Golden Teacher “No Luscious Life” (Golden Teacher Records)
via GTR: The band known as Golden Teacher is proud to release its long player: “No Luscious Life” – seven proximate cuts lovingly collected from the group’s work within the velveteen walls of the notorious Green Door Studio. This is not an album by any intention or through any concept. …
Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound “II” (1970, International/Fania)
About eight years ago a good friend (shout out to Hector) and I put together a mix as a promo for a store we had established back in Orlando, Florida. Rather than handing out flyers, we felt it was more effective to make some mixes and add a commercial at …
Tranceonic “New Crime” (1976-1979, Dark Entries)
via DE: Tranceonic is the duo of Carlos Perón and Boris Blank of Yello who met in 1971 in their hometown of Zürich, Switzerland. At this time Carlos studied Free Jazz while Boris listened to bands like Pink Floyd and Queen. The two bonded over a conversation about The Mahavishnu …
JV Lightbody “Inner Work” (New Atlantis)
Inner Work is the second release from New Atlantis, and the first from J.V. Lightbody (co-founder of New Atlantis), and also known for his music as Deadboy. “Inner Work” is a distillation of the sounds that sparked the founding of New Atlantis, and a synthesizer driven exploration of the inner …
Boy Dude “Cassette For You” (Hobo Camp)
via HC: Multi-instrumentalist and music producer Jordan Chini armed with an array of guitars, basses, drum machines, and vintage synths has fused the spirit of lo-fi songwriting and psychedelia with the aesthetics of experimental funk and soul under his brand-new guise “BOY DUDE”. Sculpted using peculiar studio techniques, “Cassette For …
Okay Temiz & Johnny Dyani “Witchdoctor’s Son” (1976, Matsuli Music)
Matsuli Music is proud to be releasing another forgotten gem of the South African Jazz diaspora – the 1976 Istanbul session featuring Johnny Dyani and Okay Temiz fusing deep roots and new routes, integrating folklore and rhythm within an experimental, avant-garde vision of love and life. Available for the first …
Jonti “Tokorats” (Stones Throw)
via ST: Originating in a New York apartment and completed in a garage in suburban Sydney, Jonti’s new album Tokorats will see release November 3rd on Stones Throw Records. Following up from 2012 releases “Twirligig” and “Sine & Moon”, “Tokorats” is a psychedelic, harmony-rich dream-hop journey. Originally recorded as a …
Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band “Egyptian Jazz” (1968 – 1973, Art Yard Records)
via Art Yard: In 1968, while he was also the leader of the Military Music Departments in Heliopolis, Salah Ragab formed the first jazz big band in Egypt, The Cairo Jazz Band. Some of the best musicians in Egypt of that time were members – Zaki Osman (trumpet), Saied Salama …
⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ “)✧⃛*”
If anyone can translate that for us it would be greatly appreciated. An artist who uses Wingdings as their name, album titles, and track names. This is a first… for me at least! )✧⃛* by ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ Upon doing a bit of research into who this mysterious artist …