Sunday 26 February 2012

Mike Gao - Sun Shadows [2011]


"With multiple beat battle wins and a successful iPhone music app under his belt, Sun Shadows is Mike Gao's first solo release following his contribution to All City's LA 10" series. The heart of the album deals with the shadows of failed love, leading to a drive to change the production game itself through technological innovation, ultimately manifesting into a brighter, sunnier future. The aesthetics have been carefully selected to deliver his message, an album far from a soulless scientific demonstration: Sun Shadows is a direct pipeline into Mike Gao's heart, bridged by self made technology to effortlessly improvise chords straight from the soul and write drums by beatboxing into an iPhone.

Although predominantly instrumental, this intricate album features fellow Machina Muerte members such as Mestizo, Zackey Force Funk, Isaiah Toothtaker and Nathan No Face of Crime Killz. Through analog synths, digital processes and samples, Sun Shadows soulfully explores life and death, misfortunes into fortunes, youthful innocence and love, heart break and triumph. From playing one of the earliest Low End Theory nights with Mestizo, Mike Gao has emerged with a style influenced by the beats of California and the sounds of computer music pioneers that he studies under, such as his PhD. advisor Miller Puckette (Max/MSP)."



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Jun Togawa - Tamahime-sama [1984]





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Thursday 23 February 2012

Boris - Akuma No Uta [2003]





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Khampagar Monastery - Tibetan Buddhism: The Ritual Orchestra and Chants [1973/2005]


"Music plays an integral role in Tantric Buddhism, seen as a means to transform the whole stream of being into illumined awareness. The basic musical concepts and the teachings of Tantric Buddhism originally came to Tibet from India beginning in the eighth century. Chanting, such as that heard on this recording, is recognized as a powerful medium for inward transformation, since it is a dynamic form of meditation."

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Tuesday 21 February 2012

Anomie - Discography (1994-1997)


Mid-90's French Screamo, female & male vocals. Great stuff.

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Narodnaia Volia - Practice Tape [~2000-2002]

Some really great french screamo. Unfortunately this seems to be all they have done and information about them is limited.

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Thursday 16 February 2012

Pram - The Stars Are So Big, The Earth Is So Small... Stay As You Are [1993]





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Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just As Good [1997]





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Acid Kicks






"There are real life dreams that are unending, circulating, whirling around in that small focal point of space you call your mind, that mind that you think you have control over, control which you have lost in all other aspects of normal reality, a reality which should be questioned and is otherwise insignificant, significance the only redeeming factor of life as we know it, and then there is the experience of waiting till the acid kicks in."

"Acid Kicks’ brand of “dream punk” defies the cliché while managing to remain relatively moody with a pinch of what could be called angst. With the numeric equation of 3+1 (3 bassists, 1 drummer), this four-piece’s tracks surprisingly feel holistic, despite the lack of guitar. For Acid Kicks, the backbeat’s essential is best proved by “Pyramidic Valley” and its shuffling quick consistence alongside raspy dissonance."


Self branded "dream punk" Philly four piece. To add to the above description, the trumpet lingering underneath the ever present fuzz stood out as a nice element. 

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