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SONAR – The Bill Laswell Mix Translations

April 30, 2019

7D Media 2019 Permitting everything, master of aural surprise sheds a different light and shade on tracks which defined 2018 in understated terms. Groove is something that many listeners of this Zürich group seem to miss out on but it’s … 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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HASTING’S STREET OPERA – Slippery When Wet

April 8, 2019

Wynwood 1969 / Out-Sider 2019 Fifty years on, Montclair, NJ ensemble regain their teenage poise in the field of psych improv. There’s a fragile balance between all things precarious and pretentious, bordering on hilarious, on this LP whose creators hid … Continue reading →

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KEVIN KASTNING – Piano I

March 19, 2019

Greydisc 2019 Renown guitarist reveals there are more strings to his bow than meets the eye – or ear. Kevin Kastning’s records are very forgiving towards the inattentive listener, because this artist is targeting impression rather than focus on details, … 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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