Michalis Ar
Dec 27, 20231 min read
10 GEMS OF 2023 + 3 COOL REISSUES + 1 "OH MY DOG" EP
1. ELUVIUM - WHRRING MARVELS IN CONSENSUS REALITY "Put on your spacesuit and elevate yourself in this beautybath. Listen with a glass of...
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Michalis Ar
Nov 5, 20231 min read
OHMA - Between all things (Colorfield Records)
Long story short. Colorfield Records is a very fresh and funky new label from the Los Angeles specializing in Ambient Jazz and Electronic...
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Michalis Ar
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Pharoah Sanders - With a Heartbeat
Everybody loves Pharoah. Pharoah is King. He was the King of all pharaohs, full stop. Not only because his sax was fuming and smoking and...
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Michalis Ar
May 14, 20231 min read
John Haycock & John Ellis - Didymus
John and John. Double Goosebump Alert. Haycock on one side, a masterful kora player with electronic sizzles on his palate. Ellis,on the...
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Michalis Ar
Apr 2, 20231 min read
Kelan Phil Cohran And Legacy - African Skies
There are some albums that have so many stories to write about. And there are some albums that you just have to listen. This is one of...
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Michalis Ar
Feb 19, 20231 min read
Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams
It feels like a film movie. The whole thing. From the majestic and mystic album title, to the tone and style of music, this is an...
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Michalis Ar
Dec 23, 20221 min read
2022 GREATEST OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS 2022
(13 gems, no particular order) 1. Alabaster DePlume - Gold 2.Makaya Mccraven-In These Times 3.Leland Whitty-Anyhow 4.Lambchop- The Bible...
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Michalis Ar
Dec 4, 20221 min read
Black Renaisance- Body, Mind And Spirit (Luv N'Haight)
This is where it started for me. A black spiritual jazz journey that keeps on and keeping on till today. The concept. Harry Whitaker (the...
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Michalis Ar
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Ralph Heidel - Modern Life (KRYPTOX)
I am a sucker for really weird album covers, but if you manage to make one that's both strange and also misleading to what you're about...
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Michalis Ar
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Piero Umiliani- Paesaggi
Piero Umiliani. The doppelganger "Ennio Morricone" you never knew existed. Equally inspiring as Ennio, but much more adventurous in his...
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Michalis Ar
Jan 22, 20221 min read
Nina Simone - It is Finished (RCA)
I don't usually take interest on live albums. I mean, sound is always mediocre, live shows are for the ones taking part, and most times...
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Michalis Ar
Nov 21, 20211 min read
Jaubi - Nafs At Peace (Astigmatic Records)
Well, meeting Tenderlonious on a cold night 4 years ago inside the place that was gonna be and still is the anchorage of the New London...
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Michalis Ar
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Ahmed Fakroun - Ahmed Fakroun (PMG)
Habibi is an Arabic word that literally means “my love” (sometimes also translated as “my dear,” “my darling,” or “beloved.”) Fakroun's...
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Michalis Ar
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah (India Navigation)
Summer's over. New Corona waves start waving around the globe. Stress, psychosomatic issues, fear for the future. Which can only mean one...
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Michalis Ar
Jul 27, 20211 min read
NCY MILKY BAND - BURN' IN (BMM RECORDS)
SO, NCY IS NOT NYC, IT'S NANCY, PLACE OF ORIGIN OF THESE YOUNG JAZZSTERS. BUT, WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS? MAYBE THE EXCITEMENT?...
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Alexia
Jul 11, 20211 min read
José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz - Lua Ki Di Nos (Hot Mule)
This is an album which makes you nostalgic. About what, you may not know. You may not (you won’t) even understand what the lyrics are...
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Michalis Ar
May 17, 20211 min read
Shake Stew - Gris Gris
Shake Stew. It's not a stew but it does shake. Well, yes, name is kinda of a letdown. Stews are Austrian.From Vienna. And they rock....
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Michalis Ar
Mar 21, 20211 min read
The Gentleman Losers - Permanently Midnight
Wish I could talk about the Losers for days and days. Their hypnotic, mystic soundz contain multitudes of layers upon layers. Theiir...
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Michalis Ar
Feb 21, 20211 min read
Witch - Lukombo Vibes (Now Again)
We Intend to Cause Havoc! If that's not a powerful mission statement, then what is. Wikipedia's def of Zamrock is "a musical genre that...
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