Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun vol. 2
The journey continues with "Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun, Vol. 2," a captivating exploration into the bamboo forests, sounds, and visions of some of the most eccentric artists who have remained in the shadow of Japanese new wave. This latest compilation invites listeners to delve deeper into a world where innovation meets tradition, capturing the essence of a vibrant yet often overlooked musical heritage. Emphasizing a unique fusion of Krautrock and electronic impulse…
Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun vol. 1
From the depths of the most independent and revolutionary underground, "Wa Wave: New Wave Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun Vol. 1" emerges as a groundbreaking collection that showcases a unique musical journey through the enigmatic landscape of Japanese avant-garde sounds. This album features a carefully curated selection of tracks from the repertoires of influential artists, some of whom have released only limited editions—often confined to a single flexi disc.
These pioneers of sound hav…
Romancing The Music
Through the dense blend of Japanese New-Wave, set against a backdrop of moldy kimonos and punctured paper screens, Hip-See-Kid's mini-LP, Romancing The Music, emerges like a sonic bullet train, carving its way through the chaos of sound and emotion. Overflowing with purebred Punk-Funk, shards of Soul, and threads of shredded Jazz, this album is nothing short of a gold nugget in a sea of sadness.
Romancing The Music captures a unique fusion of genres, delivering an audacious auditory experience t…
In A Different Climate
2026 stock In A Different Climate is the second and final studio album by the American rock band Mallard, released in 1976 on Virgin Records.
Formed by ex-Captain Beefheart Magic Band members Bill Harkleroad (guitar), Mark Boston (bass), along with vocalist Sam Galpin, keyboardist John Thomas, and drummer George Dragotta, the band leaned into a progressive country-rock sound with swampy blues elements.
Recorded in Wales and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, it features Harkleroad's signature…
How Much Are They? (12"EP)
Original UK edition on Island of the 1981 EP with the post-punk dub experiments by PIL's bass player and two members of the mighty Can.
Dome (LP)
Original 1980 edition on Dome of the superb first LP of Gilbert & Lewis' experimental/industrial/electronic ambient soundscapes.
Dome 2 (LP)
Original 1980 edition on Dome of the excellent second LP of Gilbert & Lewis' experimental/industrial/electronic ambient soundscapes.
Dome 3 (LP)
Original 1981 edition on Dome of the great and diverse third LP of Gilbert & Lewis' experimental/industrial/art-rock soundscapes.
3R4 (LP)
Original 1980 LP on 4AD of brilliant experimental/industrial/art-rock soundscapes by Wire's Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis, am essential piece of the Dome puzzle.
Like This For Ages (12"EP)
Superb 1980 EP on 4AD by Wire/Dome's Gilbert and Lewis of experimental/eletronic rhythmic soundscapes.
Spirit of Eden
On Spirit Of Eden, Talk Talk dissolve the idea of a “band” into a hushed, slow‑burning soundscape, six long pieces where jazz, blues, chamber music, and near‑silence fuse into something that feels less like an album and more like a single, ritual act of listening.
Marquee Moon
On Marquee Moon, Television reinvent rock as tense, skeletal architecture, eight songs built from interlocking guitars, nervous poetry, and negative space, culminating in a title track that turns a ten‑minute solo into pure street‑lit vertigo.
Ritual of Light
"Ritual of Light" is the first full length from Descending Pharaohs. Recorded in mid-2022, it marks the band in its first year as a trio with a sound that is mainly implemented by the conventions of guitar, bass, and drums and enhanced by rich textures created by Turkish saz-baglama, greek tzoura, and oud as well as drone-driven electronics. Their influences run deep in the realms of 70s electric Arabic/Anatolian, spiritual jazz, and krautrock, but they project these influences towards a modern …
Dis Qu't'as Tort
*300 copies limited edition* "Dis qu’t’as tort" is the latest venture from Tagubu (Denis Tagu, formerly of Hellebore, Look De Bouk, and Toupidek Limonade), realised in collaboration with Klimperei (Christophe Petchanatz, known for his work with Pierre Bastien, David Fenech, and Palo Alto, among others). The album represents a creative response to the increasing prevalence of autocracies and dictatorships across the globe, reflecting a world that is not simply changing, but rather derailing.
The …
Full Fathom Six
Six Minute War Madness were born in January 1992: Federico Ciappini on vocals, Paolo Cantù (former member of Tasaday and Afterhours) and Xabier Iriondo (also in Afterhours) on guitars, Massimo Marini on bass and Daniele Misirliyan on drums.
In September 1993 they put out their first 7” Holy Joe/Evensong on the punk label Blu Bus and during the same year another song, Truck Fucker, appeared on the compilation Faces Vol.2.A year later they contributed four tracks to the album Lubricant for Your Mi…
Ahura
Portland Oregon's Rollerball are the very definition of a cult band. Their image is shrouded by aliases & self sustained mystique and their discography packed with hidden gems and genre warping artistry. In the decade plus since Rollerball first formed, this highly prolific family of musicians have conjured up staggering amount of recorded material; 12 full lengths albums, another dozen eps and singles and countless compilation appearances. Whether slipping between vampy cabaret numbers, horn dr…
Live
Jealousy Party rapes the suggestions of the free music, avant-rock, the disturbed and unsociable electronics, squirts of songs, saxs, laptop and cds in flames and histrionic vocal manipulations. The mutant project expresses with delirium and destructured transparency the synthesis among creative abstractism, expressive urgency, tragic avant-gardism, theatricality and punk attitude.
La Nouvelle Européenne Et Autres Territoires Affranchis Politiquement Trash
*100 copies limited edition* « In 2025, can we still be interested in and write about the music of a band of French musicians, very “underground” who were very young at the time in the early 1970s? » writes Xavier Béal at the opening of his review of Ian Thompson's brand new book "Synths, Sax & Situationists (The French Musical Underground 1968-1978)" in the webzine Rythmes Croisés (published on October 24, 2025).
The answer is certainly yes! And although the name of Pascal Chassin is still almo…
The Catherine Wheel (LP)
1982 Italian edition on Sire of Talking Heads' singers beautiful solo album with music for Twyla Tharp's ballet, featuring Adrian Belew, Eno and Bernie Worrell among others. With original innersleeve.
Sometimes Puns Are a Sign of a Damaged Brain
Edition of 300. One fine evening in Rotterdam, after witnessing him walking around in a circle with a stick for half-an-hour, Lukas Simonis asked Dominic Robertson (aka Ergo Phizmiz) to join him in a rapid-fire songwriting bonanza. Many songs resulted, tunes about mermaids, mistakes, compost manufacture, celebrity perverts, geometry, and so on. Lukas is a guitar wizard and a king in the world of weirdoes. Dominic is just... a weirdo, but he is England's greatest entertainer, so that's ok. Make w…