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Discrepant premiers a new “sister beat label” this week, with a fascinating instrumental effort from Palestinian producer/DJ Muqata’a. “SOUK Records aims to bring beats from every corner of the world,” according to the release materials. “It is more than a dance music label. Our focus is on the strains of dance/beat music being created in…
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It used to be said that the best way for an artist to know if they’d got their new album right was to listen to a cassette copy in the car. Given the large percentage of listeners that would hear their music behind the wheel, it was the best possible soundcheck. Car audio has come…
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At this time of year, references to houses take on a more evocative dimension. While it is doubtful that Geneva Skeen intended to dabble in the otherworldly, if ever there was a piece that captured what a haunted home sounds like it is her “The Sonorous House.” It opens with enough rattles, creeks and muffled…
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Nico Walser has produced a second volume in his “music of water, wood and bones” trilogy. Guide to the Sunken Citadel follows the March release of Ghosts of Forsaken Ships. These six new tracks have been described as both new classical and ambient. I hear a lot more of the latter, which is not to…
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Sunday’s edition of The Moderns will feature Scanner’s latest, a 53-plus-minute re-release of his 1994 classic Mass Observation. Except that it’s not really a re-release. “I can remember this day so well, even though it was some 24 years ago,” writes Robin Rimbaud in this new release’s notes. “Standing up before a mixing desk in…
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Emika’s new album Falling In Love With Sadness drops Oct. 10. She and I spoke yesterday about the new release, and its important subject matter. Emika is working with Help Musicians UK. Proceeds from album sales will go to Music Minds Matter, the organization’s mental health service for members of the music industry. Kevin Press
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