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NUCLEUS & Ian Carr – Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975

August 8, 2019

Esoteric 2019 Music as a continuous process: classic oeuvre of British jazz institution boxed up for unconcealed delight in unified strands of imagination. It was a quiet revolution on Ian Carr’s part, when the trumpeter embarked on a trip of … Continue reading

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SHOB – Solide

May 15, 2019

Shob 2019 French master of bottom-end groove finds his finest hour and gets away with it Third albums usually belong to the “make it or break it” category, yet this record boldly embraces both parts of such equilibrium, establishing Shob … Continue reading

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RADIUS FUNK – Ultraviolet Voodoo

May 9, 2019

Radius Funk 2018 Reimagining their magic, American trio set route to ultimate freedom. Sophomore records are evil beasts, with only so much time to create them and so many expectations to live up to, yet they’re also a chance for … Continue reading

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RADIUS FUNK – Cinematic

April 15, 2019

Radius Funk 2016 Liberal Bay Area band unfold picturesque vistas to let the listener’s imagination fly on. Volatility might be this collective’s other name – only their colors never shift for the worse, at least when the group step out … Continue reading

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APE SHIFTER – II

March 11, 2019

Brainstorm 2019 Second sonic transmogrification of German group whose idea of conformism lies in finding the right rules to bend. The best way to elicit a blank stare from six-stringer Jeff Aug and his colleagues would be to tell them … Continue reading

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