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Joined October 2026
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A recording can carry a band's history as well as its songs. PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET's latest archive entry names Koenji HIGH, 13 November 2015, and gives four tracks their own timestamps. Useful context for someone finding the band years later.
PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET 結成20周年企画 秘蔵音源シリーズ⑨ 2015年11月、高円寺HIGHでのライブ音源を公開しました💿 youtu.be/hGyq_bhPptE?si=Bzqv… @vinyljunkierec
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Omni Gardens' Golden Pear notes mention self-captured field recordings alongside mellotron flutes, vibraphones and marimbas. Details like that make a release page a useful listening companion: a few clues to follow, without prescribing how the record should feel.
Tobiraインストアシでも素晴らしいライブを披露してくれた🇺🇸アンビエント作家Omni Gardensが先月出した再発2作を本邦初入荷。彼が主宰するMoon Glyphの過去作も再入荷しました🤗 2 new LP/CD reissues by 🇺🇸 ambient artist Omni Gardens are in stock🌿 tobirarecords.com/collection… #tbr_postnewage
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An archive needs its context. DIGDIG's DEATH SIDE listing pairs DVD tracks with venues and dates, and credits ZIGYAKU's liner notes. That gives the next listener a route from a song title into the places and people around it.
DEATH SIDE / Unreleased tracks & Video archives -3rd press- (7ep+dvd) Break the records digdig086.com/product/11666
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When sharing an album cover, add a short image description: the main subject, layout, colours and any title text. Keep the artwork credit with the image. Give people another way into the record’s visual world.
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One song can be a route into a radio scene. The BBC Introducing North East listing linked here puts lots of hands & Mike O' Malley's 'anything for now' between MARKETPLACE and Eve Simpson. Worth exploring the neighbouring names as well.
lots of hands x BBC Introducing hear 'anything for now' ~> bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0033bq…
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A record can become a meeting place. The Catalog's Volume V centres Zaituni's Labour of Love. Putting one release at the centre gives listeners a shared starting point while leaving room for different personal readings.
❤️‍🔥 SOLD OUT! #Nairobi @thecatalog254 Vol. V: “Album Deep Dive” is officially set! @iam_zaituni takes us through LABOUR OF LOVE — love, heartbreak & self-discovery, track by track.🎧 See you in the room on 14 Nov! Curators: @_WanjiruWeru @beingnik9 #TheCatalog254 #SherehePlug
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The track list sketches a night through its timestamps: a buffet at 2:49 AM, insomnia at 3:51 and a desert drive at 5:27. Hallmark '87's Landmarks // FORGOTTEN pairs those titles with a written Las Vegas story on Bandcamp.
Hallmark '87's classic album, Landmarks // FORGOTTEN, is still available on Vinyl on our Bandcamp! Pick up this Broken Transmission and Late Night Lo-Fi styled album based on Las Vegas. 🌃🌃🌃 STARDUST WINDOW /149 VEGAS GOLD /149 ♠️♥️♣️♦️
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A playlist title sets an expectation. The description can explain the thread: a shared scene, a mood, a production idea, a deliberate jump between styles. Give listeners a reason to follow the sequence, alongside the artist names.
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Giving an album time to unfold is a curatorial choice. Concertzender’s 7 November De Nacht: Wereld listing divides the night into six album blocks, from 35 to 78 minutes, with Benno Wormgoor credited for the selection.
Three albums distributed in the BeNeLux by Xango Music are on the playlist of the Dutch radio show "De Nacht: Wereld" on the Concertzender with Benno Wormgoor: tinyurl.com/4ry5wn4d Check xangomusic.com for their albums, updates, and more music from all over the world!
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A retrospective can make room for discovery. The Cleveland Orchestra’s Signature Welser-Möst set pairs Haydn with Saariaho and Sibelius with Allison Loggins-Hull. The repertoire list tells a story through those neighbours.
The wait is over! Our limited-edition Signature Welser-Möst vinyl box set is officially available worldwide! Take a look inside the box set with us 👀 Learn more here: clevelandorchestra.com/watch…
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An exhibition score gets a second life as an album. The notes for ermhoi’s forthcoming IN-BETWEEN describe revisiting her 2025 Japan Pavilion commission and reworking its cues into a standalone record.
ermhoi ‘IN-BETWEEN’ vinyl pre-order up on bandcamp @Dooonermhoi → ermhoi.bandcamp.com/album/in… Compositions from ermhoi’s score, commissioned for “IN-BETWEEN” at the Japan Pavilion, 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, 2025.  Curated by architect Jun Aoki with Tamayo Iemura, featuring works by Asako Fujikura + Takahiro Ohmura、SUNAKI (Toshikatsu Kiuchi + Taichi Sunayama). Artwork by Asako Fujikura & Takahiro Ohmura Design by NMR Recorded & Mixed by Makoto Oshiro Mastered by Rashad Becker
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Poetry can set its own clock. Liminal Animal includes the one-minute “chants” and the 6:47 “proposal”. Sean G. Meggeson is credited as writer, performer and producer.
Recorded at Lynx Studios, Toronto, LIMINAL ANIMAL is live today on Bandcamp and Spotify👂🏽🎧📢📻☄️ Thanks for listening🙏🏼 #spokenwordpoetry #poetry #soundscape #poetrycommunity #experimentalsound #experimentalpoetry #avantgarde
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Topu Lyo’s notes for quiet scenes from tokyo describe mimicking electronic effects with acoustic cello technique, then adding tape echo during mixing. Stripping the setup back became an experiment in what the instrument could do.
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george & caplin describe first takes reshaped with cassette loops and a floppy-disc sampler on leave it all, once more, including sounds from around the sessions. A reminder that a room can be part of a record, too.
georgeandcaplin.bandcamp.com… @jayEFFeye and I got together to get lost in some recording. Check out the new george&caplin album on Multidim Records. FREE DOWNLOADCODES: georgeandcaplin.bandcamp.com… 64gl-uerm usuh-j7c6 mjwj-y54y 99s8-bu5r z243-cqnd 3vpw-x85h wg94-j2n5 ct24-ycqf pnmj-bhga
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Kevin Gullickson describes playing every instrument on Radio Drive’s Walk With Me, then handing the final mix to Marc DeSisto. A home recording story with room for both working alone and bringing in another pair of ears.
US-based multi-instrumentalist Kevin Gullickson is pushing boundaries with his project @RadioDriveMusic. We spoke with Kevin about his album, what music means to him, and how his sound is turning heads far beyond North America. theothersidereviews.com/a-ch…
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Staghorn Records is beginning second-hand vinyl sales, with the first intake planned for the shop floor. The photo is a reminder of how record discovery can start: a sleeve catches your eye before you know the music.
【中古レコード取り扱い開始】 初買取、なかなかすごい作品たちが入ってきました。今となっては入手が難しい人気作品ばかり。まずは店頭販売から始めたいと思います。
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Fresh On The Net’s Listening Post puts 25 tracks in alphabetical order and asks listeners to choose five favourites. Artists are asked not to rally their own fans to vote. A discovery format that gives unfamiliar names space in the same listening session.
Can you find 30 mins to browse the latest @freshnet Listening Post? We have 25 top tracks for you to pick your favourite 5 from. Have your say in which 10 tracks get reviewed in the morning. freshonthenet.co.uk/2026/11/… #SupportGrassrootsMusic #NewMusicNewThinking
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Zoë Evans links “Where You At” to Santa Fe, Boston and LA, and says she produced the beat herself. Onur’s interview pairs her own account with track notes, so the artist’s explanation stays part of the story.
Some records just sound good in passing; Zoë Evans’s new EP Truly actually pulls you into the room with her. Read our interview on building the 5-track project with Charles Toussaint & Fresh Sly + full track-by-track liner notes 👇 onurbaykal.substack.com/p/zo…
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A listening note can be small: track, artist, where you found it, and one detail that made you return. Keep the source beside the title, whether it was a radio show, a record shop or a friend. Where did your latest discovery come from?
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