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Kurt Swinghammer - Turpentine wind (Cultural engineering, 02/2011) http://swinghammer.com/
I was fortunate enough to live in Vancouver when Kurt Swinghammer had released his masterpiece Vostok 6, one of my favorite albums of the previous decade. A brilliant concept album of unique complexity and outstanding execution, it was like nothing I have ever heard (nor have since).
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/KURT-SWINGHAMMER/Blue
That year I made it my goal to follow his career and now, finally, he will be releasing a new album. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate any sample material from that album, but just by going back to Vostok 6 I immediately become elated.
Another album I'm waiting for is the new Alela Diane. Here are two tracks from it.
Alela Diane – Alela Diane & wild divine (Rough trade, 05/04/2011)
Force publique - Fickle www.forcepublique-music.com/
French for cartridge - A hundred and one (2010) www.frenchforcartridge.com/
We three and the death rattle – Sucker punched (2011) www.myspace.com/Wethreeandthedeathrattle
Too bad the rest of their work is worthy of the following adjective
Innerpartysystem - American trash (2011)
Die Fremde (When we leave) (Feo Aladag, 2010)
Kak ya provyol etim letom (How I ended this summer) (Aleksei Popogrebsky, 2010)