June, 2022

June 30th, 2022

Biluka Y Los Canibales – Leaf​-​Playing In Quito, 1960​-​1965

“The out-of-this-world recordings of Dilson de Souza, leading a kind of tropical chamber jazz on leaves from a ficus tree.
Dilson was from Barra do Pirai, in the Brazilian countryside; moving to Rio as a young man, where he worked in construction. He recorded his first record in 1954, for RCA Victor. He travelled to Quito around 1957, soon hooking up with Benitez & Valencia, who introduced him to the CAIFE label.
Dilson played the leaf open, resting on his tongue, hands free, with his mouth as the resonator. Though a leaf can also be played rolled or folded in half, this method allowed for more precision, a tethered brilliance. A picked ficus leaf stays fresh, crisp and clean-toned for around ten hours. He could play eight compositions, four at each end, before it was spent.
Biluka plays trills and vibratos effortlessly, with utterly pure pitch, acrobatically sliding into notes and changing tone on the fly. In Manuco, he leads Los Caníbales into a mysterious landscape on a rope pulled from an Andean spaghetti western, and corrals and teases them into a dialogue. A leaf, a harp, a xylophone, and a rondador — joined in Bailando Me Despido (Dancing As I Say Goodbye) by a saucy organ, doing sloshed call-and-response. In Anacu de Mi Guambra, Biluka shows his full range of antics, hiccuping melodically over a set of magic tricks. His expressiveness was boundless.
The eucalyptus leaf is popular among Aboriginal Australians. In China, they’ve played leaves for 10,000 years. In Cambodia, people play the slek, a leaf plucked from either the sakrom or the khnoung tree. But nobody like Biluka, ever.
Astounding music” – Honest Jon’s

June 29th, 2022

June 29th, 2022

Beautiful Swimmers – Pussycat

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June 29th, 2022

June 28th, 2022

Burnt Friedman & João Pais Filipe – Automatic Music Vol.1 – Mechanics Of Waving

June 28th, 2022

Lamin Fofana – Ballad Air & Fire

June 27th, 2022

June 26th, 2022

June 26th, 2022

June 26th, 2022

Flick Wilson – Two Youths Have A Quarrel

DKR

June 26th, 2022

June 25th, 2022

Influenza Prods. – Mémoire

Vinyl at HJ’s

June 23rd, 2022

Soooooon!

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June 22nd, 2022

Terry Jennings – Piece for Cello and Saxophone

June 22nd, 2022

June 22nd, 2022

Various Artists – The Gold and Purple Sceptre

All proceeds donated to Ukrainian civilian defense

June 20th, 2022

Ignatz – I Live In A Utopia

June 20th, 2022

June 16th, 2022

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June 16th, 2022

Michael J. Blood – As Is

June 16th, 2022

Mono Junk – Channel B

June 15th, 2022

ZHAR-PTITSA With Special Magical Energy Size 35X28

June 15th, 2022

June 13th, 2022

London, Friday

June 12th, 2022

Derek Bailey – Domestic Jungle

June 10th, 2022

DJ Danifox – Dia Não Mata Dia

June 10th, 2022

Eric Copeland – Antibirth

June 10th, 2022

MI-EL – AIRD TAPES 1​.​3

SCAR – AIRD TAPES 1​.​7

June 10th, 2022

Time Is Away – Ballads

June 9th, 2022