Total techno classic, reissued by Tresor. As surgeon’s sophomore album, Basic Tonal Vocabulary established him as a unique force in techno, appearing in the style’s golden year of 1997 armed with seven of the leanest, most disciplined, and outright killer dancefloor tools around. While insistent movers like ‘Rotunda’ and the skewed drive of ‘Krautrock’ define this LP, […]
50 years later, with the advancements in post-production editorial tools, we present Cheaper Than Cheep.This never-before-heard-or-seen 2-hour concert program reveals the most intimate performance ever captured from the 1974 Mothers line-up, direct from the lovingly resurrected and restored original vault audio and videotape masters. 3LP – Official Zappa release #130’s stand-alone soundtrack configuration comes as 3-LPs on 180-gram black vinyl accompanied by […]
Me Lost Me – the project of Newcastle-based artist Jayne Dent – delights in experimenting with songwriting, creating a beguiling mix of soaring vocals and atmospheric electronics that playfully push the boundaries of genre.On Me Lost Me’s fourth full-length, This Material Moment – arriving on Upset the Rhythm on 27th June – she has created […]
Emerging from London’s underground music scene, The Sick Man Of Europe is distinctly monochrome in its outlook. Each note counts in this climate – economical but played with absolute precision and conviction. Propelled forward by machines and seeking solace in repetition. There are echoes of the post-punk and European art rock pioneers at the cusp of the […]
Different Rooms is the sophomore album by Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer.The followup to their critically acclaimed Recordings from the Aland Islands, this collection extends the path of pastiche forged by their debut: quietly multi-rhythmic, modular-trance-meets-processed-and-unprocessed-chamber strings, bewitching and bewildering field recordings all knitted tightly, an LA patchwork. “Our studios are side-by-side.When we were […]
From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of why we respond to music the way we do. Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us? In this sweeping and authoritative book, Dr. Nolan […]
Set against the current climate of political unrest gripping the nation and the world, Jesse Jarnow’s Wasn’t That a Time sheds new light on the contributions of folk group the Weavers to the battle against the blacklist efforts of the ’50s and ’60s as well as their invaluable additions to popular American music. Although it most noticeably […]
Chicago solo artist Lipsticism uniquely interweaves elements of shoegaze, house, hyperpop and experimental pop, and ambient music for her debut Phantom Limb album, Wanted To Show You, a highly accomplished listening experience both honey-sweet and emotionally crushing.A key moment on Lipsticism’s Wanted To Show You is the single “Feeling Why Do You Follow”. Its entrancingly […]
Words are not to be taken for granted. Especially when they’re being bellowed, full blast, by a broad-shouldered poet with the brimstone fire of a preacher and the honesty and wisdom of a layman, over ground-shaking live beats and between anthemic blasts of melody and rousing riffage. Words matter. History matters. People matter. And BIG […]
Originally issued under Cannonballs name (but with both Wes Montgomery and Ray Brown mentioned on the cover), Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners was one of countless albums that used awards garnered by the participating musicians as a promotional tool. Of course, all of this publicity seems irrelevant now, considering that both leaders have long […]
