As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth of sights and sound from the artists on the compilation, Your Victorian Breasts . Compilations are often a trick of the senses. Much like those stacks of old mix tapes obscured by [...]
16. Reines d'Angleterre - Globe Et Dynastie De Franse avant-garde vocalist en accordeonist Ghédalia Tazartès wordt bij Reines d’Angleterre bijgestaan door “elektronische botanisten” Èlg en Jo Tanz. Nu was de muziek van Tazartès al niet bepaald gewoontjes, maar met twee van de meest geflipte muzikanten van Frankrijk aan zijn zijde gaat het nog een stap verder. Het spookachtige stemgeluid wordt begeleid door bizarre elektronica, noise, en ondefinieerbare effecten. Dat Globe Et Dynastie een mindfuck extraordinaire is schreef ik in september in dit tweeluik . 17. Fabulous Diamonds - [...]
Nee, ik heb deze maand geen snor laten groeien, maar kreeg wel een sik van alle nieuwe muziek die deze maand weer uit de luidsprekers knalde. Dat doe ik mezelf aan natuurlijk, dus ik moet niet lopen zeuren. Beter zou ik nog eens terugblikken op de meest essentiële releases van de op één na laatste maand van het jaar. Met Sheldon Siegel , Pelt en Al Doum & The Faryds is november een maand geweest met een aantal geweldige albums. In iets mindere mate waren de eerder besproken Mind Over Mirrors [...]
And then, one Saturday night, our hero decided that he'd had enough partying and he went to bed for 12+ hours. So bad-ass! I feel a bit refreshed. It's been a long week, and February was an even longer month. Way too much partying. March is going to be the turning point for me in [...]
Ik weet het, 2012 is inmiddels al aan de gang, maar deze release van vorig jaar mag niet aan uw aandacht ontsnappen. Het is namelijk één van de meest verrassende en fabuleuze compilaties die in 2011 het levenslicht zag. Het mag tevens een prijs ophalen voor het artwork. Want het zijn de evenzo bizarre als prachtige collages van Line Vangrunderbeeck die als eerste de aandacht opeisen, voordat de titel van deze dubbele 7” dat doet. Coveren hier zes artiesten I Hate The Blues van Dead Moon ? Of gaan we nu echt eens horen hoe [...]
No better way to spend a Sunday night than grilling cheese dogs and brats with friends on Mt. Washington, drinking someone's home-brewed chocolate stout. I defy you to cap your weekend in a more enjoyable fashion. Holy shit I'm flying home tomorrow! That's awesome! What the fuck am I going to do first? Breakfast burritos [...]
Oh folks. There are good times to be had, and I am making damned sure that I have each and every one. Last night was no exception. After finishing off the last of my Oinkster burger I took a quick disco nap and then headed over to West Hollywood to party with some friends. Unspeakable [...]
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Die LoFi-Meditationen des PsychBluesers Ignatz reflektieren die Abendsonne - und das Sein in einem Umfeld, das man vielleicht nicht liebt, aber gern erträgt. Entspannt sitzt Bram Devens auf der Dachterrasse, schrammelt gedankenverloren auf der Gitarre. Rundherum Brüssel, unter ihm hetzt das verrückte Leben. Eine Stadt und deren Bewohner, die er hasst, aber für grad solche Momente liebt - inmitten und doch abseits des geschäftigen Treibens. Das, ob er will oder nicht, sein Sein prägt und erst die musikalischen Erinnerungen schafft, welche - durch Blues und Effektgeräte verzerrt - wie [...]
Marathon madness continues, and if we can keep the momentum going we have a good shot at reaching our goal for 2011! Tune in now through March 13th to join in on the radio party of the year with DJ tag teams , prize giveaways, and tons o' swag. We've also put together a fine batch of DJ Premiums : any of these handcrafted CDs, Books, & DVDs are available for a pledge of $75 or more. Check the blog daily to sample what's available from today's DJs and don't forget to support WFMU [...]
Belgian psych-blues provocateur Bram Devens has released several albums under the Ignatz moniker but for some reason this is the first to appear on RSTB. It seems I always get around to his hushed, twilight-scraping albums too long after they're out of print to really sway people towards picking them up. However, after spending some time with his latest, I Hate This City , I can wholeheartedly say grab this one before its gone. Devens channels a moonburnt concoction of space blues, then drags the idiom through a back-alley lo-fi filter that makes it feel like you've just stumbled [...]
Leven in de stad: minstens de helft van de wereldbevolking is er mee bezig. De meesten vrijwillig. Uit angst om van de mentale landkaart te verdwijnen wanneer op het platteland wordt geleefd, bang voor het gebrek aan moderne uitvindingen die het leven er nog nuttelozer op maken, de verslaving aan een gecontroleerd en voorspelbaar leven zonder verrassingen. Existentie in de metropool. Dat is zeker in Brussel - de lelijke eend van België, de stuurloze en grauwe immigratiestad die Walen en Vlamingen splijt en toch bijeen houdt – geen pretje. De tranen der acacia’s speelt zich wat mij betreft [...]
It's weird to think that I like eating sushi now. Because for 26 years I thought it was horrible. Seriously, until a few months ago I thought sushi was no more than a vehicle by which food poisoning could enter one's body. It literally served no other purpose. The colors looked nice (sometimes), the seaweed reminded me of what fat women at the Jersey Shore got stuck between their toes, and the prospect of idea of raw fish seemed as appealing to me as slamming my dick in a door. And yet there I was tonight at a sushi place [...]
Es - Kesä Ja Hymyilevät Huulet Ignatz & Harris Newman - I Will Bring You Buzzard Meat Sublimey coloured harsh ambience from Finland's Es, weird-ass Belgium malfunctions from Ignatz and Chris Forsyth's noise wanderings steeped in decades worth of American underground ephemera. Yeah, pretty excited for this UK Tour via Qu Junktions; lots of projected visuals (as if these sounds were imagistic enough anyway) and hypercolour tones in British pubs/castles. [ Es MySpace ] [ Ignatz MySpace ] [...]
The Free Music Archive is growing every day, with mp3s curated by WFMU and friends like KEXP , ISSUE Project Room , and dublab . Here are some recent highlights, and for more entry points, follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our Featured RSS The legendary avant-folk/jazz label ESP-Disk' is back in action, and active on the FMA! They're sharing reissued tracks from the label's 1960s output (including Cromagnon , [...]
Hey friends, this is my first official post as a 26-year-old. Let me tell you, it feels not bad. In fact, I wouldn't hesitate to say it feels "pretty alright". Thank you Nicci for posting yesterday so that I could enjoy my birthday. You're a real pal. Scarily, the first time I read through that post I thought, "Wait a minute - didn't I just write this yesterday?" I guess it just goes to show that anybody can imitate my style of writing, and those of you who leave comments praising me are clearly unaware of my utterly pedestrian abilities. [...]
taiga remains truth and moonlight 2009 the tunnel the ghost of late-night rails 2009 ignatz the trail 2008 (française version) A l'arrêt de bus j'ai finalement dit. " En vérité, je vous [...]
Nicci's workplace had their annual Christmas Party at Malo tonight, which meant a couple hours of heavenly eating and drinking. Right now I am full of carnitas, potato and eggplant tacos, beef and pickle tacos and chicken/chorizo quesadillas. I could not be happier. If that restaurant wasn't so expensive (or maybe if I had a better-paying job?) I would eat there every night. Well, not every night - I'd need to eat at Qdoba and Casa Bianca and Patra, too! Hey, how about a mix tape? RULES for uninitiated noobs : With [...]
Je wilt toch een beetje sfeer maken. Welke muziek zullen we dit jaar met kerst draaien? Toch maar weer de meezingers van Sufjan? De kerst-cd van Rosie Thomas erachteraan? Pis Nicht van Marco Borsatan? Of de afgekloven skyradio hits van Wham! en Mariah Carey eindeloos herhalen? Nee, niets van dat al. In Maldegem – of [...]
I'm in a rotten mood tonight. I don't want to talk about it. Everything just kind of sucked at work today, which is ironic considering it's supposed to be such a low-stress environment. Rather than bore you with details pertaining to the mundane events I am probably overreacting to, I'll simply skip ahead to the mix tape. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or Kingklangs or whatever the industry is currently pushing on you. Sometimes there [...]
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