Bp. Service were one of Hungary’s finest Industrial bands. I had the pleasure of working with the members many years ago.
Music
[Music] Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir – Конь (Horse)
Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery Choir is considered to be arguably Russia’s best choir. One can hear why on this folk song presented here.
[Music] Nurse With Wound & Stereolab – Exploding Head Movie
There’s little in this track outside of atmospherics to suggest that Nurse With Wound contributed much to this particular track, but Stereolab gives a very nice Neu!-inspired groove to this track in homage of Krautrock.
[Music] MTD, Tracy – SM001V
I am off an on with techno, but if it’s cold and minimalistic, it’s going to have my attention. MTD and Tracy are two DJs working out of Verona, Italy, and are part of one of Italy’s finest minimal techno labels, Sonntag Morgen, one worth keeping an eye on as their releases have been so consistently good.
[Music] Arvo Pärt – My Heart’s In The Highlands
Arvo Pärt shows his love for Scotland.
[Music] John Fahey – Jaya Shiva Shankarah
John Fahey’s 1975 masterpiece Old Fashioned Love is in dire need of a remastering and re-release. It features some of his best and most innovative guitar work.
[Music] Current 93 & HÖH – The Dream Of A Shadow Of Smoke
This track by neofolk giants Current 93, in collaboration with composer, soundtrack musician, and now pagan head priest HÖH (Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson) was released on the album Island (Iceland) in 1991.
[Music] Cooper Raines – Storyland
My friend Cooper Raines goes by so many aliases (and yes, this, too, is an alias) that it’s sometimes hard to keep track of his work. This brand-new release, however, really stands out as a charming paean to old experimental cassette culture and the better, more cheeky work that bands like Nurse With Wound would make.
[Music] Daniel Dorobantu – Pamantul Straveziu
Our friend Daniel Dorobantu, whose ambient electronic work as a solo artist and with his group Thy Veils never ceases to impress, has a new video and release out. You can purchase this at his Bandcamp site.
[Music] The Cyclist Conspiracy – Mashallah Plan – Virility EP
I thank my old friend Mileta of the ever-stunning Serbian-language music blog valtazarzauberquelle, who turned me on to a band whom he perfectly described as a Byzantine psychedelic groove band. It’s as if Popol Vuh stumbled into Orthodoxy instead of Eastern mysticism.
To read Mileta’s review, click here.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 