Up until today, I had no idea who Schneider Kacirek was. Thanks to Toni Dimitrov, my old friend, I got turned on to this track, and this rather incredible project. It features Stefan Schneider, who was in Kriedler and To Rococo Rot. No wonder why the beats sounded familiar!
Ambient
[Video] The Durutti Column – Domo Arigato
The first live album I was ever blown away by.
When I was attending college in my teen years, I had a good friend, Fish, who had impeccable musical taste. He introduced me to the work of The Durutti Column, and if memory serves me right, this was the record which first turned me on to their oeuvre.
Nearly 30 years later, it still sounds magnificent. Hunt down this album, and hope that Factory will reissue this as a Blu-Ray one day.
[Video] 잠비나이 (Jambinai) – Connection
Many thanks to dear Maryna Evilly from Ukraine for originally posting this.
The band is a new one to me. It seems that they’re from South Korea, and, at least on this track, they have a sound which reminds me of Tuxedomoon or bands from the legendary Italian record label Materiali Sonori.
[Video] Cooper Raines – The Woman in the Mask at the End of the Street
The ever-prolific Qualo Infinity strikes again with another side-project, this one being Cooper Raines. Hazy, surreal, filmic, hypnotizing music, perfect late-night headphone trip music.
[Video] Þverfellshorn – Agnieszka
Simple, and sublime.
Luke Paine, operating under the moniker Þverfellshorn, produces lush pieces in a style reminiscent of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
A special thanks to Albanian electroacoustic composer Ilir Lluka, who posted this piece originally.
[Sample] Nühn – Peacetime (More Than A Song)
A real treasure here. Nühn hail from Barcelona, Spain, and cover ground in all kinds of electronica. Here’s the twist: the vocals come off reminding me of a younger Vini Reilly, when The Durutti Column’s music was at its most fragile.
[Video] Cluster and Eno – Für Luise
Sehr Kosmiche…
The duo of Cluster (Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius) paired with Brian Eno on several albums.
Here’s a slice from the 1977 collaborative LP titled (simple enough) Cluster and Eno.
[Video] Boreal Taiga & 3Music – Piap-Bai
Boreal Taiga is one of the most innovative ambient musicians based in the United States (though he worked out of Norway for some years). 3Music is Viktoriya Natoloka, herself an incredible composer. These two make a fine pairing, stretching the meaning of what ambient music is.
[Video] Kjartan Sveinsson – Credo
A gorgeous piece of minimalism with choir by former Sigur Rós multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson, who is off working on a couple of new projects of his own.
[Article] Aphex Twin: his Soundcloud dump shows how musicians can shock and delight
Love him or hate him, Richard James (Aphex Twin) has been the figurehead of IDM for over two decades now. There is no one more influential (or frustrating at times). This article, written by Stuart Aitken for The Guardian, discusses his current projects and the amazing dump of unreleased material on Soundcloud that is certainly good enough to be collated into a few albums.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 