Cécile Schott the Parisian native instrumentalist whom I always thought “Colleen” was her real name, is back with a new album on her home Leaf. Yesteryear’s “Colleen et les boîtes à musique” could be labeled a concept album that satisfied her javanese love with a musical box, which was still good but not as engaging [...]

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A few weeks ago I read about some new Cuneiform releases on the Wayside Music list. Cuneiform is one of the main suppliers of quality weird stuff that’s simply acquired taste. One of the new releases on the list was by Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores a 7-22 piece orchestral ensemble from Providence, Rhode [...]

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Image scanned from a French fashion magazine from 1977 by Martijn Konijn.
The first 4 months have gone by and indeed 2007 has been lucrative for music. As the collective memory is so low these days and there’s so much production and hype, I want to emphasize the better stuff once more. Here’s a short [...]

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I’ve been pretty slow on doing this for some reason so it’s a dual month coverage for now. Here are some of the better pieces that has come to my mailbox. First up is a funny bloke from Australia Mr. Tim Shiel, aka Faux Pas, putting fun back in electronica via sample plunderphonics and eclectic [...]

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After the emergent Finland features of Korpi Ensemble, Kuusumun Profeetta and Alamaailman Vasarat, I wanted to consciously end this Finland feature with 2 different artists.

A huge Crystal Cave - see the man there?
Our first artist Mr. Vladislav Delay is not new to undomondo. I had the courtesy of Huume Recordings to a promo [...]

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I mentioned the Finnish folk/nujazz band Korpi Ensemble on yesterday’s radioshow review, yet just to show you how much I love this song, I featured it once again, so make sure you listen to it. Vocalist Johanna Iivanainen’s singing is very emotional, but of the inspirational and lively kind rather than the melancholic. I’m sure [...]

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