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Grim

Folk Songs For An Obscure Race

Haang Niap

 
CD
£15.99
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"Grim's complete discography! Grim (created by Jun Konagaya) is one of the most legendary Japanese industrial noise bands of the 1980's, and released only one 7'EP,one LP,one 12'EP, and a compilation. Grim's sound is not only harsh aggressiveness but also festivity, unknown ethnicity, even prayer is included. And mysterious, melancholic, beautiful folk songs! There was a CD reissue by Germany's Drag & Drop label in 1999, but even that is out of print now. Haang Niap's release is a complete version of the Grim Discography, and includes every released track and some amazing artwork. This realease was supervised by Jun Konagaya himself. Factory-pressed CD in a gatefold mini-LP style card sleeve, with 12 page booklet and OBI." - Haang Niap. Highly Recommended.
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Grim

Amaterasu

G.A.Propaganda

 
7 inch (ltd.1000)
£9.99
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Unexpected warehouse find of original copies of Grim's only 7", from 1985. Limited edition of 1000 copies, foldout sleeve and 12 page booklet. Extremely limited copies. An overlooked classic of the power electonics/industrial genre, this comes thoroughly recommended.
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Hasegawa-Shizuo

I Know A Chord Buried Into The Ground

Haang Niap

 
CD
£15.99
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"Hasegawa-Shizuo's third album (previous releases were on PSF and Tiliqua). Hasegawa-Shizuo is the duo of Hirotomo Hasegawa (Aburadako, Kito-Mizukumi Rouber) and Shizuo Uchida (Kito-Mizukumi Rouber, ex-Shokubaiya, ex-Nijiumu). Central to their sound is Hasegawa's hichiriki (a flute used in Gagaku) and Uchida's bass. Hasegawa-Shizuo's performances are all real-time improvisations with no-overdubbing. It's a live-in-the-studio improvisation. Factory-pressed CD in a gatefold mini-LP style card sleeve." - Haang Niap.
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Black Leather Jesus

Machofucker

Urashima

 
LP (ltd.100)
£17.99
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"Formed in 1989 by Richard Ramirez, Black Leather Jesus has become Texas' (and one of the United States) best known harsh noise groups. Sadomasochism, gay porn, and depraved topics in general are themes seen in their works over the years. Best known for their work in the underground tape culture, BLJ continue with their perverse sound. The group also consists of members of T.E.F., In the Land of Archers, Respirator, and others. As usual the LP comes in a deluxe silver silkscreen on black cardboard sleeve, limited to 100 hand-numbered copies with an insert." - Urashima.
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The Rita / Alo Girl

Collaboration

Urashima

 
LP (ltd.147)
£17.99
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"A new collaboration between Canadian harsh noise artist The Rita and Italian harsh noise artist Alo Girl (a.k.a. Urashima label owner Cristiano Renzoni). Taking the combined love (of both projects) for knives, legs, black hose and Giallo films, the two vinyl tracks fill your ears with a solid flow of scratchy and roaring auditory dirt! The LP comes in a deluxe silver silkscreen on black cardboard sleeve, limited to 147 hand-numbered copies, with two inserts. Legs on both sides of the cover by Alo Girl, and approved by The Rita!" - Urashima.

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Bill Nace

Too Dead For Dreaming

8MM

 
one-sided LP (ltd.200)
£17.99
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"Debut vinyl album by contemporary electric guitar wizard Bill Nace. ‘Too Dead for Dreaming' begins in the form of a deconstructed blues piece, slowly exploring the territories of atonal composition, string–scraping and feedback, crashing all these styles in an instinctive, personal way. His affiliations with X04, Northampton Wools and Vampire Belt converge here in a unique flux.

Bill's ability in creating sounds, follows a clear logic of ‘construction of tension' that eventually explodes into pure sonic mayhem (part 2) then switching the attention from your blowing ears into new, obscure tonalities, with a spectral meditation that develops in the last part of the album and mirably closes the circle. It's all here: one man, one guitar. A bulldozer.

Limited to 200 copies , hand printed and numbered." - 8mm.
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Kollaps Tradixionales

Constellation

 
Deluxe 2 x 10 inch (+ CD)
£22.99
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"Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (SMZ) returns with its sixth full-length recording and first since the band’s line-up change of summer 2008. As Kollaps Tradixionales ably demonstrates, the band has lost none of its raw and frazzled anthemic power and continues to forge bold new ground in its search for a unique hybrid of punk, blues, psych, folk and modern orchestral idioms..."

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Yellow Swans

Going Places

Type

 
CD
£8.99
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"In April 2008, American noise duo Yellow Swans (comprised of Peter Swanson and Gabriel Mindel) announced their decision to split. The news was a shock to the noise community, not least because the band had become a regular fixture in the live arena – touring incessantly and garnering a huge, dedicated following in the process. What the duo neglected to announce however was that a final album was already in the works, and while they would not tour together again, steps were being taken to finish off their crowning achievement..."

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Ash Pool

For Which He Plies The Lash

Hospital Productions / Tour De Garde

 
CD
£9.99
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Second album after three years. Eight songs of big bang black metal. Co-release with Tour De Garde.
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Prurient

Worm In The Apple

Static Aktion

 
7 inch (ltd.500)
£5.99
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"Pure obsession. Vocals mixed with spoken word, layered over a bed of rumble, with help from FFH. Edition of 500 / pro-printed glue pocket cover and insert." - Static Aktion.
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Sissy Spacek

Poling

Static Aktion

 
7 inch (ltd.211)
£5.99
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"Two classy ladies drum for the Spacek machine of Wiese / Corydon. Edition of 211 / pro-printed cover." - Static Aktion.
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Xeno & Oaklander

Sentinelle

Wierd Records

 
LP
£13.99
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"The long-awaited full-length debut album from Xeno & Oaklander. Functioning as the absolute core of the electronic wing of the Wierd world since their beginnings in 2004, Miss Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride here present a carefully composed, restrained and complex form of moody electronic pop music that is simultaneously romantically melancholic and affirmatively aggressive..."

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MV&EE

Barn Nova

Ecstatic Peace

 
LP
£12.99
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"After five years and 20+ albums (most released on their own Child of Microtones label) MV&EE's 2006 move to Ecstatic Peace began on a high note. 'East Mountain Joint', the opening track on Green Blues, is a hypnotic hymn to unscheduled freedom, and it's catchy without losing the duo's loose, do-what-we-feel-like vibe. Like Green Blues, Barn Nova starts with the strongest material, the kind of songs that cohere without constricting..."

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The Stooges

The Electric Circus

Easy Action

 
LP
£14.99
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Disc 1 of the recently released 4CD 'You Don't Want My Name You Want My Action', now on limited edition coloured vinyl.

"There are at least two persuasive reasons to hear these recordings: Firstly, you have never heard this group before, and secondly, you have never heard these songs before (with probably one exception). The Stooges that went out on tour in spring 1971 were a quite different group to any version to have entered a studio. Joining the remaining Fun House veterans - Iggy on vocals, Ron Asheton on guitar and Scott Asheton on drums, were new boys Jimmy Recca on bass and James Williamson on guitar - yes indeed! - a dual guitar Stooges! ... and Jools Thurston nowhere in sight! You don't really need me to tell you what this line-up sounded like... you know (don't you?) - suffice to say they rocked!" - Alan Holmes.

"The most important Stooges artefact since Metallic KO." Kris Needs/Record collector.
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Iggy Pop

Where The Faces Shine: Volume 1

Easy Action

 
6CD box-set
£30.99
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"Fully authorized set of live recordings from the first five years of Iggy’s comeback as a solo artist. Conceived to stop the huge flow of unauthorised Iggy Pop releases already in our shops, this is part 1 in an ongoing series to document the live performances, year by year, of the great Mr. Pop. All material is previously unreleased, and features guest musicians such as Glen Matlock, Brian James, Ivan Kral, Scott Asheton, David Bowie, and Fred Smith. Comes with extensive liner notes by Paul Trynka (ex-Mojo editor and author of a highly acclaimed book on Iggy - 'Open up & Bleed'), and unpublished photographs taken both in concert and backstage. Also includes previously unreleased songs 'Flesh & Blood', 'I’m Crying', 'Its alright', 'Rock Action', and 'Modern Guy'." - Easy Action.
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BEAK>

s/t

Invada

 
2LP
£14.99
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"BEAK> were formed in January 2009 by three Bristol musicians, Billy Fuller, Matt Williams and Geoff Barrow. The band have very strict guidelines governing the recording and writing process of their work. The music was recorded live in one room with no overdubs or repair, only using edits to create arrangements..."

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Peeesseye & Talibam!

s/t

Invada

 
CD
£9.99
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"Peeesseye and Talibam! both emerged from experimental improv scene of New York City in 2002-2003. Peeesseye’s gothic junk-folk expressionism and Talibam!’s Sun Ra meets The Stooges energy music both betray their shared interest in expansion, exploration, and sheer unpredictability. Over the years, Peeesseye and Talibam! have shared bills and sat in with each other at numerous Brooklyn dates and increasingly, as the groups have each toured more and more overseas, at European gigs as well.

In May 2008, they convened at a recoding studio in Brooklyn to collaborate for the first time on a full set of music, which is a sprawling document of their work together, simply titled Peeesseye + Talibam!" - Invada.


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Will Over Matter / Bizarre Uproar

Split

Filth And Violence / Bestial Burst

 
LP (ltd.250)
£16.99
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Co-released between Bestial Burst and Filth and Violence. Ritual electronics/occult industrial and harsh crude power electronics/noise. Limited edition of 250 copies in full-colour sleeves.
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Snuff

Live

Filth and Violence

 
cassette (ltd.100)
£6.99
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Bizarre Uproar related project. Live in Helsinki Private Bunker 2009. Packaged in a clear snapcase with wrap around xeroxed art. Limited edition of 100 copies.
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Lasse Marhaug

The Quiet North

Second Layer Records

 
CD (ltd.500)
£9.99
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Brand new harsh-noise recording from Norway’s finest. Guitar, pedals and metal objects used with ‘Reign In Blood’ style efficiency. No cut-ups, no drastic changes, yet the energy is sustained for the duration. Despite the minimal elements this is not to be confused with wall-noise as this is highly restless material - pure forward driving energy from start to finish. I’m seriously proud of this one. Limited edition of 500 copies in 6-panel digisleeve.
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Eleh

Location Momentum

Touch

 
CD
£11.99
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"Eleh has been an enigma since the first record under that name was released in 2006. In numbered editions with letterpressed sleeves, usually on Important Records from the U.S.A., these vinyl-only releases were evidently a labour of love and attention. Further recordings have been released on the labels Taiga and Touch, making 11 vinyl editions in all.

Eleh began as long ago as 1999 as an exploration of analog synthesis, emphasising low frequency oscillation and resonant acoustic phenomenae. Eleh highlights the physical presence of sound as it has been inspired by the physical world. There is also something ‘cathedral-like’ and cosmos-inducing in the sound built..."


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Fenn O’Berg

In Stereo

Editions Mego

 
2LP
£15.99
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"After a hiatus of almost 9 years the legendary trio of Christian Fennesz, Jim O’Rourke and Peter Rehberg have returned with a new studio album. Technically the first studio album as previous releases were edits of live performances. They spent a week in Studio GOK Sound, Tokyo to lay down some stunning electronic works. Whereas previously the emphasis was on a chaotic blend of found samples mangled through their mobile computing systems to create a humorous oddball sound, ‘In Stereo’ implements a more wider instrumental palette of analogue & digital synthesis, guitar, piano, bass and percussion. What they do maintain is the ability to make a near psychedelic audio blend where its impossible to determine who does what.

Released as CD digipack and gatefold double vinyl which features an extra slice of classic Fenn O’Berg magic beauty." - Editions Mego.
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Bruce McClure

Vouchsafe Me More Soundpicture (Fain Make Glories)

Olde English Spelling Bee

 
LP (ltd.375)
£17.99
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"Bruce McClure is well known on the international experimental film circuit for his unique projector performances that utilize film loops & modified 16mm projectors. But there is also an equally innovative sound element to his... During McClures performances the optical sound signals from each projector are fed through banks of guitar pedals, manipulated live, and played at extremely high volumes through the p.a. system. The different loops phase in and out of each other resulting in what could be described as a power electronics version of the early tape experiments of Terry Riley, while sparser sections have an off-kilter minimal techno feel reminiscent of Plastikman. This album features four excerpts from a professionally recorded performance in early 2009 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. Edition of 375 copies in heavy duty covers silkscreened by Monoroid." - Olde English Spelling Bee.

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James Ferraro

Last American Hero

Olde English Spelling Bee

 
LP
£15.99
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"Remastered reissue of a limited euro-cassette that came out last year on Dreamtime Taped Sounds (the label run by Lieven Martens aka Dolphins Into The Future) - featuring new cover art and extensive liner notes by Ferraro - this is one of my all-time fave jammers by Ferraro and it is a super unique entry in his catalog with its lonesome high desert vibe and even a roadhouse boogie jam to close things out." - Olde English Spelling Bee. Highly recommended.
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Grippers Nother Onesers

(At Slimer Beach)

Olde English Spelling Bee

 
LP (ltd.450)
£15.99
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Completely remastered issue of a cult James Ferraro tape from 2004/2006. Limited to 450 copies. Pro-printed black & white covers and insert. Also known as: Lamborghini Crystal 1992 Cool Runnings Holiday released 2006 on cassette on New Age Tapes.

"Recorded 2004 in the parking lot of the Jim Daytona Avenue 711 memorial. Dedicated to Richard Ramirez... Grippers Nother Onesers is a channeling of teenage mutant glue sniffing psycho dreams, a prelude to the psychotic beach bum depression induced by junkfood and huffing siphoned gas out of the Oscar Meyer mobile. After Dark Cravings starts out with a voice saying hello earthlings which is an alien mistaking a candy bar for the HIGHER LIFE FORM inhabitants of earths soft analog air minimal lo-fi satanic ritual resinated at the bottom of a plastic bong. Ashes of the Charles Manson Family Band..."


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Matrix Metals

Flamingo Breeze

Olde English Spelling Bee

 
LP (ltd.500)
£15.99
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Remastered issue of the out-of-print tape released over the summer by Not Not Fun. Limited to 500 copies. Full colour pro-printed covers and includes coupon for free digital download.

"The Matrix vision is to grow a long term, copper bi-product based on the fitness workouts and dance moves of Frank B. Harnsaul & Marianne Weisner MD. Located in the world class Mt. Isa base dance studios, this routine will be achieved by elevating the cities existing frozen yoghurt resource and reserve inventory through the special achievements of ongoing exploration success on the largely unexplored, unexpected Jackson portfolio. The various phases of the dance will be implemented with ongoing due respect to all participating parties particularly homeless natives, native title claimants and landholders in the extended families of both Mr. Harnsaul & Ms. Weisner..."


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Flashback Repository

S/T

Olde English Spelling Bee

 
LP (ltd.425)
£15.99
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Remastered issue of an obscure tape from the mysterious Outer Limits Collective (Wingdings/Explorers/Matrix Metals/Foxy Baby/Yoga/90210/etc). Limited to 425 copies in pro-printed duo-tone sleeves with a 5-page essay booklet.

"The flashback repository is a storehouse of collective waste consciousness from all beings of the universe, i.e. all unfiltered myth & material of the human/alien/animal mind, laying dormant in a hidden dimension resembling a disposal area or transfer station somewhere within our spectral plane. A vast depot for all universal race memory that passes beyond our mortal earthly cognition and subconscious apparatus..."


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BizarreSSMania

Whats Your Pleasure Sir?

Freak Animal

 
LP (ltd.250)
£16.99
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Bizarre Uproar, Sick Seed and Mania collaborate in monstrous noise assault. Heavy, brutal and intense. Packaged in heavy duty black covers and limited to 250 copies. Recommended.
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Noise Nomads

S/T

Ultra Eczema

 
LP (ltd.300)
£17.99
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"The first time I met Jeff Hartford aka Noise Nomads was around 4 years ago in Providence, a tense looking bear putting a mic in front of an amp, leaving the audience alone with a whale of feedback, pretty pretty pretty confused!! He walks out after cranking open the amp, a minute later a giant REAL Christmas tree walks through the audience trying to find the way back to the amp, kicking people over... The first side of this record was recorded a bunch of years ago and is just voice and tascam! An amazing swollen beast of sound poetry, gargling waanzin, and muffled barking! The B side is the same dude a few years later on his knees in my living room screaming through a bass drum and a contact mic attached to a bunch of pedals, harsher than a prison full of parrots about to be released! Limited to 300 copies" – Ultra Eczema.

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Cassis Cornuta

Mag Ik Eens Even In Uw Broek Pissen

Ultra Eczema

 
LP (ltd.300)
£17.99
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"...This LP is playable on more than 4 different ways, depending on how many extra holes Daniel drilled in each record by hand! Some records contain 3 extra holes, some around 20... none of the LP's have just one hole, that would be selfish.

Another beautiful collection of loner synth sound that makes your hangovers or LSD trips worth going for, the strangest beat oriented 303 and 808 acid snoop, and a combination of piss, wind and wood to bring back the good old plunderblur of The New Blockaders.

This LP comes in a collaged cover design made with pictures from Daniel's archive, with an insert and an extra photo. Limited to 300 copies!" – Ultra Eczema.


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Dennis Tyfus

Vecchia Signora Che Viene Aggredita Da Un Cane

Ultra Eczema

 
zine
£8.99
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"A 60 pages zine made as a contribution to the "Changez, Een Belgenshow" exhibtion at 21 Rozendaal in Een Schede/Holland. This zine collects the short period right before this exhibition. All work is made or found between November 4th, when Tyfus joined the subhumans of Hair Police on a tour through Europe and December 31st. Besides a lot of drawing in the tour van, this period included a residency at Codalunga in Vittorio Veneto (which also resulted in a exhibtion), a Sinterklaas performance with Benjamin Verdonck, great second hand store found imagery, a ceiling fan party, a Jacques Beloeil show, a Ludo Mich show, and the first ever baking cookies attempt.

Well collected in a 60 page black and white zine (with a full colour cover). Limited to 600 copies." - Ultra Eczema.
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Sylvester Anfang II

Commune Cassetten

Blackest Rainbow

 
LP
£12.99
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"A new slab of tranced out psychotic psychedelia from the occult loving Belgium based clan. This new incarnation being Sylvester Anfang II reached a new level of awesomeness last year with the incredible double LP on Aurora Borealis, on Commume Cassetten they continue their bizarre trip into the darker - but somehow super psychedelic - realm of the occult obsessed mind. There's a real fucked up krautrock boogie vibe throughout but retaining some of the doomed funeral folk qualities of the original Anfang guise, as well as some loose as hell, total stoned out ritualistic baked grooves. The LP comes housed in a techni-colour collaged artwork with a black and white image of a lady, which we can presume is a witch, with a dagger and chalice... a sleeve that really sums up the music enclosed. The sleeves are pro-printed and wrap around the deep black wax which has some sweet full colour labels. This is one hell of a 40 minute trip..." – Blackest Rainbow.
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Human Skab

Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags

Family Vineyard

 
CD
£11.99
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"Human Skab was a 10-year old boy from Elma, Washington who played African music with buckets and spoons. Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags is a 1986 cassette recorded by young Travis Roberts with his neighborhood pals and siblings. It was injected into the underground network of tape traders, zine scribes, college DJs, and freak seekers who were universally bowled over by its bewildering and utterly poignant snapshot of the mid-1980s... These rare recordings have never been made widely available until now. This reissue includes the complete 1986 cassette. The CD version contain a bonus 1987 radio interview. The 16-page booklet in the 500 edition LP and CD contains liner notes by Roberts and Cousin Franky along with many full-color photographs and news clippings..."

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Alan Licht & Loren Connors

Into the Night Sky

Family Vineyard

 
CD
£10.99
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"Into the Night Sky is the sixth album from avant guitarists Alan Licht and Loren Connors, the first after 2003's In France (FBWL). Since 1993 these New York City artists have evolved an instrumental dialogue merging shades of electric blues and minimalism. These two epic pieces - one from 1996, the other 2006 - recorded live in concert clearly show far their desolate sound world grew over a decade of collaboration while the core of layered guitar complexities and alien melodies remain. The atmosphere conjured by the Licht-Connors duo is unmistakable - the ebb of eloquently shaped feedback - while the harmonic patterns recall 20th century classical music..."

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Mayhem

Deathcrush

Back On Black

 
LP
£11.99
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One of the earliest of the Norwegian black metal bands to form (aptly named after a Venom track). The bands 20 year history is littered with tragedy and controversy. Now Back On Black re-issues what is essentially their 1987 demo on deluxe audiophile quality vinyl. Pressed on coloured vinyl and comes in gatefold packaging.
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Test Dept.

Beating The Retreat

Some Bizarre

 
CD
£10.99
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Classic 1984 release. Test Depts first full-length featuring Genesis P-Orridge and F.M. Einheit. Essential early industrial.

"Test Dept were an industrial music band formed in New Cross, London, by unemployed musicians (including Alastair Adams, Paul Jamrozy, Angus Farquhar, Graham Cunnington, Tony Cudlip, Toby Burdon and Paul Hines) from Glasgow, Scotland, where the band later re-located. Formed in 1981, they are hailed by many musicians as one of the most influential early industrial music acts. Their approach was marked out by a strong commitment to radical politics. Their discography spans a wide variety of influences and styles, including a collaboration with the South Wales Striking Miners Choir in support of the Miners' Strike of 1984. They were particularly notable for complex and powerful percussion, as well as high-energy live performances..."


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Burzum

Anthology

Back On Black

 
2LP
£13.99
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A first-time collection of material that spans the musician’s ten-plus year recording legacy.

"For some it’s seemingly impossible to mention Burzum without having to detail Varg Vikerness’ political and social viewpoints. This collection isn’t for that purpose. If you really don’t know the story behind the man yet, then I suggest you do a little research on the Internet. You’ll find a wealth of information: some true, some wildly inaccurate but mostly somewhere in-between. The primary focus here will be Burzum the music and not the controversy that surrounds the man. This accompanying text will hopefully be seen as a starting point for those new to the band as opposed to an authoritative dissertation." – Back On Black.
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Neuter River

S/T

Important

 
LP (ltd.300)
£15.99
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Extremely limited edition electro/acoustic noise project from Jan St Werner (Mouse On Mars). 300 copies pressed in offset jacket on virgin vinyl. Neuter River is not exactly a band or a person, it's the remains of an idea, a shifting light cube at the end of a ragged kaleidoscope. atonal precission / pentatonic noise.
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John Zorn

Chimeras

Tzadik

 
CD
£13.99
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"Newly revised, this is the definitive version of a Zorn masterpiece! Loosely inspired by the remarkable worlds of Henry Darger, Lewis Carroll and Unica Zürn which throw childlike innocence against a backdrop of violence and perversion, Chimeras is one of Zorn’s greatest works in the classical tradition. A work of fantasy and imagination scored for a Pierrot Lunaire ensemble plus percussion, the work has been resequenced, remastered and a brief, fleeting newly recorded postlude has been added. Dramatic and colorful, Chimeras is a work filled with femininity, innocence, beauty and violence." - Tzadik.
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John Zorn

Arcana IV

Tzadik

 
book
£31.99
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"Now in its fourth instalment, with a fifth in preparation, John Zorn's acclaimed Arcana series has become a major source on new music theory and practice in the 21st century. Rather than an attempt to distil or define a musician's work, Arcana illuminates via personal vision and experience through the undiluted words and thoughts of the practitioners themselves. Elucidating through manifestoes, scores, interviews, notes and critical papers, composer/performers address composing, improvising, teaching, living, touring and thinking in and through music. Essential for composers, musicians, students and fans alike, this challenging and original series provides insight into the work and methodologies of some of the most remarkable creative minds of our time." - Tzadik.

Featuring texts from Derek Bailey, Chris Cutler, Arnold Dreyblatt, Gordon Mumma, Nels Cline, Peter Evans, Vijay Iyer and many more.
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Merzbow

Microkosmos: Volume 1

Blossoming Noise

 
LP (ltd.500)
£16.99
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The first in a five part series of limited edition Merzbow LP's. Each volume will feature artwork from a collection of visual collages created by Masami Akita from 1982 through '83. Volume 1 was recorded in 2008 with Masami Akita on Electronics, live drums, and samples. Edition of 500 copies of marbled vinyl.
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Justice Yeldham / Dave Phillips

Two Thousand-Five

Blossoming Noise

 
LP (ltd.300)
£16.99
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This is the live-document of their 2005 North American tour recorded in Bloomington, Denver, San francisco & Los Angeles. Mastered by Rashad Becker. Edition of 300 on white vinyl.
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Cold Cave / Prurient

Stars Explode

Hospital Productions

 
LP
£13.99
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Vinyl edition of the collaboration tape for the first UK tour, originally limited to 100. Pulsing heavy ambient electronics. Alternate cover art and one new track exclusive to the vinyl release.
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Outer Space

Lightyear Demonstrations

Deception Island

 
2 x cassette (ltd.200)
£12.99
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"'Lightyear Demonstrations' is a collection of four massive pieces the cumulative effect of which forms some sort of Library of Babel of generative synth churn and sputter, like you just brought your own case of shitty beers, a couple stiff doses, some rusted-out lawn chairs, and a busted sequencerto some celestial casino. There are no clocks and endless reflective surfaces at every point of entry as DI mainstays and veteran Cleveland jammers John Elliott of Emeralds and Jeff Hatfield of Fragments lock into deep memory loss territory and fry dual Moog burble and splatter for two hours without interruption. Essential for devotees of any of Elliott and Hatfield’s numerous other endeavors, the work of like-minded precursors from Conrad Schnitzler to C.C.C.C., and the general possibility of records that sound like timestretched bong hits..."

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Smegma

I Am Not Artist: 1973-1988

Vinyl On Demand

 
6LP + DVD box-set (ltd.600)
£96.99
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"This astonishing 6LP+DVD Box-Set compiles most of Smegma's long out or print and impossible to find vinyl releases and contributions on labels such as their own legendary Pigface Records, LAFMS, Trap, Dom and Selekton. The box includes their first three 7" inches (Disco Diarrhea, Flashcards, Pigface Chant), Pigs for Lepers LP and Glamour Girl 1941 as well as a 2 LP sided extract of the Live 73-82 double tape Spontaneaous Sound, all in one place... The box also includes a DVD with a version of the original "10 years wasted" video released in 1983 plus "Smegma the first 10 years“ by Mike Lastra released in 1983 plus 2 bonus tracks of performances from 1978 & 1980." - Vinyl On Demand.

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S.P.K.

Dokument III0 – 1979

Vinyl On Demand

 
3 x 7 inch box (ltd.166)
£37.99
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"Very limited reissue of the original and ultra-rare three 7“ released on Side Effects in 1979. The 7“s were also released as part of the SPK membership edition box in 2008. This reissue comes as grey marbled box compared to the black box as in the member edition. The three 7“s are housed in a reprint of the original Side Effect sleeves." - Vinyl On Demand. Very limited quantities – just 166 copies worldwide.
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Die Form

Chronology: The Bain Total Years 1977-85

Vinyl On Demand

 
6LP + DVD box-set (ltd.600)
£96.99
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"This 6LP+7" box compilation is an outstanding audio-selection of tape releases by Die Form and its side-projects (Eva-Johanna Reichstag, Fine Automatic, Krylon Hertz, Camera Obscura, DF Sadist School, Mental Code and Hurt), all released between 1977-1985 on the French minimal/synth/EBM label Bain Total which was run by mastermind Philippe Fichot of Die Form.

This careful selection has been made by Philippe Fichot and VOD with focus on audio-material which has only been released on those super-rare and highly collectable tapes. All the tracks and visual archives have been mastered from the originals. This is for sure an archival masterpiece and a must have for all serious and passionate collectors and listeners of early 80's minimal synth and wave/EBM." - Vinyl On Demand.
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O Yuki Conjugate

Ambiguism: 1983-87

Vinyl On Demand

 
4LP + 7 inch + DVD box-set (ltd.600)
£71.99
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"UK ambient group O Yuki Conjugate were formed in 1982 by Tim Horberry, Roger Horberry, Clare Elliott and Andrew Hulme. Between 1983 and 1987 they released two vinyl albums (Scene in Mirage on A-Mission Records and Into Dark Water on their own Final Image Label) as well as recording numerous soundtracks, experimental projects and solo works.

This retrospective documents those years. It tells the definitive story of how OYC’s sound emerged and developed. The result includes a reissue of their first two albums with bonus tracks, two additional full length LPs of unreleased material, a 7” single of their first ever recordings, a DVD featuring excepts from their “Scenes in Mirage” and “Peripheral Vision” videos, as well as large-format poster and detailed listening notes that give a unprecedented insight into the world of OYC..."


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2LP
V/A: Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas, Tropicalista Psychedelic Masterpieces 1967-1976, 2LP
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CD
Smell & Quim, A Sods As Good As A Wank To A Blind Arse, CD
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CD
Contagious Orgasm, Thin Skinned, CD
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LP + 7 inch (ltd.700)
Darin Gray & Loren Connors, The Lost Mariner + At The Old Factory, LP + 7 inch (ltd.700)
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LP (ltd.350)
White Out / C. Spencer Yeh / Carlos Giffoni, Live at No Fun, LP (ltd.350)
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CD (ltd.300)
Andrew Chalk, The Cable House, CD (ltd.300)
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2 x 7 inch (ltd.200)
Sissy Spacek, S/T, 2 x 7 inch (ltd.200)
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2 x 2LP (ltd.500)
Sudden Infant, My Life's A Gunshot (1989-2009), 2 x 2LP (ltd.500)
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LP
Prurient, A History Of Aids, LP
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LP (ltd.99)
Muruga Booker / James Gurley, Its Big Huge, LP (ltd.99)
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cassette + zine
V/A: Cabal, #1, cassette + zine
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5CD set
Bastard Noise, Our Earths Blood IV, 5CD set
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CD
Dave Phillips, A Collection Of Curses, CD
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LP (ltd.500)
Bill Orcutt, A New Way To Pay Old Debts, LP (ltd.500)
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CD
Genocide Organ, Leichenlinie 1989 / 2009, CD
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CD
Monos, Above The Sky, CD
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4LP deluxe box-set
Bobby Beausoleil, The Lucifer Rising Suite, 4LP deluxe box-set
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2CDR (ltd.200)
Mark McGuire (Emeralds), Guitar Meditations Vol. II, 2CDR (ltd.200)
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7 inch (ltd.500)
Skullflower / White Medal, Split, 7 inch (ltd.500)
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CD
Chris Watson, Weather Report, CD
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CD + poster in kidzbox
Russell Haswell, Wild Tracks, CD + poster in kidzbox
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CD (ltd.500)
Hasegawa-Shizuo, Lift, CD (ltd.500)
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CD (ltd.500)
The Skull Defekts / The Sons of God, Received in Studio Dental, Gothenburg, CD (ltd.500)
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CD
Kevin Drumm, S/T, CD
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CD
Kevin Drumm, Second, CD
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2LP (ltd.3000)
John Fahey, America, 2LP (ltd.3000)
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7 inch (ltd.300)
Government Alpha / Evil Moisture, Split, 7 inch (ltd.300)
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CD
Various Artists, Volume I, CD
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2LP (ltd.300)
Maurizio Bianchi, Mectpyo / Blut, 2LP (ltd.300)
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CD (ltd.500)
Monofonic Orchestra, Musicdesign, CD (ltd.500)
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CD (ltd.500)
Dick Higgins, The Thousand Symphonies, CD (ltd.500)
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CD
New York Art Quartet (John Tchicai / Roswell Rudd / Finn von Eyben / Louis Moholo), Old Stuff, CD
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CD
Univers Zero, Clivages, CD
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3CD + booklet
Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars, Guitar Trio Is My Life, 3CD + booklet
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CD
Burning Star Core, Inside The Shadow, CD
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LP
Faux Amis, I, LP
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4 x 3 inch CDR (ltd.135)
Various Artists, Psykick Dancehall 2, 4 x 3 inch CDR (ltd.135)
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LP (ltd.500)
New Monuments, S/T, LP (ltd.500)
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CD (ltd.1000)
Ramleh, Valediction, CD (ltd.1000)
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CD
Iron Fist Of The Sun, Behavioural Decline, CD
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2CD
Perlonex / Charlemagne Palestine / Keith Rowe, Tensions, 2CD
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2LP + CD
Richard Skelton, Landings, 2LP + CD
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LP (ltd.1000)
Far East Family Band, Nipponjin - Join Our Mental Phase Sound, LP (ltd.1000)
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CD
Wicked King Wicker, God Is Busy... Save Yourself, CD
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LP (ltd.300)
The 15000 Day Boat Trip, S/T, LP (ltd.300)
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LP (ltd.50)
LSD March, Live at The Ams, LP (ltd.50)
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LP
Dieter Moebius, Tonspuren, LP
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LP (ltd.400)
Enema Syringe, Mitt Livs Novell, LP (ltd.400)
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5CD deluxe box-set
Esplendor Geometrico, E.G. Box 1, 5CD deluxe box-set
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CD
Dave Phillips, ?, CD
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