Temporary Residence
Our Residence artists are otherwise occupied, so a new mix from me and thoughts on a trio of albums.
Hello,
Cole's now on tour in Europe and whait are putting the finishing touches on their first Residence release - with a special guest on board. It’s a very good time to susbcribe to Residence on Bandcamp.
In the meantime, here I am for you with a new mix and a few records taking up earspace -
High Cube - Foote/Dickow: Better known as Strategy, Paul Dickow has long panned for gold in dub, ambient and techno, forging canny, singular fusions, keeping the good stuff and leaving the debris on top. Foote has long been one of the Kranky label's main agents, but also has a clear imprint fetish, helming Peak Oil and False Aralia, united by releases with a heavy pulse and tweaked atmospheric planes. High Cube is positively airy by comparison, with tracks recorded quickly using limited gear. Melodies waft and wiggle out against sleek rhythmic backdrops that lean towards Haruomi Hosono's electro-exotica, occasionally sounding as if Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were recording for Planet Mu. Here's hoping they can keep this weirdly cushy vibe going.
I Guess U Had to Be There - ELUCID / Sebb Bash: It’s possible that a prerequisite of being a Backwoodz Studioz artist is the ability to speak to the fever dream of current reality. Existentialism in hip hop is nothing new, but billy woods and co. are running headfirst into daily crisis points as a way of life. It’s no surprise ELUCID was recently interviewed inside La Monte Young’s Dream House, awash in slow drones. Something’s got to give when deeply etched fault lines become lyrical muse, like cracks in the pavement – always there, rarely noticed. In the same interview, he describes the appeal of a car alarm going off while listening to Throbbing Gristle. This collaboration with Sebb Bash twists a kind of soul into the surreal urgency of that happenstance, and the result feels like a wheezing Funkadelic, drained of energy but not willing to give up. ELUCID’s raps are dense but immediate. Observations spiral out like new revelations, and you’ll need to rewind the tape to fully catch their drift. Just another day in dystopia, then.
Wendy Eisenberg - Wendy Eisenberg: Are pop and country still music's great interpreters of deep love? Wendy's new album states a strong case in sweet, fluttering, bold glory. While all Wendy's work has run on a sense of freedom that's singularly theirs, the big change with this tellingly self-titled solo album is that freedom here is a feeling, not a concept. In thrall to the grand pop gestures that bloomed in the 70s where melodies rang with jazz elasticity but found a grounding in country-style simplicity, this is a songbook full of changes, appropriately full of songs about changing. Connection, awareness and the way they fold into each other is at the core of every track. It's arch and wordy - but hey, it's Wendy Eisenberg - and yet the love that courses through bestows its warmth. "Time has a funny way of laying you bare", they sing on the positively twangin' Will You Dare. The funny way Wendy intuits on this wonderful album is that even in the midst of pure joy, nobody walks a straight path.
And here’s the mix -
Residential Frequencies 03
Muzak for the Encouragement of Unproductivity Three - Jasmine Guffond
Thank You Pharoah - Florian TM Zeisig
Closing the Circle - Nervio Cosmico
Studies on a River pt iii - Hinako Omori
With Mountain - Alexandra Spence
Muto Infinitas - Catherine Lamb
Wolves - Isabel Pine
a lifetime of annotations - Zeynep Toraman
Acacia, Burnt Myth - Nate Woolley
In Charge of the Hour - Kara Lis Coverdale
Kite (For Refaat Alareer) - Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
I hope you enjoy this slight juncture from regular trnasmission. More soon!
Andrew
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Andrew Khedoori curated Longform Editions, 2018 - 2025.
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