Brethren of the Free Spirit are guitarist/composer James Blackshaw and lutenist/composer Jozef van Wissem. Named after a cult of 13th-century Northern European religious heretics this duo play with an appropriately zealous
intensity. ...... (more)

Extremely limited edition of 300. Available only from Important mailorder and from the band on tour. Two tracks - one from their 2009 album on Important and the other unreleased.... (more)

Limited edition of 700 copies.
First 200 copies are available on clear vinyl. Double LP pressing housed in a gatefold jacket. Being a Nabokovian and visceral garden of delights, a musical evocation of memory and desire spread over four sides of vinyl..... (more)

Special copper color mailorder jackets. 500 made. 200 gram vinyl.Eleh's Intuitive Synthesis/Floating Frequencies Volume 3 is the third release in their Intuitive Synthesis series (Volume 2 was released over a year ago) and it is being released simultaneously with an Eleh/Pauline Oliveros split release. Both are limited edition and LP only...... (more)

Special copper color mailorder jackets. 760 made. 200 gram vinyl. Important Records quite pleased to be presenting this split release consisting of two new drone works from Pauline Oliveros and Eleh. Oliveros, an early American minimalist who has pioneered the technique of Deep Listening, has created ..... (more)

Limited edition of 500 copies and packaged in a deluxe screen printed jacket with a clear spot gloss print. There are 5 different cover color variations each limited to 100 copies and containing a different color of vinyl. Printed by Neil Burke at Monoroid.... (more)

Limited edition of 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released on cassette in 1984 and then on cd in an edition of 500. First 100 are on grey vinyl..... (more)

This is the companion release to the Tom Carter CD titled Shots At Infinity 1 being release on Important simultaneously. The first 100 copies sent out via Important mailorder will be on green vinyl..... (more)

Limited edition of 500 copies from the Acid Mothers Temple leader. Packaged in a deluxe letterpressed jacket printed at 53rd Parallel Press in Portland Maine.(more)

Live At Muryoku Muzen Temple is limited to 500 copies with the first 100 on color vinyl. This is the companion release to the Astro CD titled The Echo At The Purple Dawn being released at the same time on Important Records. (more)

This merch table gem is a one sided 7" limited to 1000 copies. 500 on blue, 200 on red, 200 yellow and 100 on green. Contained on this thick piece of love is a rockola version of Throbbing Gristle's track United. This will be gone fast and won't be repressed. (more)

.Limited edition of 300 copies in a heavy stock screen printed jacket.
A Zamuro is a dark South American vulture of great size. Zamuro is also a solo composition piece for portable synth and analog filter. .(more)

VINYL VERSION.. The first 100 records shipped will be on red vinyl. All copies shipped after that will be on black vinyl. There's been some heavy buzz around this record so color vinyl will not last long. ....(more)

VINYL VERSION. .VINYL VERSION. We're now on the 2nd pressing (still packaged in the same deluxe jacket w/ insert poster) and this time around we have 100 copies of amber color vinyl to ship while supplies last....(more)

.Limited LP has two bonus tracks not included on CD. Available on orange or white vinyl for Important mailorder customers. Please specify what color you'd like (you're welcome to purchase both). Please specify what color you'd like. If it has run out we'll ship you the other color.
Packaged in a deluxe heavy duty tip-on style jacket with artwork by Seldon Hunt. ....(more)

Essential limited edition 180 gram vinyl release pressed in an edition of 500 copies. Letterpressed jackets. The first 100 copies are available in a silver shimmer ink on black letterpress. Beautiful drone compositions from two kindrid musical entities......(more)

Limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by Monoroid. The Sandancing Demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed Beequeen's wonderful new album Sandancing. Original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track. .(more)

Body Melt is limited to 500 copies only. The first 500 are on white vinyl. This is the companion release to the Glass Forest CD being released on Important simultaneously. Both releases are housed in staggeringly unique artwork by
Emily Hyde.
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Available now for pre-order. Limited copies remian. We will begin shipping Feb. 29th.The Ape Of Naples/New Backwards is limited to 1500 copies.
This 4 lp set is pressed on heavy duty 180 gram vinyl and each record is packaged in it's own lp jacket which is then housed in a deluxe tip-on style box. A poster is included. The first three records make up The Ape Of Naples and the b-side of each has a custom etching. The fourth record is The New Backwards and it is double sided. . (more)

This will be shipping with the Coil box set. If you order this to be shipped with your Coil box there is no additional shipping fee.
The Wardrobe is a collaboration between Tony Wakeford and Andrew Liles and combines the very best of Andrew Liles' twisted and incomprehensible vision with Tony Wakeford's dark sensibilities. (more)

“Inspired by the acoustic sides of ‘70s rock behemoths Led Zeppelin, Heart and Black Sabbath, they've taken a detoour into lush, baroque folk and sun-kissed Laurel Canyon jams; blending those groups with more pastoral shades with the likes of John Fahey, Pentangle and CSN&Y to very fine effect.”---MOJO. (more)

REPRESSED in expanded packaging. Thanks to the film Juno Kimya Dawson has been receiving a whole lot of deserved attention lately.
This vinyl repress includes a lyric sheet insert - something we still haven't gotten around to including in the cds. The first 100 copies we ship via mailorder will be on pink vinyl. CD version available also.

REPRESSED in expanded packaging. Thanks to the film Juno Kimya Dawson has been receiving a whole lot of deserved attention lately.
This vinyl repress includes a lyric sheet insert - something we still haven't gotten around to including in the cds. The first 100 copies we ship via mailorder will be on pink vinyl. CD version available also

This is a limited edition of 500 copies on LP. The first 100 copies are on blue vinyl & are reserved for Important mailorder. Improvisational Bay Area quartet Thuja create aural landscapes that capture the reverberations of wood and wire, the sounds of breaking sticks and scraping stones, and the ambience of their surroundings into a shifting, dynamic musical framework.(more)

REPRESS AVAILABLE! 300 pink copies while supplies last and 700 on black. Vinyl version of the groups break out self titled release. Pitchfork 8.4 "Best New Music." A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called "the loudest band in New York".(more)

Limited to 500 copies with 100 on white and 100 on orange. Sun is the coupling of sound artist Oren Ambarchi and musician-producer Chris Townend. The pair have been kindred spirits for many years, with Townend being a sensitive and crucial ear in engineering Ambarchi's landmark solo recordings.Last copies. (more)

limited edition LP version. please specify green or yellow viny.Last copiesl (more)

This is the first new material since Ocean's universally acclaimed full length Here Where Nothing Grows & Conifer's first release on Important. Ltd. to 1000. 4 colors.
Pressed on 4 different colors of vinyl and packaged in a screen printed mylar jacket that lines up with an offset printed inner jacket. Mylar jacket was printed by the same people who did Boris' Vein for us last year. ....(more)

Another heavy duty meditative dive into carefully crafted minimalism from Eleh. Dedicated listening and high volume and/or headphone use is highly recomended for maximum experience. 500 made. 200 gram vinyl. Dedicated to Charlemagne Palestine.
Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue, ..... (more)

This is #8 in Important Records' ongoing Arts And Crafts series pairing music with packaging made by the musicians.
Look for the next Barbez album on John Zorn's Tzadik label.
This 7" is limited to 400 copies and was designed, signed and numbered by Barbez's Dan Kaufman. 100 are on red vinyl and 100 are on white vinyl. Please specify what color of vinyl you want...(more)

Super Grease is a limited edition of 500 vinyl only release from Vibracathedral Orchestra/Sunroof!/A Band member Neil Campbell. This is a companion release to Astral Social Club's Neon Pibroch cd also on Important.
Pressed on deluxe split/splatter blue vinyl..... (more)

Tour vinyl! Limited stock on splatter color vinyl. B side features an exclusive 23 minute track only found on this limited tour only lp. . (more)

This vinyl edition of 33 1/3 is limited to 1000 copies. Includes a bonus track only available on the vinyl version. You can chose from black vinyl, red vinyl, 50/50 black red vinyl & black on red splatter. Click the image to the right to see the colors. Vinyl has a bonus track not on cd. Last copies (more)
Check the news page for a handmade edition of the vinyl.

Pressed in an edition of 500. 1/4 of the pressing is on double sided color vinyl. This means that side A is blue and side B is red. 3/4 of the pressing is a red/blue swirl. Double sided screen printed jackets..........(more)

.Eleh is the sound of glowing test oscillators and vintage analog modular gear. Formed specifically to pay tribute to the spirit of early minimalism especially Charlemagne Palestine, La Monte Young, Eliane Radigue & Pauline Oliveros.
Limited edition of 400 on audiophile vinyl and packaged in hand numbered letterpressed jackets. (more)

500 copies. First 100 mailorder copies on white vinyl.
Two brand new burners (including a Hendrix cover on the b-side) recorded during the same sessions for The Major Stars next full length album for Important. (more)

.Limited to 1000. First 100 mailorder copies are on color vinyl. These are completely different recordings than the Bark Haze compact disc also on Important. The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth etfuckingcetera). . (more)

Super limited. First 100 mailorder copies are on red vinyl. Screen printed jackets. Different mixes than the cd and an extra track.(more)

This is the 7th release in Important Records' ongoing Arts & Crafts Series. The Anchorite is a full length vinyl only release packaged in a hand made linocut created,printed, signed and numbered by Stephen R. Smith. Limited edition of 500 (more)

Minazo Volume Two is Merzbow's second full length tribute to the
recently departed Japanese elephant seal named Minazo.
This vinyl only released is pressed on blue splatter vinyl and yellow splatter vinyl (please specify which you'd prefer) and housed in a deluxe textured tip-on style heavy duty jacket. (more)

Snow Blind Avalanche is a completely different album than A Rock In The Snow also being released on Important though the two records were made during the same sessions. This vinyl only release is limited to 1000 copies with the first 200 on snow-white vinyl. Artwork by C. Spencer Yeh. Liner notes from Wolf Eyes bro John Olson aka Johnny Coors. Last copies.

Introducing The Cosmic Blues is My Cat Is An Alien's introduction to their full length release on Important Records. This 7” is limited to only 300 copies and each comes in deluxe screen printed packaging with an individual Polaroid photograph taken,altered and signed by Roberto Opalio.
This is the fifth installment in Important Record's ongoing Arts & Crafts Series which pairs records with hand made artwork from the artists involved in the audio.

The sixth installment in Important Records' Arts & Crafts Series is this 7” from Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, recorded with Alan Licht on guitar, Christian Marclay on turntables and William Hooker on drums. Pressed on clear vinyl and packaged with a screen print designed and signed by Ranaldo, this release is limited to 500 copies.

Limited edition of 500. Exclusive live D-side cover of The Cure's Siamese Twins. Packaged in a black on black letterpressed jacket.
This double lp set was pressed into 200 gram ultra thick vinyl. Each set weighs almost two pounds and the is almost an inch thick. One of the nicest vinyl packages we've ever seen.
Here are some photos of the Ocean jackets being completed at Manifesto Letterpress
We've still got a few copies remaining of the UK pressing licensed by Rocket Recordings.

This vinyl only picture disc release is limited to only 500 copies worldwide.
Ranging from furious to tender, Stalker was recorded in Paris and at various live dates around Europe. This live material was then brought back to a studio in Norway and laboriously editited for release.
“ I play with the material and it talks back to me. It's a game between the boundaries of total control and total
anarchy. I try to include some of both.” Maja Ratkje