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From New World Records:

Larry Polansky: The World’s Longest Melody
The World’s Longest Melody is a collection of experimental music written for the guitar by composer/guitarist Larry Polansky.

Charles Dodge: A Retrospective
The music on this disc was written over a period of more than thirty years. Over the course of those years, so much has changed in technology, in music, in life in general. But throughout the work represented here one can recognize the remarkable, entirely original voice of Charles Dodge (b. 1942). He is truly a composer who writes music that does not sound like anybody else’s. He has never been part of any “ism” or movement; he is his own category. And although his stylistic approach and his interests have changed over the course of the ye…

David Mahler: Only Music Can Save Me Now
David Mahler (b. 1944) is an original and prolific composer, but also an active pianist, singer, arranger, choir and vocal workshop director, church musician, writer, and educator. His musical tastes reflect a deeply American sensibility. He is fascinated by the sentimental ballads of Stephen Foster, the syncopated rags of Joseph Lamb, the sonic experiments of Charles Ives and his father George, and the pioneering tape music of Richard Maxfield. He is an important figure i…

From Important Records:

AUN – VII
Brand new full length from Aun. Featuring Voivod’s Away on drums. Artwork by Justin Bartlett. AUN’s bi-polar output, generally shifts between dreamy lulling harmonic distortion, to sheer gut wrenching ultra
downtuned avant black dirge, AUN/VII is of the latter. Of strong melodic and compositional sense, impossibly detuned guitars and electric power surges, soar through deep space and into black holes.

NADJA – Thaumogenesis +CD
Clear/gold combo & purple vinyl for the first 200 orders received. Double LP as Thaumogenesis was meant to be heard. Bonus D side remix by James Plotkin & bonus live CD from an amazing outdoor garden performance. Packaged in a heavy duty tip-on style jacket from Stoughton….

THE SKULL DEFEKTS – Skulls CM von Hausswolff & The Sons of God Descending The Silver River of the DFX
First 100 mailorder copies are on red vinyl. Edition of 500.. Swedish drone/ritual rock group The Skull Defekts is back with a new limited edition vinyl LP. This time, we are dealing with two unique collaborations.The first one is a live recording from Fylkingen, Stockholm where The Skull Defekts met oscillator master CM von Hausswolff….

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & Melting Paraiso UFO – In O To Infinity
AMT returns with a follow up to their classic cover of Terry Riley‘s IN C. In O To Infinity is the first AMT record in a long time to feature the voice of Cotton Casino.