From our dear friends at Wewantsounds: “Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue French pop icon Brigitte Fontaine’s landmark 1968 album Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle, originally released on the cult label Saravah and arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier. approved by the artist, this reissue features the original album, newly remastered from the original Continue Reading
Yara Asmar – Everyone I Love Is Sleeping and I Love Them So So Much
I can’t pin down why, but Lebanese experimental music composer Yara Asmar’s latest album is almost heartbreaking in its beauty. I’ve never heard electroacoustic music that left such a deep emotional scratch. Sublime.
Tassi 水树 / Kesys – Sky Asset 天道酬勤
From Tassi’s Bandcamp site: “This album was born from a rare collaboration with Jeff Grimal (ex-The Great Old Ones, Prisme, etc.). For me, it is more than a meeting of artists—it is a dialogue between two dreamlike worlds, French and Chinese, a cosmic exchange where music carries mysticism, subtlety, and Continue Reading
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I will be working on testing students today, so I have no reviews lined up.
The Residents & Renaldo And The Loaf – Title In Limbo + 4 Daze
Two of the most charmingly weird bands, The Residents and Renaldo And The Loaf, paired up for two freaky albums which have been reissued as one album by Klanggalerie. The sound is brilliant, and you can tell a lot of love went into this reissue. Well done.
Various Artists – Moochin’ About: Minnie The Moocher At The Morgue
What a shame that I didn’t find this release three weeks ago, as it would have been perfect party music for the Halloween party I attended! Artists on this creepy album include Bobby “Boris” Pickett, Bo Diddley, Spike Jones, Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, and, of course, Cab Calloway Continue Reading
Sarathy Korwar – There Is Beauty, There Already
What a sublime work this is! I’m new to the work of Sarathy Korwar, a US-born, India-raised bandleader and master percussionist. This percussive gem is his latest work. From Sarathy’s Bandcamp site: “Playing as a 40-minute suite of hypnotic and transcendent drum improvisations, the album beats through a repetitive, circular Continue Reading
El Michels Affair – Anticipate feat. Clairo b/w Indifference feat. Shintaro Sakamoto
The world is a hellhole at the moment. Everyone is suffering, hearts are burning. Perhaps a bit of soul from El Michels can give us a break. Both guest singers, Clairo and Shintaro Sakamoto, have voices dripping with sweet soul.
tigermonster – collected dreamories
I don’t run into many experimental ambient bands from Liechtenstein, but this, I have to say, turned out to be a pretty good listen. Dark and somewhat ritualistic, it’s a good sort of weird.
Various Artists – Antonovka Records: Young Flowers: Music of Kazakhs from Orenburg Region
The top ten albums of 2025 from the Russian World Music Chart will be announced soon, and this year has been exceptional for ethnic and world music. One standout album comes from Antonovka Records, a label that was originally based in Russia but is now located in Chișinău, Moldova. If you’re Continue Reading