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ECM Reich, Steve: Recordings on ECM LP
Compiling “some of the minimalist composer’s finest works, including the definitive recording of his undisputed masterpiece, Music for 18 Musicians,” (Pitchfork), Recordings on ECM comprises the three Steve Reich albums that were released on the label bet
Reich, Steve: Recordings on ECM LP
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Ndeya Hassell, Jon: Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) LP
*** Out Oct 2, 2026 ***

The third part in Jon Hassell’s Pentimento trilogy captures Jon Hassell performing as part of a trio with Rick Cox and John von Seggern at St John at Hackney church, London on 23 May 2015, carefully edited and mixed by Jeff Rona
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Hassell, Jon: Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) LP
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Reprise Mastodon: Crack The Skye (15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) LP
Celebrating a landmark body of work, iconic GRAMMY® Award-winning heavy rock band Mastodon proudly presents Crack the Skye (15th Anniversary) editions out October 4, 2024. The group have carefully assembled the ultimate vision of their groundbreaking 2009
Mastodon: Crack The Skye (15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) LP
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Temporal Drift Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Surround LP
“If Surround can be listened to as music that’s as close to air itself, allowing us to enter each listener’s sound scenery, or as something that exists within a new perspective, expanding the middle ground between sound and music, and transforming it into
Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Surround LP
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Proper Fay, Bill: Time Of The Last Persecution LP
Time Of The Last Persecution (released in 1971 by Deram) is a more rock-oriented production and an altogether darker work than his debut and was co-produced by Fay and guitarist Ray Russell, and featured top-notch session players including drummer Alan Ru
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Fay, Bill: Time Of The Last Persecution LP
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Atomhenge Hawkwind: Space Ritual LP
A deluxe double LP release of Hawkwind's legendary live album ‘Space Ritual’, recorded on the band's UK tour of December 1972, which followed the release of their studio album ‘Doremi Fasol Latido’. The live show was a continuous performance linked by poe
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Hawkwind: Space Ritual LP
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Warp Polygon Window: Surfing On Sine Waves (Expanded Edition) LP
Originally released in 1993, Surfing On Sine Waves is the second album released under the Warp Artificial Intelligence series (the series also includes the two titular compilations, as well as contributions by Autechre, The Black Dog, F.U.S.E. and more).
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Polygon Window: Surfing On Sine Waves (Expanded Edition) LP
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Relapse Poison Ruin: s/t LP
The debut LP from Philadelphia's POISON RUIN. A killer blend of punk, post-punk and dungeon synth. "Philadelphia death rock/dungeon punk band Poison Ruïn consolidate their two EPs into one ten-song, self-titled album. Brained, fleshed, and recorded by Mac
Poison Ruin: s/t LP
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Bada$$, Joey: 1999 LP
The debut mixtape from Pro Era crew member and Brooklyn MC, Joey Bada$$. Leaning into the golden era sound of hip-hop, Joey Bada$$ garnered widespread acclaim from some of Hip-Hop's most vaunted tastemakers by crafting a project that paid homage to the 90
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Bada$$, Joey: 1999 LP
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Glitterbeat AMMAR 808: Club Tounsi LP
Denmark-based Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef has already created whole new worlds of sound. His startling debut as AMMAR 808 -- 2018's Maghreb United -- fused thumping TR-808 drum machine rhythms and bone-rattling bass with traditional North Africa
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AMMAR 808: Club Tounsi LP
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Vampi Soul Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP
In Everybody Loves the Sunshine (1976), Roy Ayers seamlessly blends genres, creating a timeless sound that continues to influence musicians and DJs around the world. He makes the vibraphone the central instrument, a jazz-funk approach that defines his uni
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Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP
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Numero Unwound: The Future Of What (black & white) LP
Unwound's third album in as many years, 1995's The Future of What is an unrelenting, constructivist masterstroke. The Olympia, WA trio's signature sound – grinding bass, syncopated drums, and fragmented guitar over measured yelps – ratchets past the threa
Unwound: The Future Of What (black & white) LP
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Light in the Attic Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Green LP
Barely known outside of his home country during his lifetime, the late Japanese ambient music pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura has seen his global stature rise steadily in the past few years. The 2017 reissue of his lauded debut, Music For Nine Post Cards, along
Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Green LP
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Numero Unwound: Fake Train (silver) LP
After the Pacific Northwest grunge raids of the early ’90s that saw Nirvana, Mudhoney, and even the Melvins hoisted up the major label flagpole, Unwound’s 1993 debut came as a welcomed reprieve for underground noise-niks everywhere. A pulsing cluster of w
Unwound: Fake Train (silver) LP
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Republic Roxy Music: Roxy Music (half-speed master) LP
Roxy Music's self-titled 1972 debut, one of two with Brian Eno still in the fold, exemplified the band's penchant for glamour, both in the lyrics and with the album cover of model Kari-Ann Muller, kick-starting a tradition of iconic album covers featuring
Roxy Music: Roxy Music (half-speed master) LP
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Empire of Signs Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Music For Nine Post Cards 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 For Nine Post Cards LP
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Proibito Huerco S: For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) LP
What were the clouds like when Huerco S was young? The Kansas-raised, New York-based producer’s absorbing ambient album For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) goes some way to answering The Orb’s fluffy little proposition… Brian Leeds a
Huerco S: For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) LP
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Editions Mego Drumm, Kevin: Sheer Hellish Miasma LP
Widely regarded as one of the most uncompromising works in experimental noise, Kevin Drumm's Sheer Hellish Miasma is once again available on vinyl. First released on CD in 2002 on the original Mego label, the album remains a landmark in extreme electronic
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Drumm, Kevin: Sheer Hellish Miasma LP
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Time Capsule Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Rinne LP
One of the most innovative and ambitious albums ever made, Genioh Yamashirogumi’s Ecophony Rinne is a sonic masterpiece featuring over 200 musicians that expanded the limits of what music and sound could do.

Beyond the audible realm - World's first Hy
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Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Rinne LP
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R&S Aphex Twin: Classics LP
Undoubtedly one of the most important and influential electronic artists to have emerged in popular music, the sonic misfit from Cornwall, the Aphex Twin, released a breathtaking slew of early singles and albums from 1991 onwards (and continues to present
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Aphex Twin: Classics LP
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Chemikal Underground Mogwai: Come On Die Young (WHITE VINYL) LP
Arriving in March 1999 with an album cover that referenced The Exorcist and a title scalped from a well-known Glasgow gang slogan, you'd have expected Mogwai's "Come On Die Young" to be an apocalypse-harbouring, pre-millennial assault on the senses. Inste
Mogwai: Come On Die Young (WHITE VINYL) LP
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Sacred Bones Garson, Mort: Mother Earth's Plantasia LP
If you purchased a snake plant, asparagus fern, peace lily, or what have you from Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles (or bought a Simmons mattress from Sears), you also took home Plantasia, an album recorded especially for plants. Subtitled "wa
Garson, Mort: Mother Earth's Plantasia LP
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Panegyric Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno: Evening Star LP
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno's timeless 1975 electronic music classic Evening Star on vinyl for the first time in nearly 30 years. The album's return to the 12" format is cut from masters approved by the artists, manufactured on 200g super-heavyweight vinyl a
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Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno: Evening Star LP
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Rhino Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP
Factory Records owner Tony Wilson gambled label profits and his life savings on the recording of Joy Division's debut album. With producer Martin Hannett at the helm, the band crafted a stark musical statement that would endure as a milestone. 1979's Un
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Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP
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