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Bart Hopkin: 21 Ways of Looking at Things
Twenty-one soundscapes created with invented instruments -- oddly musical, richly textural, never opaque, always evocative.
Recommended if you like
Blue Man Group,
Harry Partch,
Stomp.
City Paranoid: A Means to No End
A sonic portrait depicting the dark side of London life. Field recordings, electronics, electro-acoustics, vocals.
Recommended if you like
Coil,
Janek Schaefer,
Jim O'Rourke.
Mariolina Zitta: Concert for Bats, voices and natural sounds
Natural soundscapes and music
Recommended if you like
Douglas Quin.
reverberations from spring past: Diaz-Infante/Fernandes/Montoya/Romus
2006 release recorded live & in studio during the Spring Reverb 04 Festival in San Diego, California. brings together four West Coast veterans who combine their distinctive voices. "Reverberations" is wild, raw, energetic and headstrong." --tokafi
Recommended if you like
Albert Ayler,
Derek Bailey,
John Zorn.
Zen Baseballbat: For Refund Insert Baby
Second album from the Gleavey Twins fronted Art Ska band from the gritty streets of North West England.
Recommended if you like
B52's,
Devo,
The Toasters.
Acre: Harvest
A one man 'band' from the Pacific Northwest, who uses mixer feedback, a sampler and various effects to create deep vibrant thick drones, the kind that feel otherworldly, that transport the listener to some other place.
QNG - Quartet New Generation: In vain - von der Vergänglichkeit
In their 2nd album the four members of QNG turned to the beauty of morbidity and recorded an entire CD devoted to the baroque vanity theme: everything in life is vanishing.
Recommended if you like
Björk,
Kronos Quartet.
Royal Family: Kick In Kick Out
"Kick In Kick out" has a pulse that grabs you. Infusing a good 70's rock with todays modern textures and stylings. High Energy Rock and Roll that takes you on a ride with catchy melodies, and thoughtful lyrics.
Recommended if you like
Kings of Leon.
En Plein Air: L'alba Irradia L'inutile Parola
Post-rock with strings
Recommended if you like
Godspeed You! Black Emperor,
Mogwai,
Sigur Rós.