Tag Archives: experimental

Listen: Blanck Mass – “House vs. House” [2019]

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Very Warm

Blanck Mass is BACK to assault our senses once again, with a new album Animated Violence Mild out August 16 via Sacred Bones. It’s by and far the most “Fuck Buttons” thing that he’s put out since his work in the band, … Continue reading →

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Listen: Holly Herndon – “Frontier” [2019]

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Very Warm

Somehow, someway, I was able to anticipate that the electronic music genius (and certified doctor!) Holly Herndon was going to be deriving great inspiration from the assaulting and euphoric harmonies of Sacred Harp singing. I mean, it makes sense. Her … Continue reading →

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Listen: Scott Walker (RIP) – “Rhymes Of Goodbye” [1969]

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Very Warm

RIP Scott Walker, a true genius.

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Listen: FLORA (Varg + AnnaMelina) – “Crush_Melt” [2019]

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Very Warm

Been rightly obsessed with Varg over the past few weeks, especially his new album Evanescence (A Love Letter). Shout out to the Niche. This track on there as FLORA, his collab with singer AnnaMelina, is a fantastic swarm of sound to … Continue reading →

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Playlist – Ecstatic Affluence: A City Pop Odyssey

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Very Warm

ECSTATIC AFFLUENCE: A CITY POP ODYSSEY is perhaps the thing I hold the most pride in from all my days as a “music curator”, if you can call me that. It’s a 50-song playlist of exclusively Japanese music centering around the … Continue reading →

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Simian Mobile Disco – “Defender” [2018]

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Very Warm

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that there’s little I love more than organic and synthetic textures coming together into one seamless fusion. One example I bring up often is the 2015 Holly Herndon record, … Continue reading →

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Kate NV – “дуб OAK” [2018]

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Very Warm

One of my recent favorite composers and musicians of late, Kate NV has a new album для FOR coming June 22 via my most-stanned label, RVNG Intl. NV’s previous record, 2016’s Binasu (via Orange Milk), was an underhanded favorite of mine from that year … Continue reading →

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Guernica – ‘新世紀への運河 (Canal To The New Century)’ [1988]

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Very Warm

For the uninitiated, I am very happy to present to you one of the wildest records I’ve ever listened to. It’s Guernica, the industrial revolution concept pop band from 1980s Japan, and their record 新世紀への運河, or Canal To The New … Continue reading →

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Colleen – “The Happy Sea” [2005]

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Very Warm

Majestic carwash of the soul.

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A Long Bow: Colleen’s ‘Everyone Alive Wants Answers’

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Very Warm

For the first-ever A Long Bow, I wanted to write about Colleen’s Everyone Alive Wants Answers, an album that I started listening to pretty recently, but haven’t been able to wrench from my brain since. I’ve posted two tracks individually on my blog … Continue reading →

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