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Guruguru Brain Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island LP
“The fifth studio album & last euphoric mind-trip to Kikagaku Moyo's imagined island.
Best-suited for counting stars, looking at the ocean, and dancing in one’s daydream.”

In many ways ‘Kumoyo Island’ represents the culmination of a journey for Kikaga
Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island LP
C$44.99
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
Huerco S: For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) LP
C$39.99
Panegyric Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno: (No Pussyfooting) LP
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno's timeless 1973 electronic music classic No Pussyfooting 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 viny
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Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno: (No Pussyfooting) LP
C$49.99
Blackened Metallica: Master Of Puppets LP
Following remastered reissues and special deluxe editions of their first two albums on their own Blackened Recordings in 2016, Metallica honors their promise to give that same love to their entire catalog starting with their landmark third album Master of
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Metallica: Master Of Puppets LP
C$34.99
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
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
Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP
C$34.99
Hands in the Dark Tomaga: Futura Grotesk LP
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Tomaga's debut album, 'Futura Grotesk', Hands in the Dark are re-releasing the long sold out record in a limited edition of 500 copies. The reissue will be accompanied by the first-ever vinyl pressing of the band'
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Tomaga: Futura Grotesk LP
C$44.99
Hands in the Dark Lauten Der Seele: Die Reise Zur Monsalwasche LP
Christian Schoppik aka Läuten der Seele brings his “Water” trilogy to a close with his new album ‘Die Reise zur Monsalwäsche’ (The Journey to Monsalwäsche) following up ‘Die Mariengrotte als Trinkwasseraufbereitungsanlage’ (2022, Hands in the Dark) and ‘E
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Lauten Der Seele: Die Reise Zur Monsalwasche LP
C$39.99
Third Man Sleep: Dopesmoker LP
Remastered from Original Tapes with Never-Before-Heard Bonus Studio Track "Hot Lava Man" from the Jerusalem Sessions. Recorded in 1996 and not released (in slightly different edit/mix) until 1999 under the title Jerusalem, the legend and lore behind Dopes
Sleep: Dopesmoker LP
C$39.99
Verve Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP
Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, Sanders' sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce. Yet, Sanders is highly regarded to
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Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP
C$49.99
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
Numero Blonde Redhead: Blonde Redhead LP
Forming in 1994, Blonde Redhead were thrown together following a chance meeting in New York between Japanese siren Kazu Makino and Milanese twin brothers, Amedeo and Simone Pace. Taking their name from a song by fellow New York no wave artists DNA, locati
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Blonde Redhead: Blonde Redhead LP
C$24.99
Bureau B Heldon: Allez-Teia LP
Bureau B present a reissue of Heldon's second album Allez-Teia, originally released on Disjuncta in 1975. Before making his own music in the early '70s, Richard Pinhas was a King Crimson fan. The British group has buzzed in Pinhas's mind for decades, but
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Heldon: Allez-Teia LP
C$39.99
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
Gendron, Myriam: Ma délire: Songs of Love, Lost & Found LP
C$39.99
Light in the Attic Various: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 BOX
Back in stock on yellow vinyl! “Sound created the universe. It wasn’t a word. Sound created atoms; sound and light are the original manifesting principles for worlds… A musician sources that primeval, eternal sound, and it comes out as music.” – Constance
Various: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 BOX
C$99.99
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
Wyatt, Robert: Shleep LP
C$34.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Apollo : Atmospheres & Soundtracks LP
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 spaceflight and moon landing in July 1969, comes this extended edition of Brian Eno, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois' seminal Apollo album. Originally scored to accompany director Al Reinert's landmark fe
Eno, Brian: Apollo : Atmospheres & Soundtracks LP
C$59.99
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
Eno, Brian: Music for Films LP
C$31.99
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
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
C$54.99
Astralwerks Eno, Brian: Here Come the Warm Jets LP
The hybrid of glam, prog and art rock on Brian Eno's 1974 debut Here Come The Warm Jets continued in a vein similar to his previous albums with Roxy Music, but further upped the experimental ante. In developing the album's words and music, Eno used unusua
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Eno, Brian: Here Come the Warm Jets LP
C$39.99
Numero Various: Bliss Out: For Days (2LP-crystal clear vinyl) LP
The Numero Group guide to private issue new age. Featuring Laraaji, Iasos, Joanna Brouk, Don Slepian, Peter Davison, Master Wilburn Burchette, Jordan De La Sierra, David Casper, Robert Slap, and 9 other pioneers of the Perrier underground. Adorned with Ma
Various: Bliss Out: For Days (2LP-crystal clear vinyl) LP
C$39.99
We Are Busy Bodies Roos, Kristen: Universal Synthesizer Interface VOL III LP
This third volume of Universal Synthesizer Interface delves further into early MIDI sequencing software for personal computers, focusing on Intelligent Music Software founded by Joel Chadabe in 1984. In a short period of time (1986-1990) Intelligent Music
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Roos, Kristen: Universal Synthesizer Interface VOL III LP
C$43.99