Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead”
Free Palestine!!! Solidarity with all anti-colonial struggles worldwide
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Droney
Dredd Foole – In Quest of Tense
Style: Free Folk, Outsider Folk, Weird Americana
Vibes: Raw, Eccentric, Haunting, Primal, Surreal, Murky, Psychedelic, Ritualistic
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Terry Riley – Descending Moonshine Dervishes
Style: Ecstatic Minimalism, New Age, Drone
Vibe: Spiritual, Meditative, Heavenly, Cosmic, Hypnotic, Mystical, Longing, Intertwined
Musial Attributes: Just Intonation, Instrumental, Minimalistic, Repetitive, Suite, Improvisation, Drone
Instrumentation: Yamaha YC-45D Organ with multiple digital delay channels for live layering & interactions
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Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance – Jinxed by Being
Style: Ritualistic Dub-Folk
Vibes: Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Serpentine, Shadowy, Witchy, Mysterious, Occult, Forest, Hallucinogenic, Journeying, Tribal, Ritualistic, Rhizomatic
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Can – Live in Paris 1973
Style: Krautrock, Abstract Groove, Free Psych, Jam Band
Vibes: Spacey, Exploratory, Groovy, Communal, Primal, Hypnotic, Serpentine, Hallucinogenic, Adventure, Determined, Driving, Surreal, Mysterious, Cosmic, Introspective, Journeying, Kinetic, Psychedelic, Responsive, Spontaneous, Suspenseful
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We Are Winter’s Blue and Radiant Children – “No More Apocalypse Father”
Mathieu Ball, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Jonathan Downs, Patch
Style: Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
Vibes: Dystopian, Weary, Rebellious, Apocalyptic, Heartfelt, Mournful, Moody, Murky, Raw, Communal, Winter, Hypnotic
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Musique Fragile 02
Screen-printed box set which includes 3 different albums from Constellation Records [CST089, 090, 091]:
Kanada 70 – Vamp Ire [CST-089]
Pacha – Affaires Étrangères [CST-090]
HangedUp & Tony Conrad – Transit of Venus [CST-091]
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BIG|BRAVE – A Chaos of Flowers
featuring Patrick Shiroishi, Marisa Anderson, Tashi Dorji
Style: Doomgaze, Slowcore, Post-Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock
Vibes: Introspective, Poetic, Gloomy, Cathartic, Funereal, Bittersweet, Heartfelt, Sombre, Patient, Deconstructed, Intimate, Western, Melancholy, Powerful, Depressive, Haunting, Brooding, Winter
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Daniel (A.I.U.) Higgs – Ancestral Songs
Style: Mystical Folk, Free Folk, American Primitivism
Vibes: Devotional, Mantric, Serpentine, Apocalyptic, Cosmic, Forest, Eccentric, Raw, Mythic, Passionate, Primal, Mystical, Death, Rhizomatic
Instrumentation: Chants, Banjo, Toy Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Hindi Harp
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Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andres Werliin – Ghosted II
Style: Post-Minimalism, Atmospheric Jazz, Krautrock-Influenced
Moods: Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Focused, Patient, Ethereal, Motorik, Psychedelic, Soothing
Musical Qualities: Repetitive, Polyrhythmic, Instrumental, Pulse, Droney, Percussive, Minimalistic
Instrumentation: Upright Bass, Electric Guitar, Drums
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Henry Flynt – Back Porch Hillbilly Blues Volume 1 & 2
Style: Avant-Garde Hillbilly Music, Backporch Minimalism, Avant-Folk
Vibes: Hypnotic, Twangy, Raw, Rootsy, Rural, Deconstructed, Ecstatic, Energetic, Exploratory, Eccentric, Meandering, Playful, Psychedelic
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Shankar – Who’s To Know
with Zakir Hussain (Tabla), Umayalpuram K. Sivaram (Mridangam)
Style: Raga, Carnatic Classical Music
Vibes: Transcendent, Devotional, Uplifting, Ecstatic, Flowing, Elegant, Passionate, Intricate, Meditative, Responsive
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White Boy Scream – Bakunawa
Style: Electro-Acoustic Opera, Sound Collage, Neoclassical Darkwave
Vibes: Ritualistic, Mythic, Decolonial, Cathartic, Spiritual, Intense, Chaotic, Powerful, Suspenseful, Personal, Storytelling
Musical Qualities: Operatic Vocals, Noise, Chants, Extended Technique, Vocal Processing, Sampling, Suite
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Vibracathedral Orchestra – (Untitled)
Style: Free Psych
Vibes: Ritualistic, Murky, Communal, Hallucinatory, Hypnotic, Meandering, Mysterious, Exploratory, Stoned, Meditative, Tribal
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Droney, Jams, Lo-fi, Percussive, Repetitive, Suite
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Mississippi Fred McDowell – The Alan Lomax Recordings
Style: Hill Country Blues, Delta Blues, Gospel-Influenced
Vibes: Intimate, Back Porch, Raw, Introspective, Spiritual (Christian), Hypnotic, Longing, Melancholy, Storytelling
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Droney, Solo, Lo-Fi
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Ilyas Ahmed – With Endless Fire
Hazy, Lethargic, Dreamy, Desert, Gentile, Nocturnal, Peaceful, Contemplative, Cryptic, Loner, Mellow, Psychedelic, Soothing
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Ka Baird – Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos
Style: Electroacoustic, Ritual Psych, Sound Collage
Vibes: Otherworldly, Ritualistic, Mysterious, Nocturnal, Mystical, Meditative, Shadowy, Haunting, Visceral
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Loren Connors – The Departing of a Dream
Style: Ambient Americana, Drone-Folk, Spectral Blues, Free Improvisation
Vibes: Nocturnal, Mournful, Murky, Hypnotic, Haunting, Lonely, Melancholy, Bluesy, Meditative
Musical Qualities: Slow, Droney, Soft, Lo-fi, Atmospheric, Solo, Improvisation, Sparse
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Friends of the Road – Sunseekin’ Blues
Style: Free Folk, American Primitivism
Vibes: Sunny, Uplifting, Pastoral, Morning, Rootsy, Spiritual, Warm, Communal
Instrumentation: Banjo, Cello, Fiddle, Harmonium, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Cigar Box, Sruti Box
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Lori Goldston / AF Jones / Greg Kelley / Austin Larkin – Miasms
Style: Free Improvisation
Vibes: Suspenseful, Exploratory, Murky, Mysterious, Impressionistic
Instrumentation: Cello, Violin, Trumpet, Piano Harp
Musical Qualities: Droney, Atonal, Dynamic, Electro-Acoustic, Collective Improvisation, Live Recording
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Arnold Dreyblatt – Resolve
featuring Oren Ambarchi, Konrad Sprenger, Joachim Schütz
On the surface….
Style: Ecstatic Minimalism, Totalism
Vibes: Hypnotic, Visceral, Ecstatic, Meditative
Instrumentation: Upright Bass, Electric Guitar, Computer-Controlled Electric Guitar, Percussion
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Water Shrew Trio
Style: Drone, Free Folk
Vibes: Meditative, Forest, Peaceful, Contemplative, Nature, Soothing, Hypnotic, Psychedelic
Instrumentation: Harmonium, Hammered Dulcimer, Electronics, Acoustic Guitar
Arrington de Dionyso – Sacred Mushroom Songs
Vibes: Mystical, Visceral, Ceremonial, Psychedelic, Serpentine, Cosmic, Ritualistic, Raw, Surreal, Spiritual, Rebellious, Mythic, Colorful, Devotional
Instrumentation: Throat Singing, Electronics, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Synthesizers
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Cassia Streb – Marginal Habitats
Style: EAI, Reductionism
Vibes: Meditative, Desert, Ecological, Desolate, Meandering, Lonely, Contemplative, Morning, Intimate, Lethargic, Primordial, Raw, Restrained
Musical Qualities: Graphic Score, Sparse, Slow, Soft, Instrumental, Improvisation, Dissonant, Electro-Acoustic
Instrumentation: Field Recording, Viola, Small Objects
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Merche Blasco / Derek Baron – Travesía / The Matrix
Style: Sound Collage, Electroacoustic, Ambient
Vibes: Mystical, Amorphous, Aquatic, Haunting, Suspenseful, Mysterious, Exploratory
Musical Qualities: Field Recordings, Spoken Word, Collage, Atmospheric, Electro-Acoustic, Droney
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Catherine Christer Hennix – Solo For Tamburium
Style: Ecstatic Minimalism, Intuitionistic Modal Drone
Vibes: Devotional, Celestial, Healing, Meditative, Transcendent, Cosmic, Hypnotic, Spiritual
Musical Qualities: Just Intonation, Raga, Modal, Improvisation, Solo, Sampling, Electro-Acosutic, Droney, Minimalistic, Live Recording
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Eniks Cave – Seven Heavenly Palaces
Style: Ritualistic Drone-Jazz
Vibes: Cathartic, Ecstatic, Visceral, Mystical, Ritualistic, Transcendent
Instrumentation: Saxophone, Synthesizers, Drums, Harmonium, Upright Bass
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Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
Gastr Del Sol is David Grubbs & Jim O’Rourke
featuring Tony Conrad, Mats Gustafsson, John McEntire, etc
Vibes: Cryptic, Deconstructed, Existential, Surreal, Restrained, Plaintive, Hypnotic, Suspenseful, Active Listening
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Kawabata Makoto – Hosanna Mantra
Style: Ritual Psych, Space Ambient, Drone
Vibes: Meditative, Cosmic, Ritualistic, Mysterious, Spiritual, Psychedelic, Hypnotic
Instrumentation: Electric Guitar, Bouzouki, Sitar
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Third Ear Band
Style: Psychedelic Chamber Music, Free Folk, Neo-Medieval Folk, Dhrupad
Vibes: Mystical, Medieval, Nature, Alchemical, Flowing, Meditative, Ritualistic, Mysterious, Earthy, Occult
Instrumentation: Cello, Oboe, Percussion, Violin/Viola
Joseph Allred – Hoddmímis Holt
Style: Appalachian Folk Music, American Primitivism
Vibes: Rootsy, Spiritual, Warm, Passionate, Meditative, Religious, Storytelling, Sentimental, spiritual, storytelling
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Traditional, Lyrical, Droney, Open Tunings, Solo, Sparse
Instrumentation: Vocals, Harmonium, Acoustic Guitars (6- & 12-String), Autoharp, Piano, Banjo
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Ilyas Ahmed – Between Two Skies / Towards the Night
Style: Drone-Folk, Acid Folk, Guitar Soli (LP2)
Vibes: Nocturnal, Intimate, Desert, Raw, Lethargic, Melancholy, Autumnal, Haunting, Mellow, Peaceful
Musical Qualities: Home Recording, Acoustic, Sparse, Lo-Fi, Droney, Instrumental (LP2)
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Dälek – From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
Style: Hip-Hop [Industrial, Boom-Bap, Noise, East Coast, Experimental]
Vibes: Brooding, Gritty, Philosophical, Dystopian, Introspective, Angry, Spiritual, Urban, Cerebral, Ominous, Aggressive, Apocalyptic, Cold, Poetic, Political
Musical Qualities: Noisy, Sampling, Dense, Beats, Collage, Heavy, Dissonant, Turntablism, Droney, Feedback
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The No-Neck Blues Band – Intonomancy
Style: Ritual Psych, Free Rock
Vibes: Primordial, Ritualistic, Witchy, Meandering, Communal, Abstract, Exploratory, Mysterious, Murky, Psychedelic, Tribal
Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Percussive, Lo-Fi
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Joseph Allred – What Strange Flowers Grow in the Shade
featuring Patrick Shiroishi, Jen Powers, Matthew J. Rolin, Magic Tuber String Band, Mikey Allred, Matt Johnson, Michael Pierce, Anthony Ford, Chris Davis
Style: New Age, Kosmische Folk, Ambient Americana
Vibes: Meditative, Nocturnal, Soothing, Cosmic, Ethereal, Contemplative, Surreal, Pastoral
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Jaköb Battick – Slow Motion Summer
Styles: Experimental Songwriter, Bewitched Tape Music, Ritual Ambient
Vibes: Occult, Spiritual, Decelerated, Ritualistic, Sensual, Otherworldly, Witchy, Nocturnal, Mystical, Alchemical, Dark, Spectral, Devotional
Musical Qualities: Slow, Vocal Manipulation, Lyrical, Droney, Soft, Collage, Home Recording, Atmospheric
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Monypeny + Meanstreetz – The Beating Stutter of Hope
Style: Free Improvisation, Psychedelic Noise, Drone
Vibe: Ritualistic, Hypnotic, Spiritual, Desert, Nocturnal, Eerie, Meditative, Sombre
Musical Qualities: Noisy, Improvisation, Droney
Instrumentation: Drums, Electric Guitar, Shaahi Baaja
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All Hands_Make Light – Darling the Dawn
“Secular hymns for anarchists”
Style: Drone-Pop, Shoegaze, Analogue Electronic, Post-Rock, Chamber-Punk
Vibes: Uplifting, Compassionate, Apocalyptic, Triumphant, Optimistic, Bright, Hypnotic, Bittersweet, Communal, Ethereal, Rebellious
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The Tower Recordings – Folk Scene
Style: Free Folk, Lo-Fi Psych, Mystical Folk
Vibe: Mysterious, Mystical, Communal, Murkey, Nocturnal, Ritualistic, Spacey, Eclectic, Hallucinogenic, Haunting
Musical Qualities: Vignettes, Lo-Fi, Acoustic, Droney, Collage, Studio-as-an-Instrument, Electro-Acoustic
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Lankum – False Lankum
Style: Irish Folk, Dark Folk, Avant-Folk, Acoustic Drone
Vibe: Haunting, Sombre, Rootsy, Storytelling, Ominous, Melancholy, Dark, Death, Intense, Ritualistic, Spiritual
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Anahita – Arcana en Cantos
Fursaxa & Helena Espvall
Style: Free-Folk, Drone
Vibe: Ritualistic, Eerie, Nocturnal, Haunting, Murky, Mysterious, Witchy, Forest, Psychedelic, Primordial, Occult
Instrumentation: Organ, Cello, Experimental Vocals, Harmonium
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Flying Saucer Attack – Distance
Style: Shoegaze, Space Folk, Drone, Lo-Fi Songwriter, Post-Rock
Vibe: Washy, Dreamy, Hypnotic, Melancholy, Autumnal, Nocturnal, Pastoral, Desolate
Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Home Recording, Droney, Noisy, Repetitive, Dense
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Exhaust – Enregistreur
Style: Post-Rock, Avant-Dub, Experimental
Vibe: Mechanical Decay, Deconstructed, Urban, Cold, Dystopian, Desolate, Winter, Melancholy
Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Dub, Rhythmic, Instrumental, Sampling, Slow, Noisy, Repetitive, Analogue
Instrumentation: Drums, Tapes, Bass Clarinet, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar
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Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
Style: Drone-Doom
Vibe: Deep, Claustrophobic, Lethargic, Meditative, Heavy, Visceral, Earthy, Apocalyptic, Focused, Spiritual, Psychedelic
Musical Qualities: Slow, Fuzzy, Riffs, Dense, Repetitive, Minimalistic, Atmospheric, Droney, Instrumental
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Derek Monypeny – Cibola
Style: “Desert Continuum”, Psychedelic Drone, Free Improvisation, Avant-Folk
Moods: Desert, Ritualistic, Spiritual, Meditative, Hallucinogenic, Nocturnal
Musical Qualities: Droney, Electro-acoustic, Solo Improvisation, Noisy, Instrumental
Instrumentation: Shahi Baaja, Electric Guitar, Autoharp
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Pelt – Ayahuasca
Style: Free Folk, Appalachian Dhrupad, Psychedelic Drone, American Primitive
Moods: Ritualistic, Meditative, Spiritual, Rural, Hallucinogenic, Eerie, Mysterious, Rootsy, Woods
Musical Qualities: Droney, Acoustic, Noisy, Dissonant, Improvisation
Instrumentation: Banjo, Hurdy Gurdy, Acoustic Guitar, Esraj, Tanpura, Bowls, Fiddle, Concertina, Chord Organ, Cymbals
The No-Neck Blues Band – First Kingdom of the Ghost
Style: Ritual Psych, Free Rock
Moods: Primordial, Haunting, Ritualistic, Murky, Communal, Abstract, Mysterious, Tribal, Raw, Cathartic, Visceral
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Lo-Fi, Noisy, Percussive, Droney, Jams
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Sunburned Hand of the Man
Style: Free-Rock, Ritual-Psych, Group Therapy, Abstract Groove
Moods: Spontaneous, Communal, Groovy, Ritualistic, Exploratory, Primordial, Abstract, Meandering, Mysterious, Cathartic, Primal, Kinetic, Spacey, Eccentric, Stream-of-Conscious
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Propulsive, Rhythmic, Percussive, Spoken Word, Dense, Droney, Lo-Fi, Repetitive
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T5 (Terrastock 5 Singles Box)
Compilation of 7″ records featuring exclusive tracks from 5 different ritualistic-psych artists: Iditarod, Stone Breath, Charalambides, Bardo Pond & Sonic Youth
Styles: Ritual Psych, Free Folk, Drone, Acid Folk, Space Rock, Noise Rock
Moods: Ritualistic, Forest, Mysterious, Nocturnal, Psychedelic, Haunting, Hypnotic, Eerie
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Boris – Smile
Styles: Stoner Metal, Heavy Psych, Drone Metal
Moods: Passionate, Heavy, Melancholy, Cathartic, Manic, Energetic, Stoned, Raw
Musical Qualities: Fuzzy, Riffs, Noisy, Dense, Dynamic, Droney
Grouper – A I A: Alien Observer
Style: Ambient, Dream-Folk, Drone Pop
Moods: Melancholy, Nocturnal, Cosmic, Grainy, Contemplative, Lethargic, Meditative, Peaceful, Intimate, Ethereal, Loner, Haunting, Dreamy, Hazy, Meandering, Monochrome, Murky, Soothing
Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Droney, Lo-Fi, Home Recording, Loops, Simple, Slow, Soft, Solo
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Scorces – Vivre avec la bête
Style: Drone, Ritual-Psych
Moods: Haunting, Ritualistic, Nocturnal, Shadowy, Eerie, Meditative, Open, Abstract, Primordial, Summoning, Sombre, Intimate, Mellow, Raw
Musical Qualities: Sparse, Soft, Slow, Repetitive, Droney, Lo-fi, Improvisation
Instrumentation: Electric Guitar, Experimental Vocals
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Vapour Theories – Celestial Scuzz
Style: Ritual-Psych, Drone, Dark Ambient
Moods: Nocturnal, Meditative, Mysterious, Murky, Spiritual, Hypnotic, Psychedelic, Ritualistic
Musical Qualities: Droney, Improvisation, Repetitive, Atmospheric, Instrumental
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How the River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces of the Indian Violin [1933-1952]
Style: Carnatic Classical Music
Moods: Ecstatic, Spiritual, Meditative, Flowing, Hypnotic, Morning, Spring
Musical Qualities: Raga, Virtuosic, Modal, Acoustic, Instrumental, Improvisation, Droney, Lo-fi, Percussive, Complex
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Flying Saucer Attack – Mirror
Styles: Loner Folk, Shoegaze, Noise, Drum & Bass, Space Rock
Moods: Intimate, Nocturnal, Melancholy, Winter, Tender, Loner, Spacey, Eclectic, Lonely, Claustrophobic
Musical Qualities: Home Recording, Noisy, Droney, Lo-Fi, Atmospheric
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The No-Neck Blues Band – Qvaris
Style: Free Rock, Ritual Psych, Experimental
Moods: Primordial, Free, Exploratory, Mysterious, Suspenseful, Ritualistic, Shadowy, Meandering, Deconstructed, Abstract, Communal, Deconstructed, Nihilistic, Murky, Stoned, Raw, Haunting, Surreal, Nocturnal
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Dissonant, Repetitive, Loose, Droney
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Joshua Burkett – Gold Cosmos
featuring PG Six, Chris Corsano, Ben Chasny, Dredd Foole, Matt Moran, Matt Valentine, etc
Style: Loner Folk, Free Folk, Lo-Fi Psych
Moods: Introspective, Surreal, Shadowy, Nocturnal, Intimate, Haunting, Whispery, Eerie, Imaginative, Loner, Psychedelic
Musical Qualities: Suite, Home Recording, Lo-Fi, Raw, Droney, Electro-Acoustic, Atmospheric, Dissonant
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Charalambides – Strangle the Wretched Heavens
Style: Ritual Psych, Drone, Free Folk
Moods: Ritualistic, Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Witchy, Cathartic, Mysterious, Abstract, Haunting
Musical Qualities: Improvisation, Noisy, Droney, Fuzzy, Dissonant, Raw
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Jackie-O Motherfucker – Bloom
“I am not me” the chorus sings repeatedly, a spell to dissolve the ego and deconstruct the myth of American individualism, leaving fertile ground for a collective vision of abundance to bloom. The open-door band of multi-instrumentalists shakily weave through a suite of haunting drone seances, raggedly tender folk sing-a-longs, liberated group improvisations and triumphant post-rock discord. Once again Jackie-O Motherfucker continues their forward march to a beautiful anarchic world without losing touch with its roots in the weird American underground.
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Bardo Pond | Yo La Tengo – Parallelograms
Style: Free Psych, Shoegaze, Space Rock, Noise Rock, Jam Band
Moods: Mysterious, Desert, Nocturnal, Cathartic, Cryptic, Primordial, Murky, Ethereal, Lethargic, Meandering, Melancholy, Hypnotic
Musical Qualities: Washy, Collective Improvisation, Fuzzy, Repetitive, Jams, Slow, Droney, Noisy, Climactic, Riffs
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Bardo Pond – On the Ellipse
Style: Free Psych, Space Rock Revival, Acid Folk, Shoegaze
Moods: Melancholy Nocturnal,, Searching, Lethargic, Stoned, Sombre, Lonely, Cathartic, Suspenseful
Musical Qualities: Repetitive, Riffs, Fuzzy, Climactic, Washy, Improvisation, Loose, Noisy
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Jack Rose – Raag Manifestos
Style: Free Folk, Appalachian Raga, Piedmont Blues
Feelings: Searching, Tangled, Spiritual, Sombre, Intense, Thorny, Introspective, Cathartic, Meditative, Nature, Ominous, Mysterious, Focused, Complex, Hallucinogenic, Forest, Epic, Visceral, Jagged
Musical Qualities: Raga, Acoustic, Polyphonic, Modal, Droney, Technical, Dissonance
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Jackie-O Motherfucker – Flags of the Sacred Harp
Style: Free-Folk, Weird Americana
Moods: Weary, Melancholy, Pastoral, Communal, Tender, Meandering, Bittersweet, Hopeful, Rustic, Haunting, Murky, Rainy, Sombre, Rootsy
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Vocal Harmonies, Droney, Thematic, Loose
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The Futuristic Folk of The Tower Recordings [Vol. 1 & 2]
These ceremonial meanderings are the interrupted transmissions of campfire songs picked up by intergalactic satellites. Past and future collapse as old-timey banjo melodies fade into squiggly synthesizers and lo-fi electronics. Distant harmonicas sink behind thick fogs of ghostly whirring, while warped slide guitar, drone fiddle and echo percussion bubble through the folky primordial soup
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Seven Rivers of Fire – Way of the Pilgrim
“Way of the Pilgrim” unfolds as a 4-movement suite of dark acoustic summoning rituals, spiritually connected to a mystical lineage of wyrd-folk practitioners through the ages. That strangely familiar feeling of being lost in the woods, of venturing into the archetypal unknown, pervades the atmosphere right from the opening… [Click for full review]
Recommended if you dig Six Organs of Admittance, Fursaxa, Robbie Basho, Third Ear Band
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Ustad Ali Akbar Khan – Master Musician of India
Style: Hindustani Classical Music
Moods: Devotional, Uplifting, Meditative, Nocturnal, Spiritual, Flowing
Musical Qualities: Raga, Acoustic, Droney
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Rob Mazurek – Alternate Moon Cycles
Style: Ambient Jazz, Minimalism, Drone
Moods: Peaceful, Meditative, Elegant, Patient, Soothing, Nocturnal, Focused, Ritualistic
Musical Qualities: Slow, Sparse, Minimalistic, Lo-fi, Thematic, Improvisation, Live
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Ulaan Passerine – Sun Spar
Style: Shadow Americana, Free Folk, Country-Drone, Post-Rock
Moods: Western, Haunting, Desert, Impressionistic, Meditative, Rustic, Cinematic
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Instrumental, Droney, Atmospheric
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Charalambides – Market Square
Style: Drone, Free Folk, Post-Rock
Moods: Bleak, Depressive, Nocturnal, Uneasy, Urban, Raw, Hypnotic, Dark, Ominous, Ragged, Ethereal, Death, Suspenseful, Intimate, Murky, Western
Musical Qualities: Dissonant, Lo-Fi, Improvisation, Sparse, Repetitive, Droney, Atmospheric
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Jessica Moss – Galaxy Heart
Styles: Chamber Drone, Electro-Acoustic, Free Improvisation, Post-Rock
Moods: Apocalyptic, Sombre, Cathartic, Nature, Exploratory, Spiritual, Angsty, Anthemic, Aquatic, Brooding, cathartic, Heartfelt, Mournful, Spiritual
Musical Qualities: Improvisation, Droney, Electro-Acoustic, Thematic, Repetitive, Loops, Fuzzy
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Old Fire – Voids
features vocals from Bill Callahan, Emily Cross (Loma), Adam Torres, & Julia Holter
Style: Haunted Folk, Ambient Americana, Southern Gothic
Moods: Desolate, Bleak, Haunting, Western, Cinematic, Stark, Sombre, Rustic, Melancholy, Brooding, Contemplative, Depressive, Nocturnal, Alienation, Dystopian, Impressionistic, Lonely, Moody, Mournful, Mythic, Noir, Personal
Musical Qualities: Suite, Atmospheric, Slow, Sampling, Electro-acoustic, Droney
By the Fruits… You Shall Know the Roots
Style: Free Folk, Ritual Psych, Dhrupad, Tribal Ambient, Acoustic Drone, American Primitive, Weird Americana
Feelings: Ritualistic, Nocturnal, Earthy, Forest, Mystical, Eerie
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Droney, Improvisation, Raga-influenced
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Charalambides – Joy Shapes
Style: Free Folk, Drone, Avant-Folk
Vibe: Nocturnal, Shadowy, Cautious, Hypnotic, Ritualistic, Eerie, Existential, Murky, Psychedelic
Musical Qualities: Droney, Improvisation, Loops, Slow, Loose, Dissonant, Chants, Atmospheric
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Swans – leaving meaning.
Style: Gothic Americana, Neo-Folk, Post-Rock
Moods: Brooding, Existential, Shadowy, Eerie, Sombre, Spiritual, Apocalyptic, Contemplative, Cryptic, Hypnotic, Focused, Nihilistic, Patient, Philosophical, Suspenseful
Musical Qualities: Slow, Lush, Vocal Harmonies, Repetitive, Lyrical, Droney, Rhythmic, Atmospheric
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Raum – Daughter
Grouper & Jefre-Cantu Ledesma
Style: Ambient, Drone
Moods: Plaintive, Autumnal, Soothing, Mournful, Nocturnal, Washy, Hazy, Melancholy, Haunting
Musical Qualities: Electroacoustic, Field Recordings, Noisy, Lo-fi, Atmospheric, Soft, Slow, Studio-as-an-Instrument
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – A Year With 13 Moons
Distorted ghosts of past love and futures lost haunt the spaces between these woozy, blown-out guitar loops and the fragmented rhythms of decaying drums machines. Occasional bursts of noise tear through the sedating static of bittersweet nostalgia.
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Fursaxa – Mycorrhizae Realm
Style: Free-Folk, Ritual-Drone
Vibe: Nature, Mystical, Ritualistic, Dreamy, Forest, Hallucinogenic, Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Sombre
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Droney, Repetitive, Mantra, Electroacoustic
Instrumentation: Harmonium, Vocals, Guitar, Harp, Cello, Flute
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Six Organs of Admittance / Charalambides – Songs from the Entoptic Garden Vol. 2
Style: Ritual Folk, Psych-Folk, Free Folk
Vibe: Ritualistic, Mysterious, Raw, Seeking, Nocturnal, Forest, Witchy, Sombre, Shadowy, Hypnotic
Musical Qualities: Droney, Acoustic, Improvisation
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Six Organs of Admittance – Dust & Chimes
Style: Psych Folk, American Primitive Guitar, Ritual-Folk
Vibe: Forest, Ritualistic, Seeking, Mystical, Witchy, Nocturnal, Adventure
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Droney, Fingerstyle, Loose, Percussive, Modal, Raga
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500mg – Apocatastisis
Style: Hermetic Folk, Free Folk, Ritual Psych
Vibe: Ritualistic, Nocturnal, Hallucinogenic, Mysterious, Hazy, Hermetic, Hypnotic, Introspective
Musical Qualities: Droney, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Instrumental, Percussive
Instrumentation: Acoustic Guitar, Sitar, Tabla, Violin
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The Tower Recordings – The Galaxies’ Incredible Sensual Transmission Fields of The Tower Recordings
Style: Free Folk, Cosmic Folk, New Weird Americana, Psych Folk
Vibe: Haunting, Rustic, Mysterious, Intertwined, Suspenseful, Communal, Eerie, Ragged, Discomforting, Ritualistic, Raw
Musical Qualities: Lo-Fi, Droney, Loose, Improvisation, Electro-Acoustic, Percussive
Horseback – Piedmont Apocrypha
Style: Gothic Drone-Folk, Mystical Americana, Ritual-Psych
Vibe: Shadowy Spiritual Journey; Western Ghost Stories; Backporch Mysticism;
Apocalyptic, Cathartic, Haunting, Rustic, Ritualistic, Loner, Dark, Perilous, Murky, Intertwined
Musical Qualities: Droney, Suite, Improvisation, Thematic, Dynamic, Atmospheric
Instrumentation: Electric Guitar, Harmonium, Organ, Vocals, Percussion
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Bardo Pond – Adrop / Circuit VIII
Style: Free Psych, Space Rock, Shoegaze, Jam Band
Vibe: Primordial, Murky, Transcendent, Epic, Exploratory, Mysterious, Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Meandering, Cathartic, Spiritual, Psychedelic, Washy, Nocturnal, Stoned
Musical Qualities: Droney, Noisy, Suite, Dynamic, Climactic, Collective Improvisation, Riffs, Atmospheric, Repetitive
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Flying Saucer Attack – Chorus
Style: Bedroom Psych, Drone, Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Space Folk
Vibe: Nocturnal, Murky, Dreamy, Introspective, Hazy, Hypnotic, Intimate, Washy, Ritualistic
Musical Qualities: Feedback, Drone, Atmospheric, Noisey, Lo-Fi
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Jenks Miller / James Toth – Road to Ruin
Style: Gothic Americana, New Weird America, Country-Drone
Vibe: Haunting, Western, Pastoral, Moody, Rainy, Loner, Dark
Musical Qualities: Droney, Lo-fi, Atmospheric, Improvisation
Instrumentation: Banjo, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Field Recordings, Percussion, Harmonium
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Jackie-O Motherfucker – Liberation
Style: Free Folk, Mystical Americana, Drone, Free Improvisation, Post-Rock
Vibe: Weary, Hopeful, Rustic, Communal, Spiritual, Ragged, Eerie, Melancholy, Deconstructed, Hypnotic, Communal, Haunting, Raw, Suspenseful, Intertwined
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Dynamic, Lo-Fi, Atmospheric, Droney, Group Vocals, Dub FX
Instrumentation: Electric Guitars, Vibraphone, Flute, Drums, Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Saxophone, Banjo, Melodica, Sitar, Electronics, Turntable, Keyboards, Trumpet, Electric Bass
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[REVIEW] Tim Hecker – Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do it Again
“the chill of loneliness emanates from the blurred, glitchy instrumentation as it entrances you into its wintry and spectral world”
Follow the link for the full review of Tim Hecker’s debut, written by Jack Von Bloeker
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Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, & Oren Ambarchi – This Dazzling, Genuine “Difference” Now Where Shall It Go?
Style: Free Improvisation, Noise Rock, Free Rock
Vibe: Cathartic, Intense, Suspenseful, Hallucinogenic, Ritualistic, Heavy, Chaotic, Hypnotic, Primal, Energetic
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Noisy, Dynamic, Atonal, Dissonant, Fuzzy, Repetition
Senyawa – Alkisah
Style: Avant-Folk, Tribal Drone-Doom, Southeast Asian Folk Music
Vibe: Ceremonial, Apocalyptic, Aggressive, Hypnotic, Murky, Shadowy, Dark, Tribal
Musical Qualities: Percussive, Acoustic, Fuzzy, Heavy, Loops, Noisy, Repetitive, Droney, Extended Technique, Electroacoustic
Instrumentation: Homemade Bamboo Instruments, Electroacoustic Treatments, Percussion, Throat Singing, Chants
Curanderos – Curanderos
Style: Free-Psych, Spiritual Stoner Rock, Drone-Rock
Influences: Shoegaze, Spiritual Jazz, Kosmische, Prog, Drone
Vibe: Mysterious, Nocturnal, Spiritual, Exploratory, Brooding, Amorphous, Witchy, Murky, Psychedelic, Ritualistic, Washy, Hypnotic, Stoned
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Repetitive, Atmospheric, Loose, Noisy, Instrumental
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Günter Schickert – Samtvogel
Style: Psychedelic Tape Music, Loner Kosmische
Vibe: Shadowy, Introspective, Ominous, Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Hallucinogenic, Ritualistic, Raw
Musical Qualities: Tape Loops, Experimental Vocals, Atmospheric Layers, Improvisation, Droney, Repetitive
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Jackie-O Motherfucker – Fig 5.
Style: Mystical Americana, Free Folk, Post-Rock, Drone
Vibe: Haunting, Meandering, Rootsy, Rustic, Nocturnal, Mysterious, Deconstructed, Ragged, Communal, Murky, Abstract, Lethargic, Hallucinogenic, Raw
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Instrumental (except B1,C1), Loose, Lo-fi, Dynamic, Droney, Noisy, Group Vocals (B1), Harmonies (B1, C1)
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Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh
On this self-titled collaboration, acid folk luminaries Helena Espvall (Espers) and Masaki Batoh (Ghost) create mysterious and earthy interpretations of traditional Medieval, Swedish, Japanese, and Finnish folk songs, plus a Son House cover, an original, and a handful of free improvisations.
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H???A – Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes
Style: Ghost Folk, Avant Folk, Post-Rock
Vibe/Moods: Eerie, Murky, Ominous, Nocturnal, Winter, Haunting, Witchy
Musical Qualities: Droney, Lo-Fi, Analogue
Instrumentation: Electric Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Bass, Drums
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Pelt – Reticence / Resistance
Style: Psychedelic Drone, Free Folk
Vibe: Ritualistic, Hypnotic, Cathartic, Earthy, Psychedelic, Communal
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Drone, Improvisation, Live, Dissonant, Instrumental, Dynamic
Instrumentation: Piano, Fiddle, Harmonium, Gong, Bells, Singing Bowl, Percussion, Banjo
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Six Organs of Admittance – The Veiled Sea
Style: Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Minimalism, Kosmische, Ambient, Progressive Electronic
Vibe: Cosmic, Hypnotic, Eclectic, Psychedelic, Focused
Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Shredding, Droney, Improvisation, Minimalistic, Repetitive, Riffs
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Fly Pan Am – Frontera
Style: Post-Rock, Dance Score, Experimental Rock
Influences: Krautrock, IDM, Industrial, Drone
Vibe: Dystopian, Motorik, Mechanical, Ominous, Paranoid, Gloomy, Cold, Suspenseful
Musical Qualities: Driving, Repetitive, Rhythmic, Atmospheric, Droney
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
On this mournful offering, Cave’s poetic reflections on loss, longing, and loneliness slowly float down a river of gloomy synth drones, somber strings, and sparse piano. While not exactly uplifting, the album has a sense of peace and beauty that continues up through the repeating final refrain, “and it’s alright now”.
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boris – Flood
Style: Drone Metal, Post-Rock
Vibe: Aquatic, Meditative, Monolithic, Suspenseful, Cathartic, Apocalyptic, Melancholy, Epic
Musical Qualities: Slow, Dynamic, Suite, Loops, Repetitive, Droney, Minimalistic