[Music] How the Chinese-Jamaican Community Influenced the Development of Classic Reggae

August 13, 2020 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

This is perhaps the most enlightening article I’ve ever read relating to reggae which doesn’t immediately start with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry or Bob Marley, both of whom did wonders introducing both reggae and dub to the broader world. Chinese immigrants played a massive role in recording, promoting and playing reggae of an exceptional quality, and all respect is due to Jared Proudfoot of Bandcamp for his engaging history lesson, complete with music samples.

Read the article here. It’s worth your time.

Dissecting Table – Between Life and Death — NOISEXTRA

July 15, 2020 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Japanese industrial psychosis plows through the wastelands in the form of Dissecting Table’s “Between Life and Death.” We are fully on board for Ichiro Tsuji’s unique industrial art and have a blast digging into his post apocalyptic sounds. Hop into a flamethrower-equipped car and crank this dystopian masterpiece. Everyday is one more day of insanity.…
Dissecting Table – Between Life and Death — NOISEXTRA

[Music] MARIANNE FAITHFUL’S DECCA YEARS. — dereksmusicblog

May 30, 2019 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Marianne Faithful’s Decca Years. By March 1964, it was apparent that pop music wasn’t just a passing fad. The Beatles were a global phenomenon, and the British Invasion of the American charts had just begun. Britain was a musical powerhouse, that the world envied. Despite this, many labels weren’t resting on their laurels. Record companies […]

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[Music] Oak – Not Afraid Anymore

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

I came across these guys thanks to a fine poster over at Reddit. Very solid post-rock out of France, not too derivative of other bands like Immanu El and the like.

[Music] Laibach – The Sound of Music — a closer listen

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Much respect to captainfreakout at A Closer Listen to this great review of Laibach’s new album.

By now, you probably know this album’s story: avant-garde collective Laibach go to North Korea in 2015 and become the first Western band to play there ever since the country split in two. What they play is a variation on their regular praxis: The Sound of Music, the soundtrack of a movie which is apparently […]

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[Music] Introspect Void – Behind the Fallen Monuments of Time

June 23, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

I don’t know if today is Flashback Day, but the last three posts have brought some very, very good memories of the period in my life between 1988-1992, when I was absolutely immersed in Electronic Body Music (as well as the alternative music scene of my youth).

Introspect Void are not a band from the late 1980s, but you get the feeling they sat at the feet of the masters, added a cleaner, more crisply-recorded music, but retaining that dark, foreboding vibe that made Frontline Assembly, Front 242, and bands of this stripe so much fun to listen to.

[Review] Mydy Rabycad – Glamtronic

May 17, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

I wish to thank my friend Prsemyl, who is my contact for Indies Records in the Czech Republic, for introducing me to this band.

Mydy Rabycad are an indie band based out of Prague who remind me of some of the earlier ‘Madchester’ acts like the Happy Mondays, mixed with a style that would remind me of modern swing. Funky isn’t a word one would normally associate with Czech music, but this release changes my opinion.

For samples of their music, go here.