June Acquisitions
3 Moons -
Astronomy of Dreams
Joan Bibiloni -
El Sur
C418 -
Minecraft Volume Alpha
C418 -
Minecraft Volume Beta
Alice Coltrane -
Eternity
Contours -
Elevations
Moon Glyph held a 25% off sale on Bandcamp three weeks ago, prompting me to buy two releases that were on my wishlist for $44 shipped. This record by 3 Moons was tossed in for free! I have no idea what it sounds like.
Joan Bibiloni's entry from the early days of MFM's existence was repressed recently, inching me closer towards all of the MFM titles I'd like. They all work so well in tandem for DJ sets. Bibiloni's album here is frontloaded with a trio of boogie tracks, and some Balearic chillers following.
Went through with a second order from Paladin and got the first volume of the
Minecraft OST and LCD Soundsystem's
Sound of Silver (found in the second photo) together. A very satisfied customer from the these first two orders. The prices are hard to beat. Got the second Minecraft OST from Target, but is damaged/warped, even worse for the replacement copy.
My sale order from the Memorial Day sale at Superior Viaduct's website arrived three weeks ago, including the Alice Coltrane reissue above. Hoping it'll be solid like all the others from SV.
Another MFM title, another worthy add to the MFM label.
Dadawah -
Peace and Love
Nicolas Gaunin -
Wormhole
Beth Gibbons -
Lives Outgrown
Henryk Górecki, Beth Gibbons, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki -
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) Op. 36
Byard Lancaster -
It's Not Up to Us
LCD Soundsystem -
Sound of Silver
I'm not a reggae fan, though Dadawah (which was initially recommended to me from MP over a year ago) was in the SV sale. It is completely foreign from how I understood reggae records sounded; much more droney, ethereal, and more of an odyseey. It's almost like "what if Can played reggae music?" to me.
Nicolas Gaunin's latest on the Moon Glyph label sees him continue the sounds he explored on
Hulahula Kāne. Tribal, with plenty of experimentation and percussive twists and turns.
Beth Gibbons's return is an AotY contender for certain. Her involvement in providing vocal lead on Henryk Górecki's "Symphony No. 3" is aching.
Decided on this Byard Lancaster record from the SV sale, considering the recommended from their hype stickers are usually on point (FFO Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders in this case). Free jazz that is fairly accessible for the genre.
I remember listening to
Sound of Silver for the first time in 2017 and enjoying it a lot. I haven't listened to it much since then, but I saw it as a restock when I was looking to add one more item to my second ever Paladin Vinyl order. With the discount, it seemed like a good choice. Yes! Further validated on my love of Squid's
Bright Green Field.
Roberto Musci -
Tower of Silence
Phill Niblock -
Nothin to Look at Just a Record
Prima Materia -
La Coda Della Tigre - Tail of the Tiger
Turn on the Sunlight -
You Belong
V/A -
10
V/A -
Alfa/Yen Records 1980 - 1987: Techno Pop And Other Electronic Adventures In Tokyo
Roberto Musci's
Tower of Silence was another long OOP title from MFM. It is a unique space between tribal, African, ambient, and avant-folk musical spheres. I didn't really need any convincing seeing it was on the MFM label already, so I was glad to see it at Passenger Seat Records.
Phill Niblock's minimalist
Nothin to Look at Just a Record is a droney pair of trombone tracks totaling just over 42min. Just like most records of this type, it is best played loud to draw you in deeper. RIP, Phill.
This lone record from the avant-collective Prima Materia is another drone LP, with throat singing being the emphasis here. Also acquired from the SV sale.
Turn on the Sunlight's
You Belong is the other LP that I purchased from the Moon Glyph sale. A 2xLP with flimsy, thin composition gatefold. Has more of a spiritual/ambient jazz leaning.
I wanted to get the
10 compilation last year, but between MP closing their physical location from the physical release time last year and not knowing another store that would carry MFM releases for a reasonable price, I hadn't purchased it until recently from Passenger Seat Records, knowing that they also stock MFM and similar esoteric material. Of course, RIP to one of the Music From Memory's co-founders, Jamie Tiller. It was one of the final releases that he worked on with the team prior to his sudden passing (construction accident), and with it being released on the 10th anniversary of the label, it felt right for the label to dedicate this compilation of single submission tracks from MFM standouts (Gigi Masin, Joan Bibiloni, Suso Saiz, Yu Su, etc.) in his honor.
This techno-pop compilation comes way of
@kvetcha from last week! Thank you again. I will listen to it at some point this month.