The shape shifting Beijing producer/improviser/DJ returns with another album only he could make. Delicately sampled traditional Buddhist chants with Chinese and Tibetan music meet Lees signature synthesized folk instruments, destructive and deconstructed dub beats and bass. It’s a cohesive album of headphone candy and dancefloor heat […]
The second LP by new dub heavyweights Holy Tongue (now composed of producer Al Wooten, drummer Valentina Magaletti and bassist Susumu Mukai) is company with the legendary transcendent dubstep artist Shackleton. Since release it’s gone from my most anticipated album of 2024 to one of my […]
The great genius of Robert Schneider has once again made a work of sublime beauty. 13 modest songs in his unique logarithmic scale that fans of one of his other projects, like Apples In Stereo, are already familiar with. They’re cosmic and psychedelic song of course, […]
I would describe this Portland trios music as “spiritual cumbia” and that doesn’t really do it justice. It’s certainly still music for dancing and it’s plenty psychedelic. What separates this short record from others in the modern cumbia world (including guitarist Reyna’s well known solo work) […]