Bandcamp has become indispensable as a resource for me finding new music. A lot of my posts are beginning to revolve more and more around releases through the platform. It seems that 2016 was a banner year for the company, according to this report.
[Music] Mean Flow – Floating Thoughts
Mean Flow is a project headed by Theofil Tsiolakakis, a multi-instrumentalist out of Thessaloniki, Greece. He collaborates in this latest release with IDTAL (InDusTreeAlLace Productions) and Marco Lucchi, both consummate professionals and incredible musicians in their own right.
[Music] Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
The lyrics of this track by Dead Can Dance, off their 1988 album titled Aion, can be found in the words of the Spanish lyric poet, Luis de Góngora.
Click here to read an article in Spanish on the poet’s influence on the band.
[Literature] The Living Truth: Aileen M. Kelly – The Discovery of Chance: The Life and Thought of Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen was once about as popular as Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, yet he drifted away into obscurity. Author Aileen M. Kelly attempts to rectify this with a biography of this muted Russian giant.
Read more about the book here, courtesy of André van Loon, writing for The Berlin Review of Books.
[Music] Girl Band – In Plastic
Post-punk will never go away if bands like Ireland’s Girl Band have anything to say about it.
[Music] Sandlådan – Alppikatu
More, please, Neea!
Many thanks to Neea for introducing me to some fine Finnish minimalist treasures. Sandlådan seems to be the persona of one J. Kupiainen and Otto Männistö who also performs solo under the name Pahat Kengät. Their talents deserve to be heard much farther than my blog site.
[Music] Sara Ayers – This Is What I Wanted
Sara Ayers is an electronic musician from England whose works deserve a heavy reappraisal, considering she’s almost forgotten out of England and maybe Germany.
[Music] The Active Listener’s Compilations Showcase Psych From Around the World — Bandcamp Daily
Though the New Zealand blog documenting psych-pop may be slowing down, its discoveries are preserved in a series of essential collections.
via The Active Listener’s Compilations Showcase Psych From Around the World — Bandcamp Daily
[Music] Bp. Service – Hangtérképet nyomnak a gépek
Bp. Service were one of Hungary’s finest Industrial bands. I had the pleasure of working with the members many years ago.
[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.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 