Cairo – New Music Jason’s Picks

A cheery Good Day to you all! How’s every little thing? The Music has slowed to a thin trickle as the year draws to a close, but thankfully there are still Independent Artists out there who are not beholden to Industry schedules, and don’t care that much about retail sales.

I have three titles to recommend to you and your kin. Stuff it in your socks!

Big Bill is a band from Austin, Texas that I discovered last year. This week they’ve released a new single which hopefully signifies a new album. Lead singer Eric Braden’s charming voice shares top billing on Bad Mood with Austin Poet/MC Chucky Blk. The track begins with stabbing guitar before Braden lists his gripes before noting that he’s “bummed out at the 7-Eleven.” The song takes an abrupt left turn with Chucky’s feature, upping the adrenaline with punchy drums. Pump yer skinny nerd fists!

A DJ and Producer from Cairo is infusing fresh blood into My Imaginary Nightclub. Hassan Abou Alam brings the breakbeats on his new EP Shalfata, with pounding bass and delicious ear candy. Four original tracks, plus four remixes from 3Phaz, ZULI, and others.

My Feature Pick this week is a charming reminder that, though the Music Industry is celebrating the holidays, Art still be Artin’. Dylan Pecora is a sculptor and video director based in New York City. His latest project as Ecology: Homestones is an audio/visual collage of loops and harsh noise, parsed with skrewed cinematic leaps and (*reads liner notes*) a gnome named Cheapskate(?). Be a dear and check out “s/t”. Beautiful noise.

*Note: the complete album hasn’t been released on BandCamp yet, my recommendation is based on the preview single. It’s that good! Unavailable elsewhere.

Next week looks like it may be even quieter than this week, but I’m confident that there will be something to sink our ears into.

Also, on the following Sunday (December 24) I will be publishing the 2023 New Music Jason Prize Shortlist of my five favourite albums of the year. You don’t want to miss that. Oh, no you don’t!

It has been a challenging week, dear friends. I took a tumble down the stairs on Tuesday and landed hard on my back. Unfortunately we had to cancel our trip to Niagara Falls, because I can’t bounce back the way I used to, and have had to rest. I’ll be good to go for this weekend’s Hillside Festival, even if I have to crawl.

I’ve been able to find eight titles to share with all of you. Dig it!

I have two singles to start the week’s recommendations. The first comes courtesy of Brainfeeder Records, the label headed up by Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison). Hakushi Hasegawa is a Singer/Songwriter and Musician based in Tokyo. Her sound on Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi) is based comfortably beyond the boundaries of genre, toiling outside of Dance idioms, incorporating dissonant Noise at a frenetic pace.

Hakushi Hasagawa – Mouth Flash (Kuchinohanabi)

The next single comes from a Producer, also from Tokyo, that goes by ILLGENIC RECORDS. Their latest, Sanctuary, is a leftfield House track with skittish beats and hearty bass.

I’m excited to introduce an Artist from Macedonia for the first time. NOT_MDK is a DJ and Producer who works with Classical instrumentation and Breakbeats. Hi-Tech Soul is a perfect four-track EP for “Back To Mine” after a night out at My Imaginary Nightclub.

An Electronic Producer from Portland, Oregon is currently spinning midtempo electro-soul in the Pre-Party Room at My Imaginary Nightclub. While listening to devonwho’s Amalgama I we shall do several rails of Imaginary Cocaine and talk about shit that we’ve never done, before heading to the Main Room to show off our newly-discovered dancing skills.

A DJ and Producer from Cairo has just released her debut album. El Kontessa الكونتيسة has high-energy bops on her seven-track Nos Habet Caramel | نص حبة كراميل that are burning up the dancefloor in the Main Room.

*El Kontessa* الكونتيسة *– Nos Habet Caramel |* نص حبة كراميل

An Artist from Bristol known simply as Carnivorous Plants, who I have written about previously, has returned to my life. And From That Moment Hell Entered My Heart is a thirteen-track album of Ambient Noise and Cut-Ups. Droning guitars and White Noise create a mental tapestry that is engaging and surprising.

*Carnivorous Plants – And From That Moment Hell Entered My Heart*

A Hip-Hop group from Melbourne that has been recording since 2016 has released a new album. Too Birds is made up of two MC’s known as Teether and Realname, and Producer Mr. Society. SOUL OF TOO BIRDS has excellent Production, always interesting, with varied dynamics and clever stops and starts. The rappers have engaging voices and snazzy wordplay.

My Feature Pick for this week comes from a seventy eight year-old Canadian transplant. Beverly Glenn-Copeland was born in Pennsylvania, but has spent most of his life in Canada, and currently resides in New Brunswick. Canadians of a certain age may remember him back when he used to appear on the CBC Children’s TV Show Mr. Dressup. He has just released his first album in over twenty years. The Ones Ahead is a life-affirming testament to bravery in the face of hardship.

*Beverly Glenn-Copeland – The Ones Ahead*

Thanks for checking in! Hope you found something that gives you joy. I’ll talk to you again soon. Take care of yourself!

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