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goodnight, lovers

September 29, 2022

Depeche Mode, 2001

In notes Tags Depeche Mode

like a virgin

September 6, 2022

Hot Chip, 2022

Boris, W

The International Nothing, 2022

Kelsey Mines, 2022

In notes Tags Hot Chip, Boris, The International Nothing, Kelsey Mines, yearbook

prog-wave

August 22, 2022

Steve Winwood, 1980

Roxy Music, 1982

David Gilmour, 1984

Mick Karn, 1987

In notes, catalog Tags Steve Winwood, Roxy Music, David Gilmour, Pink Floyd, Mick Karn, David Sylvian, Japan, New Wave, progressive rock

soul (re)searching

August 15, 2022

Eddie Kendricks, 1978

In notes Tags Eddie Kendricks

what-ifs

August 9, 2022

Kevin Ayers, 1975

Electric Light Orchestra, 1971

In notes, catalog Tags Electric Light Orchestra, Kevin Ayers

Tonight

August 9, 2022

David Bowie, 1984

In notes Tags David Bowie

Rocks Minimalists

July 26, 2022

Man Jumping, 1985

Town & Country, 2003

Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings, 2002

Horse Lords, 2017

In notes Tags Town & Country, Horse Lords, Arnold Dreyblatt, Man Jumping, 20th Century Minimalism, avant rock, musical hybrids

Not Cool

July 13, 2022

Midnight Oil, 1987

In notes Tags Midnight Oil

The Velvet Underground & Nico

June 29, 2022

1966

In notes Tags The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico

hibernation listening

May 12, 2021

Eric Dolphy, 1963

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
In notes Tags hibernation, Eric Dolphy
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diorama of disaster

March 3, 2020

Lou Reed, 1979

Lou Reed the Bells
Lou Reed the Bells (rear)
In notes Tags Lou Reed, The Bells, essays
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hibernation listening

February 9, 2020

Juana Molina, 2013

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In notes Tags Juana Molina, hibernation
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Both Yes, and Yes

October 24, 2019

Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman, 2018

Yes with Anderson Rabin Wakeman

Yes, 2019

Yes at 50
In notes Tags Yes, progressive rock

come night

September 13, 2019

Loren Mazzacane & Suzanne Langille, 1991

Loren Connors Come Night
In notes Tags Loren Connors, Suzanne Langille, oop-wtf, history sifter
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hibernation listening

February 1, 2019

Field Music, 2012

In notes Tags Field Music, essays, hibernation
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the Objective Flaws of Memory

December 16, 2018

Aphex Twin, 1998

Aphex Twin Come to Daddy

Nitrogen (aka Richard H. Kirk), 1998

Nitrogen

Squarepusher, 1998

Squarepusher Big Loada

Plastikman, 1998

Plastikman Consume

Mouse on Mars, 1998

Mouse on Mars Glam

µ-Ziq, 1998

u-Ziq Brace Yourself

Scorn, 1998

Scorn Zander

Autechre, 1998

Autchre Cichlisuite
In notes Tags Aphex Twin, Richard H. Kirk, Squarepusher, Plastikman, Mouse on Mars, µ-Ziq, Scorn, Autechre
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proto-punk street-cred

July 31, 2018

Yoko Ono, 1973

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In notes Tags Yoko Ono, essays
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Concept 96

June 27, 2018

Richie Hawtin, 1996

Richie Hawtin Concept 96
Richie Hawtin

Thomas Brinkmann / Richie Hawtin, 1998

Richie Hawtin vs Thomas Brinkmann
In notes Tags Richie Hawtin, Plastikman, history sifter, Thomas Brinkmann, oop-wtf
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Mecca Normal

May 26, 2018

Mecca Normal, 1996

Mecca Normal the Eagle and the Poodle

2-Foot Flame, 1995

2 Foot Flame Ultra Drowning

Jean Smith, 2000

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In notes Tags Mecca Normal, Audio Umami
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a formal introduction

February 7, 2018

A primer of sorts, broken into loose categories, ino the wide world of NYC’s avant champion, John Zorn.

MASADA

Masada Zayin
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GAME PIECES

John Zorn Xu Feng
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JAZZCORE & AVANT ROCK

Painkiller Execution Grou d
Moonchild Astronome

IMPROVISATION

Zorn Sharp Horvitz Previte Downtown Lullaby
John Zorn The Hermetic Organ

EXOTICA & NEW ROMANTICISM

Cyro Baptistas Banquet of the Spirits
Gnostic Trio Gnostic Preludes

FILM SCORES

John Zorn The Treatment
John Zorn Working Mans Death

ORCHESTRAL & CHAMBER WORKS

John Zorn Music and Its Double
John Zorn String Quartets

AVANT COMPOSITION

John Zorn New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
John Zorn Nova Express
In notes Tags John Zorn, Masada, Painkiller, Moonchild, Gnostic Trio, Tzadik
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illustrative 2025

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DoseOne / Steel-Tipped Dove: All Portrait, No Chorus
Erica Eso: Songs in My Pocket like Grains of Sand
Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts
Eli Keszler: s/t
Catherine Lamb / Ghost Ensemble: Interius / Exterius
Damon Locks: List of Demands
Memotone: Pruning
Nazar: Demilitarize
Lucy Railton: Blue Veil
Jules Reidy: Ghost / Spirit
UE: Hometown Girl
Vulture Feather: It Will Be Like Now
Nate Wooley: Henry House

illustrative 2024

Baur: Pecundang
Gonçalo F. Cardoso: Exotic Immensity
Eric Chenaux Trio: Delights of My Life
Anastasia Coope: Darning Woman
Sarah Davachi: Music for a Bellowing Room
Taylor Deupree: Sti.ll
Peter Evans: Extra
Ruth Goller: Skyllumina
Good Sad Happy Bad: All Kinds of Days
Holy Tongue / Shackleton: Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now
Catherine Lamb / Ensemble Proton: Curva Traingulus
Merzbow / Meat Beat Manifesto: Extinct
Moon Wiring Club: Sepia Cat City
the Necks: Bleed
Seefeel: Everything Squared
Senyawa: Vajranala
Seven Davis Jr: Stranger than Fiction
Caroline Shaw / So Percussion: Rectangles & Circumstance
Ches Smith: Laugh Ash
Still House Plants: If I Don’t Make It, I Love U
Sun Araw: Lifetime
Mary Timony: Untame the Tiger
Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution
Simon Fisher Turner: Instability of the Signal
Yatta: Palm Wine

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