^ I picked up that DGM album and I like it quite a bit, especially the song Surrender. Glad your diggin' it!
15. Tomi Malm - Coming Home
Genre: Westcoast / Yacht Rock / Jazz Fusion
Put On A Playlist With: Earth, Wind & Fire, Snarky Puppy, Pages, the good stuff
One of those super studio projects put together by one exceptional guy, which in this case is Swedish film composer, producer and songwriter Tomi Malm. He has a lot of connections with heavy hitters like David Foster and Quincy Jones...so he's able to pull out all the stops with session players and guest spots when he puts together a new album like this one. For this occasion, the team includes masters like drummer J.R. Robinson, keyboardist Robbie Buchanan and top-tier singers like Bill Cantos and Ole Borud. Some of these guys have played on the biggest albums of all time in the 70's and 80's, so it's quite a treat to hear them go all out on something of this calber.
14. desert sand feels warm at night - 常夏
Genre: Slushwave, Ambient
Put On A Playlist With: telepath, Mindspring Memories, death's dynamic shroud.wmv
Enigmatic fella from the U.K. somewhere that does some of the most beautiful slushy ambient I've ever experienced. And in the case of this particular album, he doesn't even use any samples. Listening to this album feels like a particularly lonely dream that's half forgotten before you open your eyes. It has a resemblance to a lot of good Mallsoft or early vaporwave but more ethereal and splooshy. One of my personal favs out of this set of 21 in particular - I highly recommend it.
13. Straw Man Army - Age Of Exile
Genre: Art-Punk
Put On A Playlist With: Parquet Courts, Julian Cope, The Flesh Eaters
New York weirdness that sounds like it was made by aliens with a thing for Krautrock. It gets points from me for being entertaining, pseudo-Zeuhlish and esoteric. On top of that, it isn't a long album and the basslines kill. In short, punk with something more to offer.
Last edited by Anteater; 11-29-2020 at 10:58 PM.
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