Cassie Ramone: Sweetheart (CD-R Records, 2024)

September 24, 2024 at 8:21 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Cassie Ramone: Sweetheart

Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone returns with an album of hazy late-night garage pop that’s just as good as the more hyped albums she was making a decade ago. There’s lo-fi synth pop like Beach House but better (“Joy to the World”), noisy bummed-out rock (“He’s Still On My Mind”, “They Hide Their Eyes”), hopeful songs with a heavy ’50s pop influence (“Together”, “Sweetheart”), and slight silliness (“Dilly Dally”) following heartbreak (“The Only Way I Know How”, which features Mac DeMarco). A super low-key release, but it’s not lacking in quality.

Dren McDonald: Oceanic (Appearing Records, 2024)

September 23, 2024 at 8:43 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Dren McDonald: Oceanic

San Francisco-based video game composer Dren McDonald (polyheDren) wrote this suite about underwater life, utilizing several different techniques, from processed field recordings to triggered modular synths. “The Kids”, which drifts out to 12 minutes, is easily the most aquatic-sounding track, resembling an underwater equivalent of Daniel Lanois’ spacious Americana. “Physeter Coda” has light kosmische arpeggios, while “Oceanlight Meditation Vis” is the darker, submerged flipside of “Beachlight Meditation Vis”, with both utilizing gong-like ringing tones. “Delphinus Bursa” has expansive melodies and burbling sequences. “Dusklight Meditation Vis” is an eerie comedown which either features manipulated bird calls, or synths imitating them.

Show #725 – 9/22/24

September 22, 2024 at 12:12 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

12:00 AM Tim Reaper & Kloke ~ Continuities ~ In Full Effect ~ Hyperdub ~ 2024
12:06 AM Witchman ~ Chemical Noir ~ Heavy Traffic ~ Deviant ~ 1997
12:19 AM His Name Is Alive ~ My Moon’s in Your Yard (Demo) ~ Mouth By Mouth (2024 Remastered Edition) ~ 4AD ~ 1993
12:23 AM Cassie Ramone ~ He’s Still On My Mind ~ Sweetheart ~ CD-R Records ~ 2024
12:26 AM His Name Is Alive ~ The Homesick Waltz ~ Mouth By Mouth (2024 Remastered Edition) ~ 4AD ~ 1993
12:30 AM Meadow Argus ~ Balloon ~ Arboreal Frippery ~ Chocolate Monk ~ 2024
12:35 AM Dren McDonald ~ The Kids ~ Oceanic ~ Appearing Records ~ 2024
12:48 AM Astor Piazzolla ~ Concierto Para Quinteto ~ Tango: Zero Hour ~ Nonesuch ~ 1986
12:57 AM The Closer ~ Type 3-Igarashi ~ Sound Is The Device 12″ ~ KMS ~ 2000
1:02 AM Chez Damier ~ Can You Feel It (MK Dub) ~ 12″ ~ KMS ~ 1992
1:07 AM Inner City ~ Big Fun (D. Wynn Remix) ~ 12″ ~ KMS ~ 2002
1:14 AM The Bottom Feeders ~ Fun Control ~ 12″ ~ KMS ~ 2000
1:22 AM E-Dancer ~ Loop Me Again ~ The Dream 12″ ~ KMS ~ 2001
1:29 AM D. Wynn & The R-Tyme Production ~ Love in Music ~ 12″ ~ KMS ~ 2002
1:37 AM Chez Damier ~ Help Myself (Reconstructed by Carl Craig) ~ I Never Knew Love 12″ ~ KMS ~ 1992
1:46 AM E-Dancer ~ Velocity Funk (Stacey Pullen Remix) ~ 12″ ~ KMS ~ 1999
1:52 AM Jamie Bissmire ~ untitled ~ The Rhythms Of Nature ~ Ground ~ 1997
1:56 AM Vintage Future ~ Dangerous (Detroit Tap Edit) ~ 12″ ~ Underground Resistance ~ 2016

Show #724 – 9/15/24

September 15, 2024 at 9:35 am | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

12:00 AM Nala Sinephro ~ Continuum 10 ~ Endlessness ~ Warp ~ 2024
12:07 AM Floating Points ~ Afflecks Palace ~ Cascade ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2024
12:13 AM Masayoshi Fujita ~ In a Sunny Meadow ~ Migratory ~ Erased Tapes ~ 2024
12:17 AM Bernard Fèvre ~ Foxy Spleen ~ Space Oddities (1976-1985) ~ Born Bad ~ 1977
12:20 AM Channeler ~ Cliff Aster ~ Cliff Aster EP ~ Loam Dynamics ~ 2024
12:27 AM Molchat Doma ~ Я Так Устал / Ya Tak Ustal ~ Belaya Polosa ~ Sacred Bones Records ~ 2024
12:32 AM Tears Run Rings ~ Helios Helada ~ Everything in the End ~ Shelflife ~ 2024
12:37 AM Ride ~ Grasshopper ~ Leave Them All Behind 12″ ~ Creation ~ 1992
12:48 AM His Name Is Alive ~ Endless Things ~ How Ghosts Affect Relationships 1990-1993 ~ 4AD ~ 1993
12:51 AM His Name Is Alive ~ Her Eyes Were Huge Things (Live) ~ How Ghosts Affect Relationships 1990-1993 ~ 4AD ~ 1991
12:54 AM Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ~ Cinnamon Horses ~ Wild God ~ Play It Again Sam ~ 2024
1:01 AM Klara Lewis ~ Live in Montreal 2018 (excerpt) ~ Live in Montreal 2018 ~ Editions Mego ~ 2018
1:06 AM Hugo Largo ~ Turtle Song ~ Mettle ~ Opal Records ~ 1989
1:09 AM Hugo Largo ~ Scream Tall ~ Drum ~ Opal Records ~ 1988
1:13 AM Hugo Largo ~ Blue Blanket ~ Huge, Large, and Electric: Hugo Largo 1984-1991 ~ Missing Piece Records ~ late ’90s
1:18 AM Cassie Kinoshi’s seed ~ iii Sun Through My Window (feat. NikNak & London Contemporary Orchestra) ~ gratitude ~ rings / International Anthem ~ 2024
1:21 AM Daniel Villarreal ~ In/On ~ Panamá 77 ~ International Anthem ~ 2022
1:25 AM Lady Isa ~ Djambo ~ Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola ~ Strut ~ 1986
1:31 AM Eternal Basement & Juno Reactor ~ Memory Vortex ~ Before Time Was Now ~ Edsel ~ 2022
1:35 AM RXM Reality ~ Listening to Burial ~ No. 1 in the World ~ Hausu Mountain ~ 2024
1:39 AM Sigh ~ Carnage ~ Eastern Darkness ~ Peaceville Records ~ 1995-6
1:42 AM Merzbow ~ Nimbus Alter Magneto Electricity ~ Material Action 2 (N-A-M) ~ Important Records ~ 1983

Crush Collision 9/12/24

September 13, 2024 at 9:18 am | Posted in Crush Collision | Leave a comment

10:00 PM Skeppet ~ Sargasso ~ Deluxe ~ Not Not Fun ~ 2010
10:09 PM Hedge Maze ~ Dysania ~ Dysania ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2015
10:14 PM Hidden Spheres ~ Beachy ~ By & Bye EP ~ Distant Hawaii ~ 2017
10:18 PM The African House Party Project ~ P-Coq ~ African House Party (feat. Splash, Patricia Majelisa & Dalom Kids) ~ Gallo Record Company ~ 1991
10:23 PM ASOK ~ Virtual Light ~ Virtual Light EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2017
10:28 PM Nondi_ ~ Bangs_2.0 ~ July Mixtape ~ HRR ~ 2024
10:34 PM Ruf Dug ~ Wet Play Banger ~ eCZtasy EP ~ Ruf Kutz ~ 2020
10:37 PM Reflec ~ Extraordinary Lives ~ Momentary Archive ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2015
10:42 PM Grammar Of Movement ~ Faint ~ Azadi EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2016
10:47 PM Jeals ~ Gentle Chain ~ Flux EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2017
10:52 PM Panthera Krause ~ Zombies ~ Solar System EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2016
10:57 PM Tsodor ~ Flugzeug Melancholie ~ Diffused Nocturne ~ Woodland Creatures ~ 2024
11:01 PM Michael Mayer ~ Take a Stand For Love ~ Higher EP ~ Kompakt ~ 2020
11:07 PM Marc Romboy ~ Beyond ~ Speicher 114 ~ Kompakt Extra ~ 2020
11:15 PM Bärtaub ~ Marble ~ single ~ R&S Records ~ 2019
11:22 PM Black Devil Disco Club ~ Follow Me (Instrumental) ~ Black Devil Disco Club ~ RCA ~ 1978
11:25 PM Paperclip People ~ Steam ~ The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich ~ Planet E Communications ~ 1996
11:30 PM BAKGROUND ~ Clubjammerz ~ Clubjammerz EP ~ Lobster Theremin ~ 2018
11:34 PM Black Cadmium ~ Stairway ~ Muted Chaos EP ~ Vault Wax ~ 2020
11:40 PM JB3 ~ Loose Kick ~ Close Grind ~ Mute ~ 1996
11:45 PM Floating Points ~ Fast Forward ~ Cascade ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2024
11:50 PM Rupcy ~ Utow ~ Utow EP ~ Ilian Tape ~ 2014
11:54 PM Ayarcana ~ Cheap Rents and Haunted Houses ~ Cheap Rents and Haunted Houses ~ Cluster Node ~ 2020
11:57 PM Glaskin ~ Sleeplessness ~ Ratunek EP ~ Yael Trip ~ 2020

Dr. Pete Larson & his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band: Michigan Traditional Music LP (Dagoretti Records, 2024)

September 9, 2024 at 10:30 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Dr. Pete Larson & his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band: Michigan Traditional Music LP

The newest Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band album encompasses more influences and sounds than previous records, and it’s entirely fitting that it simply dubs itself its own form of music. Larson’s nyatiti playing feels less like the focal point here, and his recent interest in synths makes an impact on the group’s sound. Fred Thomas also provides synth as well as guitar, and Tom Hohmann plays drums. The Bandcamp version separates the album into different tracks, but the vinyl doesn’t, and each side flows continuously. This is some of the furthest-out Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band music yet, filled with unpredictable mixing and strange dynamics. It could be compared to any number of Krautrock bands, and I’m also somehow getting mystical Alice Coltrane vibes too. There’s also some drone sections, like at the end of the first side, some heavy guitar blare that shoegaze/space rock fans might appreciate, and even some straight-up techno beats at the end of the second side. It’s just marvelous, words don’t do it justice.

Scott Avery: Dark Side of Mars 12″ (48208 World Publishing, 2024)

September 9, 2024 at 9:34 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Scott Avery: Dark Side of Mars 12″

The second EP by Scott Avery is a concept record about an android/Martian/human hybrid from the future who crash landed in Detroit in 1992 during a time machine malfunction. Inspired by the burgeoning techno scene, he creates his own music, and this is the result. “The Horizon” is a suspenseful yet also motivational track that takes up the entire A-side. “Dark Side of Mars” is a shorter, more stripped-down remix of “The Horizon” that keeps the vibe but removes the suspenseful strings. “Dark Matter” is the best overall, the bassline sets it up and the chords just elevate it to a blissful state.

DJ Resurgence: Bass Motivator EP 12″ (Global Electronic Music, 2024)

September 8, 2024 at 9:41 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

DJ Resurgence: Bass Motivator EP 12″

DJ Resurgence is the new moniker of Kris Harris, formerly known as DJ Surgeon. He’s released music on Databass and Cratesavers, worked with Scan 7, and is a veteran of the Detroit jit and electro scene. This is the fifth release on the recently formed Global Electronic Music imprint, and it is a deadly shot of pure electro. All of it is solid, but the bullet track is “The Essence”, which says everything it needs to with a robot voice repeating “313” and a human voice declaring “I’m the essence of electro”. Following in that theme, “You Not Ready” reminds you that “electro is alive”. “Chop It” has such a fun bassline that just flows like a wave fit for surfing, and “Get Out My Mix” is a steady dancefloor electro cut with a warning about a “paranoid universe” at the end.

Show #723 – 9/1/24

September 1, 2024 at 2:28 pm | Posted in The Answer Is In The Beat | Leave a comment

Fallout Shelter 3rd anniversary, Sept 5-7 @ 734 Brewing Company! I will be playing on Friday at 9PM! Please stop by!
12:00 AM Tycho & Cautious Clay ~ Infinite Health ~ Infinite Health ~ Ninja Tune ~ 2024
12:03 AM µ-Ziq ~ Belvedere ~ Grush ~ Planet Mu ~ 2024
12:07 AM Xylitol ~ Moebius ~ Anemones ~ Planet Mu ~ 2024
12:16 AM Punisher ~ Mirage ~ Comin’ From Tha D ~ Intuit-Solar ~ 1999
12:20 AM Kloke ~ Sirens ~ The Cosmik Connection: Lost Tape ~ Unknown to the Unknown ~ 2024
12:27 AM Hakushi Hasegawa ~ Departed ~ Mahōgakkō ~ Brainfeeder ~ 2024
12:29 AM Axolotes Mexicanos ~ Heavens Gate ~ Salu2 ~ Elefant Records ~ 2018
12:33 AM Basile3 ~ U Stole the Summer (CFCF Remix) ~ U Stole the Summer EP ~ InFiné ~ 2024
12:37 AM JPEGMAFIA ~ it’s dark and hell is hot ~ I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU ~ AWAL ~ 2024
12:39 AM Steel Tipped Dove ~ Buddy Ryan (feat. Billy Woods & Skech185 and Atd) ~ Call Me When You’re Outside ~ Backwoodz Studioz ~ 2021
12:43 AM New Order ~ Procession ~ 1981-1982 ~ Factory ~ 1982
12:46 AM The Softies ~ When I Started Loving You ~ The Bed I Made ~ Father/Daughter Records ~ 2024
12:49 AM Dorothy Carter ~ Tree of Life ~ Troubadour ~ Drag City ~ 1976
12:56 AM Etelin ~ Golden Bells Hung From The Plants ~ Patio User Manual ~ Beacon Sound ~ 2024
1:00 AM Jon Hopkins, Vylana & 7RAYS ~ part vi – solar goddess return (feat. Ishq & Cherif Hashizume) ~ RITUAL ~ Domino Recording Co ~ 2024
1:04 AM Tangerine Dream ~ Experiments In Tension ~ Strange Behavior (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ~ BSX Records, Inc. ~ 1981
1:09 AM Speedy J ~ Patterns ~ Public Energy No. 1 ~ Plus 8 ~ 1997
1:17 AM Sote ~ Arcane Existence ~ Majestic Noise Made in Beautiful Rotten Iran ~ Sub rosa ~ 2022
1:23 AM Mechanatura ~ track 12 ~ XORB ~ Mechanatura ~ 2024
1:28 AM GAS ~ Der Lange Marsch 2 ~ Der Lange Marsch ~ Kompakt ~ 2021
1:34 AM Matisa ~ Balet ~ DJ-Kicks: DJ BORING ~ !K7 Records ~ 2024
1:37 AM Marijata ~ Otanhunu (feat. Ata Kak) ~ Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In the Diaspora (1980-93) ~ Soundway Records Ltd ~ 1989
1:45 AM Nimco Jamaac ~ Buuraha U Dheer (The Highest Mountains) ~ Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa ~ Ostinato Records LLC ~ 2017 (not sure when this track was recorded)
1:50 AM Ana Frango Elétrico ~ Se no Cinema ~ Little Electric Chicken Heart ~ RISCO ~ 2019
1:54 AM The Upsetters ~ The Vampire ~ People Funny Boy: The Upsetter Singles 1968-1969 ~ Doctor Bird ~ 1969
1:57 AM Meadow Argus ~ Stone Bird ~ Arboreal Frippery ~ Chocolate Monk ~ 2024

David F. Friedman: The Best of David F. Friedman (Modern Harmonic, 2024)

September 1, 2024 at 2:09 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

David F. Friedman: The Best of David F. Friedman

This isn’t a conventional soundtrack release. It’s actually a collection of trailers and audio from movies by David F. Friedman, who was infamous for B-movies, exploitation, and sexploitation films. A DVD is included showing the trailers in their full glory, and they are definitely not safe for kiddies and conservatives. But the CD is mostly playable on the air, it’s filled with campy music and funny voiceovers ripe for sampling. The movies all sound horrendous but fascinating. “The Headmistress” takes a weird turn. “The Acid Eaters” is everything you could ask for from an exploitation movie trailer. “Space Thing” is a funny sci-fi erotica trailer. “The Pick-Up” has some amazing drumming, and so does “The Masterpiece”. “Amateur Night” is an instrumental sleaze-funk track (but it still has a sort of tinny movie trailer quality). Lots of filthy fun to be heard/seen here.

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