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La Ragazza dalla Pelle di Luna
500 copies, audiophile pressing. Perfect replica of the original packaging, newly remastered for optimal sound. “La ragazza dalla pelle di luna” is the first chapter of Piero Scattini’s acclaimed movie trilogy,completed by “La ragazza fuoristrada” (1973) and “Il corpo” (1974), whose soundtracks were all entrusted into Piero Umiliani’s expert hands. With a title taking inspiration from the fame of Seychelles’ indigenous beauties (a myth later dismissed by Scattini himself) the film found its prot…
Il Corpo
500 copies, audiophile pressing. Perfect replica of the original packaging, newly remastered for optimal sound. “Il corpo” is the last movie of Luigi Scattini’s trilogy, which started with “La ragazza dalla pelle di luna” (1972) and then continued with “La ragazza fuoristrada” (1973), all skillfully orchestrated by maestro Piero Umiliani. Here we are dealing with an erotic-noir film which has many elements in common with movies like “Ossessione” (“Obsession) or “I diabolici” (Les Diaboliques) an…
Psichedelica
500 copies, audiophile pressing. Perfect replica of the original packaging, newly remastered for optimal sound. Before talking about "Psichedelica", one of the many and rare library albums signed by Piero Umiliani, we must step back in time, until June 1968, when Umiliani was working on the score of "Svezia Inferno e Paradiso" (Sweden Heaven and Hell), one of the many collaborations between director Luigi Scattini and the Maestro. In fact, a large part of the music recorded for that movie, one o…
Underground
500 copies, audiophile pressing. Perfect replica of the original packaging, newly remastered for optimal sound. Initially pressed in very few copies for TV production use only on Umiliani's Liuto label. A monster rare album with music by Alessandro Alessandroni and Oronzo De Filippi , produced by Piero Umiliani at the now legendary Sound Work Shop studio in Rome, January 1971. During the '70s, work days at Umiliani's Sound Workshop Studios were hectic; thousands of sessions were held in order to…
Vitamins
** First time on vinyl, rare 70's recordings from by the legendary Pekka Airaksinen, Nurse With Wound-listed founding member of Finnish improv group Sperm. ** Vitamins presents a collection of experimental electronic compositions originally recorded in 1975. This double LP explores sonic interpretations of vitamins, minerals, and influential figures such as Freud, Picasso, Platon, and Gandhi. Each track unfolds as a unique auditory experience, reflecting Airaksinen’s innovative approach to sound…
Love And Addiction
Pekka Airaksinen’s Love’N Addiction, composed in 1978 and released over a decade later under the alias McDullan, is a daring sonic exploration of sex and drugs-intentionally leaving out rock’n’roll, despite the title’s playful hint. The album’s soundscape is cold, mechanical, and at times abrasive, conjuring the sensation of two dinosaur computers conversing or Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley on a bad acid trip. Closely related to Airaksinen’s Vitamins in both era and approach, Love’N A…
Mangala
Pekka Airaksinen’s Mangala is a landmark album blending experimental electronic and jazz influences, originally composed in 1986, recorded in 1998, and remixed for its 2015 reissue. The LP features five expansive works, including the title track Mangala, which Airaksinen described as capturing moods reminiscent of Miles Davis and Urban Sax at the Pori Jazz Festival. The album’s soundworld is complex, timeless, and immersive, with King of Snakes symbolizing the force that overcomes evil. This rel…
Vertical Pillars
Reissue of early 80s underground releases by Pekka Airaksinen, NWW-listed founding member of legendary Finnish improv group The Sperm. Vertical Pillars comprises five expansive pieces - Dundubhisvararaga, Kanakamuni, Kashyapa, Shakyamuni, and Jambusuvarnadhvajakacanabhasa - that draw inspiration from ancient texts and Buddhist philosophy. Airaksinen’s compositional process integrates mathematical structures with elemental rhythms, dividing percussion into four symbolic layers: earth, water, fir…
Vitae Tennis Nest
Pekka Airaksinen’s Vitae Tennis Nest, released by One Point Life, is a striking journey through avant-garde piano and experimental electronics. Recorded in 1998 and remixed in 2015, the album’s first side features solo piano works that channel the improvisational freedom of Cecil Taylor and Lennie Tristano, the mechanical complexity of Conlon Nancarrow, the ritualistic pulse of Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces, and the hypnotic repetition of Philip Glass. These compositions are marked by intricate, r…
路过旧天堂书店 = Drop By Old Heaven Books = Old Heaven Ketap Dukeninde
Tip! 300 copies Step into the intimate, experimental world of IZ, the visionary Chinese-Kazakh ensemble led by Mamer, with this sprawling 2LP collector’s set. Captured live at Shenzhen’s iconic Old Heaven Books in January 2021, this release immortalizes three distinct facets of the band’s artistry—folk tradition, electric improvisation, and solo virtuosity—bridging Central Asian roots with avant-garde exploration.
Sex is No Emergency: Adventures in a Post Punk Wonderland (Book)
Softcover, 432 pp. book Strange Attractor Press is thrilled to announce the release of Sex is No Emergency: Adventures in a Post Punk Wonderland, the highly anticipated memoir by Dorothy Max Prior, available in May 2025. This captivating new volume offers a vivid and personal journey through the British occult and pagan countercultures of the 1980s and early 1990s . In her trademark wise, wry, and endlessly charming style, Dorothy Max Prior recalls her days drumming and touring with the infamou…
Maria Kapel
Originally released on Ben Chasny's own Pavilion imprint in 2011.
"I was invited by the Incubate Festival and the city of Tilburg to participate in an artist residency where I would explore the region’s unique chapels built for the Virgin Mary. After writing the music for about six months by drawing on memories of the encounters with the chapels and using techniques inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics Of Reverie, I flew back to Tilburg to perform the music at the Incubate Festival. We recorde…
Amabilis Insania
"Amabilis Insania," Retina.it's first LP release since 2012, marks a significant return for the duo after more than a decade. The album is a profound exploration of the themes of resilience, renewal, and organic growth; drawing inspiration from the philosophical ideas of Immanuel Kant, particularly his concept of the sublime. The title, which translates to "Lovely Madness," serves as an invitation to delve into the album’s deep philosophical underpinnings. In "Amabilis Insania," Retina.it explor…
Spilla
Black Truffle is thrilled to announce Spilla, the second album from Nantes-based Ensemble Nist-Nah, 48 minutes of music for Gamelan, drum kits, wood and metal percussion instruments, and plucked strings that will surely count as one of the most electrifying records you hear this year. Founded by the Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie in 2019, continuing the explorations begun in solo form on Nist-Nah (Black Truffle, 2020), the ensemble (eight or nine core members with occasional guest…
Treasures Untold A Modern 78 RPM Reader
"This is how deep dive historical explorations of music you might have missed should be done: rich in detail and captivating. This is for people who love music by people who love music. Perfectly concepted and exquisitely delivered.” - Henry RollinsTreasures Untold : A Modern 78 RPM Reader is a beautiful 10 x 10" 155 page hardcover book with CD, ltd ed of 1000, numbered foil stamp. The CD contains ten covers of 78-era songs by artists such as Luther Dickinson, Eden & John's East River String Ban…
Leaking Pipes
Recorded on March 14th, 2024 by Mikko Innanen in Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki
Maria Faust- alto saxophone
Mikko Innanen - alto, sopranino and baritone saxophones
Fredrik Ljungkvist - soprano and tenor saxophones
Liudas Mockūnas - sopranino, soprano and bass saxophones
The Head. Works on Paper (Book)
*200 copies limited edition* The book “The Head” presents a series of drawings and sketches on paper, created by Panos Sklavenitis between 2022 and 2024. Initially conceived as ideas for costumes and stage designs for his ongoing eponymous project, these sketches quickly evolved into autonomous artistic creations, opening new horizons in the exploration of the grotesque.
Through the “#thehead” series, Sklavenitis delves into the concept of the “carnivalesque” and the grotesque body, focusing on …
Patterns in Nature – Peter S. Stevens (Book)
*120 copies limited edition* Patterns in Nature – Peter S. Stevens by Yiannis Papadopoulos is a book-after-a-book, rather than a redesign of an existing book. It is the result of negotiating the hierarchies of content of the Peter S. Stevens’ homonymous book, published in the 70’s, trying to find relevancies to appear as a printed matter again in the 2020’s. One could say that actually the reader deals with two books, both old and new, printed on top of each other and the printed space/object, t…
Upgrade & Afterlife
Upgrade & Afterlife stands as a pivotal and singular recording in the catalog of Gastr del Sol, the duo of David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke. Originally released in 1996, this album is frequently cited as a landmark of post-rock and experimental music, praised for its blend of avant-garde abstraction, folk minimalism, and a restless, exploratory spirit. The album opens with “Our Exquisite Replica of ‘Eternity’,” a piece that has become emblematic for many listeners: a slow-building, cinematic sounds…
Grimwood
2025 stock "Currently out of print on CD, Michael Yonkers's Grimwood finally receives its long-overdue vinyl re-release (with download code included). Yonkers's first four LPs were released simultaneously in 1973, but it is Grimwood, his first, that regular commands the biggest bucks on the collector-scum market. Recorded in 1969, less than a couple years after the material eventually released as Microminiature Love, Grimwood sounds like it emanates from another universe entirely. Straightforwar…