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New Arrivals

Kent Carter Solo With Claude Bernard
* Dead stock copy coming  from the artist's archive. Possible wear due to the long storage *Amazing live recording of multi instrumentalist Kent Carter. Paired in a few tracks with Claude Bernard on alto sax and Michala Marcus on flute.
Solo De La Passion Selon Sade
* Dead stock copy coming  from the artist's archive. Possible wear due to the long storage *Compositions by Sylvano Bussotti played by percussionist Andrea Centazzo, recorded in 1982.
Moot
Dead stock copy coming  from the artist's archive. Possible wear due to the long storage Studio recordings of this incredible trio of Italians Andrea Centazzo and Giancarlo Schiaffini together with British sax legend Lol Coxhill.
U.S.A. Concerts
* Dead stock copy coming  from the artist's archive. Possible wear due to the long storage * The Italian imprint, Ictus, was founded in 1976 by percussionist and composer, Andrea Centazzo, and his wife Carla Lugli.  Running for just under a decade, u…
There Must Be Someone
To commemorate the quarter century anniversary of Tor Lundvall’s self-released debut, 'Passing Through Alone', Tor Lundvall and Dais have joined forces for a fresh 5-CD box set of long out-of-print titles, vinyl-only releases, and unheard bonus track…
Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz
Bolinus Brandaris takes the listener to the Bay of Cadiz, which is often referred to as "cuna del cante" ("cradle of song"). This southernmost part of mainland Spain is considered the birthplace and heartland of flamenco, where many song styles origi…
Fake Sleep
Words as mirrors in a framework of clatter shape the arches to Voice Actor’s pavilion. Surrounded by offerings of flowers, a construction is shown. The unusual compact scale conforms to tiny standards for intimate listening. All is half-height, so th…
Minna Tanoshiku Shonen Knife
After K Records founder Calvin Johnson found a copy of their official debut from Zero Records ‘Burning Farm’, in a record crate, he would release it in the United States, where it found its way to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The resulting tour (and…
Babalonia / And We'll Make Love
From the rare premiere "A Taste", which is famous as "the final destination of rare groove collectors", mellow vocals and rich Latin funk are cut for the first time by 7 inches! !! The content is perfect as the top premiere of Latin rare groove! Side…
Gemini II
The first album by Marcus Belgrave, featuring two of the founders of the legendary Tribe label, Wendell Harrison and Phil Ranelin, as well as Harold McKinney and Roy Brooks, all legends of the Detroit jazz scene in the 70's. This is the world's first…
Once In A Lifetime
Infinitely adaptable, DeMerle's power and rhythmic elasticity underlines his bold presence and command of modern jazz drumming. By the time of 'Spectrum,' Les DeMerle's dynamic 1969 United Artists debut album, Les was a known, prodigious young drummi…
Healing Suite
On November 8, 2015 Jesse Sharps, one of the great composers to emerge out of the Los Angeles progressive jazz scene and an early bandleader in Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan Peoples Akrestra, brought together a select group of musicians at the Mayme …
Sinopia
Huge Tip! 250 copies. A sinopia is an ancient preparatory sketch technique for a fresco. If you scrape the final work off the wall, the sketch remains; simplified and powerful in it’s starkness. Alessandra Novaga, an experimental guitarist/composer b…
Real Magic Vol​.​1
*300 copies limited edition* Treader is proud to announce the first solo release from label-founder John Coxon. Best known for his work in Spring Heel Jack and Spiritualized, as well as extensive collaborative work with J. Spaceman, Evan Parker, Char…
It Could Have Been A Beautiful
*300 copies limited edition* "I’ve released various materials over the years under other names, Aiko has been materialized in 2022 through self-published music and with IIKKI it's the first official release that I am very proud of. Despite this, Aiko…
Adage Vestige
From Matière Mémoire, one of the most striking and unique labels currently working in experimental music, comes “Adage Vestige”, the latest stunning statement from the French, Belgium based multidisciplinary artist Roxane Métayer. Encountering one of…
Musiques L​é​g​è​res (1976​-​1982)
Swiss jazz and electronic music legend, Bruno Spoerri, unveils a treasure trove of never-before-released songs in this rare collection recorded between 1976 and 1982 and including collaborations with the fabled Radio Suisse Romande-backed GIR (Groupe…
Wooden Music II
Tip! The discovery of Tomasz Stańko's archive recordings from 50 years ago at Radio Bremen demonstrated the dynamic development of this shrouded in mystery quintet, which was a blank spot in the history of Polish jazz. Released by Astigmatic Records,…
Wooden Music I
Tip! It would appear that Polish jazz is a well-known subject through and through. Dozens of outstanding  albums, biographies of the masters, hundreds of journal articles. As it turns out, it is still possible to find music that has been waiting for …
Elements
Tip! Surface World is pleased to share David Lee Myers (aka Arcane Device) and Toshimaru Nakamura’s Elements, a remote collection written and assembled in tandem at the suggestion of the label. Sharing an idiosyncratic approach to feedback-based soun…