Nine Rain - Nine Rain

This collaboration, between one of the founders of the famous San Francisco avant-garde group Tuxedomoon, Steven Brown, and his Mexican friends has produced a very interesting result. Although, perhaps not perfect, this somewhat raw mix of rhythms, with melancholic saxophone and occasional bursts of unbridled energy, above all reminds me of Mexico because it's wide palette. If we look, e.g. pictures of Frida Khalo or a plate of Mexican food we will see one thing: an assembly of bright colors and intense flavors, all in one place. We have the same situation here. Full Flavor.
And what to say about all that, except, enjoy your meal :)


Year: 1996
Label: Opcion Sonica                                                                                   Ex - Yu verzija
TT; 68

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African Head Charge - Song of Praise

    Stepping out of the more hermetic sound that this strange band made with this album may make it more receptive and modern, but it also brings some ancient sound forms, archaic tunes and tribal chants. Now, how are this two going together? Well, let's put it this way: If the welder is the master of his job, the weld is barely noticeable. Only so much to feel fine texture under our fingers when we touch it :)


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Year : 1990                                                                                                 Ex - Yu verzija
Label : On-U-Sound
TT : 1:00:46

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Naked City - Naked City

For Zorn admirers this is an inevitable part of a large and varied career, but for those who don't know who Zorn is, it will be an excursion into something that they could not even imagine :) This powerful blend of rock, jazz, metal and noise, linked with violent strikes of Zorn's saxophone, as well with fantastic assembled team of New York musicians (Fred Frith, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Yamatsuka Eye), makes that music here resists all borders and genre limitations and give to us something completely unique.
Just the way I like :)

Review
Year : 1989                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Elektra
TT : 53:30

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Jim White - Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See

A strange beast is this Jim White. Starting to make music in the forties, already formed as an author, with a vision of merging traditional and modern, he gave to us a few great, emotionally high and very advanced recorded country - rock albums. Old and new, on Jim White records are connected in one, while the quality of the melody and lyrics always heating up our senses, guaranteeing satisfaction :)

After all, listen to yourself :)

Review
Year : 2004                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Luaka Bop / V2
TT : 1:02:39
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Cabaret Voltaire - The Crackdown

Although somehow sounds tamed, and for some fans it is a selling of their favorite band, this is really just another logical step in the development of the band, in accordance with the then music flows. After all, a million years away from commercial sound, this excellent album, with its twisted logic, constantly make my brain pulsing in rhythm :)

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Year : 1983                                                                                             Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Virgin
TT : 1:03:50

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New Wet Kojak - Nasty International

If we ask what kind of music is this, I'm not sure we'll come up with some concrete results. Created as an extension of Girls Against Boys, this Washington-based group may be a rock, but it's also the noise, ambiental, or some kind of sonic passage that feels good to my ears. All in all, a thick and murky sound, based more on tension than on the riff.
After all, this is all just theorizing, what is important that I spent an hour in vacuuming and wiping the dust, enjoying, all thanks to this great album :)

Review
Year : 1997                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Touch & Go
TT : 36:58

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Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra - Sleeping Beauty

This album have very classic sound, experimentalism is reduced to a minimum and it is infused with beauty as the main characteristic. And because all of this, it seems like a curiosity in strange career of man named Sun Ra. But, the truth is that the enormous talent of Sun Ra and his followers have no limits. Freedom is in turning from direction :)

Listen to early morning or late evening. And perhaps even during the day :)

Review
Year : 1979                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Art Yard / ReR
TT : 30:06

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Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak

Although the words are her favorite toy, Ms. Anderson also successfully handle with music and with visual art .. Basically performer and multimedia artist, during its long career, she published several very interesting albums. One of them, maybe little bit more accessible, is precisely this album. Sonically weird, with strange verses, and supported with more than great guests, it represent adventure that does not make sense to miss :)

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Year : 1984                                                                                              Ex - yu verzija
Label : Warner Bros.
TT : 40:19
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The Wolfgang Press - Bird Wood Cage

Enough dark to satisfy old gothic fan base, and under the influence of the then trends in music, refreshed with dance elements, this album is something that avoids genre, and to me, personally, always interesting adventure :)

P.S.
This is the original version of the album, which is available only on vinyl and don't contain bonus tracks, the one I prefer  :)

Review
Year : 1988                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : 4AD
TT : 40:23
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Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove

I will be on the road about 20 minutes, so, I will not and i can't spend much time on words .... After all, why should I, this is one of the best albums of all time.
Now, you judge for yourself :)

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Year : 1978                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Priority Records
TT : 42:10
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Anita Lane - Sex O'Clock

Dealing with the thought that the next post should be something of Serge Gainsbourg, spontaneously, I began to listen first two albums by Mick Harvey, otherwise Gainsbourg covers, enjoying in it very much. And now, faced with this new dilemma, I resorted economical solution which combines these two in a very seductive way :)
Seductive, you ask? Oh, yes :)

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Year : 2001                                                                                             Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Mute
TT : 44:31
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French Frith Kaiser Thompson - Live, Love, Larf & Loaf

This band, in addition to the inevitable "all-star" epithet, also echoes with the sound of four friends which have very much fun. Taking into account the strong aura of each individual separately here, and apparently non-existent clash of egos, the result is a charming, colorful and always great record.

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Year : 1987                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Shanachie Records
TT : 54:08
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Faust - So Far...

Well, I wandered around a bit, last three days and I must say that it was enough for me :) It's nice to wander, but you can't only do that in life. As a result, I'm not not even comply with my own blogging deadlines, what I will immediately try to rectify with this great and timeless album ...
So, turn up the amplifier, do not worry about the neighbors, Christmas time is gone, it is a time to again socialize with our loyal friend, Mr. Faust :)

Review
Year : 1972                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Revisited / Polydor
TT : 40:16
Lyrics

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Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water

Chuck Prophet is engaged with commercial sound, there is no doubt. And it works very well. And given that a good song is imperative of any genre, and if we take as a criterion necessity for adaptation to today's sound, through production, this album stands as one of the pillars of popular music.
Unstable statement, you say, but check it yourself :)

Review
Year : 2007                                                                                            Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Yep Roc
TT : 50:35

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Gong - Acid Motherhood

If by any chance, aesthetics was the most important criterion of this blog, I doubt that this album would have ended up here. If criteria is humor, it would have some chance .... And since the only criterion is the quality of the music, then I think there is no problems :)

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Year : 2004                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Mister E
TT : 48:52

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John Lurie - African Swim and Manny & Lo

John Lurie, a strange guy, we could say, and also versatile artist. He dealt throughout his career with music, with acting and painting, always staying on the margins of the popular, yet leaving a strong impression on those who had the antenna to catch his signal.
And as for me, the signal was too strong to miss it. And what about your antenna? Does it work properly?  :)

Review
Year : 1999                                                                                             Ex - Yu version
Label : Strange & Beautiful Music
TT : 40:50

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Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

There are many things related to the name of Mrs. Marianne Faithfull, her love affairs with celebrities, her sinking into world of drugs, voice change, cabaret music, and, also, her return to the scene, early in 21st century,  marked with the cooperation with a many interesting musicians ...
And somewhere in the middle of the road, as a turning point and the basis for everything that is happening now, there was this great album, the witness of a time, and also, the music for dance :)

Review
Year : 1979                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Island
TT : 37:15
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Sofa Surfers - Encounters

This record, with its dark atmosphere and urban rhythms, permeated with the occasional hit songs, at the time of issue, and even today, satisfied my musical criteria. And why is that? Well, since my computer dying just now, you'll have to judge for yourself  :)

Review
Year : 2002                                                                                            Ex - Yu version
Label : Klein Records
TT : 60:09

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Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth

Fast food, fast fashion, fast movies, fast flow of information, rapidly maturing, fast courses, everything is fast and too fast ... And yet, if you want to make a break, a step further from the imposed rules, well, here is one of the possible solutions :)
Powerful, seductive and extremely slow solution :)

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Year : 2004                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Ipecac
TT : 70:55

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Various Artists - Sound of Siam, Vol. 2: Molam & Luk Thung 1970-1982

Military machine, despite all the negative, can sometimes have a positive effect. For example, the arrival of the US Army in Thailand, in the sixties, had a strong influence on local bands, and has mixed American genres like rock, soul, jazz with traditional Thai luk thung style. And the result is timeless music that, today, 50 years later, makes me very happy :)

Review
Year : 2014                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Soundway
TT : 67:10

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