[Reviewed by Peter Marks] So for those of you who didn’t check out the digital releases Sieben peppered the internet with recently here’s an inducement to go and do so. This is by no means the complete track-listing nor is it in the original running order but what has been compiled here should provide more […]
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[Music] Dead Vibrations Explore the Darker Side of Swedish Shoegaze — Bandcamp Daily
Dead Vibrations. Stockholm’s Södermalm, often shortened to “Söder,” which is Swedish for “south,” is a neighborhood that was home to famous Swedes (Greta Garbo spent her childhood there), and famous fictional Swedes (Mikael Blomkvist, the journalist searching for sinister answers in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). But it’s also prime real estate for up-and-coming […]
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[Music] Roy Harper- Me and My Woman
Roy Harper was (and is, as he’s very much alive) an incredible folk singer out of England. This particular piece is his magnum opus to my ears.
[Music] Okay Temiz & Johnny Dyani – Witchdoctor’s Son – Orient Trip
Turkey’s master percussionist Okay Temiz teams with the late South African bassist Johnny Dyani for a short, mindbending ethno-jazz excursion.
[Music] Edward Artemiev – Solaris Theme – Full Bach
For my ears, Edward Artemiev’s Solaris soundtrack is absolutely perfect listening, especially this interpretation on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach (the chorale prelude to Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 639)) using an ANS synthesizer.
[Music] Various Artists – Summer (from a closer listen blog)
Earlier this year, the Bigo & Twigetti label asked its artists to contribute a personal reflection of summer. This compilation is the result. Summer is a potpourri of presentations that opens up the question, “What does summer sound like?” For this listener, summer sounds like the opening track, Pavel Karmanaov‘s “Michael Music”: ebullient, with sparks and ocean droplets […]
[Music] Einojuhani Rautavaara (R.I.P.) – Lost Landscapes
Terrible news to report, with a hat tip to my friend Terje, who dropped the bombshell. One of Finland’s finest composers, Einojuhani Rautavaara, has died. NPR has more on his passing.
[Music] Susheela Raman – Yoo Doo Right
I’ve never quite heard Can covered in such an interesting way. Susheela Raman steals the show.
[Music] Swans – Love Of Life (Long Version)
This, for me, is the Swans at the peak of their creative powers, though, to be honest, they have not slumped at all since.
[Music] Grazia – Soyle Beni
A wild slab of Turkish psychedelia by a 16-year-old Grazia!


