The Russian (Tuvan) pop band Otyken do a stunning rendition of Psalm 50 (51 in the Masoretic text, more familiar to Protestants). Wonderfully done.
Absent Sunday – Love
Wow, this album is a tough one to pin down! Absent Sunday, from Moscow, Russia, sounds like a band that would have been comfortable resting between Canterbury bands like Gong and Soft Machine and more radical bands like Slapp Happy and Henry Cow, with a tinge of blues-rock. An intriguing Continue Reading
Peter Christopherson (of Coil) – Time Machines II
From the release’s Bandcamp site: “When Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson passed away in 2010, he left behind several projects in different stages of completion. Apart from what was later released as X-TG’s “Desertshore” and the previous Infinite Fog re-release of “Amulet” by The Threshold HouseBoys Choir, a further seven tracks were Continue Reading
Departure Street – If silence was the passenger
Our old friend Allan J. Kimmel, recording as Departure Street, brings us a new album informed by psychedelic music, ambient, and folk. A relaxing listen. Kalamine Records continues to impress with their releases.
George Christian – Toadas Stellamarinas
Fellow guitarist and featured artist Jeff Gburek comments poignantly on George Christian’s magnificent new album: “Most of you will probably have to get off the bus and go home before it all ends. Nobody you know will probably have heard the entire album. I guess that there is a kind Continue Reading
Escaped Trees – A several tracks to aid in somnambul hospitalization
I have no information about Escaped Trees for this album, but because it was released by the venerable Norwegian label Petroglyph Music, I thought it prudent to give the record a listen, and I was pleasantly surprised. The music has an old-school electronic/Berlin School feel.
K÷93 (Jaz Coleman, Peter Hook, Geordie Walker) Giving Up The Ghost
Many years ago, I heard that members of my two favorite bands, New Order and Killing Joke, collaborated on a project in 1993. By pure chance, I came across the song, and it’s pretty much what I would have expected from a 1993 collaboration. It reminds me of New Order’s Continue Reading
Enche Beldy (Энче Бельды) – Доо Дярини
We have yet another Nanai musician documenting his people’s music. We thank Дяриори (Jariori) Records for releasing this beautifully recorded album.
J-L – Ailleurs
This release came to me with very little information, but it has a post-punk sound I really like.
Fallen – Stars are Crashing, Home are Burning, Hearts are Changing-Notes from a Distant World/Detuned Lullabies for the Old Planet
Our dear friend Lorenzo Bracaloni, composing as Fallen, has released a two-disc album of progressive rock and fourth-world-tinged ambient music. It’s a dark but gentle listen, reminding me of music from late-era Japan and Talk Talk fans would really enjoy.