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21/12/2023 nausika

Work Hard: commentary on life in Ghana and a guide to better living in infectious and energetic music

King Ayisoba, Work Hard, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB134 CD / vinyl LP (2023) It might be called “Work Hard” but it

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19/12/2023 nausika

Le d​é​sespoir utopique: eclectic selection of genre elements results in a wistful and complex meditation on human displacement

Forêt Endormie, Le d​é​sespoir utopique, Fiadh Productions, United States, FP210 cassette / vinyl LP (2023) In an age when, according

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16/12/2023 Ed Pinsent

The Three Bells Puzzle

Three new items from the Swiss label insub.records. Le Secret (Bells) (insub.rec.cd22) turns out to be the second avant-garde record

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10/12/2023 nausika

Shadoww: a fun ride through rich and radiant trippy ambient electronics experimentation

Agathe Max, Shadoww, United Kingdom, self-released, limited edition cassette (2023) Active in the experimental / improv music scene since 2006

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25/11/2023 nausika

Does Spring Hide Its Joy: a triptych of dronescape works of surprising richness and complexity

Kali Malone (featuring Stephen O’Malley & Lucy Railton), Does Spring Hide Its Joy, Ideologic Organ, SOMA 050, 3 x vinyl

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14/11/2023 nausika

Playon Crayon: free jazz improvisation with a light and playful touch

Elsa Bergman, Playon Crayon, Sweden, Bergman Inspelningar, BI004 CD (2023) On days when you need relaxing music with a light

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10/11/2023 nausika

Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II: two soundscape works that demand your attention to their every quiver and flutter

Alvin Lucier, Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II, Australia, Black Truffle Records, BT109 vinyl LP (2023) A follow-up

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29/10/2023 nausika

Waillee Waillee: a wondrous work of spaced-out psychedelic folk and neo-mediaeval experimentation

Dorothy Carter, Waillee Waillee, United States, Palto Flats, PF012 CD / vinyl LP (December 2023 reissue) / Germany, Putojefe Records,

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24/09/2023 nausika

Nighturns: a compilation of minimalist experimental music drawing on African folk influences and field recordings of rituals

Un Caddie Renversé dans l’Herbe, Nighturns, Germany, Cellule 75, CELL-10 CD (2022) With a name like Caddie Renversé dans l’Herbe

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21/09/2023 Ed Pinsent

Trees in the Community

Excellent string work on the album Tús (NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS FCR327), a collection of recent compositions by the Irish-American composer

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