Tag: psychedelic
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PODCAST: Taiwanese brothers Mong Tong, sound evolution, their latest music & European tour – in exclusive interview for WTM and Narr Radio
Mong Tong are a Taiwanese duo who blend their national and local culture with their musical expeditions, also inspired by video games and doom metal. Having migrated from bands Dope Purple and Praire WWWW, Mong Tong are psychedelic ambassadors for South-East Asia as they infuse musical traditions from across the region. Referencing King Crimson and…
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Hippie legends: Circus Underwater’s 1984 album is reissued by Soundway Records – it’s a collectors’ item and is a blissful stoner classic of ambient beauty
Soundway Records are turning out the treasures at present – this month they reissue the sublime Circus Underwater self-titled outing from 1984. It’s a heady, ambient trip – displaying the label’s diversity as ever – and was recorded in a marijuana and caffeine induced haze by two US based, “blood brothers”, Jay Yarnall and Richard…
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Amazing compilation celebrates Angolan guitarist Mário Rui Silva – Time Capsule revive this master of psychedelic folk and scholar of a country uprooted by colonialism
The roots of Angolan popular music are explored in the guitar studies of Mário Rui Silva on Stories From Another Time 1982-1988, featuring the best of his little-known 1980s albums – thanks to Time Capule, these treasures are now being critically acclaimed across the music community, this is a must-have from this scholarly label. Silva…
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Balkan Taksim conjure wonderous debut on Buda Musique – ‘Disko Telegraf’ sounds like timeless Massive Attack beats, meeting modern masterpieces of psychedelic Romanian folk joints
Balkan Taksim’s debut album Disko Telegraf is out this month on Buda Musique – the project is born from Bucharest-based multi-instrumentalist and artist, Sașa-Liviu Stoianovici. along with his electronica-producer companion, Alin Zăbrăuțeanu. Sașa’s exploration of traditional music of the Balkans, ancient Romanian music and Slavic cultures – also travelling the region to record local singers…
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Peruvian indie beatniks on Tiger’s Milk
Tiger’s Milk Records will be releasing the debut international single from Kanaku Y El Tigre entitled Si Te Mueres Mañana. The band are from Lima, Peru. This accompanying video is directed by emerging Peruvian talent Victor Checa. Tiger’s Milk Records specialise in Peruvian treasures – from punk to funk, chicha to cumbia and folk to electronica,…
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