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| Acid
Mothers Temple |
The online gateway to the world of Makoto Kawabata's Acid
Mothers Temple and related incarnations. Great site with news,
tour info, message board, gallery and much more.
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| Boris |
Legendary stoner/drone-rock 3-piece from Japan. Aside from
amazing titles of their own, Boris have collaborated with
many luminaries including Keiji Haino, Masonna and Merzbow
on some fine releases. Site contains great gallery, video,
discography, links and more.
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| Gary
Lucas |
Site for one the most imaginative and talented guitarists
alive today. Gary has rightly been dubbed 'the guitarist
of a thousand styles' having worked with and written new guitar
parts for musicians as diverse as John Zorn, Jeff Buckley,
The Magic Band, Gods & Monsters, to name a few and
he is a highly respected solo artist. His site features
extensive info on his back cataalogue, reviews, video / audio
clips, live dates and more.
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| Jandek |
'A Guide To Jandek'. Authored by Seth Tisue, this site contains
a wealth of information on Jandek's musical history including
discography, links. lyrics and more.
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| John
Fahey |
Great site dedicated to the late guitarist, John Fahey.
Pictures, discography and an excellent resource for guitarists
keen to learn Fahey's playing style with tablature, breakdown
of tunings and a lesson in C tuning from the man himself.
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| Keiji
Haino |
'An Unofficial Keiji Haino Website'. The most definitive
Keiji Haino site in English. News, live dates, discography,
track samples and more.
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| Overhang
Party |
Another great Japanese psychedeilc band. Site contains band
history with individual biograpies listing all related side
projects, video clips, tour dates, news and more.
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| Sonic
Youth |
A band who need no introduction. Awesome website with news,
tour info, links to member sites, incredible archive of mp3s,
videos, lyrics, photos, reviews, interviews and much more.
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| Sudden
Infant |
Website from performance-artist, experimental musician and
Schlimpfluche-Groupe member Joke Lanz, aka Sudden Infant.
Great photos, biography and links.
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| Sun
City Girls |
Great site from the esoteric troubaours. News, gallery,
live info, mp3s and more.
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| Up-Tight |
Website for Hamamatu-based three piece psych group, Up-Tight.
News, live info, pictures, sounds and more.
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| Vibracathedral
Orchestra |
Website for the excellent Leeds-based drone/trance collective.
Vibracathedral have released stellar improvised material since
1999 and were among the pioneers of British underground drone
music. Site contains news, discography, sounds and more.
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| Alchemy
Records |
Jo Jo Hiroshige's official Alchemy Records site - Releases
include Incapacitants, Masonna, Merzbow, Up-Tight, Borbetomagus
and more. Mastermind and founder of the label & aggressive
noise unit Hijokaiden, Jo Jo's impact on the Japanese noise
scence has been instrumental. Site contains artist information,
diary, links and more. Mostly in Japanese.
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| Alien8
Recordings |
Montreal-based label whose releases include Keiji Haino,
Daniel Menche, Francisco Lopez, Masonna, Merzbow & The
Unicorns. Artist info, updates on new releases and more.
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| All
Tomorrow's Parties |
Official site of the festival and record label. Aside from
hosting some of greatest UK gatherings of musicians including
Sonic Youth, Coil, Lightning Bolt & Wolf Eyes ATP have
released some fine recordings by artists such as Deerhoof,
Fursaxa, Bardo Pond & The Magic Band. Site contains festival,
label, artist information and more.
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| Ars
Benevola Mater |
The Italian independent underground label that brought us
the incredible 'Looking For Europe' compilation. Website contains
news, release information, links and more.
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| Beta-lactam
Ring Records |
Excellent Oregon-based label specialising in experimental,
psychedelic and out-there musics. Roster has included releases
by Coil, Nurse With Wound, Reynols, The Legendary Pink Dots
and many more.
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| Chondritic
Sound |
Detroit-based label with awesome releases including Wolf
Eyes, The Cherry Point, Hive Mind, Smegma & Kapotte Muziek.
Site has forum, complete discography & more.
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| Crippled
Intellect Productions |
Chicago-based experimental music label. Roster includes
Nautical Almaniac, Wolf Eyes, Vertonen, Crawl Unit and many
more. C.I.P has also recently released some excellent archive
material by industrial pioneer Z'ev.
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| Digitalis
Industries |
Home to the Foxglove & Digitalis labels plus the ever
excellent Foxy Digitalis webzine which has a healthy growing
archive of interviews, in-depth reviews, artist/label profiles,
guest columnists & more.
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| Die
Stadt |
Official site of the Germany-based producer and distributor
specialising in limited edition CDs and vinyl by artists including
John Duncan, David Jackman/Organum, The Hafler Trio, Richard
H. Kirk & many more. Catalogue, news, discography &
more on the website.
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| DSP |
Awesome site for DSP Recordings, an Italian based techno
/ electronica label whose roster includes Janek Schafer, who
recently released his excellent 'Cold Storage' album on DSP,
Bianco Valente, TERRAe and many more. Site features live info,
loads of dowloadable music / videos, loads of great images
and more.
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| Ecstatic
Peace |
Thurston Moore's label and home to artists including Magik
Markers, Dredd Foole, Loren Conors, Christina Carter, Matt
Valentine, Mouthus, The Notekillers & more. The site has
a regularly updated news post and information on all releases.
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| Everyday
Sounds |
Another good UK-based experimental music mail-order website.
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| Fat
Cat Records |
British label that rose from the ashes of the famous Fat
Cat record store. Great releases keep on coming from artists
including Animal Collective, Black Dice, Konono No.1/The Dead
C and Vashti Bunyan.
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| Fonal
Records |
Great site from the Fonal label representing artists from
the healthy free folk scene in Finland. Releases by Es, Kiila,
Kemialliset Ystavat and more. Site includes reviews, mp3s,
video clips, live info, pictures, interviews and more.
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| Freaks
end Future |
Antwerp-based shop and distributor specialising in underground
electronic music. Linked with Audiobot & Robo Records
the site contains a wealth of artist links, info on in-store
shows and much more.
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| Fractal
Records |
Superb French label exploring the outer-reaches of free
psychedelic music. Releases by Acid Mothers Temple, Mainliner,
High Rise, Keiji Haino & Ruins, Arthur Doyle & Sunny
Murray. The label has also released excellent archive material
by Jacques Berrocal, Iannis Xenakis and many others. Site
includes photos, reviews and more.
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| Hanson
Records |
Ex-Wolf Eyes member Aaron Dilloway's own record label based
in Michigan. Tons of releases by the likes of Wolf Eyes, Hive
Mind, Kevin Drumm, Nautical Almanac, Hair Police and the man
himself. Discography, media, photos, archive and more.
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| H.G.
Fact |
'Hard Core & All Noise' - Japan's H.G. Fact. Releases
by Corrupted, 324 & Discordance Axis. This Tokyo-based
label's site contains artist info, links, discography &
more.
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| iDEAL
Recordings |
'An Organisation For & Against Sound'. Sweden-based
iDEAL recordings have brought us releases by The Skull Defekts,
Henrik Rylander & Nash Kontrol. Check out their site for
info on all releases and, if you're in or around Sweden in
March 2006 get down to the iDEALFestival '06 where you can
catch performances by SunnO))), Wolf Eyes, Earth, William
Basinski & more.
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| Ikef |
Ikef - Locust's sister label specialising in unearthing
gold dust material from the black avant-garde. Artists include
Brother AH & the Sounds of Awareness, The East New York
Ensemble de Music, Henry Dumas & Sun Ra and more. Site
offers reviews, info and mp3s.
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| Inoxia |
Another awesome Japanese Label. Outstanding collaborative
releases by Boris with Keiji Haino & Merzbow along with
superb Boris solo releases. Discography, news and more on
website.
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| Kranky
Records |
Releases from Charalambides, Tom and Christina Carter, Keith
Fullerton Whitman, Stars Of The Lid, Brent Gutzeit, Greg Davis
and more. Site features live info, sound samples and extensive
info on Kranky artists.
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| Lexicon
Devil |
Australian-based label responsible for releases by F/i,
Boy Dirt Car, Vocokesh, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Tar Babies,
Oil Tasters, Verdure & more. Site contains archives and
regularly updated news/weblog.
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| Load
Records |
Home to some of the most exciting new metal-based music.
Releases by Noxagt, Khanate, Sightings, Lightning Bolt, Nautical
Almanac... News, track samples, discography, live dates, photos
and more.
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| Locust |
Locust - Chicago-based label specialising in "recordings
that cover a variety of styles from psychedelic pop, peculiar
sound art to earthen folk and infectious electronic music".
Excellent releases from Michael Hurley, Matmos, Danny Ben
Israel, Alan Watts, Gamelan Son Of Lion and more. On this
site find in depth release info, mp3s, tour info and more.
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| Pseudo
Arcana |
New Zealand-based label whose roster includes The Skaters,
Keijo, The Wooden Cupboard and the superb 'Tone Of The Universe'
compilation. Site contains discography, news and more.
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| PSF |
The very best in Japanese underground psychedelic music.
Releases by Keiji Haino, Fushitsusha, Kan Mikami, High Rise,
Ghost, Kazuki Tomokawa, Acid Mothers Temple and many more.
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| Relapse
Records |
Premier home for hardcore, grindcore, death metal, noise,
experimental and other extreme music. Releases by outstanding
artists such as High On Fire, Pig Destroyer, Disembowelment,
Ruins and many more. Great site with videos, mp3s, tour dates,
message board and more.
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| Riot
Season |
Home to releases by Acid Mothers Temple, Mainliner, Reynols,
Pharoah Overlord, Circle and many more, the Riot Season site
contains info on all releases, current news and a forum.
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| ROIR |
Reach Out International Records started almost 20 years
ago as a cassette-only label. ROIR now boast releases by Einsturzende
Neubauten, Bad Brains, Flipper, Bill Laswell & The Legendary
Pink Dots and many more. Great site with tons of information,
links and history of the label.
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| Rune
Grammofon |
'...dedicated to releasing work by the most adventurous
and creative Norwegian artists & composers'. Roster includes
releases by Supersilent, Deathprod, Jazzkammer, Phonophani
and many more. Site contains news, catalog, tour information,
links and more.
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| Siwa |
US-based label whose output includes releases by LSD March,
Miminokoto, Masayoshi Urabe and Makoto Kawabata. News, links
discography and more on the Siwa website.
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| Soleilmoon |
'Label for noise, experimental, ambient and weird'. Great
site with mp3s, iTunes, links, news, artist info and much
more. Home to releases by Muslimgauze, The Hafler Trio, Daniel
Menche & The Legendary Pink Dots.
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| Southern
Lord |
Los Angeles-based label and home to metal giants SunnO)),
Earth, Lair of The Minotaur, Thrones & many more. Site
includes tour info, mp3s, images and much more.
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| Sub
Rosa |
Belgium-based label with releases by Merzbow/Kim Cascone,
Tod Dockstader, Gerard Malanga & DJ Spooky. Website contains
news, catalogue and more.
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| Strange
Attractors |
'Oscillating perspectives in modern music'. Another great
Oregon-based label. Releases by Steffan-Basho Junghans, Tsurubami,
Cul De Sac, Glen Jones, Paik and more. News, track samples,
discography, live dates, photos and more great links.
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| Troniks
/ Pacrec |
Hollywood-based label/s outputting some of the best noise-related
artists today. Releases include such luminaries as Aaron Dilloway,
The Cherry Point, Yellow Swans, Kapotte Muziek, Hive Mind
& John Wiese. Excellent site with tons of info, sounds
and links.
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| Troubleman
Unlimited Records |
Begun as an 'offshoot' of the 'Wanna-Communicate' fanzine.
Now with over 170 releases on their discography TMU continue
to bring us great releases by artists such as Dead Machines,
Earth, Growing, Mouthus, Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice.
Interesting site with mp3s, tour info, images, discography,
links and more.
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| Ultra
Eczema |
Artist Dennis Tyfus's experimental music label. Recent releases
include John Olsen's solo project 'Guam River', Brian Ruryk
& Can't. Great site that will bring a smile to your face
- release info, news, links and more.
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| VHF |
VHF - Releases by Jack Rose, Pelt, Vibracathedral Orchestra,
Kawabata Makoto, Skullflower and more. MP3s, news tour info,
etc.
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| Dennis
Tyfus |
Dennis Tyfus's own website - great fun to navigate with
general info about live events, happenings, Dennis's own radio
show and magazine with some beautiful but downright puerile
art & sound by Dennis.
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| Disinformation |
'The gateway to the underground'. Definitive alternative
media / underground culture website. Up to
date information on current affairs, politics, new science
and the "hidden information" that seldom seems to
slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates.
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| Outsider
Art |
Great site for the art gallery run by Henry Boxer. Artworks
by Steven Stapleton, David Tibet, Joe Coleman, Austin Osman
Spare, Louis Wain and more category defying works from other
outsider artists.
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| Psychedelic
Noise From Japan And New Zealand |
Excellent site run by Bruce Russell of The Dead C. In depth
essays, interviews, sound samples and a forum. A great resource
for those who want to find out more about the history of the
underground music scenes in New Zealand and Japan.
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| The
Sound Projector |
"The Sound Projector is a magazine written and drawn
by British underground cartoonists who like music. An open
platform for ideas, pointers, directions, the million and
one ways in which the drug of music can short-circuit your
brain, expand your horizons, and connect you to your inner
being." Great site with excerpts, galleries, manifesto
and much more.
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| Upset
The Rhythm |
Upset The Rhythm are a London-based collective doing a fine
job of organising music happenings in the capital, having
booked everyone from Gang Gang Dance, Lightning Bolt, MV &
EE Medicine Show, Unicorns and a host of others. They
operate on a purely DIY ethic and their events are certainly
a way forward for musical performance in terms of reducing
boundaries between audience and artist. Website has
info on past and future gigs.
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