Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No. 1

Taking influence from all that came before him, and applying it to a modern template, Schnittke achieves a strange yet brilliant marriage of serialism and classical eclecticism. Genre-hopping isn't exactly a popular thing in classical music, though if ever there was a case for it, this is it. There is, of course, the serialism and atonal terror of the 20th century, but also triumphant marching, baroque oddities, romanticism, nods to Mozart, Tchaikovsky and others, and even a god damn jazz duet; all with a perverse kind of twist though.

This really is a strange piece of music.


Symphony No. 1

Krzysztof Penderecki - Matrix 5

Terrifyingly incredible.

"Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" is perhaps one of the most intense musical experiences ever.




Matrix 5

More Lightning Bolt

You know what just fucking watch and be amazed and then download that shit alright

Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow

And another from this crazy two-piece, which is even better.

Get on it already.


Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain

Dirty bass, relentless pinging drums, feedback, nonsensical rambling vocals... sound enticing?

Well it should because these guys rule.


Hypermagic Mountain

Torture Chain - Across Great Landscapes to a Legacy of Blood

Awesome bm with riffs straight from satan himself. Some of the best I have heard in recent times.


Across Great Landscapes to a Legacy of Blood

Lee Morgan - Search for a New Land

Don't know why The Sidewinder gets all the attention, when this is clearly the better album.

But anyways, look at that god damn line-up. This is another one of those times when the music itself might get scrutinised a little too much because of said line-up, but everybody here puts in a solid performance, and that alone is worth hearing; when they fire up though, it's something special.


Search for a New Land

Noah Howard - The Black Ark

An absolute gem from an under-appreciated free jazz genius.

If you aren't sold by that sentence then there is something wrong with you.




The Black Ark

Karmic Swap

sucks at replying to emails/getting their products finished in a timely fashion.

Don't order from them.

I just want my god damn The Men 7" already.

Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda

The second wife of one Mr John Coltrane (who took over McCoy Tyner's spot at the piano during the last couple of years of Trane's life), had quite an amount of talent herself, perfectly displayed on the spiritual brilliance of this album. With the great Pharoah Sanders in tow, and also Rashied Ali, who had both played with her husband, plus some crazy percussion, a harp and Hindu influence, you know you are in for something special.

Measures up to a lot of what her husband did; though a comparison to the work of Pharoah Sanders is more accurate stylistically speaking, and it is as equally great as those also.


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