West coast new romantic icon Riki returns with her 2nd simulacrum of pitch-perfect synth-pop, aptly titled for the precious substance it is: Gold. Inspired by notions of symbolic power, letting [...]
Wasteland Jazz Unit presents a mind-frying monolith of brain-scrambled haze and searing screech bursting forth from the psychic fog of Cincinnati’s Jon Lorenz (sax, electronics) & John Rich [...]
Joke Lanz and Sudden Infant once again return in their razor-sharp trio setting whereby the absurdist nature that Joke’s work is already cut with is reconfigured in a gnarled and […]
What our staff has to say: “An excellent example that we have no real grasp on what is going on around us. In a world of fake news and discordianism, […]
To celebrate composer Charlie Morrow’s 80th birthday, Recital presents 80 minutes of voice-based recordings in his new album, Chanter. Curated by Sean McCann, this collection spans over 60+ years [...]
The distant clang and scrape of metals, slow burning atmospherics, and subdued electronics both tonal and textured; less blast and more resignation this time around. Mostly recorded and composed [...]
Radio Topo #021 Born from the rich musical heritage of the Berber people, the music of Algeria is as diverse as Algerian culture itself. While primarily associated with Rai, […]
Nowhere is the richness of Balinese art more evident than in the glitteringly brilliant music and dance of gamelan gong kebjar, which uses a 25-piece orchestra of xylophone-like bronze-keyed [...]
The seductive sounds of Portugal swing to Dark Entries on Rock Rendez Vous: Música Moderna Portuguesa 1985-1986, a compilation of vintage Iberian synth, wave, and postpunk gems. The legendary [...]
Roots in Reverse explores how Latin music contributed to the formation of the négritude movement in the 1930s. Taking Senegal and Cuba as its primary research areas, this work uses […]
This book is an ethnographic study of sound archives and the processes of creative decolonization that form alternative modes of archiving and curating in the 21st century. It explores the […]
“The sequence of brilliant, if somewhat unconventional, concept albums which occupied Serge Gainsbourg through the early to mid-’70s continues with an album which can be (and indeed [...]