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"What strikes me again, even now, is that rock from the late '60s through the early '70s remains the most compelling — whether Western or Japanese. In the mid-1960s, British groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones swept across the globe, while…

This is the fifth issue of EX! Magazine for Experimental Art (audio, visual, text, etc.). The print version (Book/Magazine) includes the 108-page zine (printed climate-neutral on recycled paper), the digital compilation, and a download code for an ex…

*2026 repress. 100 copies limited edition* Past Inside the Present proudly presents the Past/Present 2025 Compilation, a celebration of the label’s artists and their creative output over the past year. This collection features a series of new, unrele…

"Not for sale" LP released in 1981 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, the first volume of their Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, here for piano, cello and piano, flute, and p…

13th volume of the Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, released in 1987 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, with pieces for two pianos, violin, cello and piano, solo cello, and s…

A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1965.

A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1966. With insert.

A documentation of the 1978 Nordic Music Days festival of contemporary music by Scandinavian composers released on Caprice in 1979.

A panorama of Swedish contemporary music in the 1970's presenting five diverse compositions by five composers, including Bengt Hambraeus, released on Caprice's "Music In Sweden" series in 1981

Hot on the heels of the Tokyo bliss and Funk Tide sets, Tokyo-based DJ Notoya delivers Tokyo Pulse a new juicy selection of Funk and Modern soul recorded in Tokyo in the 70s and 80s. Most tracks here are making their debut outside of Japan and the al…

Bossa Nova, which emerged from Brazil in the late 1950s, profoundly influenced French music, manifested by artists like Pierre Barouh and Georges Moustaki. This movement, known as Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB), reflected a blend of modernity and a …

Hopes and Dreams is the title of our brand new compilation series, which will celebrate its debut on March 20, 2026. This new series draws on the music selection of Praise Poems, not only in terms of obscurity, but also in terms of genius. Similar, b…

Wewantsounds is delighted to release Ayam El Disco, a new selection of Egyptian 1980s disco and boogie cassette tracks curated by Egyptian DJ Disco Arabesquo, following his highly acclaimed Sharayet El Disco. Most tracks make their vinyl debut in thi…

France's near-revolution of May '68 kicked the country's small but vibrant counter-culture into overdrive and birthed a local underground music scene. The bands it spawned made music with far less rock purity than groups from the UK and US - their in…

Nine rare tracks from the Nimbus West archive, a map of Los Angeles underground jazz the world never heard enough of. Horace Tapscott, Nate Morgan, Jesse Sharps, Dadisi Komolafe, Roberto Miranda - the names that built UGMAA and the Pan Afrikan People…

Hardcover, 468 pages, 21×27 cm! In the wake of his Cause And Effect cassette label and distribution service, Hal McGee launched Electronic Cottage International Magazine. From 1989 to 1991, its six issues focused on the independent home recording com…

A wide-ranging collective reflection on the philosophical legacy, current resonances and historical articulation of May '68 and the Prague Spring.

On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, and Guinea was declared a Republic with Sékou Touré as President. Guinea was the first of West Africa’s Francophone colonies to gain indepe…

With two deeply cherished compilations already in the bag, Luke Una steps up for the third volume in his É Soul Cultura series on Mr Bongo. A love letter to the dancefloor and its power to unite people from all corners of society amid growing divisio…

*2026 stock* “The Missing Boys” is a film born from the need to tell the story of the emergence and affirmation of a forgotten music scene, like much of the youth movement that spread in metropolitan areas as well as in the provinces more than forty …