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Marcos Valle – Túnel Acústico

It boggles the mind that Marcos Valle, who is close to having a sixty-year career making music, can still come up with sounds that are so fresh while referencing the past.  One can still hear bossa nova, a genre he helped make popular, sit inside a stew that includes funk, samba, disco and the ever-wonderful música popular Brasileiro (MPB).  Our friends at Far Out Recordings have published another gem, and it is truly worth it for you vinyl junkies to hunt for this one.  You will not be disappointed.

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Found Object – every silver lining

Well done, Found Object!  The tracks on this album remind me of some of best synth-pop bands I grew up with in the 1980s.  Though Tangerine Dream is referenced as an influence, I hear something different – Kraftwerk, Blancmange, a more instrumental Depeche Mode or Soft Cell seem to be popping up as influences as I listen through.  Really, a joyful album.

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Priori & Al Wootton – FLAW

I’ve been in search of good minimal techno since the subject came up with a colleague’s student (he has access to several brilliant students, present and former, whom I hope to feature here in the future).  Doing a bit of digging, this release by Priori and Al Wootton perked up my ears the most this evening.  Dark, beaty, and incredibly good for headphone listening.

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Jurango​/​Glances – PSEU004

Pseudonym Records of of London, UK, publish hard and aggressive drum & bass, giving a nostalgic vibe for the genre’s heydey of the 1990s.  Jurango​ and Glances offer up two utterly menacing tracks each.