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A Winged Victory for the Sullen (U.S.A. / CA)
"Atomos VII" 12" EP 2014, Kranky
19.00EUR • approx. 27.6USD [ back in stock ] : [ add to cart ]
An appetizer for the "Atomos" full-length album, a score for choreographer Wayne Mcgregor’s long form dance piece of the same name. This EP includes also an exclusive track (an outtake from AWVftS's debut album) and also a Ben Frost remix of "Atomos VII"!

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A1. Atomos VII
A2. Minuet For A Cheap Piano Number One
B1. Atomos VII (Greenhouse Re-Interpretation)

last update: 2025-06-05
Christina Vantzou (Belgium)
"N°1" Digifile CD 2011, Kranky
15.00EUR • approx. 21.8USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
While her work certainly orbit in the same musical galaxy as those of Stars of the Lid and The Dead Texan, Vantzouʼs compositions are more grounded and concerned with the terrestrial, and often grow into soothing, even if full symphonic, movements.

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01. Homemade Mountains (3:43)
02. Prelude For Juan (4:26)
03. Super Interlude Pt.1 (1:17)
04. Super Interlude Pt.2 (4:37)
05. Small Choir (3:43)
06. Adversary (7:35)
07. Your Changes Have Been Submitted (1:44)
08. And Instantly Take Effect (7:04)
09. 11:11 (4:05)
10. Joggers (8:27)

last update: 2024-04-16
Christina Vantzou (Belgium)
"N°2" Digifile CD 2014, Kranky
15.00EUR • approx. 21.8USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
Contemporary / Neoclassical Chamber music. Conceived as a cohesive whole, on "No.2" one finds dense layers of strings augmented by angelic voices, piano, woodwinds, and various synthesizers, resulting in a stunningly gorgeous series of compositions.

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01. Anna Mae (2:21)
02. Going Backwards To Recover That Which Was Left Behind (4:23)
03. Brain Fog (3:33)
04. Strange Symptoms (1:17)
05. Vancouver Island (3:31)
06. Sister (4:13)
07. VHS (4:43)
08. Arp (1:50)
09. Little Darlin' Seize The Sun (2:02)
10. Vostok (1:58)
11. The Magic Of The Autodidact (4:41)

last update: 2024-05-14
Christina Vantzou (Belgium)
"N 4" 12" LP 2018, Kranky
22.00EUR • approx. 31.9USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
Vantzou ventures further into the uniquely elusive and evocative mode of ambient classical minimalism which has become her signature: a fragile synthesis of contemplative drift, heady silences, and muted dissonance.

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A1. Glissando for Bodies and Machines in Space (2:47)
A2. Percussion in Nonspace (1:38)
A3. At Dawn (2:51)
A4. Doorway (5:50)
A5. Some Limited and Waning Memory (5:27)
A6. No.4 String Quartet (3:20)
B1. Staircases (4:08)
B2. Sound House (4:04)
B3. Lava (2:31)
B4. Garden of Forking Paths (4:56)
B5. Remote Polyphony (6:28)

last update: 2024-02-29
Christina Vantzou (Belgium)
"N 4" Digifile CD 2018, Kranky
14.00EUR • approx. 20.3USD [ add to cart ]
Vantzou ventures further into the uniquely elusive and evocative mode of ambient classical minimalism which has become her signature: a fragile synthesis of contemplative drift, heady silences, and muted dissonance.

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01. Glissando for Bodies and Machines in Space (2:47)
02. Percussion in Nonspace (1:38)
03. At Dawn (2:51)
04. Doorway (5:50)
05. Some Limited and Waning Memory (5:27)
06. No.4 String Quartet (3:20)
07. Staircases (4:08)
08. Sound House (4:04)
09. Lava (2:31)
10. Garden of Forking Paths (4:56)
11. Remote Polyphony (6:28)

last update: 2024-02-02
Christina Vantzou (Belgium)
"N.5" 12" LP 2022, Kranky
28.00EUR • approx. 40.6USD [ add to cart ]
Fleeting configurations of piano, wind, strings, synthetics, and field recordings, inspired by the Greek isles. For fans of Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch soundtracks, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, and Global Communication!

audio files available
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A1. Enter
A2. Greeting
A3. Distance
A4. Reclining Figures
A5. Red Eel Dream
A6. Dance Rehearsal
A7. Kimona I
B1. Tongue Shaped Rock
B2. Memory of Future Melody
B3. Kimona II
B4. Surreal Presence (for SH and FM)

last update: 2024-02-02
Christina Vantzou (Belgium)
"N.5" Digifile CD 2022, Kranky
15.00EUR • approx. 21.8USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
Fleeting configurations of piano, wind, strings, synthetics, and field recordings, inspired by the Greek isles. For fans of Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch soundtracks, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, and Global Communication!

audio files available
- tracklist -
01. Enter
02. Greeting
03. Distance
04. Reclining Figures
05. Red Eel Dream
06. Dance Rehearsal
07. Kimona I
08. Tongue Shaped Rock
09. Memory Of Future Melody
10. Kimona II
11. Surreal Presence For SH And FM

last update: 2024-03-07
Dedekind Cut (U.S.A.)
"Tahoe" 2x 12" LP 2018, Kranky
27.00EUR • approx. 39.2USD [ add to cart ]
Northern California electronic producer Fred Welton Warmsley III’s solo work as Dedekind Cut has evolved from fractured Industrial design into increasingly subdued and sublime Ambient meditations across two years of dedicated activity.

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A1. Equity
A2. The Crossing Guard
B1. Tahoe
B2. MMXIX
C1. De-Civilization
C2. Spiral
D1. Hollow Earth
D2. Virtues

last update: 2024-02-02
Godspeed You Black Emperor! (Canada)
"F♯ A♯ ∞" CD 1998, Kranky
14.50EUR • approx. 21USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
The first recorded document of Godspeed as a large band. A soaring, fragile, awkward, heartbreaking work, captured on a rented 16-track tape deck and supplemented with various field recordings.

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The Dead Flag Blues (16:27)
1.1. Thedead Flag Blues(Intro)
1.2. Slow Moving Trains/
1.3. The Cowboy...
1.4. (;Outro)...
East Hastings (17:58)
2.1. "...Nothing's Alrite In Our Life..."/Deadflagblues (Reprise)
2.2. The Sad Mafioso...
2.3. Drugs In Tokyo/Black Helicopter
Providence (29:02)
3.1. Divorce&fever...
3.2. Dead Metheny..
3.3. -Kicking Horse On Brokenhill
3.4. String Loop Manufactured During Downpour...
3.5. Untitled
3.6. J.L.H. Outro

last update: 2022-02-18
Godspeed You Black Emperor! (Canada)
"Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada E.P." Digifile CDEP 1999, Kranky
13.00EUR • approx. 18.9USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
Released in 1999, the two long songs in "Slow Riot..." set the bar for the sprawling compositions that would characterise the group in the years to follow.

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01. Moya (10:51)
02. BBF3 (17:45)

last update: 2024-07-01
Godspeed You Black Emperor! (Canada)
"Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!" Digifile 2x CD 2000, Kranky
17.00EUR • approx. 24.7USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
Five expansive full-band compositions are framed by various field recordings, tape manipulations and ensemble pieces in a return to the narrative sonic collage techniques that marked "F♯ A♯ ∞".

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Storm (22:32)
1-1.1. Levez Vol Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To Heaven
1-1.2. Gathering Storm
1-1.3. "Welcome To Barco AM/PM…" [L.A.X.; 5/14/00]
1-1.4. Cancer Towers On Holy Road Hi-Way
Static (22:35)
1-2.1. Terrible Canyons Of Static
1-2.2. Atomic Clock.
1-2.3. Chart #3
1-2.4. World Police And Friendly Fire
1-2.5. The Buildings They Are Sleeping Now
Sleep (23:17)
2-1.1. Murray Ostril (They Don't Sleep Anymore On The Beach)
2-1.2. Monheim
2-1.3. Broken Windows, Locks Of Love Part III
Antennas To Heaven (18:57)
2-2.1. Moya Sings Baby-O
2-2.2. Edgy Swingset Acid
2-2.3. [Glockenspiel Duet Recorded On A Campsite In Rhinebeck, N.Y.]
2-2.4. "Attention…Mon Ami…Fa-Lala-Lala-La-La…" [55-St.Laurent]
2-2.5. She Dreamt She Was A Bulldozer She Dreamt She Was Alone In An Empty Field
2-2.6. Deathkamp Drone
2-2.7. Antennas To Heaven

last update: 2023-01-19
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"A I A" Digifile 2x CD 2012, Kranky
18.00EUR • approx. 26.1USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
The first CD issue of Grouper’s 2011 self released two part album subtitled "Dream Loss" and "Alien Observer", each meant to stand solidly on its own, at times reflecting one back to the other, at times looking straight through to the other.

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CD I - Dream Loss
(First Heart Tone)
01. Dragging The Streets (6:20)
02. I Saw A Ray (4:56)
03. Soul Eraser (8:00)
04. Atone (4:55)
05. No Other (3:46)
06. Wind Return (5:55)
07. A Lie (5:13)
CD II
Alien Observer
01. Moon Is Sharp (6:48)
02. Alien Observer (3:56)
03. Vapor Trails (9:04)
04. She Loves Me That Way (8:34)
(Second Heart Tone)
05. Mary, On The Wall (For Bette Jackson) (6:07)
06. Come Softly (For Daniel Dalzell) (4:34)

last update: 2023-01-20
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"The Man Who Died In His Boat" 12" LP 2013, Kranky
23.00EUR • approx. 33.4USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
While travelling to Wyoming, Liz Harris found herself drawn towards the pairing of skeletal piano phrasing with spare, rich bursts of vocal harmony. A series of stark songs emerged, minimal and vulnerable, woven with emotive silences.

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A1. 6
A2. Vital
A3. Cloud In Places
A4. Being Her Shadow
A5. Cover The Long Way
A6. Difference (Voices)
B1. Vanishing Point
B2. The Man Who Died In His Boat
B3. Towers
B4. STS
B5. Living Room

last update: 2022-02-07
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)" 12" LP 2013, Kranky
27.00EUR • approx. 39.2USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
"There's a deeply meditative, almost spiritual beauty to these tracks; a melancholy that's simultaneously strangely hopeful." - Drowned in Sound

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A1. Disengaged (4:17)
A2. Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (2:50)
A3. Stuck (5:57)
A4. When We Fall (2:05)
A5. Traveling Through A Sea (4:21)
A6. Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted In The Evening Breeze) (3:46)
B1. Invisible (3:57)
B2. I'm Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2:18)
B3. A Cover Over (2:48)
B4. Wind And Snow (4:32)
B5. Tidal Wave (5:48)
B6. We've All Gone To Sleep (2:48)

last update: 2024-07-01
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)" Digifile CD 2013, Kranky
16.00EUR • approx. 23.2USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
An album steeped in the world of Dream-Pop which marks a departure of sorts for Liz, as she turns down the fuzz boxes which caged (and to some degree defined) her sound and allows her voice to ring out above everything else.

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01. Disengaged (4:16)
02. Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (2:53)
03. Stuck (5:59)
04. When We Fall (2:07)
05. Traveling Through A Sea (4:23)
06. Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted In The Evening Breeze) (3:51)
07. Invisible (3:55)
08. I'm Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2:21)
09. A Cover Over (2:48)
10. Wind And Snow (4:30)
11. Tidal Wave (5:35)
12. We've All Gone To Sleep (3:03)

last update: 2023-07-10
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"Grid Of Points" 12" LP 2018, Kranky
25.00EUR • approx. 36.3USD [ add to cart ]
While travelling to Wyoming, Liz Harris found herself drawn towards the pairing of skeletal piano phrasing with spare, rich bursts of vocal harmony. A series of stark songs emerged, minimal and vulnerable, woven with emotive silences.

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A1. The Races (0:50)
A2. Parking Lot (3:32)
A3. Driving (3:48)
A4. Thanksgiving Song (3:34)
B1. Birthday Song (3:22)
B2. Blouse (2:45)
B3. Breathing (1:45)
B4. Coal Train (2:07)

last update: 2024-02-02
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"Grid Of Points" Digifile CD 2018, Kranky
16.00EUR • approx. 23.2USD [ add to cart ]
While travelling to Wyoming, Liz Harris found herself drawn towards the pairing of skeletal piano phrasing with spare, rich bursts of vocal harmony. A series of stark songs emerged, minimal and vulnerable, woven with emotive silences.

[ add to cart ]
- tracklist -
01. The Races (0:50)
02. Parking Lot (3:32)
03. Driving (3:48)
04. Thanksgiving Song (3:33)
05. Birthday Song (3:22)
06. Blouse (2:45)
7.1. Breathing (1:45)
7.2. Coal Train (2:16)

last update: 2024-02-02
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"A I A : Dream Loss (2011)" 12" LP 2019, Kranky
24.00EUR • approx. 34.8USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
Grouper's first album holds a collection of older songs, now made available again with its sister album "Alien Observer" after its first vinyl pressings quickly sold out in 2011.

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A1. Dragging The Streets (6:20)
A2. I Saw A Ray (4:57)
A3. Soul Eraser (8:00)
B1. Atone (4:56)
B2. No Other (3:47)
B3. Wind Return (5:56)
B4. A Lie (5:14)

last update: 2025-01-02
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"Shade" 12" LP 2021, Kranky
23.00EUR • approx. 33.4USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
"Shade" touches on loss, flaws, hiding places, love. Throughout, Harris threads a hidden radiant language of voice, disquiet, and guitar, framed by open space and the sense of being far away.

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A1. Followed The Ocean
A2. Unclean Mind
A3. Ode To The Blue
A4. Pale Interior
A5. Disordered Minds
B1. The Way Her Hair Falls
B2. Promise
B3. Basement Mix
B4. Kelso (Blue Sky)

last update: 2022-07-05
Grouper (U.S.A.)
"Shade" Digifile CD 2021, Kranky
16.00EUR • approx. 23.2USD [ temp. out of stock ] : [ pre-order ]
"Shade" touches on loss, flaws, hiding places, love. Throughout, Harris threads a hidden radiant language of voice, disquiet, and guitar, framed by open space and the sense of being far away.

- tracklist -
01. Followed The Ocean (2:54)
02. Unclean Mind (3:51)
03. Ode To The Blue (2:53)
04. Pale Interior (3:51)
05. Disordered Minds (4:35)
06. The Way Her Hair Falls (2:35)
07. Promise (2:49)
08. Basement Mix (5:17)
09. Kelso (Blue Sky) (6:15)

last update: 2023-03-09
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