Tensal produces some of the denses and beat-heavy techno I’ve run into in a good, long while. Quite an intense listen.
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Hortense Ellis – Hell & Sorrow
From Death Is Not The End‘s Bandcamp site: “The outstanding original cut of Hortense Ellis‘ Hell & Sorrow, originally produced and released by Jimmy Radway for his Fe Me Time label in the mid 1970s and backed with Big Youth’s DJ counteraction Tribulation – now sees a valuable reissue through Continue Reading
Seba Ramirez – Untied
From the Urban Waves Bandcamp site: “Seba Ramirez’s “Untied EP” invites you to explore a world of sound, emotion, and creativity. From intricate melodies to rhythmic grooves, this collection of tracks weaves a captivating narrative. Joined in the studio by talented musicians, Pablo Selnik (flute), Eddie Mejía (guitar), Alex Reviriego Continue Reading
Glós – World Enough
Glós produced an album in 2022 I thought would be worth sharing. From our friends at Affin Records: “The trip to the sea was already a few days ago… arriving in the city, looking for orientation, the time of seclusion henceforth gave way to a melange of voices. a polyphonic Continue Reading
Various Artists – Magnificent Sounds Records: ¡Con Piano, Sublime! : Early Recordings from the Caribbean 1907-1921
This is the second Magnificent Sounds Records release we’ve had the pleasure of featuring. This one covers music from Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago and Puerto Rico, among other locales. Wonderfully remastered, and worthy of your time.
Hassan Wargui – Tiddukla
From the release’s Bandcamp site: “Tiddukla (which translates to Friendship) is one of Hassan’s numerous group projects and he recorded the album with friends in 2015 and self released it through YouTube due to the lack of music infrastructure in Morocco. The Tiddukla album is raw and hypnotic and sees Continue Reading
R.A Sánchez – L’ottava Sfera
Tuscon, Arizona’s R.A Sánchez has produced one of the most horribly bleak albums of 2024. A combination of slow doom metal and drone set with jazz instrumentation, this could easily give bands like Sunn O))) a run for their money. All respect is due to Lost Tribe Sound for releasing Continue Reading
Entjar Tjarmedi, Enip Sukanda, et al – Gamelan Degung Klasik ca. 1972
Canary Records have released yet another treasure. This gem features a collection of tracks performed on gamelan by Entjar Tjarmedi, Enip Sukanda and others. The music is gentle and otherworldly, one worth spending a day sipping coffee to.
Various Artists – Was Ist Das?: Ballads Of Seduction, Fertility And Ritual Slaughter
This is a rather novel concept. The compilation featured here, courtesy of Was Ist Das?, is, as the Guardian states, “… a fittingly weird 50th anniversary tribute to The Wicker Man’s startling soundtrack. Magpahi’s synth-drizzled Maypole, Dean McPhee’s Sunset and Meg Baird’s Willow’s Song are particularly gorgeous.” Each track stands Continue Reading
Real Live Tigers – Denatured
Described as, “Letters read aloud over AM radio, quiet guitar through motel room walls, loud electric guitar in summer basements, gravel parking lots in the rain, train sounds,” there was no way I wasn’t going to pay attention to this release. Real Live Tigers is a project started by Tony Continue Reading