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Zomes,Variations Vol. 1
A few weeks ago I shared a Daniel Higgs cassette, and this week we’ll take another Lungfish member’s project for a spin. Zomes’ Variations Vol. 1 was released by Imminent Frequencies, a c30 that is limited to 300 copies. These recordings were captured between 2010 and 2012, and opt to leave out the drum machine beats found on Asa Osborne’s LPs with Holy Mountain and Thrill Jockey. The resulting “astral melodic keyboard passages” are more minimalist journeys leads by one of the most peaceful and awe-inspiring artists your ears will have the pleasure to meet. Order the tape here.
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Baltimore Tape Club Vol. 3
This week we’ll get cozy with new tapes from Sick Din, Zomes and Unspecified Services. Tune back for future volumes featuring Weekends, Vlonde, Kitsune Rad, Will Redman and many more. Gather ‘round the rocking chair for Baltimore Tape Club Vol. 3.
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PEN PAL:In A Crowded Station
It’d be weird if we listened to cassettes only from Baltimore. There are folks we write letters to or trade tapes with on the interwebs, and it’d be rude not to share some of those gems every now and again. Gather ‘round for Baltimore Tape Club’s first Pen Pal post.
I first visited Mississippi Records when on a brief stint with Future Islands out west through Portland, around the corner from where Jason Urick resided. Jason was opening the show and our host, and had nothing but amazing things to say about the shop and label.
Mississippi Records has a truly magical mixtape series spanning gospel to rocksteady to a collection of auto-tuned pop via Brazil and everything in between. In A Crowded Station is volume 30, a soul and R&B exploration named in honor of Mask Man & the Agents’ song.
This tape purrs gently, with plenty of answers to midsummer’s heat-induced cravings via deep cuts of cosmic soul. It may bring you to tears, or it may have you dancing wildly upon your front stoop, but either way snag it here or go visit Mississippi Records.
Welcome to Baltimore Tape Club, a new series that dives into cassettes dubbed within Baltimore, Maryland. In the coming weeks we’ll share sounds from Zomes, Rod Hamilton, Beyond Say, Weekends, Daniel Higgs, Will Redman, Vlonde, Holy Ghost Party, Raindeer, Wing Dam and many more, but in this volume we’ll take a listen to new tapes from Zachary Utz, Other Colors, Smoke Bellow and Horse Lords.
Gather round for Vol. 1 on Impose, or follow here for more.
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