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Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MOLLONO.BASS	Tears & Hope	2x12"	3000 GRAD RECORDS	3000GRAD 005LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Uncertainty about and confidence in the future, melancholia and euphoria, tears and hope: The fifth Mollono.Bass album resonates with a zeitgeist that is a complex, highly divergent, sometimes even opposing state of thoughts and emotions. Deep and heady groove structures create compelling drive, emotive human voices add introspective fragility, free flowing harmonies unfurl as intense collective ecstasy. Vocals reflect pensively on issues like falling apart, yet the tracks themselves are magnificent examples of what happens when creative minds come together. MAZ'N contributed to several tracks on Tear & Hope, and in one track comes the voice of Margret. The song-oriented approach of these tunes is another very contemporary aspect -- one that will find expression in a special live show this year. Andy's Echo adds to the signature vibe of friendship and co-creation on this Mollono.Bass album with a mutual production, as well. With many different expressions of its main theme, Tears & Hope has everything it takes to make a powerful, electrifying impact - on major dancefloors and in intimate listening settings alike.

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BARTOS, KARL	Communication	CD	BUREAU B	BB 484CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 A timeless statement on media, culture, and music. Karl Bartos, renowned as an essential member and songwriter of Kraftwerk during their most innovative years, is reissuing his solo album Communication on Hamburg's Bureau B. First released in 2003, 13 years after leaving the legendary electronic group, the re-release arrives at a moment when its central theme, the transformation of culture through electronic media, feels more relevant than ever. When Bartos departed Kraftwerk in 1990, he left behind a catalogue that had redefined electronic music: "The Model," "The Robots," "Numbers," "Pocket Calculator," and many more bear his imprint as co-writer and melody-maker. 2021 Kraftwerk's classic line-up was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for their innovative work -- the first German band ever to be honored. With the sharp-witted electro-pop of Communication, the Kraftwerk legend extended that legacy, turning his focus toward a rapidly evolving media landscape at the turn of the millennium. At the time, the album's exploration of celebrity culture, digital imagery, and the early internet felt like a glimpse into the future. Today, it reads as sharp cultural analysis of a reality that has since become ordinary. Two decades later, this reissue allows Communication to be reconsidered on its own terms. The questions Bartos posed, about image saturation, reality fragmentation, and identity commodification, resonate more strongly in the age of smartphones, social media, and streaming platforms than they did in the early 2000s. Karl Bartos: "We are living in an age of huge behavioral manipulation. Cybernetics, artificial intelligence -- this is a major challenge for humanity." Bartos's role in shaping Kraftwerk's defining sound is undisputed, yet Communication also asserts his independent artistic voice: one that critiques media while celebrating the joy of electronic sound. Its rerelease is less a nostalgic act than a reminder that Bartos's work continues to speak directly to the cultural present. With this reissue on Bureau B, Communication endures as both a document of its time and a timeless statement on media, culture, and music.

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HANSEN-KNARHOI, SOPHIA	Undertow	LP	BA DA BING!	BING 222LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 "With her first album Undertow, London-based composer/singer-songwriter Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi reveals stark venerability in a world of sound that is intimate and expansive. Voice and cello entwine to provide a cinematic intensity to songs that tell stories of memory, growth, and the raw, often dark, textures of emotion. with cinematic intensity. Undertow tethers intimacy to the corporeal, spanning violation and deep trust. It deals with the fallout of the victims of violence against women, voyaging through fear and pain to absolution. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Hansen-Knarhoi grew up surrounded by the natural world. Undertow draws on the stark landscapes of Western Australia. At moments, field recordings are woven into the work, while at others, arrangements reflect its beautiful barren environment through memory. Undertow revels in this remote sonic landscape. Her 2023 debut EP, Wildflowers, explores the transition from childhood to adulthood, blending ethereal, delicate vocals with graceful and tender instrumentation to embody memory, trauma, and the moments that shape people. This time, with the skilled Brooklyn producer Randall Dunn as a collaborator, Undertow pushes further into the abstract, a dark and dissociative space. Dunn carves intricate space around the lyrics, etching into the soundscape with tension. Cello and voice interact as dual narrators, layering hypnotic drones, gritty textures and raw emotive vocals. Undertow frames Hansen-Knarhoi in a caught moment, continuing her evolution, and all the sharp objects in the way."

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FELL & PAT THOMAS, MARK	Reality Is Not A Theory	LP	BLACK TRUFFLE	BT 137LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Recorded in concert at the University of Sheffield in March 2025, Reality Is Not A Theory is the first collaboration between Mark Fell and Pat Thomas. Major figures in British experimental music since the 1990s, Fell and Thomas have developed their rigorous practices from radically different backgrounds and perspectives: where Fell's singular take on synthetic abstraction emerged from Sheffield's electronic underground, Thomas is a virtuoso improvising pianist steeped in jazz and modernist art music who has simultaneously worked with sampler-based electronics for decades. As the record's wonderfully academic subtitle explains, listeners are presented here with two sides of "algorithmic and improvised music for computer and piano," exemplifying both players' insatiable search for new (and sometimes uncomfortable) playing situations. The performance begins with Fell's electronics close to the timbres of acoustic percussion, attacks that suggest wood, metal or glass threaded along a rapid pulse while Thomas focuses on the lowest registers of the piano, deadening the strings. As Fell's electronics start to ring out and occupy more harmonic space, Thomas turns to wide, repeated clusters, which slowly expand into patterns of chords. Like in his recent solo recordings and his trio work with Joel Grip and Anton Gerbal, Thomas' playing combines extreme dissonance with a deep lyrical sense. Fell's work gradually shifts its focus toward drum sounds, drawing on the microtemporal processes that have characterized his practice in recent decades. Heard together with Thomas' probing piano, the computer sounds call up unexpected associations with the klangfarben antics of improv drummers like Paul Lovens or Tony Oxley. Throughout its second half, the music grows increasingly frenetic, as Thomas sounds out rapid, irregularly repeated figures and beautifully sour chords in the upper register, while Fell's percussion develops into angular pan-pipe-like feedback and waves of glissandi. With great confidence and patience, Fell and Thomas often let their individual contributions remain rhythmically distinct and unsynchronised, allowing unexpected correspondence and coincidence to guide the music's development. Recorded in a hall named after Sheffield steel manufacturer and Master Cutler Mark Firth, the location might suggest a model for understanding how Fell and Thomas interact here: two workers in the same workshop, each immersed in their own part of the production process. Arriving in a striking sleeve designed by Mark Fell, with liner notes by Francis Plagne, Reality Is Not A Theory is an invigorating document of the meeting of two mavericks of contemporary music.

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THEE HEADCOATS	The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm 'N' Beat Vernacular	LP	DAMAGED GOODS	DAMGOOD 633LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. "'The undisputed kings of garage rock' (New York Times) are back once again! Two years on from their 2023 album Irregularis (The Great Hiatus), Thee Headcoats are back with a new record that ranks alongside the very best of their 1990s albums. Featuring 12 fab cuts (or ditties if you prefer) recorded at Ranscombe Studios in Rochester. The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm 'n' Beat Vernacular comes at the same time as Man-Trap, a brand-new album by Thee Headcoatees, which features the chaps on rhythm section duties."

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C.L.A.W.S.	Splat City II	LP	DARK ENTRIES	DE 322LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 "C.L.A.W.S. comes to Dark Entries with a new ripping LP, Splat City II. C.L.A.W.S. is the solo project of musical luminary Brian Hock, who has been a key figure in the Bay Area underground for over two decades via his involvement in projects like Bronze and The Vanishing, as well as helming the record labels Squirrels on Film and Immortal Sin. With C.L.A.W.S., Hock takes on the dancefloor, picking up cues from the Hague's Giallo-dipped electro, the skewed minimalism of Chicago acid, and the mind-rending forays of San Francisco post-punk icons like Chrome and Tuxedomoon. Following 2019's inaugural Splat City EP, Splat City II continues to map the psychogeography of a metropolis both alien and immediately recognizable, one where life is cheap, but so are the thrills. Previously released on Squirrels on Film in digital-only format, this expanded vinyl edition of Splat City II features two new cuts. Things kick off with 'Route 505' and 'One Tear,' a duo of rompers that vibe like Tom Ellard and Chip E locked in a room with a vial of liquid. Next up, Bay Area deckmaster Tyrel lends his editing chops to 'Vigilant Slimy Monsters,' sculpting a moody space disco beast. Squirrels on Film co-founder Solar teams up with Hock for 'Black Magic Carpet Ride III,' a cavernous downtempo banger. The slow-mo pace continues with 'Wild Slugs United,' which features the no wave-esque clarinet work of Paul Costuros. Closer 'Don't Flip the Crystal Ship' pays homage to Bayview venue Bay Area 51 with melancholic strings and a quartz-solid electrofunk bassline. Splat City II comes in a sleeve with artwork by Bert Bergen, which features a vampiric cat and sci-fi cityscapes."

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BLACK DOG, THE	Loud Ambient	CD	DUST SCIENCE	DUST 135CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 "Making this album was an absolute joy. We used Rothko's artwork as a major influence. His use of color fields, blending, mood and scale really helped us build an album of tracks that could stand on their own and also work together as a coherent whole across all the tones we had been working with. It was also a chance to fall back in love with our 909, 808 and 707. While working on music for several other projects, the 'Rothko' project got renamed Loud Ambient because it did not really sit right with the My Brutal Life series. We often talked about what people make of The Black Dog and whether they think we only make ambient music. We do not. Over the last year or so, one of us would be working on something and someone else would say, 'That is a Loud Ambient track.' The name stuck. We liked the funny side of it. With Loud Ambient, everything just fell into place creatively. Surprisingly for us, the tracklisting never changed, just small tweaks here and there. That rarely happens. It marks a first for us as a band. All the stars aligned and the confidence in this album is the strongest we have ever had. Loud Ambient was made to dance to, something we have not done in a while. We welcome the return to the dancefloor with both hands. Will you join us?" --The Black Dog

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EL PALMAS	La Baja	7"	EL PALMAS MUSIC	ELPALMAS 037EP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 El Palmas announces the release of his new single, "La Baja." The song, written and sung by Maurice Aymard, DJ, producer, and founder of the El Palmas Music label, was recorded live in New York with production by Cheo Pardo. "La Baja" fits perfectly with El Palmas' aesthetic, which fuses social, tropical, and festive elements. The use of classic Latin percussion (congas, timbales, bongos) creates a rhythmic base reminiscent of Central American and Afro-Latin genres.

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KNUDSEN, WEDNESDAY	Atrium	CD	FEEDING TUBE RECORDS	FTR 801CD
$9.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 After two decades in the experimental music scenes of New York and Western Massachusetts, Wednesday Knudsen might be known equally as a sought-after improv collaborator and the vocalist and guitarist for the beloved long-running psych band Pigeons, as a member of the New England folk rock ensemble Stella Kola, or the psych kraut supergroup Weeping Bong Band. Atrium is Knudsen's fifth solo album, marking her rich recording history with a stunning masterwork. Channeling the "atmosphere of presence" alongside the legions of Éliane Radigue, Hiroshi Yoshimura, and Joanna Brouk, on Atrium, Knudsen plays it all -- alto saxophone, flute, guitar, synth, piano, autoharp, bass guitar, and vocals. Atrium's tracks are sculptural rather than ambient, with a release into the gorgeous hold of gravity that insists listeners don't escape or drift away. While conceived and recorded independently and at different moments over a two-year span, each piece on Atrium was shaped as an occasion, a space, a timbral architecture exposing and inviting presence. Each piece is an effort toward a minimalism meeting the pace of nature, without the need for geographic recognition. These hills don't impose on the listener, reverberating instead like an atrium to wherever and however you are. Atrium is the vital and expansive follow-up to Soft Focus: Volumes One (FTR 649LP) and Two (FTR 650LP) released in 2022. Developing her craft as a multi-instrumentalist since her youth, it took Knudsen nearly two decades to arrive at her own distilled beautiful sound that is disentangled from the fuzz guitar-haze of her pillar underground band Pigeons. Atrium opens with "Fair Aegis," a tone-scape that evokes the mystery of the green trees cathedral of the Taconic Mountains as it simultaneously offers a context and threshold to cross into the remarkable richness of the album. "Place of Dream" is the sound-portrait of a wonderful demi-daydream, an extremely brief, pleasant vision Knudsen experienced that would repeat itself, as if a spinning moment or a flickering, the spiral motion of certain plants as they grow, moving toward the places of their thriving. Other anchors include "Dear Life, Green Flame," the tremulous shape of life striving in first gear, the primal pulse seeking its cadence and the yes of breath. The track was recorded live, in one take, unplanned and improvised, unlike most tracks on the album which Knudsen intentionally shaped. As equally as "Atrium" is an experience of presence, it is music that reinforces the power of art as resistance. The songs distill attention in a language that Knudsen calls "the opening of the heart," reminding listeners that subsistence and community results from their own actions and engagement with their exterior.

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YAWNING MAN	Pavement Ends	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 372CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Yawning Man return to the studio with founding members Gary Arce and Mario Lalli with Bill Stinson. The new album on Heavy Psych Sounds Records Pavement Ends marks Arce and Lalli returning to a collaboration off the beaten path on some of the band's darkest and heaviest themes. Drenched in sonic tension and release, bleak and beautiful. The first track released titled "Bomba Negra" digs deep in the emotional undertow of Yawning Man's unique approach to rock music. The cover painting is the band's first collaboration with Joshua Tree artist Diane Bennett. Recorded at Gatos Trail Studios by Dan Joeright. Mixed and co-produced by Mike Shear. Cover Art by Diane Bennett. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 372LP), orange vinyl (HPS 372LTD-LP), and splatter vinyl (HPS 372ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YAWNING MAN	Pavement Ends	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 372LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. Yawning Man return to the studio with founding members Gary Arce and Mario Lalli with Bill Stinson. The new album on Heavy Psych Sounds Records Pavement Ends marks Arce and Lalli returning to a collaboration off the beaten path on some of the band's darkest and heaviest themes. Drenched in sonic tension and release, bleak and beautiful. The first track released titled "Bomba Negra" digs deep in the emotional undertow of Yawning Man's unique approach to rock music. The cover painting is the band's first collaboration with Joshua Tree artist Diane Bennett. Recorded at Gatos Trail Studios by Dan Joeright. Mixed and co-produced by Mike Shear. Cover Art by Diane Bennett.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YAWNING MAN	Pavement Ends (Orange Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 372LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. Orange color vinyl. Yawning Man return to the studio with founding members Gary Arce and Mario Lalli with Bill Stinson. The new album on Heavy Psych Sounds Records Pavement Ends marks Arce and Lalli returning to a collaboration off the beaten path on some of the band's darkest and heaviest themes. Drenched in sonic tension and release, bleak and beautiful. The first track released titled "Bomba Negra" digs deep in the emotional undertow of Yawning Man's unique approach to rock music. The cover painting is the band's first collaboration with Joshua Tree artist Diane Bennett. Recorded at Gatos Trail Studios by Dan Joeright. Mixed and co-produced by Mike Shear. Cover Art by Diane Bennett.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YAWNING MAN	Pavement Ends (Splatter Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 372ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. Splatter color vinyl. Yawning Man return to the studio with founding members Gary Arce and Mario Lalli with Bill Stinson. The new album on Heavy Psych Sounds Records Pavement Ends marks Arce and Lalli returning to a collaboration off the beaten path on some of the band's darkest and heaviest themes. Drenched in sonic tension and release, bleak and beautiful. The first track released titled "Bomba Negra" digs deep in the emotional undertow of Yawning Man's unique approach to rock music. The cover painting is the band's first collaboration with Joshua Tree artist Diane Bennett. Recorded at Gatos Trail Studios by Dan Joeright. Mixed and co-produced by Mike Shear. Cover Art by Diane Bennett.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
JONES, OZZY	between you and me	LP	INTERCEPT	INT 083LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 "In 2019, a brutal epileptic seizure changed my life -- the first of more to come. I was forced into solitude, and in that quiet, music became my lifeline. In the following years, I poured everything I had into creating between you and me: a raw, DIY album that is a distillation of my lived experience during this time. The album explores emotional authenticity, freedom of expression, and acceptance: not as abstract concepts, but through visceral experiences that have fundamentally reshaped my art and my sense of self. As a listener, I invite you to explore your vulnerability by joining me in mine. This album is truly between you and me." --Ozzy Jones Ozzy Jones is a Dutch-Australian interdisciplinary artist whose music blends electronica with indie. Drawing from personal struggles and raw emotion after his seizures started, his debut album between you and me explores vulnerability, male identity, and authentic self-expression. Rooted in Amsterdam's vibrant creative scene, Ozzy's work fuses sound, visuals, and storytelling to create a deeply immersive and honest artistic experience.

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ASHBY, DOROTHY	The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby	LP	LIFE GOES ON RECORDS	LIFE 064LP
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 The recording session for this album took place in 1958 and featured Ashby as leader on harp, backed by bassist Richard Davis, drummer Grady Tate, percussionist Willie Bobo and a horn section consisting of Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Sonny Russo, and Tony Studd. The album pre-dates the spiritual jazz tradition of Alice Coltrane and Sanders but with a more R&B blues feel and it is a mandatory listen!

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NILSSON, MOLLY	Amateur	LP	NIGHT SCHOOL	LSSN 105LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. "Amateur is the 12th studio album by Molly Nilsson. Deep in the teeth of a career that threatens to tip into something resembling a 'legacy,' Nilsson celebrates with an album recorded instinctively, quickly and bursting with so many moments of emotional brilliance and clarity it may be her greatest yet. Hers has been a career spent reaching out, perennially powerful in her earnestness, a warrior ridiculously defenseless and armed with a glittering sincerity. Shearing herself of the machinations of the music industry, recording at home, writing direct to the heart. Amateur is a jubilee for losers. A treatise in thirteen songs, it states clearly that one should live their life with eternal curiosity, offering one an open hand of comradeship out of the rat race. The songs on the album are both some of the most personal of Nilsson's career and the most anthemic. First single 'How Much Is The World' asks to re-evaluate value in the face of a neoliberal system squeezing the life out of love. Pulsing opener 'Die Cry Lie' satirizes the commercialization of emotion in the form of a shout-along diss-track. With a pounding rhythm track held down by gorgeous chord changes, heartbreaker 'Valhalla' carries the torch for the main themes of the album: never growing up, making mistakes with kindness, moving on. There are moments on Amateur shrouded in reverb, slightly out of focus, forcing the listener to step deeper into the Mollyverse. Nilsson's open-armed beseeching to the world permeates every beat, every chord. These are songs exploding with life: the chunky, aggressive bassline on the punker 'Get A Life' can't hide its massive, catchy chorus. The sweeping 'Swedish Nightmare' might be a tongue-in-cheek self-reference, but at its heart it's a song about the duality of living life large -- what is a dream, what is a nightmare? Molly Nilsson says you can't have one without the other, and why would you want to? Here's to making mistakes."

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BAM JAM BAND, THE	Voce Acredita em Mim/Would You Believe in Me	7"	MAD ABOUT RECORDS	MAR 105EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 The Bam Jam Band is back! On their third seven-inch release, the band dares to reimagine a true soul classic -- Jon Lucien's timeless masterpiece "Would You Believe in Me" -- with an irresistible disco twist. Flip it over and discover the B-side, a fresh Portuguese reinterpretation, passionately performed by Brazilian-born powerhouse Denize Machado from the ultra-militant Bamba Social. With "Would You Believe in Me" The Bam Jam Band bridges eras, continents, and grooves -- paying homage to '70s soul while keeping the dancefloor burning.

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MORRICONE, ENNIO	The Legend Of 1900 (Color Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL: AT THE MOVIES	MOVATM 110W-LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 "Ennio Morricone composed and arranged scores for more than 500 film and television productions, making him one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late '50s. The Legend of 1900 (Italian: La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano) is a 1998 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Melanie Thierry. The film is inspired by Novecento, a monologue by Alessandro Baricco. The Legend Of 1900 was nominated for a variety of international award, winning several for its soundtrack, including a Golden Globe for Best Original Score - Motion Picture. This release includes the song 'Lost Boys Calling' featuring Roger Waters & Eddie van Halen. Throughout his career, Morricone received an unprecedented amount of awards, including Grammys, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs. Ennio Morricone has influenced many artists including Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, Radiohead, Hans Zimmer, and many more. The Legend of 1900 is available limited edition of 2500 numbered copies on white vinyl. The package includes an insert."

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ZENTASKAI/PALAWAN/JEREMY REINHARD/THOMAS GRUN	BILLIE	12"	MASK	MSK 015EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Berlin's ZentaSkai returns to his Mask Records with the Billie EP, collaborating with Palawan, Jeremy Reinhard, and Thomas Grün for release on vinyl only. He kicks off with the solo cut "A1," which is quick, sophisticated, raw house with a funky clip to the beats that diffuses heat in the grainy sustained pads. It brings serene emotional release through stylish hypnosis and gorgeous vocals that blend seamlessly into the mix.

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SILVERIO, MASSIMO	Surtum	LP	OKUM PRODUZIONI	OKUM 005LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Massimo Silverio is one of the most distinctive names in the new Italian music scene, carving out a niche within the independent landscape with his unconventional idea of songwriting -- influenced by the folklore of Carnia, electronic textures, and a highly personal approach to songwriting. Surtùm arrives after Hrudja (2023), the album that established Silverio as one of the most intriguing emerging artists in Italy, blending the metalinguistic folklore of Sigur Rós, the gothic arrangements of Swans, and the post-punk-tinged electronic minimalism of Massive Attack's Mezzanine. Produced by Manuel Volpe, Surtùm was written by Massimo Silverio and arranged together with Nicolas Remondino and Volpe, who also collaborated with him on Hrudja. The album features contributions from Mirko Cisilino (C'mon Tigre) on horn and tuba, Flavia Massimo (Teho Teardo) on cello, Benedetta Fabbri on violin, and Martin Mayers on alphorn. Surtùm marks a new step in the Friulian artist's evolution, shaped by the deep bond developed with his trio during the past years of touring. Surtùm is a journey of peace and grace, a slow descent into the dark nature of humankind, an album through which Massimo Silverio seeks to exorcise the dark times of violence and hatred we are living in. Surtùm is a Friulian term that can be translated as swamp or marshy meadow. In the specific context of this album, Surtùm is understood and imagined as a place where songs and prayers are deposited.

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PIREH, CYRUS	Thank You, Guitar	LP	PALILALIA	PAL 091LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 "Broadly speaking, shredders are the pro wrestlers of music, trafficking in overwrought drama but devoid of soul, the realm of finger-tappers, fretboard lubricators, and those prone to viewing music as a competitive brawl. As such, the axe-slinger of conscience steers clear of shredding behavior, albeit every-so-often dexterously running the neck to tip listeners off that, you know, they 'really know how to play.' But for the typical avant-string consumer, shredding is beyond the pale. Which brings us to Cyrus Pireh's new Palilalia release Thank You, Guitar, his latest stab at 'transcendental shred electric guitar music.' Pireh, a self-professed anarchist and presumed enemy of music-as-sport, upcycles the 32nd-note neck sprint into a mesmeric boil played and recorded with little intervening electronic trickery other than a Digitech DD5 and mysterious amp modifications. The end result sounds like Pireh's plugged a quarter-inch jack into each of the listener's eardrums, a quick digital delay ping-ponging across the frontal lobes, the wet and dry signal of his 9-string axe all but indistinguishable. Indeed, Pireh views his maximalist double-handed scrabble as a mirror in which the listener might visualize all manner of details in its rapidly self-propagating tonal and rhythmic tapestry. The title track, its hairpin turns echoing Fred Frith's 'Hello Music' -- another startling LP-opener -- establishes this methodology immediately. But far from languishing in razzle dazzle, each song tracks different tangential vectors, some (like 'Free Palestine') employing tape delay to smear the sounds into a muzzy, proto-psychedelic modality, with others stretching longer feedback times into unison lines reminiscent of Eno's all-consuming Revox (albeit less pitchy). But the true mind bender of the record is 'Amen Family', its fret-tapping and string scraping reinventing the venerable amen break as an electrified freak-folk/jungle opus for fingerstyle guitar that has to be heard to be believed. Ultimately, Thank You, Guitar is a giant step forward in Palilalia's redefinition of the solo guitar record, and one of the first truly novel things I've heard a guitar spit out in quite some time, milking the tension between precision and chaos, never quite veering into one or the other, but maintaining maximum engagement and brimming with action til the end." --Tom Carter

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FOEHN & JEROME	Still Liquid	12"	PERLON	PERL 138EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Foehn & Jerome. The duo that does what duo's do best. Born in Austria and based in Berlin, Fabian and Christopher not only produce together, but also perform as a DJ team and run their own label entitled Perfumed Freedom.

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BUG VS GHOST DUBS, THE	Implosion	CD	PRESSURE	PRESH 027CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Implosion is a crushing split album, appropriately released on The Bug's own PRESSURE label. Mapping out a new form of spectral dub, the sound is deliberately immersive, introverted, and yes, definitely implosive. In pursuit of heavy lids, blurred vision, and merciless bass bin punishment, it's one part meditation, two parts low-end theory, and essentially a confession of devoted sound system addiction. As expected from a tag team featuring British soundlab explorer and "London Zoo" composer Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, and Michael Fiedler, aka Jah Schulz -- a long-time graduate of Germany's new school of sound system reggae culture -- the duo approaches their target differently yet share the goal of keeping their sound "raw" and "brutally minimal". Each track illuminates the emotional impact and atmospheric pressure being explored across this deceptively sparse album -- a mastery of tone and texture. This collection might be as reduced, minimal, and deep as The Bug has ever gone, perhaps echoing the solemnity of his recent Kevin Richard Martin Black release and invoking the futurist steppas self-pioneered on his previous Pressure album. Alternatively, Fiedler's Ghost Dubs project ventures into his most heavyweight direction yet, which is no mean feat considering his previous, the critically acclaimed album Damaged, was a monstrously massive triumph of analogue weight and enviable sound design. Implosion is ice-cool, a stark contrast to the warmth and sociability of traditional Jamaican roots and the current trends in digi-dub. Instead, the mood is soaked in tension and intense dread, finding an unexpected melting point where classic dub's stark rhythm attack, isolationist ambience's eerie drift, dub techno's floatation strategies, and even the relentless riffs of doom metal collide. The super heavyweight pulsations, emotive resonances, and bone-rattling vibrations detonated here effortlessly go far beyond the artists' influences. Shadowy and elusive, there's a mysteriousness at this record's core. A haunting moodiness oscillating between nostalgia and future shock. Implosion is a testament to being enveloped in bass, seduced by bass, submerged in bass, and utterly crushed by bass, as The Bug and Ghost Dubs seek to craft a new form of dub for zonal headz and Babylon seekers. Mastered by Stefan Betke (a.k.a. POLE) at Scape Mastering studio.

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BUG VS GHOST DUBS, THE	Implosion	2LP	PRESSURE	PRESH 027LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Double LP version. Implosion is a crushing split album, appropriately released on The Bug's own PRESSURE label. Mapping out a new form of spectral dub, the sound is deliberately immersive, introverted, and yes, definitely implosive. In pursuit of heavy lids, blurred vision, and merciless bass bin punishment, it's one part meditation, two parts low-end theory, and essentially a confession of devoted sound system addiction. As expected from a tag team featuring British soundlab explorer and "London Zoo" composer Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, and Michael Fiedler, aka Jah Schulz -- a long-time graduate of Germany's new school of sound system reggae culture -- the duo approaches their target differently yet share the goal of keeping their sound "raw" and "brutally minimal". Each track illuminates the emotional impact and atmospheric pressure being explored across this deceptively sparse album -- a mastery of tone and texture. This collection might be as reduced, minimal, and deep as The Bug has ever gone, perhaps echoing the solemnity of his recent Kevin Richard Martin Black release and invoking the futurist steppas self-pioneered on his previous Pressure album. Alternatively, Fiedler's Ghost Dubs project ventures into his most heavyweight direction yet, which is no mean feat considering his previous, the critically acclaimed album Damaged, was a monstrously massive triumph of analogue weight and enviable sound design. Implosion is ice-cool, a stark contrast to the warmth and sociability of traditional Jamaican roots and the current trends in digi-dub. Instead, the mood is soaked in tension and intense dread, finding an unexpected melting point where classic dub's stark rhythm attack, isolationist ambience's eerie drift, dub techno's floatation strategies, and even the relentless riffs of doom metal collide. The super heavyweight pulsations, emotive resonances, and bone-rattling vibrations detonated here effortlessly go far beyond the artists' influences. Shadowy and elusive, there's a mysteriousness at this record's core. A haunting moodiness oscillating between nostalgia and future shock. Implosion is a testament to being enveloped in bass, seduced by bass, submerged in bass, and utterly crushed by bass, as The Bug and Ghost Dubs seek to craft a new form of dub for zonal headz and Babylon seekers. Mastered by Stefan Betke (a.k.a. POLE) at Scape Mastering studio.

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VA	Acid Sampler Part Two	12"	RUNNING BACK	RBACID 002EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 The saga of squelch continues. After the first round proved that the acid line might be the most durable cliché in dance music, part two turns the resonance knob a little further. Steve Bug and Stefan Braatz, Deetron, Todd Osborn, and Mathew Jonson with The Mole join forces for another ode to the silver box -- less museum piece, more perpetual motion machine. Proof that you can't retire a sound that never had a desk job. Once again, Gasius supplies the visual psychedelia, while the tracks handle the auditory side of the trip.

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MINISERIES	Pilot	CD	RIPS	RIPS 010CD
$11.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Pilot is the debut album from London quintet Miniseries. Channeling the epic sweep of TV themes and movie soundtracks into resplendent space rock they explore themes of youth and ageing, heartbreak and paranoia, euphoria and existential dread. Songwriter Doug Morch (Longview) had been working on largely acoustic folk songs when he met Angela Gannon (The Magic Numbers) at Glastonbury 2017. Romance and musical collaboration ensued. The band coalesced in the hallowed environs of Farringdon's The Betsey Trotwood pub -- a musical nexus where burgeoning indie and Americana scenes collide -- where they met fellow songwriter and guitarist Dermot Watson (from Brighton's The Dials) and drummer Danny Abbasi and were joined by Doug's former bandmate Aidan Banks on bass. When they came together, their indie folk mutated into motorik art rock. When it came to capturing their sound, the band reached for maverick musician and producer Sean Read. They recorded tracks at Read's Famous Times studio in Clapton, London, as well as at Edwyn Collins' Clashnarrow in Helmsdale, Scotland. Miniseries' Pilot is just the beginning of the story. Enthralling and atmospheric, the London quintet have created something familiar yet timeless.

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MINISERIES	Pilot	LP	RIPS	RIPS 010LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. Pilot is the debut album from London quintet Miniseries. Channeling the epic sweep of TV themes and movie soundtracks into resplendent space rock they explore themes of youth and ageing, heartbreak and paranoia, euphoria and existential dread. Songwriter Doug Morch (Longview) had been working on largely acoustic folk songs when he met Angela Gannon (The Magic Numbers) at Glastonbury 2017. Romance and musical collaboration ensued. The band coalesced in the hallowed environs of Farringdon's The Betsey Trotwood pub -- a musical nexus where burgeoning indie and Americana scenes collide -- where they met fellow songwriter and guitarist Dermot Watson (from Brighton's The Dials) and drummer Danny Abbasi and were joined by Doug's former bandmate Aidan Banks on bass. When they came together, their indie folk mutated into motorik art rock. When it came to capturing their sound, the band reached for maverick musician and producer Sean Read. They recorded tracks at Read's Famous Times studio in Clapton, London, as well as at Edwyn Collins' Clashnarrow in Helmsdale, Scotland. Miniseries' Pilot is just the beginning of the story. Enthralling and atmospheric, the London quintet have created something familiar yet timeless.

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PALMER, GEORGE	Jah Light	7"	ROOTS VIBRATION	ROOTS 062EP
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Fresh dub tune by the talented George Palmer, played by nuff Belgian sounds. In a heavy production by Mafia & Fluxy & Wandering Lion.

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SCREECHIE, DELTON	Concrete Castle King	7"	ROOTS VIBRATION	ROOTS 063EP
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Modern dub re-lick of the classic Dean Fraser tune, crafted by Dub Kazman (JP) and Wandering Lion in heavyweight style.

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CONGO, DAWEH	Nah Gun Fi War	7"	ROOTS VIBRATION	ROOTS 064EP
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Message music by Daweh in a Mafia & Fluxy & Wandering Lion production. Hard hitting roots music!

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MUSCLECARS & TORIBIO	Full Circle	12"	RHYTHM SECTION INTERNATIONAL	RS 075EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Two jewels in the crown of the soulful electronic music scene in NYC unite for a spellbinding EP on Rhythm Section International. Full Circle is a brand-new body of work from Musclecars & Toribio. These are not merely tracks -- these are three movements making up a concerto -- with a dub thrown in for good measure! This is a delicate tour de force, delivered with such raw emotion and vulnerability it allows the instrumentation takes a back seat -- just a gentle groove, swelling strings and some unresolved chords are all that's required to transform listeners to the main character of this story.

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TENASHEE	Blink To Check It's Real	LP	STREET CINEMA	SC 001LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Gaia Weiss is an actress -- not a singer by trade -- and summons Charlotte Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot to deliver the spoken words as a fractured monologue, guiding listeners through splintered visions, and detuned chord progressions, in pursuit of the seemingly unattainable. With this six-chapter journey on the newborn Street Cinema label, Tenashee (DJ Tennis and Ashee, Manfredi Romano and Joseph Ashworth) have crafted and refined - like two artisans from another era -- a unique creation: a creature that reconnects electronic music with complexity and richness, fully aware of hyper-contemporaneity, yet capable of resisting surrender to it. Blink To Check It's Real, featuring artist Campbell King, immediately immerses the listener in an electronic reality check, with '90s-inspired tweaking and glitching, all woven together with a poem from Campbell that contrasts the dizzying intensity of lust and connection with the comfort of being able to "loosen their grip" and "make it safe." In "I Can See Now," Aurelia Ray (stage name of pop-music-writing powerhouse Caitlin Stubbs) evokes a sense of serenity, pure love, and trust within a refined, spacious piece of minimalist electronica. Over the course of five years, through exchanges, writing sessions, and fine-tuning in Paris, London, Saint Martin, and Ibiza, the world evolved, but Tenashee's musical mission remained unchanged. The mini-album reflects the musical backgrounds of its two creators, their unique sensitivity to the present, and their desire to challenge each other with sharp, emotional, yet weightless styles and sounds. It is no longer just DJ Tennis; the successful DJ touring worldwide, organizing events, and founding influential labels like Life & Death; nor only Joseph Ashworth with his scientific approach and creativity as a producer and writer in the competitive world of pop; nor Ashee, with his releases on Circoloco and Aus Music. No, Tenashee is something more. It is a duet searching for a thread that connects electronic music -- past, present, and future -- through experimentation, craft, and artistry.

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UNIVERS ZERO	Uzed	CD	SUB ROSA	SR 559CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Uzed is the fourth album by Belgian band Univers Zero. It was released three years after Ceux du Dehors, due to a change in line-up and a new repertoire, although the EP Crawling Wind had been released in the meantime. The album marked a turning point for the band. Univers Zero explored new electric colors, giving it a more rock feel with the addition of new musicians such as Jean-Luc Plouvier, who introduced the synthesizer, guitarist Michel Delory, who played a memorable solo in "Célesta (For Chantal)," and André Mergen on electric cello and alto saxophone, who enriched the orchestral texture. With Dirk Descheemaeker on clarinet and soprano saxophone and the return of Christian Genet on bass, this evolution can also be explained by the arrival of new musicians. Uzed is entirely composed and arranged by Daniel Denis. The recording and mixing were done at Daylight Studio in Brussels in 1984, but to bring out Uzed, the sound had to be improved by giving it more dynamic range, which was done at ICP Studios in 2024. Univers Zero represents one of the longest-living bands in Belgium. It was established in 1974. Drummer Daniel Denis had the brilliant idea to gather together a team of professionals sharing the same taste for music. The band has adopted an instrumental progressive style. Over the last couple of decades, the band has also implemented a series of influences from chamber music -- most commonly, chamber music from the 20th century. Even if the line-up changes a lot over the years, the overall sound of UZ remained fairly consistent.

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UNIVERS ZERO	Uzed	LP	SUB ROSA	SR 559LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 LP version. Uzed is the fourth album by Belgian band Univers Zero. It was released three years after Ceux du Dehors, due to a change in line-up and a new repertoire, although the EP Crawling Wind had been released in the meantime. The album marked a turning point for the band. Univers Zero explored new electric colors, giving it a more rock feel with the addition of new musicians such as Jean-Luc Plouvier, who introduced the synthesizer, guitarist Michel Delory, who played a memorable solo in "Célesta (For Chantal)," and André Mergen on electric cello and alto saxophone, who enriched the orchestral texture. With Dirk Descheemaeker on clarinet and soprano saxophone and the return of Christian Genet on bass, this evolution can also be explained by the arrival of new musicians. Uzed is entirely composed and arranged by Daniel Denis. The recording and mixing were done at Daylight Studio in Brussels in 1984, but to bring out Uzed, the sound had to be improved by giving it more dynamic range, which was done at ICP Studios in 2024. Univers Zero represents one of the longest-living bands in Belgium. It was established in 1974. Drummer Daniel Denis had the brilliant idea to gather together a team of professionals sharing the same taste for music. The band has adopted an instrumental progressive style. Over the last couple of decades, the band has also implemented a series of influences from chamber music -- most commonly, chamber music from the 20th century. Even if the line-up changes a lot over the years, the overall sound of UZ remained fairly consistent.

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OM	Solar Wind	LP	STUDIO MULE	STUDIOMUL 053LP
$39.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Led by guitarist Seiji Hano, the jazz group Om released only one album -- Solar Wind, a landmark work that stands as one of the greatest achievements in Japanese ethnic jazz. Now, this masterpiece is finally being reissued. Their sound, seemingly a response from Japan to ECM artists such as Oregon and Codona, active during the same period, is refined yet imbued with a distinctly Japanese sense of wabi-sabi -- melancholic, nostalgic, and deeply resonant. From "Windmill," featured on Studio Mule's compilation Midnight In Tokyo Vol. 2, to every other track, Solar Wind is a flawless album with not a single weak moment -- a true masterpiece of Japanese jazz.

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SUTTER & WANGEN	Do You Believe In Spring?	LP	SUWA	SUWA 001LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Do you believe in spring? Simon Wangen (cello) and Philipp Sutter (piano) pose this question as the title for their new project. Whereas Bill Evans made a demand in 1981, the two Cologne-based musicians believe that in times of uncertainty, crisis, and environmental destruction, it is ok to set a question mark here. But politics and world events aside: Do you believe in spring? Of course! It's never too late to start something new, get creative, and test your own limits. Simon Wangen is a classically trained cellist, Philipp Sutter a trained jazz pianist. Their different musical roots merge on this instrumental album into a lively mix of neoclassical, new jazz, and Cinéma Nordique. Ten pieces come across as sometimes dark, sometimes wild, sometimes delicate, always focusing on the dialogue between the two instruments that harmonize so well. The subtle use of electronic effects constantly opens up new perspectives and builds a bridge to contemporary sound aesthetics. Cello and piano -- this combination has been established for centuries, but can still add new facets today. Do you believe in spring? begins stormily and turbulently, oscillating between romantic, sad, and beautiful moments, and leads from a rather dark beginning to the final and eponymous piece in C major, which leaves the listener with a glimmer of hope.

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PDQB	8 1/2 Bit Replays	LP	SYNAPTIC CLIFFS	SYNAPTIC 014LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Synaptic Cliffs presents pdqb together with six black belt gamers (PRZ, Noise&Noise, Galaxian, CEM3340, Dark Vektor, Mesak), each a legend in their own right. They don't just replay pdqb's 8 1/2 Bit album; they become it. Together, they embark on a journey through legendary worlds, creating a place filled with soundscapes and challenges that blur the line between music and game. They move with the rhythm of the music and face the challenges within, weaving their own stories into the fabric of the iconic work.

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CLARK	Steep Stims	CD	THROTTLE	THROT 014CD
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Following the skewed-unself-help-brilliance of Sus Dog (which marked his first full foray into songs, abetted by Thom Yorke), and its companion piece Cave Dog, Chris Clark returns to the dancefloor's simple, but no less affecting pleasures, with Steep Stims. Steep Stims marks a back-to-basics approach, invoking the early years of gung-ho creativity enforced by limitations in technology at the time. Made quickly, Steep Stims reflects the immediate rave energy of his live show, but that's not to say it's basic floor fodder, as it's rife with personality, synth magic, and knack for melody. Although swift and impressionistically captured rather than labored over, it's still formidably deft, with plenty of oddball weirdness lurking beneath the dancefloor. Soft, orange, scorched, brutal, the opening track "Gift and Wound" captures the classic dance music dread/awe/euphoria combo perfectly, before "Infinite Roller" merges sparkly-minimalism with snarling bass and soft sines, which turn more-dense and metallic as it progresses. The melancholic smoke belch of "No Pills U" gives strong classic vibrations, which is belied by its creation, made in just 20 minutes. Drumless, yet still full of exhilarating-big-trance-drama, "Who Booed The Goose" flashes by in stroboscopic fast forward, then "5 Millionth Cave Painting" gives a palate cleanser, letting "the virus with its delicious broken, luxurious reverb have a moment," before "Negation Loop" swoops down in all its glory, with Clark's tweaked vocals leading deconstructed trance breakdowns, tape edits and brutal noisebursts. An antidote to the bombast of its predecessor is "Micro Lyf," which closes the set on a poignant note, of sorts. Muted staccato gives way to field recordings "that gradually put it in this outside space; alien in a meadow somewhere nameless. It feels like a sinkhole. The record kinda swallows itself up and then is gone", ends Chris.

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CLARK	Steep Stims	2LP	THROTTLE	THROT 014LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Double LP version. Following the skewed-unself-help-brilliance of Sus Dog (which marked his first full foray into songs, abetted by Thom Yorke), and its companion piece Cave Dog, Chris Clark returns to the dancefloor's simple, but no less affecting pleasures, with Steep Stims. Steep Stims marks a back-to-basics approach, invoking the early years of gung-ho creativity enforced by limitations in technology at the time. Made quickly, Steep Stims reflects the immediate rave energy of his live show, but that's not to say it's basic floor fodder, as it's rife with personality, synth magic, and knack for melody. Although swift and impressionistically captured rather than labored over, it's still formidably deft, with plenty of oddball weirdness lurking beneath the dancefloor. Soft, orange, scorched, brutal, the opening track "Gift and Wound" captures the classic dance music dread/awe/euphoria combo perfectly, before "Infinite Roller" merges sparkly-minimalism with snarling bass and soft sines, which turn more-dense and metallic as it progresses. The melancholic smoke belch of "No Pills U" gives strong classic vibrations, which is belied by its creation, made in just 20 minutes. Drumless, yet still full of exhilarating-big-trance-drama, "Who Booed The Goose" flashes by in stroboscopic fast forward, then "5 Millionth Cave Painting" gives a palate cleanser, letting "the virus with its delicious broken, luxurious reverb have a moment," before "Negation Loop" swoops down in all its glory, with Clark's tweaked vocals leading deconstructed trance breakdowns, tape edits and brutal noisebursts. An antidote to the bombast of its predecessor is "Micro Lyf," which closes the set on a poignant note, of sorts. Muted staccato gives way to field recordings "that gradually put it in this outside space; alien in a meadow somewhere nameless. It feels like a sinkhole. The record kinda swallows itself up and then is gone", ends Chris.

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ALPHA MAID	Is this a queue	LP	AD 93	WHYT 097LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Prolific South East London guitarist and songwriter Alpha Maid presents her album Is this a queue. Beginning from a sense of frustration at the predictable and boring narratives and systems of the world, and the feeling that such rules were the rules of the universe, Alpha Maid formed an interest in particle physics. "We only know 4% of the universe, there is hope in that and the unknown 96%. I found excitement and wonder in that. The theories I was reading about relied more on the conditions of the present moment, and it made the idea of living in the moment feel more accessible. It started to be possible to see present time from all these different angles, and to have infinite more options to choose where to be next." Written across many years and different places, the LP documents a journey and the people Alpha Maid met while moving around, collating moments of the present. Her guitar remains a constant amongst an array of sonic influences throughout: from dub which honors her Jamaican heritage and the Windrush Generation, to the twinges of an emo love song in "On Smoke." Is this a queue revels in the magic of that which people cannot see and coherently understand, and the narratives that have been shrunk down to fit. Remembering, continuing, forgetting, paying attention, building, navigating, contributing, time. Alpha Maid (aka Leisha Thomas) is a guitarist, vocalist, and producer from South London. Her debut EP Spy (2019) was released by the collective/label CURL. She continues to collaborate in various forms with fellow members such as Coby Sey and Mica Levi. Alpha Maid's debut vinyl release Chuckle EP (2021) was released on the C.A.N.V.A.S. collective/label, and garnered significant critical attention. In spring 2023 Alpha Maid teamed up with Mica Levi to self-release their joint EP spresso. Featuring Leo Hermitt, Valentina Magaletti, Ben Vince, and Coby Sey.

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TALK SHOW	Miss America	LP	WE JAZZ	WJLP 084LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/21/2025 Talk Show is a new duo collaboration featuring Steph Richards on trumpets and resonating surfaces and Qasim Naqvi on drums, almglocken bells and modular synthesizer. Having worked together on other projects for almost two decades, Miss America, released by We Jazz Records, marks their first, pure duo collaboration -- a space to engage with a sonic language they've been cultivating together for years. The album was recorded live, with Qasim crafting real-time electronics and drum set work, and Steph using trumpets and resonating percussion to summon sympathetic vibrations and otherworldly sounds through timpani, snare and water. The trumpet sounds electronically processed, though every sound is acoustic. Both artists wanted to retain the live nature of their process, so what you hear is virtually untouched. Sharing an appetite for experimentalism, theatricality and irreverent collisions of sound and image, Qasim and Steph met in 2008 at CalArts- which was a breeding ground for open creative thought and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Often working with directors in the theater program, choreographers, or experimental and character animators, Steph and Qasim's musical language has a rooting in visual performance art. From their first premiere, costumed together inside a giant two-person dress sculpture that consumed a drum set, to their most recent audio-visual nightmare which explores the horrors of '80s daytime reality talk shows, this duo presents a voice the grimy and the grotesque: a new beauty of questionable acts and character flaws in sound.

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RAISON D'ETRE	The Empty Hollow Unfolds	2LP	CYCLIC LAW	207THCYCLE
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "In a long-awaited unveiling, celebrating its 25th anniversary, Raison D'être's critically acclaimed dark ambient opus The Empty Hollow Unfolds is available for the first time ever on vinyl, released as a deluxe Double LP edition on marbled vinyl and standard black. Originally issued in 2000 this reissue marks a significant milestone in the legacy of Swedish composer Peter Andersson, whose immersive soundscapes helped define an era of industrial ambient music. The Empty Hollow Unfolds is not merely an album, it is a descent into the void. Widely hailed as one of the most haunting and emotionally resonant works in the dark ambient genre, it transforms isolation into an art form. Andersson constructs a sonic environment of desolate beauty, where metallic echoes, subterranean drones, and Gregorian-like chants collide in a ritual of decay and transcendence. From the slow, meditative swell of 'The Slow Ascent' to the sprawling, twenty-minute dirge 'The Eternal Return and the Infinity Horizon,' this record remains a singular achievement, a sound world of spectral ruins and elegant desolation. This new 2LP edition has been remastered specifically for vinyl, restoring the album's cavernous depth and atmospheric range in unprecedented detail and includes three bonus tracks not available on the original release. Critics have long praised The Empty Hollow Unfolds as a milestone in the genre, once voted the greatest release in Cold Meat Industry's storied history. Described as 'elegantly crafted ruin' and 'a travelogue from a land where the sun never rises,' the album continues to evoke awe and unease in equal measure. Its sound, monumental yet intimate, cold yet achingly human, remains as relevant and unsettling today as it was 25 years ago."

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VA	Going Back to Sleep...	LP	A COLOURFUL STORM	ACOLOUR 053LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Going back to sleep... is a lovingly gathered suite of windswept, heart-bursting contemporary DIY indie-pop and folk including new songs by Carla dal Forno, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Lewsberg-related duo The Hobknobs and Rat Columns, next to luminaries and newcomers Daily Toll, Who Cares?, The Lewers, The Sprigs, Drunk Elk, I Can I Can't, The Gabys, and Chateau. A beautiful contemporary companion of I Won't Have To Think About You (2017). Focused on Australian artists predominantly recording and performing in intimate spaces, the compilation's sentiment extends to likeminded artists around the world. A feeling of introspection that seems impossible to achieve when recording for anyone but yourself. A trip through the wonderfully diverse international pop underground, or more simply, a group of music makers performing on A Colourful Storm's imaginary stage.

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GEELHOED, CASIMIR	Processing Music	LP	B.A.A.D.M.	BAADM 019LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 With Processing Music, Dutch composer and electronic musician Casimir Geelhoed offers a compelling meditation on sound transformation as a metaphor for psychological and emotional processing. Operating at the intersection of overstimulation, introspection and fragility, the album unfolds as a deeply immersive and personal exploration -- one that invites the listener to inhabit a space of their own projection, memory and reflection. Rather than imposing a fixed compositional structure, Processing Music follows a bottom-up approach, allowing form to emerge organically from the interaction of sonic materials. Digital signal processing is not used here as a mere technical tool, but as a poetic device: transformation as narrative, delay as memory, distortion as tension. Through slowly eroding loops, gently collapsing textures and shifting layers of timbre and space, Geelhoed crafts a delicate sound world that is charged with friction. What may at first seem abstract gradually reveals an emotional core. The album evokes the suspended time of a largo, the layering of memory like an excavation, the psychological tension of perceived spatial expansion. These are not literal themes, but associative keys to a music that operates in a distinctly human sonic language. Emerging from a series of live performances, Processing Music retains a performative sensibility: the music breathes, transforms, and invites attention to nuance. It slowly unfolds a landscape shaped by the subtle interplay between structure and dissolution. Casimir Geelhoed has presented performances and installations at festivals such as CTM, Sonic Acts, Rewire, Fiber, SPATIAL, and Aural Spaces. He studied computer science, composition, music technology, and sonology in Amsterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht.

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CORKER CONBOY	Corker Conboy x Purelink	LP	BAD INFO	BADINFOS
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 A remix by Purelink (Peak Oil) featuring multiple samples from various tracks off Corker Conboy's debut album. "In Light of that Learnt Later" was originally released in 2003 on Vertical Form. Recorded around the early noughties and originally released over twenty years ago in August 2003, "In Light Of That Learnt Later" is a discrete modern classic of post-rock, dub, Afro-Brazilian and jazz-influenced composition. There is very little of the band on the internet, their releases falling sometime between dial up modems, My Space and before social media and Spotify. They did only two gigs, one in Porto the other in the Ritzy cinema Brixton and the one picture of the band is a drawing done by a street artist in Leicester Square. This will be the first time the album is available digitally.

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TENOR BAND, JIMI	Selenites, Selenites!	LP	BUREAU B	BB 500LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. In 2025, Finnish musician and composer Jimi Tenor celebrated his 60th birthday. He couldn't have imagined a better place to do so than on stage, and so Tenor came to Hamburg with his band in March, not only to celebrate his personal anniversary, but also to record new music. Partly with Hamburg producer Tobias Levin at his Electric Avenue Studio, and partly at Lauri Kallio's Kiikala Center of the Universe Studio Complex, Selenites, Selenites! -- the first album by the Jimi Tenor Band -- was recorded in spring 2025. Tenor can now look back on numerous collaborations, including with Tony Allen, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, Kabukabu and Freestyle Man. The band, consisting of Eeti Nieminen, Heikki Tuhkanen, Ekow Alabi Savage, Lauri Kallio and Jimi Tenor, has played numerous club and festival gigs together, but had not yet released an album up till now. Recording for the band's debut began at Lauri Kallio's studio in Kiikala, Finland -- an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere that has been converted into a recording studio aptly named Kiikala Center of the Universe Studio Complex. While the band was recording, Lauri's parents cooked for them using ingredients from the Finnish forest: chanterelle mushrooms and moose meat. After two initial sessions, the recordings were sent to Bureau B in Hamburg, who invited the band to join Tobias Levin at his Electric Avenue Studio for another session lasting several days. As the band had already tried out and internalized most of the songs through live performances, the recordings went smoothly and often required only a single take. This quickly resulted in the eight songs that now make up Selenites, Selenites! As so often in the world of Jimi Tenor, it's about space, dimensions and -- of course -- love, conveyed in that energetic and captivating way that makes it impossible to resist this music. Also featured on the track "Shine All Night" is Tenor's second collaboration with Florence Adooni, the queen of Ghanaian frafra gospel. Selenites, Selenites! is an impressive debut that showcases a group of virtuoso musicians in absolute joy of playing and exploring new sonic connections. This is not just any Afro-jazz album, but an extraordinary journey into a raw and unadulterated sound, as if you were standing right in front of the stage while listening to the record.

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IRISARRI, RAFAEL ANTON	A Fragile Geography: Reworks	Cassette	BLACK KNOLL EDITIONS	BKE 022CS
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 A decade after its release, A Fragile Geography returns transformed. This limited-edition cassette accompanies the AFG10 anniversary reissue, offering an inspired re-envisioning of Rafael Anton Irisarri's landmark compositions. Reworks presents distinctive readings of these pieces, with each artist leaving their personal mark on the material. The titles remain unchanged, with the sole exception of "Hiatus," reborn here as "Ausencia." Together, these reimaginings extend the emotional cartography of the album into new terrains. KMRU reframes "Displacement" with expansive, glimmering layers that open into meditative ambient landscapes. Penelope Trappes renders "Reprisal" as a voice-led invocation of the delicate and the intimate. Her wistful vocals bloom with fragile sorrow, rising over shimmering strands of strings to create a sound world at once sacred and shadowed. Kevin Richard Martin (a.k.a. The Bug) transforms "Empire Systems" into a cavernous "Iced Mix," driven by polyrhythmic double bass motifs and sculpted from subterranean pressure and negative space. On Side B, Mabe Fratti opens with a cinematic, dreamlike, Lynchian reimagining of "Hiatus" in her native Spanish ("Ausencia"). She threads cello and voice so wondrously that her rendering feels at once hauntingly beautiful and disquieting. Abul Mogard stretches "Persistence" into a vast drone elegy. A master of patient sound sculpting, Mogard layers evolving waves of analog synths into a dense shroud that radiates its own internal light. William Basinski and Gary Thomas Wright close the cycle with a spectral version of "Secretly Wishing for Rain." Basinski's field recordings of Reseda rainfall and birdsong, which open and close the rework, add a personal touch and evoke the imagined sound of a grainy film reel flickering to life. A final gesture that dissolves the album into vapor, leaving the listener adrift in its lingering afterglow. Mastered with great care by Stephan Mathieu and featuring a remixed version of the original artwork by Daniel Castrejón, this edition refracts the language of the original through new prisms. Less a return than a passage, across time, across interpretation, into uncharted emotional realms.

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BEDLAM	Bedlam	LP	BONFIRE RECORDS	BONF 028LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 The English blues revival was surely functional in developing a new series of performer and sub-genres. The hard rock revolution began from the power-chord of Cream and the likes, leading the way for a new "British invasion." Short lived four-piece Bedlam released one single studio album in 1973 led by the intense power of drummer extraordinaire Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Jeff Beck). Their self-titled debut was enlightened by other amazing performers: vocalist Frank Aiello (formerly of pop duo The Truth) and brothers Dave (the guitarist who had recently replaced Robin Trower in Procol Harum) and Denny Ball (bass). The album was produced by Felix Pappalardi of Mountain fame. This is soulful proto-heavy metal at its best!

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AKATZ	A Go Go 3	10"	BRIXTON RECORDS	BR 058-10
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 With over 25 years' experience performing on stages across the globe with their unique take on ska, soul and black music in all its forms, Bilbao-based band AKATZ present their new EP, Á Go Go 3. This new collection features six reinvented tracks with Spanish lyrics and fresh arrangements, bearing the unmistakable stamp of this cult band. The third instalment in the Á Go Go series is an invigorating exploration of soul, vocal jazz, ska and mambo classics, reimagined by O. Munilla and Akatz as a tribute brimming with reverence, creativity and their distinctive flair. From New York to Bilbao with a stop in Havana. Á Go Go 3 is more than just a compilation of covers: it is a celebration, a tribute and a declaration of love for music that moves bodies and minds.

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ZITTA, MARIOLINA	Concert For Bats, Voices And Natural Sounds	LP	BLACK SWEAT RECORDS	BS 099LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 At the end of the 1980s, Mariolina Zitta approached the world of natural sounds, studying musicology and developing a passion for speleology. Her encounter with Walter Maioli was fundamental, guiding and influencing her definitive research into sound archaeology and the primitive sources of musical acoustic phenomena. In these recordings Mariolina conducts a magical ritual as a cave priestess, celebrating the icons par excellence of the mysteries of the night: bats. The specific frequencies of the calls of these fascinating creatures are recorded with special detectors used by ecologists, and the result is an organic synthesizer. The fusion with the sounds of natural objects (stones, stalactites, logs, bone whistles, Tibetan bells, mouth bows, trumpet shells) and the vocal modulations of harmonic singing allow listeners to travel into a still unexplored sound dimension, through an evocative experience of total sensory listening. It is an arcane landscape filled with pure vibrations, magnetic resonances and aquatic sounds; an ancestral enchantment on the border between consciousness and dreams, a symbolic liturgy of primordial reverberations, echoes and whistles. Edition of 200 copies.

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REIGAKUSHA	Gagaku Suites	2LP	BLACK SWEAT RECORDS	BS 101LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Gagaku" is the oldest of the Japanese performing arts, with a history more than a thousand years old. The term refers to Japanese classical music and dance, traditionally performed by families of musicians linked to the ancient Imperial court, and later passed down in Buddhist temple ceremonies and Shinto shrines. Shiba Sukeyasu, founder and director of the Reigakusha ensemble, descends from the Koma clan, whose origins date back to the end of the 10th century. These recordings partly reflect repertoires borrowed from Chinese music between the 5th and 9th centuries. The incredible variety of timbres of the instruments greatly amplifies the listener's exotic imagination: the eternal breath of the flutes (ryuteki and hichiriki) creates a sort of suspension of time, together with the hypnotic and hallucinatory atmosphere of the mouth organs (shō). The meditative tone of the string instruments (bika and koto) that punctuate the voids and silences is impressive, as is the enigmatic percussion section, with the tolling of the gong (shōko) and the calibrated beats of the drums (taiko and kakko).

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ETERNITY'S CHILDREN	Eternity's Children	LP	COSMIC ROCK	COSMR 046LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Eternity's Children's self-titled album was released in 1968 on Capitol sublabel Tower Records, during the heyday of the hippie revolution. After touring with Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Seeds and the Blues Magoos, the band released their most successful single "Mrs. Bluebird" which reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their sunshine pop was clearly informed by west-coast influences and folk revivalist, but ended up offering a new take on the psychedelic revolution.

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OSEES	Live At The Broad	CD	DEATHGOD CORP	DG 007CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Here is a recording of the Broad Museum show. A bunch of Krauty jams we've never played live before and a couple old favs. Mixed by JPD. Mastered by the guru JJ Golden. Here is a slab to burn one to while you jettison any garbage (good riddance) out the hatch -- onward and upward."

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OSEES	Live At The Broad	2LP	DEATHGOD CORP	DG 007LP
$37.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Double LP version. "Here is a recording of the Broad Museum show. A bunch of Krauty jams we've never played live before and a couple old favs. Mixed by JPD. Mastered by the guru JJ Golden. Here is a slab to burn one to while you jettison any garbage (good riddance) out the hatch -- onward and upward."

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OSEES	Live At The Broad (Color Vinyl)	2LP	DEATHGOD CORP	DG 007X-LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Double LP version. Color vinyl. "Here is a recording of the Broad Museum show. A bunch of Krauty jams we've never played live before and a couple old favs. Mixed by JPD. Mastered by the guru JJ Golden. Here is a slab to burn one to while you jettison any garbage (good riddance) out the hatch -- onward and upward."

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KRONSTAD 23	Sommermorket	LP	EL PARAISO RECORDS	EPR 082LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. Something is brewing in the state of Norway! Kronstad 23 are the latest trailblazers from northern Scandinavia: a creative force exploring the boundaries of musical genres, including but not limited to: psych rock, jazz, post-rock and Scandinavian folk music. The group of young players follows the footsteps of Motorpsycho, Elephant9 and El Paraiso's own Lotus, Fra Det Onde and Kanaan, carving out their path through the musical landscape in seemingly effortless ways! One minute you're floating on cosmic Pharoah Sanders waters, the next you're ascending on electrified if-Tortoise-played-Allman Brothers-style jamming. The band describes their approach as: "Sommermørket is an escape from inhumane technology and politics in search of something that feels authentic. The music breathes in the little that is left of old air and rises slowly into the hazy summer twilight like brittle thoughts that try to connect and fade away." Kronstad 23 was formed in Kronstad, Bergen, Norway in the Autumn of 2023. As old friends and musical collaborators, they rekindled a creative spark that had been dormant for over 10 years. Rarely rehearsed and often caught on first take, Sommermørket was recorded live on tape in the studio of Keyboardist Øyvind Vie Berg in Bergen, Norway. The record captures three sessions across one year, from spring and late summer in 2024 to winter of 2025.

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JOHANSSON, SVEN-AKE	Sabeltanz	LP	EDITION TELEMARK	ET 938-06LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Released in collaboration with the Tomas Schmit Archiv and Wiens Verlag. A previously unreleased recording of Sven-Åke Johansson playing a solo set at the legendary Petersen Galerie in West Berlin, 1982. The concert took place inside an exhibition of drawings by Tomas Schmit and runs the gamut from Johansson's trademark Schlingerland-style drumming to accordion sabre dance and absurdist poetry. The gallery, owned by Jes Petersen, hosted Fluxus, Actionist, Art Brut and Surrealist exhibitions and performances between 1977 and 1994. From the liner notes by Sven-Åke Johansson: "Between Tomas' rare animal drawings and mythical creatures I set up my drum kit, tightened the straps of my accordion, and checked my other equipment. First the combo set, pulsating in waves, then working the accordion, with a vocal bit about fish and bird, next abusing the floor and drums with rags and iron bands. Again dynamic waves with the set, taking out the shoetrees and rubbing them on all the edges of the drum kit. Conclusion with frenetic waves from the drums. Then we had from their finest; Jes and Ilona poured drinks, Tomas Schmit smiled looking pleased, the technician rolled up his thick cables. Later on some of us also stood talking on the wide pavement of Pestalozzistraße, about what I don't remember."

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HOYER, RALF	zur Mitte/hindurch/hinauf	LP	EDITION TELEMARK	ET 938-07LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Released on the occasion of his 75th birthday, Edition Telemark presents the first LP since 1986 by German composer and sound artist Ralf Hoyer. Hoyer's versatile new music oeuvre includes works for chamber ensembles, choir, orchestra, chamber opera, as well as electronic, electro-acoustic and multi-media pieces. Hoyer grew up in East Berlin where he worked as a sound engineer for the GDR record company VEB Deutsche Schallplatten in the late 1970s while studying composition at the Academy of Arts. In the 1980s, he wrote primarily chamber, vocal and electronic music as well as works for theatre. After 1990, his interests shifted towards sound and multi-media installations, and more recently, he produced a number of electro-acoustic pieces, some of them conceived for spatial multi-channel diffusion. Presented on this LP is "zur Mitte / hindurch / hinauf," an electro-acoustic work commissioned by Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting Corporation) in 2020. The composition is in three parts mirroring the emotional states laid out in the three parts of Dante's Divine Comedy, in which the poet gives an account of his encounters during his traversal of Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purgatory), and Paradiso (heaven). "Zur Mitte" (to the center) uses a mostly brusque and unpredictable juxtaposition of sounds and noises. "hindurch" (through) follows with feedback sounds and mysterious rhythms emerging, disappearing, and reappearing. Finally, in "hinauf" (up), complex sounds continuously transform, then transition into a stable state. The three parts broadly correspond to the ideas of damnation, cleansing, and contemplation, without retracing them in a programmatic way. Rather, the literary content is fully absorbed in sound and structure. Edition of 200 with artwork by Lutz Beckmann and liner notes by Ralf Hoyer.

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EX GENERATION	The Mumbai Exchange	LP	ENERGY EXCHANGE RECORDS	EXRECLP 006LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Moody and Zeitgeist have had the utmost privilege to bring onboard a team of some of the most accomplished musicians/wordsmiths India has to offer for this album. Working out of Island City Studios in Khar West, Mumbai, the duo assembled a team of musicians including acclaimed and awarded vocalists Vinay Sugatha Ramadasan and Anuja Zokarkar. The pair bring a lyrical depth to the music informed by millennia of North-Indian classical poetry and melody. Metaphor and imagery are intermingled with Ex Generation's unapologetic rhythm and production style to form something that is profound and complex, whilst also accessible and innate in the way it confronts the listener.

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FRACTION	Moon Blood	CD	RIDINGEASY RECORDS	EZRDR 169CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "There are very few albums in the psych/punk/hard rock/private presses strata that garner the sort of universal awe and accolades that Fraction's almighty Moon Blood album does, and even fewer records in the world that could be dubbed 'Christian Rock' incur such fierce devotion. Indeed some records just meteorically lift themselves out any genre tag with brilliance and sheer defiance -- and Moon Blood is surely one of them. Based in LA, Fraction was a ragged collection of working-class musicians -- the line-up was ringleader Jim Beach (vocals), Don Swanson (lead guitar), Curt Swanson (drums), Victor Hemme (bass), and Robert Meinel (rhythm guitar). Amazingly the recording sessions for the album were recorded similarly on the fly. Particularly noteworthy is Beach's vocals -- as commonly stated, the spirit of Jim Morrison is conjured in his deep baritone, which gives way to unparalleled pained howls, at times bathed in delay which trails into the abyss. Fascinatingly enough, Beach cites the much punker Love as his fave LA band over the Doors, and also gives influence-nods to proto-everything rockers The Yardbirds and to Dylan, whose dark word tapestries surely inspired Beach's lyrics. Whatever the case, the man clearly has a vision, as even the stark sleeve concept is Beach's own. The other members contributions shouldn't be underappreciated though -- drummer Curt Swanson keeps things at a constant simmer, and then boils over when the whole band launches into snarling glory. The band and LP as a whole equals something indescribably intense from start to finish -- comparisons to the Detroit late '60s high-energy bands like The Stooges and MC5 abound, as well as the sort of late '60s damaged spirit lurking in biker clubs and disgruntled Vietnam vets. The song cycle on side one of the LP in particular cuts to the emotional core, with severely charged dark lyrics like 'Extend your thumbs and burn the darkness out of her.' Which leads to the Christian aspect -- it often can confuse listeners. The Fraction/Beach world of religion is complex and perhaps a bit pagan/sinister than most -- fire and brimstone, temptation, and the truth-seeker being burned by this hell on earth. The album was pressed in a run of but a few hundred to little attention in the day, but now inferior bootlegs flood the marketplace, and originals of Moonblood command thousands of dollars. So enjoy this all-inclusive reissue."

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FRACTION	Moon Blood	LP	RIDINGEASY RECORDS	EZRDR 169LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. "There are very few albums in the psych/punk/hard rock/private presses strata that garner the sort of universal awe and accolades that Fraction's almighty Moon Blood album does, and even fewer records in the world that could be dubbed 'Christian Rock' incur such fierce devotion. Indeed some records just meteorically lift themselves out any genre tag with brilliance and sheer defiance -- and Moon Blood is surely one of them. Based in LA, Fraction was a ragged collection of working-class musicians -- the line-up was ringleader Jim Beach (vocals), Don Swanson (lead guitar), Curt Swanson (drums), Victor Hemme (bass), and Robert Meinel (rhythm guitar). Amazingly the recording sessions for the album were recorded similarly on the fly. Particularly noteworthy is Beach's vocals -- as commonly stated, the spirit of Jim Morrison is conjured in his deep baritone, which gives way to unparalleled pained howls, at times bathed in delay which trails into the abyss. Fascinatingly enough, Beach cites the much punker Love as his fave LA band over the Doors, and also gives influence-nods to proto-everything rockers The Yardbirds and to Dylan, whose dark word tapestries surely inspired Beach's lyrics. Whatever the case, the man clearly has a vision, as even the stark sleeve concept is Beach's own. The other members contributions shouldn't be underappreciated though -- drummer Curt Swanson keeps things at a constant simmer, and then boils over when the whole band launches into snarling glory. The band and LP as a whole equals something indescribably intense from start to finish -- comparisons to the Detroit late '60s high-energy bands like The Stooges and MC5 abound, as well as the sort of late '60s damaged spirit lurking in biker clubs and disgruntled Vietnam vets. The song cycle on side one of the LP in particular cuts to the emotional core, with severely charged dark lyrics like 'Extend your thumbs and burn the darkness out of her.' Which leads to the Christian aspect -- it often can confuse listeners. The Fraction/Beach world of religion is complex and perhaps a bit pagan/sinister than most -- fire and brimstone, temptation, and the truth-seeker being burned by this hell on earth. The album was pressed in a run of but a few hundred to little attention in the day, but now inferior bootlegs flood the marketplace, and originals of Moonblood command thousands of dollars. So enjoy this all-inclusive reissue."

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VA	Brown Acid: The Twenty-First Trip	CD	RIDINGEASY RECORDS	EZRDR 214CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Brown Acid: The Twenty-First Trip arriving right on time as the world at large degrades further into disorienting self-absorbed isolation and chaos. Ten powerful early hard rock brain benders, primal energy exploding sideways out of the ash heap of '60s idealism, rocking the darker side of human nature in style! Raw and unfiltered, no compromise, blasting gnarly sound perfectly sequenced to take you on one helluva ride! Every track sounds fresh today because Brown Acid is the real deal when it comes to what matters in music -- communication! Featuring Opus Est, Freedom North, Franki Hart, Accents, Brother Love, River Styx, Maxx, Pump, 29.9, Wakefield, and Peacepipe."

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VA	Brown Acid: The Twenty-First Trip	LP	RIDINGEASY RECORDS	EZRDR 214LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. "Brown Acid: The Twenty-First Trip arriving right on time as the world at large degrades further into disorienting self-absorbed isolation and chaos. Ten powerful early hard rock brain benders, primal energy exploding sideways out of the ash heap of '60s idealism, rocking the darker side of human nature in style! Raw and unfiltered, no compromise, blasting gnarly sound perfectly sequenced to take you on one helluva ride! Every track sounds fresh today because Brown Acid is the real deal when it comes to what matters in music -- communication! Featuring Opus Est, Freedom North, Franki Hart, Accents, Brother Love, River Styx, Maxx, Pump, 29.9, Wakefield, and Peacepipe."

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BRANDLMAYR, MARTIN	Interstitial Spaces	LP	FAITICHE	FAITICHE 040LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Interstitial Spaces is Martin Brandlmayr's debut release on Faitiche. In this award-winning radio collage, the well-known drummer and composer (Radian, Polwechsel) explores the quiet moments in music and film recordings. The last notes of a piece of music fade out in the space. The pianist and the violinist remain frozen in place, holding their breath. The sound engineer sits silently at the desk. Once he has switched off his tape machine, the dull drone of a ship's horn is heard in the distance. Otherwise, not a sound. Or was there something else hidden in the white noise? Interstitial Spaces is based on short excerpts from music recordings, films, TV adverts and field recordings. Brandlmayr takes these quiet scenes, intervals in which nothing seems to happen, and brings them into the foreground, subjecting them to a microscopic spotlight. Moments in which one hears only the space itself, or the subtle presence of someone in the space: faint breathing, footsteps and the soft creak of a chair. Listeners also hear preparations for an orchestra rehearsal: the musicians are all busy tuning their instruments, talking to each other, the concert has not yet begun. This leads to a shift in perception: incidental details hidden in the hubbub of voices or in the silence suddenly take on a leading role. In the empty spaces, the listener discovers various shades of noise, sharpening their awareness of sonic peculiarities. In a gentle rhythm, Brandlmayr's radio collage offers a sequence of strange, not immediately identifiable sounds that are woven in the second part into a dense structure. At the end, the carefully captured sounds are released back into the empty space. Interstitial Spaces is a bold spectacle that celebrates the eventful uneventfulness.

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JAMAL, KHAN	Gives The Vibes Some	CD	SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS	FFL 101CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 On "Cold Sweat," James Brown famously called to "give the drummer some." In 1974, Philadelphia vibraphonist Khan Jamal called to Give the Vibes Some, with superb results. Pianist and composer Jef Gilson's PALM label gave Jamal the platform he needed to deliver a thorough exploration of contemporary vibraphone. After launching PALM in 1973, Gilson quickly demonstrated that he would only produce records not found anywhere else. Give the Vibes Some, PALM number 10, was another confirmation of this guiding principle. Raised and based in Philadelphia, Khan Jamal took up the vibes in 1968, after two years in the army during which he was stationed in France and Germany. Decisively drawn to the instrument by the work of the Modern Jazz Quartet's Milt Jackson, Jamal studied under Philadelphia vibraphone legend Bill Lewis and soon made his debuts in the local underground. Early in 1972, Jamal made his first recording, with the Sounds of Liberation. The band attempted an original fusion of conga-heavy grooves with avant-garde jazz soloing. Saxophonist Byard Lancaster, an important figure in Jamal's development, contributed much of the solo work. Later in 1972, Jamal made his leader debut with Drum Dance to the Motherland, a reverb-drenched, never-to-be-replicated experiment with live sound processing. Both albums appeared on the tiny musician-run Dogtown label. "We couldn't get no play from nowhere. No gigs or recording sessions or anything. So I took off for Paris," Jamal recalled in a Cadence interview with Ken Weiss. "Within a few weeks, I had a few articles and I did a record date. It didn't make me feel good about America." That was in 1974, while Byard Lancaster was recording the music gathered on Souffle Continu's The Complete PALM Recordings, 1973-1974. Jamal's record date delivered Give the Vibes Some. At its core, it was an exploratory solo vibraphone album, even if two tracks added (through technological resourcefulness?) a très célèbre French drummer very much into Elvin Jones appearing under pseudonym for contractual reasons. Another track, for which Jamal switched to the vibes's wooden ancestor, the marimba, added young Texan trumpeter Clint Jackson III. The most notable article published on Jamal during this stay in France was a Jazz Magazine interview. Jamal's last word there were "The Creator has a master plan/drum dance to the motherland." "Give the vibes some" could be added to this programmatic statement.

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PARKER, MIKE	Epilogue	3x12"	FIELD RECORDS	FIELD 038LP
$59.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Following the reissue of his debut album Dispatches (FIELD 034LP), Field Records returns to the seminal work of Mike Parker with an overview of his releases on Prologue -- a truly original strain of steely, hypnotic techno that has touched upon many different waves within the wider scene. Having pioneered a hard-edged, reductionist style via his Geophone label since the mid-'90s, around 2010 Mike Parker found himself at the vanguard of an emergent sound alongside artists like Donato Dozzy and Cio D'or exploring the possibilities of immersive, profoundly transcendental club music. The Prologue label came to define this cult zeitgeist, where reduction and repetition took on a truly psychedelic quality and the subtle details made all the difference. It ran from 2008 to 2015, laying the foundations for the deep techno sound that remains a vital, evolving subculture in the present moment. From Parker's first appearance on Prologue with the Subterranean Liquid EP in 2011 through to the Lustrations LP in 2013, he delivered some of the most incisive music of his accomplished career -- teased-out rhythms carrying exquisitely engineered textures veering from the subliminal to the visceral, locked into endless, cyclical oblivion and maintaining a stern, machinist veneer. This collection on Field Records combs through Parker's Prologue output and makes a considered selection, gathering key pieces from the first two EPs alongside six of the album tracks on a triple vinyl pressing, alongside a further eight cuts on the expanded digital edition. Not just a straight-forward reissue, consider Epilogue a thoughtful reframing of a key point in Mike Parker's stellar career. In every exacting pulse, every inch of tacit spatial design, it's the work of an expert sculpting a sound which remains influential in the here and now.

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CHAT PILE	Live at Roadburn 2023	CD	THE FLENSER	FLENSER 175CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Before Chat Pile took on sold out tours and widespread critical acclaim, they played Roadburn 2023, their biggest show to date, in front of a packed room of 3,000 on the festival's main stage. Fresh off the release of God's Country, the Oklahoma quartet brought their suffocating, sludgy noise rock to Tilburg for their first ever European performance, delivering a set that felt like a milestone. The bleakness, the anguish, the raw absurdity -- it all scaled up effortlessly, proving that Chat Pile's chaos could consume any audience, no matter the size. The set was recorded and later remixed by the band's longtime engineer Jared Stimpfl, capturing the full weight of the performance. The result is something both massive and unrelenting, a document of Chat Pile at a pivotal moment, pushing their sound to its heaviest and most visceral extremes."

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CHAT PILE	Live at Roadburn 2023	LP	THE FLENSER	FLENSER 175LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. "Before Chat Pile took on sold out tours and widespread critical acclaim, they played Roadburn 2023, their biggest show to date, in front of a packed room of 3,000 on the festival's main stage. Fresh off the release of God's Country, the Oklahoma quartet brought their suffocating, sludgy noise rock to Tilburg for their first ever European performance, delivering a set that felt like a milestone. The bleakness, the anguish, the raw absurdity -- it all scaled up effortlessly, proving that Chat Pile's chaos could consume any audience, no matter the size. The set was recorded and later remixed by the band's longtime engineer Jared Stimpfl, capturing the full weight of the performance. The result is something both massive and unrelenting, a document of Chat Pile at a pivotal moment, pushing their sound to its heaviest and most visceral extremes."

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CHAT PILE	Live at Roadburn 2023 (Color Vinyl)	LP	THE FLENSER	FLENSER 175X-LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. "Before Chat Pile took on sold out tours and widespread critical acclaim, they played Roadburn 2023, their biggest show to date, in front of a packed room of 3,000 on the festival's main stage. Fresh off the release of God's Country, the Oklahoma quartet brought their suffocating, sludgy noise rock to Tilburg for their first ever European performance, delivering a set that felt like a milestone. The bleakness, the anguish, the raw absurdity -- it all scaled up effortlessly, proving that Chat Pile's chaos could consume any audience, no matter the size. The set was recorded and later remixed by the band's longtime engineer Jared Stimpfl, capturing the full weight of the performance. The result is something both massive and unrelenting, a document of Chat Pile at a pivotal moment, pushing their sound to its heaviest and most visceral extremes."

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BIESMANS & JOHANNES ALBERT	Tangerine Beam	12"	FRANK MUSIC	FM 12075EP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Orange color vinyl. Knob twisters Biesmans & Johannes Albert are back at it with another sun-drenched late summer weapon. This time they shine a "Tangerine Beam" straight onto the dancefloor. Expect a cheeky disco spark that might remind you of something at the core, bouncing rhythms, and a melody so infectious you'll catch yourself humming along after the first round. Both playful and relentless, "Tangerine Beam" connects the dots between timeless disco heat and modern club thunder. One spin and you'll know: this beam is unstoppable.

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DENNY, MARTIN	Latin Village	LP	JACKPOT RECORDS	JPR 125LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "In 1964, Martin Denny looked beyond the Hawaiian and Asian influences of his previous records to find another place to plant his umbrella in the sand, as well as in your drink: the sounds of Latin America. With this new sound to hang his exciting arrangements on, Latin Village has long been considered one of Denny's high-water marks, and Jackpot is thrilled to have this long-cherished LP back in print. Sourced from the master tapes. First time on vinyl since the original release in 1964. Featuring "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Ho-Ba-La-La". Pressed on limited floral swirl color vinyl."

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DENNY, MARTIN	Exotica Vol. III	LP	JACKPOT RECORDS	JPR 126LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Although Denny was recording his output at an astonishingly brisk rate, there's something about Exotica Vol. III that makes it one of his best and most sought-after with collectors and listeners. Of course, the brilliance of the lead-off track of Les Baxter's 'Jungle River Boat' with its tight vibe-and-percussion workout intertwined with Colon's iconic bird calls and other worldly sounds, only makes the sweet, lazy water sounds of the following track 'Harbor Lights' all the more delightfully mysterious. On limited sky blue color vinyl. Sourced from the master tapes. First time on vinyl since the original release in 1959."

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NORIKO & AOKI TAKAMASA, TUJIKO	28	LP	KEPLAR	KEPLARREV 022LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko's 2005 album 28 has become a cornerstone in the artists' respective discographies. 20 years after its initial release, Keplar issues it on vinyl for the very first time. Three years in the making, 28 saw the sound artist and the avant-pop singer-songwriter combine their distinct aesthetics for an album that defied categorization. Their combination of advanced electronic experimentation and pop appeal paved the way for a new generation of artists and turned 28 into an enduring fan favorite. Remastered by Stephan Mathieu, the reissue comes with a brand-new artwork by Joji Koyama and a changed track listing -- authorized by Takamasa and Tujiko -- for the vinyl version to fit it on a single LP, while the digital version remains identical to the original release. Tujiko and Takamasa first shared the stage together after the turn of the millennium. Both were emerging solo artists, with Takamasa a mainstay on the Progressive Form label and Tujiko forging a connection with Mego in Vienna, Austria. They first collaborated in 2002 for two shows at the Fondation Cartier in Paris and at SonarLab in Barcelona, respectively. The first joint piece was a rework of Tujiko's "Fly" from "Hard Ni Sasete (Make Me Hard)" by Takamasa, appearing as the album opener Fly2 on 28. After that, the Paris-based Tujiko and Takamasa, still based in Osaka, worked sporadically and remotely on new material. For the first two years of their collaboration, the two met in the context of live events or Takamasa's visits to the French capital to discuss their process and exchange hard drives while also occasionally sending each other CDrs in the mail. Takamasa used hardware such as the Nord Modular, the Korg Z1, and the Korg ER-1, while also working with different kinds of software and plug-ins as well as Logic. Tujiko was using Cubase, her preferred piece of gear at the time being an AKAI MPC. After Takamasa moved to Paris in 2004, this enabled the duo to finish the album together in person. Starting with its subtle use of glitches to the almost-anarchic way in which it deals with the structures of a song, »28« came to be an incomparably intricate album. 20 years on, it remains timeless because of its flawless synthesis of the cutting-edge avant-garde ideas of early 2000s electronica with an idiosyncratic but accessible pop sentiment.

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DURUTTI COLUMN	The Return Of The Durutti Column (45th Anniversary Edition)	2CD BOX	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725575
$32.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Alongside Joy Division, The Durutti Column were amongst the first artists to be released by Factory Records. Their debut album, produced by Martin Hannett, showcased the filigree guitar work of Vini Reilly, awash with reverb and early experiments with synthesizers. It would be a first album of a five-decade career, in which The Durutti Column would quietly emerge as one of the most influential acts from the Manchester scene and beyond. To celebrate the album's 45th anniversary, London Records revisits the album with new editions, with audio sourced and remastered from the original tapes, with vinyl cut at half speed. 2CD version includes original album, bonus tracks, home and studio demos, and early live tracks (33 tracks total). Features two home demos exclusive to this format. Housed in a special hardback tall storybook edition (dimensions 147mm (w) x 196mm (h)). Includes 48p page booklet, restored 1985 "cassette edition" artwork with textured "tall book" sleeve, and the exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced. Features three essays by The Durutti Column/Factory Records expert James Nice, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and MOJO editor Ian Harrison.

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NOTWIST, THE	Magnificent Fall	2LP	ALIEN TRANSISTOR	N 100LP
$35.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Magnificent Fall, The Notwist's new rarities compilation, compiles some special and wild moments from this unique German indie group's rich history. They've always snuck gorgeous songs and thrilling remixes onto split singles, extended plays, and other formats, across their career, and pieced together here -- compiled thoughtfully, with sensitivity to flow and the listening experience -- these thirteen selections work as a kind of "shadow narrative" of The Notwist, an alternative index of the possibilities this shape-shifting group uncovered during their time together. They've been smart to let go of chronology when sequencing Magnificent Fall, so the songs here move across phases and stages of The Notwist's career, helmed by brothers Markus and Micha Acher. The Notwist have always been interested in and open to community, and one of the many ways they reach out to others is through the remix. There are three here, sent back to The Notwist from different corners of the world, both aesthetically and geographically. The music on Magnificent Fall traverses varying terrain -- abstract hip-hop, chamber pop, sweet and simple folk song, indietronica, free-floating improvisation. There are several unreleased songs, as well, drawn from across the group's history. Core to it all, though, the thing that makes The Notwist so singular, is the thumbprint of the Acher brothers, their gently poetic way of moving through the world and welcoming other musicians and artists into the fold, expressively and with generosity.

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FOSTER, JOSEPHINE	Sum Variations	10"	NYAHH RECORDS	NYAHH 024LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Sum Variations features two long form studies of Josephine's song "The Sum Of Us All" from 2013. These were recorded in Spain and Morocco, respectively, in collaboration with two different ensembles. These two variations offer a glimpse into the early exploration of the song, which became later embedded in Foster's song cycle, "Godmother" (made into an electric solo album released by Fire Records in 2021). Side A recorded live in the village of Joujouka, Ahl-Srif mountains, Morocco, 2012. Side B recorded and mixed by Gyda Valtysdottir, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, 2012.

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MORNING SEANCE	Eternal life makes your past grow too big	LP	ONE INSTRUMENT	ONEINST 026LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 One Instrument welcomes Morning Seance, composer and sound artist, originally from Italy and based in Vienna. On this debut LP, Morning Seance traces a drifting narrative composed of unstable harmonies, fluid structures, and ghostlike forms. The album unfolds like a dream told in fragments, oscillating between fluctuating pulses and decaying transmissions, from nocturnal stillness to acoustic mirages. The first half of the record moves through zones of suspended tension and evanescent contours, where tracks like "Be faster than your own depression" and "The tenderness of our own autobiography" sketch fragile architectures of affect. The second half enters a more spectral terrain ? "Breakfast in a night club," "A visit to the Brion-Vega tomb" -- not places, but agglomerates of sonic sensation, detached from any personal frame. With each piece, the music dissolves and reconstitutes itself, resisting finality or form, and doing so with an indestructible joy that hums beneath the wreckage. This is degenerate ambient music: anti-geometric and subject to emotional weather -- not a refuge, but a slow collapse of structure and purity, where atmosphere gives way to excess and disobedience. The album is crafted entirely from a single source: the Roland Alpha Juno-1. Despite this constraint, it achieves a vast sound spectrum, transforming one synthesizer's voice into a layered landscape of textures and moods. The electronic music of Morning Seance is built on constant variation and intricate, looping patterns with no clear beginning or end. This variation is not simply applied to an audio element, but enacted as a compositional logic -- avoiding mechanical combinations and obvious rhythms. The result is a mutable mass of audio matter and tonal debris, guiding the listener through richly divergent environments.

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PLANTS HEAL	Forest Dwellers	LP	QUINDI RECORDS	QUI 021LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Seeking out the inspirational intersection between free improvisation, rave and ancient mysticism, Plants Heal deliver an album of kaleidoscopic, organic beatdowns to Quindi. Plants Heal is a collaborative project between Dan Nicholls on synths, Dave De Rose on drums and Lou Zon (aka Louise Boer) on visuals. The roots of the project are entwined with Dan and Lou's London-based event Free Movements, which began in 2018 to explore how instrumental music could merge with live electronics and DJ sets. From the tentative steps of their first collaborations, Dan and Dave coalesced Plants Heal as a more pronounced project with Lou's live visuals, culminating in a first self-released album in 2021 and since organically fed and watered through continued performances across adventurous festivals and intimate club spaces. The trio opted to pour this energy into two days of studio sessions at Sonic Playground Studios in Athens, maintaining their unplanned approach and letting the music and visuals unfold in the moment. The end result is Forest Dwellers, a sincere document of truly free music that uses the rhythmic structure of dance and trance music as a springboard into heightened consciousness. Throughout the album you can hear hints of the familiar -- dub techno shimmers, trip hop boom-bap, kosmische momentum, snarling bass modulation, new age ambience and even the odd sizzle of disco. But none of these references are explicit, and they weave in and out of less placeable expressions deeply bedded into Dan and Dave's sonic practices. The end result is a swirling tapestry of unspooling groove, wide open and agile enough to shift gears mid-flow -- just as comfortable letting the propulsion melt away as locking into a four-to-the-floor throwdown. Lou's visual practice is an intrinsic part of the project. During performances she improvises with analogue footage from her library run through video mixers and synthesizers, focused on medicinal plants such as yarrow, hawthorn, nettle and thistle. All those plants feature in processed form on the cover of the record, which was designed in collaboration with Lou's brother Arthur Boer. Meanwhile, Lou recorded additional footage in Athens during the recording sessions to feed into the continued cycle of the project's live evolution.

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RANKING DREAD	In Dub	LP	REAL ROCK	RCKLP 004LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Ranking Dread In Dub, originally released, on the Silver Camel UK label run by the late Tony Gorman, in 1982 is back in the shops with a completely remastered version that highlights the musical production of this classic album. The rhythms are provided by The Roots Radics and Sly & Robbie, with the tracks mixed at King Tubby's. It also comes back with the iconic artwork by Rod Vass.

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HEPTONES, THE	Better Days	LP	REAL ROCK	RCKLP 005LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 The Heptones are without doubt one of Jamaica's finest vocal groups. Emerging in the '60s at Studio One, they became a landmark for reggae harmonies. This 1978 album, produced by Winston 'Niney the Observer' Holness, features top musicians including George Fullwood, Sly Dunbar, Ansel Collins, Tony Chin, and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont. Recorded at Channel One and mixed at Harry J Studios by Sylvan Morris, it remains a stone-cold classic, true to its roots.

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SISTER RAY DAVIES	Holy Island	LP	SONIC CATHEDRAL	SCR 355LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. The brilliantly named duo -- formed by Adam Morrow and Jamie Sego -- might be based in "the hit recording capital of the world," Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but somehow, they have made a concept album about the ancient religious outpost off the coast of northeast England. It's a stunning record that mixes fuzzy guitars with folk horror and fantastic melodies -- for fans of Ride, Slowdive, Galaxie 500, Talk Talk, Yo La Tengo and The Clientele. Despite its lyrical inspiration lying thousands of miles away, it comes imbued with the soulfulness of their surroundings -- not least because it was recorded in the old Muscle Shoals Sound studio by the Tennessee River, now Portside Sound, which is run by Jamie. "The story of Lindisfarne gave us a framework for what were otherwise very abstract ideas and emotions," explains Adam. "It became a way to make sense of our own moment in history. We really want our lives and societies to always get better, and to be left alone to make that happen. But we are stuck in these cycles of progress and regression, and I think most people are really driven to make sense of it and assign meaning. Lately, we've lived through a global pandemic, a devaluation of truth and reality, and a resurgence of far-right politics into the mainstream. Not really what I expected out of life in 2025." He is keen to point out that, despite the seriousness of its inspirations, the duo had a lot of fun making the album and really want it to be "a living and breathing thing". "We want people to be able to engage with it regardless of whether they care about it as a concept record," he says. "For me, it's just another reason to expand the pedalboard," concludes Jamie. "We hope you enjoy it. Peace, love and reverb from Alabama."

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SISTER RAY DAVIES	Holy Island (Color Vinyl)	LP	SONIC CATHEDRAL	SCR 355X-LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. The brilliantly named duo -- formed by Adam Morrow and Jamie Sego -- might be based in "the hit recording capital of the world," Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but somehow, they have made a concept album about the ancient religious outpost off the coast of northeast England. It's a stunning record that mixes fuzzy guitars with folk horror and fantastic melodies -- for fans of Ride, Slowdive, Galaxie 500, Talk Talk, Yo La Tengo and The Clientele. Despite its lyrical inspiration lying thousands of miles away, it comes imbued with the soulfulness of their surroundings -- not least because it was recorded in the old Muscle Shoals Sound studio by the Tennessee River, now Portside Sound, which is run by Jamie. "The story of Lindisfarne gave us a framework for what were otherwise very abstract ideas and emotions," explains Adam. "It became a way to make sense of our own moment in history. We really want our lives and societies to always get better, and to be left alone to make that happen. But we are stuck in these cycles of progress and regression, and I think most people are really driven to make sense of it and assign meaning. Lately, we've lived through a global pandemic, a devaluation of truth and reality, and a resurgence of far-right politics into the mainstream. Not really what I expected out of life in 2025." He is keen to point out that, despite the seriousness of its inspirations, the duo had a lot of fun making the album and really want it to be "a living and breathing thing". "We want people to be able to engage with it regardless of whether they care about it as a concept record," he says. "For me, it's just another reason to expand the pedalboard," concludes Jamie. "We hope you enjoy it. Peace, love and reverb from Alabama."

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LEITH, OLIVER	Balloon	LP	SN VARIATIONS	SN 007LP
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Oliver Leith's Balloon was originally commissioned by the London Sinfonietta as an acoustic piece, and first performed at the Southbank centre's Sound Unbound festival in 2019. "This is an arrangement for synthesizers of many tunings. I called it Balloon because I had this image of thrashing a balloon with a baseball bat or something, rather than breaking or bursting it just sort of floats off -- unhurt, even if you absolutely pelted it. 'Slide' is old and one of my first purely electronic pieces and really was me doing a hack job with computers. On my aged software you could make parameters and automation dance around by using a mouse and track pad at the same time, that doesn't work anymore because my computer tries to be sensible so I'm back to shifting tiny notes all the time which is about as slow as pencilling in acoustic music. It felt like quite an analogue way to play with notes so that's a shame."

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RAILTON & KIT DOWNES, LUCY	Subaerial	LP	SN VARIATIONS	SN 009LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Subaerial is the latest and most sophisticated transmission from the long musical partnership of cellist Lucy Railton and keyboardist Kit Downes, a collaborative history that stretches back thirteen years. From the beginning, the pair bridged musical worlds, with the former emerging from classical and contemporary music and the latter steeped in jazz tradition. This phenomenal new album captures the musicians erasing lines between approaches and traditions. While improvisation has always been a part of their alliance, Subaerial marks the first time that the duo have used recorded improvisations as the core material for a release. The cello and organ, beautifully recorded by Alex Bonney at Skáholt Cathedral, blend in richly striated harmonies, with phrases and cadences that stretch back centuries while sounding unerringly contemporary. The pair first crossed paths whilst studying in London and spent the following decade collaborating in various groups whilst cutting their own distinct paths. By the time they rendezvoused in Iceland in the fall of 2017 to create Subaerial, Railton had moved to Berlin, where her embrace of electronics was leading her in new directions, exploring microtonality, psychoacoustics, and synthesis, an evolution captured on shape-shifting albums released by experimental imprints like Editions Mego, PAN, and Takuroku. Her debut solo album Paradise 94 released on Modern Love features Downes on organ. Around the same time, Downes had been signed to ECM and was directing much of his focus on the organ -- his original instrument -- on the two recordings he's made for the hallowed imprint, including the 2019 album Dreamlife of Debris, which features the cellist.

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VATICAN SHADOW	20th Hijacker	CD	20 BUCK SPIN	SPIN 911CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Vatican Shadow's 20th Hijacker -- the redacted 'what if' doom electronics loop which dissects the gulf between death as sacrifice vs. reward, anxiety digitalization and universal human commonality -- fear of loud noises and falling for the unspoken lost 9/11 generation. Repeated patterns of low-frequency pulses, coded intervals of silence and insistent machine-like percussive bursts resemble the preliminary stages of coordination. Experts familiar with prior activity of the organization note that these sonic movements align with earlier warnings of revolutionary activity, with networks mobilizing resources for a techno-industrial event of uncertain but potentially catastrophic magnitude and destabilizing influence, felt especially on 'Speed Of Sound' featuring Iggor Cavalera. With an atmosphere of secrecy pervasive, these nebulous communiques have a persistent momentum, consistent with preparations. The density of sound layers indicates reconnaissance -- global photography, encrypted kill webs -- woven into forms that stand to conceal as much as disclose. 20th Hijacker synchronizes post-Desert Storm-era paradoxes between the world's fastest surveillance plane at the time which was unarmed and the guerrilla weaponization of commercial aircraft -- foreshadowing the essence of the ongoing war on terror -- the merger of special operations and espionage within both opposing adversaries. In a climate of inevitability -- never forget war is a force that gives us meaning."

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VATICAN SHADOW	20th Hijacker	LP	20 BUCK SPIN	SPIN 911LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. "Vatican Shadow's 20th Hijacker -- the redacted 'what if' doom electronics loop which dissects the gulf between death as sacrifice vs. reward, anxiety digitalization and universal human commonality -- fear of loud noises and falling for the unspoken lost 9/11 generation. Repeated patterns of low-frequency pulses, coded intervals of silence and insistent machine-like percussive bursts resemble the preliminary stages of coordination. Experts familiar with prior activity of the organization note that these sonic movements align with earlier warnings of revolutionary activity, with networks mobilizing resources for a techno-industrial event of uncertain but potentially catastrophic magnitude and destabilizing influence, felt especially on 'Speed Of Sound' featuring Iggor Cavalera. With an atmosphere of secrecy pervasive, these nebulous communiques have a persistent momentum, consistent with preparations. The density of sound layers indicates reconnaissance -- global photography, encrypted kill webs -- woven into forms that stand to conceal as much as disclose. 20th Hijacker synchronizes post-Desert Storm-era paradoxes between the world's fastest surveillance plane at the time which was unarmed and the guerrilla weaponization of commercial aircraft -- foreshadowing the essence of the ongoing war on terror -- the merger of special operations and espionage within both opposing adversaries. In a climate of inevitability -- never forget war is a force that gives us meaning."

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SPLIT SYSTEM	No Cops In Heaven	7"	STATIC SHOCK RECORDS	SSR 128EP
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 After a busy year including a second triumphant tour of Europe, Melbourne's Split System return with "No Cops In Heaven/Pull The Trigger." Recorded live to tape at Soundpark Studios on a Saturday in August 2024, the new 7" features two hefty slices of punk. The idea for "No Cops In Heaven" was sparked during a drive through Burnley in Melbourne, listening to "Angel in a Raincoat" by The Sleepers while passing highway police. "Pull The Trigger" takes aim at war mongers, oil barons, and politicians who benefit from ongoing conflicts and genocide.

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UBEK	3	Cassette	SUCATA TAPES	SUC 062CS
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Ubek returns. The mysterious Polish duo digs out a new collection of degraded echoes, salvaged from authority. Galvanized as if lost to the shock of formal experiments, 3 revises the present and takes listeners back to other versions of actuality.

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SOUSA, TIAGO	Organic Music Tapes Vol. 4	Cassette	SUCATA TAPES	SUC 070CS
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 In keeping with tradition, the new year brings another offering from Portuguese pianist and composer Tiago Sousa. The fourth volume of the Organic Music Tapes series concludes this cycle that has significantly transformed Tiago Sousa's music. Compositions in a fluid state, forming nebulae of sounds with vague contours for piano, organ, and tape loops, based on techniques pioneered by American minimalism, particularly by composers such as Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Charlemagne Palestine. While throughout this series the electric organ has played a more prominent role in contrast with pre-recorded loops, this is the moment when this technique is extended to the piano compositions. New opportunities arise for the repetition and variation of small motifs to induce subtle perceptions and psychoacoustic effects. This final edition represents the maturation of the Portuguese composer's intentions surrounding the idea of organic music. In music, too, the organic world is quite different from the one built on the rules of syntax and grammar. It refers instead to a type of inter-dependent relationships and patient, repetitive processes that are simultaneously spontaneous and unpredictable, which shape rivers and mountains, the grain of wood, muscle fibers, or marks on a jade stone. Enter then the fourth volume and be locked in a new theatre of eternal music by an artists that keeps pushing his own style to ebullient highs.

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PLOSIVS	Yell At Cloud	CD	SWAMI	SWA 165CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Over four years in the making, Yell At Cloud is the follow up to the PLOSIVS critically hailed debut. Why so long between releases, you ask? Nov. 2020 the band was invited to be the first guinea pigs at No Fun Club recording studio in Winnipeg, Canada and baptize the brand-new facility. The band would live and record in the studio and be densely immersed in the forming of this new record. Most of what you hear on Yell At Cloud was recorded in the dark or by candlelight in below freezing conditions. It wasn't as romantic as it sounds. Due to Canada's regulations for foreign travelers during the pandemic, the band had to forge out on foot once a day in blizzard-like conditions to a clinic a mile away where they had to be swabbed nasally, between the toes and in the groin area in order to be tested for COVID so they could be allowed to stay in the country for another 24 hours. This had a massive influence on the material and the way it was captured to tape. Finally the sessions became so intense the band members could no longer sustain focus to completion and decided to return home to finish the record at a later date. Months turned to years. Drummer Atom Willard was now the full-time member of the Alkaline Trio. Guitarist John Reis focused on Hot Snakes and his solo recordings and shows with Swami John Reis. Singer and guitarist Rob Crow continued with Pinback and a myriad of projects both musical and visual. Bassist Jordan Clark reconnected with his band The Frights and began touring and recording with them once again. There was such a massive emotional dust cloud kicked up during the recording of Yell At Cloud that it took four years to settle. Finally, Ben Moore (who recorded and mixed the band's debut) stepped in and mixed Yell At Cloud. In order to a create seamless continuity with the original tracks, Ben mixed the majority of these files in the dark with the brightness of his screen turned to the lowest setting. The result is a claustrophobic album that searches for an oasis within. From lurching dissonance to uplifting harmonic convergences Yell At Cloud is a stark, black and white departure from their debut."

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PLOSIVS	Yell At Cloud	LP	SWAMI	SWA 165LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 LP version. "Over four years in the making, Yell At Cloud is the follow up to the PLOSIVS critically hailed debut. Why so long between releases, you ask? Nov. 2020 the band was invited to be the first guinea pigs at No Fun Club recording studio in Winnipeg, Canada and baptize the brand-new facility. The band would live and record in the studio and be densely immersed in the forming of this new record. Most of what you hear on Yell At Cloud was recorded in the dark or by candlelight in below freezing conditions. It wasn't as romantic as it sounds. Due to Canada's regulations for foreign travelers during the pandemic, the band had to forge out on foot once a day in blizzard-like conditions to a clinic a mile away where they had to be swabbed nasally, between the toes and in the groin area in order to be tested for COVID so they could be allowed to stay in the country for another 24 hours. This had a massive influence on the material and the way it was captured to tape. Finally the sessions became so intense the band members could no longer sustain focus to completion and decided to return home to finish the record at a later date. Months turned to years. Drummer Atom Willard was now the full-time member of the Alkaline Trio. Guitarist John Reis focused on Hot Snakes and his solo recordings and shows with Swami John Reis. Singer and guitarist Rob Crow continued with Pinback and a myriad of projects both musical and visual. Bassist Jordan Clark reconnected with his band The Frights and began touring and recording with them once again. There was such a massive emotional dust cloud kicked up during the recording of Yell At Cloud that it took four years to settle. Finally, Ben Moore (who recorded and mixed the band's debut) stepped in and mixed Yell At Cloud. In order to a create seamless continuity with the original tracks, Ben mixed the majority of these files in the dark with the brightness of his screen turned to the lowest setting. The result is a claustrophobic album that searches for an oasis within. From lurching dissonance to uplifting harmonic convergences Yell At Cloud is a stark, black and white departure from their debut."

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COX, CARL	Ice (Remix)	12"	SYSTEMATIC RECORDINGS	SYST 142EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Strictly limited to just 500 copies, this transparent blue 12" vinyl marks the 142nd release on Systematic. It proudly features none other than the boss himself, Carl Cox, delivering a groovy electro killer you might not have seen coming. On the flipside, label head Marc Romboy joins forces with his long-time friend Robert Babicz to present a warm, driving four-to-the-floor tech track that perfectly reflects their signature sound. A truly powerful package!

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TRAXMAN	TEKVISION Volume 4	LP	TEKLIFE	TEKLIFE 038LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Footwork pioneer Traxman presents Tekvision Volume 4, the highly-anticipated new album on Teklife. A defining force in Chicago's house, ghetto house, juke, and footwork scenes for over 30 years, Traxman continues to innovate with a cutting-edge release that builds on decades of influence and expertise, featuring tracks that pay homage to Chicago's West Side roots. With Tekvision Volume 4, Traxman reaffirms his legendary status as one of electronic music's most influential figures, delivering an album designed for both footwork veterans and a new generation of listeners ready to experience the genre's next evolution.

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TOTAL HELL	Killed By Evil	LP	TOTAL PUNK RECORDS	TPR 136LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Originally released in 2024. "Emerging from their vile tomb once again, Total Hell has risen and conjured their debut LP Killed by Evil -- a perfect amalgamation of demonic metal and raw, prodding punk. With Killed By Evil, this band of twisted rippers featuring New Orleans elites Drew Owen (Sick Thoughts), John Henry (Static Static), Michael Hohan (Trampoline Team), and Panzer (Persuaders/Tirefire) tap even deeper into the sullen world of brutal '80s metal and hardcore. On Killed By Evil, Total Hell masterfully references the sounds of bands like Venom, John Carpenter, Slayer, and Discharge, while creating their own cursed, singular vibe. On tracks like 'Demonized' and 'Nuclear Satanic Warfare,' Total Hell taps into warped, proto-metal landscapes accessing dark, ruthless shredding and pummeling d-beat. While on the 'Intro' and 'Outro' tracks, the band takes the listener on a demented, atmospheric odyssey with synthesized soundscapes and psychedelic space guitar tangles. The album's arrangement is deeply intentional and conceptual glued together with devilish samples and glitchy, synthesized transitions, all while astral projecting hellish nightmares into the listeners feeble minds with their wicked and unhinged lyrics. Run for your life, fuckers. Total Hell and Killed By Evil are here to blow your putrid mind and bludgeon you beyond recognition with endless, unmerciful riffing." --Sims Hardin

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CIRCULATORS	Insufficient Fun	LP	TOTAL PUNK RECORDS	TPR 141LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Originally released in 2024. "Meet the new kings of Saturday Night! Circulators have proudly taken on the mantle of San Francisco's only Rock N Roll band, sharing the stage with pretty much any group of consequence that comes through the Bay. Following up a killer that immediately had audiences firing off a gushing email, THE CIRCS are back with their debut LP and its all killer no filler! A full-on party starting punk romper. '90s garage punk ala Teengenerate, with the sneer of the Saints, and the hooks of the ZEROS. It's not all grime and grit though THE CIRCS find time to get a little introspective on a few tunes and even throw a punk ballad into the mix that is every bit as great as 'I Want You Around' or 'You Might Get Me.' An extremely impressive debut."

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PYREX	Body	LP	TOTAL PUNK RECORDS	TPR 142LP
$23.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Total Punk's hardest working band Pyrex, are back with their sophomore LP Body. A 16-minute crash course on Human Anatomy led by Jeffrey Dahmer. Concise, eerie, and extremely well crafted. All sinew and muscle, not an ounce of fat to be found on this 8-song ripper! Brain rattling, ear splitting raw power punk. Heavily distorted, pummeling, and covered in bloody spittle. The perfect soundtrack for cutting your hair with a lawnmower."

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DRAGS, THE	Stop Rock & Roll	LP	TOTAL PUNK RECORDS	TPR 145LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "Reissue of the second LP from Albuquerque, New Mexico's The Drags. 12 tracks of top of the slop '90s trash punk reissued for the very first time. A bit beefier than the debut but still a completely lo-fi affair. Budget anthems about electricity, explosives, and cannibalism! Without The Drags and this album in particular there would be no Total Punk!"

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RETAIL SIMPS	Educated Fools Play: Tantric Decapitation - 69 Minutes of Trichotomy & Liquefaction	2LP	TOTAL PUNK RECORDS	TPR 148LP
$29.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 "After three albums, two 7"s, a feature length documentary and a smattering of cassettes, the Simps have entered middle age. An unflattering era in the life of a band where the shiny novelty of youth has disintegrated, pressures to expand or leave this mortal coil have mounted and the darling status once indiscriminately slathered onto their oeuvre relegated to the shadows, a blink in the continuum of the next-big-thing economy. Many believe aging gracefully is a myth, and that may be so, but people like Joe, Chris, Obe, Zak and cohort Cole know no other way than to slog onward and upward. With the departure of keyboard magnate Tom Tom, the unequivocal straight man to the chaotic ensemble, the group was due for a proper unravelling or a long hard look in the mirror. Tantric Decapitation was recorded live at Value Sound Studios in two days by Renny Wilson, and after nominal mixing attempts, left bare. It was an exercise in introspection, the gritty product destined to be a looking glass into the rough-hewn nature of the band's sound. Despite the realism and immediacy of this double album, one thing was certain: every record needs a story: a platitude drilled into the heads of banal musicians and record execs alike. Doesn't matter the fortitude of the yarn however, just the way you use it. As such, the Educated Fools were born. A fictional group from the wilds of Nantucket, primed for the newborn sheen the Simps would never touch again. Through devious ploys and high-brow marketing efforts, Total Punk Records concocted a salacious and expansive tale that no groveling blogger or egomaniacal music journalist could ignore, or so we thought. All this context may serve you dear listener, but the meat of this epic remains the same whether you choose to believe myself or the fake news strewn across the internet. This is a steadfast document of unhinged, unedited rock music unlike what you will find anywhere else. It is singular, whether it is total indulgence or just a bad idea."

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SNIPER MODE	Riot Gear	2LP	TURBO RECORDINGS	TURBO 252LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Turbo Recordings presents the revival of German techno giant Gregor Tresher's Sniper Mode alias with the Riot Gear LP. Riot Gear showcases Tresher's established production genius over 11 cuts of S-tier electro marked by menace, depth, and sharp melodic hooks. Lead single "Blinded by the Dark" is a collaboration with Dave Clarke, the most respected man in electro and perhaps just in general, and features the most punishing drop in recent memory. The album also includes standout vocal contributions from Detroit techno pioneer Jay Denham ("Sanctuary of Vices"), Miami bass kingpin Exzakt ("Echoes From a Wasted Land"), dance-world enigma Kira ("Phantom Pain"), and Turbo favorite Perel ("Modesty Is a Virtue").

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FORCE OF MUSIC, THE	Liberated Dub	CD	TAMOKI-WAMBESI-DOVE	TWCD 1052CD
$12.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Written, arranged and produced by Roy Anthony Perry Cousins. Mastered at Glass Studios, Wirral, England.

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EARTHBALL	Outside Over There (Color Vinyl)	LP	UPSET THE RHYTHM	UTR 175BB-LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Blue-in-black color vinyl version. Heavyweight psychedelic improvisers EarthBall are back with their third and most monstrous record to date: Outside Over There. Born from the haunted basements of Nanaimo, Canada, the quintet thrives on spontaneity, shaping improvisation into jagged hallucinations and ecstatic eruptions. Recorded live-off-the-floor in 2024 in Jeremy, Izzy, and Kellen's basement, and mixed by drummer John Brennan, Outside Over There is an album that feels both summoned and inevitable. Each track lands with uncanny purpose, as if uncovered rather than written. The opener, "100%," features a cameo from comedian and English icon Stewart Lee, who lent his blessing for the band to use a fragment of his stand-up. The album was mastered by John Dieterich (Deerhoof), with liner text contributed by longtime comrade John Olson (Wolf Eyes). EarthBall's trajectory has been relentless. Their 2024 album It's Yours was praised by The Quietus as "fully aggressive and fully life-affirming." The band's live double set LP Actual Earth Music Vol. 1 & 2 (2025) captured blistering performances: a performance opening for Wolf Eyes at the Fox Cabaret, and a Café OTO improvised throw-down featuring Chris Corsano and Steve Beresford. Outside of EarthBall, each member carries their own torch. Jeremy Van Wyck, founding member of the legendary Shearing Pinx, has toured extensively, released over 100 records, and has been a vital force in the Vancouver and West Coast underground for the past 25 years. He and Isabel Ford (Izzy) play together not only in EarthBall, but also in Psychedelic Dirt, Shearing Pinx, Behaviours, and Crotch. John Brennan collaborates widely, including with Endlings, Evichen (Victoria Shen), Francesco Fonassi, Plan Your Future, Brennan/Corsano duo and Physics with John Dieterich. Kellen Maclaughlin performs with KVMP and Ora Corgan, while saxophonist Liam Murphy is a west coast staple, playing with the best across Vancouver Island and the mainland. On three of the tracks of Outside Over There, the band is joined by their comrade Justin Patterson. This cross-pollination fuels EarthBall's sound -- a collective improvisation, psychically overdriven, and grinding into bloom. Outside Over There is more than an album though, it is a ritual, a gathering of sound at the forest's edge; where feedback, saxophone screams, and ecstatic vocals dissolve the boundary between chaos and clarity.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
EARTHBALL	Outside Over There	LP	UPSET THE RHYTHM	UTR 175LP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Heavyweight psychedelic improvisers EarthBall are back with their third and most monstrous record to date: Outside Over There. Born from the haunted basements of Nanaimo, Canada, the quintet thrives on spontaneity, shaping improvisation into jagged hallucinations and ecstatic eruptions. Recorded live-off-the-floor in 2024 in Jeremy, Izzy, and Kellen's basement, and mixed by drummer John Brennan, Outside Over There is an album that feels both summoned and inevitable. Each track lands with uncanny purpose, as if uncovered rather than written. The opener, "100%," features a cameo from comedian and English icon Stewart Lee, who lent his blessing for the band to use a fragment of his stand-up. The album was mastered by John Dieterich (Deerhoof), with liner text contributed by longtime comrade John Olson (Wolf Eyes). EarthBall's trajectory has been relentless. Their 2024 album It's Yours was praised by The Quietus as "fully aggressive and fully life-affirming." The band's live double set LP Actual Earth Music Vol. 1 & 2 (2025) captured blistering performances: a performance opening for Wolf Eyes at the Fox Cabaret, and a Café OTO improvised throw-down featuring Chris Corsano and Steve Beresford. Outside of EarthBall, each member carries their own torch. Jeremy Van Wyck, founding member of the legendary Shearing Pinx, has toured extensively, released over 100 records, and has been a vital force in the Vancouver and West Coast underground for the past 25 years. He and Isabel Ford (Izzy) play together not only in EarthBall, but also in Psychedelic Dirt, Shearing Pinx, Behaviours, and Crotch. John Brennan collaborates widely, including with Endlings, Evichen (Victoria Shen), Francesco Fonassi, Plan Your Future, Brennan/Corsano duo and Physics with John Dieterich. Kellen Maclaughlin performs with KVMP and Ora Corgan, while saxophonist Liam Murphy is a west coast staple, playing with the best across Vancouver Island and the mainland. On three of the tracks of Outside Over There, the band is joined by their comrade Justin Patterson. This cross-pollination fuels EarthBall's sound -- a collective improvisation, psychically overdriven, and grinding into bloom. Outside Over There is more than an album though, it is a ritual, a gathering of sound at the forest's edge; where feedback, saxophone screams, and ecstatic vocals dissolve the boundary between chaos and clarity. Also available as blue-in-black color vinyl (UTR 175BB-LP).

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ICTUS, SUZANNE VEGA, COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT	Einstein on the Beach	2CD	VLEK	VLEK 042CD
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Brussels-based label VLEK presents a new recording of Einstein on the Beach (Philip Glass, 1976). Captured at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, this version brings together the Ictus ensemble, the Ghent-based Collegium Vocale Gent, and Suzanne Vega, iconic figure of the New York folk revival. In 2018, Ictus and Collegium Vocale Gent, with the support of visual artist Germaine Kruip, took on a bold challenge: to deliver a purely musical interpretation of Einstein on the Beach, now widely regarded as the manifesto of minimalist music. Suzanne Vega later joined the project, taking on all spoken roles. Carried by the physical commitment of the performers, this version retains the hypnotic power of the original score while opening new sonic perspectives. After touring successfully across Europe, the work was recorded in November 2022 at the prestigious Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Founded in Brussels in 2011, VLEK first made its mark with experimental electronic music. In 2025, the label celebrates its 15th anniversary by launching a new editorial line focused on contemporary creative music. The CD and vinyl release of Einstein on the Beach illustrates this ambition: to let singular works resonate across borders and genres, reach curious and diverse audiences, and place today's music within a lineage that is both heritage-based and ever-evolving.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
ICTUS, SUZANNE VEGA, COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT	Einstein on the Beach	3LP	VLEK	VLEK 042LP
$57.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 3LP version. Brussels-based label VLEK presents a new recording of Einstein on the Beach (Philip Glass, 1976). Captured at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, this version brings together the Ictus ensemble, the Ghent-based Collegium Vocale Gent, and Suzanne Vega, iconic figure of the New York folk revival. In 2018, Ictus and Collegium Vocale Gent, with the support of visual artist Germaine Kruip, took on a bold challenge: to deliver a purely musical interpretation of Einstein on the Beach, now widely regarded as the manifesto of minimalist music. Suzanne Vega later joined the project, taking on all spoken roles. Carried by the physical commitment of the performers, this version retains the hypnotic power of the original score while opening new sonic perspectives. After touring successfully across Europe, the work was recorded in November 2022 at the prestigious Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Founded in Brussels in 2011, VLEK first made its mark with experimental electronic music. In 2025, the label celebrates its 15th anniversary by launching a new editorial line focused on contemporary creative music. The CD and vinyl release of Einstein on the Beach illustrates this ambition: to let singular works resonate across borders and genres, reach curious and diverse audiences, and place today's music within a lineage that is both heritage-based and ever-evolving.

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JAMES K	Friend (Grey Version)	CD	AD 93	WHYT 083GREY-CD
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 Grey CD version. New York-based artist James K returns with Friend. This album is full of electric pop anthems that blends ear-worming melodies with peak-time breaks, buzzing powerpunk guitars and a classic rave pulse, with K's signature enchanting vocals playfully spitting emotion. It's a hallucinatory pleasure, tearing through your body and mind. "Play" rushes with a rebellion of friends -- an electro fever daydream waking up everywhere you go. Hot off extensive tours worldwide, playing the likes of Pitchfork Festival, Dekmantel, iii Points, and Mutek, following in the footsteps of her last two critically acclaimed singles Friend comes on AD 93. RIYL: Cocteau Twins, Yves Tumor, Prodigy, Oklou, Grimes. Also available on black (WHYT 083LP) and transparent vinyl (WHYT 083TR-LP).

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FEEO	Goodness	LP	AD 93	WHYT 101LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 11/28/2025 London-based experimental artist and new AD 93 signing feeo announces the project's debut album Goodness. Illuminated with breathtaking vocals and uncanny poetics, Goodness is an open, impressionistic assemblage of drone, ambient, experimental electronics, improvisational music and minimalist dance music. Across protean forms and voices, feeo explores an ever-evolving counterpoint between connection and isolation, the city and the natural world, the external and the internal. Contrasting beauty with volatility, communion with disintegration, feeo creates an album of absorbing tension between distinct contrasts. With eleven interconnected pieces of music, each engaged in symbiotic dialogue, Goodness represents a sinuous yet uniform work. Each track is like a link in a chain, with each piece revealing its luster when held up to the light. feeo describes the album as "an exploration of simultaneous yet opposing states of being; darkness and lightness, obscurity and visibility and most fundamentally, solitude and togetherness. Each song is an adumbration; a partial sketch of one aspect of the LP -- each finding its complete meaning when read in the context of the whole." Mirroring the push and pull of perception and contemporary experience, Goodness oscillates between disparate moods and intensities, reflecting moments of interiority, intimacy, seclusion, collective experience and exterior turbulence. With gentle lyricism and mercurial musicality, the album carries listeners through multitudes, from the ruptured spoken word noise of "Days pt.1," to the elemental close-mic ambient of "The Mountain," through the arhythmic electronic soulfulness of "Win!" and the aching piano loops of "Sandpit," to the languid lap steel abstraction of "There Is No I" and the luminous improv cycles of "The Hammer Strikes The Bell." Together, these tracks form an album of profoundly emotive, radical resonances; music both tender and fearless. Goodness marks an evolution in feeo's artistic practice, both as her first full-length release, and as a product of wider collaboration after several years working independently. Welcoming close collaborators and select affiliates into the fold, the process of making Goodness was very much like the record itself; a deeply personal, special convergence of expression and artistry. Hailed by The Wire as "part of an exciting new wave of London experimental artists and improvisors," Goodness signifies a culmination in feeo's output, which spans an acclaimed run of solo releases as well as collaborations with Loraine James and bassist Caius Williams.

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SIMMONS, SONNY	Better Do It Now Before You Die Later: Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin	Book	BLANK FORMS	9781953691996
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/2/2025 Hardcover. 588 pages. "Fiery, funny, inviting and digressive, Sonny Simmons' memoir is a long overdue celebration of the famed New York free jazz pioneer. Though his years in the New York free-jazz scene of the sixties cemented his reputation as 'one of the most forceful and convincing composers and soloists in his field,' saxophonist Sonny Simmons (1933-2021) was nearly forgotten by the '80s, which found him broke, heavily dependent on drugs and alcohol, and separated from his wife and kids. 'I played on the streets from 1980 to 1994, 365 days a year,' Simmons tells jazz historian and biographer Marc Chaloin. 'I would go to North Beach, and I'd sleep in the park. The word got around town that Sonny is a junkie, really strung out.' The resurrection of Simmons' career -- upon the release of his critically acclaimed Ancient Ritual (Qwest Records) in 1994 -- has become a modern legend of the genre. In the last two decades of his musical career, Simmons broke through to a new echelon of recognition, joining the pantheon of great innovators and masters of the music. But to this day he remains an undersung figure. Here, in the first ever book dedicated to his life, Simmons recounts his childhood in the backwoods of Louisiana, his adolescence in the burgeoning Bay Area jazz scene and his star-studded life in New York playing alongside the greats."

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SUWA, SHINGO	Seishin	12"	ACID CAMP	ACR 017EP
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Seishin is a focused, four-track EP from Japan-born, Berlin-based producer Shingo Suwa on Acid Camp. The title translates to "spirit," and the record treats that idea as both a feeling and a relay: an original transmission from a time of quarantined isolation followed by responses from trusted collaborators. Clay Wilson contributes two versions: one a deep, tensile workout and the other a companion take sparked by the legacy of Jasen Loveland. Jasen Loveland also worked on a remix of his own in 2021.

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FAUST	So Far	CD	BUREAU B	BB 493CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 So Far, so far out. By 1972, Faust had already dismantled the concept of a rock album. With their self-titled debut, they tore through convention with tape edits, abstract structures, and a scathing collage of cultural detritus. Its successor, recorded just six months later, was not a retreat from that radicalism, but its evolution. Instead of challenging form through outright fragmentation, the band now disguised their subversion in structures that almost, almost, resemble songs. But don't be fooled. This is still Faust: unpredictable, subversive, and unbound by convention. The circumstances surrounding the album's creation were no less unconventional than those of their debut. Faust were still ensconced in the converted schoolhouse in Wümme, Lower Saxony, and its improvised studio -- a riddle of cabling, tape and custom electronics. By this point, the band had grown more cohesive as a unit but remained steadfastly anti-commercial, despite the pleas of their label. Taken as a whole, So Far is less a linear progression from Faust's debut than a sideways leap into a parallel sonic dimension. Where the first album exploded rock from the inside out, So Far rearranges the wreckage into strange new shapes. There's a sly-humor here too, buried under the fuzz and tape edits, a knowing wink that these sonic detours aren't acts of nihilism, but of creation. Faust were building something. What, exactly, remains elusive, and still utterly intoxicating. Also available on black vinyl (BB 493LP) and blue vinyl (BB 493LTD-LP).

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FAUST	So Far	LP	BUREAU B	BB 493LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. So Far, so far out. By 1972, Faust had already dismantled the concept of a rock album. With their self-titled debut, they tore through convention with tape edits, abstract structures, and a scathing collage of cultural detritus. Its successor, recorded just six months later, was not a retreat from that radicalism, but its evolution. Instead of challenging form through outright fragmentation, the band now disguised their subversion in structures that almost, almost, resemble songs. But don't be fooled. This is still Faust: unpredictable, subversive, and unbound by convention. The circumstances surrounding the album's creation were no less unconventional than those of their debut. Faust were still ensconced in the converted schoolhouse in Wümme, Lower Saxony, and its improvised studio -- a riddle of cabling, tape and custom electronics. By this point, the band had grown more cohesive as a unit but remained steadfastly anti-commercial, despite the pleas of their label. Taken as a whole, So Far is less a linear progression from Faust's debut than a sideways leap into a parallel sonic dimension. Where the first album exploded rock from the inside out, So Far rearranges the wreckage into strange new shapes. There's a sly-humor here too, buried under the fuzz and tape edits, a knowing wink that these sonic detours aren't acts of nihilism, but of creation. Faust were building something. What, exactly, remains elusive, and still utterly intoxicating.

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FAUST	So Far (Blue Vinyl)	LP	BUREAU B	BB 493LTD-LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. Blue color vinyl. So Far, so far out. By 1972, Faust had already dismantled the concept of a rock album. With their self-titled debut, they tore through convention with tape edits, abstract structures, and a scathing collage of cultural detritus. Its successor, recorded just six months later, was not a retreat from that radicalism, but its evolution. Instead of challenging form through outright fragmentation, the band now disguised their subversion in structures that almost, almost, resemble songs. But don't be fooled. This is still Faust: unpredictable, subversive, and unbound by convention. The circumstances surrounding the album's creation were no less unconventional than those of their debut. Faust were still ensconced in the converted schoolhouse in Wümme, Lower Saxony, and its improvised studio -- a riddle of cabling, tape and custom electronics. By this point, the band had grown more cohesive as a unit but remained steadfastly anti-commercial, despite the pleas of their label. Taken as a whole, So Far is less a linear progression from Faust's debut than a sideways leap into a parallel sonic dimension. Where the first album exploded rock from the inside out, So Far rearranges the wreckage into strange new shapes. There's a sly-humor here too, buried under the fuzz and tape edits, a knowing wink that these sonic detours aren't acts of nihilism, but of creation. Faust were building something. What, exactly, remains elusive, and still utterly intoxicating.

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FAUST	Faust IV	CD	BUREAU B	BB 497CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 By 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. The Faust Tapes, released earlier that year for 49p as a surreal sampler of their cut-and-paste genius, had earned them a curious British audience and the indulgence of Virgin Records. For a brief moment, it seemed as though Faust might finally play the game, just a little. What emerged instead was Faust IV, their most paradoxical work: accessible enough to lure listeners in, complex enough to keep them guessing. For the first time, the band left the rustic headquarters in Wümme, a former schoolhouse in rural Lower Saxony, stuffed with cabling, hand-built electronics, and limitless weed, and entered the professional confines of The Manor, Virgin's newly christened studio in Oxfordshire. Gone was the radical freedom of the commune. In its place: deadlines, engineers, and a rapidly dwindling budget. The sessions stretched on and grew increasingly fraught, yielding a mixture of fresh material and fragments drawn in from earlier experiments in Wümme. Faust IV is the result: part studio artefact, part salvage operation, part séance. Faust IV is uneven, restless, and full of contradictions, and that's exactly what makes it compelling. Its rough edges and loose threads sit right alongside moments of real focus, giving the sense of a band following ideas wherever they lead. Rather than polish things smooth, Faust left the seams visible, and the result feels all the more vital for it. Nearly half a century on, its spirit remains intact: mischievous, mysterious, and gloriously unfinished. If Faust had set out to build a new language, Faust IV shows them mid-sentence, trailing off, cracking jokes, then suddenly profound. Don't expect to follow the conversation, just keep listening. Also available on black vinyl (BB 497LP) and clear vinyl (BB 497LTD-LP).

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FAUST	Faust IV	LP	BUREAU B	BB 497LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. By 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. The Faust Tapes, released earlier that year for 49p as a surreal sampler of their cut-and-paste genius, had earned them a curious British audience and the indulgence of Virgin Records. For a brief moment, it seemed as though Faust might finally play the game, just a little. What emerged instead was Faust IV, their most paradoxical work: accessible enough to lure listeners in, complex enough to keep them guessing. For the first time, the band left the rustic headquarters in Wümme, a former schoolhouse in rural Lower Saxony, stuffed with cabling, hand-built electronics, and limitless weed, and entered the professional confines of The Manor, Virgin's newly christened studio in Oxfordshire. Gone was the radical freedom of the commune. In its place: deadlines, engineers, and a rapidly dwindling budget. The sessions stretched on and grew increasingly fraught, yielding a mixture of fresh material and fragments drawn in from earlier experiments in Wümme. Faust IV is the result: part studio artefact, part salvage operation, part séance. Faust IV is uneven, restless, and full of contradictions, and that's exactly what makes it compelling. Its rough edges and loose threads sit right alongside moments of real focus, giving the sense of a band following ideas wherever they lead. Rather than polish things smooth, Faust left the seams visible, and the result feels all the more vital for it. Nearly half a century on, its spirit remains intact: mischievous, mysterious, and gloriously unfinished. If Faust had set out to build a new language, Faust IV shows them mid-sentence, trailing off, cracking jokes, then suddenly profound. Don't expect to follow the conversation, just keep listening.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FAUST	Faust IV (Clear Vinyl)	LP	BUREAU B	BB 497LTD-LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. Clear color vinyl. By 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. The Faust Tapes, released earlier that year for 49p as a surreal sampler of their cut-and-paste genius, had earned them a curious British audience and the indulgence of Virgin Records. For a brief moment, it seemed as though Faust might finally play the game, just a little. What emerged instead was Faust IV, their most paradoxical work: accessible enough to lure listeners in, complex enough to keep them guessing. For the first time, the band left the rustic headquarters in Wümme, a former schoolhouse in rural Lower Saxony, stuffed with cabling, hand-built electronics, and limitless weed, and entered the professional confines of The Manor, Virgin's newly christened studio in Oxfordshire. Gone was the radical freedom of the commune. In its place: deadlines, engineers, and a rapidly dwindling budget. The sessions stretched on and grew increasingly fraught, yielding a mixture of fresh material and fragments drawn in from earlier experiments in Wümme. Faust IV is the result: part studio artefact, part salvage operation, part séance. Faust IV is uneven, restless, and full of contradictions, and that's exactly what makes it compelling. Its rough edges and loose threads sit right alongside moments of real focus, giving the sense of a band following ideas wherever they lead. Rather than polish things smooth, Faust left the seams visible, and the result feels all the more vital for it. Nearly half a century on, its spirit remains intact: mischievous, mysterious, and gloriously unfinished. If Faust had set out to build a new language, Faust IV shows them mid-sentence, trailing off, cracking jokes, then suddenly profound. Don't expect to follow the conversation, just keep listening.

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STRANGERS, THE	The Strangers	LP	BE WITH RECORDS	BEWITH 194LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 140gr vinyl. A surefire Salsoul classic and comfortably one of the label's finest moments, the self-titled LP from The Strangers was originally released in that golden year of 1983 and is one of the greatest albums of the post-disco era. It's one of Be With's favorite ever LPs and it's a complete honor to be giving it the reissue treatment. Still strangely overlooked but not for much longer, The Strangers contains flawless tracks with truly top tier production and includes the eternal Paradise Garage favorite "Step Out Of My Dream." The Strangers were a US electronic-funk studio concept group comprising Edward "Tree" Moore, Howard King, and Hubert Eaves III, all key members of Mtume and Gary Bartz NTU Troop and, in the case of Eaves, one half of D-Train. The album kicks off with the dope electro-funk of "Wanna Take Your Body" which features Gary Bartz on sax and becomes more sensational and irresistible the longer it plays. The wonky super-bomb "Let Me Take You Home" has a punk-funk, post-Prince feel, driving and delicate all at the same time while "Show Me How You Like It" is pure FUNK, the groove just pure fire. Side B is perfection. It kicks off with the NTS favorite "Love Rescue," a track so slick it positively SLAPS out the gate and, while it bangs throughout, the vocals and melodies elevate this to the status of EMOTIONAL POP. Next up, "Step Out Of My Dream" swaggers forth, the undisputed masterpiece that was huge with the London DJs and UK Soul fraternity; it's not hard to see why. It's a gliding, smooth, soulful piece of once-in-a-lifetime magic. The breezy "It's Too Late" is a perfect slow jam before this remarkable set is rounded out with the sickest proto-acid synth-drizzled jam, "Stimulation"; a perfect slab of '80s funk and a strutting vocoder-laced funk workout. Meticulously remastered and cut by both Simon Francis and Cicely Balston respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possible quality at Record Industry in Holland.

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NACER, CHEB	Maroc Electronique Vol. 1	LP	BONGO JOE RECORDS	BJR 115LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 In the heart of 1990s Morocco, Cheb Nacer brought a new breeze to the popular music scene. Born in Oujda, he grew up surrounded by raï, staïfi and chaâbi before moving to Casablanca, where he blended these roots with the electronic sounds filling cabarets and clubs. Inspired by the international clips broadcast on 2M and RTM, he reimagined European hits in darija, creating a hybrid, dance-driven sound. "Olé Olé Olé" became a national hit, carried by bright synths and playful energy -- far from the sentimental pop dominating the airwaves. Between 1993 and 2006, he released a string of tapes, shows and hits, defining his unique style: spontaneous, raw and festive techno-raï born in studios, living rooms and wedding halls. Cheb Nacer embodied an era when the lines between cabaret and club blurred, when music circulated freely and reinvented itself without rules. Decades later, his songs still echo as the soundtrack of a generation tuned into global waves -- free, curious, and proud to dance their own way.

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WAYKU	Selva Selva	LP	BUH RECORDS	BR 192LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Buh Records presents Selva Selva, the debut album by Wayku, a project led by guitarist and researcher Percy A. Flores Navarro, originally from Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. The album centers the electric guitar, blending traditional jungle sounds with contemporary approaches to explore new textures, rhythms, and expressions. Wayku emerged in late 2022 after Flores's previous project Motilones de Tarapoto. It reflects a dialogue among Amazonian music, rock, and jazz, while also drawing on Brazilian music, tropical rhythms, and other popular expressions from the jungle. The sound feels organic and evolving, rooted in tradition yet open to modern languages. According to its creator, the album seeks to renew the Amazon's repertoire by adapting it to contemporary sonic languages. Selva Selva weaves three strands of Amazonian popular music: sounds and instruments recorded in ethnographic archives, traditional folk ensembles, and tropical jungle bands. Flores Navarro's ethnographic research in Indigenous communities of San Martín and Loreto has profoundly informed Wayku's vision. His compositions interlace narratives of Indigenous resistance with traditional aesthetics, modern harmony, electric instrumentation, and symphonic elements, balancing formal exploration with cultural commitment. Across eleven tracks, Selva Selva offers a journey through native communities while reflecting the cosmopolitan realities of Amazonian cities. Songs such as "Carnaval en la selva" and "Por la marginal reimagine pandilla," a festive Amazonian genre of lively rhythms, flutes, percussion, and community ties. Wayku projects pandilla into the present, amplifying its vitality with contemporary arrangements. This work continues a lineage dating to the 1970s, when tropical Amazonian bands incorporated electric guitar into pandilla, creating the form now known as electric pandilla. Wayku revives and expands that language, asserting a discourse that empowers Amazonian musicians and raises the visibility of their work on broader stages. Selva Selva was recorded between January and March 2024 in Morales, San Martín, with Michel Paredes on bass. Flores performed the rest and handled recording and digital mastering. Vladimir Ivanov completed analog mastering and Gonzalo de Montreuil produced the artwork. The album is released by Buh Records, supported by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture's 2023 Cultural Stimulus Grants.

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HAZAN, SHAY	When It Rains It Pours	LP	BATOV RECORDS	BTR 130LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Bassist, composer and producer Shay Hazan returns with his third solo album, When It Rains It Pours, on Batov Records. Following the critical success of Reclusive Ritual and Wusul, Hazan takes a bold step forward, shifting from the guimbri-led sound that established his reputation to a broader palette of bass, guitar, and synth-driven compositions. Where his earlier work foregrounded the raw, earthy textures of Gnawa tradition, When It Rains It Pours reflects Hazan's evolution as a producer and multi-instrumentalist. Across eleven tracks, Hazan deepens his exploration of layered grooves, spiritual melodies, and experimental textures, resulting in his most expansive and personal statement to date. The album's title embodies Hazan's experience of being tested by life when multiple challenges arrived at once -- musically, personally, and physically. A painful period in which he was unable to play double bass or guimbri due to joint issues became the spark for rediscovering the electric bass, reconnecting him with an instrument he had set aside personal projects for years. The record documents this transition, capturing the tension between struggle and renewal. Unlike his previous guimbri-focused albums, Hazan's approach here highlights his growth as a studio craftsman. Sampling, layering, and textural exploration sit at the core, without losing the immediacy of live musicianship. Longtime collaborators including saxophonist Eyal Netzer, trumpeter Roy Zuzovsky, and drummer Shahar Haziza, help ground the record in ensemble interplay, even as it pushes further into electronic and producer-led territory. The album's gestation was shaped by encounters and inspirations stretching far beyond Tel Aviv. Hazan draws influence from Malawian one-man-band Gasper Nali, the spiritual openness of his recording sessions with legendary drummer Hamid Drake, and years of improvisational collaborations across jazz and global traditions. When It Rains It Pours captures Shay Hazan at a turning point: confronting physical and personal limitations, yet finding new creative channels in response. By leaning into bass, guitar, and studio experimentation, Hazan has crafted an album that feels at once urgent, meditative, and transformative, a body of work that situates him firmly among today's most adventurous voices in spiritual jazz and beyond.

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CASE WOO	A Deeper Shade	2LP	HELLO, GOODBYE	BYE 001LP
$44.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 A Deeper Shade, produced by Case Woo and originally released on CD only in 2001, is now presented as a double 12" vinyl. It comes with a full-cover print of the original artwork, as well as an insert with photos of young Case in the studio and a list of the equipment that was used to record this album. Back then, this release was hailed as the definitive and only full-length deep house/tech house album to emerge from the tiny island of Singapore, by one of the pioneers of the local electronic music industry. Case himself states: "I was introduced to the Deep House genre in 1999 and it was love at first listen, pure magic! What began as a spark of inspiration soon led to a month of self-imposed studio isolation -- a journey of immersion, expression, and devotion to a newfound sound. The outcome of that creative dive is A Deeper Shade."

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ARMSTRONG, CRAIG	Pacific	LP	CMA RECORDS	CMAR 007LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Acclaimed Scottish composer Craig Armstrong presents his new work Pacific via his own label CMA Records. Written for piano, cello, and electronics, the three-movement piece was originally commissioned in December 2024 by Christian Kellersman, a pioneering figure in contemporary classical and jazz music, for his new live event series Berlin Confidential, co-curated with Alexander Szlovák. Armstrong was among the first artists invited to perform as part of Berlin Confidential, premiering Pacific at Berlin's historic Meistersaal concert hall in March 2025. The concert featured Armstrong on piano alongside cellist Lena Angelina von Almen and producer and musician Guy Sternberg, combining acoustic instruments with live electro-acoustic treatments to create a rich and atmospheric sound world. Recorded in May 2025 at Lowswing Studios in Kreuzberg, Pacific continues Armstrong's ongoing exploration of blending acoustic and electronic sound in a natural, seamless way. Over several days in the studio, Armstrong, von Almen and Sternberg developed the work's intricate textures and dynamic interplay, resulting in a recording that captures both the intimacy and expansiveness of the original live performance. Across its three movements, "Pacific 1" is elegiac in nature, with the main themes stated and developed throughout the piece, punctuated by recurring piano motifs. The second movement is arrhythmic in nature, following shifting time signatures that reflect a sense of uncertainty - the music is searching and static, ending without resolution but leaving hope for one to come. "Pacific 3" moves towards peace and resolution, bringing the work to a close with quiet strength and emotional release. The limited-edition vinyl release has been pressed on Eco Vinyl at SeaBass Vinyl, a sustainable plant near Edinburgh. The record features striking cover art by Dirk Rudolph, who has designed several of Armstrong's previous releases.

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CONIC ROSE	Live from Kantine Berghain	LP	CONIC ROSE	CONICROSE 002LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Conic Rose's debut album has finally come to life on stage. After two years of playing it live, the music has grown, shifted, and deepened. This live album captures that process -- recorded in one night at Kantine Berghain, Berlin. A unique blend of jazz, indie and electronic elements -- the signature Conic Rose sound.

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EXTRAWELT	Dystortion	3LP	COCOON	COR 061LP
$43.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Extrawelt's latest and longest-brewing album lands on Cocoon. In this beautiful world marked by rising chaos, sometimes the simplest way to escape its troubles is through sonic relief. Germany's renowned electronic duo Extrawelt offer exactly that with their fifth full-length album, Dystortion. For over two decades, the humble duo behind Extrawelt, who shy away from making music for clicks, have been a steadfast presence in electronic music. Known as serious studio and tour-focused artists who craft timepiece albums, each a work of enduring craft, that go on to create atmospheric, out-of-the-box live acts, they've been shaping and redefining electronica since their first release. Dystortion is their most diverse and evocative album to date. Imagined over six years and shaped by a world in flux through COVID, political upheavals, social media, and AI, it reflects the contrasts and twists the world has felt while offering surges of serenity and hope. From brooding tension to playful relief, it moves through different states in an evolved Extrawelt manner. The album's opening credit, "Grand Départ," as if a cinematic prelude, invites listeners into a world of creeping bass, an explicitly Extrawelt sound that's synonymous with the "anti-genre genre" they work within. The album's second track, "Clapland," sees Extrawelt joining forces with Jimi Jules, a name synonymous with excellence in electronic music, creating a rare collaboration that is felt in every note. Soon, the mood shifts into softer melodies as heard in "Surrounded By Miracles," "Hope Sounds Good," and "Sir Stringalot," which bring bright euphorics to balance the darker moments in an album echoed by industrial influences. Later, as "Dystortion" unfolds, audiences are drawn into something few electronic artists can create: raw emotion. This is a gritty landscape as reflective as it is pulsing, glitchy, intense, and richly textured. Dystortion is a reflection of a complex, divided world, carried through dramatically with Extrawelt's signature techno tension.

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VA	The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz and Improvised Music Series (1996-2005)	6CD BOX	CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY	CVSD 126CD
$51.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 For the first time, a release of select music performed at Chicago's Empty Bottle in the heyday of the creative music boom of the 1990s. From 1996-2005, writer and producer John Corbett and musician and composer Ken Vandermark teamed up to curate a series of concerts, the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series. Together with annual international festivals, the series comprised more than 500 performances over its nine-year span, which was lauded in the international press and helped focus attention on Chicago as a hotspot for improvised music. The majority of the music was dutifully documented by Malachi Ritscher, from whose archives The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series (1996-2005) is drawn. Over the course of six CDs, arranged in chronological sequence, the box set revels in the span of the music presented at the Bottle, from the hardest blown free jazz to microscopic free improvisation and other kinds of experimental music. The lineup incorporates nearly 100 international musicians, including Peter Brötzmann (who formed his Chicago Tentet at the Empty Bottle in 1997), Milford Graves (performing solo), a Bobby Bradford quartet with Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake and Wadada Leo Smith, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, the Dutch bands Available Jelly and Clusone 3, Von Freeman in his only performance with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, Jim O'Rourke duetting with Cor Fuhler, Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore in their first face-off, Chicago Underground Quartet, Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet, and much more. The package comes with a lavishly illustrated 64-page book, loaded with never-published photos and vintage ephemera, including Dan Grzeca's beautiful posters, as well as an in-depth essay by Corbett, with play-by-play notes on the music. Also featuring Willie Pickens, Wilbur Campbell, Ron Dewar, Joshua Abrams, Robert Barry, Alexander Schlippenbach Trio, François Houle, In Zenith, Fred Anderson, Kent Kessler, Hamid Drake, Mars Williams, Misha Mengelberg, Aaly Trio, Dkv Trio, Irene Schweizer, Evan Parker, Ned Rothenberg, André Jaume, Floros Floridis, Peter Kowald, Günter Sommer, John Butcher, Kevin Drumm, Holz Für Europa, Joe Mcphee, Philipp Wachsmann, Daniele D'agaro Quartet, Erik Friedlander, and the Anthony Coleman Quartet.

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RYOM, JESPER	No Place in Particular	LP	DELICIEUSE RECORDS	DELI 033LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Like a head resting on a train window, gazing at the horizon without anxiety, Jesper Ryom's debut album breathes a wind of freedom and propels listeners toward the unknown, to no destination in particular. Beyond the sensations of movement it evokes, this work is a marvel of unexpected mixtures. Seamlessly transitioning from progressive sounds to genuine French touch inspirations, it sails through the ages while maintaining a dreamlike homogeneity. This long-awaited offering from one of Copenhagen best-kept mysteries invites listeners on a captivating journey.

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MEZIGUE	Apr7s	2LP	D.KO RECORDS	DKOLP 010LP
$52.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Lego Dave du Shit, a noble aristocrat from the vallée du Shit, traveled to the RCK JUMEAUX planet to answer the Bleast's question: "Qui A Dub Maman?" To do so, he had to explore the Îles Nvlles, inhabited by robots, where he learned the ancestral chant of the Witches of Good: "Which is Good." He's waiting to return to Earth to reunite with his friend Loba from Gagra, and to take part in the LAST JAM of October. That being said, he must also visit in November the guardian Mezacidub III, son of Mezacidub II and Valprius Organo (a clone of the Bilrituel Cyborg of Tarza Y7). In a few words, APR7S is simply an expression used after the party -- or "after" in English. Featuring Mad Rey.

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SKATMAN	Selected Bangers	2LP	INTERNATIONAL DEEJAY GIGOLO	GIGOLO 369LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 The album of the year -- and the beginning of a new era at Gigolo Records. Ten club tracks packed with pure impact, crafted by one of today's most talented and innovative producers: Aziz Haddad from Tunisia. His sonic fingerprint breaks all genre boundaries -- impossible to categorize -- and fits perfectly into the Gigolo Records family and history. Aziz's uniqueness lies in his anarchic definition of sound: 4-to-the-floor house, '80s synth pop, techno, and hypnotic beat programming merge into a cinematic, magnetic whole. Selected Bangers rewrites the rules -- every beat counts. Featuring Dolo Desir.

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PELLISSIER QUINTET, FLORIAN	Pacifiques Biches	CD	HOT CASA	HC 088CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Wild by nature, the Does of the Florian Pellissier Quintet could never be contained in a creative pen that would have forced them never to cross potential geographical limits. Travelers, spending their energy without restraint to let the hard bop of their jazz wander and export itself wherever the groove guided them, they went as far as Africa or South America, from the Cape of Good Hope to Rio. Rio, precisely where, for their last appearance, exposure to a brief electric current had carried them into outer space. A revelation. Furious strides, exhausting gambols, the Does had done so much that they could not escape the obvious call of calm and serenity. Freed from distances, and after a stop in Colombia to mingle with the crowd at the Barranquilla carnival, it was California and its Pacific coast they reached, to rest before the peaceful immensity of the ocean. One hundred sixty-five million square kilometers, an infinite expanse to contemplate in order to fling wide open the gates to an even vaster space. A spiritual domain conducive to the search for new sounds. That of the open sea, where measuring miles is neither relevant nor meaningful, and where the only compass becomes the musical tracks the Does follow. Beneath their coppery hooves, to the crystalline sound of the Fender Rhodes and the sweep of electric layers, the path to take revealed itself in this meditative and abstract realm they had never before explored. Invited to join the purely organic textures, the synthetic notes distilled a few aromas of sweetness into an album of ten tracks, where the FPQ abandoned written scores on some pieces in order to be guided only by the inspiration born of a newfound freedom. Blue when they began their journey five albums ago, their coat has now taken on the colors that illuminate the Pacific coast. That moment when, as you gaze at the horizon swallowing the sun, only glowing shades filter through -- reddish, orange, violet. Departing without haste or frenzy from one of the shores bordering the ocean, the voices of Archie Shepp, Iggy Pop, and DjeuhDjoah still resonating in their antlers, the Does may now be on the opposite shore. Carried all the way to the Japanese coast by Hokusai's wave.

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PELLISSIER QUINTET, FLORIAN	Pacifiques Biches	LP	HOT CASA	HC 088LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. Wild by nature, the Does of the Florian Pellissier Quintet could never be contained in a creative pen that would have forced them never to cross potential geographical limits. Travelers, spending their energy without restraint to let the hard bop of their jazz wander and export itself wherever the groove guided them, they went as far as Africa or South America, from the Cape of Good Hope to Rio. Rio, precisely where, for their last appearance, exposure to a brief electric current had carried them into outer space. A revelation. Furious strides, exhausting gambols, the Does had done so much that they could not escape the obvious call of calm and serenity. Freed from distances, and after a stop in Colombia to mingle with the crowd at the Barranquilla carnival, it was California and its Pacific coast they reached, to rest before the peaceful immensity of the ocean. One hundred sixty-five million square kilometers, an infinite expanse to contemplate in order to fling wide open the gates to an even vaster space. A spiritual domain conducive to the search for new sounds. That of the open sea, where measuring miles is neither relevant nor meaningful, and where the only compass becomes the musical tracks the Does follow. Beneath their coppery hooves, to the crystalline sound of the Fender Rhodes and the sweep of electric layers, the path to take revealed itself in this meditative and abstract realm they had never before explored. Invited to join the purely organic textures, the synthetic notes distilled a few aromas of sweetness into an album of ten tracks, where the FPQ abandoned written scores on some pieces in order to be guided only by the inspiration born of a newfound freedom. Blue when they began their journey five albums ago, their coat has now taken on the colors that illuminate the Pacific coast. That moment when, as you gaze at the horizon swallowing the sun, only glowing shades filter through -- reddish, orange, violet. Departing without haste or frenzy from one of the shores bordering the ocean, the voices of Archie Shepp, Iggy Pop, and DjeuhDjoah still resonating in their antlers, the Does may now be on the opposite shore. Carried all the way to the Japanese coast by Hokusai's wave.

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VA	Life In Heaven Is Free: Checker Gospel 1961-1973	LP	HONEST JON'S RECORDS	HJR 088LP
$39.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Gospel melts into soul in this dazzling collection of sides originally released by the Chess subsidiary label Checker. Devised by the same team supporting the likes of Muddy Waters and Etta James at Chess, the vintage of Checker Gospel celebrated here is distinguished by its expertly raw, rugged, live feel -- thumping bass and pounding drums, bluesy guitar and horns -- and its keen engagement with contemporary realities and politics, with an underlying, unwavering commitment to the Civil Rights movement. Key architects of the Chicago Sound and Motown are amongst the scores of contributors: Charles Stepney, Gene Barge, Eddie Kendricks, and Leonard Caston Jr. are in the house; Morris Jennings, drummer on Curtis' "Superfly" and Terry Callier's "What Color Is Love." Louis Satterfield from The Pharaohs and Earth Wind & Fire. Ramsey Lewis' guitarist Byron Gregory; Phil Upchurch; Laura Lee; a protege of Willie Dixon; engineer Malcolm Chisholm set up the Ter Mar studio as if preparing for a live gig, carefully teasing measures of bleed into the microphones. With Ralph Bass from King Records running A&R, they knew exactly what they were after. Focused on the late sixties and early seventies, the twenty-five recordings here are all killer no filler, but try these four, random entry points: the heavy funk ostinato of the Violinaires' "Groovin' With Jesus," working itself up into a post-James-Brown brass frenzy, sure to knock your socks off; Cleo Jackson Randle's title track, for those who like their Gospel straight-up and hard-core; Eddie Kendricks' achingly timely choral call-to-arms, "Stand Up America, Don't Be Afraid"; the East St Louis Gospelettes' heart-stopping, fathoms-deep rendition of Bobby Bland's "I'll Take Care Of You." A beautiful gatefold sleeve; a full-color booklet with excellent notes by Robert Marovich; top-notch sound. Another knockout selection by Greg Belson and David Hill. Also featuring The Meditation Singers, Charlie Brown, Martha Bass, The Williams Singers, The Faithful Wonders, The Salem Travelers, Power And Light Choral Ensemble, The Masonic Wonders, The Majestic Choir & The Soul Stirrers, The Jordan Singers, Lucy Rodgers, The Kindly Shepherds, The Inspirational Singers, The Bells Of Joy, and Stevie Hawkins.

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FOFANA, LAMIN	Works In Metal	LP	HONEST JON'S RECORDS	HJR 090LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Scintillating, alchemical kosmische; visionary, deep, and luminous; and beautifully sleeved, with gold foiling and silver ink. Works In Metal fans out a set of acid treatments and finely sharpened blades -- cutting, shaping, suspending form. Sounds are melted down and forged as if liquid metal. The works are paired. "Arc's Blue Flame" previews the smoking volatility at the album's core. Echoes and resonance soften the dissonant, bright textures; all overlaid with Fofana's signature, percussive kick drums. "Welding" drills into the discordant thrills and spills of metamorphosis. Sparks fly and the bittersweet arc of change unfolds. Lamin Fofana discreetly folds in text, poetry, and field recordings, spooring their decomposition and recomposition with a prismatic point of view. The coupling "Obscure Light (Decomposition)" and "Obscure Light (Recomposition)" marks something new in his music. The pulse is brightly honed, cascading beyond the dancefloor, exultingly eluding musical genre. Works in Metal is perhaps Fofana's most narrative album. At its heart is the killer, extended "Lure of the Fragment/So Another Sound Suggests Itself." Melodies circle in call-and-response patterns, balancing proximity and distance, signaling the inward gravity required to work with metal. A nested story-line, with birds flying in; an album within an album. Dredging up memories and associations, Fofana filters in selections from his sound-archives. Layered with synths, field recordings become instruments in their own right. The last three minutes proffer precious clarity -- a memory, in miniature, flashed onto molten metal. In 1943 Suzanne Césaire declared that "our surrealism will then supply them the leaven from their very depths. It will be time finally to transcend the sordid contemporary antinomies: Whites-Blacks, Europeans-Africans, civilized-savage: the powerful magic of the mahoulis will be recovered, drawn from the very wellsprings of life. Colonial idiocies will be purified by the welding arc's blue flame. The mettle of our metal, our cutting edge of steel, our unique communions -- all will be recovered." Works in Metal is a tribute to her prophecy; its enactment, sculpted in sound.

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ASMAR, YARA	everyone I love is sleeping and i love them so so much	LP	HIVE MIND RECORDS	HMRLP 041LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Yara Asmar's new album presents 11 pieces recorded over a year between the small town of Alfred in upstate New York and Beirut. These sometimes fragile and tentative sound sketches reflect the times as Yara steps out, as if onto ice, into a new life on a new continent during a time of tragedy, turmoil and upheaval. She works with unfamiliar instruments, new materials and new sounds to build on her intimate style; homemade mechanical music boxes and a personal archive of family recordings form the backbone of its delicate textures. Asmar explores the peculiar resonance of the metallophone and her collection of deconstructed toy pianos, and guides her music into ever more surreal territories. The result is a work that is dreamlike, fragmentary and strangely timeless.

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VA	Pop Ambient 2026	LP	KOMPAKT	KOM 503LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. For the 26th time, the most consistent of all ambient compilations, in a constant flux of static change, is released on Kompakt. Joining good friends from the early days and reliable confidants are some new additions to the non-hierarchical charts of contemplative rapture culture. Leading the way is Micå, a Japanese electronic musician whose chiseled, graceful musical style has made it onto the new collection with two pieces. Also making his debut is Richard Ojijo, a seasoned sound engineer known, among other things, for his long-standing collaboration with the artist Marcel Odenbach and the Cologne-based label Magazine. Oskø aka Max Hytrek, a multi-talented newcomer to Kompakt and the music scene, debuts with his rapturously ecstatic piece "Ar Vag." He's followed by Sebastian Mullaert, appearing for the second time -- this time teamed up with Sebastian Lilja aka Hush Forever. After his surprise return after a 20 year hiatus, Kompakt are delighted that Tetsuo Sakae aka Pass Into Silence is back again this year with one of his distinctive sound gems. As are Dirk Leyers (Closer Musik) and Mikkel Metal. "Erlösung" (Redemption) is the title of Segensklang's closing track. A kind of ambient bolero into infinity. Or at least until next year... And what would Pop Ambient be without the iconic, artistic cover design of Veronika Unland, who once again, in her unmistakable way, says through the digital flower: The eye always listens. Also featuring Ümit Han, Würden & Schäfer, Luis Reich, Morgen Wurde, Tetsuroh Konishi, Thore Pfeiffer/Niko Tzoukmanis, Joachim Spieth, and Blank Gloss.

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VA	Pop Ambient 2026	CD	KOMPAKT	KOMP 187CD
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 For the 26th time, the most consistent of all ambient compilations, in a constant flux of static change, is released on Kompakt. Joining good friends from the early days and reliable confidants are some new additions to the non-hierarchical charts of contemplative rapture culture. Leading the way is Micå, a Japanese electronic musician whose chiseled, graceful musical style has made it onto the new collection with two pieces. Also making his debut is Richard Ojijo, a seasoned sound engineer known, among other things, for his long-standing collaboration with the artist Marcel Odenbach and the Cologne-based label Magazine. Oskø aka Max Hytrek, a multi-talented newcomer to Kompakt and the music scene, debuts with his rapturously ecstatic piece "Ar Vag." He's followed by Sebastian Mullaert, appearing for the second time -- this time teamed up with Sebastian Lilja aka Hush Forever. After his surprise return after a 20 year hiatus, Kompakt are delighted that Tetsuo Sakae aka Pass Into Silence is back again this year with one of his distinctive sound gems. As are Dirk Leyers (Closer Musik) and Mikkel Metal. "Erlösung" (Redemption) is the title of Segensklang's closing track. A kind of ambient bolero into infinity. Or at least until next year... And what would Pop Ambient be without the iconic, artistic cover design of Veronika Unland, who once again, in her unmistakable way, says through the digital flower: The eye always listens. Also featuring Ümit Han, Würden & Schäfer, Luis Reich, Morgen Wurde, Tetsuroh Konishi, Thore Pfeiffer/Niko Tzoukmanis, Joachim Spieth, and Blank Gloss.

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SOMERVILLE, JIMMY	Dare To Love (30th Anniversary Edition)	2CD	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725521
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville's Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music. It embodies Somerville's gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads. Featuring the UK Top 30 hits "Heartbeat" and "Hurt So Good," along with the poignant "Safe in These Arms," Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor. London Records now celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster and expended editions. Collector 2CD version contains 31 tracks and features previously unreleased B-sides, rarities and remixes from the likes of Todd Terry, The Beatmasters and more. Comes as 4/4 digisleeve with three wallets, 20-page booklet, and marketing sticker. 2LP version contains 21 tracks and comes as two crystal-clear blue curaçao vinyl with 5mm spine sleeve and two printed inner sleeves plus marketing sticker.

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SOMERVILLE, JIMMY	Dare To Love (30th Anniversary Edition)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725522
$47.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Double LP version. Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville's Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music. It embodies Somerville's gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads. Featuring the UK Top 30 hits "Heartbeat" and "Hurt So Good," along with the poignant "Safe in These Arms," Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor. London Records now celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster and expended editions. 2LP version contains 21 tracks and comes as two crystal-clear blue curaçao vinyl with 5mm spine sleeve and two printed inner sleeves plus marketing sticker.

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FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS	FYC 40 (40th Anniversary Best Of)	2CD	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725529
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late '80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989's The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift's unmistakable voice. Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards -- cementing their place in pop history. The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing," both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK's Jennie. Includes new artwork and new liner notes. Fully remastered. Also available on clear vinyl (LMS 1725531), double vinyl (LMS 1725532), and as a 4CD/DVD box set (LMS 1725530). DVD is NTSC format, region 0.

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FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS	FYC 40 (40th Anniversary Best Of) (4CD/DVD Box Version)	4CD/DVD BOX	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725530
$50.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Deluxe hardcover boxset with heavyweight slipcase, 24-page book, 4CD + 1 DVD version. FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late '80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989's The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift's unmistakable voice. Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards -- cementing their place in pop history. The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing," both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK's Jennie. Includes new artwork and new liner notes. Fully remastered. DVD is NTSC format, region 0.

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FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS	FYC 40 (40th Anniversary Best Of)	LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725531
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Clear vinyl. FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late '80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989's The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift's unmistakable voice. Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards -- cementing their place in pop history. The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing," both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK's Jennie. Includes new artwork and new liner notes. Fully remastered.

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FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS	FYC 40 (40th Anniversary Best Of) (Double LP Version)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725532
$44.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 2LP 180gr black vinyl version. Gatefold sleeve. FYC40 celebrates 40 years of Fine Young Cannibals, the British trio who stormed the global music scene in the mid-to-late '80s. Their journey began with the soulful, new wave energy of their 1985 debut Fine Young Cannibals, before reaching new heights with 1989's The Raw & The Cooked, a worldwide smash that fused rock, funk, and house, all powered by Roland Gift's unmistakable voice. Across their career, the band scored eight UK Top 40 hits, two U.S. Billboard #1 singles, multiple Grammy nominations, and two BRIT Awards -- cementing their place in pop history. The Raw & The Cooked delivered enduring anthems like "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing," both U.S. chart-toppers whose influence still resonates today, from hit shows like The Bear to Chanel campaign featuring Dua Lipa and BLACKPINK's Jennie. Includes new artwork and new liner notes. Fully remastered.

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HAPPY MONDAYS	The Factory Singles (Best Of)	2CD	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725592
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands. To celebrate, London Records presents a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP. This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations. Double CD version includes 6-page, 4/4 digisleeve with 3 wallets, as well as 12-page booklet and marketing sticker. 2LP version comes in 140gr black vinyl (LMS 1725594), and yellow/magenta vinyl (LMS 1725595) with 5mm spine sleeve, 2 white dust inner sleeves, and printed 12" insert.

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HAPPY MONDAYS	The Factory Singles (Best Of)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725594
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Double LP version. 2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands. To celebrate, London Records presents a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP. This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations. 2LP version comes in 140gr black vinyl (LMS 1725594), and yellow/magenta vinyl (LMS 1725595) with 5mm spine sleeve, 2 white dust inner sleeves, and printed 12" insert.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HAPPY MONDAYS	The Factory Singles (Best Of) (Yellow & Magenta Vinyl)	2LP	LONDON RECORDS	LMS 1725595
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Double LP version. Yellow and magenta color vinyl. 2025-2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Happy Mondays, a milestone celebration of one of Britain's most iconic and era-defining bands. To celebrate, London Records presents a series of special anniversary releases, beginning with a fully remastered brand-new compilation: The Factory Singles. This definitive collection captures the band's ground-breaking output from 1985-1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. Classic remixes from Paul Oakenfold, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley and Jon Carter make up bonus tracks on the 2CD and 2LP. This campaign marks the beginning of an extensive celebration of the Happy Mondays' 40-year legacy, bringing their iconic sound to both devoted fans and new generations. 2LP version comes in 140gr black vinyl (LMS 1725594), and yellow/magenta vinyl (LMS 1725595) with 5mm spine sleeve, 2 white dust inner sleeves, and printed 12" insert.

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FUZZY LIGHTS	Fen Creatures	CD	MEADOWS	MDW 008CD
$12.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Cambridge's acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights return with their fifth album Fen Creatures. Following on from 2021's critically lauded Burials the band have created their most conceptually focused work to date -- a mediation on environmental crises that uses the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity's fractured relationship with the natural world. The album operates across multiple historical timelines, from Iron Age hill forts to medieval plague houses, from Byron's Romantic-era environmental warnings to the immediate threat of rising sea levels, creating a temporal tapestry that weaves ancient stories with contemporary concerns. Musically, the quintet, Rachel Watkins (vocals/violin), Xavier Watkins (guitar/electronics), Chris Rogers (guitar), Daniel Carney (bass), and Mark Blay (drums), have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have become their signature. Lead track "Greenteeth" transforms the traditional cautionary tale of Jenny Greenteeth, the water spirit who lures children to their deaths. Elsewhere, "War Ditches" imagines the Iron Age dead of a Cambridge hill fort keeping watch over the land, their vigil ending as modern people lose connection with the earth. "The Promise" creates an imaginary encounter with the ghosts of Landbeach village across multiple eras, connecting the 1665 plague with our recent pandemic experience through shared narratives of community resilience and loss. Critics praised Burials as "way beyond folk and folk in essence all at once" (Backseat Mafia) and "folk-rock looking back squarely at the early 1970s" (Financial Times), and Fen Creatures promises to cement Fuzzy Lights' reputation as one of Britain's most vital contemporary folk acts. The album positions them firmly within the lineage of artists like Fairport Convention, Trees, and Comus who understood that engaging with tradition isn't nostalgic escapism, but a way of accessing older wisdoms about how to live in the world.

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FUZZY LIGHTS	Fen Creatures	LP	MEADOWS	MDW 008LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. Cambridge's acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights return with their fifth album Fen Creatures. Following on from 2021's critically lauded Burials the band have created their most conceptually focused work to date -- a mediation on environmental crises that uses the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity's fractured relationship with the natural world. The album operates across multiple historical timelines, from Iron Age hill forts to medieval plague houses, from Byron's Romantic-era environmental warnings to the immediate threat of rising sea levels, creating a temporal tapestry that weaves ancient stories with contemporary concerns. Musically, the quintet, Rachel Watkins (vocals/violin), Xavier Watkins (guitar/electronics), Chris Rogers (guitar), Daniel Carney (bass), and Mark Blay (drums), have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have become their signature. Lead track "Greenteeth" transforms the traditional cautionary tale of Jenny Greenteeth, the water spirit who lures children to their deaths. Elsewhere, "War Ditches" imagines the Iron Age dead of a Cambridge hill fort keeping watch over the land, their vigil ending as modern people lose connection with the earth. "The Promise" creates an imaginary encounter with the ghosts of Landbeach village across multiple eras, connecting the 1665 plague with our recent pandemic experience through shared narratives of community resilience and loss. Critics praised Burials as "way beyond folk and folk in essence all at once" (Backseat Mafia) and "folk-rock looking back squarely at the early 1970s" (Financial Times), and Fen Creatures promises to cement Fuzzy Lights' reputation as one of Britain's most vital contemporary folk acts. The album positions them firmly within the lineage of artists like Fairport Convention, Trees, and Comus who understood that engaging with tradition isn't nostalgic escapism, but a way of accessing older wisdoms about how to live in the world.

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TANZMUSIK	Shinekai (2025 Remaster Edition)	2LP	MUSICMINE	MMCD 25006LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 The incredibly beautiful album Shinsekai, released in 1994, is finally being reissued. Long considered a phantom masterpiece and a cornerstone of Japanese techno, the album had been out of print for many years due to the business circumstances of its original label, Rising High. Now reissued by Sublime and Musicmine.

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CRANES	Cranes (Color Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 3944COL-LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 "Cranes is a dream pop/shoegaze band formed by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw who rose to stardom following a world tour with the Cure in 1992. After the influential Dedicated label folded in 1998 they went on a two-year hiatus after which they set up their own label Dadaphonic. Here, they released three studio albums between 2001 and 2008, of which this self-titled record is their last. Like their other Dadaphonic records, Cranes is a continuation of the band's subtler side powered by their penchant for electronic music. Shimmery synth arps and ambient strings are interspersed with the trusted drum kit and guitars, while keeping Alison Shaw's child-like vocals so integral to the band's overall sound intact. The result is a vintage Cranes album that has the ability to both soothe long-time fans as well as reel in new ones. After some 17 years, Cranes is finally available on vinyl for the first time as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent silver marbled vinyl."

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MAGMA	Theusz Hamtaahk (Trilogie Au Trianon)	4LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 4011LP
$100.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 "Theusz Hamtaahk (Trilogie Au Trianon) is a live album by Magma. The album was recorded in 2000 over the course of two days during Magma's 30th anniversary shows at the Trianon theater, Paris, May 13th & 14th. It is the first and only record to contain all three movements of the trilogy Theusz Hamtaahk: 'Theusz Hamtaahk' ('Time of Hatred'), 'Wurdah Itah' ('Dead Earth') and 'Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh.' The Theusz Hamtaahk (Trilogie Au Trianon) is available for the first time ever on vinyl; 4LP, limited and numbered to 1000 copies on crystal clear vinyl. It is packed in a sturdy 10mm sleeve, contains a 4-page booklet and four printed inner-sleeves. Magma fans beware: this is going to be a one-off press! So you better be quick."

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NEW GLOBAL ENSEMBLE	Dream Walking	CD	ONE WORLD RECORDS	NGEONE 025CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 New album from critically acclaimed saxophonist Benjamin Boone and violinist Stefan Poetzsch, with their New Global Ensemble, which combines musicians from the United States, Germany, Ghana, Mexico, and Ireland. Dream Walking is a combination of composition and improvisation with strong rhythms throughout. Both a meditation and a celebration, the intuitively conceptual work of the German and American soul-brothers and their international guests is an important record for fans of global experiments and love for Steve Reich, Jan Garbarek, John Cage, or even Karlheinz Stockhausen. They create fascinating and uplifting soundscapes using a surprising collection of instruments, including violin, saxophone, live electronics, gyil (marimba), mbira (thumb piano), asalato (two shakers connected by a string), and electric guitar. If as a listener you allow yourself to be immersed in it, the music and the emotional depth of its performers will transport you through layers of memory and subconsciousness. As is true throughout, Dream Walking is the ultimate expression of listening, of musicians so tied together as an ensemble that musical ideas pass from one to another effortlessly, creating music that transcends.

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JAAR, NICOLAS	Pomegranates	2LP	OTHER PEOPLE	OP 031LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Pomegranates -- Nicolás Jaar's unofficial/alternative soundtrack to Sergei Parajanov's 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates -- was first released in 2015, and to highlight the 10-year anniversary Other People is reissuing the album on vinyl, with the first edition (a collaboration with the label Mana) having long been out of print. Longer and slower-releasing than his other albums, Pomegranates often parallels the cinematic epic on which it's based, with ideas pursued over long timelines and across dark landscapes, assembling elements and moods from the aesthetic and folkloric landscapes of Armenia. Jaar's identity is perceived within this, folding in his heritage as Palestinian and Chilean as he attempts to build a musical architecture outwards that frames as much of the mess and sprawl of life as possible; using a language that investigates the movement and fluctuation of his own artistic career and character similarly to the film's tracing of the coming of age of the young poet, Sayat-Nova. At times, Pomegranates feels profoundly intimate, as though looking through the archive of a friend's music and discovering the accent and common currency that lives within each of these tracks. Much of Jaar's most elegant and touching melodic work is nestled here, its power residing in its simplicity and willingness to speak to the heart and not the mind of the listener. In the text document included in the first freely distributed version of the album in 2015, Jaar writes that the album was conceived during a moment of change, and that the pomegranate became an icon that heralded that passage of time. The physical publication of Pomegranates closes one door whilst opening another, keeping promises and marking a significant point in the career of an artist who restlessly reinvents himself, with a document that illustrates a common language of lyricism, freedom, and emotional resonance linking his many paths and projects.

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MR. CIRCLE	Thi Nam	LP	OUTERNATIONAL RECORDS	OTR 022LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Originally released in 1981, Mr. Circle's Thi Nam should really have been recognized decades ago as a jazz dance classic. A beautiful example of European jazz fusion at its most sophisticated and optimistic, the album is immersed in the sonics and rhythms of pan-Latin fusion and Brazilian samba, but with one foot in the upful jazz fusion exemplified by Roy Ayers or the Mighty Ryeders. Taking inspiration from Ursula Dudziak, Flora Purim, and Norma Winstone, singer Monika Linges uses the crystalline tone of her voice as an instrument within the ensemble. The LP is built around the interaction of her vocalizing with bandleader Mikesch van Grümmer's keyboard versatility, all underpinned by the surging Brazilian rhythms laid down by drummer Gerd Breuer and percussionist Ponda O'Bryan. The result is a unique set of sunlit, Brazilian-inspired jazz fusion. Aimed squarely at the feet throughout, the album kicks off with a double whammy: the funky title track, followed by the percussion-rich "Juntos." The long form "Suka" begins with a shimmering intro before taking flight halfway through into an urgent jazz samba with Linges' vocals to the fore. Featuring the vocals of Bill Ramsay, "Tides" is another driving jazz-dancer with a Brazilian twist, while the summery, propulsive "Schoch-Schach" features virtuosic interplay between Linges and alto saxophone.

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SHELBY, K'ALEXI	Ancestral Rhythm	12"	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS	PLE 65415EP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 A legend of the Chicago house scene, K'Alexi Shelby partners with Tony Loveless for their Planet E debut, Ancestral Rhythm. Across a rolling nine-minute odyssey of old-school but future-facing jack, Ancestral Rhythm finds the pair tapping into their most uncompromising rhythmic instincts, melding the tough machines of their studio with organic percussion and oscillating plunges into raw, escalating electronics. In complimentary fashion, Carl Craig expands on the existing material for a subtle, tight C2 edit of the pair's original material.

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DELTA	Slippin' Out	CD	CIRCUITRY	PLEXUS 002CD
$12.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Having ended the '90s with the spirited Laughing Mostly compilation of singles and demos, Delta finally released their debut studio album of twelve songs in the summer of 2000 on the Dishy Recordings label. Accepting that this might be their sole studio album the band threw everything at these recordings allowing it to exist in its own sphere, unbothered by their contemporary generation and disregarding the idea of even releasing a single. Recorded at DEP International there was a notable difference to the scruffier, looser charm of their 1990s recordings, a tighter focus developed by having the experienced Lenny Franchi mixing the LP with them. Lenny had been working with a number of Island artists including My Bloody Valentine and Tricky so knew his way around a desk. There was also the question of budget, so every day counted. Ultimately though you can hear the joy in the recordings, even amongst the melancholy and angst. As James recently recalled in an interview in Shindig! Magazine: "It was such a big deal for us. It's one of my fondest memories doing that record. Everyone was happy. If there's anything that I'd stand by, I think it would be that." Louis Clark Jr joined the band towards the end of the '90s and brought a classically-trained element to the recordings particularly with his string arrangements. For "Cuckoo," "I Want You," and the prophetic "We Come Back" Louis brought in eight players from the Birmingham Conservatoire; the baroque style is partly why the record often receives comparisons to Love's "Forever Changes." On release Slippin' Out was a big favorite with writers at the NME, Mojo, and The Guardian again and before long the band were signed to Mercury/Universal for their second studio album Hard Light, a far more expensive and expansive love affair. It was a temporary palatial home where things quietly fell apart again, but that's another chapter. "If long-term memory is nothing more than selective editing and only pop's most weighty visceral works are built to last then it's quite possible that in 50 years the Britpop era will be best recollected for the two bands it ostracized. Earlier this year we met Shack and thought their story of mercurial brilliance indicated the biggest music biz oversight of the '90s. We were wrong because we hadn't met Delta yet. This is richer and more engrossing than anything by Shack." --The Guardian

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DELTA	Slippin' Out	2LP	CIRCUITRY	PLEXUS 002LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Double LP version. Having ended the '90s with the spirited Laughing Mostly compilation of singles and demos, Delta finally released their debut studio album of twelve songs in the summer of 2000 on the Dishy Recordings label. Accepting that this might be their sole studio album the band threw everything at these recordings allowing it to exist in its own sphere, unbothered by their contemporary generation and disregarding the idea of even releasing a single. Recorded at DEP International there was a notable difference to the scruffier, looser charm of their 1990s recordings, a tighter focus developed by having the experienced Lenny Franchi mixing the LP with them. Lenny had been working with a number of Island artists including My Bloody Valentine and Tricky so knew his way around a desk. There was also the question of budget, so every day counted. Ultimately though you can hear the joy in the recordings, even amongst the melancholy and angst. As James recently recalled in an interview in Shindig! Magazine: "It was such a big deal for us. It's one of my fondest memories doing that record. Everyone was happy. If there's anything that I'd stand by, I think it would be that." Louis Clark Jr joined the band towards the end of the '90s and brought a classically-trained element to the recordings particularly with his string arrangements. For "Cuckoo," "I Want You," and the prophetic "We Come Back" Louis brought in eight players from the Birmingham Conservatoire; the baroque style is partly why the record often receives comparisons to Love's "Forever Changes." On release Slippin' Out was a big favorite with writers at the NME, Mojo, and The Guardian again and before long the band were signed to Mercury/Universal for their second studio album Hard Light, a far more expensive and expansive love affair. It was a temporary palatial home where things quietly fell apart again, but that's another chapter. "If long-term memory is nothing more than selective editing and only pop's most weighty visceral works are built to last then it's quite possible that in 50 years the Britpop era will be best recollected for the two bands it ostracized. Earlier this year we met Shack and thought their story of mercurial brilliance indicated the biggest music biz oversight of the '90s. We were wrong because we hadn't met Delta yet. This is richer and more engrossing than anything by Shack." --The Guardian

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PRINS THOMAS	Thomas Moen Hermansen	CD	PRINS THOMAS MUSIKK	PTM 012CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 After a long hiatus, Prins Thomas drops his tenth studio album. Picking up where the last record ended, it's an introspective but celebratory and uplifting affair. One-man-band jams turning into mini epics, like coming up for air or seeing the bright lights at the end of a long dark tunnel.

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PRINS THOMAS	Thomas Moen Hermansen	LP	PRINS THOMAS MUSIKK	PTM 012LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 After a long hiatus, Prins Thomas drops his 10th studio album. Picking up where the last record ended, it's an introspective but celebratory and uplifting affair. One-man-band jams turning into mini epics, like coming up for air or seeing the bright lights at the end of a long dark tunnel.

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HUMBLE PIE	In Concert At The BBC 1970	LP	1960'S RECORDS	RANDB 174LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Live recordings of Humble Pie featuring both Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton are rare. These seven tracks, record-ed in excellent quality by the BBC, show Humble Pie in their element onstage. The setlist includes cover versions such as "Four Day Creep," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," and "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" which were not included on any studio LP. Comes with full recording details and extensive sleeve notes.

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KINK	Versions	12"	RUNNING BACK	RB 144EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Say what you want, but Strahil Velchev has never been one to sit still -- not on stage, not in the studio, and certainly not on. Here, KiNK turns his own material inside out, upside down, and somehow still lands on his feet, grinning. His return to Running Back arrives as four slices of KiNK logic and mischief.

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FRIEBE, RICO	The Desire Path/The Open Glade	2CD	TIME IN THE SPECIAL PRACTICE OF RELATIVITY	RELTIME 010CD
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Rico Friebe's fifth double studio album The Desire Path/The Open Glade is his magnum opus and purest work to date, finding back to his distinct acoustic sound and songwriting. Originally, these works had been filed under the title Anthems For A Lost Generation before Friebe wrote and recorded everything new from scratch for that album. The songs "212," "Friend Pt. 2," S." and ".." have already been acclaimed in the guise of the Rico Puestel dubs, and are presented to the world as original versions for the first time ever.

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VON TROISDORF, AROMA	Blaumilch	LP	R.I.O.	RIO 021LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 R.i.O. welcomes a new member. Straight in full length. An album created by Dorsten, North-Rhine-Westfalia based producer Aroma Von Troisdorf -- a man who refuses to be put in a box. Unlike others, who politely stay in one lane, he is a tuneful shape shifter. Already his 2021 debut on the Cologne based label Papercup Records smashed Krautrock, synthpop, electro, ambient, and dub together. His 2023 and 2024 Papercup EPs Buttergolem and Rode ln am Rhein added Italo-disco, synth-pop and a drop of experimental electro to his versatility. Now eight new creations, brilliantly composed, yet -- even in odd flashes -- effortlessly catchy. They bring once more a stylistic melting pot, now enlarged with TheCure-ish dreamscapes, stretching over guitar riffs and bass grooves, like in the closing ambient-folk star "Zeiten" or the dreamy opening track "Fog Frog Green." There is the motorik krautrock pulse of "Osmopower," that boogies heavy in drum machine hypnosis under Aroma's entrancing new-wave vocals. Tunes like "Dreams Unfold" or "Amplify Shrooms" are likewise propulsive, each one psyching in its very own rhythmic sector. More voices are present too. In the two-minute manic preacher "Colas," were Togolese rapper and political activist Yao Bobby chants edgy. Or in "Closer," where singer Aprico sends spoken-word trances echoing through the cosmic jacking. And there is "Lovers Lake," a hypnotic drift of witchy vocals, bluesy chords, and endless synthscapes, that makes you swim on your feed. Shift the shapes, Blaumilch opens the gates.

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ENGLISH, LAWRENCE	Whiteout	CD/BOOK	ROOM40	RM 4100CD
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 A note from Lawrence English: "Even without visiting a place, we often think we know it. It's a syndrome of the modern age. The world is right before us, on screen, summarized and sensorially curated into a particular vision that casts light across 'just so much' of an impression of a place and a time. In some ways, I realized this phenomenon most strongly when I visited Antarctica in the summer of 2010. In my mind's ear (and eye) certain features of that place were front and center -- imagined, as to be real. The stark color schematic, the full spectrum dynamics of life (and death), the distance from wider humanity and the uniqueness of climate formed a collaged pre-conception of the ice continent... The recordings here speak to the everyday of our incursions into Antarctica. They are not exceptional, or unique, in that they unfold across much of the continent's camps and bases moment to moment, depending on the season and location of course. What they do highlight is the confluence of environments, materials, climate, and life that all clamber together in these shifting plains of ice, rock, and water. While not exactly intentional, the way this work played out is largely in three chapters, the human, the land and the water. Each of these intersect and fall into one another of course, but they also exist with a sense of being discrete. Whilst the characters might be shared across these zones of entanglement, the stories they tell into are often unfolding in parallel, rather than in sequence... To me these recordings capture the duality of a place like Antarctica. They are a seasonal glimpse into the lived experience of the wildlife and humans that persist in this environment. They also reflect upon the objects and things that comprise this place. The recordings catch the uneasy murmurs of eroding ice plates, the trickling conversations of high summer streams, the clicking echolocations of Orcas, the barked disputes of territorial Antarctic Fur Seals, and the chirping of penguin chicks racing to shed their downy coats and find their way to the relative security of the ocean before the winter sets in. They also capture the feverish rush of researchers, military personal, and station workers as they prepare for the long, frigid months ahead during which time they are effectively disconnected from the remainder of the planet. These moments exist in urgency, the summer's sweet caress is fleeting and the winter knows no forgiveness."

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LB HONNE	Bruecke	12"	SMALLVILLE	SMALL 071EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Smallville welcomes Lb Honne from Switzerland to the label's circle, bringing a superb four-tracker for the special dancefloors. Including a full cover artwork by Stefan Marx.

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CYCLIST CONSPIRACY, THE	Back to Hermetics and Martial Arts Vol. 1	LP	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 162LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Featuring Svetlana Spajić-Latinović on vocals (also lead singer for the amazing trio Gordan featuring Guido Möbius and producer Rabih Beaini), Back to Hermetics and Martial Arts Vol. 1 is an epic adventure through the invisible worlds of Neoplatonic cinema. From mockumentaries about the lost books of occult correspondences, through psychedelic surf noir chambers with ritual suppers, and giallo screams of the world squished by the chthonic grasp, to the original footage of the victorious Belgrade-Dharamsala bicycle marathon of 1931, Morriconesque spaghetti western theophanies, and the saving grace of the Heart pierced by Seven Swords, the album delivers nine movie themes that combine various musical elements into a unique work of cinematic alchemy. Also available on color vinyl (SSR 162LTD-LP).

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CYCLIST CONSPIRACY, THE	Back to Hermetics and Martial Arts Vol. 1 (Color Vinyl)	LP	SUBSOUND RECORDS	SSR 162LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Color vinyl version. Featuring Svetlana Spajić-Latinović on vocals (also lead singer for the amazing trio Gordan featuring Guido Möbius and producer Rabih Beaini), Back to Hermetics and Martial Arts Vol. 1 is an epic adventure through the invisible worlds of Neoplatonic cinema. From mockumentaries about the lost books of occult correspondences, through psychedelic surf noir chambers with ritual suppers, and giallo screams of the world squished by the chthonic grasp, to the original footage of the victorious Belgrade-Dharamsala bicycle marathon of 1931, Morriconesque spaghetti western theophanies, and the saving grace of the Heart pierced by Seven Swords, the album delivers nine movie themes that combine various musical elements into a unique work of cinematic alchemy.

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KJELLVANDER, CHRISTIAN	Portugal	LP	STARTRACKS	STAR 381511LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 A compilation of Christian Kjellvander B-sides and rare tracks from 1998-2004, mainly not released on vinyl before. Featuring "Over and Over" (Neil Young) and "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes van Zandt) taken from the first edition of his debut album, Songs From A Two-Room Chapel bonus 7". Also includes "Lady of the Land" from the debut album session, released as bonus track on the limited-edition CD of the debut album.

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LAGUNA SECA	Live From Musli Mountain	12"	THROTTLE	THROT 015EP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 This is the debut release from Laguna Seca, a new project from Porto based Mike Jefford. It foreshadows a new body of work, steeped in '70s nostalgia, refracted though sounds that could belong to krautrock, disco, electronica, noisy alt rock and everything in between. Named after the California raceway, this project fuses 1970s recording techniques, modern electronics and psychedelic retrofuturism. Die-cut sleeve with printed inner. This debut is released on electronic music legend Clark's Throttle Records.

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EBONY	Shades of Meridian	12"	TURBO RECORDINGS	TURBO 251EP
$21.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Following their widely-acclaimed album Union, JUNO-nominated duo ÈBONY rematerialize on the dancefloor with the otherworldly Shades of Meridian EP, projecting a waking futurist dream haunted by echoes of Detroit techno, Chicago house, South African melodies, and the rich mythology of Ancient Toronto. Opener "Break My Skin" explores a hidden pocket of after-hours techno space-time with an ethereal vocal by James Baley, leading into the tense, disembodied jack of "Forever." Next, "Dull Side First" rides a spectral break through a sepulchral warehouse trip, "RIFT" invokes peak-time witchcraft, and closer "My Daylight" entrances even the most self-possessed sound-and-lighting guys to spam the smoke machine until reality itself is occluded.

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TRAGO, TOM	Use Me Again (And Again) (LTD 2025 RP Edition) (Original Mix and Carl Craig Rework)	12"	VOYAGE DIRECT	VD 006EP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 One of Tom Trago's biggest tracks, now repressed, with both the original mix as well as the huge Carl Craig rework. "Use Me Again" is Tom Trago's evergreen club classic. Originally released at the start of 2010 it became a staple track in many a DJ set. The track is based around an infectious loop in true disco spirit. It lights up every dancefloor it's been played on -- and still does. Carl Craig has been one of the track's biggest fans ever since it came out, playing it out in almost every set at a certain point. For this release he came up with a typical C2 re-tweak. Big one!

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HARD TO TELL	Hidden Traffic	LP	VITRAGE RECORDS	VIT 001LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Hidden Traffic is the debut album by Hard To Tell via their own imprint, Vitrage Records. Spanning eight tracks, the album blends Detroit-influenced house, breakbeat textures, warm analog tones and subtle hypnotic techno nods. From the atmospheric opener "Last Night Jam" to the emotional closer "Solid Love," Hidden Traffic showcases the full spectrum of the duo's sound -- introspective, danceable, and deeply personal.

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VELOSO E GAL COSTA, CAETANO	Domingo	LP	VINYL LOVERS	VL 900037LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Domingo is the debut album by Brazilian singers Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa, released in 1967 by the Polydor label. Still lacking the tropicalist edge that Caetano would adopt on his next album, Domingo falls within the traditional bossa nova genre.

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PARLANE, ROSY	Array	LP	WATUSI	WAT 008LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Rosy Parlane is a musician from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. His work combines piano, guitar, electronics, and field recordings to create music that sits somewhere between composition and environment -- less about performance, more about presence. Parlane first became known in the early 1990s as part of Thela, a trio whose exploratory sound bridged noise, improvisation, and minimal rock forms. Later, as one half of Parmentier with Dion Workman, he explored digital minimalism and abstract rhythm before turning his attention fully to solo work. His solo albums Getxo (Sigma Editions 2001), Iris (TO 058CD, 2004), and Jessamine (TO 068CD, 2006) established a distinct approach built on patience, restraint, and the careful layering of tone and texture -- less about melody or structure than about how sound behaves in time and space. Array gathers recordings made between 2006 and 2022, originally issued on compilations and the Willow 7" single. Heard together, they offer a quiet through-line in Parlane's work -- small pieces connected by a shared attention to detail and the art of listening. Written and recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand 2006-2022. Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space. Photography and design by Jon Wozencroft.

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CURSES	Curses Presents Tutto Vetro: Trust The Beat	12"	WRONG ERA	WE 020EP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 Luminary and guiding light of the wave and Italo resurgence, Curses returns to Wrong Era Records under the veil of Tutto Vetro, presenting the mechanical masterpiece "Trust The Beat" in this fresh form. A master of cinematic body music, Tutto Vetro ignites the release with "Trust The Beat," a slamming and enigmatic proto cut. "Wild Things" delves deeper into his talent for infectious melodies and commanding percussion.

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MAZOLEWSKI, WOJTEK	Solo	CD	WMQ RECORDS	WMQ 011CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 The leader of the internationally acclaimed Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet reveals a more intimate, personal side in his solo project. Solo, the new album from Wojtek Mazolewski, offers a chamber-like, cinematic and deeply atmospheric listening experience. One might expect a solo album to become an opportunity for virtuosic displays, yet Mazolewski takes a different path -- presenting the double bass as a melodic instrument, played with remarkable sensitivity and tenderness, revealing the richness and depth of its sound. Solo is a surprising record. Despite its subtle arrangements: harp, flute, percussion, gentle electronics, and whispered vocals, the music captivates from the very first notes. Modern in spirit, it occasionally surprises with a gentle, dance-infused pulse. Mazolewski creates space for focus and reflection without falling into new-age clichés. The album's sound quality is also noteworthy, crafted by producers Wojtek Mazolewski and Wojtek Urbanski, (Polish platinum producer and film composer) and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Ben Rawlins. Episodic but essential contributions from the exceptional harpist Marysia Osu also deserve mention. For years, Mazolewski has been a respected figure on the international stage. His Quintet's album Polka was one of DownBeat's favorite albums of the year. He has been a frequent guest on Gilles Peterson's BBC Show and performed a memorable Bronswood Session there. Mazolewski's creative reach extends beyond WMQ and his solo output, including his experimental Tryp Tych Trio project with Tamar Osborn and Sarathy Korwar, as well as collaborations with artists such as Pete Wareham, Tomasz Stańko, Urszula Dudziak, John Zorn, Tim Berne, and Dennis González.

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MAZOLEWSKI, WOJTEK	Solo	LP	WMQ RECORDS	WMQ 011LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2025 LP version. The leader of the internationally acclaimed Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet reveals a more intimate, personal side in his solo project. Solo, the new album from Wojtek Mazolewski, offers a chamber-like, cinematic and deeply atmospheric listening experience. One might expect a solo album to become an opportunity for virtuosic displays, yet Mazolewski takes a different path -- presenting the double bass as a melodic instrument, played with remarkable sensitivity and tenderness, revealing the richness and depth of its sound. Solo is a surprising record. Despite its subtle arrangements: harp, flute, percussion, gentle electronics, and whispered vocals, the music captivates from the very first notes. Modern in spirit, it occasionally surprises with a gentle, dance-infused pulse. Mazolewski creates space for focus and reflection without falling into new-age clichés. The album's sound quality is also noteworthy, crafted by producers Wojtek Mazolewski and Wojtek Urbanski, (Polish platinum producer and film composer) and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Ben Rawlins. Episodic but essential contributions from the exceptional harpist Marysia Osu also deserve mention. For years, Mazolewski has been a respected figure on the international stage. His Quintet's album Polka was one of DownBeat's favorite albums of the year. He has been a frequent guest on Gilles Peterson's BBC Show and performed a memorable Bronswood Session there. Mazolewski's creative reach extends beyond WMQ and his solo output, including his experimental Tryp Tych Trio project with Tamar Osborn and Sarathy Korwar, as well as collaborations with artists such as Pete Wareham, Tomasz Stańko, Urszula Dudziak, John Zorn, Tim Berne, and Dennis González.

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BECKSTETTE, INGRID BUSCHMANN, GABRIELE KNAPSTEIN, SVEN	Broken Music Vol. 2: 70 Years of Records and Sound Works by Artists	Book	WALTHER KONIG VERLAG	9783753306872
$70.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/9/2025 Paperback. 248 pages. "The vinyl record as an artistic medium: a contemporary sequel to the 1989 definitive guide on sound works and records by artists. Following Ursula Block's groundbreaking 1989 exhibition 'Broken Music: Artists' Recordworks' and the accompanying publication, which was reproduced in facsimile by Pioneer Works in 2018, this theoretical sequel explores the development of the record as an artistic medium from the postwar period to the present. Broken Music Vol. 2 explores links between the fields of music in composition and improvisation, pop, punk and techno, expanded by sound works from the collection of the Nationalgalerie, including sound installations and media works. Artists include: Tauba Auerbach, Harry Bertoia, Luciano Castelli, Martin Creed, Henning Christiansen, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Romuald Hazoumé, Rolf Julius, Milan Knízák, Christina Kubisch, Piotr Nathan, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Charlemagne Palestine, Mario Pfeifer, A.R. Penck, Salomé, Richard Serra, Viktor Vasarely, Lawrence Weiner."

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BOLIVAR & ALEXANDRA SAVVIDI, PABLO	Other Stories	LP	SEVEN VILLAS	7V 012LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Other Stories, born from the collaboration between Pablo Bolívar and Alexandra Savvidi, blends the elegance of downtempo with the depth of deep house. Across its eight tracks, the album explores immersive atmospheres, where gentle pianos and Alexandra's evocative vocals intertwine with broken rhythms, creating a unique listening experience. This record gathers the best of the duo's joint journey, offering a perfect blend of introspection and subtle energy.

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BYRON COLEY/MATS GUSTAFSSON/THURSTON MOORE	Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings (1960-80)	Book	ECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY	9798993404004
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 277 pages. Soft-cover, fully illustrated. 196 x 268mm. Edited by Eva Prinz. Preface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPhee. New York, NY, USA -- musicians Mats Gustafsson, Neneh Cherry, Joe McPhee, and Thurston Moore, along with music writer Byron Coley, have contributed to an illustrated collector's guide to records -- replete with 277 pages of beatific album art, labels, sleeve notes and collector musings on their life-long obsessions of record collecting, with a distinct focus on the recorded history of free jazz and free improvisation. Compiling personal archives of their selections of recordings which could be contenders within a list defined by a parameter of 100 of the most essential releases presented in chronological order, acknowledging the music to be preternaturally noncompetitive, non-hierarchical, and of equal value, Now Jazz Now is a book for all adventurous music lovers, whether ravenous record collectors, avant-garde jazz enthusiasts, students of radical culture, or simply curiosity seekers in wonder to this music's illustrious history and lineage. The gleanings of Cherry, Coley, Gustafsson, McPhee and Moore will enlighten, delight, amuse, and bemuse all who follow their streams of consciousness, knowledge, perception, and, most importantly, unbridled respect and regard for a genre of music dedicated to the dignity of practicing freedom. All copies of first printing distributed by Forced Exposure in the USA will have an exclusive bookplate signed by Thurston Moore, Byron Coley and Mats Gustafsson; edition of 999.

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RANDOM, ERIC	Bone of Contention	CD	ALL HORNED ANIMALS	AHA 003CD
$22.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 This new album by Eric Random coincides with the start of the last Cabaret Voltaire tour, for which Eric joined as a member. The album marks a contrast to his most recent releases, less dance-oriented and with a darker pop tone and a cinematic, soundtrack-like atmosphere.

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VA	Bollywood Nuggets Vol 2: The Instrumentals	LP	AKENATON	AKENAT 006LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Volume 2 of this series focused on the amazing sonic treasures Bollywood music has to offer. This second volume is centered on the incredible instrumental gems that populate Hindi cinema soundtracks. 14 tracks of pure Bollywood instrumental genius to continue the dive into the mind-blowing world of Hindi cinema music. Covering a time span of three decades, this compilation mixes well-known names with lesser-known talents from the endlessly thrilling vaults of Hindi movie soundtracks and throws a couple of delicious covers for a truly unforgettable sonic experience. Includes liner notes. Featuring Charanjit Singh, R.D. Burman, Sapan & Jagmohan, Raghunath Seth, Chic Chocolate, S. D. Burman, Van Shipley, Kalyanji Anandji, O.P. Nayyar, Govind Naresh, Usha Khanna, S. Hazarasingh, Babla & His Orchestra, and Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

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VA	Bondage Games Part 7 (Color Version)	3x12"	BONDAGE MUSIC	BOND 12060C-LP
$51.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 180g vinyl. Printed gatefold sleeve. Red color vinyl. This Bondage Music compilation features music from artists like Nima Gorji, James Dexter, NTFO, Politics Of Dancing, Steve Bug, Markus Homm, Mihai Popoviciu, Dilby & Pornbugs, Dejbali, Dust Yard, Alex Ranerro, and Sascha Dive.

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CLARKE, JEFF	Miracle After Miracle After...	LP	BRETFORD RECORDS	BRD 010LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Miracle After Miracle After... is, in contrast to Jeff Clarke's (The Black Lips/Demon's Claws) previous solo work Locust (BRD 004LP, 2023), recorded in a single session in a forest, more beautifully embellished, but never overloaded. At its heart, this is folk music. Clarke could be mentioned in the same breath as Connie Converse, Daniel Johnston, and Atlas Sound, though such traditionally excellent songwriting makes comparisons both easy to make and inherently reductive.

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MA ESTRELA	Tornada	LP	DISCREPANT	CREP 124LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Assembled by Pedro Alves Sousa, Má Estrela is a conjuration of ideas and obsessions around dub, leftfield dance phenomena and the hypnotic potential of urban somnambulance. In a levitating state, not exactly detached from the unease of these end times, Sousa surrounds himself by a number of accomplices from past and present endeavors to project a scrying mirror reflection of distinct languages of trance and liberation -- dub's space and infinity, jungle and footwork's broken shards, DJ Screws legacy perpetually reanimated via numerous slowed down anonymous versions on Youtube and the lyricism and fire of jazz. Temporarily a quartet, comprised of Sousa on saxophone and its electronic processing, Bruno Silva and Simão Simões on electronics and Gabriel Ferrandini on acoustic and electronic drums, after the departure of Miguel Abras, Má Estrela had in their 2022 debut album their first document of this ongoing process that's now continued with Tornada. Miguel Abras has since been replaced with Bruna de Moura and Má Estrela came back to being a five piece. Tornada deepens the symbiotic connection between those rhythmic, melodic and textural particles in a mutating flux of continuities and disruptions throughout seven tracks. Featuring the invocations of Elvin Brandhi in "All You Did," Tornada makes its way amidst harmonic specters, rhythmic debris that breathe for life and a certain, implicit idea of ritual that sustains itself liminally between the ethereal dissolution of time and the physical projection of space.

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HOLDER, NICK	Dance, Dance, Dance	12"	DEFINITIVE RECORDINGS	DEFCLAS 028EP
$20.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Nick Holder's Iconic "Dance, Dance, Dance" finally arrives with new remixes from Jason Hodges and Trackheadz, originally released in 1995 and repressed countless times on vinyl since. This timeless house anthem, a pure expression of disco-driven groove, now returns remastered and refreshed -- accompanied by two brand-new remixes from fellow Toronto house legends Jason Hodges and Trackheadz.

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ESSEX GREEN, THE	Everything Is Green	LP	DUST AND MEMORY	DM 001LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "Originally released in 1999, Everything Is Green is the debut album from Brooklyn-based The Essex Green, a seminal band within the Elephant 6 collective. Combining chiming guitars, warm harmonies, and subtle psych-pop textures, the album stands as a timeless document of late-'90s indie-pop creativity. This official vinyl reissue brings back the band's beloved debut in a beautiful transparent lime pressing, giving fans and collectors a chance to experience its delicate, sun-drenched melodies on wax for the first time since their original release in 1999. A must-have for those discovering the Elephant 6 universe or revisiting a modern classic of indie-pop."

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MAGIC CASTLES	The Lore of Mysticore	LP	DUST AND MEMORY	DM 002LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "Originally released in 2014, The Lore Of Mysticore stands as one of the most compelling documents of the contemporary psychedelic underground. Minneapolis-based Magic Castles craft a hypnotic and immersive sound that blends shimmering psych-pop, hazy drones, and kaleidoscopic guitar textures into expansive, sun-drenched songs. This first-ever vinyl edition brings the band's beloved debut album to wax for the very first time, offering fans a chance to experience its swirling, cinematic beauty in a format that truly does it justice. Essential listening for fans of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Asteroid #4, and Spacemen 3."

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BLACK DOG, THE	Fragments (Remastered)	2LP	DUST SCIENCE	DUST 134LP
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Double LP version. "Fragments was a completely new way of working for us. We've always worked with an internal brief, creating documents, pictures and videos, simply because keeping an idea on track with three individuals can be difficult. It's easy for someone to be edged out of the creative process when the focus is not clearly defined. It's a formula we've used since the early 2000s, but things have changed a lot since then, particularly when we decided to dip our collective toes into supporter memberships with Patreon. It made us think about what we could do directly for our supporters rather than just the next album or project. At first, the whole thing felt odd and uncomfortable, but we decided that we'd try a few things and ask for feedback. Fragments was initially a way for us to see how we could include others in an ongoing creative process. There was no over-arching concept, no defined characteristics or purpose, just the promise that there would be at least one new track for members to download every month. Consequently, we never knew what was coming next, so the old, very focused working method was irrelevant. It was difficult for us to let individual tracks go without knowing what was coming next, but this also made the project more interesting. And then C19 hit and we were forced to continue the project remotely from our home studios. As difficult as the disruption was, it was during this period that we realized we could reorganize and remaster the individual tracks into a coherent album, capturing a specific moment in time and drawing a line under the first phase of the project. Like our Allegory EPs, we've tried to keep everything stripped back. We used to hide many subtle elements within the layers, but not so much this time. Fragments is our journey through many changes, both self-imposed and those imposed upon us, and it ultimately led us to create things differently. We hope you like it." --The Black Dog

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BLACK DOG, THE	Loud Ambient	LP	DUST SCIENCE	DUST 135LP
$38.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 LP version. Color vinyl. "Making this album was an absolute joy. We used Rothko's artwork as a major influence. His use of color fields, blending, mood and scale really helped us build an album of tracks that could stand on their own and also work together as a coherent whole across all the tones we had been working with. It was also a chance to fall back in love with our 909, 808 and 707. While working on music for several other projects, the 'Rothko' project got renamed Loud Ambient because it did not really sit right with the My Brutal Life series. We often talked about what people make of The Black Dog and whether they think we only make ambient music. We do not. Over the last year or so, one of us would be working on something and someone else would say, 'That is a Loud Ambient track.' The name stuck. We liked the funny side of it. With Loud Ambient, everything just fell into place creatively. Surprisingly for us, the tracklisting never changed, just small tweaks here and there. That rarely happens. It marks a first for us as a band. All the stars aligned and the confidence in this album is the strongest we have ever had. Loud Ambient was made to dance to, something we have not done in a while. We welcome the return to the dancefloor with both hands. Will you join us?" --The Black Dog

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LEWIS & ADAM HALLIWELL, REUBEN	Return of the Airpoets	LP	ELATIONS RECORDINGS	ELA 005LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Elations Recordings presents Return of the Airpoets, an exploratory recording from longtime collaborators Reuben Lewis and Adam Halliwell, occupying a unique space between contemporary experimental music and avant jazz. Engineered and mixed by Reuben Lewis in 2023, and featuring guest appearances from acclaimed Australian drummer Ronny Ferella. Return of the Airpoets continues a conversation begun with "Cygon Dance", an extended duo between Lewis and Halliwell from Halliwell's 2023 LP Freedom Lapse; a dialogue that stems from a shared love and respect for Jon Hassell's Fourth World music. Sonic pioneer and adventurer, Hassell's futuristic vision advocated possible musics, stressing plurality and multiplicity. Faithful to his vision, Adam and Reuben, as trailblazers rather than imitators, delight in boundless musical possibilities, adopting Hassell's futurism as stock-in-trade, making it their own while augmented with neo noir hues and hints of the tilted electro-funk of Miles Davis' collaborations with Marcus Miller. These nine tracks flow together as a unified suite, their shadowy presence stitched from fractured narratives: imaginary crimes, murders, dreams, the unspoken. At the same time, you can detect the artists' meticulous attention to sonic detail, feel the undercurrents, the complex layering. This music has been distilled, winnowed, from extended improv sessions, with the artists -- as producers -- zeroing in on offcuts, shards, and splinters, seamlessly patching together fragments in post-production to construct intricately layered sound collages, taking a leaf out of Tao Macero's book, building from the ground up.

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MONTANHA	Alvorada	LP	FAVELA DISCOS	FAVELA 075LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 140g black vinyl LP. Foldout gatefold cover with full artwork and printed inner sleeve. Sealed outer plastic sleeve. Alvorada is Montanha's first long play: an ambient-leaning work, nocturnal in mood yet touched by electricity, tracing a journey from waking activity into dream logic. Recorded mostly in the late hours of the evening with windows open to the city, letting its air and sounds influence the music, it sometimes reached the early moments of sunrise. The title, meaning "dawn," reflects both the liminal hours of its making and the band's own renewal. These tracks are closer to drawings than songs: narratives written between instruments, moments of tension and release, fragments of memory and dream. The tracklist follows this nocturnal voyage with the patience of Eno, the disquiet of Uematsu, and the madness of Miles Davis' Decoy, oscillating between streets and sleep, routine and reverie. Montanha was formed in 2010 by André Azevedo, Nuno Oliveira, João Sarnadas, and Tito Silva, bonding over architecture school all-nighters on videogame soundtracks. They began as a psychedelic rock combo and in 2013 released their self-titled EP which introduced a raw, improvised energy. But the album that was meant to follow was abandoned as the band entered hiatus. The four members turned their creative drive towards co-founding Favela Discos, where experimentation with media and form reshaped their ideas of music, and developed their taste, their way of playing, and a more personal sound that was more open and disconnected from a defined genre. By 2017, Montanha had returned to the studio with new experience, no longer a rock band in the traditional sense but a project devoted to improvisation and electronic soundscapes. An ever-gentrifying city forced them to abandon acoustic drums, and they embraced electronic beats instead, and became mobile; one guitar dissolved into full synths, leaving the other to converse with bass. Improvisation remained their compass. In improvisation there are no mistakes, only missed opportunities. Montanha found their opportunity in the routine of the studio to break routines of pop and experimental. The result is a body of nearly fifty hours of recordings, sculpted into an album. Alvorada is not only Montanha's first LP but also the dawn of their new phase. Improvised yet carefully sculpted, the record expands the territory of the song into nonlinear narratives, letting the language of night, dream, and city seep into its form.

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EUPHONIC ALLIANCES LTD.	Peace is it in You	12"	FEMACOSME	FEMACOSME 005EP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 First release from Euphonic Alliances Ltd. on Femacosmé -- Désiré Bonaventure (Rue des Garderies) and Vincent Ferrari (Cosi e Cosi); here they present Peace Is It In You, a four-track EP born at the crossroads of their respective psychedelias. Between house, IDM, breaks, and ambient, this piece could be the post-Balearic soundtrack to an unknown shore -- a vast liquid expanse, twisted by random tides under a multicolored sky from a day without night.

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LANCASTER, BYARD	Us	LP + 7"	SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS	FFL 094LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 At the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music, Byard Lancaster met some feisty friends: Sonny Sharrock, Dave Burrell and Ted Daniel. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared with the Sunny Murray Quintet, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of Albert Ayler. In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name: It's Not Up To Us. The following year he came to Paris in the wake of Sunny Murray. He would come back to France in 1971 (again with Murray) and in 1973 (without Murray for a change). This is when he met Jef Gilson, the pianist and producer who encouraged him to record under his own name again. On Palm Records (Gilson's label), he would release four albums: Us, Mother Africa, Exactement, and Funny Funky Rib Crib. Us, the first of the four records, was recorded on November 24th, 1973 with Sylvin Marcon electric bass and the evergreen Steve McCallon on drums. On the album, the trio works from the John Coltrane model; free jazz shook up by the timely contributions of the bassist, followed by a mesmerizing atmospheric music. Then, Lancaster delivers a sinuous solo path, which is a reminder of his unique tone. On the album's companion single, the trio launches into great black music of a different genre which would lead the clairvoyant François Tusques to claim that Byard Lancaster is an "authentic representative of soul/free jazz." This is the first ever stand-alone vinyl reissue of Us. Carefully remastered and restored by Gilles Laujol. Graphic design by Stefan Thanneur. Includes four-page booklet with rare and unpublished photos 425GSM Frovi Brown Board Heavyweight 180 gr. LP with bonus 7". Officially Licensed from Palm/Geneviève Quievreux.

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LANCASTER, BYARD	Mother Africa	LP	SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS	FFL 095LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 At the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music, Byard Lancaster met some feisty friends: Sonny Sharrock, Dave Burrell and Ted Daniel. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared with the Sunny Murray Quintet, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of Albert Ayler. In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name: It's Not Up To Us. The following year he came to Paris in the wake of Sunny Murray. He would come back to France in 1971 (again with Murray) and in 1973 (without Murray for a change). This is when he met Jef Gilson, the pianist and producer who encouraged him to record under his own name again. On Palm Records (Gilson's label), he would release four albums: Us, Mother Africa, Exactement, and Funny Funky Rib Crib.Lancaster recorded Mother Africa along with Clint Jackson III, a trumpeter, and partner of Khan Jamal and Noah Howard on other recordings. On march 8th, 1974, Lancaster and Jackson headed up a group composed of Jean-François Catoire (electric and double bass), Keno Speller (percussion) and Jonathan Dickinson (drums). Together, they created an immediate impression. This is the first ever stand-alone vinyl reissue of Mother Africa. Carefully remastered and restored by Gilles Laujol. Graphic design by Stefan Thanneur. Includes four-pagebooklet with rare and unpublished photos. 425GSM Frovi Brown Board Heavyweight 180 gr. LP. Officially Licensed from Palm/Geneviève Quievreux.

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DJ HELL	Neoclash	CD	INTERNATIONAL DEEJAY GIGOLO	GIGOLO 367CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Neoclash is DJ Hell's new work. The electroclash of the early 2000s is reconstructed here, its characteristic codes extracted and reshaped into a modern, reflective form. Neoclash is a cultural experiment -- music as a medium of reflection, a structure for space and time, and a vehicle for exploring the tensions between technology, the body, and perception. Electroclash now -- or a manifesto for the aesthetic relevance of electronic club music, combining strong old-school references with a new understanding. DJ Hell, a.k.a. Helmut Josef Geier, delivers a contemporary reinterpretation of the electroclash genre. International Deejay Gigolo Records was the pulse of the movement 25 years ago -- and Hell, its very namesake. Godfather of Electroclash reloaded. 25 years and many milestones later, DJ Hell returns to his roots with Neoclash, proving that electroclash can sound not nostalgic, but forward-thinking and visionary. Neoclash builds a bridge between past and present within electronic dance culture and club music. Italo disco, new wave, indie dance, disco, pop, Chicago house, acid, Detroit techno, and avantgarde music merge here into a bold new interpretation. Featuring Donna Summer and Joyce Muniz.

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DJ HELL	Neoclash	2LP	INTERNATIONAL DEEJAY GIGOLO	GIGOLO 367LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Double LP version. Neoclash is DJ Hell's new work. The electroclash of the early 2000s is reconstructed here, its characteristic codes extracted and reshaped into a modern, reflective form. Neoclash is a cultural experiment -- music as a medium of reflection, a structure for space and time, and a vehicle for exploring the tensions between technology, the body, and perception. Electroclash now -- or a manifesto for the aesthetic relevance of electronic club music, combining strong old-school references with a new understanding. DJ Hell, a.k.a. Helmut Josef Geier, delivers a contemporary reinterpretation of the electroclash genre. International Deejay Gigolo Records was the pulse of the movement 25 years ago -- and Hell, its very namesake. Godfather of Electroclash reloaded. 25 years and many milestones later, DJ Hell returns to his roots with Neoclash, proving that electroclash can sound not nostalgic, but forward-thinking and visionary. Neoclash builds a bridge between past and present within electronic dance culture and club music. Italo disco, new wave, indie dance, disco, pop, Chicago house, acid, Detroit techno, and avantgarde music merge here into a bold new interpretation. Featuring Donna Summer and Joyce Muniz.

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HONEY SMUGGLERS	So Far	CD	ULTRAMARINE	HUM 002CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 One of those '80s/'90s "indie hopefuls" was Honey Smugglers. A band whose place in that crazy but pivotal time before Britpop is slowly being revealed thanks to a series of extensive compilations of that era by Cherry Red Records. They've featured in six of them. Honey Smugglers shared stages with the likes of Blur, Suede, Dodgy and Levitation (Ex House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers' new band) without sounding like any of them. An uber tight organ driven music machine that mixed pop, groove and a lot of psychedelia into a bunch of catchy, inventive, eclectic and very English songs, they were un-pigeonholable at a time when everyone was looking for a pigeon to hole. A formidable live act, they released a couple of EPs, but sadly never delivered an album. Now, 35 years later we finally have So Far. The long-lost debut album by Honey Smugglers, collating recordings that never saw the light of day back then. And what comes across is the sheer diversity of their songwriting and performance. There's the pure slice of melodic English guitar pop of lead track "She Doesn't Know," "Greatest Lovers" with its fragile verses and psychedelic freakout ending. You have the dream pop of "Good Afternoon" and "Stay" rubbing shoulders with the skewed psychedelia of "Shake Free," "Rocking Horse," and "No." And of course, their best-known song, the 6-minute indie dancefloor filler "Listen" (heard here for the first time in its original and definitive version). Inventive, melodic, groovy and psychedelic (in the truest sense of the word) the Smugglers were of their time but in many ways ahead of it too, as the arrival of Britpop a few years later would testify.

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FUZZ	Fuzz's Fourth Dream	CD	IN THE RED	ITR 409CD
$15.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "Fuzz, the California based trio of Ty Segall (vocals, drums), Charles Moothart (vocals, guitar), and Chad Ubovich (vocals, bass), present their latest release Fuzz's Fourth Dream on In The Red Records. This is the band's first release in four years and is a collection of singles, unreleased demos, and rarities. 'I lived in a four-bedroom house in San Francisco that housed anywhere from six to ten people at a time,' Moothart explains. 'Friends were always crashing when they were between spots, on tour, or just couldn't make it home. It was a chaotic space, but a space that was cherished by many. Chad frequently crashed on our couch when on tour -- surrounded by ashtrays full of cigarettes and joint roaches; beer cans and spray paint cans. I remember jamming on guitar and drums with Ty at like 2 AM in the garage (still feel bad for putting the neighbors through that.) One day, under Ty's guidance, I dragged a 388 in to the garage. I decided I wanted to write a Sabbath-style riff just to see what happens. I laid down some drums, then came up with what would become Fuzz's Fourth Dream. I showed Ty the 'demo' which was more of a sloppy idea. He basically said 'Let's make this band' and Fuzz was off. This collection really does give a proper road map to what this band is and was, as well as how the two connect,' Moothart explains. 'Fuzz means a lot to me, and I have learned so much through these processes. Thank you to any one who has been listening to these songs since the beginning, and thank you to any one who is here for the first time.'"

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FUZZ	Fuzz's Fourth Dream	2LP	IN THE RED	ITR 409LP
$36.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Double LP version. "Fuzz, the California based trio of Ty Segall (vocals, drums), Charles Moothart (vocals, guitar), and Chad Ubovich (vocals, bass), present their latest release Fuzz's Fourth Dream on In The Red Records. This is the band's first release in four years and is a collection of singles, unreleased demos, and rarities. 'I lived in a four-bedroom house in San Francisco that housed anywhere from six to ten people at a time,' Moothart explains. 'Friends were always crashing when they were between spots, on tour, or just couldn't make it home. It was a chaotic space, but a space that was cherished by many. Chad frequently crashed on our couch when on tour -- surrounded by ashtrays full of cigarettes and joint roaches; beer cans and spray paint cans. I remember jamming on guitar and drums with Ty at like 2 AM in the garage (still feel bad for putting the neighbors through that.) One day, under Ty's guidance, I dragged a 388 in to the garage. I decided I wanted to write a Sabbath-style riff just to see what happens. I laid down some drums, then came up with what would become Fuzz's Fourth Dream. I showed Ty the 'demo' which was more of a sloppy idea. He basically said 'Let's make this band' and Fuzz was off. This collection really does give a proper road map to what this band is and was, as well as how the two connect,' Moothart explains. 'Fuzz means a lot to me, and I have learned so much through these processes. Thank you to any one who has been listening to these songs since the beginning, and thank you to any one who is here for the first time.'"

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JAMAICAN RECORDINGS ALLSTARS	Rude Boy Shuffle	7"	JAMAICAN RECORDINGS	JRALLSTAR 001EP
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 The Jamaican Recordings Allstars have gone back to the Reggae heydays of 1968/1969 as a strong influence on their snappy instrumental track. The flash points of Harry J Allstars "The Liquidator" and Dave and Ansell Collins "Double Barrel" come to mind. No reggae 7" single would be the same without its version B-side, so please flip the single over for part two where the beat is pulled up to the fore. Hope you enjoy rocking to this future classic.

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RANKING DREAD	Lots Of Loving	LP	LANTERN REC.	LANR 058LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Fully licensed, all tracks restored and remastered for the first time! Lots of Loving was the third album, originally released in 1980 by Freedom Sound Record, by legendary and controversial Jamaican deejay and singer Ranking Dread. Recorded at Channel One studio, with Barnabas as engineer and produced by Sugar Minott, the album featured musicians from the Black Roots Players, Sly & Robbie, Steeely (Steely & Clevie) and many others. Voiced and mixed at King Tubby's Studio! One of the most dangerous rub-a-dub deejay LP's!

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LO FIVE	Superdank	CD	LUNAR MODULE	LM 007CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 The seventh release of the Castles in Space Lunar Module CD imprint. Lo Five is as proud as he is anxious to present Superdank, a CD album packed to the green gills with heavy dubs for sleepy schlubs. Superdank is ostensibly presented as a collection of hardware stoner jams, structured in the form of an hour long edible-induced psycho-narrative, taking the listener on an aural voyage -- kicking off at pleasant buzztown, calling past existential paranoiaville, then landing back in the relative safety of sofaborough in time for tea and crumpets.

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VUOI, CHE	Cinecittax	LP	DISQUES DE LA SPIRALE	LPSPI 005LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 A French artist based in Brussels, Che Vuoi presents her first album Cinecittàx, a nod to the great Italian studio, and a tribute to false dreams. A theatre at the back of a run-down piano bar, where surreal and intimate scenes unfold; words and stories drawn from disparate sources: Fellini, G. Réal, Diderot -- or written by herself, spoken, shouted or barely whispered by an altered voice. Noises, samples, a drum machine, a brush on a snare drum, a piano spinning round and round until it reaches delirium and its own abolition, leaving listeners suspended in a constant in-between or a time that never truly existed. Includes 60x60cm poster.

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SPACE ECHO	Rewind EP	12"	LUV SHACK RECORDS	LUV 051EP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Prepare to ride a sonic wave through the heart of house music with Space Echo's Rewind, a carefully curated 6-track "best of" release that captures the essence of the underground. Dropped via Luv Shack Records, this collection delivers radiant energy, groove-laden rhythms, and moments of pure dancefloor magic.

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CAKE	Make Up your Mind/Let Your Body Go (2025 Repress)	12"	MUTUAL INTENTIONS	MI 025EP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Cake was a New York band formed in 1973, following a lineup tweak and a change from their previous name Mixed Company. At Arabellum Studios in Colony, Albany, NY, the band recorded their only 7-inch single. "Make Up Your Mind"/"Let Your Body Go" was released on Key Records in 1979. Half a life time later, after appearing in DJ mixes and online auctions in the late 2000s, the single started gaining notoriety among DJs and diggers. Working its way up to "holy grail" status on the modern soul and disco collector scene, original copies of the sought after record would eventually sell for as high as $1000. After several rounds in one of Norway's best mastering studios, noise reduction and sound surgery were done while retaining the soul of the original recordings. The songs were finally ready to be pressed on the format they have always deserved: the 12-inch disco single!

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DESSNER, BRYCE	Train Dreams (Soundtrack) (Color Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL: AT THE MOVIES	MOVATM 448LP
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century. The Netflix film features the music of Bryce Dessner, who blends classical influences with a modern sensibility. Dessner has been a member of the successful rock band The National for years. In the past years he becomes more and more known for scoring contemporary films, such as C'mon C'mon, Sing, Sing and The Two Popes. The final song on this album features none other than Nick Cave, making this a real must-have. Train Dreams is available as a limited edition on orange & black marbled vinyl and includes an insert."

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DHARMACIDE	Tougher Than The Rest	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 479LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Dharmacide is a Spanish band known for their eclectic fusion of genres, blending elements of shoegaze and dreampop music. Tougher Than the Rest is their awaited second album. They take a step forward with a darker sound with gloomy riffs and ethereal voices in which they describe perfectly how the sound of a night full of random events would be like. "The Cigs, The Light, The Coffee and Crying," the LP's first single, features a powerful reverb-laden riff with a solo vocal melody in the middle of the chaos until breaking into a powerful chorus. Dharmacide's sound is marked by intricate guitar riffs, powerful drumming, and deep, emotive vocals that create a unique atmosphere. The band, with members of Alcalá Norte and Depresión Sonora, has made a huge impact on various stages, performing at renowned venues and festivals, including iconic spots in their home country as well as internationally, earning praise for their high-energy performances and thoughtful compositions. Their latest singles have been produced, mixed and mastered by Mark Gardener from Ride. Their sound is influenced by today's bands like Diiv, Warpaint, or Beach House but also by classic artists like Cocteau Twins, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Tom Waits.

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ADOLESCENTS	Adolescents	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 491LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 European edition with exclusive Ed Colver photo-poster, width 60 cm x height 30 cm. Few records from the American punk underground have echoed as far and wide -- or as enduringly -- as the Adolescents' self-titled debut, first released by Frontier Records in 1981. Known to fans simply as "The Blue Album," this landmark release captured the raw pulse of Southern California's teenage rebellion at a time when hardcore was beginning to take shape yet still holding onto the infectious urgency of punk's first wave. Formed in Fullerton, California, Adolescents brought together members of earlier OC punk outfits like Social Distortion and Agent Orange, fusing their varied influences into something uniquely their own. With songs like "Amoeba," "Kids of the Black Hole," and "No Way," the album offered more than just speed and volume -- it spoke directly to suburban alienation, youthful frustration, and the search for identity in a world that felt increasingly hostile and conformist. This new edition offers longtime listeners and new fans alike a chance to revisit -- or discover -- an album that helped define the West Coast punk sound. From its striking blue cover to its mix of melody, defiance, and urgency, Adolescents remains a vital listen, as relevant today as it was over four decades ago. It's an album that didn't just reflect its moment -- it shaped what punk could be: loud, smart, emotional, and unflinchingly real. Reissued with care and respect for its original spirit, "The Blue Album" stands not only as a milestone in punk history, but as a testament to the enduring power of youth in revolt.

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WELLS FARGO	Watch Out!	LP	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 492LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Just as the hippie era came to an end in America, a second '60s began. In what is now Zimbabwe, young people created a rock and roll counterculture that drew inspiration from hippie ideals and the sounds of Hendrix and Deep Purple. The kids in the scene called their music "heavy," because they could feel its impact, and it resonated from Zambia to Nigeria. At its peak in the mid-'70s, the heavy rock scene united tens of thousands of young progressives of all racial and social backgrounds. The country was called Rhodesia then, one of the last bastions of white rule in Africa, and heavy rockers defied segregation laws and secret police to make a stand for democratic change. Wells Fargo was at the forefront of the scene, and the title track of this album, "Watch Out," was the anthem of the counterculture. Following previous collaborations with Now-Again Records, Munster are thrilled to reissue now Wells Fargo's Watch Out!, a curated collection of songs intertwining rock and funk with Zimbabwean folkloric melodies, taken from the band 45s discography, never available outside of Zimbabwe at the time the singles were originally released.

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ANGELIS, DIMI	NECH034	12"	NECHTO RECORDS	NECH 034EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 One of the founding figures of Amsterdam's underground techno culture, Dimi Angelis has been shaping the scene in the late '90s, throwing warehouse raves living up to the underground standards. Until today his approach remains unchanged: uncompromising, opinionated, and never aimed at easy pleasing. Drawing from decades of crate-digging and an encyclopedic knowledge of techno's evolution, Dimi crafts sets that feel familiar a reveal unexpected depths on closer listening. These tracks follow that same philosophy as they are straightforward and honest on the surface, but wrapped in something appropriately unexpected.

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FONTANA, BILL	Early Works	LP	ALGA MARGHEN	NMN 168LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Alga Marghen presents two previously unpublished seminal works by Bill Fontana, "Suite For Toy Tape Recorder" from 1968, and "Wave Spiral" from the early '70s. These recordings come directly from the archives of Philip Corner who also curated this LP edition and contributed the liner notes. 1968: In the basement Music Room of the New School For Social Research, Philip Corner was teaching "Analysis of New Music," a class he inherited from Malcolm Goldstein and before him Richard Maxfield and of course all the way back to the famous founder John Cage, present in the spirit of living history. The "Suite For Toy Tape Recorder" was a series of little reels of 1 7/8" tapes, unique experiments by means of "working-with" and so "transcend" by "making use-of" those little cheap tape-recorders. A sensitive ear that listened to hum and hiss and all the other characteristic distortions; and recorded these materials via a kind of physical phonogène of musique-concrete perspective, his thumb's friction as the reel was running fast-forward in order to create tape loops in contrapuntual collision. Side B presents "Wave Spiral, for 5 Rin Gongs," a 21-minute blissful piece recorded in the early-'70s and first presented in Australia in 1977. This work shows how Bill Fontana's research evolved toward working with the distinct physical dimension of different frequencies. An exploration of how sound becomes simultaneously its own material and the force acting upon it. The piece unfolds as an investigation of how frequency itself becomes sculptural. Across its 21-minute duration, the rin gongs generate sustained waves that spiral outward and inward simultaneously, their overtones interacting with the listening space that Fontana would describe as a "definition of motion interacting with a particular acoustic environment." The spiral manifests itself here not through cycles within cycles of tape loop manipulations like on Side A, but through the acoustic behavior of metallic resonance in space. This sound is rendered as tangible phenomenon, frequency made visible through its physical impact on the listening environment. These recordings have remained unheard for decades, only existing in Philip Corner's archive. Their publication allows the world to trace the development of an artist discovering that to work with sound was to investigate its physical dimensions, to understand that frequency and space are inseparable, that sound sculpure begins not with installation but with the fundamental recognition that all sounds exist as waves interacting with architecture itself. Edition of 232.

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NASCIMENTO/WAGNER TISO, MILTON	Ao Vivo 1981 (Live at Swiss TV with Tiso Wagner)	LP	OUTSIDER (ITALY)	OUTS 047LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Milton Nascimento's immaculate melodies and harmonies resound in full tone and color throughout this magnificent 1980 TV performance. A marvelous set of songs performed with masterful sensitivity by Nascimento on vocals and acoustic guitar along with one of his historical partners, the great pianist, arranger Wagner Tiso on piano and organ.

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BEN, JORGE	MPB Especial 1972 TV Broadcast	LP	OUTSIDER (ITALY)	OUTS 048LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 This is the one and only Jorge Ben singing and strumming extended versions of some of his most memorable songs, "Fio Maravilha," "Mas Que Nada," "País Tropical," and "Domingas," among others. Recorded live on TV while Brazil was under heavy dictatorship, here is a wonderful set from a 1972 broadcast with Ben perfectly backed by a highly sensitive trio consisting of bass, percussion and drums. This was a performance of sheer wonder and now a treat for your ears!

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PALLBEARER	Foundations Of Burden (2025 Redux)	CD	PROFOUND LORE	PFL 324CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "Pallbearer's landmark sophomore album Foundations Of Burden is given the complete overhaul, remixed from scratch by Mario Quintero, remastered by Adam Gonsalves with additional audio reconstruction by the band themselves, this re-issue has been given the elixir to bring a new sense of exaltation to this milestone release. Also featuring new cover art courtesy of Benjamin Vierling."

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PALLBEARER	Foundations Of Burden (2025 Redux)	2LP	PROFOUND LORE	PFL 324LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Double LP version. "Pallbearer's landmark sophomore album Foundations Of Burden is given the complete overhaul, remixed from scratch by Mario Quintero, remastered by Adam Gonsalves with additional audio reconstruction by the band themselves, this re-issue has been given the elixir to bring a new sense of exaltation to this milestone release. Also featuring new cover art courtesy of Benjamin Vierling."

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LB HONNE/EFDEMIN/TIBI DABO/DOLOMEA	Various Minds 002	12"	ST. ODES	SO 003EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Various Minds Vol. 2 -- a dialogue between artists, a handshake between Dial and St. Odes. Featuring Lb Honne, Efdemin, Tibi Dabo, and Dolomea.

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TADPOLES	Make Believe	LP	THE SOUND OF SINNERS	SOS 005LP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Originally formed in the early 1990s, Tadpoles earned a reputation as a neo-psychedelic rock band known for their impressionistic textures and adventurous sound. After a 25-year hiatus, the band has reunited, now working across Sacramento, New York City, and Basel. They collaborate remotely to create new music that expands into unexpected genres, including jazz, ambient, country noir, and ambient shoegazer rock, all while maintaining their core psychedelic essence. In this new chapter, the Tadpoles have teamed up with legendary producer and mixer Sonic Boom, known for his work with Spacemen 3, Panda Bear, MGMT, and Beach House, to sculpt their evolving sound. His influence helps weave those new layers of psychedelia, ambient, and even jazz into the band's signature adventurous spirit. This release reflects the band's evolution and continues their legacy of blending noise, melody, introspection, and a bit of sly humor.

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KIVEL, MATT	Escape from L.A.	LP	SCISSOR TAIL EDITIONS	ST 071LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "Kurt Vile once sang that he had a freeway in mind, but Matt Kivel (Vile's former Woodsist labelmate) literally has a freeway mind. He started out in music as part of the buzzy, Eagle Rock-based indie band Princeton, toured the country relentlessly, burned out, and then resurfaced with a series of bleak, hauntingly spare solo albums that garnered widespread critical acclaim. Over the ensuing decade, Kivel collaborated closely with a growing set of brilliant, and varied musicians from across the globe, including Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Alasdair Roberts, Madi Diaz, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, Jana Horn, and Satomimagae. In 2017, he started writing the songs for what would become his eighth solo album, Escape from L.A., an autobiographical song cycle that chronicles the first 33 years of Kivel's life in the City of Angels. The material was labored over, rewritten, rearranged, and rerecorded numerous times, between LA, New York, and Austin. It involved over 20 collaborators, a string section, pedal steel guitars, and a renewed lyrical and vocal clarity that allows the narrative vignettes to unspool in vivid detail. Kivel sings about freeway pile ups, the Northridge earthquake, the fall of the twin towers as transmitted via television news, the glitter of Hollywood celebrities, and a mythical tsunami that could wipe out all of LA and then pairs it with the quotidian details of his life -- teenage romances on the beach, a dying dog, the failure of his first band set against the backdrop of Vampire Weekend's meteoric rise, a meditative conversation with his twin brother outside Dodger stadium, and, strikingly, the tale of his family's move to Los Angeles in 1988, spurred by the casting of his father in the baseball epic The Natural, alongside Robert Redford. It's a beautiful, grounded statement and one of Kivel's best."

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HONDA, SHINSUKE	Banka	2LP	STUDIO MULE	STUDIOMUL 054LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Studio Mule announces the first-ever vinyl release of Shinsuke Honda's Banka (1991). Known as the guitarist of the legendary band Hachimitsu Pie, Shinsuke Honda -- whose album Silence is celebrated as one of the most remarkable achievements in Japanese ambient guitar jazz -- sees his 1991 CD-only masterpiece Banka finally released as a double LP from Studio Mule. Carrying forward the spirit of Silence while reaching new levels of refinement and depth, Banka presents a collection of beautifully crafted ambient jazz pieces that reveal Honda's distinctive musical vision.

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PDQB	Maximalism	12"	SYNAPTIC CLIFFS	SYNAPTIC 017EP
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Synaptic Cliffs presents the release of the four-track EP Maximalism where pdqb collaborates with DJ Sotofett in the most effective way. pdqb's sleek and melancholic electro originals carry a sexy 1980s reminiscing vibe, not too unknown from classic US electro disco-styled pop music. They meet warehouse remixes from DJ Sotofett, known for his top-notch electro productions on Clone and Tresor, as well as funky breakbeat, afro-dub and all-things-house on his own labels Wania and Sex Tags Mania. The remix of pdqb's electrocognition-beauty 'Giallactrus' has heavier, almost p-funk styled electro beats, live scratching complementing the block party approach while retaining the vibe of the original.

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DOPPLEREFFEKT	Metasymmetry	12"	TRESOR	TRESOR 388EP
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Marking the anniversary of three decades of career, Dopplereffekt debuts on Tresor Records with Metasymmetry. This latest release finds members Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan in deep inquiry in sound, contemplating structure and pattern in physics and nature resulting in a harmonious audio tessellation. Metasymmetry itself relates to a kind of second-order reality found not in the structures of life but in the rules that govern these structures; that order exists not only in things but in the relationships among systems of order. The four-track EP reflects this duality.

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QUARTETO EM CY	Quarteto Em Cy	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 335LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Originally released in 1972 on the Odeon label, Quarteto Em Cy stands as a high-water mark in the group's prolific discography -- and a hidden gem for collectors of Brazilian vinyl. Known for their intricate vocal harmonies and deep roots in the bossa nova movement, the quartet ventures into post-bossa territory here, where sophistication meets groove in all the right ways. Arrangements by Edu Lobo and Luiz Eça (of Tamba Trio) lend the album a richly layered sound -- elegant, jazzy, and emotionally resonant -- while the group's harmonies remain as mesmerizing as ever. It's a masterclass in vocal interplay and tasteful orchestration, with an unmistakable Brazilian soul running through every track. Highlights include their stunning interpretation of Milton Nascimento's "Tudo Que Você Podia Ser," along with deep cuts like "Quando o Carnaval Chegar," "Canto de Obá," and "Cantoria." These recordings capture a moment when the group, already respected collaborators of Vinícius de Moraes, Jobim, and Chico Buarque, hit a new creative stride. Long out of print and often cited as their finest work, this self-titled LP has become a sought-after piece among collectors of MPB, bossa, and '70s harmony pop. For those drawn to groups like The Free Design or The Mamas & The Papas -- but with a distinctly Brazilian elegance -- this album offers a rare and rewarding listen. Reissue on 180g vinyl.

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MONEY CHICHA	Onda Esoterica	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 336LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Money Chicha, the Austin-based collective featuring members of the Grammy-winning Latin orchestras Grupo Fantasma and Brownout, unveils their third full-length album, Onda Esotérica. Recorded at New Orleans' Marigny Studios, the album deepens their signature psychedelic cumbia amazónica sound with exotic textures, vintage organ swells, and inventive reinterpretations of classics such as "Cumbia Arabe." As KUTX puts it, "Listening to Money Chicha feels a bit like taking a hit of acid, downing a couple shots of Tequila, and hopping a plane to 1960s Peru -- it's the kind of music that rewires your brain, awakens your spirit animal, and takes you places you've never been." Add in some South Texas swagger and bruising Latin funk, and Onda Esotérica emerges as the band's most adventurous and transportive work to date -- a kaleidoscopic journey equal parts ritual and revelation.

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SZABO, GABOR	Jazz Raga	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 337LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Released in 1967, Jazz Raga is more than just an album -- it's a fearless leap into uncharted musical territory. Gábor Szabó, the Hungarian jazz guitarist known for his boundary-pushing style, delivers one of the most captivating records of his career with this genre - masterpiece. Blending jazz, rock, psychedelic folk, and Eastern influences -- with sitar-laced melodies and Latin-infused rhythms courtesy of legendary funky drummer Bernard Purdie -- Jazz Raga defies categorization. It's a hypnotic fusion where European tradition meets the counterculture spirit of the '60s, all woven together by Szabó's unmistakable guitar tone. From the dreamy groove of "Walking On Nails" to the swirling mysticism of "Mizrab," and his hauntingly original take on the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black," Szabó creates a sonic landscape that is both daring and deeply soulful. His playing here is electric -- full of offbeat chords, flowing improvisations, and a voice all his own. Decades later, Jazz Raga still stands as a landmark of creative freedom and global influence -- a must-hear for anyone seeking music that transcends borders and expectations. If you haven't experienced this cult classic yet, now's the time to let Gábor Szabó expand your musical horizons. Reissue on 180g vinyl.

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BANDA JUVENIL MAYAS AMAUTAS/LOS BRAVOS DEL ANDE	¿Crees Que Soy Sexy?/El Travoltoso	7"	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 45102EP
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 From the heights of the Andes come two incredible recordings that show how local folklore has embraced international hits -- resulting in fun, unexpected fusions with a distinct Andean twist. "Do You Think I'm Sexy?," Rod Stewart's 1978 classic, is transformed into a powerful huayno anthem -- complete with driving percussion and bold brass that almost echo the sound of a New Orleans street parade. On the flip side comes a playful nod to "Saturday Night Fever" -- retitled "El Travoltoso" -- infused with infectious rhythms of huayno and cumbia. Once again, wind instruments take center stage in this track, just like in the flip-side cut. Reissued for the first time ever.

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TRIO TERNURA	A Gira	7"	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 45114EP
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 A longtime favorite among Brazilian music collectors! Trio Ternura's "A Gira," originally released in 1973, blends mid-tempo grooves with percussive funk and soul in a way that feels effortlessly timeless. Vampisoul now make this incredible single available once again, cut at 45 RPM and remastered from the original tapes. The track was written by the group's father and uncle as a heartfelt homage to the Candomblé deity -- celebrating nature and spirituality. Trio Ternura was a true family project, made up of three siblings with deep musical roots. According to them "A Gira" captures "the dancing, the expression, the lyrics and musical relaxation -- something very Brazilian." The B-side features the trio's soulful interpretation of Gato Barbieri's "Last Tango in Paris," adding a mellow cinematic touch to this sought-after release.

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WIRE, THE	#503 January/February 2026	MAG	THE WIRE	WIRE 503-4
$12.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 "On the cover: 2025 Rewind: The Year in Sound and Music: The Wire's essential guide to the highs and lows of the last 12 months in underground music and culture. Our 2025 Rewind double issue will have twice the shelf life of a standard issue and will include our essential Top 50 Releases of the Year and Archive Releases of the Year charts, both compiled from the votes of more than 60 of our critics and contributors. Other features include cultural reflections from our roster of writers, our specialist columnists' charts and analyses from avant rock to dub, and essays on some of 2025's talking points including DIY radio, slow music for fast times, and the current state of skronk. Inside: Makaya McCraven; After a three year hiatus in solo output, the prodigious drummer, producer and bandleader has released one new studio album, Off The Record via Chicago's International Anthem label, and four EPs, all edited and reworked from extensive live recordings dating back as far as 2015 and featuring contributions from Theon Cross, Ben LaMar Gay and Jeff Parker. In this special feature he is interviewed by Black Rock Coalition bassist Melvin Gibbs; Company was the name the British improv guitarist Derek Bailey gave to the festival he ran in London between 1977?1994, for which he would invite diverse casts of musicians to come and improvise together. To mark the 20th anniversary of Bailey's death, Mark Wastell gives the inside story of what happened when the guitarist revived Company for events in New York, London and Marseille; Hilary Woods; The Irish confessional singer, songwriter and filmmaker returns to the Sacred Bones label with her new album Night CRIÚ, a follow up to 2023's acclaimed Acts Of Light. By Leah Kardos."

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CARLSON & THE MOON RAY QUINTET, MAGNUS	Shadows	CD	WE JAZZ	WJCD 085CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 Magnus Carlson and The Moon Ray Quintet join forces for a new album of inspired vocal jazz versions of some of their favorite music. Carlson is known as the vocalist of Weeping Willows, and The Moon Ray Quintet features members of top Swedish jazz acts Oddjob, Goran Kajfe, Tropiques, La La Lars, and more. Together they form arrangements that capture the beauty of each song while bringing something fresh to the table. The Moon Ray Quintet was formed in 2009 around singer Magnus Carlson during a break from the band Weeping Willows which had been his musical habitat for over a decade. In the artistic vacuum he experienced then, he met jazz musician and producer Goran Kajfe in a bar. The two gentlemen had crossed paths musically before although this moment resulted in ideas that would lead Magnus career in a whole new direction. Also, it given birth to a brand-new band consisting of a number of highly sought-after jazz musicians. With Goran by his side, Magnus could challenge himself in a jazz setting that was more than the crooner type of songs that he already brilliantly mastered. As a matter of fact, all the members of the band contributed to the sound that still makes the perfect blend of rootsy jazz with a twist, '60s soul and echoes of the great crooners.

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CARLSON & THE MOON RAY QUINTET, MAGNUS	Shadows	LP	WE JAZZ	WJLP 085LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 LP version. Magnus Carlson and The Moon Ray Quintet join forces for a new album of inspired vocal jazz versions of some of their favorite music. Carlson is known as the vocalist of Weeping Willows, and The Moon Ray Quintet features members of top Swedish jazz acts Oddjob, Goran Kajfe, Tropiques, La La Lars, and more. Together they form arrangements that capture the beauty of each song while bringing something fresh to the table. The Moon Ray Quintet was formed in 2009 around singer Magnus Carlson during a break from the band Weeping Willows which had been his musical habitat for over a decade. In the artistic vacuum he experienced then, he met jazz musician and producer Goran Kajfe in a bar. The two gentlemen had crossed paths musically before although this moment resulted in ideas that would lead Magnus career in a whole new direction. Also, it given birth to a brand-new band consisting of a number of highly sought-after jazz musicians. With Goran by his side, Magnus could challenge himself in a jazz setting that was more than the crooner type of songs that he already brilliantly mastered. As a matter of fact, all the members of the band contributed to the sound that still makes the perfect blend of rootsy jazz with a twist, '60s soul and echoes of the great crooners.

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REKAB	The Last Talk of the Machines	12"	YORE RECORDS	YORE 059EP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/12/2025 James Baker aka ReKaB passed away very recently and so unexpectedly. He had only submitted the music for his new EP for YORE less than two weeks before his sudden passing. The original title was meant to be Let the Machines Talk, but the label decided to change it to The Last Talk of the Machines. It feels not only sad but also surreal to hear music that was created only shortly before, knowing James is no longer with us in embodied existence. This is the very last talk of his loved Machines.

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BAFALOUKOS (DIRECTOR), THEDOROS	Rockers (Collector's Edition)	BLU-RAY	BLUE SUN	MVD 17050BR
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/16/2025 Blu-ray version. DVD is region 0. "In the heart of Kingston's music scene, reggae drummer Horsemouth (Leroy Wallace) dreams of making it big by distributing records on his brand-new motorcycle. But when the bike is stolen, Horsemouth rallies a group of legendary musicians to track it down and take on the corrupt elite exploiting their community. Packed with raw energy, unforgettable performances, and a pulsating soundtrack, Rockers is a vibrant, rebellious ride through the streets, sound systems, and soul of 1970s Jamaica." Brand New 2025 4K High Definition restoration presented in 1080p in 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio. Audio: English LPCM 5.1 Surround. Audio commentary with Writer/Director Ted Bafaloukos (4K & Blu-ray). Includes Jah No Dead: The Making of Rockers -- feature length documentary about the making of the film featuring interviews with Eugenie Bafaloukos, Todd Kasow, Kiddus I, Eddie Marritz, and many more! (HD, 1:59:37) (Blu-ray). Includes archival interviews with Writer/Director Ted Bafaloukos and Producer Patrick Hulsey (SD) (Blu-ray). The recording studios shown in the film are the famous 'Harry J Studios' and 'Channel One Studios' where many roots reggae artists recorded during the 1970s including Bob Marley. Several popular reggae artists star in the movie, including Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth, Dillinger, Robbie Shakespeare, and Jacob Miller. DVD is region 0.

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BAFALOUKOS (DIRECTOR), THEDOROS	Rockers (2-Disc Collector's Edition) [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray]	4K UHD BLU-RAY	BLUE SUN	MVD 18866UHD
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/16/2025 "In the heart of Kingston's music scene, reggae drummer Horsemouth (Leroy Wallace) dreams of making it big by distributing records on his brand-new motorcycle. But when the bike is stolen, Horsemouth rallies a group of legendary musicians to track it down and take on the corrupt elite exploiting their community. Packed with raw energy, unforgettable performances, and a pulsating soundtrack, Rockers is a vibrant, rebellious ride through the streets, sound systems, and soul of 1970s Jamaica." 2025 4K (2160p) restoration from the Original 35mm Camera Negative, HDR presentation in 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio. Audio: English TBD 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo (4K & Blu-ray). Audio commentary with Writer/Director Ted Bafaloukos (4K & Blu-ray). Includes Jah No Dead: The Making of Rockers -- feature length documentary about the making of the film featuring interviews with Eugenie Bafaloukos, Todd Kasow, Kiddus I, Eddie Marritz, and many more! (HD, 1:59:37) (Blu-ray). Includes archival interviews with Writer/Director Ted Bafaloukos and Producer Patrick Hulsey (SD) (Blu-ray). The recording studios shown in the film are the famous 'Harry J Studios' and 'Channel One Studios' where many roots reggae artists recorded during the 1970s including Bob Marley. Several popular reggae artists star in the movie, including Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth, Dillinger, Robbie Shakespeare, and Jacob Miller. DVD is region 0.

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AGENT PROVOCATEUR	Sex Pistols Retrospective: A Visual History	Book	RETRO PUBLISHING	9780952840602
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 96 pages. Softcover. Who? What? Why? Where? When? To mark the 50th Anniversary of punk and The Sex Pistols Retro have relaunched one of the original books on The Sex Pistols. The book details the groups worldwide releases with over 200 color and black and white illustrations. A detailed timeline of the band's history and list of gigs and appearances up to their initial demise in 1978. The story has not changed since this book's first release. The Sex Pistols are the last great rock `n' roll band that signified change. Never before or since has music, art, youth and social statement peaked at the same time. The Sex Pistols were very much a vinyl orientated phenomenon that consisted great artwork. So sit back and enjoy their story through their releases around the world. 96 pages. Over 200 pictures of rare and deleted releases throughout the world plus history of the band and list of gigs and appearances. 210mmx10mmx297mm. Weight: 450grams.

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ARDLEY, NEIL	Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows	2LP	ANALOGUE OCTOBER RECORDS	AOR 003ST-LP
$76.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 The definitive 2LP reissue of a landmark in British jazz fusion. Analogue October Records presents the long-awaited reissue of Kaleidoscope of Rainbows, Neil Ardley's 1976 masterpiece, originally released on Gull Records. Produced by Neil Ardley and recorded at London's famed Morgan Studios, the sessions were engineered and mixed by Martin Levan, capturing one of the most ambitious and beloved works in British jazz. Following the acclaimed reissues of Courtney Pine's Journey to the Urge Within and Neil Ardley's Harmony of the Spheres, this third release confirms Analogue October as one of today's most meticulous and exciting reissue labels. Commissioned for the 1975 Camden Jazz Festival, Kaleidoscope of Rainbows is structured as a seven-part suite, each movement reflecting a color of the spectrum. Ardley's composition weaves together jazz improvisation, progressive rock energy, and orchestral elegance in one of the most imaginative British jazz recordings of the era. Featuring Ian Carr, Barbara Thompson, Tony Coe, Trevor Tomkins, and Geoff Castle, the album is a who's who of the UK's vibrant 1970s jazz scene. For this definitive edition, Analogue October worked directly from the original Gull master tapes. Mastering was entrusted to Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, using his renowned half-speed process to extract every detail and dynamic from Ardley's score. To give the music the headroom it deserves, the reissue has been expanded to a deluxe 2LP set, pressed on the highest-quality vinyl at Record Industry in Haarlem, Netherlands. The result is a presentation that finally does justice to the scope and brilliance of Ardley's vision. The artwork has been meticulously restored from the original film elements, ensuring a sleeve of unmatched vibrancy and fidelity. Inside, a 12-page booklet printed on heavyweight card features an in-depth essay on Neil Ardley and the making of Kaleidoscope of Rainbows, written by Jazzwise magazine editor Mike Flynn, alongside rare photographs from the period. As with every Analogue October release, Kaleidoscope of Rainbows has been curated and produced by label founder Craig Crane with a collector's eye for detail and a deep respect for the music's legacy. This reissue is not only the definitive vinyl edition of one of the great British jazz fusion albums -- it also continues the label's mission to restore and celebrate the most vital recordings of the era.

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BALCONY'S PARADISE	Spot The Difference	LP	BRETFORD RECORDS	BRD 007LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 Spot The Difference invites you to explore the Balcony's Paradise project through a new lens of chiaroscuro. Psychedelia alters perception, and from the first track, listeners journey through a timeless sonic space filled with echoes, mysterious atmospheres, and spherical guitar melodies. Lorenz O'Tool initially returned to Australia to work on some new stuff with his partner on drums and co-founder of the project, Jeremy Tayler. The album also features some covers of Television Personalities, two tracks by M.O.T.O., and one by Jeff Clarke of the Black Lips, three influential bands for O'Tool, who is also the guitarist and co singer of the Berlin post-punk Band Die Verlierer.

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PERKINS, CARL	Dance Album of Carl Perkins (70th Anniversary)	LP	INTERVENTION RECORDS	IR 038LP
$49.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 "Intervention Records presents the first vinyl release in its Intervention Sun Records Hi-Fi Series, Carl Perkins' groundbreaking rockabilly classic, 1957's Dance Album of Carl Perkins. This premium vinyl release commemorates the 70th anniversary of Sun's Sam Philips recording Carl Perkins' smash 'Blue Suede Shoes,' which was released as a single on New Year's Day 1956. Dance Album isn't just full of legendary songs that gave birth to rock n' roll itself, many of these tunes are now rock standards that have stood the test of time. These iconic songs have been covered by Elvis Presley, The Beatles (as a band plus George, Paul and Ringo solo), Johnny Cash and so many more! As great as many of these versions are from over the decades, arguably no one ever did these tunes with more swag than Carl himself on Dance Album! The SMASH hits include Perkins-written classics like 'Blue Suede Shoes,' 'Honey Don't,' 'Matchbox,' and 'Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby.' The album also includes Carl's covers of 'Only You' and 'Wrong Yo Yo.'"

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ETE & LOS PROBLEMS	Plata	LP	LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS	LBR 127LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 Eté y Los Problems present Plata, an album about the sea. Eleven songs about staying afloat, eleven journeys through the storm, a record to be listened to in full, carried by the current. The fifth album by Eté y Los Problems, produced by Ale Vázquez together with Sebastián Teysera from La Vela Puerca, is undoubtedly the band's most ambitious work to date. The depth of the sound, the variety of instrumentation, the richness of styles, the weight of the songs, and a brilliant, adventurous spirit that touches everything make Plata a definitive piece. Tides, tempests, shipwrecks, and sunsets on the beach. Sailors whispering love prayers, the Devil, the Virgin, a young girl's voice, the crew's chant. The treasure listeners will find along the journey.

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CARRIER	Rhythm Immortal	2LP	MODERN LOVE	LOVE 146LP
$43.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/19/2025 Since hard-snagging ears and feet in 2023 with 12"s for FELT and his own label, Guy Brewer's Carrier has become the go-to project for those who had almost given up on chasing this sort of ultra-subtle but vitally distinctive new permutations in dance music. For the past two years his unpredictable variations within a style have kept listeners all tip-toed and seat-edge with organizations of a finely chiseled percussive palette and smoldering ambient noise that distills the salient aspects and spirits of D&B, dub techno, and electro-acoustic music with utterly unique traction. In effect, he's enacted a clear leap of imagination and proprioception from previous work issued as part of Commix and solo as Shifted that only continues to reveal absorbing new fissures and hallucinatory psychoacoustics on this first album detail. Previewed at Berlin Atonal '25, Rhythm Immortal now sees Brewer tilt the project into slower, resoundingly atmospheric realms, better to luxuriate in the instinctive guile and integer-stepping style 'n pattern of his incredible sound. At the album's poles, a vocal cameo by cult gynoid Voice Actor follows from Gavsborg's on a preceding 7" single to ideally model his sound's mutability and compatibility with trip hop forms, and Memotone helps seal the deal with a hovering glow lent to "Offshore," whilst Carrier jostles the reins throughout with masterful control of his thing, crisply purposed to the album canvas. In that context it's perfectly adaptable to bodies supine or in motion.

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ELLINGTON, DUKE	Sentimental Swing: 1927-53	LP	ACROBAT	ACRSLP 1673LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 12/31/2025 Delayed... "Duke Ellington was one of the most important and influential figures in the entire history of jazz, as pianist, bandleader, composer and innovator, his career spanned the evolution from the early days of electric recording. However, while critics and commentators focus on his over-arching significance as a giant of the medium, it's easy to forget that he was a genius at composing tune and songs for the medium of the three-minute, 78rpm single, and during the first three decades of his career before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape irrevocably, he had more than 70 records that were credited as chart hits. The Duke himself preferred not to have his work referred to as 'jazz' but liked people to see it as he himself saw it, as being 'beyond category,' simply 'American music.' In a career lasting six decades, he attracted the very best musicians to his orchestras, and gifted to the world many of the jazz standards we know and love today This LP brings together some of his most iconic compositions, including timeless classics such as the Billboard R&B No.1 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore,' alongside stalwarts of the jazz canon 'Mood Indigo,' 'Sophisticated Lady,' 'Solitude,' 'Caravan,' 'Take The 'A' Train,' and 'It Don't Mean A Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing).' It's a fantastic insight into his most successful output during a primary era of his career, and a great showcase for the artistry which made the Duke such a revered and iconic personality."

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CAMOUFLAGE	Spice Crackers (30th Anniversary Edition)	2LP	BUREAU B	BB 032LP
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 Camouflage are one of the few German bands to have been making music successfully at home and abroad for the last couple of decades. The Great Commandment (1987) and Love Is A Shield (1989) were actually worldwide hits. After four albums, Camouflage felt it was time to experiment. This phase reached its zenith with the album Spice Crackers in 1995 -- the most daring, most interesting work they ever released. Electropop tracks sit side by side with hypnotic, repetitive, spheric tracks. Now, 30 years later, Spice Crackers is finally released on vinyl for the first time! Heiko Maile, Camouflage founder member and producer of Spice Crackers, has this to say about working on the album: "On our previous productions, we started out with just a few songs, worked on these as demos and then went to an external studio to completely re-record them with a producer. Having the idea to produce an album in our own studio, thus giving us more time to experiment, basically wanting to do the whole thing differently, was the beginning of an interminable recording session. Once we got going, surrounded by synthesizers, drum machines, guitars, microphones, a mammoth analogue mixing desk and a few pieces of recording equipment, we simply taped everything that came into our heads. Only a few of these tracks -- I'm deliberately refraining from calling them songs -- ended up on the original CD. It was a very formative and inspiring time for us in terms of album production."

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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD	Control	CD	BUREAU B	BB 495CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 "Control was created during a phase of Schnitzler's work in which his friendship with Peter Baumann (formerly of Tangerine Dream) allowed him to try out and use new electronic sound generators and peripheral technologies. He never used these innovations merely for their own sake, but always put them at the service of his artistic flair for experimentation. His signature style is clearly recognizable on Control. The album seems to be a kind of compilation of different musical approaches. Tracks 5 and 9, for example, are classic Schnitzler: sparkling cascades of electronic sound particles, interspersed with longer and shorter glissandi, constant movement in all directions. But then there are tracks 1, 8, 11, and 12 -- and here I can only speculate -- where it seems as if Schnitzler wanted to combine a few elements of traditional harmony with his own sound aesthetic in these pieces. And why not? He was completely undaunted by new things. Most important was that the music remained within the framework of his strict overall concept. There is no spacing between the tracks on the original LP, released in 1981 by the DYS label in the US. The A and B sides are originally titled simply 'Control A' and 'Control B', and the thirteen pieces are strung together without interruption. Strange. About half of the tracks on Control are apparently faded in and/or out. This could indicate that Schnitzler either drew on 'overlong' archive material to extract passages suitable for the album, or that he shortened the newly recorded music. Speculation is pointless -- we can no longer ask Schnitzler. In any case, he opted for relatively short pieces averaging three minutes in length, some even shorter, others a little longer. All in all, this creates the impression of sketches. Sketches with sharply defined contours, however: as with almost all his albums, Schnitzler gives us listeners clear information about where he currently resides in his musical universe. For Schnitzler, too, the journey was its own reward, and there were many stops 'on the way to the complete Schnitzler'; he never lingered at any of them for long. His artistic restlessness and curiosity were his lifeblood. And to stay with the metaphor, Control is a strong dose of that elixir." --Asmus Tietchens, 2025

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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD	Control	LP	BUREAU B	BB 495LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 LP version. "Control was created during a phase of Schnitzler's work in which his friendship with Peter Baumann (formerly of Tangerine Dream) allowed him to try out and use new electronic sound generators and peripheral technologies. He never used these innovations merely for their own sake, but always put them at the service of his artistic flair for experimentation. His signature style is clearly recognizable on Control. The album seems to be a kind of compilation of different musical approaches. Tracks 5 and 9, for example, are classic Schnitzler: sparkling cascades of electronic sound particles, interspersed with longer and shorter glissandi, constant movement in all directions. But then there are tracks 1, 8, 11, and 12 -- and here I can only speculate -- where it seems as if Schnitzler wanted to combine a few elements of traditional harmony with his own sound aesthetic in these pieces. And why not? He was completely undaunted by new things. Most important was that the music remained within the framework of his strict overall concept. There is no spacing between the tracks on the original LP, released in 1981 by the DYS label in the US. The A and B sides are originally titled simply 'Control A' and 'Control B', and the thirteen pieces are strung together without interruption. Strange. About half of the tracks on Control are apparently faded in and/or out. This could indicate that Schnitzler either drew on 'overlong' archive material to extract passages suitable for the album, or that he shortened the newly recorded music. Speculation is pointless -- we can no longer ask Schnitzler. In any case, he opted for relatively short pieces averaging three minutes in length, some even shorter, others a little longer. All in all, this creates the impression of sketches. Sketches with sharply defined contours, however: as with almost all his albums, Schnitzler gives us listeners clear information about where he currently resides in his musical universe. For Schnitzler, too, the journey was its own reward, and there were many stops 'on the way to the complete Schnitzler'; he never lingered at any of them for long. His artistic restlessness and curiosity were his lifeblood. And to stay with the metaphor, Control is a strong dose of that elixir." --Asmus Tietchens, 2025

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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD	Convex	CD	BUREAU B	BB 496CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 Convex is one of a series of LPs that Schnitzler released himself in the 1980s. It is one of his LPs that convey virtually no visible information. Only the title is printed in large letters on the cover of Convex, and in tiny letters that are easy to overlook, it says: "Cover Conrad und Richard." The labels on the original LP indicate that one side is called "Convex" and the other "Concav." That's all the information there is. "On Convex, as on many of his other albums, Schnitzler definitely used a sample-and-hold generator (S/H generator), a device that converts sounds stored as desired into random sequences of tones. This is important to know because this album is also non-keyboard music, i.e., it was not played 'by hand'; instead, the experimental setup is: synthesizer -- sequencer -- S/H generator. Whether Schnitzler could foresee the respective results for each piece or whether he let himself be surprised is uncertain. But I believe he let himself be surprised and decided in each case whether to accept the result or not. Because one of the cornerstones of his artistic concept is controlled chance. However, it is not this method that makes Convex so special, but the slow tempo of the music. With one exception, the other pieces are almost sluggishly slow. Schnitzler certainly never had ambient music in mind, as his music is defined throughout by transparency and dynamic movement. However, Convex does meet some of the criteria defined by Eric Satie for 'musique d'ameublement' and also the concept of 'ambient' further developed by Brian Eno: its calmness and apparent uniformity -- both of which require no attention and yet are a pleasant addition to the atmosphere of a room. A prerequisite for this, however, is a discreet volume level. Schnitzler would probably turn in his grave if he knew that I was placing his music in the vicinity of ambient. And of course it's not ambient. With Convex, Schnitzler remains consistently true to himself. The only unusual thing is that he experiments with 'slowness' here. Schnitzler has carefully faded out some pieces, even though they are suitable for filling an entire LP side. If I were to stick with my thought experiment, this would be another characteristic of ambient music. Convex raises questions that cannot be answered with certainty. But that is precisely why Schnitzler's music remains so interesting." --Asmus Tietchens, 2025

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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD	Convex	LP	BUREAU B	BB 496LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 LP version. Convex is one of a series of LPs that Schnitzler released himself in the 1980s. It is one of his LPs that convey virtually no visible information. Only the title is printed in large letters on the cover of Convex, and in tiny letters that are easy to overlook, it says: "Cover Conrad und Richard." The labels on the original LP indicate that one side is called "Convex" and the other "Concav." That's all the information there is. "On Convex, as on many of his other albums, Schnitzler definitely used a sample-and-hold generator (S/H generator), a device that converts sounds stored as desired into random sequences of tones. This is important to know because this album is also non-keyboard music, i.e., it was not played 'by hand'; instead, the experimental setup is: synthesizer -- sequencer -- S/H generator. Whether Schnitzler could foresee the respective results for each piece or whether he let himself be surprised is uncertain. But I believe he let himself be surprised and decided in each case whether to accept the result or not. Because one of the cornerstones of his artistic concept is controlled chance. However, it is not this method that makes Convex so special, but the slow tempo of the music. With one exception, the other pieces are almost sluggishly slow. Schnitzler certainly never had ambient music in mind, as his music is defined throughout by transparency and dynamic movement. However, Convex does meet some of the criteria defined by Eric Satie for 'musique d'ameublement' and also the concept of 'ambient' further developed by Brian Eno: its calmness and apparent uniformity -- both of which require no attention and yet are a pleasant addition to the atmosphere of a room. A prerequisite for this, however, is a discreet volume level. Schnitzler would probably turn in his grave if he knew that I was placing his music in the vicinity of ambient. And of course it's not ambient. With Convex, Schnitzler remains consistently true to himself. The only unusual thing is that he experiments with 'slowness' here. Schnitzler has carefully faded out some pieces, even though they are suitable for filling an entire LP side. If I were to stick with my thought experiment, this would be another characteristic of ambient music. Convex raises questions that cannot be answered with certainty. But that is precisely why Schnitzler's music remains so interesting." --Asmus Tietchens, 2025

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PITA	Get Out	2LP	EDITIONS MEGO	EMEGO 029LP
$40.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 Pioneering experimental electronic record receives first-ever complete vinyl pressing, featuring expanded content and exclusive liner notes. Editions Mego release the highly anticipated vinyl reissue of Get Out, the groundbreaking second album by Peter Rehberg under his influential PITA moniker. Originally released in 1999, this seminal work stands as a landmark achievement in experimental electronic music, praised for its revolutionary fusion of ear-splitting noise and melancholic melodies. Moving beyond the era's trend of pure abstraction, Get Out represents a pivotal moment when experimental electronic music began exploring new territories laying forth a path which many artists would subsequently follow. This expansive reissue marks a significant milestone for collectors and enthusiasts, presenting all 12 tracks from the 2008 eMego CD version on vinyl for the first time. The inclusion of the rare Detroit live recording (remastered by Jim O'Rourke) provides invaluable insight into PITA's performance practice during the album's original touring cycle, whilst new liner notes from Jim O'Rourke and Chris Clepper provide further personal and anecdotal insight. Since its original release, Get Out has been recognized as essential listening for understanding the evolution of experimental electronic music in the late 20th century. This authoritative reissue ensures that Rehberg's visionary work remains accessible to new audiences while providing longtime admirers with the definitive version of this crucial album. The vinyl comes with a DL code which contains a 20-minute live performance in Kyoto, Metro, 25.01.1999.

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PEOPLE'S PEOPLE	The People's People Present The Spirit Of David	LP	FREDERIKSBERG RECORDS	FRB 013LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/9/2026 Sold out, repress available at the end of 2025...Emerging from the depths of private-press obscurity, The People's People Present The Spirit of David is a remarkable testament to the ambition and discipline of its creators. This singular album, originally recorded in 1974 and released in 1976, marks the first original work by tenor saxophonist Jeff Jones, who also arranged, wrote, and conceptualized the project. That same year, Jones founded The People's People collective and The Voice of the People Publishing Company, using music and the arts as a platform to give voice to the voiceless. Performed in one continuous take, The Spirit of David weaves spiritual jazz with elements of soul, world music, and electric funk, producing a hypnotic, emotive soundscape that resonates with the era's social unrest and a longing for unity and transcendence. The band -- featuring Emmons Porter on bass vocals, Jack Spinovich on drums, Leonard Franklin on guitar, Ray Vega on percussion and congas (not the trumpeter of the same name), and Steve Espanosa on piano -- delivers a deeply cohesive and textured performance that transcends its time. Now reissued by Frederiksberg Records -- a label founded in 2013 by Danish video journalist Andreas Vingaard in New York -- the album's elusive history only deepens its mystique, inviting renewed exploration. That mystique is further illuminated in the extensive story found on the album insert, written by guitarist and composer Karl Evangelista, whose detailed liner notes provide essential context and insight into the album's creation and cultural significance. From the liner notes by Karl Alfonso Defensor Evangelista: "(Jeff) Jones had musicians commit to three years of preparation, and he was a harsh taskmaster; music was drilled -- 'like the army,' as Jones describes it. Participants were more or less forbidden from taking paying gigs in the interim, and the bandleader, saving most of his capital for studio time, could not afford to feed or pay the band. The ensemble was so thoroughly rehearsed by the time of the session that the entire record was performed in one take, and the album's myriad breaks and deft orchestration changes were accomplished without visual cues."

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VA	Return To The Mothers' Garden (More Funky Sounds Of Female Africa 1971-1982)	LP	AFRICA SEVEN	ASVN 044LP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 "Return To The Mothers' Garden (More Funky Sounds Of Female Africa 1971-1982) is a vibrant compilation celebrating the women of African funk, soul, and disco. Spanning a golden era, it showcases ten powerful tracks of infectious grooves, soaring vocals, and raw energy, offering a rare glimpse into the artistry of female voices who shaped modern Africa. In 2018 came first Mothers' Garden compilation on International Womens' Day. This compilation looked to shine a light on the often-under-acknowledged musical contribution from female African artists. In 2019 Volume 2 was released and yet again with some of Africa's most recognized female artists alongside some lesser-known artists. Whilst the roster might have changed slightly, the quality of music is as funky as before and the message stays the same."

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ATA RECORDS	The Library Archive Vol. 1	LP	ATA RECORDS	ATA 020LP
$29.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 The spirit of KPM, DeWolfe, and I Marc 4 distilled in a lockup garage in Leeds. The funky, atmospheric, evocative and sometimes downright weird output of companies such as DeWolfe, Cavendish, Burton and the ubiquitous KPM have always been a guiding inspiration for ATA Records, as evidenced in the spooky soundtrack works of The Sorcerers, the big band brass of The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra and even in the soul-jazz of The Lewis Express (Theme From The Watcher). Everything released on ATA is written and guided by the label heads Neil Innes and Pete Williams, who frequently dip their toes in the Library pond while working on other projects. These occasional one-off tracks have accumulated over the past few years and have now found a home on the first volume of an ongoing series: The Library Archive. Recorded using the same techniques and equipment used to create the now legendary catalogues of music sold to the film and television industry of the '60s & '70s, The Library Archive could easily sit alongside the plain minimalist covers of KPM or Telesound. The fierce Brass of "Whack, Slap & Blow" and "Kaye Okay" could both be a Keith Mansfield cut, acting as a theme tune to a glamorous Saturday night TV show circa 1972. "Duck Strut" is a cheeky slice of bass driven Brit-funk, Muted horns and flute adding an element of Quincy Jones amongst the grooving drums and percussion. "The Needle Nose," "Midnight Heist" and "Wiretap" are amongst the more cinematic tracks on the album. Moody and atmospheric, they conjure up images of dark alleys, shadowy figures and dead letter drops. "Wigged Out" channels the wonky organ weirdness of Italian library legends I Marc 4 while "Nuclear Wind I & II" use Moog and Mellotron as electronic counterpoint to ethereal voices. "Siren's Sea's" acoustic interlude conjures up images of distant clifftops, gossamer vocals enticing you onto the rocks before album closer "Planet Nine" traverses the cosmos.

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ORCHESTRE TOUT PUISSANT MARCEL DUCHAMP X FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS	Revenant du Nord/Siilent	7"	BONGO JOE RECORDS	BJR 45036EP
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 With this new 7", Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp continues to blur musical boundaries through bold collaborations. On one side, "Revenant du Nord" -- co-written with Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains -- weaves stories of migration, Moroccan memories, and layered polyrhythms into a swirling orchestral movement. On the flip side, "Siilent," composed with Jo Burke, dives into darker dub territory, inspired by a late-night Geneva dancefloor and shaped by the ensemble's signature instrumental finesse. Two tracks from different roots, united by the same drive for organic power and musical vertigo.

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VA	Mambo Calypso (2025)	LP	GROSSO! RECORDINGS	GR 022-2LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Zombie Club presents a reedition of Mambo Calypso another volume of sonic Caribbean Cruise. Following the approach of the first volume and understanding the Caribbean as a region is not limited to a strictly geographical demarcation but rather a demographic and cultural space where countries, islands and coastal areas may fall into a common Mare Nostrum even arrives in New Orleans. The influence of African drum and the "Cuban clave" makes different music beyond its specific components be they Latinos, Anglos or Frenchie's -- look at themselves and recognize a certain family. This is not a coincidence, since the slave trade brought African music from the port of Havana to Cartagena de Indias, Nassau, Port-au-Prince, Salvador de Bahía and the southern United States. The same Blackness, the same rhythm, the same festive mood, spirit of resistance and struggle. And so, Arsenio Rodriguez can be heard without jumps next to a Calypso of Blind Blake, or a tasty Pacho Galán's coastal Cumbia crossover with Dave Bartholomew's Mambo or a Latin Swing of Lalo Guerrero, where the Dominican Merengue sounds Joseíto Mateo in line with that of its Haitian neighbor Nemour Jean Baptiste. A very spicy musical "melting pot," a gumbo of percussion and languages, to enjoy and dance. Re-board the Zombie Club Cruise, will not be disappointed. Also featuring Tito Rodríguez & His Orchestra, Benny Moré, The Duke of Iron, Trío Serenata, Mongo Santamaría, Lord Power & Trentos Spence, Celia Cruz y Sonora Matancera, Alvin "Red" Tyler, and Cortijo y su Combo.

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VA	Roots Of Salsa Vol. 4: Classic Latin Tunes Became Salsa Hits	LP	GROSSO! RECORDINGS	GR 039LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Pablo Yglesias -- AKA DJ Bongohea -- compiles for Grosso Recordings an amazing series with classic tunes from Caribbean music that became great successes of "Salsa." Featuring Arsenio Rodríguez Y Su Conjunto, Orquesta Cosmopolita, Tito Puente Y Su Conjunto, Orquesta América del '55, Conjunto Jóvenes Del Cayo, Tito Rodríguez and His Orchestra, Cheo Marquetti Y Su Conjunto, Arsenio Rodríguez Y Su Conjunto, Silvestre Méndez, Conjunto Casino, La Gloria Matancera, Beny Moré Y Su Orquesta, Estrellas De Chocolate, and Chappottín Y Sus Estrellas. "This is the fourth volume in our series on the Roots of Salsa. The main criterion was to pick tracks that sounded adequate for today's DJs to play at a gig or were sufficiently interesting (or enough of a surprise to fans of the later version) to merit inclusion. The other measuring stick was that they needed to come from the old-school, before the more modern era (from 1962 on) and all of its recording innovations and marketing strategies. For now, listen to these dozen gems and then go back to their more familiar cousins from recent times and compare and contrast, and we're sure you'll be enlightened and entertained." --Pablo E. Yglesias, aka DJBongohead

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BARWICK & MARY LATTIMORE, JULIANNA	Tragic Magic	CD	INFINE	IF 1100CD
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Tragic Magic brings together Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, two of contemporary ambient, experimental and electronic music's most celebrated composers, for a unique collaboration at the Philharmonie de Paris, with extraordinary access to the Musée de la Musique's instrument collection, in partnership with the French label InFiné. The album features seven immersive, evocative compositions guided by the human spirit -- intimate, grounded in friendship, both earthly and cosmic -- and part of a greater continuum, reflecting the solace and transformative power of artistry across generations. Co-produced by Trevor Spencer (Fleet Foxes, Beach House), Tragic Magic was created in just nine days, a testament to the "musical telepathy" that has developed between Barwick and Lattimore over years of touring and friendship. Arriving in Paris from Los Angeles shortly after the 2025 wildfires, their sessions combined improvisation with the emotions and experiences they carried, in a setting both inspiring and deeply supportive. Lattimore selected harps tracing the instrument's evolution from 1728 to 1873, while Barwick chose several iconic analog synthesizers, including the Roland JUPITER and Sequential Circuits PROPHET-5. In freeform dialogue between voice and instrument, they create a meditation on tragedy, wonder, and the restorative power of shared experience. The duo, often joined by Spencer, also explored the city, sharing meals and visiting museums and landmarks, each encounter leaving an impression on their next session. The experience allowed them to work intimately with rare instruments, blending their personal sensibilities with centuries of history, resulting in music that honors the past while remaining a deeply authentic expression of the present. Throughout Tragic Magic, Barwick and Lattimore find something beyond themselves: a sense that while everything may not be okay, beauty persists. Their approach -- transforming life into music, observing, feeling, and creating -- continues a lineage of creative expression and visionary invention, embodied in the very instruments they employed for this project. LP version (IF 1100LP) comes in forest green biovinyl and includes 30x60cm poster, printed inner-sleeves.

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BARWICK & MARY LATTIMORE, JULIANNA	Tragic Magic	LP	INFINE	IF 1100LP
$34.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 LP version. Forest Green biovinyl. Includes Poster 30x60 cm, printed inner-sleeves. Tragic Magic brings together Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, two of contemporary ambient, experimental and electronic music's most celebrated composers, for a unique collaboration at the Philharmonie de Paris, with extraordinary access to the Musée de la Musique's instrument collection, in partnership with the French label InFiné. The album features seven immersive, evocative compositions guided by the human spirit -- intimate, grounded in friendship, both earthly and cosmic -- and part of a greater continuum, reflecting the solace and transformative power of artistry across generations. Co-produced by Trevor Spencer (Fleet Foxes, Beach House), Tragic Magic was created in just nine days, a testament to the "musical telepathy" that has developed between Barwick and Lattimore over years of touring and friendship. Arriving in Paris from Los Angeles shortly after the 2025 wildfires, their sessions combined improvisation with the emotions and experiences they carried, in a setting both inspiring and deeply supportive. Lattimore selected harps tracing the instrument's evolution from 1728 to 1873, while Barwick chose several iconic analog synthesizers, including the Roland JUPITER and Sequential Circuits PROPHET-5. In freeform dialogue between voice and instrument, they create a meditation on tragedy, wonder, and the restorative power of shared experience. The duo, often joined by Spencer, also explored the city, sharing meals and visiting museums and landmarks, each encounter leaving an impression on their next session. The experience allowed them to work intimately with rare instruments, blending their personal sensibilities with centuries of history, resulting in music that honors the past while remaining a deeply authentic expression of the present. Throughout Tragic Magic, Barwick and Lattimore find something beyond themselves: a sense that while everything may not be okay, beauty persists. Their approach -- transforming life into music, observing, feeling, and creating -- continues a lineage of creative expression and visionary invention, embodied in the very instruments they employed for this project.

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OTTONELLO/HENRY SOLOMON/DAVID BINNEY, MATEO	Buscando El Sol	LP	LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS	LBR 160LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Renowned American saxophonist David Binney -- a leading figure in the alternative jazz scene for several decades -- recently joined forces with celebrated saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Henry Solomon for a tour across South America. Binney's prolific output includes over 25 solo albums, along with collaborations with Gil Evans, Maria Schneider, Jim Hall, Vince Mendoza, Vinicius Cantuária, Carlinhos Brown, Norah Jones, Antonio Sánchez, and many others. Solomon is known for his genre-crossing work with artists such as Logan Kane, Paul Cornish, HAIM, and Vampire Weekend. The duo connected in Montevideo, Uruguay, with visionary drummer Mateo Ottonello -- a key figure in the Río de la Plata new jazz scene. Ottonello is celebrated for his innovative fusion of jazz, electronic music, and traditional Uruguayan rhythms. Together, the trio recorded with a group of candombe drummers, tapping into the deeply rooted Afro-Uruguayan tradition. The result is a genre-defying collaboration that merges the improvisational fire of free jazz, the atmospheric textures of ambient music, and the hypnotic, polyrhythmic pulse of candombe.

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PERRY, LEE 'SCRATCH'	Roast Fish Collie Weed & Cornbread (Gold Vinyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 2898GOLD-LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 "Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread is a studio album by Jamaican reggae legend Lee ''Scratch'' Perry, released in 1978. Although Perry had been in the Jamaican music business for a long time by 1978, this album was the first he released to only include songs sung by himself. It was produced at his legendary Black Ark Studio. The album went on to become a reggae classic. Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread is now available as a limited individual numbered edition of 750 copies on gold colored vinyl."

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AU PAIRS	Playing With A Different Sex	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 3778LP
$39.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 "Playing with a Different Sex was the debut album by seminal post punk band Au Pairs, released in 1981. Described retrospectively by AllMusic as 'one of the great post-punk records', a review by Record Mirror on its release said the band's 'critique of all forms of possession and sexual stereotyping assumes a devastating power.' Themes include sexual politics and the torture of women imprisoned in Northern Ireland during The Troubles of the 1970s, as well as a stunning cover of David Bowie's 'Repetition' about domestic violence. It peaked at No. 33 in the UK, and features the single 'It's Obvious', which reached No. 37 on the US Club Play Singles chart. Playing with a Different Sex is available on black vinyl and contains an insert."

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MEMPHIS ELECTRONIC	The Many Faces Of Memphis Electronic	LP	MONO-TONE RECORDS	MT 076LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 It takes at least 21 songs -- and 30 Polaroids on the cover! -- to show the Many Faces of Memphis Electronic! On the XYZ, Dum Dum Boys, and NON! guitar player's third solo album, entirely home recorded, you will find plenty of fuzzy bangers, trashy rockers, electronic r'n'r, lo fi disköpunk, sexy glam, twisted psych pop and heartbreaking ballads, 21 different faces on just two album sides! With the help of '60s fuzz pedals, analog synths, a wild organ, an out-of-space Theremin, raw drum machines and tons of delay, reverb and strange noises, all used to maximize the minimalism of the tracks, Memphis Electronic manages to create an orgy of arousing sounds, an overdose of aural pleasure, an irresistible avalanche of exciting songs, all ranging from 49 seconds snapshots to two minutes something instant classics!

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LEE, IVAN	Upsetter Kids Forever	LP	LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS	OSMO 003LP
$35.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 In August of 2023, after a couple of years of not playing reggae, Iván Lee felt the urge to go back to it. Undusting some old recordings and starting to listen to Lee "Scratch" Perry´s voice again opened the gate for inspiration to flow. Laying down basic piano rhythms over drum tracks played by Winston "Horseman" Williams, new songs started to emerge. August seemed to be a fertile month and riding that wave Chimurenga Renaissance came into the studio to collaborate on several tracks of the album, adding mbira, percussion, and guitars plus Tendai "Baba" Maraire´s sharp raps. Just some days later the dancehall legend Lady Ann laid down the vocals for the great "First Lady of Dancehall" track, making the album gain strength and purpose. Recorded between London, New York and Buenos Aires this album has a start studded lineup of musicians and collaborators. Upsetter Kids Forever is the title of Iván Lee´s debut album and it comes from a studio session during which Lee scribbled these words on to Ivan´s jacket. "Years later while working on the album I realized that we were all Lee fans, everyone involved in making this music has been touched and inspired by him."

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EFDEMIN	Poly	2LP	OSTGUT TON	OSTGUT 038LP
$54.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 After a six-year hiatus, Efdemin returns with Poly -- his fifth studio album, released on the recently revived Berghain-affiliated label, Ostgut Ton. As the title suggests, Poly explores multiplicity: of rhythm, texture, style, and emotion. Across eleven meticulously sculpted textures, the album weaves a multidimensional web of sonic references, nodding to the origins of techno while pushing resolutely into uncharted terrain. Poly feels like an afterglow -- of decades on the dancefloor, of restless sonic exploration, and of a profound connection to the spaces and communities that have shaped Efdemin's sound. Over the course of 60 minutes listeners are taken through different territories and landscapes of sound. Mysterious and swirling, abstract and droning textures over at times fast and stoic rhythmic concepts. Sometimes the sunlight breaks into the opaque and mysterious soundscapes before the pulse is taken over and sucks listeners back straight into the club. The overall tone of Poly is mild and playful, introvert and at times dreamy. The music is rich in sonic expression and breathes the spirit of musical concepts that have been refined over the course of decades. What Sollmann has condensed here feels like a culmination of his multilayered and polyphonic personality situated between club, museum, studio and academy. The album cover features a striking photograph of a human ear by renowned German artist Isa Genzken. Known for her radical visual language, Genzken's work here functions as a metaphor for deep listening. The ear symbolizes the layered complexity and immersive quality of the music on Poly -- an invitation to perceive sound in all its depth, fragility, and force and unlock it's potential to unite different voices in a distorted reality.

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S-PAZZ	Birth Of Light	12"	PONT NEUF RECORDS	PN 038EP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Following a debut EP praised for its freshness and boldness, S-Pazz returns with Birth of Light, a second release that fully confirms the potential of the Parisian duo. Blending elements of house, jazz, broken beat, and ambient, the record sees them refine their musical identity with a more intimate and introspective approach, yet always deeply rhythmic and luminous. Composed four-hands during a moment of personal transition, the EP feels like a rite of passage where music becomes a space of unity, resilience, and imagination.

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LO, MIRA	Stronger	12"	PONT NEUF RECORDS	PN 039EP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 With Stronger, her third EP, Mira Ló continues her rapid ascent within the French electronic scene. A cathartic project born from a period of personal upheaval, this EP is both a cry of resilience and a celebration of club culture as a space for healing. The Paris-based queer producer and DJ turns pain into creative force, and the dancefloor into refuge, release, and rebirth. Across four emotionally charged tracks, Stronger traces the contours of a club where one rises through the energy of the beat, the warmth of a caring community, and the affirmation of self through sound and movement.

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BEATLES, THE	Live From Canada 1964: Montreal September 8th	LP	1960'S RECORDS	RANDB 175LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 The Beatles played two shows at the Montréal Forum on September 8th 1964, a matinee at 4pm and an evening performance at 8pm and at 6pm they held a press conference for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from the Forum's stage. A local newspaper had reported that somebody was going to kill Ringo, so instead of staying the night in Montréal, they flew out straight after the evening show and arrived at Key West at 3.30am where hundreds of fans were awaiting them. After a day off in Miami, the group performed at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida the following night. 1960's Records have done the best they possibly could with these admittedly lo-fi yet important historical recordings. The source is AM radio and there is considerable distortion on the vocals. The broadcast was faded out halfway through "A Hard Day's Night" so the last two songs of the show, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Long Tall Sally" were not transmitted.

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FOTHERINGAY	Two Sessions For The BBC	LP	1960'S RECORDS	RANDB 176LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Trevor Lucas and Gerry Conway were members of the folk-rock group Eclection, who released an album in August 1968 on Elektra Records. After the group disbanded in 1969, they formed Fotheringay with Lucas's girlfriend Sandy Denny, who had recently left Fairport Convention. The Fairports were recording mostly traditional folk material at this time and Denny left the group so that she could perform more of her own compositions. The BBC session on side one of this LP features songs from the first Fotheringay album and took place at the Playhouse Theatre on April 13th 1970. The songs on side two were recorded at BBC's Maida Vale Studios in November 1970. They are "off-air" recordings but the sound quality is still very good.

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ECLECTION	BBC Top Gear Sessions	LP	1960'S RECORDS	RANDB 177LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Eclection's lack of commercial success remains a mystery to this day. This selection of BBC Top Gear recordings demonstrates their song-writing strength and musical prowess. Only three tracks appeared on the band's sole studio LP: the remaining nine songs suggest what a second LP might have sounded like. Highly recommended to fans of Fairport Convention, with whom Eclection share some musical DNA. Comes with full recording credits and extensive sleeve notes. Recording quality very good/excellent throughout.

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BLOSSOM TOES	Live on Radio & TV	LP	1960'S RECORDS	RANDB 178LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Over twelve tracks selected from BBC radio and European TV broadcasts, this LP charts the development of Blossom Toes from 1967 psyche to something darker and more powerful. This mix of idiosyncratic originals and re-interpreted cover versions includes songs not included on either of their studio albums. Comes with extensive sleeve notes that include full recording details.

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BABAU	Flatland Explorations Vol. 2	Cassette	SUCATA TAPES	SUC 054CS
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Babau is the pantropical project of Artetetra founders Matteo Pennesi and Luigi Monteanni in which a fascination with exotica, world music 2.0 and field recordings meets the compositional and improvisational techniques of computer music. The duo has participated in various Italian and non-Italian festivals such as Fusion, Club to Club, Nextones, Outernational Days, Camp Cosmic and Saturnalia. Flatland Explorations is an ever-growing collection of completely improvised attempts at mapping the surface and irregular shapes of Babau's sonic flatland by means of audio manipulations and digital sorceries. Joining live recordings with studio material and field recordings, the duo crafts its unique sound made of granular illusions, midi extravaganza, wind instruments' acrobacies, and vocal calembours. The results have been remarkably described as "the sound of a continent moving, ethnicities, animals, plants and mineral included." Out of the stack, the flatland has no boundaries.

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GAROA	Voa	Cassette	SUCATA TAPES	SUC 063CS
$17.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Lisbon-based duo Garoa -- formed by Brazilian musicians Raphael Soares (drums, percussion) and Henrique Dias (piano, synthesizer, guitar, percussion) -- craft an evocative soundscape that merges Afro-Brazilian rhythms with ambient textures. Their latest release, recorded in May 2024 at Estúdio Fetra, presents a free-flowing exploration where harmonies and rhythms unfold organically, avoiding rigid structures and embracing improvisation full time. The album's compositions are anchored by the interplay between Soares' fluid percussion and Dias' expansive harmonic approach. Tracks like "A Sandália Quadrada de Lampião" and "Xaxado de Chicago" weave percussive patterns reminiscent of Brazil's Nordeste, blending them seamlessly with atmospheric synthesizers. "Baião de 2" and "Farofa e Cachaça" carry the unmistakable swing of Brazilian traditional forms, reinterpreted through Garoa's lens of modernity and free flowing spontaneity. Produced and mixed by Kellzo, the album captures the spirit of a collaboration that thrives on fluidity and openness. Garoa doesn't aim for definitive statements; instead, they invite the listener into an evolving sonic landscape, where tradition and experimentation walk hand in hand.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BORGES, LO	Lo Borges	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 338LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Before he turned 20, Lô Borges released one of the most captivating albums to come out of Brazil's rich musical landscape -- a record that somehow flew under the radar at the time but has since become a cult favorite for listeners around the world. Recorded in the same whirlwind year as the legendary Clube da Esquina -- the groundbreaking collaboration with Milton Nascimento and Beto Guedes -- this self-titled solo debut finds Lô Borges in full creative flight. Pressured by Odeon Records to deliver a solo project, Borges responded with a burst of youthful brilliance, sometimes writing a song in the morning and laying it down in the studio that very night. The result? An album that's spontaneous, heartfelt, and sonically stunning. From the shimmering guitars of "Você Fica Melhor Assim" to the dreamy melodies of "Canção Postal" and the jazz-infused groove of "Calibre," the album blends Brazilian popular music with rock, soul, and subtle psychedelic touches. It's got the intimate spirit of a bedroom recording, but with the musical sophistication of legends -- with collaborators like Toninho Horta, Tenorio Jr., Nelson Angelo, and of course, Beto Guedes helping bring Borges' vision to life. Fans of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, or early Nascimento will feel right at home here -- but Lô Borges brings his own voice, at once tender and electrifying, to every track. The guitars are fuzzy, the harmonies rich, and the songwriting nothing short of magical. Though it didn't make a splash in 1972, Lô Borges has only grown in stature over the years. It's the kind of album you discover once, then return to again and again -- a timeless treasure from a young artist who helped redefine Brazilian music from the ground up. If you're into warm, soulful songwriting with a touch of experimental edge, this record is waiting for you. Give it a listen -- and see why Lô Borges is considered one of Brazil's most underrated masterpieces. Reissue on 180g vinyl.

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TONI TORNADO	Toni Tornado	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 339LP
$30.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/16/2026 Originally released in 1972, Toni Tornado's self-titled debut is a landmark in Brazilian soul and funk -- a gritty, groovy record that helped define the sound of the Black Rio movement. Blending deep soul, psychedelic funk, and bold orchestration, this album channels the revolutionary energy of James Brown with the tropical swagger of Rio's streets. From the urgent rhythms of "Torniente" to the undeniable strut of "Mané Beleza" and "Tornado," Toni's music pulses with a fierce sense of pride and liberation. It's the sound of a new cultural identity taking shape -- where African-American soul met Afro-Brazilian reality. Often compared to the legendary Tim Maia, Tornado brought his own explosive edge to Brazil's growing soul scene. By the 1970s, other Brazilian musicians, such as Banda Black Rio, Cassiano, Gerson King Combo, Jorge Ben, and Gilberto Gil, began making soul records. DJs started throwing soul-only parties. Toni Tornado's voice carries grit and passion, his grooves hit hard, and his message is crystal clear -- Black is beautiful, and the funk is real. Back on vinyl for a new generation, this reissue is more than a collector's gem -- it's a time capsule from an era when music moved bodies and minds. Essential listening for fans of vintage soul, global funk, and revolutionary sounds. Reissue on 180g vinyl.

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U-ZIQ	1979	2LP	BALMAT	BALMAT 019LP
$35.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 "Two years after he first appeared on Balmat with 1977, Mike Paradinas returns with 1979. The sense of continuity between the two records is clear, and not just from their titles. Both capture the Planet Mu head venturing into the wilderness, seeking something -- half-formed memories, thoughts caught in midair -- in some of the most abstract, searching music he has released. Just like 1977, 1979 surveys a synth-heavy array of ethereal soundscapes, ominous crevasses, and strange, psychedelic fugues. Like its predecessor, the new album's atmospheric cast sets it apart from much of the work Paradinas has released as µ-Ziq on Planet Mu. It's not strictly an ambient record, but it's close, as close as this famously mutable artist ever comes to inhabiting a particular genre. Paradinas' inspiration for the record began on visits to the Spanish cities of Ávila and Majadahona, where his family hails from. That might account for the sense that there are spirits flitting through this music, presences you can intuit if not quite grasp. But 1979 is also a record to meet on your own terms, and to find your own meanings in. It's a stunning record, every track a world unto itself: the mysterious contours of "Majadahonda at Dawn"; the playful melodic fillips of "Clari"; the airy melancholy of "Galletas"; the full-scale breakbeat abandon (yes, you read that right) of "Houzz 14," the rarest of dancefloor detours for Balmat. There are echoes of classic braindance and isolationist ambient and golden-age IDM; there are easter eggs and recurring themes and hidden symmetries. Despite what the title might suggest, it's less a trip back in time than a portal to another universe, a destination for(to?) which only Mike Paradinas knows the exact coordinates." --Philip Sherburne

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
OMICIL, JOWEE	sMiLes	CD	BASH! VILLAGE RECORDS	BV 002CD
$18.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 sMiLes, the eleventh album by Canadian-Haitian musician Jowee Omicil, stands out as a vibrant manifesto of freedom and authenticity. Fearless and boundless, the album celebrates self-expression, the beauty of imperfection, and the courage to trust the music. Through eleven tracks and a bonus track featuring multi-award-winning singer Dominique Fils-Aimé, Jowee unfolds a uniquely rich soundscape. The album navigates between the legacy of Abbey Lincoln and the resonances of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Roy Hargrove, while asserting a deeply personal identity. Between Cap-Haïtien and 52nd Street in New York, between voodoo drums and cosmic vibrations, sMiLes illustrates the approach of an artist in constant search of innovation, faithful to his essence and his creative freedom. Also featuring Ludovic Louis, Mawuena Kodjovi, Malika Zarra, and Jonathan Jurion.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
OMICIL, JOWEE	sMiLes	LP	BASH! VILLAGE RECORDS	BV 002LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 LP version. sMiLes, the eleventh album by Canadian-Haitian musician Jowee Omicil, stands out as a vibrant manifesto of freedom and authenticity. Fearless and boundless, the album celebrates self-expression, the beauty of imperfection, and the courage to trust the music. Through eleven tracks and a bonus track featuring multi-award-winning singer Dominique Fils-Aimé, Jowee unfolds a uniquely rich soundscape. The album navigates between the legacy of Abbey Lincoln and the resonances of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Roy Hargrove, while asserting a deeply personal identity. Between Cap-Haïtien and 52nd Street in New York, between voodoo drums and cosmic vibrations, sMiLes illustrates the approach of an artist in constant search of innovation, faithful to his essence and his creative freedom. Also featuring Ludovic Louis, Mawuena Kodjovi, Malika Zarra, and Jonathan Jurion.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
FEX	Dead End	7"	THE OUTER EDGE	EDGE 039EP
$20.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 Two more lost FEX recordings have emerged from an old demo cassette: "Dead End" and "Sarah." On both songs, guitarist and main songwriter Ture Rückwardt joins forces on lead vocals with his former wife and musical partner Ilona Rückwardt, forming a vocal pairing that channels raw energy and eerie chemistry. Neither song makes the slightest concession to commercial trends. Instead, they feel utterly uncompromising -- wild, strange, and defiantly timeless. In a world obsessed with polish and playlists, "Dead End" and "Sarah" sound like transmissions from a different planet. Both tracks were originally recorded as demos in 1984 in the band's rehearsal room, with Hase engineering.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YIN YIN	Yatta!	CD	GLITTERBEAT	GB 181CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 On their fourth album Yatta!, the celebrated Dutch quartet YĪN YĪN extends, bends, and ignites a joyous mix of disco, funk, surf, psychedelia, and Southeast Asian motifs. As Yatta! proves, the band's sonic footprint is an ever-evolving kaleidoscope of sounds, textures and beats. As with their breakthrough album Mount Matsu (GB 147CD, 2024), their devotion to getting the dance floor moving remains front and center. That impulse, already strong, has intensified -- Yatta! lifting it to an ecstatic next level. The result? An album that reveals a band whose groove just keeps getting deeper. Certainly, the quartet from Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands has built a reputation for balancing an eclectic range of influences and using them to forge something that is affectionately retro and, at the same time, fresh and forward-facing. From the beginning, YĪN YĪN have been devoted to exploring global sounds with an emphasis on getting the dance floor moving -- an impulse that reaches its peak on Yatta! One major influence is the sound of Italo Disco -- the spacey brand of disco music that arose in Italy in the late 1970s. "It has something of a mystique," says Berkers. "All the producers were using new recording techniques and effects, but there are not many pictures or videos of how they were creating things in the studio. You have to use your own fantasy and create your own story about how that music is created." Across the album, YĪN YĪN specialize in creating the soundtracks to dream journeys, opportunities for the listener to visit places that exist in realms of the imagination. If there's a general direction of travel in YĪN YĪN's expeditions, it's towards the east, with Asian influences coming through loud and clear. It's a fascination that has suffused YĪN YĪN's sound since, in the early days, they stumbled upon a couple of compilation albums of psychedelic '60s and '70s guitar music from Southeast Asia. Adopting Eastern tunings has imparted an unusual feel to YĪN YĪN's music and challenged them as songwriters, and Yatta! is the sound of four musicians finding their own globe-trotting groove, and having the time of their lives exploring it.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YIN YIN	Yatta!	LP	GLITTERBEAT	GB 181LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 LP version. On their fourth album Yatta!, the celebrated Dutch quartet YĪN YĪN extends, bends, and ignites a joyous mix of disco, funk, surf, psychedelia, and Southeast Asian motifs. As Yatta! proves, the band's sonic footprint is an ever-evolving kaleidoscope of sounds, textures and beats. As with their breakthrough album Mount Matsu (GB 147CD, 2024), their devotion to getting the dance floor moving remains front and center. That impulse, already strong, has intensified -- Yatta! lifting it to an ecstatic next level. The result? An album that reveals a band whose groove just keeps getting deeper. Certainly, the quartet from Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands has built a reputation for balancing an eclectic range of influences and using them to forge something that is affectionately retro and, at the same time, fresh and forward-facing. From the beginning, YĪN YĪN have been devoted to exploring global sounds with an emphasis on getting the dance floor moving -- an impulse that reaches its peak on Yatta! One major influence is the sound of Italo Disco -- the spacey brand of disco music that arose in Italy in the late 1970s. "It has something of a mystique," says Berkers. "All the producers were using new recording techniques and effects, but there are not many pictures or videos of how they were creating things in the studio. You have to use your own fantasy and create your own story about how that music is created." Across the album, YĪN YĪN specialize in creating the soundtracks to dream journeys, opportunities for the listener to visit places that exist in realms of the imagination. If there's a general direction of travel in YĪN YĪN's expeditions, it's towards the east, with Asian influences coming through loud and clear. It's a fascination that has suffused YĪN YĪN's sound since, in the early days, they stumbled upon a couple of compilation albums of psychedelic '60s and '70s guitar music from Southeast Asia. Adopting Eastern tunings has imparted an unusual feel to YĪN YĪN's music and challenged them as songwriters, and Yatta! is the sound of four musicians finding their own globe-trotting groove, and having the time of their lives exploring it.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
ALKOHOLE	ttimesquare	LP	KANN	KANN 065LP
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 Recorded with guitar, loops, and minimal effects -- a decade after "Knochen in meinem Körper" appeared on a Family Horror compilation -- Alkohole returns with ttimesquare -- a quiet closing of an open chapter. It's a step away from the label's club-oriented catalogue, yet not an alien one.

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VA	Cerrero Dubs	LP	LLORONA RECORDS	LLO 261LP
$35.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 Cerrero steps into his lab like the alchemists of 1970s Kingston: cutting, repeating, filtering, letting the bass breathe, and allowing echo and reverb to give a new dimension to a unique selection of songs from the catalogs of Llorona Records and Discos Pacífico. Cerrero Dubs is a tribute to classic dub, crafted with the soul of cumbia, juga, and bambuco, from Palenque, San Jacinto, Guapi, and Tumaco: live manipulation, sonic experimentation, bass as backbone, delay as tool. Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Son Palenque, Sexteto Tabalá, Bejuco, Agrupación Changó, and Semblanzas del Río Guapi, transported into a universe where the sounds of Colombia 's jungles and coasts are not remixed -- they are deconstructed, twisted, and dubbed. Cerrero -- sound alchemist and founder of Llorona Records and Discos Pacífico -- offers a selection of versions in which the Caribbean and Afro-Pacific sounds of Colombia are transformed into hypnotic, ethereal, psychedelic, and minimalist soundscapes. A reinterpretation of the legacy of iconic groups, shaped through the console and sensitivity of a producer exploring the possible futures of the local sounds.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
WEEKS, GREG	If The Sun Dies	LP	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 012LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 "Dormancy comes in many forms. For some it is a break from the world of stress and the constant demands one finds oneself under. For others it is a much-needed respite from the grind, a time to disengage from the wheel and collect oneself for the next challenge. If The Sun Dies, Greg Weeks' seventh release, is a signal that his respite is over. Pursuing creativity once again, Weeks finds himself in a period of explosive productivity. He has written an enormous number of songs over the past few years, enough to fuel five separate projects, including If The Sun Dies. In addition, he has rebuilt his Hexham Head Studio (still all analog, still twenty-four tracks) and resuscitated his label Language Of Stone (sans imprint status). If The Sun Dies, which takes its title from an Oriana Fallaci novel, is every bit a Weeks album: cryptic-poetic lyrics over melancholic melodies strummed on acoustic guitar and ornamented with the analog instruments he has forever treasured (Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Mini-Moog, and effects-laden guitars). However, the album feels like a departure, a maturation in both content and approach despite its many echoes from the past. The album's running thread is melancholia, but lyrically the tunes couldn't be more disparate. 'If The Sun Dies' is an anthem that posits the end of things being the only means by which two people can find time to truly connect. 'The Heathen Heart' speaks to one's desire for salvation yet underscores a different, more frightening reality. The more narrative 'A Narrow Star' follows a young woman's journey into entropy, while 'Tail Lights Burn The Hillside Red' explores the depression that likely drove her there. Shifting gears, 'Dream You Awake' investigates the more archetypal territory of the star-crossed lovers, while 'Driven' attempts, unsuccessfully, to put the genie back into the bottle. 'Ridley Street,' a song about a stalker, is juxtaposed to 'Rainless,' a song that believes in the transcendent power of love. While 'A Million Ways To Die' and 'Gone Darkside' tread quite literal territory, the album's closer, 'What It Takes' questions identity in the face of pharmaceuticals. Taken in total, the album amounts to a complete return to form."

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COLD STORAGE	wipE'out" - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack Vol. 2	2CD	LAPSUS RECORDS	LPS PS019CD
$23.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 The legacy of wipE′out″ has transcended time and cemented itself as a true transgenerational phenomenon. Launched in 1995, it didn't just revolutionize the gaming industry, it created a bridge between the gaming ecosystem and the raver community. Its futuristic aesthetics and forward-thinking sound left a mark not only on mainstream audiences but also on the most demanding corners of the underground. Decades later, the game's impact is still alive. The release in 2023 of The Zero Gravity Soundtrack on Lapsus Records proved once again that wipE′out″'s accompanying audio will go down in history as much more than just an anti-gravity racing game soundtrack. This is why Lapsus decided to go deeper into the slipstream and build the second volume you're now holding in your hands. Drawn from the original archives of Tim Wright, aka CoLD SToRAGE, this new collection surfaces unreleased cuts, pieces that couldn't fit on the first edition, and a suite of self-authored ambient reworks that translate pure velocity into wide-screen atmospherics engineered for the long straights, the drone of airbrakes, the blue hour between checkpoints. It also reconnects the circuit, gathering selections and variants tied to later chapters of the saga -- wipE′out″ HD and wipE′out″ Pure -- plus alternative mixes that, until now, only existed in the Sega Saturn dimension of the franchise. Finally, the material takes a leap into the future in the hands of four remixers especially chosen for this release: Tim Reaper, SHERELLE, Mantra, and NikNak, who collectively forge links between CoLD SToRAGE's pioneering musical vision, the sound world of the game, and the contemporary breakbeats and drum and bass vanguard. Expect the DNA you remember -- accelerated breaks, trance-vector synths, jungle influences, sub-bass rumbling neatly beneath the craft's hull, and at times even echoes of classic hardstyle -- now revealed with new angles and air. The previously unheard material carries the same aerodynamic design sense that made these tracks feel faster than the track map itself, while the ambient versions open the field of view with melodies hovering at the lip of overdrive. For the faithful -- crate-digging ravers, speed-run obsessives, and design nerds -- this is an essential expansion pack: compiling rarities, restoring context, and reframing the emotional core of wipE′out″ for late nights and early mornings alike. Bridging memory and momentum, club and console, rush and afterglow. Strap in.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
COLD STORAGE	wipE'out" - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack Vol. 2	3LP	LAPSUS RECORDS	LPS PS019LP
$45.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 Triple LP version. The legacy of wipE′out″ has transcended time and cemented itself as a true transgenerational phenomenon. Launched in 1995, it didn't just revolutionize the gaming industry, it created a bridge between the gaming ecosystem and the raver community. Its futuristic aesthetics and forward-thinking sound left a mark not only on mainstream audiences but also on the most demanding corners of the underground. Decades later, the game's impact is still alive. The release in 2023 of The Zero Gravity Soundtrack on Lapsus Records proved once again that wipE′out″'s accompanying audio will go down in history as much more than just an anti-gravity racing game soundtrack. This is why Lapsus decided to go deeper into the slipstream and build the second volume you're now holding in your hands. Drawn from the original archives of Tim Wright, aka CoLD SToRAGE, this new collection surfaces unreleased cuts, pieces that couldn't fit on the first edition, and a suite of self-authored ambient reworks that translate pure velocity into wide-screen atmospherics engineered for the long straights, the drone of airbrakes, the blue hour between checkpoints. It also reconnects the circuit, gathering selections and variants tied to later chapters of the saga -- wipE′out″ HD and wipE′out″ Pure -- plus alternative mixes that, until now, only existed in the Sega Saturn dimension of the franchise. Finally, the material takes a leap into the future in the hands of four remixers especially chosen for this release: Tim Reaper, SHERELLE, Mantra, and NikNak, who collectively forge links between CoLD SToRAGE's pioneering musical vision, the sound world of the game, and the contemporary breakbeats and drum and bass vanguard. Expect the DNA you remember -- accelerated breaks, trance-vector synths, jungle influences, sub-bass rumbling neatly beneath the craft's hull, and at times even echoes of classic hardstyle -- now revealed with new angles and air. The previously unheard material carries the same aerodynamic design sense that made these tracks feel faster than the track map itself, while the ambient versions open the field of view with melodies hovering at the lip of overdrive. For the faithful -- crate-digging ravers, speed-run obsessives, and design nerds -- this is an essential expansion pack: compiling rarities, restoring context, and reframing the emotional core of wipE′out″ for late nights and early mornings alike. Bridging memory and momentum, club and console, rush and afterglow. Strap in.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Golpes	14x7" BOX	MUNSTER RECORDS	MR 7394EP
$200.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 Golpes brings together some of the holy grails of Spanish post-punk in 7" format -- records that helped define the sound of the early '80s. This box set is a collection of rarities, but above all, a celebration of monumental songs that have become timeless anthems, transcending darkwave, la movida, and new wave alike. Just look at the lineup: "Autosuficiencia," "El Hospital," "Nacidos para dominar," "Cómo perdimos Berlín," "Quiero ser santa," "Los Celos se apoderan de mí," and, of course, "Golpes." You'll find names like Alaska y los Pegamoides and Gabinete Caligari, who went on to achieve massive popularity and commercial success, alongside legendary artists such as Desechables and Parálisis Permanente -- arguably Spain's most iconic post-punk band -- and cult favorites beloved by the most dedicated fans, like Agrimensor K and El Último Sueño. This box set comprises impossible-to-find singles, genre classics, and rarities like the 12"s by Seres Vacíos or the mythical flexi by Alaska y los Pegamoides, now appearing for the first time ever on 7" vinyl. In total, 14 seven-inch records, each with its original artwork and inserts. Also included is a 24-page booklet featuring flyers, posters, ads, quotes, and fanzine clippings from the era, plus a text by Borja Prieto, and the ultra-rare Alaska y los Pegamoides poster that originally came with the first pressing of their single "Horror en el hipermercado." Golpes is a deep dive into the darker side of Spain's vibrant 1980s music scene. An absolute must-have.

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PARAJEKT	Parajekt	LP	PALAZZO RECORDINGS	PALAZZO 013LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 The music of the duo Parajekt is created on electronic instruments. Drum machines, samplers, modular synths, and effects devices all culminate in a tape recorder, whose limitations invite them to work with great musical and sonic precision. The resulting pieces serve as the first layer and as a sound score, which is then overwritten, mixed, and refined with dub techniques in a subsequent step. Elements inspired by electronic beat music, musique concrete, and noise merge in a musical performance that brings the studio action onto the stage and places it front and center.

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URLAUB IN POLEN	Objects, Beings & Parrots	CD	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 596CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 More than two decades after their formation, Urlaub in Polen continue to celebrate an aesthetic of transience -- an experience bounded by time, poured into the project's very name -- set against a continuous flow of new impressions and a suitcase slowly filling with memorabilia. After a longer hiatus, their 2020 album All (TR 461CD marked a return with a warped take on krautrock, a direction which their new release Objects, Beings and Parrots both follows and expands upon. In true eclectic tradition, it ventures further into diverse genre territories -- always exploratory, yet never losing its thread. Multi-instrumentalist Georg Brenner and drummer Jan Philipp Janzen blaze a trail through a dense web of references (see also the cover collage merging tile selections, retro interior suggestions, and archaeology textbook cutouts), evoking a warm feeling of being taken along for the ride -- even as the band refuses to be pinned down to any clear musical category. Take the opener, "Abacus": kicking off with a drum machine and subtle guitar flourishes, it already nods -- title included -- to the mechanical, forward-clicking motorik sound of first-generation krautrock. Then it takes a turn, morphing into a grooving jam with increasingly dense sound layers, howling guitars, and the band's signature clipped vocal phrases -- calling to mind flashes of '90s noise rock. Next up on this winding path: a washing machine -- here manifested in layers of wide synth textures, crashing drums, distorted guitars, and vocals that end in a staccato-like cough. It's a shaking, rattling trip through a cosmos of self-willed machinery and a comforting embrace of imperfection. And so the transformation continues: sometimes as wavering retrofuturism ("Fame & Fortune"), sometimes as surprisingly melodic acoustic pop -- complete with a woodland brass solo ("Jaki's Love Time") -- and always through the weaving of finely crafted rhythmic repetitions with sonic experimentation. The Objects, Beings and Parrots in this flow form vague images, points of orientation and pause: at once recognizable elements drawn from pop and art history, and yet as fleeting and abstract as the track that shares their name. You can hear the album's decelerated genesis: after a lengthy writing phase, the tracks were recorded across multiple sessions at the secluded MARS Studio in Germany's Eifel region. The result is a trippy, self-contained celebration of persistence -- of pushing forward, without excluding moments of stillness, and with the occasional glance in the rear-view mirror.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
URLAUB IN POLEN	Objects, Beings & Parrots	LP	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 596LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 LP version. More than two decades after their formation, Urlaub in Polen continue to celebrate an aesthetic of transience -- an experience bounded by time, poured into the project's very name -- set against a continuous flow of new impressions and a suitcase slowly filling with memorabilia. After a longer hiatus, their 2020 album All (TR 461CD marked a return with a warped take on krautrock, a direction which their new release Objects, Beings and Parrots both follows and expands upon. In true eclectic tradition, it ventures further into diverse genre territories -- always exploratory, yet never losing its thread. Multi-instrumentalist Georg Brenner and drummer Jan Philipp Janzen blaze a trail through a dense web of references (see also the cover collage merging tile selections, retro interior suggestions, and archaeology textbook cutouts), evoking a warm feeling of being taken along for the ride -- even as the band refuses to be pinned down to any clear musical category. Take the opener, "Abacus": kicking off with a drum machine and subtle guitar flourishes, it already nods -- title included -- to the mechanical, forward-clicking motorik sound of first-generation krautrock. Then it takes a turn, morphing into a grooving jam with increasingly dense sound layers, howling guitars, and the band's signature clipped vocal phrases -- calling to mind flashes of '90s noise rock. Next up on this winding path: a washing machine -- here manifested in layers of wide synth textures, crashing drums, distorted guitars, and vocals that end in a staccato-like cough. It's a shaking, rattling trip through a cosmos of self-willed machinery and a comforting embrace of imperfection. And so the transformation continues: sometimes as wavering retrofuturism ("Fame & Fortune"), sometimes as surprisingly melodic acoustic pop -- complete with a woodland brass solo ("Jaki's Love Time") -- and always through the weaving of finely crafted rhythmic repetitions with sonic experimentation. The Objects, Beings and Parrots in this flow form vague images, points of orientation and pause: at once recognizable elements drawn from pop and art history, and yet as fleeting and abstract as the track that shares their name. You can hear the album's decelerated genesis: after a lengthy writing phase, the tracks were recorded across multiple sessions at the secluded MARS Studio in Germany's Eifel region. The result is a trippy, self-contained celebration of persistence -- of pushing forward, without excluding moments of stillness, and with the occasional glance in the rear-view mirror.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LA CUCARACHA BRASS	La Cucaracha Brass	LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 340LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 During the sixties, especially the second half, Bobby Marín was an up-and-coming young Nuyorican who was responsible, along with his brother Richard, for producing, writing, or coordinating recordings by Louie Ramírez, Machito, The Nitty Gritty, Willie Rosario, Joe Cuba, Johnny Zamot, Kako, and Azuquita, Charlie Palmieri, and others. Many of these artists were caught up in the ongoing boogaloo movement. So, it was not a surprise when Ismael Maisonave -- an unsung hero of Latin music and owner of Mary Lou Records -- approached Bobby with the idea of reissuing a Raphie Martínez album as a budget LP under a different name, resulting in La Cucaracha Brass. The songs selected for this compilation represent a point in time when the world was getting ready for an incipient monster called salsa, which would take over for years to come. The LP includes descargas, guaguancós, guarachas, as well as the declining boogaloo. It is a collection of recordings by different artists and was named Cucaracha Brass because at that time the group Tijuana Brass was very popular. Most of the songs were taken (six out of eight, presumably) from the Raphie Martínez and the National Combo LP Cool Man (Mary Lou 1002). However, there are noticeable differences between the two albums. "Latin Power" is an explosive instrumental guaracha and descarga, where the trumpet, congas, and timbales deliver powerful solos. "Takin' Over" -- an instrumental boogaloo -- appears as "We Are Taking Over" on Raphie Martínez's album (with a faster tempo and featuring a background voice). "Hey Mama," a boogaloo sung by Bobby Marín, is titled "Do It All Over" on Martínez's recording, featuring a different singer, different lyrics, and a different tempo. As well as the edited versions of tracks taken from Martínez's album, this album comprises songs taken from other Mary Lou Records releases such as Quique Rosa y La Sabrosa Orchestra (Mary Lou 1020).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
VA	Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol.4	2LP	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 341LP
$37.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 The historical origins of cumbia are nebulous and imprecise. The mythology surrounding it suggests an ancient past when Amerindian, African and European musical sounds were mixed together. After digging deep into the overwhelming archives of Discos Fuentes, Codiscos and Discos MAG in previous volumes, this fourth instalment in the series Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! comprises 28 Colombian cumbia bangers for the dance floor from the deep vaults of Discos Tropical, all of them originally released between 1960 and 1984. Discos Tropical was a Barranquilla-based label founded in the mid-1940s by Luis Emilio Fortou Pereira, a visionary who helped define Colombian dancing habits and tastes from the previous century. Until the late '50s, most cumbias were orchestral-based. However, even though formats and styles diversified from the following decade onward, these highly popular big bands spectacularly defined the sound of Discos Tropical and livened up the most cosmopolitan dances in the major coastal cities. After the mid-'60s, the big bands gradually fell into decline, but the popular demand for tropical music did not. Facing this situation, the major record companies created smaller-format groups with one particular feature: they mixed accordion music with brass bands. This new volume of Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! combines well-known classics and rarities that are difficult to find in their original formats. An invitation to enjoy and be amazed, above and beyond ethnographic and academic concerns. Featuring Carlos Haayen Y Su Combo, Bovea Y Sus Vallenatos, Álvaro Cárdenas Y Su Conjunto, Carlos Román Y Sus Estrellas, Luis Enrique Martínez Y Su Conjunto, Pello Torres Y Sus Diablos Del Ritmo, Banda 20 De Julio De Repelón, Andrés Landero Y Su Conjunto, Cumbia Mochila, Combo Maravilla, A.M. Camacho Y Cano, Eliceo García Y El Conjunto Palma Africana, Wasamaye African Rock, Conjunto Maravilla De Palo Alto, Manuel Villanueva Y Su Orquesta, Manuel Caraballo Y Su Conjunto, Pedro Salcedo Y Su Combo, Los Tiburones, Cumbia Bolivariana, Los Curramberos De Guayabal, Juan Polo Valencia, Lucho Better Y Su Orquesta, Florentino Montero Y Su Conjunto, Joe Montes Y Su Orquesta, Tere García Con Ramón Ropaín Y El Trío Fantasía, Los Indios Selectos Con Alberto Pacheco Y Su Acordeón, Rufo Garrido Y Su Orquesta, and Mincho Anaya Y Su Combo Moderno.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LOS PLAYBOYS/LOS ROGER'S	Play Boy/Descarga Rogers	7"	VAMPISOUL	VAMPI 45117EP
$15.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/23/2026 Iquitos, one of Peru's most remote cities and the capital of its Amazon region, was the epicenter of the psychedelic cumbia movement. Groups like Los Playboys belong to that mysterious category of almost-forgotten bands. On Ranil's label, Producciones Llerena, they released a superb single -- now reissued here with their track "Play Boy," an instrumental bursting with all the essential ingredients of psychedelic cumbia. Vampisoul complete this single with another great band from Iquitos: Los Roger's. Their magnificent "Descarga Rogers," never before available on 45, is the opening track of their only album and dives deep into Cuban-influenced sounds, where the guitar shares the spotlight with powerful percussion and vocals.

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COLOSSEUM	Valentyne Suite (Color VInyl)	LP	MUSIC ON VINYL	MOV 1758COL-LP
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2026 "Colosseum are an English jazz rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation. Colin Larkin (Encyclopedia of Popular Music) wrote that ''the commercial acceptance of jazz rock in the UK'' was mainly due to the band. The band were formed in early 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman with tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who met each other when they both played in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Valentyne Suite takes the band out of their bluesy comfort zone into something closer to prog rock. The album is generally seen as their best album and still extremely enjoyable. Valentyne Suite is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on white & pink marbled colored vinyl."

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BUZZCOCKS	Attitude Adjustment	LP	CHERRY RED	BRED 931LP
$38.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. "Legendary Manchester punk outfit Buzzcocks need little introduction. Back in 1977, they gave birth to a generation of independent labels with their debut EP Spiral Scratch. Thereafter, their melodic punk-pop proved irresistible, leading to hit singles and three landmark albums. They broke up in 1981 but reunited in 1989 and have been going steady ever since. Sadly, singer Pete Shelley passed away in 2018 but founder member and the band's other singer/songwriter Steve Diggle has kept the flag flying. Now they release their 12th studio album Attitude Adjustment which is bursting with 14 brand-new tracks that will delight fans of the iconic and much loved Manchester music institution."

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BUZZCOCKS	Attitude Adjustment	CD	CHERRY RED	CDBRED 931CD
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "Legendary Manchester punk outfit Buzzcocks need little introduction. Back in 1977, they gave birth to a generation of independent labels with their debut EP Spiral Scratch. Thereafter, their melodic punk-pop proved irresistible, leading to hit singles and three landmark albums. They broke up in 1981 but reunited in 1989 and have been going steady ever since. Sadly, singer Pete Shelley passed away in 2018 but founder member and the band's other singer/songwriter Steve Diggle has kept the flag flying. Now they release their 12th studio album Attitude Adjustment which is bursting with 14 brand-new tracks that will delight fans of the iconic and much loved Manchester music institution."

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JURKEN, E.R.	To Be Continued	LP	COUNTRY THYME	CTN 103LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "ER Jurken's songwriting, as evidenced by his acclaimed first album I Stand Corrected, is inclined to wander through the past century or so of American music with a uniquely insouciant flair. On his debut, Ed (as his friends call him) did most of the playing himself, underscoring a deeply personal song-cycle of rise, fall and redemption -- a bare-bones production that ran the gamut from whoa to woe and back again! To Be Continued, his sophomore release, finds his baroque folk-pop fantasias literally on the rocks -- because this time around, Ed's got a power trio of players from Chicago's Junegrass to help him crank it up and out of the park. Once up in the air, his heavenly high tenor and vocal choir melodies further extrude the twisted psyche that underscores Ed & Co's easy riding rock 'n roll. Spelled in spots by Paul Von Mertens' extraordinary string and horn arrangements, the songs of To Be Continued aggressively transcend and defy the stings of everyday misfortune. When the new tunes finally surfaced, requesting and requiring different styles, more conventional song structures and most of all, a shot of rock and roll, Ed was there for the changes. Happy to be crafting his singular new songs in distinctly new musical textures, Ed ensconced himself once again at The Loft, with Mark Greenberg and Rian Murphy assisting the production. To back his vocals, guitar and keyboards, he brought Ben Brazil, Grant Engstrom and Jack Schemenauer in on bass, guitar, drums and percussion. The stalwart rock and roll they generate is further elevated by an old pal of Ed's from way back, Jonathan Kult, who played additional piano. Strings and horns under the direction of arranger/reedist Paul Von Mertens lift several tracks ever closer to the heavens. The combined tumult of all and sundry form an excellent vessel for the surreal melodrama of To Be Continued. As fluently as Ed's songwriting passes through eras of American pop, the songs themselves ramble easily through passageways of existence, finding equal measures of illumination, disillusion and affirmation at every turn. ER Jurken's To Be Continued is a second grand entry in the canon of outside/ inside rock and roll records by an emerging master of the form, an exquisite and timeless musical expression that meets the desperation of the modern world on the beach, with a disarmingly allusive, tuneful and surprising spirit."

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DORJI, TASHI	low clouds hang, this land is on fire	Cassette	DRAG CITY	DC 969CS
$13.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "For his third new album release for Drag City, Tashi Dorji turns to the electric guitar. After the furious acoustic improvisations that drove the previous two -- Stateless and we will be wherever the fires are lit -- it's easy to imagine an album of his electric guitar improvisations as an encompassingly incendiary essay. Especially when titled low clouds hang, this land is on fire. After all, this is a man capable of tearing up the place with the tactile musical violence of Bill Orcutt and Derek Bailey! And yet, this knowledge serves to set up a greater shock: the album's disarmingly gentle musical drift. When asked why he turned the knob down from 11 for this album, Tashi says simply, 'To find the silence.' As ever with Tashi, this is a political statement. Even the search for silence takes intention and happens for a reason. In this time of such institutional inhumanity, what is there to feel but exhaustion? When seeing the faces of the deprived, what is there to feel other than hopelessness? In the face of such grief, what words are there to say? So, Tashi got a couple amps, moved from the shed where he'd done his first two DC titles, set up in a room in the family home with high ceilings and dialed in the reverb. Once the sound was in the space, reflecting in a manner that he felt congenial with his mood, he taped it. It's a striking signal, meditative and melancholy, with a delicacy comparable to the lineage of Loren Connors or Bill Frisell, the songs at times developed with the deliberate exposition of themes in raga's alap form. It's a sound that lives within silence. Once he'd laid down the sound, Tashi went back and listened to the composition of each piece. Then the words came easily. They're the titles of these songs, they provide the narrative -- or a prism, to allow us to gaze unblinking upon the awesome rot of empire. The cover art for low clouds hang, this land is on fire includes this found verse, sourced from an old anarchist 'zine."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DORJI, TASHI	low clouds hang, this land is on fire	LP	DRAG CITY	DC 969LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. "For his third new album release for Drag City, Tashi Dorji turns to the electric guitar. After the furious acoustic improvisations that drove the previous two -- Stateless and we will be wherever the fires are lit -- it's easy to imagine an album of his electric guitar improvisations as an encompassingly incendiary essay. Especially when titled low clouds hang, this land is on fire. After all, this is a man capable of tearing up the place with the tactile musical violence of Bill Orcutt and Derek Bailey! And yet, this knowledge serves to set up a greater shock: the album's disarmingly gentle musical drift. When asked why he turned the knob down from 11 for this album, Tashi says simply, 'To find the silence.' As ever with Tashi, this is a political statement. Even the search for silence takes intention and happens for a reason. In this time of such institutional inhumanity, what is there to feel but exhaustion? When seeing the faces of the deprived, what is there to feel other than hopelessness? In the face of such grief, what words are there to say? So, Tashi got a couple amps, moved from the shed where he'd done his first two DC titles, set up in a room in the family home with high ceilings and dialed in the reverb. Once the sound was in the space, reflecting in a manner that he felt congenial with his mood, he taped it. It's a striking signal, meditative and melancholy, with a delicacy comparable to the lineage of Loren Connors or Bill Frisell, the songs at times developed with the deliberate exposition of themes in raga's alap form. It's a sound that lives within silence. Once he'd laid down the sound, Tashi went back and listened to the composition of each piece. Then the words came easily. They're the titles of these songs, they provide the narrative -- or a prism, to allow us to gaze unblinking upon the awesome rot of empire. The cover art for low clouds hang, this land is on fire includes this found verse, sourced from an old anarchist 'zine."

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GEOLOGIST	Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?	2LP	DRAG CITY	DC 970LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "Geologist is the nom-de-théâtre of Brian Weitz, whose pursuits have been an active part of the music underground since he was 15, playing and working in alignment with an organic ensemble of friends that would one day choose to call what they were doing Animal Collective. Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? migrates from that tradition, containing a number of surprise affects of its own. It is the first step into a rippling songscape in which his hurdy gurdy gives and takes multiple forms, an epic electro-acoustic textile of many colors cut from the life and times of Brian Weitz. It's an inspired ride through his phases and stages, with traditional sounds, ritual moods, avant, prog-jazz, kraut, post-punk and minimalist vibes merging in electronic infinity. Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?, lit like a constellation, threads impulses and happenings across space, cherry picking from his psychic archive: the vibe of an energizing drive from Tucson into the desert, taken repeatedly in the early aughts; an incendiary live witness one night in the clubs in 1998; the unending thrill of the mind-meld in eternal recurrence. Geologist uses the drone and chanter strings, whose possibilities blew open the walls for him back then, to highlight these moments in the kaleidoscopic flow of memory. As he set the controls to account for a multitude of directions on this long-promised journey, Brian took inspiration from late-dawning solo eras of players like Bill Orcutt and Susan Alcorn. Then, hurdy gurdy in hand, Geologist realized structures, improvisations and rhythm tracks at home before seeking other energies at Asheville's Drop of Sun Studio. At the session, Adam McDaniel helped a lot -- he drafted drummers Emma Garau, Alianna Kalaba (FACS, Cat Power) and Ryan Oslance (The Dead Tongues, Indigo De Souza), Sham's Shane McCord on clarinets and Mikey Powers on cello. Through vagaries of fate, Brian got Adam Lion to play vibraphone in a few places, Dave 'Avey Tare' Portner for a couple bass tracks, and his son, Merrick Weitz, on acoustic guitar for 'Government Job.' Izzy Barber painted the front cover and gatefold, capturing that Tucson magic, and Bob Nastanovich lettered the back cover, supplying additional pieces of time and space to the puzzle. Through the mystery and science of record making, Geologist refracts beatifically through his back pages throughout Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?"

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SEPALOT	closer	LP	ESKAPADEN	ESK 211LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 closer is Sepalot's soulful mosaic of beats and unity, where hip-hop grit meets human connection. The album blends sample-based production with classic songwriting -- like a sonic mosaic of warmth and groove. Lyrically "hippiesque," Sepalot explores natural beauty, unity, equality, and self-determination. Guest features shine: Blu delivers sharp lyricism, and Illa J surprises with soulful vocals on "My Own Way." For fans of The Avalanches, Caribou, and Madlib. closer is lush, human, and unforgettable. Sepalot is one of those rare artists whose sonic palette refuses to be boxed in. His music exists in the fertile space between multi-layered sophistication and playful unpredictability -- a quality rooted in his eclectic upbringing. From skate-punk beginnings to soul all-nighters, from obsessive vinyl digging to deep immersion in hip-hop's golden era, Sepalot has carried the art of sampling like a badge of honor. His beats are mosaics -- meticulously pieced together fragments of sound forming an intricate whole. Beyond the studio, he's explored these influences as DJ, producer, and live performer, leading the Sepalot Quartet across Europe's jazz festivals, and more recently with his experimental band Tikhet alongside Angela Aux.

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ADLER, LOU	Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains (2-Disc) [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray]	2xBLU-RAY	FUN CITY EDITIONS	FCE 036UHD
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "The Stains, a fledgling punk band comprised of three teenage girls, rise, fall, and rise again in this 'rock 'n roll parody' directed by music industry veteran Lou Adler (Up in Smoke). With nothing keeping them in their dying factory hometown, rebellious Corinne Burns (Diane Lane, Streets of Fire), her sister Tracy (Marin Kanter, The Loveless) and their cousin Jessica (Laura Dern, Wild at Heart) form the Stains and tour with fading glam rockers the Metal Corpses and working-class English punks the Looters. Through a combination of media manipulation and Corinne's brazen on-stage persona, the Stains become an unlikely overnight sensation. But the girls quickly learn that the business of music is insatiable, fans are fickle and fame is fleeting. Nancy Dowd's (Coming Home) trenchant script takes place in the same, fictional Rust Belt town that her Slap Shot is set in. Through its story occurs within an accelerated, 'only in the movies' timeframe, Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains is full of truths about the music business thanks to the contributions of many industry insiders on both sides of the camera. Barely released in 1982 and unavailable on home video for decades, the film has become a bona fide cult classic through late night cable airings and the 'riot grrrl' movement it helped inspire. Newly-restored from its original 35mm camera negative, Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains comes to 4K UHD for the first time anywhere in the world." Double-sided wrap with legacy and newly-designed artwork by Scott Saslow and Marc Edward Heuck. Archival audio commentary by director Lou Adler. Archival audio commentary by stars Diane Lane and Laura Dern. Newly recorded audio commentary by Marc Edward Heuck. Newly recorded audio commentary by Jake Fogelnest and Marc Edward Heuck. Includes 'The Fabulous Stains: Behind the Movie,' archival making-of video featurette by Sarah Jacobson and Sam Green. Alternate opening title sequence from 35mm workprint. Deleted scenes from 35mm workprint (presented silent and with commentary from Marc Edward Heuck and Jonathan Hertzberg). Reel of dailies from music video shoot. Archival audio interview with Night Flight co-creator Stuart Shapiro. Region code 0.

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MORTAZAVI, MOHAMMAD REZA	Nexus	LP	LATENCY RECORDINGS	LTNC 034LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 Latency presents Nexus, the new solo album by virtuoso Iranian percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazavi. Covert art by Jordan Belson. Mohammad Reza Mortazavi (b. 1979, Iran) is known for his groundbreaking work with the tombak and daf, traditional Persian drums that he has radically redefined through new playing techniques and extended vocabulary. Mortazavi began playing the tombak at the age of six. By nine, he had already outpaced his teacher and won Iran's national tombak competition -- a distinction he would earn six more times. By his early twenties, he was widely regarded as one of the foremost players of the instrument. Since then, his music has continued to evolve, embracing new forms and vocabularies beyond tradition. Following his acclaimed 2019 release Ritme Jaavdanegi, Nexus marks Mortazavi's return to Latency with a full-length album recorded entirely in Berlin. The record introduces new elements into his sound: voice, effects, and treatments never before used in his discography. These experiments serve not as departures but as further extensions of his ongoing exploration of rhythm, resonance, and transformation. Nexus refers to a point of connection or intersection, a meeting place where different energies, times, and spaces converge and transform. The cover artwork features an image by American visual artist and filmmaker Jordan Belson (1926 -- 2011). Belson's work, often referred to as "cosmic cinema" or "visual music", explores themes of consciousness, transcendence, and the infinite nature of the universe. The pairing with Mortazavi's percussive, trance-induced musical language feels immediate: two approaches to rhythm and energy, balance and harmony, coming together at a single point. Mortazavi's hypnotic live performances have been featured at renowned venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Paris Pantheon and the Sydney Opera House. In recent years, Mortazavi's rhythmic explorations have resonated deeply with the experimental electronic music scene, leading to collaborations with artists such as Burnt Friedman and Mark Fell.

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SPACE DRUM MEDITATION	SDM007	12"	SPACE DRUM MEDITATION	SDM 007EP
$19.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 SDM007 comes with four tracks of percussion-heavy, fast tribal grooves, drifting flutes, hypnotic sirens, and mystical soundscapes. Psychedelic, trance-like, in constant ascent, ritualistic, yet made for the dancefloor. Includes download codes, sticker and poster insert.

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WALKER JR., BARRY	Paleo Sol	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 642CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "Barry Walker Jr. is a pedal steel player and guitarist whose roots in Americana, country and folk traditions influence his melding of minimalism, ambient and spiritual music. The Portland-based instrumentalist is also a member of the Rose City Band, known for his gorgeous phrasing and deft interplay with guitarist Ripley Johnson. On Paleo Sol, Walker demonstrates his singular voice as a pedal steel player and composer. Evoking the American western ranges and basins, the album embodies a longer, geologic view of time that patiently marvels at the ripples of change throughout lifetimes and ages. Walker is joined on Paleo Sol by drummer Rob Smith (Rhytion, Pigeons) and bassist and Mouth Painter bandmate Jason Willmon (Fruited Planes). Paleo Sol's tranquil landscapes glide, built on warm finger-picked guitar figures and pedal steel swells coupled with deft percussion and bass touches by Smith and Willmon respectively. The trio plays with exceptional fluidity either completing each other's' phrasing or working together to build momentum. Smith notes: 'The drums are not keeping time as much as evidencing its elasticity, mixing into the other instruments, changing phase states.' Every gesture on the album is rich with intention, moving with grace and playing with timbre and time. The pieces of Paleo Sol were composed during a monumental shift in Walker's own life, around the birth of his first child. Walker's compositions are guided by a serenity and gentleness that makes for a dreamy soundtrack. His acumen as a composer and instrumentalist are on full display on Paleo Sol. The album is a gorgeous reflection of Walker's own internal world as well as the detailed environment he's spent so much of his life exploring as a field geologist. "In human reckoning, the essence of the solid earth is mostly still. Those engaged in deep time inquiry recognize the vigor of Earth's behavior, and quiescence is a small part of the action." --Barry Walker "This is drift music, sustained by dusky drones and quiet fingerstyle. Everything's as gentle as a sunkissed stream. The pathways that once felt free and clear now sport an uneasy shade, yet the guitar picks on." --NPR Music

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
WALKER JR., BARRY	Paleo Sol	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 642LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. "Barry Walker Jr. is a pedal steel player and guitarist whose roots in Americana, country and folk traditions influence his melding of minimalism, ambient and spiritual music. The Portland-based instrumentalist is also a member of the Rose City Band, known for his gorgeous phrasing and deft interplay with guitarist Ripley Johnson. On Paleo Sol, Walker demonstrates his singular voice as a pedal steel player and composer. Evoking the American western ranges and basins, the album embodies a longer, geologic view of time that patiently marvels at the ripples of change throughout lifetimes and ages. Walker is joined on Paleo Sol by drummer Rob Smith (Rhytion, Pigeons) and bassist and Mouth Painter bandmate Jason Willmon (Fruited Planes). Paleo Sol's tranquil landscapes glide, built on warm finger-picked guitar figures and pedal steel swells coupled with deft percussion and bass touches by Smith and Willmon respectively. The trio plays with exceptional fluidity either completing each other's' phrasing or working together to build momentum. Smith notes: 'The drums are not keeping time as much as evidencing its elasticity, mixing into the other instruments, changing phase states.' Every gesture on the album is rich with intention, moving with grace and playing with timbre and time. The pieces of Paleo Sol were composed during a monumental shift in Walker's own life, around the birth of his first child. Walker's compositions are guided by a serenity and gentleness that makes for a dreamy soundtrack. His acumen as a composer and instrumentalist are on full display on Paleo Sol. The album is a gorgeous reflection of Walker's own internal world as well as the detailed environment he's spent so much of his life exploring as a field geologist. "In human reckoning, the essence of the solid earth is mostly still. Those engaged in deep time inquiry recognize the vigor of Earth's behavior, and quiescence is a small part of the action." --Barry Walker "This is drift music, sustained by dusky drones and quiet fingerstyle. Everything's as gentle as a sunkissed stream. The pathways that once felt free and clear now sport an uneasy shade, yet the guitar picks on." --NPR Music

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
WALKER JR., BARRY	Paleo Sol (Red Vinyl)	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 642X-LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. Red color vinyl. "Barry Walker Jr. is a pedal steel player and guitarist whose roots in Americana, country and folk traditions influence his melding of minimalism, ambient and spiritual music. The Portland-based instrumentalist is also a member of the Rose City Band, known for his gorgeous phrasing and deft interplay with guitarist Ripley Johnson. On Paleo Sol, Walker demonstrates his singular voice as a pedal steel player and composer. Evoking the American western ranges and basins, the album embodies a longer, geologic view of time that patiently marvels at the ripples of change throughout lifetimes and ages. Walker is joined on Paleo Sol by drummer Rob Smith (Rhytion, Pigeons) and bassist and Mouth Painter bandmate Jason Willmon (Fruited Planes). Paleo Sol's tranquil landscapes glide, built on warm finger-picked guitar figures and pedal steel swells coupled with deft percussion and bass touches by Smith and Willmon respectively. The trio plays with exceptional fluidity either completing each other's' phrasing or working together to build momentum. Smith notes: 'The drums are not keeping time as much as evidencing its elasticity, mixing into the other instruments, changing phase states.' Every gesture on the album is rich with intention, moving with grace and playing with timbre and time. The pieces of Paleo Sol were composed during a monumental shift in Walker's own life, around the birth of his first child. Walker's compositions are guided by a serenity and gentleness that makes for a dreamy soundtrack. His acumen as a composer and instrumentalist are on full display on Paleo Sol. The album is a gorgeous reflection of Walker's own internal world as well as the detailed environment he's spent so much of his life exploring as a field geologist. "In human reckoning, the essence of the solid earth is mostly still. Those engaged in deep time inquiry recognize the vigor of Earth's behavior, and quiescence is a small part of the action." --Barry Walker "This is drift music, sustained by dusky drones and quiet fingerstyle. Everything's as gentle as a sunkissed stream. The pathways that once felt free and clear now sport an uneasy shade, yet the guitar picks on." --NPR Music

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SOFT PINK TRUTH, THE	Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?	CD	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 644CD
$14.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 "The Soft Pink Truth (Drew Daniel also of Matmos) grafts chamber music and electronic music into a beguiling new hybrid pop album that evokes mid-20th century film soundtracks with nods to minimalism. Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? features artwork by Robert Beatty (Tame Impala, The Weeknd). The new album features a host of special guests: Bill Orcutt offers one of his most delicate performances committed to record. Other guests include strings arranger Ulas Kurugullu, harpists Neleta Ortiz and Cecilia Cuccolin, pianists Koye Berry and M.C. Schmidt, the Ebu String Quartet, as well as woodwinds played by Brandon Wilkins and Evelyn Frances and Zach Rowden of celebrated noise duo Tongue Depressor provides grinding double bass drones. Wedding emotional expression with canny references to the inherited history of recorded music, the chimes, organ and pizzicato strings on 'Phrygian Ganymede' recall Bernard Herrmann's scores for classic Alfred Hitchcock films, while galloping marimbas lend a sense of screwball comedy on 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier.' Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? is a singular album that speaks to the prowess of Drew Daniel as a composer and producer, deftly interlacing pop structure and classical timbre while interlacing subtle electronic sound design with gorgeous acoustics. Across the album Daniel embraces a spirit of drama and romanticism that blurs the boundaries between unconscious desire and everyday reality. The Soft Pink Truth has created a sound world of lavish fantasy that acts as a balm and counterpoint to the communal pains of modern life." "Like that clubber throwing dancefloor etiquette out of the window, The Soft Pink Truth create thrills in their quest for something deeper." --The Quietus "[Daniel] excoriates populism by making protest a deeply sensual act" --Uncut

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SOFT PINK TRUTH, THE	Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 644LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. "The Soft Pink Truth (Drew Daniel also of Matmos) grafts chamber music and electronic music into a beguiling new hybrid pop album that evokes mid-20th century film soundtracks with nods to minimalism. Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? features artwork by Robert Beatty (Tame Impala, The Weeknd). The new album features a host of special guests: Bill Orcutt offers one of his most delicate performances committed to record. Other guests include strings arranger Ulas Kurugullu, harpists Neleta Ortiz and Cecilia Cuccolin, pianists Koye Berry and M.C. Schmidt, the Ebu String Quartet, as well as woodwinds played by Brandon Wilkins and Evelyn Frances and Zach Rowden of celebrated noise duo Tongue Depressor provides grinding double bass drones. Wedding emotional expression with canny references to the inherited history of recorded music, the chimes, organ and pizzicato strings on 'Phrygian Ganymede' recall Bernard Herrmann's scores for classic Alfred Hitchcock films, while galloping marimbas lend a sense of screwball comedy on 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier.' Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? is a singular album that speaks to the prowess of Drew Daniel as a composer and producer, deftly interlacing pop structure and classical timbre while interlacing subtle electronic sound design with gorgeous acoustics. Across the album Daniel embraces a spirit of drama and romanticism that blurs the boundaries between unconscious desire and everyday reality. The Soft Pink Truth has created a sound world of lavish fantasy that acts as a balm and counterpoint to the communal pains of modern life." "Like that clubber throwing dancefloor etiquette out of the window, The Soft Pink Truth create thrills in their quest for something deeper." --The Quietus "[Daniel] excoriates populism by making protest a deeply sensual act" --Uncut

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
SOFT PINK TRUTH, THE	Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? (Yellow Vinyl)	LP	THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL 644X-LP
$27.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. Yellow color vinyl. "The Soft Pink Truth (Drew Daniel also of Matmos) grafts chamber music and electronic music into a beguiling new hybrid pop album that evokes mid-20th century film soundtracks with nods to minimalism. Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? features artwork by Robert Beatty (Tame Impala, The Weeknd). The new album features a host of special guests: Bill Orcutt offers one of his most delicate performances committed to record. Other guests include strings arranger Ulas Kurugullu, harpists Neleta Ortiz and Cecilia Cuccolin, pianists Koye Berry and M.C. Schmidt, the Ebu String Quartet, as well as woodwinds played by Brandon Wilkins and Evelyn Frances and Zach Rowden of celebrated noise duo Tongue Depressor provides grinding double bass drones. Wedding emotional expression with canny references to the inherited history of recorded music, the chimes, organ and pizzicato strings on 'Phrygian Ganymede' recall Bernard Herrmann's scores for classic Alfred Hitchcock films, while galloping marimbas lend a sense of screwball comedy on 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier.' Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? is a singular album that speaks to the prowess of Drew Daniel as a composer and producer, deftly interlacing pop structure and classical timbre while interlacing subtle electronic sound design with gorgeous acoustics. Across the album Daniel embraces a spirit of drama and romanticism that blurs the boundaries between unconscious desire and everyday reality. The Soft Pink Truth has created a sound world of lavish fantasy that acts as a balm and counterpoint to the communal pains of modern life." "Like that clubber throwing dancefloor etiquette out of the window, The Soft Pink Truth create thrills in their quest for something deeper." --The Quietus "[Daniel] excoriates populism by making protest a deeply sensual act" --Uncut

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HEKT, LANDE	Lucky Now	CD	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 603CD
$16.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 Lande Hekt has quietly become one of the UK's best underground songwriters. On her 2021 debut full-length Going To Hell and 2022's House Without a View, she explored her queer identity, sobriety, and childhood trauma through the lens of heartfelt, conversational indie-pop, which led to spots opening for the likes of Alvvays, Throwing Muses, and The Beths. Her new album Lucky Now, written and recorded with producer Matthew Simms (Wire, It Hugs Back), reflects the most mature and confident version of Lande Hekt yet. Hekt's musical touchstones -- The Wedding Present, The Sundays, The Replacements -- remain the same, but at the same time she's delved deeper into other influences. Lucky Now is indebted to 1980s twee-pop and jangle-pop like The Pastels, Tallulah Gosh and The Bats, plus more modern iterations of the sound such as Autocamper and Jeanines, in its ecstatic, soaring melodies and gorgeous, tactile guitars. The sound is fitting for Hekt's new lyrical outlook, where, though despair and anxiety rear their heads, she digs deep to find the gratitude. "I wanted to try and push for something slightly more positive, which I'm trying to do more of generally -- just to not fall apart," Hekt says. In keeping with that, opening track "Kitchen ii" is a love song about sharing simple, domestic moments with a partner, while "Rabbits" is a song about hope inspired by one summer solstice spent on Glastonbury Tor. Meanwhile, the slower, acoustic-based "Middle of the Night" is about "reeling from a realization of being properly happy for the first time in my life," Hekt says. Hekt also returns to more politically-based songwriting, after largely avoiding politics in both life and music during a disillusioned period, on "Circular" and "A Million Broken Hearts". During the process of making the album, Hekt also moved from Bristol back to her hometown of Exeter. She wrote Lucky Now's closing track, "Coming Home", about the experience of returning there after a long tour; smelling the familiar smells, spotting the familiar faces. In a lot of ways, Lucky Now is about return -- return to joy, return to places and parts of the self once left behind. Who you once were can seem unreachable, but sometimes you can build a bridge.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HEKT, LANDE	Lucky Now	LP	TAPETE RECORDS	TR 603LP
$26.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 LP version. Lande Hekt has quietly become one of the UK's best underground songwriters. On her 2021 debut full-length Going To Hell and 2022's House Without a View, she explored her queer identity, sobriety, and childhood trauma through the lens of heartfelt, conversational indie-pop, which led to spots opening for the likes of Alvvays, Throwing Muses, and The Beths. Her new album Lucky Now, written and recorded with producer Matthew Simms (Wire, It Hugs Back), reflects the most mature and confident version of Lande Hekt yet. Hekt's musical touchstones -- The Wedding Present, The Sundays, The Replacements -- remain the same, but at the same time she's delved deeper into other influences. Lucky Now is indebted to 1980s twee-pop and jangle-pop like The Pastels, Tallulah Gosh and The Bats, plus more modern iterations of the sound such as Autocamper and Jeanines, in its ecstatic, soaring melodies and gorgeous, tactile guitars. The sound is fitting for Hekt's new lyrical outlook, where, though despair and anxiety rear their heads, she digs deep to find the gratitude. "I wanted to try and push for something slightly more positive, which I'm trying to do more of generally -- just to not fall apart," Hekt says. In keeping with that, opening track "Kitchen ii" is a love song about sharing simple, domestic moments with a partner, while "Rabbits" is a song about hope inspired by one summer solstice spent on Glastonbury Tor. Meanwhile, the slower, acoustic-based "Middle of the Night" is about "reeling from a realization of being properly happy for the first time in my life," Hekt says. Hekt also returns to more politically-based songwriting, after largely avoiding politics in both life and music during a disillusioned period, on "Circular" and "A Million Broken Hearts". During the process of making the album, Hekt also moved from Bristol back to her hometown of Exeter. She wrote Lucky Now's closing track, "Coming Home", about the experience of returning there after a long tour; smelling the familiar smells, spotting the familiar faces. In a lot of ways, Lucky Now is about return -- return to joy, return to places and parts of the self once left behind. Who you once were can seem unreachable, but sometimes you can build a bridge.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MASON, LEE	Music By Lee Mason (1971)	LP	WEWANTSOUNDS	WWSLP 119LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 Wewantsounds reissues Music By Lee Mason, the cult classic from the Chappell Recorded Music Library, originally released in the UK in 1971. Credited to Lee Mason & His Orchestra, the album is in fact the work of renowned British composer and arranger Pete Moore -- best known for producing the iconic "Asteroid" theme in 1968 for the Pearl & Dean cinema advertising company. One of the funkiest library albums of its era, blending cinematic tension, funky grooves, and jazzy undertones, Music By Lee Mason features the track "Shady Blues," famously sampled by Madlib. Newly remastered and featuring liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre, this long-overdue reissue brings a lost classic back to vinyl for the first time since 1971. Recorded at the dawn of the prolific '70s UK library music boom, Music By Lee Mason was part of the successful Chappell Recorded Music series -- produced for television, film, and advertising professionals. Working under the "Lee Mason" alias, Pete Moore used the format to explore a wide palette of sounds: funky rhythm sections, fat horns, bumping bass lines, and catchy melodies that reveal both sophistication and swing. Across its eleven tracks, the album moves seamlessly between funky grooves, jazzy arrangements, and cinematic moods. "Shady Blues" in particular has become a cult favorite among crate-diggers, its slow-burning groove later sampled by Madlib for the Lootpack track "Answers" featuring Quasimoto, giving the piece new life in the spheres of hip-hop and digging culture. A prolific composer and orchestrator for television, radio, and film, Pete Moore (1924-2013) worked with the likes of Peggy Lee, Fred Astaire, and Connie Francis, bridging the worlds of orchestral scoring and modern jazz-pop arrangement. Alongside his celebrated commercial work, his contributions to the Chappell Music catalogue exemplify the depth and craft of British library composition during the 1960s and '70s. This reissue of Music By Lee Mason has been newly remastered and features exclusive liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre, who provides fresh insight into Moore's enduring influence of his music. With its sophisticated arrangements, catchy grooves, and unmistakable sense of mood, Music By Lee Mason stands as one of the defining statements of the British library era which Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue for the first time since 1971.

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DJ ALONE AGAIN	Sense of Self	12"	YORE RECORDS	YORE 060EP
$24.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 1/30/2026 Yore Records presents Yore 060 by DJ Alone Again from NYC -- four deep, driving cuts channeling the essence of '90s New York house. Fusing raw groove, crisp percussion, and soulful undercurrents, this EP delivers pure dancefloor authenticity with a modern touch. DJ Alone Again captures that timeless NYC spirit: hypnotic, stripped-back, and irresistibly groovy. Strictly limited to 250 copies worldwide.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
PERRY, LEE 'SCRATCH'	Black Ark	Book	PATRICK FREY EDITION	9783907236666
$65.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2026 Delayed until 2026... "A massive photographic archive of Lee 'Scratch' Perry's legendary recording studio. A 600-page tribute to one of the most famous locales in music history, Black Ark is a detailed inventory of photographs and writings from the Black Ark Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, where producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry created music from 1973 onward. The eclectic and constantly evolving decoration of the studio provides an enduring visual counterpart to Perry's expansive musical catalog. From mural paintings to shape-shifting assemblages of records, instruments, found objects, posters and newspaper clippings, the artworks layer upon one another as they intertwine with the studio building itself. Perry created his own dense and diverse world in which to work: memorialized in this volume before the Black Ark disappears for good. The photographic documentation of the studio in the spring of 2021 was supplemented by efforts to secure and preserve Perry's works, objects and recordings as part of a joint project with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Black Ark reflects the rhythm and layering effects of collage both in its content and the materials used to craft the book. Perry was involved in the development of this publication until his death in August 2021. The book closes with memorial essays from Ishion Hutchinson, David Katz, Kodwo Eshun, and John Corbett. Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936-2021) was a musician and producer best known for pioneering the dub genre in the 1970s. He worked with well-known Jamaican artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Heptones, the Congos, and Max Romeo. In 2003 he won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
KRIWET, FERDINAND	Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars	Book	SPECTOR BOOKS	9783959053204
$60.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/3/2026 Delayed further... until early 2026.."Pioneering media artist and concrete poet Ferdinand Kriwet's 1971 cult artist's book in a facsimile edition. A monumental, three-volume encyclopedia of alphabetically organized images, Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars was first published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1971. In the 1960s, German author and media artist Ferdinand Kriwet (1942-2018), inspired by concrete poetry and its interest in the visual quality of linguistic signs, began to approach the literary medium of the book in a new way. Imagining new ways of reading that resisted linearity, Kriwet experimented with alternatives, encouraging a rapid back-and-forth between the pages of the book and the texts and images on them. In Stars, he treats images like words and arranges them in alphabetical order in an epic encyclopedia format. For years, Stars has only been available, at considerable cost, in antiquarian book catalogs. This new facsimile edition of Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars brings Kriwet's pioneering vision and his seminal book back into print." 416 pages. 2.5 pounds. 5.50(w) x 8.75(h).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
COIL	Backwards (White Vinyl)	2LP	COLD SPRING RECORDS	CSR 203LTD-LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 White vinyl version. Cold Spring marks a decade since the label first released Coil's landmark album Backwards, with a special 10-year anniversary vinyl reissue. After the ground-breaking release of 1990's Love's Secret Domain album, Coil were not dormant; the main project was Backwards, which was started in 1992, updated considerably between 1993 and 1995, and transferred in 1996 to New Orleans, where it was finished in the magic of the Nothing studios of Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails). The album saw the fruition of Jhonn Balance's recent vocal coaching, producing haunting, passionate vocals, while reaching new heights. 23 years after its initiation, these tracks have been beautifully preserved by Danny Hyde and are finally available in highest quality audio. Differing substantially from the later, remixed incarnation, "The New Backwards" (2008), Backwards contains the original versions of Coil's much-loved tracks; "A Cold Cell" and "Fire Of The Mind," which have appeared on various compilations over the years, and are now presented as originally intended. This album is the essential bridge between LSD and the later "Musick To Play In The Dark" series. It is an essential conduit, to understand the journey that was taken. 180g heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold matt-laminate sleeve with silver detail.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
COIL	Backwards	2LP	COLD SPRING RECORDS	CSR 203X-LP
$42.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 Cold Spring marks a decade since the label first released Coil's landmark album Backwards, with a special 10-year anniversary vinyl reissue. After the ground-breaking release of 1990's Love's Secret Domain album, Coil were not dormant; the main project was Backwards, which was started in 1992, updated considerably between 1993 and 1995, and transferred in 1996 to New Orleans, where it was finished in the magic of the Nothing studios of Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails). The album saw the fruition of Jhonn Balance's recent vocal coaching, producing haunting, passionate vocals, while reaching new heights. 23 years after its initiation, these tracks have been beautifully preserved by Danny Hyde and are finally available in highest quality audio. Differing substantially from the later, remixed incarnation, "The New Backwards" (2008), Backwards contains the original versions of Coil's much-loved tracks; "A Cold Cell" and "Fire Of The Mind," which have appeared on various compilations over the years, and are now presented as originally intended. This album is the essential bridge between LSD and the later "Musick To Play In The Dark" series. It is an essential conduit, to understand the journey that was taken. 180g heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold matt-laminate sleeve with silver detail. Also available in white color vinyl (CSR 203LTD-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LORD ELEPHANT	Ultra Soul	CD	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 379CD
$16.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 Lord Elephant are back with their second studio album Ultra Soul, a psyched blend of '70s, '90s and '00s extravaganzas mixed together with the distinctive heavy breath of the band. Blues, doom and sludge are fused again in the strange trademark of the trio, allergic to genre-labels and ready to expand the vision beyond cages! Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio 73, Ravenna, by Riccardo Pasini. Also available on black vinyl (HPS 379LP), red vinyl (HPS 379LTD-LP), and blue/white/yellow vinyl (HPS 379ULTRA-LP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LORD ELEPHANT	Ultra Soul	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 379LP
$28.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 LP version. Lord Elephant are back with their second studio album Ultra Soul, a psyched blend of '70s, '90s and '00s extravaganzas mixed together with the distinctive heavy breath of the band. Blues, doom and sludge are fused again in the strange trademark of the trio, allergic to genre-labels and ready to expand the vision beyond cages! Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio 73, Ravenna, by Riccardo Pasini.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LORD ELEPHANT	Ultra Soul (Red Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 379LTD-LP
$31.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 LP version. Red color vinyl. Lord Elephant are back with their second studio album Ultra Soul, a psyched blend of '70s, '90s and '00s extravaganzas mixed together with the distinctive heavy breath of the band. Blues, doom and sludge are fused again in the strange trademark of the trio, allergic to genre-labels and ready to expand the vision beyond cages! Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio 73, Ravenna, by Riccardo Pasini.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LORD ELEPHANT	Ultra Soul (Blue/White/Yellow Vinyl)	LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 379ULTRA-LP
$41.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 LP version. Blue/white/yellow color vinyl. Lord Elephant are back with their second studio album Ultra Soul, a psyched blend of '70s, '90s and '00s extravaganzas mixed together with the distinctive heavy breath of the band. Blues, doom and sludge are fused again in the strange trademark of the trio, allergic to genre-labels and ready to expand the vision beyond cages! Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio 73, Ravenna, by Riccardo Pasini.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
YAMILA	Noor	LP	UMOR REX	UR 159LP
$28.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/6/2026 Yamila presents her second album on Umor Rex, Noor. Following Visions (UR 137LP, 2022), Yamila returns with a work that merges nature-experience listening with expansive musicality. Noor was born from her time in an ecologist community, where she sought refuge in stillness, learned from animals, and tried to forget the human. In this communion with nature, she discovered a new compositional approach: reducing acoustic noise to allow unheard voices to emerge, transforming music into a possibility for interspecies dialogue. Since ancient times, sound has been used to care for herds, to call across distances, to communicate with the non-human. Noor reimagines that ancestral role in a contemporary language, where epic harmonies collide with delicate micro-tonalities, and where rhythm unfolds not only as pulse but as movement for the body, a natural extension of Yamila's work with dance companies and choreographers. Her voice is interwoven with electronics and the resonant strings of Echo Collective, creating sonic landscapes that radiate intensity and fragility. At times monumental, at others almost whispered, Noor oscillates between composition and spontaneity, structure and suspension. The album unfurls as a dialogue between the organic and the artificial, where sound grows like a sprout breaking through hard soil. Yamila's music here is not only to be heard, but to be inhabited: a choreography of air, vibration, and resonance. Noor is both shelter and revelation, a reminder that music can still be epic, luminous, and deeply human, while listening beyond the human. All music and voices by Yamila Ríos. Recorded at Destelheide by Christophe Albertijn. Strings by Trio Echo Collective (Violin: Margaret Hermant, Viola: Neil Leiter, Cello: Stijn Kuppens). Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, NY. Photos by Assiah Alcázar. Design and layout by Daniel Castrejón. LP comes on red color vinyl. Includes download code.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
EARTHLESS	Live at Roadburn	2LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 368LP
$36.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/13/2026 Remastered version of the Earthless epic live at Roadburn 2008. Also available in orange vinyl (HPS 368LTD-LP) and splatter color vinyl (HPS 368ULTRA-LP). "This double gatefold LP, recorded at Roadburn Festival in 2008, celebrates the psychedelic powerhouse that is Earthless in all their mind-splitting live glory. In fact they put in one of the best live performances I'd ever seen." --The Sleeping Shaman

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
EARTHLESS	Live at Roadburn (Orange Vinyl)	2LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 368LTD-LP
$43.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/13/2026 Orange vinyl version. Remastered version of the Earthless epic live at Roadburn 2008. "This double gatefold LP, recorded at Roadburn Festival in 2008, celebrates the psychedelic powerhouse that is Earthless in all their mind-splitting live glory. In fact they put in one of the best live performances I'd ever seen." --The Sleeping Shaman

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
EARTHLESS	Live at Roadburn (Splatter Vinyl)	2LP	HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS	HPS 368ULTRA-LP
$51.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/13/2026 Splatter color vinyl version. Remastered version of the Earthless epic live at Roadburn 2008. "This double gatefold LP, recorded at Roadburn Festival in 2008, celebrates the psychedelic powerhouse that is Earthless in all their mind-splitting live glory. In fact they put in one of the best live performances I'd ever seen." --The Sleeping Shaman

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DAPHNI	Butterfly	CD	JIAOLONG	JIAOLONG 034CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/13/2026 Daphni's fourth studio album Butterfly at first picks up where his last album, 2022's Cherry left off. Though a sizeable gap for Daphni releases, between Cherry and Butterfly however of course sits Honey, the latest Caribou album and one that saw the more instantaneous and dancefloor leaning traits of Daphni peaking through the cracks more than ever before. This blurring of the lines leads to an intriguing collaboration in Butterfly's lead single "Waiting So Long" (feat. Caribou). An unlikely duo -- in that both artists are the same man, Dan Snaith -- it is not so much an identity crisis, ego trip, or the result of a chemical spill in the Snaith laboratory. It's simply a track that Snaith felt for the first time belongs to both aliases, and might appeal to fans of both. Daphni music has always been Snaith's way of hitting directly to the core of the dancefloors he spends so much of his time playing to, and those dancefloors have been steadily expanding as his name grows, with the music following suit. This album however also draws from further back with a definite kinship to the very first Daphni album, the invigorating bag of ideas that was Jiaolong. Butterfly is a showcase of the wonderful variety and surprising twists and turns that made that album such an exciting new prospect and that still to this day make Snaith such an intriguing DJ. There are more heavy hitters here, tracks that fill those dancefloors better than anyone, like "Clap Your Hands" which picks up the energy of "Sad Piano House" and flips it, exposing the gritty and intoxicating underbelly of Snaith's hitmaking side, while retaining the playful urgency that runs through all of his work of late. Meanwhile "Hang"'s comic-strip horns are unpinned by gleeful force, unrelenting and thrillingly unshakeable. Elsewhere though comes a clutch of other tunes that might creep out somewhere more off the beaten path, a path Snaith has never stopped seeking in amongst his larger billings. "Lucky" is squirmy and elusively intoxicating, "Invention" skitters down meandering, inviting corridors, "Talk To Me" grumbles and broods in the murk, and "Miles Smiles" could roll on endlessly, so confident in its groove. Right from the inception of the Daphni alias, the thrill of trying stuff out, pushing at the boundaries has always been there and on Butterfly is present in all its twists and turns. Also available on black (JIAOLONG 034LP) and pink color vinyl (JIAOLONG 034CLP).

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DAPHNI	Butterfly (Pink Vinyl)	2LP	JIAOLONG	JIAOLONG 034CLP
$43.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/13/2026 Double LP version. Pink color vinyl. Daphni's fourth studio album Butterfly at first picks up where his last album, 2022's Cherry left off. Though a sizeable gap for Daphni releases, between Cherry and Butterfly however of course sits Honey, the latest Caribou album and one that saw the more instantaneous and dancefloor leaning traits of Daphni peaking through the cracks more than ever before. This blurring of the lines leads to an intriguing collaboration in Butterfly's lead single "Waiting So Long" (feat. Caribou). An unlikely duo -- in that both artists are the same man, Dan Snaith -- it is not so much an identity crisis, ego trip, or the result of a chemical spill in the Snaith laboratory. It's simply a track that Snaith felt for the first time belongs to both aliases, and might appeal to fans of both. Daphni music has always been Snaith's way of hitting directly to the core of the dancefloors he spends so much of his time playing to, and those dancefloors have been steadily expanding as his name grows, with the music following suit. This album however also draws from further back with a definite kinship to the very first Daphni album, the invigorating bag of ideas that was Jiaolong. Butterfly is a showcase of the wonderful variety and surprising twists and turns that made that album such an exciting new prospect and that still to this day make Snaith such an intriguing DJ. There are more heavy hitters here, tracks that fill those dancefloors better than anyone, like "Clap Your Hands" which picks up the energy of "Sad Piano House" and flips it, exposing the gritty and intoxicating underbelly of Snaith's hitmaking side, while retaining the playful urgency that runs through all of his work of late. Meanwhile "Hang"'s comic-strip horns are unpinned by gleeful force, unrelenting and thrillingly unshakeable. Elsewhere though comes a clutch of other tunes that might creep out somewhere more off the beaten path, a path Snaith has never stopped seeking in amongst his larger billings. "Lucky" is squirmy and elusively intoxicating, "Invention" skitters down meandering, inviting corridors, "Talk To Me" grumbles and broods in the murk, and "Miles Smiles" could roll on endlessly, so confident in its groove. Right from the inception of the Daphni alias, the thrill of trying stuff out, pushing at the boundaries has always been there and on Butterfly is present in all its twists and turns.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DAPHNI	Butterfly	2LP	JIAOLONG	JIAOLONG 034LP
$33.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/13/2026 Double LP version. Daphni's fourth studio album Butterfly at first picks up where his last album, 2022's Cherry left off. Though a sizeable gap for Daphni releases, between Cherry and Butterfly however of course sits Honey, the latest Caribou album and one that saw the more instantaneous and dancefloor leaning traits of Daphni peaking through the cracks more than ever before. This blurring of the lines leads to an intriguing collaboration in Butterfly's lead single "Waiting So Long" (feat. Caribou). An unlikely duo -- in that both artists are the same man, Dan Snaith -- it is not so much an identity crisis, ego trip, or the result of a chemical spill in the Snaith laboratory. It's simply a track that Snaith felt for the first time belongs to both aliases, and might appeal to fans of both. Daphni music has always been Snaith's way of hitting directly to the core of the dancefloors he spends so much of his time playing to, and those dancefloors have been steadily expanding as his name grows, with the music following suit. This album however also draws from further back with a definite kinship to the very first Daphni album, the invigorating bag of ideas that was Jiaolong. Butterfly is a showcase of the wonderful variety and surprising twists and turns that made that album such an exciting new prospect and that still to this day make Snaith such an intriguing DJ. There are more heavy hitters here, tracks that fill those dancefloors better than anyone, like "Clap Your Hands" which picks up the energy of "Sad Piano House" and flips it, exposing the gritty and intoxicating underbelly of Snaith's hitmaking side, while retaining the playful urgency that runs through all of his work of late. Meanwhile "Hang"'s comic-strip horns are unpinned by gleeful force, unrelenting and thrillingly unshakeable. Elsewhere though comes a clutch of other tunes that might creep out somewhere more off the beaten path, a path Snaith has never stopped seeking in amongst his larger billings. "Lucky" is squirmy and elusively intoxicating, "Invention" skitters down meandering, inviting corridors, "Talk To Me" grumbles and broods in the murk, and "Miles Smiles" could roll on endlessly, so confident in its groove. Right from the inception of the Daphni alias, the thrill of trying stuff out, pushing at the boundaries has always been there and on Butterfly is present in all its twists and turns.

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CALLAHAN, BILL	My Days of 58	CD	DRAG CITY	DC 964CD
$13.50 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/27/2026 "My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of the most original songwriting-and-performance trails out there. With My Days of 58, he applies the living, breathing energies of his live shows to the studio process, sharpening his slice-of-life portraiture to cut deeper than ever before. The core musicians featured on My Days of 58 is the group that toured for 2022's REALITY: guitarist Matt Kinsey, saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi and drummer Jim White, whose synergy was evident in 2024's live Resuscitate!. This showed Bill, as he puts it, 'that they could handle anything I threw at them,' adding: 'Improv/unpredictability/the unknown is the thing that keeps me motivated to keep making music. It's all about listening to yourself and others. A lot of the best parts of a recording are the mistakes -- making them into strengths, using them as springboards into something human.' With this in mind, Bill prepared the songs with each player separately. Taking a note from songwriter, fan and friend Jerry DeCicca, he recorded the basic tracks for all but one song in a duo with Jim White. Meanwhile, he rehearsed with Matt, guitar to guitar, while asking Dustin to make horn charts for a few songs. Bill: 'I usually just sing a melody to a horn player or let them try a few takes and go from there. This time I thought, why not get some of the record charted out. There's always room for spontaneity on top of that. And we did indeed throw some off the cuff stuff on top of the charted horns in a couple cases where they weren't fully doing what I wanted. With this record I kept thinking of it as a 'living room record.' I'm not talking about fidelity at all here. Living room attitude. Living room vibe. Not too loud, not otherworldly. I asked for the horns to be relaxed like someone on the couch playing, not a blast from heaven or hell.' For more spontaneity and human color, Bill called up several other players: Richard Bowden on fiddle, whom he'd seen playing with Terry Allen and loved; pianist Pat Thrasher; bassist Chris Vreeland; and trombonist Mike St. Clair."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CALLAHAN, BILL	My Days of 58	Cassette	DRAG CITY	DC 964CS
$12.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/27/2026 Cassette version. "My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of the most original songwriting-and-performance trails out there. With My Days of 58, he applies the living, breathing energies of his live shows to the studio process, sharpening his slice-of-life portraiture to cut deeper than ever before. The core musicians featured on My Days of 58 is the group that toured for 2022's REALITY: guitarist Matt Kinsey, saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi and drummer Jim White, whose synergy was evident in 2024's live Resuscitate!. This showed Bill, as he puts it, 'that they could handle anything I threw at them,' adding: 'Improv/unpredictability/the unknown is the thing that keeps me motivated to keep making music. It's all about listening to yourself and others. A lot of the best parts of a recording are the mistakes -- making them into strengths, using them as springboards into something human.' With this in mind, Bill prepared the songs with each player separately. Taking a note from songwriter, fan and friend Jerry DeCicca, he recorded the basic tracks for all but one song in a duo with Jim White. Meanwhile, he rehearsed with Matt, guitar to guitar, while asking Dustin to make horn charts for a few songs. Bill: 'I usually just sing a melody to a horn player or let them try a few takes and go from there. This time I thought, why not get some of the record charted out. There's always room for spontaneity on top of that. And we did indeed throw some off the cuff stuff on top of the charted horns in a couple cases where they weren't fully doing what I wanted. With this record I kept thinking of it as a 'living room record.' I'm not talking about fidelity at all here. Living room attitude. Living room vibe. Not too loud, not otherworldly. I asked for the horns to be relaxed like someone on the couch playing, not a blast from heaven or hell.' For more spontaneity and human color, Bill called up several other players: Richard Bowden on fiddle, whom he'd seen playing with Terry Allen and loved; pianist Pat Thrasher; bassist Chris Vreeland; and trombonist Mike St. Clair."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
CALLAHAN, BILL	My Days of 58	2LP	DRAG CITY	DC 964LP
$30.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 2/27/2026 Double LP version. "My Days of 58 is the eighth Bill Callahan album, his first since 2022. The twelve tunes here open uncanny depths of expression as Bill continues to blaze one of the most original songwriting-and-performance trails out there. With My Days of 58, he applies the living, breathing energies of his live shows to the studio process, sharpening his slice-of-life portraiture to cut deeper than ever before. The core musicians featured on My Days of 58 is the group that toured for 2022's REALITY: guitarist Matt Kinsey, saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi and drummer Jim White, whose synergy was evident in 2024's live Resuscitate!. This showed Bill, as he puts it, 'that they could handle anything I threw at them,' adding: 'Improv/unpredictability/the unknown is the thing that keeps me motivated to keep making music. It's all about listening to yourself and others. A lot of the best parts of a recording are the mistakes -- making them into strengths, using them as springboards into something human.' With this in mind, Bill prepared the songs with each player separately. Taking a note from songwriter, fan and friend Jerry DeCicca, he recorded the basic tracks for all but one song in a duo with Jim White. Meanwhile, he rehearsed with Matt, guitar to guitar, while asking Dustin to make horn charts for a few songs. Bill: 'I usually just sing a melody to a horn player or let them try a few takes and go from there. This time I thought, why not get some of the record charted out. There's always room for spontaneity on top of that. And we did indeed throw some off the cuff stuff on top of the charted horns in a couple cases where they weren't fully doing what I wanted. With this record I kept thinking of it as a 'living room record.' I'm not talking about fidelity at all here. Living room attitude. Living room vibe. Not too loud, not otherworldly. I asked for the horns to be relaxed like someone on the couch playing, not a blast from heaven or hell.' For more spontaneity and human color, Bill called up several other players: Richard Bowden on fiddle, whom he'd seen playing with Terry Allen and loved; pianist Pat Thrasher; bassist Chris Vreeland; and trombonist Mike St. Clair."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
DUCHAMP, MARCEL	Duchamp Off the Record: The Janis Family Interviews	Book	MUSEUM OF MODERN ART	9781633451766
$22.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 3/31/2026 Paperback. 150 pages. "One of the towering figures of 20th-century art holds forth on his controversial life and career in a previously unpublished set of interviews. Over six sessions between September 1951 and November 1952, Marcel Duchamp sat down with collectors and gallerists Harriet and Sidney Janis for a wide-ranging conversation about his inspirations and working processes, and his many opinions on the workings of the modern art world and its histories. The Janises, owners of the influential Sidney Janis Gallery, were ardent supporters of modern art and close friends with Duchamp. Harriet, an accomplished author, led the interviews with an eye toward writing a monograph on Duchamp, though this was never realized. Now, this previously unknown chronicle is available for the first time through the efforts of Carroll Janis, Sidney and Harriet's son. Under Harriet's expert guidance, Duchamp holds forth on his artistic philosophies, his career, his friends, his rivals and his lifelong obsession with chess. He provides an inside look at some of his most famous works, from his controversial 'Readymades' to 'The Large Glass.' Contextualized with illustrations, annotations and an introduction by Carroll Janis, this publication is a rich treasure trove of information on one of the 20th century's most controversial, groundbreaking and larger-than-life artists. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) dismantled the boundaries of what constitutes a work of art. Although he began his career as a painter, Duchamp was also a curator, conservator, art advisor, professional chess player, writer, inventor and celebrity. Following the completion of his conceptual masterpiece, 'The Large Glass' (1915-23), he abandoned traditional artmaking altogether. Today he is best known for his 'Readymades' -- ordinary objects such as a urinal or bicycle wheel, elevated to works of art -- which challenged traditional aesthetics and redefined authorship."