SOUTHWEST CIRCULAR “Southwest Circular” c44 (Sun Hypnotic)

Can meets Soft Machine? Try Steve meets Rick at Guitar Center after eating a bunch of peyote. Maybe it’ll make sense then. Maybe this psychedelic jam trio will sell me my next pack of Ernie Ball Power Slinky 2200 custom gauge nickel wound guitar strings. Maybe if I fed em a brick of weed instead of all that peyote they’d turn into the Wailers. Or maybe just the godforsaken Grateful Dead. Maybe I just don’t give a shit.

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--Ryan Masteller

NEW FAST "New Fast IV" (Sun Hypnotic)

Naming your project after a song by DNA will at least get me to post your tape. This is not what I expected, but it is pleasant enough.  I actually like some of the electronic loop based stuff here. There's also a few numbers with "rock" instrumentations and others based on slowed down samples, which are less interesting to me.

Idol Eyes - "Jiya Dhareka" (Sun Hypnotic)

Idol Eyes' Jiya Dhareka is perfect for experimental music fans. The album is a giant whirlwind of sound-collage radio, samples, guitars, and assorted percussion. The overall effect is one of wasteland psychedelia or driving in the desert alone. Truly interesting stuff. I'm certainly a fan of mixed-up confusion distilled into droning, looped cut & paste music. As a release this effort is stellar in its conceptual execution, but it won't be for just any ol' listener. If you read Wire magazine, then I bet you will enjoy this tape. Have a listen today!

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ADHD LOFI - IX VI IV (Sun Hypnotic)

    Some people can’t pay attention. They go their entire lives bouncing about between ideas. However, occasionally this motion will create a series of movements that at times can be beautiful, disturbing, and occasionally invigorating. On ADHD LOFI’s “IX VI IV” the listener is presented with a harsh set of sounds interwoven into something dynamic and at times spectacular. Close in relation to Black Dice or Merzbow, this tape warrants multiple listens to extract each tiny piece of an ever-elusive puzzle created by the solo noisemaker.

    There are keyboards, field recordings, guitars, pedal gurgles, and anything else you can think of on this tape. Everything is scrambled all over, and then you have the final result which is this tape. It’s bizarre and is probably amongst my favorite tapes to listen to. This little gem is out on a tiny Mesa, Arizona label called Sun Hypnotic and is probably my favorite of their releases.

    The cover of the tape is sort of gross; it looks like some bloody pulp on a metal grate. The title of the tape is written on the tape itself and the tracklisting is scribbled crudely on the inside of the j card. The best thing about the packaging is the cool instant photo that was slipped in with the cassette. This is totally worth picking up or at least downloading!

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