Reading Room // Ben Malkin / Perfect Sound Forever on Windy & Carl, John Zorn and Others

Those of you that have heard our Skyjelly/Solilians split may recognize the name in that headline. Yes, Ben is the man behind Solilians,  a collective of Jewish mystics and space pop/drone explorers and he’s also heading Goodbye Better label.

Outside of music, Ben also got an incredible insight into Radical Jewish culture, New York’s ambient/drone scene (of which he’s a part of) and numerous other topics. Collected here are 10 articles he wrote for Perfect Sound Forever that demonstrate the depths of the said insight, so read up and/or check out a recent interview Weirding (bornwithhair) did with Solilians!

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Masada String Trio – Klezmazzical Ecstasy – Study for a Portrait
Windy & Carl – Songs to Live & Drown In: 10 Questions with Windy
Apollo Heights – Walls of Soul
Common Prayer / Hopewell -Seven or More Questions with Jason Russo
Jamie Saft’s New Zion Trio – The Roots Reggae Spiritual Jazz Evolution of Radical Jewish Culture
Soundpool – Their Sexy Spinning Universe 
John Zorn’s Book of Angels – Hanging In the Cosmic Tree
Ifwhen – The art of the headf*ck
Maysles Films – Albert Maysles Interview
Landing – Complekt: Culmination of a Trilogy

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Out Now / Recent Releases

So L’il & The Jagged Sections – The Guillotine (Goodbye Better)

Ideas Are Birds – Columbia​/​Zebulon (Goodbye Better)

Windy & Carl – Allegiance and Conviction (Kranky)

The 1865 – Don’t Tread on We! (Mass Appeal)

Honeychild Coleman – Youths Eternal (Take 3) (Leesta Vall Sound Recordings)

Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft, Nels Cline ‎– Music From The Early 21st Century (RareNoise)

The Stargazer Lilies ‎– Occabot (Rad Cult)

Landing / Headroom Split (Redscroll Records)