Okkyung Lee Cheol-Kkot-Sae (Steel. Flower. Bird) USA TZADIK RECORDS 4023 CD (2018) Since moving her worldly goods to New York
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Terra Alta: minimalist coldwave with a techno feel from Barcelona
Fatamorgana, Terra Alta, United Kingdom, La Vida Es Un Mus, LP MUS188 limited blue vinyl (2019) Begun as a bedroom
Continue readingHave Robot Dog, Will Travel … striving to describe the difficulties of the human condition in an age of technology and technocratic values
Stephanie Pan, Have Robot Dog, Will Travel – A Song Cycle for the Technological Age, Netherlands, ARTEk, ART004 CD (2018)
Continue readingThe Cusp of Disruption
Quite nice short electronica-dub thing from INRA, the duo of Adam Ben-Nun and Philipp Rhensius. The Content Consuming Its Form
Continue readingMade in Japan: occasional bursts of guitar and vocal fire not enough to warm up a tepid album
Flower Travellin’ Band, Made in Japan, Atlantic Records, vinyl P-8187A (1972) Pedantic TSP readers may say the album should really
Continue readingNew Japanese Noise: noisy improv jazz meets flippy electronics but the result is surprisingly minimalist
Paal Nilssen-Love, New Japanese Noise, Norway, PNL Records, CD / digital PNL042 (2019) Celebrating US Independence Day at the Roskilde
Continue readingAnywhere: legendary ronin samurai rockers starting down the highway with four cover songs
The Flower Travellin’ Band, Anywhere, The Netherlands, Philips, LP FX-8507 (1970) While these guys’ first original album “Satori” is the
Continue readingKirikyogen: early doom metal collaboration with a surprising amount of variety and flexibility
Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin’ Band, Kirikyogen, United Kingdom, London Records, vinyl LP SKK(L) 3003 (1970) For a band that
Continue readingParachute: disillusionment results from city flight to the country
The Pretty Things, Parachute, United Kingdom, Harvest, vinyl LP SHVL 774 (1970) After the commercial failure of “S.F. Sorrow”
Continue readingMagick Memos from Japan
Got a snootful of items from Michel Henritzi, the French improviser who still holds a torch for Japanese improvisation in
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