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Boneyard Shuffle (Tape)
DINTE proudly presents Boneyard Shuffle — a captivating cassette-only collection that journeys through haunted calypsos, blues, ragtime, spirituals, and Hawaiian guitar melodies. This unique release evokes a ghostly, timeless atmosphere, weaving together genres that inspired early 20th-century American roots music and island traditions.
Boneyard Shuffle pairs haunting soundscapes with vivid storytelling, transporting listeners to shadowy crossroads and sun-drenched shores, where spirits and musi…
Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021
Brooklyn Pirates: Neighbourhoods in the Sky, 2014-2021 documents David Goren’s deep listening project dedicated to Brooklyn’s pirate radio underworld, spanning recordings made between 2014 and 2021. Issued on vinyl for the first time by Death Is Not The End, the album is an extraordinary aural chronicle of New York’s invisible airwaves, focusing primarily on the rich, labyrinthine world of Caribbean-run stations, with excursions into Turkish, Orthodox Jewish, and other broadcast communities.
More Rags, Ballads, and Blues 1971-1985
More Rags, Ballads, and Blues 1971-1985 unveils Allen Ginsberg’s intimate musical experiments from the First Blues era, collecting rare recordings and performances in a candid, engaging tribute to his cross-disciplinary storytelling. Collaborations and unguarded rehearsal takes reveal the gentle wit, poetic fervor, and sonic curiosity that defined his work during these pivotal years.
London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984-1993, Vol. 1
Death Is Not The End presents London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984-1993, Vol. 1. The first volume in a two-part collection of pirate radio adverts & idents, taken from recordings of London stations between 1984 & 1993. Many thanks to Wayne Anthony, Simon Reynolds, Stephen Hebditch & The Pirate Radio Archive.
First Blues
"Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs. Chanteys, Come-All-Ye's, Aborigine Song Sticks. Gospel, Improvisations, Renaissance Lyrics, Blake Hymns, Bluegrass, Hillbilly Riffs, Country & Western, 50's R&B, Dirty Dozens & New Wave"
Allen Ginsberg's recorded opus gets its first ever full vinyl reissue on a gatefold double vinyl LP replete with photography by Robert Frank. Containing studio-recorded performances that he wrote, performed and taped in sessions taking place between 1971 and 1981 - featuring Bob…
Elders of the Begena: The Harp of David in Ethiopia
"The Begena is one of those rare musical instruments of the world that has survived for more than 5800 years. What is fascinating about it is not only its age but the fact that both its manufacture and the purpose for which it is being played have never changed during all these years. It is still made of wood and animal products, such as the intestine of the sheep for the strings, the leather that covers the sound box. It is used for praying, for praising God and for meditation, just as it was i…
The Witch Is Back (High School Party Promo Mix '1992)
"This cassette is a promo mix that we originally sold in high school to promote the parties my friends and I did back then (The Witch Is Back); M.O.A. Productions, Frantik Party Productions, some of my earliest House crews. We (Marky P, DJ Juice, DPC, James) did underground house parties in basements and around while in high school. The mix is a fusion of Chicago house, and also the European minimal techno that was coming into Chicago back then. A timestamp on our histories, early roots and what…
Teppana Jänis & Arja Kastinen
Teppana Jänis was born in the village of Uuksujärvi in Suistamo on 21 June 1850. After becoming blind in the late 19th century, he went house to house, supporting himself by playing the kantele, a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument belonging to the southeast Baltic box zither family. He performed at dances and in schools, and also participated in the Suistamo kantele and runosong competitions in 1911.
In the summers of 1916 and 1917, the young folk music researcher Armas …
Yavireri: Los que viven en lo profundo
Yavireri - a Matsigenka word that can be understood as "those who live in the depths" - describes the spirits of the forest and those who, from within the jungle, sustain a way of life rooted in listening, vision, and oral tradition.
Wet Lands Dry Me
K.W. Cahill records and plays electric guitars, lap steel, melodica and karimbas on May to June 2025 time. Mastered by Andrew Weathers.
We're all sitting here and no one's listening. We're just talking over each other while the world spins out of control. Who are you gonna believe if the walls were gone? If everything turned up empty fields? Us just standing around looking at each other and nothing blocking us or protecting us from each other or from ourselves. I'm at war with myself first. Let …
The World Is But a Place of Survival: Ethiopian Begena Songs
The begena is a ten-stringed lyre central to Ethiopia’s Amharic heritage and Orthodox Tewahido Church. Reserved for spiritual music, it is revered for its mythical origins and unique buzzing sound. Symbolically crafted, the begena is believed to ward off evil and connect players to the divine.
Alabaos y Gualíes: Dirges and Funeral Rites in the Afro-Colombian Pacific
Afro-Colombian Pacific rites like gualíes, alabaos, & levantamientos accompany the dead, easing grief & strengthening community bonds through song, prayer, and solidarity.
Reminiscences of Raktako: Huayno Guitar from Cuzco and Ayacucho, 1930-1940
Huayno has its roots in the Andes during the colonial era, when indigenous peoples began to blend their music with influences brought by European settlers. During this process the Spanish guitar naturally became very prevalent, incorporating the tunings, finger-style and rhythms of the traditional Andean harp along with it. The late Alberto Juscamaita Gastelú, known as Raktako, was a renowned guitarist, composer and mentor to generations of guitarists from his home in Ayacucho, southern Peruvian…
Recordings Of Covert Shortwave Radio Stations
Perhaps you've chanced upon a Number Station, unwittingly as you scour the shortwave bands, and heard a cold, disconnected voice repeating simple commands endlessly into the ether. Or maybe you've scanned past a series of bleeps and pips, or pockets of noise, thinking nothing of them, as you seek a favoured music station. These are messages, to those who know how to receive them, and are able decode them in their various forms and configurations.
Shropshire Number Stations - Recordings of Covert…
London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984-1993, Vol. 2
The second volume in a two-part collection of pirate radio adverts & idents, taken from recordings of London stations between 1984 & 1993. Many thanks to Wayne Anthony, Simon Reynolds, Stephen Hebditch & The Pirate Radio Archive.
Stars from Another Sky Pt. 2: Film Songs from the Subcontinent Before the World Was Torn Asunder, 1940-1947
Death Is Not The End release a second part collecting pre-partition film music, compiled by Gary Sullivan of Bodega Pop.
French Post-Punk & New Wave: 1988-1990
DINTE's partnership with Philadelphia store/distro World Gone Mad yields three more essential cassette-only mixtapes exploring the global proliferation of the punk spirit - this time exploring 1980s French language post-punk and new wave in France, Belgium and Switzerland across the decade. This is part 3 of 3, focusing on 1988 to 1990.
French Post-Punk & New Wave: 1984-1987
DINTE's partnership with Philadelphia store/distro World Gone Mad yields three more essential cassette-only mixtapes exploring the global proliferation of the punk spirit - this time exploring 1980s French language post-punk and new wave in France, Belgium and Switzerland across the decade. This is part 2 of 3, focusing on 1984 to 1987.
French Post-Punk & New Wave: 1980-1983
DINTE's partnership with Philadelphia store/distro World Gone Mad yields three more essential cassette-only mixtapes exploring the global proliferation of the punk spirit - this time exploring 1980s French language post-punk and new wave in France, Belgium and Switzerland across the decade. This is part 1 of 3, focusing on 1980 to 1983.
Yugoslavia New Wave & Post-Punk 1980-1989
Another tape reissued in our ongoing partnership with Philly's World Gone Mad. 90mins of post-punk and new wave from former Yugoslavia.