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Setting :: At Black Mountain College Museum

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In Setting, the trio of Bowles, Fennelly and Westerlund have lit upon an improvisational ensemble of astonishing force and inventiveness, fluent in a musical language that melds roots, jazz, drone and minimalism. Their work is as swirling and cryptic as the abstract expressionists who once called Black Mountain College home. Even as a chaser to their proper album from last fall, at Black Mountain College Museum shows the group relentlessly evolving. It possesses a gnarled, terrible beauty. Like Appalachia itself . . .

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Transmissions :: Lou Reed Archive (2024)

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This week on the show, return guests Jason Stern and Don Fleming of the Lou Reed Archive join us to discuss Lou's 2007 ambient album Hudson River Wind Meditations, recently reissued by Light in the Attic, and share a bevy of Lou stories and insights. Plus, resident Lou fanatic Tyler Wilcox of Doom and Gloom from the Tomb drops by to discuss Lou's kung fu fascinations, love of comics, mindfulness, and a few of his favorite Lou pieces at Aquarium Drunkard . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: En Attendant Ana

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Principia, the third album from Parisian quintet En Attendant Ana, was one of 2023’s most enduring pleasures. Throughout its 10 extremely catchy / sneakily sophisticated tunes, the LP contained elements of vintage 1990s indie, dashes of Stereolab-esque motorik pop and a hint of the classic French yé-yé style, all centered on the winning vocals of Margaux Bouchaudon. Those ingredients are all on display in the band’s debut Lagniappe Session, as they tackle tunes by Tim Gane’s pre-‘Lab band McCarthy and Britpop synth-sters Dubstar, in addition to a delightful French language rendition of the old . . .

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Herbie Hancock :: February 16, 1977

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Herbie Hancock became a giant under the tutelage of giants. With Mwandishi and Headhunters, the former student then reared his own roster of jazz heavyweights. Unfortunately, at the height of his popularity and singular vision, Hancock didn’t get to work those forebears which shaped him into the iconoclast he was to become. Thanks to a Chicago radio recording from February 1977, we do have an opportunity to hear Hancock with another singular voice of his instrument--with both artists at the peak of their prowess. For this seemingly one-off performance Hancock teamed up with the king of the . . .

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Danielle Boutet :: Pièces

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Danielle Boutet’s Pièces is a perfect addition to the FT$ catalogue, offering an ice-frosted window into Quebec in the mid-1980s. Chilly marimbas, even chillier DX-7 synths, slightly menacing fretless bass, a female Gainsbourg muttering enigmatically in French … Again, it’s all hard to sum up or fit into any particular genre, though you might note post-punk impulses rubbing up against new age influences, minimalism meeting up with the Chanson tradition . . .

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Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath

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Previously lost footage captured on French television in 1973., dip in to this frenetic and blissful clip from Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath. After a beautiful two-minutes of the long-fingered namesake’s chopping, the South African/English ensemble marches through a masterclass of sound, worthy of many lost hours deep in the discographies of its (then) ten members . . .

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Muriel Grossmann :: Devotion

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Muriel Grossman already has a formidable discography, releasing over a dozen albums over the last fifteen years, mostly on her own DreamlandRecords label in Spain; so, it's a little shocking that her stateside debut is this late coming. But the double LP Devotion on Jack White’s Third Man Records, does not blow the opportunity. If this is the first thing you are hearing from her, you may be taken aback by how confidently this group traces the many musical tributaries in and out of American soul . . .

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Pedro Ricardo :: Soprem Bons Ventos

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Soprem Bons Ventos, the title of Porto-born, Berlin based multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ Pedro Ricardo’s debut album, released last year on Soundway Records, translates to “Good Winds Blow,” a deceptively placid phrase for a record that alchemizes tranquil folk melodies with frenetic energies that meld genre, place, and time . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Reverend Baron

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The Lagniappe Sessions return in 2024, this time stepping into the world of Reverend Baron, the nom de tune of LA based singer-songwriter Daniel Garcia. For this installment of the series, the multi-instrumentalist, engineer, and producer reflects on early '70s Randy Newman, the title track from British singer-songwriter Labi SIffre's 1972 LP, Paul Simon's "Nobody", via the 1980 film One-Trick Pony, and the enigmatic Lewis Baloue's "Let's Fall In Love . . .

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

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Pacific Nocturne. 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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Transmissions :: Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy on R.E.M.

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Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions with Jason P. Woodbury. We're kicking off our 2024 season with two very special guests: Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy, discussing their love of and tribute to R.E.M.’s Murmur. Plus: Lou Reed, Sunny Day Real Estate, and best of all, Michael’s run in with Bob Dylan . . .

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Penza Penza :: Electricolorized

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Electricolorized is a decidedly slinkier affair than its stomping predecessor, Neanderthal Rock. Panfilov still scribbles with his sub-basement guitar fuzz, but elements of easy listening, 60s French chanson, Joe Meek sound effects and tasteful David Axelrod-style jazz-funk are slipping into the mix. Still, Penza’s ultra-tight rhythm section never ceases to bounce . . .

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Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer :: The Closest Thing to Silence

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Avant-new age pioneer Ariel Kalma joins up with younger explorers Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer for The Closest Thing to Silence, a kind of metaphysical journey through the elder electronic musician's oeuvre . . .

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Träd, Gräs och Stenar: A Collective History

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The greatest rock doc never filmed, Träd, Gräs och Stenar: A Collective History chronicles the continual evolution and rebirth of Sweden’s hard jamming ambassadors of free-range psych. Part art book, part oral history, the book puts you smack in the thick of TGoS’ heyday, as testimony from group members and close associates comprise a vivid composite portrait of the collective’s life in the Swedish underground and beyond . . .

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Cowboy Sadness :: Selected Jambient Works, Vol. 1

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Cowboy Sadness is comprised of guitarist Peter Silberman of The Antlers, drummer Nicholas Principe of Port St. Willow, and keyboardist David Moore of Bing & Ruth (and his recent, well-received collaboration with Steve Gunn). I can’t shake the feeling that this is, at least in part, a piss-take. Cowboy Sadness is a hilariously on-the-nose name for an ambient country project, and an implicit skewering of a genre that sometimes gets a little cheerless in its high lonesome drift. Titling their debut Selected Jambient Works, Vol. 1 makes it, somehow, even funnier.

And naming tracks “First Rodeo . . .

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