Ned Lagin :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Experimental composer Ned Lagin began composing Seastones during his time at MIT, building off of his love of free jazz and his studies of Renaissance music. But it took firmer shape through jams and recording sessions with various members of the Dead (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh) and other Bay Area luminaries like David Crosby and Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick. Originally issued by Jerry Garcia's Round Records, it's being reissued by Important Records. Lagin joined us to discuss the triumph and heartbreak of this pioneering electronic work . . .

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The Roses Won’t Tell Your Secret: An August Mixtape

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Blown out garage pop & lounge jazz exotica. Chambered folk & only one Dylan cover. With humidity and paranoia at an all-time high, it only felt right to re-visit to the foggy August mixtape. Tranquility is always tempting as an aural axis, but these things always seem to land somewhere in the middle of a torrid zone hypnosis . . .

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Orions Belte :: The Scenic Route

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Like countless others, Norwegian trio Orions Belte were forced to conjure up new ways to reach audiences when 2020 capsized. Going beyond a simple livestream, Øyvind Blomstrøm (guitar), Chris Holm (bass), and Kim Åge Furuhaug (drums) devised a mini "tour" concept and dubbed it The Scenic Route. Five audience-free shows in five days, broadcasting live from unique western Norway locations . . .

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Sven Wunder :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Following Sven Wunder's Lagniappe Session from July -- with his interpretations of traditional Japanese songs -- we had the opportunity to catch up with the enigmatic musician. Dig in as we discuss the ideas behind the beguiling project, including working under a pseudonym, the unexpected success of the albums, how Sweden funds music projects, how their musical journey became a learning experience, and the endlessly complicated debate over cultural appropriation . . .

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Cots :: Disturbing Body

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From her home in the small but musically vibrant city of Guelph, Ontario, Steph Yates developed the songs of her debut solo project, Cots. Though initially conceived as a purely solitary project, she traveled to Toronto to record with producer Sandro Perri and a crew of the city’s best jazz players. Thankfully, instead of overstuffing Yates’ sparse melodies, her close-mic’d voice and guitar remain in crystal clear focus, while the instruments and field samples provide subtle sonic shading . . .

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Khruangbin :: Mordechai

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On the heels of this year’s collaborative Texas Sun EP with Leon Bridges, the globe and genre-trotting Houston three-piece Khruangbin recently returned with Mordechai, their third and most adventurous album yet . . .

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Dirty Projectors :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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On the eve of the release of Dirty Projectors third EP this year, we caught up with Dave Longstreth to discuss the mosaic aspect of the EPs, the intense beauty of harmony, the band’s current line up, and the mighty influence of the great João Gilberto . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)

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Earthquake country. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Eamon Fogarty

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Eamon Fogarty's 2019 lp Blue Values brought a jazzy, art-pop sheen to the songwriter's cryptic and charmingly esoteric words. A winner from start to finish, it's lingered on the turntable for quite sometime. For his very first Lagniappe Session, Fogarty teamed with drummer Ryan Jewell (Solar Motel, Ryley Walker) and his selections veer into the unexpected, covering Pacheco & Alexander's "Since I Was Born" and Carole King's "A Road to Nowhere . . .

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Transmissions :: Michael Rother

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As a member of Neu!, Harmonia, and an early incarnation of Kraftwerk, Michael Rother's fluid, emotive playing helped define the sound of krautrock, as the music came up out of Germany's avant-garde underground in the late '60s and headed for the cosmos in the 1970s. He was kind enough to join us on Transmissions to discuss his new boxset, Solo II, his musical youth in India, and his collaborations with his fellow finding fathers of kosmische musik . . .

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Bent Arcana: The First Transmission

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Recorded at tail end of last year, at a half dozen tracks, Bent Arcana scans krautrock, minimalist jazz, prog and fusion. Positioned as "the first interstellar transmission from five days of electrified & improvised sessions recorded at Stu-Stu-Studio," the album is the inceptive chapter in a series of ad-hoc sessions to come. Stream the album in its entirety, at AD . . .

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Unwelcome Jazz :: Jah Wobble Talks Bass, Brian Eno and 25 Years of “Spinner”

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We’ve had 25 years to reflect on the strange, oscillating chasm of Eno/Wobble’s collaboration, which in many ways feels as relevant now as it did in 1995. The music feels as cold and mesmerizing as the surrounding atmosphere of the moon, its synthetic ripples swelling into great oceans of sound. Wobble brought a zealousness to Eno’s ambience, one that stirred a great fire in the belly of an ether otherwise shapeless and benign . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard August 2020 Broadcast

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The second episode of Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard, our monthly four-hour broadcast every third Sunday of the month, is now archived for on-demand listening at Dublab. Originally aired August 16th, this edition features an episode of William Tyler’s Sea of Glass in the first hour, followed by Range and Basin, Doom and Gloom From the Tomb, Personal Sky and then a bonus episode of The Tonight Zone closing out the session. Individual shows are archived for our Patreon supporters . . .

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Bandcamping :: Late Summer 2020

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The weirdest summer ever rolls on. Who can say where the rest of 2020 will take us? But as always, there’s still a deep well of sound to dip into over on Bandcamp. A refreshing escape! Here are a few recent/recommended selections — and remember that on the first Friday of each month this year, Bandcamp is waiving its fees, sending a necessary infusion of cash into the pockets of artists and labels. The next Bandcamp Friday is September 4. Fill up that shopping cart . . .

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In Sheep’s Clothing :: Episode Two

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Shortly after lockdown we launched Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard -- a 24/7 quarantine companion. After two months on-air, the experiment morphed into a monthly 4-hour program at Dublab. Tune in this Sunday at 4pm Pacific, with AD deejays along with special guest William Tyler.

Here's a taste from May -- episode two of In Sheep's Clothing. Cole Kinnear is the selector . . .

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