From the band’s Bandcamp site: “A strikingly different take on contemporary America—YELKA’s In A Rose Hat offers an artistic perspective far removed from stadium rock or trap trends. It’s an intimate, almost cinematic interpretation that upends expectations. “Crawl into your hibernation, don’t wait for a new sensation…” the opening, ´Colors Continue Reading
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – Church of Kidane Mehret
Though the recording leaves much to be desired, this private press recording of Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru is so gorgeously played that the music moves. Augmented by a few extra tracks not found on the original pressing, Mississippi Records does wonders in bringing these tapes to life. Her Continue Reading
Various Artists – Spotted Peccary Records: 33 – Free Ambient Electronic Sampler
From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Spotted Peccary Music is an independent record label with a focus on deep, vast and immersive soundscapes. From deep drone, to chillout, to high energy beats, Spotted Peccary traverses the worlds of Ambient Electronic, Classic Berlin-School, Ethereal Atmospheric, Spacemusic, Rock, Pure Acoustic and more; all Continue Reading
Angélica Vargas – El Pastor (Video Oficial)
I actually owe this video to my Mom who turned me on to the work of Angélica Vargas, a Mexican singer whose vocal range is astonishing, but whose control of her voice, especially in this song (a Mexican mariachi standard if there ever was one) is out of this world. Continue Reading
Brown vs Brown – Odds and Unevens
Avant-progressive is a genre that has to be taken in small chunks if you’re new to it, or the complicated time signatures and sudden violent stops might scare weaker ears off. It is fair to say that no one regularly produces such fine releases in the genre as Cuneiform Records Continue Reading
David Bowie – Seven Years In Tibet (Mandarin version)
David Bowie performed a good number of his songs in other languages, but this one is a curiosity, as I didn’t expect that he recorded this particular song in Mandarin.
Alessandra Celletti – Stop Femicides
Femicide, like most other –cides, is a pernicious evil, and women suffer atrociously in parts of the world, but despite the provocative title, this album is more of a celebration of some rather amazing songs influenced by ladies, interpreted by our dear friend Alessandra Celletti. Some of the covers were Continue Reading
Eighth Tower Podcast. Episode 1: Do AI dream of electric sheep?
Our dear friend Raffaelle Pezzella of Eighth Tower Records now has a podcast available through Patreon. It is a worthy thing to subscribe to, and after listening to the first episode, I’m looking forward to seeing how well this develops. You can go directly to the link here.
Ton Q – ROOTs
This release out of Mongolia perked up my ears a bit this morning. Ton Q hail from Ulaanbaatar, the country’s capital, and the group blends a minimalistic dub techno with elements of Mongolian traditional music. Not a bad listen at all.
Hervé Perez and John Garner – Bell of Evening Skies
This has to be one of the first albums where the Shakuhachi plays a large role in improvised music that I’ve come across. From the duo’s Bandcamp site: “This album is the first encounter between improvisers John Garner and Hervé Perez. We came across each other’s work through the jazz Continue Reading