In Strict Tempo, vol. 107: Another Musicy One
Welcome to this weeks In Strict Tempo - work has been crazy this week, so it’s just a short & sweet one from me, but fear not: there’s still some good music below.
Have you listened to the latest Ceremony mix yet? This one’s a tribute to a much-missed night that happened in Reading in the early 00’s - but above that it’s just a really good mix full stop, from someone that’s been a big inspiration to me over the years.
Anyway, onto the music highlights this week…
Monic - You Can Rest Now [Osiris Music]
Once a producer of darkside D&B & techno, as well as forays into dubstep as Kryptic Minds - Simon Shreeve returns to his Monic alias for this collection of long-form ambient pieces. If I ever get a chance to wander around a nuclear power station, this will be in my headphones as I do.
Richard Skelton - Ixiolite [Corbert Stone Press]
Gourgeously open, yet melancholy piano pieces here from Richard Skelton, a real master of being able to evoke so much, with so little.
Olof Dreijer - Echoed Dafnino [Rabid Records]
The first track from the debut full length album from Olof Dreijer. Better known as part of The Knife and for his untouchable records as Oni Ayhun, Dreijer’s been using his real name recently for a slew of releases on AD93, Dekmantel and Hessle Audio. Upbeat, poppy, with elements of a Latin American street party, I can’t wait to hear the rest of this
Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good [World of Echo]
A new single from Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio, who over the course of one album and a handful of EPs have placed themselves as one of the most exciting new voices in UK jazz. This isn’t really jazz, not as you’d expect, but it obviously draws a lot of it’s power from the Trio’s format and instrumentation. Like jazz, don’t like jazz, whatever - you’ll find much to like about this.
VA - The Thinking Of The World Began Pounding In Our Ears The Moment We Hit Shore [Stroom]
What is this? Compilation? Artist project? Who knows. Ultimately a collection of tracks loosely held together by the guiding hand of Florian TM Zeisig most of them featuring additional artists plucked from the same pool, including More Eaze, Don Lyons & Cal Fish. Twelve tracks, covering many bases, RIYL Cocteau Twins, Pedastal, those comps from Time Is Away and A Colourful Storm, that kind of stuff.
Index for Working Music - Bunker Intimations II [Tough Love]
Sticking in that World of Echo extended universe, this new one from sister label Tough Love only has a couple of tracks available so far, but follows up from last years Which Direction Goes The Beam with another excursion into England’s Hidden Reverse, if that means anything to you, you know what you’re looking for. Come in.
