still feeling the waves

va ~ still feeling the waves (calm in trees, agosto 2013)

01 departing & welcome to paradise island ~ heroin in tahiti

02 hypnotized by snowflakes ~ günter schlienz 

03 tears & sand ~ sunny dunes

04 ewe nyota zuhura ~ daniel katuga

05 through the frozen lava fields ~ bruce langhorne

06 winding road ~ sharron kraus

07 abyssal II ~ panabrite

08 vertical integration ~ steve moore

09 on the other side of silence ~ kevin greenspon

10 cryo ~ noseph janner

11 aurora ~ muffin

12 kyangabukama ~ calypso borealis

13 beguiling isles westward star side a ~ corum

14 keys to the inner island side b ~ wave temples

15 future person side a ~ cool person

16 solo flight ~ alan gesso

17 when i'm gone ~ white poppy

18 free sentient beings #2 ~ the rainbow body

19 embudo ~ marisa anderson

20 vaporware #7 ~ donato dozzy

21 and you be ~ ruth garbus

22 40 summers left ~ lace bows

23 tucana's light ~ sunhillow

24 santa cruz ~ cankun

25 silver tongues, soft whispers ~ peaking lights

26 water body ~ hobo cubes

27 night club ~ radio people

28 watercourse way ~ former selves

29 under the leaves ~ silver antlers

30 plaza ~ tadoma

31 labelled 'test 2' ~ barry trent

32 best friends ~ strange mountain

33 nachtwacht ~ hellvete

34 cattnip ~ cattnip

35 fedora ~ gora sou

36 why have i become so blue? ~ possible shapes

37 theme V ~ rameses III

38 corrina  ~ ralph white

39 shilela ~ hailu mergia & his classical instrument 

40 sun comes up ~ avocados

41 índices ~ monte

42 wending & wandering ~ jccg

43 egyptian sports network ~ egyptian sports network

44 typhonian highlife ~ monopoly child star searchers 

45 fungi ~ puerta del sol

46 good girl ~ the fractal skulls

47 first vision ~ günter schlienz

48 drifters gold ~ white poppy

49 a sound ~ molly drake

50 fleur de corail ~ john taaroa & his hawaiian guitars

gracias infinitas a Félicia por sweet august playlist, todo inspiración. 'ewe nyota zuhura'...mmmm. y septiembre, a la vuelta de la esquina.

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soft sounds

va ~ soft sounds (calm in trees, august 2012)

01. patiente (waiting for the summer) ~ sunny dunes

02. wake up in summer ~ sparkling wide pressure

03. faraway trees ~ loner deluxe

04. song for nana ~ luminous craft

05. dominican black abbey ~ the driftwood manor

06. soft sounds ~ muffin

07. emery blagdon saves your mortal soul ~ brendan codey

08. a grave affection ~ tim kinsella

09. bull doze blues ~ henry thomas

10. you're going to leave the old home, jim ~ lulu jackson

11. summer oscillating ~ j. hanson

12. the store ~ mirror to mirror

13. spetses ~ panabrite

14. khi ~ high wolf

15. deeper into meadows ~ black eagle child

16. palolo ~ charlie wilson

17. in the park ~ deep magic

18. crystals in time ~ nibiru communion 

19. hummingbird city ~ orphan fairytale

20. kid island ~ mpala garoo

21. what comes after, part. 2 ~ long legged woman

22. edna ~ dead drums

23. goon the dooms star ~ ladyshapes & braden j mckenna

24. asyndeton ~ hobbledeions

25. veranda ~ monster rally

26. tape studies ~ günter schlienz 

27. rescue of prisoners from cannibals ~ x.y.r.

28. stained glass sequence demo ~ motion graphics

29. song of the whale ~ jd emmanuel

30. flown the other side ~ good shepherd

31. leaves on the breeze ~ shep and me

32. ceramy ~ kandodo

33. ~ ~ happy tendry

34. moonlight mind ~ imperial topaz

35. guider ~ braden j mckenna

foto via amhpics & kevin hsia

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mattia coletti

 mattia coletti ~ land (wallace/towntone, 2012)

"The Land is Mattia Coletti’s new album, after the first solo album Zeno, Zeno Submarine and Pantagruele. Recently, even a 7 “shared with Comaneci and Japan’s Muffin, published in 2010 by the american North Pole Records. 

Produced by Wallace in collaboration with Bloody Sound Fucktory and Towntone, The Land is a mature record that comes after years of concerts around the world. The Land sums up a basic primitive blues, elegant and simple, with a refined taste for details, a constant game of mirrors between the guitars. Avant folk or ritual blues, or more simply: never ostentatious melody which merges with a psychedelic background. The Land is a distant land, timeless." wallace

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mattia coletti ~ zeno submarine (towntone, 2007)

"After his first visit to Japan in Fall '06 as a member of the experimental noise duo, Polvere, Mattia Colleti returned to Japan in Fall '07 for his own solo tour. Making his way across Japan, he played shows in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nagano, Kobe, Yamagata, and Kamakura among others. TownTone is proud to offer what could be called the culmination of Mattia's musical genius, his newest album "Zeno Submarine". Don't miss the chance to experience this primitive, folksy yet freaky masterpiece." towntone

 

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fotos: alicia petgrave & joe skilton

muffin

 muffin ~ last apple (cgcg publishing, 2011)

"A lovely collection of bedroom-recorded folk-pop from Japan's Muffin. Gossamer fragile and tinged with melancholy, this is just gorgeous ~ gentle harmonies, acoustic guitar, melodica and keyboard. her favorite songwriters: Syd Barrett, Judee Sill, Elliott Smith, Sibylle Baier." boa melody bar

amor eterno, larga vida, alabada sea...seguro que no soy la única que esperaba como agua de mayo nuevas canciones de nuestra japonesa con alma brasileña, y corazón italiano y finés, favorita. un disco bonito siempre es un disco bonito, y last apple lo es como ninguno. sencillo y bonito. especialmente si recuerdas con cariño tane, folklore y grapes, y si te gustan ruth garbus, jennifer castle, tender buttons, lau nau, cabinet of natural curiosities, pantaleimon, sibylle baier y las canciones de stan getz & astrud gilberto. le acompaña mattia coletti y casi puedo imaginarlos sentados uno frente al otro, sonriéndose y arropándose mientras tocan sus guitarras...y nosotros dejándonos envolver por ellos. nada de lo que pueda decir haría justicia a nanas, que no canciones, como 'soft sounds' o 'late winter'

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de regalo tres 'samples' de tres versiones como tres soles:

all i ever wanted ~ meg baird

the new sane scramble ~ jana hunter

on the low ~ hope sandoval & the warm inventions

these hands are leaves

1 : fursaxa • sunhead bowed
2 : donato epiro • these hands are leaves
3 : family elan • our bed is green
4 : le devenir animal • i'd like to be the sun behind willie mc tell
5 : joanna newsom • good intentions paving company
6 : equinox, the peacekeeper • if you don't mind, i'm going home
7 : kiwako kaneda • kumalift
8 : niobe • you have a gift
9 : rauelsson • liebre
10 : clogs • on the edge (feat. shara worden)
11 : jason molina, will oldham, alasdair roberts • the last house
12 : steve gunn • mouse of knowledge
13 : muffin • we are the rainbow
14 : salvador cresta • las hojas de las hojas
15 : unknown artist • chemirocha
16 : egle sommacal • becco d'anatra
17 : vibracathedral orchestra • rich witch
18 : volcano the bear • bow heavier my lord
19 : tirath singh nirmala • ashes mould
20 : aidan baker • liminoid (part ii)
21 : jüppala kääpiö • kagami hebi (mirror snake)
22 : ous mal • merilaulu
23 : drowning the virgin silence • riverman

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fotola: lawrence martinez

::: verde que te quiero verde :::

muffin

muffin • grapes [multiness records 2009]

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::: for all the sleepers :::

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' sleeper dream pray
sounding out of praise
silent sun will close eyes
you say "goodnight sun" '

and underground you sleep away...'

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fotola: coquinete

muffin

muffin • folklore [reverb worship 2009]

"A lovely collection of bedroom-recorded folk-pop from Japan's Muffin. Gossamer fragile and tinged with melancholy, this is just gorgeous - gentle harmonies, acoustic guitar, melodica and keyboard". boa melody bar

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fotola: golondriname

muffin

muffin - tane (sloow tapes cs 2008)

una chica que susurra en un japonés que parece finés, percusiones finesas que parecen brasileñas, pianos, flautas, algo de lula cortés & zé ramalho, de flaviola e o bando do sol y de kuupuu. acogedor y calentito, hay que hacer esfuerzos para no escucharlo a todas horas, y además me ha recordado lo muchísimo que me gustaba valerio sartori. gracias a nico y caracoles por tan bonito regalo

"Tremendous fragile folk and pop songs with gentle hints of psychedelia by this female Japanese singer/songwriter. Lonesome late-night transmissions from a bedroom somewhere in Tokyo. 80 copies." sloow tapes

foto: feeding the beetle

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