I normally can’t get my ass off the chair to go to a concert if I don’t know it a few days beforehand. Yesterday night though I had to act spontaneous as Marc Ribot was in town with his Spiritual Unity project playing Albert Ayler pieces. It was an intense show with little interaction between [...]

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Ardent debut from Minnesota experimenters To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie created quite a hype after its release on Kranky late 2007. “The Patron” is sinister yet unlike a lot of noisy artists not completely devoid of any musicality in the common sense (is it watered down noise or noisy electropop you decide). I quite like [...]

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Second album by La Mar Enfortuna on Tzadik, led by guitarist & oud player Oren Bloedow and vocalist Jennifer Charles from Elysian Fields. Featuring downtown jazz players like clarinettist Doug Weiselman and accordeon player Ted Reichman alongside a wealth of other guests, “Conviviencia” is a lyrical tale from the Middle East formed on traditional [...]

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* Samim - Heater (Diplo Remix) (Gee wizz) Diplo remix of Samim’s 2007 anthem Heater.
* Sonny Sharrock - Kula-Mae (Cyberinsekt) Jangling avant jazz/blues guitar.
* Cloudland Canyon - Dambala *excerpt* (Press play, record) PPR : The first song, “Dambala,” starts off with a drone, but it turns into a disturbing trip into space, with robotic creaks [...]

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Hello all, I’m back in Istanbul, gonna finish the best of list tomorrow and storm into some great new stuff I’ve been amassing since a few weeks. For today, here’s a mix by our friend Cenk Akyol which accompanied me well in a gloomy London morning.
Cenk : This selection is made out of my [...]

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One of the many albums I’ve failed to write about in the last 2 months is Fire Escape by the infamous experimental psychedelic troupe Sunburned Hand of the Man. Fire Escape features Kieran Hebden of Four Tet fame in the helm in arguably his best project (IMHO) this year. In fact, this album can be [...]

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