Marina Toshich is an oud player from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, now residing in Tel-Aviv, Israel. She has a body of work interpreting some absolutely stunning music for her chosen instrument.
[Literature] Dashiell Hammett’s Lost Works Found in Texas

Dashiell Hammett, undisputed king of the hard-boiled novel and famed writer of The Maltese Fountain, is in the news today, courtesy of The Guardian, who announce that 15 unpublished short stories will be published after being found in the archives of the Harry Ransome Center in Texas.
[Music] David Bowie – Warszawa (from the album ‘Stage’)
No need to comment on David Bowie’s instrumental masterpiece except to say that it is truly sublime listening.
[Music] Asmahan- Ya Habibi Taala Elhaani (يا حبيبي تعال الحقني)
[Music] FIMAV 32 Review — Avant Music News
Source: Musicworks. A little late, but… The Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV) arrives with the late, brief spring of Quebec’s central region, an energizing jolt between winter and summer that sees the flowering of older vines and new life bursting through the earth. This year’s instalment of FIMAV did what it has done very […]
[Music] Sepsis – A Liturgy Of Madness
I love being a music sponge, but even with my rather vast knowledge of strange music, some things slip through the cracks. The Russian band Sepsis is a case in point. Apparently, the band was from Leningrad (now St Petersburg), and created a sound which would be familiar to fans of Rock-In-Opposition and avant-progressive music.
[Music] YELLOW6 – Springsun — music won’t save you
YELLOW6 – Springsun (Silber, 2016) Venti minuti di nebbiosi loop atmosferici costituiscono il più recente segnale radio emesso dalla residenza di Jon Attwood nella campagna inglese. Di quegli umori e di quelle atmosfere rese indefinite da una luce obliqua trasuda il quarto d’ora di “Springsun”, un rincorrersi di riverberi e stratificazioni che perpetuano il marchio di […]
[Music] Machinefabriek & Philippe Petit – Angry Ambient Artists Vol.1 — Yeah I Know It Sucks
artists: Machinefabriek & Philippe Petit title: Angry Ambient Artists Vol.1 keywords: ambient drone electro-acoustic industrial noise Manchester label: Forwind http://www.forwind.net/ On side a there is the very angry ambient artist named ‘Machinefabriek’ with an angry ambient track named ‘Graniet’. The high pitched beeps do certainly hit a nervous angry nerve in my very angry ambient […]
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[Music] Betty Davis – Your Mama Wants Ya Back
The Queen of Funk, Betty Davis, lets it be known she wants Daddy home!
[Music] Sieben – The Other Side of the River — Santa Sangre
[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 […]



