.Live in Vienna is the eighth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster and their first and only album with Joshi Farnbauer. It is the first of three live albums recorded by Cluster. Until now Cluster & Farnbauer had never been reissued on compact disc....(more)

Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens Of The 21st Century was originally released on the DeStijl label in 2005 spread out over 3 LPs in hand glued packaging featuring colorful prints of Matthew Bower's compelling artwork. To date this remains a singular & mysterious release in the Hototogisu discography. .(more)

Circle Two: Coastal Rotation For Dune Loop is a new 17 minute composition debuted at 2010's Mutek festival in Montreal. This piece completes the Retreat/Return trilogy with Repose. Limited screen prints available .....(more)

With so much being made of current practitioners of the Kosmiche/New Age vibe here's your opportunity to hear an original. Original copies hardly ever surface and even the 2007
repress (which sounded quite thin) commands quite a fee on internet auction sites. This straight analog pressing sounds as close to......(more)

Bitchin' Baja's is the solo project of Cave's Cooper Crane. Cooper's skillful use of melody within his elastic electronic tones is matched by his ability to mix it all (much like he does with Cave) so that there's a lot of sound but even more space and separation between....(more)

CD version now available. Expanded with two bonus tracks.The title Ex Patris (from the fathers) plays on the idiomatic baroque lute compositions presented here which emulate the classical repertoire. It also refers to this almost forgotten instrument, which was passed on by the fathers.... (more)

LP version now available for the acclaimed Guano Padano LP. First 50 shipped are on yellow vinyl.
Alessandro Steffana released his debut solo album to much acclaim on Important a few years back Since then he has worked as a member of Mark Ribot's Ceramic Dog project as well as Mike Patton's Mondocane...(more)

Volume III in a series of UK / European / US and Japanese artists’ tributes to the pioneering UK Noise group The New Blockaders including exclusive tracks by:

Z’EV, The Haters, Controlled Bleeding, Thurston Moore, Jim O’Rourke, Wolf Eyes, Macronympha, Emil Beaulieau, AMK, Idea Fire Company, John Wiese, Daniel Menche, Damion Romero, Aaron Dilloway, Lockweld, Prurient, Richard Ramirez, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Jason Kahn, mnortham, Carlos Giffoni, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, etc....(more)

Echoing like a long lost Werner Herzog soundtrack Totem 2 is a record of subtle Meditations and Deep electric Hallucinations from the Crystal Caves of the Northwest to the orchestral desert portals of Turkey..Featuring members of EARTH, ASVA, BURING WITCH, THE DIMINISHED MEN, and special guests from Secret Chiefs 3 and the thriving Istanbul music scene. Recorded, mixed & produced by Randall Dunn (Six Organs Of Admittance, Earth, Sunn O))) etc.) .. ....(more)

Available on both picture disc and regular vinyl. With Black Tar Prophecies IV, Grails re-awaken the series that initially began the run of records that mapped their rise to the forefront of modern instrumental music. While recording their full-length records with an eye towards cohesion and epic production, the Black Tar series affords Grails a backdoor to a black lodge where they can explore total head music. ... ....(more)

LP version of Grails' pivotal 2006 release Black Tar Prophecies 1,2,3. Released to coincide with the debut of Black Tar Prophecies 4 being released simultaneously on Important Records. Heavy duty tip on gatefold jackets by Stoughton.....(more)

Brand new full length from Aun. Featuring Voivod's Away on drums. Artwork by Justin Bartlett.
AUN’s bi-polar output, generally shifts between dreamy lulling harmonic distortion, to sheer gut wrenching ultra
downtuned avant black dirge, AUN/VII is of the latter. Of strong melodic and compositional sense, impossibly detuned
guitars and electric power surges, soar through deep space and into black holes.
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Clear/gold combo & purple vinyl for the first 200 orders received. Double LP as Thaumogenesis was meant to be heard. Bonus D side remix by James Plotkin & bonus live CD from an amazing outdoor garden performance. Packaged in a heavy duty tip-on style jacket from Stoughton....(more)

First 100 mailorder copies are on red vinyl. Edition of 500.. Swedish drone/ritual rock group The Skull Defekts is back with a new limited edition vinyl LP. This time, we are dealing with two unique collaborations.The first one is
a live recording from Fylkingen, Stockholm where The Skull Defekts met oscillator master CM von Hausswolff....(more)

Yellow tour color vinyl & clear mailorder vinyl available for the first 300 orders.Double LP packaged in deluxe gatefold tip-on style heavy duty jacket.
AMT returns with a follow up to their classic cover of Terry Riley's IN C. In O To Infinity is the first AMT record in a long time to feature the voice of Cotton Casino .... ....(more)

CD version. Different art from LP version..... ....(more)

Beautifully cohesive and loving tribute to Robbie Basho compiled by Buck Curran. Featuring exclusive tracks from: Steffen Basho-Junghans, Helena Espvall, Meg Baird, Glenn Jones, Arborea, Cian Nugent, Rahim AlHaj & Fern Night. .(more)

Absurd folklorist Henry Jacobs returns with a selection of rare interviews, odd loops, sales pitches, early
synthesizer demos, an ether-infused evening, and more!
Also included is special bonus disc — First Night. Recorded in February 1957 by Henry Jacobs on the opening night of the Poetry/Jazz Series at The Cellar in San Francisco, this unique document captures the first time Kenneth Rexroth and Lawrence Ferlinghetti read their poetry to jazz in this very intimate setting..(more)

FINALLY BACK IN STOCK!
When Important originally released this CD/DVD set in 2005 it was met with instant acclaim and a lengthy, nationally broadcast feature on NPR. It quickly sold out and now five years later is being reissued to coincide with the release of a new 2 CD set of Jacob's freshly mixed archival tapes.(more)

Mugstar hover in the realm of Oneida and Sonic Youth and fit well beside such Important records as Cave and A Place To Bury Strangers. Since 2003 they've issued a few full lengths, a split with Mudhoney, an etched 10" and most famously, recorded the last ever Peel Session with the late John Peel.(more)

All 13 Merzbow Bird discs plus a bonus CDR of unreleased Bird sessions material. Also included is a piece of original Xerox art made by Masami Akita in the mid nineties and a screen printed tote bag with the Bird Box artwork. (more)

REPRESSED. 2 options of color vinyl for mailorder.Welcome to the season of the Psychic Psummer.
Important Records' dream come true - a full length studio album from Chicago's Cave. Major momentum expertly crafted and embracing maximum minimalism, repetion, Can cloud-bounce & full on heavy chant. Like driving a train full speed off a cliff only to discover that the train can fly and you'll live forever if you stay inside. (more)