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Documenting modern music since 2010 Northern Spy is a Brooklyn based record label

13/08/2025

The eighth and final drop of Across The Horizon Vol. 1 is available to stream everywhere today. Curated by , Drop 8 features tracks from him, and — described by as “perfect examples of artists who continually defy expectations with each new release.”

12/08/2025

Out on on October 10th: The Necks - Disquiet

Disquiet is the Australian trio’s 20th studio recording and it marks the 39th year of the band’s existence.

Listen to “Causeway” today— Swirling organ and cascading piano drift over a slow-building bed of percussion and bass, unfolding with the trio’s signature patience, intuition, and immersive sonic detail.

Triple CD + Broadsheet poster available for preorder now.

29/07/2025

The Candy Factory in Clinton Hill/Brooklyn was Northern Spy Records’ home for many years.

Musician, Northern Spy co-founder, Tom Abbs, and were collaborators and close friends.

As MP’s kidneys failed, he kept creating, dragging himself up the stairs of this building to paint.

Tom turned out to be a doner match. Without hesitation, he gave MP a kidney.

MP: “Tom saved my life…and treated it like another collaboration.”

After MP moved to Maine, Tom inherited his studio and made it Northern Spy HQ.

Tom: “I traded a kidney for this space. And it was worth it.”

This place was magical, made possible by people like Ann Ballentine, who made it all possible.

There are lots of stories like these in ’ moving documentary presented by the on this amazing building. Check it out!

04/07/2025

BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY! Dm us for a bandcamp download code. 🎆 🧨 🤠

“Saxophonist Bryan Murray’s wonderful quintet cast an outside-jazz eye on Bakersfield country legend Merle Haggard, and their bodacious results do justice to both camps. The Hag’s heartbreaking melodies become fodder for genre-slipping arrangements that take the long way home…The band is recording with Chadbourne, who splays country, rock, and bluegrass with feckless hyperactive humor.” - Richard Gehr, Village Voice

14/06/2025

Northern Spy turns 15 & hits 700+ albums—so we’re throwing a party!

The Summer Social
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 6‑10 PM
The Studio @ Threes Brewing Greenpoint
Open bar | Catering

Come raise a glass with the full Clandestine team, mingle with artists, and celebrate 15 years of boundary‑pushing music.

RSVP in bio

15/05/2025

The world is now paying attention to the answer to the future of jazz.

We just added a small number of copies of the Japanese CD pressing of ’s Unusual Object to his Bandcamp page. There’s a bonus track called “CPU.” Grab one!

ジョシュ・ジョンソンのソロ・デビュー作『Freedom Exercise』は少しずつ、しかし着実にリスナーの心を捉えていった。彼はゆっくりとしたペースで本質的なことをやり遂げる。グラミーを受賞したミシェル・ンデゲオチェロ『The Omnichord Real Book』のプロデュースで脚光を浴びる中で届けられた本作は、作曲と演奏を研ぎ澄ませ、よりピュアな音楽性が表出されている。ここに刻まれたサックスも電子音も、紛れもなく彼のサウンドであることを証明している。アンビエント・ジャズ、敢えてそう形容したくなる、繊細で美しく、オリジナルな、間違いなく彼の代表作となるアルバムの誕生だ。 (原雅明 ringsプロデューサー)

07/05/2025

Across the Horizon Drop 6 is here! Curated by Walt McClements with new compositions from Walt and the two incredible artists he brought to ATH, Natalia Beylis & Yara Asmar.

03/03/2025

Northern Spy Records and Bob Holmes of SUSS have reached the halfway point of their ambitious new music series, Across The Horizon. 12 tracks are now available on all streaming platform as the series continues its mission of uniting instrumental pioneers through artist curation and collaboration. The final release will be a limited-edition 2XLP and risograph zine, available exclusively to Bandcamp subscribers.

Bob Holmes and SUSS have curated two full nights of solo and collaborative performances by Across The Horizon artists at Big Ears 2025 in Knoxville, Tennessee. This live showcase will highlight the project’s musical throughlines and its dedication to community-building in instrumental music. Artists include Chuck Johnson, Clarice Jensen, Cowboy Sadness, eucademix (Yuka Honda), Marisa Anderson, Mary Lattimore, Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith, SUSS, and William Tyler.

20/11/2024

Tomorrow evening at 7:30PM, join at for a one-night-only performance of fLuXkit Vancouver (i̶t̶s suite but sacred) and Samesoul Maker.

On NPR’s Top 50 of 2023, and named #1 on The Wire’s 2023 Best Jazz list, fLuXkit Vancouver (i̶t̶s suite but sacred) presents an expansive, sacred composition in four movements written and performed by Jones.

Samesoul Maker shows us the “daily meditation that is performed by the fathers and community while the mothers are away from home”– a crafts of sound, syntax, and speech patterns that are unlike our own.

Tickets are available now at www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org.

09/11/2024

Woot! will be in NYC next week to host a label spotlight event at . Will be diving deep into including forthcoming, yet-to-be-heard gems.

31/10/2024

Congrats to The Necks for landing on the . Their album, Bleed, is out now. They’re heading out on a month-long tour to the UK and EU now!

11/10/2024

LP and CD out today!

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