Experimental / New Wave

Giuni Russo's 1981 CGD album, produced with Franco Battiato and Alberto Radius and arranged by Battiato and Giusto Pio: electronics, experimental pop and avant-garde singing, remastered on 180g yellow vinyl.

Debut album by X, the 1980 Los Angeles punk landmark produced by Ray Manzarek of The Doors, with the twin vocals of John Doe and Exene Cervenka. Remastered by Jason Ward for the 2019 Fat Possum reissue.

First reissue of the private press album recorded in 1980 by Puerto Rico's The MD's: ten raw, catchy songs between punk, proto-hardcore and new wave with a prominent Minimoog, plus an insert of previously unseen photos and notes.

"From its word-playful title (Deceit / This Heat – say it aloud and twist your tongue) to the lyrics densely written on the back cover, This Heat's second album from 1981 is much more verbally direct than their largely instrumental 1979 debut. The group had things on their minds and statements they wanted to make. "'The first album was about the Dread, but dread not really understood yet,' says Charles Hayward. 'With the second album, we were starting to understand what made us afraid. The whole…

Corbett vs. Dempsey is honored to present the first comprehensive compilation of the music of Jon Waine, culled and curated from original 1970s/80s master tapes, home recordings, and rehearsal documentation, featuring provocative and legendary artist Pope.L in a little-known musical guise. In 1975, two college kids, Brian McCormack and William Pope, started making music in their dorm room at Montclair State University, in Montclair, New Jersey. Early on, they christened their endeavor Jon Waine.…

This set consists of an entire show at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington, North London, recorded on 22 November 1977. This particular concert took place on the opening night of the "Front Row Festival", a series of shows by regulars of the venue during 1977. Many of the songs in the band's set that night were played by request; for this show, they rehearsed their entire catalogue. It is regarded as one of the band's more memorable shows.

A special Halloween drop in the form of part two of a two-part Japanese post-punk, goth & new wave mixtape, the first in a tranche of globally-focused mixes in partnership with Philadelphia’s punk archivists World Gone Mad.

A special Halloween drop in the form of part one of a two-part Japanese post-punk, goth & new wave mixtape, the first in a tranche of globally-focused mixes reissued in partnership with Philadelphia’s punk archivists World Gone Mad.  -- Gary Sullivan (Bodega Pop)

*300 copies limited edition* "40 years after six students from the prestigious university of Tübingen were latecomers to the German new wave (...), it is once again the turn for Familie Hesselbach, who have always been called "The German Talking Heads", something we could agree with, if we add to their sound the rhythm schemes of A Certain Ratio, the groovy bass of Bush Tetras, the skronky disco-esque of James White, and turns Byrne's voice to a more spastic and cons ice one. Berlin´s play loud!…

Tip! 17 Re is the third studio album by Italian New Wave band Litfiba, released by I.R.A. Records in December 1986. Although little known outside Italy, It is still considered by many to be Litfiba's stylistic masterpiece. It is part, with the previous Desaparecido (1985) and the following Litfiba 3 (1988), of the so-called "trilogy of power".Initially released as a double album (in France it was released as a single), 17 Re is distinguished by the presence of four sides and sixteen tracks, all …

Mike Vamp grew up in Frankfurt, played guitar in the early punk scene, then moved to West Berlin in 1980 and began experimenting with electronic music and synthesizers as the city's famous wall-era underground was at its most electrically charged. West Berlin in the early 1980s was defined by the painters of the Geniale Dilletanten movement and the music of Einstürzende Neubauten, Malaria!, Die Tödliche Doris, Sprung aus den Wolken, and Die Haut: a scene that celebrated difficulty and abrasion, …

Original edition of the second LP but first actual album by the Bristol band with crazy improvised and electronic-based post-punk experiments, released on Heartbeat / Cherry Red in 1980.

"Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1982." is an electrifying concert, recorded on February 8, 1982, captures the raw energy and dynamic performance of the band during the second leg of their acclaimed La Folie British tour. Originally recorded for the BBC radio series 'In Concert,' this performance remained in the vaults for nearly 16 years before seeing its first official release on CD. Fans can finally experience the unfiltered excitement and passion of The Stranglers, as they take the stage at on…

2026 stock “Challenge” was released in 1981 on Bootleg, a record label born inside a record store in Pavia with the same name. “Challenge” keeps the original and uncompromising punk attitude alive. 3 groups: No Suicide (from the Udine province), Mercenary God (from Gemona), No Submission (from Treviso), all sick children of the industrious, rich and Christian Democratic north-eastern part of Italy.

2026 stock Hailing from the raw energy of Italy's underground scene, Frend unleash Primati, a primal roar of distorted guitars, pounding rhythms, and lyrics that claw at the soul. This debut LP channels the ferocity of ancient apes with modern edge—think explosive riffs echoing evolutionary chaos, from the brooding opener "Scimmia Urbana" to the frenzied closer "Dominio Perduto." Blending post-punk grit with shoegaze haze and a dash of no-wave frenzy, Primati is a savage evolution: 10 tracks of …

Original UK edition on EMI of the second album from 1981, another post-punk masterpiece possibly as influential as the first one and certainly as essential.

Unofficial 1984 Italian LP with a recording of the live show at Loughborough University Students' Union, December 8, 1983.

Original Italian edition on United Artists of the superb and quite diverse 4th album from 1979. Quite a masterpiece indeed.

Rare original UK 1977 edition on Harvest of possibly the most original debut album of the early new wave and all-time art rock by one of the greatest bands of the last 50 years. Essential masterpiece.

Rare original edition on Rather Records / Rough Trade of the wacky classic avant-garde punk debut album.

Original UK edition on EMI of the great and funkier 1983 third album by one of the best and most influential post-punk bands.

First LP of jazz-funk experimental new wave by the Sheffied band formed out of the ashes of the first Clock DVA, released by Go! Discs in 1983. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Original and only edition on Illuminated of the sole album by Sheffield industrial new wave band. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Unofficial 1980 LP on RZM Productions with the tracks recorded for the unreleased album - the RCA sessions. This is an early 1980's re-press on yellow vinyl with laminated sleeve. The 7"EP it originally came with is not included.

Original Italian edition of the 1978 debut album by pop/punk's finest, on Virgin.

1986 re-issue on 4AD of one of the most original and inimitable records produced by the new wave, originally released by the same label in 1980. Essential.

Very early re-press on Factory with plain sleeve of possibly the most acclaimed, rightly so, and influential debut album of the British new wave from 1979, with the amazing production by Martin Hannet. Essential.

Rare original UK edition on Rough Trade of TH's second and final album from 1981, one of the highest achievements of that era and one of the absolute masterpieces of experimental new wave, produced by The Flying Lizards' David Cunningham. Insurmountably original and essential.

Original Italian 1978 edition on Harvest of one the greatest new wave and all-time art-rock albums by one of the most original and consistent bands ever. Inventive and beautiful songs throughout. Essential total masterpiece.

Original UK edition on Rough Trade of the fourth album, produced by the Res Crayola's Mayo Thoimpson, Geoff Travis and Grant Showbiz, by Mark. E. Smith's outstanding and mercurial band with roots in the Velvet Underground, released in 1980.

Original UK edition on Mute, and featuring label's boss Daniel Miller, of Frank Tovey's 1980 debut album combining synth pop style with industrial aesthetics.

Original UK edition on Rough Trade of the mighty debut album of incredibly charged and politically concerned avant-garde dub jazz-funk punk-rock released in 1979. Absolutely essential masterpiece. No poster.

First 1980 US edition on Warner Bros. of one the most original and beautiful debut albums of the era, an influential masterpiece of post-punk with very few equals. Essential to say the least.

Original German edition of the excellent third album by "gothic" new wave initiators, released by Virgin in 1983.

Burn the Night / Bruciare la Notte: Original Recordings, 1983–1989 is the first archival collection of music by the Italian minimalist composer Tiziano Popoli. In his music, Popoli framed the Italian avant-garde and New Wave of the 1980s through an architectural aesthetic distinctly detailed by a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, Roland TR-909 drum machine, and early sampling technology.

Inimitable post punk insurgents The John Cale produced '79 Model Citizens EP is finally available again, and with it comes unheard live recordings from Max’s & Hurrah! "Model Citizens, attacking their instruments with poetic yet strangely ironic frenzy, reflect the frightened, scattered, painful (yet edge-of-ecstatic) world of the moment." (NY Rocker) This short lived vanguard outfit now gets its due on red vinyl, with an insert featuring liner notes from Tim Page. There were four Model Citizens…

The label that ignited the Dutch post-punk scene! Homogeneity be damned, these early Plurex tracks are a head-turning snapshot of what was happening in the late ‘70s Netherlands underground! Includes an interview with Plurex founders and all of the singles from 1978-‘80! Some of the bands would never release another record, but for the label and many of the artists there was yet more history to be made, not least of which was Minny Pops’ ascendance to seminal status, and Plurex’s emergence at th…

*2026 stock* “The Missing Boys” is a film born from the need to tell the story of the emergence and affirmation of a forgotten music scene, like much of the youth movement that spread in metropolitan areas as well as in the provinces more than forty years ago, dealing with the same critical issues of everywhere. It’s a story of mostly unknown bands, who from Sardinia, especially from Cagliari and Sassari, interrupt the blissful isolation of an island, only apparently distant from that revolution…

This 1984 release marks the beginning of the intense split-tape activity that characterized and distinguished the Amen fanzine. From Alessandria, Viridanse debut here with 4 tracks that already prefigure the sound of a band destined to leave their mark on the Italian New Wave scene. On the B side, the debut of The Art of Waiting from Bari, 6 tracks of pure Gothic Rock from one of the cult bands of this music scene.

Absolutely great third album by the outstanding avantgarde/prog/RIO/newwave band from Brescia, privately released in 1981 on their No-Sense Records label and companion piece to The Last Album. Never re-issued on either vinyl or CD. With original innersleeve. No sticker.