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Natura Morta (A Sven Wunder Mixtape)

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Snapping at the heels of last year’s Eastern Flowers and Wabi Sabi lps, prolific polymath Sven Wunder returns this June with his third full-lengh, Natura Morta. In anticipation, Wunder recorded the following vinyl mix for AD, via his home studio in Sweden, leaning into aesthetic influences and inspiration . . .

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Chuck Johnson :: The Cinder Grove

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Chuck Johnson's The Cinder Grove is a positively gripping experience from start to finish, full of tones and zones that spark the imagination and encourage deep listening to every note, every descending chord progression, every solar flare melody . . .

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Deniz Cuylan :: No Such Thing As Free Will

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On No Such Thing As Free Will, LA-via-Istanbul artist Deniz Cuylan flanks his fingerpicking with subtle touches of piano, clarinet and cello. Reaching all the way back to a childhood infatuation for Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 as a guiding inspiration, the resulting musical patterns recall the repetitious, minimalist compositions of Steve Reich or Nils Frahm, but sit adjacent cosmic pastoralism too . . .

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

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No static at all. 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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Al Riggs :: Transmissions

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Durham songwriter al Riggs returns with a new country music album, I Got a Big Electric Fan to Keep Me Cool While I Sleep. They joined us to discuss the album's concept, finding your own way into traditional music, and of course, Robert Altman's 1980 movie Popeye . . .

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Here Comes A Regular :: An Interview with Bill and Turner Ross about their new film, “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”

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Over the last decade, brothers Bill and Turner Ross have quietly built one of the most singular and idiosyncratic careers in contemporary, non-fiction cinema.

We recently connected with the Ross brothers to talk about their unconventional approach to crafting this film, their comfort navigating the thin, blurred line between documentary and the traditional feature and what they've got spinning on the stereo during lockdown.

"Our films follow a consistent ethos: Don’t talk about it, be about it . . .

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Frank “Poncho” Sampedro :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Crazy Horse's Frank "Poncho" Sampedro joined up with Neil Young in 1973 and remained firmly in place until 2014. He joins Aquarium Drunkard's Tyler Wilcox for a look back at his time in the Horse—at times dosed, at times dazed, but always tapped into the mythic rock and roll spirit that drove the band . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Orions Belte

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From the lush, exciting outskirts of "left field" this series likes to summon, the band plucked for us Mac Miller's '2009' and Danzig's 'Am I Demon.'

...re-imagining ‘2009’s lovely strings and piano and ‘Demon’s classic riffage. Worthy and original results, to be sure . . .

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Diversions: Joseph Shabason

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Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing . . .

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Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles: Keys / Black Twig Pickers: Friend’s Peace

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As its title suggests, Keys unlocks all kinds of musical doors, welcoming the listener into spaces that are alternately joyous and mournful, weird and deep. Make yourself right at home . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: April 2021

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Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. The April broadcast features new episodes of Range and Basin and Doom and Gloom from the Tomb plus Tyler Hale’s Tumbleweed and Uncle Tio’s Feathered Serpent. April 18, from 4—8 PM Pacific time . . .

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Nana Yamato :: Before Sunrise

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Nana Yamato's daydream pop evokes the limitless possibilities of a new day. Released by Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts' Dull Tools label, it pairs MIDI blips, DIY beats, gleeful guitars and neon romance . . .

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Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble :: NOW

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The previous Black Monument Ensemble long-player, Where Future Unfolds, was an absolute knockout. NOW might be even better. Led by the multi-talented Damon Locks, the Chicago collective includes such amazing players as Angel Bat Dawid, Ben LaMar Gay and Dana Hall, all coming together to create something totally unique — an uncanny blend of dreamy reveries and harsh realities . . .

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

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Silk degrees. 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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Sun Ra :: Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972)

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Sun Ra was almost as prolific a writer as he was a composer. A new set of books and pamplets out on the Corbett vs. Dempsey showcase his literary side with visionary poetry, esoteric essays, heady manifestos, and occult philosophy . . .

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