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July 2nd, 2024



  • Richard Felciano - Linearity* (NCET, 1968)
  • Vincent Le Masne et Bertrand Porquet - Guitares dérive (Shandar, 1976)
  • Norio Sato - Norio Sato Plays Takahashi & Kondo (ALM, 1977)
  • Merle Travis - Rough, Rowdy, and Blue (CMH, 1986)
  • Mler Ife Dada - Coisas que fascinam (Polydor, 1987)
  • Rick Corrigan’s OSTs for Stan Brakhage’s Faust Films (unreleased, 1987-1989)
  • Netsanet Mellesse - Dodge (aka Spirit of Sheba) (Dona Wana, 1992)
  • 超级市场 (Supermarket) - 模样 (The Look) (Modern Sky, 1998)
  • Various Artists - The Music of Islam, Volume Thirteen: Music of Pakistan; Lahore, Pakistan (Celestial Harmonies, 1998)
  • Shrubbies - Memphis in Texas (Merlin Audio, 1999)
  • 王凡 (Wang Fan) - Sound of Meditation Within the Body (Sub Jam, 2001)
  • Gotty Boi Chris - G-Ology (Blackhouse Entertainment, 2005)
  • Hanne Lippard - Talk Shop (Sussurra Luce, 2024)

*The National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET) was an organization tied to San Francisco’s public TV station KQED that existed from 1967 to 1975. Their goal was to explore the “videospace,” which the Pacific Film Archive describes as being an “expressive realm that shunned the conventions of theater and cinema.” Linearity was made with the filmmaker Robert Zagone and the harpist Beverly Bellows (1937-2022). According to Zagone, it was “done in one take, the visuals totally improvised and directed by me on standard television equipment of the day.”




May 12th, 2024



  • Chavela Vargas - Chavela Vargas (RCA Victor, 1961)
  • Irma Serrano - Irma Serrano (Columbia, 1964)
  • Hannibal Marvin Peterson - Tribute (Baystate, 1979)
  • Georges Aperghis - Récitations (Harmonia Mundi, 1983)
  • Horace Tapscott Octet - Live (Americana, 1988)
  • Wy (Thierry David & Fred Wallich) - Humaninhuman (Body & Soul, 1991)
  • Drone - The Fat Controller (QDK, 1993)
  • Johnboy - Claim Dedications (Trance, 1994)
  • Ikue Mori, Robert Quine & Marc Ribot - Painted Desert (Avant, 1995)
  • Wataru Kamiryo -鴉 (Teslakite, 1996)
  • Soixante Étages - De sa bouche de loup (33REVPERMI, 1997)
  • Ambient Hawai'i - Ambient Hawai'i (Sushi, 1997)
  • Lucarda - Album de Figuritas (UltraPop, 1999)
  • The Fly - Fallen Love (Hardcore Pop / Mud Rock, 1999)
  • A Whisper in the Noise - Through the Ides of March (self-released, 2002)
  • Yume Hayashi - What the Summer Rain Knows (Avocado Tapes, 2016)
April 9th, 2024



  • Adilia Castillo con Los Araucanos - La Doña (Producciones Gema, 1959)
  • Tampa Red - Don't Jive Me (Prestige Bluesville, 1962)
  • Dottie West - I'll Help You Forget Her (RCA, 1967)
  • Monguito Santamaría - Hey Sister (Fania, 1969)
  • Sven-Åke Johansson - Schlingerland / Dynamische Schwingungen (FMP, 1972)
  • Миртемир - Лирика Миртемира (Melodiya, 1981)**
  • Invisible College - The Luxury of Horns (Rash (DECISIONS), 1982)
  • January Christy - Melayang (PRO-SOUND, 1986)
  • Gérard Lockel - Gwo Ka Modènn (A.D.G.K.M., 1988)
  • Jones Very - Trains of Thought (Jade Tree, 1991)
  • H.A.W.K. - Under H.A.W.K.’s Wings (Dead End, 2000)
  • Pat Thomas - Plays the Duke (New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings, 2022)

**Discogs and RYM have different artists listed for this record, and I can’t really find any information about this LP online. The former lists the famous poet Mirtemirwhile the latter lists Камилов Дадабаева, whose name I don’t see credited on the record anywhere (or on the one from 1989). The YouTube upload, according to the tracklist and catalogue number, refer to the 1981 album listed on Discogs but... uses the wrong cover art and title? Would appreciate any insight here.
February 21st, 2024



  • Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs (Folkways, 1962)
  • João Donato - Lugar comum (Philips, 1975)
  • Amina Claudine Myers - Salutes Bessie Smith (L+R, 1980)
  • Junior Delahaye - Showcase (Wackie's, 1982)
  • The Air Music International - Pass the Santa-Lucia Gate in Manila (ICR, 1984)
  • Philip Corner - Sēr’ḗ‧ăl Muzik / Fountain (Edition Hundertmark, 1998)
  • Natacha Atlas - Gedida (Mantra, 1999)
  • Inola Gurgulia - In the Beginning Was the Song (self-released, 1999)
  • Ngọc Khuê & Nguyễn Vĩnh Tiến - Giọt sương bay lên (Hồ Gươm, 2006)
  • Munch Lauren - Hotboy Munch (Die Rich, 2011)
  • Joel Grip - Picklehaube (Umlaut, 2012)
  • Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u (GLARC, 2024)

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