an exuberant mixture of raw but well-recorded acappella, folk, gospel, and other odd influences from this island nation; unlike some of the releases on the Smithsonian Folkways label, this offering does not sound in the least academic--it keeps your foot tapping as you explore the music
spookily succinct acoustic Mississippi Delta blues recorded in 1988; if you don't have much experience in listening to the blues, this should be your diving board
Cosmic Invention
Help Your Satori Mind
The Now Sound
elaborate psychedelic rock that, in the hands of lesser-talented musicians, would decompose into a vacuous abomination; yet with Masaki Batoh (of Ghost) at the helm the music maintains its mysterious edge
The Double U performs its captivating murky minimalistic rockishness on disc one of this 2-disc set, then on disc two Glands of External Secretion remixes the former's tracks into a jolting nightmare that lingers in the back of your mind
imagine old Cleveland rock with a tuba instead of saxophones and with a lot more bounce--you'll find this and more, with bits of insanity here and there
dark excursions into realms and cultures not typically accessible to jazz; Fasteau has studied music in many different countries and manages to bring what she has learned together with both substance and flair
strange mixture of psychedelic rock with Japanese cultural influences; on this album, however, Ghost also experiments with other cultures (Indian, Native American, Old West, etc.) and twists your perception of what can or should be allowed in the synthesis of ideas [1996 release]
Irving Klaw Trio
Utek Pahtoo Mogoi
Road Cone
harsh concoction of rock and jazz with other influences, mainly Hispanic and Indian; defies easy categorization in just about every sense
The Krinkles
One Stop Shopping
Cannibal
this SF group (note: there is another band by the same name in Chicago with entirely different music) offers up a bouncy zany collage of influences in the context of rock; deliciously addled [1996 release]
strange to harsh live performances from Atlanta's WREK underground radio station; included here are William Carlos Williams, Voice Crack, and Sun Ra, among others
Lync
Remembering the Fireballs [Part 8]
K
dark unrefined indie rock spanning the career of this band, with most material from the early 90s
quirky-jerky punkish noisy rock that incorporates all kinds of creepiness into its assault yet manages to bounce like a pink superball off a black cement floor
listening to this album takes you on a bizarre adventure on a rough sea of seemingly divergent musical influences that mysteriously converge under the spell of the muse of Rock
eerie mixture of Indian music with beat electronica; these mixes (from Vedic, Asian Dub Foundation, and others) lean steeply toward the traditional and offer a stepping stone into further exploration of classical Indian music
Run On takes a break from its strict bare-bones rock on this CD EP and rolls out very deconstructed and strange pieces utilizing peculiar settings and odd instruments (such as the marimba)
