Reflecting on the ebb and flow of his career, three years prior to his death in 1994, Sonny Sharrock noted “the last five years have been pretty strange for me, […]
Month: August 2017
Gal Costa :: Índia
This Friday Mr Bongo Records is set to reissue Gal Costa’s fourth album, 1973’s îndia . A record heralded for its brave experimentation, it’s a bold and cohesive work the label […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Sinkane – A Sudanese Mixtape
Ahmed Gallab is Sinkane . The Sudanese-American multi-instrumentalist, who to date has released six genre bending albums of rhythmic poly-global funk, pop and electronica, returned earlier this year with Life & Livin’ It . That […]
Never The Same :: Hiss Golden Messenger On Bright Phoebus
Ask the most dedicated followers of British folk rock about the most sought after lost classic of the canon, and you’ll likely hear 1972’s Bright Phoebus: The Songs of Mike […]
Manu Dibango :: Electric Africa
The vinyl reissue front just got a little funkier. Next month Tidal Waves Music presents Manu Dibango’s Electric Africa. Recorded in Paris in 1985, the project was produced by Bill Laswell and filled […]
Arnold Dreyblatt and The Orchestra Of Excited Strings :: Propellers In Love
Earlier this year, the fine folks at Superior Viaduct reissued renegade composer Arnold Dreyblatt’s 1986 LP Propellers In Love, a work of intonated minimalism performed with his Orchestra of Excited Strings. Seeing […]
David Earle Johnson / Jan Hammer :: Time Is Free
Drums. Synths. Space. In 1977, four years following the dissolution of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jan Hammer teamed with percussionist David Earle Johnson for Time Is Free – the first of a pair of collaborative albums. Having […]
Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate) :: The AD Interview
The Paisley Underground is the kind of scene that makes for a good verbal secret handshake. While its myriad branches snaked into the mainstream eventually thanks to Mazzy Star, the band that most […]
Robert Wyatt :: Yolanda
Beyond Soft Machine . Cut in August of 1984 via Rough Trade, “Yolanda” was originally released via the ever-evolving English musician Robert Wyatt’s four track ep, Work In Progress. One of two Spanish language […]
The Upsetters :: Double Six
“Double Six” via Double Seven . Enter the mandala of Lee Perry, circa 1974, as voiced by U-Roy
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 490: Jean Michel Bernard […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy w/ Roots of Music :: The Curse (The Mekons)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy + The Roots of Music covering The Mekons . New Orleans, LA . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help us continue doing it […]
Pierre Henry :: Machine Danse / 1973
That this unruly electronic French bîªte was unleashed in 1973 only makes it that much sweeter, the title track off musique concrî¨te maverick Pierre Henry’s 17th album. Pierre Henry […]
Erkin Koray :: Elektronik Türküler
1974. The Turkish title translates to “Electronic Ballads”, but should have been something more like “ripper freakers”. Erkin Koray – Türkü