One for jefe, another for everyone else

 

 I'll c-c-combo break the homages jefe have been handling to everyone here to grant his well-deserved own.

Hermeto "the Sorcerer" Pascoal is as awesome and old as dinossaurs. He recorded / participated in dozen of releases, between solos, collaborations and one-time projects, such as the ones above. Quarteto Novo was formed as a touring band for a popular singer, Geraldo Vandré. When the tour was finishied, they decided to record an album together -- which I previously shared in the lodge. As the drummer was an acquaintance of Hermeto, he invited him to join the sessions, and almost didn't make in because of his "awkward looks" -- Hermeto has albinism -- according to some manager. Fortunately, he eventually joined in only to record one of the most quintessential Brazilian instrumental albums.

A couple of years later, he would also be invited to join Brazilian Octopus, a supergroup assembled to perform the soundtrack for an ambitious institutional event. Yet another quintessential record, although with a whole different concept. It's hard indeed to believe these two records are only two years apart from each other. I bet my socks you're really gonna dig this one, buddy (email arriving soon).

pw: spooked

memory expansion.

so so so fucking good. if yr into parry library records (especially the videotech gems), the amazing harry forbes, or into eighties music approximating a jungle cruise through yr cpu's hard drive, then this will be right up yr alley. fair warning, this veers dangerously close to cheese at moments, but totally worth yr time amigos. how do you go wrong with a song called springtime in silicon valley? you just can't.

ps now hours later i realize this is also available at electronic sounds. so sorry, didn't mean to step on toes. big fan of this cat, didn't do enough internet sleuthing to realize someone had beat me to the punch.

pps the next one i post will be pretty rare.

this one's for you buruno.

bought this on friday, immediately thought of you amigo. sure fire burners for the warmer weather!

this one's for you owlqaeda.

even if only you download it, i know you'll be into it amigo. holywarbles was a guiding light. just trying to give back as much as i took from you. beguiling songs played on the saung by htet tin win. amazing amazing album.

re~upped 3/4/16.

this one's for you walkingtrees.

mauritanian desert blues for you old knockout you. yr aces champ. i owe you a call. sorry to ramble.

hollow earth.

one of my absolute favorites from my main man rother. thanks to paul for the upgrade to 256 from my shitty 128.

this one's for you flash.

enchanting gamelan for midnight meditation.

hang onto each other.

it's no little secret that i absolutely love everything that fahey does, & this album definitely doesn't disappoint.

this one's for you gil hodges.

this is fucking transcendental turkish folk music played by the master talip özkan. haunting melodies played on the bağlama & his gorgeous vocals sailing above. do yrself the favor & download this now. you can thank me later.

i am damo suzuki.

holy fuck is this good. bought this last week, & have been jamming the fuck out of it. weirdo dutch lo-fi yacht funk from the eighties. blare this the next sunny day with yr windows open & yr head in the clouds amigos.

listen to me on dandelion radio pt. 2

so the extremely affable & phenomenal fella who runs unwashed territories & dj's on dandelion radio, mark whitby, asked me to make an exclusive set for his show. it's playing every day right over here or click the picture above to listen/download the mix.

ps be fucking pumped for the jams i have up my sleeve.

night train of valhalla.

jon gibson has played with glass (he was a founding member of philip glass' ensemble), reich, riley, curran & lamonte young. beautifully droning minimal ambient. just get it.

the sleeping beauties.

another blast from the past. cool guy lounge funk jazz shit for those mornings at five am when yr awake drinking red bull with yr head in the clouds.

ps can't say enough how much i love yr posts bruno!

pps tapes still for sale if anyone is interested.

Sex, Lies, and death by synthpop

After listening to the wonderful Sublime Frequencies' Radio Pyongyang, I dug this one up. Yeah, it's one of the bands whose members were executed by the fattie Kim Jong-un -- the singer's ex-boyfriend --, allegedly accused of pornography, amongst other things.

Not much to say about the music, mostly propaganda stuff filled with synth tracks. Enjoyable at times, eerie at others, kinda like a pea soup. I can't recommend enough the aforementioned Sublime Frequencies release, though!

pw: spooked

Tapes For Sale pt.2

here is the initial offering. i definitely have more that i will be putting up in the next day or so.

first photo
abdoul fouad do - soweto $30
thai classical music play by...kind vol 1 $7
fred frith - technology of tears $20
robedoor - raiders $8

second photo
space habitat - rising interiors $6
dr wayne dyer - choosing yr own greatness $5
turban chopsticks - mexican food $8 (sun araw dude)
los saicos - the complete recordings $7
jean-luc ponty - cosmic messenger $8
television - television $5
mi or & the pedestals - eos $8
x tours/brein kerkhof split cassette $7

third photo
superhits from hmv vol. 18 $30
wrangler brutes - wrangler brutes $10
angel flores - tres veces te engane $6
milton nascimento - ao vivo $25
elias karam - lebanese folk nights with... vol 1 $6
beyond - no man moves $8
shadowfax - folk songs for a nuclear village $3
? - $15 (sorry, i don't speak arabic, so not sure who artist is, but is amazing cassette)

fourth photo
ustad vilayat khan - ameer khusrau: a tribute by... $40
daniel higgs - surrender to love $8
r stevie moore - prohibituary $10
? - $30
? - $20
? - $10 (again sorry i can't translate these three, but trust me they are fantastique!)
nusrat fateh ali khan - gham judaiyan de $35
million miles  - original motion $5

 most of the new tapes i only listened to once or twice, other than the dan higgs which i think i played maybe four times. all tapes are in great condition, i took wonderful care of them. you can email me about shipping costs. willing to work out a deal if yr looking to buy multiple cassettes. remember all of the proceeds go to pay for my cat's medical bills.

Tapes For Sale!

so this adorable guy got very very sick a couple of days ago & i had to rush him to an emergency clinic (did you know they have emergency rooms for animals? i didn't). he's home with me now & seems to be on the mend (fingers crossed). the bill came out to about three grand, which was my entire savings. soooo this leads me to sell off my cherished cassette collection. most tapes will run between $5 to $10 bucks, with some being somewhere over that depending on how much i had to initially spend to get them. i will be posting a list along with some photos & prices later on today. any help would be much appreciated towards gregg's vet bills! thank y'all for reading this & hopefully i'll hear from some of you soon!

dance of days.

exotica lite from robert drasnin which came out in 59'. nothing too mind blowing, but a very nice listen.

atlantis purge.

one of the undersung heroes of the new age movement, & one of my absolute favorites. not quite as good as crystal illumination, but just as splendid & lush & beautiful as inner sanctum (which was my introduction to this guy as a cassette that i bought for ten cents). if you new age at all, or are starting to get into it, or wanna dip yr toes in, then this is a wonderful place to start!

the throne in lhasa awaits.

for those cats who didn't cop this the first time it was floating around a few years ago. again had to break it up into two parts because zippy is acting weird.

one // two

our souls were clean.

scuzzed out beat driven new age for vfw drug binges.