A.n.g.e.l. D.u.s.t. - 'I.n.t.o. T.h.e. D.a.r.k. P.a.s.t.' (1986)
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A.s.s.a.s.s.i.n. - 'T.h.e. U.p.c.o.m.i.n.g. T.e.r.r.o.r.' (1986)
I.r.o.n. A.n.g.e.l. - 'H.e.l.l.i.s.h. C.r.o.s.s.f.i.r.e.' (1985)
X.m.a.l. D.e.u.t.s.c.h.l.a.n.d. - 'V.i.v.a.' (1987)
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V.a.r.i.o.u.s. A.r.t.i.s.t.s. - 'P.a.c.i.f.i.c. B.r.e.e.z.e.: J.a.p.a.n.e.s.e. C.i.t.y. .P.o.p., A.O.R. a.n.d. B.o.o.g.i.e.' (1976-1986)
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S.o.t.e. - 'P.a.r.a.l.l.e.l. P.e.r.s.i.a.' (2019)
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H.o.m.e.m.a.d.e. W.e.a.p.o.n.s. - 'G.r.a.v.i.t.y.' (2019)
i know i may not have sold you on the coolness of modern day dark ass drum n' bass, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna stop trying! this guy runs my favorite current drum n bass label, samurai records, through whom i've discovered lots of great djs. his homemade weapons records have always left something to be desired for me. so many great curators fall short of the mark in their own art, i have found in my experience. on this record, however, he finds his stride.
_DJ Lodestar
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T.i.m. H.e.c.k.e.r. - 'A.n.o.y.o.' (2019)
anoyo is japanese for the next world, if i'm not mistaken. this is the second of two albums tim hecker made with a gagaku ensemble. i will never forget when i first discovered gagaku. i was on a huge global traditional music kick right out of college. Tibetan Buddhist chant, Estonian Choral, Indian Hindustani vocal music, gamelan and gagaku... i went gaga for all that stuff. so once upon a time i found myself in a sweaty tour van with my metal band and our japanese vocalist and i threw on some gagaku one dark night and she just started cracking up. 'what the f%$# are we listening to this music for?!?' she demanded. i said, 'oh! yea! you know gagaku of course. isn't this the darkest most humongous heavy far out music ever?' i asked her with the full-on absurdly ridiculous naiveté that only a privileged audacious young white american man can muster. she looked at me incredulous and laughed in my face, saying, 'to me this sounds like, "here comes the bride / all dressed in white..."' needless to say we had to agree to disagree. :) i have to think that mister tim hecker hears this ancient japanese traditionalist music with the ears of a modern day westerner, not like my friend yoshiko hears it, that is to say. if i was as famous as tim hecker and could make a living making electronic music, i would certainly want to try to make an album with a gagaku ensemble, fusion gag reflex or no. listening to it, i must say he controls the sounds he wields with aplomb. i also must say that, for my personal taste, there aren't a whole lot of ambient electronic records that i like enough to want to listen to, say a dozen or more times. that is to say, i can see this collecting virtual dust in the bowels of my itunes library and seldom getting played, like so many classical or jazz records i have sitting in there. still, it's pleasant background music. i don't think it sounds as profound as the song titles might suggest. regardless of whether i buy into the thematics, this would be a fun record to put on as background music when someone comes by for a glass of wine.
_DJ World Without End Amen
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T.h.e. L.o.t.u.s. E.a.t.e.r.s. - 'D.e.s.a.t.u.r.a.' (2018)
this is one of those rare albums that make me feel like i am intoxicated while listening to it... surgically precise sound design... trust me it's a trip.
_DJ Psilocybin
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