Total Vibration

Hi. I'm Lars Gotrich. I do a lot of things for NPR Music. I enjoy metal, fun-killer noise, effusively joyful pop music and beer. Sometimes I make mixtapes as DJ Gold Locks.
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Cinchel,
SEQUENCE6

It’s now a given that when Future Sequence releases one of its free comps that it’s essential listening. Now on volume 6, the experimental label and magazine presents 40 ambient and drone tracks over 4 hours. Only 10 tracks in, and I’m already in love with Cinchel, Radere and Lucy Claire.

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Going to Maryland Deathfest? Here’s a teaser trailer to a documentary that will be filmed in Baltimore this weekend. Maybe you can be a part of it! At the very least, I’m a talking head in the thing, so there’s that.

doomandgloomfromthetomb:

Ghost Capital

After a little bit of radio silence, the great rare music blog Ghost Capital has re-emerged, seemingly better than ever. Tons of great stuff to check out. I think I’m going to dig the ultra-scarce Phil Yost LP on Takoma first!

Ohhhh, I’d been looking for that Exuma record.

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Cream Dream

That muddled fade and climax on “Pretty Lady”? Standard practices by now, but I can’t hate on Cream Dream digging hard on disco-sample-happy Daft Punk.

10 tapes of NES soundtracks. Thank you for existing, Auris Apothecary.

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In Gowan Ring,
The Glinting Spade

Out of time and out of earth, The Glinting Spade is a droning, deep pagan folk record by In Gowan Ring. Released in 1999, Bobin Eirth’s debut  predates the milk-eyed menders of the mid-aughts by several years (not to mention the Chelsea Wolfes and King Dudes of now). I had completely forgotten about it until Opus pointed out the vinyl reissue and Bandcamp stream. This music is easy to get lost in, if you’re looking to get lost.

French toast w/ strawberry-rhubarb reduction and maple syrup, smoked bacon, mango, mom’s banana bread, London tea, Jim Hall- Live!

New Coke Bust! Might just have to open up the pit at the office.

Keith Fullerton Whitman is consciously making beat music again! This makes me inexplicably happy.

[TMT]

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Shady Blaze,
The 5th Chapter

Your favorite Green Ova fast rapper and mine, Shady Blaze, just dropped a new mixtape. Day’s better now.