Free your mind and float away, you’re now entering the mode of the Growing Bin. Hamburg’s centre for audio enlightenment is back with another sublime sensory experience, this time from the land of the rising sun.
Keen to get another stamp on his passport, Basso reached out to Japanese duo Singu, two open minded cats who just love to jam. Marrying Kiyo’s free drumming with Keta Ra’s melodic mastery of keyboard and guitar, the two-piece fuse free jazz, post-rock, kosmische and ambient into immersive and esoteric improvisations. Free from any compositional concerns, the Hiroshima outfit trade in energy, emotion and expression.

The frenetic percussion and ephemeral melodies of opener ‘Aurora Gate’ instantly transport you to the breathless churn of a Tokyo crossroads, where thousands of people rush by but you stand still in the eye of the storm. Though they may be explosive, the drums sit back in the mix, offering a soft intensity behind the shimmering wall of melody. A nimble and nuanced affair, ‘Bop’ brings rapid fire rhythm, slick syncopation and hypnotic piano refrains. Cool bass rolls along like KDJ’s ‘Rectify’, as Singu update the acid jazz template like Toshio Matsuura covering Carl Craig. Singu journey from far out to Furthur on A- side closer ‘Nagebu’, strapping in for psychedelic synth wig out which is heavy on the resonance and free on the filter.

Blooming out of the darkness on the B1, Basso favourite ‘Fazaria’ soothes and moves you with its twinkling keys, nebulous wave forms and delicate guitar, leaving you wide eyed in wonder as the drum fills burst like fireworks across a starfilled sky. ‘828’ sweeps into abstraction as Kiyo and Keta Ra combine snapping glitches and aquatic electronics with fractal guitar tones and woozy bass, pushing through a portal to see what’s beyond. An a-grade wall melter, this trip makes great use of tension as the crisp ma- chine drums stand in sharp contrast to the whirring, blurring guitars. Finally ’44’ carries you home on a downbeat drift, a flawless fusion of buzzing electronics, misty pads and relentless percussion played with perfect poise.

Turn on, tune in and trip out, Singu bring you music from the moment that you’ll love for a lifetime.

Preorder here

Singū - Siki (GBR017)

From Dolphin Vision Quest
http://soundsofthedawn.com/2017/01/music-of-the-world-dolphin-vision-quest/

Dolphin Vision Quest

Music Of The World - The Deepening Mystery

Recorded in 1991 (I think). This original version was unreleased but a remake appeared on Screen Ceremonies in 1995. The truth is I prefer this rough original - the remake sounds fussy and overworked.

The Psychic

Rare interview with Maryanne Amacher on WFMT radio, conducted in 1974 preceding performances of City-Links and Everything in Air at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Amacher discusses her telematic music, recordings of piers, and “no more horse”—the idea that antiquated forms of music with rhythms based on horses’ gallops have been replaced by a new minimalism.

Maryanne Amacher 1974 WFMT Radio Interview

from coming album Bivaq out on Opal Tapes on 13 April

pre-order digital album: https://gosheven.bandcamp.com/album/bivaq

Until Exhaustion

Singu - B2 - 828 (6.59) Clip

Singu - B1 - Fazaria (6.45) Clip

Singu - A3 - Nabegu (7.41) Clip

Singu - A2 - Bop2B (3.06) Clip

Singu - A1 - Aurora Gate (8.28) Clip

summation

This delightful abum of vocal polyphony from Georgia by the Rustavi Ensemble recorded in 1978 and 1988 on the Russian Melodiya label, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/04/georgia-rustavi-ensemble-artistic.html

The Rustavi Ensemble - Artistic Director Anzor Erkomaishvili – Georgian Folk Songs – Melodiya C30 29783 005

Georgia - Rustavi Ensemble A4 შენ ხარ ვენახი / Shen Kar Venakhi

from the morning

hyperbeatz vol. 1

hyperbeatz vol.1

ⱴŁηə3

recorded August 29, 2010 - Creative Differences Presents Henry Grimes and Audrey Chen at the Wind Up Space, Baltimore, MD USA

Audrey Chen - cello
Henry Grimes - violin 

*I dug this little recorded gem out of my archives when when I found out about his very recent death. I remember him so soft spoken but incredibly warm and sweet, which belied the sonic maelstrom that lived beneath. RIP Henry. You are and will be missed.

link to a short review from that concert: https://whatweekly.com/2010/09/02/henry-grimes/

03 - Audrey Chen Henry Grimes cello / violin

-Noisy ambiance made by an electric screwdriver
- Synthesizer drone and ARP modulation
-Electric slide guitar

YSS- chiniour

growing bin records is a micro-label and online record store. With lots of love and affection we bring you music that is special to our ears. Well actually we're a one man business, but "we" sounds a bit more professional, or maybe even royal. Forget about that. We're small and not a bit royal and we'll stay small and loyal. Cheers!  If I should not react to your demo I probably didn't feel it, and I'm too shy to tell you.  Sorry but life is short and I don't release stuff that i feel 100%. Keep on keeping on!

Singu - A3 - Nabegu (7.41) Clip

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