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Radiophonic Dub by Andrew Nolan

https://phagetapes.bandcamp.com/album/radiophonic-dub Industrial Dub Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released June 23, 2023 “Radiophonic Dub” is an instrumental industrial dub album that invites listeners into its expansive sonic realm. While the album showcases moments of intrigue and solid production, it falls short of fully captivating the audience and delivering a truly memorable experience. From the very beginning,Continue reading “Radiophonic Dub by Andrew Nolan”

Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi – Our Daily Bread

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Spiritual Jazz released may 5 2023 Lovano (sax) and Crispell (piano) are both in their 70’s and Castaldi (percussion) graduated Berklee in the seventies so he’s gotta be up there, too. Lovano is taking the lead here but Crispell is a actually quite considerably superior as a jazz musician andContinue reading “Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi – Our Daily Bread”

Pre-Exist /Joe Morris/Raf Vertessen/Joe Morris

https://glacialerratic.bandcamp.com/album/pre-exist-joe-morris-raf-vertessen-joe-morris ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Free Jazz released June 7, 2023 Morris decides to play bass instead of guitar on the third recording he appears on so far in 2023. I copy and paste the names of the recordings from the bandcamp page but I figure it’s actually supposed to be Pre-Exist /Joe Morris/Raf Vertessen/Will GreeneContinue reading “Pre-Exist /Joe Morris/Raf Vertessen/Joe Morris”

Long Cool World by North Americans

https://northamericanszone.bandcamp.com/album/long-cool-world ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Instrumental Americana released April 7, 2023 “Long Cool World,” features only two members, Patrick McDermott on guitar and Barry Walker on pedal steel, and their collaboration is nothing short of exceptional. With a stripped-down instrumentation of just guitar and pedal steel, McDermott and Walker create a sound that is bothContinue reading “Long Cool World by North Americans”

486REVIVAL by 486 Paradise

Genre: Experimental Rating: Highly Recommended released February 10, 2023 It’s been a minute since I’ve checked out a new B O G U S // COLLECTIVE release but the glitch tag piqued my interest. Glitch music used to be high on my radar but suddenly I just started seeing less of it. I still enjoyContinue reading “486REVIVAL by 486 Paradise”

Entropy by Colin Bragg

https://colinbragg.bandcamp.com/album/entropy Genre: Experimental Rating: 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 5/5 Stars According to his BandCamp notes Bragg decided to pull out his old man’s guitar and created this excellent release in a couple days. The electronics remind me of Edgar Froese and the guitar playing Loren Connors. From what I’m seeing this music hasn’t reachedContinue reading “Entropy by Colin Bragg”

Out Of Nowhereby John Edwards / Andrew Lisle / Dirk Serries / Colin Webster

https://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-nowhere Genre: Improvised Music Rating: ⭐️⭐️ 2/5 Stars Dirk Serries is my favorite musician on this record and I wish he was the only one. I respect what the musicians are doing but at some point when there’s a 1000 records of a 1000 other people doing it as well or better it’s time forContinue reading “Out Of Nowhereby John Edwards / Andrew Lisle / Dirk Serries / Colin Webster”

Two Centuries by Qasim Naqvi / Wadada Leo Smith / Andrew Cyrille

https://redhookrecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-centuries Genre: Ambient Jazz Rating: 5/5 Stars Highest Rating released August 17, 2022 (Bandcamp) This deserves the same type of love Space 1.8 and Promises received but honest recognition is hard to come by even among jazz fans. Wadada Leo Smith is in the discussion as the greatest jazz musician still on the planet. TheContinue reading “Two Centuries by Qasim Naqvi / Wadada Leo Smith / Andrew Cyrille”

Sentrifuge by Pjusk

https://pjuskswc.bandcamp.com/album/sentrifuge Genre: Ambient Rating: Recommended, especially for fans of the genre released March 18, 2022 (BandCamp) Right from the start I want to say I really like this album. It clearly separates itself from the very crowded field of ambient music. Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik, whose name is spelled with an extra i in his BandCampContinue reading “Sentrifuge by Pjusk”

Stefano Gervasoni: Gramigna Divertimento Ensemble

Genre: Contemporary Rating: 5/5 stars Release Date: 13th May 2022 Gervasoni is an Italian composer who studied under Brian Ferneyhough and György Ligeti back in the 1990’s. Ferneyhough is the top dog of the New Complexity movement which takes more is more to probably the most extreme heights it has ever reached. If you’ve neverContinue reading “Stefano Gervasoni: Gramigna Divertimento Ensemble”

Still Life by Ortooeen Waves

https://humanhoodrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/still-life Genre: Experimental Rating: Recommended released November 21, 2022 First off, there’s a long very informative article on this artist here: https://desertmountaindust.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/paul-harrison-avant-garde-optics/ Secondly, I love this album cover. Definitely frame worthy art. Third, the music. Falls into the camp of serious experimental music that isn’t gimmicky, generic, or obnoxiously in your face. It borrows fromContinue reading “Still Life by Ortooeen Waves”

Call and Response by Stefan Goldmann

https://ashinternational.bandcamp.com/album/call-and-response Genre: Experimental Rating: Highly Recommended As the title hints at Call and Response is the artistic expression of reverberation. If the machines have any sentience perhaps they feel like slaves and chain gang workers from the past. Musically this also calls on more modern traditions. A 2022 release like this with this sound isn’tContinue reading “Call and Response by Stefan Goldmann”

screen time by Thurston Moore

https://thurstonmoore1.bandcamp.com/album/screen-time-2 Genre: Experimental Rating: 📖 📕 📚 📑 💻 Released in 2021 feels like thurston fired up a fatty put on some loren mazzacane connors and thought goddamn i need to do some of this often i think we think our idols of yesteryear shouldve been killed and we ignore too much with this releaseContinue reading “screen time by Thurston Moore”

Transient Signalling At A Distance by Tom Ward

https://rawtonkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/transient-signalling-at-a-distance Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 🎷 🎷 🎷 🎷 🎷 When and Where: Track 1 recorded by Tom Ward at Two Ships, The Nest, Hastings on 16th July 2022 Tracks 2,4,5 recorded by Tom Ward at SET Lewisham on 1st August 2022 Tracks 3,6 recorded by Tom Ward at SET Lewisham on 20th June 2022Continue reading “Transient Signalling At A Distance by Tom Ward”

Vibraphone Improvisations by Will Redman

https://willredman.bandcamp.com/album/vibraphone-improvisations Genre: Avant Garde Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released on bandcamp March 29, 2022 This one is an austere, no gimmicks, no bullshit, no show off flash – vibraphone improvisation. It’s the right instrument done the right way. I’d be comfortable calling this third stream jazz just based off of the instrumentContinue reading “Vibraphone Improvisations by Will Redman”

8 years by Unleashed Cooperation

https://multikultiproject.bandcamp.com/album/8-years Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 27, 2022 Unleashed Cooperation is a Polish jazz sextet. The music on 8 Years is very diverse in terms of tonality but it is never frenetic or chaotic. In fact, one of the most appealing aspects of this record is how smooth it is. It’s likeContinue reading “8 years by Unleashed Cooperation”

Yog-Sothoth by The Great Old Ones

https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yog-sothoth Genre: Dark Ambient Rating: 4/5 This could be an above average Cryo Chamber release and it’s very much in the same sonic ballpark. Cryo Chamber releases almost all fall into a 3 or 4 star rating tier to my ears. Like this release, the 4 star releases have a special flair. Yog-Sothoth has monstrousContinue reading “Yog-Sothoth by The Great Old Ones”

having you, halving me by thought refuge

https://thoughtrefuge.bandcamp.com/album/having-you-halving-me Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 8, 2022 Clocking in at about 16 minutes, time is somewhat of an irrelevancy for this dreamy instrumental guitar centered ep. There’s two important things going on here and I’m going to reference Grouper and Guided by Voices to explain it to you. The Grouper partContinue reading “having you, halving me by thought refuge”

涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见

https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/wading-in-the-afterlife-original-soundtrack Genre: New Age Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 4, 2022 Water is almost synonymous with life itself which makes drowning an ironic way to die. t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 referenced the drowned woman on the album cover on this massively long released: https://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/album/–42 Admittedly, all meaning is crypticContinue reading “涉水来世 / Wading in the Afterlife (Original Soundtrack) by 天火见”

we might be dead, we might be flowers by They Drove Us From the Garden

https://theydroveusfromthegarden.bandcamp.com/album/we-might-be-dead-we-might-be-flowers Genre: Post Rock Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 1, 2022 I love the name of the band and the album. I love the album cover. What can we make out of a band that sounds exactly like Explosions in the Sky? Explosions in the Sky, along with Napalm Death, are the two mostContinue reading “we might be dead, we might be flowers by They Drove Us From the Garden”

Fire Bevægelser by Jonas Thorstensen & Jakob Folke Ivarsson

https://forlagetkornmod.bandcamp.com/album/fire-bev-gelser-2 Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp May 7, 2021 Startlingly original and beautiful. Floors you like the first time you heard Disintegration Loops. Also reminds me of the fantastic The Last 3 Days of Time in by Fjordne. This is music that doesn’t have to and isn’t willing to advertise itself. I don’tContinue reading “Fire Bevægelser by Jonas Thorstensen & Jakob Folke Ivarsson”

Smog Choir by Carnivorous Plants Quartet

https://liquidlibrary.bandcamp.com/album/smog-choir Genre: Instrumental Folk Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp April 16, 2021 Owen Chambers’ Carnivorous Plants release Burning Apricot is one of my editors picks for so far 2021 so I was super excited to see this release in my bandcamp feed this morning. And it certainly doesn’t disappoint. There’s plenty of room to beContinue reading “Smog Choir by Carnivorous Plants Quartet”