Do you know the version of "Turn of the Century" she recorded with Steve Howe? I think it's one of the A+ vocal performances in history and one of the very few instances when the vocals in a cover version surpass Jon Anderson's.

A magnanimous, spiritually vibrant discography all around! Such a pleasure to listen to him always.

Currently spinning the new Jamila Woods - Water Made Us

Soulful, emotional, tender, confrontational, just sublimely alive!

I've been trying to avoid being that guy, but I'm weak. If you like Pharoah Sanders, give Andrew Hill a try if you haven't heard him. They hit me a little bit similarly, but Hill is more academic or cerebral vs spiritual/instinctual. I'm not sure why Hill isn't talked about more. Give his Judgement album a go. If that doesn't turn you, he isn't for you.

Haha, you tried it!

They really are not comparable and I wouldn't recommend Andrew Hill if you were looking for similar artists to Pharoah Sanders. Hill's more studied approach as a pianist is from that Thelonious Monk school of playing. Sanders' was relentless even when he was measured - so many layers, so much "building". Not quite the same schools of jazz.

It is cool to see someone cape for Andrew Hill though.

Don't know enough about jazz to know if there's something funny about the Andrew Hill thing, but yeah, Pharoah's stuff is just like nothing else I ever heard. Almost its own whole other genre. I've been exploring some Coltrane recently too along with the various eccentricities of Sun Ra... I was really taken by Kamasi Washington's stuff too though it's insanely long to listen to in full. But he spins some wild, colorful webs of sound...

Cabaret Voltaire – Three Mantras 1980 - was thinking about how much CV and this album influenced Muzlimgauze, so I had to play it.
Cabaret Voltaire - Live at The YMCA 1979 - a pretty raw recording, but I don't think you'd want it much different.
Conrad Schnitzler - The Red Cassette 1973 - one of those guys, like Jeph Jerman, that I'd like to dedicate myself to listening to 20 minutes to a complete "album" each day, to make some real headway into understanding his full catalogue; it'll never happen though; I just can't stay focused and easily get distracted...and in particular, am even more easily distracted from his work because he released an incredible amount, and most of it is not even worth calling demos; just endless ideas puked out and saved - I do like this tape quite a bit though; side A is top shelf.
Cabaret Voltaire - 1974-76 - I don't think any of this is included on the Methodology Attic 3CD set - definitely worth hearing and having if you're at all interested in early experimental electronics; very little of it sounds dated, though it is clearly crude and developing a sound and technique.
Richard H. Kirk - Disposable Half-Truths 1980 - I've never dug into the solo works of Cabaret Voltaire, so this is a great surprise - has a similar vibe to early Clock DVA, and I'm all about that; futurist crude electronics and cold atmosphere.

cabaret voltaire is very demanding

Slowdive - Alison

A shoegaze classic, dreamy stuff indeed

Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come

Caifanes - Caifanes

For anyone that is Mexican and a Rocker, I think is impossible to not had listened to this album at least once in their lives. Absolute beauty and completely in love with the mood of the album.

Slasher Dave - The Jack-O-Lantern Murders.

Creepy synths!

The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

This is actually a lot of fun. They don't at all sound like they're in their 80s and it reminds me of Some Girls and even some of the earlier stuff, albeit modernized with the production. Jagger sounds good and the guitars are just screaming bluesy fun. Raucous, spirited...

Some of the louder, harder tunes feel a bit like pandering but even then there's an honesty to it. The slower, more soulful stuff is gold.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord

After a great metal album, the follow up is a synth/electronic album. Liking the extended tracks of the record.

Swans - Cop LP. Slow and ugly, my favorite Swans album.

Samiam - Stanley

Still loving the latest Samiam album several months later. One of my favorite punk bands.

I have never been a fan of Samiam but..... my very first concert was Green Day, on the Nimrod tour, and Samiam was the opening band. Even though I haven't gone to see live music in almost a decade, thanks for mentioning Samiam. Fond memories. Cheers!

I'd been listening to the Chasse box sets, but lost steam. After going through all the Popol Vuh albums, I found myself with a resurgence of energy with Zoviet France. One of the first handful of albums I bought when getting into experimental music was their Loh Land album, which remains an all-time music favorite. Screw experimentalism. Loh Land is a GREAT album of music. If you have any interest in tribal music or gritty urban industrialism or homemade instrumentation, maybe give Loh Land a try.

I'm only halfway through Chasse one at this point. This group was tailor-made for me. The tribalism and Native instrumentation speak to childhood memories and fascinations. I had an evolving, rich history with many of the sounds before I ever heard this group, and then there they are, providing such content. Pretty much a flawless catalogue that continued after the group split into solo projects. And so it goes with Rapoon...

Kendrick Lamar - Institutionalized

The heavy ponderous grooves on this are put to great use by Kendrick's construction of the ghetto as an institution and how the supposed roads that lead out of there are the same that lead right back.

Toto - The Seventh One

This album makes me feel good.

Herbie Hancock - Sextant

Spaced out long grooves. Great tribal feel, the drums, these keys and other stuff. Just nice to wake up to.

Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience - To Know without Knowing

Bought on a whim in 2020 and it was a sort of soundtrack for some wanderings back then. Latin jazz and some other stuff... fresh and cool. A fun listen.

Dernière Volonté - Devant Le Miroir (album)

First time listening to this project. I'm hooked! I've seen it described as martial industrial meets synthpop. I don't know about that, but it's incredibly catchy while being very rhythmic and powerful. It reminds me of Mortiis from era 1 sometimes.

Michelle Gurevich - End of an era

She has one of the deepest female voices; independent, she produces, records and publishes her own records. She's a troubadour, a bit in the vein of Leonard Cohen, although I think not reaching the same level. I found her by accident as a youtube suggestion after hearing some OP8 I think.

Jack White - Fear of the Dawn/Entering Heaven Alive

Boisterous groovy rock and roll and then mellow folk pop - a great duo of albums. Goes together well. Entering... might be the better of the two; some of his more deeply felt, emotive songs.

Mozart Piano Concertos K242, K315, K365 by Academy of Ancient Music Levin, Chuang, and Cummings.

Just brilliant, Mozart is the Iron Maiden of classical music!

Donkey Kong Country OST - Aquatic Ambiance

I'm doing some school work and I like to put on some relaxing stuff to focus. Immediately this article came to mind: https://hard-drive.net/hd/video-games/m ... -of-music/

Doric String Quartet - Beethoven String Quartets, Vol. 1

These guys are great as always.

Pattern-Seeking Animals – Pattern-Seeking Animals
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Prehensile Tales
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Only Passing Through
Pattern-Seeking Animals – Spooky Action at a Distance

Prog rock lite by three fifths of the current Spock's Beard touring line-up. I'm torn. They're nice to listen to but, for my liking, they should have gone for an even more pop direction like Kansas in the 80s, aor with a few prog leanings in the instrumental sections. Instead, they're caught in the middle between aor and prog, freeway music and headphone music, too sugary and too complicated at the same time. I'll probably carry on listening until anything clicks because Ted Leonard was great in early Enchant.

Algernon Cadwallader - Katie's Conscious

I forgot how much I liked their debut.

Mostly Autumn - "Studio 2"
Easily the best prog band out there today...a blend of Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Rennaissance. Truly brilliant songwriting, vocals, and solos. The complete package.

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

This was part of the soundtrack for the beginning of Covid for me. Strong album though. Lots of good, bare bones country. Strong charisma.

Nice pick, Empyreal, good to see you still around.

George Jones — Famous Last Words

Oh man… the greatest voice in the history of country music for me… the way he phrased and sang “famous last words” on the very last part of the chorus just gives me chills. He put more emotion into single notes and words than most singers today got in their whole body. He was so smooth with it.

It’s hard for me to pinpoint when he was in prime voice…. Honorable mentions are 1976’s Alone Again, 1984’s You’ve Still got a Place in my Heart, 1989’s One Woman Man, and 1990’s, You Oughta be Here with Me.

Robin Trower - "Joyful Sky"
Man, the soloing in 'The Circle Is Complete' is sublime. The guy is a master.

Karate - The Complete Studio Recordings

I took advantage of Numero Group's $5 CD sale to pick up this boxset for $40 (8 discs, $5 a piece) along with a few other things from the label. I saw these guys a couple of times in the '90s. They were really good then and the music holds up well.

Old Gods of Asgard - Take Control

Control is a fine game, and some of its soundtrack cool.

Elastica - Waking Up

Their self-titled album is one of the best alt-rock albums of the 90s for sure.

Moody Blues - "Watching & Waiting"
Absolutely beautiful song. Eerie, majestic, sad...yet hopeful.

Damn, didn't remember whole band! I had that album once... Definitely cool.

Brought some memories back from 90s... Like:

Of the Wand and the Moon - The Lone Descent (the song)

What an emotional song! It's like Anathema at their most depressed. I had only heard their neofolk stuff before, but this is great.

"Oh my little boy, what have you become?
A shadow of yourself, a moth caught in the sun?"

Scratch Acid - The Greatest Gift

Delightful stuff. Pre-Jesus Lizard.

This one often creeps into my head when I contemplate the condition of my living space...

Tom Waits - Sworfishtrombones
Springsteen - Nebraska

perfect albums