Various Artists
Japanese Avant-Garde
2002 release ** "Most music in Japan has little to recommend it; it is a sonic equivalent of those brutal concrete towers or the transitory chaos of multi-storey teen-fashion emporia in Aoyama. But a sonic underground thrives, creatively if not financially, and perhaps it should be compared with the shabby Golden-gai drinking dens of Shinjuku, faint reminders of a lost time when desire and transgression shared endless cups of sake with political and artistic radicalism... How is it possible to l…
Kompakt 500
Over the decades, the image of Kompakt as a pirate ship has taken root in our minds, braving the dangers of the seven seas of the music market. Sometimes it glides with a tailwind through calm waters, sometimes it has to survive violent storms. When we set sail in 1993, we never would have dreamt that our journey would still be going on after more than three decades and with 500 releases to date.
In our fast-paced business, the 500 mark is rarely reached, so we want to celebrate it with a lavish…
Zamaan Ya Sukkar
Following its highly sought-after Zamaan Ya Sukkar compilation, Souma Records once again presents a collection of inimitably groovy Egyptian and Lebanese exotica, unearthed from the hallowed vaults of Sono Cairo and Voix De L’Orient’s archives. These rare gems, born from a time of boundless musical experimentation in the Arab world, capture the vibrant, ever-evolving soundscapes of Cairo, Beirut, and beyond. Each track invites listeners onto a sonic voyage where the familiar and the avant-garde …
Gabriele Poso Presents: Ritmo Italiano 'Unspoken Sounds Of Italian Tamburo'
Mr Bongo proudly presents Ritmo Italiano ‘Unspoken Sounds of Italian Tamburo’ a captivating compilation of percussive-driven, Italian gems curated by Sardinian multi-instrumentalist, percussionist and producer, Gabriele Poso. A journey into the heart of Italian musical history, it celebrates Italy’s rich rhythmic traditions, showcasing a selection of genre-traversing, Italian treasures from the ‘60s to the early ‘90s. Honouring the timeless rhythms of Italian percussion masters, alongside a bran…
Centrafrique - Central Africa
A long-time best-seller of the MEG-AIMP collection and long out of print, this album of sanza music recorded among the Gbaya people of the Central African Republic by ethnomusicologist Vincent Dehoux was originally released on CD in 1993. It is now being reissued to coincide with the exhibition Afrosonica - Soundscapes. It features a selection of 'songs for thought': an intimate repertoire conducive to introspection, accompanied by the repetitive, meditative sound of lamellaphones.
On Thin Ice / Sub Music And Song For Solo Flute / Obomobile / Triptych, For Brass Trio / Sensazione II / Refractions / Moreso
1995 release (visible storage wear) **
Vapordub: An Introduction To Contemporary Psychedelic Music - Vol. 1
100 copies limited edition "Two years after our last V/A, we're back with the first opus of our ‘Vapordub’ imprint series. Another artifact rising from the depths of the leftfield music scene, this time focused on contemporary psychedelics. Highly inspired by the textures of the vaporwave sonic aesthetic, our 16-track compilation displays in turns intriguing sound design, graceful synths from a new age, weird exotics and psychoactive slow-dubs.Designed to please either curious or skilled ears, o…
Interactive Pictures Vol. 2
*100 copies limited edition. 2025 stock* Stéréogramme returns with the second opus of his “Interactive Pictures” series. Walking the same road as last year, paved with new age, freak folk and leftfield synths, the Paris-based label also ventures to new paths like minimalism, no wave and vocal experimentations. Once again divided in two musical panoramas, this 11-track tape will definitely bring back your happy childhood memories to the surface. First, take a nap with the soothing lullabies of Hé…
An Afflicted Man's Musica Box
Cassette edition of the 1982 LP compilation on UD, featuring Jacques Berrocal, Anima, Foetus, AMM, Nurse With Wound and Operating Theatre, manufactured and marketed by RRRecords in 1987 on behalf of United Dairies.
In Fractured SIlence
Original edition of superb early (1984) United Dairies compilation presenting Un Drame Musical Instantané, Hélène Sage, Sema and Nurse With Wound. With original insert and Grrr Records catalogue.
The Second Coming
Very rare first edition on red vinyl of the genre-defining first compilation on Come Organisation from 1981, featuring Whitehouse, Come, Nurse With Wound and The Sodality. With paste-on cover by Steven Stapleton and insert, in superb condition.
Für Ilse Koch
Rare original black vinyl edition of Come Organisation's 1983 classic compilation featuring Come, Whitehouse, Nurse With Wound, Consumer Electronics, Leibstandarte SS MB, Musique Concret, Etat Brut, Wiking DDV and some archive recordings (Aleister Crowley, Charles Manson, Heinrich Himmler).
Anthology 1 (Come Organisation Archives 1979-1981) (2CD)
Rare 1998 2CD compilation collecting early Come Org. releases: the first LP and single by Come, The New Order's Bradford Red Light District, The 150 Murderous Passions and The Second Coming coming compilation with Come, Whitehouse, Nurse With Wound and The Sodality.
Anthology 2 (Come Organisation Archives 1981-1982) (CD)
Rare 2001 CD compilation collecting early Come Org. releases: the second LP by Come and selections from the two Leibstandarte SS MB LP's and from the Für Ilse Koch compilation (Nurse With Wound, Consumer Electronics, Musique Concret and Etat Brut).
Crimes
Rare grey-area LP reissue from the early 90's, in an edition of 100 copies with blank labels and paste-on cover, of the first 1983 compilation cassette on Philip Best's Iphar label, featueing Sutcliffe Jugend, Consumer Elettronics, Krang and SPK.
Produktion Film Tracks.
Rare grey-area LP reissue from the early 90's, in an edition of 70 copies with blank labels and paste-on cover, of the 1983 compilation cassette released by the great unsung collective with links with the Come Organisation, featuring Produktion, Whitehouse and John Murphy.
Hate's Our Belief
Very rare original two-C90-cassettes with booklet in plastic bag version of monumental compilation released by the Aquilifer Sodality in 1983 (later 'purged' to a single cassette without booklet) featuring Sutcliffe Jugend, Sutcliffe Jugend, Mauthausen Orchestra, The Dadarotator, M.B., Maurizio Bianchi, Haters, P16.D4, Toy Muzik, DDAA, Die Form, Kräng, Consumer Electronics, Ramleh, Bruno Cossano, Bourbonese Qualk, Daniele Ciullini, Vittore Baroni.
Trunculence
2008 7" compilation of 100 locked-grooves by some 60 artists including Nurse With Wound, in 10" sleeve released in an edition of 333 copies on red vinyl. With insert.