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Mostly we put our daily recommendations here for the blog readers among you, although occasionally we go longform.
Reading about music is a bit like looking at pictures of food - not nearly half as much fun as getting involved, so we scribble a brief intro to hopefully whet your appetite but you're better off just hitting play. Not very "slow" I know but there's a lot of music to check these days & hopefully you'll find the recommendations a handy filter.
Trust your ears, not opinions.

30/10/2018 0 Comments

Recommendations Round up - 27/10/2018

Common Series - cs07 (las canchas)

Weekend primed, whimsical & wobbly, tempo variable, memory jogging, dub and ethno tickled electronic music with a bit of Balearic cheese & smooth sax thrown in for good measure from Common Series.

Liv.E - Hoopdreams

Fresh and pleasingly twisted urban music from Dallas. Check out the soulful, micro dosed, sounds & wobbly beats of Liv.e & then check out her FRANK ep straight after.

Venezuala 70 - Cosmic Visions of a Latin American Earth (SoulJazz Records)

A mind blowing compilation of underground 1970's music from Venezuela, blending rock, folkloric, psychedelic, electronic, funk, jazz & Latin rhythms into incredible cosmic fusions. Definitely one of my compilations of the year from Soul Jazz Records (Official Page)

East of the valley Blues - Ressemblera (Astral Spirits)

My favourite finger licking guitar picking twin brothers, East of the Valley Blues are back with an epic duet of stylistically meandering, mesmerising, American primitive playing for Astral Spirits.

Gallery Six - Kazemakase (Hibernate REcordings)

Let the field recorded sounds of nature, gentle synth washes & soothing drones of Gallery Six's latest, all too short, release from Halifax ambient outpost Hibernate Recordings ease your start of working week pain.

Kasper Bjorke Quartet - The Fifty Eleven Project (Kompakt)

Music with strings & classical piano somehow seems more appropriate on a Sunday. Couple it with seriously crafted electronics & a genuine narrative, in this case one man's battle with cancer & I'm totally sold. Press play early in the day on the new Kasper Bjørke LP for Kompakt Records it's two hours long.

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20/10/2018 0 Comments

Recommendations Round up - 20/10/2018

Various Artists - A Decade Deeper (Mexican Summer)

Congratulations to Mexican Summer on hitting ten years in fine style & what better way to celebrate than with unreleased music from the likes of Ariel Pink, Dungen, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma & a whole host of other great artists. Here's to another ten.

Julien Dyne - TEal (Soundway Records)

With a nod to the dance music pioneers, New Zealand's Julien dyne takes the baton with aplomb & launches his own distinctive blend of electronic soul, jazz, tropical dance music futurism for Soundway Records. Fresh & one of the dance music LPs of this year.

Enno Voss - Currents (Unperceived)

Soothing, optimistically melancholic, electro-acoustic, guitar led sounds from Enno Voss on Unperceived Records. Ideal for wondering where the summer went.

Ourra - Crystal Palms (Star Creature Universal Vibrations)

Coming through like Jan Hammer with a funk injection check out the 80's cinematic analog boogie sounds on the new Ourra LP on the ever reliable Star Creature Universal Vibrations. Killer album.

Eli Keszler - Stadium (Shelter Press)

An incredible LP of skittering, frenetic but oddly not propulsive percussion under a shifting landscape of floating, very listenable, even relaxing, avant-garde electro acoustic jazz. Contradictory, indefinable & pretty much unique new music from Eli Keszler for Shelter Press.

Carla dal Forno - Top Of The Pops (Self Released)

If you're going to cover a tune do it for love not money, make it your own and do it well. Carla dal Forno does all three in her own stripped back post punk, minimal pop way.

Andreolina - An Island In The Moon (Aguirre Records)

The jazz tickled, drone enabled, vintage Italian minimal & ambient sounds of Andreolina, kindly reissued by Aguirre Records, is hitting the Sunday sweet spot.

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19/10/2018 0 Comments

The Slow Music Movement Radio Show #33

A real mixed bag this week from the sounds of Africa to percussive ambient via cosmic electronica, glitch scapes, Palestinian oud playing brothers, folk covers of funk classics to indie folk pop and all sorts of atmospheric piano mutations.

Auntie Flo - Kampala (Brownswood)
Roman Flugel - Theme II (ESP Institute promo)
Shida Shahabi - Pretty In Plums (130701)
Skinshape - After Midnight (Lewis Recordings promo)
Mutual Benefit - Shedding Skin (Transgressive)
The Band of Love - Pick Up The Pieces (Mighty Village)
Le Trio Joubran - More Than Once (Cooking Vinyl)
Carmel - 12 Hours (Lobster Theremin)
Carla dal Forno - Give Me Back My Man (Self Released)
Lars Jakob Rudjord - Horisont, Kid Koala rmx (frylyd)
Chapelier Fou + German Suplex - Hands (Ici D'ailleurs)
Julien Dyne - Teal (Soundway)
Kalaha - Cape Star (Rump Recordings)
Auntie Flo - Nobody Said It Would Be Easy (Brownswood)

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13/10/2018 0 Comments

Recommendations Round Up - 13/10/2018

T.J. Hustler - Universal Philosophy (Luaka Bop)

Put a strange smile on your face with the soul fueled, Frankenstein synth driven, philosophically popping, art funk fusing oddball sounds of Preacherman. Another winner from Luaka Bop

Le Trio Joubran - The Long March (Cooking Vinyl)

My favourite Palestinian oud playing brothers, Le Trio Joubran, are back with a new album of tasteful, evocative Middle Eastern fusion for Cooking Vinyl & even Roger Waters makes a cameo! It's a powerful and moving LP.

Rick Deitrick - Gentle Wilderness (Tompkins Square)

If you're in need of an audio head massage then check out this reissue on Tompkins Square of Rick Deitrick's desert island imagining, water inspired, soothing American primitive, guitar picking. An incredibly beautiful album.

Majid Bekkas - African Gnaoua Blues (Igloo Records)

The world of gnawa, apart from the odd foray, has always been just outside my radar as I've focused on the African sounds further south but I've now found my favourite artist. Check out the Moroccan soul music of Majid Bekkas on IGLOO Records & then go through his LPs one by one.

Mueller_Roedelius - Imagori II (Groenland Records)

Nice to see Hans-Joachim Roedelius still kicking it to great effect, this time teaming up again with Christoph H. Mueller to create this restless yet reassuring stylistically morphing but always engaging, vivid electronic journey for Groenland Records.

Various Artists - Losing Today (Dronarivm)

Perfect Sunday listening and a poignant, wonderfully curated compilation from Dronarivm who have pulled together some of the finest names in electroacoustic, drone, ambient and modern compositional music with all proceeds going to a fine cause.

Cyril Cyril - Certain Ruines (Born Bad Records)

Check this oddly seductive musical cocktail on Born Bad Records as Cyril Cyril mix a raw desert blues percussive base with a pleasingly unhinged psychedelic pastis, stir in some Swiss French spoken pop and add a bluegrass cherry for good measure.

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6/10/2018 0 Comments

Recommendations Round Up 6/10/2018

All of our daily recommendations in one weekly, RSS feed friendly, round-up:

Phillip Henry - True North (Dragonfly Roots)

It's safe to say that Phillip Henry is a bona fide slide guitar maestro and this LP distilling ten years of travelling, collaborating & learning is an exercise in focus, musical purity and life's simple joys.

Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples (GuruGuru Brain)

Have a freaky Friday with the nothing short of amazing acid folk rock sounds of Japan's Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 on Guruguru Brain. They're on a 35 US/Europe tour in Autumn as well :)

Schizo Fun Addict - El Shoegaze Bossa Nova (Sugarbush)

If you want something breezy & easy check out the lazy, hazy, psyched, dream pop of SCHIZO FUN ADDICT & their aptly entitled new LP El Shoegaze Bossa Nova on Sugarbush Records. A great listen start to finish.

Wizard Apprentice - I Am Invisible (Ratskin)

Loving the genuinely unique voice & compositional approach of Wizard Apprentice & her fresh DIY fusion of thoughtful lyrics and indie folk pop wrapped up in a minimal electronic body on RATSKIN Records.

Clan Caiman - Clan Camain (Em)

Micro dose your Tuesday with the tropical tinged, mildly odd yet warmly welcoming sounds of Clan Caimán and their souped up kalimbas, soporific surf sounds, psychedelic electro exotica and sleepy percussion on EM Records Osaka Japan

Fourth Kind - Fourth Kind (Omniverse)

Start your Monday with a 360 spin & a soul boy shimmy to the spaced out synths, broken beats and jazz powered, funktified future fusion of the great new Fourth Kind (Marc Mac) LP.

Klangriket - Tjarn (Piano and Coffee)

Short, sweet and on repeat. Check out the electronically blessed, Sunday suitable, piano rooted, neoclassical, ambient sounds of Klangriket (aka Fabian Rosenberg) for piano and coffee records. Well recommended.

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4/10/2018 0 Comments

the slow music movement Radio Show #32

Lots of flat out ambient, soundscaping, modern composition and drones to start before heading into some laid back beats then lurching into Afro psychedelic electronic fusion territory and ending on a more traditional soulful and Afro funk vibe.

Maarja Nuut & Ruum - Kuud Kuulama (130701)
Geir Sundstøl - Læms (Hubro promo)
Hannu Karjalainen - Sermon To The Birds (Kingdoms promo)
Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist & Emanuele Errante - Falling Apart in Stages (Karaoke Kalk)
Allysha Joy - Akala (Gondwana)
Moo Latte - Needless (Self Release)
Lunch Money - Flashing Neon Signz (None More)
CYRIL CYRIL - La Ville (Born Bad)
Samuel Hällkvist - Kenja feat. Mindjuggler (Hällkvist)
Moontribe - Osmium (Fortuna)
Idan Amos - Mate (Shika Shika)
Jimmy Smith - I'm Going To Love You Just a Little Bit More Babe (Mr. Bongo)
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Fa No Dem Ara (Mr. Bongo)
Tunde Mabadu - Viva Disco, instrumental (Mr. Bongo)

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Recommendations Round up - 27/10/2018

Common Series - cs07 (las canchas)

Liv.E - Hoopdreams

Venezuala 70 - Cosmic Visions of a Latin American Earth (SoulJazz Records)

East of the valley Blues - Ressemblera (Astral Spirits)

Gallery Six - Kazemakase (Hibernate REcordings)

Kasper Bjorke Quartet - The Fifty Eleven Project (Kompakt)

Recommendations Round up - 20/10/2018

Various Artists - A Decade Deeper (Mexican Summer)

Julien Dyne - TEal (Soundway Records)

Enno Voss - Currents (Unperceived)

Ourra - Crystal Palms (Star Creature Universal Vibrations)

Eli Keszler - Stadium (Shelter Press)

Carla dal Forno - Top Of The Pops (Self Released)

Andreolina - An Island In The Moon (Aguirre Records)

The Slow Music Movement Radio Show #33

Recommendations Round Up - 13/10/2018

T.J. Hustler - Universal Philosophy (Luaka Bop)

Le Trio Joubran - The Long March (Cooking Vinyl)

Rick Deitrick - Gentle Wilderness (Tompkins Square)

Majid Bekkas - African Gnaoua Blues (Igloo Records)

Mueller_Roedelius - Imagori II (Groenland Records)

Various Artists - Losing Today (Dronarivm)

Cyril Cyril - Certain Ruines (Born Bad Records)

Recommendations Round Up 6/10/2018

Phillip Henry - True North (Dragonfly Roots)

Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples (GuruGuru Brain)

Schizo Fun Addict - El Shoegaze Bossa Nova (Sugarbush)

Wizard Apprentice - I Am Invisible (Ratskin)

Clan Caiman - Clan Camain (Em)

Fourth Kind - Fourth Kind (Omniverse)

Klangriket - Tjarn (Piano and Coffee)

the slow music movement Radio Show #32

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