Following their acclaimed breakthrough debut album that caught the ears of critics and fans worldwide, and became Important's highest selling album, Ocean has returned with their forward thinking, brutally heavy and purely minimalist sophomore album Pantheon Of The Lesser. Everything in it's own time. Simply profound. Heavy like Schoenberg.(more)

This is the first new material since Ocean's universally acclaimed full length Here Where Nothing Grows & Conifer's first release on Important. Ltd. to 1000. 4 colors.
Pressed on 4 different colors of vinyl and packaged in a screen printed mylar jacket that lines up with an offset printed inner jacket. Mylar jacket was printed by the same people who did Boris' Vein for us last year. ....(more)

Limited edition of 500. Exclusive live D-side cover of The Cure's Siamese Twins. Packaged in a black on black letterpressed jacket.
This double lp set was pressed into 200 gram ultra thick vinyl. Each set weighs almost two pounds and the is almost an inch thick. One of the nicest vinyl packages we've ever seen.
Here are some photos of the Ocean jackets being completed at Manifesto Letterpress

Special copper color mailorder jackets. 500 made. 200 gram vinyl.Eleh's Intuitive Synthesis/Floating Frequencies Volume 3 is the third release in their Intuitive Synthesis series (Volume 2 was released over a year ago) and it is being released simultaneously with an Eleh/Pauline Oliveros split release. Both are limited edition and LP only...... (more)

Special copper color mailorder jackets. 760 made. 200 gram vinyl. Important Records quite pleased to be presenting this split release consisting of two new drone works from Pauline Oliveros and Eleh. Oliveros, an early American minimalist who has pioneered the technique of Deep Listening, has created ..... (more)

Finally rescued from the original reels this is the first time Accordion & Voice has been in print in over 20 years. This album is a major piece of American minimalist composition from one of its most celebrated composers. (more)

When we sent out the original reels for The Wanderer to be transferred to digital we were shocked and excited to have discovered an extended collaboration with David Tudor. It's with a terrific amount of excitement that we present it here for the first time along with the albums two original pieces. This is the sister album to Accordion & Voice. (more)

Conference Live was recorded on 24 track remote audio and pressed at RTI in order to achieve the highest possible quality. Die cut super heavy duty tip-on style jackets by Stoughton.
On this night Om performed their seminal album Conference of the Birds live in its entirety. Newly invoked energy resonates in the sound of the band. (more)

Roberto Opalio is 1/2 of My Cat Is An Alien. Chants From Isolated Ghosts is his debut solo recording and it was originally released in a tiny private pressing on cdr which sold out immediately and has since become one of MCIAA's most sought after releases...... (more)