Mediocre pop-rock tunes from Floodlights on their LP From A View (WOO ME WOOME 011CD)… The band are a four-piece
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Houmeissa: a soundtrack of electronic desert folk for a computer game or an animated film
Hama, Houmeissa, United States, Sahel Sounds, SS-049 vinyl LP (2019) While looking up information on Mamman Sani Abdulaye on Sahel
Continue readingLo Bueno Está Aquí: light-hearted and witty minimalist lo-fi salsa electronic dance music for the pandemic age
Contento, Lo Bueno Está Aquí, Spain, El Palmas Music, elpalmaslp08 vinyl LP (2020) Labelled by its creators as “salsapunk”, here
Continue readingThe Faintest Hint: minimal folk pop songs are surprisingly strong, precise and intense
Ai Aso, The Faintest Hint, France, Ideologic Organ, SOMA034LP (2020) Tokyo-based Ai Aso has been active as a musician since
Continue readingCoda: an ethereal dreamscape of sighing voices and a serious yet blissful mood
Ekin Fil, Coda, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS054 12″ vinyl limited edition (2020) Based in Istanbul, drone-pop singer Ekin
Continue readingVacant: a life transition and rite of passage detailed in ever-growing ambient soundscapes
Ytamo, Vacant, Australia, Room40 / Someone Good, RMSG021 CD limited edition (2020) Recorded in 2019 while pregnant with her first
Continue readingThe Pace Setters: reissue of Ghanaian highlife band’s first and only album holds hope for its renaissance
Edikanfo, The Pace Setters, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GBCD 094 (2020) Originally released in 1981 by EG Records, this debut album
Continue readingSecrets of Numbers: beats-driven electro-techno takes you to a strange dark universe
Lagowski, Secrets of Numbers, Poland, Zoharum, ZOHAR 198-2 CD digipak limited edition (2020) Since 1981 – 1982 when he first
Continue readingStorm Clouds Over The Hive
The Original Beekeepers Fear For The Future UK LINEAR OBSESSIONAL RECORDINGS LOR 125 CD (2019) Only on the very rarest
Continue readingCan You Heal A Damaged Brain?
Received a couple of new releases on vinyl from Jim Xentos…this singular English creator was a member of The Homosexuals
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