Fendika & K-Sanchis, GOJO, Switzerland, 121234.records, FBL 007 vinyl LP (2023) Released early in 2023, “GOJO” is the result of
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Carry Them With Us: Scottish Gaelic folklore given new life by smallpipes and saxophone duo
Brìghde Chaimbeul, Carry Them With Us, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB 139 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Albums of instrumental music centred
Continue readingWork 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
Continue readingLe désespoir utopique: eclectic selection of genre elements results in a wistful and complex meditation on human displacement
Forêt Endormie, Le désespoir utopique, Fiadh Productions, United States, FP210 cassette / vinyl LP (2023) In an age when, according
Continue readingStanze: 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
Continue readingWaillee Waillee: a wondrous work of spaced-out psychedelic folk and neo-mediaeval experimentation
Dorothy Carter, Waillee Waillee, United States, Palto Flats, PF012 CD / vinyl LP (December 2023 reissue) / Germany, Putojefe Records,
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Grim hammering noise from Kollaps on Until The Day I Die (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR309CD), apparently the third album from
Continue readingThe Miraculous Healing Touch
Tactile Stories (CACOPHONOUS REVIVAL RECORDINGS CRR-015) is is acoustic duo improv from Colin Fisher (sax or guitar) and Mike Gennaro
Continue readingKustomized Lines 4 New Genres
KL4NG Live à Venise FRANCE STUDIOLABUT 003 C.D. (2022) Here then is the story of how KL4NG came 2B. I’m
Continue readingSkinwalker: uneasy-listening fusion of jazz, noise and drone derangement
Bruxa Maria & MoE, Skinwalker, Norway, Conrad Sound, CnRd332 CD (2022) Recorded back in 2019, in Newcastle upon Tyne, “Skinwalker”
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