Theraflux | The Untold Story |
Tom Trago & Young Marco & Awanto3 | Physical Thrill (Axel Boman Remix) |
John Tejada | the Mess and the Magic |
Gnork | Sexxxx In Space (Gnork’s Exxxxtra Dream Mix) |
Björk | Human Behaviour Dom T. Mix |
Wladimir M. | Reasonable Doubt |
Vulva | Rock Me Baby |
Timothy Blake | Showtime |
V.U.L.V.A | Lovespeed |
Monzasound | Cold Hard Cash |
Cylob | Smack ’em Up Sharp |
Move D | Ground Zero |
Bubbles | Go Mad |
Pev & Kowton | Low Strobe |
Month: May 2021
A few months back I posted some rambling thoughts on the beguiling Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter and Cocoquantus instruments. Along with being the most popular posts on the blog, they generated a few recurring questions from people. Mainly along the lines of “WTF are those things?” and “what do they sound like?”.
Well, I thought I’d do a little follow up vid to give some visual context to the ramblings. Included in this 13 minute improvisation is the Monome Norns Shield, running the wonderful Sines app by Oootini.
Playlist:
Vanessa Valencia Ramos | Plantas Medicinales Contra el Patriarcado |
白水 Baishui | Stranded |
Ishmael Cormack | Critter |
José Alfredo Rodríguez | vistiendo a un hombre muerto |
Ishmael Cormack | Dandelion |
Fiorella16 | Laura En Su Laberinto |
Xylitol | Popcone |
#DMTh5 | XXXX XXXX XXX XXX |
Luke Sanger | Your Session Has Ended |
Xylitol | Business Direct |
孫瑋 Sun Wei | Electromagnetic wave and vibration in Wetland Park |
李帶菓 Li Daiguo | Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital |
Ali Wade | Demons |
Vavabond | 胎藏 |
Malanai Ascending (Seahawks Remix) | Private Agenda |
Split cassette featuring two long form jams from drone duo The Transcendance Orchestra (aka Daniel Bean and Anthony Child) and label owner Ali Wade.
The A-Side features five melded movements: entrance, acceleration, abstraction, revelation and obliteration. Which range from contemplative tones, to hyper spatial widescreen drones. Flipping for Demon’s and Wade goes on an off-grid excursion, visiting some varied and impeccably produced textures, from clean and shiny, to the soft and clouded.
Looks like this is already sold out, that was quick. Digi still available on their Bandcamp.
It’s hard to keep up with all the amazing DIY labels these days. Woodford Halse is one particularly prolific outfit, releasing a couple of tapes and CDs every month. Here’s a quick round up of what to expect in June/July 2021.
As usual, lots of music from the label features in our monthly radio show. Pick of the bunch for me is the Xylitol tape ‘Inside a Stone of Cream there is a Language’, with bubbling resonant synth tracks like Popcorn evoking some serious Raymond Scott vibes and mellow library-esque moments with Business Direct.
Consider this post a heads up, as generally these releases sell out on pre-orders, so stay frosty people and keep an eye on their Bandcamp.
Since free market reforms and opening up to foreign trade in the late 1970s, China has been among the world’s fastest-growing economies. Along with pulling 800 million people out of poverty, it has also become the world’s largest economy and with it a growing cultural and arts scene.
China’s experimental music and sound art scene began to take shape in the post-Tiananmen era in the late 1990s. A few musicians from the mainland’s underground music scene started to experiment with new ways of making music while the music industry co-opted the once revolutionary and independent rock music scene.
This particular collection of pieces runs the gamut of experimental styles, from music concrete to drones, arpeggiated synth pieces to field recordings. All achieved in a pure and focused dedication to the sound. A really stunning anthology musically and excellent curation from the label.
Recommended.
The recent republishing of this short video to Vimeo provides enough of an excuse for us to post here. Originally made in 2013 for Mill’s Where Light Ends album this short film provides visual and musical accompaniment to Dr. Mamoru Mohri‘s account of his first spaceflight, which took place in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavour.
Previously only available in Japan on a CD released in 1999. These six tracks are an evocative collection of hidden gems from the heyday of electronic music. Recording artist Takuya Sugimoto European breakthrough came when the former UK record store responsible for promoting the deeper techno sound, Fatcat Records, decided to make their first release an EP recorded by him under the alias of EVA. This re-released EP, which was never available in the UK, is very much of that sound and era. Think UK deep techno of the likes of B12 and Stasis but with a more quirky temperament. A sound that will always be close to our hearts.
Releases 7th June 2021 on SAISEI records. Pre-orders here