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[Music] Various Artists – Nostress Netlabel Anniversary Compilation Number 7: The Quantum Differences of Universal Sounds

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This is one of the few times you won’t see me share a Bandcamp link for a release like this.  My colleague Andrey Kireyev let me know about this release, and I’m very much thankful he did!

Nostress Netlabel isn’t a one-trick-pony label.  The genres covered include Psychedelic, Post Rock, Avant-garde, Electronic and Electroacoustic music. The breadth of what they are covering is incredible, and the label is offering this compilation as a FLAC file release for free.

This is a great way to acquaint yourself with one of the best netlabels operating today.

[Music] Alapastel – Hidden for the Eyes

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I’ve been spending a lot of time listening to releases by James Murray’s beautifully-curated label Slowcraft Records.  This one by Alapastel, at least given the two tracks available currently (the whole album will be released on March 9), seems to be the gem of the collection so far.

Lukáš Bulko (the aforementioned Alapastel) is a composer out of Slovakia, where a lot of amazing independent music is coming out of these days.  He manages to patch together a mesmerizing blend of contemporary classical music, a touch of musique concrète, and maybe a speck of post-rock in a way not dissimilar to Ólafur Arnalds. I’m very much looking forward to following which direction Lukáš will go in the future.

For a more in-depth review, I recommend visiting Dan’s review over at Fluid Radio.

[Music] Ernesto Chahoud – Ernesto Chahoud presents TAITU – Soul​-​fuelled Stompers from 1960s – 1970s Ethiopia

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Lebanese DJ and crate-digger supreme Ernesto Chahoud has done sterling work collecting some of the most impressive 7-inch sides to come out of Ethiopia.  BBE Records has done a great job in remastering and packaging this collection.  What I’m looking most forward to is seeing the 3-LP collection. It looks gorgeous.