New Arrivals
Holy to Dogs
Holy to Dogs, the newest album from The MIDI Janitor, is a haunted, downtempo odyssey of outsider electronics and dusty, dreamlike beats. Vancouver’s Jonathan Orr repurposes scavenged MIDI controllers and obsolete synths, producing spectral melodies, melancholy textures, and a pulsating DIY spirit that veers between ambient, hauntology, and rusted techno.
Maggot Brain #21 (Summer 2025)
A REAL music magazine on printed paper. As always: substantial content delivered! Maggot Brain returns with issue #21 for Summer 2025. Underground music journalism the way we need it. The way we want it! No corporate sanitization, no algorithm-friendly content, no compromise. Just deep investigation into the music that matters - free jazz, experimental sounds, punk archaeology, and the radical fringes where creativity actually lives.
Issue #21 continues the Maggot Brain tradition of taking music…
Horizoning
Horizoning, the sole album from Stefan Gnys, emerges as a deeply atmospheric and personal artifact of 1969, where raw, introspective songwriting meets lo-fi folk production. Long considered a Hamilton cult rarity, the reissue preserves Gnys’s solitary voice and sensitive arrangements—acoustic guitar, subdued backing, and confessional lyrics—making each note resonate with fragile honesty.
Electric Taal Band
Electric Taal Band, the eponymous debut from Electric Taal Band, is a vibrant Toronto project that forges unexpected connections between Punjabi percussion, cosmic jazz, and modern electronics. Channeling inspirations from Little India crate-digging to club experiments, the record traverses rhythms and textures with a fearless, exploratory spirit.
The Tinnitus Chorus
The Tinnitus Chorus, a new album from Michael Scott Dawson, is a collaborative ambient project reflecting on his personal experience with tinnitus. Joining forces with an eclectic cast from the worlds of experimental folk, jazz, and electronics, Dawson weaves tape loops, gentle melodies, and field recordings into a quietly unified journey through sound and vulnerability.
Ajomasé
Ajomasé marks the influential debut of Gasper Lawal, legendary Nigerian percussionist, now presented in a vibrant reissue by Strut Records. Originally released in 1980, the album bridges Yoruba traditions and Western funk, propelled by layered drumming and energetic ensemble playing. Each track is infused with rhythmic invention and charismatic flair.
Orbital
Orbital is the debut album from Orbital Ensemble, a Toronto-based jazz fusion group melding psychedelic grooves, Brazilian MPB influences, and intricate improvisation. The resulting LP weaves together melodic openness, vintage moods, and crisp ensemble playing, offering an immersive sonic experience that feels both exploratory and deeply rooted.
Mother Africa
Mother Africa by Byard Lancaster radiates with spiritual energy and improvisational daring, weaving together free jazz, blues, and soulful overtones. The album’s exploratory language and deep sense of groove reflect Lancaster’s boundary-pushing ethos, resulting in a vivid listening experience that braids together African themes, fluid ensemble interplay, and Lancaster’s distinctive melodic sensibility.
Us
Us by Byard Lancaster is a vibrant suite of improvisations driven by searching melodic motifs and propulsive rhythms. In a compact yet dynamic trio format, Lancaster’s alto saxophone and flute navigate territory mapped equally by jazz tradition and the pursuit of abstraction, making the album a crucial benchmark for fans of adventurous 1970s jazz.
Language at an Angle
Language At An Angle by Sam Wenc is a reflective exploration into the interface of sound, text, and performance, redefining the emotional and spatial possibilities of instrumentation. Renowned for upending genre expectations, Wenc crafts ambient textures and avant-folk motifs that subtly coalesce, inviting listeners into a contemplative sonic environment. The album distinguishes itself by merging Americana atmospheres with experimental nuance, embodying a distinctive voice within contemporary mi…
Xenakis-Reich (Live)
Trio Xenakis – comprising percussionists Adélaïde Ferrière, Emmanuel Jacquet, and Rodolphe Théry – presents Xenakis-Reich (Live) on B Records, a rigorous examination of two foundational approaches to contemporary percussion composition. This vinyl edition documents live performances that illuminate both the technical demands and philosophical substrates of works by Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) and Steve Reich (b. 1936). The program opens with Xenakis's Okho (12:47), a seminal work for three djembe…
Tract: A Composition of Agitprop Music for Electromagnetic Tape
"A Composition of Agitprop Music for Electromagnetic Tape" by İlhan Mimaroğlu is a collage of political sound art blending revolutionary texts, manipulated electronics, and the vocal performance of Tülay German. Recorded from 1972–74, it transforms agitprop tradition into a radical meditation on freedom and dissent.
Ritualer, Blot Och Botgöring
**2025 Stock** Ritualer, Blot Och Botgöring stands as the uncompromising debut of Trepaneringsritualen—Thomas Martin Ekelund’s celebrated project that laces religious dread, magick, and esoteric sorrow into the very fabric of death industrial. Originally issued in 2008 with only 75 cassettes and later given a justified re-release on vinyl, the album draws listeners into its haunting landscapes from the first cavernous, echo-soaked textures of “Bloodletting Ritual.” Lo-fi, murky, and unapologetic…
The Trail of Genghis Khan
**2025 Stock** The album The Trail of Genghis Khan, made by Cye Wood in collaboration with Lisa Gerrard is now officially released on vinyl by Infinite Fog Productions. Sourced from material that Lisa and Cye produced for the documentary series of the same name, The Trail of Genghis Khan is an emotive interpretation of Tim Cope’s epic journey on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary (on which the documentary is based). Drawing on inspiration from this rugged and majestic landscape and the culture …
I Maestri del Colore
The Melancholy Mad Tenant, a collaboration between Coil, The New Blockaders, and Vortex Campaign, is a remastered anthology of radical noise, drone, and experimental anti‑music. It delivers brutal textures, haunting silences, and fierce creative interplay, pushing sound to extremes where chaos and restraint strangely converge.
Nos Années Mortes
**2025 Stock** Infinite Fog Productions presents the complete anthology of Blasterkorps, a cult project created by Geoffroy D. (Dernière Volonté, Position Parallèle) and Léonce B. (I-C-K, Nihiltronix, Soldat Arnaud, Cage Apotheek). Emerging from France’s underground between 1997 and 2002, the duo blended the depth of analog minimal synth and electro-industrial structures with the unmistakable voice of Geoffroy D. This long-awaited 2CD set gathers 25 compositions - nearly 100 minutes of music - i…
Motinai
With Motinai, Kreiviskai turns the archetype of Eastern European neofolk inside out, tracing a path from minimal acoustic beauty to expansive, genre-defying hybridization. The album’s roots sink deep into folk tradition—acoustic guitar, voice, and drums generate moments of stark vulnerability, particularly on the final passages of tracks such as “Creation.” Even at its most stripped-down, the music radiates a kind of humble intensity, the melodies unspooling with deliberate pacing and haunting f…
Le Fiabe dei Ragni Funamboli
**2025 Stock** Le Fiabe Dei Ragni Funamboli by Albireon is a 19‑track journey through Italian neofolk, ambient, and acoustic songwriting. Released in 2013, the double album explores nostalgia and melancholia, weaving poetic imagery and delicate melodies into a deeply evocative meditation on memory and transformation.
The Knight of Fools
The Knight of Fools by The Grow reimagines post‑rock through dense guitar textures and emotive distortion. Released in October 2025, the debut album carves an electrified landscape of tension, grandeur, and melancholic drift—where each sonic gesture reveals the weight and hope of transformation.
Transponder
**2025 Stock** Who still needs an introduction to the Italian living legend Bad Sector? Hardly anyone. Since 1995, every new album by this project has been an event — eagerly awaited by almost every devotee of the industrial scene. Now, at last, comes the long-awaited CD edition of one of the most intriguing albums by Italian master Massimo Magrini. Originally released in 1999 as a limited CDR on Blade Records, Transponder returns — newly presented, expanded with two exclusive compositions from…