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Five song selection feat. Mark McGuire – Sun Araw – Dead Luke – Neokarma Jookla Trio – Aidan Baker. Drony, Ritualistic, lo-fi soundscape material.

We overlooked the debut of Julian Lynch, the joint ruler of the New Jersey hazeadelics scene (with Matt Mondanile of Ducktails & Real Estate fame) in 2009. Not unlike the previous “Garden is Adventure EP”, “Orange you Glad” is a unique mixture of hazy memories, childhood nostalgia and dreamy cinematics.

Six song compilation of Finnish avantgarde ambient psychedelia, including works by Uton, J.Kivelä, Kutomo, Aan, J.Koho, Keijo – group of artists which have made music under many different projects last few years less or more together. Now available for free @ Ikuisuus.

You already know what to expect from Barn Owl if you’re familiar with labels like Not Not Fun, Root Strata or Foxglove : lots of fuzzy guitar processing, ritualistic slow doom, psychedelic folk and mournful drones shifting and evolving into complex soundscapes.

It’s been 10 days since we lost Jack Rose, and we’ve spent a good deal of that time listening to his music and his inspirations. First I was going to share a few songs but then the list grew and I knew I had to try to make a mix. I don’t know if I succeeded in making something coherent but I’m confident the music reflects at least a part of his passion.

Pitchfork and others report that the enigmatic guitarist Jack Rose has passed away after a heart attack aged 38.

After two CDRs on their own Root Strata label last year Jefre Cantu-Ledesma’s The Alps with ARP and Scott Hewicker became our favourite drone/soundscape artists. That doesn’t help explain why I missed their Type Records debut III, on the contrary it makes it more mysterious, doesn’t it?.

The twitterverse is getting crowded, here are some of our latest finds: @Western Vinyl label home to Balmorhea, Composer @Rhys Chatham, @Sawako, @Hypnotic Brass Band, @Pauline Oliveros