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I first learned of Shin Joong Hyun in middle school. An Entertainment Tonight-style Korean show (rented on VHS, of course) featured him in a retros...

"Akio Niitsu's first album, I/O(i･o) released in 1978, was produced in a homemade studio that had been converted from a storeroom in his home, and ...

Antena's Camino Del Sol is a classic work of dark psychedelic pop, made way back in 1982. It meets all reissue hype requirements: Factory Records c...

"The drums of fire scorch the age. With his young and talented Sound Limited, Takeshi Inomata heralds the arrival of the golden age of jazz rock in...

"Across the albums nine tracks, Ana blends elements and influences from MPB, Tropicália, indie rock, punk and pop, forging them together with a sum...

"After digging deep into the overwhelming archive of Discos Fuentes in the previous volume, this second instalment in the series comprises 28 Colom...

"WRWTFWW Records is flying high as it announces the reissue of the 1997 ambient masterpiece Quiet Logic by electronic music visionaries Mixmaster M...

"A collection of mind-blowing songs from Hindi films 1958-1984. 12 musical gems from the Bollywood vaults with a wide variety of styles thrown in t...

"Rediscover the ethereal journey of Love Spirals Downwards' Flux, beautifully remastered by Ryan Lum, on limited-edition white vinyl. This landmark...

"Tara Clerkin Trio return to World of Echo with On The Turning Ground, a 5-song collection of quixotic, emotional redolence; 26 minutes of probing,...

"The collection titled 'exQuisxx' is a creation of POiSON GiRL FRiEND's own music, and is comprised of pieces from three different works: 'Shyness,...

"Fievel is Glauque is a critically acclaimed genre-bending indie-jazz, indie-rock fluid group, led by Zack Phillips in NYC and Ma Clament in Brusse...

"Here is the debut, self-titled album from a.s.o., singer/songwriter Alia Seror-O'Neill, and producer Lewie Day. 'a.s.o.' is a thematic consolidati...

"Now JAUBI draw on the elements of North Indian classical music, Hip-Hop and modal/spiritual jazz in their debut LP entitled 'Nafs At Peace'. The j...

Way back before they were pioneering electro and techno, the guys from Kraftwerk made some seriously experimental stuff. Their first two LPs (both ...

"Tim Hecker's latest work approaches a form of secular musical transcendentalism from within the battered temple of spirituality. Recorded in a chu...

"Vision Songs Vol. 1 is the Laraaji album like no other, located at the intersection of new age and gospel, his outlier and magnum opus, the feel-g...

On what is consistently classified as one of the greatest ambient records of all time (an increasingly impressive designation; as the amount of amb...

Anders Trentemoller released The Last Resort in 2006, and the groundbreaking album, praised for its astonishing composition and sound design, is as...

"Celebrated new wave compilation from Japan reissued for the first time on Glossy Mistakes. A much-cherished gem from the 1980s underground Japanes...

Minimal Wave continue their run of crucial synth compilations with The Hidden Tapes. The compilation features rare, unreleased, and licensed tracks...

"Minimal Wave proudly presents a newly remastered deluxe double album of archival material by pioneering 80s minimal electronic duo Oppenheimer Ana...

"Minimal Wave is honored to present a reissue of Sympathy Nervous’ pioneering debut album originally released in 1980 on Vanity Records out of Japa...

"Psychedelic Latin-funk holy grail from Nicaragua, 1974. Poder del Alma ('Soul Power') was a supergroup formed by some of the best musicians from t...

"Organic, electric, freeform. Pete Jolly's Seasons is comprised of melodies and textures composed live and without pretense—its grooves contain a c...

"The second LP compendium of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s early solo piano works, recorded throughout the 1960s – finally available again. Emahoy Ts...

"Chicago drummer and pianist Harry James Brenner Jr. returns to the Tascam 4 Track with an aggressive third LP, 'Off The Record'. Staying in his in...

"Jun Miyake and Ichiko Aoba's live sessions held in Tokyo in November 2016 and the following February 2017, valuable recordings that had only been ...

"Ceaseless seeker Yusef Lateef continually sought to push the boundaries of jazz, striving to make connections across continents and to capture the...

"Jakarta Records & Uno Loop are thrilled to announce Bowes Road Band’s sprawling LP Back in the HCA. In 1972, 4 design students at the Hornsey ...

"Some albums act as tickets to travel through time and space, ones where you hear history and venture to worlds familiar, yet undeniably foreign an...

"To launch Mr Bongo's new Cuban Classic Series, we are thrilled to present this sought-after, psychedelic-funk masterpiece. A fusion of traditional...

"The latest release from members of GOTHBOICLIQUE (Horse Head x Lil Tracy x Nedarb), 'Under Your Spell' is a 4-song EP presenting the next chapter ...

"Transparent vinyl version. First-ever official reissue on vinyl since 1975. Ash Ra Tempel is the eponymous debut studio album by the Krautrock ban...

"Acetone was originally released in 1997 on Vapor Records and was the band's most identifiable record. This new pressing is the first pressing sinc...

"Based in Los Angeles, Slauson Malone 1 is the musical project and performance piece of artist Jasper Marsalis. Following two, critically acclaimed...

“Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz, which has earned him royal status amongst free jazz players,...

"The latest by Canadian composer Tim Hecker serves as a beacon of unease against the deluge of false positive corporate ambient currently in vogue....

"Earlier this year, HCMJ invited Giant Claw to team up under the death's dynamic shroud.wmv moniker to create what is arguably one of the biggest r...

"Sven Wunder thrives at nightfall and welcomes the horizon of beginnings on Late Again, a collection of nocturnal jazz pieces that depict shooting ...

"Regarded as one of the most sought-after yet elusive albums from a pivotal era in Japanese jazz, Earth Mother was originally issued in 1978 on ALM...

"Like a perennial that returns with each new spring, the Mort Garson archives (Plantasia, Ataraxia, Lucifer) have brought to bear yet another awe-i...