Listening Log, February 2023

many notes to self here.

    • 2023-02-28 TUE
    • 2023-02-28 TUE much more interesting sound design. Bach is always good to my ears too ⭐️
    • 2023-02-27 MON maybe dub techno is not my genre.
  1. Hot Chip

    • 2023-02-27 MON listening again, processing this new release. It's fine, it's not grabbing me like prior efforts.
  2. Ekin Fil

    • 2023-02-27 MON not very musical, I think?
  3. wild Up, Christopher Rountree, Julius Eastman

    • 2023-02-26 SUN quite modern jazzy.
  4. Reza Safinia

    • 2023-02-26 SUN um, fine?
  5. Japanese Breakfast

    • 2023-02-25 SAT nice
  6. Japanese Breakfast

    • 2023-02-25 SAT
    • 2023-02-25 SAT quite gorgeous.
  7. The Philip Glass Ensemble

    • 2023-02-24 FRI The first song is lovely. It's gets a little "broken record" even for Philip Glass imo.
  8. Afrorack

    • 2023-02-24 FRI Damn this is good.
  9. Steve Roach

    • 2023-02-23 THU ⭐ this is nice. There's three of these!
  10. Steve Roach

    • 2023-02-23 THU ⭐ this is nice too.
    • 2023-02-24 FRI also ⭐
  11. Bjørn Torske

    • 2023-02-24 FRI I think ⭐
    • 2023-02-26 SUN ya confirmed it’s good
  12. CRRDR

    • 2023-02-22 WED it was a lot of thumping and squirrel voices. um
    • 2023-02-21 TUE it’s kind of a bummer because the sound design isn’t that interesting
  13. Rebecca Black

    • 2023-02-20 MON haha why not; actually better than I expected
  14. Susumu Yokota

    • 2023-02-20 MON I’ll tell you the first thin I wanted to do was turn it up. It goes a little (too?) heavy on the repetitive phrases in quite a few of the songs here. I did find it to be somewhere between kind of trance-y (not the genre, idk the genre) relax-y stuff, and something more moving.
  15. Hagop Tchaparian

    • 2023-02-20 MON it was alright, some interesting percussive textures
    • 2023-02-20 MON it got kind of tiresomely swooshy?
  16. Bang On A Can All-Stars, Terry Riley, Maya Beiser, David Cossin, Steve Gilewski, Scott Kuney, Michael Lowenstern, Wu Man, Lisa Moore, Todd Reynolds, Mark Stewart, Danny Tunick, Evan Ziporyn

    • 2023-02-20 MON
  17. Ibibio Sound Machine

    • 2023-02-19 SUN holy shirt this hits. ended up not my jam tho.
  18. Klaus Schulze, Pete Namlook

    • 2023-02-19 SUN idk feels kinda pointless that was harsh, I think it was just one song. Still not sure it grabbed me enough though. Is background.
  19. Ben Seretan

    • 2023-02-19 SUN yeah, that was nice
    • 2023-02-19 SUN no my taste really
    • 2023-02-19 SUN kinda reminds me of the verve remixed albums
  20. The Mars Volta

    • 2023-02-19 SUN this is fine
  21. black midi

    • 2023-02-17 FRI this is uh busy. Not convince that I don’t like it though. I’ll have to listen again (and maybe again after that).
  22. Loscil

    • 2023-02-14 TUE
  23. Loscil, Lawrence English

    • 2023-02-13 MON good drone-y ambient stuff. ⭐️
  24. Autechre

    • 2023-02-11 SAT this is a little too weird for me.
    • 2023-02-11 SAT good sleepy chill moosic.
  25. Tangerine Dream

    • 2023-02-11 SAT I believe this is my first Tangerine Dream album. That was pretty cool. ⭐️
  26. James Devane

    • 2023-02-11 SAT kinda repetitive meh.
    • 2023-02-11 SAT it was ok
  27. Authentically Plastic

    • 2023-02-11 SAT hmm, also a lot of drums/percussion. A bit more “noise” imo. Had to bale out, dnf.
    • 2023-02-11 SAT a lot of drumming. good drumming, btw.
    • 2023-02-10 FRI classic. So good.
  28. Empire of the Sun

    • 2023-02-09 THU still good enough to make a crap commute better 😁
  29. TATSURO MURAKAMI

    • 2023-02-08 WED very slow, calm energy, good field recordings. not sure it resonates with me though
  30. Visible Cloaks

    • 2023-02-08 WED interesting
  31. Susumu Yokota

    • 2023-02-07 TUE HOLY this is good energy ⭐️
    • 2023-02-08 WED still good
    • 2023-02-20 MON album of the month candidate right here
  32. Hiroshi Yoshimura

    • 2023-02-06 MON it’s nice jazz
  33. Hiroshi Yoshimura

    • 2023-02-06 MON I think I like this better than the non-sfx version. But what is the difference again? ⭐️
    • 2023-02-06 MON its good. ⭐️
    • 2023-02-05 SUN it’s a classic
    • 2023-02-22 WED one of my happy places
  34. Nils Frahm

    • 2023-02-04 SAT it’s good peaceful stuff ⭐️
  35. Wajatta, John Tejada, Reggie Watts

    • 2023-02-04 SAT I think I did enjoy that. There are voice tracks
    • 2023-02-04 SAT I am dancing in my seat already
  36. Mkwaju Ensemble

    • 2023-02-03 FRI I will have to listen again
  37. Yasuaki Shimizu

    • 2023-02-03 FRI what is this? oh, it’s jazz? hmm, I think I liked it. a bit atypical for jazz, got some loops and stuff going on, I think.
  38. Satoshi Ashikawa

    • 2023-02-02 THU pianos, didn’t get to finish bc interrupted. not sure I will.
  39. Hiroshi Yoshimura

    • 2023-02-02 THU slow and chill and nice stuff ⭐️
  40. Mary Lattimore

    • 2023-02-02 THU Beautiful minimalist chill plucky compositions ⭐️
    • 2023-02-02 THU more daft punk than justice this time. contrary to what you might expect, I liked the other one better. both are, um, ok I guess.
    • 2023-02-02 THU reminds me of Justice a bit.
  41. Sofi Tukker

    • 2023-02-01 WED still enjoying it.
  42. Rich Aucoin

    • 2023-02-01 WED not chill in the best, driving intensity, kind of way.
    • 2023-02-09 THU one of the absolute best recent finds
  43. Tewksbury

    • 2023-02-01 WED maybe too chill
Listening Log, February 2023 is an album list curated by garo:

I like music enough to dabble at making it, but I don’t share any of that stuff. Mostly listening to electronic stuff.

Do you like albums?
Want to make a list?

Sign up for Album Whale

It’s free & easy &
the Whale is nice!
Learn more