June 2012

1. Alain Presencer - Lullaby This is a great album primarily made up of Tibetan singing bowls (you can see the full list of instruments here).  There's an example of the technique here.  Via Continuo.
2. Mr. Oizo - WC More fun from Mr Oizo.  This free EP is worth your time (as is his Mactastic website).  Completely worth the email address I had to surrender.
3. Studio - Origin (Shake You Down By The River) I'm not sure if I admire or just get irritated with bands that have unGoogleable names.  It's probably the reason why I keep coming back to this track, enjoying it, and forgetting to buy the rest of the album.
4. Ashra - Deep Distance Not as mighty as the amazing Ash Ra Tempel, Ashra is highly enjoyable, if only to spot the samples/influences that the Orb used for their first couple albums (Manuel Göttsching's E2-E4 being the big one).
5. David Darling - Darkwood IV: Dawn David Darling (who has apparently won a Grammy, but don't let that put you off) is someone I've been meaning to check out for a while.  Apparently he soundtracked four films for Goddard, and didn't get pied. 
6. Ścianka - Dni Wiatru Amazing and deep atmospheric post-rock.  Time to dig into their catalog.
7. Kimmo Pohjonen - Keko Some enjoyable accordion insanity from Finland.  Check out the video.
8. Keith Seatman - Highdown (Simon Heartfield Remix) An enjoyable free remix of a track from the excellent Consistently Mediocre and Daydreams (now on Bandcamp).
9. Polmo Polpo - Rottura Deep loop music.  Don't know anything else about this band.  Go-go-Constellation Records!