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08/02/2021 Ed Pinsent

Their Views are Their Own

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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05/12/2020 nausika

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

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12/11/2020 nausika

Lo 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

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25/09/2020 nausika

The 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

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17/08/2020 nausika

Coda: 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

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07/08/2020 nausika

Vacant: 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

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28/07/2020 nausika

The 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

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18/07/2020 nausika

Secrets 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

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04/07/2020 Steve Pescott

Storm Clouds Over The Hive

The Original Beekeepers Fear For The Future UK LINEAR OBSESSIONAL RECORDINGS LOR 125 CD (2019) Only on the very rarest

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27/06/2020 Ed Pinsent

Can 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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