Yeah I like the Damon Locks album a lot. The first and last tracks in particular.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 10 April 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Been enjoying it
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 11 April 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link
Went to see Jaimie Branch & her fantastic band blow the roof off last night -- it was my first show post-pandemic and I may have been primed to enjoy it regardless but I LOVED IT. I loved everything about the performance -- the band's chemistry, the energy, the music itself, interaction with audience, guest players!, her performance style. If you have a chance to see her, don't miss it. I think the band is on tour?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 4 July 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I've been getting that experience, as much as possible online, from listening to their live album:https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/fly-or-die-live
― dow, Sunday, 4 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
I am not super familiar with Angel Bat Dawid's work, does she always use autotuned vocals so extensively, like on this?
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/hush-harbor-mixtape-vol-1-doxology
― sleeve, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
She uses a lot of different vocal techniques/ways of singing and/or vocalizing -- that's just one thing she does ime. Not broadly representative of her vocal style.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
thanks!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
PERFORMING AT BASILICA SOUNDSCAPE 2021
“Like a blossom emerging from between the floorboards of a slaughterhouse, Moor Mother’s music is an act of transcending a violent, intolerable present.” - The Fader
Today Moor Mother – aka Camae Ayewa – is announcing her new album ‘Black Encylcopedia Of The Air’, thirteen mesmerizing tracks about memory and imprinting and the future, all of them wafting through untouched space like the ghostly cinders of a world on fire, unbound and uncharted, vast and stretching across the universe.
On the new single “Obsidian”, Moor Mother says the song is about present danger - “thinking about one's proximity to violence. Thinking about violence in the home. Violence in communities." Featuring rapper Pink Siifu, listen and watch the song’s new video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovnxpu10EA.
― dow, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
from Rolling Jazz:
More Energy Fields, Currentby Carlos Niño & FriendsTagged in label notes as 10 pristine gems of collaborative communication helmed by the Southern Californian sage, elegantly presented in his unique “Spiritual, Improvisational, Space Collage” style. And sounds like the improvisational part might feed and respond to the Space Collage: it's more jazz than set piece, like the tracks, never too long, might be scooping up something along the way, lighting in the bottle and vice-versa. Wonder if they play live, with loops, maybe? (I imme
Listening on headphones, I keep getting aerial glimpses of the Pacific Coast Highway, interspersed w more time in little caves and coves: an intimate, though airy, small group sound, always incl. Niño (percussion, sound design, editing, mixing) and I think always Jamael Dean on keys, with others sometims on drums, tenor and/or flute, synths, and voices (on one track: wordless ones, don't worry, of Laraaji and Sharada). Shabaka Hutchings, Dntel, Adam Rudolph, Aaron Shaw, a bunch of others, coming in and moving on, at least for a while, never too many at once.
First one to command my attention was "Nightswimming," then so many of the others that I gave up on linking a favorite in addition to the whole thing:https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/more-energy-fields-current
― dow, Monday, May 31, 2021 4:57 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
Niño’s previous album on IA, Chicago Waves, is live if you’re curious! I think I described it as more like ambient/new age than jazz on the IA thread but I liked it a lot
― rob, Monday, May 31, 2021 5:08 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
Will check, thanks! Ambient/New Age usually puts me right to sleep, but this got me more awake.Also, this one has *kind* of a DePlume vibe, or related appeal,anyway, but maybe earlier in the day or evening, and a little more spare?https://alabasterdeplume.bandcamp.com/- dow
― dow, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
also from RJ:omg Dedicated to Saint Escrava Anastacia.creditsreleased June 19, 2021
All instruments, vocalz, and synths performed, produced, recorded, arranged & mixed By Angel Bat Dawid.https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/hush-harbor-mixtape-vol-1-doxologyFirst encounter w this, and don't know of course if it will seem as amazing now that I know what to expect (nothing like what I did expect from several titles, which is prob the point), but so far it's immediately compelling, often beguiling, with an eerie, tranquil intensity, and some shifting surfaces and perimeters (for inst, what's happening to the vocals going around the room---"I know I should be grateful"---in " 'Goree,' or Slave - Stick"---we also get the improbably redemption of overt Auto Tune sometimes, or maybe keys, emphasizing the inflection (of male group vocals? Or herself treated?) that suggests a African-Hebraic-Isalmic chain, rattling a little (the clarinet encourages this). One of the most affecting tracks is her untreated, a capella , "Bet"--followed, in a plausible way, by a calmly killer finale trilogy. None of this is an onslaught of sounds though; each room is only as full as need be. Seems like a rec to fans of adventurously historical clarinetists John Carter and Matana Roberts (her Coin Coin series, and maybe all of his Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music, although the album from that I'm thinking of, and most familiar with, is Fields).
― dow,
― dow, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
^^ I'm really enjoying that one
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Hush Harbor Mixtape is amazing, too bad I'm too late to pick up the tapeQuite an amazing label, starting to feel I can basically buy anything I happen to see out there
― willem, Friday, 16 July 2021 08:12 (two years ago) link
Hush Harbor is great, been listening alot (and did order the tape!). Just saw this one dropped with very little info: https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/jps-myspace-beats
Not much info to go on as there's no digital release, only the 2xlp. It sounds like it's beats and tracks Jeff Parker has worked on over the years. I can't find internet documentation of much, but did find one of the tracks on his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-parker/supernat
― city worker, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
Has anyone received their Damon Locks vinyl? I think it was supposed to ship in July but there has been a delay?
― Taliban! (PBKR), Monday, 23 August 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Bought it in a shop last weekend so it's out there!
― willem, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 06:20 (two years ago) link
IA tweeted about pressing & shipping of LP's recently:To Whom It May Concern: an update on vinyl pre-orders (Damon Locks, jaimie branch), pressing/shipping woes, challenges, commitments, ideals and other musings...
To Whom It May Concern: an update on vinyl pre-orders (Damon Locks, jaimie branch), pressing/shipping woes, challenges, commitments, ideals and other musings... pic.twitter.com/Q1VZkF0f7y— International Anthem (@intlanthem) July 22, 2021
(1) Damon Locks NOW LP's have been stuck customs in the US for the last couple of weeks.. So if you're waiting on this LP which we said would ship July 9th... The albums are out of jail soon. We’ll start shipping them as soon as they arrive in Chicago. Hopefully in 2-3 weeks max
― willem, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 06:30 (two years ago) link
They just announced a new Irreversible Entanglements album, Open the Gates, out in November.
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/open-the-gates
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 10:40 (two years ago) link
Thanks, willem. I found something indicating a September 16 date so just a little longer.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 11:59 (two years ago) link
I think this record is just incredible, so gorgeous, almost ambient:
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-waves
― sleeve, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
yep, that's my favorite IA release that I've heard. I have yet to buy the new Carlos Niño album but I plan to.
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
New Irreversible Entanglements out in Nov, on Don Giovanni/IA
― dow, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
This label is just absolutely incredible, I don't know that I can pick just one favorite. The new Carlos Niño & Friends album is even better, to my ears anyway.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
I think this record is just incredible, so gorgeous, almost ambient:https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/chicago-waves
I'd not heard this one. Wow, it's beautiful. First track reminds me of The Lark Ascending, somehow.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 9 September 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
These guys have all of my money. Those ambient records are really nice, and I dig all of the projects Jaimie Branch is involved in (like the anteloper/tour beats record). But the Makaya McCraven records are still tops for me, especially Highly Rare.
― three of the doctor's valuable bats are now dead (broom air), Thursday, 9 September 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
xp willem or others who wanted that Angel Bat Dawid cassette: I noticed there are 25 copies in the bandcamp store as of today.
― city worker, Thursday, 9 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
Thanks cw! IA's IG account recently mentioned extra copies were to be brought to a live event and remaining copies would be sold through bandcamp. Sadly, the shipping costs to the EU are insane since there's only shipped from Chicago. Too bad. Still enjoy it through spotify though
― willem, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
So happy to finally get my hands on a physical copy of the Alabaster DePlume album today.
― willem, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
New Irreversible Entanglements out in Nov, on Don Giovanni/IA While we're waiting, the aforementioned Moor Mother alb is just out:https://moormother.bandcamp.com/album/black-encyclopedia-of-the-air (This bandcamp also has her Brass collab w billy woods from Dec., which I just now noticed, d'oh!)
― dow, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 02:52 (two years ago) link
BEN LAMAR GAY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUMOPEN ARMS TO OPEN US
OUT NOVEMBER 19 VIA INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM / NONESUCH
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “SOMETIMES I FORGET HOW SUMMER LOOKS ON YOU”https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/open-arms-to-open-us
― dow, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
it is the best thing i listened to this week. so good!
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
psyyyyyched to hear the rest of this dos santos albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n23rl_6gdXM
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 October 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
New Irreversible Entanglements is sounding pretty sick!
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
Waiting for my CD to get here in a couple of days, stoked to hear it. This label.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
it's ridiculous how many extremely good albums from the last few years feature Luke Stewart as a bass player.
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
Yeah, the Irreversible Entanglements album is great, maybe my favorite IA release of the year.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
Kicking myself for missing them at Big Ears. I saw Moor Mother's solo set, which was fiery, but not with the band.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
Another huge thumbs up for Irreversible Entanglements.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Also stoked for the new solo guitar Jeff Parker record and the new Ben Lamar Gay, basically everything they put out is instant purchase imo.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
late pass on angel bat dawid, this is liquid firehttps://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/track/black-family-2
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 November 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
Jeff Parker's new one is a solo acoustic folky thing, by the look of it. New Ben Lamar Gay is wonderful.
― fetter, Friday, 19 November 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
Still superenjoying City of Mirrors. Alma Cósmica is my fave track still but it has a very enjoyable vibe throughout. I’m making seeing them live a priority!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 22 November 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
solo acoustic folky thingit's solo but it's not acoustic or really folky
― tylerw, Monday, 22 November 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
Very excited about solo Parker, love the preview track (very patient and loop-based, duetting with himself)
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 22 November 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
Truly a miraculous year for this label. I just listened to the Jamire Williams album; naturally, it's excellent. The Parker is up next
― rob, Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
incredible run in '21.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 16 December 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
Yes the Jamire Williams is great!
― three of the doctor's valuable bats are now dead (broom air), Thursday, 16 December 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Every album a must buy
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 December 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
It's pretty wild! For ex, the Dos Santos album isn't really my usual thing genre-wise, but it's super well made and sounds great
― rob, Thursday, 16 December 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
hello it is fantastic -- the more you listen to it, the better it gets. if you have ever wondered about the intersection of cumbia & krautrock (I have) it really hits the spot.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 16 December 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
i should say motorik -- krautrock is too vague
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 16 December 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link