Saturday, December 31, 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

*Cream of 2011* Part 3

Plankton Wat:: In Magical Light
This is probably my favorite album that came out this year. I had a few experiences with it that are nothing short of sacred.. if you are trying to get back to the earth, take some mushrooms, go out into a sunny swamp and listen to this on a small speaker.
Dagobert & Kalson:: Astronauten
I've had the art for this album on the computer for a long time, and knew it had to belong to something. Here it is, and it sure is something. The sounds on this album are reaching for something higher- hard hitting beats with operatic vocoder and wanderlusting space synth. Available on clear yellow and green vinyl if you feel like importing- physical copies also come with the art as a huge poster. And alas, there is going to be a world wide listening party on the day of the universal consciousness shift, check that out here
Acheron:: September Tape Fire
Some of the most comforting, enigmatic music I think I've ever come across. Came out in an edition of 25, I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ultra rare dud copy recently. Feels like the beauty of September in your ears, on your skin.
Also works great in the snow.
Expo 70- Inaudible Bicoastal Trajectory
James Ferraro:: Far Side Virtual
Innergaze:: Shadow Disco
Stag Hare:: Spirit Canoes
Sun Araw & Eternal Tapestry:: Night Gallery
Food Pyramid:: III
The Caretaker:: An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
Space Dimension Controller:: Temporary Thrillz
Jonas Reinhardt:: Music For The Tactile Dome
WYLD WYZRDZ:: From a Stone
Sun Araw:: Ancient Romans
Dirty Beaches:: Badlands

Teams: Dxys xff
Rangers: Pan Am Stories
Heat Wave:: Stasis 1
Kerrier District 3
Mike Simonetti:: Capricorn Rising
Niggas With Guitars:: Ethnic Frenzy
Fatima Al Qadiri:: Genre Specific Experience
Birdy Nam Nam:: Defiant Order
High Wolf:: Atlas Nation
Cyberoptics:: Tie Fighter ep
Andy Stott:: We Stay Together
Scratch Massive:: Nuit De Reve
Andras Fox:: Your Life
Fourth World Magazine:: The Spectacle of Light Abductions
Sir Stephen:: By Design
Karenn:: Sheworks001
Ξ›:: Patriot Hills
M∆DD3N:: M4DDN3SS
Love you all, lets make 2012 what its supposed to be. 

*Cream of 2011* Part 2

Sand Circles:: s/t
This tape has an effect on me.. something like removing gravity or an oxygen o.d. Like standing on the beach at night, being one with sea and sky. Its all just wind.
 One of the nu-age classics, something people are going to cry over when the tapes begin to disintegrate in thirty years.
Ayqix:: Tarpuymit'a
Dubbed and deep, you wouldn't expect an album of this... depth.. to be available on archive.org as a free, Creative Commons release. Ayqix is from Argentina and I have seen the name on some S. American festival bills. Take some kava and tap into the archive.
Pierrot Lunaire:: Turn Back the Hands of Time
It is strange when the internet comes full circle in real life. I first heard this on a suggestion from an online friend. Having known it was out on Hooker Vision I gave it a spin. I really liked it, and there was a decent amount of hype in certain circles regarding its release. Loved how the samples sounded. 
So I'm on Facebook one night and I see he's playing in Philly. Turns out, almost none of the music is 'sampled'- but live sax and field recordings he collected himself. I won't let anymore magic out of the bag but Pierrot is a stand up dude, with more in common then I had imagined, and we totally bro'd out. 
Put it this way, he ain't no Terry Riley. 
Grab his new green wax on Hooker Vision.
Stephen Molyneux:: Cambodian Field Recordings

                         White Palms:: ep
                  Weyes Blood:: The Outside Room
                       Belong:: Common Era
                   Duppy Gun Productions:: 001
Vektroid- Neo Cali
                          Wolfram:: s/t
                        Willie Burns:: ep
Art Department:: The Drawing Board
                The Field- Looping State of Mind
An Album by Korallreven

                    At Work:: 10 Minute Break
                    Memory Tapes:: Modcast #94
                   Hype Williams:: S.E.A.L. III
                 Greenwood Sharps:: Things Familiar
                        Voder Deth Squad 1
                     Frivolous:: Meteorology
                       Faux Pas- Lostworks
              Galactic Warriors:: Return to Atlantis
             High Bank Ramblers:: Buck It or Fuck It ep
                   Tidal/Holographic Arts:: split
                        Howse:: Undizputed
                           Gatto Fritto
                         Run DMT:: Dreams
                        Skai Nine:: Jasmine
                   Featureless Ghost:: New Moods
                     Wagon Christ:: Toomorrow
TR££B£∆RD:: SWAGGER JACKER
Trickski:: Unreality
HTRK:: Work