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Christoph El Truento — Musical Power
Dub 2026

Christoph El Truento

Musical Power

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New work from Auckland producer Christoph El Truento, deepening his roots in traditional dub. Warm tape textures, vintage keys and melodica run throughout, themed around the Māori healing concept of 'rongoā'. Released by Osaka's Wonderful Noise for its 20th anniversary, limited to 300 copies worldwide.


Godspeed You! Black Emperor — F♯ A♯ ∞
Post-Rock / Experimental 1997

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor's legendary debut layers apocalyptic poetry, field recordings and strings into a devastating wall of sound — one of post-rock's foundational statements.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven
Post-Rock / Experimental 2000

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven

Widely hailed as their masterpiece: a double-LP epic of four long-form suites climbing from silence to overwhelming crescendo — post-rock at its most monumental.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Yanqui U.X.O.
Post-Rock / Experimental 2002

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Yanqui U.X.O.

Recorded by Steve Albini, their third album returns to rawer, more abstract instrumental terrain, its political fury smouldering across long arcs of tension.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Post-Rock / Experimental 2012

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

Their return after a decade away pairs two towering centrepieces of droning tension and blazing release, proving the band's power undimmed.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Post-Rock / Experimental 2015

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

Their most compact record, moving from meditative drone to searing climax — concise in form yet losing none of its cataclysmic weight.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Luciferian Towers
Post-Rock / Experimental 2017

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Luciferian Towers

Framed by a utopian manifesto, brass and strings intertwine in a stance both mournful and defiant, seeking sparks of hope in a collapsing world.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — G_d's Pee at State's End!
Post-Rock / Experimental 2021

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

G_d's Pee at State's End!

Recorded during the pandemic, this return forges anger, grief and resilience into sustained walls of sound — another eruption of the band's apocalyptic vision.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor — No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
Post-Rock / Experimental 2024

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead

Their latest, titled for the Gaza death toll, channels raw political grief through the band's signature long-form architecture — sombre and impossible to ignore.

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Various Artists — Black Myth: Wukong Soundtrack Selection
Soundtrack / Orchestral 2024

Various Artists

Black Myth: Wukong Soundtrack Selection

A deluxe double-colour-vinyl box of music from the blockbuster game Black Myth: Wukong — 25 tracks weaving modern orchestration with storytelling and Buddhist chant to redraw an epic Journey to the West.

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Caspian — Waking Season
Post-Rock 2012

Caspian

Waking Season

Produced by The National's Matt Bayles, this milestone balances icy poetry with vast dynamics — a record that redefined modern post-rock, back in stock on limited emerald-and-white vinyl.

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Caspian — Dust and Disquiet
Post-Rock 2015

Caspian

Dust and Disquiet

An ambitious, epic statement: three-guitar walls of sound met by strings, brass and wordless voices, building from hushed detail to shattering catharsis — one of the last decade's post-rock high points.

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Anderson .Paak — Ventura
R&B / Neo-Soul 2019

Anderson .Paak

Ventura

Winner of the 2019 Grammy for Best R&B Album and executive-produced by Dr. Dre, Ventura returns to the warm textures of 70s classic and neo-soul, with guests from Smokey Robinson to André 3000 and Lalah Hathaway.

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) — (MISS)UNDERSTOOD
J-Pop 2006

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

(MISS)UNDERSTOOD

Ayumi Hamasaki's ambitious 2006 landmark blending rock, electronica and balladry — a key page from her creative peak, issued on limited 2LP vinyl for the first time.

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) — GUILTY
J-Pop 2008

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

GUILTY

Hamasaki's brooding, ornate 2008 rock epic — emotionally charged and grandly produced, now on limited 2LP vinyl.

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) — LOVE SONGS
J-Pop 2010

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

LOVE SONGS

Hamasaki's ballad-centred 2010 album of tender melodies and delicate arrangements, released on limited 2LP vinyl for the first time.

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) — NEXT LEVEL
J-Pop 2009

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

NEXT LEVEL

Hamasaki's bold 2009 turn toward futuristic electronic dance-pop, in sound and visuals alike, on limited 2LP vinyl.

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) — ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCUS
J-Pop 2010

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCUS

Hamasaki's high-energy 2010 'rock'n'roll circus' of exuberant hooks, on limited 2LP vinyl for the first time.

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) — SECRET
J-Pop 2006

Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ)

SECRET

Another Hamasaki highlight from 2006, a mature blend of balladry and pop, on limited 2LP vinyl.

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