In hindsight, the first thing that attracted me to this fine gentleman was his pseudonym. A frenchman singing acoustic folk songs in English, trying to represents among what, like ten thousand folk bands from the US?
Yet somehow after a few months of coming back to this album, it’s July and I should say this […]

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* The Dodos - Jodi : On EAR FARM’s Top Albums of 2008 so far list. (indie/folk)
* Ponytail - Celebrate the Body Electric : On Paperthinwalls, a mixture of high energy mathrock&no wave
* Kindisch Megamix June 2008 - One hour minimal house mix from Kindisch Records sister label of Get Physical. via Fader
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Hi kids I assume some of you might be bored of all this dancable hummable summer music so to add some spice for the more sophisticated reader, here’s some tunes that have been guiding me to sleep in the last months.
The first piece is by Brethren of the Free Spirit duo consisting of 12 […]

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It’s time to take the first short vacation/break of 2008 and disappear until Monday. Assorted songs that I’ve been listening to for the last months but can’t find the context to post are up to keep you busy in the meantime. Enjoy.

Ebu Gogo - Neo-Uranium Mattress (electro/mathrock/videogame goofiness)
Kelley Polar - Chrysantemum (electronic)
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Austin Texas duo-turned-quartet Balmorhea makes melancholic acoustic music, complicating roots Midwest Americana with cinematic ambience. It took me a few tries to get into their music since I’m not preloaded with the rural midwest culture, in fact I’ve lived %99 of my life within the hubbub of a metropolis of over 10 million. Campfires, none. […]

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Another strange piece of work in tune with the Ghost Box aesthetics of being half-remembered/half-there is by the “The Guild of Funerary Violinists“. The guild founded in 1586 has protected these obscure classical solo violin pieces dating back from the late 17th to the early 20th century. Pieces from violinists such as the respected Wilhelm […]

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