From the ashes of local garage rock legends The Bomboras sprang, in something like a phoenix-like fashion, The Lords Of Altamont. This particular album has been reissued by the Italian record label Heavy Psych Sounds, and as considered to be a rarity for garage rock music collectors. It was first pressed Continue Reading
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ΠϢΑϪЄ – Sleep (שֻׁנָּה)
I have a feeling that this Israeli psychedelic release is a hoax, and the label, ΠϢΑϪЄ (That Word), seem to admit the same. However, on the music’s merits, it’s a pretty interesting slab of Middle Eastern-influenced psychedelic rock. Eventually, the mystery of this album will be solved, but it’s nice Continue Reading
The Ambient Drones of Bill Baxter – Dreamscape One
I can’t say that I’m able to find any hard information on who Bill Baxter is, but he releases an almost ridiculous amount of music. Amazingly, the quality is consistently high. The tracks are very long, but they’re quite engaging on a pair of headphones. If you want to learn Continue Reading
Arthur Lyman – Island Vibes
The ever-brilliant Aloha Got Soul Records is about to release a lost masterpiece of exotica. Arthur Lyman played vibraphone and marimba, and with these tools, nature sounds and some fine musicians backing him up, he managed to conjure up images of life in the South Pacific and Hawaii, which had Continue Reading
Taennya – Natural Serenity
Taennya is Tatyana Maslova, an ambient music composer from Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. The city is home to some of my favorite musicians (including Roman Stolyar and Sergei Belichenko among others), and it looks like I have another musician whose works will be on my playlist for some time to come. Continue Reading
Various Artists – Cameroon Garage Funk
Analog Africa produces yet another astounding compilation. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a while for this one, because the release date is scheduled for September 3, 2021. Still, considering the high quality of pretty much everything this label has produced, I’m expecting some fine music. Over on the Bandcamp release Continue Reading
Harald Grosskopf & Ramón Amezcua – Quetzalkrautl
¡Demasiado kosmiche…! Two absolute legends in electronic music grace these pages with a combination whose name cracks me up, but whose music entinces. Ramón Amezcua is best known under his nom de plume Bostich and is known as the godfather of the Nortec scene which combines hard electronic music with Continue Reading
Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 1 (Car)
It’s safe to assume that the vast majority of my friends and readers know who Peter Gabriel is. I don’t think there’s been a more important pop singer in the last 40 or so years, and it’s really a pleasant surprise to see him put the whole of his catalog Continue Reading
TienYinMen – Between Clouds (雲峽)
TienYinMen are a collection of composers and musicians based in Hong Kong who release a lot of thematic soundtrack music played on traditional instruments and electronic instruments. They have a healthy body of work to choose from, and I found this one to be the best out of a great Continue Reading
John Tejada & Ulrich Krieger – Silversonic
Two legends from rather different backgrounds collaborate on this EP. Austrian-American DJ John Tejada is a legend in electronic music as has thrived in the scene as a sought-after remixer. I had the pleasure of meeting him several times while working at a record shop in Los Angeles during the Continue Reading