Teranga Beat is a unique label in the African musical treasure hunt, belonging to one Adamantios Kafetzis, an Athens-based collector dedicated to vintage music of Senegal and Gambia.
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Archive for May 25th, 2012
Karantamba, “Ndigal”
Kawabata Makoto & à qui avec Gabriel, “Golden Tree”
The most striking aspects of this (at times peaceful, at others haunted, and at others unfortunately centerless) album lie in its performers’ talent and intelligence, in their development of harmonies that branch away from and wrap themselves around a central phrase or octave note, and in the uncanny emotion produced by their music.
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Running, “Asshole Savant” LP+flexi
New set of seismic hardcore shifts from Chicago's Running, moving from straightforward hardcore cuts to noisy dirges.
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Greenhouse, “Tired Forever” tape
This is the third release for Winnipeg’s Prairie Fire Tapes by drone guitarist (and Foxy D. contributor) Curran Faris.
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Minus Pilots, “Hitting Up The Heavens”
Minus Pilots recommend that their recordings be listened to through headphones while gazing at the stars.
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Wraiths, “Edinburgh/Glasgow” tape
Wraiths are the titans of night terrors.
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Monochrome Vision Launches Alone At Last
Monochrome Vision, the Russian label responsible for recent releases by sound artists like Artificial Memory Trace, Simon Whetham, PBK & Zanstones and Rafael Flores, has birthed a sister label. Alone At Last will specialise in limited edition, magnificently packaged CDs (I know, I’m lucky enough to have got some) and the first three are...
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Label Spotlight: Unit Structure
It wasn’t too long ago that I was introduced to the Canadian-based Unit Structure Sound Recordings (a thousand high-fives for the USSR abbreviation) label, but digesting their various offerings in these last few months has been eye-opening. The label operates out of Calgary and Vancouver and has released loads of projects (generally based in...
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