new mexican stargazers

 

new mexican stargazers ~ the oasis (self-released, 2023)

enigmatic (hypnagogic!) New Mexican Stargazers is a crepuscular cult of those who still deliver some juicy slices of the tropical utopia once discovered by Ferraro, Clark and Lieven Martens and many other heroes of this blog. a natural blessing, this project is a keeper of the portal to this fourth world dimension, through which our current cyberpunk dystopia doesn't feel that much overwhelming or forever lasting. there are oases in every desert, and you just found one. even if it turns into a mirage, your mana gets restored here.

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be sure to check out two of his tapes for Not Not Fun
(sold out but some are up on discogs)

and the whole artist's bandcamp!

and if you're into vaporwave, then go here

monopoly child star searchers

monopoly child star searchers ~ bamboo for two lp (olde english spelling bee, 2010)

"A Night's Creativity. A Parroted Companions guided tour to the most Romantic details of a Jungle's sensbility. Imagine the elements of your most recent landscaped vision coming to life and allowing you to witness a hearts perception of the natural world. Charles Berlitz has reported this eventful experience in the form of a Romantic Poem, and the Star Searchers have invented the soundtrack. Olde English Spelling Bee and Pacific City Sound Visions invite the listener to experience the first Studio album in Pacific City's history! Featuring James Ferraro as Rocco Martini, Lieven Martens of Dolphins Into the Future, and Eva Van Deuren of Orphan Fairytale; Playing the most exotic keyboard melodies this side of a Parrots hotly lit Plumage. This album is the first in series of Romantic Audio recordings that will later include the titles: "Make Mine, Macaw" and "The Garnet Tucan". Do enjoy the excitement of this one of kind journey to Pacific City's Nightlife and relax your mind's physical limitations...." olde english spelling bee

estoy segura de que belafonte, el loro de charles berlitz, se sentiría feliz por haber inspirado estos cuatro poemas musicados de monopoly child star searchers. toda una sinfonía de detalles exóticos y tribales por la que desfilan percusiones repetitivas que laten con el corazón, bongos, bucles melódicos, aves tropicales, arrecifes de coral, cánticos y, claro, sintetizadores analógicos que parecen sacados de viejos documentales marinos. 'bambú para dos' es el tipo de música que consigue sacarte una sonrisa, el lado más alucinado y danzarín de los delfines del futuro y un festín de piscodelia tropical al que se unen encantados james ferraro, lieven moana y eva van deuren. por mucho que me gusten todos y cada uno de los discos de dolphins into the future (desde hace un tiempo escucharlos es una necesidad), lo que realmente me fascina es hasta qué punto charles berlitz o lieven moana son algo más que músicos, todo lo que hacen tiene 'algo', ese algo reconocible desde la primera nota y que siempre me emociona. imposible resistirse a compartir algo tan bonito, puro escapismo musical

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james ferraro

james ferraro ~ marble surf (new age tapes 2008)

"...Marble Surf is simply the most endlessly beautiful thing I've ever heard. In a post-post-Eno way, James Ferraro composed a slow-motion, ocean-sized waterfall of washed-out angelic choruses, watery steel drums, and dreamy synths that repeat the same basic structure for forty minutes (there are two tracks, but they're essentially the same piece of music)...

...It's a cloud-floating heroin-basted rimjob from jesus in a Terry Reilly calypso dream. It's J.S. Bach for the polaroid-transfer, new-age tapes set. It's weightless and epic and magnificent and ecstatic and transcendent all at once, and it's the best fucking thing I've ever heard." victorian squid

...a los nombres de brian eno, j.s. bach y terry reilly tan sólo añadiría uno más: julianna barwick. y algún pasaje de birthday of bless you de inca ore, aunque marble surf sea infinitamente más sobrecogedor 

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