Weekly music recommendation (6)

1. Jerusalem In My Heart「 Qalaq 」 spotify

For the introduction of this album, you can directly read this article .

2. Merzbow「 Flare Blues 」 spotify

Ishibashi Eiko's new album was recommended in the last issue, and Akita Masami (Merzbow) was also mentioned. This is his second work released by Room40 this year. Before that, " Scandal " was released, which are all his early live recordings, but also included It is a good thing for music fans who want to know about his early creations, but the works are not as mature as they are now.

3. Toshimaru Nakmura「 Culvert - No-Input Mixing Board 10 」

In the new album of Nobuka Nakamura, he played guitar in the early days, but later he gave up the guitar and started using the mixer. The inspiration for this album comes from his living environment. There used to be several small streams around his home. The west side was natural and the east side was man-made, but later they were covered with concrete to build houses or paths. This work of his presents the water flowing under the concrete - the culvert.

4. Mong Tong Mengdong " Orientations " Video

Stripping out percussion and samples, and using only guitar, bass, and synths, Mong Tong presents his latest album, Xiangbit. Different from the previous Loop repeating cycle, this work has tried different composition methods and abstract sounds, making the whole album more delicate and soft in hearing.
"Xiangbit" not only refers to direction and position, but also a homonym of "phase" of sound. The title of the song uses north, south and west to represent the direction, and the numbers represent the position. Unlike previous weird superstitious music, this album is closer to ambient music works, of course, there are Mong Tong's signature timbre and arrangement.
As borders around the world are gradually unsealed, the earth is slowly returning to life. I hope that every listener can take this album and go to a farther direction together.

At the same time, I recommend an interview with Mong Tong " Interview: Relative / Touching " in the " ear canal running style " .

5. Oddnesse " origins "

Last month oddnesse made a collection of his early singles or EPs and released a vinyl record. Those who like to listen to dream pop and shoegaze can listen to it. The cover is the single "somewhere somehow" released in 2016 The cover is also my favorite song in this collection.

This week there is another dream pop album that I would like to recommend, " The Great Dismal B-sides " by the Nothing band from Philadelphia, USA on spotify .

6. Music For Sleep「 Trasparenze 」 spotify

There is no need to introduce too much about this one, especially those who have read my previous recommendations should be familiar with it.

7. Alapastel「 Ceremony 」 spotify

It is still an album that does not need too much introduction, the " Salt and Gravity Series " that continues to pay attention.

8. Kowloon Walled City「 Piecework 」 spotify

I recommend everyone to read thisreview !

9. Faust "1971-1974"

The band that krautrock fans must listen to - Faust (Faust), came to Shenzhen, China in 2016 to perform at the Tomorrow Music Festival. This time it is a physical collection of boxes made for the 50th anniversary of its establishment. There are two types of boxes, vinyl and CD. In addition, the cover of the 81st issue of "Electronic Sound" music magazine this year is also Faust.

At the same time, I recommend the podcast "The Lead Singer Is Dead" Issue 20 - Give your ears a mouthful of sour kimchi (guest: dogCO3) .

10. EARSNIAL " Journey "

The name of each piece of music seems to be inspired by Journey to the West! A very young electronic music group.

11. Shy, Low「 Snake Behind The Sun 」 spotify

post-rock & post-metal

12. Stray Theories「 This Light 」 spotify

13. Dark Entries Records " Back Up: Mexican Techo Pop 1980-1989 "

The old Techo music has memories, not the same as the current one...

14. I Hold the Lion's Paw「 Lost in Place 」 spotify

15. 오대리ODÆRI「 와이디피호러YDP HORROR 」

Finally, there are three more albums I would like to recommend, the first two are fully paid. The first one is Masamichi Kinoshita's " Andersen's Swan Song ", which was released by the classical branch of the Japanese experimental label Ftarri . The second is Mamur " Freeze Wizard ", which is released by TAKUROKU , an electronic distribution label owned by British cafeoto . The third is a very young garage rock band in Beijing "8 Immortals Restaurant". They released their first EP "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome " in early 2021.

Well, see you next time!