Akvan, City of Blood, Iran, self-released, cassette (2021) Dedicated to the Iranian soldiers who fought and died in the Iran-Iraq
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Tag: stringed instruments
Unusta kõik: inventive dissonant black metal with a dark jazzy edge
Kõdu, Unusta kõik, Sweden, Nigredo Records, NP015 limited edition CD (2021) Kõdu is a recent black metal band formed in
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A light and lively Amazonian popular folk compilation in “El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974)”
Andrés Vargas Pinedo, El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974), Peru, BUH Records,
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Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912: early recorded Japanese music still sounding fresh after over 100 years
Various Artists, Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF115
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Manbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose
Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /
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The Humming of Summer Lawns
Australian cellist Judith Hamann is very active of late – she released at least three solo records in year 2020,
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I Remember You (Original Sound Track): a funereal set of dark ambient mood pieces
I Remember You (Original Sound Track), United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR287CD digipak (2020) The official soundtrack to the 2017
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A Greener Future
New Hermitage are an improvising group from Halifax in Canada, led by Andrew MacKelvie who plays saxophones and clarinet; the
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Peaks: a musical travelogue / memoir of significant places, events and influences
Judith Hamann, Peaks, Australia, Black Truffle, BT066 vinyl LP (2020) A cellist and composer originally from Melbourne (or Naarm /
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To Find a Memory in Traffic: a small work of melancholia and loneliness, set in a depressive city environment
Grotta Veterano, To Find a Memory in Traffic, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-060 limited edition cassette (2021) Based in Monrupino, a
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