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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.

11/5/2022 0 Comments

Hari Sima - solo En Occidente (Ojetos Perdidos)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

Guiding his star gazing ambient electronica with a kosmische rudder & anchoring it with earthly percussive sounds, the new LP from Hari Sima for Objetos Perdidos is a wonderfully rhythmic, New Age tinged, daydreamy listen. Thanks to Twisted Soul for the tip.

What The Release Notes Say

Hari Sima es el alias de Paco León (Güiro Meets Russia/Astropáramo), tras el que esconde su faceta más ambient y experimental. Después de su debut en solitario en 2020, “Fluido Tiempo” (Abstrakce Records), presenta “Solo en Occidente”, un LP donde las secuencias de sintetizadores modulares, melodías y percusiones étnicas se suman mezclando una paleta de sonoridades que pasa por el ambient, el fourth world y la kosmische musik. 

El concepto del disco nace del aislamiento social y la soledad que produce nuestro modo de vida actual. Inspirado en la realidad próxima de este músico, reivindica la cotidianidad del entorno rural en el que vive como vía de escape de la vorágine de la sociedad, poniéndola de manifiesto en cada corte del disco. Con él, Hari Sima, plantea la necesidad de salir de la sociedad para sentirse más alejado de la soledad. 

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Hari Sima is the alias of Paco León (Güiro Meets Russia/Astropáramo), behind which he hides his most ambient and experimental side. After his solo debut in 2020, "Fluido Tiempo" (Abstrakce Records), he presents "Solo en Occidente", an LP where sequences of modular synthesizers, melodies and ethnic percussion combine to mix a palette of sounds that goes through ambient, fourth world and kosmische musik. 

The concept of the album stems from the social isolation and loneliness of our current way of life. Inspired by the close reality of this musician, he claims the daily life of the rural environment in which he lives as a way of escape from the vortex of society, making it evident in each cut of the album. With it, Hari Sima, raises the need to get out of society to feel further away from loneliness.

CREDITS
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Grabado, mezclado y producido por Hari Sima. 
Masterizado por Jose Guerrero en Plataforma Continental Mastering. 
Diseño y artwork por Lola Bonet. 
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Recorded, mixed and produced by Hari Sima. 
Mastered by Jose Guerrero in Plataforma Continental Mastering. 
Artwork and design by Lola Bonet .

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10/5/2022 0 Comments

The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo - Kosmoksen erakko (Sahko)

What your ears say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

Stripping naked, The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Reppo head deep into the Finnish forests with their store bought & homemade instrumentation to placate & channel the natural spirits via hypnotic ritualistic grooves & revitalised ancient folkloric melodies in this animistic, nyabinghi nodding folk jazz finger in the anthropocene dike for Sähkö Recordings.

What The Release Notes Say

The music of TMROTR is channeling the spirit of the Finnish forests and nature, combining shepherd music with hypnotic and subtle elements of spiritual jazz and nyabinghi rhythms. Their instrumentation includes various self-built and custom-made instruments such as a log percussion setup and many different kinds of flutes.

CREDITS
​Otto Eskelinen - vaahterahuilu, poikkihuilu, saksofoni, shakuhachi 
Eero Tikkanen - topshur, sähköbasso 
Arwi Lind - sähkörummut, perkussiot 
Äänitys - Otto Eskelinen 
Miksaus - Otto Eskelinen/Lauri Kallio 
Valokuva - Francesco Rosso 
Kansi - Tommi Grönlund

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9/5/2022 0 Comments

Aaron Fisher and Rob Stephenson - sightseeing (Self Release)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

Announcing itself as more guitar led Americana, the new LP from Aaron Fisher & Rob Stephenson (@oraoraoramusic) slowly but surely develops perfectly judged jazz complexity & ambient subtlety until you're left wondering why the hell there isn't there more folk jazz in the world? If you liked the Matthew Sage lockdown collaborations you'll love this.

What The Release Notes Say

Music by Aaron Fisher and Rob Stephenson 
with: 
Kevin Thomas - Bass 
Eyal Hai - Alto and Tenor Saxophones 
Sebastián Greschuk - Trombone, Trumpet, Flugelhorn 

Mixed by Tucker Martine at Flora Recording and Playback 
Mastered by Joe Lambert at JLM 

Photograph © Joel Meyerowitz 
courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery

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8/5/2022 0 Comments

Snufmumriko - Mnemosyne (Dronarivm)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

Futuristic slowtronica & moon orbiting ambient sounds abound on this cultured & undulating atmospheric ride from Snufmumriko for Dronarivm that's littered with stray beats, subtle dub echoes & distant memories of earthly instruments lost in the great melting.

What The Release Notes Say

Nine tracks like ephemeral memories of the past or a distant future; a broadcast tuned in to in the depths of a half-remembered dream.

CREDITS
​Cover photo by Ian M Hazeldine 
Mastered by Ian Hawgood

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7/5/2022 0 Comments

The Seventh Shadow Of The Sun (Estavelle)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

Mellow spiritual jazz rubs shoulders with it's more raucous free cousin, joining hands with purple hued ambient gases to float over experimental fields, kosmische canyons & psychedelic dub caves in this "nature based meditation and communication through cosmic vibrational waves" from the mysterious Seventh Shadow of the Sun guided by the shamanic Estavelle Records. It's a far out jazz trip.

What The Release Notes Say

Nature based meditation and communication through cosmic vibrational waves. 

Produced by Seventh Shadow of the Sun 
Recorded in Western Maryland 2020 - 2021 
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome 
All compositions and artwork by Seventh Shadow of the Sun

CREDITS
​Acoustic Bass – Brandon Meeks (tracks: 3) 
French Horn, Trumpet – Abe Mamet (tracks: 2, 3 ,5, 8) 
Mastered By – Kelly Hibbert 
Tenor Saxophone – Randy Sherwood (2) (tracks: 3) 
Trombone – Justin Fenn (tracks: 3, 5)

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6/5/2022 0 Comments

Singles & EPs Round up - May 6th, 2022

Field Guides - Margaret 8

Lovely softly sung, somewhat melancholic vocals ride a wonderful deep indie folk orchestral soundscape that is packed to the rafters but somehow doesn't sound cluttered, as the percussive guitar provides a solid frame for the strings, horns and pleasingly microdosed sonic tinkering to cling to. Normally I like songs to breathe a bit but here I'm more than happy to pinch my nose and jump right in for the duration. This bodes very well for the June LP.

Henri Utan K - 4 / 44 / 40 /104

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Gently provocative ambient guitar from the avant-garde furrow plougher Mr. K. Just as you're sinking into the relaxing warmer tones he can't resist throwing in a bit of discordance to remind you not to get too comfortable - there are battles for the survival of humanity to be fought and silence is not an option.

Amywaya - Je Veux Je Peux (Secret Garden)


​Evocative and deeply hypnotic electronically fused global grooviness, as these two artists of Middle Eastern origin, fuse the sounds of their distant homelands with more familiar electronic Western constructs that they now surround themselves with.
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Monski - Code 0002 (Eskapaden)

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​This is an audio visual treat. Deep, slow house not house with some lovely warm bass, all sorts of glitchiness and attention to sonic detail but never forgetting the groove. If that wasn't enough the video is the perfect visual accompaniment, hinting at some of the sound sources with some great skate action. Great work all round.

Andrew Yarovenko - 40 Visits (Easily confused)


​Perky, springlike neoclassical fusion from this LA based composer & multi instrumentalist, who somehow manages to weave a lot of sound through this varied and adventurous arrangement in a short space of time without sounding hurried. Quite an achievement.
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6/5/2022 0 Comments

Red Snapper - Everybody Is Somebody (Lo Recordings)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

The original jazz punk purveyors Red Snapper are back with a new LP for Lo Recordings & effortlessly moving with the times. Hip bop, stand up bass bangers & plenty of tripped out cosmic grooves, not to mention they're on UK tour now with their must check live show.

What The Release Notes Say

Red Snapper's most potent album since Prince Blimey, ‘Everybody Is Somebody’ is a glorious and heady take on the band’s pioneering alternative, trip hip and nu-jazz infused sound… This might just be the best Red Snapper ever! 

Red Snapper have produced a gorgeous, eclectic collection of tracks that carry their signature and always-captivating sound into the a new realm. 

‘Everybody Is Somebody’ is pressed on super limited ‘Heart of Glass’ clear vinyl in an incredible custom laser cut sleeve designed by Non Format and inspired by Motif of the Arecibo SETI deep space satellite of the 70s. Sleeved in heavyweight super matt card with intricate laser cut geometric piercings that allow a glimpse of the full colour inner bag bearing the void of inner space. 

Recorded over the past 3 years with ace engineer Shuta Shinoda in Hackney, East London, the album captures brilliantly the live intensity of the band whilst adding studio subtleties that make for a deep and rewarding listen. 

Red Snapper are best known for their unique sound, and their passionate live performances where they embrace dark funk, hip-hop, dub, afro-jazz, psychedelic surf, and beautiful, fragile soundscapes. 

Vinyl Tracklist: 

A1. The Warp and The Weft 
A2. Tarzan 
A3. Equals 
A4. Resist, Exist 
A5. Tremble 
B1. Albert's Day Off 
B2. Black Sea 
B3. Travis Bickle 
B4. Truth 1 
B5. Detach 

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About Red Snapper: 
Formed in 1994, drummer - Rich Thair, double bassist - Ali Friend and guitarist - David Ayers, Red Snapper are best known for their unique sound, and their passionate live performances where they embrace dark funk, hip-hop, dub, afro-jazz, psychedelic surf, and beautiful, fragile soundscapes. 

Over the initial years the band released the sonically pioneering albums Reeled and Skinned, Prince Blimey and Making Bones (Warp records), touring globally and supporting the likes of Massive Attack, Bjork, The Prodigy, De La Soul and The Fugees. They also acquired a reputation for innovative and expansive remixing – reworking tunes by Trouble Funk, Garbage, Lamb and Edwyn Collins, amongst others. 

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UK TOUR 
4th - 22nd May 2022 

The Band are officially touring the UK in May and say the show's promise to be 'an explosion of energy and love', a message carried in equal measure on the new album. Red Snapper are very excited to return to the stage and their famously impassioned performances which still mark them as one of the most innovative and daring live bands in the UK.
  

​CREDITS
Featuring Natty Wylah, on the opener Warp & The Weft and Albert's Day Off. 

Guests include 
James Wade-Sired - Trombone on Warp and The Weft, Detach. 
Abe Friend - Keys on Warp and The Weft. 
Lana Friend - Vocals on B Planet, Black Sea, Fat Chance. 
Mike Clarke - Vocals on Tremble 
Layla Assam - Vocals on Tremble, Resits,Exist, Detach, Fat Chance. 
Howard Got - Violin on Tremble 
Sarah Wilson - Cello on Tremble 
Andrew Wal Couglan - Piano on Resist Exist 
George Crowley - Sax on Travis Bickle 
Amine Mesnaoui - Piano on Travis Bickle 
Vladimir Kitliar - Theremin on Detach.

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5/5/2022 0 Comments

Tomo-Nakaguchi - Tayutau (Audiobulb)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

A winding, inquisitively minded sonic voyage from Tomo Nakaguchi as he pokes around all sorts of ambient nooks & crannies on his gently restless yet relaxing new electroacoustic excursion for Audiobulb.

What The Release Notes Say

Tayutau is a Japanese word that means drifting, floating and unstable. It represents the musicality of this album, as well as the state of mind of Tomo when he was making it. It also hopes that in this unstable and absurd world, people will have time to let feel at will. 

The album started with a lot of small sound elements recorded by Tomo. He fleshed them out with numerous effect plug-ins, synthesizers and distorted guitars to create multi-layered beautiful soundscapes like countless colorful creatures dancing at the bottom of the deep sea. They gradually change shape over time and drift in the deep sea of our hearts.

​CREDITS
Tomo-Nakaguchi is musician / sound artist living in Yokohama, Japan. He is a member of experimental rock band "1769" and multimedia group "skyward photo film". His work creates dreamy and warm texture use layers of modulated acoustic / electric guitar, sampler, broken tape machine, field recordings and many instruments sound. 

• Album cover by Asuka Takemoto

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4/5/2022 0 Comments

Erica Eso - 192 (Hausu Mountain)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like


What We Say

A surprisingly normal sounding release for the madtronic purveyors Hausu Mountain, but a pleasantly wayward pop LP for humanity, as Erica Eso wrap comforting & familiar tropes around their microdosed exploration of what pop could sound like if artists spent more time staring at the stars instead of each other.

What The Release Notes Say

Band Members: 
Weston Minissali - Voice, Synthesizer, Piano 
Angelica Bess - Voice 
Rhonda Lowry - Drums 
Nathaniel Morgan - Bass 
Lydia Velichkovski - Synthesizer, Organ 

Additional Personnel: 
Ryan Power - Guitar on "Home Is A Glow" 
Dandy McDowell - Double Bass on "Acclaimed Evacuation (Part 1)" 
Jessica Pavone - Viola on "Acclaimed Evacuation (Part 1)" and "Acclaimed Evacuation (Part 2)" 
Lucy Hollier - Trombone on "Acclaimed Evacuation (Part 2)" 
Alex Toth - Trumpet on "Acclaimed Evacuation (Part 2)" 

Written and Produced by Weston Minissali (C) 2022 BMI 

Recorded by Weston Minissali and Nathaniel Morgan in 2018 and 2019 

Mixed by Ryan Power 

Stereophonic Mastering by Timothy Stollenwerk 

Photography by Lisa Schatz

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3/5/2022 0 Comments

The Slow Music Movement Radio Show #67

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So the latest show for the nice people at Music for Dreams Radio is here. The show is also available on Youtube, Mixcloud & Soundcloud.

​Ambient, electroacoustic & neoclassical vibes kick things off but it doesn't take long to deviate into folk fusion, jazz abstraction, beat science, psychedelic dub, ambient soul & end with a summer portending Balearic flourish.

What some of the cover art looks like

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Tracklisting

Alexandre Bazin - I (Cassauna)
Edu Comelles & Rafa Ramos Sana - Bleds (Whitelabrecs)
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch - Ruby's Dance (Headphone Commute)
Andrew Tuttle - Overnight's A Weekend (Basin Rock)
Finnegan Tui - Bones (Eywa)
Bitchin' Baja's - QUAKENBRUCK [DUB] (Duophonic Super 45s)
MJC - Three (FilthyBroke)
Jawhar - Foug Layyem (62tv)
Lindsay Clark - Roses In The Sky (Audiosport)
Hiatus Kaiyote - Sip Into Something Soft, Teebs rex (Brainfeeder)
Komo Saxo with Sofia Jernberg - Saxo Chop (WeJazz)
Ozan Tekin - 12 Ode to Being Idle (Gulbaba)
Taylor Deupree - Harbor (Laaps)
Field Works - Station 3 Review, ​Olga Wojciechowska rmx (Temporary Residence)
John Carroll Kirby - Repettos For You My Lord (Stones Throw)
​Po-One - Hidden (Dream Chimney)


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