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Mute Frost, Ben: A U R O R A (10th Anniversary Red) LP
--- Out Oct 11, 2024 ---

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, renowned Iceland-based Australian composer Ben Frost releases a limited edition red vinyl of his studio album, A U R O R A, on Mute.

Limited to just 400 copies in North America, this v
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Frost, Ben: A U R O R A (10th Anniversary Red) LP
C$46.99
Lingua Ignota: Caligula (2LP-transparent) LP
“CALIGULA”, takes the vision of Kristin Hayter’s vessel to a new level of grandeur, her purging and vengeful audial vision going beyond anything preceding it and reaching a new unparalleled sonic plane within her oeuvre.

Succeeding her self-released 20
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Lingua Ignota: Caligula (2LP-transparent) LP
C$39.99
Relapse Poison Ruin: Harvest LP
Philadelphia Punks POISON RUIN make their Relapse Records debut with their new album, Harvest!

Evoking a rich tapestry of ice-caked forests, peasant revolts, and silent knights, POISON RUIN stab at the pulsing heart of what it means to live under the p
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Poison Ruin: Harvest LP
C$31.99
Subliminal Sounds Pärson Sound: Pärson Sound (DELUXE EDITION) LP
A spectacular archival package of primitive drone and minimalist rock/trance/psych from the Swedish underground, believe the hype as follows; one of the most memorable audio documents ever. For a brief period during 1967-68, Pärson Sound was a frontrunner
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Pärson Sound: Pärson Sound (DELUXE EDITION) LP
C$81.99
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
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
Milan Geinoh Yamashirojumi: Akira (Red Swirl) LP
Set in the year 2019 in Neo-Tokyo, the world is still recovering from the ravages of World War III. One night, teen delinquent Kaneda has his biker gang hurtle through the busy city. Kaneda’s friend, Tetsuo, is seriously injured during an accident and is
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Geinoh Yamashirojumi: Akira (Red Swirl) LP
C$49.99
Mesh-Key Jacks: Vacant World LP
Arriving on the Japanese music scene during the Beatles-inspired cover band boom of the late ’60s, Jacks instantly distinguished themselves from their fluff-peddling, copycat peers with stripped-down, original compositions, nihilistic lyrics and raw perfo
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Jacks: Vacant World LP
C$49.99
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
Mesh-Key Aunt Sally: s/t LP
Available again! Mesh-Key reissue of a true desert island disc, criminally out of print for nearly 40 years. They've spared no expense bringing this classic back to life in a format befitting its brilliance, carefully orchestrating transfers of the origin
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Aunt Sally: s/t LP
C$49.99
Numero Hated: Best Piece Of Shit Vol. 4 (white) LP
This one’s been teased for awhile, decades even. The Hated box set was an idea before Numero was an idea. Today we’re pleased to announce the first of five planned Hated collections that we’ll be rolling out over the next several years. Up first is Best P
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Hated: Best Piece Of Shit Vol. 4 (white) LP
C$39.99
Bada$$, Joey: 1999 (2LP-purple-in-tan coloured) LP
The debut mixtape from Pro Era crew member and Brooklyn MC, Joey Bada$$. Leaning into the golden era sound of hip-hop, Joey Bada$$ garnered widespread acclaim from some of Hip-Hop's most vaunted tastemakers by crafting a project that paid homage to the 90
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Bada$$, Joey: 1999 (2LP-purple-in-tan coloured) LP
C$41.99
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
4AD Breeders: Last Splash LP
In October 2017, The Breeders announced their return to 4AD, along with a new album, All Nerve, released in March 2018. The label is also reissuing their previous four albums on vinyl including Pod (1990), Last Splash (1993), Title TK (2002) and Mountain
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Breeders: Last Splash LP
C$29.99
Wick Rault, Michael: Michael Rault (galaxy blue/ltd edition) LP
Wick Records presents Michael Rault, the eponymous new album from one of the most talented songwriters in the game. A remarkable re-imagination of '70s pop perfection, the album began to take shape during a time of endings. Michael, on the cusp of turning
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Rault, Michael: Michael Rault (galaxy blue/ltd edition) LP
C$26.99
Kunsthall Paysage D'Hiver: Die Festung LP
It’s a common saying that music takes you somewhere else. Dungeon Synth and Black Metal are no exception when it comes to music's ability to transport the listener from its current surroundings. Misty forests, murky cellars, mighty mountains, star-fille
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Paysage D'Hiver: Die Festung LP
C$44.99
Nor Nordung Nurse With Wound: Who Can I Turn to Stereo LP
"Who Can I Turn To Stereo" by Nurse With Wound for the first time on Vinyl! It will be released as double album (including bonus material), strictly limited and numbered and in different colors (Black, Transparent, Silver and Gold). There will be a speci
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Nurse With Wound: Who Can I Turn to Stereo LP
C$274.99
Mute Leer, Thomas & Robert Rental: The Bridge (white) LP
The Bridge, a seminal electronic album, will now be available on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1979! With Robert Rental unfortunately passing away in 2000, this record, Thomas Leer and Rental's one and only album together, stands
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Leer, Thomas & Robert Rental: The Bridge (white) LP
C$44.99
Emotional Rescue O Yuki Conjugate: Into Dark Water LP
Emotional Rescue reissue ‘Into Dark Water’, the second album from UK post-industrial ambient pioneers O Yuki Conjugate (OYC). The willfully obscure OYC formed in Nottingham in 1982 and have had a sporadic career on the outskirts of musical culture ever si
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O Yuki Conjugate: Into Dark Water LP
C$34.99
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
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
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
Klimt Morricone, Ennio: Dissonance LP
Originally released as a 2CD set. Easily one of the most prolific film composers of all time, Ennio Morricone enjoys a revered status in the world of eccentric music lovers second to no other. While he is probably best known for his unmistakable music in
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Morricone, Ennio: Dissonance 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