CDs + Vinyl:

Amor – Sinking Into A Miracle CD/LP (Night School)

Sinking Into A Miracle is the debut album by Glasgow’s Amor, a quartet of musical travelers exploring the sonic open-ended-ness of dance music. Following two critically acclaimed 12”s, this is a fully developed treatise on ecstasy and transcendence. Here, Richard Youngs, Michael Francis Duch, Paul Thomson and Luke Fowler are more honed, razor sharp in focus and timing, testing their instrumental prowess on condensed song structures and new, enlightened feelings of expansive hope and bliss.

David Attenborough – My Field Recordings From Across The Planet 2xCD (Wrasse)

A compilation of original field recordings made by Sir David Attenborough between 1954 and 1963. He travelled to remote parts of the world to find and film exotic animals. This collection features more than 50 recordings of traditional music from Sierra Leone, Paraguay, Madagascar, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands and northern Australia. With an extensive booklet drawing on David Attenborough’s experiences compiled and with notes by BBC Producer Julian May, and stunning original photographs of the recording sessions.

Avenger – Blood Sports [Reissue/1984] CD (Dissonance)

Avenger are a heavy metal band from Newcastle, England. Associated with the new wave of British heavy metal scene, they released two albums in the 1980s before splitting up. The band reunited in 2005.

C.I.A. – C.I.A. CD/LP (In The Red)

The C.I.A. is Ty Segall’s collaborative group with Denée Segall, his wife/frequent bandmate/photographer, and Emmett Kelly of the Cairo Gang. The self-titled record marks the newly formed band’s first-ever full-length following an obscure cassette tape that was released earlier in the year. It spans a total of 10 songs sees Ty and Kelly on bass, Denée on vocals and lyrics, and R.E. Carlos on drums.

Enforcer – Death By Fire [Reissue/2013] CD (Dissonance)

CD reissue of the third album by the Swedish heavy metal band.

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CDs + Vinyl:

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. – Reverse Of Rebirth In The Universe CD/LP (Riot Season)

Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe sees the band return to their old label Riot Season for the first time since 2012’s IAO Chant From The Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (CD still available). Both label and band have gone on some wonderful journeys during that time apart, but both felt the stars were finally correctly realigned to renew their partnership in all things weird. Long time AMT fans will immediately recognize some of the song titles listed on the album sleeve here. But the songs themselves have been reworked and transformed far away from their original versions.

The Beta Band ‎– Heroes To Zeros [Reissue/2004] CD/LP+CD (Because Music)

CD and vinyl reissue of the third and final studio album by The Beta Band, released in 2004. The cover illustration was created by comic book writer and artist Kaare Andrews. The Beta Band logo for the album was created by comic book artist Dave McCaig, later to be reused on The Best Of The Beta Band. The song “Liquid Bird” features a sample of “Painted Bird” by Siouxsie and The Banshees.

Boogarins – Lá Vem a Morte CD/LP (OAR)

In the summer of 2017, Grammy-nominated Brazilian psych masters Boogarins dropped the surprise release Lá Vem a Morte, a dark and hypnotic investigation into emotional and sonic incongruity.

Brothers Of Metal – Prophecy Of Ragnarok CD/LP (AFM)

This new band of the Scandinavian metal scene brings an epic, extremely catchy mix of power metal with irresistible melodies and heavy guitar riffs. [Limited colored vinyl pressing also available.]

Brown Sugar – Soul Jazz Records Presents Brown Sugar: I’m In Love With A Dreadlocks Brown Sugar And The Birth Of Lovers Rock 1977-80 CD/LP+MP3 (Soul Jazz)

13-track Soul Jazz compilation from the UK female vocal trio led by Caron Wheeler, later of Soul II Soul. Contains rare singles, dubs and extended mixes, spanning 1977 to 1980.

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December/January Program Titles Released This Week:

Van Morrison – The Prophet Speaks CD/2xLP (Caroline)

The Prophet Speaks follows a recent run of hugely acclaimed records by Van Morrison (Roll With The Punches, Versatile and You’re Driving Me Crazy), each of which has delved deep into the musical styles that have continued to inspire Van Morrison throughout his life – vocal jazz and R&B. Here, Van takes on a series of unarguable classics by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke (among others) and makes them unmistakably his own. Alongside these reinterpretations are six new Morrison compositions. The Prophet Speaks again finds Van working with the incredible multi-instrumentalist Joey DeFrancesco (the artist co-credited on You’re Driving Me Crazy) and his band (including Dan Wilson on guitar, Michael Ode on drums and Troy Roberts on tenor saxophone). “It was important for me to get back to recording new music as well as doing some of the blues material that has inspired me from the beginning,” Van notes. “Writing songs and making music is what I do, and working with great musicians makes it all the more enjoyable.”

CDs + Vinyl:

88rising – Head In The Clouds CD/LP (88rising Music)

New album from the pioneering music and arts collective. While all 88rising artists have excelled in their solo careers they’ve always operated with a crew mentality and it’s with this collection that they were able to bring that to life. Representing 5 countries in Asia the whole crew – Rich Brian, Joji, Higher Brothers, NIKI, AUGUST08 and Keith Ape – all flew into Los Angeles, CA to record the album for two and a half months creating a chemistry that can be felt throughout.

Anguish – Anguish CD/LP (RareNoise)

The dark, impossibly intense dirges, industrial noise onslaughts and banshee-like free jazz wailing heard throughout Anguish could be an imposing soundtrack for a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. This powerhouse, inter-generational offering brings together an unlikely gathering of members of the New Jersey-based experimental hip-hop group Dälek (electronic musician and vocalist Will Brooks with guitarist-keyboardist Mike Mare), the Swedish free jazz group Fire! Orchestra (tenor saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, drummer Andreas Werliin) and the classic ’70s German krautrock band Faust (keyboardist and 68-year-old founding member Hans Joachim Irmler).

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