Hold That Tiger
CD Edition. Sonic Youth on Superior Viaduct!!! In October 1987, four months after the release of their critically acclaimed Sister LP, Sonic Youth showcased their latest work in a blistering set at Cabaret Metro, Chicago. The concert was introduced b…
Camoufleur
2025 repress, LP version. "Sometimes it's like an overstuffed musical armchair -- quite comfy, even when lumpy. The contribution of Markus Popp, whose style of digital scratching has made Oval an experimental household name, adds to the density and o…
The Peel Sessions
Unearthed from the neolithic tar that eventually swathes all history, Aerial M’s early-98 Peel Session is once again among us
Tournures Cessent / Tournures Cessent Orchestrales
This composition is a kind of false diary of the year 2015, or rather a real concentration of that year’s memories with very little rationality in its hierarchies, its ordering, or in the connections it makes. The narrative, if one wants to hear any,…
Dog FM
'Dog FM is the debut release by the London-based duo of field recordist Oliver Chapman and poet Phoebe Eccles. Combining Chapman’s seemingly banal snapshots of a family car journey with Eccles’ fantastic, reflective spoken verse, Dog FM deftly transp…
No One's Listening Anyway (UK DIY Post-Punk & Dubs 1980-1984 (Volume 1))
New On CTR ! Compiled by Jason Boardman ( Before I Die Records) Celebrated Manchester club-night/record Label Owner , DJ & digger - supreme. An album of early 1980s Post-Punk era musical bedroom & small studio innovations & DIY Inspirations - Featuri…
L'Era Del Cinghiale Bianco
*2025 stock* L'Era del Cinghiale Bianco (The White Boar Era) marks the clamorous Pop turning point of Franco Battiato. Created with the fundamental help of violinist Giusto Pio, this work is widely considered a masterpiece, and in 1979 it changed the…
Salt
*Limited Edition Of 150 Copies* When it travels, the voice is a double agent, a trickster, or a dubious guru, but when it pauses for a recording, it's historical, capturing a mood or an emotion for all time. I didn't expect that I would hardly recogn…
Papotier
Pancrace’s latest double LP “Papotier” is the third panel of a tryptic after “Pancrace” (2017) and “Fluid Hammer” (2019). The ensemble knew at some point from their previous LP they would have to go back to church and repent confronting a Silbermann …
3 × hullo, hullo
The first few minutes of ‘3 × hullo, hullo’ sound like a little mole creeping up through the soil. The little thing hoes and scoops up some sand, building a small pile of dirt. But then, anger... because this drives them mad—those who want their lawn…
Oh! Pebbles / 아 ! 조약돌
Tom Jacques and Eunsil Noh met recently on Tom’s first trip to South Korea. Their meeting was marked by instant musical chemistry and camaraderie. Their duo project, Oh ! Pebbles, consists of their complimentary singular practices in musical improvis…
Step (tape + ephemera)
Very obscure 1983 cassette on Squit Tapes of superb experimental electronic music succesfully mixing industrial and repetitive influences (M.B. meets Philip Glass somehow), with original A3 insert, plus bonus insert and Rat sticker.
Progetti Interrotti (tape + ephemera)
Ultrarare 1985 20-minute 4-track cassette compilation on Squit Tapes of synth-wave music recorerd between 1980 and 1982 by very obscure 'bands': Alan's Lads, Johnny & Mark and the duo of 3- and 4-year-olds Raboceie Dielo. With A3 insert and bonus Rat…
Guida ufficiale della Stato di Naon (pamphlet)
Very rare 1983 folded pamphlet published by Pordenone's The Great Complotto (home of Tampax, HitlerSS, Sexy Angels, Andy Warhol Banana Technicolor, Mind Invaders, Cancer, etc.
Nouances (tape)
Very varied (new wave, experimental, ebm, no wave) cassette compilation produced by Daniele Ciullini featuring Pankow, The Tempest, Minox, Rinf and Ciullini himself. Originally coming with two booklets not included here.
The Extinction (tape)
Rare electronic/industrial music compilation cassette with Rinf, Nulla Iperreale, 2+2=5, Gregorio Bardini, Nocteau, "Airthrob In", Bourbonese Qualk, St. Spirale, Laxative Souls, Radio Honolulu, F.A.R.. Originally enclosed with The Scream 7 magazine, …
Milano Enarmonisto
Rare early tape (1984) on ADN with the Bel Canto Orchestra and Pierre Bastien.
Percorsi del rock italiano (book)
1980 excellent book on the early Italian new wave scene with interviews to several bands including Skiantos, Stupid set, Confusional Quartet, Gaz Nevada, N.O.I.A., Luti Chroma, Wind Open, Johnson Righeira, Art Fleury, etc.
Constrictor Mag. 10 - Voidoid Union (fanzine)
Rare 1985 music / mail art fanzine with spray-painted cover by Alessandro Aiello with lost of collages, contacts and reviews: Sleep Chamber, Current 93, Merzbow, Zero Kama, Die Form, Smersh, If Bwana, Hunting Lodge, etc.
Bologna Rock (book)
Rare 1979 book on the Bologna punk rock / new wave scene of the late 70's, an illustrated history of event leading up to the mythical Bologna Rock concert of 1979.