https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/vairagya Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 The distinction of borders are probably less important than they were in the 1960’s but there’s still a borrowing and building symbiotic relationship of artistic ideas among Italian and German composers. This one’s Italian and you can hear the space savore sanguino. Vairagya, I’veContinue reading “Vairagya by Mario Lino Stancati”
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Why Did I Love Watching Will Smith Slap Chris Rock?
I remember Will Smith from the eighties and Chris Rock from the nineties. Before this incident I had never heard of Jada Pinkett Smith nor had I ever heard of alopecia. I still have never once uttered any of the words out loud and despite spending the day glued to Twitter’s spoken chat room featureContinue reading “Why Did I Love Watching Will Smith Slap Chris Rock?”
Breaking News by Hildegard Westerkamp
https://earsaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-news Genre: Electroacoustic Rating: I refuse to put a number on it. released March 25, 2022 “The pieces presented here were created between 1988 and 2012” I’m determined not to feel self-conscious about writing sentences like this next one. To me, this release is a sonic representation of what it is to be a livingContinue reading “Breaking News by Hildegard Westerkamp”
Malar by Uwalmassa
https://divisi62.bandcamp.com/album/malar Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp January 5, 2022 Recently a few things have been coming out of Indonesia that’s likely to sit well with fans of western avant garde music. Developing an appreciation for Gamelan is a rite of passage for western music fans. Indonesians were working with complex microtonal percussive conceptsContinue reading “Malar by Uwalmassa”
Fertile Garden by Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti
https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fertile-garden Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 4/5 Brown and Carletti have created a laid back free jazz release consisting of two tracks that combine to make a little under an hour’s worth of solid music. Both tracks are credited to alto saxophonist Brown. I’m pretty sure the majority of the jazz I listen to the saxContinue reading “Fertile Garden by Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti”
…for double bass & prerecorded electronics by Daniel Barbiero
https://shopendtitles.bandcamp.com/album/for-double-bass-prerecorded-electronics Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 22, 2022 Sometimes I really feel pressure to get the right words out there. I’m pressed for time this morning but I want to get this review out. Two and half listens in, I’m telling you this is one of those that’s going to… let’s sayContinue reading “…for double bass & prerecorded electronics by Daniel Barbiero”
Sonic Death by Sonic Youth
Genre: Post Punk Rating: World Treasure (beyond ratings) Recorded in early eighties. First released on cassette in 84. Released again on CD in 88. I have this on cassette. I bought the cassette at Raunch Records in Salt Lake City best I can remember sometime from 87-89 (maybe 90 but I doubt it). However, I’mContinue reading “Sonic Death by Sonic Youth”
psyber by aeyr
https://boguscollective.bandcamp.com/album/psyber Genre: Vaporwave Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 19, 2022 It’s been a little too long since I’ve checked out a twice a week like clockwork on Bogus Collective. It’s over 600 now. You can hit one up anytime. Maybe one in ten kind of hits me wrong, like too poppy or silly orContinue reading “psyber by aeyr”
The Emerald Figurines by Biliana Voutchkova – Michael Zerang
https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-emerald-figurines Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 4, 2022 Not my usual starting point but I love the album cover. Y’all, this is straight up hard boiled no bullshit austere as fuck not fucking around avant garde music. The difference between hit and miss with stuff is razor thin. I’m partial to theContinue reading “The Emerald Figurines by Biliana Voutchkova – Michael Zerang”
in the end we are all leaving by default.cfg
https://noproblemadigital.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-end-we-are-all-leaving Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 15, 2022 It’s been a bit too long since I’ve heard a truly pioneering ambient release. And as much as I love aggressive music there’s something very special about music that successfully adds a large dose of the surreal in a peaceful way. It’s easy toContinue reading “in the end we are all leaving by default.cfg”
Sorcerous Steel by Sequestered Keep
https://sequesteredkeep.bandcamp.com/album/sorcerous-steel-2 Genre: Dungeon Synth Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 15, 2022 This genre and the artists making this stuff really blow me away. It’s like watching someone create a castle right before my eyes. Actually, I’m not sure if SK considers themselves a part of the Dungeon Synth movement since it’s not an actualContinue reading “Sorcerous Steel by Sequestered Keep”
NIGHT for processed guitar by Elio Varesse
Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 15, 2022 Advertised as pure guitar no synths and I really don’t think it should matter a sound being a sound being a sound but somehow it does. I like guitar only things. They even have their own playlist I keep next to my hippy tapestry. IContinue reading “NIGHT for processed guitar by Elio Varesse”
Accidental Meeting by Nathan Blehar & Tony Falco
https://tonyfalco.bandcamp.com/album/accidental-meeting Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 11, 2022 Reviewed these two just recently https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2022/02/07/this-far-by-nathan-blehar-tony-falco/ They’re really good. Really strong. It seems like I was in the mood for something more spiritual than the last record and brought it up as if that we’re relevant. Blehar plays sax and Falco plays drums.Continue reading “Accidental Meeting by Nathan Blehar & Tony Falco”
Wagtail by Julius Schwing
https://isthmus-music.bandcamp.com/album/wagtail Genre: Avant Garde Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp March 4, 2022 This one really took me by surprise and grabbed me by the nuts. Maybe this is as obscure as I think it is or maybe by admitting this is my first contact will get me laughed out of the blogosphere. I hope it’sContinue reading “Wagtail by Julius Schwing”
Uzu Oto by Gurun Gurun
https://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/uzu-oto Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 11, 2022 What we have right here is some deep dish experimental music. The bandcamp notes indicate they’ve been doing this for a while but as best as I can recall they have never reached my ears before. They successfully combine the hypnotic power of worldContinue reading “Uzu Oto by Gurun Gurun”
STUDY IN STILL LIFE by INCIPIENTIUM
https://idealrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/study-in-still-life Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 10, 2022 Kall Savann AKA Incipientium has created one of those slow paced rumblers drone recordings. It lands somewhere in the jungles between what we’ve been calling drone lately and what we used to call industrial before the marriage to 808 State. To be clear there’sContinue reading “STUDY IN STILL LIFE by INCIPIENTIUM”
Markus Stockhausen, Vangelis Katsoulis, Arild Andersen – Across Mountains
Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 Released on Feb 4, 2022 I’ve been putting some time in with Stocky Jr recently and the more I listen the more I like. Straight to the point, he’s great at playing the trumpet. He goes straight to the heart of the instrument. There might be a word for it, butContinue reading “Markus Stockhausen, Vangelis Katsoulis, Arild Andersen – Across Mountains”
Ceramic Soul by Riuichi Daijo / Toshimaru Nakamura
https://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ceramic-soul Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 4/5 This seems like a solo guitar thing. After scanning my mind for a bit I decided that Stian Westerhus might be a good comparison to put you, my reader, in the general vicinity, and after thinking on it a bit I think, sure that’s fair. But on my secondContinue reading “Ceramic Soul by Riuichi Daijo / Toshimaru Nakamura”
Sly Bay by Lilac Welles
https://lilacwelles.bandcamp.com/album/sly-bay Genre: Indie Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp October 22, 2021 Yesterday, I went through a surreal rabbit hole of listening to fragment after fragment of every new wave band ever looking for a song that I think I may have only heard in my dreams and might not exist at all. It’s VERY unusualContinue reading “Sly Bay by Lilac Welles”
Winter’s Fire by The Ashes Of Piemonte
https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/album/winters-fire Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 4, 2022 This one is one of those that’s austere but still stands out as an excellent release in a crowded field of talented and creative people. The special sauce is good use of field recording type sounds and traditional instruments. The group is made upContinue reading “Winter’s Fire by The Ashes Of Piemonte”
Hilt by Rudolf Eb.er & Will Guthrie
https://willguthrie.bandcamp.com/album/hilt Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 4, 2022 The percussion is the tension builder and the electronics exploits your stress and had me worried that I haven’t taken my blood pressure medicine. Maybe it’s everything else going and my late night glued to the bed listening but this one got under myContinue reading “Hilt by Rudolf Eb.er & Will Guthrie”
Editor’s Picks Winter 2022
These are my faves among those that I’ve reviewed so far this year. ANTIDAWN EP by Burial https://burial.bandcamp.com/album/antidawn-ep SICK! by Earl Sweatshirt creeksoft by GMRadioX https://fileunder-gmradiox.bandcamp.com/album/creeksoft W by Boris https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/w 零花 -Absolute Flower- by 剤電 https://disciplineproduction.bandcamp.com Cyberpunk 2022: Alive by Fentanyl Embrace https://dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/cyberpunk-2022-alive A BOY NAMED HEXD by 999 HEARTAKE SABILEYE https://999heartakesabileye.bandcamp.com/album/a-boy-named-hexd The Winter ConcertContinue reading “Editor’s Picks Winter 2022”
A Time For Healing by Kahil El’Zabar Quartet
https://kahilelzabar-is.bandcamp.com/album/a-time-for-healing Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 4, 2022 I’m more inclined to call this soul jazz than spiritual jazz. Kahil El’Zabar takes a laid back everything is gonna be alright approach to the sound. His voice and his style suggest impenetrable defenses. He’s going to be who he is and do whatContinue reading “A Time For Healing by Kahil El’Zabar Quartet”
BSP Live Series: 2021-09-04 Kharkiv by Nadja
https://bspliveseries.bandcamp.com/album/bsp-live-series-2021-09-04-kharkiv Genre: Metal Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 27, 2022 This came up on my bandcamp feed and I listened to it the first time completely unaware, despite the title, that this had anything to do with the war in Ukraine or, despite the title again, was a performance from the city of Kharkiv.Continue reading “BSP Live Series: 2021-09-04 Kharkiv by Nadja”
The endless endlessness of endlessness by Beachers
https://beachers.bandcamp.com/album/the-endless-endlessness-of-endlessness Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp February 28, 2022 I have traveled a good deal in Concord; and everywhere, in shops, and offices, and fields, the inhabitants have appeared to me to be doing penance in a thousand remarkable ways. Henry David Thoreau, from Walden From Beachers’ bandcamp notes: The tracks reimagine routinesContinue reading “The endless endlessness of endlessness by Beachers”
Warmth Highest 