"300 MG of Freedom Fuel."
I think we can all agree that's too much?
And fuck me, had I read this can a little more closely I would not have purchased this silly mess.
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playlist 10.28.22
Papangu Holoceno (Repose Records)
Bent Knee Frosting (Take This To Heart)
Elysian Fields Once Beautiful Twice Removed (Ojet)
Rene G. Boscio If We Seek With Intent (Boscio Music)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)
Bjork Fossora (One Little Independent)
High Castle Teleorkestra The Egg That Never Opened (Art As Catharsis)
John Elmquist’s Hard Art Groop Stars and Bells/ Trip Up / Zero Rest Mass (Bandcamp)
Sault Air (Forever Living Originals)
Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow Men OST (Invada)
Benoit Pioulard & Jogging House Communique (Bandcamp)
Louis Cole Quality Over Opinion (Brainfeeder)
Richard Reed Parry Quiet River Of Dust Vol 1 (Anti)
Simon Fisher Turner / Espen J. Jorgenson Soundescapes (Mute)
Francois Bayle, Richard Karpen, William Schottstaedt, Goebel Johannes Computer Music Currents 3 (Wergo)
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Benoit Pioulard — Eidetic (Morr Music)
Eidetic by Benoît Pioulard
Thomas Meluch has such a specific and distinctive aesthetic that subtle variations within his sound catch the ear. His default setting is an amorphous wash of warbling, nostalgia-drenched tones, punctuated by muffled percussion, plucked nylon-string guitar and his hushed, multi-tracked voice. Patterns begin to emerge in his songwriting methods the more you listen, such as his fondness for introducing tambourine into the right channel to inject energy into a song, or fading a gentle rush of soft-focus bells into a glimmering instrumental. Just as you begin to tune out, the next song might shift a little, introducing a steel-string acoustic or electric guitar to allow the instrumental timbres to brighten in the mix. The sounds themselves are gorgeous, but it’s the ebb and flow of Eidetic that maintains interest.
Meluch has been working in this vein under his Benoit Pioulard moniker for the last 15 years or so, and he drifts back and forth between instrumental and vocal-led releases. Eidetic offers a pleasing balance of both styles. Though they’re kept to a few minutes each, immersive instrumentals such as “Margaret Murie” and “Where To” feel like they could drift on indefinitely. In contrast, galloping guitar-led tracks such as “Thursday Night” inject a slightly manic early-Animal Collective energy, like being shaken from staring listless at a campfire and swept into a stirring, clapping sing-along. The true outlier is “The Void,” a breezy, beachy sway that momentarily puts one in mind of the retro British summertime sounds of Cliff Richards and the Shadows. Quite a shift from the shadowy, mossy, forest vibes of the rest of the record, but it works.
After 45 minutes, when Eidetic draws to a close in a blur of tape hiss and bird song, it feels like waking from a dream. Though the album title refers to being able to recall specific mental images in detail, the hazy ambiguity of Benoit Pioulard’s music leaves the listener in a pleasingly disoriented daze.
Tim Clarke
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The AM: March 6, 2023
This week’s AM features a few happy returns, with new music from AM favourites Nabihah Iqbal, Mega Bog, and Benoit Pioulard (to name a few). Plus a throwback to classic mid-2000s chamber pop, violins played in the LA river, a David Axelrod track that’s technically credited to someone else, Morabeza Tobacco getting as close to the "Good Times" bassline as is legally allowed, and a healthy mix of atmospheric sounds, post-punk raves, experimental compositions and other offbeat easy listening for a Monday morning.
Listen on Soundcloud
Hear it at CJSW.com
Other listening links
Ongoing Spotify playlist (to avoid my commentary)
Tracklist after the break.
Hour One:
réfraction
Onur Tarçin • Single
Ellipses
Andrew Bird • Echolocations: River
A Constant Source of Joy and Fascination
waivestate • Sprout Sessions
Vivid
Elskavon • Origins
Bruises
Earth Trax • Closer Now
Sweltering Drive
Masahiro Takahashi • Humid Sun
Our Future Salad Days
Dreamsploitation • The Soft Focus Sound of Today
Synchronized Swimmers
Contagious Yawns • Dream of Consciousness
Bolan Muppets
Glissandro 70 • Glissandro 70
Hour Two:
Les Points Cardineaux
YouYourself&i • L'Amour des Anoures
Betwixt & Between
Spencer Cullum, featuring Erin Rae • Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2
Walking Through Morning Dew
Shana Cleveland • Manzanita
Synesthetics
L.T.Leif • Come Back To Me, But Lightly
O Torto Santo
Bike • Arte Bruta
Tonight’s Episode
Yo La Tengo • This Stupid World
Elementary Particles
The Hylozoists • La Fin du Monde
Warning Against Judging a Christian Brother
The Hylozoists • La Fin du Monde
The Edge
David McCallum • Music: A Bit More of Me
I Have Been Alone
The Common People • Of The People / By The People / For The People
Way Far
High Season • The Call
Anniversary
Dawn to Dawn • Postcards from the Sun to the Moon
Hour Three:
Line in the Sand
Brian Eno, Hot Chip, goddess • Single
The Void
Benoit Pioulard • Eidetic
Manitou (Single Edit)
Zoon • Bekka Ma'iingan
The Clown
Mega Bog • End of Everything
The World Couldn’t See Us
Nabihah Iqbal • DREAMER
Mariana's Web
Uncanny Valley • Fevering Stare
Saturnus
Morabeza Tobacco • Shadow of the Cherry
Destiny
Decisive Pink • Ticket to Fame
NST
Gnoomes • Ax Ox
High and Low
Shirley & The Pyramids • Maid of Time
Medicine Road
Fog Lake • Dragonchaser
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Music Shuffle Meme
Thanks for the tag!!! @hawkeshep !!!
I haven't really spoken or really interacted with very many people on here yet I've mostly been dumping memes and content around like a feral woodwitch throwing rocks at the moon for being too bright. SO in that case I am tagging @thegreyfortress @rock-teh-elf @glowing-blue-feathermage
Rules: shuffle your ‘On Repeat’ playlist and post the first 10 tracks.
Pretty Bones - yeule
Stone in Focus - Benoit Pioulard
Lost - Crime3s
Blah Blah Blah - The Oozes
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Memory Tuner - Staggr
Maggot - Dazey and the Scouts
Sour Switchblade - Elita
Missus Piano - Rio Romeo
Look Around - Oneheart
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