Charlemagne Palestine - Sound 1 single-sided LP (Alga Marghen)
So simple. A few oscillators fighting against each other, creating a slowly beating drone tapestry. Not really static but very slowly moving. It's not dreamy or beautiful in the standard "drone way", the attraction is maybe more intellectual here. Certainly not the best ever by mr. Palestine but I'm a big fan, so... Still, the stupid 1-sided LP format annoys me to no end.
Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis - Coelacanth 10" (Agaric)
I have no idea who/what is/are Shaking Ray Levis. But this certainly doesn't sound like the Borbetomagus I'm used to. Much more "relaxed", not the force of nature they usually are. This is more playful, more experimental if you like. Along the way it acquires some almost oriental flavours, snake charmer type of shit. Side B is fiercer stuff but still in a "wackier" format than is the norm for Borbetomagus. Very nice actually, demented virtuoso free music.
On my daily bus ride to/from work I've been on a total Grateful Dead & related -binge. I've even grown to enjoy the new Furthur-stuff. Some of the songs are painfully trite on the surface but when they get jammin'... man it's great. The only problem is that the bus ride only takes about 25 minutes... too short for the Dead!
