The Velvet Underground & Nico: “All Tomorrow’s Parties” (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967)Released 50 years ago today, the Velvet Underground’s first album (and their only album to...
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Shuttle358: “Fissure” (Frame, 12k 2000)Dan Abrams’ first as Shuttle358 harks back to the days when Taylor Deupree’s then relatively nascent label 12k was focused on electronic minimalism, often with...
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, & Panaiotis: “Lear” (Deep Listening, 1989)R.I.P. Pauline Oliveros, 1932-2016.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Nico: “Innocent and Vain” (The End…, Virgin 1975)Nico’s solo music is so much more interesting to me than the Velvet Underground. The End… continues her collaborations with John Cale and includes...
Ministry: “Everyday Is Halloween” (1984)I suppose it’s ironic that I’m posting this on Halloween. The song does, after all, proclaim that “Halloween is every day.” But what a classic. I’ve always...
Atom Heart: “DMT Reality” (Morphogenetic Fields, Rather Interesting 1994)Uwe Schmidt has been reissuing many of his out of print Rather Interesting releases on his own digital AtomTM Audio Archive...
The Orb: “Back Side of the Moon” (The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, Big Life 1991)I have a confession to make. I’ve never heard this album in its entirety before. In fact, in the mid-90s,...
Surgeon: “(Intro) Version II” (Basictonal-remake, Tresor 2015)Absolutely banging, overhauled interpretation of the leading intro to Surgeon’s Basictonalvocabulary album from 1997. Even across the...
Closer Musik: “Closer Dancer” (After Love, Kompakt 2002)Closer Musik put out a single album and 2 EPs, but their legacy holds up still through contemporary classics like this one.(Source:...
Phonem: “Bioluminscense” (Cottage Industries, Neo Ouija 2000)The leading track on Neo Ouija’s excellent first installment of its Cottage Industries series might be one of my favorite IDM tracks...
Legowelt: “Dirty Tango” (Tracks from the Tube, Stilleben 2002)One of my very favorite Legowelt tracks from one of my favorite 12″ records of his. He had a short run of really fantastic italo-disco...
Ryuichi Sakamoto: “Thatness and Thereness” (B-2 Unit, 1980)Charles from AngelTheory turned me on to this old Sakamoto record, and I find this track totally irresistible. It brings to mind the...
Murcof: “Cosmos II” (Cosmos, Leaf 2007)The heart of Murcof’s Cosmos album is in the two parts sharing its name. Eschewing the beats and sampling that had established his signature sound by this...
New Order: “Elegia” (1985)The full, 17+ minute version of “Elegia,” which appeared on New Order’s 1985 Low-Life album in a much edited form, is New Order’s instrumental tribute to their belated...
Biosphere: “Novelty Waves” (Patashnik, Origo/Apollo 1994)Biosphere’s 2nd album Patashnik just got a reissue, and this cut is as unlikely one as ever. I’ve never heard him sound so straightforward,...
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