what are you listening to 2018

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listened through 3 of the discs earlier now listening to the Amon Duul II live set from 1969 in th eBlow up Club in Munich.

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that looks very cool but i have no idea what it is

xp i feel like a chump for buying the Catherine Ribeiro box set that only had five discs!!

that salzman lp is a real mishmash of then current modern classical/avant practices... kind of a mess, but it has a few nice moments. from what i understand he was something of a mimaroglu protege hence the release on finnidar (he also had an earlier release on nonesuch but haven't heard that one)

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos #3 and 4 (Mitsuko Uchida)
Mozart - Piano Sonatas (Andras Schiff)
Tuba Skinny - Six Feet Down
Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra - Sinatra at the Sands
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More (Bootleg Series Vol. 13)

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Hawkwindz I bought both.
I thought the French box set with teh 5 discs was mastered a bit quietly.
This seems to be less so. Seems to be about the same volume as the other discs I have on my 3 changer.
& covers a few more lps.
Looked like price might be rising which is one reason I went ahead and bought it. Think I'd been looking her up on here thanks to the recent lp reissues which is when I first heard about this box set.
I think the lps that are on here and not on the earlier box coincide with the lps that are up on Spotify not sure what the story is there.

But great stuff.

largely this:
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but mainly this:
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no bus to the bike shop 5 miles across town. off i go shanks's pony in the rain

Dvorak- American String Quartet (Lindsey Quartet)
Pharcyde- Bizarre Ride II

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which is sublime and I just got turned onto by the Rough trade lps of teh year list. May have read a review of it a while back, not sure

Raincrow a live set by the Stacy Sutherland featuring blues band.

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intelligent sounding turn of the 70s rock. I think I need a physical copy of this so hope somebody does an official version sometime.

Fleetwood Mac - _Future Games_
Snail Mail - _Lush_

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electronic takes on traditional Acholi rhythms from an artist on a Ugandan electronic tape label Nyege Nyege tapes who I came across because the Wire have a feature on a festival they held in September.
Hadn't really taken in that there was electronica going on in East Africa.
This sounds great as did Disco Vumbi both of whom are up on Bandcamp
& there is a longer piece on the label here
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/04/06/nyege-nyege-tapes-feature/

wish I'd known about the label when i was doing a show earlier this year would have made sure i included some of their stuff in it.

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listened to that earlier too

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kinda german language circle-meets-heaven17-on-rephlex vibe

wow

well, more a hypothetical compromise between those three poles than the extremes of each.
this morning:
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Currently enjoying

Ambarchi/O'Rourke/U-Zaahn : Hence
Julia Holter : Aviary
Kate Bush : Never For Ever 2018 remaster
Szun Waves : New Hymn To Freedom
Jimi Hendrix : Electric Ladyland 2018 remaster disc 2 of early takes

a new tio me Clock Dva set from the Lyceum in 1981 . I assume it must be in support of thirst having been released cos Adi mentions the lp having just come out.
Sounds pretty great so far.

Wish somebody would reissue clock Dva's material from this era as well as The Box's stuff.

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I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve broken out the Christmas music: starting with Vince Guaraldi and Ella Fitzgerald.

been listening to that brilliant Ben LaMar Gay album: Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun. Not sure which thread it belongs, but he is an AACM member and a Chicagoan.

tyshawn sorey - pillars
container - lp (2018)
skee mask - compro
aleksandir - yamaha
tupac - all eyez on me
sonny rollins
will dimaggio - at ease
kacey musgraves - golden hour
ken mode - loved
rosalia - el mal querer, and los angeles

pillars is so good. The first part that sounded quite "out there" last month - sounds like a pop record to me in places now!

smidge of an oliveros/dempster vibe

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Insanely gorgeous 90s jangle pop from the Netherlands.
The acoustic 'Here' is the most beautiful song ever.

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haven't heard that one before. i like the cover.

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Who's the artist?

oops its a peter brötzmann trio recording. him, p. kowald & pierre courbois.

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normally, i don't dig callahan's schtick, but this rules:
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just done a disc of nuslux' home brewed blorpins, rejected an enervatyed sounding yeh/corsano/shiflet disc but now jamming this spectre flux thing which i believe is pete nolan and the blues control folks sounding pretty vital in a half-assed shredding thrum brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr XPQRTZ ??????? to call it drone would do it a disservice
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