Discographies

Jon Hassell—An Incomplete Discography

Dan Schwartz  |  Jul 5, 2021

Dan Schwartz provides a brief look at some of Jon Hassell's records:

Album Reviews

“Loss & Gain Are The Same:” Bladee & Mechatok’s Immersive Good Luck

Malachi Lui  |  Jul 2, 2021

Good Luck
Bladee & Mechatok
 
YEAR0001 YR0119LPX limited edition 45rpm picture disc LP
Produced by: Mechatok
Engineered by: N/A
Mixed by: Gabriel Schuman
Mastered by: Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering
 
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In 2014, Swedish cloud rap artist and Drain Gang collective leader Bladee (Benjamin Reichwald) emerged with the lo-fi cloud rap single “Into Dust.” The song’s shallow lyrics (“I’m gonna bleed in the club/I got weed in my lungs/I don’t need any love/I can’t feel when I’m drunk”) and rudimentary video (a sunglasses- and sweater-clad Bladee stumbling through a forest with “WHYY” superimposed over the footage) are often memed, though he’s shifted styles several times since then.

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Bladee & Mechatok
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<i>Good Luck</i>
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YEAR0001 YR0119LPX limited edition 45rpm picture disc LP
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Mechatok
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N/A
Cred Mix: 
Gabriel Schuman
Cred Mast: 
Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering
Malachi Lui
In 2014, Swedish cloud rap artist and Drain Gang collective leader Bladee (Benjamin Reichwald) emerged with the lo-fi cloud rap single “Into Dust.” The song’s shallow lyrics (“I’m gonna bleed in the club/I got weed in my lungs/I don’t need any love/I can’t feel when I’m drunk”) and rudimentary video (a sunglasses- and sweater-clad Bladee stumbling through a forest with “WHYY” superimposed over the footage) are often memed, though he’s shifted styles several times since then.

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Vinyl Me, Please Celebrates 50th "Classic" Album of the Month Release With A Truly Grand Prize

Michael Fremer  |  Jul 2, 2021

Vinyl Me, Please, no doubt the most adventurous and prolific reissue label celebrates the release of Abbey Lincoln's It's Magic, its 50th "Classic" record of the month with an incredible contest.

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Jon Hassell 1937 – 2021

Dan Schwartz  |  Jul 1, 2021

JFH.

Jon F..king Hassell.

That’s what (guitarist) Gregg Arreguin and I called him. I realize as I write this that it sounds like we were always annoyed with him – and we certainly were, at times – but actually we said it in order to build him up, to encourage him. As in, “Hey! You’re Jon Fucking Hassell! You don’t have to put up with this shit!”

Thirty years on, it’s even more true. The coverage of his death is worldwide – so many languages, so many obituaries. The reach of his voice, his music, his trumpet, is across generations and without borders, and I think fully as he intended. He did it.

Album Reviews

Pikefruit's Inflorescence Reviewed + an Interview

Evan Toth  |  Jun 30, 2021

Infloresence
Pikefruit
 
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Produced by: Alex and Nicole
Engineered by: Alex?
Mixed by: Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown
Mastered by: Matt Colton at Metropolis (vinyl and digital)
 
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Pikefruit - a duo (Alex and Nicole) from the Pacific Northwest that creates ethereal, electronic music - recently released a new album titled, Inflorescence. Iridescence? I know what that is. Fluorescent? I get that. Incandescent? Got it! But, inflorescence? I have to admit, even this English major was a bit stumped on that vocab word. Good old Webster’s was able to help out, of course: inflorescence is “the mode of development and arrangement of flowers on an axis” or “the budding and unfolding of blossoms.” As their first full-length reveals, Alex and Nicole are indeed blossoming.

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Artist: 
Pikefruit
Album: 
Infloresence
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Cred Prod: 
Alex and Nicole
Cred Eng: 
Alex?
Cred Mix: 
Nicholas Wilbur at The Unknown
Cred Mast: 
Matt Colton at Metropolis (vinyl and digital)
Evan Toth
Pikefruit - a duo (Alex and Nicole) from the Pacific Northwest that creates ethereal, electronic music - recently released a new album titled, Inflorescence. Iridescence? I know what that is. Fluorescent? I get that. Incandescent? Got it! But, inflorescence? I have to admit, even this English major was a bit stumped on that vocab word. Good old Webster’s was able to help out, of course: inflorescence is “the mode of development and arrangement of flowers on an axis” or “the budding and unfolding of blossoms.” As their first full-length reveals, Alex and Nicole are indeed blossoming.

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Masabumi Kikuchi’s Virtuosic Swan Song Hanamichi Is Worth A Listen

Malachi Lui  |  Jun 30, 2021

Hanamichi
Masabumi Kikuchi
 
Red Hook Records 1001 180g LP
Produced by: Sun Chung
Engineered by: Rick Kwan
Mixed by: N/A
Mastered by: Alex Bonney
 
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As jazz vinyl sees a great resurgence, new labels issuing archival material and recent recordings contribute to a now-overwhelming catalog of available records. Run by former ECM producer Sun Chung, Red Hook Records bills itself as “a place for encounters, where musicians have opportunities [to] carve new adventurous ways of creative wayfaring [and] dissolve musical boundaries.” Red Hook’s release focus and target audience remains unclear; not all jazz buyers are audiophiles, and not all audiophiles accept newer recordings.
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Artist: 
Masabumi Kikuchi
Album: 
Hanamichi
Cred Label: 
Red Hook Records 1001 180g LP
Cred Prod: 
Sun Chung
Cred Eng: 
Rick Kwan
Cred Mix: 
N/A
Cred Mast: 
Alex Bonney
Malachi Lui
As jazz vinyl sees a great resurgence, new labels issuing archival material and recent recordings contribute to a now-overwhelming catalog of available records. Run by former ECM producer Sun Chung, Red Hook Records bills itself as “a place for encounters, where musicians have opportunities [to] carve new adventurous ways of creative wayfaring [and] dissolve musical boundaries.” Red Hook’s release focus and target audience remains unclear; not all jazz buyers are audiophiles, and not all audiophiles accept newer recordings. The label’s inaugural release is Hanamichi,

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Never Before Released Erroll Garner Recordings Coming From Octave Music and Mack Avenue Music Group

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 24, 2021

The Erroll Garner Project in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh (where Octave Music in 2015 archived Garner’s physical assets) and in partnership with Mack Avenue Music Group celebrate what would have been Garner’s 100th birthday with three forthcoming vinyl releases due September 17th: Liberation in Swing: Centennial Collection is a Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set, Liberation in Swing: The Octave Records Story & Complete Symphony Hall Concert (Standard Edition Box Set) and Symphony Hall Concert (single 180g LP, CD and digital editions).

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Hart Audio Special Source Vinyl Super Cleaner Mk3

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 23, 2021

The Hart Audio Special Source Vinyl Super Cleaner Mk3 is a wooden block to which is attached microfiber brush, which is a synthetic fiber finer than one denier or decitex/thread, having a diameter of less than ten micrometers. It's a mix of polyester, polyamide, and polypropylene.

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FRANK ZAPPA’S FINAL AMERICAN SHOW, ZAPPA ’88: THE LAST U.S. SHOW  OUT NOW VIA ZAPPA RECORDS/UMe

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 23, 2021

LIVE CONCERT ALBUM ALSO INCLUDES PERFORMANCES FROM ADDITIONAL SHOWS FROM THE ’88 TOUR AND FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF “THE BEATLES MEDLEY”

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Numero Group Announces Pastor T.L. Barrett 5 LP Box Set In Standard and Deluxe Editions

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 23, 2021

Numero Group is set to issue 5 LP box set and deluxe box set editions of Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir's I Shall Wear a Crown. You probably know some of this amazing music even if you think you don't.

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