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Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Another Green World LP

From its release in 1975 to today, Another Green World has been heaped with accolades. At the time, Village Voice described it as "the aural equivalent of a park on the moon" and Rolling Stone called it "a major triumph, an important record - and also a b

Eno, Brian: Another Green World LP

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Aguirre Taj Mahal Travellers: August '74 2LP

Aguirre Records present a reissue of Taj Mahal Travellers' August 1974, originally released in 1975. A monumental work by the Japanese experimental music ensemble. In April 1972 a group of Japanese musicians set off from Rotterdam in a Volkswagen van. As

Taj Mahal Travellers: August '74 2LP

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Finders Keepers Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enefant Assassin des Mouches LP

To mark the ten years of Finders Keepers we present a lovingly remastered and repackaged release of the album where it all began. Within the last ten years the resurgence of sixties Gallic pop, once known as Ye-Ye music, has escalated beyond an inter-stel

Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enefant Assassin des Mouches LP

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Music on Vinyl Davis, Miles: Big Fun LP

A collection of material recorded between 1969 and 1972, the period just after Bitches Brew, Big Fun was not issued until 1974. By then, Davis had moved on in other directions, so it became a much-neglected album. The compositions are too scattered to mai

Davis, Miles: Big Fun LP

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Numero Various: Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares LP

As the hippie movement hurdled towards its emanate demise, bad vibes infiltrated the rock world. Tainted LSD, loud motorcycles, and a series of brutal deaths spawned inspiration for guitar-wielding teenagers across the globe. Implementing deafening fuzz a

Various: Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares LP

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Superior Viaduct Bender, John: Plaster Falling LP

Plaster Falling was recorded at the same time as John Bender's first album, I Don't Remember Now / I Don't Want To Talk About It. Released in 1981 on the artist's own Record Sluts label, copies of Plaster Falling's initial pressing came hermetically seale

Bender, John: Plaster Falling LP

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A&M Cherry, Don: Brown Rice LP

Don Cherry's 1975 release, Brown Rice is certainly one of the jazz trumpeter's finest and most accessible efforts of the '70s. Produced by Corrado Bacchelli, it finds Cherry taking the tripped-out spacey jazz sound he was pioneering the previous decade an

Cherry, Don: Brown Rice LP

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Finders Keepers Ciani, Suzanne: Lixiviation LP

With a sonic portfolio that boasts commissions for the Xenon classic pinball machine, the sounds for the Meco Star Wars theme, the Atari TV commercials and the electronic sound effects in the original Stepford Wives film (amongst many others) the mutant e

Ciani, Suzanne: Lixiviation LP

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Luaka Bop COLTRANE, ALICE: Ecstatic Music of LP

Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s devotion to spirituality was the central purpose of the final four decades of her life, an often-overlooked awakening that largely took shape during her four-year marriage to John Coltrane and after his 1967 death. By 1

COLTRANE, ALICE: Ecstatic Music of LP

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Finders Keepers Sato, Masahiko: Belladonna OST LP

“There was a time when the strength of a musician’s vision transcended all labels; here is a chance to dip into that pool again, and emerge not just refreshed, but alive again with the sense that we all can live in that world again, but most importantly r

Sato, Masahiko: Belladonna OST LP

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Bureau B Heldon: Electronique Guerilla LP

Bureau B present a reissue of Heldon’s debut album Electronique Guerilla, originally released on Disjuncta in 1974. In 1973, 22-year old Richard Pinhas was well on his way to becoming a full-time philosopher. He had almost finished his PhD and begun teach

Heldon: Electronique Guerilla LP

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Black Editions Various: Tokyo Flashback LP

Black Editions present the first ever vinyl edition of Tokyo Flashback, the legendary 1991 compilation that defined the Tokyo psychedelic movement and first brought it to the outside world. Tokyo Flashback is one of the most iconic compilations in the his

Various: Tokyo Flashback LP

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Superior Viaduct Morricone, Ennio: Un Uomo Da Rispettare LP

*Quite possibly the very best Morricone score!* Un Uomo Da Rispettare translates to "A Man to Respect," which can easily be said of Ennio Morricone himself – the unparalleled maestro of the soundtrack. This 1972 crime film stars Kirk Douglas as a master s

Morricone, Ennio: Un Uomo Da Rispettare LP

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Touch & Go Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP

Songs About Fucking, the last Big Black studio album, ups the aggression ante on almost every front. The music is more bombastic, the production is harsher, and the lyrics are even more confrontational, delivered even more stridently than before. Rather t

Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP

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Palto Flats Mariah: Utakata No Hibi LP

Palto Flats is thrilled to announce the re-release of the 1983 classic Mariah – Utakata No Hibi as a double 12″ set. The long sought after final record on the legendary Better Days label, Utakata No Hibi is the culmination of composer and bandleader Yasua

Mariah: Utakata No Hibi LP

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Recommended Musci, Roberto & Giovanni Venosta: Water Messages on Desert Sand LP

Following up on the material reissued via Music From Memory, here is a reissue of Roberto Musci and Giovanni Venosta's sought after ambient masterpiece from 1987. The album realises sound from electric, acoustic and documentary source, taking ethnic field

Musci, Roberto & Giovanni Venosta: Water Messages on Desert Sand LP

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Crammed Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP

At last, the vinyl reissue of one of the biggest cult albums in the history of Crammed Discs. This record is constantly being (re)discovered by generations of fans, musicians and DJs, who hail it as an unsurpassed Afro/electronic milestone. The album was

Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP

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Numero Various: Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles LP

With Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles, the impacts of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath on US shores and heartlands is revealed as a bludgeoning previously undescribed. In this collection, medieval Bonham thunk and febrile Iommi guitar leads crowd o

Various: Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles LP

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Temporary Residence Beak>: >>> LP

Acclaimed UK out-rock trio, Beak>, return with their first album in six years, the aptly-titled >>>. Written over the last year and, for the most part, written and recorded live at Invada Studios, the band continue to forge their own path through their ow

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Palto Flats Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP

"Originally released in 1982, Kakashi is another high water mark in the 80s Japanese underground. This album, which has gathered cult status in recent years, is the project of musical visionary Yasuaki Shimizu, and considered to be a highlight of his solo

Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP

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Modern Classics This Heat: s/t LP

Isn’t it so often the case that the most innovative works of art – the ones that break the ground where others follow – are the ones that seem to reach only the ears of those who take those ideas and run with them? So it is with This Heat and their eponym

This Heat: s/t LP

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Pink Flag Wire: Pink Flag LP

Wire’s first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire’s reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has bee

Wire: Pink Flag LP

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Empire of Signs Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Music from Nine Postcards LP

Despite his status as a key figure in the history of Japanese ambient music, Hiroshi Yoshimura remains tragically under-known outside of his home country. Empire of Signs – a new imprint co-helmed by Maxwell August Croy, Spencer Doran and distributed by L

Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Music from Nine Postcards LP

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Modern Classics This Heat: Deceit LP

With their debut album and follow-up maxi single Health & Efficiency, This Heat sowed the seeds of post-punk, avant rock, noise rock and post-rock, placing the trio – Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboar

This Heat: Deceit LP

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