Bug In The City

terry riley

2010-03-24T20:13:00.002+02:00

This is the kick-off CD in the Terry Riley Archive Series sponsored by the Cortical Foundation label under their new imprint, Organ of Corti. This CD brings together four important early tape works by Riley and reveals how deeply he influenced so much of the tape-delay, cut-and-splice method of music creation begun in the late '60s. "The Gift" is the work that opens the album, a jazz piece performed by Chet Baker with his quartet, and featuring tape manipulations by Riley using a delay mechanism through two looped tape recorders. All of it performed live for French radio. Over five sections the jazz quartet is eventually displaced and becomes part of a unit of sound that repeats itself, over and over again, whether it be the trumpet, a vocal, or the rhythm section, creating -- unintentionally, of course -- the precursor to the work that would become "In C," and create the entire minimalist movement. "Bird of Paradise" is an early example of "plunderphonics," with heavy R&B soul jams, pop tunes, classical music, and who knows what else cut and looped with noise and effects, making them nearly unrecognizable by playing with different speeds and sonorities. Riley made something truly original. When it can be found, the groove itself becomes infectious, but just as it does, it is transformed into something else. Steve Reich used this method later to great effect on "It's Gonna Rain" and other recordings from the period. "Mescalin Mix" was inspired in part by John Cage's "Fontana Mix," Riley's own experiments with mescaline, and his work with Richard Maxfield. It was created over two years (1960-1962), using tape loops that would extend out Riley's window into the yard to a wine bottle spindle. This very piece, which is the single strangest piece of "music" he ever created, was used by choreographer Ann Halprin's legendary work "The Three-Legged Stool," and was added onto later by collaborations from many other composers and artists including Morton Subotnick. Finally the seminal "Concert for Two Pianos and Five Tape Recorders" is here as it was recorded at its premier at Hertz Hall in Berkeley, CA, in 1960 with an outrageously funny play-by-play broadcast narrative. The narrator confesses he knows less than nothing about Riley or the composition. He explains that there is improvisation in the piece but has no idea how it works and explains how it might work and is then appalled at how weird it all is in sum. This is an amazing collection and a truly awesome way to start off an archive series by one of the world's most original and prolific voices.

music for the gift

manand

lalo schifrin

2010-03-23T20:34:00.004+02:00

Despite his classical training, Lalo Schifrin had worked with Dizzy Gillespie and was something of a jazz enthusiast. His groundbreaking score for Don Siegel's Dirty Harry was initially inspired by Miles Davis' electronic excursions in "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" and Bitches Brew. Allowed to follow his musical instincts by veteran director Siegel, Schifrin orchestrates the score's driving percussion, restless electric bass, and eerie wordless vocals (as pioneered by Edda Dell'Orso Ennio Morricone and his peers in Italy) into an organic mix that could best be described as acid jazz some 25 years before that genre began. The music cues for Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan are energetic and exciting, but what kicks the score to a level all its own is Schifrin's theme for the serial killer, Scorpio, whom Callahan tracks through the bulk of the film. Its offbeat fusion combines modern classical music in a brilliant manner with Sally Stevens' creepy, ethereal vocals overlaying psychedelic rock of the time. This is perhaps best exemplified on the CD in the two opening cuts: "Prologue -- The Swimming Pool" and "Main Title." The shifting tempos and the sinister, childlike vocals were directly emulated by dozens of Italian Poliziottechi and Giallo films of the '70s, and a sterilized incarnation of this style has become the bane of 21st century television scoring, a full three decades after Schifrin's seminal work. The only criticisms of the release are aesthetic and specific to the conventions of published film scores. This CD is missing the brilliant 7" edit of "Scorpio's Theme," which admittedly never appears in the film in this form, but which captures the excitement of the score in a three-minute jazz/rock opera. Also, some of the slight source music -- such as the comic "Harry's Hot Dog" and the cheesy "The Strip Club" -- will benefit the CD most when left off the play list. There is merit in presenting a "complete" soundtrack, even in order of appearance within the film; but given that these pieces wreck the mood set by the immediately preceding music, it could be argued that the best place for them is at the tail-end of the recording as bonus tracks. Outside of these misgivings, the primary score is one of the first truly modern action film scores. Less immediate than his popular theme songs for Mission Impossible or The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the score for Dirty Harry succeeds through Schifrin's experimental nerve and ability to draw ideas from current trends to meld them in a way both unique and timeless. Its influence is paramount, heard daily in movies, on television, and in modern jazz and rock music.

dirty harry

manand

2010-03-20T16:35:00.003+02:00

..although it's spring and it's very uncool to sit infront of your pc screen posting albums almost no
one likes while the morning sunlight invades through my window and bathes my room(i've always liked cheesy poetry!!!) a comment i had (yes i had a comment) from an anonymous friend
made me to move my old fat ass and write about this unique lost treasure,post punk mixed with
avant rock filled with spastic rythms and synths in a very New York-ish manner ,something like a no wave Beefheart if he was a female....anyway you'll find others who decribe this better in the web i just wanted to point it out and make you listen..THANKS ANONYMOUS!
KAREN COOPER COMPLEX-SHINJUKU BIRDWALK

2010-03-10T15:32:00.000+02:00

Δελτίο Τύπου
Live στο Club του Μύλου
Κυριακή 21 Μαρτίου

Η ομάδα Melotron, σε συνεργασία με την Kazandb, παρουσιάζουν ένα από τα πιο σημαντικά ανεξάρτητα μουσικά σχήματα της εποχής, τους Piano Magic, που μας επισκέπτονται για δεύτερη φορά στην Θεσσαλονίκη, για να πραγματοποιήσουν μια ζωντανή εμφάνιση στο Club του Μύλου, την Κυριακή 21 Μαρτίου.

Οι P.M. σχηματίστηκαν από τον Glen Johnson στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του '90 και έκτοτε έχουν κυκλοφορήσει 12 άλμπουμ και αρκετά singles και ep's, σε μια πληθώρα ανεξάρτητων δισκογραφικών εταιρειών (4ad, Morr, Important, Darla, Rocket Girl,Make Mine music κλπ) ηχογραφώντας έτσι μερικά από τα πιο ολοκληρωμένα άλμπουμ των τελευταίων ετών (Artist's rifles, Low birth weight, Ovations). Τα τελευταία έξι χρόνια και μετά από αρκετές ζυμώσεις, στον ήχο τους αλλά και στην σύνθεσή τους, οι P.M. έχουν καταλήξει να αποτελούνται από Άγγλους και Γάλλους, παίζοντας συγχρόνως ένα είδος μουσικής που είναι βαθιά επηρεασμένο από τα μουσικά ρεύματα που χαρακτηρίζουν τα τέλη της δεκαετίας του '70 και την αρχή της δεκαετίας του '80 στη Μ. Βρετανία (post punk, new wave, ambient pop etc).
Γενικότερα η αισθητική των συναυλιών των P.M. ,πλέον, δεν διαφέρει από αυτή των Chameleons, Joy Division, Cure δημιουργώντας έτσι μια ατμόσφαιρα που εκτός από σκοτεινή και ρομαντική, την χαρακτηρίζει ο δυναμισμός και η συγκινησιακή δράση.
Αξιοσημείωτες επίσης είναι οι διάφορες συνεργασίες/συμμετοχές που είχαν και εξακολουθούν να έχουν με σημαντικούς και διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένους καλλιτέχνες όπως η Vashti Bunyan, o Peter Ulrich και ο Brendan Perry των Dead can Dance, οι Low κλπ. Ιδιαίτερης μνείας αξίζει και η μουσική επένδυση που επιμελήθηκαν για την ταινία “Son de Mar” του Ισπανού σκηνοθέτη Bigas Luna.

Τη συναυλία θα ανοίξουν οι Sugar Factory. Οι S. F. δημιουργήθηκαν το 2009 από τον Stelreverb (κιθάρες, samples) και την Sophie K. (ακορντεόν, μπάσο, samples) και οι δύο ενεργά μέλη των Infidelity. Εμπνευσμένοι από την αυτοσχεδιαστική σύγχρονη μουσική και τις μελωδικές γραμμές ελλήνων και ξένων καλλιτεχνών, αναμιγνύουν ‘γλυκές’ μελωδίες κλείνοντας το μάτι στους βιομηχανοποιημένους ήχους! Έχοντας για σημαία τους τον αναλογικό ήχο, στις ζωντανές τους εμφανίσεις παίζουν πάντοτε σε πραγματικό χρόνο, χωρίς την χρήση π προ– ηχογραφημένου υλικού.

Η προπώληση των εισητηρίων στη Θεσσαλονίκη γίνεται από τα παρακάτω δισκοπωλεία: Λωτός, Metropolis, Noise, Stereodisc, Wax, Joint, Playground.
Προπώληση 20 ευρώ.
Ταμείο 25 ευρώ.

www.myspace.com/lowbirthweight
www.piano-magic.co.uk
www.makeminemusic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/makeminemusic
www.last.fm/user/melotronlive
www.myspace.com/melotronproductions
www.twitter.com/melotronlive
www.mylos.gr
www.sugarfactoryband.blogspot.com/

2010-03-10T15:30:00.000+02:00

Lunar Miasma

Lunar Miasma είναι το καινούργιο πρότζεκτ του Πάνου Αλεξιάδη (γνωστού και ώς Red Needled Sea). Αριθμώντας ήδη σείρα απο κυκλοφορίες σε εταιρίες όπως η Ruralfaune, Small Doses και η δική του Insult (μεταξύ των οποίων ένα split με τον Xela) ο ήχος του τοποθετείται στο επίκεντρο του νέου ψυχεδελικού ιδιώματος που προέκηψε απο το συνδιασμό drone, ambient, noise και new age. Χρησιμοποιώντας αποκλειστικά αναλογικά synth χτίζει ψυχοτροπικά ηχοτοπία που συνδιάζουν αβίαστα το ρετρό φουτουρισμό του Blade Runner, τις hypnagogic εμμονές, τους μεταλλικούς βώμβους και το θόρυβο με την τελετουργία του doom metal.

http://www.myspace.com/lunarmiasma

http://www.myspace.com/insultrecordings

NAΦΘALYN

Οι NAΦΘALYN αποτελούν το προσωπικό project του Θάνου Μαντά (ex-Straighthate, voidhead, dephosphorus, Grey Spirals). Η μουσική του βασίζεται στο χτίσιμο πολλών layers με στόχο το πειραματισμό στους δρόμους του drone, του harsh noise και του μινιμαλισμού. Με βασικό όχημα την ηλεκτρική κιθάρα, τα ηχοτοπία των NAΦΘALYN κατευθύνονται στις live εμφανίσεις σε απροσδιόριστα μονοπάτια, μιας και κάθε φορά ο πειραματισμός οδηγεί τις συνθέσεις. Η πρώτη δουλειά σε συνεργασία με τους Death By A Thousand Cuts από την δραστήρια Insult Recordings έχει κυκλοφορήσει και στο άμεσο μέλλον αναμένονται νέες κυκλοφορίες από διάφορες εταιρίες του χώρου.

www.myspace.com/nafthalyn

KNOT Gallery

Mιχαλακοπούλου 206 & Πύρρου (εις. από Πύρρου)
πλησιέστερος σταθμός Μετρό: Αμπελόκηποι
Λεωφορεία: Α5, Β5 (στάση ΖΑΓΟΡΑ)

2010-02-24T12:41:00.002+02:00

...it's been a while now that i had an mp3-download overdose syndrom,meaning i find every album i listen to boring and uninteresting so i decided to stop downloading for a while
and listen one-or two albums a day,which so far has the same effects because still i find most
of the things i listen to ..boring!!!...after all maybe my music taste is absolutely shitty and that's
the reason i can't find anything good,that's why the best music news i've heard lately was that
the Russian Futurists(one of my favorite bands) are having a new record out this summer...
hope it will be as sunny and lovingly naive as the previous ones!!!

2010-02-11T19:55:00.000+02:00

Το live θα ακολουθήσει την πετυχημένη συνταγή αναπαραγωγής ηχογραφήσεων του Άγγελου και την πρωτότυπη αντίστοιχα συνταγή εκτέλεσης τραγουδιών των Κτιρίων. Η διάθεση των λέξεων πετυχημενος και πρωτότυπος θα λάβει μέρος πιο ενεργά κατά τη σύζευξη των δύο μετά το πέρας των εμφανίσεων τους, ώστε να αναπτυχθεί υλικό το οποίο δούλεψαν από απόσταση δίχως επικοινωνία την τελευταία βδομάδα πριν την συνάντηση τους στη ΚΝΟΤ.

Άγγελος κυρίου/ http://angeloskyriou.blogspot.com/

Κτίρια τη Νύχτα/ http://buildingsatnight.blogspot.com/

KNOT Gallery

2010-02-11T19:50:00.002+02:00

''A full hour of sonic gunk recorded mostly by Damon, the head puffy and bass player, Dusty. Insanely fresh and concise release for one of the most insanely off-kilter rock projects going right now. Absolutely in the zone four-track recordings that capture lo-fi psych scum basement rock and a wide variety of instrumental tracks that really make this entire release HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. Heavy guitar fuzz explorations of cosmic kraut'esque realms. Beautiful synth gnarl and killer jams through and through. Sonic experiments that leave you feeling as if you are being flushed down some giant neon green polka-dotted toilet bowl. You may have checked them out with their recent additions of Cleveland radio psych guru, Steve Newton (Krauty McKraut) on vocals and John Elliot of Emeralds on synthesizer but you've likely never heard them as fully realized as they are on "Harrigan's Blues". ''
harrigan'sblues
s.

2010-02-11T19:43:00.001+02:00

''...Those who are afraid that pianist Matthew Shipp is getting soft after he released Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear) will rest assured with this release: he's featured in an extreme outer-limits dialogue with this all-star ecstatic-jazz ensemble. Shipp's quaking low-end rumbles and wayward lyricism is underpinned by William Parker's prowling bass lines and Rashid Bakr's sparse drumming. On top, trumpeter Roy Campbell and reedman Daniel Carter alternate between full-blast screeching textures, secretive slurs and intricate cross-dialogues....''
TIME....
s.

2010-02-10T20:19:00.001+02:00

Is TOP FLOOR ENCOUNTER part of the revenge of Generation Y musicians?

For the past 15 years or so, Gen X jazzers -- the so-called Young Lions -- have dominated the musical agenda, limiting improvisation to that involving swing, tonality and conventional interaction. But now, as many of the Young Lions are revealed to be little more than toothless tigers, even younger players are throwing those conventions aside and discovering how such techniques as speech-like inflection and dissonance, first utilized by neo-con mocked avant gardists gives them additional freedom.

The two American and one German musician featured here, who are all on either side of 30, demonstrate how well this rediscovered musical independence can be used.

Link between sensibilities, is American bassist John Hughes, 29. While going to university in Baltimore he was part of an shifting group of experimental improvisers, which included drummer Jeff Arnal, 30. Arnal, who studied composition at the University of Baltimore also played with Vattel Cherry, a former Charles Gayle sideman, with whom Hughes studied bass. Moving to Hamburg in 1999, he began an association with local alto saxophonist Lars Scherzberg, 29. When Arnal visited Germany in the summer of 2000 the three got together to record this skillful CD.

Existing in a common improv zone, where they're certainly not a group, but no longer strangers, the three range through a mixed program rooted firmly in what could be called the EuroImprov tradition.

Although working in the time-honored horn and rhythm section trio preferred by committed jazz saxophonists as different as Ornette Coleman and Branford Marsalis, this is no soloist-plus-back-up date. While parallels could be made with the trios put together by improvisers like Briton Evan Parker, the three certainly haven't reached the level of extrasensory perception that sometimes characterize the interaction in those bands.

Instead what you see is what you get: three young musicians working together to achieve a certain congruence and mutual solving of different theoretical challenges. Although the sleeve lists nine selections, you could just as easily see the entire disc as one subdivided suite. Flowing one tune into another, only interrupted near the end for some scattered applause from the small audience, this is music of diminutive hand movements and quick responses.

Scherzberg, a saxophone student of King Übü mainman Wolgang Fuchs, plays in a style that implies sounds as much as expels them. A compendium of extended techniques, his favorites seem to be rolling flutter tonguing, false fingering and protracted pain-flecked shrieks. Near the end he does try some honking as well as circular breathing, but that's also the only time anything resembling a regular plucked bass pulse appears.

Reticent most of the time, Hughes usually confines himself to lightening quick arco attacks, quick bass guitar-like strums or bass stave accents. While Arnal, favoring brushes, mostly confines himself to the lightest parts of his kit, sometime introducing the odd bell-like cymbal tone.

Having set out their parameters, the three still reveal themselves Gen Yers on most pieces and the CD itself really lack a definitive ending. But, then again, who beside the neo-cons ever assumed that a young musician's definitive statement was made first time out? Extraordinary improvisation comes from many years of familiarity with your own instrument and your thoughts about music making.

This encounter is a fine record of a stop along that road. As the promise exhibited here is realized, the three may arrive at a place that's even higher than the top floor.''
topfloorencounter
s.

2010-02-10T20:16:00.000+02:00

''The recordings came about as a result of a project instigated in late 1999, which bears witness to a long held fascination with how the environment generates and shapes culture, memory and myth. There was no desire to conduct any scientific or anthropological field work, but to collect a set of recordings which would serve to illustrate how precious the sonic environment can be, and to act as founding materials for a soundscape collection at the British Library Sound Archive.''
mythsoforiginsonicephemerafromeastasia
s.

2010-02-10T20:00:00.002+02:00

...τεσσερις κορυφαιοι μουσικοι αυτοσχεδιαζουν,αναδομουν και διασταυρωνονται αλλοτε
σε free jazz μονοπατια και αλλες φορες στα γκριζα τοπια τις Ευρωπαικης μοντερνας και
νεοκλασσικης μουσικης...
περιφερεια
s.

2010-02-10T19:43:00.001+02:00

Contemporary Kagura Metaphysics
''..Nanjo, leader & bass player from High Rise. He formed this group specifically to explore any minimalism/occult overlap & to use instruments both eastern & western. He also forced the musicians to remain anonymous & requred more than 400 overdubs in the studio. Mixed by Kawabata from Acid Moms.. ..''
s.

2010-02-06T21:08:00.006+02:00

...δυο Ελληνικα συγκροτηματα με κοινο χαρακτηριστικο την synth-pop ταυτοτητα τους
αν και με μεγαλες διαφορες στον ηχο,οι Proxies απο την Θεσσαλονικη ενα απο τα πρωτα
synth γκρουπ της χωρας μας που εκαναν μαλιστα μια σχετικη επιτυχια με το 12'' που
παρουσιαζουμε εδω και λεω φυσικα για το Fishin' Boat τη διασκευη στο γνωστο νησιωτικο
''Θα Παρω Μια Ψαροβαρκα'' ενω το αλλο γκρουπ οι In Trance 95 οι οποιοι υπαρχουν μεχρι σημερα αν δεν κανω λαθος(σε αντιθεση με τους Proxies) με εναν Sheffield oriented ηχο
κυκλοφορησαν το μοναδικο ''μεγαλο '' τους δισκο το 1990 απο την Wipe Out με τιτλο
Code Of Obsession:The Trance Dance Alternatives Vol.1

s.

2010-02-02T21:02:00.003+02:00

''ADOLF FILTER is Daniel Persson and Conny Klenze from Gothenburg, Sweden. Inspired by analogue synthesizers, drum machines and cassette recordings, and they started playing in various electronic bands over the years since 1986. Having started as ADOLF FILTER in 2004, they eventually appeared on various compilations, amongst them the “Doppelhertz” 2LP, the “Festival der Genialen Dilettanten” LP and “Vågform Volym 1” CD (all available in this shop). The whole concept is to keep the music free from any software synthesisers what so ever thus using only physical instruments. In general they do sound a lot like early FRONT 242 (thus in their best era 1981 to 1983) making use of a lot of Roland SH-101 and TR-606. Very nostalgic, thus very good!''
theotherhandontheknob
s.

2010-02-02T20:56:00.001+02:00

''...It’s a music that makes striking use of aural perspective. Across a background wash of out-of-focus electronics or detuned radio burble, crisp and sometimes violent exchanges shoot like comets. Agnel’s clipped phrases are often very widely spaced, and on occasion wobble disconcertingly, as if being shaken back and forth. The piano is sometimes right in front of you, but just as often sounds like it’s playing on a distant radio. As with Phosphor, conventions of musical dialogue and interaction are almost completely displaced, though there are flashes of wit and the whole thing is anything but austere. Rather than as “free improvisation,” this needs to be listened to as a sonic artifact, possessing an indubitable but almost alien internal logic. Excellent....''
Rouge Gris Brut
s.

2010-02-02T20:50:00.001+02:00

''.... Myelin Sheaths have found a perfect platform to desecrate the chill and melt the frozen wilderness around them. The endlessly reverberated dual male/female vocals blend together on the B-side's “Drugstore Pharmacy” so well that you can feel the sky open up and suck you straight into heaven, as it washes away the troubles clouding your weary consciousness. Like if someone plugged the entire C86 sound into a fried-out supergenerator, Myelin Sheaths have the potential to skyrocket straight to the top of your list of new favorites...''
DOTHEMENTALTWIST
s.

2010-02-02T20:45:00.001+02:00

''....Despite the crap artwork that looks tailor-made for clearance bins nationwide, this M/F two piece from Sacto (that's Sacramento to you) serves up some delightfully raucous lo-fi DIY garage/pop that could have been cranked out by Jad Fair's old (circa "Half Gentlemen") production studio. Sweet stuff indeed...''
easterqueen
s.

2010-01-31T20:52:00.003+02:00

''Drummer/percussionist Babatunde Lea's Suite Unseen CD has plenty of variety and is wide-ranging. There are hard bop features for trombonist Steve Turre and tenor saxophonist Richard Howell (with the front line sometimes recalling the Jazz Crusaders of the 1960s), a display for Turre's conch shells on another selection, some chanting, brief percussion interludes, and a five-part suite by Lea that is spread throughout this disc rather than occurring in consecutive tracks. "Suite Unseen" would have been more effective if its movements had been placed together, but one can adjust the CD player to achieve that. The other nine numbers all fit in well and, with Glen Pearson contributing some McCoy Tyner-inspired piano and steady work from bassist Geoff Brennan (Ron Belcher takes his place on one number) and percussionist Bujo Jones, this is a spirited and very musical outing.''
suite unseen
s.

2010-01-31T20:48:00.005+02:00

It would be very easy to fall into the trap of evoking the
paradisiacal, parrot-filled beaches of Brazil.  But this is no Bounty
ad.  Arabesque's music goes far beyond this, as it is an amalgam of
the most refined sounds imaginable.  Cherry Red, El, Astrud Gilberto,
Jobim.are all blended here in with a style and beauty that endures.

Let's not forget that this group is an offshoot of Blueboy, who have
shown time and time again that they are capable of producing some of
the best records ever released by an independent label.  And Arabesque
keeps firmly on course, in their song tracks and instrumental numbers
that will make the needle on your record player melt.
the grooming gambit
s.

2010-01-29T22:52:00.000+02:00

''This is another of those labour of love projects which in an alternative universe receive music industry awards for services rendered to cultural, musical, and historical integrity rather than for “units sold”. As Gokhan Aya notes in his liners, it has taken a Turk and a Dutchman to push this stuff into the light of reissue day.
Aya spills a lot of ink on presenting a more balanced historical view of Iran, which is fair enough but this listener was left wanting more information on the artists, labels and recording facilities (or lack thereof). Presumably such information is still lost in time. Nonetheless, there are some cool picture sleeves.
The LP comes on multi-coloured vinyl and a striking sleeve in national colours. Musically, think in terms of those mid-60s Turkish high school bands (there’s even a Baris Manco look-a-like) and other Turkish delights. This is a great package and brings the hidden ’60s offerings of an unlikely country to our spoiled ears.
I for one am grateful. Shah-Shah A Go-Go indeed!''
raks!
s.

2010-01-29T22:47:00.001+02:00

''In the 60's Wolfgang was in Spirits of Sound with Wolfgang Flur later of Kraftwerk. In the 70's Wolfgang played a major role in Streetmark's classic album 'Eileen'. However, 'Eileen' was not a huge commercial success and so Wolfgang was full of doubts about his own abilities when he set about recording Wunderbar.

The opening track of the album is the title track 'Wunderbar' which is ultra-catchy. They must put something in the water in Dusseldorf which results in superb melodies.

Another standout track is 'Siberland' which is effectively a slowed down version of Kraftwerk's 'Metropolis' from Man Machine. The parallel here is interesting as Man Machine and Wunderbar were both recorded in 1978, although I don't know which one hit the shops first. Who is copying who ?

'Himmelblau' would not sound out of place on a La Dusseldorf album. Clearly Dinger and Rother have based their whole career around songs which feature the words 'La' and 'Dusseldorf'. In the case of 'Himmelblau' Riechmann goes one step further by only using the word 'La' in the lyrics. Simplicity is best.

The album finishes with a short omninous sounding instrumental. Sadly, shortly after Wunderbar was recorded Wolfgang was murdered (having been stabbed in a Dusseldorf barroom brawl). This is a great shame as judging by the evidence of Wunderbar, Wolfgang could have gone on to great things. ''
wunderbar
s.

2010-01-27T19:05:00.004+02:00

Οι MOHAMMAD είναι το νέο πρότζεκτ των Νίκο Βελιώτη, ILIOS, και Coti K.

Και οι τρεις με παράλληλες πορείες στις μη συμβατικές μουσικές, αποφάσισαν να ενωθούν για να μελετήσουν το φιλοσοφικό ρεύμα kullu wahad και εργάστηκαν για ενα χρόνο πάνω στις αρχές της ενδοδιαμόρφωσης με μέσα το βιολοντσέλο (Νικος Βελιωτης), τις γεννήτριες (ILIOS) και το κοντραμπάσο (Coti K.).

MOHAMMAD is the project of Coti K, ILIOS and Nikos Veliotis.

Having worked separately in the experimental field they decided to join forces in order to study the “kullu wahad” philosophy and to work on the principles of inter-modulation using contra-bass (Coti K.), oscillators (ILIOS) and cello (Nikos Veliotis).

KNOT Gallery

Mιχαλακοπούλου 206 & Πύρρου (εις. από Πύρρου)
πλησιέστερος σταθμός Μετρό: Αμπελόκηποι
Λεωφορεία: 408, 419, Α5, Β5, Γ5 (στάση ΖΑΓΟΡΑ)

http://knotarts.blogspot.com/

2010-01-27T19:00:00.001+02:00

"Blue Gene Tyranny is the Mozart of his generation, an improvisor -- neither jazz nor classical but both - congenitally incapable of hitting an infelicitous note."...''
freedelivery
s.

2010-01-27T18:54:00.001+02:00

Leroy Jenkins, free jazz's greatest violinist, has always worked best in intimate situations with equally talented partners. He certainly had the optimum conditions on this duet date pairing him with outstanding pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor Muhal Richard Abrahams. The duo played six Jenkins compositions for the session, which was recorded live. Abrams and Jenkins frequently alternate roles, letting each other set the pace, never colliding, and forging a highly effective musical partnership. Jenkins' whiplash lines, percussive effects and seamless blend of free and blues influences was capably contrasted by Abrams' driving, soulful piano phrases and solos. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
lifelongambitions
s.

2010-01-27T18:48:00.002+02:00

Acquired Taste

2010-01-26T23:09:00.004+02:00

''....This record, to frame it in appropriate terms, just rules. If I had started a band up yesterday, this is exactly the kind of thing I’d have been shooting for. Lyrics that are clever without being too cute or faux-arty obtuse; mid-to-up-tempo numbers with dueling clean, sharp guitars ...''POPMATTERS
BLACK COW
s.

2010-01-24T22:04:00.003+02:00

.....οι Ηλιος σε μια απο τις πρωτες τους δουλειες που ακροβατει αναμεσα στην μοντερνα
ορχηστρικη αβαντ συνθεση και τον ηλεκτρονικο ηχο με ενδιαμεση σταση την σεβεντικη
κοσμικη αναλογικη αποδοση του γνωστου ''je t'aime''.....
pharmacodynamics
s.

2010-01-24T21:53:00.002+02:00

....αυτος ο δισκος πραγματικα δικαιωνει τον τιτλο του,μονο με congas και φωνητικα
ο Pitti Hecht σκαρωνει εναν feel-good pop δισκο ιδιαιτερο και απολαυστικο...
congalove
s.

2010-01-24T19:07:00.002+02:00

''Listening to this music, I would say that creativity of Erhorn as an electronic musician has not cardinally changed since 2003, when his remarkable album Task was released on label Mille Plateaux. I think that this album is one of the best reflections of such influence as clicks'n'cuts - music of clicks, rustles, various glitch, cut into tiny pieces by quasiscissors and presented in the form of contrast mosaics of sound pieces. Though under his new alter ego Erhorn manipulates these scissors in another way - the structure of sound cuts' constructions gains more grace, gives way to the free experiment and to the flight of an artist's fancy. Here we can remember that the author of music works actively as a jazz musician. Techno is still somewhere near, we can feel its unique spirit, though connection with it became very thin and transparent.
That's impossible not to point out the first-class sound design in this interesting release. The whole spectrum of sounds in Sum was produced with the help of synthesizer Nord Modular - from tiniest clicks and crackle to bass-sections, noises and slow pads. Mosaics of synthesized sounds form by themselves the matt layers, some of them are very cold, the other are considerably warmer and brighter. They are changed by the next ones for many times and there are enough events for a full-value long-play.''
Sound Proector / 17 Dec 2009

S U M
s.

2010-01-23T00:52:00.002+02:00

''....Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia is a mist of "pure breath", "black-black", a "transatlantic journey between ruins of bluesgrass, avantgarde & improvisation" or a "new form of rural psychedelia", a sort of meeting between Fingerpicking, Urban Psych-geography and Interiors, a trans-urban vision of mystic, dead times, and another approach to psycho-akoustic-folk....''
Fractal psych-obsessions for rural chaos
s.

2010-01-23T00:47:00.001+02:00

''...."I imagine there are many ways to describe the bleating cacophony on display here, but I'm gonna go with 'Garage punk getting stabbed to death by gorillas in clown suits.'..''
live it down
s.

2010-01-22T23:02:00.000+02:00

"Super sladge recordings in a basement with karaoke machine and cheap equipment in 1995. Radiate extra electric from body, will get straight thought. If you have confusing brain and muddy mind, we suggest it."
o ld WaRRi or' s w O r ShIp
s.

2010-01-22T22:58:00.001+02:00

''Another One Way Ticket into the Abyss ov thee Unexplored Teutonic Underground 1968-1974''
obscuredbykrautsvol.3
s.

2010-01-22T22:54:00.002+02:00

"Jullander flee from ugly rock and cheerless postrock. On their run, they find old jazz and new electronics. Richly ornamented and simple at the same time, ten songs line up in unexpected easiness and sometimes touching beauty. On Interiors, Jullander speak of movies that they like and of those that haven't been made yet. In any case, cameras are lurking everywhere....''
interiors
s.

2010-01-22T17:18:00.001+02:00

''....Influences dive in and out of their music – noise, avant-garde, psychedelic, Japanese freakout, krautrock, no wave – the list could
go on and on. They capture the compelling spirit of creating while still being willing to take chances…but what else would you
expect from a band that has played with Black Dice, William Parker, Pan Sonic, Arto Lindsay, No Neck Blues Band, Caroliner
Rainbow and James ChanceALLEGRO MUSIC COM''
3

s.

2010-01-22T00:19:00.002+02:00

''...On these jazzed-up renditions of traditional children's songs, Sumi moves between English and Japanese with the kind of ease kids exhibit when playing with children from other countries. Every song moves between her own translated (to English) lyrics and the Japanese originals. The musicians, all from Japan, throw in quotes from Thelonious Monk, blues licks, harmonica wails and funky bass to create fascinating textures. Sumi's husky voice ranges over this musical grain with playful improvisations, extended choruses and wordless scats.

Though most Japanese will have learned these songs by heart as children, they will have a hard time singing along, since the simple melodies are given complex chordings and smoothly shifting harmonies. The heavy thump of African percussion and the taut pat-a-pat of tabla reconfigures the bland rhythms and corny sing-songy beat no-doubt dictated for elementary music classes by the Education Ministry. In short, she does everything usually forbidden in standardized choral groups. Sumi's restoration work returns these songs to their initial, pristine beauty...''

singsnurseryrhymes

2010-01-22T00:15:00.001+02:00

''For several decades, Thea Musgrave has composed a substantial number of choral works that may be judged as important contributions to the genre, though not as central in her oeuvre as her more impressive operas and orchestral works. This 2004 disc from Bridge presents two major pieces, For the Time Being: Advent for narrator, eight vocal soloists and choir, and Black Tambourine for choir, percussion, and piano (both 1986), and lighter groups of what reasonably can be called madrigals, On the Underground, Sets 1-3 (1994). On first impression, Musgrave's choral music seems inordinately difficult to sing because of the abundance of chromatic lines, tight dissonances, and tricky prosodic rhythms, yet the New York Virtuoso Singers' unerring pitch, pristine vocal blend, and practiced diction and timing make such advanced choral writing well within their grasp. Yet the seriousness of the texts and dark tone of much of this music may make listening hard in one sitting, and these pieces' mournful, minor-key quality is only slightly relieved by the the bumptious but brief John Cook (1963), the jaunty Lady "Rogue" Singleton, the cautionary The Subway Piranhas, and the rustic A Medieval Summer. Bridge's sound quality is fine. ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide''
choralworks
s.

2010-01-19T14:44:00.002+02:00

Sonny Touch is a youngster from Thessaloniki( Greece) and this is his brilliant debut.
There's a lot of stuff going on here,from the almost Beirut-like(minus the balkan influences) pop diamond of ''Bob'' to the desert blues-rhumba of ''All Around The Red Square'' (with echoes of Tom Waits there..)and then to the acoustic psychedelics of ''Drjanova'' to the more straight guitar
pop of ''Guy's a Speedfreak'' to the Tipsy influenced exotica ''Nunda The Eater Of People'' shows
a mind open to many directions and ready to surprise us in his next step.....
http://www.myspace.com/sonnytouch
brainsoup
s.

2010-01-19T14:34:00.002+02:00

''The duo of American Nicholas Markos and Marcos Sueiro experienced their first flirtation with fame in the backing band for singer/writer Cath Carroll. Then, in 2000, after three years work, they produced 'Epiphany' using a 4-track recorder. Clearly a labour of love, the music within makes a mockery of its humble origins, each of the twenty tracks merging into the next with some strong melodic themes cropping up time and again. At times it's a strangely unfashionable listen; hearing 'Heaven' and 'Hatehead' is like Mike And The Mechanics performing Christian rock. If that seems slightly frightening but yet still strangely curious then perseverance is rewarded. Three of the strongest tracks ('Neo Super Through', 'Running The Red Lights', 'Spirit') are highly recommended for Blue Nile fans starved of romantic, euphoric soundtracks. And in a manner in which those tardy Scots would be proud, Jordan are all about stirring, uplifting music.''
epiphany
s.

2010-01-19T14:28:00.001+02:00

''Guitar and electronics.Hailing from opposite ends of the experimental music spectrum Andy Moor and Yannis Kyriakides have been making music together for over 5 years. The album is an exciting blend of the visceral and the refined.''
redVgreen
s.

2010-01-19T14:25:00.001+02:00

"Matisyahu's guitarist Aaron Dugan describes his background as coming out of John Coltrane and Sonic Youth. Here he's playing assertive noise guitar with a backbone of granite lyricism against Jeff Arnal's hard-as-nails drumming. The music is so compacted and diligently controlled that its 45 minute duration feels longer, as improvisations flat-pack themselves down to essentials. Interstellar Space is perhaps the obvious model, Dugan and Arnal learning from Coltrane and Rashied Ali's exquisite ear for tersely disciplined structuring and note changes. Dugan's melodic language is broad enough to add naked prime melodic intervals to the expected walls of white noise. The first track begins with a flood of activity from Arnal's kit. Then a brief pause before Dugan's gnarly guitar makes its presence felt. But in a neat reversal of the standard ploy on piling more layers on top, Dugan refocuses his energy by stripping everything down to octave tremolos before rebuilding. Arnal's kit brightly tuned and his punky gestures push belligerently against the grain. Among the displays of high energy there are more sober moments. "Pisco" is assembled from pointillistic splashes that sound intriguingly non-intentioned; later spectra of guitar distortion and bowed cymbal fuse into a relaxed continuum. For the penultimate track, "Paz", Dugan gropes a melodic line noisily in the ribs. So much of Dog Day is perched between harmony and noise that this is a logical place for the album to end up." Philip Clark, the Wire, UK
dogday
s.

2010-01-19T14:19:00.001+02:00

''Before writing a single note of his opera Avis de Tempête (Storm Warning), Georges Aperghis had given the watchword to his collaborators, the librettist, the video artists, the singers, the computer technician, the conductor, the scenographer and the musicians of ictus: ''An opera that is a storm.... the mental storm that rips through text and subverts the spectacle from within. Immobile storms, too. A kind of novelty of our century. Vertical storms - almost calm - much more terrifying than countryside thunder.'' ''Among the fragments read, interpreted and translated by this voice, two narratives by Herman Melville act as golden threads that crisscross as they interact and entwine each other: the short story entitled The Lightning-Rod Man and the great novel Moby Dick.'' -- Peter Szendy''

Avis de Tempete

2010-01-15T21:55:00.003+02:00

.....τι να λεμε τωρα?..αυτος και ο Κρις Σφετας μου αλλαξαν τη ζωη..ακομα θυμουνται ολοι
το απ τσακι με το οποιο ειχα κατακεραυνωσει τον γιγαντα του σχολειου Μητσο Τ......
αυτος ηταν το θαρρος,το σθενος,η κινητηρια δυναμη πισω απο καθε τολμηρη μου πραξη(οχι
δε λεω για τοτε που κατεβασα τα βρακια μου μπροστα στη καθηγητρια των θρησκευτικων)
jackie you are my everything.......

Υ.Γ..εξισου θανατηφορα με την ''κοφτη'' γροθια του Jackie ειναι η φωνη του..ισως και πιο θανατηφορα...
J.C
s.

2010-01-13T14:31:00.001+02:00

''...As uplifting and utopian as Mattias Gustavsson’s outlook on his solo project outside Dungen, Life on Earth!, might be, you can’t help but think he is lost in a late 60s flower-power state of mind. Not necessarily a bad thing by any means and human interaction indeed would be more pleasant if we were all stumbling around on the same unabashedly optimistic mind plateau, but most of us are lost in the valley of reality and cynical paranoia as a way of life. No worries though, Gustavsson has rounded up a few friends for a globetrotting trip in the 21st century’s version of the Yellow Submarine. So if you are amongst the valley dwellers seeking a deep breath of fresh air, hop aboard, strap yourself in, crank the headphones and get ready for a trip of swirling summertime folk-pop psychedelia that guarantees such spiritual uplifting....''
Look!! There is Life on Earth!
s.

2010-01-13T14:23:00.002+02:00

....ειχα ακουσει τον Luciano πρωτη φορα σε ενα σαμπλερ σιντι του περιοδικου Riddim
και μετα απο λιγο καιρο αγορασα το σιντι του...μεινστριμ ρεγγε ηχος,πολυ ωραια φωνη
μελωδικα τραγουδια και μια ατμοσφαιρα που παραπεμπει σε ατελειωτες διακοπες...
hailthecomforter
s.

2010-01-11T19:27:00.002+02:00

....δυσκολα κατατασεις τους GIMCP σε καποιο ειδος ,καθως η avant/punk/jazz/rock/pop/grind Βαβελ τους απευθυνεται σε πασης φυσεως freestyle ''καμενους''.. .
how i got over
s.

2010-01-11T19:00:00.001+02:00

''.... The title track is nearly 40 minutes with complex shifting themes filled with intricate passages, shifting tempos and harmonies, both opaque and Ellington-esque as well as dense and impenetrable. "Sanrei" shows the influence of the quartet she has with Yoshida, with heavy rock-influenced rhythms, steaming forward with an aggressive momentum. The music on Summer Suite bristles with energy that makes this one of the most vital big bands recording today....''
summersuite
s.

2010-01-11T18:58:00.001+02:00

''His first album in around five years, Steve Jefferis returns to Expanding with a brand new long-player. Having taken a hiatus from Cathode, Jefferis has in the meantime participated in the Matinee Orchestra project and the Warm Digits, but it's certainly good to have him fully operational once again, spouting his timelessly warm, tuneful electronica across an hour's worth of music. The title, Sparkle Plenty, is derived from Jefferis' day-job as a clinical psychologist and is a phrase used to describe the behaviour of children whose apparent exuberance masks more melancholic emotions underneath. You can immediately see how this applies to Cathode's music, pieces like 'Another Wish' amply demonstrate an implicitly maudlin quality at the heart of this music, however upbeat and perky kiddie-krautrock outings like 'Structure Hunger' might convey themselves. 'Without Memory Or Desire' is another fine example of the subtle emotional landscape of this record, crackling with a dignified gloominess, and the closing track 'Nightly Builds' goes further still, drawing acoustic instrumentation up to the surface and keeping time with the metronomic ticking of a clock's pendulum. A very fine album from the ever-consistent Expanding and a great return to solo recording for Cathode.''
sparkleplenty
s.

2010-01-10T17:43:00.002+02:00

''...Recorded in '69, Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises is irresistible on two counts. First, for its daringly conceived and brilliantly performed music, inspired by Greek folk songs and instrumental textures and deep enough to reveal all its treasures only after many repeated listenings. Second, for being recorded at the moment when the Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet, a major force in British straightahead jazz since '62, had broken up and Carr's equally influential jazz-rock band Nucleus was rising from the ashes....''
greekvariations
s.

2010-01-10T17:39:00.001+02:00

''Baby Comes Home is the extraordinary debut album by 22 year old Patrick Cleandenim. Combining a love of classic songcraft with a mountain of charisma, Cleandenim is just at the start of a highly promising career. From the opening drum beat crack of "Baby Comes Home" to the dying seconds of "Hollywood", there's a sense of identity to the album that's rarely achieved these days, like a great novel or film rather than just a collection of songs. While prime time Scott Walker may be an initial point of comparison, Baby Comes Home also features a strong jazz influence on many of its tracks alongside the footprints of Phil Spector, Elvis Presley, David Axelrod and a Tin Pan Alley approach to classic pop song structures. ''
babycomeshome
s.

2010-01-08T15:00:00.001+02:00

Η ομάδα Μέλοτρον με περίσσεια χαρά και περηφάνια παρουσιάζει μία από τις σημαντικότερες chanteuse της εποχής που διανύουμε, μία εκ ιδρυτών και αναντικατάστατη τραγουδίστρια του μοναδικού και πρωτοπόρου συγκροτήματος Stereolab, τη Laetitia Sadier, από τo Λονδίνο που μας επισκέπτεται για πρώτη φορά solo στην Θεσσαλονίκη, για να πραγματοποιήσει μια ζωντανή εμφάνιση στο Stage του Μύλου, την Κυριακή 31 Ιανουαρίου.
Η είσοδος κοστίζει 15 ευρώ.
Η προπώληση στη Θεσσαλονίκη γίνεται από τα παρακάτω δισκοπωλεία: Λωτός, Noise, Stereodisc, Wax, Joint, Playground.

http://www.myspace.com/monade

http://www.myspace.com/nowwhenifirethisgunyougo

http://www.last.fm/user/melotronlive

http://www.myspace.com/melotronproductions

http://www.twitter.com/melotronlive

http://www.mylos.gr/

2010-01-06T19:31:00.007+02:00

...cleaning out my room a few days ago proved less boring than it was always.I found some seven
inches i didn't even remembered i had and kinda made me feel nostalgia for the old days when i used to go to record shops and buy something without even hearing it(which turned to be very stupid most of the times) just by seeing the cover..these seven inches are such cases although i have to admit that after this post they're going to return in my shelf's oblivion and dust..

..first of these forgotten little wonders is Snakefingers ''There's No Justice In Life'' one of his best
songs i think ,like a backwards played Peter Gunn on the verge of nervous brakdown,B-Side the
twelve bar ''Ralph sounding'' jam of ''Move.......

...little i know about this next one ,X-Dreams is a trio led by singer Deborah Galiga who's been a
kind of underground hero in Boston..their almost power pop/post punk sound is not a revelation
but it's ok to listen to....
\
....i have to admit that hadn't heard a single note from Split Enz before buying this,i had only seen their name in some magazine and liked the photo in the cover..anyway after buying this
i bought also their Time and Tide album which i really think as one of the best pop albums i own
and Six Months In A Leaky Boat is a wonderful single...

..no special story about this, another one i bought without hearing and was not exactly my cup of tea but the good thing is that through them i discovered the brilliant madness of the Pop Group.
storming the reality asylum
s.

2010-01-05T13:00:00.001+02:00

''Helvacioglu's hypnotic electronic post-folk music is a new genre at the border between ambient, jazz, folk and concrete music. ''
altered realities
s.

2010-01-05T12:53:00.003+02:00

''For those who cherish deep, dense and dubby grooves, Dub Gabriel's work is eminently pleasing. The mixture of exotic Middle Eastern elements to the familiar dub template is hardly revolutionary, but it sounds like a match made in heaven. Like the darkest chocolate, Bass Jihad packs a long, slow punch. ''
bass jihad
s.

2010-01-03T22:15:00.000+02:00

''This handsome new gatefold 2x7-inch package courtesy of the Sacred Bones crew is only made duly enjoyable by the far-out sounds residing in its grooves. "Squeeze the Giant" is the solo debut of Timmy “Vulgar” Lampinen, the weirdo behind two of Detroit’s most truly effed up bands of the 21st century: Clone Defects and Human Eye. With the Big Three all on the verge of bankruptcy, and the Rust Belt becoming no more than a distant memory of America’s once strong manufacturing base, the time sees right for Lampinen to branch out in this manner. Plumbing the depths of his own soul, Timmy draws from a primordial well of post Beefheart avant-garde brutism buoyed to a tradition of post-industrial punk damage that could only come from residing in the ever-declining metropolis that is the Motor City. The titular track has an air of nascent Royal Trux while “Body of Love” and “No Hassle” look to mid-70s Cleveland and the proto-punk barn-burners particular to the whole Pere Ubu/Rocket from the Tombs gang for inspirado. Opening track “Tree Thirsty Earthquake” is a swooning sea chantey whose sweep echo produces an oceanic throb for Timmy to croon an off kilter ballad to, which like the music of outsider folkies from Simon Finn to Tiny Tim is as sincere as it is weird. Although this record sounds like a galaxy of musicians contributed to it, Timmy does it mostly alone, save for some sparse help from members of Kansas’ Terrible Twos. Definitely some of the most outer worldly punk damage you’re likely to hear this year.''
squeezethegiant
s.

2010-01-03T22:09:00.002+02:00

''Whether or not you believe in reincarnation, saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts, sounds as if she's been here before. You can hear it in her voice, a definite tonality, a lyrical spiritual essence that recalls the voices of reed players Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Eric Dolphy, and others—one of profound soulfulness, passion and purity. Yet the embodiment of Roberts is devoid of mimicry or pretense, because she possesses her own identity as revealed on The Chicago Project.''
The Chicago Project
s.

2010-01-03T22:03:00.000+02:00

Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer most widely known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.
As a composer and performer, Bonfá was at heart an exponent of the bold, lyrical, lushly orchestrated, and emotionally charged samba-canção style that predated the arrival of João Gilberto’s more refined and subdued bossa nova style.
brazilianguitar
s.

2010-01-01T20:17:00.001+02:00

therevolutionwillnotbecomputerized
....καλη χρονια σας ειπα?
σ.

2009-12-30T23:54:00.002+02:00

...οχι δεν ειναι ο Ορεστης Μακρης σε σκηνη του ''Μεθυστακα'' ειναι ο Adoniran Barbosa
..καπως ετσι θα ακουγοταν ο John Martyn αν ηταν Βραζιλιανος και επαιζε Samba...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!
s.

2009-12-30T23:45:00.003+02:00

...το ''πατριωτακι'' Alec R. Constandinos σε ακομα ενα Disco meets Classical προτζεκτ
..το Beauty and The Beast ισως ειναι το καλυτερο τραγουδι του ειδους...ποιος Arthur Russell τωρα?
howmuchhowmuchiloveyou
s.

2009-12-30T23:39:00.001+02:00

''Here Gino Soccio's disco goes pop, with the help of the Muscle Shoals boys and three jumpy, skillfully extended blasts from the riff-song past--Redbone's "Witch Queen," Free's "All Right Now," and T. Rex's "Bang a Gong." ''
witch queen
s.

2009-12-30T23:34:00.001+02:00

''This is the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1979 slasher film "Prom Night" starring Jamie Lee Curtis. The film was rather lame however, the soundtrack produced some of the greatest and unfortunatly burried and obscure eurodisco. The soundtrack had a very very limited release only in Japan (strange huh?). The LP is impossible to find and it's not even credited as being in exsistance at any time! Somebody had a bootlegg transfer of a very mint copy of the vinyl on CD with nice cover art work of the LP,etc and I managed to strike a deal with him and get one off him very cheep! I've ripped this and now.. let's get this gem spread around the net as no one knows where a copy of this LP may still lay in the entire planet! There are a few pop/rock type ballads on here which are actualy good songs if you like that type of music. The thing about all the great obscure disco on this thing that sucks is all the tracks are no more than 3 mins in length :( Whoever these guys were, they had a tallent to produce some great eurodisco in the style of Alec R. Costandinos, Simon Soussan, Ian Levine and even a touch of Gino Soccio (the track "Changes" is a total rip off of "Dancer" by Soccio but still fuckin awsome!) The best track on here in my oppinion is "Love Me Till I Die". As a bonus, I've included a total classic 5am disco remix I created of this one through overlays,tape edits and effects prossesing. Enjoy this gem and again, spread this around! This music can not remain lost..its way too good for that.''

DJ Jimmy M (02/04)
PROM NIGHT
s.

2009-12-30T23:30:00.001+02:00

''Em:t is a division of t:me recording ltd. All tracks written and produced by the artists. This collection features recordings which have been spatially expanded using the Roland Sound Space 3D Sound Imaging System. Recorded and mixed at Square Centre Studios, Nottingham, England, and other studios around the world. ''
e:mt
s.

2009-12-28T22:58:00.003+02:00

.....βρετανικη power pop/a.o.r μπαντα απ'τις αγνωστες του ειδους με καποια απ'τα μελη τους
να παιζουν αργοτερα στους E.L.O..εδω εχουμε ενα 7'' απ'το δισκο Back To Zero με B'Side
το ακυκλοφορητο Rock n Roll Clown...
i'm satisfied/rock n roll clown
s.

2009-12-28T22:33:00.002+02:00

....πολυ καλο Μπριστολιανο ιντι-ψυχεδελικ-ελεκτρονικ συγκροτημα που εχει καιρο να
δωσει σημαδια ζωης...
SON 4.5.98/DARKUS UNPLUG YOURSELF
s.

2009-12-28T22:29:00.002+02:00

.....(ευτυχως) μακρια απ'το υφος των Calexico ο κυριος Convertino μας χαριζει δυο μισοσκοτεινα ατμοσφαιρικα jazzy τραγουδια ..
sack of cement/on that day he didn't mind the traffic
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2009-12-28T20:22:00.000+02:00

''I'm gathering that this 10" vinyl release is the closest we have yet to a follow up to Mandra Gora Lightshow Society's Beyond The Mushroam Gate CD, and it features the same killer brand of psychedelia that the band served up on that release. Side A includes the songs "Love Dies", "Betty Day", and "This Sweet Pain". The trip factor is highest on "Betty Day", my favorite of the three. This is the kind of stuff where you just have to project liquid lightshows behind the band and go-go girls dance at the sides of the stage. It's got a killer 60's sound, but Mandra Gora Lightshow Society are infinitely spacier than the 60's psychedelia they draw from. And on all these songs the band have a funky rhythm to the music that makes the body want to MOVE!

All of Side B consists of "Psychedelic Shiva", a jam recorded live at the 1999 Hawkfan Festival. It starts as a song similar to those on Side A, but quickly launches into a cosmic tribal space jam with frantic driving rhythms and mind-melting space guitars, and that organ that gives the band such a beautiful sound. Timo is a man possessed on vocals, not unlike an impassioned Jim Morrison. The band really stretches out across the song's 15 minute length. These guys really do an excellent job of blending the psychedelia of the 60's with a more modern space rock sound. Highly recommended.''
space rave
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2009-12-28T16:10:00.003+02:00

..one of my first encounters with pop music (the other two being Abba and Boney M) although it
came out when i was only four it stigmatised my poor innocent soul with the mark of the EuroKitchPop which i still carry (and like very much) not to mention that Raffaella was one
of the first women i fantasized even before i knew the meaning of the word fantasize...
(me liga logia tin epaiza aneta gia party tis...)
a far l'amore conmincia tu/puisque tu l'aimes dis le lui
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2009-12-28T15:55:00.002+02:00

o type part 1 & 2
..amazing post- punk free- form -industrial-proto noise band soundtracking a movie (propably an imaginary one since i found no info for this..if anybody knows something please tell us)
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2009-12-28T14:32:00.002+02:00

... 7'' της γνωστης -αγνωστης obscure post-punk μπαντας απο το Μαντσεστερ.
Περιεχει δυο ακυκλοφορητα τους και ειναι δικο μου vinyl rip (το αναφερω αυτο γιατι
βρισκετε στην βλογοσφαιρα αλλα με πολυ χαμηλοτερο bitrate απ'αυτο...)
SEVENTIES ROMANCE/SWEET TOOTH
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2009-12-24T17:57:00.005+02:00

...σημερα 24 Δεκεμβριου 2009 ηταν η τελευταια μερα λειτουργιας για ενα απο τα καλυτερα
δισκαδικα της Θεσσαλονικης το Rollin Under....δε γαμιεται πηγα να γραψω κατι μαλλον
μελο λες και πεθανε κανεις,ηταν ωραια οσο κρατησε και ευτυχως ο Baa-Bees εχει το Mic
και τα λεει απο κει....

Υ.Γ..δε θα ξεχασω (αυτος σιγουρα δεν θυμαται)τις μακριες(μα πολυ μακριες)σιωπες του Μπα B. οταν του ζητουσα να μου προτεινει κατι..μα ουτε ενα ρε γαμω!!!...

Υ.Γ.2..οσο για σενα διοπτροφορα μουσιτσα,υπαλληλισκε της κακιας ωρας εισαι για πολλες κλωτσιες και σου γαμω τους Hood και τους Third Eye Foundation μαζι....

Καλα Χριστουγεννα σε ολους...(ναι και σε σενα Παντελη..)

2009-12-23T19:17:00.002+02:00

''Avenue D was an electro duo formed by Debbie and Daphne D. They’re originally from Miami but moved to New York City during the rise of the elecroclash scene in 2001.
They create songs with energetic and sexual lyrics. With the exception of Slut, they have produced their own CDs that they burn on their home computers and have stick on CD covers. Even so, they sold 50,000 records worldwide and have collaborated with such artists as Boy George, Phiiliip, Lady Tigra of L’Trimm, and Cazwell. They have performed for audiences all over the US as well as Brazil, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Ibiza, Germany, and Japan.''
totally magic
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2009-12-23T19:13:00.001+02:00

so you're not coming over?
''Los Angeles-based Benett exemplifies all that is good about independent pop. She offers bright, accessible melodies, lots of whimsy, quirky innovation, plenty of fun instruments, and an intimate bedroom sound that makes you feel like she's playing in your house.''
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2009-12-23T19:00:00.001+02:00

''One project I have in mind is called "Yamaneko Improvisations", it was recorded while touring Japan with Tori Kudo and Maher Shalal Hash Baz. It's a very strong, drone based duo improvisation between me on voice and bass clarinet and Tori Kudo playing a nineteenth century pump organ.....''
yama neko
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2009-12-22T13:30:00.001+02:00

''Hawksley Workman manages to do something on his new album that so many other pop artists fail miserably at: write intelligent lyrics. The words of songs have completely been forgotten amidst the blips of techno-dance pop, and Workman brings us back to a day when musicians actually had something intelligent to say. He writes poignangtly about love, liquor and religion, each song making us believe that he is a really smart guy. Most of the songs on this album are really strong, the best being "Smoke, Baby" and "We Still Need a Song". On the musical side, none of these tracks will blow you away, but they are designed this way because it is the singing and the lyrics that rightfully take center stage on this album.''
lover/fighter
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2009-12-22T13:28:00.000+02:00

"Club d’Elf combines the roaring avant-funk of electric-era Miles with the legato drift of the Grateful Dead ... heady music that doesn’t neglect the tail." – Time Out New York
nowiunderstand
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2009-12-22T13:09:00.002+02:00

''KAA ANTILOPE was Bernard Vranckx and Frédéric Walheer (also in Waving Ondulata and co-founder of the Sub Rosa label together with Guy Marc Hinant ), with some support from Bernadette Dupont, all hailing from Brussels, Belgium. Unfortunately they were active only in the years 1981/82 so that they released no more than one 7”EP (“Some Other Bivouacs”, Sandwich Records, SR18, 1982) and some further unreleased tracks on the LP compilation “Coal Heart For Ever” (Sub Rosa, SUB 33011-16, 1988; re-issued on CD in 1992, SUBCD 021-40). KAA ANTILOPE is nothing but unique, and pure beauty. Their sound and melancholy are a class of is own and if you open your mind and heart you can be part of their very own universe ''
Some Other Bivouacs
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2009-12-22T13:03:00.002+02:00

clouds......
''In Western music, melody and harmony are the equivalents of figure and ground. Together, they constitute a kind of musical perspective, which evolved parallel to that of Renaissance painting. In the musical textures of Clouds of Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing, I have purposely tried to lose perspective. Working with elementally simple materials and gestures, purposely stripped of expressive rhetoric, I have tried to blend line and chord into an enveloping sphere of musical space. Clouds of short melodic cells are superimposed on expansive harmonic clouds of the same tones. Figure becomes ground in dense clouds of expanding, rising lines. Ground becomes figure in the glacial movement of large harmonic clouds, which, as the listener enters the suspended time frame of the music, come to sound melodic -- like exaggeratedly slow chorales.''
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2009-12-22T13:00:00.002+02:00

thetomorrowpeople
''All the original tracks are here, in the same order featured on the original record, with the tone set early on with a cocophany of gorgeous over-saturated tapey sounds that are very similar to the sort of atmospheric and incidental music used in classic period Doctor Who. ''
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2009-12-20T15:57:00.001+02:00

"Above all, one can only bow before the audacity and the risk taken by this young saxophonist who, for her first album, proposes a live recording of free and improvised music. Some of the tracks last almost 20 minutes. This crazy audacity corresponds to an unquestionable thirst for freedom that refuses marketing, formatting or career plans and places artistic sincerity beyond everything. Let’s also greet the talent, originality and pugnacity of this 28 years old musician who, like a warrior, fights and gives everything she has without considering any formalism or aestheticism. Alexandra Grimal plays music in its rough state without effects or cheating. She can play from tenor to soprano and back to tenor in the same piece with as much frenzy and ebullience, sustaining the same tense flux. A coherent and dense music, remarkably served by the complicity she has with her musicians. It is an exemplary and organic trio that tells the same story with different voices in the same space-time, constantly developing the content through the material and sound texture. An organ or a clavinet that generates a tense, dirty and toxic climate and a drummer who plays asymmetrical rhythms, which generate hypnotic and unsettled effects. They embark you on an experimental and extremist journey and tackle jazz with independence of mind and total integrity."
shape
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2009-12-20T15:51:00.001+02:00

''With the risk of being accused of being a male chauvinist, I would say this is very female avant-garde jazz, not only by the pink color on the album cover, but also by the subtlety and fragility of the music. Lotte Anker is a Danish saxophonist, mainly trained in jazz, Sylvie Courvoisier a Swiss pianist, mainly trained in classical music, Ikue Mori is a Japanese drum machine specialist, now a real-time electronic laptop music wizard. On "Alien Huddle", the trio brings highly unusual music, giving impressions of birds, not as such, but in their natural environment: sparrows, owls, herons, swan, rooster, raven, crow, ostrich, blackbird, yet without being too literal in the evocation, or too programmatic in the performance. While on many tracks Courvoisier and Mori create short, rustling, shuffling, bleepy or thundering sounds, with Courvoisier more often plucking her strings directly than using her keys, the fact that the sax's performance stretches the notes, gives a quite accessible (relatively speaking) feel to the music, almost redefining the rhythm section for modern music and its interplay with a solo instrument. The interactions are organic, immediate, full of surprises and wild thought jumps. Despite the similarity of approach throughout the album, each track has its own coherence and unique identity. The music is unusual, but it has an intense and highly concentrated beauty.''
alienhuddle
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2009-12-20T15:36:00.002+02:00

.....αυτοσχεδιασμος και πειραματισμος συνυπαρχουν με την Ελληνικη παραδοση
και η αγαπη του Σακη Παπαδημητριου για τους ''κλασσικους'' ειναι κατι παραπανω απο εμφανης..ομορφος δισκος!
pianocellules
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2009-12-20T15:29:00.002+02:00

''With beautiful melody and intricate structure, the WHO trio¹s album Open Songs displays the strong compositional background of the musicians. Gentle improvisations are interwoven, and there is strength and unity in the sound. Beyond the traditional method of trading solos, there's a profound communication and feeling of solidity between the three players. Although entitled Open Songs, they are not so much airy as they are tight, each sonic element connected like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle.''
opensongs
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2009-12-17T15:59:00.001+02:00

"As is implied by the title, Yellow (A Little Orange) can be perceived as one thing at first glance—perhaps an attempt at the avant-garde by a group of talented young musicians but, when dissected further, holding much more complexity than simply one color tone.
This recording is a second for the Nicolas Masson Quartet and shows a type of maturity in modern music that is sought after by many musicians and listeners alike. Swiss Masson, here on tenor sax and bass clarinet, has the makings of a great player. His talents, a trio of quality NYC musicians and striking original compositions are a perfect blend. Russ Johnson (trumpet) is in particularly fine form—a beautifully melodic and yet harmonically challenging solo on the title track is an ideal complement to the dissonant melody and feel of the tune. Eivind Opsvik (bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums) blend together so nicely that the absence of a purely harmonic instrument is never noticed.

Yellow (A Little Orange) is surprisingly, and appropriately, melodic at times, too. “Zelig” is a gorgeous piece that manages to maintain the modern mentality of the album through its chordal structure and solo by the leader. Juxtapose that with the opening track, “Good Buddy,” and its highly atonal contemporary feel and a listener is left with an album that is not afraid to venture into different idioms while holding on to its original voice.

So what at first looks like simply avant-garde turns out to be that and much more. Masson’s quartet is a group of innovative and talented musicians that not only seem willing, but eager, to push boundaries in both directions." - By Christopher Shoe (All About Jazz)
YELLOW-A LITTLE ORANGE
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2009-12-17T15:42:00.003+02:00

Composer/drummer Patrick Forgas has been hailed as “the French answer to the Canterbury scene” ever since his debut 1977 release Cocktail (recorded with members of Magma and Zao)
. Since the late 1990s, as leader of the Forgas Band Phenomena, he has helped ignite
interest in Canterbury-infused jazz-rock among a new generation of young French jazz musicians and fans. Besides Forgas, most of the musicians in the Forgas Band Phenomena are in their 20s or 30s, and they enliven his compositions with an energy and verve that make the music sound fresh.
rouelibre
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2009-12-16T13:10:00.006+02:00

RYPDAL & TEKRO

RYPDAL & TEKRO II

THE RADIOSONG

...και τελειωνουμε το αφιερωμα στον Mr.Tekrø με τους δισκους που εβγαλε με τον ετερο
Νορβηγο κιθαριστα και ενα απο τα σημαντικοτερα ονοματα της Ευρωπαικης Jazz και
της ECM Terje Rypdal...

2009-12-16T12:58:00.002+02:00

....ο Ronni σε ακομα ενα σολο δισκο ο οποιος ειναι εν μερη ηχογραφημενος σε εκκλησια.
magicalanterna
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2009-12-15T17:36:00.002+02:00

....demo tape των Vagabond που κυκλοφορησε πριν βγαλουν το ντεμπουτο τους μονο στη Νορβηγια. Περιεχει 3 κομματια απ'τον πρωτο δισκο σε διαφορετικες εκτελεσεις και ενα ακυκλοφορητο ,το Daylight..
VAGABOND DEMO 1993
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2009-12-13T22:48:00.003+02:00

...ο κιθαριστας των θεων TNT σε ενα σολο δισκο γεματο χριστογεννιατικο Vagabond meets Europop πνευμα....
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
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2009-12-13T22:30:00.003+02:00

"One of the most accomplished reedists on the planet" - Ken
Waxman, Jazz Weekly
"Paul Dunmall is a monster sax player" - Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes
"...a musician who can wail convincingly without abandoning his intellect" - All Music Guide
"...eclectic, capable on several instruments and full of wonder for the improvised form" - Andrey Henkin, All About Jazz
"Whether in a trio with Mujician's rhythm section or with the larger band of sympathetic fellow improvisers, Dunmall consistently
produces powerful and passionate music" - BBC Music Magazine (June 1994)
"...robust and heavy-hitting performer who has gone on to concentrate largely on free improvisation without sacrificing
melodic logic, a sparing lyricism and the technique to drop in on bebop occasionally." - John Fordham, The Guardian
BEBOPSTARBURST
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2009-12-13T21:12:00.001+02:00

''Inspired by films such as The Ipcress File, Get Carter, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Funeral In Berlin and The Day Of The Jackal, The Alpha Tapes evokes a cloak and dagger world of treachery and skullduggery with its mix of experimental electronica and cinematic orchestration.''
THE ALPHA TAPES
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2009-12-13T21:06:00.002+02:00

''With their second album, the duo of songwriter Jim Lawler and producer Ben Rawlins have mapped out an intriguing journey into the realm of downbeat, and joined the ranks of those who can conjure up grey mornings before the curtains are even open. ''
i can do nice
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2009-12-13T15:51:00.001+02:00

''Produced by longtime collaborator Scotty Hard (Wu-Tang, Prince Paul), Zen of Logic travels down many paths, all linked by two turntables and one mixer. From “Afro-Dub" (featuring Antibalas), “Ghetto Funk" (featuring John Medeski), “What is Jazz?" (featuring Charlie Hunter) and “Back Handed Hip-Hop" (featuring MC's SubConcious and Creature), Logic has created a modern day mix-up masterpiece that will please all mad (iPod) shufflers.

The theorem of turntablist-as-musician has been proven in the capable hands of DJ Logic, who, with jazz as his foundation, barreled through barriers to become a wax innovator, crossing genres and sprinkling his sound across the map.

Not just another deejay from around the way (though he is from the Bronx), Logic has the credentials to back up his reputation as a musician and visionary - after all, this is a man who helped found the Black Rock Coalition, established in 1985 and was the first turntablist to play the famed Blue Note club in New York City.''

ZENOFLOGIC

2009-12-13T15:47:00.002+02:00

''Neung Phak is a delicious Lao dish containing steamed chicken, coconut milk, and banana leaves, but is also the tasty and exotic alter ego of Bay Area noise wizards Mono Pause, who in turn share members with absurdist cut and paste legends Negativland. Neung Phak's bedazzling debut, recorded with chanteuse Diana Hayes, is an almost incomprehensibly funky mish-mash of Southeast Asian pop and traditional melodies, served up spicy-hot, East Oakland style. This is what you could be listening to when you move into that cheap apartment overlooking the Chao Phraya River: some roots 'Molarm beat' from the Lao countryside, creamy Khmer ballads and Cambodian Rock, with a dash of Bangkok big city pop. Dig this template of tropical seduction, from rural to urban, through thick sewage and pristine rice paddies, side-steppin' the sex tourist industry just enough to make this disc legal.''
(mono pause)
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2009-12-13T13:15:00.003+02:00

....εσυ,μολις τελειωσες με το φτυαρισμα του χιονιου στην εξωπορτα..ο γλυκος σου μολις ξυρισε
το στηθος και ψαλιδισε το μουστακι του..τι καλυτερο λοιπον απο ενα μπουκαλι καλο κρασισι
και λιγο Λουθα! ''Καλα Χριστουγεννα μωρο μου'' ψελλισες και τα αποτριχωμενα στερνα σας
ενωθηκαν καθως το χιονι συνεχιζε να πεφτει....
THIIIS...ISSSSS...THE PAINKILLLEERR
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2009-12-12T17:05:00.003+02:00

...η αληθεια ειναι οτι σ'ολο το δισκ0 φυσαει ενα τουριστικ-σουβενιριζε αερακι
τυπου η Ανατολη συναντα τη Δυση που δεν ειναι του γουστου μου
αλλα το ''πσες σε ειδα στο ονειρο μου'' ειναι ο καλυτερος Ζωναραδικος που εγραψαν ποτε οι
Juno Reactor..ΕΠΟΣ!
TAXIDOSCOPIO
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2009-12-12T15:21:00.002+02:00

''...αν και πιο γραμμικο και μινιμαλ αυτο το αυθαδικο αμαλγαμα μεταξυ Burial και Animal Collective καταφερνει με τροπους ανηκουστους να μας προσφερει απλοχερα ενα μπουκετο
ευωδιαστης ολοφρεσκης pop...''
ClannO)))
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2009-12-12T14:36:00.001+02:00

''Tuvan throat-singing occupies a special place in the hearts of folks who dig music from far-flung lands. Even though one’s collection might include instrumentation like sitar or oud or shakuhachi or a listener might be well into Indonesian puppet-theater music or the sounds of Arabic nomads, well-indoctrinated “world music” lovers are still stunned by the sheer uniqueness of the deep, guttural sounds of Tuvan throat singers. It’s a primal sound, as resonant as the voice of God and it strikes a special chord with its sheer simplicity. Yet, Tuva — a tiny area of deep Mongolian influence in isolated south Siberia — is a land that’s finding its cultural history evaporating as its residents move from farming villages to industrial cities. However Albert Kuvezin — an electric guitarist and throat singer from Tuva — is doing his part to keep kanzat (his particular brand of throat-singing) vibrant with Yat-Kha, perhaps the only extant Tuvan rock band. Though “Yenisei-Punk” is far from being a punk rock record in the Western sense, the melding of Tuvan instrumentation with electric guitars and a rock & roll attitude means that it’s a seriously forward-looking update on some very traditional music. Largely low-key and brooding, this album does little to reflect the live power of the band, but is certainly possessed of a power of its own.''
yenisei - punk
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2009-12-12T14:16:00.001+02:00

Bastardgeist is the solo project of Joel Midden (Bullet Teeth, Naughty Arabia), blending acid folk guitar with thumb piano, haunting vocals and mesmerizing manipulated sounds.
SKLL SKLL SKULL 69 SKLL ATOMIC BOMB
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