Thursday, May 10, 2012
branches
"finally, it’s starting to feel like summer. the air has been filled with campfire smoke, I’ve been embarking on seemingly endless bike rides, and getting back together with old friends. these new tracks by Branches score these early summer nights, and Pedro Ríos reminds us how the best of summer is yet to come."
''portuguese bedroom producer Pedro Rios (Dopo) has a new lulling, loop-based ambient album out today. it took me awhile to warm up to this guy's sound, but now I'm fully on board with his loose, leisurely compositions. turns out comics god Warren Ellis is a fan, so that's another vote of confidence for Rios." the stranger
"new age-y vibes, beautiful, bubbling synthesizers floating on an innertube pond forever, just barely making out the hammering street sound from across the water." friendship bracelet
"Branches has something of nomad. he wasn't born to stay in the same place. there's little, or even nothing, left of the embryonic recordings, other than an excavating will/determination of exploring the darkest corners of sound. but even in this something has changed. in Alto Astral, conveniently released on tape, there is a slow but candid opening of windows to the sun and the light, a stretching out of toes towards the warm sands of the beach, a perfectly healthy flirt with the melodic beats and flavours of the 80s.
all this with crafty cut and paste aesthetics, an abuse of minor samples ~in a sinful collab between Pedro Rios and Miguel Carvalho~, and and acknowledgement of the remains of a certain pop, so many times mistreated and rejected, doomed to end up in cardboard boxes brimming with old lps for less than 5 euros.
entering Alto Astral is also putting on repeat those ten best seconds of the Caribbean lp we found in the attic in the holiday house, it's admitting to like that melody of dubious taste, it's finding life in keyboards kept forever in closets up to the top with memories, it's like watching life slowly unfurl in front of our eyes.
entering Alto Astral is seeing Branches reinventing himself while going with the tide, arm in arm with the beats and melodies we thought were lost forever. to see the entrance of the sun." andré gomes
qué manera más bonita de reinventarse la de pedro ríos, antes conocido como Dopo. he aquí tres discos como tres soles de verano llenos de canciones para reenamorarse de la vida, aunque a veces parezca imposible, y que además pueden descargarse gratuitamente (if the free downloads expire please ask me for a link (branchesbranches@gmail.com) desde su página de bandcamp.
ninguém é como tu, sonho marítimo, alto astral, parapente, palmeira privada,...títulos sugerentes donde los haya que te invitan a zambullirte de lleno en su sonido arrebatadoramente tropical y burbujeante. Branches recuerdan a veces a Monster Rally ('laguna sunrise' y 'astral interludes'), Cankun ('canção para o Luís'), Edibles, Parasails, o Kon Tiki Gemini ('barco para zamami', 'couscous no cavalo branco'), pero también a Valerio Cosi ('floresta') o, sobre todo en sus primeros discos, a Second Family Band y a aquellos inolvidables años de Jewelled Antler
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
bitchin' bajas
"Vibraquatic is the new multimedia collaboration of Cooper Crain’s Bitchin Bajas (Cave) and globetrotting film-maker Olivia Wyatt (Sublime Frequencies). In Vibraquatic, three psychedelic movements are paired with lush prismatic distortions and intense ritual behaviors. fans of Terry Riley and Bryon Gysin will not be disappointed. get into the zone." kallistei
“melodías analógicas, meditativas, arpeggios en loop y valles de calma tonal que le emparentan directamente con la obra de Emeralds, así como con pioneros del pasado como Harmonia, Edgar Froese o Cluster. tras haber publicado dos lps y splits con Moon Duo y Faceplant, Bitchin Bajas publica ahora Vibraquatic, una colección de videos a cargo de la artista Olivia Wyatt a los que Bitchin’ Bajas ha puesto banda sonora.” giradiscos
fotos: jack toohey & ilaria rossetti
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
black eagle child
"to know Black Eagle Child is to love Black Eagle Child. under this pseudonym, Michael Jantz makes the kind of music that anyone can fall in love with, even children, one of whom actually has some guest vocals on this brilliant new record. although Pages on a Plane saw its release this summer, it still stands as a remarkable work and one of Jantz’s most compelling statements yet. full of luscious, looping guitar melodies, this one even features an absolutely killer track with an uncharacteristic steady, grooving drum beat. covering new ground while also capitalizing on what he does best, Jantz has made a truly essential album." zen effects
"outdoor field recordings bolster the music's natural feel, with Jantz creating luscious tapestries of picked guitars" under the spire
como dice zen effects, es imposible no enamorarse de black eagle child, cada disco suyo es siempre motivo de alegría, pero además, tal vez porque lo tengo reciente, 'pages on a plane' es a michael jantz lo que 'the garden of eternal life' a mark macguire, ese disco perfecto que consigue ponerte la piel de gallina desde la primera hasta la última nota. en especial las flotante 'cycle to the moon' y la infinitamente tierna 'i am a bunny'. kraut field pastoral recordings
fotos: sha'an d'anthes & luke byrne
Sunday, May 06, 2012
mardipouses
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"Mardipouses es M. M. Peres, también conocido como Salvador Cresta, Salvita Cresta, Maestro Mariano Perez, Leukeluni, Caballos y Entusiasmo, Madrugapha, entre otros nombres sobrenaturales. el sonido de Mardipouses proviene de una mezcla cuyos elementos mas importantes son: el mismísimo M. M. Peres, cassettes viejos, la frase “ya estoy muerto, puedo hacer cualquier cosa”, y sobre todo un viejo y legendario casiotone que M. M. Peres recibió como obsequio en su sexto cumpleaños, es decir, hace veintidos años, y alrededor del cual se despliegan las presentaciones en vivo de Mardipouses.
el niño en la portada de este disco es M. M. Peres antes de que le creciera el cuerpo.
estos sonidos son un regalo para Pepino"
Friday, May 04, 2012
plankton wat
"Plankton Wat’s Spirits album reflects the undeniable chakra-centering power of Portland Dewey Mahood, who also plays with Eternal Tapestry, Garden Sound, and Edibles. on Spirits, Mahood refines his psych-rock proclivities into tranquil emanations reminiscent of Alice Coltrane and Don Cherry’s most sacred gestures and the liquid bliss of Sensations’ Fix’s “Music Is Painting in the Air.” the ten tracks here radiate a holy, pastoral beauty, making Spirits an early contender for my top albums of 2012 list." the stranger
fotos: ilaria rossetti
Thursday, May 03, 2012
peat raamur
"Rotifer-founder David Toro's moniker Peat Raamur has been circulating material for the past couple of years via his own label alongside Housecraft and Cloud Valley. while Toro's discography may not be the most expansive, the project has managed to conjure and establish sounds that veil their own definition. while one could speculate that a guitar and/or keyboard is used, the coating of analog sewage renders the image so blurry that those instruments couldn't be confirmed.
Currants travels down a path where a bouncy melody is reduced to a gargle as it cycles back and forth, varying in speed and harmony. perhaps the title references the myriad of paths taken during these 33 minutes. Currants marks an instance of beautiful progression for Peat Raamur, dwelling within similarly cavernous surroundings, yet acquiring the ambition to enter new dimensions... not only does this little tape characterize and hone a new sound, but it also stirs anticipation for future releases." carter mullin (reedbeds)
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
padang food tigers
"warm, embracing, nostalgic, emotive. a few words to describe the indefinable, thrown into the wind to pin the immersive atmospheres located within the wax of Padang Food Tigers' (ex-drone folk heroes, Rameses III) new album, Ready Country Nimbus. comparable to feathers floating in the breeze, this London-based duo (Stephen Lewis and Spencer Grady) make their gentle passage via sublime vignettes to set up residence in pastures new. theirs is the sound of dirt and cobwebs being swept from the corners of childhood memories. the world weeps tears of knowledge, comfort, concentration, enlightenment, while handing flowers to a parade of beautiful women.
Ready Country Nimbus is an emotional sepia-tinged blend of tones, gospel, and spirit. it's more than music, it's a swelling presence. it’s inflated poetry, bent and focused through the necks of guitars, banjos and nature. It's kind of holy. for fans of: Scott Tuma, The Hired Hand soundtrack, Derek Bailey, Loren Connors, Tetuzi Akiyama." bathetic
estoy levitando de felicidad...si bruce langhorne no hubiese compuesto the hired hand, creo que la música de padang food tigers sería perfecta como banda sonora imaginaria de la preciosa película de peter fonda, como 'you can never go fast enough' para 'two-lane blacktop', o 'tropical malady' de félicia atkinson. qué pizpireta la caracola cuando hace casi dos años nos recomendaba 'go down, moses' en luzzzalig. especialmente dedicado para los que en su próxima vidosa quieren ser un banjo
~ listen ~
(download their previous albums go down, moses & born music)
Monday, April 30, 2012
sunny dunes | sylvia monnier
"...Kira Perov lists avant composers Steve Reich and Terry Riley, ambient droners Laurie Spiegel and Leyland Kirby, and Krautrockers Tangerine Dream as some of his influences,...it would be easy to see Sunny Dunes at home on a bill with other new electronic introverts such as Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never, or the rosters of such notable home recorded and eclectic digital likes of Not Not Fun.
Sunny Dunes is an ideal soundtrack for my expat ennui, as Kira Perov weaves almost wistful scores out of rolling synths, tablaesque drumming and shifting astral melodies. Sunny Dunes is minimal without being unimaginative, warmly analog but at arm's length, like an outsider's perspective." impose
"Sylvia Monnier aka Sunny Dunes vient de sortir Colors, en free download, trois somptueux titres, une musique de nuit composée au Mopho qui vous fera pleurer en rêvant" cronique
Sunday, April 29, 2012
mark mcguire
"this has been one of the things i’ve listened too many times to during the last couple of weeks. if you already are into some of his solo stuff you’ll probably know what to expect, except that this is better. first track, with the girl self-healing voice over, is completely \m/ - new age from the ghetto!" thunder gongz
"therapeutic reappearance of raindrops on a windshield. rote and effectual." dreamcatcher earring
"Mark McGuire is the guitarist of the Cleveland drone outfit Emeralds, but his solo work is prolific to say the least. McGuire utilizes a loop pedal, distortion pedal, and weed to create his meditative, psychedelic "Jamz". McGuire's guitar work washes over the listener as you get lost in his chords" monoton
¿cómo pude pasar por alto algo tan bonito? ..."un viaje por el arcoiris, algo que te preocupe' ( there's no one in the world like you...it's time to relax), para despegar, 'follow me' para empezar a volar. transmuteo vs enlightened ! vs ducktails vs inner islands vs...
Saturday, April 28, 2012
my cat is an alien
"instantaneous composers, performers and audiovisual artists, Italian brothers Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, introduce humans to their new creation: 'What Space Is Made For' is the first step in the new parallel universe they call 'multi-layered instantaneous composition'. their highly original music has been brilliantly celebrated as staggering sound sculptures, mesmerizing trance-state minimalism, impressionistic noise, pure hallucination of dislocated inputs and outputs, a haunting ambient mantra, cathartic tribalism, a visionary voyage through three millennia of cosmic music. the truth is that My Cat is An Alien sound like nothing else in music now and ever.
the monumental set 'What Space Is Made For' has been recorded in their secret base on the Western Alps, and unlike their previous works, it's mostly made of short pieces and songs. in addition to their (un)usual instrumentation (electric and acoustic guitars, space toys, percussion), My Cat is An Alien have self-made, modified, and assembled / disassembled primitive electronic equipment. so the result may sound their most experimental as well as their most accessible work to date." elliptical noise
what space is made for es el bucle infinito de dos hermanos que son definitivamente de otro planeta, inabarcable, abstracto, absorbente, painting petals on planet ghost emitiendo mantras desde los remotos alpes occidentales, prayin for the light to last forever, fragmentos suspendidos en el tiempo (oh sunrise),...
"Torino is a very peculiar city and its spirit has influenced our conception of music and art. we think its austere, dark and surrealist atmosphere, its autumnal early-morning fog permeate all our works. we love watching its skyline from our balcony at sunset, when the dark shadows of the Alps surround the dead chimneys like black ghosts dancing around the last flames, just before black falls." maurizo & roberto opalio
"Torino is a very peculiar city and its spirit has influenced our conception of music and art. we think its austere, dark and surrealist atmosphere, its autumnal early-morning fog permeate all our works. we love watching its skyline from our balcony at sunset, when the dark shadows of the Alps surround the dead chimneys like black ghosts dancing around the last flames, just before black falls." maurizo & roberto opalio
Friday, April 27, 2012
ken seeno
"Baltimore, Maryland’s Ken Seeno displays a majestic array of crystal clear synthesizer arrangements. soaring melodies float high above the shimmer of the blue-green waters, looking down upon the colorful shore and the oceans beyond. this is Landscape Electronics." nna tapes
"seriously delightful synth tropicalia here, slow burning séances that indeed evoke images of sunshine and quality time at the beach watching (invisible) surfers, with a lot of chirping and bleeping probably emerging out of the nearby jungle." no fear of pop
de haber hecho una lista con los mejores discos del 2011, ken seeno seguro que estaría muy arriba. radiante, bonito a más no poder, con títulos de la vida tan llenos de vida como 'jugando al golf en el bosque diciendo adiós' 'el recuerdo de un día con una brisa agradable', 'el océano después de la tormenta', 'vidrieras de colores', 'atardecer en truck patch' y una música que suena exactamente así. un surfer invisible sobre una ola invisible, daniel lopatin meets j.d. emmanuel meets panabrite meets los delfines del futuro si cambiamos cetáceos por ranas, 'kind of like if john elliott and matt mondanile went hovercrafting in the everglades'.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
brother ong
"Brother Ong is Mike Tamburo, and Deep Water Creation is the first recording released under his new ordination. in contrast to his past work on guitar and hammered dulcimer, here Brother Ong focuses his energy on the shahi baaja ~ a 22-string electrified Indian zither ~ as channeled through distortion, looping, etc., plus floating wordless vocals on one track. while longtime fans will certainly be able to hear continuities with Tamburo’s previous music, Deep Water Creation also manifests an even greater sense of centered self-assurance in its pulsating webs of meditative sound. call it post-psychedelic exotic trance music, or call it avant garde new age ~ just don’t call it late for kundalini yoga class…" deep water acres
"exotic and hypnotic sounds are looped, tweaked and set free to lure you into a space where you can simply go for the ride and stretch out, or you can get lost in the subtle and subversive details that reveal themselves with repeated visits. it’s not a matter of how long you stay, but rather why you came in the first place…let Brother Ong do the driving, or grab the wheel and navigate your own way through the trance-y signposts." mr. atavist
fotos: matías montecinos
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
emeralds
"not much more to say about these guys that hasn't been said. this tape captures their live show in all its ecstatic glory. their performances range from crushing drones to jubilant bubbliness, but almost always with a cathartic release. this is one of the more abundantly beautiful live recordings I've heard of theirs and makes me wonder why people aren't following them around, documenting their every step" impose
había que recuperarlo, el disco más bonito de emeralds, o al menos mi favorito
out of print ~ download
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
morley loon
"mystic folk-psych drifting between a Native American tradition and the first wave of acoustic lysergia. Morley’s intimate Cree singing is augmented by woven strands of ethereal flute, hand percussion, and melancholic guitar, conjuring a dense empathetic miasma. one of the most affecting records I’ve ever heard. found in a pile of cbc northern broadcast recording 7″s I received from a friend and the only of its kind I’ve ever encountered. if you know anything about Morley Loon (who unfortunately passed away some years ago), please get in touch." weird canada
Saturday, April 21, 2012
fellow travelers
01. empty naked streets ~ charlatan meets the north sea
02. running around the room ~ black eagle child
03. light ~ plaens
04. psychic estuary ~ booze candy
05. grotto ~ j. hanson
06. earth rotation ~ former selves
07. untitled # ~ d'eon
08. the early breath ~ adderall canyonly
09. hermits ~ pulse emiter
10. hawaiian pi ~ mohave triangles
11. lightworkers meditation ~ transmuteo
12. emerald pool ~ pauline anna strom
13. play through ~ mirror to mirror
14. on the high seas ~ dolphins into the future
15. winter mandala ~ kon tiki gemini
16. asuf ~ derek monypeny
17. summer breeze ~ silver antlers
18. part II ~ sashash ulz
19. neil's diamonds ~ noah wall
20. sartana ~ heroin in tahiti
21. luxury liner ~ imperial topaz
22. happy song ~ neutone
23. a lonely girl ~ dorothy ashby
24. hiding from the freedom of a bird in flight ~ zack kouns
25. wind talk sea talk ~ wim (ウィム)
va ~ fellow travelers part II (abril, 2012)
01. quill blues ~ big boy cleveland
02. ezhik rezinovyi ~ sergei nikitin & tatiana nikitina
03. ja, das ist meine melodie ~ ilse werner
04. milano per caso ~ aksak maboul
05. dill pickles ~ ted shawnee
06. spike driver's blues ~ mississippi john hurt
07. ruben ~ elizabeth cotten
08. that's no way to get along ~ robert wilkins
09. cooking breakfast ~ annette hanshaw
10. take me out to the ball game ~ ella logan
11. poor mum ~ molly drake
12. hula blues ~ jim & bob, the genial hawaiians
13. skurduté ~ etnografinis ansamblis
14. kuu lei ~ george ku trio
15. e mama ea ~ mme. riviere's hawaiians
16. flambee montalbanaise ~ gus viseur
17. do me justice ~ s.e. rogie
18. what a lucky girl you are ~ brendan codey
19. run run se fue p'al norte ~ violeta parra
20. there was a man ~ pearls before swine
21. tulahauen ~ nuestra música
22. song for wild ~ mark fry
23. blood streaming (entry III) ~ the end springs
24. i feel like a blade of grass ~ wooden wand
25. sittin' round ~ shep and me
26. light green fellow ~ michael hurley
27. crescent moon over el cerrito ~ imperfect masters
28. bygones ~ frank reidy & eric allen
29. what you see is what you mean ~ lucky dragons
30. snow canon ~ steve roach
31. wizard eartsea ~ fantastic magic
32. magic fiesta ~ mpala garoo
33. car ~ sashash ulz
34. eighteen and six ~ black eagle child
35. mullioned view ~ alexander tucker
36. the swimming song ~ loudon wainwright III
37. i'll meet you in the morning ~ townes van zandt
38. the gambler ~ little wings
39. cathay o'neill ~ lasso
40. waiting for the train ~ rambling boys
41. when halley came to jackson ~ emmylou harris
42. via con me ~ paolo conte
fotos: hoy▲joy
compilado caracoludo para nuestra querida mar, porque "no es nada fácil meter un país en la maleta y cruzar el charco" sisteriano dixit. feliz nariz filomenuda! ♥
(many thanks to adderall~field hymns & robert thompson for letting me use the beautiful charlatan meets the north sea & mohave triangles songs)
Thursday, April 19, 2012
monster rally
"Beyond the Sea is the second full length album from Monster Rally. The records sampled to create this album were dug from cities across the country and have been thrown through the lens of Monster Rally's lo-fi production. The resulting album builds upon the skeleton of 2011's Coral, adding muscle and structure in interesting places, to create a 42 minute song-cycle and continue Monster Rally's exploration of sonic collage. The vinyl edition comes pressed on lava red vinyl in a single gatefold jacket, all artwork is created by Ted Feighan (Monster Rally). A limited edition signed art booklet will be included in the first 100 pre-orders." golden robot
sincronicidad. ayer estuve todo el día con "siberian girls" en la cabeza, debe ser por la felicidad de saber que lleva varios días lloviendo y que la tónica para estos días seguirá siendo la misma. imagino que ya me he hecho mayor del todo al alegrarme por este tipo de cosas. en fín, a lo que iba, ayer a última hora recibí un correo de ted feighan anunciando que para junio estará listo su segundo disco, "beyond the sea", y claro, me puse como unas castañuelas. le comenté que toda la tree people in da house es muy fan de monster rally. mientras esperamos al lanzamiento en junio, nos regala "jaguar" para ir abriendo boca. a ti no sé, para mi escuchar monster rally es nadar en una piscina de bolas antes de merendar un bocadillo de plátano y después de beberme un gin tonic con pistachos.
andrew weathers / ancient ocean
"plit cassette from Chapel Hill to Oakland, California transplant Andrew Weathers and Brooklyn-based John Bohannon (Ancient Ocean). best described as ambient americana~beautiful, haunting acoustic guitar and vocal ambiance that recalls an amorphous temporal/spatial american landscape. these songs focus on the human emotion inherent in comprehension that spans areas of unfathomable intimacy. these are songs of a new American folk and a direct line to the rawest feelings of the 21st century. from finger-picked reminiscence to color-washed soundfields and amber waves of ambient~Andrew Weathers and Ancient Ocean create a singular tape that perfectly captures the contradictions and complications of modern American music." rcn
seis fotos de américa, seis paisajes distintos, 'taking names blues' para empezar a volar
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
j. hanson
"J. Hanson’s Blood Orange is a mélange of rhythmic synthesized chanting and ethnic electronic doodles as equally playful as they are meditative. his creations envelop the senses, creating a gift russian dolled into the plastic and casing of the gift tapes vessel ~ a secret one will never know until they tear off the wrapping and place it in the tape deck. oh what a cruel and unusual pleasure they will find..." tiny mix tapes
sold out ~ download
"over the past few years, Josh Hanson has developed his own completely unique voice, crafting beautiful music with a Blacet modular synthesizer and tape loops. this is a collection of compositional ideas wound together to form unfamiliar terrestrial landscapes that feel as futuristic as they do ancient. taking inspiration from ’70s synth music and ethnic musics, New Ruined Maps travels through melodic passages, soft timbres and moments of complex rhythmic patterns like a lucid dream." draft
out of print ~ download
hay tantos discos que a veces perdemos de vista maravillas como 'grotto', un sintetizador repetitivo y melancólico que no parece real. como todo el disco, como los dos discos de j. hanson, como 'many moons' de former selves o 'dreamsphere' de transmuteo. el tipo de música que tienes la impresión de estar escuchando cuando despiertas de un sueño o estás medio dormida viendo un documental con la cálida voz de richard attenborough sonando de fondo, que te deja el cuerpo aplatanado, flotando feliz, que quieres que le guste a los demás tanto como a ti, que recordarás siempre y siempre será especial, por el título, por la portada, por grotto, por el sintetizador que asoma apacible en el minuto 1:42 de 'bad timing', por 'ghana by jakarta', por el bucle eterno de 'blood orange' que me recuerda a high wolf y cuyo final es apabullante. por el indescriptible sintetizador 70's que inunda 'sawjig' a partir del minuto dos, por ese final con pajarillos tropicales que te conducen suavemente a 'summer oscilating', hipnotiquísima, bonita de verdad. como 'astoria'. como todo el disco, como los dos discos de j. hanson.
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