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Moby: Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (self-released, 2016)

June 12, 2016 at 10:44 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Moby: Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep.

Real talk: this is Moby’s best album in 20 years. Possibly ever. It’s 4 hours long and the shortest track is 17 minutes. It’s a return to the dark, droney, non-commercial ambient side of Moby’s work. This is the Moby that gave us “hymn.alt.quiet.version” and “Reject”. This is the type of Moby music creates for himself, not advertisements. It’s intended for sleeping, and I’ve certainly listened to it for that purpose (I can’t say I’ve listened to the whole thing while awake), but it’s so much deeper than just merely a sleeping album. It’s not “chillout” ambient. It’s dark blue, it’s nocturnal, it drifts and flows in slow waves. It does have some incredibly serene moments, but it’s way more spacey than anything else he’s ever done. I am serious, if you are a fan of the most deep-space ambient music and/or you’ve written off Moby a long time ago, this is a must-listen. Best of all, it’s completely free.

Shantih Shantih: Winter In September LP (Wild Honey Records/Dusty Medical Records, 2016)

June 12, 2016 at 10:18 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Shantih Shantih: Winter In September LP

All-female group from Atlanta lead by Italian native Anna Barattin (ex Vermillion Sands). Slightly haunted Southern gothic indie rock, a little bit of a folk stomp to it but it’s clearly rock music. Some reverb on things, guitars are mostly pretty taut and thin. “Tell Me I’m Wrong” has ooh-la-laing backup vocals, but the lyrics are a little more sinister than the happy-sounding music (“you’re in my head let go of me”). Some of the uptempo tracks seem vaguely cowpunk-ish (I think? do I even know what cowpunk sounds like?). “Ruby” is a nice ethereal retro ballad with lots of angelic glowing echo. Overall, a bit friendly but also somewhat sinister. Listen on Bandcamp. Just as a warning if you get the vinyl LP, the center hole must be smaller than usual because it took a bit of effort to remove the record from my turntable. Maybe that’s just a trick to encourage repeated listens!

Super Thing: self-titled (self-released, 2016)

June 12, 2016 at 9:29 pm | Posted in Reviews | 1 Comment

Super Thing: self-titled

First album by an Ypsilanti-based psychedelic noise rock band who have mostly (entirely?) relocated to Chicago. Highly influenced by stoner metal, grunge, and Krautrock, but it doesn’t really stick to one thing, even within each song. Vocals are present, but they’re mostly just to emphasize certain parts of the song, or otherwise guide the tracks along, rather than provide lyrical structure. Lots of guitar soloing, and lots of splashy drumming. “4-LOM” is a bit closer to the group’s grunge side, specifically the vocals. “Baba Yaga” is long and hypnotic, and almost sounds like Nirvana covering Neu! “Lazer Puke” is a bit more explosive and math-y, and seems to be instrumental except for maybe some screaming in the middle (or is that just the guitar talking?). “Pandemonium” starts out as sort of a desert traveling groove, then pauses before turning into an evil swirling doom track with Satanic lyrics. “Untitled improvisation about selling weed” seems more noisy and unhinged than the other tracks. Fred Thomas recorded, mixed, and mastered this, but the extra studio sheen doesn’t distract from the intensity of their performances. I think this CD is limited to 100 copies and I’m not sure if it’s available anywhere yet, I guess just check their Facebook.

Bichkraft: Shadoof (Wharf Cat, 2016)

June 12, 2016 at 8:38 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Bichkraft: Shadoof

Second album from an Ukrainian electro-rock band. Kind of frantic indie rock which feels a little like it’s falling apart, but it’s upbeat and urgent. More arty than catchy, but it doesn’t seem indulgent. Drums seem mostly/entirely electronic, and there’s some nods to techno and drum’n’bass in the tones/beat patterns, but it still sounds clearly like a rock band. Vocals seem kind of flat and out of tune, but it’s not like you’ve never heard indie rock dudes sing this way before. “Fashion According to Macbeth” is a bit more of a dark post-punk thing, some of the other tracks are brighter, especially “Blu” and “Rawness”.

Matchess, TALsounds & Dominic Coppola @ UFO Factory, 6/6/16

June 12, 2016 at 12:30 pm | Posted in Photos | Leave a comment

Still phone photos for now.

Dominic Coppola

TALsounds

Matchess

Jandek @ El Club, 6/3/16

June 12, 2016 at 12:23 pm | Posted in Photos | Leave a comment

My camera is still broken, so these are from my phone, giving them an extra Loch Ness Monster sighting feel.
I saw him a decade ago in Austin and it was exactly what I expected. This was way different. There was way more dancing than I expected from a Jandek show. There was a guy playing keyboards, a guy with a drum machine, a guy with a bass guitar, and a woman who was duetting and dancing with Jandek, and the lyrics were actually kind of silly a lot of the time. Hopefully it’ll get released as a DVD sometime in the future so you can see for yourself how fun and bizarre it was.

Laniakea: A Pot Of Powdered Nettles (House of Mythology, 2016)

June 12, 2016 at 12:05 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Laniakea: A Pot Of Powdered Nettles

Magickal collaboration between Massimo Pupillo (Zu) and Daniel O’Sullivan (Ulver, Guapo, Miracle, Grumbling Fur, etc). “The Contagious Magick Of The Superabundance” has dark bassy loops, viola, mantra-like vocals. “The Sky Is An Egg” has proper vocals, and has more strings and a bit of deep bass guitar. “Zone In Parallel Rose” is a bit more industrial-sounding, with rapidly thumping drums and more strings and choral vocals and more upfront vocals/lyrics. “Calcite” is kind of a continuation of the theme of the first song, but it goes into a different direction, with wordless choral vocals/moans, screeching tape noises, a phoned-in children’s voice, some more dark rumbling bass guitar, and other sounds/sensations. Really good, recommended for fans of Coil and anything World Serpent/United Dairies-related.

Show #346– 6/11/16

June 11, 2016 at 2:12 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Hour 1
2:02 am Matchess ~ “Aweh” ~ The Rafter (new) ~ Monofonus Press ~ 2016
2:07 am Pinch & Shackleton ~ “Torn & Submerged” ~ Pinch & Shackleton ~ Honest Jon’s ~ 2011
2:14 am John Roberts ~ “Six” ~ Plum (new) ~ Brunette Editions ~ 2016
2:18 am Plaid ~ “CLOCK” ~ The Digging Remedy (new) ~ Warp ~ 2016
2:22 am µ-Ziq ~ “Bombadub” ~ RY30 Trax ~ Planet Mu ~ 1995
2:29 am Autechre ~ “spTh” ~ elseq 1-5 (new) ~ Warp ~ 2016
2:37 am Blochemy ~ “Koen” ~ Da Mear (new) ~ Sun Sea Sky Productions ~ 2016
2:43 am Fumiya Tanaka ~ “Swallowed Memory” ~ You Find the Key (new) ~ Perlon ~ 2016
2:48 am Lurka ~ “Beater” ~ Beater (new) ~ Timedance ~ 2016
2:53 am Sinerider ~ “Finch” ~ Seconds Minutes (new) ~ Sun Sea Sky Productions ~ 2016
2:57 am BLÆRG ~ “Incomprehensible Compassion” ~ Solace Vertex (new) ~ naboamusic ~ 2016
Hour 2
3:02 am Seiho ~ “Deep House” ~ Collapse (new) ~ Leaving Records ~ 2016
3:05 am Hex ~ “Open Source” ~ Hex (new) ~ Liberation Technologies ~ 2016
3:10 am WWWINGS ~ “Resurge” ~ Phoenix (new) ~ self-released ~ 2016
3:14 am Inner8 ~ “Consolidation” ~ Tetramorph (new) ~ Holotone ~ 2016
3:18 am Weightausend ~ “Meet Your Doom! (Christoph De Babalon Mix)” ~ Meet Your Doom!/Green Death (new) ~ Haunter Records ~ 2016
3:24 am Mikael Lind ~ “Unyielding Rocks” ~ Intentions and Variations (new) ~ Morr Music ~ 2016
3:30 am Matthew Collings ~ “Cincinnatus” ~ A Requiem For Edward Snowden (new) ~ Denovali ~ 2016
3:35 am Dan Deacon ~ “An Opal Toad With Obsidian Eyes: Movement 1 (excerpt)” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Soundcloud ~ 2016
3:46 am Merrin Karras ~ “Liberant” ~ Apex (new) ~ A Strangely Isolated Place ~ 2016
3:53 am Laniakea ~ “Zone in Parallel Rose” ~ A Pot of Powdered Nettles (new) ~ House Of Mythology ~ 2016
Hour 3
4:01 am Chants ~ “Silencer Magpie” ~ The Zookeeper EP (new) ~ Astral Plane Recordings ~ 2016
4:05 am Pearl River Sound ~ “Juunglenaation” ~ Kiss My Smiling Face (new) ~ X-Kalay ~ 2016
4:09 am Buz Ludzha ~ “Higher Volumes (Dub)” ~ Jungle Tapes (new) ~ Tape Throb Records ~ 2016
4:13 am Submerged Vs. Bill Laswell ~ “Servant” ~ After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? (new) ~ Ohm Resistance ~ 2016
4:20 am Jammz & Dread D ~ “10 Missed Calls” ~ single (new) ~ Local Action ~ 2016
4:23 am Abra ~ “Crybaby” ~ Princess (new) ~ True Panther Sounds ~ 2016
4:28 am Klaus Schulze’s U.S.O. ~ “Private” ~ Privée ~ MIG ~ 2000
4:35 am Xeno & Oaklander ~ “Palms” ~ Topiary (new) ~ Ghostly International ~ 2016
4:38 am Scientific Sunshine (local) ~ “A Trip to the Moon” ~ Chaarmy ~ Bandcamp ~ 2015
4:43 am Fear of Men ~ “A Memory” ~ Fall Forever (new) ~ Kanine Records ~ 2016
4:47 am Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk ~ “Bill Murray” ~ Burritos (new) ~ Fire Talk ~ 2016
4:50 am Earring ~ “Pure Pleasure” ~ Tunn Star (new) ~ Fire Talk ~ 2016
4:55 am Contact ~ “Sensorium” ~ Zero Moment (new) ~ Temporary Residence ~ 2016
Hour 4
5:01 am Super Thing (local) ~ “Lazer Puke” ~ Super Thing (new) ~ self-released ~ 2016
5:08 am Earth Girls ~ “Oland” ~ Typical Girls (new) ~ Emotional Response ~ 2016
5:10 am Amber Arcades ~ “Right Now” ~ Fading Lines (new) ~ Heavenly ~ 2016
5:14 am Todd Terje & the Olsens ~ “Firecracker (radio edit)” ~ The Big Cover Up EP (new) ~ Olsen ~ 2016
5:17 am Violence Conjugale ~ “Violences Conjugales” ~ Violence Conjugale ~ Born Bad Records ~ 198?
5:21 am Indoor Life ~ “Mambo” ~ Indoor Life ~ Compost ~ 1981
5:24 am Andreas Dorau Und Die Bruderschaft Der Kleinen Sorgen ~ “Ein Liebesraum (Remix)” ~ Demokratie ~ Ata Tak/Bureau B ~ 1988
5:27 am Mr. Oizo ~ “Lambs Anger/Jo (Fakesch Remix)” ~ Exchange ~ Musik Aus Strom ~ 2010
5:32 am K.K. Null/Chris Watson/Z’ev ~ “Development – Woman, (The Balance) Saturn Taste Earth Center Late Summer Noon” ~ Number One ~ Touch ~ 2005
5:44 am Seirom ~ “Deep Still Silent Earth” ~ 1973 ~ Aurora Borealis ~ 2012
5:52 am Erland Dahlen ~ “Knife” ~ Blossom Bells ~ Hubro ~ 2015

Crush Collision 6/9/16

June 10, 2016 at 12:57 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

Hour 1
10:01 pm µ-Ziq ~ “Jaz Norton” (sped up a bit)
10:05 pm Bastien Carrara ~ “Kinda Late”
10:09 pm Cos BV ~ “Rock the the Rhythm” [the artist once known as Ill Cosby, then just Cosby]
10:13 pm Paul Woolford ~ “Mother & Child”
10:19 pm Lindstrøm ~ “Closing Shot”
10:27 pm Fumiya Tanaka ~ “The Mysterious Pocket Is Right”
10:31 pm Glitterbug ~ “Passages”
10:38 pm Silent Harbour ~ “Dock Operations”
10:42 pm Audion ~ “Zunk Synth”
10:45 pm J. Albert ~ “Dyslexia”
10:49 pm Mak and Pasteman ~ “Creep”
10:53 pm Mor Elian ~ “Drum Vortex (Joey Anderson Remix)”
10:57 pm BD1982 ~ “Bionic Marabou”
Hour 2
11:00 pm Factory Floor ~ “Dial Me In”
11:05 pm Ben Long ~ “The Solver (DJ Hyperactive Remix)”
11:08 pm Bwana ~ “Homeboy”
11:12 pm dBRm ~ “Faction”
11:16 pm Pearl River Sound ~ “Acid Arabo”
11:20 pm Russell E. L. Butler ~ “Unrepentant”
11:25 pm Floorplan ~ “Music”
11:30 pm NSDOS ~ “Money Exchange”
11:34 pm Adventice ~ “She Pulled Up the Weeds”
11:38 pm Jay Clarke ~ “Magnetic”
11:40 pm Xeno & Oaklander ~ “Virtues and Vice”
11:43 pm DMX Krew ~ “The Glass Room (Extended Mix)”
11:47 pm Retina.it ~ “Comunicazione Postmoderna”
11:50 pm Seiho ~ “Exhibition”
11:54 pm Davey Harms ~ “Zelo Bloch”

Show #345– 6/4/16

June 9, 2016 at 10:37 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

I narrowly avoided a car crash driving to the radio station, so I was kind of in shock and didn’t feel like doing a real radio show, so I just played long ambient pieces. Not going to post an archive.

2:01 am Joanna Brouk ~ “Going Through the Veil – Becoming a Swan” ~ Hearing Music ~ Numero Group ~ 1983
2:15 am Robert Curgenven ~ “En El Turbulento Infinito, La Duración Del Tiempo Y Más Allá.” ~ Climata (new) ~ Dragon’s Eye Recordings ~ 2016
2:35 am Ray Lynch ~ “Too Wounded” ~ The Sky of Mind ~ Ray Lynch Productions ~ 1983
2:44 am Norman Westberg ~ “MRI” ~ MRI ~ Room40 ~ 2012
3:00 am Brian Eno ~ “Discreet Music” ~ Discreet Music ~ Editions EG ~ 1975
3:31 am William Basinski ~ “d|p 1.1” ~ The Disintegration Loops ~ 2062 ~ 2001
4:36 am Deep Listening Band ~ “Non-Stop Flight” ~ Sanctuary ~ Mode ~ 1995
5:00 am Pauline Oliveros ~ “Horse Sings From Cloud” ~ Accordion & Voice ~ Lovely Music, Ltd. ~ 1982
5:23 am Hildur Guðnadóttir ~ “Leyfðu Ljósinu” ~ Leyfðu Ljósinu ~ Touch ~ 2012

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