Spiritual Jazz / Modal Jazz / Free Jazz 1975
Peter Fish
The Silver Apple
via Beethobear Records
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Sunday, October 25, 2026 • Vinyl Finds from Around the World
Variance / Duo
Marking the centenary of French electroacoustic pioneer Pierre Henry, the French label Transversales Disques presents two never-before-released recordings, Variance and Duo. A student of Olivier Messiaen who co-founded the G.R.M. with Pierre Schaeffer, Henry laid the groundwork for musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He spent his life turning everyday sounds into an imaginative musical language, with a sonic signature you can recognize instantly. Limited to 500 copies worldwide, with OBI.
Firestarter
League of Legends virtual girl group K/DA returns with a new four-track EP, Firestarter, pressed on 12-inch vinyl.
Jazzy Sport Past Forward: Silver
Founded in 2002, Japanese indie label Jazzy Sport moves freely between hip-hop, house, jazz, broken beat and live playing. This compilation is the first release from its London branch, Jazzy Sport London, featuring tracks by Cro-Magnon and Grooveman Spot plus remixes by DJ Mitsu the Beats and Idjut Boys. Grooves throughout carry a jazz and soul flavor; silver foil-stamped sleeve with sticker.
A Cup, A Horse and Signs That Point at Wells
Settima Tacca lives in a remote black wooden house in Russia, forest and sky outside the window, with a love for 1970s synthesizers. The new album has a lo-fi texture, dark and mysterious synth tones and plenty of gentle melodies, slow and delicate enough to loop all day; the track "Mirror" carries a cold, ethereal Sigur Rós feel. Released by Belgian label Stroom, known for its taste in understated music and forgotten records, now celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Last Christmas
Probably the best-selling holiday single every Christmas, the one everyone can sing a few lines of, tinged with bittersweet nostalgia, Last Christmas has become one of the most-streamed Christmas songs in the world. This 12-inch includes the original, the Pudding Mix, a live version from Wembley Arena and the instrumental.
Denshattack! (Original Game Soundtrack)
The official soundtrack to Denshattack!, driven by electronic, breakbeat, hip-hop and punk rock, arrives as a 3LP set. The game team and Tee Lopes selected 48 tracks from 20+ guest composers worldwide, including Shoji Meguro, Lotus Juice, Richard Jacques, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Ryo Nagamatsu and 2 Mello.
Recorded in summer 1975 and released on Ellipsoid Records, this American spiritual/modal jazz record was featured in the Japanese guide JAZZ NEXT STANDARD and now returns on vinyl via Dutch label Kindred Spirits. Pianist Peter Fish was active on the 1970s New York jazz scene before moving into film and TV scoring; here he's joined by vocalist Jay Clayton, bassist Frank Clayton and drummer Adam Nussbaum. Influenced by Coltrane and Cecil Taylor, it balances free improvisation with clearly melodic, flowing passages.