Abu Ama and BedouinDrone’s most recent collaboration, Dawlat Lībiyyā, is being presented to the world by Mahorka Records, who have released this album as a well-deserved vinyl edition as well as a adding an extra track added to the digital version. The duo released several albums both together and individually Continue Reading
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Clarice Jensen – Ainu Mosir
Brooklyn-based composer and cellist Clarice Jensen has an incredible resume, including performing on new releases from both Michael Stipe and Taylor Swift as well as well as being the artistic director of ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. This release is from her first soundtrack. Information from her Bandcamp site Continue Reading
Akiko Yano – To Ki Me Ki
There is no better way to tell the story of this gorgeous and lovingly remastered release by Akiko Yano than to let our dear friends at Wewantsounds to explain it for themselves: “Wewantsounds is proud to continue its Akiko Yano reissue series with the release of the singer’s third studio Continue Reading
Ian Vine – Five Strings
Ian Vine, a composer out of the United Kingdom, provides us with a conceptual piece of classical music. From his Bandcamp site: “Recently I have written a series of pieces that are concerned in one way or another with the presentation of unique, and yet similar, events or objects. In Continue Reading
Hani from Yunnan China – Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China
From our friends at Sublime Frequencies: “Mystic choral beauty drifting far into the outer cosmos, this other worldly traditional music ensemble creates a contemporary-sounding avant-garde vocal fusion combined with strange instrumental accompaniment. The HANI are linguistically derived from the YI branch of the Tibeto-Burmese and number a million and a Continue Reading
Moana Pozzi – Impulsi di sesso
Moana Pozzi was a former pornographic actor, television personality and politician from Italy. She also tried her hand at singing, and this lost treasure, lovingly reissued by Cinedelic Records, offers some well-done Italo-Disco, funk, and a cheesy-but-fun vibe.
María Cristina Kasem – Obras – (2006 / 2017)
Friends and readers, thank you for indulging your scribe a well-needed rest after 1,000 days of activity. We relaunch with one of the most gorgeous electroacoustic recordings I’ve come across in a while. María Cristina Kasem is a composer and violinist from Argentina who has an extensive body of work Continue Reading
Doomtown Records Brings the Past and Present of (Post-)Yugoslav Punk Together
As I am heading to “North” Macedonia tomorrow, and I am in dire need of a rest, I leave you with a Bandcamp article on old and new post-punk from the Former Yugoslavia. We’ll see you soon! https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/doomtown-records-label-profile
Jeff Gburek – The Dunning-Kruger Effects
Today is an auspicious occasion as this post will mark 1,000 consecutive days of posting music for my readers and friends. It’s most appropriate that number 1,000 would be someone who has appeared quite a few times on the blog, but Jeff Gburek offers an album that is as (primitive) Continue Reading
Skyphone – Oscilla
Our friends at Lost Tribe Sound have released yet another gem in their catalog. This release is from the Danish group Skyphone, and their Bandcamp release page explains further: “The new Skyphone record original began as a project to explore long form close-miced acoustic sessions. The trio worked to record Continue Reading