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Arnaud Rebotini & Christian Zanési – FRONTIERES (2016)
Arnaud Rebotini and Christian Zanesi are separated by time but united by approach. The two musicians – one a musique concrete composer, the other a techno pioneer – share a love for electronic sounds,...
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The June Brides, Aberdeen, 14 Iced Bears – Three Wishes: Part Time Punks...
Three Wishes: Part Time Punks Sessions is the brand new album featuring exclusive sessions recorded in LA by The June Brides, 14 Iced Bears and Aberdeen, recorded by Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Rob...
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nonkeen – Oddments of the Gamble (2016)
German improvisational group Nonkeen‘s early- 2016 debut, The Gamble, was the product of several years’ worth of homegrown experimentation from three childhood friends (namely Nils Frahm, Frederic...
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Klaus Schulze – Timewind (1975, Reissue 2016)
Dedicated to Richard Wagner, Timewind is a 60-minute electronic expedition that is broken up into two half-hour tracks, “Bayreuth Return” and “Wahnfried 1883.” The first 30 minutes involves icy...
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Klaus Schulze – Blackdance (1974, Reissue 2016)
Blackdance is the third album by Klaus Schulze, originally released in 1974. For the first time Schulze uses ‘real’ synthesizers and a singer. “Voices of Syn” features Ernst Walter Siemon on vocals....
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Strand of Oaks – Hard Love (2017)
Tim Showalter’s latest release as Strand of Oaks, Hard Love, emanates an unabashed, raw, and manic energy that embodies both the songs and the songwriter behind them. “For me, there are always two...
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Miniature Tigers – I Dreamt I Was a Cowboy (2016)
Like its titular Western hero, Miniature Tigers’ I Dreamt I Was a Cowboy is unpolished. Frontman Charlie Brand, 31, recorded pieces of his band’s fifth album on couches all over the country, and when...
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Billy Gomberg – Slight at the Contact (2016)
“Medial,” the first track of Slight at the Contact, simultaneously evokes the music from two past decades. Its unhurried electronic abrasions recall Oval c. diskont 94; its shifting array of clicks,...
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Ariel Pink & Weyes Blood – Myths 002 EP (2017)
Myths 002 is the second release in a series of collaborative EPs spawned from the annual Marfa Myths festival, held in Marfa, Texas in association with nonprofit organization Ballroom Marfa and the...
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Paleowolf – Genesis (2016)
Serbian musician Scorpio V already released two albums under the Metatron Omega moniker. For those not familiar with Metatron Omega, it’s an esoteric / occult / religious dark ambient act combining...
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Haircut 100 – Pelican West [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
If Orange Juice famously wanted to sound like a combination of Chic and the Velvet Underground, then Haircut 100 must have wanted to sound like a combination of Orange Juice and Chic. Heavy on the...
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Radian – On Dark Silent Off (2016)
Since the 2009 release of their fourth-full length, Chimeric, Austrian experimental trio Radian swapped a bandmember (co-founder Stefan Németh was replaced by Martin Siewert) and collaborated with...
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Frank Turner – Sleep Is for the Week [Tenth Anniversary Edition] (2017)
…containing the full album and the original six demo songs featured on Frank’s early CDR demo disc + Live from the Vic, Swindon – 6th April 2007. Following up on his debut EP Campfire Punkrock,...
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Les Graciés – Low Doses (2016)
Veiled under the name of Les Graciés, Paris-based sound artist Gaël Segalen and half of the Deepblak core Afrikan Sciences share more than instruments and recording sessions. Breaking down cultural...
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Max Richter – Black Mirror: Nosedive (2016)
Max Richter is no stranger to soundtracks, having previously lent his minimalist, classically informed approach to films including The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane and Disconnect. The...
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Brent Cash – The New High (2017)
Given the state of the world in 2017 and the fall- out from [insert Trump’s latest crime against humanity here], the AM radio sheen of Brent Cash’s backwards-looking The New High is an ideal panacea....
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Duke Garwood – Garden of Ashes (2017)
Very much a musician’s musician, Duke Garwood can claim a distinguished list of collaborators and admirers from the elites of rock and blues. His credits include an album of duets with Mark Lanegan,...
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Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now (2017)
Jesca Hoop‘s fourth proper solo LP and first for Sub Pop is entitled Memories Are Now, a reference to the concept of seizing the day. With Blake Mills back to produce, the album encompasses much of the...
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Thievery Corporation – The Temple of I & I (2017)
They’ve had no commercial radio hits, no high-end, big-budget videos, no major-label backing. Yet for over 20 years, Thievery Corporation (Rob Garza and Eric Hilton) have managed to continuously pull...
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POW! – Crack an Egg (2017)
Working again with producer Chris Woodhouse on their third album, Crack an Egg, POW! unleash another squirmy blast of ’80s-damaged retro synth rock fun. Now down to the duo of Byron Blum and Melissa...
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