★Belle Antique

The second album by Pork Pie, the European jazz-rock group of Jasper van't Hof, Charlie Mariano and Philip Catherine, recorded in Brussels in 1975 and released by MPS in 1976, with John Marshall on drums and Bo Stief on bass.

A 1972 solo album by Belgian violinist Raymond Vincent of the Wallace Collection, made as a promotional record for the Izarra liqueur: orchestral rock and chamber pieces that point toward his next band Esperanto.

Music by Peter Vermeersch's X-Legged Sally with The Smith Quartet, written for a 1996 dance production by Wim Vandekeybus and released in 1997: chamber jazz and string writing, including the 24-minute Brungle.

The live farewell of Belgian ensemble X-Legged Sally, recorded at the Cactus Club in Bruges in April 1996 for Radio 1: Peter Vermeersch's knotty pieces for horns, guitar and keyboards played with full concert energy.

The 1993 album by Belgian avant-jazz-rock ensemble X-Legged Sally, led by composer Peter Vermeersch and produced in Brooklyn by Bill Laswell: short, sharp pieces for horns, clarinet, guitar and keyboards, plus a 1996 live bonus.

The 1978 debut album by the Belgian band Isopoda from Aalst: melodic symphonic progressive rock with twelve-string guitar, flute, piano and organ, recorded at Just Born Studio in Hekelgem and first issued on Twinkle.

The 1974 second solo album by Finnish bassist Pekka Pohjola of Wigwam: an instrumental suite of jazz-rock and progressive writing for bass, keyboards and a horn section, issued in the UK by Virgin as B The Magpie.

The only album by the Swiss group Island, released in 1977 with a cover painting by H.R. Giger: dark, theatrical progressive rock without guitar, built on keyboards, saxophones and flute, with the long bonus piece Empty Bottles.

The only album by the French band Dün, self-released in 1981: an instrumental suite inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune, with flute, vibraphone and fast unison lines in the orbit of Magma and Zeuhl, plus five bonus tracks.

The only album by the Swedish group Kultivator, recorded in 1980 and issued in 1981: Swedish-language progressive rock that blends Canterbury lightness with Zeuhl drive, here expanded with a second disc of bonus material.

The 1998 reunion album by Slapp Happy, the trio of Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore and Dagmar Krause, their first in 23 years: concise art-pop songs layered in the studio by the three of them, with two live bonus tracks.

Rarities and archival treasures spanning the entire Brand X trajectory - from their earliest unreleased sessions to the final contractual obligation album - plus one of the most unjustly obscure progressive rock albums of the late 70s. A goldmine for admirers of Percy Jones, John Goodsall, and the whole Canterbury-adjacent fusion scene. Brand X needs no introduction to fusion aficionados. Formed in 1974 by Collins, fretless bass virtuoso Percy Jones, keyboardist Robin Lumley and guitarist John G…

Proto-punk MADNESS from Ladbroke Grove! The complete studio works of the most dangerous band in late-60s Britain - three albums of teeth-grinding, psychedelic rock that make the MC5 sound like a boy band. Mick Farren and his merry gang of social deviants laid the blueprint for EVERYTHING that followed: punk, Hawkwind, Motörhead, the whole bloody lot. This is where it started.  The Social Deviants emerged from London's underground in 1967, fueled by the agit-prop satire of the Fugs, the sonic ter…

The complete studio works of one of the most uncompromising groups in the history of European avant-rock. Born from the ashes of Henry Cow in 1978, Art Bears distilled the political fury and musical adventurism of their parent band into three albums of dark, brilliant songs that remain as bracing and relevant today as when they were recorded. The story begins with a schism. During sessions for what was intended as a Henry Cow album, disagreements arose over content - Fred Frith and Chris Cutler …

One of the most singular and influential groups to emerge from the European avant-garde, finally given the definitive treatment. This box gathers the complete studio works of Slapp Happy - the German/British/American trio whose blend of naïve pop, chanson, bossa nova and experimental textures created a template for intelligent art-pop that resonates to this day. Formed almost as a joke in Hamburg 1972, when British experimental composer Anthony Moore - frustrated by Polydor's rejection of his av…

There are albums that defy categorization, records that exist in a space entirely their own. Comus' 1971 debut is one such work - an album that, over fifty years later, still sounds like nothing else ever recorded. Formed in Beckenham in the late 1960s, Comus emerged from the same South London arts scene that nurtured a young David Bowie - indeed, they performed at his legendary Beckenham Free Festival in August 1969. But while their contemporaries in the British folk revival looked back to trad…

The complete and essential discography of one of the most uncompromising and intellectually rigorous bands to emerge from the Canterbury scene - finally available again in pristine Japanese mini-LP sleeve editions with remasters on high-quality SHM-CD! Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson formed Henry Cow while students at Cambridge University in 1968, and what followed was a decade of radical, politically charged, absolutely brilliant music that drew equally from free improvisation, contemporary class…

Female singer-songwriter released in 1971 on the Dandelion label, run by progressive DJ John Peel, Second album by Bridget St John. Backed by John Martin (g), Rick Sanders (g,vln) and other artists active in the folk world, and with chamber music arrangements by Ron Gysin, known for his orchestral arrangement of Pink Floyd's “Atom Heart Mother”, this album is a masterpiece of shaded, magical singing and English fantasy beauty. Paper-jacketed, SHM-CD with commentary and bilingual lyrics. Includes…

Herz Aus Glas is a landmark album by Popol Vuh, originally released in 1977 as the soundtrack to Werner Herzog’s enigmatic film Heart of Glass. This Belle Antique edition from Japan presents the album in a beautifully crafted SHM-CD format, housed in a paper sleeve that replicates the original LP, complete with an obi-strip and an insert featuring notes (primarily in Japanese).

Tranquillity and lyricism. Italian Celeste expresses a fantastic sound world with well-chosen arrangements. The carefully woven compositions, reminiscent of an exquisite textile, symbolise the “quiet” sound of Italy. This timeless masterpiece has been remastered in 2024 for the first time in 14 years and is now available in an encore pressing! Paper jacket, SHM-CD, 1 bonus track.