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Invitation Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Gaia 2LP
Deep, deep, earth music from Tsutomu Ōhashi and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi crew. A macrosymphony composed for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan, 1990, Ecophony Gaia, was supposed to be the stunning, aural centerpiece for a li
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Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Gaia 2LP
C$49.99
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
Drag City Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas: Totality LP
Years past the space time of Automaginary, Bitchin Bajas and Natural Infor- mation Society have reported back at last from beyond. If the new title doesn’t clue you, Totality brings good news. Since their first collaboration, the path- ways that lead from
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Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas: Totality LP
C$49.99
Sacred Bones Carolan, Robin: Nosferatu O.S.T. (2LP-oxblood coloured) LP
Robin Carolan's soundtrack for Robert Eggers' highly anticipated "Nosferatu" is a haunting, gothic-infused and meticulously crafted work that draws from a vast palette of sounds, instruments, and inspirations. Following their successful collaboration on "
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Carolan, Robin: Nosferatu O.S.T. (2LP-oxblood coloured) LP
C$39.99
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
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: Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) (3LP-red-in-clear) LP
First compiled as a double CD in 2002, 'Moon’s Milk (In Four Phases)' is a suite of four EPs that Coil released seasonally via their in-house Eskaton imprint across 1998. The line-up for these sessions were John Balance, Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, Dre
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Coil: Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) (3LP-red-in-clear) LP
C$74.99
Important Coil: The Ape Of Naples LP
Re-cut from original Peter Christopherson approved masters. The Ape Of Naples is Coil's highly celebrated final album completed by Peter Christopherson following the tragic death of Jhonn Balance in 2004. Often noted for being a fan favorite, The Ape Of N
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Coil: The Ape Of Naples LP
C$69.99
DDS Collin, Jon & Demdike Stare: Fragments of Nothing LP
Demdike Stare’s immersive set of windswept, strung out blues made in collab with Jon Collin finally makes it to vinyl after a small run of tapes back in 2020 that sold out in a hot minute. We reckon it’s some of Demdike’s most compelling work; a highly e
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Collin, Jon & Demdike Stare: Fragments of Nothing LP
C$44.99
Parallel Series Sunroof: Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 2 LP
Mute founder Daniel Miller and legendary engineer Gareth Jones (Einstürzende Neubauten, Erasure, Yann Tiersen) vibe out in enviably well-stocked studios on a 2nd batch of improvisations. The illustrious duo have used the Sunroof moniker for remixes dating
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Sunroof: Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 2 LP
C$44.99
Self Release Nu Genea: Bar Mediterraneo LP
Four years after Nuova Napoli, Nu Genea are back with Bar Mediterraneo, a new album and journey, which projects the sounds of the Neapolitan duo formed by Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina even further. Nu Genea's Bar Mediterraneo is an idea of a shared
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Nu Genea: Bar Mediterraneo LP
C$49.99
1972 Second Layer: Courts Or Wars LP
Adrian Borland and Graham Bailey might be better known as members of legendary post-punk group The Sound, but the two were childhood friends and had been playing together even earlier in The Outsiders, and continued their deep musical rapport as a duo, cr
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Second Layer: Courts Or Wars LP
C$34.99
Thrill Jockey Body: Christs, Redeemers (2LP-coloured vinyl) LP
It has been said by more than a few intrepid listeners that The Body is the most brutal band on the planet. With ravishing grimness and impenetrable walls of noise, the duo of Chip King and Lee Buford create music that goes beyond what is normally conside
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Body: Christs, Redeemers (2LP-coloured vinyl) LP
C$46.99
Get Better Fucked Up: Hidden World (MAGENTA) LP
FUCKED UP’s second reissue for Get Better Records is cloaked in shades of unconventional aesthetics, symbolic overtones and a self-proclaimed “culture of confusion.” Hidden World, the band’s first full length studio album, marks a turning point for the my
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Fucked Up: Hidden World (MAGENTA) LP
C$41.99
Telephone Explosion Sharif, Jairus: Water & Tools LP
The passionate and unclassifiable work of Calgary-based improviser Jairus Sharif embraces each of these definitions of freedom and others, albeit strictly on its own personal and idiosyncratic terms.

Since early 2020, the 34-year-old autodidact has bee
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Sharif, Jairus: Water & Tools LP
C$34.99
Superior Viaduct Contortions: Buy LP
Box delayed, in early next week!
Soon after their 1978 debut on the Brian Eno-produced No New York, a compilation that defined the No Wave scene, James Chance’s group Contortions had already evolved—getting sharper, tighter and just plain faster. Despite
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Contortions: Buy LP
C$44.99
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
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Garson, Mort: Mother Earth's Plantasia LP
C$26.99
Dead Oceans Fay, Bill: Still Some Light: Part 2 LP
Bill Fay has always sung about attempting to understand the most universal questions: those of nature, spirituality, humanity. His songs are "calming hymns for another chaotic time", he says. His influence can be traced through many artist's work, and so
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Fay, Bill: Still Some Light: Part 2 LP
C$34.99
Dais Coil: Musick To Play In The Dark² 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 indu
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Coil: Musick To Play In The Dark² LP
C$35.99
Sargent House Lingua Ignota: SINNER GET READY (Red & Clear) LP
Kristen Hayter, the classically trained multi-instrumentalist, performance artist, and vocalist known as Lingua Ignota has announced her Sargent House debut, SINNER GET READY. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Literar
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Lingua Ignota: SINNER GET READY (Red & Clear) LP
C$49.99
Hedhunter Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu (coloured vinyl) LP
Repressed again with liner notes. The San Diego post-hardcore band’s debut album from 1991, containing the legendary Rick Froberg & John Reis guitar team dipped in battery acid, wired to a power station, wailing and screaming, with nervous riffs piled on
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Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu (coloured vinyl) LP
C$49.99
Aguirre Natural Information Society with Evan Parker: Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) LP
Rich in musical associations yet utterly singular in its voice, joyous with an inner tranquility, the music of Natural Information Society is unlike any other being made today. Their sixth album in eleven years for eremite records, descension (Out of Our
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Natural Information Society with Evan Parker: Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) LP
C$64.99
Lion Plastic Cloud: s/t LP
Plastic Cloud recorded, quite simply, one of the greatest underground psychedelic albums ever made: a swirl of gossamer vocals and Tolkien references, swathed in some of the most relentless fuzz guitars you will ever hear. A record with few equals, full o
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Plastic Cloud: s/t LP
C$34.99
Hedhunter Drive Like Jehu: Yank Crime (incl. 7-inch) LP
The band’s second and, unfortunately, final album, Yank Crime is as worthy and awesome as its predecessor, losing not a jot in the change from independent to major label status. Including some longer, more complex tunes this time around, Drive Like Jehu i
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Drive Like Jehu: Yank Crime (incl. 7-inch) LP
C$54.99