"Influenced by the golden age of bossa nova, sophisticated soundtracks, classic psychological thrillers, and the subtle horrors of suburban life, the once enlightened Council Flats of Kingsbury make extreme efforts to hold it together for circa 35 minutes on this delicate home production."
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The Council Flats of Kingsbury
In the mailbox : Nov ‘09 Part 2
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Squeezed out of our inbox in the last couple of weeks, this two part edition for Nov 09 has some great tunes. The second part contains more beats be it electronic or otherwise. Ernest Gonzales, Aficionado, Ithamara Koorax covers Joao Gilberto, Protassov
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In the mailbox : Nov ‘09 Part 1
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Squeezed out of our inbox in the last couple of weeks, this two part edition for Nov 09 has some great tunes. The first part is consisted mainly of indie / indiepop / folk stuff, which makes up about 80% of our inbox. Brown Bird's new release on Peapod Records. Sticklips' debut. LA Singer songwriter Yael Mayer and Tristeza.
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Vlor / Aarktica
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Silber Records with their "Drone love honesty sound" motto is one of them. Focusing on leftfield indie genres like slowcore, shoegaze and their bigger brother post-rock, they've become a go to label for everything that includes wall of sound in their 13 year history.
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Tristesse Tropiques
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Artist:Ozgur Uckan
Collaboration between Ozgur Uckan and me, in honour of Claude Lévi-Strauss who passed away recently aged 101. Features music from Brasil, Angola, Hawaii, Egypt & Cuba, more or less around the tropics, and almost exclusively sad.
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Paul Baribeau covers Springsteen
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This was lying around in my hard drive after an initial skimming period, when a few days ago I went back to see how it fared. It fared pretty good actually. I probably know no more than 3 Springsteen songs so I can't rate the covers against the originals, yet although for the 60s-70s folk connosieur Paul Baribeau's music may sound derivative, his energy & sincerity make up for the simplicity.
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Harmony of the Spheres
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On Khan's death in 1997, South Asia women wailed and men wept as if a god had removed himself from the earth. And in a way one had, because Khan had made the rich religious poetry of the Sufi tradition even more magical, bringing words and music together in an ecstatic celebration of the divine. To listen to him was to hear the harmony of the spheres.
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Je fis de Macabré la danse
Happy Halloween folks, but don't forget Samhainophobia: Your fear of Halloween can result in the following symptoms: breathlessness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.
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Emeralds
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Efforts by a new generation of artists like Marc McGuire and his Emeralds trio, Oneohtrix Point Never, High Wolf, Steve Hauschildt, Ducktails, Sam Goldberg, James Ferraro, Sun Araw sparked a newfound interest in new age / synth music as well as cassette players, bringing back the glory days of kosmiche music and krautrock
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Trus’me album preview
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Artist:Trus'me
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Album:In the Red
Soundcloud previews of Trusme's upcoming In the Red, Jamie Lloyd's Beware of the Light on Future Classic and 8 remixes by Hamburg's Tensnake.
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Mulatu – Ethio Jazz Retrospective
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One of the things that will hopefully continue in 2010 is Strut's magic streak. They hit bullseye this year with Mulatu & Heliocentrics and the 4th edition with Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen (feature coming soon). The shower continues with the Mulatu Astatke Career Retrospective released two days ago.
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Suburban Dogs
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Artist:The Real Estate
My last.fm says I've listened to this particular song for 26 times, something I seldom do. I truly can't stop listening to this one, and FOR ONCE I even care about the lyrics of an indie rock song. Sing along with the Real Estate who're releasing one of the best LPs concieved this year, and this one comes from a an indie-rock/hipster sceptic. Out soon on Woodsist.
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Turkish Jazz Mix
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Artist:Onur Engin
Here's a mix that has been salvaged from my bookmarks directory where it has been residing for the last month. An extraordinaire Turkish jazz mix from 60s/70s by Onur Engin. Sorry for sittin' on this one for so long, it's an amazing piece of history, and one that will set you looking for more from this era, if you've got the ears & mind. Kudos to Onur.
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Mixes Week 44
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Artist:Andy Blake
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Track:This Ain't No Disco
Bit lagging in the mixes department for some weeks, so here's a bunch of dubstep, electronica, ambient, nujazz coming your way.
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RIP Soupy Sales
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RIP Soupy Sales. Another legendary figure we non-Americans started knowing right after his death.
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Turcobilly
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Artist:Kariem Diggins
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Album:Turcobilly
Our man in Germany, occasional collaborator and DJ/MC extraordinaire Kariem Diggins aka Kabus Kerim has made a new mix on mixcloud called Turcobilly. 20 songs of rapidfire 60's / 70's Turkish psych beat from orchestras like Siluetler, Haramiler, Mavi Isiklar, Apaslar and artists such as Cahit Oben, Ali Atasagun and Alpay.
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Zanzibara 2
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Used to have a few songs from this one and I think I even played one in previous undomondo shows, now I have the full release and it's full of gold. Dating from the most lucrative period in music history the 60's and the 70's, it's highly unlikely to be otherwise, anyway. Must get this one, piece of history I say!
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