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Thanks to two of my very favorite DJs for some plays this week, both from the new Stay Safe EP. Kate Bosworth played “Cohntagious” on Warminster Community Radio’s “Dark Train,” and Zaph Mann played the title track on In Memory of John Peel. Catch both below.
It’s a two review day! First, this perceptive write-up of the Stay Safe mini-release from Mat Smith of Further., including:
“Sounding like the infinitely looped announcements you might expect to hear in a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland where no one survived, something about what Elizabeth has done here seems to tap directly into the sensation of paranoid dread and existential panic that have become the cornerstones of our daily locked-down lives.”
Next, Pietro Da Sacco from Igloo Magazine tackles the Strange Selectors compilation, referring to the “alluring, dreamlike downtempo strands” of my contribution, “The Heart Sounds Like Heavy Artillery.”
Thanks to both Mat and Pietro!
Just released (well, Friday, but our internet’s been out): a surprise (!) mini-release of 2 quarantine-themed “public service announcement”-style songs. Find out more on the album post. Enjoy, stay safe, and stay home (unless you’re in the US, in which case stay safe and VOTE!).
ICYMI, Tyler Weaver premiered the video for “Blue Moon Frequency #2b [Fall Mix],” my newest remix with Geiger Von Müller, in his Sunday MacroParentheticals newsletter. The video is once again by the adroit Paal V, with a little remixing from me. It’s now live on YouTube; check it out! And sign up for future editions of MacroParentheticals.
One year ago yesterday I self-released Farewell, Doomed Planet!. I’ve had a lot of great response to the album. As I did with Music for the DMV, I decided to do a little recap of what the past year has looked like in terms of promoting the album. I’ve embedded an image of the report below, or you can download as a PDF here.
In celebration, here are some download codes for the album. You can redeem them at Bandcamp:
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Thanks to Mat Smith and Gated Canal for providing this track-by-track of Alka’s newest album on Very Records, Regarding the Auguries, including “King Card” featuring vocals by me. Learn the stories behind the music!
Many thanks to Duane Williams for premiering “Blue Moon Frequency #2b [Fall Mix],” my newest remix with Geiger Von Müller, last night on WWOZ. The track is now available as a name-your-price download on Bandcamp. More details over on the release page. Catch the archive of Duane’s show on the WWOZ website, and the playlist here. And a new video will premiere Sunday October 25 in Tyler Weaver’s MacroParentheticals newsletter so make you’re you’re signed up!
Thanks again Kate for playing “Baleen Executioner” off Farewell, Doomed Planet! as well as Alka’s “King Card,” featuring me as a guest vocalist, on Warminster Community Radio’s Dark Train! The episode is now archived on Mixcloud, or listen below.
Thank you Zaph for playing “Waking Up With A Cat On My Face” from ISOLATION & REJECTION Volume 1 on the newest In Memory of John Peel! There are now FIVE VOLUMES of this excellent compilation available, with proceeds going to The Brick in Wigan so you can feel good about yourself while getting a gazillion fantastic tunes.
Catch the latest In Memory of John Peel on the website or below.
Author Tyler Weaver of Parenthetical Recluse, a fascinating blog about music, movies, literature, running, Ohio election signage, and so much more, has asked me to contribute a monthly recommendation (probably, mostly, music, but maybe other stuff?) for his MacroParentheticals newsletter. The newsletter comes out every Sunday and is chock full of Tyler’s own current media consumption, musings, “fascinations, perspirations, and whatever else comes to mind,” plus pictures of Tyler’s adorable dogs. Here’s the newest:
I read a book! Part memoir, part history, part folklore, Kristen Gallerneaux’s HIGH STATIC, DEAD LINES: SONIC SPECTRES & THE OBJECT HEREAFTER interweaves several of my favorite topics: sound studies, media preservation, and the paranormal. Gallerneaux informs us on the history of audiovisual technology but also asks us to question what’s real and what’s imagined, especially as relates to the impact technology has on our lives. Highly recommended.
If you like listening to music while you read, why not accompany the book with the Theremin100 compilation on <1 Records?
As always, signup for the newsletters, and you won’t regret it. I’ve heard much wonderful new music thanks to Tyler’s discerning ear, and you certainly will too.
Elizabeth Joan Kelly 