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PRICE: $29.50

CAT #: BEWITH 018LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 restock. Be With Records present a reissue of Willie Hutch's Soul Portrait, originally released in 1969. Soul Portrait is a slice of Southern-fried soul, a blend of beat ballads and dancers. Increasingly rare, this reissue is most welcome and showcases the early work of a soul legend. Officially licensed and remastered by Simon Francis, it's pressed on 180 gram vinyl for the first time and features the original artwork and liner notes. A monumental force firmly rooted in the soul canon, Willie Hutch is most notable for recording two of the best Blaxploitation soundtracks, The Mack (1973) and Foxy Brown (1984). Yet his legacy is much greater. Outside of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson, Hutch was arguably Motown's top male solo artist of the '70s. Prior to his association with Gordy et al, Hutch crafted his opening statements for RCA, two vital LPs. His debut, Soul Portrait (1969), is an incredible slice of gritty, Southern-fried soul. Think Stax with a touch of Detroit sparkle. As a whole, the album demonstrates the self-contained act Hutch was; he wrote every tune on the album while also arranging and conducting for it. The album's centerpiece is undoubtedly the iconic, brooding minor-key masterpiece "A Love That's Worth Having". The album's most recognizable track, it's a towering ballad drenched in stylish, sliding horns, and elevated by its stunning backing vocalists. It was famously sampled by Madlib to augment his soundtrack for Stones Throw's Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton (2013) as well as 9th Wonder for the Murs classic "Dreamchaser". Horn-heavy opener "Ain't Gonna Stop" is a funk-fueled monster, Hutch's fatback vocal aided by a vicious drum 'n' conga rhythm whilst the bumping uptown soul of "You Can't Miss Something That You Never Had" anticipates the Motown-vibe that Hutch went on to create. Supple guitar licks propel the loping, head-nod breaks of "Good To The Last Drop" whilst "That's What I Call Lovin' You" features gospel piano and plaintive, tender vocal turn. The blazing horns of "You Gotta Try" hints at the Blaxploitation that was to come. The thundering proto-70s-Motown rhythm of "Let Me Give You The Love You Need" segues neatly into the bouncing Northern soul favorite "Lucky To Be Loved By You" whilst Hutch's gutbucket guitar stylings are all over the smoldering "Keep On Doin' What You Do". "Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me Higher" is not a rendition of the Jackie Wilson classic; rather, it's a powerhouse original that indicates where Hutch would take his sound on The Mack. Closing the album, the anthemic "Do What You Wanna Do" name-checks contemporary dance fads before instructing the listener to just get up and dance. Brilliantly supported by a heavy roster of studio cats who combined to create a winning combination of horns, strings, and gorgeous female background vocalists, Soul Portrait is as complete a soul album as the decade's very best.

 

PRICE: $29.50

CAT #: BEWITH 019LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 restock. Be With Records present a reissue of Willie Hutch's Season For Love, originally released in 1970. A monumental force firmly rooted in the soul canon, Willie Hutch is most notable for recording two of the best Blaxploitation soundtracks, The Mack and Foxy Brown. Yet his legacy is much greater. Outside of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Hutch was arguably Motown's top male solo artist of the '70s. Prior to his association with Gordy et al, Hutch crafted his opening statements for RCA, two vital LPs. Often-overlooked, his second album Season For Love is a must for all deep soul fans and has been sought-after by collectors of different stripes for decades. Whereas his debut featured thundering, gritty numbers, Hutch treats you to a mellower soul here -- sumptuous, warm and string-led. He compared his approach to that of Otis Redding and there are definite parallels; from the raspy, rough-hewn vocals that tend to roam between sweet and deeply impassioned to the horn-heavy, emphatic sonic backdrops. With flawless originals presented alongside a few well-chosen classics (his stunning cover of "Wichita Lineman" arguably bests the original's splendor), it's easy to see why sample-based musicians have been falling over themselves to plunder from this album. Witness the sweeping strings that grace "The Magic Of Love" and the heartbreaking "Walking On My Love"; the mellifluous guitar work on the contemplative instrumental "The Shortest Distance" and gorgeous single "When A Boy Falls In Love". Whilst the arrangements and playing are subtly jaw-dropping throughout, Hutch's uncontrived voice has a certain warmth to match a Nat "King" Cole and a purity of tone that even recalls the great Sam Cooke. Indeed, a few numbers are almost in a jazz vocal territory reminiscent of artists Lou Rawls. That's not to say that others lack the righteous energy and undeniable groove of Willie's later sound. Remarkably consistent throughout -- a rare commodity for many '70s soul albums -- the lack of one signature song likely hindered its progress. Mastered for vinyl by Simon Francis. Original artwork. 180 gram vinyl.

 

PRICE: $24.00

CAT #: BNSD 094LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

Expansive and ambitious, Tender Revolutions is the latest from Vietnam-born, Portland, Oregon- based multimedia artist Dao Strom. A fluid album, existing between genres -- part ambient folk, part sound collage, part spoken word, part post rock -- it blurs the line between the work of an experimental composer and the work of an accomplished singer-songwriter. Instruments slip in and out (guitar, piano, synthesizer, strings, drums, percussion) amid field recordings and samples, all anchored by Strom's singular voice. The songs of Tender Revolutions reflect on and embody themes of "yellow subjectivities" the Asian body as perceived; the Asian feminine body as reflection/catalyst/consort -- offering their own forms of response to troubling representations of Asian women in popular media in the West. A "re-voicing" of the problematic hit song "China Girl" by David Bowie re-inhabits this song from a discomfiting silence at its center, and serves as a fulcrum point in the album's sequencing. Other songs utilize voice as both texture and lyric-driven telling to deepen angles of interiority and thematics of voice/silence. While Tender Revolutions stands alone as its own whole, it also exists as part of a larger multifaceted project, drawing from a four-part song-cycle (Nh?c V?ng 1-4) and accompanying a series of hybrid-genre literary chapbooks (Yellow Songs 1-4). Released in collaboration with The 3rd Thing, an interdisciplinary publisher in Olympia.

 

PRICE: $32.00

CAT #: BT 133LP

FILE UNDER: JAZZ

Black Truffle presents the first ever solo Donso n'goni recording from octogenarian Swedish multi-instrumentalist Christer Both?n. Active in the Swedish jazz and improvisation scene since the 1970s, often heard on bass clarinet, Both?n travelled to Mali in 1971, eventually making his way to the Wassoulou region in the country's south where he encountered the Donso n'goni, the sacred harp of the hunter caste of Wassoulou society. Though playing the instrument has traditionally been restricted to those who belong to the hunters' brotherhood, Both?n found an enthusiastic teacher in Brouema Dobia, who, after many months of intensive one-on-one lessons, gave Both?n his blessing to play the instrument both traditionally and in his own style. Returning to Sweden, he would go on to pass on what he had learned to Don Cherry and play the Donso n'goni in a wide variety of inventive settings, including the driving Afro-jazz-fusion of his Trancedance (BT 118LP, 2024). The seven pieces of Christer Both?n Donso n'goni offer up a stunning showcase of Both?n's work on this remarkable instrument, heard entirely unaccompanied, except for the final piece where he is joined on a second Donso n'goni by his student and collaborator, the virtuoso bassist Kansan/Torbjorn Zetterberg, and Marianne N'Lemvo Linden on the metal Karanjang scraper. Recorded in three sessions in Stockholm between 2019 and 2023 in richly detailed high fidelity, the instrument's buzzing, sonorous bass strings make an immediate, overwhelming sonic impression. Hyper-focused on hypnotically repeating pentatonic patterns, the seven pieces are at once relentlessly single-minded and endlessly rich in subtle variations. The concentrated listening environment turns small details, such as the deployment of the instrument's segesege rattle on two of the pieces, into major events. Six of the seven pieces are traditional, with Both?n contributing the remaining "La Baraka," but the line between tradition and the individual talent is imaginary here. While the traditional Wassoulou pieces provide the rhythmic and harmonic elements, Both?n's individuality as a performer is alive in every moment, felt acutely in boundless variations of attack, improvisational flourishes, and unexpected accelerations and decelerations. Captured entirely live and bristling with spontaneity, this music is undeniably the product of almost half a decade of Both?n's devotion to the Donso n'goni and its traditional music. Accompanied by detailed new liner notes by Both?n and color photos from his time in Mali, Christer Both?n Donso n'goni is a stunning document of a remarkable instrument.

 

PRICE: $16.00

CAT #: BR 049EP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"The first solo release from Tom Flynn (Tapeworm, Fang, Duh, Star Pimp, Cornelius Asperger, Antler Family, Suboptics, Melvins, etc.). 'Do the Thud' is a sludgy glob of blues-metal coughed up from the diseased lung of a depressed walrus, featuring Flynn's usual guitar strangulations. The flip side 'Balloons vs. Grenades' is a hyper new-wave robot attack, a political cry for help. Both tracks feature 1000 tons of drumming talent residing in the person of Dale Crover (Melvins), as well as additional vocals from Elma Marcelle Poulos (Star Pimp) in her long-awaited return to the microphone."

 

PRICE: $16.50

CAT #: BB 491CD

FILE UNDER: ROCK

This is your invite to the best party around. Putting the focus on the body and following their feelings, Hamburg duo Mense Reents and Berndt "Jimi" Siebels crafted direct and danceable house hits which offered a vibrant counterpoint to the cerebral cool of their contemporaries. Emerging from the punk and rock crowd and ultimately smuggling a stubborn sense of self and infectious humor into the club, Egoexpress forged their own crooked path through Germany's electronic underground over their ten-year existence."Formed in 1995 and rooted in the radical spirit of Hamburg's St. Pauli district, Egoexpress began as a friendly rebellion? While peers like Blumfeld mastered literate rock and existential dissection, Egoexpress turned instead toward the bass drum: blunt, immediate, and liberating. Their musical upbringing, punk, mod culture, Neue Deutsche Welle, and a love for the hypnotic intensity of Suicide and Bohannon, translated into a fierce commitment to DIY ethos and sonic play? Between 1995 and 2005, the pair developed their sound from minimalist, Atari-driven loops to sprawling, psychedelic club tracks that gestured at house, electro, and pop, without fully belonging to any of them. Though an immediate sensation around Hamburg's Golden Pudel club, their sound took longer to become established outside their city? By 1999, thanks in part to an invitation from Westbam to play Mayday, they were finally embraced into the wider electronic fold. But by then, their work had already crystalized its core ideas. The '00s wore on and electroclash exploded. With their punk background, brash saw-saves and towering beats, it would be easy to consider Egoexpress as forerunners, though in truth they bristled at the retro fixations of the scene. They didn't want to return to the '80s and the boredom of East Frisian adolescence -- they wanted to burn through the now. This retrospective, compiled and curated by Mense, offers a long-overdue reintroduction to one of Germany's most fearless electronic duos. Neither early enough to ride the house wave nor comfortable cashing in on the electroclash moment, Egoexpress fell between the cracks. What they left behind is timeless: a heartfelt, headstrong catalog that celebrates instinct over intellect, rhythm over rigidity, and emotional intensity over sonic orthodoxy. A Piece Of The Action is a reminder that often the most vital music doesn't fit the moment, it defines one of its own." --Patrick Ryder

 

PRICE: $35.00

CAT #: BB 491LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

Double LP version. This is your invite to the best party around. Putting the focus on the body and following their feelings, Hamburg duo Mense Reents and Berndt "Jimi" Siebels crafted direct and danceable house hits which offered a vibrant counterpoint to the cerebral cool of their contemporaries. Emerging from the punk and rock crowd and ultimately smuggling a stubborn sense of self and infectious humor into the club, Egoexpress forged their own crooked path through Germany's electronic underground over their ten-year existence."Formed in 1995 and rooted in the radical spirit of Hamburg's St. Pauli district, Egoexpress began as a friendly rebellion? While peers like Blumfeld mastered literate rock and existential dissection, Egoexpress turned instead toward the bass drum: blunt, immediate, and liberating. Their musical upbringing, punk, mod culture, Neue Deutsche Welle, and a love for the hypnotic intensity of Suicide and Bohannon, translated into a fierce commitment to DIY ethos and sonic play? Between 1995 and 2005, the pair developed their sound from minimalist, Atari-driven loops to sprawling, psychedelic club tracks that gestured at house, electro, and pop, without fully belonging to any of them. Though an immediate sensation around Hamburg's Golden Pudel club, their sound took longer to become established outside their city? By 1999, thanks in part to an invitation from Westbam to play Mayday, they were finally embraced into the wider electronic fold. But by then, their work had already crystalized its core ideas. The '00s wore on and electroclash exploded. With their punk background, brash saw-saves and towering beats, it would be easy to consider Egoexpress as forerunners, though in truth they bristled at the retro fixations of the scene. They didn't want to return to the '80s and the boredom of East Frisian adolescence -- they wanted to burn through the now. This retrospective, compiled and curated by Mense, offers a long-overdue reintroduction to one of Germany's most fearless electronic duos. Neither early enough to ride the house wave nor comfortable cashing in on the electroclash moment, Egoexpress fell between the cracks. What they left behind is timeless: a heartfelt, headstrong catalog that celebrates instinct over intellect, rhythm over rigidity, and emotional intensity over sonic orthodoxy. A Piece Of The Action is a reminder that often the most vital music doesn't fit the moment, it defines one of its own." --Patrick Ryder

 

PRICE: $25.00

CAT #: STEP 004LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress. Deluxe gatefold vinyl edition. "With a book of lyrics and artwork, updated by Vashti herself. This vinyl reissue of Vashti Bunyan's lone 1970 solo release features contributions from British folk royalty including members of Fairport Convention and preeminent producer Joe Boyd." "Vashti Bunyan's lone 1970 solo release features contributions from British folk royalty including members of Fairport Convention and preeminent producer Joe Boyd. Vashti was recently heard singing alongside Devendra Banhart on the title track of Rejoicing In The Hands. The songs were written over two summers and one winter of travelling. After a chance meeting that winter with Derroll Adams (noted Woody Guthrie era folksinger and banjo player) who told her not to 'hide her light under a bushel,' Vashti took the songs of her journey to Joe Boyd. A year later he recorded Just Another Diamond Day, inviting Robin Williamson of the Incredible String Band, and Dave Swarbrick and Simon Nicol (who also played on Nick Drake's records) from Fairport Convention to accompany Vashti on some tracks. The album was released late in 1970 to little attention. The music was abandoned by the singer in favor of further horse journeys and complete obscurity. However, over the years all the recordings have succeeded in finding their own way to the notice of music collectors. The master tape of the album lay in a London warehouse for thirty years before being unwisely taken across the city in an underground train and getting wet in a raging thunderstorm, but has survived almost intact. The four additional on this edition are from well traveled old vinyl, acetate demos, and home recorded tape." -- Paul Lambden.

 

PRICE: $12.00

CAT #: NADA 002LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

2025 restock, last copies, reduced price. First time reissue of Caracol. Brazilian underground music in the 1980s produced fascinating and mysterious records, where organic and regional percussion finally gained electronic and synthetic nuances. Songs were processed electronically and acted in harmony with drumming and dissonant guitar interventions. This was a too bold recipe to be understood in Brazil at that time, dominated by pop music and the first signs of lambada fever and country music. The music contained in Caracol was so anti-commercial that things seemed to happen in a parallel universe for the duo Jo?o de Bru?? and R.H. Jackson. Jo?o de Bru?? started out as a drummer, playing from jazz to forr?. Then he studied Brazilian folklore, worked in circuses and wrote tracks for theater, dance performances and TV. Studying percussion and the relationship between dance and music, he discovered new instruments and possibilities. R.H. Jackson also started out as a drummer and percussionist. He studied cinema, video and electronic composition. He also created soundtracks and researched Brazilian folk dances and candombl?. Jack was already an avid user of several technological innovations and was one of the few in Brazil in the 1980s who dominated computer programming, samplers and sequencers. Caracol was recorded between 1988 and 1989. Jo?o was responsible for the percussion, accordion and a series of objects, such as a copper vase with water, seeds, animal hooves, snorers, springs, bells, marbles and a metal mug, plus piano and a toy clarinet. Jack took care of electronic programming, samplers, sound treatments, synthesizers, subtractions and guitars. Both were in charge of vocals. "What draws most attention in Caracol is the choice of intuition as a creative and compositional process. Despite the sound and timbristic result being marked by a lot of simplicity, at the same time it oozes multiplicity. The voices, processed electronically, merge with a drumming of surdos, repiniques and the dissonant interventions of a guitar. The vocals are onomatopoeic and modal, like a kind of indigenous tribal ritual. Whoever wants to classify the album will have difficulties. In many moments, the choices and sounds are so primitive, that one could hardly think of it as avant-garde. But those who put pre-concepts aside - and use only their ears and musical sensitivity - will be delighted." Contains two extra and unreleased tracks, recorded during the original recording sessions. Remastered from the original tapes. The track "Terra Batida" was included in Outro Tempo (Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992) (Music From Memory, 2017).

 

PRICE: $12.00

CAT #: NADA 003LP

FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL

2025 restock, last copies, reduced price. First time vinyl reissue. 1985 was one of the most important years in Brazil's recent history, when the country was freed from more than 20 years of military dictatorship. The youth took the lead and finally Brazil entered the world show business circuit with Rock In Rio festival. But the real revolution was happening in the underground and this record is a proof of that. One of the people in charge was the musician, composer, poet, writer, scriptwriter and speaker from Rio de Janeiro Ronaldo Tapaj?s, who was always involved with experimental and avant-garde music. His trajectory begins in the mythical 1968, when, as part of the the duo R? and Carlinhos, he released an emblematic single containing the song "O Gigante" -- perhaps the first Brazilian bad trip recorded on vinyl and a shrewd criticism of the society's "square" habits. According to Cinema's LP press release: "in the era of visual music, Cinema is sound". In terms of sound, listening to this album feels like diving into an intriguing anguish of trying to understand how the relationship between technology available at that time (1983-1984) and the more organic instruments happened, this duality between synthesizers/effects with percussion, woodwind instruments, piano and clarinet. In other words: how was the coexistence between the synthetic and the acoustic? This paradox seems to seduce collectors, DJs and enthusiasts of Brazilian music from the '80s around the world. This fictional soundtrack has a dark mood, as if a fog of dark and ambient music insisted on staying on top of cheerful patterns of Afro-Brazilian percussion, or conceptual synth pop. The track "Sem Teto" was included in Outro Tempo (Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992) (Music From Memory, 2017). Includes two extra and unreleased tracks found after decades. Remastered from the original tapes. Includes eight-page color booklet full of photos, images, and new testimonials from the four members of the project.

 

PRICE: $12.00

CAT #: NADA 004LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

2025 restock, last copies, reduced price. Reissued for the first time, Fragmentos da Casa by Brazilian percussionist Marco Bosco was originally released in 1986 by Carmo, owned by Egberto Gismonti. Carmo also released albums by Gismonti, Piry Reis, Fernando Falc?o, Nando Carneiro and Andr? Geraissati, among others. In 1986, Marco Bosco's percussive arsenal was unique and extremely peculiar, containing chizanzhi, caxixis, purrinhola, requo-requo, shequeres, berimbaus and lingo drum, among other instruments. This fusion of acoustic and synthetic, promoted by some Brazilian artists in the '80s and celebrated worldwide, still brings memories to the percussionist. For him, the arrival of those electronic gadgets "was the best thing that happened on the planet." This reissue includes a reproduction of the original artwork, new testimonies by Marco Bosco and a long article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the series of books Lindo Sonho Delirante, which investigates audacious and fearless music produced in the Brazilian underground. The track "Sol da Manh?" was included in Outro Tempo (Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978-1992), compilation by DJ John Gomez released by Dutch label Music From Memory.

 

PRICE: $30.00

CAT #: DC 936BK

FILE UNDER: Misc

Hardcover. 51-pages. "Gabba Gabba We Accept You is a children's picture book that tells the story of how a kid who was bullied and felt like a misfit grew up to become a hero to so many as lead singer of The Ramones. This story speaks to one of the greatest silent majorities in the world -- all the kids who feel a little off. It contains an essential message that the world of punk rock has always meant to communicate. The challenging passages of life that brought Jeffrey Ross Hyman to the place where he became Joey Ramone provide a natural lesson to young folks navigating their way through the complexities of growing up. Working in collaboration with visual artist Lucinda Schreiber, Jay Ruttenberg guides the story of Gabba Gabba We Accept You in unexpected directions, with Lucinda's lyrical illustrations and colorful design opening the sense of possibility in what feels like the path less traveled on every page. About the inspiration for this book, Jay says: 'My daughter just turned 11, so I've spent recent years in children's book land. I think I've read her 97 books about Abraham Lincoln and 12,984 about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It occurred to me that a lot of the life lessons I've been trying to teach her weren't learned through my family or school, but through punk stuff: the importance of being your own person, following your own radar instead of a group's, embracing uniqueness, etc. The Ramones, and in particular Joey, seemed like the perfect embodiment of that. So my big hope for the book is that it tells the story of Joey Ramone, but also, in kind of the biggest way, of what punk rock means, and how it might help a little kid wade through difficult social waters and be their own unique person." Gabba Gabba We Accept You speaks in well-grounded and wise verbal and visual language to inform and affirm children -- young ones and the adult children, alike -- that their individual personalities have an inspired and inspiring place in the world. In the process of becoming and being a person, there's no one set of rules. The sooner we all know that, the sooner we'll find ourselves in a much better place."

 

PRICE: $35.50

CAT #: DRONE 027LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress. Death In Vegas returns with new album Death Mask, where disintegration, overload and total sonic immersion tell a personal tale. With dirty circuitry and rough-hewn textures at the fore, this is gritty, unpolished techno; an audio outlier that's full of personality, and a bold artistic statement. It's closer in DNA to the grainy growl of sunn O))), or the searing intensity of Underground Resistance at their fiercest, and as far from generic influencer business as you could possibly get. "I've been soaking in Ramleh's 'Hole In the Heart', the machine funk of Terrence Dixon's Population One, Jamal Moss' psychedelic techno jams, the stunning minimalism of Mika Vanio's ? and Panasonic, the layered drones of LOOP, and drowning in the acid of TM 404." Broader inspirations are weaved into the album's fabric too; from his Thameside Metal Box studio and evocations of nautical ghosts, to lamentations for a broken world, to memories of a youthful Detroit pilgrimage, and the innocent fraternity of rave euphoria, there's a lot going on, acting as a chronicle of moments, and locations.

 

PRICE: $30.50

CAT #: DUST 137CD

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

"This is the inaugural boxset in a series inspired by our work on the My Brutal Life project and the Sleep Deprivation 24/7 broadcast channel. During our studio sessions, we occasionally get sidetracked, either by following creative impulses or simply having fun. While working on these mixes for our streaming channel, it was clear something else was happening. Something unexpected. It unfolded on its own. Before we realized it, we had over three hours of completely new recordings, all centered around My Brutal Life. This box set contains three CDs with over three hours of brand-new music and exclusive remixes. It's an exploration of long-form works, leading with emotion rather than structure, so come with us through the inner cityscapes, where grey over green wins every time." --The Black Dog

 

PRICE: $13.50

CAT #: FTR 403CS

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"(The) Scotch Broom Collective is an imaginary ensemble helmed (or once helmed) by Robert 'Bob' Fay, whose real-world units have included Sebadoh, Somerville Players, Deluxx, Crush, Baby Jesus Burnout, and so on. Bob's primary instrument is drums, but like his fellow American polymath Ben Vereen, Bob does not allow himself to be pigeon-holed. With Scotch Broom Collective he does it all, except perhaps for the tap dancing segments, which he has chosen to leave to others. The material on this tape (as on Scotch Broom's debut LP on UK's Golden Lab Records) was recorded by a miscellany of outfits with which Bob has been involved, and includes players like Conrad Capistran, Chuck P. Elea, Mark Perretta, Stephen Mathewson, Jason Lowenstein, Eric Matthews, Manny Lander, and Dan Ireton. As you might expect, the tunes are varied-as-shit, lo-fi-as-fuck and random-as-hell. Scotch Broom Ensemble's sound is dedicated to the unbridled freedom of otherness. So the tunes range from aggressive pokes into the cage of the free jazz bear to raw electric guitar instrumentals to wailing collabs with the great Dredd Foole. There is no slack, no waiting, and the tape unspools like a slacker's guide to the outer rim of the universe. It should probably be noted that the final Deluxx free form blowout on the tape was performed at the Paradise, opening for Sebadoh. Bob recalls, 'The packed house didn't know what to make of us?' What a bunch of goddamn squares. Insects & Water started coming together just before the Plague Years began, when Ted Lee innocently asked Bob if there were more good Scotch Broom tapes around. Now, after five long years of digging we have the answer. A solid, multivalent earful of strange yet somehow familiar raunch epistemology, delivered to your head by machines of loving grace. Perhaps we should all be asking better questions more frequently. Apparently they get results." --Byron Coley, 2025

 

PRICE: $26.00

CAT #: FEELIT 149LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"Like a roar, or a belch, in the face of late-stage capitalism Cincinnati's Primitive Impulse comes blasting through your speakers with thirteen tracks of head-pounding drums, face-shredding guitars, and guttural indictments of the consumer capitalist hellscape the world currently languishes in. This is not polished, well packaged festival hardcore/punk -- it's the kind that will pull a switchblade on you, take your wallet, and give your money to the poor. Timely like a well-timed gut punch in a street fight, the boys in PI line up the asshole parade of the opening track and knock them down one by one over the next 18 minutes. No quarter asked, none given. In the face of despair, as the world burns around us, Piss It Away is the defiant 'fuck you' that we all need right now." --Ben Michaelis

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: GET 51534LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

"Too $hort claimed he was retiring in 1996 when he dropped album #10 Gettin' It, but a player like $hort couldn't stay away. After a three-year hiatus, he got back in the game and on July 11th, 1999, he dropped his 11th studio album aptly named Can't Stay Away. Too $hort had been living in Atlanta for several years and this would be the first of many albums to come that would incorporate ATL's southern influences alongside his West Coast Bay Area sound. Jazze Pha, Jermaine Dupri, and NY to ATL transplant funk lord Erick Sermon contributed to the production along with features by Memphis' 8Ball & MJG and Houston's Scarface. The Bay Area sound would come from Ant Banks and Quint Black with West Coast features by E-40, B-Legit, Daz, and Soopa Fly. The album would also introduce several up-and-coming rappers from all regions of the US dubbed Nation Riders who were signed to Too $hort's new label imprint $hort Records. Can't Stay Away is classic Too $hort, full of more pimp tales including a sequel to Born To Mack's Freaky Tales and he don't stop rappin' biiiiattch. Get On Down in partnership with Sony's CERTIFED is proud to present Can't Stay Away for the first time on vinyl."

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: GET 52744LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

"Return Of The Funky Man is the second album by New York legend Lord Finesse. Originally released in 1992, this album was highly anticipated after his debut on the scene just a few years prior. Having already established himself as a punch-line king capable of humorous storytelling, Return of the Funky Man cemented Finesse as a top-notch producer. Tracks such as 'Fat for the 90s' and 'I Like My Girls With A Boom' showed the Funky Man truly living up to his name, both on the mic and behind the boards. After the gruff-voiced 'Lord Finesse Intro,' the album goes on a nonstop journey of witty wordplay over genre-defining boom bap beats. Along for this ride, Finesse brings D.I.T.C. brethren Showbiz and Diamond D on the production side (plus Aladdin & SLJ) while AG and (at the time) newcomer Percee P share mic duties. Topically, Finesse doesn't stray too far from reminding us why he's earned the title The Funky Man. Whether it's bragging and boasting, or breaking down females, he has a way of doing it with a tongue-in-cheek type way that is sure to have you letting out a laugh or two every couple of lines. He possesses that rare quality of being a solo MC that is capable of entertaining throughout the entire hour plus listening experience. Standout tracks such as 'Yes You May,' 'Stop Sweating the Next Man,' and 'Party Over Here' all show why this album was instantly praised by fans and critics alike."

 

PRICE: $30.00

CAT #: GET 52756LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

"When initially released in 1971, many critics panned Eddie Palmieri's album Harlem River Drive. Those critics were wrong. Regardless of critical opinion, the release was not the crossover success Palmieri and Roulette Records had hoped for, at least in the immediate. Over the years the release has developed a following among listeners, DJs, and aficionados of rare-grooves. The record may have been recorded towards the end of the Latin soul era, yet it features that genre's wonderful mix of Puerto Rican soul, Spanish Harlem Latin, and New York funk. Palmieri worked with an incredibly talented crew of Latin and R&B session musicians to create this quintessential New York vibe, a synthesis of funk and Afro-Cuban sounds. Contributors include Victor Venegas from Mongo Santamaria's band, Palmieri's brother Charlie, an accomplished musician in his own right, Bruce Fowler who went on to join Frank Zappa's band, Dick Meza who went on to great things with Tito Puente, Ray Barretto and Celia Cruz, as well as Andy Gonzalez whose pedigree includes recordings with Barretto, Johnny Pacheco, Willie Colon and even Chico O'Farrill. Also appearing Randy Brecker and one of the all-time greatest of the greats Bernard Purdy. An over-arching theme of Harlem River Drive is the thought that, as Palmieri puts it 'The U.S. is richest country, all this immense wealth, side by side with the most intense poverty, racial prejudice; how is that possible?' A question that's perhaps more even more relevant today than it was in 1971. A question that can be further explored with Get On Down's reissue of this seminal recording."

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: GET 52772LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

"In 1996, Busta Rhymes delivered his debut album, The Coming, three years after the Leaders of the New School unofficially disbanded. Though his talents were evident on those Leaders of the New School releases, Busta went on a series of features that only built up the public's desire for a solo Busta album. Right out of the gate, Busta dropped his classic debut single 'Woo Hah!! (Got You All in Check)' that made it abundantly clear he was to be mentioned among Hip Hop's greatest solo artists. The energy and originality packed on that one song set a tone for the album that displays Busta's raw talent and ability to bend words with his ever-rambunctious flow. The album features production by Easy Mo Bee, DJ Scratch, Q-Tip, and J Dilla. Songs such as 'Everything Remains Raw,' 'Abandon Ship,' and 'Still Shining' all rise above as The Coming's stand-out tracks, but 'Ill Vibe' is the album's crown jewel moment. Busta sounds right at home over this J Dilla beat, trading verses with his Native Tongue cohort Q-Tip. The Coming was a critical and commercial success for Busta Rhymes. It reached #6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1996 and has since received a platinum certification from RIAA. As mentioned, The Coming boasts the hit single 'Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check ' which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1996. It was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. It also ended up sporting another hit single, 'It's a Party' featuring Zhan?. The Coming shows amazing variety where Busta can break free from the bells and the whistles of the Busta Dungeon Dragon flow to explore other ways of leaving our jaws open by his incredible lyricism. The Coming surely lives up to its title, as Busta delivers a performance that ignited his impeccable solo career."

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: GREL 035LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

2025 repress. "In the early 1980s, Yellowman pretty much ruled the dancehalls, only Josey Wales and Charlie Chaplin were a threat, at least until a small, furry rodent -- Eek A Mouse -- scurried onto the scene. And as different as these four DJs were, they did share one thing in common, studio time with producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes, the man behind some of their greatest recordings. Mister Yellowman was the DJ's first album with Lawes, and remains one of his best. Backed by the seminal Roots Radics and Earl 'Chinna' Smith's Hi Times Band, the deep roots that both created were further finessed by Lawes into a simmering stew of dancehall-inflected rhythms shot through with dub. Thematically, Yellowman drifted between boasts about his appeal to the opposite sex and vignettes on everyday life, many delivered with a sly humor that was the secret to his success."

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: VPGS 7124LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

2025 repress. "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng went on to become a signature tune for Yellowman when coupled up on a massive hit Greensleeves 12" Disco 45 with 'Who can make the dance Ram.' Both sides on this set feature the group in their dance-corking glory. The album, produced by Henry 'Junjo' Lawes, is rightly regarded as a dancehall classic and highlights a wicked selection of Yellowman duets with his longtime spa Fathead. Zungguzungguguzungguzeng was proof then and now that as for ramming the dance, if anyone can, Yellowman can. Recorded and mixed at Joe Gibbs and Channel One. Engineered by Errol Thompson and Soldgie. Back by Radics and Hi-Times Band."

 

PRICE: $28.50

CAT #: HOL 147LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

La Festa delle Rane (literally "the frog's party") are one of the most singular outputs from the vibrant Italian underground community. Innocent, at times flawed, full of candor and tenderness and just enough spice to make things take a grandiose detour into the eerie and unsettling. Il lago ? il cielo del bosco e tutte le rane cantano in coro, originally released on tape for Ruego in 2022 and now remastered for vinyl by Matt Bordin, was conceived by main songwriter Lucia Sole between 2020 and 2022. Her knack for off-kilter church melodies and yelping renditions of what apparently could be categorized as "feel-good" tunes often wanders into obscurity sparked by flashes of lo-fi Spectorian pomp, campfire folk and Smile era Wilson-isms. Recorded between Bologna, Napoli, Brussels, Benevento, and Colleverde di Leonessa, La Festa delle Rane's sun-tinged psychedelia comes with an incredible bag of tricks: dream flashes of absurdity, pillowy melodies and kaleidoscopic lollipops that are bound to melt and stick as soon as you get close. Joined by a collective of musicians that include Gianlorenzo Nardi (Lac Observation, Il Gran Diavolato, Rawarr), Simone del Deo, and Francesco Esposito, Lucia Sole 's songs are laced with mystique and a raw organic sound that depends, for this chapter, on a rotating trunk of instruments (glockenspiel, flute, organ, clarinet, musical saw, melodica) where subtlety and spontaneity are often combined resulting in a bizarre and oddly functional marriage. You often get the impression that just the wind and the swaying of trees would be enough soundscape for them to create timeless melodies and woven patterns. The lyrics not only paint a bucolic setting or a nostalgic elegy but they wedge simple nuggets into the psyche, seeds of a forgotten world that still ring true in any outsider cosmos. Tempos flutter and pitch comes and goes carrying a melancholy pin-pointed across the recordings, a bewildering atmosphere permeating the 14-track collection. Medieval folklore for the dawn of AM Radio or simply a zonked out semi-pagan collective that treads the fine line between the surreal and the pastoral. Innocence and mischief flow into a beautiful collection of celestial free-form children's folk hymns.

 

PRICE: $39.50

CAT #: HOL MBVI

FILE UNDER: WORLD

2LP Silk Screen Sleeve plus insert. Yellow Vinyl. Holidays Records is more than excited to join the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Les Disques Bongo Joe with the first ever vinyl edition of Meridian Brothers' early projects: Meridian Brothers VI and Meridian Brothers VII! 2LP Silk Screen Sleeve plus insert. Before Guaracha UFO propelled Meridian Brothers onto the international stage, Eblis ?lvarez was already shaping his singular sonic universe in the shadows. Released only on CD in between 2009 and 2012 via local label La Distritof?nica, Meridian Brothers VI and VII never had wide distribution or media exposure. Yet, these albums represent a crucial phase in the band's evolution, capturing the energy of Bogot?'s experimental cumbia scene at the time. On VI, ?lvarez crafts a hallucinatory patchwork of cumbia and vallenato, using his guitar as the guiding thread before layering other instruments on top. These two albums laid the foundation for the radical fusion and irreverent spirit that would later define Meridian Brothers. Now reissued on vinyl for the first time, these historic recordings offer a raw and fascinating glimpse into the origins of one of Latin America's most forward-thinking musical projects.

 

PRICE: $39.50

CAT #: HOL MBVII

FILE UNDER: WORLD

Green vinyl. 2LP Silk Screen Sleeve plus insert. Holidays Records is more than excited to join the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Les Disques Bongo Joe with the first ever vinyl edition of Meridian Brothers' early projects: Meridian Brothers VI and Meridian Brothers VII! Before Guaracha UFO propelled Meridian Brothers onto the international stage, Eblis ?lvarez was already shaping his singular sonic universe in the shadows. Released only on CD in between 2009 and 2012 via local label La Distritof?nica, Meridian Brothers VI and VII never had wide distribution or media exposure. Yet, these albums represent a crucial phase in the band's evolution, capturing the energy of Bogot?'s experimental cumbia scene at the time. VII pushes experimentation even further with a custom-built sampling algorithm, generating unpredictable loops and grooves. These two albums laid the foundation for the radical fusion and irreverent spirit that would later define Meridian Brothers. Now reissued on vinyl for the first time, these historic recordings offer a raw and fascinating glimpse into the origins of one of Latin America's most forward-thinking musical projects.

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: LMS 1725563

FILE UNDER: ROCK

New/permanent black vinyl edition; double 140gr vinyl. Originally released in 1993, The Brown Album marked a significant evolution in Orbital's sound -- and was met with widespread critical acclaim. NME awarded it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag's best albums of all time. Standout track "Halcyon + On + On" became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III's It's a Fine Day. The track's dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" is another defining moment, an evolving journey of layered breakbeats and dynamic synth arrangements, reflecting the duo's ability to create both club-ready and introspective music. Meanwhile, "Lush 3-1" and "Lush 3-2" demonstrate Orbital's knack for crafting intricate, evolving grooves, balancing pulsating rhythms with melodic flourishes that keep the listener engaged. This Brown Album 2LP reissue has been cut at half speed, to ensure maximum audio fidelity for this landmark release.

 

PRICE: $22.00

CAT #: LCD 2001CD

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

2025 repress. Originally released on Lovely Music in 1998. Double CD of all five of Elaine Radigue's songs in tribute to the Tibetan saint and poet from the 11th century. Two of the tracks dates from Radigue's first release in 1983, two are previously unreleased and the final 62-minute track was previously issued as a sole CD in 1987. The material is performed by Radigue (synthesizer and recording), Robert Ashley (English voice), and Lama Kunga Rinpoche (Tibetan voice). Radigue was born in France and has studied under Pierre Shaeffer and Pierre Henry; her music has an extremely organic and mystical electronics vibe, and has been previously documented on Phill Niblock's XI label, as well as Metamkine and Lovely. Milarepa is a great saint and poet of Tibet who lived in the 11th century. Through years dedicated to meditation and related practices in the solitude of the mountains, Milarepa achieved the highest attainable illumination and the mental power that enabled him to guide innumerable disciples. His ability to present complex teachings in a simple, lucid style is astonishing. He had a fine voice and loved to sing. When his patrons and disciples made a request or asked him a question, he answered in spontaneously composed free-flowing poems or lyric songs. It is said that he composed 100,000 songs to communicate his ideas in his teachings and conversations.

 

PRICE: $11.50

CAT #: LCD 5013CD

FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL

2025 restock; 2009 release. Alvin Lucier on Sferics and Music For Solo Performer: "Sferics is the shortened term for atmospherics, natural radio-frequency emissions in the ionosphere, caused by electromagnetic energy radiated from nearby or distant lightning. . . . My interest in sferics goes back to 1967, when I discovered in the Brandeis University Library a disc recording of ionospheric sounds by astrophysicist Millett Morgan of Dartmouth College. I experimented with this material, processing it in various ways -- filtering, narrow band amplifying and phase-shifting -- but I was unhappy with the idea of altering natural sounds and uneasy about using someone else's material for my own purposes. I wanted to have the experience of listening to these sounds in real time and collecting them for myself. When Pauline Oliveros invited me to visit the music department at the University of California at San Diego a year later, I proposed a whistler recording project. Despite two weeks of extending antenna wire across most of the La Jolla landscape and wrestling with homemade battery-operated radio receivers, Pauline and I had nothing to show for our efforts. . . . Sferics was recorded by the composer on August 27, 1981, in Church Park, Colorado. The sound material was collected continuously from midnight to dawn with a pair of homemade antennas and a stereo cassette tape recorder. At regular intervals the antennas were repositioned in order to explore the directivity of the propagated signals and to shift the stereo field." "Music For Solo Performer was first performed on May 5, 1965 at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, with the encouragement and participation of John Cage. I sat on a landing between the two floors of the museum, electrodes attached to my scalp. The mono output of the alpha amplifiers was routed to the inputs of eight home stereo amplifiers, the outputs of which were sent to 16 loudspeaker-percussion pairs deployed around the museum. During the course of the 40-minute performance Cage randomly raised and lowered the stereo amplifiers' volume controls channeling the alpha signal to various instruments around the room. . . . This recording of Music For Solo Performer was produced under the supervision of Wesleyan professor of music Ron Kuivila with the assistance of graduate students Ivan Naranjo and Phillip Schulze and undergraduate Forrest Leslie, at the Wesleyan University Experimental Music Studio, on December 8 and 9, 2007."

 

PRICE: $31.50

CAT #: MH 002LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

Teresa Rotschopf, a musician and composer from Vienna, presents her second solo album, Currents and Orders -- a radical, delicate, yet grandiose sonic journey between experimental pop, new music, and improvised composition. Currents and Orders was recorded in an unusual location: a stalactite cave in Styria, Austria. Together with a small group of musicians (Maria Gst?ttner: bassoon, contraforte; Alex Kranabetter: tuba, trumpet, French horn; Patrick Dunst: saxophone, duduk; Florian Klinger: marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, cymbals, gong, stalactite; Patrick Pulsinger: gong, stalactite; Ulrich Schleicher: gong) and in co-production with Patrick Pulsinger, Rotschopf recorded the album in June 2023 -- deep underground, far from daylight, but all the closer to archaic sounds and resonances. The cave becomes not only an acoustic stage, but also a symbolic space of memory, retreat, and transformation. The album comprises four pieces -- including two large-scale tracks. Rotschopf first developed the desire to record in a cave in the summer of 2022. What began as a visual and sonic image became a concrete project -- supported by the Austrian Cave Association. In June 2023, Rotschopf and her musicians spent three days in a cave in the Styrian Forest. Almost a kilometer of cable was laid, and equipment and instruments were carried deep underground. Rotschopf describes the recording situation as a kind of return to herself: "I descended into this cave, as if I could descend into myself, into my own womb [...] What we did in the cave could just as easily be called 'recording music,' but it could also be called 'remembering' -- remembering the earth, the cave, and humanity." Currents and Orders is an album like a ritual: haunting, atmospheric, bold in its form, and deeply rooted in both physical and emotional space. Music that takes its time, uses space, and pushes boundaries.

 

PRICE: $38.50

CAT #: MGART 611TV-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress; transparent vinyl version. First-ever official reissue on vinyl since 1975. Ash Ra Tempel is the eponymous debut studio album by the Krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel. It features guitarist Manuel G?ttsching with drummer Klaus Schulze and bassist Hartmut Enke. Engineered by Conny Plank, it was recorded in March and June 1971 on Ohr Records. This 50th Anniversary Album will be released in memoriam of all the musical contributors to this release and on Manuel G?ttsching?s MG.ART label."On our album, the track 'Amboss' represents the first layer. Conventional instruments communicate familiar music which is in part expanded through electronic means. In the second track of the album -- 'Traummaschine' -- the actual basic sound approach is dissolved into an electronic Nirvana which no longer allows the concrete identification of actual instruments. Innocent, virgin listening, free from any and every association, can finally begin -- and the music can be absorbed and processed free from the limitations of categorization. That is the purpose of our music: To convey freedom without any predetermined criteria or traditions. Thank you for your attention." --Manuel G?ttsching (Taken from the original A-R-T Bio 1970)140gram Limited Transparent Vinyl. Sticker, 50th Anniversary RE-Edition, Re-Cut carefully overseen by Manuel G?ttsching. 350 gram Quadro Fold Out Sleeve that exactly replicates complex/original OHR die-cut jacket, A2 Poster, 2x (German and English) A4 Inlay with Original Bio Sheet written by Manuel G?ttsching (1970). Pressed at Optimal, Germany.

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: MOV 1864COL-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"In 1968 Status Quo's first hit record Pictures of Matchstick Men was released and the debut album soon followed. The single reached #7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached #12. Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo features several covers, including 'Green Tambourine' by The Lemon Pipers and 'Spicks and Specks' by The Bee Gees. South London members Alan Lancaster (bass) and Francis Rossi (guitar) were the original members and founders of Status Quo. Formerly known as The Spectres and later renamed to Traffic or Traffic Jam they settled for Status Quo as their band name in 1967. The following years they were joined by John Coghlan (drums), Roy Lynes (keyboard) and Rick Parfitt (guitar). Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on turquoise vinyl."

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: MOV 2611COL-LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

"Eastwood Rides Again follows the theme of Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters previous classic, Return Of Django -- and like that one, the groove isn't just the rocksteady rhythms you'd expect -- but also maybe this more spacious version of the style. They got their funk on with the inspiration of Spaghetti Westerns and soul music. The record is largely instrumental and it's a representation of Perry's significant production skills. Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music and worked together with artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Clash and The Beastie Boys. Nowadays he's still performing and recording music. Eastwood Rides Again is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on turquoise vinyl."

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: MOV 2949RED-LP

FILE UNDER: JAZZ

"Pharoah Sanders' Moon Child was released in 1990 and bookended a decade of musical soul searching for Sanders. The acclaimed free jazz player is known to have a raw and abrasive sound but reinvented himself on this album as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful deliberations. Moon Child is a grand old time throughout, and Sanders has never been more eminently sing-along-able as he is on its title track. The record was co-written with Horace Silver, George Gershwin and Abdullah Ibrahim and recorded with William Henderson, Stafford James, Eddie Moore, and Cheikh Tidiane Fall. Moon Child by Pharoah Sanders is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent red colored vinyl and is printed on heavy cardboard with linen laminate finish."

 

PRICE: $50.00

CAT #: MOV 3272LP

FILE UNDER: JAZZ

"Pharoah 'Farrell' Sanders was a leading figure in the world of jazz and his tenor saxophone playing earned him a legendary status among jazz circles. This 2LP compilation Welcome To Love features the master saxophonist playing straight-up jazz ballads and includes the bonus track 'Moonlight In Vermont.' Sanders is accompanied by William Henderson on piano, Stafford James on bass and Eccleston W. Wainwright on drums. Welcome To Love is available as a double album on black vinyl."

 

PRICE: $39.00

CAT #: MOV 3894LP

FILE UNDER: JAZZ

"Consecration I is a posthumous live album by the legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans. The recordings were captured during Evans' final performances at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco between August 31 and September 7, 1980. Consecration 1 showcases Evans' signature introspective style, blending lyrical phrasing with intricate harmonic progressions. The album features Evans alongside bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera, forming a trio that delivered deeply expressive interpretations of jazz standards and original compositions. Tracks like 'You and the Night And the Music,' 'Emily,' and 'Someday My Prince Will Come' highlight Evans' delicate touch and masterful improvisation."

 

PRICE: $41.00

CAT #: MOV 3918LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"Released in 1970, Earwax marked the debut album of Dutch Free Jazz ensemble Association P.C., recorded in Wageningen, The Netherlands, and produced by Dutch Jazz pioneer Wim Wigt. The album fuses Free Jazz with Jazz-rock, showcasing an adventurous sound led by drummer Pierre Courbois. The line-up includes guitarist Toto Blanke, bassists Siggi Busch and Peter Krijnen, and Jasper van 't Hof on electric piano. Members Courbois, Blanke and van 't Hof are considered as the early inspirators of the Jazz-rock and German Krautrock sound. Now, 55 years later, Earwax by Association P.C., finally sees its first-ever reissue since its original release. This long-awaited edition consists of six tracks and is presented in a gatefold sleeve, featuring details about the musicians involved."

 

PRICE: $42.00

CAT #: MOV 3929COL-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"The album C.Q. was originally released in 1968 by the Dutch Nederbeat band The Outsiders, featuring Wally Tax (vocals), Ronnie Splinter (guitar), Leendert 'Buzz' Busch (drums), and Frank Beek (bass guitar). The Outsiders, hailing from Amsterdam, were a key figure in the Dutch Nederbeat movement-a local interpretation of beat music inspired by the British Invasion. Though the album C.Q. initially struggled commercially, it has since gained recognition as a psychedelic and garage rock masterpiece. C.Q. is available as a limited edition on yellow colored vinyl and packed in a gloss laminated gatefold sleeve."

 

PRICE: $38.00

CAT #: MVD 4429LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 restock; transparent red and opaque yellow vinyl. "Devo, captured live in Oakland, performing early experimental tracks written between 1974 and 1977, prior to any label deal or public success. No matter how messy, beginnings are exciting. Especially when what happens next endures the test of time. For Devo, the beginning happened in the basements and garages of Akron, Ohio. The songs they wrote were raw and unfiltered with no commercial intent. They called it Hardcore Devo. Performing 21 oddities, this is a tribute to departed, original Devo bandmate, Robert 'Bob 2' Casale. Recorded live on June 28, 2014 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. This repress is on red (disc 1) and yellow (disc 2) and is limited to 500 copies."

 

PRICE: $26.00

CAT #: NSD 165LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

'Among the most important groups in hip-hop history, legendary Brownsville, Brooklyn duo M.O.P. has been the embodiment of hardcore rap for three decades. They've been signed to iconic labels like Roc-A-Fella and G-Unit, released one of the biggest rap singles ever in 'Ante Up,' and did it all without compromising their sound or integrity. Back in 2014, Lil Fame and Billy Danze unleashed the acclaimed album Street Certified, executive produced by DJ Premier. Featuring appearances by Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, and Maino, the project is classic New York hip-hop, with the type of raw, unfiltered music fans have come to expect from the Mash Out Posse. After an initial white colored pressing quickly sold out, Street Certified is now available on black vinyl for the first time ever, complete with redesigned artwork."

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: NSD 255LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

"With an ever-growing horde of rappers clamoring for attention, manifesting a successful long-term career in hip-hop has become an almost supernatural achievement, reserved for artists with near-mystical talents. Atlanta emcee Tha God Fahim embraces this role, positioning himself as a divine warrior with lyrical powers transcending this earthly realm, battling dark forces with tactical ingenuity and relentless dedication. This artistic vision has become even more vivid in recent years, culminating in the wildly creative series Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap with acclaimed producer Nicholas Craven. Inspired by the anime phenomenon Dragon Ball and its conception of a dimension unconstrained by the rules of time, Fahim and Craven just concluded the ambitious endeavor with a staggering fifteen volumes released in only eight months. Taken collectively, Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap forms a vital entry in Tha God Fahim's catalog, blending gritty narratives of hustle and hardship with intergalactic rhyme wizardry. Fahim's stratospheric ambitions are elevated by exquisite production from Nicholas Craven, known for his work with Roc Marciano, Mach-Hommy, Westside Gunn, Conway, Boldy James, Pink Siifu, and more. After a limited release on Bandcamp, Nature Sounds is now rolling out the Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap series on vinyl. This pressing of Volume 1 contains the full collection on side A, with the accompanying instrumentals on side B."

 

PRICE: $16.00

CAT #: NSD 257CD

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

"More than thirty years after their seismic arrival, the legendary Wu-Tang Clan remains as relevant as ever, whether inspiring an acclaimed TV series or securing a historic Las Vegas artist residency. With a wealth of talent that may never be duplicated, the group's impact has been amplified by the solo careers of all nine members. Masta Killa has been an important part of this legacy, with four acclaimed solo albums containing countless Wu classics. Now, in the midst of the last Wu-Tang Clan tour ever, Masta Killa is back with the highly anticipated new album Balance. Executive produced by Wu-Tang mastermind RZA, the collection is vintage New York hip-hop at its finest, with thunderous drums courtesy of beatsmiths like Easy Mo Bee, PF Cuttin, Nick Price, and RZA himself. Lyrically, Killa proves his sword is sharper than ever, sharing wise words alongside a diverse set of guests including Method Man, Snoop Dogg, RZA, Raekwon, N.O.R.E., Cappadonna, AZ, Uncle Murda, and more."

 

PRICE: $31.00

CAT #: NSD 257LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

LP version. "More than thirty years after their seismic arrival, the legendary Wu-Tang Clan remains as relevant as ever, whether inspiring an acclaimed TV series or securing a historic Las Vegas artist residency. With a wealth of talent that may never be duplicated, the group's impact has been amplified by the solo careers of all nine members. Masta Killa has been an important part of this legacy, with four acclaimed solo albums containing countless Wu classics. Now, in the midst of the last Wu-Tang Clan tour ever, Masta Killa is back with the highly anticipated new album Balance. Executive produced by Wu-Tang mastermind RZA, the collection is vintage New York hip-hop at its finest, with thunderous drums courtesy of beatsmiths like Easy Mo Bee, PF Cuttin, Nick Price, and RZA himself. Lyrically, Killa proves his sword is sharper than ever, sharing wise words alongside a diverse set of guests including Method Man, Snoop Dogg, RZA, Raekwon, N.O.R.E., Cappadonna, AZ, Uncle Murda, and more."

 

PRICE: $36.00

CAT #: LSSN 099LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"Slowly yet firmly blooming into focus, An Unfinished Rose is the new album from Australian duo Troth. This is their first since relocating to Hobart, Tasmania and their introduction to Night School Records. With a detailed web of past releases on labels A Colourful Storm, Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox, Knekelhuis and Bowman's own Altered States Tapes imprint, An Unfinished Rose is the group's most realized and composed work thus far. While still drawing on the improvisatory and DIY practices that informed Troth's beginnings, it points to a new incarnation of the duo's music; an intentional language emerging from the fog of obfuscation and mists of uncertainty. Over these nine meditations on change, acceptance, renewal and rebirth, An Unfinished Rose finds Amelia Besseny and Cooper Bowman peeling back some of the roughhewn architecture that defined their earlier releases to reveal a masterful -- if auto-didactic -- use of space and melody. Composition and improvisation compliment and feed each other throughout, with locked-loop earworms providing the springboard for lines of clarinet or synth melody, and the negative space between chord clusters giving ample room for Besseny's most confident vocal performances to date. Shaving off a little of the defining dissonance and tape compression of old reveals Troth's music in radiant daylight, humbly accepting of its place in the world while yearning for better, more sympathetic modes of living. Leaning more heavily on acoustic instrumentation and post-production processes than previously, the result is a transcendent body of work infused with an almost zen-like presence."

 

PRICE: $30.00

CAT #: NA 5278LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

"Those profiled include Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, maverick producer/arranger/composer Elias Rahbani, mysterious talents like Nicolas Dick and Robert Maalouf and the father of the label's founder, Abdallah Chahine, a pianist of immense talent. As told in detailed liner notes by DJ, music researcher and legacy-keeper Ernesto Chahoud and Natalie Shooter, this period of Lebanese music formed the soundtrack to the city of Beirut during its multiple transformations, from its 1950s to 1960s heyday as 'the Switzerland of the Orient' through to the mid-1970s and 1980s, when it soundtracked the tragic days of the Lebanese Civil War. From Chahoud's liner notes: 'I spent years going through thousands of titles from one of the largest catalog of Lebanese and Arabic music, by one of the earliest labels in the Arab world, Voix De L'Orient, to handpick the 12 songs that represent a survey into this momentous catalog. The Lebanese musical experiment, stretching almost seven decades, has offered one of the most complex and fully fledged modern Oriental scenes of the Arab world. These 12 songs were released in different periods and embody a wide range of musical ideas from the most adventurous on the Voix De L'Orient label, those musicians that played major roles in the renaissance of ancient musical traditions. So, from the '60s and '70s, you'll hear Adballah Chahine improvising on Oriental scales on a custom-made piano that he developed in order to play quarter tones; you'll engage the radical approach to folkloric music from the legendary Iraqi composer and oud player Munir Bechir; you'll enjoy the timeless blend of Occidental and Oriental forms as fused by the genius Elias Rahbani. The songs by Georgette Sayegh, Adib Abou Antoun and Robert Maalouf give a sense of Lebanon's unique '70s and '80s pop sounds. You might think that this music comes from a foreign, faraway culture, and I suppose it does, for some, but this music is close to us all. This anthology is presented 100 percent free of cultural appropriation. This album is a genuine attempt to escape the ephemeral aspect of everyday, fast music fashions. This album is absolute beauty to play out loud, while waiting for the second volume to come.'"

 

PRICE: $33.00

CAT #: PONE 9030LP

FILE UNDER: HIPHOP

"Pressed on cotton-candy splash colored vinyl. Crazy Noise is the 1989 debut album by New Haven, Connecticut rapper and producer Stezo. After being a dancer for hip-hop group EPMD, Stezo signed a solo record deal with Sleeping Bag/Fresh Records and recorded this debut album. It features two charting singles: 'Freak the Funk' and 'It's My Turn,' plus fan favorites 'To The Max' and 'Bring The Horns.' Crazy Noise is chock full of crafty rhymes and original loops, and Stezo was the first person ever to use some of these more notable loops. Stezo died in his sleep on April 29, 2020, leaving behind a legacy begging to be properly commemorated. This reissue is one step in that process. Crazy Noise is an overlooked and underappreciated album that serves both as a time capsule for hip-hop's late 1980s golden era, and a lesson in keeping it real. An overlooked detail is that the album was mixed and engineered by the late great Paul C, who also produced for the Ultramagnetic MCs, Biz Markie, and Eric B and Rakim."

 

PRICE: $29.00

CAT #: PF 011LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 restock; LP version. "Wire's first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire's reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has been a number of years since these albums were readily available. The aim with these new vinyl and CD releases is to approximate the original statements as closely as possible, but with remastered audio. The vinyl releases have the same covers and inners as the originals (minus the Harvest logo). The digipack CDs have identical track listings to their vinyl counterparts. These versions should be considered Wire's classic 1970s albums, pure and undiluted. Usually contextualized against a backdrop of two years of the growing cultural importance of punk rock--Wire's debut Pink Flag, released in December 1977 on EMI's progressive label Harvest was in fact was something 'other.' To the keen cultural commentator, the timing and label of its release will register two essential facts about it. Firstly, too late (a year after the Pistol's debut release) to be part of UK punk's first flush and secondly that the band were signaling something beyond punk by their choice of label. Further investigation would reveal twenty-one tracks, some of them clocking in at well under a minute and covering a range of tempi well beyond the buzzsaw rockabilly that had become, even by the second half of 1977, punk's staple."

 

PRICE: $26.00

CAT #: RRS 114CV-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

Released a mere eight months after their groundbreaking 1978 self-titled debut LP, The Kids' second album is a pure masterpiece of straightforward punk rock. A little less raw than their previous material, but still far from the new wave sounds the band started experimenting with on their following records, Naughty Kids' remains one of the best examples of non-UK '70s punk and definitely a mandatory addition to the collection of any fanatic! This reissue also features five bonus tracks recorded live in 1978.

 

PRICE: $29.00

CAT #: EZRDR 213LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

LP version. "Hailing from the Central Valley of California, H?G's founding member Daniel moved to Portland in 2018 and formed the group, releasing an EP with the initial lineup in 2022. In early 2024 it was announced that Portland locals and friends Adam and Bobcat would join ranks, and they went to work playing shows and developing their upcoming debut album, Blackhole. While H?G aligns with the familiar tones and rhythm of heavy rock n roll of the 1970s, this group is by no means derivative. Their collective influences and backgrounds of punk and metal that encourage steady experimentation, along with what Daniel identified as 'the dirty bleakness that Portland embodies most of the year' allows the sound of Blackhole to stand on its own. It is dark and grimy, and best played loud. Daniel's writing occurred over two timelines, and while the lyrical content has shifted from 'optimistically defiant and lighthearted' in the early work to more serious subject matter influenced by 'the state of the world, depression, and sex' in newer songs, the execution in both live performance and studio sound does not feel disjointed. This stands as a testament to the band's membership and unity. Adam's swift cadence on the kit with Bobcat's bassline moving in waves, the low end allows Daniel to wail through every fret on his guitar while performing his lyrics in an equally wide vocal range. Recorded in the summer of 2024 in the back of Trevor Labovitz amp repair store named Arcane Amps in Portland Oregon, entirely on 2" reel tape and spanned about two months recording after hours when the shop was closed."

 

PRICE: $24.50

CAT #: RM 4207LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

A Note from Aki Onda: "This album was recorded as a soundtrack for Ken Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern at Spiral Hall, organized by Sound Live Tokyo, on November 3, 2015. It was probably one of our best performances. Before the performance, Ken explained to me the selected slides he uses and the ordering he employs, so that I would better understand the flow. Some slides are black-and-white and some color. For a given performance, Ken selects ten slides or so. However, he might play with just one slide for the entire show or change the order -- there was plenty of room to improvise. On my side, I also had a structure and the order of tapes, quite independent from Ken's visual. But I made the system easy to extend or shorten, duration-wise, in order to respond to Ken's ordering and mood. I dedicate this album to Flo Jacobs who passed away just recently. Flo was deeply involved in Ken's creative process; as he says: 'This is a mom-and-pop business.' From the first day of working together, she was always there with us and took care of all practical matters. Ken is a dreamer and thinks and works intuitively. But Flo -- an exceptionally beautiful woman in and out -- is rooted in the real world. Not just a pragmatist, however, Flo advises Ken on artistic decisions. Ken always asks to hear her thoughts, as I did as well. As film critic and their decades-long friend Amy Taubin once described it, 'Florence Jacobs is nothing less than a producer of Ken Jacobs' cinema.' What a perfect couple, and it was an extremely joyous journey with them!"

 

PRICE: $32.00

CAT #: SAT 070LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

2025 repress. DaRand Land, who hails from the post-industrial confines of Buffalo, NY was one of the leading figures of Deep4Life, a cult label known for submersible oriented, yet dancefloor-friendly productions. With ambient synth-driven tones and heavy funk basslines being at the center of his sound, DaRand Land's music often evokes an introspective quality, without losing its groove fundamental. DaRand's works, which span decades on deep house labels such as Downbeat, Confluence and Pulp have been described as "uncompromising" and has afforded him a passionate following of listeners who seek a more emotive, thought-provoking brand of underground music. Teaming up once again with Scissors and Thread -- the perfect fit for his sound -- DaRand Land drops an album full of crafty, trippy house for the heads. Wander Being contains ten tracks on the double vinyl release with a pair of additional tracks for the digital release. The vibe is deep and sleek, with a rough, bumping edge. The title track sets the tone, a smattering of percussion accompanying a thick, round kick drum and Rhodes chords, giving off a classic Detroit feel. Tracks like "Turn to The Music" ramp up the energy somewhat, but overall the tracks sit in the sweet spot between dancefloor burners and soulful, jazzy, deep cuts. Noticeable is the space given to each element across the tracks -- the hi-hats sparkle, the snare snaps, and the basslines roll and rumble. Add to this the magic melodic flourishes provided by the pads and synths, reminiscent of the late Mike Huckaby in places, made this whole album a thoughtful, joyful experience. "The genesis for the Wander Being LP," says DaRand "was a desire to return to the essence of some of my original Deep4Life productions. How was this accomplished? Principally, through the exclusive use of hardware components, minimalist arrangement, and a minds-eye approach to source the musical elements. In particular, the single, 'The Nature of Reality' was written to convey a sense of what it feels like to be in a state of suspended animation. There is a natural tension introduced via the organic, swirling pad progression juxtaposed against endless vocal echoes and the low-end groove of the bassline. Thematically, I wanted to carry this forward through the entirety of the album. balancing subdued keys and strings with ethereal tones and atmospheres."

 

PRICE: $16.00

CAT #: SC 061CD

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"After a storied first year as a band releasing and touring behind their critically acclaimed debut album Today, Galaxie 500 closed out 1988 with a quintessential performance at New York City's famed CBGB with every bit of their signature intimacy and autumnal bombast on display. The unusual bill which also included Sonic Youth, B.A.L.L. and Unsane was a benefit show for the zine shop See Hear. Captured here in a raw but inspired board mix by Kramer and restored and mastered from the analog source by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, CBGB 12.13.88 is a live snapshot of a Galaxie fully formed, punctuating the end of their first chapter while poised to step into their next with On Fire the following year."

 

PRICE: $16.00

CAT #: SC 063CD

FILE UNDER: ROCK

"Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the '60s and '70s and the Pacific Rim's subterranean reimagining of 'rock' form in the '90s, Orcutt Shelley Miller utilize explosive group chemistry, focused intention and chance to pursue the creation of song in its rawest, purest form.""The landscape Orcutt Shelley Miller inhabits lies deep in the stoner American bedrock, fed by volcanic riffage and hypnotic phrasing with rhythmic nods to the SoCal '60s and atonal slash piled on a mid '80s SST punk-fusionoid substrate, ultimately blasting a 'big rock statement' that treads the line between good times and blown minds." --Tom Carter

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: SC 063LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

LP version. "Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio comprised of three highly celebrated figures of experimental music: Bill Orcutt (Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). Following in the footsteps of the high-firing free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the '60s and '70s and the Pacific Rim's subterranean reimagining of 'rock' form in the '90s, Orcutt Shelley Miller utilize explosive group chemistry, focused intention and chance to pursue the creation of song in its rawest, purest form.""The landscape Orcutt Shelley Miller inhabits lies deep in the stoner American bedrock, fed by volcanic riffage and hypnotic phrasing with rhythmic nods to the SoCal '60s and atonal slash piled on a mid '80s SST punk-fusionoid substrate, ultimately blasting a 'big rock statement' that treads the line between good times and blown minds." --Tom Carter

 

PRICE: $29.00

CAT #: THRILL 050LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress; black vinyl. "1998: Tortoise's third studio album TNT is released. In and out of print over the past decade we are happy to finally give everyone what they have been asking for - TNT on vinyl again! Pressed on high quality virgin vinyl, the two LPs are packaged in a deluxe old-style tip-on gatefold jacket fully replicating the original artwork and includes a download coupon for the first time!"

 

PRICE: $32.00

CAT #: THRILL 050Y-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress; clear vinyl with white Hi-melt. "1998: Tortoise's third studio album TNT is released. In and out of print over the past decade we are happy to finally give everyone what they have been asking for - TNT on vinyl again! Pressed on high quality virgin vinyl, the two LPs are packaged in a deluxe old-style tip-on gatefold jacket fully replicating the original artwork and includes a download coupon for the first time!"

 

PRICE: $14.50

CAT #: THRILL 229CD

FILE UNDER: ROCK

Originally released in 2010. "A native of Virginia and resident of Philadelphia since 1998, Jack Rose first rose to prominence with the drone/noise/folk unit, Pelt. Pelt can be counted among the early influential new music underground bands such as UN, No Neck Blues Band, Charalambides, Tower Recordings and Six Organs of Admittance. Rose recorded and toured with the band up until 2006. Rose released his first solo LP in 2002, Red Horse, White Mule, of post-Takoma, American primitive guitar. Along with the influences of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, Rose also incorporated North Indian classical, early American blues, bluegrass and minimalism into his singular style. Luck in the Valley is the third album in a set of recordings that Rose jokingly refers to as his 'Ditch Trilogy.' Rose continues his exploration of pre-war American music with a set brand new material featuring the Twigs, Jones, Harmonica Dan and Hans Chew along with a handful of solo pieces. This recording set out to capture the energy and feel of the classic three-track shack recordings by the Wray Brothers and Mordicai Jones. Luck In The Valley was written and recorded over a period of nine months off the road, an unusually long time for Rose to be at home and woodshedding. The album finds Rose employing new themes and techniques that haven't appeared on previous releases. Like all pre-war recordings and all of Rose's releases, this album was recorded live. It was not created using overdubs but rather by recording a few 'takes' and selecting the best performance out of those. Also Included in the set are three covers: 'St. Louis Blues,' 'Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime,' and 'West Coast Blues.' All of these pre-war classics are Rose's unique arrangements. The album title refers to the old red light section of St. Louis and was a code for procuring the services of a prostitute. An avid record collector with an encyclopedic knowledge of pre-war American music, Rose has been acknowledged as a rising star among contemporary guitar players. Luck in the Valley finds Rose at his best surrounded by like-minded friends on a recording that is enriched by a sense of history but entirely new, vibrant and warm."

 

PRICE: $24.00

CAT #: THRILL 229LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

LP version. Originally released in 2010. "A native of Virginia and resident of Philadelphia since 1998, Jack Rose first rose to prominence with the drone/noise/folk unit, Pelt. Pelt can be counted among the early influential new music underground bands such as UN, No Neck Blues Band, Charalambides, Tower Recordings and Six Organs of Admittance. Rose recorded and toured with the band up until 2006. Rose released his first solo LP in 2002, Red Horse, White Mule, of post-Takoma, American primitive guitar. Along with the influences of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, Rose also incorporated North Indian classical, early American blues, bluegrass and minimalism into his singular style. Luck in the Valley is the third album in a set of recordings that Rose jokingly refers to as his 'Ditch Trilogy.' Rose continues his exploration of pre-war American music with a set brand new material featuring the Twigs, Jones, Harmonica Dan and Hans Chew along with a handful of solo pieces. This recording set out to capture the energy and feel of the classic three-track shack recordings by the Wray Brothers and Mordicai Jones. Luck In The Valley was written and recorded over a period of nine months off the road, an unusually long time for Rose to be at home and woodshedding. The album finds Rose employing new themes and techniques that haven't appeared on previous releases. Like all pre-war recordings and all of Rose's releases, this album was recorded live. It was not created using overdubs but rather by recording a few 'takes' and selecting the best performance out of those. Also Included in the set are three covers: 'St. Louis Blues,' 'Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime,' and 'West Coast Blues.' All of these pre-war classics are Rose's unique arrangements. The album title refers to the old red light section of St. Louis and was a code for procuring the services of a prostitute. An avid record collector with an encyclopedic knowledge of pre-war American music, Rose has been acknowledged as a rising star among contemporary guitar players. Luck in the Valley finds Rose at his best surrounded by like-minded friends on a recording that is enriched by a sense of history but entirely new, vibrant and warm."

 

PRICE: $14.50

CAT #: THRILL 445CD

FILE UNDER: WORLD

Originally released in 2017. "SAICOBAB is the Japanese quartet of vocalist YoshimiO (Boredoms, OOIOO), Yoshida Daikiti (sitar), Akita Goldman (bass), and acclaimed in Japan Motoyuki "Hama" Hamamoto (percussion, gamelan). SAICOBAB masterfully blend traditional Indian music with melodies and unexpected rhythms using unorthodox instrumentation to create utterly distinct modern ragas. On their debut album Sab Se Purani Bab, YoshimiO's leaping, animated, effected vocal melodies dance fluidly through Daikiti's intricate sitar patterns. The entrancing synergy of Goldman and Hama's rhythmic pulse drives and shapes the aptly named SAICOBAB's sound to one that is at once rooted in ancient tradition, and wholly new. SAICO means 'the most ancient,' and 'BAB' stands for 'baby' in Japanese. Sab Se Purani means 'the most ancient baby girl' in Hindi. The connections made are a reflection of the deep connections made musically between traditional Indian and Japanese music and spiritual practices. In classical Indian music, there is a diverse rhythmic system that can be expressed in mathematical equations, and similarly in Japan, there are mathematical concepts such as numerology, yin and yang, and hakuginhi (silver ratio), that have been used in music and performance since ancient times. SAICOBAB's intricate melody and rhythm of the sitar, double bass, voice, and riq (a middle-eastern tambourine), are largely recorded live, but are also manipulated in subsequent editing to create bursts and distortions, such as the vocal scatterings of 'AWAWAW' or the stuttering percussion of 'One.' The artwork was created by longtime collaborator and artist Ooido Syoujou. Since YoshimiO and Daikiti formed SAICOBAB in 2001, the group has expanded beyond their initial improvisations and into an ensemble as formidable in talent as it is in originality. YoshimiO is clearly able to ignore the rules with ease and singular creativity, however she and Daikiti understand that in order to be able to ignore the rules, you need 'to train yourself to be aware of the most ancient rules of the universe.' SAICOBAB's deep understanding of traditions enables them to transform ancient cultural practices into modern playgrounds of creativity."

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: THRILL 445LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

LP version. Originally released in 2017. "SAICOBAB is the Japanese quartet of vocalist YoshimiO (Boredoms, OOIOO), Yoshida Daikiti (sitar), Akita Goldman (bass), and acclaimed in Japan Motoyuki "Hama" Hamamoto (percussion, gamelan). SAICOBAB masterfully blend traditional Indian music with melodies and unexpected rhythms using unorthodox instrumentation to create utterly distinct modern ragas. On their debut album Sab Se Purani Bab, YoshimiO's leaping, animated, effected vocal melodies dance fluidly through Daikiti's intricate sitar patterns. The entrancing synergy of Goldman and Hama's rhythmic pulse drives and shapes the aptly named SAICOBAB's sound to one that is at once rooted in ancient tradition, and wholly new. SAICO means 'the most ancient,' and 'BAB' stands for 'baby' in Japanese. Sab Se Purani means 'the most ancient baby girl' in Hindi. The connections made are a reflection of the deep connections made musically between traditional Indian and Japanese music and spiritual practices. In classical Indian music, there is a diverse rhythmic system that can be expressed in mathematical equations, and similarly in Japan, there are mathematical concepts such as numerology, yin and yang, and hakuginhi (silver ratio), that have been used in music and performance since ancient times. SAICOBAB's intricate melody and rhythm of the sitar, double bass, voice, and riq (a middle-eastern tambourine), are largely recorded live, but are also manipulated in subsequent editing to create bursts and distortions, such as the vocal scatterings of 'AWAWAW' or the stuttering percussion of 'One.' The artwork was created by longtime collaborator and artist Ooido Syoujou. Since YoshimiO and Daikiti formed SAICOBAB in 2001, the group has expanded beyond their initial improvisations and into an ensemble as formidable in talent as it is in originality. YoshimiO is clearly able to ignore the rules with ease and singular creativity, however she and Daikiti understand that in order to be able to ignore the rules, you need 'to train yourself to be aware of the most ancient rules of the universe.' SAICOBAB's deep understanding of traditions enables them to transform ancient cultural practices into modern playgrounds of creativity."

 

PRICE: $29.00

CAT #: THRILL 557LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress. Originally released in 2022. "Pelican's debut album Australasia, originally released in late 2003 by Hydra Head Records, is a landmark record in the shifting tides of heavy music that took place at the turn of the millennium. 20 years since its release and with several sold-out represses, Australasia is a proven essential for any listener exploring the bounds of rock music. Now issued as a deluxe double LP edition newly remastered for vinyl and complete with three never-before-released bonus songs, including a remix by James Plotkin and digital downloads of early Pelican live recordings. Artwork by ISIS/SUMAC/Hydra Head founder Aaron Turner. Following the release of the band's auspicious self-titled EP, Australasia's singular integration of melodic complexity and tremendous density redefined conceptions of what constituted 'heavy.' Pelican's unique manipulation of atmosphere and dynamics seamlessly alchemized their disparate influences beyond metal into music grand, mercurial, and utterly sublime, worthy of the album's namesake. Billowing clouds of strange serenity give way to tectonic riffs. Hypnotic rhythms chug at the precipice between doom and euphoria. Guitarists Trevor Shelley de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec twirl soaring harmonies around the roaring thunder of bassist Bryan Herweg and drummer Larry Herweg. Throughout the album, the quartet move as one like a glacier, awesome and forever imbuing the landscape with their mark. Australasia stands as a pioneering work, unmatched in the level of unbridled beauty and devastation Pelican wields across the album. Features artwork designed by Aaron Turner. Newly remastered vinyl comes with a bonus remix by James Plotkin and bonus track downloads available only with vinyl purchase."

 

PRICE: $32.00

CAT #: THRILL 557X-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 repress. Originally released in 2022. Transparent orange color vinyl. "Pelican's debut album Australasia, originally released in late 2003 by Hydra Head Records, is a landmark record in the shifting tides of heavy music that took place at the turn of the millennium. 20 years since its release and with several sold-out represses, Australasia is a proven essential for any listener exploring the bounds of rock music. Now issued as a deluxe double LP edition newly remastered for vinyl and complete with three never-before-released bonus songs, including a remix by James Plotkin and digital downloads of early Pelican live recordings. Artwork by ISIS/SUMAC/Hydra Head founder Aaron Turner. Following the release of the band's auspicious self-titled EP, Australasia's singular integration of melodic complexity and tremendous density redefined conceptions of what constituted 'heavy.' Pelican's unique manipulation of atmosphere and dynamics seamlessly alchemized their disparate influences beyond metal into music grand, mercurial, and utterly sublime, worthy of the album's namesake. Billowing clouds of strange serenity give way to tectonic riffs. Hypnotic rhythms chug at the precipice between doom and euphoria. Guitarists Trevor Shelley de Brauw and Laurent Schroeder-Lebec twirl soaring harmonies around the roaring thunder of bassist Bryan Herweg and drummer Larry Herweg. Throughout the album, the quartet move as one like a glacier, awesome and forever imbuing the landscape with their mark. Australasia stands as a pioneering work, unmatched in the level of unbridled beauty and devastation Pelican wields across the album. Features artwork designed by Aaron Turner. Newly remastered vinyl comes with a bonus remix by James Plotkin and bonus track downloads available only with vinyl purchase."

 

PRICE: $14.50

CAT #: THRILL 568CD

FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL

Originally released in 2022. "Thrill Jockey Records presents Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never, the third collaborative album by Japanese free music provocateur Keiji Haino and expressionist metal trio SUMAC. Into This Juvenile Apocalypse captures Haino and the three members of SUMAC live on stage, navigating a series of spontaneous compositions in front of an attentive audience, with no prior discussions or planning involving the direction of the music. All four participants agree that Into This Juvenile Apocalypse finds the quartet navigating the push-and-pull of creative interplay with bolder strides and stronger chemistry. Recorded on May 21, 2019, at the Astoria Hotel on Vancouver BC's notorious East Hastings Street as a one-off performance during a short North American tour for Haino, the six compositions comprising Into This Juvenile Apocalypse showcase a musical unit bouncing unfiltered ideas off of one another, mining a trove of textures and timbres from their armory to buoy and bolster these living and breathing pieces. Like so many albums documenting free music, the thrill here is in the tight rope walk, the wavering moments of uncertainty, and the ecstatic moments of shared brilliance. The album opens with 'When logic rises morality falls Logic and morality in Japanese are but one character different,' a pensive exploration of melody spearheaded by Aaron Turner's fractured arpeggiated guitar chords. Drummer Nick Yacyshyn and bassist Brian Cook step to the forefront on track two, 'A shredded coiled cable within this cable the sincerity could not be contained.' As with American Dollar Bill and Even For Just The Briefest Moment, Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood To Pour Let Us Never is an unfiltered and undoctored document of a specific moment in time. There are equipment failures. There are ideas left dangling in the ether. There are the technical handicaps of recording in a dingy hotel dive bar in a bad neighborhood as opposed to the optimal acoustics of a proper recording studio. But there is also an electricity in the air, and a continuous sense of creative elation and goosebump-inducing inspiration. It's an hour-long exercise in seeking out happy accidents and reveling in the wreckage."

 

PRICE: $25.00

CAT #: THRILL 590LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

Originally released in 2023. "The music of Markus Popp is endlessly curious. Since the early '90s his pioneering albums as Oval have continually excavated new spaces in electronic music, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. Popp's playful and singular approach to sound has continually left critics and peers alike confounded by his ability to conjure such lithe, evocative sonics from software. Celebrated collaborations with Jan St. Werner as Microstoria remain foundational texts in underground music, while a rare split record with Liturgy exemplifies Popp's reach and influence outside electronic spheres. His album Romantiq turns the producer's inquisitive ear to an omnipresent and yet oft ill-defined, even maligned area of music and art -- the romantic. The album foregrounds the emotional drive that has always been present in Oval records, providing a genuine and unabashed interrogation of its subject matter delivered with delectable sophistication. Romantiq evolved from an audio-visual collaboration with digital artist Robert Seidel for the grand opening of the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt -- a huge outdoor projection covering the museum building. From the project's inception both Seidel and Popp sought a more expansive definition of 'romantic,' extending outward from the museum's comprehensive survey of the 19th-century epoch in art. Popp crafted dozens of short vignettes that each sought to evoke a specific mood or emotion in dialogue with Seidel's dense, intricate digital imagery and animations. From those initial foundations Popp continued to develop his initial sketches into something even more ambitious and diverse in its outlook. Romantiq surveys a staggering amount of source material, looking as much to literature, architecture and artistic traditions as it does music. Processed period instruments trace luxuriant spaces that shift from low-lit chambers to glistening palatial grandeur, glitching through past, present and future. Swelling atmospheres emerge like perfume, rich scents flooding the senses before evaporating on the breeze. Disparate traditional elements and romantic tropes are juxtaposed and recast into a future-seeking survey of ephemeral emotion. Throughout Romantiq, Popp masterfully blurs the line between the organic and digital, obscuring or revealing instruments in service of atmosphere."

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: THRILL 590X-LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

Transparent red color vinyl. Originally released in 2023. "The music of Markus Popp is endlessly curious. Since the early '90s his pioneering albums as Oval have continually excavated new spaces in electronic music, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape. Popp's playful and singular approach to sound has continually left critics and peers alike confounded by his ability to conjure such lithe, evocative sonics from software. Celebrated collaborations with Jan St. Werner as Microstoria remain foundational texts in underground music, while a rare split record with Liturgy exemplifies Popp's reach and influence outside electronic spheres. His album Romantiq turns the producer's inquisitive ear to an omnipresent and yet oft ill-defined, even maligned area of music and art -- the romantic. The album foregrounds the emotional drive that has always been present in Oval records, providing a genuine and unabashed interrogation of its subject matter delivered with delectable sophistication. Romantiq evolved from an audio-visual collaboration with digital artist Robert Seidel for the grand opening of the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt -- a huge outdoor projection covering the museum building. From the project's inception both Seidel and Popp sought a more expansive definition of 'romantic,' extending outward from the museum's comprehensive survey of the 19th-century epoch in art. Popp crafted dozens of short vignettes that each sought to evoke a specific mood or emotion in dialogue with Seidel's dense, intricate digital imagery and animations. From those initial foundations Popp continued to develop his initial sketches into something even more ambitious and diverse in its outlook. Romantiq surveys a staggering amount of source material, looking as much to literature, architecture and artistic traditions as it does music. Processed period instruments trace luxuriant spaces that shift from low-lit chambers to glistening palatial grandeur, glitching through past, present and future. Swelling atmospheres emerge like perfume, rich scents flooding the senses before evaporating on the breeze. Disparate traditional elements and romantic tropes are juxtaposed and recast into a future-seeking survey of ephemeral emotion. Throughout Romantiq, Popp masterfully blurs the line between the organic and digital, obscuring or revealing instruments in service of atmosphere."

 

PRICE: $32.00

CAT #: THRILL 628X-LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

repressed; LP version. Orange color vinyl. "Manchester's Gnod and New York's White Hills stand as titans of psychedelic and space rock. Together they bend the very notions of what rock can do, seemingly suspending our sense of time. Their alchemical chemistry and a fateful session at the Dropout Studio in Camberwell gave rise to the legendary, ongoing series of records under the moniker Drop Out. The records became an influential and sprawling series of extended pieces that remain touchstones of contemporary psychedelia. Having been called 'absolutely essential,' 'best I have heard -- ever,' 'A masterpiece,' the Drop Out series finally gets its definitive edition. Drop Out III is a wholly new iteration of Gnod and White Hills' collaboration, the 'director's cut,' if you will. Drop Out III is replete with sounds recorded in the 'Drop Out era' that have never been heard before. The album features a cornucopia of expanded versions of essential songs complete with new arrangements, mixes, and instrumentation. Classics like 'Run-A-Round' and the eponymous 'Drop Out' maintain their motorik drive and fizzing melodies with a new shine. The set also features a full LP of pieces never before included on vinyl, including the beautifully serene 'Air Streams' in its original droning arc. The album comes with a download of a full album's worth of bonus material, all crafted around the Drop Out era. White Hills' 'Decorating Time' showcases the depth of the band's subtlety, rich with minute turns and a twist of psychedelic ambience. 'Nothing NEU! Under the Sky' captures the invigorating pulse and dynamics of Gnod's live performances. Together, this expansive body of work epitomizes the sense of possibility each band exudes, and the potency of their expertly crafted brand of Transatlantic psychedelia. 15 years after the series began, Drop Out III is an essential album for lovers of contemporary psychedelic rock, a testament to the power of this collaboration.""Gnod have been one of the constants, part of our sonic firmament...one of our most cherished groups." --The Quietus"White Hills' nods to giants like Hawkwind, but their scope is wide and their execution is steely and precise" --Pitchfork

 

PRICE: $14.50

CAT #: RELTIME 012CD

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

The new Rico Friebe album Dream has arrived and it has been a true one-man job on drums, piano, Hammond organ, (bass) guitar and vocals! For converting his recent and life-long recurring dreams to lyrics and music, the decision to mainly embed these into one personally favored dream pop-rock/shoegaze scenery stood to reason for him. Opened (and closed) by the multi-guitar instrumental 'Cayman,' Rico Friebe sets a fugitive premise (not to be understood fiscally!) for something bigger and interfering to come. "Dissect" immediately dissects the already crumbling, warping and distorting dream of an enchanted archipelago and falls into a scenario of a burning world. "Crippled" then comes down as a more palpable take on people leaving others high and dry in a grueling and fatal way while "Folder Zero" marks a consecutive shift of perspective and moment of recollecting decisions. "You Know (How)" suddenly appeals as an upbeat pop-appealish try to grasp interhuman interaction and communication followed by its more gritty counterpart "Disconnect" that deals with those preceding things and hopes falling apart. "Seven" happens to be a magic number as well as a magic moment disputing the troubles and struggles of interacting and deciding within close emotional situations leading to a universal introspective (maybe the Friebe's most apt yet) with "Lessons" positioned to be infinity number 8 on purpose here. "Now" is the musically lightest moment on the album and a recourse on the earlier pop-appeal of "You Know (How)" before a hypnotically replaying chain of questioning "When?" enters the final spotlight. Ultimately, "Namyac" spawns memories of how all of this once began. What once was dreamt in a few seconds, now unfolds in a truly unique and individual manner on this (once again) unexpected new album work by Rico Friebe!

 

PRICE: $25.00

CAT #: VAMPI 168LP

FILE UNDER: ROCK

2025 restock. "This whole project grew out of a song called 'Cycles Of You', which I had written around 2000-2001 with the guitarist and bassist of my band at the time, Easy. The chord progression and vocal melody really reminded me of Joe Bataan, and it occurred to me that it wouldn't be impossible to get him into the studio to do a guest vocal if we ever recorded it. I had met Bataan a few years before at Nuyorican Poets Cafe in my neighborhood. Around this time Bataan was playing out again, so I went to the show to see him and find out if he'd be interested in doing some vocals with us. He was agreeable, so we decided to turn it into a Joe Bataan session and do 'Cycles Of You'. When I got the opportunity from Vampisoul to do a full album, I was hoping Bataan and I could write some songs together, but our schedules proved tough to coordinate. I figured the best way to go about it was to do most of the work and just have him come sing on it. The rhythm section was a band called TransLove Airways that I formed in 2002. To this core group I added pieces from a few other local bands: The Middle Initials, who are a great Temptations/Main Ingredient-style vocal group, and members of an incredible Latin band called Grupo Latin Vibe, who were responsible for almost all the percussion and the vibraphone solo on 'I'm The Fool Pt. 2'. There was also some fine trombone playing by Aaron Johnson of Antibalas and great flute work by Neal Sugarman and my cousin Sonny. Preparing for Call My Name, I listened to a lot of different records from the mid to late '70s. It has now been over ten years since the completion of this record, and so much has changed. The Call My Name sessions took place when Daptone had just moved to Bushwick, its now-famous current location. Gabe Roth was my first call whenever I had any recording to do. He was yet to become the legendary figure at the center of the Daptone/Truth & Soul universe. He was just a humble guy with an incredible talent and an impeccable ear who made authentic sounding records with inexpensive analog gear." -- Daniel Coll?s, producer of Call My Name

 

PRICE: $30.50

CAT #: VAMPI 308LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

New 2025 restock. Reissued here for the first time, Cart?o Postal is one of the best and most sought-after Brazilian funk-soul albums from the early '70s. It includes some outstanding up-tempo gems like Marcos and Paulo Sergio Valle's "Que bandeira," and the stellar "Esperar Pr? Ver," co-written by Evinha's brother Renato Corr?a who also happened to be a member of the Golden Boys. This is a classic Brazilian soul-funk title, right up there with all the greatest albums of the genre. Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl. This release is part of a new reissue series that will include many other outstanding Brazilian classics. Cart?o Postal was originally released on Odeon Brazil in 1971, a few years after Evinha started her solo career. From 1961 to 1968 she was a member of Trio Esperan?a, alongside her brothers M?rio and Regina. In 1969 Evinha won first prize at the Festival Internacional da Can?ao Popular and her discography for Odeon took off. Cart?o Postal, her third solo album, comprises some outstanding gems. "S? Quero" emanates samba soul sounds while songs like "Por Mera Coincid?ncia" or "Rico Sem Dinheiro" resemble what Trio Esperan?a was doing at the time: vocal-driven groovy jams spiced with celestial strings arrangements and heavy-duty drums and basslines, which is not surprising since they both worked with the same producers and arrangers, as they were all Odeon artists. Ridiculously rare and expensive now, and at the top of many collectors' wants lists for decades, it's finally reissued here after years unavailable.

 

PRICE: $26.00

CAT #: VP 4212CD

FILE UNDER: WORLD

2025 repress. 40th anniversary, triple-CD edition of The Congos' legendary Heart Of The Congos.

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: VP 4258LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

"Cut loud and proud Sweet Reggae Music 2.0 includes the only LP appearances for much sought after sound-systems favorites 'Whom Shall I Be Afraid Of,' 'Praise His Name,' and 'Pon Your Toe' alongside broader than Broadway hits 'Teach The Youths,' 'Mary Long Tongue,' 'Mini Bus' etc. During this golden age of Jamaican music Barrington Levy was the undisputed lord of the dancehall -- Sweet Reggae Music 2.0 is 100% black vinyl proof."

 

PRICE: $27.00

CAT #: VPRL 2576LP

FILE UNDER: WORLD

2025 repress. "In The Light is rightly regarded as Horace Andy's strongest testament. Originally released in 1977 and given confirmed reggae album classic status by its 1995 Blood & Fire release, this reissue is complete with the Prince Jammy dub companion. The newly commissioned sleeve notes are written by reggae historian, Noel Hawks, and feature previously unseen photos. Horace Andy's is already considered a legend in reggae circles, a status which has strengthened through his work with Massive Attack and his continued live presence. In The Light captures Andy at the very highpoint of his game."

 

PRICE: $24.00

CAT #: WOODSIST 110LP

FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC

"He's been hiding in plain sight: a fumbled career as an LA session musician and songwriter, a cabinet maker in Idaho. Crooked Songs, his debut for Woodsist, is mysterious, warm, and heart-stirring. Using just voice and electric piano, the music delicately enswathed by ambient synth -- minimal without losing sight of his songcraft. Crooked Songs suggests an otherworldly naturalism akin to a ghost returning to earth to observe the passing of time, life, and light.""I genuinely believe this album represents the music Jens was always meant to create. There's something incredibly heavy, beautiful, touching, and magical about these crooked songs. I hope you hear that in them, too. I think this album will find people at the exact time they need to hear it. It certainly was that way for me. Jens Kuross has tapped into something people need to hear." --Hayden Pedigo