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Roger Reynolds – For a Reason
“Roger Reynolds (born 1934) studied music composition at the University of Michigan. Together with fellow classmates Robert Ashley and Gordon Mumma, he was a founding member of the ONCE Group. In the late…
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Matmos – A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure
After three releases on their own Vague Terrain imprint*, San Francisco electronica duo Matmos visit the sad, vain and vacuous world of California cosmetic surgery on their first widely available effort, A Chance…
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Bardo Pond – Set And Setting
This group of Philly cheese steaks first mitted my attention back in ’95 (19, that is) with their coming out party platter of yore, Bufo Alvarius. Seems that most every member of the…
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Burger / Ink – Las Vegas
Jorg Burger (The Modernist, Bionaut, Burger Industries) and Mike Ink (Love Inc., GAS, Vinyl Countdown) serve up an expanding tray of pleasant minimal techno pleasantries that will urgently knead your stressed forehead with…
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John Myers – John Myers’ Blastula
John Myers is an ethnomusicologist, composer, conductor and guitarist whose main claim to obscurity is joining fellow composer Glenn Branca’s ensemble of massed electric guitars. On his lone 1996 CD, John Myers’ Blastula,…
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The No-Neck Blues Band – Gitanjali
Good afternoon, freelance journalist. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to review a 10″ vinyl record album titled Gitanjali by the musical group The No Neck Blues Band. As always,…
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Arcane Candy’s 2022 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Arnold Dreyblatt + Paul Panhuysen – Duo Geloso LP (Black Truffle) • Keiji Haino – My Lord Music, I Most Humbly Beg Your Indulgence…
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Pierre Jodlowski + Alexandre Babel – White Zero Corp
I’m not sure if White Zero Corp is the artist name on this CD or just the title, as it’s listed different ways on various web sites. Nevertheless, rest assured it is a…
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MC Maguire – Saturation Velocity
Not to be confused with the actor Tobey Maguire, MC Maguire “is a composer / producer who has created a very quirky post-modern hybrid that combines classical, pop, jazz, electro-acoustic, and world music…
