Amoeba san francisco Staff
Audra
Amoeba San Francisco
Amoeba marketeer. Meaning junky. Weird Al burlesque.
Podcasts: "The Fourth Space,""Speakeasily vs. the '80s" & "Retrophilia."
Ryan
Amoeba San Francisco
Sri Syadasti
Where Rivers Meet (LP)
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary
Low key presentation & overpriced but really nice pressing, no dust, no noise. Gary Bartz, self explanatory and musicians from the excellent English spiritual jazz collective Maisha also recommended. A little more spacey Miles circa ‘74 than spiritual jazz. Shorter cinematic tracks with a little planetarium vibe but also straight forward jazz.
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Deux Paradis (CD)
Domenique Dumont
Electro exotica with a bit of Stereolab, Brenda Ray & Hollie Cook. Futuristic nostalgia and solid Euro IDM.
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Bitches Blues (LP)
Hedvig Mollestad
Interesting mix of Opal era acid rock, guitar shred & jazz fusion but with a horror movie soundtrack vibe.
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You Smile When it Hurts (LP)
Martin Dupont
Over forty years since the amazing “Sleep Is A Luxury” LP and they still haven’t become horrible. Nervous Cold Wave Suicide meets newer audio gadgetry.
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Automaginary/Totality (CD)
Natural Information Society
CD reissue including 2015s Automaginary & 2025s Totality. One of the most interesting avant guard jazz projects of the last ten year. RIYL: Drone, Ambient, Kraut Rock or bands like Yes. Plenty of space to get lost, on this 2 on 1 CD release.
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Allen
Amoeba San Francisco
It's not a bargain if it's not what you want.
Hope!! (CD)
Angelique Kidjo
Kidjo's brand of Afrobeat floats on a cloud of clave, rather than slamming on a backbeat, making her messages more seductive, serious as they are.
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BaRcoDe (LP)
Ben Wendel
Saxophonist Wendel accompanied by four mallet players, creating a percussive yet flowing backdrop to his wild improv.
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Black America Sings Stevie Wonder (CD)
Various Artists
There could easily be a volume two of this, but for now this is fine: Chaka Khan, Sylvester, Lou Rawls, the Dixie Hummingbirds, Aretha, Marvin, etc., etc.
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Simeon Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato (CD)
Metropolis Ensemble/Erik
If you've ever been hypnotized by Steve Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians," wait 'till you hear this. A small ensemble develops a motif in 5/8 to unspool a tapestry you'll love to get lost in.
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How Sad, How Lovely (CD)
Connie Converse
The appeal of Converse's art lies in her mystery as well as her skill. She perfects this concise, folky approach to songwriting in the mid-1950s, then disappears off the face of the earth.
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With Every Breath I Take (CD)
Cecile McLorin Savant
Finally, McLorin with an orchestra, to give her voice the drama it deserves.
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Feedbag
Amoeba San Francisco
WELCOME TO THE DESERT OF THE REAL
Pink Narcissus (1971) (BLU)
James Bidgood
Basically Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising meets Fantasia. Beautiful sexy gay color-drenched fever dream. 1000/10 would recommend I watched this twice in a week the first time I saw it. Obsessed.
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Blown (LP)
Swallow
Swallow is a highly underrated 90's 4AD dream pop/shoegaze band. Very nice very pretty <3 This release is a repress of their 1992 album Blow and their CDEP Blowback (remixes of Blow songs). Art by Vaughan Oliver!!!! Been looking for Swallow on vinyl for a while now and this combo release is perfect. Favorite track: Lacuna
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