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Transmissions :: Carlos Niño

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This week on Transmissions, a heady conversation with Carlos Niño about spontaneous composition, the influence of hip-hop culture on his work, his radio roots, and his latest, More Energy Fields, Current. "...Frequently, I would say I'm doing some version of super-computing, where I'm completely free in the moment and I'm also bookmarking sections I know I want to get back to." From his days at dublab to his partnerships with artists like Laraaji and Iasos and much more, we're glad to have Niño on . . .

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Jon Hassell w/ David Rosenboom: Music Gallery, Toronto, Canada, October 9, 1976

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RIP to Jon Hassell, “Fourth World” composer, who passed away a few days ago. Hassell's music always sounds so fresh and imaginative, as he explores the endless dreamscape of our collective consciousness.

Jon is gone, but the Fourth World lives on . . .

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The Upsetter: The Life And Music of Lee “Scratch” Perry

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Here's one to most definitely catch before the man takes it down. The definitive life story chronicling Jamaican music legend--the upsetter--Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Narrated by Benicio Del Toro and directed by Ethan Higbee & Adam Bhala Lough . . .

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Kings of Convenience :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Peace or Love, the first new music from Kings of Convenience in over 11 years, picks up right where they left off with 2009’s Declaration of Dependence. The cozy harmonies and guitar melodies are still as lush and inviting as ever, and pleasantly augmented by touches of violin, keyboards, and a light smattering of percussion. We recently caught up with principals Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe in anticipation of the album's release . . .

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Dr. Joy :: Signed, the Body Electric

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The latest from the tireless cosmic-country troubadour Matthew “Doc” Dunn is a collaborative project with Toronto-based psych-pop outfit Mr. Joy. The resulting effort, Dr. Joy, sees release in September but its first taste, “Signed, the Body Electric,” is primed for a steamy and cerebral summer sprawl . . .

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The High Llamas :: Hawaii

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Now 25 years old, Hawaii shines as the masterpiece of Sean O'Hagan's avant-pop innovators, the High Llamas. Prior to finding a permanent home at Drag City, the group's early catalog had largely languished, following an unfortunate copyrights acquisition which equated to very limited accessibility to the music. Long overdue, Hawaii, its predecessor Gideon Gaye, and the others have just landed across streaming platforms for the first time . . .

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Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug) :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Kevin Richard Martin joins us for a discussion about his alter ego, The Bug, his methods of collaboration, the pandemic, and his new album, Return to Solaris . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter Six

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Our monthly guide to recent (and not so recent) recommended reading. This month, fatalistic science fiction from Izumi Suzuki, a guide to The Fall, classic blues writing by Robert Gordon and Tom Scharpling's gripping and hilarious memoir . . .

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Videodrome :: Half-Cocked

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Is anything more 90s than a movie where Tara Jane O’Neil plays the sister of Ian Svenonius, steals his van and equipment, goes on tour with her friends and learns how to be in a functioning indie rock band? Bear in mind, this movie features a Matador-released soundtrack that features the likes of Unwound, Slant 6, Versus, Smog, Kicking Giant, Codeine, Polvo, the list goes on. As you might guess, it's not a big movie. It’s not a blockbuster. It’s Half-Cocked . . .

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Daniel Aged :: Not A Dream

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This latest album is Aged’s gauziest, wooziest, and fuzziest work to date: sounds are soft and unfocused, while the overall narrative is consistent and full of a very specific-but-elusive vibe.

It cannot be reduced; described; commodified; labeled; etc . . .

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The Goon Sax :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Three albums in, the band has made a bold, surprising statement in Mirror II, an album that showcases three very different songwriting sensibilities and significantly expands the scrappy, jittery aesthetic that the Goon Sax has presented up to now . . .

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

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No static at all. The Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. Wednesdays. 7pm California time, and on-demand.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Dina Ögon :: Efter Natten

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Via Swedish label Sing a Song Fighter—who put out one of our favorite albums of the year so far—Dina Ögon’s “Efter Natten” is a woozy, twinkling cut of lounging r&b . . .

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Six Organs of Admittance :: Transmissions

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This week on the show, Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance. His new album is called The Veiled Sea, out this week via Three Lobed Records. Six Organs records can often sound very different from each other—think quiet acoustic sketches or long, blown out psych epics—but this one is a whole new thing entirely, with wild glam inspired solos over wild riffs—plus there’s a Faust cover. Chasny stopped by to discuss the new album, his work with Comets on Fire, his trio with Sir Richard Bishop and Chris Corsano, Rangda, the dubious “freak folk” term . . .

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Dao Strom and Brian Harnetty :: In Conversation

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In this conversation, Brian Harnetty and Dao Strom talk about how the intersections of sound, language, music, memory, history, place, and practices of “listening”—to the past, to the present—fuel their respective interdisciplinary practices . . .

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