In a time where there seems to be a constant feeling of uneasiness, restlessness, and anger about the current state of political affairs, there’s art being molded out of these very feelings to combat the turmoil. Washington D.C. punks Priests let out every drop of their personal and political distress on their raucous debut full-length album Nothing Feels Natural
This is a mostly unknown early '80s record from Japan and has been absent for the past 30 years. When Mariah first got together in the late 1970s, their sound was largely indebted to the popular jazz fusion and synth pop of the time, but Utakata no Hibi seems to open the door to a wonderful dreamland where genres no longer exist. Sung half in Japanese and half in Armenian, the record melds East Asian and Middle Eastern tonalities, folklorish melodies with synthetic futurism, upbeat dance rhythms with meditative ambient textures, wonky New Wave, jazz structures and blissful pop ditties.
Electronic System is a Belgian synthesizer group by Dan Lacksman, also known from Telex. A composer and sound engineer, artist and director of numerous acoustic albums, pop or jazz. One of the best tracks ever made in Belgium hands down. Quite futuristic even... wait a minute, why are my pants off? Last thing I remember was headphones, coffee and an egg sandwich.
