Bill Kouligas and PAN records (Rashad Becker, Lee Gamble, Eli Keszler etc)

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and there is a new album by lee gamble too

that will be an album that people will want to download

album better than the ep

the album is good, ive been playing it all weekend
i prefer those ghostly drone tracks than the more fragmented percussive ones

Got to say I'm a bit underwhelmed by the Gamble album, but I wasn't that impressed by Diversions at first and that really grew on me so I'll persevere

they should released rashad becker on cd, i will buy it

koch 2xlp sounds amazing. i think the rashad becker album is next for me. can anyone recommend valerio tricoli ‎– miseri lares? i see he's done things with werner dafeldecker. and dean roberts. i miss dean roberts.

new helm album, olympic mess, is fantastic i think, he really seems to have kicked on here. was actually kind of expecting yr standard issue urban dystopianism, and while this does have its share of clanking forboding, there also some quite lovely bits of shimmering light and almost serenity in there too. really varied but obviously interconnected sound environments, a good sense of moving through a zone of architectural churn and social flux

This label's big ones for me so far this year are the Spectre mixtape reissue and the Lifted collaborative project (and this interview feature re: the latter's one of my fave music long-reads of the year so far): http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/international-improvisation-the-making-of-lifteds-ambient-fusion-album/

oh thanks, that looks like a useful link. haven't spent too much time with lifted yet, still playing the gaussian curve cd the whole time instead

haven't peeped that Helm record yet, but i liked the Afrikan Sciences double-LP from this winter quite a bit. still growing on me, actually.

PAN is indeed on a roll this year, personal highlights are Olympic mess, Oren Ambarchi's Live Knots and the Spectre Reiisue. Upcoming M.E.S.H. album is great as well, from which Bill sent our radio show a track in advance the night before our last show before summer break/midyear round-up (https://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-26-juni-2015-mid-year-roundup-2015/). Which interfered obv but was way too cool to left out.

really looking forward to the M.E.S.H. record.

https://soundcloud.com/leegamble/lee-gamble-nts-radio-show-jun15

maybe he does this all the time and they're all this good? idk. this rules though.

aaaand it's really interesting & good, although possibly better in small doses:
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2015/07/16/stream-m-e-s-h-s-debut-album-and-read-the-stories-behind-his-dystopian-songs/

haven't peeped that Helm record yet, but i liked the Afrikan Sciences double-LP from this winter quite a bit. still growing on me, actually.

― dronestreet, Thursday, July 9, 2015 8:05 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes, co-sign

I still listen to the Becker album on a regular basis. Hope he follows it up soon.

I think the PVC stickiness made my (admittedly used) copy of Concrete Fence unplayable... I don't know what the move is going forward. Like, if you put the record in a little sleeve, it totally ruins the intended visual effect...

Looks like they stopped doing the PVC joints about 8 years ago. I feel like a fucking idiot for copping all these

voted for both Rashad Becker and Lee Gamble in the 2010s albums poll, but not expecting either of them to place

Goin through 'em, I bought *9* of the 12"+PVC sleeve joints and only 5 are playable. Sucks!