mike wexler: dispossession

A really beautiful album by Mike Wexler. Think about the Canterbury scene (Soft Machine, etc...) and folk and add some modern songwriting and a perfect sound. Dispossession is available on Mexican Summer.

ben vida: esstends-esstends-esstends

Ben Vida has been around for quite a while, having played in bands such as Town & Country and solo as Bird Show. He has collaborated with many artists such as Hisham Bharoocha, Kevin Drumm, Yamatsuka Eye and C. Spencer Yeh. esstends-esstends-esstends is a drone piece based on spatializatiion created for Computer Controlled Modular Synthesizer and Digital Signal Processing. The record is available in a beautiful LP via Bill Kouligas' imprint, Pan.

angels in america

The duo Angels In America, Moppy Pont and Merv Glisten are active for some years now, having released few tapes. Their dark new wave may find sources in artists like Lydia Lunch and the noise and industrial scene. Anyways, it's beautiful, very dark and haunting. Narrow Road To The Interior was released last year on Ehse records, where you can buy or download the LP and a new tape A Public Ranking is available on Night People.

In Spades

Follow Me Out

black to comm: earth

Earth is the new album by Black to Comm (Marc Richter) and the soundtrack for the film by the artist Ho Tzu Nyen. Out now on De Stijl records.

mirrorring: foreign body

Mirroring is Liz Harris (Grouper) and Jesy Fortino (Tiny Vipers) and if you don't know them yet separately, I recommend you to check out their music. On Foreign Body, they create a haunting, folk music filled with voices and noise. Out in march on Kranky.
Mirroring: Fell Sound

je suis le petit chevalier: an age of wonder

Beautiful extract for the forthcoming LP An Age of Wonder by Je suis le Petit Chevalier (Félicia Atkinson) on Shelter Press and La Station Radar and mastered by Pete Sawnson (Yellow Swans).

200 years: holyhoke

The duo of Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) and Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers) have released an other LP for the Grapefruit record club. An other amazing record of blues jams according to them and a great companion to their Drag City album.

200 Years: Erred

RIP mike kelley

Mike Kelley

the ballad of genesis and lady jaye

This is a documentary directed by Marie Losier, a portrait of Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and his partner Lady Jaye. This is about the relation between them through their "pandrogyny" project and mostly a biography of P-Orridge. He talked about his influences, writers like William S.Burroughs, Bryon Gysin and musicians like The Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett, his relation to the art world and his childhood. This movie was part of an evening presented by Jean Pierre Turmel who is an old friend of Genesis P.Orridge and Sordide Sentimental's (records label) owner, who has released records by Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle and also Joy Division.
Psychic TV: The Orchids

disappears: replicate

disappears 'replicate' by kranky
This is an extract from Disappears (now with Steve Shelley on drums) forthcoming album Pre Language.

julia holter

Extract from her album Tragedy out on Leaving records. Julia Holter's forthcoming album will be released on RVNG Intl.

je suis le petit chevalier/félicia atkinson

Félicia Atkinson is a visual and sound artist who sometimes creates music under the name Je suis le petit chevalier. She has released several tapes and lps on Hibernate, Aguirre... and published books on rawraw and kaugummi. Her works seem coming from dreams, infancy, experiences and landscapes she has been through and her music is mostly improvised.