Dispatches from the Underground // March 4, 2022

New Music

James Britt – Loosies

No One Sphere – Isn’t Everything About Something

OddsFische – Jazz for Whales

Carl Stone – Wat Dong Moon Lek (Unseen Worlds) / As @AbstractTruth foreshadowed earlier this week, there’s a dizzying good new @carlstone album coming on May 20; it’s no spoiler to say that admirers of Stone’s jumpy digital pop fantasias should not hesitate – Steve Smith

Two new releases from Hidden Bay Records

Joji & Odd Nosdam – Push (Burnco Records) / New single out today on Burnco Recs, a texture-rich three-track release infused with a high-flying mind syrup of spirit-cleansing beats + vocals by Joji Kojima in Japanese and English – Alpha Pup

Etran de L’Aïr – Agadez (Sahel Sounds) / Mind blown – Foxy Digitalis

Thyme Lines – Galactic Templates / Palm Rubber Land (Cudighi Records) / With Galactic Templates/Palm Rubber Land, the duo Thyme Lines presents a fresh array of foreign and intimate musical invocations perfect for deep listening. Together, Durand and Nyiri build dense tunes from loops, psychedelic effects, strange sequencer patches, and handmade rhythms, combining the synthetic touch of electronics with the breezy melody of wind instruments.

New Compilations

VA – РАЗОМ ЗА УКРАЇНУ / TOGETHER FOR UKRAINE (Standard Deviation) /  Gorgeous compilation from Ukrainian@s_t_d_e_v curated by Vova Lostlojic, Mystictrax, Poly Chain, Omon Breaker, Standard Deviation, Modern Matters, Agnese Ghinassi with artwork by Wolfgang Tillmans – polydoris pr

Hope For Spring Compilation ’22 (Outcast Tape Infirmary) / 100% of all purchases will be donated to Hope For the Day, an organization that provides important resources for mental health issues and suicide prevention (h/t The Billows Burn Bright)

VA – Places for Peace (Home Normal) (h/t Andrew Tasselmyer)

Listening Recommendations…Past and Present

Th Faith Healers – Spin 1/2 (h/t Noise Rock Bot)

Mt. Mountain – Centre (Fuzz Club) (h/t Solilians)

Ogre – Gates of Nessus (Library of the Occult) / Like Richard Pinhas scoring a Ray Harryhausen film; Skinny Puppy’s Ohgr composing for the Atari 2600; or an early 80s barbarian epic that never came to be… would probably involve a black panther and lightning – j simpson

Radio, Mixes, Podcasts

Mixed Bag Session – 23 February 2022 (h/t Forest Robots)

Reading

THE EVER INDEPENDENT KARL BLAU RELEASES NEW RECORD, “LOVE & HARM” (via Old Rookie)