With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week, Mahmoud Ahmed—Ethiopian vocalist of Gurage descent born May 8, 1941 in the Mercato district of Addis Ababa.
Tag: Jazz
Carl Brown :: Time Slip (Mozyk)
A 12-track behemoth that sputters and shimmies its way through video-game electronics and broken breaks (with three remixes by Poborsk, Wagawaga, and The Ghost of 3.13).
dgoHn & Badun :: Talk To The Planets EP (Love Love)
From the drum funk’n bass of dgoHn to Badun’s meandering abstract jazz infiltration, Talk To The Planets is a seriously splendid collection that doesn’t slow down.
quickly, quickly :: Easy Listening EP (Ghostly International)
A fine EP of atmospheric psych-pop inflected with jazz, soul and other styles, combining synths, propulsive drums and a variety of other instrumentation with gauzy vocals and wistful melodies.
Obelisk Ruins :: Thought-Vision-Doubt (Katuktu Collective)
Blissfully encapsulated psychedelic downtempo from the past inside the present.
Christ. :: Blue Shift Emissions (Remastered) (Ambidextrous)
Relying on his ability to produce an album of lush electronics that will leave you with a warm glow inside and a smile on your face long after the last note fades away.