New Arrivals
Ghost Story
Ghost Story, by Ron Geesin, is a previously unreleased, wildly inventive soundtrack to Stephen Weeks’ cult British horror film of 1974. Blending traditional folk motifs, modern electronic experimentation, and eccentric studio craft, Geesin’s score is at once haunting, playful, and profoundly original - characterized by spectral atmospheres and surreal sonic storytelling.
The Birds of Marsville
The Birds of Marsville, the seventeenth album from Friendly Rich, is a whimsical and experimental sound guide to 76 imaginary birds inhabiting the fictional island of Marsville. Featuring orchestrion, chamber ensemble, and a playful mix of genres, the work brings together carnivalesque sonorities, witty narratives, and a centuries-spanning tradition of birdsong composition.
Suns of the Heart
Suns of the Heart, the sixth solo album from Colin Fisher, unfurls a suite of intricate, emotionally charged improvisations that blend treated guitar, elemental electronics, and gestural samples. Across six movements, Fisher crafts an enveloping soundworld where each texture pulses with meditative warmth and restless sonic curiosity.
Mirante
Mirante, the ninth album by Nick Storring, is an impressionistic, multi-instrumental homage to Brazil. Across seven movement-rich tracks, Storring weaves liquid ambient textures, intricate rhythms, and a panoply of both Brazilian and experimental influences, forging an album that balances celebratory groove and lush introspection.
Synthetic - A Synth Odyssey: Season 4
Synthetic: Season 4, the final installment in Rich Aucoin’s quadruple-album saga, is a landmark in ambitious electronic artistry. Recorded over five years and utilizing 103 vintage and rare synthesizers—including the Buchla Electric Music Box and Ondes Martenot—the album traverses cinematic ambient, analog-driven techno, and experimental pop across fifteen intricately crafted tracks.
Synthetic - A Synth Odyssey: Season 3
Synthetic: Season 3 by Rich Aucoin continues the Canadian artist’s ambitious four-part electronic saga, zeroing in on dance and rave music influences with vintage synthesizer textures. Recorded across multiple studios between 2020 and 2024, the album features ten energetic tracks—a journey through nostalgic sounds, analog warmth, and kinetic club reverie.
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.
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.