Some unusual edits from Russia on this mysterious German label. Who are they? Where do they come from? Who am I? Can you tanz? Buy it here, or request it at your local store..
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This Other Space: The Tom EP
When I first agreed to clear some time in my busy social calendar to write for ISM I had just two caveats. The first being that I was not going to let it all go to my head now that I had hit the big time and would be raking in the money, getting on…
SEAGRAVE Records: Various – Savage Re (SR011)
SEAGRAVE Records out of the UK is a label that came to my attention after they released an excellent Best Available Technology/Ovis Aurum split cassette EP entitled Mar Reflection in the fall of last year. As time has passed they’ve continued to put out really great experimental electronic music, often not getting the attention I…
Psychick Warriors ov Gaia 1989 EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zah7Azd-us Industrial occult experimentalists attend an acid house rave in the late 80s.. “Probably silly but it only then occurred to us that the dance could be a powerful tool too, a way to communicate on a physical level, a way to celebrate life. A niche had opened and this was something we had to…
Linkwood – Expressions
One of my favorite tracks of the year so far is the title track from Linkwood’s album Expressions. I’ve actually had the album since late last year, and had it come out in 2014 it would have been near the top of my list for that year. Now that I’ve had time to really digest…
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – Rhapsody In Berlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkvgdtA8TE Reissues of The Pyramids free-roaming private press jazz albums from the 70s attracted some attention recently. This new 7″ with Africa 70 rhythms, Parliament funk, and soaring spiritual jazz improvisations has really sucked me in. Check it out. There’s an interview with the Pyramids online here.
SH2000 Mystical Bliss
Whether in outer space or inner space, Russia’s SH2000 on Volking Music is a deep affair. Mystical bliss, Satcitananda, when the track unfolds itself at 3am, lost in the strobe-light, when the present moment is intensified beyond all recognition… I guess you had to be there.
Omar-S – “I Wanna Know”
Another one of the big jams from earlier in 2015, Omar-S’ “I Wanna Know” remains one of the most potent killers in my record bag even after so many months of hammering it. The vocals by James Garcia combined with the slightly cheesy synths give this a similar vibe to early Chicago house or lo-fi…
The Galleria
Morgan Geist’s newest project The Galleria is a throwback to an older sound. Unlike Metro Area’s boogie and Italo, or Storm Queen’s classic house, The Galleria mines the far less critically popular genre of Freestyle. In my Pittsburgh crew, Freestyle has never really gone away. We still play shit like Alisha, Lisa Lisa, Expose, Debbie…
60 Miles – 01
60 Miles is the new project from John Daly and Frawl (who is one half of the Never Learnt label and whose own debut 12″ recently dropped), the first 12″ of which is going to drop in the next couple of weeks. I wasn’t expecting it to be leaning so much towards the techno side…