Great instrumental hiphop.
Jaisu – A Long Player
Lakker – Tundra
Deep, melodic, thumping. An exquisite journey into your subconscious, through dark places and dreams.
Amon Tobin – Dark Jovian
I added this one to my playlist a few days ago and since then I haven’t listened to anything else just keep hitting replay. A captivating experience of deep space ambient, groaning noises and ethereal voices.
Amon Tobin himself has some things to add:
“I made these tracks a year or two ago after binge-watching space exploration films. People have, from time to time, described things I’ve done as “scores for imaginary movies,” which has always irritated me, but on this occasion it’s sort of true.
Even so, what I was really trying to do was to interpret a sense of scale, like moving towards impossibly giant objects until they occupy your whole field of vision, planets turning, or even how it can feel just looking up at night.”
Flako – Twelve O’Clock Shadow
So soft, so caring, embracing, music to be hold by.
Ex Machina (2015)
Beautiful piece of art of a movie of science fiction. On the trail of the AI-lead chamber drama atmosphere of the Moon and as stunning as the well-crafted shorts that usually don’t come through any publishing house but are driven by the motivation of one exceptionally talented vfx artist. I have a true hard time believing that this could make it as a normal budget featured film.
So much not said but played out in this film and it is such a relief and reassurance that you just don’t have to say everything out loud to get. Also a lot room for interpretations or I could rather say thoughts transferred for progressing.
Some more poster versions come below.
Continue reading “Ex Machina (2015)”My Dying Bride – The Cry of Mankind
I already noted this one before but every once in a while I return to this state of mind where The Cry of Mankind is my only and one saviour. The guitar strings resonate with my soul and the ship horns are like lighthouse beacons in the night. All of its 12 minutes are pure essence without a single note to miss.
Andrea Parker – Kiss My Arp
The other day Rdio was slow on the stream and nowadays these are the moments when I dig up some old favorite records to listen to. So this is how I revisited Parker’s debut long player on Mo Wax. I so much love everything about it and has this deep personal touch that I feel with a select few of albums, like Grooverider’s Mysteries Of Funk for example.
Kiss My Arp is also a stunningly melodic experience. I have Andrea Parker in my mind as the queen of this dry, lean, cold break electro, and probably that’s adequate for many of her compositions. But Kiss My Arp is definitely something much better filled with life and perfectly matches the late-90′s line-up of Mo Wax with its trip-hop sounds and moods.
Merzbow + Xiu Xiu – MERZXIU
Full-on noise, not really rhythmic, rather harsh but calm. Sets my piece of mind right now.
The Gaslamp Killer – The Gaslamp Killer Experience: Live in Los Angeles
The true example of why you listen to a live concert recording. On the one hand it brings the full atmosphere into your home, but also makes you weep because you weren’t there.
The Dale Cooper Quartet – Metamanoir
Broken slow dark jazz. Nicely orchestrated deepness. Bohren and Kilimanjaro comes to mind as similar, although this one has some Dead Can Dance and Portishead in the mix at certain points.