrees Festival and performed by the stellar group of musicians from Bulgaria, France and Switzerland which came together in Ensemble 180°. The live recordings were further processed by Stefan Goldmann and now represent a stunning sonic hall of mirrors, with multiple vectors of transformation embedded in this dialogue.

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MY SOLID GROUND	My Solid Ground	CD	MADE IN GERMANY	MIG 3032CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "My Solid Ground was a German progressive rock band that was founded in Rüsselsheim in 1968. Several lineup changes in its early years led to a change in the band's musical direction. In the summer of 1970, the band entered the studio for the first time and recorded the nearly 25-minute opus 'Flash.' The five musicians submitted this track to a band competition organized by Südwestfunk as part of the popular program Pop Shop. They came in second, attracting the interest of the record industry and landing a contract with the progressive Bacillus label of the Frankfurt-based Bellaphon record company. In spring 1971, they recorded the LP My Solid Ground in Dieter Dierks' studios in Cologne, which was released in October of that year. My Solid Ground toured, played at festivals, and made television appearances. In the summer of 1971, they were invited to record another studio album with their own songs at Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden. This album is available as bonus tracks on the re-release. In 1972, the band's lineup changed again, resulting in a complete reorientation of the personnel. Plans for a second My Solid Ground LP were made but never realized. The band broke up for good in 1974 after releasing only one album."

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GOMORRHA	The Complete Recordings	2CD	MADE IN GERMANY	MIG 3502CD
$21.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "The debut album by Cologne-based psychedelic rock band Gomorrha was released in 1970 on the Cornet label, which was distributed by BASF. However, the band rejected the original German-language version and re-recorded the album with English lyrics and a new singer, Peter Otten. A year later, it was released under the title Trauma. In 1972, I Turned to See Whose Voice It Was followed on Brain, after which the four musicians went their separate ways. For example, Ali Claudi enjoyed worldwide success as a jazz and blues guitarist, working with artists such as Bill Coleman and Big Joe Turner. Composer and guitarist Ad Ochel became a successful architect and is delighted about the re-release of the three albums produced by Conny Plank on CD and in digital format. He recalls: 'Many critics wrote about the apocalyptic mood of our last LP. But when I look at the state of the world today, I am overcome by an uneasy feeling that often keeps me awake at night.'"

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NINE DAYS WONDER	The Bacillus Years	3CD	MADE IN GERMANY	MIG 3522CD
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Nine Days' Wonder was founded back in 1966, when singer and frontman Walter Seyffer gave his band The Graves a new name. Like so many 'beat groups' in the mid-1960s, NDW started out as a cover band. The line-up changed constantly until the early 1970s, when the first more stable formation emerged with Walter Seyffer (vocals), Rolf Henning (guitar), Karl Mutschlechner (bass), John Earle (saxophone, flute, guitar) and Martin Roscoe (drums). In 1971, the quintet recorded their self-titled debut album, which was released in Germany on Bellaphon and in England on Harvest in the same year. In the summer of 1972, Nine Days' Wonder broke up at short notice; Walter Seyffer joined the psychedelic rock band Medusa, where he met bassist Michael Bundt. Since the quintet had only released one single on CBS, Nine Days' Wonder was reformed in December 1972. The new line-up consisted of four Medusa members (Seyffer, Bundt, guitarist Hans Frauenschuh and keyboardist/saxophonist Freddie Münster) as well as drummer Karl-Heinz 'Hyanzintus' Weiler. In the summer of 1973, the second Nine Days' Wonder album, We Never Lost Control, was released on Bacillus/Bellaphon. In 1974, Rolf Henning returned. Sid Gautama replaced 'Hyanzintus' Weiler on drums. The third NDW album, Only The Dancers, was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in the UK by Mike and Richard Vernon, with Dave Jackson from Van der Graaf Generator, among others. A year later, the personnel carousel spun again. With a new line-up, the last album Sonnet To Billy Frost was released in 1976, after which the band finally split up. Now, all four albums are being re-released under the title The Bacillus Years, remastered and including bonus tracks (the Maternal Joy aka NDW single 'Ticket to the North Pole / Fat,' 1971)."

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LAMPEL, IAN	The Parque Rodo Tapes	LP	LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS	OSMO 002LP
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Embark on a sonic journey through the rich tapestry of Ian Lampel's multicultural heritage with his debut solo album, The Parque Rodó Tapes. From the echoes of his grandparents' wartime exodus from Europe's tumultuous past to the rhythms of daily life in Parque Rodó, Lampel's artistic vision was shaped by a kaleidoscope of influences: Science fiction and fantasy books, graphic design annuals, comics, films, early computers and videogames as well as music; the haunting melodies of Russian and Polish classical composers hummed by his grandmother while cooking, the choir and Hammond music of the synagogue, his early explorations in club music and dub or the syncopated drumming of candombe and carnaval echoing in the streets of Montevideo. The composer, producer and bass player, wrote, sequenced and recorded practically everything that is heard throughout the album. With meticulous attention to detail, he has crafted a sonic landscape that seamlessly blends elements of jazz and Uruguayan music with the innovative spirit of dub, hip-hop and electronica; from the infectious rhythms of candombe and the raw energy of murga, to breakbeats, moog's and samples. Drawing from a treasure trove of samples collected over two decades, The Parque Rodó Tapes weaves together a tapestry of sound that is both nostalgic and forward-thinking, from the haunting voice of Marosa Di Giorgio and the vibrant cacophony of a carnival field recording by Lauro Ayestaran, to the guest contributions from notable musicians including Lampel's wife, singer/songwriter Eco Lopez, multi-instrumentalist Luciana Giovinazzo on flute, and Ferna Nunez on repique drum. Each track is a testament to Lampel's eclectic vision. A debut album with a certain degree of melancholy that works as a soundtrack to the world in which the artist grew up, a world now gone, without cellphones or social networks, in which everything had to be proactively pursued "in the streets."

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MITCHELL & MICHELE RABBIA, ROSCOE	In 2	CD	ROGUEART	ROG 145CD
$17.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that. In these turbulent times, it may be worth reconsidering the few solutions offered by the art and know-how of improvisation, of the activity of improvisation. To do so, it may be necessary to start by deconstructing common sense; to start by taking improvisation not as an 'approximation' but as a method, a method of working collectively par excellence, for building situations in dialogue, in responsiveness and interactivity, in inclusiveness and, at the end, creativity. Improvisation is an articulated and articulatory knowledge, which coordinates orders and disorders more than it imposes an order. Improvisation is the art of conversation, of listening to each other, through all the particular languages of the forces at play, and through a common language that is always in the making. The air that comes out of a wind instrument, the one that comes out of the holes in a drum, the idea of this breath that expands, unravels, overlaps, becomes continuous, until it fades away. Roscoe Mitchell and Michele Rabia are made for each other, because they've always made everything audible in their respective music and improvisations. You can hear everything on the percussion of one, the slightest contact, the slightest clash, the slightest impact, and meteor showers on the resonant skins, on the resonant metals. The other's saxophones are like horns of plenty: the slightest breath, the slightest murmur, the slightest clamor, the scratches and welts. Together, they redefine the form and content of duets and dialogue, what exactly is a network connection and a disconnection; they rethink all forms of communication in music."

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WINDING/DINO PIANA/ENRICO PIERANUNZI GIOVANNI TOMMASO/TULLIO DE PISCOPO, KAI	Duo 'Bones'	LP	RED MUSICAL	RR 123143LP
$31.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Red Records, a prime example of how small, independent labels capitalize on unique opportunities, thrived due to its streamlined structure and emotionally driven decisions. Founded by promoter Alberto Alberti and jazz aficionado Sergio Veschi, the label built its reputation by capturing pivotal moments in Italian jazz and recording international artists like Sam Rivers, whose album The Quest became a classic. Their credibility and passion were key to earning artists' trust. The album Duo 'Bones', recorded on November 17, 1978, is a product of such seizing-the-moment intuition. Trombonists Kai Winding, a Danish-American on tour, and Dino Piana, an accomplished RAI Orchestra member, reunited in Rome after years apart. Their collaboration echoed Winding's earlier work with J.J. Johnson. The rhythm section -- Enrico Pieranunzi on piano, Giovanni Tommaso on bass, and Tullio De Piscopo on drums -- added youthful energy and groove to the session. Recorded at Emmequattro studio, the atmosphere was relaxed and spontaneous, leading to quick, joy-filled takes, mostly first attempts. The album's tracklist blends classics with originals: Winding's 'Duo 'Bones',' 'Lady H,' and 'Stop Following Me'; Piana's 'Kai and Dino'; Pieranunzi's 'Soul Dance.' The result is spirited jazz rich in swing, fast phrasing, and effortless counterpoints, delivering pure musical joy free of political overlays common at the time. Winding's affection for the project was clear. Months later, during a televised concert in Rome with the RAI Orchestra, he proudly mentioned the album and performed a big band arrangement of 'Duo 'Bones'' with Piana on stage -- an enduring nod to their serendipitous session."

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WATSON, BOBBY	Perpetual Groove	CD	RED MUSICAL	RR 123173CD
$17.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 ('Oleo') and John Coltrane ('Mr. P.C.'). His alto and soprano lines remain faithful to bop's core, yet each track brims with modern twists: a playful siren-like motif, a free soprano/drums duet, polytonal shifts in 'Oleo.' At its center, the title piece is a solo-sax tour de force: 'perpetual' via circular breathing, 'groove' from deep African-American roots, and echoes of Roland Kirk, Roscoe Mitchell, minimalism, and industrial sonorities. Watson's parallel work with Sam Rivers and the 29th Street Saxophone Quartet underscores his experimental drive. Joining Watson are three Italian talents -- Piero Bassini, Attilio Zanchi, and Giampiero Prina -- whose provincial origins belie their cosmopolitan artistry. Together, they embody jazz's global, boundary-crossing spirit. Though Watson reconvened them on later Red Records projects, Perpetual Groove remains singular in its vibrant blend of tradition, innovation, and international collaboration."

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TURQUOISE COLORED FRENCH TOURISTS	The Cremant Sessions	12"	SO GLAD RECORDS	SGLD 007EP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 After turning heads with their much-loved Monaco EP on Roy Davis Jr.'s legendary Undaground Therapy Muzik, the duo is back with a release that bridges deep-rooted house sensibilities and forward-thinking production. To mark their 10-year anniversary, the boys return to their label roots with a five-track vinyl-only EP -- full of dusty samples, deep grooves and nods to early French house.

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INOUE, YOSUI	Yumemigokochi	7"	STUDIO MULE	STUDIOMUL 051EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 A long-awaited reissue of an ultra-rare 7-inch single, originally released as a promo-only item from handsome boy, the 1990 masterpiece by Inoue Yosui -- widely regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in Japanese music history. "Pi Po Pa," arranged by Haruomi Hosono was featured on Heisei No Oto, a compilation released by music from memory. The album's standout track, "Shonen Jidai," remains one of Japan's most iconic and beloved songs. Also included on this 7-inch is "Yume Migokochi," a pinnacle of Japanese Balearic sound, arranged by Yuji Kawashima -- keyboardist of EP-4. Exclusive to this release is also "Kurenai Suberi," an overlooked gem that might best be described as Inoue's take on cold-funk.

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VIVES, CARLOS	La Tierra Del Olvido (Color Vinyl)	LP	GAIRA MUSICA LOCAL	TOC 030CV-LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Translucent/clear color vinyl, gatefold jacket (rainbow laminate/glossy) with emboss/texture. Printed inner sleeve. Includes also a postcard with a personal note from the artist. Universo Vives presents the 30th Anniversary Special Edition of La Tierra del Olvido (1995), the groundbreaking album by global icon and multiple Grammy-winner Carlos Vives. This collector's edition is available in limited quantities, a must have for fans and vinyl lovers alike. Carlos Vives, the legendary Colombian singer, producer, and actor, revolutionized the sound of Latin music by bringing vallenato to the world stage. With 2 Grammy Awards, 18 Latin Grammys, and the title of Latin Grammy Person of the Year 2024, Vives is one of the most celebrated artists of all time. His legacy has also been recognized by Billboard, the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, and major institutions across Spain and Latin America. Celebrate the 30th anniversary of La Tierra del Olvido with this special remastered vinyl edition -- a timeless tribute to the album that redefined Latin music on the global stage. Originally released in 1995, Carlos Vives created a new sound by reimagining Colombian vallenato with pop and rock influences, inventing a groundbreaking sound that reshaped Latin music and inspired a new generation of artists worldwide. Now, beautifully remastered for vinyl, this collector's edition invites music lovers around the world to rediscover a landmark recording that brought the heart of Colombia to the ears of the world.

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RUFFILLO, SAM	Tipo Cosi	2LP	TOY TONICS	TOYT 157LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Italian producer, musician, DJ, and groove architect Sam Ruffillo presents his long-awaited debut album Tipo Così on Toy Tonics -- a sun-drenched, genre-blurring statement that blends classic house with Mediterranean flair, romantic funk, and tongue-in-cheek Italo vibes. Over 11 expertly crafted tracks, Ruffillo delivers a dancefloor-ready, emotionally rich LP that connects deep musicality with irresistible rhythm and light-hearted elegance. After three acclaimed EPs and collaborations with revered artists such as Barbara Boeing, Kapote, and Fimiani, Ruffillo has firmly cemented himself as a core artist on the Berlin-based label. Known for his unmistakable signature sound -- a warm mix of vintage disco, '90s house, and Italian vocals -- Sam's music has garnered widespread DJ support from tastemakers like Gerd Janson, Palms Trax, Seth Troxler, and DJ Tennis, while becoming a staple on Italian airwaves. Tipo Così is the natural culmination of a musical journey that's both playful and profound -- a travel diary written in grooves, synth stabs, and melodies that feel like postcards from a parallel Mediterranean universe. The album expands and deepens Ruffillo's world into a fully immersive experience: lush emotional chords meet tight syncopated grooves, vintage synth textures collide with irresistibly catchy pop refrains, and the boundary between sincerity and playful irony is exquisitely blurred. Entirely written, produced, and recorded in Italy, in his beloved hometown of Bologna, the album finds Ruffillo at the helm on keys, drum machines, and production, supported by a talented cast of musicians contributing live bass, guitar, and other organic elements -- further enriching his trademark fusion of electronic grooves and natural instrumentation. Collaborations with close friends, especially vocalists like Ninfa, add warmth and authenticity, exemplified in tracks like "House Tipo Così." For Sam, music is honest self-expression -- crafted for listeners who crave memorable melodies and rhythms imbued with genuine feeling. While technical perfection is tempting, Sam prioritizes emotion, knowing that what truly resonates is the soul behind the sounds. His long-standing partnership with Toy Tonics has been key in nurturing his vision, offering a blend of creative freedom and professional support.

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PROFESSOR YAFFLE	Everyone Wants To Dream	LP	VIOLETTE RECORDS	VIO 084LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Essential Liverpool psychedelic folk collective mapping their territory with a record rooted in place and memory. Professor Yaffle have created their most focused and expansive work yet. Following acclaimed previous releases, Everyone Wants to Dream finds the band at their creative peak. The album turns on Everton Brow -- an unremarkable Liverpool hill offering the city's finest view. Rogers returns to this vantage point throughout eight tracks, using it as both setting and metaphor for looking back on life without nostalgia. From here, you can see the Mersey stretch toward Snowdonia, the city spread below like a living map. "Lost in a Dream (On Everton Brow)" weaves Lee Roger's lyrics as an eighteen-year-old lyrics with newly composed music. "Everyone Wants to Dream" confronts the disorientation when your children grow and your role shifts. "On Top of the World" becomes what Rogers calls "a stoned love letter to Liverpool." This is Professor Yaffle's first release with Violette Records, marking the beginning of a partnership between two Liverpool entities who've circled each other for years before finding their moment. Featuring a 1979 Karl Hughes photograph of a policeman surveying Liverpool from Everton Brow, capturing something essential about the record: that those who maintain order might dream the biggest dreams of all. For fans of: CSNY, Tim Buckley, Talk Talk, The Byrds, Sufjan Stevens, Love, Tame Impala, Nick Drake.

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CLARK, MIKE	Itai Doshin	CD	WIDE HIVE RECORDS	WH 389CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "Mike Clark returns to Wide Hive with an amazing ensemble. Eddie Henderson on trumpet, Henry Franklin on bass, Craig Handy on saxophone, and esteemed artist and educator Patrice Rushen on piano. On nine new recording Mike again shows his versatility easily leading compositions that span straight ahead to funk and beyond."

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CLARK, MIKE	Itai Doshin	LP	WIDE HIVE RECORDS	WH 390LP
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 LP version. "Mike Clark returns to Wide Hive with an amazing ensemble. Eddie Henderson on trumpet, Henry Franklin on bass, Craig Handy on saxophone, and esteemed artist and educator Patrice Rushen on piano. On nine new recording Mike again shows his versatility easily leading compositions that span straight ahead to funk and beyond."

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FONTAINE, BRIGITTE	Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle	CD	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSCD 106CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Wewantsounds reissues French pop icon Brigitte Fontaine's landmark 1968 album Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle, originally released on the cult label Saravah and arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier. This special, approved by the artist, features the original album, newly remastered from the original tapes, along with demos, instrumentals, and a live rendition of "Il Pleut" recorded for France Inter/ORTF. The release also includes a 20-page bilingual booklet with introductions by journalist Jeremy Allen and Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier, essays by Brigitte Fontaine's biographer Benoît Mouchart and Benjamin Barouh, plus full lyrics and rare archival photos. Brigitte Fontaine needs no introduction. An inspiring figure in French music since the 1960s, she has long been revered by a wide array of musicians -- from Stereolab to Sonic Youth, Beck, and Jarvis Cocker. Originally released in 1968 on Pierre Barouh's cult Saravah label, Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle shattered conventions. Fusing Fontaine's lyrical brilliance -- tackling themes like death, social revolt, and female desire -- with Vannier's lush, funky arrangements, the pair created a work that was ahead of its time. The release offers a selection of rare and previously unreleased recordings, including demos -- recently unearthed by the album's composer, Olivier Bloch-Lainé -- instrumentals showcasing Vannier's skills, and a groundbreaking 1969 live rendition of "Il Pleut" recorded for France Inter/ORTF. This version features Malachi Favors on bass, forming a direct link to her next LP, Comme à la Radio, recorded with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Rebellious, witty and timeless, Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle is a landmark work by an artist who not only redefined French pop but also expanded its boundaries on the international scene. This deluxe edition stands as a vital document of her enduring legacy and one of the most original voices in modern music.

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FONTAINE, BRIGITTE	Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle	2LP	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSLP 106LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 Double LP version. Wewantsounds reissues French pop icon Brigitte Fontaine's landmark 1968 album Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle, originally released on the cult label Saravah and arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier. This special, approved by the artist, features the original album, newly remastered from the original tapes, along with demos, instrumentals, and a live rendition of "Il Pleut" recorded for France Inter/ORTF. The release also includes a 20-page bilingual booklet with introductions by journalist Jeremy Allen and Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier, essays by Brigitte Fontaine's biographer Benoît Mouchart and Benjamin Barouh, plus full lyrics and rare archival photos. Brigitte Fontaine needs no introduction. An inspiring figure in French music since the 1960s, she has long been revered by a wide array of musicians -- from Stereolab to Sonic Youth, Beck, and Jarvis Cocker. Originally released in 1968 on Pierre Barouh's cult Saravah label, Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle shattered conventions. Fusing Fontaine's lyrical brilliance -- tackling themes like death, social revolt, and female desire -- with Vannier's lush, funky arrangements, the pair created a work that was ahead of its time. The release offers a selection of rare and previously unreleased recordings, including demos -- recently unearthed by the album's composer, Olivier Bloch-Lainé -- instrumentals showcasing Vannier's skills, and a groundbreaking 1969 live rendition of "Il Pleut" recorded for France Inter/ORTF. This version features Malachi Favors on bass, forming a direct link to her next LP, Comme à la Radio, recorded with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Rebellious, witty and timeless, Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle is a landmark work by an artist who not only redefined French pop but also expanded its boundaries on the international scene. This deluxe edition stands as a vital document of her enduring legacy and one of the most original voices in modern music.

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SHARP'S TERRAPLANE, ELLIOTT	Livin' Hear	CD	ENJA	YEB 7853CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/10/2025 "A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over 30 years, Elliott Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from orchestral music to blues, jazz, noise, no wave rock, and techno music. His collaborators have included Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt; pop singer Debbie Harry; Ensemble Modern; Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Kronos String Quartet; Ensemble Resonanz; cello innovator Frances Marie Uitti; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; pipa virtuoso Min-Xiao Feng; jazz greats Jack deJohnette, Oliver Lake, and Sonny Sharrock; multimedia artists Christian Marclay and Pierre Huyghe; and Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians Of Jajouka. Elliott Sharp's Terraplane synthesizes the intersection of country and urban blues with Mississippi fife and drum bands, post-Mingus/Ayler jazz and the rhythmic force of the groove, from the shuffle to contemporary dance music. Up until I heard Sharp's original Terraplane, I had no clue that he could also play the blues. With his electric power trio, the original Terraplane incarnation, he blew through the generations, sliding like Robert Johnson in his kitchen, doing the Texas blues shuffle a la Stevie Ray Vaughan, and so forth. Sharp has an encyclopedic understanding of the blues guitar, including its voice-like phrasing, its elastic intonation, its tension and release, and the all-important 'cry.' He approaches improvisation from a jazz perspective without making the exercise the least bit academic." ----Nils Jacobson, Pop Matters

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KREIDLER	Early Recordings 1994-95	CD	BUREAU B	BB 498CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 While working in Berlin Wedding at andereBaustelle studio on their upcoming album, Kreidler found also time to dig deep into the vaults of their Düsseldorf and Berlin archives. Thirty years ago, Kreidler's eponymous mini-album was released on Cologne-based label Finlayson; and RIVA, their first outing, on cassette tape, was released a year before that. Both released in limited physical formats and long unavailable. This edition documents the band's beginnings, with threads that can be followed throughout their whole history to their current work. Still, they are straight out of a certain scene, at a certain place, at a certain time. Kreidler -- formed from the encounter of the band Deux Baleines Blanches (Thomas Klein, Andreas Reihse, and Stefan Schneider) with DJ Sport (Detlef Weinrich) -- already in its initial years, and in those that followed, managed to hold seemingly contradictory strands, becoming a fluid form that could equally accommodate the various strengths and interests of its members. This ability has remained intact up to the present lineup of Thomas Klein, Alex Paulick, and Andreas Reihse. Oliver Tepel wrote of their mini-album in 1995 in Spex magazine: "On the basis of calm grooves from andante to moderato -- comparable to the dissolution of object and background in analytical cubism -- the contours of the instruments disappear in favor of mysteriously meandering waves of sound." In 1994, RIVA, the beginning: circuitous somehow, a spatial presence in the restraint, strangely physical in its beauty. Mounting with Das Wilde Heinefeld, with voice and bass clarinet by Fritz Sitterle. Produced for an unreleased Monarchie und Alltag cover version album, conceived by Joerg "Zappo" Zboralski as a follow-up to his Brücke Kaufen album The journey ends in a heated but once again taut textual space, familiar ground for Kreidler, after various gigs with spoken word artists. The photography incorporated on the front cover of this release depicts Kreidler in 1995 in the artists' club WP8.

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KREIDLER	Early Recordings 1994-95	LP	BUREAU B	BB 498LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. While working in Berlin Wedding at andereBaustelle studio on their upcoming album, Kreidler found also time to dig deep into the vaults of their Düsseldorf and Berlin archives. Thirty years ago, Kreidler's eponymous mini-album was released on Cologne-based label Finlayson; and RIVA, their first outing, on cassette tape, was released a year before that. Both released in limited physical formats and long unavailable. This edition documents the band's beginnings, with threads that can be followed throughout their whole history to their current work. Still, they are straight out of a certain scene, at a certain place, at a certain time. Kreidler -- formed from the encounter of the band Deux Baleines Blanches (Thomas Klein, Andreas Reihse, and Stefan Schneider) with DJ Sport (Detlef Weinrich) -- already in its initial years, and in those that followed, managed to hold seemingly contradictory strands, becoming a fluid form that could equally accommodate the various strengths and interests of its members. This ability has remained intact up to the present lineup of Thomas Klein, Alex Paulick, and Andreas Reihse. Oliver Tepel wrote of their mini-album in 1995 in Spex magazine: "On the basis of calm grooves from andante to moderato -- comparable to the dissolution of object and background in analytical cubism -- the contours of the instruments disappear in favor of mysteriously meandering waves of sound." In 1994, RIVA, the beginning: circuitous somehow, a spatial presence in the restraint, strangely physical in its beauty. Mounting with Das Wilde Heinefeld, with voice and bass clarinet by Fritz Sitterle. Produced for an unreleased Monarchie und Alltag cover version album, conceived by Joerg "Zappo" Zboralski as a follow-up to his Brücke Kaufen album The journey ends in a heated but once again taut textual space, familiar ground for Kreidler, after various gigs with spoken word artists. The photography incorporated on the front cover of this release depicts Kreidler in 1995 in the artists' club WP8.

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GRAVES & TOBY GOODSHANK, LESLIE	Between Worlds (Crystal Clear Vinyl)	LP	BB*ISLAND	BBI 621LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Brooklyn-based artists Leslie Graves and Toby Goodshank have joined creative forces on their album Between Worlds. Toby Goodshank (The Moldy Peaches, The Pizza Underground) of the OG New York Antifolk scene, is known for his precise and acrobatic vocals over nuanced acoustic guitar in songs that have been described as "a zesty thumb of the nose at domesticated bullshit." Leslie Graves (GOLD, Endless Arrows) is a performing songwriter and recording artist who takes folk subgenres into evocative and intriguing directions, including "sounding like something you could hear Donna Hayward dancing to at the Bang Bang Bar." Her voice has been described as "darkwave- meets-folk" with comparisons to Lana Del Rey, Cat Powers, Mazzy Star, and Julee Cruise. Acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies make up the core of their music. a slightly psychedelic, at times dream pop-like folkrock. It just draws from a variety of folk and rock. You might hear hints of Sybil Baer, Judee Sill, REM, Linda Perhacs, and Jessica Pratt, but the intersection of Toby and Leslie is truly a place of its own, warm and enchanting, or perhaps a glimmer from the spaces in between worlds. Many instrumental threads are interwoven throughout with the invaluable skills of Jake Nicoll (The Burning Hell) who lovingly engineered and embellished the recordings. Ariel Sharrat of The Burning Hell assisted him and is also featured on saxophone or bass or on some songs here. Speaking to their process, Leslie writes, "Toby is great at composing song structures quickly. It was fun to feel into the emotion of the chords and write from there. The process was like chiseling away at a stone to reveal the sculpture underneath. I like when songs come like that -- when it feels that they are teaching us as they are revealed."

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MOON DESTROYS	She Walks By Moonlight	LP	BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS	BFR 046LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 "Formed by Juan Montoya (ex-Torche) and drummer Evan Diprima (ex-Royal Thunder), Moon Destroys released their first EP Maiden Voyage in 2020. The five-song debut featured contributions from Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Bryan Richie (The Sword), and laid an early foundation which came fully into focus when vocalist/guitarist Charlie Suárez (MonstrO) and bassist Arnold Nese completed the band in 2024. April 2025 found Moon Destroys thrust into the limelight, securing support slots on tour with Elder that month and Dozer during the summer, and the band self-released debut full-length She Walks By Moonlight in limited form just in time to have something new to sell on the road. Instantly, the new record showed their rapid evolution beyond the members' connections to their former bands. Gritty and distorted yet hazy and hypnotic, She Walks By Moonlight shifts from shimmering post-rock to driving riff-doom and back to shoegazy psychedelia. It's a cinematic and otherworldly journey from a band who breeze easily into the environs of Floor, Mother Love Bone, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Russian Circles and Ride, ultimately collapsing all efforts at categorization into an effervescent, compulsive, sparkling haze."

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DUBMONES	Dubmones	LP	ECHO BEACH	EB 207LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. The Ramones were punks before punk rock was even invented. With their catchy, sing-along tunes, iconic hair styles and outfits, Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny and Tommy rewrote rock history and are now, as part of the first wave of US punk, firmly considered part of the subcultural world heritage. In the DUB-cultural world, on the other hand, their footprint has been pretty slim, particularly if one considers their stomping, three-chord songs, instantly recognizable chants and laconic humor. There are a few reggae and Latin versions of their songs online, but never before have the Ramones been honored with an entire album in early reggae style -- until now. The label Echo Beach, a bit of a specialist for missions such as these, got together with André Meyer (production, bass) and Manougazou (production, guitar). Also back in the team is keyboarder and DubXanne mastermind Guido Craveiro, who plays Hammond organ and piano on half of the tracks. The other two additions to the core team are singer and all-round instrumentalist Sebastian Sturm and drummer Raul Pfeffer. Together they homed in on some of the most iconic Ramones three-minute-singalongs, including "Blitzkrieg Bop", "I Wanna Be Sedated", "Pet Sematary" and "Rock'n'Roll Highschool", and treated them to a reggae make-over. From up-and-coming youngsters to living legends, everyone is included, albeit with a focus on the elder statemen and stateswomen: the vast majority of the guests are over 60 and look back on deeply impressive careers! The artists come from Jamaica, the USA, the UK and Germany. All contributed one or two songs, and all of them tackle the songs in pairs with infectiously good humor, transforming legendary punk rock bangers into unpredictable dub tracks. It almost goes without saying that the lyrics have been adapted to everyday Jamaican life with a great deal of fun and creativity.

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DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL	Synchronos	CD	ECHO BEACH	EB 215CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Dub Spencer & Trance Hill once again realize their musical vision with their new release Synchronos. The perfect hybrid of dub and trance -- analog, danceable and at the forefront of sound technology. With Synchronos, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill present an album that defies conventional categories. The new tracks surprise and guide the listener into a colorful world of sound -- an acoustic kaleidoscope in which diversity becomes a principle. Musical components -- dub, trance, dance, techno, rock, jazz -- are put together by the musicians in new and unexpected ways. Experimental, multi-layered and always good for surprises, yet inevitably club- ready: That's Dub Spencer & Trance Hill.

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DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL	Synchronos	LP	ECHO BEACH	EB 215LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill once again realize their musical vision with their new release Synchronos. The perfect hybrid of dub and trance -- analog, danceable and at the forefront of sound technology. With Synchronos, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill present an album that defies conventional categories. The new tracks surprise and guide the listener into a colorful world of sound -- an acoustic kaleidoscope in which diversity becomes a principle. Musical components -- dub, trance, dance, techno, rock, jazz -- are put together by the musicians in new and unexpected ways. Experimental, multi-layered and always good for surprises, yet inevitably club- ready: That's Dub Spencer & Trance Hill.

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LETTS, DON	The Rebel Dread at Echo Beach	CD	ECHO BEACH	EB 223CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Echo Beach presents: Don Letts: The Rebel Dread -- legendary film and video director, disc jockey and musician. Don Letts, in his capacity as a selector (it's not for nothing that he hosts his own show on BBC6 radio), enthusiastically accepted the invitation to create a compilation from Echo Beach's extensive catalog to mark its 30th anniversary. A splendid and crisp selection. Featuring Dubinator, Martha And The Muffins, Dubmones, Earl 16 & Oku Onuora, Dubblestandart, Dubxanne, Claire Parsons, Dub Stax, Don Letts Dub Cartel, Aaron, Dubblestandart, Marcia Griffiths, Toogah, Fila Brazillia, Ari Up, Lee Scratch Perry, Noiseshaper, Kid Loco, Soul Sugar, RSD, Ammoye, and Dub Spencer & Trance Hill.

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LETTS, DON	The Rebel Dread at Echo Beach	LP	ECHO BEACH	EB 223LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Echo Beach presents: Don Letts: The Rebel Dread -- legendary film and video director, disc jockey and musician. Don Letts, in his capacity as a selector (it's not for nothing that he hosts his own show on BBC6 radio), enthusiastically accepted the invitation to create a compilation from Echo Beach's extensive catalog to mark its 30th anniversary. A splendid and crisp selection. Featuring Dubinator, Martha And The Muffins, Dubmones, Earl 16 & Oku Onuora, Dubblestandart, Dubxanne, Claire Parsons, Dub Stax, Don Letts Dub Cartel, Aaron, Dubblestandart, Marcia Griffiths, Toogah, Fila Brazillia, Ari Up, Lee Scratch Perry, Noiseshaper, Kid Loco, Soul Sugar, RSD, Ammoye, and Dub Spencer & Trance Hill.

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MEPHISTOFELES	Whore	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 365CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Repress of Mephistofeles' debut album. This debut release offers catchy grooves and melodies, complemented by a gritty, lo-fi production. The tracks delve into themes of self-destruction and drug addiction, presenting a raw and unfiltered stoner doom experience. A must have! Also available on black vinyl (HPS 365LP), magenta vinyl (HPS 365LTD-LP), and splatter vinyl (HPS 365ULTRA-LP).

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MEPHISTOFELES	Whore	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 365LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Repress of Mephistofeles' debut album. This debut release offers catchy grooves and melodies, complemented by a gritty, lo-fi production. The tracks delve into themes of self-destruction and drug addiction, presenting a raw and unfiltered stoner doom experience. A must have!

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MEPHISTOFELES	Whore (Magenta Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 365LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Magenta color vinyl. Repress of Mephistofeles' debut album. This debut release offers catchy grooves and melodies, complemented by a gritty, lo-fi production. The tracks delve into themes of self-destruction and drug addiction, presenting a raw and unfiltered stoner doom experience. A must have!

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MEPHISTOFELES	Whore (Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 365ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Splatter color vinyl. Repress of Mephistofeles' debut album. This debut release offers catchy grooves and melodies, complemented by a gritty, lo-fi production. The tracks delve into themes of self-destruction and drug addiction, presenting a raw and unfiltered stoner doom experience. A must have!

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MEPHISTOFELES	I'm Heroin	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 366CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Repress of Mephistofeles' sophomore album. I'm Heroin in its original incarnation conveys the sense of delirium and madness written large across the grooves of this nearly 47-minute work. Indeed, Mephistofeles' second long-player goes all in on getting gone -- hypnotic yet loose, jammy yet locked-in, devilishly drugged-out and above all FUN in its freedom. Minutes turn into hours, hours turn into days, days turn into weeks, ad infinitum -- being stuck inside I'm Heroin is like being stuck inside a jellied coma you never wanna come out of! Also available on black vinyl (HPS 366LP), blue vinyl (HPS 366LTD-LP), and splatter vinyl (HPS 366ULTRA-LP).

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MEPHISTOFELES	I'm Heroin	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 366LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Repress of Mephistofeles' sophomore album. I'm Heroin in its original incarnation conveys the sense of delirium and madness written large across the grooves of this nearly 47-minute work. Indeed, Mephistofeles' second long-player goes all in on getting gone -- hypnotic yet loose, jammy yet locked-in, devilishly drugged-out and above all FUN in its freedom. Minutes turn into hours, hours turn into days, days turn into weeks, ad infinitum -- being stuck inside I'm Heroin is like being stuck inside a jellied coma you never wanna come out of!

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MEPHISTOFELES	I'm Heroin (Blue Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 366LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Blue color vinyl. Repress of Mephistofeles' sophomore album. I'm Heroin in its original incarnation conveys the sense of delirium and madness written large across the grooves of this nearly 47-minute work. Indeed, Mephistofeles' second long-player goes all in on getting gone -- hypnotic yet loose, jammy yet locked-in, devilishly drugged-out and above all FUN in its freedom. Minutes turn into hours, hours turn into days, days turn into weeks, ad infinitum -- being stuck inside I'm Heroin is like being stuck inside a jellied coma you never wanna come out of!

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MEPHISTOFELES	I'm Heroin (Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 366ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Splatter color vinyl. Repress of Mephistofeles' sophomore album. I'm Heroin in its original incarnation conveys the sense of delirium and madness written large across the grooves of this nearly 47-minute work. Indeed, Mephistofeles' second long-player goes all in on getting gone -- hypnotic yet loose, jammy yet locked-in, devilishly drugged-out and above all FUN in its freedom. Minutes turn into hours, hours turn into days, days turn into weeks, ad infinitum -- being stuck inside I'm Heroin is like being stuck inside a jellied coma you never wanna come out of!

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MEPHISTOFELES	Satan Sex Ceremonies	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 367CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Repress of Mephistofeles' third album. This album is a slowly bubbling cauldron of eerie atmospheres and drugged-out sonics; amidst the ever-present haze of hashish and sulfur, it's by far one of the band's most authentically DOOM recordings. And at 47 minutes, the simmering slime Mephistofeles here dole out so effortlessly sounds more like 47 hours, so ensnared by addiction you'll be. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 367LP), yellow vinyl (HPS 367LTD-LP), and splatter vinyl (HPS 367 ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MEPHISTOFELES	Satan Sex Ceremonies	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 367LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Repress of Mephistofeles' third album. This album is a slowly bubbling cauldron of eerie atmospheres and drugged-out sonics; amidst the ever-present haze of hashish and sulfur, it's by far one of the band's most authentically DOOM recordings. And at 47 minutes, the simmering slime Mephistofeles here dole out so effortlessly sounds more like 47 hours, so ensnared by addiction you'll be.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MEPHISTOFELES	Satan Sex Ceremonies (Yellow Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 367LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Yellow color vinyl. Repress of Mephistofeles' third album. This album is a slowly bubbling cauldron of eerie atmospheres and drugged-out sonics; amidst the ever-present haze of hashish and sulfur, it's by far one of the band's most authentically DOOM recordings. And at 47 minutes, the simmering slime Mephistofeles here dole out so effortlessly sounds more like 47 hours, so ensnared by addiction you'll be.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MEPHISTOFELES	Satan Sex Ceremonies (Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 367ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Splatter color vinyl. Repress of Mephistofeles' third album. This album is a slowly bubbling cauldron of eerie atmospheres and drugged-out sonics; amidst the ever-present haze of hashish and sulfur, it's by far one of the band's most authentically DOOM recordings. And at 47 minutes, the simmering slime Mephistofeles here dole out so effortlessly sounds more like 47 hours, so ensnared by addiction you'll be.

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BELZEBONG	Greenferno	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 370CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Repress of the Belzebong's sophomore album. Greenferno is the second studio album by the Polish stoner doom band Belzebong. Recorded in early 2015, it was the first release to feature second drummer Hexy Dude. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 370LP), green color vinyl (HPS 370LTD-LP), and splatter color vinyl (HPS 370ULTRA-LP).

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BELZEBONG	Greenferno	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 370LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Repress of the Belzebong's sophomore album. Greenferno is the second studio album by the Polish stoner doom band Belzebong. Recorded in early 2015, it was the first release to feature second drummer Hexy Dude. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 370LP), green color vinyl (HPS 370LTD-LP), and splatter color vinyl (HPS 370ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BELZEBONG	Greenferno (Green Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 370LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Green color vinyl. Repress of the Belzebong's sophomore album. Greenferno is the second studio album by the Polish stoner doom band Belzebong. Recorded in early 2015, it was the first release to feature second drummer Hexy Dude. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 370LP), green color vinyl (HPS 370LTD-LP), and splatter color vinyl (HPS 370ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BELZEBONG	Greenferno (Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 370ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. Splatter color vinyl. Repress of the Belzebong's sophomore album. Greenferno is the second studio album by the Polish stoner doom band Belzebong. Recorded in early 2015, it was the first release to feature second drummer Hexy Dude. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 370LP), green color vinyl (HPS 370LTD-LP), and splatter color vinyl (HPS 370ULTRA-LP).

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NILSSON, MOLLY	Amateur	CD	NIGHT SCHOOL	LSSN 105CD
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 "Amateur is the 12th studio album by Molly Nilsson. Deep in the teeth of a career that threatens to tip into something resembling a 'legacy,' Nilsson celebrates with an album recorded instinctively, quickly and bursting with so many moments of emotional brilliance and clarity it may be her greatest yet. Hers has been a career spent reaching out, perennially powerful in her earnestness, a warrior ridiculously defenseless and armed with a glittering sincerity. Shearing herself of the machinations of the music industry, recording at home, writing direct to the heart. Amateur is a jubilee for losers. A treatise in thirteen songs, it states clearly that one should live their life with eternal curiosity, offering one an open hand of comradeship out of the rat race. The songs on the album are both some of the most personal of Nilsson's career and the most anthemic. First single 'How Much Is The World' asks to re-evaluate value in the face of a neoliberal system squeezing the life out of love. Pulsing opener 'Die Cry Lie' satirizes the commercialization of emotion in the form of a shout-along diss-track. With a pounding rhythm track held down by gorgeous chord changes, heartbreaker 'Valhalla' carries the torch for the main themes of the album: never growing up, making mistakes with kindness, moving on. There are moments on Amateur shrouded in reverb, slightly out of focus, forcing the listener to step deeper into the Mollyverse. Nilsson's open-armed beseeching to the world permeates every beat, every chord. These are songs exploding with life: the chunky, aggressive bassline on the punker 'Get A Life' can't hide its massive, catchy chorus. The sweeping 'Swedish Nightmare' might be a tongue-in-cheek self-reference, but at its heart it's a song about the duality of living life large -- what is a dream, what is a nightmare? Molly Nilsson says you can't have one without the other, and why would you want to? Here's to making mistakes."

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NILSSON, MOLLY	Amateur	LP	NIGHT SCHOOL	LSSN 105LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 LP version. "Amateur is the 12th studio album by Molly Nilsson. Deep in the teeth of a career that threatens to tip into something resembling a 'legacy,' Nilsson celebrates with an album recorded instinctively, quickly and bursting with so many moments of emotional brilliance and clarity it may be her greatest yet. Hers has been a career spent reaching out, perennially powerful in her earnestness, a warrior ridiculously defenseless and armed with a glittering sincerity. Shearing herself of the machinations of the music industry, recording at home, writing direct to the heart. Amateur is a jubilee for losers. A treatise in thirteen songs, it states clearly that one should live their life with eternal curiosity, offering one an open hand of comradeship out of the rat race. The songs on the album are both some of the most personal of Nilsson's career and the most anthemic. First single 'How Much Is The World' asks to re-evaluate value in the face of a neoliberal system squeezing the life out of love. Pulsing opener 'Die Cry Lie' satirizes the commercialization of emotion in the form of a shout-along diss-track. With a pounding rhythm track held down by gorgeous chord changes, heartbreaker 'Valhalla' carries the torch for the main themes of the album: never growing up, making mistakes with kindness, moving on. There are moments on Amateur shrouded in reverb, slightly out of focus, forcing the listener to step deeper into the Mollyverse. Nilsson's open-armed beseeching to the world permeates every beat, every chord. These are songs exploding with life: the chunky, aggressive bassline on the punker 'Get A Life' can't hide its massive, catchy chorus. The sweeping 'Swedish Nightmare' might be a tongue-in-cheek self-reference, but at its heart it's a song about the duality of living life large -- what is a dream, what is a nightmare? Molly Nilsson says you can't have one without the other, and why would you want to? Here's to making mistakes."

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YOOFEE TRIO, MOSES	Ocean	LP	LEITER	LTR 029LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Having built an impressive following on the back of live performances and social media, Berlin's Moses Yoofee Trio shared their impatiently awaited debut mini-album Ocean in November 2023. Released by Nils Frahm's LEITER label, it contains five tracks and was praised by the press and audiences alike. The trio -- awarded the German Jazz Prize for Live Act of the Year in 2024 -- responded to constant demand by releasing their acclaimed debut as a limited-edition vinyl. After the first pressing sold out in no time, the three are now following up: Ocean is once again available on vinyl. The trio -- pianist/keyboardist/producer Moses Yoofee, bassist Roman Klobe-Baranga and drummer Noah Fürbringer -- has lit up Europe's clubs and venues over recent years with astonishing, almost obscenely tight live shows. Turning as much to RnB, hip hop and soul as more traditional jazz sources, the tunes on Ocean reflect the spontaneity, inspiration and instinctive refinement of their performances. The deliciously frantic title track and increasingly ecstatic "Minor Issues" stand in stark contrast to "At Ease's" restrained complexity, while "Fragile's" hypnotic rhythm betrays their love of hip-hop and the lush "Richmond" is driven by a deliciously low-strung groove before shifting up a gear for its climax. "Everybody loves fusion," the band agree, "even if they don't admit it," but that's only one element of the trio's sophisticated style, with Moses' exceptional keyboard skills illuminated by Roman's fluid bass lines and Noah's eloquent drum patterns.

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EDEN BURNS	Eden Burns & The Makebelievers	LP	PUBLIC POSSESSION	PP 117LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Eden Burns presents his debut album Eden Burns & The Makebelievers. The dance music prophet, notorious for his ingenious string of club tracks, is gifting the world with yet another cult-creating musical adventure. Ecstatic beats, melodies that cast a spell on you, if there ever was something to truly, blindly believe in: it's the power of music. Be free, set foot into the garden of Eden. All apples are to be bitten, the snake's venom is mildly hallucinogenic. Get your eyes opened for everything that is true enough and beyond. Bless.

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SCALA, FRANZ	Cafe Futuro (Disc 1)	12"	SLOW MOTION	SLOMO 055DISC1
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Disc 1 of Slow Motion Records founder Franz Scala's infectious, ground-moving LP Cafe Futuro, a follow-up to his highly acclaimed debut Mondo Della Notte. Homage to the influential Neukolln bar and meeting point for Italo and cosmic disco heads, Cafe Futuro builds upon a bold and innovative sound, showcasing fellow creators and genre-defining artists, solidifying the Italo aficionados sound, synonymous with the pioneering greats. Featuring Furotica.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SCALA, FRANZ	Cafe Futuro (Disc 2)	12"	SLOW MOTION	SLOMO 055DISC2
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Disc 2 of Slow Motion Records founder Franz Scala's infectious, ground-moving Cafe Futuro, a follow-up to his highly acclaimed debut Mondo Della Notte. Homage to the influential Neukolln bar and meeting point for Italo and cosmic disco heads, Cafe Futuro builds upon a bold and innovative sound, showcasing fellow creators and genre-defining artists, solidifying the Italo aficionados sound, synonymous with the pioneering greats. Featuring Local Suicide, Charlie, and Acid Gymnastics.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SCALA, FRANZ	Cafe Futuro	2LP	SLOW MOTION	SLOMO 055LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 Slow Motion Records founder Franz Scala presents the infectious, ground-moving LP Cafe Futuro, a follow-up to his highly acclaimed debut Mondo Della Notte. Homage to the influential Neukolln bar and meeting point for Italo and cosmic disco heads, Cafe Futuro builds upon a bold and innovative sound, showcasing fellow creators and genre-defining artists, solidifying the Italo aficionados sound, synonymous with the pioneering greats. Featuring Furotica, Local Suicide, Charlie, and Acid Gymnastics.

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AYERS UBIQUITY, ROY	Change Up The Groove	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 321LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 An essential Roy Ayers album blending soulful jazz roots with crisp 1970s funk. Featuring Ayers' signature vibes, tight arrangements, and standout tracks like "The Boogie Back" (sampled by the likes of NWA, 2Pac, and De La Soul) and "Change Up the Groove," this LP is a must-have for any fan of jazz-funk and vintage grooves. Step into the vibrant soundscape of the 1970s with Change Up the Groove, a hidden gem from Roy Ayers Ubiquity's early Polygram years. Often overlooked in favor of Ayers' bigger hits, this soulful album is a masterclass in jazz-funk fusion, capturing the essence of Ayers' evolving style as he bridged the gap between his jazz roots and the rhythmic snap of the '70s funk revolution. From the very first track, Ayers' signature vibes take center stage, shimmering with emotion and groove. The album leans heavily into instrumental richness, with standout contributions from jazz greats like the legendary Bernard Purdie on drums. Strings weave in and out subtly, enhancing Ayers' already deep and textured arrangements. Change Up the Groove isn't just an album -- it's a snapshot of Roy Ayers' artistic evolution, full of rhythm, heart, and timeless groove. Whether you're a longtime fan or just discovering his legacy, this record is essential listening.

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TRIO MOCOTO	Muita Zorra!	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 327LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/17/2025 A samba funk essential. This debut album from Jorge Ben's iconic backing band blends Brazilian rhythms, soulful vocals, and American funk energy into one unforgettable groove. Includes the hit single "Coqueiro Verde" along with standout tracks like "Meu País," 'Aleluia, Aleluia," and "O Canto da Ema." A timeless gem for fans of Brazilian soul, vintage funk, or global grooves. First time official reissue. Trio Mocotó is best known for being the powerhouse backing band behind Brazilian legend Jorge Ben during the height of his creative explosion in the early 1970s. But their contribution to music goes far beyond the supporting role -- they were instrumental in shaping what would become known as samba funk, a vibrant fusion of traditional Brazilian rhythms with the groove and energy of American soul and funk music. Formed in São Paulo's iconic Jogral nightclub, Trio Mocotó -- featuring Fritz Escovão, Joãozinho Parahyba, and Nereu Gargalo -- began their musical journey as resident musicians, providing live accompaniment for a rotating cast of performers. It was here that Jorge Ben first encountered their raw talent and unmistakable chemistry, ultimately inviting them to join his band. The collaboration would go on to define an era. In 1971, Trio Mocotó stepped into the spotlight with their debut solo album, Muita Zorra! (São Coisas Que Glorificam a Sensibilidade Atual). The record made an immediate impact, climbing the charts with the infectious single "Coqueiro Verde" and marking the start of a prolific period in the group's career. Muita Zorra! is a dazzling blend of styles -- mixing the baroque funk and melodic sophistication of artists like Marcos Valle with the soulful spirit of Jorge Ben. Layered with elements of American funk, the album delivers a dynamic, rhythm-driven sound that still feels fresh today. The trio's vocal harmonies are front and center, weaving through each track with warmth and richness, creating a captivating sonic tapestry that energizes every beat. This album isn't just a snapshot of a musical moment -- it's a cornerstone of Brazilian soul. A must-listen for fans of global grooves, vintage funk, and timeless Brazilian music, Muita Zorra! is once again available and ready to take its well-deserved place in your collection.

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CV VISION	Release The Beast	CD	BUREAU B	BB 483CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 CV Vision returns with the follow-up to his last opus Im Tal der Stutzer and delivers his sixth studio album Release The Beast -- where he finds the sweet spot between psych rock, Detroit techno, fried synths, black metal and library music. Teaming up again with Swedish drummer Uno Bruniusson, CV Vision switched up the last production approach and opted for a return to previous studio methodologies. "I wanted to get a rougher sound on this record," he says. "I dug out my two broken reel-to-reel tape machines, and patched them together, like Frankenstein. That's what gels everything really -- there's different musical styles, but it's the tape machine that brings it all together, sound-wise." Release The Beast does indeed fly off in several directions over the course of fourteen tracks, and gives listeners an insight into the full spectrum of the CV Vision musical universe. Fuzzed-out backbeats and psych progressions establish the opening tracks, as the sweet harmonies of "RTB" and "The Rhythm" are offset by raw magnetic hiss. "Dungeon Drums I, II, III" draws on acid and early Detroit techno experiments, tapping into the cosmic elements of the Motor City's beatdown grooves (and even mediaeval black metal melodies) to bring out a krautrock twist. The second half of Release The Beast takes another turn with instrumental jams, like "Nikita's Tune" and "It's K-Jazz," that nod towards the psychedelic soul of David Axelrod and Rotary Connection, and the trippy DIY experiments of L.G. Mair, Jr. Closing out the album, CV Vision lays down the bluesy stomper "Town Talk" and distorted motorik workout "The Jam" next to the folky incantation of "Brickwall Symphony" and stacked layers of heavy guitars on "Go Your Way." While Release The Beast is a varied tapestry of sounds and styles, there's a common thread running through it all. The cover art depicts the boarded-up entrance of a Berlin stairwell, surrounded by the burnt-out debris of a long-forgotten party.

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CV VISION	Release The Beast	LP	BUREAU B	BB 483LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 LP version. CV Vision returns with the follow-up to his last opus Im Tal der Stutzer and delivers his sixth studio album Release The Beast -- where he finds the sweet spot between psych rock, Detroit techno, fried synths, black metal and library music. Teaming up again with Swedish drummer Uno Bruniusson, CV Vision switched up the last production approach and opted for a return to previous studio methodologies. "I wanted to get a rougher sound on this record," he says. "I dug out my two broken reel-to-reel tape machines, and patched them together, like Frankenstein. That's what gels everything really -- there's different musical styles, but it's the tape machine that brings it all together, sound-wise." Release The Beast does indeed fly off in several directions over the course of fourteen tracks, and gives listeners an insight into the full spectrum of the CV Vision musical universe. Fuzzed-out backbeats and psych progressions establish the opening tracks, as the sweet harmonies of "RTB" and "The Rhythm" are offset by raw magnetic hiss. "Dungeon Drums I, II, III" draws on acid and early Detroit techno experiments, tapping into the cosmic elements of the Motor City's beatdown grooves (and even mediaeval black metal melodies) to bring out a krautrock twist. The second half of Release The Beast takes another turn with instrumental jams, like "Nikita's Tune" and "It's K-Jazz," that nod towards the psychedelic soul of David Axelrod and Rotary Connection, and the trippy DIY experiments of L.G. Mair, Jr. Closing out the album, CV Vision lays down the bluesy stomper "Town Talk" and distorted motorik workout "The Jam" next to the folky incantation of "Brickwall Symphony" and stacked layers of heavy guitars on "Go Your Way." While Release The Beast is a varied tapestry of sounds and styles, there's a common thread running through it all. The cover art depicts the boarded-up entrance of a Berlin stairwell, surrounded by the burnt-out debris of a long-forgotten party.

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BLACK BACON	Every Action Has Reaction	LP	BEAT GENERATION	BEAT 115LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 Astonishing debut LP by Jerry A's (Poison Idea) new band with members of HHH, Rouse, 25th Coming Fire, Disaster Jacks, and Ira et Decessus, an instant hardcore-punk classic. The first, brutal LP by supergroup Black Bacon, Every Action Has Reaction, is a kick ass and punishing barrage of pure punk. They produce eight murderous tracks of frantic hardcore punk sure to satisfy anybody even slightly interested in furious music. Includes fold out insert.

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MAJOR STARS	More Colors Of Sound	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 963LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 "Out of the roiling miasma of timeless time comes a long-promised delivery from one of the constants of this era: Major Stars, and their new LP, More Colors of Sound. Fueled by overdriven guitars and gut-punching rhythm, these veteran rockers are stalwart in their delivery of trippy, psyched-out extremes. Over the 27 years since The Rock Revival (their Twisted Village debut), they can be counted on to come back around every three or four years or so, with something heavy picked up on their journey. This time, it's been since 2019's Roots of Confusion Seeds of Joy -- but what's a few years in the larger scheme of things? It's been since the late '90s that Major Stars have been transmitting their signal. But even eternity wasn't built in such an arc of time: Wayne Rogers and Kate Biggar have been crossing necks dating back to the '80s, with Crystallized Movements' screaming psychpunk hybrids. Tom Leonard, Major Stars' current third axeman, has been in the mix almost as long: Luxurious Bags' amorphous low-fi was released on Twisted Village too, and Kate and Wayne and him all played together in Vermonster. The More Colors of Sound lineup is as-was for Roots of Confusion Seeds of Joy: Kate, Tom, Wayne, Dave Dougan on bass, Casey Keenan on drums and Noell Dorsey singing lead. More Colors of Sound had been earmarked as a title for nearly twenty years when they started work on the album that would finally bear its name. For the first ten Major Stars releases, Wayne wrote everything, but due to the way things were in 2020 and 2021, Tom and Noell wrote a bunch of things together, along with Wayne's stuff. By the time they got to Gloucester's Bang-A Song Studios, there was enough music for a double LP. As ever, the crush of the three guitars as they riff with the rhythm defines Major Stars' sound. The work of two writing camps has produced a song-centric focus on More Colors of Sound -- one, of course, shot through with distorted tones, fevered neck-wringing solos and several extended jammers -- but the production overall has a cleaner sound than its predecessor. On More Colors of Sound, Major Stars find new hues inside the incendiary approach that's launched them so ecstatically since early times; another jar of infinity captured with a quality all its own -- and it's all in the grooves!"

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THUNDERS, JOHNNY	Que Sera, Sera: Resurrected (Pink Vinyl)	2LP	JUNGLE RECORDS	FREUD 129P-LP
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 "Limited edition in pink vinyl. 40th Anniversary Edition of the 1985 studio album, completely remixed and revamped -- as it should have sounded. Expanded with two unreleased tracks left off the original album, plus a bonus album with six previously unheard outtakes and six live versions. Remixed by The Vibrators' Pat Collier (RIP), who has brought the guitar properly up in the mix. Johnny missed the original mixing sessions, but now it can be heard as he originally intended. Features Mike Monroe, Wilko Johnson, Stiv Bators & Glen Matlock. Gatefold sleeve notes by Thunders biographer Nina Antonia with interviews of participants, including Mike Monroe."

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BLASTERS, THE	Non Fiction	LP	LIBERATION HALL	LIB 2110LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 "The legendary Americana band's 1983 album re-released with brand new liner notes and band interviews written by Chris Morris with rare photos and memorabilia images. The release recreates the band's third studio album complete with a replica of the inner sleeve with songwriter Dave Alvin's lyrics. The 11-track set features the four core band members -- Phil Alvin, Dave Alvin, John Bazz, and Bill Bateman accompanied by Gene Taylor, Lee Allen, and Steve Berlin. Includes band classic cuts ? 'Long White Cadillac' (a hit for Dwight Yoakum in 1989), 'Jubilee Train,' 'Red Rose,' along with deep track covers of 'Barefoot Rock' and 'Tag Along,' sung by piano player Gene Taylor. The album was critically acclaimed with positive reviews from The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Trouser Press, The Village Voice, Goldmine, and many others. The San Diego Union named it the eighth best album of the 1980s. The album marked a shift in their sound as the band incorporated more diverse influences, blending rock, rockabilly, blues, and country elements. While still maintaining the energetic roots rock style they were known for, Non Fiction also explored a more polished and mature production compared to their earlier albums. The album stands out for its mix of upbeat tracks with thoughtful lyrics and a more reflective tone than their earlier, more raw recordings. The album is praised for its strong songwriting, and although it didn't achieve major commercial success, it remains a beloved album among fans."

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ELEKTRO GUZZI	Liquid Center	2LP	PALAZZO RECORDINGS	PALAZZO 012LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 Elektro Guzzi return with their 11th studio album, Liquid Center -- more focused than ever, yet more sonically open. The album presents the trio on a new level: their sense of precision and structure meets an unexpected depth and warmth. The sound is more restrained, more subtle -- and in this way, it gains even more presence. What stands out: this album sounds different. And it feels different too. Over the course of a year, the band developed a recording technique that translates their analog live energy into a sonic image that captures both the physicality of a band in space and the cool abstraction of techno. The result is a sound that doesn't seek loudness, but detail -- clear, warm, deep, and with an almost artificial precision. Liquid Center is not a loose collection of tracks but a coherent album experience. With every listen, it opens up a little more: a new texture, a shifted perspective, another layer emerging from the space between groove and sound. Maybe it's the music that's changing. Or maybe it's just the way you hear it.

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CITADEL, THE	The Foundation Cycle	LP	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 160LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 Introducing The Citadel to international audiences means re-introducing retro '60s aestheticism with a fresh touch of modern energy. The young quintet formed in the South German city of Erlangen in 2022 and built up their material through jams and experimentations. They have developed an almost two-hour live set of their own songs which evoke psychedelic rock, folk and an overall vintage flair transported by their warm charisma on stage. Touring all around the Nuremberg metropolitan region, The Citadel have now achieved several festival gigs all over the country while mixing their second studio album. Their 2024 debut album, The Foundation Cycle is now repressed by Subsound Records. With their roots in the psychedelic and progressive rock scene of the 1960s and '70s, The Citadel recorded their first complete musical statement in their drummer's studio, self-producing it and providing their own cover art. It is a fully self-made joint effort in transmitting vintage style sounds over new compositions. Blending psychedelic rock with folk and blues elements, narrative lyricism, electronic organ and flowing guitar solos, the result is unpolished, direct music: melodic, naïve, strange, full of groove and atmosphere -- take some time to listen in and enjoy! Also available on orange color vinyl (SSR 160LTD).

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CITADEL, THE	The Foundation Cycle (Orange Vinyl)	LP	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 160LTD
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 Orange color vinyl version. Introducing The Citadel to international audiences means re-introducing retro '60s aestheticism with a fresh touch of modern energy. The young quintet formed in the South German city of Erlangen in 2022 and built up their material through jams and experimentations. They have developed an almost two-hour live set of their own songs which evoke psychedelic rock, folk and an overall vintage flair transported by their warm charisma on stage. Touring all around the Nuremberg metropolitan region, The Citadel have now achieved several festival gigs all over the country while mixing their second studio album. Their 2024 debut album, The Foundation Cycle is now repressed by Subsound Records. With their roots in the psychedelic and progressive rock scene of the 1960s and '70s, The Citadel recorded their first complete musical statement in their drummer's studio, self-producing it and providing their own cover art. It is a fully self-made joint effort in transmitting vintage style sounds over new compositions. Blending psychedelic rock with folk and blues elements, narrative lyricism, electronic organ and flowing guitar solos, the result is unpolished, direct music: melodic, naïve, strange, full of groove and atmosphere -- take some time to listen in and enjoy!

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KANE, NERO	For The Love, The Death And The Poetry	CD	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 163CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 For the Love, the Death and the Poetry is the fourth studio album by songwriter, singer, and guitarist Nero Kane. A folk liturgy that oscillates between yearnings for eternal love, fascination with death, and spectral poetry. Psychomagic mysticism, stripped-down blues, apocalyptic drones, guitar arpeggios, twilight ballads, shamanic rites, solemn organ, and string notes traverse the dark expanses of skeletal American deserts in an extended and obsessive ritual. Echoes of a romantic past evoke the eternal power of art and love in contrast to the ephemeral vanity of existence, in a journey of redemption through the blinding and dark lands of good and evil. Kane's dark folk-tinged vocals and guitars are accompanied by the mellotron and the voice of long-time collaborator and multi-talented artist Samantha Stella, creating a unique and personal style defined as cathartic, desert-like, disturbing, ritualistic, and psychedelic. References to the apocalyptic folk of Michael Gira/Jarboe/Swans, the gospel spirituality of Nick Cave, the perdition of Johnny Cash, the tragic poems of Nico -- evoked in Stella's icy spoken word, as highlighted by critics -- the visionary nature of Jodorowsky and the sick sound of Italian occult psychedelia, the latter being an element that characterizes. Also available on black (SSR 163LP) and white color vinyl (SSR 163LTD).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
KANE, NERO	For The Love, The Death And The Poetry	LP	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 163LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 LP version. For the Love, the Death and the Poetry is the fourth studio album by songwriter, singer, and guitarist Nero Kane. A folk liturgy that oscillates between yearnings for eternal love, fascination with death, and spectral poetry. Psychomagic mysticism, stripped-down blues, apocalyptic drones, guitar arpeggios, twilight ballads, shamanic rites, solemn organ, and string notes traverse the dark expanses of skeletal American deserts in an extended and obsessive ritual. Echoes of a romantic past evoke the eternal power of art and love in contrast to the ephemeral vanity of existence, in a journey of redemption through the blinding and dark lands of good and evil. Kane's dark folk-tinged vocals and guitars are accompanied by the mellotron and the voice of long-time collaborator and multi-talented artist Samantha Stella, creating a unique and personal style defined as cathartic, desert-like, disturbing, ritualistic, and psychedelic. References to the apocalyptic folk of Michael Gira/Jarboe/Swans, the gospel spirituality of Nick Cave, the perdition of Johnny Cash, the tragic poems of Nico -- evoked in Stella's icy spoken word, as highlighted by critics -- the visionary nature of Jodorowsky and the sick sound of Italian occult psychedelia, the latter being an element that characterizes.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
KANE, NERO	For The Love, The Death And The Poetry (White Vinyl)	LP	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 163LTD
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/24/2025 LP version. Gatefold white vinyl. For the Love, the Death and the Poetry is the fourth studio album by songwriter, singer, and guitarist Nero Kane. A folk liturgy that oscillates between yearnings for eternal love, fascination with death, and spectral poetry. Psychomagic mysticism, stripped-down blues, apocalyptic drones, guitar arpeggios, twilight ballads, shamanic rites, solemn organ, and string notes traverse the dark expanses of skeletal American deserts in an extended and obsessive ritual. Echoes of a romantic past evoke the eternal power of art and love in contrast to the ephemeral vanity of existence, in a journey of redemption through the blinding and dark lands of good and evil. Kane's dark folk-tinged vocals and guitars are accompanied by the mellotron and the voice of long-time collaborator and multi-talented artist Samantha Stella, creating a unique and personal style defined as cathartic, desert-like, disturbing, ritualistic, and psychedelic. References to the apocalyptic folk of Michael Gira/Jarboe/Swans, the gospel spirituality of Nick Cave, the perdition of Johnny Cash, the tragic poems of Nico -- evoked in Stella's icy spoken word, as highlighted by critics -- the visionary nature of Jodorowsky and the sick sound of Italian occult psychedelia, the latter being an element that characterizes.

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BAKER, STUART	Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Chapter Two: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83	Book	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS	9781916359840
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/28/2025 Paperback. 208 pages. "Album sleeve art from a transformative era in America's radical jazz culture, plus covers for recordings by Black poets, civil rights activists and experimental musicians. Just over 15 years ago, Soul Jazz Records' Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker published Freedom, Rhythm & Sound, showcasing the stunning graphic works of independently published jazz record cover designs of the 1960s and 1970s from radical jazz musicians such as Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and more. These artists reshaped the cultural landscape for African American musicians in the US, transforming the role of jazz musician from nightclub entertainer to artist. The artwork of their often self-produced record cover designs reflected their radical agenda, spiritual awareness and singular search for musical and personal freedoms. Following the success of the first volume, Freedom, Rhythm and Sound: Chapter Two features hundreds more of these beautiful and rare jazz record cover designs from the 1960s to the 1980s. In addition to spotlighting the radical jazz musicians of this time, this second volume branches out to feature record cover art of recordings by Black poets, civil rights speechmakers and other experimental pioneers."

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RAWICZ, EMMA	Inkyra	LP	ACT	ACTLP 8018LP
$21.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 "British saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Emma Rawicz unveils Inkyra, her most personal and ambitious work to date. A rising star of the European jazz scene, Rawicz combines emotional depth with dazzling compositional craft. What began as a spark during a lesson at the Royal Academy of Music has grown into a full-fledged ensemble project -- the result of years of collaboration, growth, and shared musical vision. With her longstanding band of trusted collaborators, Inkyra captures the raw energy of live performance and the intimacy of close creative bonds."

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CROKER & SULLIVAN FORTNER, THEO	Play	LP	ACT	ACTLP 8020LP
$21.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 "Forget the boxes. Forget the rules. Just play. Two of the most compelling voices in modern jazz -- trumpeter Theo Croker and pianist Sullivan Fortner -- come together for a fearless duo album that strips everything down to pure, in-the-moment expression. No rehearsals. No pre-written compositions. No expectations. Just two master improvisers in total conversation, creating music that's alive, unfiltered, and utterly free. This is raw, boundary-breaking jazz at its most honest."

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GRACIOUS!	Once On A Windy Day: The Recordings 1970-1971	3CD/1DVD	ESOTERIC ANTENNA	ECRUS 4005CD
$47.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 NTSC format, Region 0. "Featuring Paul 'Sandy' Davis (lead vocals, 12-string guitar), Alan Cowderoy (lead guitar, vocals), Martin Kitcat (Mellotron, organ, piano, vocals), Tim Wheatley (bass, vocals) and Robert Lipson (drums), the band first came to prominence in 1968 when they supported The Who on tour. They recorded a single for Polydor Records before a support slot for King Crimson in 1969 led to them purchasing a mellotron and changing style. In 1970 their debut self-titled album appeared on the Vertigo label and the band were greeted with critical praise. This in turn led to Gracious! performing a set at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival (joining a bill that featured Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Who, Family, ELP, The Moody Blues and many more). Their set was recorded and filmed but was to remain unreleased. In early 1971 the band recorded their second album at Olympic Studios. Originally entitled Supernova and perhaps their finest work, the band was dropped by Vertigo prior to its release. The recordings eventually received a belated release on Philips Records under the title This is Gracious! later in 1971. The Recordings 1970-1971 gathers together both albums and also includes a CD of the band's 1970 Isle of Wight Festival set and a multi-region DVD featuring the film of their Isle of Wight performance. The set also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet with many unseen photographs and a new essay with band interviews by Mike Barnes."

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RESIDENTS, THE	Leftovers (1970-1988)	2CD	CRYPTIC CORPORATION	NRT 025CD
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 "Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have now been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for over half a century now. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conceptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band refuses to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once. But you already knew that. Combining new RDX mixes produced by The Residents using their original multitrack tapes under lockdown conditions during 2020, and a number of tapes placed by Hardy Fox in a part of the band's storage complex re-discovered in 2023, Leftovers brings together the Leftovers Again?! Record Store Day trilogy, alongside extra leftovers which The Residents couldn't fit onto those vinyl only releases. Featuring alternate versions and lost tracks from The Residents' 'classic' 1970s period, the lost Man album music, Mole Trilogy outtakes, alternate versions of 'God In 3 Persons' material and even evidence of a brief 'jazz phase' Leftovers is a treasure trove for fans of this remarkable, chameleonic band at their best preserved for future generations."

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CINDY LEE	Malenkost	LP	W.25TH	W25 003LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 2025 repress available in Oct. "Cindy Lee is the brainchild of singer/guitarist Patrick Flegel. While some may know Flegel from his time spent in Canadian experimental indie band Women, Cindy Lee has spent the past four years crafting songs that push and pull in opposing directions -- from tales of tragedy laced with haywire distortion to moments of breathtaking beauty. On Malenkost, Flegel combines everything that makes Cindy Lee so essential: heart-wrenching romantic pleas, rough shards of noise and twilit ballads. Featuring the lo-fi pop single 'A Message From The Aching Sky,' Malenkost sounds like Deerhunter playing The Supremes or vice versa. Superior Viaduct's imprint W.25TH presents the first of many Cindy Lee releases. Spectral and timeless, the music of Cindy Lee is hauntingly familiar yet of another plane, a magical collision of Brill Building hooks and uncompromising No Wave. 'Cindy Lee is intensely dark and cathartic, an eerie fever dream of fleeting, utterly heartbreaking classic girl-group melodies . . . one of the best things we have heard all year.' --Gorilla Vs. Bear"

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CINDY LEE	Act Of Tenderness	LP	W.25TH	W25 004LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 2025 repress available in Oct. "Cindy Lee is the diva alter-ego of singer/guitarist/drag queen Patrick Flegel, the one-time captain of heralded Canadian experimental guitar pop act, Women. In Flegel's working on/as Cindy Lee exclusively over recent years, their songwriting makes a move toward high atmospherics, often achieving a mysterious sweetness rooted equally in beauty and ache. As Cindy Lee's first long-form statement, Act Of Tenderness makes use of antipodal themes to create a living sound: static with grace, distortion and sugar, all masterfully arranged with crooked nods toward pop classicism. The layered vocal on 'Power And Possession' creates a palpable haunt, bringing historical girl-group lament to choir-esque heights. The feedback shriek and industrial grind of 'Bonsai Garden' provides near-operatic damage, yet never stumbles into the irrevocably grave. These snowy pieces give the album a decidedly cinematic feel, albeit one bent more towards Eraserhead. Originally released in a scant private edition in 2015, Superior Viaduct's imprint W.25TH is pleased to give Act Of Tenderness its deserving wide release."

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CINDY LEE	Model Express	LP	W.25TH	W25 009LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 2025 repress available in Oct. "Cindy Lee, the performance and songwriting vehicle of Canadian artist Patrick Flegel (who fronted influential indie group Women earlier), previously stunned listeners with Act Of Tenderness, a heart-wrenching statement informed by the noirish core of celebrity, and has continued to enchant with every album, including the startling What's Tonight To Eternity released earlier this year. Model Express originally appeared as a self-released edition of 100 gold cassettes. The arch, filmic drama of Cindy Lee's songwriting -- realized with keyboards, guitars, aching voice and collaged, lo-fi production -- traverses a wide range of emotional and sonic terrain. The red velvet psych-pop of 'What Can I Do' gives way to the fluid 'Diamond Ring' like radio bursts from space. Model Express finds Flegel at both their most experimental and immediately melodic, and this first-time vinyl release recognizes the collected tracks as a pillar in the Cindy Lee catalogue. Cindy Lee (who uses the gender neutral pronoun they) is a drag persona drawing on suburban closet queens and mid-century divas. In keeping with Flegel's interest in the fault lines of identity, gender expression, performance and media, Model Express delivers an intense and diverse set of unforgettable songs."

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CINDY LEE	Cat O' Nine Tails	LP	W.25TH	W25 016LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 10/31/2025 "Originally released as an edition of 50 lathe-cut LPs housed in silk-screened jackets in 2020 (fast on the heels of What's Tonight To Eternity), Cat O' Nine Tails has long intrigued die-hard Cindy Lee fans with its combination of the classic songwriting that would dominate Diamond Jubilee a few years later and an actual suite of classical songs under the title itself. Opening with the gothic soap opera theme of 'Our Lady Of Sorrows' into the manic exploration of 'Cat O' Nine Tails,' onto the dusty western walk through Patrick Flegel's lovely guitar work on 'Faith Restored,' the album seems to soundtrack the coolest movie the late '60s ever produced. All of this builds to the lush and sweeping ballad of bruised hearts that introduces that beautiful voice via 'Love Remains.' Side two sees 2024 live show closer 'Cat O' Nine Tails III' complete the suite to epic effect, before introducing the absolute showstopper that is 'I Don't Want To Fall In Love Again.' It is tender and fragile in that way that only Flegel can make both familiar and unique. Closing with the ethereal soul shuffle stomp of 'Bondage Of The Mind,' the album showcases nine songs from an essential time in the Cindy Lee evolution. W.25TH/Superior Viaduct is proud to bring this collection to the larger audience it deserves."

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SIMMONS, SONNY	Better Do It Now Before You Die Later: Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin	Book	BLANK FORMS	9781953691996
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/4/2025 Hardcover. 588 pages. "Fiery, funny, inviting and digressive, Sonny Simmons' memoir is a long overdue celebration of the famed New York free jazz pioneer. Though his years in the New York free-jazz scene of the sixties cemented his reputation as 'one of the most forceful and convincing composers and soloists in his field,' saxophonist Sonny Simmons (1933-2021) was nearly forgotten by the '80s, which found him broke, heavily dependent on drugs and alcohol, and separated from his wife and kids. 'I played on the streets from 1980 to 1994, 365 days a year,' Simmons tells jazz historian and biographer Marc Chaloin. 'I would go to North Beach, and I'd sleep in the park. The word got around town that Sonny is a junkie, really strung out.' The resurrection of Simmons' career -- upon the release of his critically acclaimed Ancient Ritual (Qwest Records) in 1994 -- has become a modern legend of the genre. In the last two decades of his musical career, Simmons broke through to a new echelon of recognition, joining the pantheon of great innovators and masters of the music. But to this day he remains an undersung figure. Here, in the first ever book dedicated to his life, Simmons recounts his childhood in the backwoods of Louisiana, his adolescence in the burgeoning Bay Area jazz scene and his star-studded life in New York playing alongside the greats."

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GOLDIE	Timeless (30th Anniversary Edition)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725578
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 Goldie's 1995 debut Timeless is often described as one of the greatest dance music albums of all time. As one of the founders of Metalheadz, one of the most influential drum and bass labels, Goldie helped shape the sound of a generation, and a genre that has spanned over three decades. Listening to Timeless is like taking an adventure. If the limits of music are the limits of society, then Timeless is going to create new worlds. It's a record that travels from darkness to light across electronic oceans, across streetsoul, ambience and jazz. London Records celebrate 30 years of Timeless with limited edition vinyl, re-imagining the original white sleeve and putting the album on double vinyl for the first time since '96, with new liner notes from Tim Carr. Remastered audio.

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GOLDIE	Timeless (30th Anniversary Edition) (Splatter Vinyl)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725579
$57.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 Splatter color vinyl version. Goldie's 1995 debut Timeless is often described as one of the greatest dance music albums of all time. As one of the founders of Metalheadz, one of the most influential drum and bass labels, Goldie helped shape the sound of a generation, and a genre that has spanned over three decades. Listening to Timeless is like taking an adventure. If the limits of music are the limits of society, then Timeless is going to create new worlds. It's a record that travels from darkness to light across electronic oceans, across streetsoul, ambience and jazz. London Records celebrate 30 years of Timeless with limited edition vinyl, re-imagining the original white sleeve and putting the album on double vinyl for the first time since '96, with new liner notes from Tim Carr. Remastered audio.

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KORWAR, SARATHY	There Is Beauty, There Already	CD	OTHERLAND RECORDS	OTH 001CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 Sarathy Korwar, genre-breaking drummer, producer and composer, announces the release of his seventh album, There Is Beauty, There Already, out on Otherland. Celebrating the melodic power of the drum ensemble, the album follows his 2022 Indofuturist manifesto KALAK with a deeply immersive longform suite of percussion-led compositions. Playing as a 40-minute suite of hypnotic and transcendent drum improvisations, the album beats through a repetitive, circular structure that brings to mind Indian folk music, jazz drum ensembles like Max Roach's M'Boom and the contemporary classical minimalism of Terry Riley and Steve Reich. From the undulating bass tones of the tabla to the tonal varieties of South Indian clay pot ghatam, the snare drum snap of the drum kit, and shades of electronic texture through the Buchla Easel, Korwar's ensemble bubbles and flows through a stream of steady rhythm, forever in motion like the ceaseless energy of a river. "The album is me finding my voice as a composer again and going back to the thing I know best, which is the drums," Korwar says. "It's me falling back in love with percussion and expressing just how melodic and emotive it can be. Unlike my other albums that have often engaged with weighty themes like migration, identity and futurism, this is a raw act of placing myself front and center -- letting the drums speak instead."

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KORWAR, SARATHY	There Is Beauty, There Already	LP	OTHERLAND RECORDS	OTH 001LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 LP version. Sarathy Korwar, genre-breaking drummer, producer and composer, announces the release of his seventh album, There Is Beauty, There Already, out on Otherland. Celebrating the melodic power of the drum ensemble, the album follows his 2022 Indofuturist manifesto KALAK with a deeply immersive longform suite of percussion-led compositions. Playing as a 40-minute suite of hypnotic and transcendent drum improvisations, the album beats through a repetitive, circular structure that brings to mind Indian folk music, jazz drum ensembles like Max Roach's M'Boom and the contemporary classical minimalism of Terry Riley and Steve Reich. From the undulating bass tones of the tabla to the tonal varieties of South Indian clay pot ghatam, the snare drum snap of the drum kit, and shades of electronic texture through the Buchla Easel, Korwar's ensemble bubbles and flows through a stream of steady rhythm, forever in motion like the ceaseless energy of a river. "The album is me finding my voice as a composer again and going back to the thing I know best, which is the drums," Korwar says. "It's me falling back in love with percussion and expressing just how melodic and emotive it can be. Unlike my other albums that have often engaged with weighty themes like migration, identity and futurism, this is a raw act of placing myself front and center -- letting the drums speak instead."

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NAKED LUNCH	Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death)	CD	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 599CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 "I founded this band, and I'll bury it when I feel like it," Naked Lunch mastermind, songwriter, and singer Oliver Welter once said. Obviously, he hasn't felt like it yet. So it should come as no surprise that this band -- believed by many to be long gone -- is opening a new chapter in its eventful history, twelve years after their last critically acclaimed album All Is Fever (TR 243CD, 2013), with their new record Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death). Following lineup changes and internal reshuffles, comes this outrageous record, on which, as seems to be the case with every Naked Lunch release, everything is once again at stake. The madness, the perspective, and the journey of songwriter and singer Oliver Welter go deep with these songs, far-reaching -- not least inward -- and from there, back out into the world. The almost fateful encounter with musician and producer Wolfgang Lehmann ("the best and most talented music interpreter ever," as Welter puts it) inspired Welter to finalize the arrangements and production of the various song drafts for Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) in Lehmann's studio -- with Lehmann also handling the final mix. All this, of course, was done with the support of longtime companions Alex Jezdinsky (drums) and Boris Hauf (keys/sax). Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) is a 14-track tour de force; demanding and harsh, yet tender and embracing. It's an intimate self-examination, spanning grand ballads like the hauntingly beautiful "Come Into My Arms or Love Don't Love Him Anymore," to sweeping, sky-storming pop anthems such as "To All And Everyone I Love, We Could Be Beautiful," or "Going Underground," and even includes completely unexpected expressive outbursts -- like a free-jazz saxophone solo in the drugged-out "If This Is The Last Song You Can Hear." Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) thus takes its rightful place as a consistent continuation in the tightly woven, high-quality discography of Naked Lunch.

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NAKED LUNCH	Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death)	LP	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 599LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 LP version. "I founded this band, and I'll bury it when I feel like it," Naked Lunch mastermind, songwriter, and singer Oliver Welter once said. Obviously, he hasn't felt like it yet. So it should come as no surprise that this band -- believed by many to be long gone -- is opening a new chapter in its eventful history, twelve years after their last critically acclaimed album All Is Fever (TR 243CD, 2013), with their new record Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death). Following lineup changes and internal reshuffles, comes this outrageous record, on which, as seems to be the case with every Naked Lunch release, everything is once again at stake. The madness, the perspective, and the journey of songwriter and singer Oliver Welter go deep with these songs, far-reaching -- not least inward -- and from there, back out into the world. The almost fateful encounter with musician and producer Wolfgang Lehmann ("the best and most talented music interpreter ever," as Welter puts it) inspired Welter to finalize the arrangements and production of the various song drafts for Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) in Lehmann's studio -- with Lehmann also handling the final mix. All this, of course, was done with the support of longtime companions Alex Jezdinsky (drums) and Boris Hauf (keys/sax). Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) is a 14-track tour de force; demanding and harsh, yet tender and embracing. It's an intimate self-examination, spanning grand ballads like the hauntingly beautiful "Come Into My Arms or Love Don't Love Him Anymore," to sweeping, sky-storming pop anthems such as "To All And Everyone I Love, We Could Be Beautiful," or "Going Underground," and even includes completely unexpected expressive outbursts -- like a free-jazz saxophone solo in the drugged-out "If This Is The Last Song You Can Hear." Lights (And A Slight Taste Of Death) thus takes its rightful place as a consistent continuation in the tightly woven, high-quality discography of Naked Lunch.

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VA	Randy's 50th Anniversary Chapter One	2LP	17 NORTH PARADE	VP 4256LP
$43.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 "First time on vinyl for Chapter One of the acclaimed previously CD-only set that was released to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Randy's Records. Kicking off with the joyful ska of Lord Creators' Independent anthem, Chapter One runs the true course of Jamaican music in the 1960s with a virtual who's who of reggae music including Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & The Maytals, Rico, Skatalites, John Holt & Alton Ellis. Beautifully packaged with inner sleeves featuring rare photos and liner notes by Blood & Fire's Steve Barrow."

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VA	Randy's 50th Anniversary Chapter Two	2LP	17 NORTH PARADE	VP 4257LP
$43.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/7/2025 "First time on vinyl for Chapter Two, the second part of the acclaimed previously CD-only set that was released to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Randy's Records. From Augustus Pablo's groundbreaking 'Java' to Carl Malcolm's UK pop crossover hit 'Fattie Bum Bum,' Chapter Two showcase classic after classic from an all-star line-up of the '70s reggae music greats including Black Uhuru, Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, The Heptones & Big Youth. Beautifully packaged with inner sleeves featuring rare photos and liner notes by reggae historian, Dennis Katz."

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DHARMACIDE	Tougher Than The Rest	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 479LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/14/2025 Dharmacide is a Spanish band known for their eclectic fusion of genres, blending elements of shoegaze and dreampop music. Tougher Than the Rest is their awaited second album. They take a step forward with a darker sound with gloomy riffs and ethereal voices in which they describe perfectly how the sound of a night full of random events would be like. "The Cigs, The Light, The Coffee and Crying," the LP's first single, features a powerful reverb-laden riff with a solo vocal melody in the middle of the chaos until breaking into a powerful chorus. Dharmacide's sound is marked by intricate guitar riffs, powerful drumming, and deep, emotive vocals that create a unique atmosphere. The band, with members of Alcalá Norte and Depresión Sonora, has made a huge impact on various stages, performing at renowned venues and festivals, including iconic spots in their home country as well as internationally, earning praise for their high-energy performances and thoughtful compositions. Their latest singles have been produced, mixed and mastered by Mark Gardener from Ride. Their sound is influenced by today's bands like Diiv, Warpaint, or Beach House but also by classic artists like Cocteau Twins, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Tom Waits.

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ELLINGTON, DUKE	Sentimental Swing: 1927-53	LP	ACROBAT	ACRSLP 1673LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/31/2025 Delayed... "Duke Ellington was one of the most important and influential figures in the entire history of jazz, as pianist, bandleader, composer and innovator, his career spanned the evolution from the early days of electric recording. However, while critics and commentators focus on his over-arching significance as a giant of the medium, it's easy to forget that he was a genius at composing tune and songs for the medium of the three-minute, 78rpm single, and during the first three decades of his career before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape irrevocably, he had more than 70 records that were credited as chart hits. The Duke himself preferred not to have his work referred to as 'jazz' but liked people to see it as he himself saw it, as being 'beyond category,' simply 'American music.' In a career lasting six decades, he attracted the very best musicians to his orchestras, and gifted to the world many of the jazz standards we know and love today This LP brings together some of his most iconic compositions, including timeless classics such as the Billboard R&B No.1 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore,' alongside stalwarts of the jazz canon 'Mood Indigo,' 'Sophisticated Lady,' 'Solitude,' 'Caravan,' 'Take The 'A' Train,' and 'It Don't Mean A Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing).' It's a fantastic insight into his most successful output during a primary era of his career, and a great showcase for the artistry which made the Duke such a revered and iconic personality."

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DUCHAMP, MARCEL	Duchamp Off the Record: The Janis Family Interviews	Book	MUSEUM OF MODERN ART	9781633451766
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/20/2026 Paperback. 150 pages. "One of the towering figures of 20th-century art holds forth on his controversial life and career in a previously unpublished set of interviews. Over six sessions between September 1951 and November 1952, Marcel Duchamp sat down with collectors and gallerists Harriet and Sidney Janis for a wide-ranging conversation about his inspirations and working processes, and his many opinions on the workings of the modern art world and its histories. The Janises, owners of the influential Sidney Janis Gallery, were ardent supporters of modern art and close friends with Duchamp. Harriet, an accomplished author, led the interviews with an eye toward writing a monograph on Duchamp, though this was never realized. Now, this previously unknown chronicle is available for the first time through the efforts of Carroll Janis, Sidney and Harriet's son. Under Harriet's expert guidance, Duchamp holds forth on his artistic philosophies, his career, his friends, his rivals and his lifelong obsession with chess. He provides an inside look at some of his most famous works, from his controversial 'Readymades' to 'The Large Glass.' Contextualized with illustrations, annotations and an introduction by Carroll Janis, this publication is a rich treasure trove of information on one of the 20th century's most controversial, groundbreaking and larger-than-life artists. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) dismantled the boundaries of what constitutes a work of art. Although he began his career as a painter, Duchamp was also a curator, conservator, art advisor, professional chess player, writer, inventor and celebrity. Following the completion of his conceptual masterpiece, 'The Large Glass' (1915-23), he abandoned traditional artmaking altogether. Today he is best known for his 'Readymades' -- ordinary objects such as a urinal or bicycle wheel, elevated to works of art -- which challenged traditional aesthetics and redefined authorship."

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PERRY, LEE 'SCRATCH'	Black Ark	Book	PATRICK FREY EDITION	9783907236666
$65.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2026 Delayed until 2026... "A massive photographic archive of Lee 'Scratch' Perry's legendary recording studio. A 600-page tribute to one of the most famous locales in music history, Black Ark is a detailed inventory of photographs and writings from the Black Ark Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, where producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry created music from 1973 onward. The eclectic and constantly evolving decoration of the studio provides an enduring visual counterpart to Perry's expansive musical catalog. From mural paintings to shape-shifting assemblages of records, instruments, found objects, posters and newspaper clippings, the artworks layer upon one another as they intertwine with the studio building itself. Perry created his own dense and diverse world in which to work: memorialized in this volume before the Black Ark disappears for good. The photographic documentation of the studio in the spring of 2021 was supplemented by efforts to secure and preserve Perry's works, objects and recordings as part of a joint project with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Black Ark reflects the rhythm and layering effects of collage both in its content and the materials used to craft the book. Perry was involved in the development of this publication until his death in August 2021. The book closes with memorial essays from Ishion Hutchinson, David Katz, Kodwo Eshun, and John Corbett. Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936-2021) was a musician and producer best known for pioneering the dub genre in the 1970s. He worked with well-known Jamaican artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Heptones, the Congos, and Max Romeo. In 2003 he won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album."

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KRIWET, FERDINAND	Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars	Book	SPECTOR BOOKS	9783959053204
$60.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2026 Delayed further... until early 2026.."Pioneering media artist and concrete poet Ferdinand Kriwet's 1971 cult artist's book in a facsimile edition. A monumental, three-volume encyclopedia of alphabetically organized images, Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars was first published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1971. In the 1960s, German author and media artist Ferdinand Kriwet (1942-2018), inspired by concrete poetry and its interest in the visual quality of linguistic signs, began to approach the literary medium of the book in a new way. Imagining new ways of reading that resisted linearity, Kriwet experimented with alternatives, encouraging a rapid back-and-forth between the pages of the book and the texts and images on them. In Stars, he treats images like words and arranges them in alphabetical order in an epic encyclopedia format. For years, Stars has only been available, at considerable cost, in antiquarian book catalogs. This new facsimile edition of Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars brings Kriwet's pioneering vision and his seminal book back into print." 416 pages. 2.5 pounds. 5.50(w) x 8.75(h).