New Arrivals / Last 4 weeks
Astral Disaster (Prescription versions)
3LP triple set featuring all the Prescription versions and the newly created AD II artworks by Steven Stapleton. The booklet features all lyrics, extensive liner notes and sheds light on the interesting circumstances of the creation of this Coil release by Gary Ramon who not only instigated the sessions but also provided the haunting location for their recordings. Has been respectfully and expertly remastered by grammy-nominated Jessica Thompson. Artwork by Steven Stapleton design & layout by Ol…
Astral Disaster
At the turn of the millenium the original „Astral Disaster“ subcription-only vinyl release was somewhat of an Unholy Grail for Coil collectors!
Virtually unobtainable in its original fiercely limited format of only 99 copies, it is the only album apart from the original „Musick to play in the Dark“ record to combine the genius of Balance and Sleazy with both Drew McDowall and Thighpaulsandra's talents. Like „Musick“ it is an essentially tidal/lunar record with literal washes of sound enveloping …
Oranj
Oranj is a 14 track LP, recorded in 2025 between Chicago’s Rax Trax studios and Dock Street Studios in London, Andy Baxter taking on drums, keys, bass guitar with long time collaborator Francesca Uberti joining on Rhodes piano for four tracks. Featuring mix engineering from Hackney Recording Studio’s Sean Woodlock (4 songs) and by Lilac Lab’s Shawn Clendening in Chicago (10 songs). Partly an ode to the inventors of analog recording equipment and electric instruments in the middle of the 20th Cen…
Hear, Sense And Feel
The Awakening’s debut album Hear, Sense and Feel is a landmark spiritual jazz statement that captures the restless, creative energy of early‑1970s Chicago and the vanguard of the Black Jazz Records catalog. Recorded in 1972 at Streeterville Studios and newly available again after years as a coveted collector’s item, the album finds the group balancing deep groove, free improvisation, and Afrocentric consciousness in a way that feels timeless and urgently contemporary.
Hear, Sense and Feel was t…
Mirage
The only 'group' on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early '70s jazz. That they're not is the result of the Black Jazz label's distribution woes; witness the fact that original copies of both of their records for the imprint command prices in the hundreds of dollars if you can find them at all. Mirage is their second (1973) album, the last one they made together; it boasts the same Chicago-based, AACM-centric line-up as the first, with th…
Hìeratico
Italian drummer, composer and sound artist Nicolas Remondino announces the release of his new album Hìeratico, a work that delves into the borderlands between ritual, abstraction and contemporary experimental music. The record presents a radical reimagining of the drum set and percussion as an autonomous sound-world, where pulse, noise and silence continuously collide and reconfigure. On Hìeratico, Remondino treats rhythm as a living architecture rather than a mere time-keeping device, building …
Five Stagings
Recorded in high summers and brutal winters in 2022 and 2023, Nightingale Floor’s debut album Five Stagings takes the listener through a quintet of spontaneously conjured and patiently crafted pieces for a quartet of musicians scattered across North-West England. Manchester-based poet Lauren McLean provides voice and words, joined by cellist Josh Horsley of Preston duo Powders, Benjamin D. Duvall of Liverpool four-piece Ex-Easter Island Head on sound collages, strings and trombone, with Tombed V…
Nineteen Seventy Seven
Brazilian avant-jazz vanguardists Grupo Um celebrate their 50th anniversary, sharing a second previously lost 1970s album from the vaults. Nineteen Seventy Seven (titled after the year it was recorded) is another rip-roaring instrumental fusion treasure from the band which spawned from within Hermeto Pascoal’s famed mid-1970s São Paulo collective.
Like their debut album Starting Point, Grupo Um’s Nineteen Seventy Seven was recorded when Brazil's military dictatorship was at its most repressive. …
Seeking Other Beauty
Bayeté Umbra Zindiko’s Seeking Other Beauty is a visionary statement from keyboardist and composer Bayeté, also known as Todd Cochran, newly available in a definitive all‑analog reissue that brings its futuristic spiritual jazz into sharp contemporary focus.
Recorded in 1973 for Prestige, Seeking Other Beauty channels the electricity of early‑70s Miles Davis while drawing on the cosmic funk of Parliament‑Funkadelic and the astral explorations of Lonnie Liston Smith—only with a fuzzed‑out clavine…
Bala
There’s a rich resonance to the music of Fodé Lassana Diabaté, whose music has travelled with him from his griot family in West Africa to the North American coast of Unama'kik (Cape Breton). Bala, his first album of purely balafón music, brings together traditional pieces with roots in the Mande empire, original compositions inspired by his time in Unama’kik, and tributes to friends and family members. Diabaté has developed a unique practice on the balafón—a traditional melodic percussion instru…
Fail better
*70 copies limited edition* Eventless Plot and Bruno Duplant join forces on Fail better, a cassette release that treats failure not as an endpoint, but as a method of composition and a way of listening. Across two long-form pieces, the group carves out a delicate space between electroacoustic improvisation, minimalism and ambient abstraction, letting sounds appear, waver and erode rather than declaring them with force.
Recorded by the Thessaloniki-based trio of Vasilis Liolios, Aris Giatas and Y…
Ritual Zine 2 (Magazine)
Unearth the new issue of Ritual zine – an exploration of folk horror, the Gothic and the weird in film and television. Issue no. 2 hums with strange powers and arcane rites, folkloric detours and uncanny delights. Expect megalithic secrets with Adam Scovell, Rabbit Trap with Bryn Chainey, occult crime with Rupert Russell – plus doomed highwaymen and ghostly 1980s approaches to literacy education.
Jards Macale
Discover the essence of Brazilian music with the LP "Jards Macalé" by the renowned artist Jards Macalé. Released by Polysom, this vinyl record is a true treasure for music lovers. Recorded in Brazil, the album captures the innovation and creativity that Jards Macalé brings to his compositions, offering a unique listening experience. Perfect for collectors and vinyl enthusiasts, this LP is an indispensable piece for those who wish to explore the rich musical diversity of Brazil.
Krishnanda
Pedro Santo's psychedelic soul masterpiece is one of the most in-demand Brazilian records. Santos was a percussion virtuoso driven by the spiritual realm, and this record features a unique blend of rhythm and lyrics that touch on morality, perception and existence. Unlike many rare records, it also has strikingly beautiful artwork. Unsurprisingly, Krishnanda has a strong following among diggers like Gilles Peterson and DJ Nuts.
A Tábua De Esmeralda
At that time, the musician was studying philosophy and theology, particularly the works of Thomas Aquinas, which are referenced in several tracks. Among these are the absolute classic “Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando os Alquimistas,” “Hermes Trimegisto e sua Celeste Tábua de Esmeralda,” and “Errare Humanum Est.” Always preaching happiness and peace of mind in his lyrics and irresistible grooves, the artist brings his soulful singing and playful swing to other gems of the album, such as “O Homem da…
África Brasil
A landmark recording that is one of Jorge Ben's best albums ever! The album is a perfect realization of the way that Jorge mixes Brazilian rhythms with choppy Afro grooves - and the result is a masterpiece that yeilded some of his biggest tracks ever.
Tim Maia 1970
Father of Brazilian soul music, Tim Maia needs no introduction, as he is one of the greatest artists in Brazilian music. From his debut album, self-titled and released in 1970, it was clear he was destined to become a legend. Considered one of the 100 best albums in the national discography, the record returns to shelves just like the original, as part of the “Classics on Vinyl” collection from Polysom, licensed by Universal.
Inside Christmas Factory
The Christmas Factory was a live piece performed by MJE during November 21 - 23, 2025. Contained here are three preliminary tracks or movements followed by an in-studio rehearsal. During each iteration of the performance, the preliminary tracks were ordered in accordance with a system of chance procedure, with additional room for improvisation using the equipment listed below.
The Happiest Country On Earth
Here's some new material for you as promised. Please have a listen if you like, and let me know what you think. Much of this was recorded live-in-studio, there's less cut-and-paste going on than there was on Perverted Architect -- although there is some still, especially on tracks 2 and 4.
The recordings at the beginning of tracks 1 and 4 were recorded at an emergency clinic around 2am last summer, of a drunk man who had been beaten up but was being turned away without being seen by a doctor. Yo…
Improvised Music
Mail collaboration for electronics, violin, and audio letters.