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2015-2025 : Les Disques Bongo Joe - 10 Years of Sonic Explorations [World Music]
" I’ve had so many WTF moments from the label over the years it would be remiss not to bring the imprint to your attention."
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 24, 20251 min read


Shrunken Elvis - Shrunken Elvis (Western Vinyl)
"this album will satiate the outsider demands of old heads and provide a gateway to the counter cultural sounds of fifty or sixty years ago for a new generation"
The Slow Music Movement
Sep 9, 20252 min read


Himmelskip - Salongrifle (Die With Your Boots On)
"the boys get busy with some melancholic lone riding Americana, which then proceeds to flirt shamelessly between spaghetti western soundtrack and thinking rather than head banging rock."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 20, 20252 min read


Erika Dohi with the Metropolis Ensemble - Ame Onna (Switch Hit)
" It's a beguiling, beautiful and far out slice of cosmic dream pop and boding very well for Myth of Tomorrow, her forthcoming album."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 19, 20252 min read


Brandon De La Cruz - New Signs (Self Release)
"slightly more urgent acoustic guitar work threads its way through the impeccably detailed psychoactive electronica that melts just above the song and then drips through every note and word."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 16, 20252 min read


nik tee - cerulean blue (Self Release)
" the crew have attained quite the spiritual/psychedelic (delete as applicable or choose both) soulful jazz-funk state."
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 14, 20251 min read


Tetuan & Laura Agnusdei - Tessalonica (Bloody Sunday)
"This is maximum density krautrock, the winding psychedelic path laid at the start then suddenly straightens up and heads directly for the heart of the sun"
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 12, 20251 min read


prepare thyself - void jazz (Reptilian Snack)
"the jam session meets soothing psyche rock meets shoegaze meets space rock of “orbital decay” as the boys once again lull you into a false sense of psychedelic security before testing your lysergic limits"
The Slow Music Movement
Aug 2, 20253 min read


Ben Varian & Sarah Safaie - Ark's Joy (Self Release)
"Far-out funkiness and some cosmic bump is the order of the day with "scampi strut" with Varian setting the keyboard controls for the heart of the sun"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 29, 20252 min read


Shrunken Elvis - An Old Outlet (Western Vinyl)
"Languid percussion provides an unhurried tempo for this ambient voyage of exploration as toad licked guitar refrains guide these cosmic musketeers to higher plains"
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 18, 20252 min read


Smokey Cake - Casa Nueva (Self Release)
"If you want a good natured fusion of throwback chill-out, with a cosmic vibe and a psychedelic twist that will sound great over the summer then look no further."
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 11, 20252 min read


John Swanke - Horizon Lines (Bud Tapes)
insistent acoustic motifs twist in on themselves, hypnotising all those within earshot before fading out to let the drone have its moment in the sun and show off it's lysergic charm.
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 4, 20252 min read


Max Knouse - Chimpmunk'd Away (Jealous Butcher)
“Chrysanthemum” goes all suitably flower power, paving the way with petals for the title track’s creamy acid-folk
The Slow Music Movement
Jul 3, 20252 min read
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milesbluue - Ooze (So Long) [Self Release]
It might sound like a lot but it works in a waywardly waltzing, cutely quirky, weirdly wobbly way, and I'm here for it.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 26, 20252 min read


Cheapskate - The Sea (Shed Pop)
It's a fine slice of opiated lo-fi exotica meets hazy dream pop
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 17, 20251 min read


Max Knouse - Chipmunk'd Away (Jealous Butcher)
Knouse adopts a similar laidback approach to his guitar playing, ambling along seemingly lost in thought most of the time, occasionally upping the intensity and form to accentuate his vocals when he feels like it.
The Slow Music Movement
Jun 4, 20251 min read


Duke Garwood - Satin Warrior (God Unknown)
the LP with a bang and an insistent groove, with Garwood’s one man jazz funk horn section, haunting guitar atmospherics and spoken words conjuring a swampy, noirish jazz blues vibe, something of a recurring theme
The Slow Music Movement
May 30, 20252 min read


there is only - there is only (Self Release)
Just as you think he might be laying his hat in more folky terrain he's off on an electroacoustic, voyage full of precision placed and played micro-sounds that gives folktronica a cosmic Americana injection
The Slow Music Movement
May 15, 20252 min read
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Mourning [A] BLKstar - Let 'Em Eat (ft. Fatboi Sharif) [Don Giovanni]
but hold tight for a full on lysergic, purgatorial sounding meltdown finale, graced by Shariff's far out and freaky vocal talents.
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 21, 20251 min read


Filhos - Vol.1 (Sucata Tapes)
If free flowing, funktified and lysergic beat tapes are you thing then you’ll have a new favourite
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 18, 20251 min read


sachi's mirror - coral miracle church (Self Release)
It's a cosmic, questioning blend of woman and machine, past and present, real and imagined from this curious, boundary nudging soul
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 5, 20251 min read


Lonnie Holley - Tonky (Jagjaguwar)
a start to finish listen both vocally & musically, with the vibes & vision tuned in that much tighter to Holley’s singular, on point lyrics
The Slow Music Movement
Apr 3, 20251 min read


monde ufo - Flamingo Tower (Fire Records)
the only discernible thread being main man, Ray Monde’s distinctive, hushed vocals, that melt into wave after wave of psychedelic whimsy
The Slow Music Movement
Mar 19, 20251 min read


MAUGER, Sophia Ammann - The Building (Mindless)
It's a pleasantly microdosed, bittersweet, consummately crafted and timeless alt-pop gem that's been on repeat the last few days.
The Slow Music Movement
Mar 19, 20252 min read
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