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CHANNELERS “Depth of Rest” C42 (Inner Islands)

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If Ashan’s (Sean Conrad/Inner Islands) recently released “Transfigurations" album embodied the centering breath and its power over one’...

INNER TRAVELS “Nature Spirit” C40 (Inner Islands)

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In just over a half-decades’s time, and over a dozen and a half releases, Wisconsin’s Inner Travels has trekked across many (if not all) of ...

ASHAN “Transfigurations” C44 (Inner Islands)

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Sean Conrad, current head-honcho over at Inner Islands (AKA Ashan AKA Channelers AKA 1/2 of Orra AKA 1/2 of Skyminds, just to name a few) ha...

JEF MERTENS “The Only Music I Ever Recorded” (Dadaist Tapes)

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Lifted from the dadaisttapes.com site: " Dadaist Tapes is a tape project discouraging product sales by making each tape available for...

V.VECKER ENSEMBLE “Coastal Depression” C40 (NoiseAgonyMayhem)

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Kosmische never sounded so British Columbian. Well wait, I guess that’s not totally true. Kosmische is kosmische, at home in a plane...

CINDY “Free Advice” (Paisley Shirt Records)

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Here’s some free advice for you, Cindy (or Paisley Shirt Records): if you leave such an obvious comparison as Galaxie 500’s On Fire mix...

GERMAN ARMY "Animals Remember Human" C45 (Crash Symbols)

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Created as "an ode to critically endangered birds and their habitats," Animals Remember Human is certainly reminiscent of for...

SEWNSHUT “Sewnshut” C30 (self-released)

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Did Norwegian one-dude post-rock artist Sewnshut listen to a lot of netlabel stuff back in the early internet MP3 boom years? I’m talkin...

OBSEQUIES / THE ELECTRIC NATURE “Obsequies / The Electric Nature” C20 (Lurker Bias)

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Talk about polar opposites. Obsequies fill their half of this tape, “Blood on Metal,” with heavily echoed and mournful vocals, accompani...

REPULSAR “Repulsar at Remer” C30 (Stucco)

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“Bob Deified” begins Repulsar at Remer with a looped sample of The Arm saying “Wow, BOB, wow,” from Twin Peaks . It’s sampledelic chaos ...

VALERINNE “A Ghost Year” C52 (Amek Collective)

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What’s with all these jokers getting right into my headspace about the year we’re having? Atmospheric Romanian trio Valerinne continue t...

JEREMIAH FISHER / ANTHONY JANAS “Jeremiah Fisher / Antony Janas” C40 (Reserve Matinee/Leicht)

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Jeremiah Fisher’s 20 minute long string of stream of conscious sounds morphs environmental ambiance into nervous system-direct scrapes, puls...

CAMERON / CARTER / HÅKER-FLATEN “Tau Ceti” C60 (Astral Spirits)

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Out of this world, man. Like seriously, and literally. Lisa Cameron, Tom Carter, and Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten know what’s out there, l...

VARIOUS ARTISTS “Infinite Futures” 2xC60 (Full Spectrum)

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If there are indeed infinite possible futures from the present on, maybe we could have figured that out a while back and not hurtled dow...

R. MCLAUGHLIN “Confines” C57 (KMAN 92.5)

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Just barely remaining within the “Confines" of spacious sonority, KMAN 92.5 head honcho, R. McLaughlin, continuously hop-scotches the l...

VARIOUS ARTISTS “Psychotropes 2” C64 (Alrealon Musique)

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Indonesia has never seemed further away than it does right now. New York too, for that matter – I’m not going to be getting on a plane a...

AVIDA DOLLARS “DMMM" C50 (Self-Released)

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Minneapolis’s post-industrial duo, Avida Dollars, has come out with a surreal darkwave sprawl in “DMMM”, blending the drum machine and synth...

ALBERT DEMUTH / THOT AUDIT “Albert Demuth / Thot Audit” C41 (Self-Released)

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Starting off pointedly vulnerable, this split between family & friends gradually shifts from attempted Berman-replacement alt/folk to la...

BLOOD RHYTHMS “Heuristics" C69 (Personal Archives)

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"A heuristic technique, or a heuristic, is any approach to problem solving or self-discovery that employs a practical method that is no...

SPACE HEATER "Sales Event of a Lifetime" C37 (Terry Tapes)

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This sick, slick, six-piece prog-rock outfit has it going on, with sax, trombone, multiple synths & guitars, bass & on-point percuss...

ANDY LOEBS "Open New Window" C18 (Self-Released)

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Banged out solely on a Korg Electribe 2, Andy Loebs’ “Open New Window” sprints across 18 minutes of proggy footwork and vaporwavy gamelan* p...

ABAUNZ “Ilunpean Arnas Hotsa Entzuten” C32 (Jollies Records)

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From just southwest of the Pyrenes Mountain range, Abaunz, singing primarily in Basque, commands a raw & dirty mix of old school minimal...

SKYMINDS “Shapes & Traces” C40 (Internal Rhythm)

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Skyminds’ sophomore full length, “Shapes & Traces”, finds the SF Bay Area duo continuing to blend a diverse array of acoustic strings ...
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