What Are You Listening to? 2023

https://i.discogs.com/SNN2FoWs7iQLLkcWmfT-MoplPLaSGnFudoyv0dfBHjc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:534/w:550/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1NzEx/MjctMTI5MTAyNzEz/Mi5qcGVn.jpeg hoggar / touareg disc on le chant du monde

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The '67 self titled Small Faces record has been my jam this afternoon. I think "Eddie's Dream" kind of invents the Happy Mondays. Cool groove.

https://i.discogs.com/y26n1odtkYHYa6fMgpjmZniBtu4caprTryee3FZiYKM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:480/w:480/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1MjM5/NDctMTI5NTA5MzA3/Mi5qcGVn.jpeg

Alan Stivell's material from around the same time was pretty great too.

https://i.discogs.com/b7PDwohaF2tJ0o8IV-4tW9-wpTt-ixvRDwxrwgl6iHU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgzODQy/NzUtMTQ2MDU2NTA5/Ny03NDMwLmpwZWc.jpeg
which was a UK release of something that I think is a lot less exploito than the sleeve would suggest
looks like its Greek release looked like this
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just rediscovered it on Spotify after having picked it up on vinyl in the mid 80s
I think the song Parelasis ought to be covered in a mire rock style.

https://i.discogs.com/8z0Fd93wlnU_rN_bv-G9uoW0o7a7sMPEmur0W-v2xDQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:587/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2NjU2/OTgtMTQ2MTQyOTc5/OS03NzM2LmpwZWc.jpegsalif keita - ko-yan - never been the biggest fan of keita's voice, but the '89 tight n shiny prod is floating my boat right now

https://0records.bandcamp.com

highly riyl if you like topdown dialectic, acido, leftfield dub techno,

ooh thanks, that's nice!

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a stack of early jazz stuff I picked up from charity shops recently Harlan Leonard, Tab Smith, Lucky Millinder, Boots Douglas, among others.
a 2cd set of early New Orleans stuff.
a ;ive set by Louis Jordan and a great compi of Fats Waller both on a label I would have previously ignored.

a set by a musician I've enjoyed this year and met recently. One I've meant to pick up for a while
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the first stand alone lp by a band much better known with a largely different line up.
Heavy rock with howling vocals and some pretty psychedelic touches
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first couple of lps by heavy Texan blues boogie band led by one of Jimi Hendrix's most promising guitarists. A ;ot moreb bite than they had later
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from the box set that came out a few years ago
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early mid 60s demoes by future glam star
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https://i.discogs.com/7Jv0dArDxIEupONOwcILIq37wBQW7nGC8REZ3pQRRoI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMjAw/MDk1LTE2Mzg0NTIy/MzQtNjE4OS5qcGVn.jpeg vanligt folk - "black friday hele uka" more from this nutty swedish ebm troupe who seem to land halfway between crazy frog and the hafler trio

https://i.discogs.com/gLxydjOxb5FcAmv8SNwWlOdse0tiNRUNFy0CRREckhI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExODUz/ODgxLTE2MDE5MDA5/MzItMjY4MS5qcGVn.jpeggroovin to this (some nice numbers w/ both khaen and gongs!) while my son plays a zapping lazer beams thing

https://i.discogs.com/Db1i51CLSduQoFTPpblcdMXXpDimahujIao1xrKQhrM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:584/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyMjIw/MzgtMTUzMDcyNjA3/NC02MTMzLmpwZWc.jpeg scored this 3 cd set for 3 bucks. tim berne, chris speed, michael formanek, jim black all on fire in '96

I'd buy that for a dollar x 3!

On a related note since she's arguably one of the great next-gen composer/improvisors in the Berne chromatic unswung straight-8s/16s NYC abstract jazz lineage, I enjoyed listening to and watching this recent interview w/ saxophonist/flautist Anna Webber by Slovenian jazz guitarist Samo Salamon (I still need to hear her new album Shimmer Wince on Intakt all the way through, though):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6i9CmuWXOs

(Also xp to Brimstead, holy cow those Cynic demos sound incredible IMO--have been way more into Death than Cynic, and on first flip-through that thrashier vocal approach really helps me more fully get on board with the Focus songs)

https://i.discogs.com/mh3N5zFyNVcRP9Lsa4heLA7_vYlr0fdk045zzSM5oEQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzNzM3/Njg4LTE2NTY1NzI2/MTktMjc1NS5wbmc.jpeg stumbled across this: Przepych's "I Inne Zabawne Rzeczy" boffiny no-wave herky-jerk. RIYL red krayola, dog faced hermans, us maple, 5UUs, KUU!, swell maps, although this is so very much its own thing. aloof minimalist and fun

HUNDRED YEAR HALL

https://i.discogs.com/FTerqSjgV20oejf-Da0mHCzczLwPwl8_IUoIgrUM7uA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:579/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM4ODc0/MC0xMzg4MTQwODAz/LTM3NjguanBlZw.jpeg Aksak Maboul – Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine

kristian poulsen's "layer" lp - fahey / basho / orcutt raga twangathon
https://i.discogs.com/SZxXZ9gMi3YpO485CAPV9lZV4B7OtspezDFIKfH_OAc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc4NTIw/MDktMTQ1MDE3NTEz/Ny0zOTUzLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/nsx-R0jQaP1sS9QhXTD8okes7vVvHssaDMB1Qdpu9UI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:534/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI4OTIx/NDgtMTUzMzI3ODQ5/MC0yNjQ3LmpwZWc.jpeg henry threadgill zooid "this brings us to" vol 1.

https://i.discogs.com/lElhC_p3r_oyTZWhcKpkSxI33ndBEcpYNoocG6BuI6A/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:396/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQyNzQ1/MjYtMTM2MDQwOTY4/OS03MzA4LmpwZWc.jpeg christian lillinger's grund - "second reason" - braxy goodness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsC5lGPBVDQ
an affecting little piece

I've been listening to this a lot since it dropped at the beginning of the month.

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kristian poulsen's "layer" lp - fahey / basho / orcutt raga twangathon

gaah is there any way to hear this apart from ordering a secondhand copy from discogs?

herr poulsen is kind enough to have put the A side up on soundcloud here:
https://soundcloud.com/kristian-poulsen-4/layer-side-a
. i'd digitize the B but my setup's currently suffering from a 4KHz electronic whine - can't pin it down

ah, thank you!