Overall, Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer is a great release and very worth listening to. It is smart, entrancing, transcendent, glitchy, and reminds me more than a little bit of the great works of Brian Eno.
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Marewrew :: Ukouk. Round Singing Voices of the Ainu 2012-2024 (Pingipung)
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