An ongoing archive of
Selected Listening Adventures at K-A-R HQ.
Selected listening habits at K-A-R HQ: Aug 2016
AK Paul
Addicted to that Paul family sound, first glorious offering from the mysterious Paul.Institute...
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Jenny Hval
Conceptual Romance / Female Vampire
Tantalising new material from Jenny Hval on Sacred Bones, sounding just as heartstoppingly fresh as last years climaxing Apocalypse, Girl LP.
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Badbadnotgood
Another standout album of Freak-beat improv-seeded jazz from the impressively sharp quartet that's hard to match.
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Va: Space Echo
The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed!
Cape Verdean Afro-Funk with Electronic flashes, beautifully re-issued by the ever-dependable Analog Africa?!? Yes.
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Ray Conniff
It doesn't get much Easier than this. The Easiest and most joyful of listens from Ray and Singers, this strange Japanese red vinyl issue languishes in local charity shop no more. If the sweet easy swing of Up Up And Away doesn't cheer, perhaps nothing will.
Selected listening habits at K-A-R HQ: Feb 2016
Embryo
Discovering the remarkable sound of early Embryo, with Steig Aus leaping out as a must find LP.
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Jóhann Jóhannsson
Re-acquainting ourselves with this overwhelmingly beautiful soundtrack by Jóhann Jóhannsson from 2011 on pioneering Fat Cat offshoot, 130701.
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Danny L. Harle
Late contracting the PCMusic bug, love it or hate it, there's some musical dazzleflage going on here; dizzying, sacarine drenched, unashamedly fluro, electronic pop.
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The Human League
Misplaced this LP, finally re-found recently and absolutely struck - feeling Ring Modulator's passion for The Human League here.
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Venetian Snares
Modular-only electronic explorations from the incomparable Aaron Funk...
Selected listening habits at K-A-R HQ: Nov 2015
Kin-006 forthcoming...
27.11.15: Branner Griswell
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Re-enjoying this sorely under-rated, remarkable album on vinyl via Altin Village. Sven Kacirek's atmosphere soaked, Kenyan field recordings with pitch perfect percussion / marimba / piano compliment
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Fine secondhand vinyl re-discovery, John Martyn's classic
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Jeff Stonehouse's latter-day outing as Listening Mirror, self-released intricate texturing against ambient tides
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Intriguing, fresh n' shiny pop-electronics from Grimes
Selected Listening Habits at K-A-R HQ: July 2015
Exilerating new maze of twisting-turning, prog-tinged high-jazz-electronics on Ninja Tune from Jaga Jazzist
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La Nuit: Project from Felicia Atkinson with Peter Broderick, continuing his flirtations with hazy folk and dub electronics
Desert Television out on Beacon Sound.
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Endlessly great broadcasts from the Brighton infiltrating, advert-free French institution
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Whirlwind listening affair with Daniel Lanois' sublime Belladonna LP from 2005;
psych-country slide-steel atmospherics twinned with smokey blues-hued ambience.
Selected listening habits at K-A-R HQ: June 2015
Fatima Yamaha: What's A Girl To Do - Highly addictive synth-funk lament and still available in it's original EP form as a free download at time of writing from D1 Recordings.
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Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, Girl - One of our favourites of 2015, released on Sacred Bones.
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Four Tet - Morning / Evening - Kieran Hebden weaves a raga-riffing hypnotic web around (possinly) the most recorded vocalist in the world, Lata Mangeshkah on his own Text imprint.
