We’re already fans of the German spoken word / electronica artist Antye Greie Fuchs aka AGF. I thnik I’ve already mentioned her collabs with Vladislav Delay and Zavoloka. She’s released a new album on her own label in February, composed of her own voice and electronic transformations. Earlabs review.
Chinese avantgardista Douglas Lee has [...]

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Berlin based folktronica guitar duo Taunus was formed by the Berliner steel string guitarists Jan Thoben and Jochen Briesen in early 2001. Their sophomore album “Harriet” on Ahornfelder, features a cast of guest musicians playing clarinet, harmonium and vibes including F.S. Blumm on guitars. Their melancholic and fragile folk based on acoustic steel guitars and [...]

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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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The best thing about netlabels is that netlabel artists are totally (at least theoretically) free from the constraints of the music industry and they can do all kinds of off kilter experimentations. Here’s one of ‘em from one of our netlabel faves Radio Scotvoid. His latest EP on Earth Monkey “Fae Ecosse” sees the Scottie [...]

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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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A new discovery on my part, Raymond Scott is a composer, orchestra leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and an electronic instrument inventor. I first heard him in J Dilla’s Donuts with the track “Lightworks” and the cartoony playfulness of early electronics instantly called upon me to seek for more. Here are some interesting facts, [...]

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