New Arrivals
Sama'a - Audition
Known for their exhilarating live-to-record albums such as last year's critically acclaimed Wood Blues and Giant Beauty, سماع [Sama'a] (Audition) is the first of two releases that will surface after [Ahmed]’s first studio recording sessions at North London’s The Fish Factory in early 2025. Since 2014, [Ahmed] أحمد have excavated and re-imagined the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, in an ever ongoing search for future music. Over a decade on, the group were given the opportunity to set up in the studi…
World Without Form Volume 1
World Without Form was originally released in 2012 on CD format only, the album is now being made available on vinyl for the first time, in two separate volumes because of the length of the recording. Each of the two volumes also contain a previously unreleased track from the sessions. Volume 1 has ‘Ithnaan’ which is an earlier version of the track released as ‘Man From Varanasi’ on Nat’s ‘Cosmic Language’ album.
Fobia
Aylu’s album Fobia marks a pivotal exploration into the spaces between fear and resilience, channeling personal experiences with agoraphobia and claustrophobia into textured, avant-garde electronics. Through a tightly-woven sonic language, Fobia moves from suffocating tension to moments of spiritual release—turning solitary struggle into collective resistance and introspection, with each piece mapping an emotional topography that remains intimately and universally relevant.
The Book of Job
The Book of Job is a boundary-pushing work by Super Grupa Bez Fałszywej Skromności, merging avant-garde jazz, spiritual recitation, and sound experiments. Conceived in martial-law Poland, the album is both requiem and protest—an immersive journey through collective struggle, transcendence, and artistic resilience.
The Return of the Durutti Column
The Return Of The Durutti Column is an iconic debut, pairing Vini Reilly’s introspective guitar sketches with Martin Hannett’s atmospheric production. Hailed as a bridge between post-punk, ambient, and classical motifs, the album stands out for its refined vulnerability and timeless melodic experimentation.
The Dictionary of Lost Meanings
Praed Orchestra!'s The Dictionary of Lost Meanings weaves seven pieces of composed music and expansive improvisations, blending Egyptian Shaabi, jazz, and tribal elements. Led by Raed Yassin and Paed Conca, the full ensemble explores intricate textures and rhythms, offering a contemporary journey through tradition and experimental soundscapes.
Processing Music
Casimir Geelhoed’s Processing Music is a probing exploration into the subtle, elusive boundaries between software-driven sonics and fragile acoustic realities. This album intensifies recurring themes of transiency and overstimulation, inviting listeners into a shifting landscape where memory and perception interact with innovative digital processing techniques.
Issue 130 (Magazine + 7", Yellow)
The latest issue of Electronic Sound Magazine features Gary Numan on the cover ahead of his UK tour celebrating the 45th anniversary of his seminal album Telekon. This special edition comes bundled with an exclusive limited edition red vinyl 7" featuring two tracks from Telekon personally selected by Numan: I'm An Agent and Remind Me To Smile. Telekon stands as a stark and futuristic landmark of electronic music, capturing the sound of a young artist grappling with sudden and overwhelming fame. …
Journey to the Ancient
Yusuf Mumin's Journey To The Ancient is an archival treasure from a pivotal figure of the 1960s Cleveland free jazz scene. Drawing from previously unheard recordings preserved in his private collection, the album combines spiritual jazz’s expressive depth with experimental intensity. Featuring Mumin's multi-instrumental performance alongside percussionist William Holmes, it conveys a journey through esoteric, Afro-spiritual soundscapes with moments of serene calm and fiery bursts that reflect Mu…
Music for a While
Michaela Melián’s Music for a While is an immersive, genre-blurring debut that fuses ambient techno currents with classical elements and subtle pop inflections. Drawing on a palette of cellos, guitars, and synthetic textures, Melián crafts extended atmospheric meditations whose compositional wit never dilutes their approachable warmth, producing a record both refined and strangely inviting, nestled between art installation and intricate electronic composition.
Thailand's Golden Sounds
Baa Records’ Thailand's Golden Sounds (80's Synth-Pop & Disco) is a vibrant compilation spotlighting the evolution of Thai pop as synthesized textures and disco grooves emerged from Bangkok’s Golden Sound studios. With a focus on overlooked 1980s gems, these tracks fuse local melodic sensibilities with Western production tricks, capturing a unique and danceable era both nostalgic and unexpectedly forward-looking.
Tokyo Funk Diva 1981 - 1988
Hitomi ‘Penny’ Tohyama’s Tokyo Funk Diva 1981-1988 introduces international audiences to one of Japan’s most charismatic exponents of funk and boogie. This capsule compilation, curated and newly remastered, captures her innovative blend of soulful vocals and sleek '80s production from a catalogue that shaped Tokyo’s underground dance music scene.
Astral Yacht
Tip! Astral Yacht is a psychedelic duo based in Lincoln, Nebraska, whose self-titled album Astral Yacht is scheduled for release on October 10, 2025. The album features tracks like "Follow The Constellation," "Dreamer," and "Galactic Remedy," blending cosmic soundscapes with expansive instrumental work in a style reminiscent of modern psych rock. Distinguished by shimmering guitars, swirling synthesizers, and exploratory songwriting, the album invites listeners into a kaleidoscopic journey marke…
Philip Glass: The Complete Piano Etudes
Vanessa Wagner breathes new life into Philip Glass: The Complete Piano Etudes, revealing the powerful lyricism and subtle turbulence of Glass’s minimalist language. Her interpretation brings emotional intensity and poetic nuance across all 20 etudes, reflecting over a decade spent exploring the repertoire and making for an immersive listening experience.
An Hour for Piano
Edition of 80. Written in 1971, Tom Johnson's An Hour for Piano stands as a landmark of American minimalism, born from improvisatory sketches Johnson created in 1967 while accompanying a modern dance class at New York University. Johnson gradually expanded these sketches, creating a composition designed to be performed in exactly one hour at an absolutely steady tempo of quarter note = 59.225 beats per minute. Deceptively simple in its construction, An Hour for Piano comprises six basic textures…
Le Don Des Larmes
‘Le Don Des Larmes’, will be released on the Amsterdam-based label Knekelhuis at September 12, and was conceived and recorded during her pregnancy — a time of deep transformation. It is a poetic offering to her newborn child, where the cycle of the seasons becomes a metaphor for birth, vulnerability, and renewal. Her sound draws from the lullabies of her Kabyle childhood and the gentle melancholy of Algerian chaabi, carrying their echoes into a world entirely her own.
Léo La Nuit is a Franco-Alg…
Escalade
Teddy Lasry "Escalade": first vinyl edition since 1976. Released in 1976, Teddy Lasry's Escalade is a jewel of jazz fusion and electronic experimentation, blending cosmic synthesizers, hypnotic rhythms and dreamlike atmospheres. A former member of Magma, Teddy Lasry explores a unique musical universe at the crossroads of space jazz and film music. Long out of print, this cult album is finally reissued on vinyl for the first time, offering a rare opportunity to rediscover this fascinating work, a…
Above This Noise
2025 stock Nagamatzu were the British duo of Andrew Lagowski (SETI, Legion, Terror Against Terror) on synths, guitar, and programming and Stephen Jarvis (Pure Motorised Instinct, Terraform) on synths and bass. Formed in 1982 after messing around with old tape machines and drum boxes, making numerous contributions to international compilations and erratically releasing their own cassettes. Their name comes from a character in JG Ballard‘s “Atrocity Exhibition” and their music reflects his influen…
Mother Nature's Son
Ramsey Lewis' album Mother Nature's Son, consists exclusively of instrumental versions of songs by The Beatles, featuring ten of the songs from the band's White Album. Recorded in December of 1968, shortly after the November 22, 1968 release of The Beatles' album, it showcases Lewis on piano and keyboards playing with members from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. According to producer and arranger Charles Stepney, Lewis had expressed his admiration for the sounds achieved by The Beatles' producer…
The Acid Test
2025 stock Ken Kesey's ultra rare 1966 studio recording of the Acid Test with The Grateful Dead. Legendary documentation of the 1965-66 Bay Area Acid Test scene from 14 hours of the actual trip (recorded in a studio). Lots of amazing mind games and word play with Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs in good form, ad libbed poetry, fractured harmonica solos, tape loops and the Grateful Dead lurking in the background. Originally released in March 1966. Originally released in 1966.