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Music for Shape-Shifters: Field Recordings from the Amazonian Lowlands, 1981-1985
In the early 80s, an anthropologist left his recording equipment and tapes behind in a remote Wakuénai (Curripaco) village along the Upper Río Negro in Venezuela. When he returned almost a year later, he discovered that the village headman and his so…
Dead of Night
Raw, deep and spiritual Gnawa music from Morocco to carry you through the night... Recorded in a single late night session in a house in Casablanca, using a Tascam field recorder and 2 microphones, Dead of Night is the incredible new solo album from …
Annie's Playlist 3 - The Streaming Concerts
The successful Annie Playlist series, always a best seller at concerts, now in its third installment, was conceived by Greg Lake when, starting in 2012, he discovered the talent of Annie Barbazza and to whom he dedicated himself. A sort of holiday ta…
Žaltys
The new album by Polish guitarist Raphael Rogiński is named after the grass snake Žaltys, a revered household spirit in Lithuanian folklore, and explores themes of Eastern European mythology and nature. As a conduit of cultural exchange, "Žaltys" con…
European Primitive Guitar (1974-1987)
NTS presents European Primitive Guitar, a compilation of instrumental guitar compositions, mapping out European analogues of the American Primitive Guitar movement, spearheaded by John Fahey in the 1950s. European Primitive Guitar spans works directl…
At The Grass Roots Of Dub
Seminal dub album produced by Winston Edwards. In 1974 Edwards left Jamaica to reside in the UK and through his strong connections with such reggae luminaries as Joe Gibbs, Lee Perry and King Tubby began to travel back and forth between London and Ki…
Shalom Dub
Originally released in 1975, King Tubby And The Aggrovators ‘Shalom Dub’ stands as one of the earliest and most cherished dub albums in existence. King Tubby, the studio mastermind, works with a a killer set of riddims from Bunny Lee’s archive and tu…
Brass Rockers
King Tubby and producer Bunny ‘striker’ Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that made a ‘serious joke’ they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre namely ‘dub music’. Tubby’s vast knowl…
Oman Protest Music
Compilation of revolutionary Omani songs from the time of the Marxist-Leninist Dhofar Liberation Front seeking to overthrow the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Establish an independent state in Dhofar, free from the rule of the Omani Sultan Said bin…
Balinese Gamelan Music
”Nowhere is the richness of Balinese art more evident than in the glitteringly brilliant music and dance of gamelan gong kebjar, which uses a 25-piece orchestra of xylophone-like bronze-keyed instruments, tuned gongs, cymbals, drums, and flutes. This…
Morning Light
"She has made one of the strongest records that has come from a Norwegian vocalist in several years." - Jan Granlie, salt-peanuts
Have One On Me
2024 repress on vinyl; Deluxe 3LP box version with an 8-page, large-format lyric booklet and printed inner sleeves. For various reasons Have One On Me, Joanna Newsom's new triple-album defies the notion of fast-turnaround appraisals. Apart from sheer…
FM Tokyo
In 1975, Doji Morita made her debut with the single "Sayonara Boku no Tomodachi / Mabushii Natsu. With her distinctive and enigmatic presence of sunglasses and curly hair, she stood out in the folk scene at a time of maturity. In the same year, she r…
Cast-offerings: Visitations, Fetches, Revenants
Peter Hope-Evans was a member of Medicine Head, a British 70s blues band championed by John Peel and signed to his legendary Dandelion label.
Agape
Tara Nome Doyle's latest EP "Agape" marks her return to the music scene after a two-year hiatus following the success of her acclaimed sophomore album "Værmin" (Modern Recordings, BMG, 2022). latest EP "Agape" marks her return to the music scene afte…
The Coxcomb
*2024 stock* The Coxcomb is an adaptation of Stephen Crane's "The Blue Hotel." Aux Noctambules was recorded in June 1998 at Xtralab, Paris. Mastered at DM Studio, Limoges, France. Aux Noctambules is dedicated to Pierre Carré. © Gastr Virgo Music (BMI…
Idiosyncratics And Swallows Wings
Mega rare UK private album (99 copies originally pressed in 1969) by singer/songwriter Jeremy Harmer, featuring David Costa of psych-folk band Trees on guitar. Melancholic, introspective psych-folk with chamber/ baroque feel. Guitar, flute, viola, ba…
Another Tide, Another Fish
Imaginative re-workings and improvisations by Andrew Tuttle of the late great Michael Chapman's unfinished instrumental album. Sonic explorations that bridge the Southern and Northern Hemisphere via the Caribbean, remote Northumberland and sub-tropic…
Sir John Alot Of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* This is the third solo album by acoustic guitar wizard John Renbourn. The first half (side A of the LP) is lined with carefu…
Basket of Light
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Third album released in 1969 by Pentangle, who led the British fark/trad scene with Fairport Convention. A historical master…