#NNA Tapes Records

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Rachika Nayar – Heaven Come Crashing : musiques romantiques et nébuleuses

Heaven Come Crashing est le second opus de la jeune new-yorkaise de Brooklyn Rachika Nayar. On y entendra 10 titres en clair-obscur, enveloppant l’auditeur dans une atmosphère vaporeuse riche et rassurante.

Certaines musiques atmosphériques sont souvent décrites comme cinématographiques. Parce qu’elles dessinent des horizons sonores, des ambiances desquelles nul ne serait surpris de voir émerger un personnage inattendu. Ces musiques peuvent parfois sombrer dans la facilité qu’offre toute la technologie musicale actuelle. Rachika Nayar évite avec talent cet écueil en conservant son instrument de cœur à la base de toutes ses créations.

C’est à la guitare que l’ensemble des lignes musicales prend forme. Les sons sont ensuite totalement retravaillés, par sous-couches et par couches….jusqu’à en métamorphoser totalement la texture. Une œuvre de musicienne autant que de sculptrice.

Parfois, comme sur Gayatri, la guitare se fait reconnaissable, pareil à un ilot émergé au cœur de l’océan. On s’y accroche pour s’y ressourcer avant de partir de nouveau à la dérive volontaire dans les flots sonores riches d’écume.

Durant ces brefs instants, Rachika Nayar s’inspire en lui rendant hommage au son de Steve Reich.

Le titre donnant son nom à l’album Heaven Come Crashing illustre ce tumulte construit de nappes successives. Une ligne mélodique simple (comme on le retrouvera d’ailleurs sur le morceau Sleepless) est lentement, sagement déployée. Subtilement Maria bc vient murmurer à nos oreilles déjà conquises et faussement rassurées. Une première nappe très Drum & Bass se superpose, des vagues de basses lourdes et une lame déchirante de guitare brute s’ajoutent. Succédant à l’appel envoutant d’une sirène, voila l’auditeur en pleine tempête aussi brève qu’inattendue.

L’ensemble de l’album s’écoute avec un plaisir immédiat qui ne se dément pas au fil des écoutes. Celles-ci, bien au contraire révèlent une diversité, une richesse et une subtilité que seuls les grands albums possèdent.

Rachika Nayar demeure fidèle au label NNA de sa première production Our Hands Against The Dusk (2021). Elle poursuit avec cohérence ce méticuleux travail de création, hybridant avec succès la guitare, quelques cordes et le piano avec les processus de modelage électronique du son.

Cette fusion n’est pas étrangère à la production d’un court EP intitulé « Fragments » (2021) et édité par le très pointu label RVNG Intl, lui aussi installé à Brooklyn. C’est en effet sur ce même label que des artistes aussi talentueuses que Holly Herndon ou Julia Holter se sont fait connaitre.

A l’instar de ces artistes, Rachika Nayar déploie une musique protéiforme tout à la fois romantique et nébuleuse, insouciante mais sincère, complexe tout en étant accessible.

Si le concept même d’album est de plus en plus mis à mal alors que la musique s’écoute par playlist, Heaven Come Crashing existe aussi pour convaincre de la nécessité à se laisser porter par l’ensemble des compositions voulues par l’artiste.

Nicolas Duquenne

Rachika Nayar – Heaven Come Crashing

Label : NNA Tapes Records

Date de Parution : 26 aout 2022

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Saturday 16 September Mixtape 371 “Surfing the Tunnels” Retro Space Electronic Idm Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom. https://www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/

Trevlad-Surfing a Drone 00:31 Polypores-Diverging Reality Tunnels 01:31

TALsounds-Conveyor 04:32

Listening Center-Bridge Watching 06:10

Secret Circuit-Simulacrum 09:07

Brennan Fowler-Home 11:16

Orange Crate Art-Diaries from an Alaskan Housewife 17:49

CIALYN-Time Occlusion 21:48

Twilight Sequence-The Colour Of Twilight 25:39

Colleen-November 30:01

Skaefox-space 31:58

Poppy Ackroyd-The Calm Before 32:38

Uncle Fido-They Get Up 38:25

Comtron Soundlab-HOLBORN 9100\9120 - de vele gezichten van het Holborn 39:56

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playlist 11.29.22

Tyondai Braxton Telekinesis (Nonesuch / New Amsterdam)  Horse Lords Comradely Objects (RVNG Intl.) Netherlands Kali Corvette (Three One G) Burial Antidawn EP / Streetlands EP (Hyperdub) Tess Tyler Fractals 1 and 2 (Bandcamp)  Gilla Band Most Normal (Rough Trade Records Ltd)  Blanck Mass Ted K OST (Sacred Bones)  Colin Stetson Chimaera I (Room 40) Ben Frost Broken Spectre / 1899 OST (Vinyl Factory / Invada)  Young Gods Data Mirage Tangram (TYG)  Leya Eyeline (NNA tapes) Hatis Noit Aura (Erased Tapes) Party Dozen The Real Work (Temporary Residence Limited) Fuck Money Self Titled (Three One G) Yonatan Gat American Quartet (Stone Tapes) Loraine James Building Something Beautiful For Me (Phantom Limb) Cinematic Orchestra In Motion #1(Ninja Tune) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Changes (KGLW) Persher Man With The Magic Soap (Thrill Jockey)  Volker Bertelmann All Quiet On The Western Front OST (Netflix Music) Kid Congo Powers Some New Kind Of Kick (Book)

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Tim Clarke’s 2022: Light at the end of the tunnel?

The Smile photo by Alex Lake

I don’t want to curse anyone by saying it out loud, but could 2022 be the turning point after a truly horrendous couple of years? For me, the very fact that two-fifths of Radiohead put out an excellent album already makes this year notable. However, I was also lucky enough to get great new albums by favorites Big Thief, Dry Cleaning, and Aldous Harding. Plus, this year I’ve seen more live music than the previous two years combined. Here’s to 2023 continuing this upward trajectory of more great music, both recorded and live.

1. The Smile — A Light For Attracting Attention (XL)

Any Radiohead-related project is guaranteed to pique my interest, but one involving Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood? Having said that, even I was surprised at just how good A Light For Attracting Attention turned out. Veering from spectral balladry to twitchy post-punk, there’s not only variety here, but also a satisfying narrative arc, some great playing from all three members, plus the exciting prospect of another Smile album in the near future.

2. Big Thief — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (4AD)

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief

After giving us two albums in 2019, Big Thief returned with a double album of surprising diversity and consistently high quality. At its best (“Little Things,” “Sparrow,” “Simulation Swarm”), DNWMIBIY feels like Big Thief could go anywhere from here, and if the rumors are true, there are as many more songs on the cutting-room floor as made it onto this 20-track monster. Here’s to another Big Thief album in 2023.

 3. Dry Cleaning — Stumpwork (4AD)

Dry Cleaning’s second album in two years catches this inimitable London band on a roll. There’s enough musical evolution from last year’s New Long Leg to ensure this isn’t just more of the same, though Florence Shaw’s lyrics and delivery are as funny as ever. Plus, Tom Dowse continues to be one of the most inventive and tuneful electric guitarists of recent years.

 4. Black Country, New Road — Ants from Up There (Ninja Tune)

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

Much like Bowie passing away soon after the release of Blackstar, Isaac Wood leaving Black Country, New Road soon after the release of Ants from Up There is the kind of artistic move that feels preordained. This is a massive, ridiculous, intricate, and deeply moving album, and one that I doubt the remaining members of the band will top in Wood’s absence.

5. Stephen Becker — A Calm That Shifts (NNA Tapes)

Apparently, Stephen Becker worked on his solo debut for years between playing in countless other bands — and you can hear it. A Calm That Shifts is the kind of debut that spotlights a talent who has been quietly working in the margins of other people’s music for a long time, refining his craft. This is the kind of expansive folk-pop that has the songs, subtlety, and depth to slowly win you over.

 6. billy woods — Aethiopes (Backwoodz Studioz)

Aethiopes by billy woods

It’s rare I listen to hip-hop at all, let alone hear an album that blows me away, but getting billy woods’ Aethiopes in the Mid-Year Exchange was a revelation. I haven’t been this excited about a hip-hop album since Cannibal Ox’s The Cold Vein, way back in 2001. On Aethiopes, woods paints vivid pictures of urban desolation, set to producer Preservation’s woozy patchwork of old blues and jazz samples.

7. Aldous Harding — Warm Chris (4AD)

It’s hard to know how to take Aldous Harding’s shapeshifting vocal persona. On Warm Chris she’s more playful yet more seriously committed than ever to all the roles in her songwriting, making for some deliciously disorientating pop music. Perhaps not as consistent as her last full-length, Designer, but certainly as charming.

 8. Living Hour — Someday is Today (Next Door)

Though it includes my favorite song of the year in “Feelings Meeting,” Living Hour’s third album has plenty of other great songs. “Feelings Meeting” stands out as a thrilling shoegaze masterstroke, while most of the rest of the record is the kind of narcotized dream-pop Beach House do so well.

 9. Daniel Rossen — You Belong There (Warp)

You Belong There by Daniel Rossen

God knows when we’ll next get another Grizzly Bear record. Until then, Daniel Rossen’s solo debut will more than suffice. On You Belong There, his guitar playing is immaculate, and he doesn’t spare any indulgence on the arrangements either, layering instruments liberally across these stridently morose compositions.

10. Skullcrusher — Quiet the Room (Secretly Canadian)

Quiet the Room by Skullcrusher

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard an album playing in a record store full stop, let alone one that’s prompted me to ask at the desk what’s playing on the turntable. So it was with Skullcrusher. It immediately reminded me of Grouper, but less shy and less smothered in hazy melancholy. Quiet the Room is still a deeply introverted record, but one whose sounds are unafraid to shine, mainly thanks to Big Thief producer Andrew Sarlo’s sterling job at the desk. 

Another excellent ten (in alphabetical order):

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin — Ghosted (Drag City)

Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden — I get along without you very well (Thrill Jockey)

Disassembler — A Wave From A Shore (Western Vinyl)

Goon — Hour of Green Evening (Demode)

Gwenno — Tresor (Heavenly)

Horse Lords — Comradely Objects (RVNG Intl.)

Cate Le Bon — Pompeii (Mexican Summer)

Market — The Consistent Brutal Bullshit Gong (Western Vinyl)

Shearwater — The Great Awakening (Polyborus)

Winged Wheel — No Island (12XU)

Tim Clarke

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Brooklyn, NY -- Rachika Nayar will be releasing her second full length Heaven Come Crashing on August 26 via NNA Tapes. This week, she shared the lead single featuring maria bc. The epic track spans over 5 minutes long and the beauty in this track really lies in the cinematic build of the track. The explosiveness of the layers upon layers of instrumental creates a cosmic impact, sweeping listeners into Rachika Nayar’s sonic world. “Heaven Come Crashing” is just as the title suggests and you’ll find yourself immersed amongst the stars.

Shows: July 8: Viseu, Portugal @ Jardin Efemeros Festival July 10: Prague, Czech Republic @ Creepy Teepee Festival July 16: Urjala, Finland @ Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs Festival July 29: Seattle, Washington @ Fremont Abbey July 31: Victoria, Canada @ Wonderment Festival Sept 12: London, England @ Cafe Oto Sept 13: Glasgow, Scotland @ Glad Cafe Oct 1: Brooklyn, New York @ Public Records Oct 6: Chicago, Illinois @ Sleeping Village Oct 8: Los Angeles, California @ 2220

Connect with Rachika Nayar:

Official Site | Facebook | Instagram

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10/11/21.

I learned about Macie Stewart's "Mouth Full of Glass" because Humphreys & Keen (Able Tasmans) bought it. Frankly, I learn about many great releases from the people I follow on Bandcamp.

Macie Stewart (Chicago, Illinois) is one-half of the band OHMME, who have released great work via Joyful Noise Recordings.

This album reminds me of something that might be released by NNA Tapes (Ryan Power). It also makes me think of one of my favorite unsung bands - Busman's Holiday.

This is released by Orindal Records (Chicago) who have also released works by Dear Nora among others.

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Release Day Picks: 5/22/20

We are late but we are here. Ten releases from last week that are worth your time. Regular posting will resume next week.

Andrea Cortez - The Secret Songs of Plants (Aural Canyon)

- One of two great releases out on Aural Canyon last week. Andrea Cortez is a music therapist who “designs improvisations and compositions with harp, pedal effects and plant generated music.” The Secret Songs of Plants is a soothing introduction to Cortez’s work.

https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-secret-song-of-plants

Harrington, Gustin & Zahn - Tura Lura (Cascine)

- Coming completely off the radar for me, Tura Lura is a warm instrumental album with elements of jazz and jam. A late night gem of a listen and one I will be coming back to a lot.

https://harringtongustinzahn.bandcamp.com/album/tura-lura

Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan - AVL (Self-Released)

- Another mesmerizing release from Mary Lattimore (harp & effects) & Mac McCaughan (synthesizers & sampling) of Superchunk. AVL is a recording from a live performance by the duo in Lattimore’s hometown of Asheville, NC.

https://marylattimoremacmccaughan.bandcamp.com/album/avl

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Care Tracts (Leaving)

- Care Tracts comes right on the heels of Matthewdavid’s recent Umor Rex release, Experimental Bliss. Two different ambient journeys from the artist, both worth embarking on.

https://matthewdavidmcq.bandcamp.com/album/care-tracts

More Eaze - Towards A Plane (Aural Canyon)

- The second great Aural Canyon release of the week is the second great More Eaze release of 2020. Towards A Plane follows Mari, released in April on Orange Milk. Mari was an experimental pop thrill ride but Towards A Plane is an ambient emo jazz comedown. Yet another captivating release from More Eaze.

https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/towards-a-plane

Sunmoonstar - Tirra Lirra (Self-Released)

- A compilation of sorts including released and unreleased material but a new album from Sunmoonstar is always something to cherish. Tirra Lirra is a lovely collection of dreamy ambient gems.

https://sunmoonstar.bandcamp.com/album/tirra-lirra

TALsounds - Acquiesce (NNA Tapes)

- TALsounds takes you on another cosmic ambient trip and Acquiesce might be her most complete and rewarding work yet.

https://talsounds.bandcamp.com/album/acquiesce

Vanessa Amara - Poses (Posh Isolation)

- Vanessa Amara’s Manos was one of my favorite albums of 2018 but Poses is something completely different. 12 songs in 18 minutes, Poses feels like a work in progress, a collection of pieces that feel in motion and alive still. Quite the misdirection release from the Danish trio.

https://vanessaamara-poshisolation.bandcamp.com/album/poses

Ryley Walker - Mirror of the Lowlands (Self-Released)

- Walker has been busy during the quarantine. He follows up his recent brilliant work with Brett Naucke with another fine instrumental EP that is a bit more true to his usual style.

https://ryleywalker.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-of-the-lowlands-ep

Woods - Strange To Explain (Woodsist)

It’s been four years since the last Woods full-length album and with spring here and summer on the horizon, Strange To Explain arrives just in time for beach & porch listening.

https://woodsfamilyband.bandcamp.com/album/strange-to-explain

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you jump around, now. scrubbing through several ten-second clips of first mate rojas giving a thumbs up, a middle finger, an okay sign... different iterations of him saying he’s fine or hungry or cold.

there’s one that you bookmark for later where it looks like he’s got a lot to say about his first space walk because, while you definitely want to watch it, you’re getting impatient to find out more about the incident that captain atlas was reticent to speak of in her interviews. that, and it’s nearly time for lunch. your stomach protests distractingly as you select a log just about a year in  —  one more, you think. then lunch.

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       ❝ -nna know how i’m feelin’, doc? ❞   the camera alights on his chest as he’s mid-argument with someone off screen. the setting, this time, is different ( brighter, more sterile ) and when red drops into the frame it is with all but a growl.   ❝ i’m fuck- ❞

              ❝ language! ❞

the bridge of his nose looks like it’s about to be pinched off his face.   ❝ i am... annoyed, ❞   he grinds out, glaring daggers off camera, then, presumably at virgil.   ❝ because i almost lost my f- bloody ankle to a roomba with a dozen f-goddamn knives taped to it. ❞   there’s a tense moment where it seems both men are engaged in a staring contest but the silence is broken by a chuckle from the doctor that fades as he moves further away and max turns his attention back to his recording.   ❝ a knife-roomba! ❞   tone laden with exasperation, now. he sighs.

       ❝ you an’ ghosts are lucky i didn’t shoot it into space, kane, ❞   he calls, only to be overruled by a discordant chorus of voices piping up from several directions. red just rolls his eyes before meeting the camera’s lens like he’s on one of those goofy "faux-reality” tv shows from a century ago. apparently he’s the minority in thinking this was a poor idea.   ❝ unbe-fucking-lievable... ❞

              ❝ goddammit, red, what did i just say? ❞   the video ends just after a grin stretches its way across max’s face at doctor cadriela’s reprimand — laughter building but not yet spilt before the screen goes blank.

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Transatlantic Teutonic Two Step Take 93 - Fall Harvest [Sept 6th 2020]

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Tracks:

A. Kiesel - Lockerungs - side 1 excerpt - Und Entspannungsübungen (1980) [LITERA - 5 95 057]

Damaged Bug - Microminiature Love - Bug On Yonkers (2020) [Castle Face - CF123] *

* John Dwyer and friends doing a record full of covers from outsider wunderkind Michael Yonkers

Conrad Schnitzler - Fabrik - Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal (1980/2020 repress) [Bureau B - BB 357]

Chris And Cosey - Watching You - Trust (1989) [Nettwerk - W1-30026]

Naked Roommate - Mad Love - Do The Duvet (2020) [Upset! The Rhythm - UTR 132]

Grace Jones - Private Life (Long Version) - Private Life / She's Lost Control (1980) [Island Records - 12 WIP 6629]

Parallel Dance Ensemble - Gigolette - Pizza Turtle Cadillac EP (2009) [ISM Records - ISM 001]

Jega - Dreams - Variance (2009) [Planet Mu - ZIQ024LP]

Mary Ocher - Authority's Hold (feat Your Government) - The West Against The People (2017) [Klangbad - Klangbad73LP]

Chilliwack - Claps/Chants - Chilliwack (1971) [A&M Records - SP-3509]

Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester (New Astronautic Sound) - Piccicato In Heaven - Raumpatrouille (Die Phantastischen Abenteuer Des Raumschiffes ORION) (1966 / 1979 repress) [Fontana - 6434 261]

Humphrey Bogart & Virginia Bruce - Excerpt Act 2 - Moontide (196?-7?) [Sandpiper Records - LP 7]

Khruangbin - First Class - Mordechai (2020) [Dead Oceans / Night Time Stories - DOC193]

Los Trovadores Del Pacífico - La Tunda - V/A Guasá, Cununo y Marimba (Afro-Colombian Music From The Pacific Coast) (2020) [Vampi Soul - VAMPI 199]

Ronnie Von - Gira Girou - V/A Lumieres Du Bresil (1973) [Polydor - 2480 266]

Jim Sullivan - U.F.O. - U.F.O. (1969 / 2020 repress) [Light In The Attic - LITA 054]

La Luz - Sleep Till They Die - Weirdo Shrine (2015) [Hardly Art - HAR-089]

The Fresh & Onlys - Glass Bottom Boat - Soothsayer (2013) [Mexican Summer - MEX170-1]

Bonzo Dog Band - Eleven Mustachioed Daughters - The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse (1974) [Sunset Records - SLS 50210]

Guerilla Toss - What Would The Odd Do? - What Would The Odd Do? (2019) [NNA Tapes - NNA121]

A. Kiesel - Lockerungs - side 1 excerpt - Und Entspannungsübungen (1980) [LITERA - 5 95 057]

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✰ BEST OF THE BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2019 ✰        

It’s that time again: let’s feast from 2019′s Grapevine That Is Never Pruned with 21 (+ approximately 277 more) of the BEST OF THE BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2019!    ✰ 7th ANNIVERSARY ✰ 

<All long playing vinyl records unless otherwise noted...& many cassettes>

✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ TOP 21 ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰

✰ TAIWAN HOUSING PROJECT  Sub-Language Trustees  (ever/never) ✰

✰ SAMANTHA RIOTT  Bloodletting download (self-released)

✰ PAULA GARCIA STONE  Undercurrent  cd (Linear Obsessional, UK) 

✰ POSSIBLE HUMANS  Everybody Split (Trouble In Mind)

✰ WILLIAM HENRY MEUNG cassette FMerror (chemical imbalance., Australia)

✰ LEILA BORDREUIL  Headflush  (Catch Wave Ltd)

✰ LEIGHTON CRAIG Diamond Eye (Bruit Direct Disques, France) 

✰ KNITTED ABYSS   Bad Lassies (Paradise Daily, Australia)

✰ WEAK SIGNAL  LP1  (Mag Mag)

✰ TOM OF ENGLAND  Sex Monk Blues (L.I.E.S.)

✰ DRY CLEANING  Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks & Sweet Princess LP (It’s OK, UK)

✰ 75 DOLLAR BILL  I Was Real  double LP (Thin Wrist Recordings) 

✰ DARK BLUE Victory Is Rated (12XU)

✰ KALI MALONE  The Sacrificial Code 3 cd (iDEAL Recordings, Sweden)

✰ SHABAZZ MYSTIK Chant D’Lâme (Off, Belgium)

✰ LONG HOTS Give And Take 7” (Third Man)

✰ AMIRTHA KIDAMBI & LEA BERTUCCI  Phase Eclipse cassette (Astral Spirits)

✰ CHRIS BROKAW  End Of The Night (VDSQ)

✰ SPIRAL WAVE NOMADS Spiral Wave Nomads (Twin Lakes/Feeding Tube)

✰ HAMA Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds)

✰ YL HOOI  Untitled  cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia)

JEANINES Jeanines (Slumberland)

ARTEFACTOS DE DOLOR  La Niña double LP (Pain Artifacts)

U-BAHN  U-Bahn  (Future Folklore, France)

MDOU MOCTAR Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN The Upcoming Flame (bruit direct disques, France) 

TYSHAWN SOREY & MARILYN CRISPELL  The Adornment Of Time cd (Pi Recordings)

ALE HOP Apophenia (Buh Records, Peru)

TIM PANARETOS  Submergence cd-r (chemical imbalance., Australia) & Opposites End download (self-released, Australia)

KATE CARR City Of Bridges download (Longform Editions, Australia)

WRITHING SQUARES  Out Of The Ether (Trouble In Mind)

MY NORTH EYE  (My) North Eye (2011) cd-r  (Reverb Worship, France)

PINOCCHIO  Pinocchio ep (Toxic State)

BRIDGET HAYDEN Soil And Song cassette (Synchronise Witches, UK) [comes with Karen Dalton fanzine!]

The COWBOYS The Bottom Of A Rotten Flower  (Feel It Records)

OLUMPUS  Caucus & Surplus downloads (both stabbies, etc., New Zealand)

CHUCK CLEAVER  Send Aid (Shake It!)

JOSÉ DIAS  After Silence, Vol. 1. cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

KNIFE WIFE  Family Party cassette (Sister Polygon)

TRAMPOLINE TEAM  Trampoline Team (HoZac)

KATE CARR  Heatwave cassette (self-released, UK)

SEBASTIEN STH BISET  Islæd cd (Mnóad, Belgium)

PHAROAH CHROMIUM  Eros + Massacre  (Scum Yr Earth, France)

JOSEPH ALLRED Aspirant cassette (Garden Portal Tapes) & O, Meadowlark (Feeding Tube)

ANDREA BORGHI Tistre cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

MOPE GROOVES Desire (See My Friends Records)

JOSHUA ABRAMS & NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY  Mandatory Reality (Eremite)

SOFIE BIRCH  Island Alchemy cassette (Constellation Tatsu) 

VOYAGE DATA  Voyage Data cassette  (Econore, Germany)

JONNY COUCH  Mystery Man  (Damages Sofa)

FISCHERLE  Gmatwacz cassette (Czaszka, UK)

ROCKET 808  Rocket 808 (12XU)

LINDA TRIP  Sad Bangers cassette (Superdreamer) 

MATTHEW J. ROLIN  Matthew J. Rolin (Feeding Tube Records)

STEKKERDOOS  Kalendar cassette (No Rent)

IAN HAWGOOD  光 (Home Normal, Japan)

ÀLEX REVIRIEGO • DISCORDIAN STRING ENSEMBLE  Incerto For Doublebass And Strings download (Discordian, Spain)

JULIA KENT Temporal cd (The Leaf Label, UK)

NAPS  Better To Give cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

TERROR OF THE DEEP  The A-Team cassette (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand)

CLAIRE ROUSAY Friends cassette (Never Anything)

ANNA SUBIRIANA • POL PADRÓS • JOAN ANTONI PICH Brull’s Bet download (Discordian, Spain)

HAKOBUNE  A Fan, Strings, and Two Guitars cassette (Patient Sounds)

LORI GOLDSTON Things Opening (Second Editions, Germany)

The RESONARS  No Exit (Trouble In Mind)

MARCIA BASSETT • MANUEL MOTA • MARGARIDA GARCIA  Here They Rest Immobile (Yew)

URANIUM CLUB The Cosmo Cleaners: The Higher Calling Of Business Provocateurs (Fashionable Idiots/Static Shock, UK)

THE COOL GREENHOUSE  “Crap Cardboard Pet” 7” (Hidden Bay Records, France)

ROB NOYES “You Are Tired”/“Nightmare Study”  7” (Market Square Recordings, UK)

TOM LÖNNQVIST  Häviävän Pieni Osa (Guggenhavn Archive, Sweden)

GOTOBEDS  Debt Begins At 30 (Sub Pop)

GREG KELLEY/ROB NOYES  Greg Kelley/Rob Noyes split cassette (self-released)

DEAD SEA APES  The Free Territory  double LP (Feeding Tube Records) 

DRAGGS  Draggs cassette (Slime Street, Australia) 

SPRAY PAINT Into The Country (12XU)

SPF Paul’s McCartney 

2 CHEVRONS No Rules In Outta Space cassette (Albert’s Basement, Australia)

DARK TEA Dark Tea (Fire Talk)

TERRINE  Live At Home cassette (Econore, Germany)

The SNAKES  The Snakes (Anti Fade, Australia)

LIVE SKULL  Saturday Night Massacre  (Bronson Recordings, Italy)

ELKHORN  Sun Cycle/Elk Jam 2 LP (Feeding Tube)

MESSRS  Messrs 12” (Heel Turn Records)

VIRGINIA PLAIN  Strange Game (All Hands Electric)

JEN KUTLER  Dismbodied (EyeVee)

MOR AIR  Life Behind Glass cassette (Genot Centre, Czech Republic)

CIA DEBUTANTE  The Landlord (Siltbreeze)

JOSÉ DIAS  After Silence, Volume 1 cd (Celan Feed, Portugal)

LAURA LUNA CASTILLO  Folksonomies cassette (Cudighi Records)

THE GIRL IN TIMES NEW VIKING  The Girl In Times New Viking (The Fah-Q Catalog)

43 ODES  43 Odes cassette (Eiderdown)

OOF Vanity Plate cassette & EGO cassette  (both Fuzzy Warbles cassettes)

ORGUE AGNÈS A Une Gorge (three:four, Switzerland; Standard In-Fi - 2018)

MICHAEL MORLEY Heavens Idleness Awaits 2 LP (Thin Wrist Recordings)

CHRISTINA KUBISCH  Schall Und Klang cd (Fragment Factory, Germany)

HUNTED CREATURES Sleep Weed cassette (White Reeves Productions)

UNITED WATERS  Coma To Coma (Drawing Room Records)

JULIUS MENARD  Hr  cassette (Econore, Germany)

GEE TEE Chromo-Zone download (self/released, Australia)

AARON RUSSELL  Coral Music cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

9TH HOUSE  Planetary EP 12” (Hot Haus, UK) 

SCAN  Scan 7” ep (Drugfront)

The HECKS  My Star  (Trouble In Mind)

ALINA PETROVA & KIRA WEINSTEIN  Sad Ko cassette (Never Anything)

HIEROPHANTS  Spitting Out Moonlight (Anti Fade, Australia) 

NOTS  3  (Goner)

P WITS The Desire and Pursuit of The Whole cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

GOLDEN PELICANS Grinding For Gruel (12XU)

TOPDOWN DIALECTIC  Vol. 2 (Peak Oil)

M. SAGE  Catch A Blessing (Geographic North)

ECHO OHS  Wild Weeds 12” (1:12 Records, New Zealand)

CIVIC  Selling, Sucking, Blackmail Bribes 7"  (Total Punk)

WENDY EISENBERG & SHANE PARRISH  Nervous Systems (Verses) 

KNEELING IN PISS  Tour De Force cassette (The Fah-Q Catalog)

s.soo Tyman download (New York Haunted, Netherlands)    

WSCHÓD  Wschód cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

PREENING Gang Laughter (Digital Regress) 

CLARICE JENSEN  Drone Studies  cassette (Geographic North)

MARBLED EYE  Beat Sessions, Vol. 8 cassette (Shout Recordings)

STEVE MOORE  Steve Moore 12” (L.I.E.S)

The SELVA  Canícula Rosa cd (Clean Feed, Australia)

PROGRAM Show Me 12” (Anti Fade, Australia)

SLUMB PARTY Spending Money (Drunken Sailor, UK)

EUN-JUNG KIM & CHARLIE COLLINS  Shining Days cd (Linear Obsessional, UK)

NEON  Neon 12” (Square One Again)

CUCINA POVERA Zoom (Night School, Scotland)

PAULA SHOCRON & PABLO DÍAZ with GUILLERMO GREGORIO Díalogos cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

MY NORTH EYE / LE GOÛT ACIDE DES CONSERVATOURS  MNE • L / G / A / D / C split cassette ([Equilibre Fragile], France)

The WOOLEN MEN Human To Human (Dog’s Table)

PIERCE WARNECKE & LOUIS LAURAIN  

Phonotypic Plasticity cassette (Astral Spirits)

BIG QUIET Interesting Times (Unblinking Ear)

SEAN ALI • LEILA BORDREUIL • JOANNA MATTREY I Used to Sing So Lyrical cassette (Astral Spirits)

POWDER  Powder In Space cd (Beats In Space)

MUKQS Jaki Crush cassette (No Rent)

DENNIS GONZALEZ & DEREK ROGERS Certain Aspects cd (Marginal Frequency) 

PONT-À-MOUSSON Bye Bye Mirello! cassette (ABrecords, France)

AKI  ONDA  A Method To Its Messiness (Thalamos, Greece)

ALEXANDER  Untitled cassette (Garden Portal)

BRANDY  “Clown Pain”/“Rent Quest” 7” (Total Punk)

MAJOR STARS  Roots Of Confusion, Seeds Of Joy  (Drag City)

LORI GOLDSTON & JUDITH HAMANN Alloys cd (Marginal Frequency) 

PAINT THINNER The Sea Of Pulp (ŌBLĒK)

JEANS BEAST  Unearthly Gardens Of The New Gods cd-r (Econore, Germany) & Attrition cassette (self-releases, Germany)

SKULL PRACTITIONERS  Skull Practitioners 12” (In The Red)

UROCHROMES  Trope House (Wharf Cat)

LIVINGDOG & MIKE JOHNSON CRO$$ cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

HEADROOM  New Heaven 12” (ever/never)

JEFF HENDERSON  The Charming Clarinet download (III Records, NewZealand)

GRAHAM DUNNING & EDWARD LUCAS End Of A Cable cassette (tsss tapes, Italy)

VILDE CHAYE Demos cassette (Brainplan)

Heavy Space Records - Anthology Volumes I & II cassettes (Ikuisuus, Finland)

KYLE EYRE CLYD Eggshell cd (Yew)

NEUTRALS  Kebab Disco (Emotional Response)

FREDDIE DOUGGIE Freddie Douggie: Live on Juneteenth cassette (International Anthem)

AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ • WILLIAM PARKER • SUSIE IBARRA  One Night At The Joan Miró Foundation cd (Fundacja Słuchaj, Poland)

HUGO MASSIEN  Dance Trax Vol. 21 (Unknown To The Unknown) 

RRILL BELL Vagabond Laws cassette (Gertrude Tapes)

GAMARDAH FUNGUS  Natural Storm cd (Hidden Vibes, Ukraine)

WAYNE ROGERS  The Air Below (Twisted Village)

UNKNOWN SENDER Unknown Sender  (Colonel Records) 

BLUES LAWYER  Something Different (Mt.St.Mtn) 

DURA  Reverberation Hymns cassette (Garden Portal)

JODIE LOWTHER  The Cat Collects download (self-released)

WOLKOROTS Dan Manialogism cassette (Magma Tones, Finland)  

CEREAL KILLER  The Beginning And End Of Cereal Killer (Anti Fade, Australia)

COLIN WEBSTER/MARK HOLUB Nadir (Raw Tonk, UK)

The CAVEMEN  Lowlife 7” EP (Slovenly) 

FRANCISCA GRIFFIN  The Spaces Between cd (CocoMuse, New Zealand)

ANDY HUMAN & THE REPTOIDS  “Psychic Sidekick” 7” (Total Punk)

SEI A Mode Static 12” (Aus Music, U.K.)

JOHN SAINT PELVYN  Improvisation 7.7.18 download (Southern Jukebox Music) 

REBEL SCUM The Descent cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia - 2018) 

S. ARAW TRIO XIII Activated Clown cassette (NNA Tapes)

FERRAN FAGES & VASCO TRILLA  Gestell cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HUA LUN  Wanderlænd + 2 cassette (Katuktu Collective)

VIRVON VARVON  Mind Cancer cassette (Girlsville)

PHILIPP OTTERBACH  The Rest Is Bliss (Knekelhuis, Netherlands)

EDITRIX Talk To Me download (self-released)

PAVLOV’S PUSS  Comfort Food  (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand) 

NATHALIE STERN  Nerves And Skin cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

AKI TAKASE  Hokusai  cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

MOORDDROOM  Deep VR Edits bandcamp DL (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

EXEK Some Beautiful Species Left (Digital Regress)

CLAIRE BIRCHALL  “Dead Air” bandcamp DL (it, Australia)

JUDY & The JERKS  Bone Spur cassette (Earth Girl) & Music For Donuts ep  (Thrilling Living) 

POWER STEERING  Power Steering cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)  

RASMUS TIETCHENS  HOBOTPAHC cd-r (New York Haunted, Netherlands) 

UTINUTIN  Black Cat, Anyeurism, And Simian Politics download (no label)

GUY BIRKIN  Yemen Data Project cassette (New York Haunted, Netherlands)

LINUS VANDEWOLKEN  Het Vlier Een Hommel Op Aarde 10”x 2 (Okraïna, Belgium)

JOHN CHANTLER  Tomorrow Is Too Late  (Room40, Australia)

JENNIFER VANILLA  J.E.N.N.I.F.E.R. EP 12” (Beats In Space)

WOW  Come La Notte  (Maple Death, Italy)

KATE MOHANTY  Disappear Here  cassette (Friendship Tapes) 

ASTRO SOCIAL CLUB & GRUMBLING FUR  Plasma Splice Trifle (vhf)

SANR  Kesif cd (Flaming Pines, UK)

ANDREW TASSELMYER & PATRICK SPATZ  Interior Currents cassette (Constellation Tatsu)

AHMEDOU AHMED LOWLA Terrouzi cassette (Sahel Sounds)

SKRU  Count Zero cassette (Bedouin, UAE)

PUGILIST Blue 06 12” (Whities, UK)

ULAAN  KHOL  Collapsing Hymns cassette (Worstward) 

L.$.D. FUNDRAISER  No Peace Without Tranquility (no label, New Zealand)  

COCHONNE  Cochonne (self released)

LE POUFS À CORDES Le Poufs À Cordes cd (Pagans, France)

FRET!  A Vanity Spawned By Fear cassette (Cruel Nature, UK) 

UNWAR  Other People cd-r (Magma Tones, Finland)

WOJCIECH RUSIN  The Funnel (Akashic, Scotland)

SLEEPER AND SNAKE Junction And High (Aarght, Australia)

The OILIES Psychic Dog (Fruits & Flowers)

ELI KESZLER Empire 12” (Shelter Press, France)

HAIDER 10961 12” (Aus Music, UK)

FOSTER CARE El Abuso (Total Punk)

TORN HAWK Time Is A Scam 2x 12” (L.I.E.S.)

The LICE Nancy Spungen download (self-released)

DJ XNX  ATX  (Get Busy!, Russia)

SHITTY LIFE Vinyls Discography (Lo-Fo Lo-Life, Germany)

GONG GONG GONG  幽靈節奏 = Phantom Rhythm (Wharf Cat)

SARAH LOUISE  Nighttime Birds And. Opening Stars (Thrill Jockey)

MYRIAM BLEAU Lumens & Profits (Where To Now?, UK)

TV DUST  Forget (MyOwnPrivateRecords / Occult Gang, Italy)

PRIMORJE Reference Path  cassette (Thalamos, Greece)

JUNE CHIKUMA Ler Archives LP + 7” (Freedom To Spend)

dMyanche  Ergonomie cassette (Indian Redhead, France)

EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH Live (Sophomore Lounge)

VIV CORRINGHAM  Until I Learn The Language Of Mineral Vegetable  cassette (Linear Obsessional, UK)

JACOB WICK feel (Thin Wrist)

AMATEUR HOUR Framtiden Tillhör Inte Oss (Happiest Place, Sweden)

The FICTIVE FIVE  Anything Is Possible cd (Clean Feed, Portugal) 

DANKETSU 9  Towards A Walk In The Sun cd (Patient Sounds (intl))

IVAN THE TOLERABLE  Rations 2LP (Stolen Body, UK)

DANA  Glowing Auras And Black Money (Heel Turn)

NATE YOUNG  Volume 3: Dance Of The Weeping Babe 12” (Lower Floor)

SHOLTO DOBIE & MARK HARWOOD  The Blue Horse  cd (Penultimate Press, UK)

HEAVY METAL 4  (Statik Age Music, Germany)

WET TUNA  Water Weird (Three Lobed Recordings)

CARRAGEENAN Invisible Design cassette (Czaszka, UK)

PRIVATE ANARCHY  Central Planning  (Round Bale Recordings)  

HIDEO NAKASAKO  Texture Of Days cassette (Muzan Editions, Japan)

PRANA CRAFTER  Bodhi Cheetah’s Choice (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

PATRICK SHIROISHI & NOEL MEEK  Break Your Eyes cassette (Sploosh)

ANDY HUMAN & The REPTOIDS  Psychic Sidekick (Total Punk)

SLAG QUEENS  You Can’t Go Out Like That (Rough Skies Records, Australia)

ALIAS G Natural Love 12” (Unknown To The Unknown, UK)

NIVHEK  After Its Own Death / Walking In A Spiral Towards The House cd (W.25th)

GARCIA PEOPLES Natural Facts (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

MARCO SERRATO/FRANCESCO COVARINO Bestemmia cd (Raw Tonk, UK)

HOUSEWIVES Twilight Splendour  (Blank Editions, UK)

CLOUDWATCHERS  Cloudwatchers cd (Unexplained Sounds Group, Italy)

CATHERINE LAMB Shade/Gradient  (Black Pollen Press -2018) 

UNITED BIBLE STUDIES  Porti Sepolti cassette (Sloow Tapes, Belgium)

ÚJ BÁLA Diacritical Marks And Angels cassette (Baba Vanga, Czech Republic)

STRENGTH N.I.A.  Do Televisions, Frankie Moore ritual cassette (Stength N.I.A., UK)

DAVID LIPTAK David Lipton: Dove Songs [Tony Arnold, soprano/Allison D’Amato, piano] cd

ANNĒE ZĒRO  La Coolitude (Indian Redhead, France)

MELENAS “Ya Me No Importa Si Tú Quieres”/“Si Tú Me Quieres” 7” (El Nebula Recordings, Spain)

WHIRLING HALL OF KNIVES  Knukke cassette (Cruel Nature, UK)

PROTRUDERS  Poison Future (Feel It)

MOTHER JUNO  Commit cassette (popnihil)

LEFT HAND CUTS OFF THE RIGHT Purge cassette (Fractal Meat Cuts, UK)

CLAIRE ROUSAY  t4t  cassette (No Rent)

IQ+1  Conversaphone Plus (mappa, Slovenia)

BENOÎT PIOULARD & SEAN CURTIS PATRICK Avocationals (Bacon Sound) 

DELPHINE DORA  Dunkles Zu Sagen (self-released)

SOOT  Pockmarked With...Soot!  cassette (Eternal Soundcheck, Australia) 

DAN MELCHIOR BAND Negative Freedom (In The Red)

TÔLE FROIDE  Tôle Froide (Le Turc Mecanique, France - 2018)

AHMED AG KAEDY  Alkaline Kidal  (Sahel Sounds)

DUNNING & UNDERWOOD The Blow Vol. 5 cassette (Front & Follow, UK)

TAKAHIRO MUKAI Super Annoying cassette (Fort Evil Fruit, Ireland)

ANTONIO  High Voltage! cassette (Altered States Tapes, Australia) 

CUBE Decoy (W.25th)

The PLAINS  The Plains cassette (chemical imbalance., Australia)

KA BAIRD  Respires (Rvng Intl.) 

GINO & The GOONS  Do The Get Around (Drunken Sailor, UK)

VIVIEN LE FAY  Ecolalia  (Boring Machines, Italy)

DUKE  Uingizaji Hewa  (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda)

ARIAN SHAFIEE  Arabic Voice cassette (unifactor)

MOUNT TROUT  Shelter Belt  cassette (Rough Skies, Australia)

OCEAN FLOOR  Vernalis cassette (Eiderdown)

CURRENT AFFAIRS “Buckle Up”/“World In Crisis” 7” (dotx3, Germany)

AARON SNOW  Instrumentals  ‘15-‘19  cassette (Surf Shop)

MELKINGS  Movement Music cassette (Regional Bears, UK)

DECIMUS  DECIMUS 6 (self-released)

SYLVIE COURVOISIER and MARK FELDMAN  Time Gone Out cd (Intakt, Switzerland) 

DANIEL HOLT Daniel Holt 12” (L.I.E.S.)

BEAT DETECTIVES  NYPD Records Volume 3: Nefertiti Abstract Movie cassette (NYPD Records)

STEFAN CHRISTENSEN & FRIENDS Unknown Fortune (C/Site)

DIRE WOLVES  Grow Towards The Light (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

FAMOUS LOGS IN HISTORY  Memories Of the Space Age cassette (Fuzzy Warbles Cassettes)

HAND & LEG Lust In Peace (Black Gladiator)

DEE DEE & The FUZZ COFFINS Three Golden Hits cassette (Earth Girl Tapes)

RAZORLEGS  Skip Skool cassette (Fadensonnen)

BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2018

BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2017

BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2016

BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2015

BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIWS IN 2014

BEST REASON TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2013

Neil Morris, speaking to Alan Lomax in 1959:

“Well, when I was just a small boy, Old Uncle Milt Oldfield…Billy Oldfield, the Congressman from Arkansas for so long, it is his father. He and my father are awfully close friends. And they were discussing music. They were music teachers both of them.

“And uh, and they said, dad did and Uncle Milt sanctioned what he said, that MUSIC HAD NO END. That you could learn all the other guy [or girl] learned, and after you got that done they would then, something else would crop up. That uh, that you, that was the reason why that uh, music advanced. That’s why that you would get a better music in one generation maybe that is, uh, IT WOULD FIT THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.”

[Lomax: “What about music on the grapevine?”]

“Welllll, they said that MUSIC GREW LIKE THE GRAPEVINE THAT IS NEVER PRUNED. That each year it’d…it’d put on a little bit more. That was what they said, now, about it. Any further questions?”’

[wzbcpromo]

WZBC Rock Top 30: 18 February 2020

1. Mr. Elevator, Goodbye Blue Sky // 2020 Castle Face

2. Young Marble Giants, ColossaI Youth // 1979 Domino Records

3. Chevy Heston, Come to Sterilized // 2014 hands on lab

4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Ghosteen // 2019 Ghosteen Ltd

5. All Dogs, Kicking Every Day // 2015 Salinas Records

6. Long Beard, Means to Me // 2019 Double Double Whammy

7. Public Library Commute, Mint - Single // 2019 Public Library Commute

8. Hana Vu, Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway // 2019 Luminelle Records

9. The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers // 1976 Home of the Hits

10. Ratboys, Printer’s Devil // 2020 Topshelf Records

11. Prince of Eden, The Tree That Bears Fruit in the Freedom That Bears You // 2018 Prince of Eden

12. The Greeting Committee, This Is It // 2018 Harvest Records

13. The Voidz, Virtue // 2018 RCA Records

14. Typhoon, White Lighter // 2013 Roll Call Records

15. The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs // 1999 Merge Records

16. Wire, Pink Flag // 1977 Harvest

17. Eleanor Friedberger, Rebound // 2018 Frenchkiss Records

18. Jake McKelvie & the Countertops, Solid Chunks of Energy // 2014 Record Union

19. Tony Molina, Songs From San Mateo County // 2019 Smoking Room

20. Guerilla Toss, What Would the Odd Do? - EP // 2019 NNA Tapes

21. Shopping, All or Nothing // 2020 FatCat Records

22. Jay Som, Anak Ko // 2019 Polyvinyl Records

23. Lady Pills, Pink Void // 2019 Lady Pills

24. Orville Peck, Pony // 2019 Sub Pop Records

25. black midi, Schlagenheim // 2019 Rough Trade

26. Strawberry Alarm Clock, Wake Up...It’s Tomorrow // 1968 Geffen

27. We Hate You Please Die, Kids Are Lo-fi // 2018 Bandcamp

28. Girlpool, Chinatown - Single // 2015 Wichita Recordings

29. Loose Fur, Born Again In The USA // 2006 Drag City

30. Zia, Helel Yos // 2011 Taraneh Enterprises Inc.

Compiled by wzbc’s rock music director, Michael Walsh

[something-higher]

Top Eps & Lps of 2018

Loidis - A Parade, In The Place I Sit, The Floating World (& All Its Pleasures) (anno)

A Parade, In The Place I Sit, The Floating World (& All Its Pleasures) by Loidis

Rezzett ‎– Rezzett LP (The Trilogy Tapes)

Rezzett LP by REZZETT

Delroy Edwards & Dean Blunt ‎– Desert Sessions (L.A. Club Resource)

O$VMV$M ‎– O$VMV$M (Idle Hands)

154 ‎– Wherever You Go, I Will Follow (Boomkat Editions)

Oneohtrix Point Never ‎– Love In The Time Of Lexapro (Warp Records)

Oneohtrix Point Never ‎– Age Of (Warp Records)

Tirzah ‎– Devotion (Domino)

Devotion by Tirzah featuring Coby Sey & Coby Sey

Duval Timothy ‎– 2 Sim (Carrying Colour)

2 Sim by Duval Timothy

Yu Su ‎– Preparations For Departure (Arcane)

Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma ‎– Limpid As The Solitudes (Shelter Press)

Limpid As The Solitudes by Felicia Atkinson / Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Meyers ‎– Struggle Artist (Shelter Press)

Struggle Artist by Meyers

The Caretaker ‎– Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stage 4 (History Always Favours The Winners)

Everywhere at the end of time by The Caretaker

Blue Chemise ‎– Daughters Of Time (Students Of Decay)

Alex Zhang Hungtai ‎– Divine Weight (NON)

Divine Weight by Alex Zhang Hungtai

Precipitation ‎– Earth / Sky (100% Silk)

Earth / Sky by Precipitation

Primitive Motion ‎– House In The Wave (Bedroom Suck Records)

House in the Wave by Primitive Motion

Orgue Agnès - A Une Gorge (Three:four Records)

A Une Gorge by Orgue Agnès

Pendant - Make Me Know You Sweet (West Mineral Ltp)

Make Me Know You Sweet (OUEST099) by Pendant

Julia Holter - Aviary (Domino)

Aviary by Julia Holter

Sarah Davachi - Gave In Rest (Ba Da Bing Records)

Gave In Rest by Sarah Davachi

Sarah Davachi - Let Night Come On Bells End The Day (Ba Da Bing Records)

Let Night Come On Bells End The Day by Sarah Davachi

Haron - Wandelaar (Queeste)

Wandelaar by Haron

Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood (Latency)

Raw Silk Uncut Wood by Laurel Halo

Gabor Lazar - Unfold (The Death Of Rave)

Brigid Mae Power - The Two Worlds (Tompkins Square)

The Two Worlds by Brigid Mae Power

Kali Malone - Cast of Mind (Hallow Ground)

Cast of Mind by Kali Malone

Kali Malone - Organ Dirges 2016-2017 (Ascetic House)

Organ Dirges 2016-2017 by Kali Malone

Low - Double Negative (Sub Pop)

Double Negative by Low

Tourist Kid - Crude Tracer (Melody As Truth)

Crude Tracer by Tourist Kid

Terre Thaemlitz ‎– Deproduction EP1 & EP2 (Comatonse Recordings)

Vanessa Amara - Manos (Posh Isolation)

Manos by Vanessa Amara

Eliza McCarthy & Mica Levi ‎– Slow Dark Green Murky Waterfall (Slip)

Kyle Bobby Dunn, Wayne Robert Thomas ‎– KBD / WRT (Whited Sepulch Rerecords)

KBD / WRT by Kyle Bobby Dunn

Lea Bertucci - Metal Aether (NNA Tapes)

'Metal Aether' by Lea Bertucci

Tess Roby - Beacon (Italians Do It Better)

[trevlad-sounds]

Wednesday 26 July Mixtape 343 “Oars in the Clouds”

2023-07-26 Ambient downtempo drone Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom.

Richard Norris-Four-00:00

Eve Maret-Genesis-03:39

Jens Pauly-From here-08:56

loscil-Century-14:05

Poemme-a path between the clouds-20:01

Veins Full of Static-Some Kind of Communion-24:56

The Eightsome Reel-Church of Ernest-29:48

Luke Sanger-Cloud Computing-36:08

Issei Herr-Aria (I Stand by the Reflecting Pool and Remember)-40:00

Christian Fiesel-Enter The Sphere-44:56

Pepo Galan, Karen Vogt-It's All Around You-49:28

The Lifted Index-Oars-53:57

Jack Prest-Object I-56:52

Julia Gjertsen & Nico Rosenberg-Gaura-59:55

[artisd3ad]

A.I.D Takes Over! #4

klank.ist

Klank.ist is founded by music composer Eda Er, visual artist Mertcan Seker. After Mertcan's separation the collective grew rapidly with the participations of dancer and choreographer Ekin Tunceli who coordinated the klank.ist impro events, and music composer Asli Kobaner. Currently, klank.ist continues to carry out their projects with Er and Kobaner's artistic direction and coordination. Collaborations are realized through distinguished artists/academics such as Intercultural Music curator Eren Arin and regular collaborator Jeremy Woodruff.Klank.ist is a group which tries to expand its limits in transdisciplinary genres. We perform experiments between audio-visual disciplines and design transmedial compositions both musically and visually. We collaborate with a vast number of disciplines such as dance, theater, music, architecture, production design. ​​ https://en.klank.ist/

Hazal Elif Yalvaç

Born and raised in Turkey, Elif (née Hazal Elif Yalvaç) grew up surrounded by a wide range of music. At an early age, she was fascinated as much by sound as by music, and she picked up the guitar.Following her BA degree in Translation and Interpreting from Istanbul University, Elif earned her masters in Sonic Arts from Istanbul Technical University (MIAM). She has presented compositions and performed in Turkey and across Europe, most notably at Secret Garden Party (UK) in 2016, as well as throughout Nordic countries, particularly in Iceland. Her debut EP CloudScapes was self-released in July 2016, and her debut LP, L’appel du Vide, was released by UK label Curated Doom in November 2018. Her latest album Mountains Become Stepping Stones was released by the USA-based label NNA Tapes on December 4, 2020. The album received international acclaim, including reviews on the Guardian, The Wire, and Electronic Sound Magazine UK.Elif’s compositions embrace opposites: microsound glitches and slow builds; celestial beauty and abrasive energy. Her songs are created using a vast array of instruments, including guitar, synthesizers, and Game Boy, as well as her own software sound design tools and field recordings. Inspired by computer game audio, Elif extensively studied chip music as part of her master’s thesis, entitled “Creating Music ‘Inside The Box’: Do Chiptune’s Limitations Have Aesthetic and Creative Value?”.Endorsed by Arts Council England, Elif Yalvaç is currently based in the UK with a Global Talent Visa.

https://elifyalvac.com/

Kristina Golubkova https://soundcloud.com/golubkova

Özge Ürer & Zeynep Oktar https://www.ozgeurer.com/ https://soundcloud.com/zeynepoktar

[dustedmagazine]

Marja Ahti — Vegetal Negatives (Hallow Ground)

Photo by T. Tereko nuotr

MARJA AHTI – Vegetal Negatives by Marja Ahti

Vegetal Negatives takes inspiration from René Daumal’s “On pataphotograms,” an essay which plays with the idea of understanding natural forms as separate. A pataphysicist, Daumal states: “for each animal form there exists a corresponding vegetal form. The man who would find his vegetal negative and unite with it would restore the integrity of the cosmos.” Throughout Vegetal Negatives, Finnish composer Marja Ahti inverts tones of fields recordings and synthesizers to complement one another, creating a series of glistening symbiotic associations.

Ahti has been a prominent musician in the Finnish scene for close to ten years. As Tsembla, Ahti combines field recordings and synthesis; on her last release, The Hole in the Landscape on NNA Tapes, Japanese field recordings from cross weave with sparse, rhythmic electronics that seem discretely guided by lurching pulses. As a part of the electronic psych trio Kemialliset Ystävät, led by Jan Anderzén, Ahti contributes to a churning stew of tones and rhythms, certainly free form but tethered by a sense of meter.

With her first album under her own name, Ahti doesn’t concern the various trajectories of her compositions with meeting a meter in attempt to make them more sensible or palatable, rather she plays into narratives the she draws from the tones themselves. Marja uses a similar instrumentation as in her past projects: field recordings, Buchla and ARP synths, harmonium, and electronic feedback. Rather than latching this instrumentation onto a beat or rhythmic backbone, Ahti finely selects, curates, and processes each component allowing their reverberations and tones to reflect off one another.

Four compositions in total, each one conjures its own sensation, but all juxtapose processed or unprocessed field recordings with filtered synthesizer. “Coastal Inversion” follows the sounds of a coastline, from the gurgling waves or distant bells to the sounds of stretching floor boards of a nearby boat with items rolling across its cockpit lead into a cast of purring synthesizers. Ahti skillfully confuses the two sets of sounds; the synthesizers’ fluxing frequencies mimic the effect that a creaking floorboard has in your ear. And “Chora” ends the album with a chorus of wheezing tones which leads into an indistinguishable recorded voice surrounded by dull, arrhythmic thuds and something that could just as easily be scratching of the tweeting of a bird.

The types of traversing reveries this travelogue-like approach lays out coerces you into a fluid understanding of each sound’s origin, often placing you at acute intersections of multiple sound-specific areas. The pace of each piece is slow and deliberate, nothing is forced; it’s like a walk through a vibrant garden, allowing time to perceive intentional and unintentional details, sharpening its color and character. Much like the work of Annea Lockwood, Ahti displays a fascination of sound and a patience to hear each one out. 

Ian Forsythe

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Brooklyn, NY -- OHYUNG, the experimental and political rap project of Robert Ouyang Rusli, will be releasing their new record Imagine Naked! on April 22 via NNA Tapes. This week, they shared the first peek into the album with “symphonies sweeping!”. There’s a sweet feeling of surrender to this experimental track that instantly puts listeners at ease. From the swirls of sound to the serenity that oozes through every layer, “symphonies sweeping!” is a meditative sonic journey that spans nearly 6.5 minutes long.

OHYUNG’s gentleness in crafting the track is similar to a blanketed warmth, like being enveloped in a cocoon of love. While the track maintains an ethereal calm, it certainly evokes an emotional exodus in its softness. “symphonies sweeping!” is absolutely stunning in every crevice and lush layer. 

Each song on Imagine Naked! is titled after t. tran le’s poem, “vegetalscape.”

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