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Month: January 2021

  • Andrew Land – (Making Good) Defects

    Andrew Land – (Making Good) Defects

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    Rudy Carrera
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    Andrew Land is a composer out of Birmingham, England whose work is simple and rhythmic, played in an elegant manner, without sounding simplistic.  It’s minimalistic, so those of you who enjoy the works of Harold Budd, Philip Glass or even Hans-Joachim Roedelius may want to pass your time enjoying this EP. If you prefer to…

  • Studnia – Oddtech

    Studnia – Oddtech

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    Rudy Carrera
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    Studnia are a duo out of Poland amd Bulgaria who tie together quite a few disparate influences seamlessly, mixing IDM and Illbient Music with a dark ambient and post-Industrial feel, all while maintaining a beat you want to move to.

  • Maja S. K. Ratkje – Corona Lockdown Concert For TUSK Festival 2020

    Maja S. K. Ratkje – Corona Lockdown Concert For TUSK Festival 2020

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    Rudy Carrera
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    Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje is perhaps the most important active composer in Norway’s experimental music scene.  The Trondheim native not only works with avant-garde music, but with contemporary classical, choral, experimental, electronic and even rock music. She provides a new release which clocks in about 30 minutes of vocal improvisation which goes from quiet blips…

  • Marcos Resende & Index – Marcos Resende & Index

    Marcos Resende & Index – Marcos Resende & Index

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    Rudy Carrera
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    This album is a sort of ‘holy grail’ for Brazilian jazz.  From Marcos Resende’s Bandcamp site: Beyond their highly sought after 1978 album Festa Para Um Novo Rei – home to the mystical jazz-funk classic ‘Vidigal’ and released on Philips’ iconic Musica Popular Brasileira Contemporanea series (MPBC) – little is known about Marcos Resende &…

  • Lappländer & Ancylus – Veden Varaan

    Lappländer & Ancylus – Veden Varaan

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    Rudy Carrera
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    Lappländer & Ancylus are a project hailing from Finland.  According to their bio, both Janne Lappalainen (Lappländer) and Visa Uotila (Ancylus) have over two decades of history working in electronic music. This is quite a powerful listen.  It reminds me of mid-period Tangerine Dream under the cavernous influence of Steve Roach, though with far shorter…

  • Various Artists – Dust-To-Digital Records: Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music

    Various Artists – Dust-To-Digital Records: Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music

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    Rudy Carrera
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    This is a magnificent compilation of archival material. Dust-To-Digital has made a business out of release gorgeous archival recordings. Take for example the incredible collection called Music of Morocco, compiled by Paul Bowles. This collection will equal it. Music from South Africa, Japan, Algeria, Serbia, Colombia and all points in-between are covered, and with 100…

  • [The Listening Post Blog] Song Of The Day: Los Saicos – Fugitivo de Alcatraz

    [The Listening Post Blog] Song Of The Day: Los Saicos – Fugitivo de Alcatraz

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    Rudy Carrera
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    jhusel · Los Saicos – Fugitivo de Alcatraz I’d like to point you, dear readers, to a magnificent blog called The Listening Post.  Each post includes a new song of the day, and this one is a treasure out of Peru from what many fans call the first proto-punk band, Los Saicos. You can read…

  • Aidan Baker – Lost in the Rat Maze [PWYC]

    Aidan Baker – Lost in the Rat Maze [PWYC]

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    Rudy Carrera
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    Imagine if you were listening to Neu! with a far more relaxed beat rather than the insistent and incessant pulse the legendary Krautrock band was famous for.  Hear me out on this.  It’s actually quite a magnificent sound to behold, really.  There is a lo-fi, drony vibe to Fanciful Flights after starting quietly, with lots…

  • Bolduchin – Shellac

    Bolduchin – Shellac

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    Rudy Carrera
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    It’s impressive to hear when those who work outside of music under normal circumstances bring their talents into music, especially of a dark ambient variety.  Giacomo Triglia, who works under the name Bolduchin, provides a bleak, yet very lively soundtracks to the horrible dreams we all have now and then.  Actually, this would make a…

  • JARS (ДЖРС) – III

    JARS (ДЖРС) – III

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    Rudy Carrera
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    In parts sounding like the demos of an early Killing Joke album drifting almost into doom and death-metal territory, JARS (ДЖРС) are atypical for what people thing of as stoner rock.  They are comfortable playing in different styles, and their raw sound actually benefits the music tremendously. Brutal music, but very well-done.