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In this week's newsletter: dazzling hothouse minimalism from Tonal Union’s Akusmi, guitar duets from Meg Duffy and Gregory Uhlmann, a raucous live recording of Bill Orcutt’s The Four Louies, a banging new Djrum EP, and much more. futurismrestated.substack.co…
JUST IN! 'Routine' by Jason Dungan / Johan Carøe
Chamber folk meets ambient, post-classical, electronic, and post-rock from the Blue Lake man and Danish composer-producer.
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For @aquadrunkard I wrote about the new album from Akusmi. Discussed: Terry Riley, Don Cherry, pygmy flutes, Francophone jazz, rainforest rituals, Koln Concerts and Marijuana Sessions.
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Akusmi | Terra Incognita
Said it a lot this year, but this is in the conversation for my favourite jazz release of the year. Although to nullify it to jazz is to do a disservice - all manner of global trance music infect this record with a spiritual character befitting of Alice Coltrane. Top notch stuff for a hot day.
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I've had a crazy busy day but I've been listening to some beguiling new releases that really kept me afloat so I've got to share:
Prairiewolf - Zone Poems
Charles.A.D. - Luminous
Akusmi - Terra Incognita
Magic Object - Play Time
Composer Pascal Bideau fuses jazz with diverse strains of global trance music into a hypnotic, utopian expression of spiritual union
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today at @pitchfork i wrote about the absolutely magical new akusmi record, which uses jazz and various strains of global trance music to create a utopian musical vision
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: 'Terra Incognita' by Akusmi
Electronics, earworm melodies, hypnotic percussion, live jazz instrumentation meets playful minimalism inspired composition on Pascal Bideau’s third full-length.
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Shop Window Takeover today celebrating the new album, ‘Terra Incognita’ from Akusmi @akusmi the French-born, London-based composer and musician Pascal Bideau.
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: 'Terra Incognita' by Akusmi
Playful minimalism and post-classical compositions laced with electronic textures, live spiritual jazz instrumentation, and influences from ambient, highlife, and Afrobeat.
@akusmi@TonalUnionnormanrecords.com/features/b…