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27/03/2024 Steve Pescott

Slumber Puncture

Bipolar Explorer In the Hours Left Until Dawn U.S.A. SLUGG RECORDS SLUGG033CD 2 x CD (2023) While I was sleeping…

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21/12/2023 nausika

Work Hard: commentary on life in Ghana and a guide to better living in infectious and energetic music

King Ayisoba, Work Hard, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB134 CD / vinyl LP (2023) It might be called “Work Hard” but it

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21/11/2023 nausika

Stanze: nine short yet intimate and immersive free-form pop music soundscapes

Aperture, Stanze, Germany, Stray Signals, STRAY008 vinyl LP (2023) Admit it, sometimes when you’ve had a bad day, whether at

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10/11/2023 nausika

The Leisure Principle: a duet of bass harmonica and bass guitar produces eccentric and funky minimalist art

Otto Willberg, The Leisure Principle, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT106 vinyl LP (2023) Based in London, Otto Willberg is an

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11/10/2023 Ed Pinsent

Together into the Abyss

The excellent Maja Bugge here with her latest record Together (NO LABEL). We enjoyed this Norwegian cellist with her No

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24/06/2023 Ed Pinsent

I Love Space in Music

Delighted to hear Distant Saxophones (COMMUNITY LIBRARY CL26), an unusual selection of works recorded by the English woodwind player and

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15/06/2023 Ed Pinsent

Daughters of Loneliness

Saphron Red Amber USA FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR565 / UK SHAGRAT RECORDS ENT025 (2022) This is a wonderful record of

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31/05/2023 Ed Pinsent

100 Best Party Songs

Two new vinyl items from the excellent label Horn Of Plenty. This UK label can do no wrong for me

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13/04/2023 nausika

The Berlin Session: a rich lush and exuberant world of Somali funk, disco, soul and dhaanto beats

Dur-Dur Band Int., The Berlin Session, Germany, Out Here Records, oh 035 CD / OH 036 vinyl LP (2023) Founded

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03/04/2023 nausika

Technodelic: a strange techno-psychedelic trip through Japanese and Western culture in the early 1980s

Yellow Magic Orchestra, Technodelic, Japan, Alfa, ALR-28030 vinyl LP (1981) Fans of legendary electronic synthpop band Yellow Magic Orchestra will

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