Tag Archives: experimental

Klaus Nomi Revisited

11 years ago when I started this blog, I wrote an entry about Klaus Nomi; it was my second post after launch.  At the time, I had just discovered Nomi and thought he was too weird not to write about. … Continue reading

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Frank Lambert – The Experimental Talking Clock – Unusual Early Sounds

Frank LambertThe Experimental Talking ClockC.1878 Sound off here….  is this the first example of audio manipulation? Since I’ve been digging around for early forms of electronic music, music concrete and whatnot, this recording from 1878 sticks out to me. I … Continue reading

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The Kosmische Files ep 1: Klaus Schulze – “Irrlicht”

Artist: Klaus ShulzeTitle: IrrlichtReleased: 1972Label” Ohr, Brain (and numerous others since)Genres: ambient, Berlin school, experimental, krautrock/kosmische Klaus Schulze passed away on April 26th. He began his career briefly jamming with Tangerine Dream (appearing on the first LP), Psy Free and … Continue reading

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FFWD>> and Their Only Album

Artist: FFWDTitle: (self titled)Released: 1994Label: Inter-Modo, Discipline RecordsGenre: experimental, ambient One cannot run a blog about ambient music without covering the ambient supergroup, FFWD and their only album. Robert Fripp joins Dr. Alex Peterson (the Orb), Thomas Fehlmann (3MB, the … Continue reading

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Terminal Radio, Terminal Interface, Terminal Window – Ambient Bliss

All right, let’s see what we can see… Everybody online… looking good. Stream this while you read. I’ve lost track of time, honestly, so don’t ask me when this started.  As I recall, it started as a group of ambient … Continue reading

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Planet µ Turns 20! My Favorite LPs and EPs/Singles

There are a lot of record labels out there that I love, both large and small.  Some have a special place in my record collection.  Mike Paradinas’s label is unique as it seemed to me that even from the beginning, … Continue reading

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Pyschonavigation Records/Tranquillo/Eire Supply/Offshoot Showcase Fall – Winter, 2014

Here’s what’s been cooking on Psychonavigation and its sublabels over the last few months! Off Land – Quinarian – via Psychonavigation Off Land’s second release for the Paychonavigation label follows on the heels of his previous album, “Tidewater Pulse.”  This … Continue reading

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Minor Updates for Early September

Howdy Folks! Here’s some rad stuff: Like alternative hip hop?  Do you like hip hop that’s true and not mainstream?  Check this out.  I went to high school with this guy back in the day.  Brian always had a knack … Continue reading

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Updates for mid-July – Electrician, Kluster and Conrad Schnitzler

Hi folks! Again, major apologies for the lack of posts.  The mini-tour I’m doing with the Wildlife Education Coalition has kicked off, so I’ve found myself driving to rather far out places across western New York.  I have a brief … Continue reading

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The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London parts 26 – 30

I decided after some time that the easiest way to cover the bulk of the Archives series was to tackle them all at once.  We’ve already got Vol. 1 out of the way, but I knew it’d take a while … Continue reading

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