Abatwa (The Pygmy) – Why Did We Stop Growing Tall?

Glitterbeat Records is the label which should be thanked for publishing The Abatwa, a collection of Pygmy artists from Rwanda.  Here are some notes by album producer Ian Brennan, courtesy of Forced Exposure: “The Abatwa (“pygmy”) tribe is identified as one of the most marginalized, voiceless and endangered populations in Continue Reading

From the Mouth of the Sun – Valley of the Hummingbirds

Lost Tribe Sound has another release featured this week!  This one pairs two leading composers, Dag Rosenqvist & Aaron Martin, working together creating a filmic masterpiece.  The music is tense, influenced by everything from classical music to ethereal.  From the press release: “American and Swedish composers Aaron Martin and Dag Continue Reading

Léa Boudreau – Lima​ç​on

empreintes DIGITALes are the finest record label in Canada specializing in electroacoustic music, acousmatics and musique concrète.  It pleased me to see that they are putting up their albums on Bandcamp, and I ended up being doubly rewarded by finding a composer who is new to me.  Léa Boudreau describes herself, Continue Reading

Drawing Virtual Gardens – 22:22

Our dear friends at Lost Tribe Sound have on offer an ambient album perfectly designed for headphone listening by a project new to me called Drawing Virtual Gardens, a Belgium-based artist called David Gutman.  From the promo material, which does a wonderful service introducing David’s work: “At the core of Continue Reading

Various Artists – Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol. 1 – Compiled by Fred und Luna

Our friends at Compost Records are about to release a compilation of what one can legitimately call modern Krautrock.  Some of the bands on this album include Kosmischer Läufer, Fred und Luna (who put this gem together) and Pyrolator (whose track is available for listening) and thirteen other projects.  It’s Continue Reading

Plume Girl – In the End We Begin

A bliss-filled release from out mappa Records out of Slovakia from a new name, Plume Girl.  I’ll let the label describe this rather ethereal bit of emo folk, which you can read in full at their Bandcamp release site: “Already in its title, Plume Girl’s debut thoroughly lets things go Continue Reading

Pere Ubu – Trouble On Big Beat Street

Avant-rock legends Pere Ubu have a brand new album out!  From the band’s Bandcamp site: “Pere Ubu unveil their new album, ‘Trouble On Big Beat Street’, nearly four years after their previous record for Cherry Red, ‘The Long Goodbye’. ‘The Modern Dance’ (1978) marked the end of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Continue Reading