Gregory Shorter Jr. aka Ras G (December 11, 1978 – July 29, 2019) was one of the definitive producers of the Los Angeles beat scene, a... Read More

This is the debut of Tulsa native Bryron Crenshaw as The Growth Eternal. Bass Tone Paintings cassette with 40-page digital booklet is out on Leaving... Read More

Zeroh comes from the wild west coast scene that brought us Ras G and Jonwayne. His debut album for Leaving Records is BLQLYTE, six years... Read More

In the store | COOL MARITIME - SHARING WAVES Sharing Waves is the second release on Leaving Records by Cool Maritime. Available now: 1/LP vinyl... Read More

In the store | RAS G - STARGATE MUSIC Stargate Music is the latest full-length album by Ras G, on Leaving Records. The official release... Read More

Excellent "unofficial video" for Josiah Steinbrick's Meeting of Waters album on Leaving Records. The track is titled, "02 (Two Bonangs, Coated Spheres, Piano, Two Synthesizers,... Read More

In the store | BENEDEK - KUSHEL New 5-track tape from Benedek on Leaving Records - "Lo-Fi House & Rave & Trance & New Age... Read More

Carlos Niño & Friends – “Perrsssspeshhhhiift,” featuring Jamael Dean, from the album Going Home. The video is footage from Oahu shot by Carlos Niño, with... Read More

In the store | CARLOS NIÑO - LIVE AT THE WORLD STAGE CASSETTE In the store | CARLOS NIÑO - GOING HOME VINYL Carlos Niño... Read More

In the store | MATTHEWDAVID - TIME FLYING BEATS Los Angeles producer Matthew "Matthewdavid" McQueen releases 34 min. of bass-heavy beats via his own Leaving... Read More

In the store | CARLOS NIÑO & FRIENDS - GOING HOME Carlos Niño and legendary New Age composer Iasos have collaborated a few times since... Read More

In the store | CARLOS NIÑO & FRIENDS - GOING HOME The fifth album in Carlos Niño's "Friends" series is coming out October 20 on... Read More

In the store | OPIO - WOUNDED HEALER Leaving Records presents new material from Opio of Souls of Mischief / Hieroglyphics. The project was produced... Read More

In the store | BENEDEK - BENE'S WORLD Benedek is a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ. But then, who isn't these days? The difference here... Read More

Here's a new one from Trance Farmers – "Teleportal" – from a full-length album called Sugar Lemon Hog Whistle coming out later this year on... Read More

In the store | BANANA - LIVE (Leaving Records) Banana is an ensemble led by Josiah Steinbrick, with Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot... Read More

In the store | KIEFER - KICKINIT ALONE Kiefer (Kiefer Shackelford) is currently on tour with Mndsgn's live trio (Mndsgn, Swarvy, Keifer). This is his... Read More

In the store | DEANTONI PARKS - DEANTHOVEN Tokyo-based director Michael Laburt adds a new flavor to the Beethoven-flipped scenes of Deantoni Parks' track “Magdelena,”... Read More

In the store | JAMIRE WILLIAMS - EFFECTUAL He's an avant-garde drummer who has worked with jazz legend Herbie Hancock, innovator Robert Glasper, and Tortoise’s... Read More

In the store | DEVONWHO – LUZ (Leaving Records) In 2009, Devonwho (Devon Fox) helped start Bandcamp phenomenon Klipmode with Knxwledge, Mndsgn, and Suzi Analogue.... Read More

In the store | SEIHO - COLLAPSE Seiho is an Osaka-based electronic composer. Leaving Records’ Matthewdavid befriended Seiho when touring Japan in 2012. They have... Read More

In the store | SURFACE TO AIR MISSIVE – A V Vinyl available now. The album is out everywhere November 4. Surface to Air Missive... Read More

IN THE STORE | LARAAJI – OM BUNDLE Leaving Records presents its second archival installment from legendary New Age composer Laraaji. The bundle contains four... Read More

Deantoni Parks tape Deanthoven just came out on Leaving Records. He's playing tonight 9/1/16 at The Echo in Los Angeles. Video by Ross Harris. Read More

In the store | SWARVY - ELDERBERRY Swarvy's Elderberry – jazzy, soulful, raw beat tape – is now on vinyl via Leaving Records. @Swrvy |... Read More

In the store | EOLA - DANG Leaving Records. Vinyl available now. Worldwide release: 9/23/16. Edwin Mathis White, from the band Tonstartssbandht, creates a capella... Read More

In the store | VHVL - EVN The author is VHVL, electronic composer Veronica Lauren, from Harlem, New York. Evn, a cassette release by Leaving... Read More

In the store | DEANTONI PARKS - DEANTHOVEN Deanthoven, released by Leaving Records, is produced and performed live by Deantoni Parks, channeling Ludwig Van Beethoven.... Read More

In the store | TOMUTONTTU - TRARAT Tomutonttu is multi-disciplinary artist & Leaving Records' psychic music mentor Jan Anderzén from Finland. Head cosmonaut of “musical... Read More

COMING AUGUST 26 | SAAFRON - REISHI Dakim as Saafron, on Leaving Records “Ancient herbs from the beat sage Saafron (Detroit’s Dakim ), Reishi is... Read More

New age composer Laraaji will give a rare live performance, with electronics and zither, on June 17 at Highland Park Ebell in Los Angeles. Also... Read More

In the store | KNXWLEDGE - BUTTRSKOTCH Buttrskotch is an EP release from Knxwledge – 6 beats b/w 5 beats – first released on tape,... Read More

In the store | SUNPATH - DREAM MUSIC Double cassette reissue by Leaving Records. Psychedelic New Age music circa 1980, 1984. SunPath is the 1980s... Read More

Download | CAKEDOG - CHAMPIONS (MP3 zip) Leland Jackson creates footwork and juke as Cakedog. Devoted to the dancer, DJ, and producer culture, and mentored... Read More

In the store | DEVONWHO - LYON In the store | SWARVY - ELDERBERRY Leaving Records presents two crispy companion EPs for the neo beat-scene... Read More

“It’s All Happening!” (Dungeon Improvisation Edition), with Jamire Williams - drums, Dexter Story - keys, Miguel Atwood Ferguson - viola, and Carlos Niño - percussion.... Read More

In the store | CARLOS NINO - FLUTES, ECHOES, IT'S ALL HAPPENING “It's All Happening!” feat. Madlib, Jamire Williams and Dexter Story, strings by Miguel... Read More

In the store | MATTHEWDAVID - TRUST THE GUIDE AND GLIDE 2/LP tip-on gatefold sleeve from Leaving Records, available now at Stones Throw. L.A. composer... Read More

"RA goes beyond the sunshine and the sprawl to explore L.A.'s underground scene." – Resident Advisor. Dam-Funk, Diva, Matthewdavid, Gifted & Blessed and other crew... Read More

In the store | BENEDEK - COOLIN' 4-track cassette EP from Leaving Records. Release party: March 12 in Los Angeles at the Stones Throw popup... Read More

In the store | 5 CHUCKLES: IN THE WRLD News: 5....5....5....5....CHUCKLES ARE BACK!!! Los Angeles-bred producer/emcee team Ras G & The Koreatown Oddity return for... Read More

Deantoni Parks' Technoself came out a short while ago on Leaving Records. Here's a short documentary on the drummer. Forbes: The Funky Drummer: The Sampledelic... Read More

In the store | DAKIM - SOAP A kind of continuation from Leftrecord (2012), Soap consists of entirely multi-loop instrumental freestyles recorded direct to cassette... Read More

In the store | DEANTONI PARKS - TECHNOSELF From Leaving Records, the debut album from drummer Deantoni Parks – John Cale, Sade, The Mars Volta,... Read More

In the store | GUY BLAKESLEE - THE MIDDLE SISTER Vinyl: advance sale, now shipping exclusively from Stones Throw. Official release date: January 15, 2016.... Read More

In the store | CAT 500 - THE COMP Los Angeles / San Fernando Valley producer and performance artist Cary Allison makes experimental, electronic pop... Read More

In the store | DEANTONI PARKS – TECHNOSELF The drummer/man-machine Deantoni Parks has an album called Technoself dropping December 4th on Leaving Records. We have... Read More

In the store | RAS G - RAW FRUIT V. 3-4 Ras G is one of the definitive producers of the Los Angeles beat scene,... Read More

In the store | AHNNU - WORLD MUSIC & PERCEPTION Two albums – World Music, Perception – released as a double LP by Leaving Records.... Read More

IN THE STORE | MATTHEWDAVID'S MINDFLIGHT - ASHRAM IN THE STORE | GIFTED & BLESSED - EMOTIONAL TYPOGRAPHY Leaving Records begins a series of modern... Read More

Leaving Records has a live residency in Los Angeles at Los Globos, 3040 Sunset Blvd, through the month of September. Mndsgn headlines the first of... Read More

In the store | LARAAJI - ALL IN ONE PEACE Leaving Records' reissue of seminal works by new age musician and composer: Lotus Collage (1978),... Read More

In the store | KNXWLEDGE - ANTHOLOGY 50 tracks on 2/Cassette – NOW SOLD OUT Two years before Knxwledge's Stones Throw debut Hud Dreems, Leaving... Read More

In the store | YUK – ANAK Out now. Vinyl, cassette, digital from Leaving Records. Anak is the second full-length from Los Angeles-based underground, ambient... Read More

In the store | YUK – ANAK Out now. Vinyl, cassette, digital from Leaving Records. Anak is the second full-length from Los Angeles-based underground, ambient... Read More

In the store | HIGH WOLF - GROWING WILD LP / Cassette / Digital from Leaving Records Growing Wild is the new album from High... Read More

In the store | SMURPHY - A SHAPELESS POOL... Meet Smurphy from Mexico City, affiliated with NAAFI. Smurphy's first release, A Shapeless Pool of Lovely... Read More

In the store | TRANCE FARMERS - GARBAGE NIGHT Trance Farmers' new release is Garbage Night – six tracks with a Neo-Psychobilly sound of sludge,... Read More

From the album Down to Earth (Leaving Records), this is "Mental Field Trips" – the latest ghetto sci-fi visual by Ras G. This was created... Read More

In the store | AHNNU - PERCEPTION Digital & cassette album release, available now. Ahnnu (Leland Jackson) delivers Perception, his second full length avant-garde masterwork... Read More

In the store | WHITE MAGIC Leaving Records. Ltd. edition of 300 cassettes in "chameleon" O-Card. White Magic is artist, vocalist, pianist, percussionist and composer... Read More

The artist is SP-MOLD and the 3-hour collection is midden, a word meaning a old dunghill for domestic waste. Listen to a 17-minute selection below.... Read More

In the store | LEAVING RECORDS TOTE BAG Update: Someone in Detroit got the bag of tapes. | Check out these bags. We’ve filled one... Read More

A day in the life of Ras G, captured in the music video for "Love and Peace" and "Polo Jacket & Dashiki." These are two... Read More

Here's a mix from Matthewdavid called Even The Sun Goes Down. This is an all-Outkast mix flipped with Jungle, Drum & Bass, Footwork and World... Read More

Take a tour of Ras G's Spacebase, his Los Angeles studio. And here's the latest record to come out of there ... DOWN TO EARTH... Read More

In the store | MNDSGN - SURFACE OUTTAKES Last summer Leaving Records relaesed a cassette of Mndsgn's outtakes, b-sides, and unreleased ideas just before his... Read More

Here's another track from Ras G's Down to Earth album which is officially released today as vinyl, cassette and digital download. Down to Earth is... Read More

In the store | RAS G - DOWN TO EARTH V.2 Available now – LP, Cassette, Digital | Los Angeles hip-hop producer Ras G’s album... Read More

In the store | RAS G & KOREATOWN ODDITY - 5 CHUCKLES Backwoods Blunts Edition Limited to 100 copies. Rap album b/w Instrumentals & bonus... Read More

CAKE UP. This is a new track & new video from Cakedog, whose Menace in the Phantom tape came out through Leaving Records recently. Video... Read More

In the store | BROGAN BENTLEY - THE SNAKE Brogan is a producer based in San Francisco, and The Snake is his debut album. Vinyl... Read More

In the store | DAKIM & FUMITAKE TAMURA - MUDAI This is a cassette release from Leaving Records, the collaboration of Dakim from Detroit and... Read More

In the store | DNTEL - HUMAN VOICE OUTTAKES Leaving Record has released non-album tracks from Dntel/Jimmy Tamborello's album Human Voice as a standalone cassette... Read More

In the store | CAKEDOG - MENACE IN THE PHANTOM Cakedog is Leland Jackson aka Ahnnu. Inspired by the Battle Groundz in Chicago, Menace in... Read More

In the store | RAS G - RAW FRUIT V.3 Third edition of Ras G's Raw Fruit beat tape series made it's debut this weekend... Read More

Vogue (not a hip-hop blog) on Leaving Records' forthcoming album by Brogan Bentley: Brogan Bentley’s new song “The Difference” doesn’t start so much as it... Read More

In the store | DNTEL - HUMAN VOICE Dntel is Jimmy Tamborello. Leaving Records will release Human Voice on September 23. Exclusive VINYL PRE-ORDER with... Read More

In the store | TRANCE FARMERS - DIXIE CRYSTALS Leaving Records presents the debut album of Trance Farmers, Dixie Crystals. This is a guitar-slathered, twang-soaked... Read More

Ringgo Ancheta is Mndsgn. “Eggs” is from Surface Outtakes and the video is directed by Alima Jennings. August 9th, Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles: Join... Read More

In the store | MNDSGN - SURFACE OUTTAKES Leaving Records has released a cassette from Mndsgn (birth name: Ringgo Anchetta) with various outtakes, b-sides, and... Read More

In the store | VHVL & RAS G - SEAT OF THE SOUL Seat of the Soul is a split cassette album by Ras G... Read More

In the store | M GEDDES GENGRAS - ISHI M. Geddes Gengras' Ishi is the latest release from Leaving Records, an electronic ambient album, inspired... Read More

In the store | M Geddes Gengras - Ishi L.A. modular synth head M. Geddes Gengras follows his collaboration with Sun Araw (as Duppy Gun)... Read More

In the store | TRANCE FARMERS - DIXIE CAPS 4-track cassette from Leaving Records, available with digital download. Dixie Caps EP introduces the futuristic Americana... Read More

In the store | RAS G - RAW FRUIT VOL. 1-2 2/LP The Raw Fruit tapes by Ras G on 2LP. Download card included.  Ras... Read More

In the store | DAKIM - DDUST REGOS There's 250 copies of the Dak tape, 2nd edition. 31 minutes.  From the bros at Leaving Records:... Read More

Alex Gray works on collaborative music projects with Deep Magic and the Sun Araw Band. Leland Jackson records music as Ahnnu. Together the two of... Read More

In the store | RAS G - RAW FRUIT VOL. 2 Following up Raw Fruit (Vol. 1) with another collection of beats from the producer's... Read More

In the store | Dakim - 6F00FF The latest release from Leaving Records, available now at Stones Throw on cassette & digital download. The worldwide... Read More

Did you see the program? Here's the story. They're from Tallahassee, Florida. Taylor Ross, age 23, played all the instruments on this album, breaking bones... Read More

In the store | SAMIYAM - WISH YOU WERE HERE BLACK T-shirt/Cass./MP3 In the store | SAMIYAM - WISH YOU WERE HERE WHITE T-shirt/Cass./MP3 In... Read More

Introducing: Surface to Air Missive, and their self-titled album Surface to Air Missive on Leaving Records PLEASE VIEW THE PROGRAM Program notes: Southern rock from... Read More

In the store | Ahnnu - World Music Cassette, digital download from Leaving Records. Los Angeles producer Leland Jackson is Ahnnu. Jackson's production is rooted... Read More

In the store | Ahnnu - World Music Cassette & digital out now. Los Angeles producer Leland Jackson is Ahnnu. Jackson's production is rooted in... Read More

A short one from Matthewdavid of Leaving Records. Track List: DNTEL - Early works (mash-up) The Cyclist - The Kraut Selection (unreleased)  Cat 500 -... Read More

In the store | The Cyclist - Bones in Motion The latest from Leaving Records is the debut album from Irish producer The Cyclist. 2LP... Read More

The Cyclist "Visions" Directed by Miko Revereza, from Leaving Records & Stones Throw's DUAL FORM. The Cyclist debut album Bones in Motion will be released... Read More

Jeff Weiss article about Leaving Records' Matthewdavid, published Jan. 30 2013 in his monthly LA Weekly column Bizarre Ride "All profoundly original art looks ugly... Read More

In the store | DUAL FORM  Today's the release date, and tonight's the Los Angeles record release party - January 22 at Mr T's Bowl.... Read More

Owen Meyers interviewed Matthewdavid for Dazed Digital about his work with Leaving Records and the Stones Throw collab DUAL FORM. Published Jan. 17 at dazed.com... Read More

January 22: Release date of Dual Form, the collaborative release by Stones Throw and Leaving Records. On this date we are having our official release... Read More

In the store | DUAL FORM Album on CD, 2/LP & digital We have just launched an advance sale of Stones Throw & Leaving Records'... Read More

In the store | DUAL FORM Album on CD, 2/LP & digital In the store | DUAL FORM 2/cassette + sticker, bonus tracks Collaborative release... Read More

Hello, happy 2013. To celebrate a new tour & new year, please enjoy a bonus instrumental Davis track from the upcoming Stones Throw x Leaving... Read More

The folks at Dublab.com have posted an archive of the all-cassette DJ night at TOP TAPE a few weeks back to celebrate the upcoming release... Read More

Los Angeles – come join us at The Virgil on Wednesday night, Nov. 7, to celebrate the release of the double-cassette portion of Stones Throw... Read More

We've just announced a new project - Stones Throw & Leaving Records presents DUAL FORM - including the line, "if the names gathered here look... Read More