Various Artists
Ende Vom Lied: East German Underground Sound 1979 - 1990
2025 stock ** "Ende vom Lied is a genre-spanning collection of punk, post-punk and avant-garde bands from the former East Germany, chronicling the work of free spirits pitted against government restraints and implied genre limitations. The underground scene in the GDR was a hydra, a noisy mix of musicians, poets, pain¬ters, photographers, filmmakers, punks and freaks. In the immediate aftermath of the primal scream that was punk, music often bred with poetry or painting in short-lived liaisons o…
Ghana Soundz Volume 2
2004 release ** "Following the success of Ghana Soundz Volume One, the second volume involved another a long journey to Ghana by music ethnologist and label owner Miles Cleret. This collection of unheard of and priceless gems visits the harder ground of Ghana, the pulsating centre that is afro-beat and afro-funk."
13 - LP3
Diagonal celebrates 13 years in business via a 4 x 12" run featuring label stalwarts and influential collaborators. This is LP3, the second in the series. Like LP 1 & 2 before it, this 12" comes with a coloured, elastic H band. All four LPs will be accompanied by these meaning customers can combine the records and complete their own 4 x 12" set!
Jim O' Rourke leads the line on plate 3 with 'ror bypass', a gripping, mediative blend of modular enhanced percussion and field recordings. Kae Tempest …
Radar Keroxen Vol. 5
Yearly compilation series Radar Keroxen return with its fifth volume of themed based albums showcasing the talents and misfortunes of carefully selected musical projects based or connected with the Canary Islands. With its first volume released in 2020 aiming to introduce and divulge adventurous Island based music, the Keroxen imprint now presents Vol. 5 with a collection of tracks born out of an in-situ collective performance at the Keroxen Festival iconic venue - a massive disused gasoline tan…
Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction To German Electronic Music 1970-1980
Krautrock, what is it anyway? A genre, a derogative term, a song by Faust, … or: a welcome (and recurring) opportunity to talk about all of this. The music associated with the term in question has eagerly been canonized. From the enthusiastic and idiosyncratic ramblings of Julian Cope’s “Krautrocksampler” to encyclopaedic approaches like Alan and Stephen Freeman’s “Crack in the Cosmic Egg”, there are plenty of books to read and lists to discuss: Who’s in, who isn’t? The quarrels and disputes sur…
Progetti Interrotti (tape + ephemera)
Ultrarare 1985 20-minute 4-track cassette compilation on Squit Tapes of synth-wave music recorerd between 1980 and 1982 by very obscure 'bands': Alan's Lads, Johnny & Mark and the duo of 3- and 4-year-olds Raboceie Dielo. With A3 insert and bonus Rat News 4 A3 booklet.
Nouances (tape)
Very varied (new wave, experimental, ebm, no wave) cassette compilation produced by Daniele Ciullini featuring Pankow, The Tempest, Minox, Rinf and Ciullini himself. Originally coming with two booklets not included here.
The Extinction (tape)
Rare electronic/industrial music compilation cassette with Rinf, Nulla Iperreale, 2+2=5, Gregorio Bardini, Nocteau, "Airthrob In", Bourbonese Qualk, St. Spirale, Laxative Souls, Radio Honolulu, F.A.R.. Originally enclosed with The Scream 7 magazine, not included here.
Prima Dell'Alba (tape + Sexual Lobotomy nr.3 fanzine)
Very rare cassette compilation of very obscure new wave bands: D.H.G., Atelier Du Mal, Clima, The Khan Chy's Yawn, Colour Movies, Braque, Δtx. With Sexual Lobotomy nr.3 fanzine included in original PVC bag.
Tribal Cabaret n°05 - The Other Side Of Futurism (tape + fanzine)
Rare 1985 cassette compilation of new/synth-wave bands including Videozona, Nocteau, Cloudy Doll, Qfwfq, Victrola, A.T.R.O.X., Daniele Ciullini, Detonazione, Illogico, Die Førm and F.A.R., complete with booklet plus the excellent Tribal Cabaret 5 magazine and 3 A4 posters.
Vinile 4 - primavera-estate 89 (7" + magazine)
1984 7"EP compilation with five post-punk / indie rock bands - The Wedding Present, Hitchcock's Scream, Ifix Tcen Tcen, Jackie Stewart Said, Allison Run– - complete with Vinile 4 magazine it was enclosed with.
Anthems 2 (tape + booklet)
Rare complete set of great 1983 Trax cassette compilation featuring a.o. DDAA, P16.D4, Renaldo And The Loaf, Bene Gesserit, Laibach, Merzbow, 001011011100...Cancer, Charlie Morrow, Monty Cantsin, Culturcide and The Haters. With hand-numbered 7" book with unique 'fragment'.
Zero Zero (tape + fanzine)
Rare very varied 1985 cassette compilation of Italian punk / new wave / synth-wave bands featuring Bahnhof, Reptil Chime, Weimar Gesang, 2+2=5, Oh Oh Art, Kubrix, Nijinsky Folie and Funebris Suavitas complete with booklet.
Tribal Cabaret n°06 - In The World Of Faith Fear (tape + fanzine)
Rare 1985 cassette compilation of new/synth-wave bands including Carillon Del Dolore, Not Moving, Dark Tales, No Fun, Ptôse, Plasticost, etc., complete with the excellent Tribal Cabaret 6 magazine.
The Tapes / Intolerance + Chant d'amour (2 tapes + Amen - This Is Religgion N° 6 fanzine)
Very rare complete 6th issue of Amen magazine including the experimental / synth-wave split tape by The Tapes and Intolerance plus the all-French electronic/industrial/zeuhl cassette compilation including Pacific 231, Vox Populi!, Phaeton Dernière Danse, Le Syndicat, Prima Linea, Shub Niggurath and Clystere.
Capannoni Febbricitanti
Rare 1983 cassette compilation of experimental electronic music by Industrial Zone, Giorgio Borghini, Radio Blaxa and Lyke Wake, complete with xeroxed portfolio.
Pianeti Di Lana - Grausame Vorstellung (tape + booklet)
Superb 1984 experimental electronic music compilation on F.A.R.'s Technological Feelings featuring M.B., G. Bardini, Die Form, LXSS, 2+2=5t, M. Cacciamani, F.A.R., M. Cacciamani, T.A.C., Neulangback Pan in elaborate package with original PVC bag and all inserts. No wool.
Pianeti Di Lana 2 - The Invocation (tape + booklet)
Superb 1985 experimental electronic music compilation on F.A.R.'s Technological Feelings featuring Daniele Ciullini, Open Graves Style, Ba Alzebûb, Maze 1066, Giorgio Cantoni, Officine Schwartz, Lyke Wake in elaborate package with original PVC bag and all inserts. No wool.
Antenna - Onde nuove a Torino (tape)
Ultra-rare 1982 compilation cassette on the seminal Italian punk label Meccano Tapes (later to become Toast) gathering a variety of indie rock band from Torino, including Prostitutes, Blind Alley, No Strani and Luciano Serra Pilota featuring the soon-to-be hit-maker Johnson Righeira.
Out Of The Tunnel, But Still... Banned From The Empire (tape)
1986 cassette compilation of mostly obscure Italian new wave / new psychedelic bands including Screamig Floor, Prostitutes, Genitals, Rebel Without a Cause, and Dr.Cancer a.o., enclosed with Snowdonia 3 magazine (not included here)