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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
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Garson, Mort: Mother Earth's Plantasia LP
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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
Ashikawa, Satoshi: Still Way LP
C$44.99
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
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Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi 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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Relapse Boris: Pink (20th Anniversary) LP
Boris' iconic album Pink is now available for the first time in a decade as a 20th Anniversary reissue featuring the original CD sequence as a 2XLP for the first time ever, with an exclusive D side etching on the vinyl.

Pink was Boris' tenth album and
Boris: Pink (20th Anniversary) LP
C$40.99
International Anthem Chiu, Jeremiah & Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings from the Åland Islands (IA11 Edition) (DELUXE EDITION) LP
Recordings from the Åland Islands, the duo debut by synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer, is a truly unique series of pieces that marry acoustic and electronic sounds with field recordings, all captured on a trip to the titular Baltic ar
Chiu, Jeremiah & Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings from the Åland Islands (IA11 Edition) (DELUXE EDITION) LP
C$32.99
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
Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere LP
C$44.99
Mute Throbbing Gristle: Third Mind Movements LP
Throbbing Gristle unveils a reissue of The Third Mind Movements, released commercially for the first time on vinyl via Mute. Formed in 1975, Throbbing Gristle, aka Chris Carter, Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (1955-2010), Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Genesis Bre
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Throbbing Gristle: Third Mind Movements LP
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Rotorelief Nurse With Wound: Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella LP
Official reissue. New remastering vinyl of the 1979 LP by Colin Potter. Gatefold cover plus complete Nurse With Wound list on gatefold inner. This is the long-awaited vinyl re-issue of the timeless Nurse With Wound debut release from 1979. Described by So
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Nurse With Wound: Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella LP
C$64.99
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
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
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
Nu Genea: Bar Mediterraneo LP
C$49.99
Warner Flower Traveling Band: Satori LP
Released in 1971, this is the first album produced by a Japanese artist with the overseas market in
mind. It was released simultaneously in the United States, Canada, and Japan, and in particular, the single “SATORI PART 2” reached No. 8 in Canada. There
Flower Traveling Band: Satori LP
C$84.99
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
C$29.99
Cleopatra Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves LP
Chrome were an experimental rock band formed in San Francisco in 1975. After their first album, the group’s mastermind, Damon Edge, met guitar player Helios Creed and the pair began developing the group’s signature sound collage / acid punk sound. On Half
Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves LP
C$34.99
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
Roxy Music: Roxy Music (half-speed master) LP
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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
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Audika Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP
BACK IN PRINT!!! A remastered and revised artwork edition of the extraordinary World Of Echo album from New York avant-garde cellist, songwriter, composer, and disco visionary ARTHUR RUSSELL. Originally released in 1986, the album is a deeply meditative a
Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP
C$54.99
Island Drake, Nick: Bryter Later LP
After crafting a debut album full of beauteous, somber chamber-folk, Nick Drake proved his low-key singing, gentle folk, and supreme mood-setting were no fluke on Bryter Layter. With a bright, sparkling production and mellow orchestrations, the framework
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Drake, Nick: Bryter Later LP
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Black Editions Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO: s/t LP
Black Editions presents the deluxe, first-ever vinyl edition of Acid Mothers Temple's classic self-titled first album. Over the last 25 years no group has been more prolific or dedicated to pushing psychedelic rock to its limits than Japan's Acid Mothers
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO: s/t LP
C$49.99
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
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Davis, Miles: Big Fun LP
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Dark Entries Solid Space: Space Museum LP
Dark Entries is honored to finally present the first ever official vinyl reissue of Space Museum by SOLID SPACE. Solid Space was the British duo of DAN GOLDSTEIN (keyboards, vocals) and MATTHEW "MAF" VOSBURGH (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals) formed in 1
Solid Space: Space Museum LP
C$29.99
Partisan Kuti, Fela: Best of the Black President LP
'The Best of the Black President' is the 13 track guide to Fela Kuti’s massive and manifold creative career. This is the first time the compilation is available on vinyl. Designed by founder of New York-based clothing and design brand Head of State, Taofe
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Kuti, Fela: Best of the Black President LP
C$134.99
Elemental Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP
Song of Innocence (1968) is the visionary debut solo album by producer, arranger, and composer David Axelrod, released on Capitol Records. Named after William Blake’s poetry collection, the record blends psychedelia, jazz fusion, orchestral textures, and
Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP
C$39.99