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Month: January 2024

Bandcamp Radio

I’m listening to Bandcamp Radio – Global Vibrations: https://bandcamp.com?show=697&play=1 Off to the doctor, so you guys get a radio treat today.

Brume + Mykel Boyd – Ectophilis

Mykel Boyd is one of the leading lights in experimental music and drone, and has done so much to promote the genre that it is (pleasantly) hard to keep track of his releases.  He is paired with Brume (the working…

Linnea Hjertén – Nio Systrar

From Linnea Hjertén’s Bandcamp site: “Born from the synthesis of Swedish folk melodies and ritual ambient, Linnea Hjertén’s debut album “Nio systrar” (‘Nine sisters’) is a wordless invocation of primordial energy – a psychoacoustic gateway to altered states of consciousness….

Mich Gerber – Shoreline

Thanks to one of my friends for turning me on to the works of Swiss bassist Mich Gerber.  From his Bandcamp site: “Instrumental album with Andi Pupato (perc, drums), inspired by music that has been played during the blue hour…

Steve Roach and Robert Rich – Waves of Now

From the legendary duo’s Bandcamp site: “We present this soulful 30 year reunion between two stalwarts of Ambient-Electronic music in its entirety, exactly as it occurred. Steve and Robert answered the urge for unification after a very long orbit and…

Jeff Gburek – Oxygen is not for the Dead

Today is a travel day, so I leave you in the ever-capable hands of Jeff Gburek and one of his latest creations.

Wild Pack Of Canaries – Agua Amarga

Wild Pack Of Canaries hail from California and have the sound of a Hispanic prog Captain Beefheart.  Great listening.

Rose McDowall – Our Twisted Love EP

It’s amazing to think that this EP is the latest (and hopefully not last) artifact released by former Strawberry Switchblade front-woman Rose McDowell.  She had been active singing with groups like Current 93 and her own project, Sorrow, for many…

Kraut Sounds – Altitude EP

Kraut Sounds are a band from one of the homes of Krautrock, Munich.  The music sounds less Kraut and more ambient dub, but it still makes for a gorgeous, somewhat aquatic, listen.

Jolanda Moletta – Full Moon Session

Jolanda Moletta is an Berlin-based experimental vocalist who used to sing for the group She Owl.  This album features her gently eerie, comforting vocals and not much else.  To add to such glorious tones would be a crime.  Her voice…