Listening Log, February 2023

many notes to self here.

  1. Jeffrey Louis-Reed

    • 2023-02-28 TUE
  2. Rainer Sauer

    • 2023-02-28 TUE much more interesting sound design. Bach is always good to my ears too ⭐️
  3. Various Artists

    • 2023-02-27 MON maybe dub techno is not my genre.
  4. Hot Chip

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

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

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

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

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

    • 2023-02-25 SAT
  10. Lavinia Meijer

    • 2023-02-25 SAT quite gorgeous.
  11. 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.
  12. Afrorack

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

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

    • 2023-02-23 THU ⭐ this is nice too.
  15. Steve Roach

    • 2023-02-24 FRI also ⭐
  16. Bjørn Torske

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

    • 2023-02-22 WED it was a lot of thumping and squirrel voices. um
  18. Softcore Express

    • 2023-02-21 TUE it’s kind of a bummer because the sound design isn’t that interesting
  19. Rebecca Black

    • 2023-02-20 MON haha why not; actually better than I expected
  20. 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.
  21. Hagop Tchaparian

    • 2023-02-20 MON it was alright, some interesting percussive textures
  22. Rainer Sauer

    • 2023-02-20 MON it got kind of tiresomely swooshy?
  23. 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
  24. Ibibio Sound Machine

    • 2023-02-19 SUN holy shirt this hits. ended up not my jam tho.
  25. 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.
  26. Ben Seretan

    • 2023-02-19 SUN yeah, that was nice
  27. TSHA

    • 2023-02-19 SUN no my taste really
  28. Wajatta

    • 2023-02-19 SUN kinda reminds me of the verve remixed albums
  29. The Mars Volta

    • 2023-02-19 SUN this is fine
  30. 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).
  31. Loscil

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

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

    • 2023-02-11 SAT this is a little too weird for me.
  34. Davi Music

    • 2023-02-11 SAT good sleepy chill moosic.
  35. Tangerine Dream

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

    • 2023-02-11 SAT kinda repetitive meh.
  37. Zenizen

    • 2023-02-11 SAT it was ok
  38. Authentically Plastic

    • 2023-02-11 SAT hmm, also a lot of drums/percussion. A bit more “noise” imo. Had to bale out, dnf.
  39. Emeka Ogboh

    • 2023-02-11 SAT a lot of drumming. good drumming, btw.
  40. Aphex Twin

    • 2023-02-10 FRI classic. So good.
  41. Empire of the Sun

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

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

    • 2023-02-08 WED interesting
  44. 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
  45. Hiroshi Yoshimura

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

    • 2023-02-06 MON I think I like this better than the non-sfx version. But what is the difference again? ⭐️
  47. Various Artists

    • 2023-02-06 MON its good. ⭐️
  48. Japanese Breakfast

    • 2023-02-05 SUN it’s a classic
    • 2023-02-22 WED one of my happy places
  49. Nils Frahm

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

    • 2023-02-04 SAT I think I did enjoy that. There are voice tracks
  51. Richie Weeks, Weeks & Company

    • 2023-02-04 SAT I am dancing in my seat already
  52. Mkwaju Ensemble

    • 2023-02-03 FRI I will have to listen again
  53. 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.
  54. Satoshi Ashikawa

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

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

    • 2023-02-02 THU Beautiful minimalist chill plucky compositions ⭐️
  57. Siriusmo

    • 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.
  58. Siriusmo

    • 2023-02-02 THU reminds me of Justice a bit.
  59. Sofi Tukker

    • 2023-02-01 WED still enjoying it.
  60. 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
  61. Tewksbury

    • 2023-02-01 WED maybe too chill
This album list was curated by garo.
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I like music enough to dabble at making it, but I don’t share any of that stuff. Mostly listening to electronic stuff.

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