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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
Real Gone Honey & The Bees: Love (HONEY) LP
One of the great, lost albums of Philly Soul! And we mean really lost…we had to go to Italy and pay close to 500 euros to snag a copy for artwork. Jean Davis, Gwen Oliver, and Cassandra Wooten were known as The Yum-Yums when they auditioned for Arctic lab
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Honey & The Bees: Love (HONEY) LP
C$36.99
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
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Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island LP
C$44.99
Black Editions Takayanagi, Masayuki/New Direction: Station '70: Call in Question/Live Independence BOX
With the cosmic-disco-drenched Burning Feeling, Steve Moore's high-gloss Lovelock project conjured one of the most slept-on albums of last decade. Chunky, neon-lit synths and crashing, spacey guitars ride chugging Italo basslines and smooth-yet-shuddering
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Takayanagi, Masayuki/New Direction: Station '70: Call in Question/Live Independence BOX
C$79.99
Century Media Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero LP
Spawned in the Fall of 2011, Cosmic Death Metal initiates BLOOD INCANTATION, spent the past decade establishing a reputation for creating powerful Athmospheric Death Metal with progressive elements, while gradually incorporating more Psychedelic & Ambient
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Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero LP
C$34.99
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
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
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Coil: Musick to Play in the Dark LP
C$40.99
Vinyl on Demand Various: Vanity Records Vol. 2 BOX
The Vanity Box Vol. 2 presents another beautiful boxet with releases by legendary Japanese DIY label Vanity, active in the late 70s and early 80s. It was conceived by Studio Warp, in collaboration with Agi Yuzuru and the whole roster of artists involved w
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Various: Vanity Records Vol. 2 BOX
C$139.99
Constellation Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP
F# A# ∞ was recorded at the original Hotel2Tango in spring 1997 on a rented 16-track tape deck and supplemented with various field recordings. In the preceding year, the band had taken shape as a quasi-orchestral outfit involving most of the players that
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP
C$23.99
Sacred Bones Ataraxia (Mort Garson): The Unexplained (orange) LP
Black vinyl version. The pioneering electronic composer Mort Garson (Mother Earth's Plantasia) takes on supernatural phenomena with lush synth grooves on The Unexplained, his only release under the name Ataraxia. Subtitled Electronic Musical Impressions o
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Ataraxia (Mort Garson): The Unexplained (orange) LP
C$26.99
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
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
Rhino New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies LP
New Order formed in Manchester, U.K. in 1980, rising from the ashes of Joy Division after lead singer Ian Curtis' tragic suicide. Guitarist Bernard Sumner took over on vocals, and with drummer Stephen Morris, bassist Peter Hook and keyboardist Gillian Gil
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New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies LP
C$39.99
Panegyric King Crimson: Red LP
King Crimson was conceived in November of 1968 and born on January 13th 1969 in the Fulham Palace Cafe, London (Robert Fripp/Ian McDonald/Greg Lake/Michael Giles/Pete Sinfield), coming to prominence after supporting The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park. Their
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King Crimson: Red LP
C$36.99
Superior Viaduct Bender, John: Plaster Falling LP
Plaster Falling was recorded at the same time as John Bender's first album, I Don't Remember Now / I Don't Want To Talk About It. Released in 1981 on the artist's own Record Sluts label, copies of Plaster Falling's initial pressing came hermetically seale
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Bender, John: Plaster Falling LP
C$34.99
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
Crammed Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP
At last, the vinyl reissue of one of the biggest cult albums in the history of Crammed Discs. This record is constantly being (re)discovered by generations of fans, musicians and DJs, who hail it as an unsurpassed Afro/electronic milestone. The album was
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Zazou/Bikaye/CY1: Noir et Blanc LP
C$31.99
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
C$39.99
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
Polyvinyl Get Up Kids: Something To Write Home About (2LP-25th anniversary deluxe edition) LP
After 25 years, The Get Up Kids' classic second album, "Something To Write Home About", is still recognizable as the same electrifying, scrappy album it was upon release, but also transformed by time into one of the most seminal records of the band's scen
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Get Up Kids: Something To Write Home About (2LP-25th anniversary deluxe edition) LP
C$54.99
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 Tomaga: Sleepy Jazz for Tired Cats 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: Sleepy Jazz for Tired Cats LP
C$44.99
Dark Entries Cowley, Patrick: From Behind LP
In Friday!
Cybernetic disco maestro Patrick Cowley returns to Dark Entries with From Behind, a collection of grooving and ecstatic covers of 60s garage and soul cuts. Best known for his chart-topping disco anthems, Cowley left us with an incredible body
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Cowley, Patrick: From Behind LP
C$34.99
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