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I Was Real
**Double-LP version presented in a heavy tip-on gatefold jacket with textured clothe wrap and matte foil stamping** 75 Dollar Bill is one of the essential groups at the heart of NYC's underground. Driven by the telepathic union of Che Chen's microtonal electric guitar and Rick Brown's odd metered percussion their long-form sound is unmistakable and compelling. On their third album, I Was Real, the group expands in bold new directions, embracing brilliant fuller orchestrations, joyous rockers and…
On The Blink
Tip! This brand new transatlantic collaboration unites three renowned improvisers in a stellar first time matchup. Electric bassist Farida Amadou’s stratospheric rise over the last several years has been shaking the roofbeams of the European improvised music scene. She’s participated in high flying collaborations with heavyweight improvisers like Peter Brötzmann, Steve Noble, and Thurston Moore, many of which have been documented on the Antwerp-based Dropa Disc label. She's also been touring rel…
Odyssey
**A labor of love, this marvelous self-produced six-disc set collects trumpeter Bill Dixon's previously unreleased solo recordings since the 1970s.** 2001 release. Odyssey is the definitive compendium of solo trumpet music by Bill Dixon, as compiled by the artist. Dixon (1925-2010) was known primarily for his small and large ensemble masterpieces of the decades between Intents and Purposes (1967) and Tapestries (2009). While he appeared infrequently in solo performances, he was continually evolv…
Live At Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23 July '81
Live At Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23 July '81 (with Totsuzen Danball) is a jazz related improv/composition music live album recording by Fred Frith released in 1982.
We Could Be Flying
"Un must per tutti i DJ! Un raro capolavoro della Polydor, che include la famosa Raindrops, Raindrops. Un must per chi ascolta Karin Krog per la prima volta. Un must per tutti gli amanti dell'ambient e del crossover." - Makoto Saito
The Original Ultra Bide
Ultra Bide was an underground avant-garde/noise-punk band that was originally active as a central member of Kansai No Wave from 1978 to 1980 (together with Aunt Sally, Friction, Inu, Ss), the album released from Alchemy Records in 1984 is finally remastered and reissued! Ultra Bide was a quartet consisting of Jojo Hiroshige(who later formed Hijokaidan), Taiqui, who became the drummer for Ain Soph, Hidè, punk legend who is still active in Kyoto, and Koichiro, who was a member of Maher, Shalal, Ha…
Little Africa
These tracks were recorded on January 5th, 2020 at Nolan Shaheed's Studio in Pasadena. Little Africa was written by Horace Tapscott & Linda Hill. Nyja's Theme was arranged by Jamael Dean and written by Horace Tapscott. Comes with obi and insert. Licensed from The Village.
Time Capsule
The impact of Weldon Irvine’s music across a wealth of genres cannot be overstated with his jazzy piano playing and compositions regularly passed down to newer generations. Artists like Q-Tip and Mos Def are noted admirers of the jazz-funk artist, and the distinct sounds of Irvine echo across the ages in samples etched into hip-hop history. The album version of Time Capsule was originally released in 1973, and this is a brand new 10 inch EP edit aimed at DJs looking to incorporate its album trac…
Gipsy Blood
Japanese country rock act Gypsy Blood must be heard to be believed. Released on Vertigo in 1971, their sole LP showed the group simply bursting with talent, Kiyoshi Hayami’s mandolin exceptional and the masterful soft-rock production courtesy of Miki Curtis; drummer Eiichi Tsukasa had earlier been in the Helpful Soul, organist Katsuo Ohno had been in the Spiders, and guitarist/vocalist Hiroaki Nakamura later played in Buzz with future YMO member Yukihiro Takahashi, while none other than Alan Mer…
Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) - A Life Unfinished
Softcover ediion, 1070 pages (!) Cornelius Cardew was a musician of genius for whom Life and Art were as one. He was a radical, both artistically and politically, becoming a tireless activist and uncompromising Marxist-Leninist. Passion and imagination governed all he did: his boldness and humanity continue to intrigue and inspire.
John Tilbury, whose close friendship with Cardew dates from their first concert together, in January 1960, has worked for many years on this biography, and brings his…
The First Concert: An Adaptive Appraisal of a Meta Music (Book)
* 2021 stock * Percussionist Eddie Prévost co-founded in the 1960s the seminal improvising music ensemble AMM. In this book he presents a very personal philosophy of music informed by his long working practice and inspired by the London weekly improvisation workshop he first convened in 1999. Perhaps controversially, this view is mediated through the developing critical discourse of adaptionism; a perspective grounded in Darwinian conceptions of human nature. Music herein is examined for its cog…
An Uncommon Music for the Common Man
* 2021 stock * Percussionist, Improviser and AMM founding member Eddie Prévost's fourth book presents a fascinating series of reflections and challenging insights on music in its various forms, and the development of improvised music at the intersection of contemporary compositional and conceptual forms; alongside a personal history of Prevost's life and his relationship with music.
"Part personal history, part provocation, here is a compelling book about musical improvisation. But it's also abo…
Issue 105: Vince Clarke
Depeche Mode. Yazoo. Erasure. The connection between these three electropop giants is, of course, Vince Clarke, who we are delighted to have on the cover of the latest issue of Electronic Sound. We have an exclusive clear vinyl seven-inch by the legendary synthesist to accompany the magazine too.
Praedormitium
"Praedormitium" is the third part of a loose trilogy of albums that Polypores (Stephen James Buckley) has recorded for Castles in Space. Following in the garlanded pathways of "Flora" (2019) and the universally acclaimed "Azure" (2020), the expectations for "Praedormitium" are running extremely high. Stephen continues the odyssey he started on "Flora" and refined on "Azure" to deliver an album not only full of his usual depth and invention, but built to exist within that enclave of melody and op…
This Vibrating Earth
Tip! “Everything we know, from the stars and planets through to the fundamental, sub-atomic particles that make up all matter, is vibrating - oscillating at its own frequency. The known universe is a symphony. Ancient scientists and cosmologists such as Pythagoras, and later Kepler, postulated 'the music of the spheres' and they were right.
“It is theorised that at some point in the far, far distant future, we may reach a state of maximum entropy - the 'heat death' of the universe. All this move…
The Nation’s Most Central Location
The fourth Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan album, "The Nation's Most Central Location", sees Gordon Chapman-Fox (the man behind Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan) explore the north-south divide and reflect on 40 years of broken 'levelling up' promises.
With eight tracks across 40 minutes, the album offers Gordon's usual mix of mournful remorse and upbeat optimism. By now, however, there’s an underlying anger which burns through tracks such as London's Moving Our Way and A…
Districts, Roads, Open Space
Much sought reisuee in clear & black smoke coloured vinyl.
Slowdown Records Box Sets bundle
"Merzbow's unpublished/excavated archive series by Slowdown Records began to be released in 2018, and so far 15 chapters have been published. This "35 CD Box" contains chapters 11-15 of this archival series, with the addition of "2017-2020" (5CD), a collection of five original Merzbow albums released on Slowdown Records from 2017 to 2020. These chapters are presented in chronological order of when the recordings were made, and each chapter was compiled with some concept or musical feature in min…
Stoned Mirror
*2023 stock* The end of eternity. Another soundtrack of Texas chainsaw massacre. Burried Machine manages to combine tape loops and synth in a manner that is both aggressive & relaxing at the same time. Fans of old school industrial noise take note. Shin Chida’s project Burried Machine has not received the attention it rightly deserves which is unfortunate as it is connects industrial, noise and musique concrète in a rewarding way.
Elegua
Latin music, with all its spirit, all its intensity, and all its magic, expresses itself in the decade of the seventies as a cultural revelation. Europe recognizes, listens, and dances to our music, the United States jumps to the sound of it. Latin America is letting its roots be felt. Elegua is a part of this happening. It originated in Boston as a result of the collective efforts of musicians concerned about the direction to be taken by the Latin American musical forms. Elegua essentially deal…