Four choice Brazilian batucada misturas (meaning 'mixtures') from Mestre Geraldo & Co. Apparently, this 1977 release on the Oba...

Four hypnotic field recordings made by Charles Duvelle in Niger for the Ocora label. Exact year unknown. 320 vinyl rip and hi-res scans...

Book reviews aren't always my rappin forte , but I just finished David Maurer's The Big Con . Wow, what a crucial document! My very ...

"In the early 1960s, Mike Stewart adopted the professional name of Backwards Sam Firk. "My dad used to call me Backwards Sam becau...

"Wow. We can't get over this incredibly cosmic, tripped-out debut cassette from KWJAZ. SF mastermind Peter Berends decides that spa...

"I thought it a paradox to play jazz without drums, with a bassoon and cello, which hums and groans in bebop diminshed fifths. At that ...

*Second limited edition transmission from this Demdike Stare / Andy Votel orchestrated boutique imprint. 400 copies for the world*Pre-Cert H...

A top-shelf serving of mellow early-70s Bahamaian soul. Wendell Stuart's tenor tremelos are heartworn and intoxicating. I'd say ...

"Gray was the downtown "industrial sound" band started by Andy Warhol acolyte and avant-garde HipHop legend, Jean-Michel Ba...

Feeling the Swirlies vibe on this new Broken Water EP. Peripheral Star by broken water You can buy the 12" here.

Street Songs (1979) is a secret leftfield voyage into Hawaiian psych unknowns. Just check the furious fuzz of the sample track below (...

Munir Bashir (Arabic: منير بشير‎)* was an Iraqi Assyrian musician and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th...