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Luaka Bop Onyeabor, William: World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor (3LP) LP
Little is known about William Onyeabor, and that’s the way he likes it.

Sure, you might hear something about him if you go to Enugu, a rural and isolated town in Eastern Nigeria, where he lives in a hidden palace in the woods. As a crowned High Chief o
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Onyeabor, William: World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor (3LP) LP
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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
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Eno, Brian: Music for Films LP
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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
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Goofin' Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation LP
Daydream Nation was Sonic Youth’s sixth full-length, their first double-LP, and their last for an indie label before signing with Geffen. Widely considered to be their watershed moment, the album catapulted them into the mainstream and proved that indie b
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Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation LP
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Goofin' Sonic Youth: Sister LP
“Let’s get something straight. There is no album in the entire corpus of indie rock—not Loveless, not Surfer Rosa, not Psychocandy—that reaches the heights of invention, joy, and magic of Sonic Youth’s sublime fifth album.... The haunted reveries of Siste
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Sonic Youth: Sister LP
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Black Editions High Rise: ll LP
Black Editions present a reissue of High Rise's II, originally released in 1986. High Rise exploded onto Tokyo's underground music scene with the roar and reckless abandon of a motorcycle accelerating headlong into a dead man's curve. Born from the explos
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High Rise: ll LP
C$39.99
Superior Viaduct Morricone, Ennio: Un Uomo Da Rispettare LP
*Quite possibly the very best Morricone score!* Un Uomo Da Rispettare translates to "A Man to Respect," which can easily be said of Ennio Morricone himself – the unparalleled maestro of the soundtrack. This 1972 crime film stars Kirk Douglas as a master s
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Morricone, Ennio: Un Uomo Da Rispettare LP
C$34.99
Aguirre Taj Mahal Travellers: August '74 LP
Aguirre Records present a reissue of Taj Mahal Travellers' August 1974, originally released in 1975. A monumental work by the Japanese experimental music ensemble. In April 1972 a group of Japanese musicians set off from Rotterdam in a Volkswagen van. As
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Taj Mahal Travellers: August '74 LP
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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
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Self Release Brick Road: Second Chronicle 2xCS
All four 2023 CDr's by Brick Road remixed into one epic opus. Drop out of life this winter with slow devotionals and working man's drone. Are things gonna get easier? You can atleast take it easier. Listen to Second Chronicles by Brick Road. Dubbed onto
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Brick Road: Second Chronicle 2xCS
C$24.99
International Anthem Parker, Jeff: The Way Out Of Easy LP
The Way Out of Easy is the first album from guitarist Jeff Parker and his long-running ETA IVtet—saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss, drummer Jay Bellerose—since their 2022 debut Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, which Pitchfork named one
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Parker, Jeff: The Way Out Of Easy LP
C$54.99
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
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Various: Bliss Out: For Days (2LP-crystal clear vinyl) LP
C$39.99
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
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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
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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
Dark Entries Cowley, Patrick: From Behind LP
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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
Great Unwashed: Clean Out Of Our Minds LP
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REISSUED!!! The Clean broke up (for the first time) in 1982. After a break, the Kilgour brothers pursued a new aesthetic and started recording on a 4 track at home. Poking fun at their past, they called themselves The Great Unwashed. Clean Ou
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Great Unwashed: Clean Out Of Our Minds LP
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Third Man Boris: Amplifier Worship (25th Anniversary - Lime Swirl) LP
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Boris’ sonic marvel Amplifier Worship, Third Man Records is thrilled to present a one time pressing of this classic double LP on colored vinyl. Manufactured at Third Man Pressing in Detroit and housed inside a wonderfu
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Boris: Amplifier Worship (25th Anniversary - Lime Swirl) LP
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Blank Forms Hennix, Catherine Christer: Further Selections from The Electric Harpsichord LP
Rediscovered and compiled for release shortly before her death in November 2023, "Further Selections from The Electric Harpsichord" presents a never-before-heard recording of composer and artist Catherine Christer Hennix's early magnum opus. Originally de
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Hennix, Catherine Christer: Further Selections from The Electric Harpsichord LP
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Paralaxe Editions Ulla & Perila: Jazz Plates LP
After many years drifting in and out of each-other’s orbit, ‘Jazz Plates’ finds Ulla and Perila making music in the same room for the first time, exhaling a double album’s worth of gorgeously evocative mood music, gently crackling with a dream-textured ha
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Ulla & Perila: Jazz Plates LP
C$54.99
Downwards British Murder Boys: Active Agents and House Boys LP
Many, many years into their thing, Surgeon (Anthony Child) and Regis (Karl O’Connor) finally unveil their debut album as British Murder Boys, two decades on from their 'Learn Your Lesson' debut for Counterbalance in 2003. For what feels like a lifetime, B
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British Murder Boys: Active Agents and House Boys LP
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Soundways Dar Disku: Dar Disku LP
The Bahraini-born, British-based musical duo Dar Disku release their debut self-titled album, weaving their way into both the dancefloor and home environments with irresistibly broad appeal.
A celebration of their Arabic heritage and multicultural influe
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Dar Disku: Dar Disku LP
C$44.99
Finders Keepers Ciani, Suzanne: Buchla Concerts 1975 LP
Finders Keepers presents these incredible early Buchla synthesizer concerts/demonstrations providing a distinctive feminine alternative to The Silver Apples Of The Moon if they had ever been presented in phonographic form. This record is a triumphant yard
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Ciani, Suzanne: Buchla Concerts 1975 LP
C$49.99