Dur-Dur Band Int., The Berlin Session, Germany, Out Here Records, oh 035 CD / OH 036 vinyl LP (2023) Founded
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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
Continue readingUzu Oto: dreamy alt-pop soundscapes from glitch electronics and live improvisation
Gurun Gurun, Uzu Oto, Peru, BUH Records, BR157 vinyl LP (2022) A Czech quartet, Gurun Gurun play alt-pop deconstructed through
Continue readingIII, Ascension: cycle of life, death and beyond portrayed in an immersive epic experimental soundtrack
Feigur, III, Ascension, France, Steelwork Maschine, SMR024 CD, vinyl LP (2022) Formed in 2007 by French multi-instrumentalist Adrien Tibi, originally
Continue readingOde to the Bearer of Good News: overblown symphonic rock kitsch and dreamy space ambient electronics in Olympic Games music soundtrack
Edward Artemyev, Ode to the Bearer of Good News, USSR, Melodiya, C60 21277 005 vinyl LP (recorded 1980, released 1984)
Continue readingLife in Life: deep beauty and spellbinding emotion in minimal piano melodies and extreme singing
Randi Pontoppidan & Povl Kristian, Life in Life, United States, Chant Records, CR2205RA CD (2022) A beautiful and very emotional
Continue readingAlbat Alawi Op.99: 20th-century Arab classical orchestral music meets DIY invention
El Khat, Albat Alawi Op.99, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GBCD 121 (2022) Led by Eyal el Wahab, a self-taught Israeli musician
Continue readingNON baNd (self-titled): new lease of life for skronky post-punk / new wave cult band’s debut album
NON baNd, self-titled, Germany, TAL, TAL04 clear vinyl LP (2017, reissued 2022) Originally released back in 1982, the only album
Continue readingPainting is Dead: lively electronic post-pop / jazz devolves into synthpop filler
Painting, Painting is Dead, Germany, Antime, ANTIME034, vinyl LP (2022) A lively (and, at least in its early half, very
Continue readingDora Agora: wistful dream ambient folk pop of insubstantial form and deep emotion
Ekin Fil, Dora Agora, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS067 vinyl LP (2022) Having been active for over 20 years
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