This reissue of Icelandic supergroup Trubrot's 1970 LP perfectly summarizes the tension between hidden-gem cool and classic rock excess.
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Nicholas Zettel
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Trúbrot, “Undir Áhrifum”
Food Pyramid, “Plateaus”
Minneapolis trio provide extensive, extended jams on this compilation of previously sold-out material. Reaching the outer limits of electronic kraut and experimental dance music, the group prove there is plenty of room to explore between those worlds.
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Muscle Drum, “Fog Hag” LP
San Francisco upstart Break Up offer the first official release by Muscle Drum. A diverse set of material follows, as harmonies, synths, oscillations contrast strong pop foundations throughout the set.
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Christina Carter, “Obelisk” b/w “Tholos” 7″
Christina Carter's single opens Emerald Cocoon's Alone/Together series with a peaceful statement of natural dissonance through vocal deliveries and chiming bells.
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Hans Nieswandt, “Hans is Playing House” 2xLP
German DJ Hans Nieswandt offers 14 house and disco remixes of his favorite artists. Throughout a surprisingly cohesive compilation, Nieswandt shifts moods between serene grooves, airy sequences, and dense, cerebral beats.
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Efrim Manuel Menuck, “Plays ‘High Gospel’”
Efrim Manuel Menuck employs his trials and skills alike to provide his listener with a uniquely personal album. Triumphant, earnest life-affirming themes and robust, meandering creativity collide throughout.
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Joey Molinaro, “The Inalienable Dreamless” and “We” LP
Violinist Joey Molinaro offers two contrasting experiments in hardcore and classical music, resulting in unpredictable rhythmic shifts, furious playing, and emotionally captivating developments.
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Label Spotlight: Moniker Records
“It all goes back to Andy Warhol’s famous quote. ‘In the future everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame.’ Technology is so accessible these days, anyone can pick up an instrument, record a record, etc… but who is listening? That’s the real question.” -Robert Cole Manis No matter how deep you dig, there...
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Absent Without Leave, “‘Neath the Tumbling Stars” EP
Absent Without Leave offers an EP of experimental music that is completely ambient and atmospheric, carefully, peacefully unfolded so as to leave the listener completely suspended.
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Fat History Month, “Safe & Sound” 7″
Unexpected turns, ringing arpeggios, strangely shrill production and intense counter-rhythms and unpredictable song structures flavor this single from Boston's Fat History Month.
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Mad Nanna, “I’ve Been Talking” b/w “I Made Blood Better” 7″
Extremely minimal garage rock reduction on the debut single by Melbourne, Australia's Mad Nanna.
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Blue Sausage Infant, “Negative Space” LP
Krautrock/experimental veteran Blue Sausage Infant provides three distinct instrumental adventures that deliver intense, driving development and expansive, spacey layers for the listener.
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Cough Cool, s/t CDr
CD reissue of Cough Cool's relaxed debut tape of ambient, minimal pop and repetitive, decaying instrumentals.
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