The Seventh Seals self titled and sole record is a long, mystical record from a short lived project one of my favorite obscure Japanese albums. In the mid 90s Asahito Nanjo, bassist/vocalist/bandleader of renowned noise rockers High Rise, was focused on a
This is one of my favorite collaborations in the expansive universe of noise/psych/rock/electronic/whatever masters Gnod. I think it slipped under the radar a bit in the pandemic year of 2020 and it deserves wider appreciation. Especially as heads worldwide have more recently really been digging on a new wave of heavily percussive, vaguely worldly psychedelic […]
In a busy year for American jazz, one of the only things I can say for certain is that this is the most underrated release I’ve heard so far. I love a jazz duo recording and these two players specifically- a trumpeter at perhaps the apex of his career and a jazz guitarist whose seriously […]
This is one of my favorite Acid Mothers Temple albums and I think one of their finest overall. Benzaiten is largely a cover/reinterpretation of the 1976 album of the same name by Osamu Kitajima. Benzaiten (1976) is one of the earliest and most successful records to merge Western psychedelic/progressive rock and folk influences
I’ve loved everything by this LA (via Florida via France ) group. They make breezy, jazzy post-stereolab pop and I don’t think there’s a bad song in their oeuvre. It’s too early for me to say if Monkey Mind is my favorite or their finest, but I instantly understand why even longtime fans are so […]
TEWARI began a new era for Berlins Scotch Rolex, aka DJ Scotch Egg aka Japanese producer and dj Shigeru Ishihara. I had only known him for his work in the indescribable genre bending live duo Waq Waq Kingdom, to which he continues all-time great, impossibly heavy dub influenced production.
4 long, wide tracks of psychedelic influenced rock make up this wonderful album by guitarist/singer Shutaro Noguchi. The singing is fantastic and properly high in the mix while the guitar is raw destructive rock power. From Japan and now residing in Kentucky, Noguchi sounds a lot like some of our favorite J-psych classics with much […]
