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Sasha & John Digweed — Northern Exposure Redux
Electronic / DJ Mix 2026

Sasha & John Digweed

Northern Exposure Redux

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Out of print for years, with used copies fetching €285 and up on Discogs (one seller even asked €30,000), this mythic DJ mix album finally gets a complete reissue. Sasha & John Digweed's 1996 Northern Exposure is widely regarded as one of the greatest DJ mix albums ever, named by Rolling Stone among the 30 greatest EDM albums. This 30th-anniversary edition is newly remastered and, for the first time, presents both mixes in full across double LPs (the original vinyl only selected 14 tracks) — 140g colored vinyl, wide-spine gatefold, 12-inch insert booklet, limited and numbered to 5,000 copies worldwide.


Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas, Paul Bley — Pastorius / Metheny / Ditmas / Bley
Free Jazz / Fusion 1976

Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas, Paul Bley

Pastorius / Metheny / Ditmas / Bley

Recorded live in New York on June 16, 1974, this is among the earliest professional recordings of Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny, released on Paul Bley's own Improvising Artists Inc. (IAI) label. The cover image was generated live by video artist Carol Goss on the Paik-Abe Video Synthesizer — an unrepeatable analog performance echoing the record's own unrehearsed, freely improvised spirit.

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Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul — Japan Suite
Free Jazz 1976

Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul

Japan Suite

Also released on Paul Bley's Improvising Artists Inc. (IAI) in the 1970s, this trio session brings together Bley, Gary Peacock, and Barry Altschul, its cover once again generated live by Carol Goss on the Paik-Abe Video Synthesizer. The three converse within a free-jazz framework, restrained one moment and combustive the next — a release where IAI's visual and musical philosophy align perfectly.

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Miles Davis — Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
Hard Bop / Jazz 1957

Miles Davis

Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Part of Craft Recordings' Miles Davis centennial series, this new 180g reissue captures the 1957 marathon sessions with recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder — enough material for four albums. Cookin' is the full lineup of Davis's First Great Quintet (with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones) at its peak, one of hard bop's essential golden recordings. Remastered all-analog (AAA) by Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180g vinyl with a Stoughton Tip-On jacket.

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John Coltrane — Coltrane (Original Jazz Classics Series)
Hard Bop / Jazz 1957

John Coltrane

Coltrane (Original Jazz Classics Series)

A centennial edition of Coltrane's 1957 self-titled debut as a leader, remastered all-analog (AAA) from the original tapes by Cohearent Audio for Craft Recordings — 180g vinyl, RTI pressing, Stoughton Tip-On jacket. Recorded just after his stints with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, it captures Coltrane at a pivotal turning point, backed by Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Mal Waldron among others, hinting at the singular improvisational voice about to reshape modern jazz.

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Mohamed Bourouissa — LILA
Experimental / Electronic 2026

Mohamed Bourouissa

LILA

One of PAN's most interesting recent releases. Mohamed Bourouissa, a Paris-based Algerian artist known for photography and installation work, shares his own music practice publicly for the first time. At 48, he captures a 'half-waking diary' of Paris's intersecting communities — cloud rap, bass club rhythms, and Arabic classical nostalgia all folded into electronic sound, drifting between beatless haze and explosive percussion, closing on the title track 'LILA' with Mushy for a rare moment of tenderness in the dark.

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Tirez Tirez — Story of the Year
No Wave / Post-Punk / Minimal Wave 1983

Tirez Tirez

Story of the Year

Tirez Tirez first drew attention opening for Talking Heads in 1978, and David Byrne remained a supporter ever since. Spanning new wave, minimalism, and experimental pop, their hypnotic post-punk rhythms, serpentine saxophone lines, and deliberately fractured arrangements are a first-hand document of downtown New York's experimental golden age. Story of the Year, their 1983 landmark, sits alongside Arthur Russell and Talking Heads as an underground classic — now officially reissued by Numero Group on an indie-record-store-exclusive metallic silver vinyl.

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yasiin bey — The Ecstatic
Hip Hop / Jazz Rap 2009

yasiin bey

The Ecstatic

Out of print for over 15 years, with Discogs prices once hitting $150-200, this Mos Def (now yasiin bey) masterwork finally gets an official reissue. Released in 2009 and Grammy-nominated for Best Rap Album, its dream production team — Madlib, J Dilla, Oh No, Preservation, Chad Hugo (The Neptunes), Georgia Anne Muldrow — weaves hip hop tradition through jazz, soul, and Middle Eastern elements into a genre-crossing whole. Officially reissued by Rhymesayers Entertainment on 2LP clear ruby-red vinyl.

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Mansun — Attack Of The Grey Lantern (Half-Speed Master)
Britpop / Alternative Rock 1997

Mansun

Attack Of The Grey Lantern (Half-Speed Master)

Britpop legends Mansun's Attack of the Grey Lantern debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1997. This edition is half-speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios for unprecedented clarity on vinyl.

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Gustavo Santaolalla — Brokeback Mountain
Film Score / Ambient 2005

Gustavo Santaolalla

Brokeback Mountain

Twenty years after winning the Oscar for Best Original Score, Gustavo Santaolalla's Brokeback Mountain soundtrack gets its first vinyl release via Verve — including the original soundtrack, cues heard in the film but never released, and previously unheard exclusive tracks, pressed on 180g denim-blue vinyl.

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Hole — Pretty on the Inside
Grunge / Noise Rock 1991

Hole

Pretty on the Inside

Fronted by Courtney Love and formed in Los Angeles with a Grunge-tinged sound, Hole's debut Pretty on the Inside was produced by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon — raw and experimental, its raspy vocal delivery directly influenced many later female-fronted punk bands. One of the essential early albums from one of rock history's most commercially successful female-fronted bands.

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Hole — Live Through This
Grunge / Alternative Rock 1994

Hole

Live Through This

One of Hole's four essential albums from their first decade, met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, cementing Courtney Love's place as one of the defining female rock vocalists of the '90s.

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Hole — Celebrity Skin
Alternative Rock / Pop Rock 1998

Hole

Celebrity Skin

One of Hole's four essential albums from their first decade, this release leaned closer to mainstream rock and pop songcraft while retaining the band's characteristic edge and emotional intensity.

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FLYING KIDS — 続いてゆくのかな
Funk / Soul 1990

FLYING KIDS

続いてゆくのかな

Formed by students at Tokyo Zokei University amid Japan's late-'80s band boom, FLYING KIDS' Funk/Soul fusion deeply influenced contemporaries like Takao Tajima and Sukima Switch's Shikao Suga. This 1990 debut album showcases vocalist Takashi Hamasaki's unforgettable smoky, rich voice, including the classic '幸せであるように' — essential listening for Japan's Funk/Soul band wave, now pressed to vinyl for the first time ever.

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Kensuke Ushio (牛尾憲輔) — Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc - Summer's End
Film Score / Electronic 2026

Kensuke Ushio (牛尾憲輔)

Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc - Summer's End

Kensuke Ushio's original soundtrack for Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, with the global vinyl release delayed to December 11 (same day worldwide). Pre-orders already placed simply need to wait for the arrival notice.

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Yo-Yo Ma — Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Classical 1985

Yo-Yo Ma

Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites

Bach's six Cello Suites are among the most performed and best-known solo works in the cello repertoire. Yo-Yo Ma's 1985 recording of the suites won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance, now back in stock as a 3LP set.

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ERA — LIFE IS MOVIE
Hip Hop 2015

ERA

LIFE IS MOVIE

ERA's third album takes 'life as a movie' as its theme, chronicling his life, inner struggles, and personal growth — the long-awaited vinyl edition finally arrives. Nearly three years in the making, produced by Starrburst, BUSHMIND, Ramza, and trinitytiny1, with guest features from KID FRESINO, Senninsho, CENJU, and Campanella, blending jazz and soul with unguardedly honest everyday lyrics — a lasting classic of Japanese hip hop.

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Mt. Fujitive — Sanctuary (2025 Re-Release Pink Vinyl Edition)
Lo-fi Hip Hop / Beats 2019

Mt. Fujitive

Sanctuary (2025 Re-Release Pink Vinyl Edition)

Reykjavík lo-fi beat producer Mt. Fujitive crafted Sanctuary with minimal beats and a soundscape as serene as its cover — a record whose used copies have become nearly unaffordable. Ideal for a sundown listen, this is the 2025 pink vinyl re-release.

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Cleo Sol — Rose in the Dark
Neo Soul / R&B 2020

Cleo Sol

Rose in the Dark

Last copies in stock of Cleo Sol's debut album — her releases have quietly sold through the shop's stock time and again, with prices climbing steadily each time. Worth grabbing at this price.

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