An underloved record from two masters. Trip hop feels like a radical genre departure for both Budd and Zazou, and yet it instantly makes sense upon first listen. Both leave their stylistic fingerprints all over Glyph–Budd’s melancholia, Zazou’s sinister sensibility–weaving haunted ambient jazz into fizzed out drum loops. Trumpet arrangements by Mark Isham, guitar by … Continue reading Harold Budd & Hector Zazou – Glyph, 1995
One of the most organically freaky records I’ve ever heard. Totally serendipitous experimental pile-on of traditional Congolese singer Bony Bikaye; Algerian-born French producer Hector Zazou; and Claude Micheli and Guillaume Loizillon, mechanics of a massive wall of early 70s analog computers who called themselves CY1. Calling this “east meets west” is totally reductive; this thing … Continue reading Zazou, Bikaye & CY1 – Noir et Blanc, 1983
Here’s my newest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio. I was working on this as news was breaking about the fire at Notre Dame cathedral, so I was thinking a lot about sacred music and sacred spaces, but also about the hard lines we draw between devotional music and non-denominational music that still embodies … Continue reading [Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 33
Guest mix by DBGO (Soundcloud / YouTube / Playmoss) Editor’s note: I’m thrilled to share a follow-up mix from Barcelona-based DBGO, whose YouTube channel is a treasure trove of rarities, and who makes an equally transportive series of mixes, many of which focus on a time-and-location specific musical subgenres and can send you down months-long rabbit … Continue reading Guest Mix – Où est allé le temps, 2ème Partie
Sublime collaboration between Silvio Linardi (who’s collaborated with David Sylvian, Hector Zazou, Roger Eno, and others) and Pier Luigi Andreoni (whom you may know from The Doubling Riders). Ricardo Sinigaglia makes a few appearances too, first on piano and then on an Akai S 900. This was their only release as Andreolina. Sprawling, weightless instrumentals that never … Continue reading Andreolina – An Island In The Moon, 1990
My newest mix for NTS Radio is a 坂本龍一 (Ryuichi Sakamoto) special! Not an exhaustive overview, just some personal highlights. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. In related news, if you’re interested in listening to my NTS show live, my time slot has just moved to every fourth Wednesday at … Continue reading [Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 10: Sakamoto Special
Listen to my fourth episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio below. I tried to make a make out mix, but I think it got too heavy-handed to be actually sexy and might be better suited for roller skating or something. Slo-mo disco, sleepy funk, breathy vocals. Lmk if anyone successfully soundtracks a make-out session with … Continue reading [Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 4
We made a two hour mix for NTS Radio. Tracklisting below. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Enjoy! Tracklist: 0:00 Richard Burmer – Physics 3:31 Masami Tsuchiya – Nevermind (Excerpt) 6:28 Carlos Maria Trindade – The Truth 9:09 Joe Hisaishi – The Winter Requiem 13:49 Bill Nelson – Pansophia 14:41 Anna … Continue reading [Mix for NTS Radio] Listen To This!
We’re really excited to unveil our new look today, and to share a mix we made for Mexican Summer’s imprint Anthology Recordings. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Enjoy! Tracklist: 1. Die Partei – Strahlsund 2. Jun Miyake – Pico Birds 3. Susana Estrada – ¡Gózame Ya! 4. Lio – … Continue reading ARC Mix Vol. 17: Clandestinations