Multi-layered accretion of sound, quite in it's own world.   Like weird music you might hear in a dicso on another planet in a sci fi film or at a futuristic tribal jungle ritual. 

Softoft Techech - Sonic Tooth

Scott Dickson has been making a name for himself with his chilled out Synthpop under the name Closed Cassette. Now with his debut EP as Local Winds he adds depth, ambience, and meditation to his bag of tricks and the results are not to be missed. There are nods to the best of 90's ambient but unlike the endless jams of those days Scott has created ambient music that adheres to the pop structure of the under 4 minute song.  Vignettes of throbbing beats and celestial synths will bring you into a deeper awareness and will as Dylan said "shoot you someplace and shoot you back" all in less time than it takes to notice.


Local Winds - Small Towns

GDC - leur heure

Eric Sarmiento - So She Says

Ventriloquist

Our next release is from the Ft. Worth guys who brought us Illus Ocean, this time they are Incredibly Strange Creatures.  Elements of Ragtime, Waits style bar room honky tonk, merge with a Nuggets era aesthetic and at times a nod to 70's AM radio.  Recorded with care using tape and analog gear, at heart this is an EP full of great song writing and performances which is something of a rarity in these lap pop days.  You're not likely to hear much else like this this year.


Alchemist Records