Sounds Like A New Man

From the upcoming album "Principe Del Norte" out February 19th on Smalltown Supersound!

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Prins Thomas - A2

From the album "Un peu de l'âme des bandits", vinyl reissue out on Jan 26 2018

Un peu de l'âme des bandits (re-mastered)

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Aksak Maboul - Modern Lesson (remastered)

Murcof's debut album, "Martes". This is the original tracklist that was edited on the Mexican release by Static Discos on Frebruary 14th 2002.

Marmol

Taken from Park Jiha's album 'Communion'
Release Date: March 2nd, 2018
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Over the last few years a rising tide of new Korean artists have staked a place in the global music conversation. Groups like Jambinai, Black String and Park Jiha’s earlier duo 숨[suːm] have created exciting soundworlds that deftly combine the instrumentation and complex expression of Korean traditional music with an array of contemporary sounds such as post-rock, doom metal, downtempo jazz and classical minimalism.

While Park Jiha’s most recent musical endeavor, her debut solo album “Communion,” is another decisive step towards a more personal and forward-looking musical vocabulary, it also is deeply rooted in her traditional music education and background.

“I play a traditional Korean instrument called piri which is like an oboe. Piri is a double reed bamboo flute so it can be quite loud. Another traditional instrument I use is a saenghwang. A saenghwang is an instrument made of bamboo which has many pipes. It is similar to a mouth organ. It’s an instrument where the sound is made from inhaling and exhaling the air.”

“My main instrument is piri. But I choose saenghwang (mouth organ), yanggeum (hammered dulcimer), percussion or vocal according to the type of music I’m composing. Picking an instrument has to do with the voice in which I choose to talk. Just like human voice, every instrument has its own charm. Piri, which has the simplest structure - yet holds so many variations in playing - is for me the most attractive of all.

The shape of the instrument is humble but it can express sensitive yet deep energy. I feel most like myself when I play piri.”

Though she has played piri since her youth, Park Jiha started her music career by founding the duo 숨[suːm] with Jungmin Seo in 2007 - after she had finished her musical studies. 숨[suːm]’s music, composed with an array of traditional instruments and buoyed by unorthodox musical structures, was an
immediate and profound influence on the new Korean music scene. The duo released the album ‘Rhythmic Space: A Pause for Breath’ in 2010, and ‘숨[suːm] 2nd’ in 2014. Their innovative, neo-traditional compositions began to echo outside of Korea and they were invited to acclaimed international festivals such as WOMAD and SXSW.
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But Park Jiha started hearing a much different music - one that directly interacted with more distant sound traditions and a more eclectic instrumental palette. Putting 숨[suːm] on pause for the moment, she started collaborating with John Bell (vibraphone) and Kim Oki (bass clarinet, saxophone) to create “Communion,” her first solo album. Originally released in Korea in 2016, the album’s compositions are sometimes hushed and other times slowly swelling and dynamic. But they all share a stark rejection of
ornamentation. It is a music of fundaments and clarity. It skillfully unites hypnotic minimalism and experimental strategies with Park Jiha’s distinctive mastery of the piri, saenghwang, and yanggeum.

One can sense that this music is deeply connected to its composer. It is not an abstraction. It carefully and conscientiously draws in the world around her. The flow of water and the dawning of seasons. Love and loss. Light. Shadows. Nothing superfluous. A meticulous balance. A communion.

“I don’t know what kind of music I will play in ten years. But I know for sure that I will have been living sincerely.”

Communion

Sounds Heard From The Moon

Park Jiha - Sounds Heard From The Moon

Kuniyuki Takahashi - You Should Believe

Tompkins Square label is excited to announce the release of Entourage - 'Ceremony of Dreams : Studio Sessions & Outtakes, 1972-1977'
3 CD / 1 LP set available everywhere March 23rd, 2018.
Liner notes by J.D. Considine, and surviving band member, Wall Matthews.

ALBUM TRAILER : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOY7gd7_1Lk&feature=youtu.be

Sampled by Four Tet, their name whispered in reverence through the decades, Entourage forged bold musical ideas on their two rare ’70s Folkways LPs. Now, collected for the first time, 30 previously unreleased tracks from their archives. Notes by J.D Considine, and by sole surviving Entourage member, guitarist Wall Matthews.

Tarbox Poltergeist (alt take)

"Nzuku” emphasizes the feeling that something distinct has begun. Its strong atmosphere has the scent of narrative. Rotating on a hypnotic marimba pattern and an octave-driven bass reminiscent of Charlie Haden, it’s a loose-limbed meeting of sounds and approaches. It’s the sound of an ensemble working together in harmony, opening doors for one another. It makes you want to open a window and let in the fresh air. A sunbaked workout that suggests a 6/4 cycle, it’s a wild blend of dusted atmospherics, a low-slung hammock in a cosmic jazz disco style.

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Nzuku

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Brought To Light - 1
Track 11.

@pallasathene is the ethereal-pop project of Breanna Johnston (Toronto, Canada). Her music is the result of introspection, isolation, and rehabilitation, with lo-fi dream pop by Cavern of Anti-Matter (Tim from Stereolab), and others. In 2017 they released On an Ocean Of Greatness; a single track, 77-minute album celebrating the 21st birthday of the Where It’s At Is Where You Are label. The band spent 2018 working on a new studio album, due for release in 2019.

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Pallas Athene - What I Want

Kira Kira -Soundscaping, vocals.
Bryndís Jakobsdóttir - Vocals, Tibetan bowl.
Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson -Trumpet arrangement.

Lyrics by Kira Kira.
Recorded in Skemmtihúsið, except trumpet recorded by Alex Somers.

Holding Space For The Unimaginable

Jet Jaguar - Storm In Lisbon

Taken from the new album "Recording"

Out now: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/recording

Released January 29, 2020 

Written and recorded by Michael Upton 
Mastered by RedRedPaw 
Photos by Michael Upton

Tarbox Poltergeist (alt take)

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