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Five Songs, 7/28/2017

Posted on July 28, 2017 | Joshua Buergel

I’m a little surprised that shuffle will permit two songs from the same artist in a row. I guess we all learned something today? Something totally useless. Here’s your music.

Zumpano, “Let There Be Girls”

Rap albums have skits. The rock equivalent is the fuckin’ around track, like this one.

Foetus, “Kreibabe (Pan Sonic mix)”

Blow is an album that’s just filled with remixes of Foetus by various producers. Bucking the tradition of most guest remixes, this version of the original “Kreibabe” (from Flow) is actually a lot shorter than the original. It also bears very little resemblance to the original track. Overall, Blow is inessential.

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Five Songs, 6/30/2017

Posted on June 30, 2017 | Joshua Buergel

Hooray, I made it the whole month without missing a day! Another meaningless milestone! Music!

Conlon Nancarrow, “Study No. 45a”

This is a pretty jaunty piece that still manages to sound really otherworldly, thanks to the alien nature of the playing. In some ways, Nancarrow presaged electronic composition, of using a tool to create music that otherwise couldn’t exist if it had to be created by human hands.

The VSS, “Effigy”

This was from a blind grab bag from Hydra Head records, and I’ll be honest, I think this is the first time I’m hearing this. Well, snap impression: in some ways, it goes pretty well with the Nancarrow piece above. Maybe I’ll listen to the rest after these five songs are over.