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Dais Coil: Time Machines LP
"4 Tones to facilitate travel through time." So begins the listeners' journey into what has become one of the most treasured and revered pieces of COIL history ever released. Each of the four pieces on Time Machines is named after the chemical compound of
Coil: Time Machines LP
C$39.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Ambient 1 : Music for Airports LP
MEGA ESSENTIAL!!! Ground zero for ambient music, if you don't have this record, stop what you are doing, and come and buy it! Available both as a regular 33rpm LP or as an audiophile double 45rpm. Though not the earliest entry in the genre (which Brian En
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Eno, Brian: Ambient 1 : Music for Airports LP
C$46.99
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
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Eno, Brian: Another Green World LP
C$36.99
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
C$34.99
Butterfly (Vincent Gallo & Harper Simon): The Music of Butterfly LP
Vincent Gallo and Harper Simon with a beautifully recorded suite of songs and instrumentals. " More than two decades since he blew minds with a suite of brilliant releases on Warp, Vincent Gallo returns to the world of music at long last in Butterfly, his
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Butterfly (Vincent Gallo & Harper Simon): The Music of Butterfly LP
C$99.99
Third Man Boris: Amplifier Worship (25th Anniversary - Lime Swirl) LP
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Boris’ sonic marvel Amplifier Worship, Third Man Records is thrilled to present a one time pressing of this classic double LP on colored vinyl. Manufactured at Third Man Pressing in Detroit and housed inside a wonderfu
Boris: Amplifier Worship (25th Anniversary - Lime Swirl) LP
C$39.99
Ideologic Organ Malone, Kali: The Sacrificial Code LP
2025 edition. Kali Malone’s The Sacrificial Code is the 2019 breakthrough album of the acclaimed composer’s pipe organ pieces. Her temporally informed studies of harmonics and intonation breathed life into a suite of compositions which leaves the heart mo
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Malone, Kali: The Sacrificial Code LP
C$41.99
International Anthem Chiu, Jeremiah & Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings from the Aland Islands LP
In 2017 Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer traveled together to the Åland Islands (an archipelago that is host to around 6,500 islands) in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. They headed to the islands with the intention of helping two friends (moth
Chiu, Jeremiah & Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings from the Aland Islands LP
C$34.99
Numero Tsunami: Loud Is As (5LP-grey vinyl) LP
Sprung from the DC punk and politics that inspired Dischord, TeenBeat and the Riot Grrrl revolution, Washington, DC’s Tsunami crashed into the 90s with wit, distortion and a sharp-tongued feminist spirit. This five LP box set collects eleven 7"s, 4-track
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Tsunami: Loud Is As (5LP-grey vinyl) LP
C$119.99
Century Media Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere LP
Blood Incantation’s Absolute Elsewhere is unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. Few can claim a sonic watershed as readily as the Denver, Colorado quartet. At roughly 45 minutes, the two compositions that make up this album are as confounding as they
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Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere LP
C$44.99
Warp Broadcast: Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 LP
Distant Call is a collection of early demos of songs that would subsequently appear as finished productions on the albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons and The Future Crayon. The album also includes two songs discovered by James after Trish’s passing: “Come
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Broadcast: Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 LP
C$40.99
Dais Coil: Musick to Play in the Dark LP
Few groups in recent history forged as confounding and alchemical a body of work as Coil, the partnership of Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and John Balance. From album to album and phase to phase their recordings spelunk perplexing depths of esoteric ind
Coil: Musick to Play in the Dark LP
C$40.99
Cherry Red Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind: Deluxe Expanded Edition (Double Gatefold Green Vinyl) LP
Gatefold; green vinyl. "Formed in 1984, Dinosaur Jr carved a singular path through the latter half of the 1980s, issuing three highly influential albums in the process before finding a home with Sire Records, who issued Green Mind in 1991 as the alternati
Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind: Deluxe Expanded Edition (Double Gatefold Green Vinyl) LP
C$49.99
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
C$39.99
ECM Part, Arvo: Tabula Rasa LP
In 1984, ECM brought a new sound into the musical world with the release of Arvo Pärt’s, Tabula Rasa, the first album on the label’s New Series imprint. The record also marked the intersection of some of the most longstanding, significant musical collabor
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Part, Arvo: Tabula Rasa LP
C$59.99
International Anthem Chiu, Jeremiah: In Electric Time LP
On June 29th, 2023, Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM) in Highland Park, Los Angeles, with no plan more specific than “let’s fire this stuff up and see what happens.” Exploring the VSM’s vast collection of classic, rare and sta
Chiu, Jeremiah: In Electric Time LP
C$34.99
Feel It Drin, The: Today My Friend You Drunk LP
Way out there. From up in the attic, in the village of Cincinnati - the third album from the Drin has arrived to commence 2023. Cold rhythms reverberate through the layers of tape spliced together by Dylan McCartney and his impressive cadre of musical com
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Drin, The: Today My Friend You Drunk LP
C$39.99
We Are Rewind Cassette Player
We Are Rewind offers you its audio cassette players with a modern design. The reinvented cassette player comes in four colors: Blue, Grey, Orange and the limited edition Black & Yellow.


But each one has the same advantages. Our new player retains a
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We Are Rewind Cassette Player
C$239.99
MG.Art Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen LP
MG.ART announce the authorized 50th anniversary edition of Ash Ra Tempel's Schwingungen, originally released in 1972. One of the most important German krautrock albums. Re-cut carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself. Gatefold sleeve with sticker;
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Ash Ra Tempel: Schwingungen LP
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Matador Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain LP
To coincide with Pavement's 2010 reunion tour and the release of Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement, Matador Records is launching a new vinyl series featuring all 5 of the band's essential studio albums plus the Watery, Domestic EP. An indie-rock t
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain LP
C$31.99
Now Again Witch: Lazy Bones!! (opaque orange vinyl) LP
"Pressed on opaque orange vinyl. This landmark recording from Now-Again's comprehensive overview of Zambia's premier garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-, Afro-rock ensemble WITCH, We Intend To Cause Havoc! is now available in a never before seen color variant.
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Witch: Lazy Bones!! (opaque orange vinyl) LP
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Blue Fog Eric's Trip: Peter (colour) LP
Out of print and unavailable for many years, one of the most memorable Eric’s Trip releases, aside from the “Love Tara” album, is the indie EP that introduced them to the world.

Their youthful energy, catchy songs, and noisy lo-fi recording techniques
Eric's Trip: Peter (colour) LP
C$29.99
Matador Mission Of Burma: Signals, Calls, & Marches LP
Originally released in 1981 ‘Signals, Calls and Marches’ is an explosive and hard hitting EP with post-punk, hard core and leftfield sensibilities. The accomplished debut offers up instant classics, ‘That’s When I Reach For My Revolver’ and ‘Academy Fight
Mission Of Burma: Signals, Calls, & Marches LP
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Universal Hollis, Mark: Mark Hollis LP
Mark Hollis: s/t (Universal) LP
Following the sad passing of Mark Hollis earlier this year we all collectively turned back towards the impressive career arc of his band Talk Talk. Lesser referenced was his self-titled solo album released in 1998. It didn
Hollis, Mark: Mark Hollis LP
C$46.99