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Ela Minus – “Broken” Ela Minus is a electronic music singer/songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer from Bogota, Colombia. Her song “Broken” will appear on the upcoming album DIA, out January 17th, 2025. Ela Minus previously appeared on my Monthly Mixtape for May 2020. Songs of the Week for 2024 January “Easy Fun” by gglum “Until Everybody is Free” by Bella Cuts “Hand to Hand” by Katy…
Kelly Lee Owens – “Love You Got” “Love You Got” is the lead single for Welsh electronic music artist and singer Kelly Lee Owen’s upcoming album Dreamstate. Owens previously appeared on this blog in a review for her excellent 2020 album Inner Song. Songs of the Week for 2024 January “Easy Fun” by gglum “Until Everybody is Free” by Bella Cuts “Hand to Hand” by Katy Kirby “Barnyard Disturbance” by…
Album: Akoma Artist: Jlin Release Date: March 22, 2024 Label: Planet Mu Favorite Tracks: “Borealis” (featuring Björk) “Speed of Darkness” “Open Canvas” “Challenge (To Be Continued II)” “Eye Am” “The Precision of Infinity” (featuring Philip Glass) Thoughts: Jlin, birth name Jerrilynn Patton, is a very busy DJ and producer who has found time to return to recording a full studio album for the…
Shay De Castro – “Rose-Tinted” When you look at the eclipse later today you’ll want to wear tinted glasses, although rose-tinted will not work no matter your level of optimism, so wear officially-rated eye protection. As to techno DJ Shay De Castro, she doesn’t seem to have any web presence, but this same biography is published several places online. Songs of the Week for 2024 January “Easy…
I’m splitting up my Album of the Month reviews this week because I have a lot of great new albums to review and a backlog of blog posts to make. Album: Three Artist: Four Tet Release Date: March 15, 2024 Label: Text Favorite Tracks: Loved Storm Crystals Daydream Repeat Three Drums Thoughts: Four Tet, the nom de mix of British electronic musician and producer Kieran Hebden, creates sonically…
Nikki Nair, DJ ADHD – “Fidget Spinner” This week: music that explains my brain. Songs of the Week for 2024 January “Easy Fun” by gglum “Until Everybody is Free” by Bella Cuts “Hand to Hand” by Katy Kirby “Barnyard Disturbance” by Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer February “Mira Mira” by Don Elektron, MariaDennis, Sam Bruno “Belief” by Otyken “Fidget Spinner” by Nikki Nair, DJ ADHD
Rocket Empire – “Lima” An ambient and meditative track from the Oregon-based duo Rocket Empire is the lead song off their new album Todas Partes. Songs of the Week for 2023 January “Happiness” by THICK “Abathembu” by uKhoiKhoi “Blood Rushes” by CIVIC “Doomscrollers” by Quasi “Fold” by Bonobo & Jacques Greene February “Go Dig My Grave” by Lankum “Tokyo Dub Story” by Gezan & Million Wish…
Song: Pocket Calculator
Artist: Kraftwerk
Songwriters: Karl Bartos, Emil Schult & Ralf Hütter
Release date: May 10, 1981
This futuristic techno/dance track focuses on the very high technology of the pocket calculator. I had a small Casio keyboard that also had a calculator around the same time and let me tell you holding something in your hands that could play "a little melody" was the epitome of cool. I remember first hearing this song at a retro-night at the Man Ray dance club in Cambridge in the 1990s and coincidentally they've just announce that Man Ray is reopening!
Song of the Week: “Problems” by Floating Points
Floating Points – “Problems” Floating Points is the nom-de-tune of the British electronic music producer, DJ, and musician Sam Shepherd. Song of the Week 2022 January “Colonizer” by Tanya Tagaq “Empties” by Pigeon Pit “Who Has Seen the Wind” by David Byrne and Yo La Tengo “The Ship” by Rokia Kone & Jacknife Lee February “Hunting Doves” by Rachel Sumner “Floating Garden” by The Nunnery “On My…
Album of the Week: Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives
Album: Natural Brown Prom Queen Artist: Sudan Archives Release Date: September 9, 2022 Label: Stones Throw Records Favorite Tracks: Home Maker Selfish Soul ChevyS10 Yellow Brick Road Thoughts: I’m naturally inclined to review anything by an artist with “archives” in their name (there are a surprising number of them). Sudan Archives is actually the stage name for Los Angeles-based American…
Album of the Week: Silver Lining by Courtney Swain
Album: Silver Lining Artist: Courtney Swain Release Date: April 29, 2022 Label: Many Hats Distribution Favorite Tracks: Silver Lining (enough with the) Camenti Inanimate Object Magic Mirror Thoughts: Providence-based artist Courtney Swain released this album in the spring but I just learned about from WERS’ list of “Our Favorite Local Albums of 2022 So Far…” Their synopsis compares Swain to…
