This concludes our round-up of many of the vinyl seven-inches to have reached us in 2011. I Am A Vowel
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The Voice of Unreason
Univrs. (RASTER NOTON R-N 133) by Alva Noto is a record which I would like to think celebrates the joys
Continue readingA few Crocodile Tears
A cassette it be…short in length…Pee in My Face With Surgery, an American absurd noise combo comprising Fritz and Jaime
Continue readingConcerning This Square
The Tree in the Quadtych From Sheffield here’s Cameron Deas, another guitar-playing acoustic Englishman worthy to hold his head alongside
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Twenty of Another Kind A lengthy triple-CD box set of microtonal minimalism is Twenty Ten (12K1066) by the New York
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade…tonight everything I pull out of the bags turns out to be ultra-minimal music
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Get Knotted A fine baffling patchwork piece is The Knotted Constellation (Fourteen Rotted Coordinates) (MONOTYPE RECORDS MONO039). Over 32 minutes
Continue readingLost Corners and Brutal Pulses
Enigma of the day is Noise Without Tears (PILGRIM TALK PT12), a recording of extremely minimal dimensions recorded at Loop
Continue readingTheir Hearts were full of Spring
Excellent Dutch improv by Premier Roeles on Ka Da Ver (VINDU MUSIC VINDU20111). Nice to see this quartet still uses
Continue readingMind Forests / Virtual Walks
Harvesting Metadata (PFMENTUM CD058) by KaiBorg has been here in the boxes since February. I may have been putting it
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