Arthur Russell’s Underground Genius
Arthur Russell biography Travels Over Feeling is an elegy for a generation of underground artists that died too soon and a requiem for a vanished New York.
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Jon Hassell Pushes His Patented Fourth World Sound Forward on ‘Listening to Pictures’
Trumpeter Jon Hassell adds influences from club music to the rich, long-simmering stew he's been cooking for decades on Listening to Pictures.
Jean-Michel Blais Takes Things into His Own Hand(s) on ‘Dans Ma Main’
Jean-Michel Blais manages to transform simple motifs into weightless complex structures into (as Paul Simon noted in a different context) "angels in the architecture".
Hauschka: What If
Volker Bertelmann's minimal arrangements are carefully, even lovingly constructed. As complex and challenging as this collection can be, it feels honest above all else.
The Tapes: Selected Works 1982-1992
For a sampling of daring, unique underground industrial music from the Mediterranean, this is a document well worth studying and enjoying.
One Arrow, One Shot, One Hit, One Life, One Kill
Titan Souls requires of its player only one thing: perfection.