Piyakdu, Vissiones ov Naeku the’e Plowmanne, United States, Grime Stone Records, (no catalogue number) cassette / CD (2023) Partly inspired
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Aha: tape deck compositions still sound fresh after nearly 40 years
Anne Gillis, Aha, Belgium, La Scie Dorée, limited edition vinyl LP (2024) Nearly 40 years after its first release, French
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Thomas Haines sent us a copy of Supermarket Variations 1 + 2 from Essex, where he operates as Oak Hill
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Roland Schappert arrives from Cologne with his debut album Route1 (R-ECORDS) – we’ve been dilatory keeping up with him, since
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Four new items from the art label Sublime Retreat in Wroclaw Poland, operated by Taras Opanasuik. Three of them feature
Continue readingTago Mago: a classic of joyful, jazz-inspired improvisation embracing trance, funk, psychedelia and experimentation
Can, Tago Mago, United Artists Records, UAS 29 211/12 X, 2 x vinyl LP (1971) The news of Damo Suzuki’s
Continue readingKvad: an epic minimalist dronescape work, heavenly and powerful, mysterious and inscrutable
Erik Levander, Kvad, Germany, Supple 9, SUP008 CD (2023) A chance visit to a cathedral more than twenty years ago,
Continue readingThe Clear Distance: a contemplative work of quiet minimal improvisation
Bill Seaman & Stephen Vitiello, The Clear Distance, Australia, Room40, RM 4201 CD (2023) As a media artist, academic and
Continue readingTropic of Capricorn: notions of what is natural and what is not shown to be based on assumption and stereotyping
Lawrence English / Werner Dafeldecker, Tropic of Capricorn, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG2301 limited edition vinyl LP (2023) Both prolific artists
Continue readingDAIKAN: reissue of a dronescape work beautiful and serene, dark and forbidding, blissful and hypnotic
Thomas Köner, DAIKAN, Germany, Mille Plateaux, MP49 CD digipak / double vinyl LP (2022) Twenty years after its original release
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