No Wave
** condition: (book) EX** Softcover book with illustrations.
Flashing through New York in the late 1970s, No Wave was the ultimate anti-movement. Its bands consisted of untrained artists looking to explode rock and disappear before the smoke cleared. The primary perpetrators all drew on primitivism, performance art, and the avant-garde. But they were best known for short songs and even shorter life spans. No Wave traces the history of this unique movement, from early pioneers like Suicide to Ri…
Juvenile Rock
Once whispered about in underground circles, Juvenile Rock—a crucial artifact from Japan’s vibrant 1980s post-punk scene—returns in definitive form. Originally circulated only as a CD-R and later on cassette, this rare collection of unreleased material from Dendo Marionette is now finally available on double vinyl, bringing new life to a body of work that until now was largely inaccessible outside of dedicated collectors. Juvenile Rock presents an expansive portrait of the band at their most dar…
Dendö Marionette
At the dawn of the 1980s, Osaka’s Dendo Marionette stood at the forefront of Japan’s first great Synth-Wave explosion—an underground movement where icy electronics collided with the raw urgency of Post-Punk. Their sound was both futuristic and deeply atmospheric, channeling a restless creative energy that mirrored the global wave of experimentation while remaining distinctly Japanese.
This definitive double LP brings together the band’s complete studio legacy, finally giving shape to a story t…
Paradise Mambo
Formed in Hakata before relocating to Tokyo in 1984, Akebonojirushi quickly established themselves as one of the most adventurous acts in Japan’s underground music scene. The six-piece band defied easy categorization, blending sharp-edged New Wave textures with the groove and freedom of Funk-Jazz, then distilling it all into daring, unpredictable Pop songs.
Originally released in 1987 on the influential DIW label, Paradise Mambo captured the energy of a vibrant era when Japanese musicians were…
Trap
Originally released in 1985 on Japan Records, "Trap" marks the second solo venture from pioneering Japanese musician Chiko Hige. Delving deep into the raw energy of the No-Wave movement, Hige crafts a powerful, hypnotic sonic journey brimming with hyper-kinetic grooves, jagged guitar textures, and contorted saxophone lines. "Trap" stands as a snapshot of controlled chaos—its blend of frenetic rhythms and edgy soundscapes continues to resonate with fresh relevance, captivating new listeners and l…
Harafuri
If punk culture and aesthetics ever had a poet, it would undoubtedly be Kō Machida. Best known as the visionary frontman of the pioneering punk band INU and later acclaimed as a novelist, essayist, and professor, Machida has built a career at the intersection of raw musical energy and razor-sharp literary craftsmanship. Eleven years after the groundbreaking 1981 masterpiece INU – Meshi Kuuna!, Machida returned with a new creative chapter: the album *Harafuri*. This record marked a significant ev…
Dance Till You Die
Dance Till You Die is more than just a track title—it’s a loud and clear order, a warning, and a timeless statement from one of the most uncompromising Japanese post-punk outfits of the early 1980s.
Emerging from Japan’s underground scene, Daisuck & Prostitute forged a raw yet magnetic sound that blended the abrasive edges of No Wave with an almost ritualistic sense of groove. Dance Till You Die stands as a rare testament to their uncompromising vision: esoteric and challenging, yet undeniably…
Trabant Bundle
** Special Discounted Bundle ** The complete archival collection of Hungary's legendary underground collective Trabant (1980-1987), preserved by Purge in two essential volumes. Active behind the Iron Curtain during the harshest years of authoritarian communism, this loose collective of songwriters and filmmakers - including Mihály Víg, János Vető, György Kozma, and Marietta Méhes - created hundreds of DIY recordings that were hand-traded on cassettes within the Hungarian underground.
Described a…
Paris 1942
"Difficult as it may be to imagine, there was a time when Sun City Girls did not exist. Prior to the Bishop brothers teaming up with drummer/shaman Charlie Gocher to form SCG's classic trio lineup, there were various ad-hoc assemblages of local Phoenix-area freaks and weirdos – groups which existed only long enough to play a single gig, open mic or house party before disbanding without a trace. Hatched from this milieu was Paris 1942, a short-lived band formed by guitarist Jesse Srogoncik that i…
Model Express
Cindy Lee, the performance and songwriting vehicle of Canadian artist Patrick Flegel (who fronted influential indie group Women earlier), previously stunned listeners with Act Of Tenderness, a heart-wrenching statement informed by the noirish core of celebrity, and has continued to enchant with every album, including the startling What's Tonight To Eternity released earlier this year.
Model Express originally appeared as a self-released edition of 100 gold cassettes. The arch, filmic drama of Ci…
Act Of Tenderness
Cindy Lee is the diva alter-ego of singer / guitarist / drag queen Patrick Flegel, the one-time captain of heralded Canadian experimental guitar pop act, Women. In Flegel's working on / as Cindy Lee exclusively over recent years, their songwriting makes a move toward high atmospherics, often achieving a mysterious sweetness rooted equally in beauty and ache.
As Cindy Lee's first long-form statement, Act Of Tenderness makes use of antipodal themes to create a living sound: static with grace, dist…
Malenkost
Cindy Lee is the brainchild of singer / guitarist Patrick Flegel. While some may know Flegel from their time spent in Canadian experimental indie band Women, Cindy Lee has spent the past four years crafting songs that push and pull in opposing directions – from tales of tragedy laced with haywire distortion to moments of breathtaking beauty.
On Malenkost, Flegel combines everything that makes Cindy Lee so essential: heart-wrenching romantic pleas, rough shards of noise and twilit ballads. Featur…
Trabant II
With less than a year having passed since their incredible and widely celebrated, first-ever collection dedicated to the 1980s, Hungarian countercultural music collective Trabant, purge.xxx builds upon the momentum and its intoxicating highs with ‘Trabant II’, their second deep dive into clandestine, previously unissued recordings by the band. Meticulously culled from the collectively’s vast archive of DIY cassettes — capturing politically urgent expressions at the junctures of post-punk, synth …
Trabant
Purge launches into the new year with an absolute burner: the first ever collection dedicated to the 1980s, Hungarian countercultural music collective Trabant. Drawn from a body of over a hundred, never before issued DIY recordings, made by the band during during the period between 1980 to 1987, across the LPs two side unfurls some of the greatest, unheard post-punk and indie pop ever made behind the Iron Curtain. It’s an absolute revelation that can’t be recommend enough.
Spare Beauty
Spittle Records is proud to announce the reissue of Chance Operation’s seminal sophomore release, Spare Beauty. Originally issued in 1982 as a double 7” on Jeep Records, this sought-after EP makes its long-awaited debut on 12” vinyl, reintroducing four tracks of pure Japanese post-punk brilliance to a new generation of listeners. Spare Beauty is a masterclass in hypnotic, infectious sonic grooves. Each track weaves together raw energy and avant-garde flair, showcasing the band’s innovative appro…
Chance Operation
Originally released in 1981 on Jeep Records and reissued here for the first time, Chance Operation’s debut 12” EP stands as a bold statement from Japan’s avant-garde underground. This seminal recording, now available on Spittle Records, captures the raw energy and visionary spirit of a group that defied genre boundaries and predicted the sonic upheavals of the decade to come.
Chance Operation emerged from Tokyo’s fertile experimental scene, channeling the restless creativity of the late 70s and …
Place Kick
Spittle Records reissues Chance Operation’s 1985 debut “Place Kick,” a genre-defying mix of post-punk, funk, and jazz, now on vinyl for the first time—restoring a vital underground classic for new audiences.
満天に赤い花びら A Skyfull of Red Petals
Incl. printed inner sleeve & 4 page fold-out insert ** Spittle Records resurrects a dangerous ride through Japan's experimental underground with the first vinyl reissue of this 1985 masterpiece. Four decades after its original Japanese release, Mizutama Shobodan's sophomore album A Skyfull of Red Petals finally receives the vinyl treatment it deserves, emerging through Spittle Records as a testament to one of Japan's most fearless and uncompromising experimental units. Mixed by master Fred Frith…
乙女の祈りはダッダッダッ！A Maiden’s Prayer
Incl. printed inner sleeve & 4 page fold-out insert ** Spittle Records resurrects a dangerous ride through Japan's experimental underground with the first vinyl reissue of this 1985 masterpiece. Four decades after its original Japanese release, Mizutama Shobodan's sophomore album A Skyfull of Red Petals finally receives the vinyl treatment it deserves, emerging through Spittle Records as a testament to one of Japan's most fearless and uncompromising experimental units. Mixed by master Fred Frith…
NYC 1978-1979
Inimitable post punk insurgents The John Cale produced '79 Model Citizens EP is finally available again, and with it comes unheard live recordings from Max’s & Hurrah! "Model Citizens, attacking their instruments with poetic yet strangely ironic frenzy, reflect the frightened, scattered, painful (yet edge-of-ecstatic) world of the moment." (NY Rocker) This short lived vanguard outfit now gets its due on red vinyl, with an insert featuring liner notes from Tim Page. There were four Model Citizens…