Seth Cooke - Pneuma cdr

 

As the title may suggest, the basis for this release is formed by sounds of pneumatic drills. However, does it focus on the actual pummeling of industrial machinery but on ringing, oscillating tones and drones generated from pneumatic drills. Perhaps this is what a worker hears after working on pneumatic drills for years on end. Or this could be the sound of pneumatic drill heaven where all good machinery goes to rest after years of service to the best interests of the capitalist machine. At any rate, get this, it rules. 2012 cdr on lf records.

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Jav Octaves - 01 3" cdr

The concept of this release is creating a waveform with a wav editing a program and then processing variations via a mathematical formula. 2003 3" cdr on Stop/Eject.

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Aboolele - Uuuuuu Sssssss Aboolele cdr

 

Varied noise styles by Israeli "bedroom artist" Aboolele, with rhythmic noises, IDM, and 8-bit-styled harshness. Fun. 2005 cdr ron_zed DIY records.

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Wereju ‎– Who And What We Are 4Xtape

 


 Ambient and drone reverberating synth/guitarscapes by Cathal Rodgers ranging from Culver-like black hole darkness to melancholic longing melodies akin to the Danish synth sound expounded by the Janushoved label. 2010 box of four tapes on Idrone Park.

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Rivercrest ‎– Etherische Chemie cdr

Fucking awesome psychedelic jazz haze by these Belgians affiliates of Silvester Anfang, with heavy use of the "Memotron," a digitalized alteration of the mellotron, and the saxophone. This would be the heavenly music that would come out had Gong and Soft Machine been one band. Two must-listen jams. 2007 cdr on Funeral Folk.

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V/A - Kazbek: Field Recordings From The Caucasus 2012 - 2014

 

Sublime collection of field recordings of artists from the areas of Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia, and Turkey) recorded by Ben Wheeler, Bulat Khalilov, Timur Kodzoko and Stefan Williamson Fa as part of the Sayat Nova Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Caucasian music and its ethnomusicological study. This is an accompaniment to the 2013 lp Mountains of Tongues. Each side of the double-tape set features different aspects of this musical tradition: Side A is songs and music ensembles playing uplifting and epic/heroic songs, side B is singers and choirs, side C is wind and reed instruments, and side D is string instruments. There are also some conversations and sounds from villages, giving this a definite Alan Lomax vibe. I can't recommend highly enough that everyone listen to this. Originally released on Winebox Press on a very limited tape run, this is the 2016 re-release on Winebox Press's sublabel Early Music.

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Side C
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God Pussy - Degenerate Landscape

Jhones Silva, the man behind the Brazilian noise project God Pussy, was kind enough to send me some of his work. He has been quite prolific since 2009, having released multiple standalone pieces as well as notable splits with (among others) Richard Ramirez, Kylie Minoise, the Brazilian power-violence/noise legends Ajax Free, and GX Jupitter- Larsen. You should expect urgent, dense and heavy slabs of swarming harsh noise with an old-school vibe, that is, not clean and too reliant on digitalisms and laptops. I think that Jhones should also be lauded for promoting an antiracist and anti-authoritarian political message against the infringement of indigenous people's rights, police brutality, incarceration and racial discrimination. This is evident both in his writings and videos on his website (""Policia Satanica" bro!), and in his participation in compilations with a political message, such as this one dedicated to Mumia Abu-Jamal. So, while the album he directed me to is offered for free, I think he should receive any kind of support.

Check it on Bandcamp.
Check also the cd Negerplastik on Bandcamp.
Check more God Pussy here and here.