Show #417 – 11/11/17

November 11, 2017 at 2:13 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

2:00 am Esmerine ~ “La Lucha Es Una Sola” ~ Mechanics of Dominion (new) ~ Constellation Records ~ 2017
2:09 am Ian William Craig ~ “The Nearness” ~ Durbē (new) ~ Recital ~ 2017
2:30 am Kevin Drumm ~ “Waterbed Music Part 1” ~ Elapsed Time ~ Sonoris ~ 2015
2:40 am Suzi Analogue ~ “End of Forever” ~ single (new) ~ Bandcamp ~ 2017
2:43 am Fis ~ “Speech Spirits” ~ Speech Spirits ~ Loopy ~ 2014
2:48 am World War ~ “No Time 4 Terror” ~ Soundsystem (new) ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2017
2:52 am Dawn People ~ “Get Life” ~ The Star Is Your Future (new) ~ DFA ~ 2017
2:57 am Don Gero ~ “Rock I” ~ Wizarding (new) ~ Crash Symbols ~ 2017
3:01 am The Body & Full Of Hell ~ “Farewell, Man” ~ Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2017
3:05 am Saicobab ~ “Bx Ax Bx” ~ Sab Se Purani Bab (new) ~ Thrill Jockey ~ 2017
3:12 am Palberta ~ “Pharmacy” ~ Chips for Dinner ~ Wharf Cat ~ 2015
3:13 am Ghost Train Orchestra ~ “Hare and the Hounds” ~ Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II (new) ~ Accurate ~ 2017
3:16 am Ground-Zero ~ “Washington Post March + Japan Dissolution” ~ Plays Standards ~ Disk Union ~ 1997
3:19 am Duds ~ “The Nose” ~ Of a Nature or a Degree (new) ~ Castleface ~ 2017
3:20 am Escape-Ism ~ “Lonely at the Top” ~ Introduction to Escape-Ism (new) ~ Merge ~ 2017
3:24 am Solitary Dancer feat. Marie Davidson ~ “Emails 2 Myself” ~ Dualism ~ Dark Entries ~ 2017
3:29 am Essaie Pas ~ “Futur parlé” ~ single (new) ~ DFA ~ 2017
3:35 am CCFX ~ “Ode” ~ CCFX (new) ~ DFA ~ 2017
3:38 am Abra ~ “Feel” ~ Rose (2LP reissue) ~ Awful Records/Ninja Tune ~ 2015
3:42 am Giraffage feat. Japanese Breakfast ~ “Maybes” ~ Too Real (new) ~ Counter ~ 2017
3:47 am Mux Mool ~ “Starfighter Courage” ~ Implied Lines (new) ~ Young Heavy Souls ~ 2017
3:51 am Jonti feat. Sampa the Great ~ “Island Rose” ~ Tokorats (new) ~ Stones Throw ~ 2017
3:55 am Blockhead ~ “Escape From NY” ~ Funeral Balloons (new) ~ Backwoodz Studioz ~ 2017
4:00 am Mukqs ~ “Bell Tree” ~ Walkthrough ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2016
4:04 am Burial ~ “Pre Dawn” ~ 12″ (new) ~ Nonplus ~ 2017
4:12 am Caracoa ~ “A Warning Ignored” ~ End of Kings (new) ~ Inam Records ~ 2017
4:14 am Snakepiss (local) ~ “Feng From Tekken 5” ~ Immortal Flight (new) ~ HVRF Central Command ~ 2017
4:21 am Lewis James ~ “Ferro” ~ Shapeshifter EP (new) ~ Astrophonica ~ 2017
4:27 am Earthly ~ “Thank You” ~ Heart (new) ~ Noumenal Loom ~ 2017
4:30 am Aris Kindt ~ “New Gods of Prudence” ~ Swann And Odette (new) ~ Kingdoms ~ 2017
4:35 am Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings ~ “Searching for a New Day” ~ Soul of a Woman (new) ~ Daptone ~ 2017
4:39 am Leila Gobi ~ “Wai Hidjou” ~ 2017 (new) ~ Clermont Music ~ 2017
4:43 am African Head Charge ~ “Stebeni’s Theme” ~ My Life in a Hole in the Ground ~ On-U Sound ~ 1981
4:47 am Wild Belle ~ “Paralyzed” ~ single (new) ~ self-released ~ 2017
4:50 am L’Rain ~ “Stay, Go (Go, Stay)” ~ L’Rain (new) ~ Astro Nautico ~ 2017
4:55 am Carla dal Forno ~ “Clusters” ~ The Garden (new) ~ Blackest Ever Black ~ 2017
4:59 am Sumerian Fleet ~ “Thorazine” ~ Pendulum (new) ~ Dark Entries ~ 2017
5:04 am Ballerine Nadiya ~ “Hellen Keller” ~ Ballerine Nadiya ~ Bandcamp ~ 2010
5:07 am Ballerine Nadiya ~ “Hevy” ~ Elsewhere There Were Pumpkins and Bananas ~ Bandcamp ~ 2016
5:09 am Ike Yard feat. Tropic of Cancer ~ “Tear Drop” ~ Sacred Machine (new) ~ Noiztank ~ 2017
5:14 am Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith ~ “I Will Make Room for You (Four Tet Remix)” ~ mp3 (new) ~ Western Vinyl ~ 2017
5:22 am Lindstrøm feat. Jenny Hval ~ “Bungl (Like a Ghost)” ~ It’s Alright Between Us As It Is (new) ~ Smalltown Supersound ~ 2017
5:29 am Factory Floor ~ “Ya (Klara Lewis Remix)” ~ 2525+5 EP (new) ~ DFA ~ 2017
5:39 am Ursula Bogner ~ “Atmosphärische Energie” ~ Winkel Pong (new) ~ Faitiche ~ 2017
5:42 am Gregg Kowalsky ~ “Pattern Haze” ~ L’Orange, L’Orange (new) ~ Mexican Summer ~ 2017
5:50 am Emra Grid ~ “Trace It Back” ~ Shay’s Vacation House (new) ~ Opal Tapes ~ 2017
5:55 am Scanner ~ “Strange Circles” ~ The Great Crater (new) ~ Glacial Movements ~ 2017

Ghost Train Orchestra: Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II (Accurate Records, 2017)

November 10, 2017 at 8:27 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Ghost Train Orchestra: Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II

Ghost Train Orchestra are an incredibly tight, vibrant ensemble who perform obscure compositions from the first half of the 20th century. This album leads off with a Raymond Scott tune, but it sheds more light on lesser-known composer Hal Herzon, in addition to others such as Alec Wilder and Reginald Forsythe. Basically, if you’re a fan of early Raymond Scott, you will thoroughly enjoy this. It’s fun and kind of cartoonish, with lots of unexpected twists and turns and mood changes. “Hare and the Hounds” is incredibly joyous and nutty, with rollicking drums and double bass as well as stunning violin work from Mazz Swift (also of Hear In Now), and also jaw harp! Several of the selections feature a narrator introducing them, giving this a feel of a concert or radio broadcast rather than just an album. Songs like “Deep Forest” and “Walking Home in Spring” are less perky, but still sophisticated and splendid. “Deserted Ballroom” is a spooky little hall of mirrors, with ghostly vocals and perhaps a musical saw, as well as a sort of sleazy guitar-driven section near the end. Most of the songs feature vocals by an adult choir, including a few Orchestra members, but there’s also a Langley Schools-inspired children’s choir on the tune “Kindergarten Flower Pageant”, as well as a solo vocal by Gita Drummond on the self-explanatory “A Little Girl Grows Up”. All of this is an absolute blast to listen to, and should not be missed by fans of strange, obscure delights from the distant past.

Caracoa: End of Kings CDr (Inam Records, 2017)

November 8, 2017 at 11:18 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Caracoa: End of Kings CDr

The third CDr from Caracoa this year consists of three pieces and two longer techno tracks. “Electric Air” opens the album with two minutes of suspended distortion, and then “Time in Reverse” is over 9 minutes of flickering, thumping drone-techno reminiscent of The Field but hazier and more monotonous. It eventually leads to a shimmering end, and then “A Warning Ignored” is a short burst of rhythmic static with a somewhat fearsome ending. This sets the stage for “Last Year on Earth”, the release’s other techno epic, and a piece of chilly ambient techno on par with any of the best work by Gas or The Sight Below. I’m serious, it’s that fucking good. I want it to go on forever. It seems so simple, it’s just a bright drone and a steady 4/4 thump, but there’s still some subtlety to it, like how there’s an off-sync pulse near the end. I can’t get enough of it. If this was released as a limited vinyl 12″ and someone at Resident Advisor found out about it, people would be selling it for hundreds of dollars on Discogs. “End of Kings” concludes the album with another short, regal drone. The release is ominous without being overwhelmingly full of dread. It’s also serene, but not entirely soft and light. It’s not overtly emotional, but it still manages to convey a lot. I think it’s absolutely incredible.

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