This concept album from the late Marcus Fjellström honors “classic old music libraries used for TV and low budget movie productions in the 1960’s and 1970’s”.
It’s unusual and refreshing, which is ironic given it’s dusty vintage tone.
Definitely a lean back experience – where imaginary educational visuals dance across the visual cortex.
Warm regards,
Dave Wesley – Viana do Castelo, Portugal
This is a minimal post on relatively minimal muted jazz. I’m constantly on the hunt for non-schlocky slow tempo music that contains space and distance between notes/sounds. Maybe it’s my age or maybe I’ve listened to so much music in my life my brain is reaching its “note quotient” and is moving into conservation mode for its remaining capacity.
Regardless, check out Jakob Bro – Returnings on the wonderous ECM Records label. Soothing and patient sketches of intimate jazz.
Sincerely yours,
Dave Wesley – Viana do Costelo, Portugal
Check out this remix as a Magnet exclusive download courtesy of Philly band Tulipomania and producer/engineer Richard Hartline.
Tulipomania’s Tom Murray has recently been wading into the remix waters to great effect.
Sonoscopia, along with the Crónica label, form a long-standing epicenter of experimental music in Porto, Portugal, which is quickly being overrun by tourism, gentrification, and high rent – with all of the accompanying devastating artistic and cultural side effects.
Sonoscopia’s recent beautifully designed box set (and pay what you want digital download) is the culmination of a year’s worth of curation and celebration of DIY experimental music production and live performance.
To me, it represents more than just a cool experimental music release. It represents an organic anarchistic sonic antibiotic for the exponentially expanding din of vacuous aural propaganda emanating from an exponentially expanding commercial infection.
Sincerely yours,
Dave Wesley – Portugal
Spotify’s recent recommendation for me to dig this new compilation of combined classical and experimental electronic mavericks is “spot” on. (Sorry for that.)
As my ears age, my listening tastes gravitate toward more minimal classical and solo instruments, along with experimental ambient and electronic music. So, this release is a perfect storm for me.
It’s not often that I keep a release on repeat for a whole workday, as I did with this.
That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
Best regards,
Dave Wesley – Portugal
Nothing much to say other than “listen to this”.
Carla dal Forno is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, currently based in Berlin. She is a member of the groups F Ingers and Tarcar, and formerly cult Melbourne outfit Mole House. Her output on one of my favorite labels, Blackest Ever Black is scintillating.
Best regards,
Dave Wesley
Super cool selection across an eclectic constellation of genres by Astrud Steehouder (Paper Dollhouse) and illustrious The Wire magazine.
I learned something.
Sincerely,
Dave Wesley
This is cool semi-ambient music from Belfast with an artist name that makes it onto my top producer/band names list with Dumpster Juice and R.E.O. Speed Dealer.
Stop for the name. Stay for the music.
Best regards,
Dave Wesley – Lost in Portugal
Yeah. This great article with interviews deserves re-posting. Gods among men.
Enough said.
Kind regards,
Dave Wesley – From somewhere in Portugal
The prolific and steadily relevant Thomas Fehlmann treads into ambient lo-fi territory with this very cool soundtrack release.
Sincerely yours,
Dave Wesley – Somewhere is northern Portugal.
