This is the first official album by early drone ensemble The Taj Mahal Travellers, documenting a 1972 homecoming show at Sohgetsu Hall in Tokyo, following their second tour of Europe. I think this group is deeply underrated and has a small but wonderful discography, which consists […]
Well, here we are. It’s 2025 already, and 2024 left us in the wake of some staggeringly good material that, for me personally, will take at least another month or two to fully process before I’m ready to share my favorites list with you guys. But […]
A bootleg in spirit, this live improvisation between Japanese jam legends Kikagaku Moyo and the USAs Ryley Walker (& band) will take you on a trip. Drag City’s own Cooper Craine (Bitching Baja’s, Cave) leveraged his extensive experience in the field to cut and polish a […]
This is one of the most interesting modern Brazilian records I’ve heard in a while and it’s an easy contender for favorite of the year. Ricardo is perhaps best known for his decade of touring with Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso, although this is far from his […]
Man, how the fuck do you even properly classify these guys? Thankfully, the gang at TLPB doesn’t really care about genre specificity, and only really use it as guide or suggestion, when it comes to identifying music. It’s meant to give you an idea of what […]
“Les Trois Amis de l’hiver (Three Friends of Winter)” refers to the three species of plants: pine, bamboo, and plum, which are named after their ability to remain vigorous during the winter months” This is Li Jianhong, Wen Zhiyong, and Deng Boyu sharing with us the […]
Today, we have another installment of Softer Shades of Psychedelia! I’m going with an absolute classic today. A heavyweight. A totally immersive experience. If you’re not familiar with The Disintegration Loops, or indeed, William Basinski himself, you owe it to yourself to listen to this masterpiece […]
Great psychedelic harsh noise that will hypnotize you with its droning walls of sound and careful considerations of sonic manipulation and investigation into psychedelic spaces. Space symphony built of noise arises from signal static and distorted synths. It slowly bubbles and builds, it drags you in […]
Alright, well, I’ve quite unreasonably decided that this is gonna be my first post on our shiny new blog. I must admit, it’s still easier to post to Facebook since that’s where I am 99% of the time, but this website should allow us more freedom […]