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John Cale + Tony Conrad + Angus MacLise + La Monte Young + Marian Zazeela – Inside the Dream Syndicate – Volume 1: Day of Niagara (1965)
Inside the Dream Syndicate – Volume 1: Day of Niagara (1965) is a bootleg CD released in 2000 featuring a 1965 performance of loud, sustained minimal drone music by La Monte Young’s legendary…
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Various Artists – Land of the Rising Noise Vol. 3
Land of the Rising Noise? What we have here is a 12-track collection from the year 2000 of new Japanese music–some of it hardly what anyone would call “noise.” Acid Mothers Temple open…
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Carter Scholz – 8 Pieces
Not to be confused with Sgt. Carter from the TV show Gomer Pyle or Tom Scholz from ’70s mega rock band Boston, Carter Scholz is a composer, computer music programmer, performer, writer, science…
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Sanhedrin – Sun Head Ring
Warning: If you push “Play” on a track by Sanhedrin, you may have to pop a couple of Excedrin! Another power trio boasting Yoshida Tatsuya and Nasuno Mitsuru of the Ruins with that…
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Philip Blackburn – Another Intensity
Another Intensity? Wait! What? Is this CD a follow-up to redneck rocker Ted Nugent’s Intensities In 10 Cities album from way back in 1981? Ah, well, um…..definitely not! In fact, you could not…
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Arcane Candy’s 2025 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Sir Richard Bishop – Hillbilly Ragas LP (Drag City) • Les Rallizes Denudes – Citta’ ’93 3-LP and ’67-’69 Studio Et Live LP (Temporal…
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Hypercube – The Force For Good
The Force For Good is a short 28-minute EP containing two pieces performed by the chamber ensemble Hypercube. Brandishing saxophone, guitar, piano, and percussion, the group has commissioned and premiered over 100 new…
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Christopher Clarino – Parlando
Virtuoso percussionist Christopher Clarino’s Parlando is an uncompromising work of contemporary percussion, featuring compositions by Igor Santos, Anthony Donofrio, Barbara Monk Feldman, Thomas DeLio, and Michael Pisaro-Liu. This album immediately signals its academic…
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Thomas Ciufo – The Rising Moon
Composer, improviser, and music technologist Thomas Ciufo used the stillness and disruption of the COVID-19 outbreak to return to his solo studio practice, creating the deeply contemplative work, The Rising Moon. Rooted in…
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Jeannine Wagar – Into the Night
After decades spent translating the intent of others as an international orchestral conductor, pipe organist, and jazz pianist, Jeannine Wagar steps forward as a composer with her debut album, Into the Night. Released…
