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Holodeck: Tape Replication

Just prior to blowing out the solitary candle on their birthday cake, Austin-based Holodeck Records unleashed a sextet of new cassette releases, some reissues of vinyl editions (S U R V I V E and Thousand Foot Whale Claw), but

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Holodeck: Tape Replication

Just prior to blowing out the solitary candle on their birthday cake, Austin-based Holodeck Records unleashed a sextet of new cassette releases, some reissues of vinyl editions (S U R V I V E and Thousand Foot Whale Claw), but

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LCNL 023: The Floating World Mix

LCNL 023: The Floating World  In a recent review of We Hunted, the most recent album from Detroit’s The Floating World, Richard Allen wrote that  “Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World, has no compulsion to be conventional.”  Well,

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LCNL 023: The Floating World Mix

LCNL 023: The Floating World  In a recent review of We Hunted, the most recent album from Detroit’s The Floating World, Richard Allen wrote that  “Amanda Votta, the guiding hand behind The Floating World, has no compulsion to be conventional.”  Well,

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LCNL 022: Sic Sic Mega Mix

LCNL 022: Sic Sic Mega Mix SicSic Tapes is a tape label that releases a wide-variety of music, some of which is showcased on this mix.  In addition to site favorites like Panabrite, Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, and Nils Quak,

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LCNL 022: Sic Sic Mega Mix

LCNL 022: Sic Sic Mega Mix SicSic Tapes is a tape label that releases a wide-variety of music, some of which is showcased on this mix.  In addition to site favorites like Panabrite, Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, and Nils Quak,

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LCNL 021: DJ HUSH HUSH presents ‘Parallel Intricacies’

LCNL 021: DJ HUSH HUSH presents ‘Parallel Intricacies’ Parallel Intricacies is a collage-mix encompassing a wide range of electronic music, from  20th avant-garde to more beat-driven club music presented by Francesco De Gallo as DJ HUSH HUSH. In addition to

Parallel Intricacies

LCNL 021: DJ HUSH HUSH presents ‘Parallel Intricacies’

LCNL 021: DJ HUSH HUSH presents ‘Parallel Intricacies’ Parallel Intricacies is a collage-mix encompassing a wide range of electronic music, from  20th avant-garde to more beat-driven club music presented by Francesco De Gallo as DJ HUSH HUSH. In addition to

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Feathered Coyote: Third-eye glimpses into drone music

  Whenever someone says ‘new age’, the most common association is to the banality of well-being magics and charlatan leaps of faith, a feeble, silly, and false confrontation with the cumbersome forces of reason and realism that configure every landscape

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Feathered Coyote: Third-eye glimpses into drone music

  Whenever someone says ‘new age’, the most common association is to the banality of well-being magics and charlatan leaps of faith, a feeble, silly, and false confrontation with the cumbersome forces of reason and realism that configure every landscape

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Electronic Observations 2013 #4

It’s a real mixed bag this month, from treated field recordings, through the arrival of a loved-up Mike Paradinas to the discovery of a previously unknown side-project of Jaki Liebezeit, the legendary drummer from Can.  To be honest, I’d probably

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Electronic Observations 2013 #4

It’s a real mixed bag this month, from treated field recordings, through the arrival of a loved-up Mike Paradinas to the discovery of a previously unknown side-project of Jaki Liebezeit, the legendary drummer from Can.  To be honest, I’d probably

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LCNL 020: ACL Spring Mix (Richard Allen)

The thirteen tracks in A Closer Listen’s first seasonal mix were chosen by Richard Allen and lightly mixed by Joseph Sannicandro. They represent Rich’s picks of the season: his favorite tracks from the first 120 albums he’s reviewed this year.

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LCNL 020: ACL Spring Mix (Richard Allen)

The thirteen tracks in A Closer Listen’s first seasonal mix were chosen by Richard Allen and lightly mixed by Joseph Sannicandro. They represent Rich’s picks of the season: his favorite tracks from the first 120 albums he’s reviewed this year.

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The Revolving Bandstand: Remembering With The Caretaker

It’s an image as striking as it is deeply haunting. A dapper couple who could’ve strolled right out of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel clasp hand in hand alone at the center of a depthless black floor, directly facing the

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The Revolving Bandstand: Remembering With The Caretaker

It’s an image as striking as it is deeply haunting. A dapper couple who could’ve strolled right out of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel clasp hand in hand alone at the center of a depthless black floor, directly facing the