A late great thesis on the one of a kind experiment that is Climax Golden Twins. The influential Seattle experimental duo returns after a decade plus break with a double LP that’s simply perfection. It is an instant classic. Jeffery Taylor and Robert Millis have a […]
The solo debut by Ghost (Japan) bandleader Masaki Batoh is a great record and I was very happy to find one in the used bins. It opens with excellent covers of Can and Cream before moving through the sparse folk and droning ambient that would become […]
Batida is a kind of old school sample heavy edm from west Africa thats been popularized by some recent interpretations and reinventions from Portuguese record label Principe. The first studio LP from the label this 2023 is by DJ Danifox, and I find their almost half-time […]
Finnish quartet MAHTI released their debut with our friends at Riot Season and it’s a great listen. Three current and former members of psych/prog mainstays Circle are joined by Finnish folk musican and scholar Hannu Saha on the kantele. It’s ambient leaning prog that thankfully doesn’t […]
The Brazilian woodwind wizard and his group (all talented multi instrumentalists) present an amazing and often surprising work of jazz/folk fusion. Perhaps best known as a disciple of the great Hermeto Pascoal and a member of his group, Jota places his work in the same unique […]
A fantastic recording by Acidjack at NYC taper of harpist Mary Lattimore and guitarist Bill Nace improvising together for the first time as part of Three Lobed Recordings 21st anniversary celebration this time last year. So much to love here. One of the blogs favorite bootleggers […]
Drinking The Lemonade is an ongoing exploration of Acid Mothers Temples most iconic song- Pink Lady Lemonade. This is post #1 in the series, Levitation Sessions (2021) From it’s birth in the 1996/7 demos to the present day, it’s been performed and recorded countless times. There’s […]
An immensely talented improvisational keyboardist and drummer, I first came across Takedas work through seeing footage of her playing with Keiji Haino, Yoshida Tatsuya, and Richard Pinhas. She has several full improv sessions with Tatsuya available on his bandcamp, and a host of playing credits including […]
This is the finest psych album I’ve heard in a while, and I wish it had been on my radar when it was released. Chicago’s Divino Niño perfectly synthesizes a variety of classic and contemporary American and Latin pop sounds into a wonderful psych album. It’s […]
Another beautiful album from singer, Indian classical instrumentalist and electronic producer Ami Dang. They have a lovely and singular ambient-pop sound full of beautiful instrumentation on traditional instruments and modular synths, rich beats, and openly psychedelic sensibilities. This album is at least as good as the […]