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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
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Reich, Steve: Recordings on ECM LP
C$134.99
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
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Huerco S: For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) LP
C$44.99
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
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
C$49.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Ambient 4: On Land LP
Available both as a regular 33rpm LP or as an audiophile double 45rpm. On 1982's Ambient 4 (On Land) – the final edition in Brian Eno's ambient series – his palate shifted from electro-mechanical and acoustic instruments towards "non-instruments" like pie
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Eno, Brian: Ambient 4: On Land LP
C$44.99
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
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
C$36.99
Superior Viaduct Budd, Harold: The Pavilion Of Dreams LP
For five decades, Harold Budd stood on the forefront of the West Coast avant-garde. Born in Los Angeles, he studied with Schoenberg-pupil Gerald Strang and began teaching at CalArts in 1970. While searching for his own voice, he was influenced as much by
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Budd, Harold: The Pavilion Of Dreams LP
C$39.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy) LP
1974's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is a loose concept album with topics ranging from espionage to the Chinese Communist revolution. To help guide production of the album, Brian Eno and the album's cover artist Peter Schmidt developed the highly in
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Eno, Brian: Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy) LP
C$36.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Music for Films LP
Available both as a regular 33rpm LP or as an audiophile double 45rpm. "Arguably the most quietly influential of all his works," according to the BBC, this conceptual 1976 Brian Eno record was intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films, with excerpts la
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Eno, Brian: Music for Films LP
C$31.99
Temporary Residence Basinski, William: The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) (8LP) BOX
Since the turn of this century, perhaps no other modern composition has had a more resonant healing effect than The Disintegration Loops. Composer William Basinski’s deteriorating analog tape loops evolved from melodic symphonies to melancholic silence ov
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Basinski, William: The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) (8LP) BOX
C$249.99
International Anthem Parker, Jeff: The Way Out Of Easy LP
The Way Out of Easy is the first album from guitarist Jeff Parker and his long-running ETA IVtet—saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, drummer Jay Bellerose—since their 2022 debut Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, which Pitchfork named one
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Parker, Jeff: The Way Out Of Easy LP
C$54.99
International Anthem SML: Small Medium Large LP
SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. Their debut album Small Medium Large began as a collection of long form improvisations recorded
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SML: Small Medium Large LP
C$34.99
Strut Astatke, Mulatu: Mulatu of Ethiopia LP
Strut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke’s ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ from 1972. Recorded in New York, the album arrived at a time when Astatke had begun to master the delicate fusion of styles n
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Astatke, Mulatu: Mulatu of Ethiopia LP
C$34.99
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
Music From Memory Masin, Gigi: Talk to the Sea LP
*2022 repress*Part of only a small and very much underground music scene in his hometown of Venice, Gigi Masin self released two modestly pressed LP's 'Wind' (1986) and 'Wind Collector' (1991) and appeared along side Charles Hayward for the Sub Rosa compi
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Masin, Gigi: Talk to the Sea LP
C$44.99
Mr. Bongo Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Dawn Of Rock) (box edition) LP
HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
The respected Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was not messing around when he recorded the 'Uganda (Dawn of Rock)' album with his band the Count Buffaloes. For this offering, originally released in 1972 on Toshiba Records, Aki
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Ishikawa, Akira & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Dawn Of Rock) (box edition) LP
C$69.99
Feeding Tube Gendron, Myriam: Ma délire: Songs of Love, Lost & Found LP
"It has been a while since the release Myriam's acclaimed 2014 debut album, Not So Deep as a Well (FTR 146-4LP). The intervening years have brought a smattering of live performances, a bouquet of children, Trump's Pandemic, and much more . . . Different c
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Gendron, Myriam: Ma délire: Songs of Love, Lost & Found LP
C$39.99
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
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Roxy Music: Roxy Music (half-speed master) LP
C$49.99
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
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Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Music For Nine Post Cards LP
C$34.99
Mute Can: Soundtracks LP
Mute presents a colored vinyl LP reissue of Can's Soundtracks, a compilation of songs the band had composed for different movies which was released in 1970 before they started work on their second album. This record said goodbye to the group's original vo
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Can: Soundtracks LP
C$39.99
Domino Wyatt, Robert: Shleep LP
Shleep, originally released in 1997, features long-term collaborators and friends such as Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, Annie Whitehead, Evan Parker and newer accomplices such as Paul Weller. It is as exuberating and immediate a record as Wyatt has ever reco
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Wyatt, Robert: Shleep LP
C$34.99
Kallista Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP
Carla dal Forno announces her second full-length album, Look Up Sharp, on her own Kallista records. Dal Forno beckons a bold new era in her peerless output pushing her dub-damaged DIY dispatches to the limits of flawless dream-pop. In a transformative mov
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Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP
C$34.99
WRWTFWW Ashikawa, Satoshi: Still Way LP
350gsm sleeve with selected UV high gloss varnish. Liner notes by Midori Takada, Satoshi Ashikawa, and Gareth Quinn Redmond. WRWTFWW Records announce the reissue of Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way (Wave Notation 2). Initially released in 1982 as part of the
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Ashikawa, Satoshi: Still Way LP
C$44.99