xc2xbe dead wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:52 pm
"some kind of experimental jazz collaboration", rightly or not, automatically makes me think of something in the vein of Diana Rogerson and Andrew Liles
Andrew Liles is underrated. I can't get enough of that guy's stuff. Pretty excited that he's coming to New York with C93 this April.
Here's what I got this week:
Laibach - Party Songs
Didn't realize that this came out a few months ago. Nothing too different from their Sound of Music release. It's mostly more North Korea praise (hence
Party Songs), but it's definitely enjoyable.
Merzbow / Genesis P. Orridge - A Perfect Pain
Not my favorite project from either artist involved, but good to have in my collection since I enjoy both artists. This one's particularly disjointed because Genesis has tended to record himself doing spoken word, then would mail the tapes off to his collaborators to work with. It's one of the reasons why some of his contributions sound so one-sided sometimes: the musical collaborators are trying to build sound around these recordings rather than them blending together naturally. But with Merzbow, a lot of his contributions during collabs aren't really involved anyways. He just kind of jams out on his own, so sometimes he gets shoved into the background (the Full of Hell collab, or on "An Untroublesome Defencelessness", for example).
Coil - Stolen and Contaminated Songs
The latest Coil album to be reissued. Coil's been getting fresh vinyl pressings for just about everything lately, it seems. Stolen and Contaminated songs is excellent, so of course I had to get it. I can't wait for Musick to Play in the Dark and (hopefully) Live Four to get repressings soon.
Merzbow - Pulse Demon
This was weird to see at the record store. One of Merzbow's most popular records. This Relapse reissue has a foiled sheen, which was taken directly from
Bludhoney's reissue of the album from only a year prior. Bludhoney sold out of their copies almost instantly (I didn't hear about it until much later), but the owner of that label has been very sick (possibly dead? Seems like nobody's heard anything lately). Then Relapse releases this one? Very strange.
Wax Chattels - Self-titled
Not sure about this one too much. I haven't listened to it yet. It was $5 new. It says it has guitarless guitar music. Cool art. The girl at the counter said that it's a killer album. Sold.
Errors - Lease of Life
Really interesting electronic rock album. The instruments are very electronic and polished. All of the vocals are long, drawn out, and drenched in reverb. The whole thing is enjoyable from start to finish. I haven't heard an album quite like it before
Dr. Onionskin - Sunman
I haven't heard this one yet either, but it was $5, categorized under "House", is by an artist named "Dr. Onionskin", and is a picture disc featuring some very 90s cyber-art. I had to get it.
