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Shintaro Sakamoto – Love If Possible (2016)
In Japan, the dream of the ’90s is alive. Or parts of it are, anyway, with CDs still making up the majority of music sales and a slow shift to a digital market. And there’s former Yura Yura Teikoku...
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CTM – Suite for a Young Girl (2016)
The Danish composer and cellist Cæcilie Trier prefers to use the abbreviation ‘Cæcilie Trier Musik’ for her work, which intentionally or not gives it an impersonality. CTM‘s career trajectory so far is...
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Well Yells – Waves in the Woods (2016)
If you were wondering why Patrick Holbrook chose Well Yells as the name for his solo darkwave project, just wait until he opens his mouth. He probably didn’t actually find a well to record from, but...
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Blanck Mass – World Eater (2017)
Blanck Mass originally sounded like an ambient escape for Benjamin John Power from his main project Fuck Buttons, but 2015’s Dumb Flesh added heavy rhythms and alien vocal manipulations. According to a...
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E – E (2016)
The Boston-based trio known as E consists of guitarist Thalia Zedek (Come, Uzi, Live Skull), guitarist Jason Sidney Sanford (Neptune), and drummer Gavin McCarthy (Karate), all veterans of various...
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Strawberry Switchblade – 1982 4-Piece Demo EP (2017)
The story of Strawberry Switchblade is a reminder of just how small the alternative music scene was in the early 1980s, and how deeply its subcultures intertwined. Formed in 1980 in Glasgow by Jill...
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Ian Boddy – Tone Science (2016)
Ian Boddy, DiN label boss, is one of the best known names in UK electronic music. He has been releasing music for over 35 years as well as playing concerts, creating sound design and composing library...
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Eureka California – Versus (2016)
Over the course of two albums, the Athens, Georgia duo Eureka California staked out a place as breezy, fast-working punk-poppers with a foot in the twee pop world and a healthy obsession with the...
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Begonia – Lady in Mind EP (2017)
Begonia is the solo project of Winnipeg-based singer/songwriter Alexa Dirks. She has been best known as a member of Juno-winning group Chic Gamine, but is quickly generating attention on her own....
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Moby – Black Lacquer EP (2017)
Moby has teamed up with Fool’s Gold for new EP Black Lacquer. The collection takes some of Moby’s classics, including ‘Go’ and ‘Natural Blues’ and reimagines them for 2017. Label co-founder Nick...
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Jens Lekman – Life Will See You Now (2017)
There’s a technique for writers known as free- writing, which is often used for breaking out of ruts or periods of self doubt. In it, you set yourself a time limit and just write whatever comes to mind...
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Richenel – La Diferencia EP (1982, Reissue 2017)
For their first release of 2017 Music from Memory present the work of a Dutch musician for the first time with an EP of tracks by singer Richenel taken from his debut album La Diferencia. Originally...
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Mogador – Overflow Pool (2016)
With his work as Celer, Will Long has positively flooded the market with his considered ambient music. Formerly a dual endeavour with Danielle Baquet-Long, since 2009 Long has continued his work solo...
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Empty Houses – Daydream (2016)
Daydream is the vintage convertible-friendly full-length debut of Empty Houses, a wryly named Detroit trio consisting of singer Ali Shea and multi-instrumentalists Dave Mackinder and Adam Mercer, both...
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Hanni El Khatib – Savage Times: The Complete Collection Vol. 1-5 (2017)
While Hanni El Khatib’s music clearly has mainstream appeal, given it’s been featured in multiple television series soundtracks from Suits to Luther, the singer-songwriter remains pretty...
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Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Bobby Krlic – Almost Holy (2016)
In the current climate of superhero blockbusters, it’s arguably refreshing to have a film centered upon the real life choices of someone dedicated to rescuing those from the realities of a society...
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Electric Guest – Plural (2017)
Singer/songwriter Asa Taccone — brother of The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone — and drummer Matthew Compton are back with Plural, their first new album in five years. Plural was recorded in their home...
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Danny Michel – Matadora (2016)
Danny Michel isn’t too cool to write about love, hope, happiness or peace; he’s not too cool to breathe new life into old clichés; and he’s definitely not too cool to layer into his songs sweet sax...
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Lusine – Sensorimotor (2017)
From his early releases as Lusine onward, Jeff McIlwain’s electronic explorations make up one of the more diverse discographies of the past decade and a half. Effortlessly blurring the lines between...
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Lawrence English – Cruel Optimism (2017)
Brisbane-based Lawrence English is a staggeringly prolific artist. His work as musician, curator and artist is often cerebral and conceptual and his latest release, Cruel Optimism, is an obliquely...
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