Japanese filmmaker Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s cult 1977 horror-comedy Hausu is an apt namesake for the Chicago experimental label Hausu Mountain. Fusing cartoonish imagery with absurdist humor and the occasional scare, the imprint’s prolific output since 2012 has connected an international subterranean network. Here, founders Doug Kaplan and Max Allison share 10 selections—ranging from Dead bootlegs to Bandcamp links to experimental movies—that inform their sideways approach.
Category: Diversions
Diversions: Jim Wallis, Beyond ‘Europa’
Ambient multi-instrumentalist Jim Wallis is set to release his debut full-length, Europa, at the end of the month via the London based Tip Top Recordings. An accompanying score to Rwandan director’s Kivu Ruhorahoza’s documentary film of the same name, we asked Wallis to walk us through some of the neo-classical, ambient and atmospheric works that bled into his sonic approach.
Modern Nature :: A Soundtrack/Score Companion
Constant readers will no doubt recognize the name Jack Cooper, whose former project (Ultimate Painting) remains an in-house favorite. Following a stripped back solo venture, 2017’s Sandgrown, Cooper returns with a group proper – Modern Nature – who have just released their debut full-length, How To Live. While anchored by Cooper, the record’s grooves find a formidable cast of players exploring myriad veins of Kosmische Musik, British folk traditions, and beyond – all underpinned with an oblique sense of otherness.
Badge Époque Ensemble :: Painting With Mood (A Mixtape)
Maximillain Turnbull walks us through the library music, jazz fusion, and progressive sounds that inform the self-titled debut of his Badge Époque Ensemble, which is driven by flute, Rhodes, clavinet, and strutting grooves.
Diversions :: Nathan Salsburg / Beyond ‘Third’
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. The first time I heard “Impossible Air,” […]
Diversions :: Iceage / Beyond ‘Beyondless’
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Last month saw the Danish post-punk quartet […]
Khruangbin :: Beyond Con Todo El Mundo
The well from which Khruangbin drink is deep. And wide. While geographically based in Texas, sonically, the trio’s aesthetic is global. An atmospheric masala of funk and soul, strained through a […]
Diversions :: Wand / The Various And Sundry Brew Behind Plum
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Following the quick succession of a trio […]
Monsters of Rock: A History of RocknRoll’s Boogeymen Mascots
Diversions , a recurring feature on AD, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. For this installment (Halloween appropriate) we catch up […]
Diversions :: Holy Sons – Paying Tribute To The B-side
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Holy Sons, the nom-de-tune of Emil Amos, […]
Andy Shauf :: On the records behind The Party
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. He’s been at awhile now, but there […]
Diversions :: Bloodshot Records on the Cramps and Beyond
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Lux Interior died six years ago today, […]
Diversions :: Luke Winslow-King (Delta Blues/NOLA Mix)
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. Luke Winslow-King’s latest long-player, Everlasting Arms, hit shelves last month via […]
A Different Kind of Tension (Part 2): Mission Of Burma’s Roger Miller Details A Week in The Ukraine
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. As the guitarist for post punk legends […]
A Different Kind of Tension: Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller Details A Week In The Ukraine
Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing. As the guitarist for post punk legends […]
