Tek lintowe – New Music Jason’s Picks

As I type these words I’m waiting for my Daughter at the Dentist’s office while she gets two baby teeth pulled. The darn assistant won’t let me have a huff of the nitrous!

I was right about the high quality of New Releases this week, and Drake actually pulled the trigger on his new album. It’s nearly an hour and a half long and is time better spent.

In all, I’ve come up with nine recommendations to share with all my friends. Ready, friends?

A single to get my recommendations rolling for the week comes from one of my favourite MCs, Homeboy Sandman. I’ve recommended Sand plenty in the past, most recently with with new LP, Rich. He’s released a ‘remix’ of the track Therapy, but not your average remix. Off the top of Therapy (Truth Hurts Remix), Homeboy explains, “This is the Remix…Back in the day they’d do a remix that was a whole new song, with new lyrics, and a new beat. Like The Roots did to You Got Me…” It’s completely unrecognizable from the original, with jaunty horn samples and freestyle rhymes. But be careful! At a brisk 93 seconds, sneeze and you miss it.

Homeboy Sandman – Therapy (Truth Hurts Remix)

For Artists who toil in Experimental Sound, or in the case of Rafael González and Hal McGee, “Audio Folk Art”, it’s a fine line between transcendence and navel-gazing. fortunately for us, this duo, based in Gainesville, Florida have assembled a brilliant and exciting experience with COLLABORATORY. Throughout ninety minutes, divided into six fifteen-minute tracks, the recordings created by each Artist separately, and then they “mixed the recording together using an automated random chance shuffle procedure.” The harsh noise and electronic chirping, spliced with barking dogs and conversation harken the chaos of everyday life and works great among the rest of my New Music Playlist. Recommended if you believe The Beatles’ Revolution 9 is too short.

*Rafael González and Hal McGee – COLLABORATORY*

An EP arrived this week from an Artist that I discovered August of last year. Tek Lintowe is from Åland Islands and he makes eccentric Electronic Music. On I am a evil person they’ve teamed up with California producer Pentagrvm for four moody tracks with bubbling autotune and deep bass.

*tek lintowe and pentagrvm – I am a evil person*

An anonymous Artist known only as rrao, who hails from China (Texas) released a three-track EP this week. Hara is smart Electronic Production with bounding beats that cleverly utilize tabla, and Indian samples. It’s warming up the early crowd at My Imaginary Nightclub.

Next up is a duo that I can’t help but love, despite my wife’s complaints. From the Northwest coast of California, “Cybergrind” Act Vantana Row is back with a new EP. Following up from their latest Full-Length back in May, the four-song DOGGEMFUCKEM UDONTKNOWMEWELLENUFFYET VXROW3 continues with their abrasive and abusive style of crunchy Electronic Rock, capably led by vocalist Volly. The two have a good sense of taste, and know how to most effectively destroy it. It gets my adrenaline flowing!

*Vantana Row – DOGGEMFUCKEM YOUDONTKNOWMEWELLENUFFYET VXROW3*

Whenever I see an Artist or a band refer to themselves as “Shoegaze”, it is immediately off-putting . To me, it signifies a distance from the audience, and a lack of attention. But that’s just me. You can not accuse Tokyo Artist (or band) what is your name? of simply going through the motions. The lead-off to their new album the now now and never is the nine-minute title track. It begins with a wash of synths that glitch and arpeggiate and you begging to hear voices talking. The drums and guitar come in and the animated conversation continues before it all gets shut down abruptly. The cinematic track continues to evolve and progress, and that is the main feature of this entire eight-track Instrumental LP. It’s a trip!

*what is your name? – the now now and never*

Much of what I recommend comes directly from my BandCamp Wishlist. And with it being BandCamp Friday (a tradition I hope never ends, despite a change in ownership) I’m extra proud to be recommending an artist I never would have discovered without this fantastic website. Chouk Bwa is a sextet from Haiti, and The Ångströmers are a production duo from Belgium. Together they create a thrilling combination of tribal drumming and vocals with Electronic Club infusion. Somanti, their second full-length, is a journey into deep Vodou culture and directly to a sweaty My Imaginary Nightclub.

Jasper Marsalis is a progeny of the great Jazz Dynasty that includes his father Wynton, uncle Branford, and grandfather Ellis Jr. With such rich Jazz genetics, you would expect a talented musician named Marsalis to continue the Jazz tradition. And in a way, he is. But Jasper is removing that famous last name from his recording projects, and as Slauson Malone 1, he’s just released his new album. EXCELSIOR steers more toward the futuristic R&B of Flying Lotus and Moses Sumney, and the multi-instrumentalist conjures Stevie Wonder at his most introspective. Deep bass drops and warbled vocals tell you that this is a recording for Warp Records, not Blue Note.

In my BandCamp adventures, an Artist that I keep coming across in various bands and collaborations is percussionist and multimedia Artist Valentina Magaletti. One of her many ongoing concerns is her trio with multi-instrumentalist and singer Cathy Lucas and bassist Susumu Mukai. Vanishing Twin has been together since 2019 and on Afternoon X, their latest full-length, they cast a downtempo spell with novel arrangements and a slight Pop scent. Massive Attack’s smartass little siblings, and my Feature Pick for the week.

Thanks for tuning in. Remember to be good to yourself, and floss your teeth every once in a while.

Good Friday to all! It’s been another wonderful week of great Music from all over the world, of many styles and temperaments. Allow me to guide you through the ten titles that are currently tickling my short and curlies.

My BandCamp Wishlist came through again this week. As I teased earlier this week, a trio of artists based in LA called Unloved have now released their debut release. The Pink Album is a double album. It consists of composer and producer Keefus Ciancia, vocalist Jade Vincent, and DJ David Holmes, plus a few guests, including Jarvis Cocker and Jon Spencer. It’s dreamy and dark, part Space-Pop, part Psychedelia, and all great.

In the great Collegiate city of Athens, Georgia there is a long-standing tradition of birthing audacious Rock bands. Following The B-52’s, R.E.M. Widespread Panic and others is The Humms. Active since 2008, they are essentially a solo project by Zeke Sayer with some helping hands, and have released their new album, “Pelzer Fuck Club.” Comparisons fail me. It’s odd and funny, with jangly guitars, electronic drums and exciting melodic choices.

It brings me no end of pleasure when I discover some great New Music from a part of the world I haven’t heard from before. The Åland Islands are an archipelago comprised of nearly 7000 tiny islands, with only a population of nearly 30,000. They are in the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland. This week I found an entirely anonymous artist that is called Tek lintowe. I don’t know if that’s a person’s name, or if it’s a band of domesticated wombats, but their new album, “My tek lintowe”, is a uniquely ambitious twenty-three tracks based in Electronic production. It contains shades of Dance Music, and Hip-Hop, fragmented and reconstructed. It’s Music for the kind of nuanced and intellectual gatherings I’m known for hosting The Illuminati, at My Imaginary Chalet.

Bristol, UK comes through again this week with another great release from yet another adventurous artist. No Vacancy is the recording name of an otherwise anonymous Electronic Producer. Their self-titled debut album is eleven tracks full of whimsy and wonder.

You might have noticed that I don’t spend too much time with guitar-based music, because there is far too much samey-same out there. It has to be a pretty unique use of the guitar to get my attention. My attention has been acquired by an American guitar player and builder. Webb Crawford’s debut solo album, Joiners, is thirteen tracks of experimental playing, combined with the groans and squeaks of wood being joined together. It’s an audio feast unlike any I’ve heard before.

To Belgium we go now, where a label called Kraak has released French Electronic artist Romain de Ferron’s latest album, “Ravi.” It is eight synthetic mini-symphonies which harken back to the early Moog pioneers. Swirling, droning sounds, encapsulated with pulsing loops and adventurous melodies.

Another great release this week from The Church Of Noisy Goat. Composer and Musician Jordi Heras Fauque hails from Spain, and is a renowned Artist and Producer. His four-song ep, “Swollen,” is a demonstration in dissonant beauty.

This week I discovered an artist from Venezuela who has been described as, “The Hardest Working Man In The Tropical Music Business.” Alex Figueira is a DJ and percussionist that is now based in Amsterdam. His latest project is a soundtrack and short film, both with the title, “Maracas, tambourines and other hellish things.” All of the instruments and production on the nine tracks were performed and completed by just the artist. It’s a devilish mix that includes Latin Funk, Techno, and fuzz-tone Garage Rock. It’s a terrific collection of audio pastiches, turned on their heads in thrilling ways.

*Alex Figueira –*
*Maracas, tambourines and other hellish things*

In Chicago, there is a trio that calls themselves Bitchin Bajas. Active for over a decade, they released a very good album last year based on the work of Sun Ra. They have followed that up with a four-song full-length, Bajascillators. It’s meditative and wondrous.

“Well, who’s the best rapper? That’s a hard debate. Priddy Ugly, that’s the topic, mate.” These are lyrics from Soweto-based Priddy Ugly’s great album from last year, Soil. His tone, rhythmic flow, and clever rhymes put him in the conversation, no doubt. And I’m happy that he’s come out with something new. Mud is seven tracks, and it’s my Feature Pick for this week. Downtempo production is the bed for Priddy’s warm and intelligent observations.

I can only hope that I was able to guide you to something that touches your soul. That’s what music is all about, and if I’ve been a useful Sherpa, I can’t stop from smiling. I’ll talk to you again soon.

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