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Thomas Fehlmann - Los Lagos" 2LP (Kompakt) LISTEN
Inland & Julian Charriere - An Invitation To Disappear 2LP (A-TON) LISTEN
Ron Morelli - Disappearer 2LP (Hospital Productions) LISTEN
Koray Kantarcioglu - Loopworks LP (Discrepant) LISTEN
It seems like it's been getting harder & harder of late to find imaginative, interesting and invigorating techno tuneage. Veteran musician (61 years young!) Fehlmann delivers on all counts & hits it harder than his status as regular collaborator with The Orb would lead you to believe. Inland's debut album is a revelation! The IDM / techno tag just doesn't do this monumental release justice. This has my highest recommendation. A joyous journey to various techno territories with numerous off-the-beaten-track tangents that surprise along the way. Morelli, (perhaps best known as L.I.E.S. label boss), delivers his third album, a super-solid, industrial-weight monster that touches upon everything from cold stripped back electronics, to 1990s Hague scum techno, to grim passages reminiscent of early tape minimalists. In my opinion, by far the best thing he's done. Loopworks brings together Koray's work composed of samples taken from Turkish records released in the 60's & 70's. It's an ambient adventure that was previously only available as a ltd ed cassette (100 copies) but caught the ear of Rashad Becker & Discrepant for this reissue on vinyl. Several comparisons have been (justly) made to the 'haunted ballrooms' of The Caretaker but to my ears, the under-appreciated El Mahdy Jr is a more valid reference point. Well worth investigating.
Ursula Bogner - Recordings 1969-1988 (2018 Remaster) (Faitiche) LISTEN
OK, so I'll admit that this is something of a novelty item & isn't for everyone, but I've become very enamored by this label & the amazing works of label-boss Jan Jelinek. This recording is all bleeps & bloops inna BBC Radiophonic Workshop kinda stylee but it's the incredible & intriguing back-story that's worth repeating here.
Mary Jane Leach - (f)lute songs LP (Modern Love) LISTEN
I just recently became aware of MJL via her minimal and mesmerizing Pipe Dreams LP on Blume, which featured a side of work for four bass clarinets, and a side for church organ. Avant garde but accessible. This time around there's four pieces for flute and voice featuring noted Roman flutist Manuel Zurria. Pastoral. Passionate. Very pleasing.
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Red Ants Genesis 2LP (Hospital Productions) LISTEN
For reasons that I'll not go into here (& before I actually heard this LP) I was worried that my beloved RSE might be in danger of losing it. However, any fears were dispelled within moments of being ensnared & engulfed in the primordial ooze of first track, "Red Ants (Mics Mix)". Bringing on board collaborators (Low Jack and Equiknoxx) has not diminished the "high volume microphone ambience of synthetic field ecologies and red herbs live without audience." Compelling as ever, how can you resist a record that is classified by Discogs as "Abstract, Dark Ambient, Deep Techno, Field Recording, Noise, Tribal, Dancehall". Buy or die.
William Basinski & Lawrence English - Selva Oscura LP (Temporary Residence Ltd) LISTEN
"Two of the world's most revered contemporary sound artists collaborate on two otherworldly new works". I could not have put it better myself. Absolutely essential.
Heinali - Iridescent LP (Injazero) LISTEN
Oleg Shpudeiko from Kiev is Heinali, one of the true rising stars working in the broad field known as modern classical. Once more teaming up with the quality conscious Injazero label, the results are beguiling & beautiful. If you wanna dip your toe into this world & see what the fuss is all about then this is the perfect place to start.
Forest Drive West - Apparitions 2LP (Livity Sound) LISTEN
The Bristol, U.K., based label run by Peverelist continues to reflect both the city's history of edgy genre mutations and it's sound system legacy. Apparitions is the debut album from the mysterious London producer known as Forest Drive West. Innovative and intricate fusions of techno, dub & jungle. The mix of sparse rhythm tracks contrasts heavyweight drum programming with rich & deft sound design to grand effect.
The Fall - I Am Kurious Oranj LP (Beggars Banquet) (oranj vinyl) LISTEN
30th anniversary reissue of The Fall's 11th album. You sinners still have time to gain musical salvation by investing NOW in what will surely be the start of a deluge of reissues from THE LAST BAND WHO MATTERED !!!
Thank you for reading and listening...
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From The New Arrivals Bin
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Every week we dive in and pull records that are for sale (for now) in our choice batch of New Arrivals.
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Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate LP (CBS / Stern Euro)
An absolutely essential, terrifying, and beautiful album that belongs in every record collection. (Adam)
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Ensemble De Musique Arménienne – Musique Des Troubadours Et De Traditions Populaires LP
(Ocora)
Troubadour and folk music from Armenia. Something a little different for the weekend. (Lee)
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Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk - At Newport LP (Columbia)
A wonderful combined effort, chock full of Monk classics performed with tight and explosive live energy. (Seven)
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Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited 2LP expanded (In The Red)
Anybody that would get rid of this record is a real dope. (George)
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Tilahun Gessesse – Sima! LP
(Mississippi)
Strange and otherworldly Ethiopian ballads. (Dom)
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More New Records NOW AVAILABLE
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Thom Yorke - Suspira 2LP (XL)
Bauhaus - In A Flat Field LP (Colored vinyl reissue) (Beggars Banquet)
Bauhaus - Mask LP (Colored vinyl reissue) (Beggars Banquet)
Julia Holter - Aviary 2LP (Domino)
Jacob Miller - Who Say Jah No Dread LP (reissue) (VP)
Qluster - Elemente LP+CD (Bureau B)
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Time To Tell LP (repress) (CTI)
System - Plus 2LP (Morr Music)
Bill Orcutt / Chris Corsano - Brace Up! LP (Palilalia)
Lee Scratch Perry - The Black Album 2LP (Upsetter)
Infinite Sound - Contemporary African-Amerikan Music LP (Aguirre)
Black Artists Group - In Paris, Aries 1973 LP (Aguirre)
James Ginzburg - Six Correlations LP (Subtext)
Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse LP (reissue) (Nettwerk)
Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold And Manipulate LP (reissue) (Nettwerk)
Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters LP (reissue) (Southern Lord)
Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls (Hellfire reissue) LP (Real Gone)
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