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NEW
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ERIKA
DE CASIER
"Still"
The 33-year-old Danish singer, songwriter and producer built a
cult following with her 2019 debut album Essentials, and built
on that “cult” designation with 2021’s Sensational,
her first for 4AD. Since then, she’s performed at some of
the biggest festivals in the world, written for pop stars (NewJeans)
and sung on hyped dance tracks (Mura Masa, Shygirl). She may have
won a lot of new fans in the past three years, and a lot of high-profile
collaborators (Dua Lipa, Blood Orange, Eartheater, etc.) but as
this album’s title confirms, she’s the same old Erika
de Casier. Still.
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file under: nu soul ]
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FRIKO
"Where we've been, where we go from here"
Adding to Chicago’s long lineage of forward-thinking indie
rock, Friko transform each song into a moment of collective catharsis.
On their full-length debut, vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and
drummer Bailey Minzenberger sustain the combustible energy of
their break-out single Crimson To Chrome, merging elements of
post-punk, chamber-pop and experimental rock, magnifying their
music’s exhilarating power with a barrage of spirited ensemble
vocals. Poetic, explosive, and sublimely raw in feeling.
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file under: alternative ]
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KALI
MALONE
"All life long"
Kali Malone's anticipated new album "All Life Long"
is a collection of music for pipe organ, choir, and brass quintet
composed by Kali Malone, 2020 - 2023. Choral music performed by
Macadam Ensemble and conducted by Etienne Ferschaud at Chapelle
Notre-Dame-de-L'Immaculée-Conception in Nantes. Brass quintet
music performed by Anima Brass at The Bunker Studio in New York
City. Organ music performed by Kali Malone and Stephen O’Malley
on the historical meantone tempered pipe organs at Église
Saint-François in Lausanne, Orgelpark in Amsterdam, and
Malmö Konstmuseum in Sweden.
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file under: experimental ]
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REAL
ESTATE
"Daniel"
Real Estate’s
sixth full-length album Daniel was recorded in an ebullient nine-day
spree at RCA Studio A, in Nashville with GRAMMY-winning producer
and songwriter Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves). In 11 compulsively
tuneful songs, they connect the uninhibited wonder of their earliest
work with the earned perspective of adulthood. Several
days into recording, all five members of Real Estate were discussing
album titles when someone suggested “Daniel,” simply
because it seemed funny to bestow a human name upon a record.
Was it for Daniel Tashian? Maybe.
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file under: indie states ]
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LAETITIA
SADIER
"Rooting for love"
Laetitia issues a call to the traumatized civilizations of Earth:
we’re urged to finally evolve past our countless millennia
of suffering and alienation. Her songs score the complexities
and harmonies within this directive: organ, guitar, bass, synth,
trombone, vibraphone, live and programmed drums, and a vocal assembly
of men and women billed as The Choir, working intricate chord/tempo/and
dynamic changes, as Laetitia’s empathic presence leads the
way.
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file under: dream pop ]
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NADINE
SHAH
"Filthy underneath"
A lot has happened since Nadine Shah last put out an album –
2020’s ‘Kitchen Sink’ - both in terms of world
affairs and Nadine’s own life. Nearly four years on, ‘Filthy
Underneath’ is a different beast, but it’s fair to
say that it’s at least as good. This is an album inextricably
linked to the context during which it was created: a suicide attempt;
the end of her marriage; her role in caring for her mother, who
was terminally ill with cancer. While grieving, she listened to
Iranian pop icon Googoosh, Indian singer Asha Puthli, and, as
she puts it “shitloads” of glam rock.
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file under: alternative ]
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MAYA
SHENFELD
"Under the sun"
Maya Shenfeld’s expansive, kaleidoscopic music
is as illuminating as it is exquisite. Classically trained, Shenfeld
has fast grown into one of contemporary music’s most exciting,
vital voices. Every aspect of her dazzling, multifaceted output
interrogates the way we experience the world around us - be it
solo microtonal explorations, site-specific installations or commissions
for leading New Music ensembles. Shenfeld’s
2022 debut album In Free Fall established the composer as a potent
force in new music.
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file under: ambient electro ]
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TIGA
& HUDSON MOHAWKE
"L'ecstacy"
The creative partnership between Tiga & Hudson Mohawke expresses
a mutual love of “hardcore romance,” a liminal state
where the bounds between euphoria, melancholy and the raw power
of friendship disintegrate completely. Recorded in Los Angeles
from 2019-2023, these commonalities ebbed and flowed through various
recording sessions, culminating in their debut album - L’Ecstacy.
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file under: electronica ]
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TOECHTER
"Epic wonder"
toechter is an all-female trio operating from Berlin. toechter’s
2nd full-length album »Epic Wonder« sees its classically
trained members blend elegant string arrangements with ethereal
indie pop and delicate rhythms. Katrine Grarup Elbo, Lisa Marie
Vogel and Marie-Claire Schlameus exclusively use analogue sound
sources (such as violin, viola, cello, and their voices), which
were then electronically processed. Named after the Greek god
of the wind, toechters 2022 album »Zephyr« exhaled
deeply with concurrently invigorating and confusing sounds. »Epic
Wonder«, their second album, was created in the spring and
summer of 2023.
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file under: modern classical ]
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RAFAEL
TORAL
"Spectral evolutionPearlies"
After a two-decade interlude, Jim O’Rourke’s Moikai
returns with Spectral Evolution, a major new work by Rafael Toral.
Making his name in the mid-1990s with influential guitar drone
platters like "Sound Mind Sound Body" and "Wave
Field" (both reissued by Drag City in recent years), Toral
has never been one to rest on his laurels repeating his past glories.
In the early years of the 21st century, Toral laid the guitar
aside, along with the focus on extended tones that had defined
much of his music until that point.
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file under: drones ]
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2023
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AFTAB,
IYER, ISMAILY
BROWN SPIRITS
CLEO SOL
DECLINING WINTER
ELLEN ARKBRO
EMERSON AVALON & THE CHARM
EMMA ANDERSON
EMMA TRICCA
GREG FOAT & GIGI MASIN
IDRIS ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS
JAMILA WOODS
JESSIE WARE
KARA JACKSON
KELELA
LUCINDA CHUA
MARY LATTIMORE
MATTHEW HALSALL
MODERN COSMOLOGY
MORITZ VON OSWALD
NABIHAH IQBAL
NECKS
ULTRAMARINE
VANISHING TWIN
YUSSUF DAYES |
“Love
in exile”
“Solitary transmissions”
“Heaven”
“Really early, really late”
“Sounds while waiting”
“S/t”
“Perlies”
“Aspirin sun”
“Float”
“Afro futuristic dreams”
“Water made us”
“That! Feels good!”
“Why does the earth give us people to love”
“Raven”
“Yia”
“Goodbye, Hotel Arkada”
“An ever changing view”
“What will you grow now?”
“Silencio”
“Dreamer”
“Travel”
“Send and return”
“Afternoon X”
“Black classical music” |
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file under: world music ]
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[ file under: nu-soul ]
[ file under: alt post-rock ]
[ file under: ambient drone ]
[ file under: ledftfield electro
[ file under: dream pop ]
[ file under: bella union ]
[ file under: ambient chill out ]
[ file under: jazz xperimental ]
[ file under: nu soul ]
[ file under: nu disco ]
[ file under: spoken word blues ]
[ file under: new warp sounds ]
[ file under: contemporary ]
[ file under: harp sounds ]
[ file under: spiritual jazz ]
[ file under: alt indie pop ]
[ file under: ambient tresor ]
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NEW
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EMMA
ANDERSON
"Pearlies"
Emma Anderson, co-founder of Lush, releases her debut solo album,
‘Pearlies’, on October 20, 2023. One of the most underrated
British songwriters to emerge from the era that encompassed shoegaze
and Britpop, she has teamed up with producer James Chapman (aka
Maps) for this collection that combines effervescent electronic
pop with psych and folk textures with lyrics covering themes such
as confronting your fears, embracing independence and moving on
in life.
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file under: dream pop ]
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BIOSPHERE
"Inland delta"
inland Delta
contains nine new musical pieces recorded from 2022 to 2023, featuring
mainly improvised performances on newly restored vintage keyboards.
All tracks written and produced by Geir Jenssen.
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file under: experimental ]
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BRUCE
BRUBAKER
"Eno piano"
As Brian Eno
famously said, "The studio is a musical instrument,"
Bruce Brubaker now says, "A musical instrument can be a studio."
Can a single instrument convey ambient music originally made through
studio techniques and tape loops? On November 10, 2023, InFiné
will release American musician Bruce Brubaker's 12th studio album
Eno Piano, including a selection of Brian Eno's iconic ambient
music, including Music for Airports. Eno Piano is a companion
to Bruce Brubaker's acclaimed album Glass Piano (2015) —
even the two album covers are companions. Named by Pitchfork "One
of the most exciting pianists in the contemporary American classical
scene," Brubaker, in Eno Piano, shows that just as the studio
can be a musical instrument, a single musical instrument can be
a studio.
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file under: ambient ]
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CLEO
SOL
"Heaven"
Heaven is the
follow up to Cleo Sol's second album, Mother, which was released
in 2021. In celebration of its two-year anniversary, she tweeted:
"Two years since we released mother into the world, thank
you for embracing me, and seeing me, writing my truth is sometimes
difficult, but it’s freeing, and having you support me pushes
me to be brave." The primary vocalist for Sault, Cleo Sol
primarily collaborates with producer Inflo.
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file under: nu-soul ]
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MARTA
DE PASCALIS
"Sky flesh"
If there’s
one specific component that grounds “Sky Flesh”, it’s
the focus. Italian musician and sound designer Marta De Pascalis
flexed her technical muscle on 2020’s “Sonus Ruinae”,
layering various sounds and processes in an attempt to touch the
sublime. In contrast, “Sky Flesh” is a single thought,
composed using just one instrument: the Yamaha CS-60. A slimmed-down
sibling to the gargantuan CS-80 – the analog synthesizer
used by Vangelis to create his iconic “Blade Runner”
score – the CS-60 was released in 1977, a few years before
the MIDI protocol was introduced to help standardize production
methods.
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file under: sound design ]
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LARRY
JUNE & THE ALCHEMIST
"The great escape"
The Great Escape
is the debut collaborative album from San Francisco Legend, Larry
June & prolific super producer, The Alchemist. Through a process
that felt very organic, the two churned out an extra healthy amount
of music that resulted in what may be their magnum opus. At 15
tracks, the album includes tasteful features from some of Hip-Hop's
most celebrated figures; Action Bronson, Big Sean, Ty Dolla $ign,
Slum Village, Boldy James, Evidence, Wiz Khalifa, Jay Worthy,
Curren$y & Joey Bada$$.
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file under: rap & hip hop ]
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MORITZ
VON OSWALD
"Silencio"
What are the
differences and similarities between human and artificial sound,
between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer
voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest
album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice
choir to explore this concept. Drawing from the ensemble works
of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György
Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin
delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured
collection that shifts between light & ethereal and dark &
dissonant.
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file under: ambient tresor ]
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DARIO
ZENKER
"Reflection"
Ilian Tape co-founder
Dario Zenker has consistently served up some of the label's best
releases and now he goes long on this double album, Reflection.
He calls it "a reflection through wild times channeled into
63 minutes of machine funk" and we call it 12 tracks of devastating
techno on both an emotional and physical level. His tracks often
fix with wispy synth lines that bring subtle light to the dusty
drums and muggy atmospheres and on the likes of 'Da Conducter'
he offers up thumping house with grainy lo-fi pads and muffled
leads that hook you in deep. The vast rhythmic variation and switch-up
in tempos and moods throughout this album is what keeps it so
fresh.
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file under: electro dub ]
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NEW
RELEASES OTTOBRE 2023: WHAT'S GOING ON MY MUSIC
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IDRIS
ACKAMOOR & THE PYRAMIDS
"Afro futuristic dreams"
Idris Ackamoor
& The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio
album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the
future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro
Futuristic Dreams’. Recorded between San Francisco and London
and brought together by the genius of Malcolm Catto at his analogue
Quatermass Studio, the new recording represents another bold step
in Ackamoor’s ever-evolving journey in jazz, adding full,
intricate scores including string sections and choral elements
to the Pyramids’ trademark
spiritual Afro-jazz sound.
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file under: jazz xperimental ]
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ELLEN
ARKBRO
"Sounds while waiting"
Sounds While
Waiting documents the latest organ works by composer and musician
Ellen Arkbro – following her phenomenal debut, 2017's
For Organ And Brass, and the more recent CHORDS. Recorded at
a centuries-old church in Unnaryd, Sweden in June 2020, these
pieces reveal the enchanting qualities of sustained harmonic
sound, how patterns of listening dissolve and emerge as textured
space. On opening track "Changes," long radiant tones
ebb and flow like divine breaths, while "Leaving Dreaming"
builds with dynamic tension to unlock a subtle, otherworldly
ambience.
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file under: ambient drone ]
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BIXIGA
70
"Vapor"
"Key to
Bixiga 70’s style is how the group both breaks ground
and can sling a universally appealing tune...balancing a sense
of modernity with retro brass and hand percussion that draws
on the centuries-old West African-Caribbean connection still
so crucial to Brazilian musical aesthetics today." -- Pop
Matters
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file under: braqzil afrobeat ]
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BOYGENIUS
"The rest EP"
The Rest is
the second extended play by American indie rock supergroup Boygenius,
released through Interscope Records on October 13, 2023. A follow-up
to the band's first full-length album The Record, individual
songs were revealed one at a time while on tour, eventually
performing the entire EP.
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file under: alt indie ]
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FOREST
SWORDS
"Bolted"
Forest Swords
(aka electronic producer/composer Matthew Barnes) returns with
a new album ‘Bolted’. Having spent the past few
years working as an in-demand composer and sound designer –
writing music for ballet, film and video games – 'Bolted'
was recorded over the past year in a warehouse factory space
in Barnes’ home city of Liverpool. Across its 11 tracks
he dives deeper into his unique sonic vocabulary to weave together
a set of tracks that sounds equally muscular and bleak, haunting
and euphoric.
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file under: electronica ]
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MARY
LATTIMORE
"Goodbye,
Hotel Arkada"
Through evocative,
emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP
from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not
just for its beloved namesake — a hotel in Croatia facing
renovation — but for a universal loss that is shared.
Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be
the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates
and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that
is lived and lost to time.
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file under: harp sounds ]
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SAMPHA
"Lahai"
Sampha is the
inimitable voice called upon by some of the greatest artists
of our lifetime, from Kendrick Lamar to Stormzy, Drake to Solange,
Frank Ocean to Alicia Keys, and musical releases with the best
of the underground. His work expands across multiple disciplines,
with previous creative partnerships including the fashion designer
Grace Wales Bonner and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph. In 2023, he
returns with new and highly anticipated album LAHAI.
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file under: nu soul r&b. ]
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VANISHING
TWIN
"Afternoon X"
Following a
series of line-up changes, Vanishing Twin is now the tightly
honed collective of singer and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas,
drummer Valentina Magaletti (Holy Tongue, Tomaga, Moin) and
bassist Susumu Mukai (Zongamin). Harnessing the diverse touchstones
of its members; Lucas’ left-field song-craft, Magaletti’s
singular approaches to experimental percussion, and Mukai’s
long history in the production of electronic music, the band
has refined a hypnotic sound at the juncture of minimalism,
kosmische, post-punk, and dream-laden, psychedelic pop.
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file under: kosmische lab ]
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JUSTIN
WALTER
"Destroyer"
The music of
Justin Walter veers between nebulous and numinous, coaxed from
the translucent tonalities of his signature instrument, the
EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument). Destroyer, his latest, and
third for Kranky, marks his most multifaceted work yet. Inspired
by minimalistic urges (evading grandiosity, condensing scope,
embracing spatial restraint) tempered with the drama of triptychs
(becoming, destruction, aftermath), the album’s 11 tracks
thread a keening suite of aching, opaque beauty, traced in absence
and breath.
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file under: experimental ]
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JAMILA
WOODS
"Water made us"
While 2017’s
HEAVN saw Jamila celebrating her community within a lineage
of Black feminist movement organizing, and 2019’s Legacy!
Legacy! reframed her life’s experiences through the storied
personas of iconic Black and brown artists, Water Made Us is
self-revelatory in an entirely new way. The upcoming album reveals
a new side of Jamila never fully shared with her previous work,
making this her most personal album yet.
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file under: nu soul ]
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RELEASES SETTEMBRE 2023: WHAT'S GOING ON MY
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BLONDE
REDHEAD
"Sit down for dinner"
Blonde Redhead
return with ‘Sit Down for Dinner,’ their first album
in nine years and debut for section1. Its title a nod to the often-sacred
communal ritual of sharing a meal with those you love, this immersive,
meticulously crafted album appropriately serves an expression
of persistent togetherness, a testament to the unique internal
logic Blonde Redhead have refined over their three-decade existence.
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file under: alt indie ]
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CHEMICAL
BROTHERS
"For that beautiful feeling"
Greeting chemical
brothers, sisters & siblings everywhere, We
are thrilled to announce that The Chemical Brothers 10th studio
album, For That Beautiful Feeling will be released on September
8th 2023.For That Beautiful Feeling includes the already released
singles No Reason and The Darkness That You Fear (here presented
via a beautiful new 'Harvest Mix') - and the just released Live
Again, which features vocals from Heavenly Recordings’ artist
Halo Maud. the album also features the return of Beck (previously
heard on The Chemical Brothers’ 2015 single Wide Open) on
the propulsive and dreamy Skipping Like A Stone.
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file under: techno electro ]
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YUSSUF
DAYES
"Black classical music"
Black Classical
Music is Dayes 19 track debut solo studio album. At every turn,
Dayes distinctive drum licks and Rocco Palladino’s bass
are the sturdy anchors; aided by Charlie Stacey (keys/synths),
Venna (saxophone), Alexander Bourt (percussion), and a whole host
of honourable features including: Chronixx, Masego, Jamilah Barry,
Tom Misch, Elijah Fox, Shabaka Hutchings, Miles James, Sheila
Maurice Grey, Nathaniel Cross, Theon Cross and the Chineke! Orchestra,
the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority
Black and ethnically diverse musicians.
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file under: cinematic instrumentals ]
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BRIAN
ENO
"Top boy (OST)"
Having waited
for the bag to drop since the 2019 airing of the relaunched and
instantly indelible Top Boy series, Brian Eno's original soundtrack
for the UK's answer to The Wire is now finally available. A central
part of this claim staking the series as up there with some of
the greatest of all time is Eno's captivating and beguiling score.
Moving with a subtlety and restraint through the suffocating environs
of each scene in the series, it reveals once again Eno's well
honed mastery.
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file under: original soundtrack ]
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MATTHEW
HALSALL
"An ever changing view"
Trumpeter, bandleader
and composer Matthew Halsall announces landmark new album An Ever
Changing View, an expansive, immaculately conceived project which
presents Halsall’s signature blend of jazz, electronica,
global and spiritual jazz influences. Halsall who has been hailed
as one of the leading figures of the UK jazz renaissance has never
seen himself as part of any one sound or scene: he builds his
own sonic universe instead. An Ever Changing View finds him at
his most experimental yet, once again expanding his sound and
production techniques to create his unique brand of deeply meditative
music.
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file under: spiritual jazz ]
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LUSINE
"Long light"
Seattle-based
producer Jeff McIlwain, aka Lusine, returns with his 9th full-length
record, Long Light, marking twenty years since he first joined
the Ghostly International roster. A cited influence for myriad
electronic artists including London’s Loraine James and
others, Lusine is known for visceral, kinetically-curious music
that fuses techno, pop, and experimental composition. In recent
years, With Long Light, a laser-focused, process-driven artist
reaches an exceptionally satisfying level of clarity and immediacy.
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file under: electronica ]
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JALEN
NGONDA
"Come around and love me"
He explains,
“I love music from the 20th century— I listen to it
all the time, but I'm in this world and the 21st century. ...to
a stranger, I'd describe my music as modern soul and R&B,
while trying to fit in the Beach Boys and the Beatles somewhere
in between.” Come Around and Love Me reveals how he creates
a classic approach that is rooted in the sounds of revered pioneers,
without falling into imitation–leaving no doubt that Jalen
will continue to shine within the superlative, timeless musical
tradition that is Daptone's hallmark.
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file under: retro soul ]
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SLOWDIVE
"Everything is alive"
The fifth album
from shoegaze giants Slowdive contains the duality of a familiar
internal language mixed with the exaltation of new beginnings.
everything is alive is transportive, searching and aglow, the
work of a classic band continuing to pitch its unmistakable voice
to the future. Six years after the group’s monumental self-titled
album, everything is alive finds Slowdive—vocalists and
guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead, guitarist Christian
Savill, bassist Nick Chaplin, and drummer Simon Scott—locating
evermore contours of its immersive, elemental sound.
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file under: shoegaze ]
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TIRZAH
"Trip9love...???"
trip9love…???
is the third album from Tirzah, produced by long-time musical
collaborator Mica Levi. It
was written and recorded at both their homes and various corners
of South East London and Kent.?After several recording sessions
over roughly a year, eventually the music suddenly came into a
sound that they wanted to follow. The tracks were built using
piano loops on top of one beat, distortion added, then romantic
vocal toplines. Poems centre on themes of love, both real and
imagined.?The world the record finds space in is a lazy club fantasy
zone.
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file under: alternative ]
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WILCO
"Cousin"
After a short
detour back into their country-influenced roots via last year’s
Cruel Country double album, Cousin sees Wilco back in their more
familiar progressive and experimental rock territory. Adding a
unique and new element to the recording process is the attachment
of Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon as producer—the first
time an outsider has been actively involved in a Wilco recording
session for more than twenty years, since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Le Bon brings her unique musical perspective to the band’s
trademark sound, and provided them with an inspiring new challenge
to push their musical boundaries.
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file under: americana ]
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NICOLA
CONTE
"Umoja"
Having released
music with Blue Note, Impulse! and Schema records, Nicola Conte’s
relationship with Far Out began over a shared love of hard-edged
bossa-nova and swinging samba-jazz. Between 2009-2013 Nicola Conte
compiled five volumes of forgotten 60s Brazilian music for his
Viagem series. He then released his critically acclaimed Natural
album: a collaboration with vocalist Stefania Dippiero, featuring
jazz standards alongside covers of lesser known Brazilian gems.
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file under: soul acid jazz ]
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RHIANNON
GIDDENS
"You're the one"
The newest album
from Rhiannon Giddens’, You’re the One is her third
solo studio album and her first of all original songs. This collection
of 12 songs written over the course of Giddens’ career bursts
with life-affirming energy, drawing from the folk music that she
knows so deeply, as well as its pop descendants. Produced by Jack
Splash (Solange, Alicia Keys, Valerie June), You’re the
One features some of Giddens’ closest musical collaborators
from the past decade, including multi-instrumentalists Francesco
Turrisi and Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, and Congolese guitarist
Niwel Tsumbu. The album features electric and upright bass, conga,
Cajun and Piano accordions, guitars, a Western string section,
and Miami horns, among other instruments, capturing the inclusive
spirit that channels through all of her work.
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file under: americana blues ]
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JOHN
CARROLL KIRBY
"Blowout"
Blowout sways
between the title’s two definitions – a moment of
destruction and one big party. While writing the album, Kirby
thought of episodes of collective madness or delusion, like Fyre
Festival and the Heaven’s Gate cult. The album imagines
“a festival where everyone gets beamed up to utopia or heaven
instead of starving or dying unfulfilled.” Kirby says, “I’m
trying to use imagination in music to create my own myths, and
keep things playful and funny and not too sanctimonious.”
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file under: exotic electro ]
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PENGUIN
CAFE
"Rain before seven..."
A sense of optimism
infuses Penguin Cafe’s fifth studio album Rain Before Seven…
not the braggadocious, overconfident kind, but more a blithe,
self-effacing optimism in keeping with the national character.
Even when all signs point to the contrary, it operates within
the certainty that things are going to be alright. Probably. The
title comes from an old weather proverb with the rhyming prognostication
— fine before eleven — hinting at a happy ending,
irrespective of the science: “I found it in a book and I'd
never heard it before,” says Arthur Jeffes, leader of Penguin
Cafe. “It has faintly optimistic overtones and I quite like
it. It's fallen out of usage recently but it does describe English
weather patterns coming in off the Atlantic.”
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file under: modern classical ]
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PHI-PSONICS
"Octava"
Phi-Psonics is
a meditative, deeply soulful, immersive instrumental group from
Los Angeles, led by bassist Seth Ford-Young and featuring Sylvain
Carton on woodwinds, Mitchell Yoshida on electric piano, and Josh
Collazo on drums. Their beautiful music draws on jazz and classical
influences together with Ford-Young’s own musical experiences,
relationships, and his introduction to spirituality, yoga and
philosophy at a young age. Along the way they create something
uniquely their own, sharing beautiful landscapes for your spirit
to roam freely within.
[
file under: spiritual jazz ]
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NEW
RELEASES GIUGNO 2023: WHAT'S GOING ON MY MUSIC
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EMERSON
AVALON & THE CHARM
"S/t"
Avalon Emerson
& The Charm is an evolution. Created during an extended break
from the hectic blur of her life as a touring DJ, the album is
a personal statement of intent from an artist who’s long
looked beyond the club for inspiration. It’s also the first
time that Emerson has put herself, her emotions and, most notably,
her voice fully into the spotlight.
[
file under: ledftfield electro ]
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GREG
FOAT & GIGI MASIN
"Float"
Strut presents
an exclusive new collaboration between UK jazz keyboardist Greg
Foat and Venetian ambient / electronic maestro Gigi Masin on Dolphin.
Recorded remotely during 2021-2022 the album took shape in the
form of mutual compositions, gradually developed and embellished
online. Final recording sessions took place at the majestic Chale
Abbey Studios on the Isle Of Wight with Moses Boyd (drums), Tom
Herbert (bass) and Siobhan Cosgrove (flute, clarinet) adding elements
to several pieces. Tracks include the reflective, wistful single
‘Viento Calido’ and drifting ambient piece Sabena,
a beautiful tribute to Gigi’s wife who sadly passed away
during 2022.
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file under: ambient chill out ]
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JAYDA
G
"Guy"
Jayda G, the
Grammy-nominated writer, producer, DJ, environmental toxicologist,
campaigner and broadcaster, is set to return with her new full
length album ‘Guy’. Co-produced with Jack Peñate
(who has previously worked with the likes of SAULT, David Byrne
and Adele), with contributions from Lisa-Kaindé Diaz (of
Ibeyi), Ed Thomas (Stormzy, Nia Archives, Jorja Smith) and more.
[
file under: electro house ]
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LITTLE
SIMZ
"No thank you"
No Thank You
(stylised in all caps) is the fifth studio album by British rapper
Little Simz. It was released on 12 December 2022 through the independent
label Forever Living Originals after being announced less than
a week prior. No Thank You is a hip hop album containing elements
of gospel, soul, funk, and electronic music. The songs on No Thank
You contain subtle rhythms with orchestral instrumentation, featuring
Simz rapping about her music industry experiences, intrapersonal
communication, and spiritual revelations. Simz worked with longtime
collaborators Inflo (for production) and Cleo Sol (for background
vocals) to create this project.
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file under: nu soul ]
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MODERN
COSMOLOGY
"What will you grow now?"
Modern Cosmology,
the musical ensemble composed of Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab) and
Brazil's Mombojó, are not cosmologists or astronomers (although
Felipe S. - who sings and plays the guitar - knows quite a bit
about reading astrological charts) but they are back with What
will you grow now?, the follow up to 2017s bossa-nova, pop, and
psychedelia drenched ‘Summer Long’. Released via Stereolab's
Duophonic Super 45s imprint.
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file under: alt indie pop ]
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ME'SHELL
NDEGEOCELLO
"Omnichord real book"
Produced by saxophonist
Josh Johnson, the album showcases some of Ndegeocello’s
frequent collaborators including Johnson, keyboardist Jebin Bruni,
guitarist Chris Bruce, and drummers Abe Rounds and Deantoni Parks.
Also appearing on various songs are an amazing cast of musicians
that includes guitarist Jeff Parker, vibraphonist Joel Ross, trumpeter
Ambrose Akinmusire, harpist Brandee Younger, drummer Mark Guiliana,
bassist Burniss Travis II, keyboardists Julius Rodriguez, Corey
Henry, and Jason Moran, and vocalists Joan As Police Woman, Sanford
Biggers, Hanna Benn, Thandiswa, and the HawtPlates (Justin Hicks,
Kenita-Miller Hicks, and Jade Hicks).
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file under: blue notes ]
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ARLO
PARKS
"My soft machine"
"My Soft
Machine is the world through my eyes, it’s a journal, an
exploration of every emotion, character and affecting detail within
my field of vision. At its core, this album is an exercise in
reaching inwards and sharing what I find at the limits of myself."
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file under: alt indie soul ]
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HANIA
RANI
"On Giacometti"
Hania Rani announces
On Giacometti a tender meditation on the life and art of Alberto
Giacometti and family. On Giacometti is a collection of beautiful
recordings inspired by the renowned artist and family and features
some of Rani’s most profoundly delicate compositions to
date. Invited by film director Susanna Fanzun, to score her forthcoming
documentary on the legendary artist Alberto Giacometti, Hania
Rani took herself to the Swiss mountains to compose in blissful
isolation.
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file under: modern classical ]
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SOUL
SUPREME
"Poetic Justice"
Three years ago,
Dutch multi-instrumentalist and producer Noam Offir unveiled his
debut album as Soul Supreme, a vividly realised fusion of jazz-funk,
jazz-fusion, hip-hop, soul and electrofunk flavours that boasted
impeccable musicianship. Poetic Justice, the rising star's hotly
anticipated follow-up, continues in a similar vein whilst aiming
higher. The musicianship is, if anything, even better, with liberal
use of horns, P-funk synth sounds, Clavinet, warming electric
piano motifs, loose limbed drums. It's basically the same old
super Soul Supreme sound, taken to the next level. As a result,
Poetic Justice is even better than its lauded predecessor.
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file under: nu soul jazz ]
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ULTRAMARINE
"Send and return"
The moods and
movements of an English estuary can be heard running through a
stunning and deeply intriguing new album from the electronic duo
Ultramarine. Flowing and mutating as it transitions from an Essex
river into the open sea, the Blackwater Estuary, north of London
inspired this beguiling collection of hypnotic jazz, itching electronica
and softly dazzling ambient shapes.
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file under: electronica ]
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MUSIC TARGET
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Listening
Wind |
Sounds
& Visions |
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Sabato
pomeriggio |
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ARCHIVIO
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PILLOLE
2023 |
Novembre |
Settembre/Ottobre |
Giugno/Agosto |
Aprile/Maggio |
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PILLOLE
2022 |
Ottobre/Novembre |
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Maggio/Giugno |
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PILLOLE
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PILLOLE
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Ottobre/Novembre |
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Aprile/Maggio |
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Novembre |
Settembre/Ottobre |
Giugno/Agosto |
Aprile/Maggio |
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2018 |
Novembre |
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Giugno/Agosto |
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2017 |
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Novembre
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Ottobre*/Novembre* |
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PILLOLE
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Boxed
Set |
Canterbury
Classics |
Celebration |
Disco
Discharge: |
Groove
Collection |
History
never repeats |
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Narrativa |
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ELECTRONIC
"S/t"
Bernard Sumner
and Johnny Marr's debut album as Electronic gets the deluxe
treatment with this expanded 2CD special edition. The release
features the original album (remastered) plus a 2nd disc of
rarities including 8 previously unreleased tracks of alternate
versions, edits & instrumentals.
[
file under: madchester ]
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CRISPY
AMBULANCE
"The plateau phase"
Factory Benelux
presents a new CD edition of The Plateau Phase, the debut album
by Manchester postpunk group Crispy Ambulance, originally issued
in March 1982. Recorded at Strawberry 2 with producer Chris
Nagle, this acclaimed album captured Crispy Ambulance at the
peak of their creative powers. Bonus tracks include extended
12"single The Presence Concorde Square, produced by the
legendary Martin Hannett, and farewell single Sexus.
[
file under: factory sounds ]
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THE
NAMES
"Swimming"
Factory Benelux
presents a new CD edition of Swimming, the debut album by Belgian
new wave group The Names, originally issued in June 1982. Swimming
has come to be regarded as a European cold wave classic. Bonus
tracks include the popular singles Calcutta and Nightshift (also
produced by Hannett) and the band's John Peel session from February
1982. This new Factory Benelux CD edition also features original
artwork and poster design by Benoit Hennebert.
[
file under: factory sounds ]
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RIP
RIG + PANIC
"God"
Named after a
Roland Kirk album, Rip Rig + Panic were one of the most exciting
bandsof the 1980s, fusing funk, jazz, punk and world music influences
into a unique whole. With lead singer Neneh Cherry, the band
recorded three albums for Virgin Records which have never been
legitimately available on Cd. All three LPs are now remastered
from the original master tapes with a raft of bonus tracks taken
from non-album singles. Original band members Gareth Sager (ex-Pop
Group) and Mark Springer are involved with these releases, with
the blessing of Neneh Cherry and (current PiL) drummer Bruce
Smith.
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file under: white jazz funk ]
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ANNETTE
PEACOCK
"I'm the one"
In 2010 Annette
Peacock quietly reissued her 1972 album I'm The One on CD via
her own Ironic label. It was only available via her site or
CDBaby, but now I'm The One is being given a full reissue shakedown
by Light In The Attic. Peacock
collaborated with Salvador Dali, bought a Moog direct from Robert
Moog, was confidant to Timothy Leary, and turned down an offer
to tour with David Bowie, telling him to buy his own synthesizer.
[
file under: essential avant-funk ]
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THE
POP GROUP
"For how much longer do we tolerate
mass murder?"
Reissue of The
Pop Group’s ‘For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate
Mass Murder’ - one of the most challenging records of
the post-punk era. Upon its release in 1980, For How Much Longer
received mixed reviews, with publications at the center of post-punk
discourse (such as the NME) dismissing its agit-prop didacticism
in favor of the fevered mysticism of the group's debut album,
Y.
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file under: post-punk ]
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LIZZY
MERCIER DESCLOUX
"One for the soul"
Remastered from
original tapes. Housed in heavyweight, tip on-style gatefold
with essay by Vivian Goldman and download code including 2 bonus
tracks “By the time poet, singer-songwriter, and artist
Lizzy Mercier Descloux recorded 1984’s Zulu Rock, she’d
marked herself out as both a globe trotter with more passport
stamps than Tintin and a musical innovator whose loose, arty
spirit could be applied to styles as varied as no wave, Bavarian
oompa and Soweto jive.
[
file under: no wave ]
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VIVIEN
GOLDMAN
"Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982)"
Vivien Goldman
went from being a musical participant of the early-'80s London-New
York fusion of dub, post-punk, reggae, hip-hop and African sounds
to a keen, informative critic and professor of those genres
in general. This excellent album is the first collection of
Goldman's brief yet vibrant musical explorations. Included among
the various talents are members of the Slits, PiL, the Raincoats,
Robert Wyatt, Steve Beresford, David Toop, and Adrian Sherwood.
These tracks combine a pop sensibility with the avant-dub deconstructionist
mindset that lends her work that rare and special mix of accessibility
and experimentation.
[
file under: dub post-punk ]
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SECTION
25
"Always now"
Factory Benelux
presents a deluxe double disc edition of Always Now, the debut
album by cult Factory Records group Section 25, produced by
legendary sonic architect Martin Hannett in 1981. Recorded as
a trio at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row studio in London, Always
Now combined austere post-punk rhythms with elements of Can,
Krautrock and modern psychedelia. Key tracks include non-albums
singles Charnel Ground, Je Veux Ton Amour and Girls Don’t
Count. This new Factory Benelux 2xCD edition is housed in a
miniature version of the folding pochette wallet designed by
Peter Saville - famously one of the most expensive sleeves produced
by Factory.
[
file under: factory sounds ]
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