Sophisticated Beggar

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Roy Harper's 1966 debut album Sophisticated Beggar. Hats off and enjoy!

Tragedy & Geometry

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Steve Hauschildt of Emeralds, new release on Kranky, Tragedy & Geometry. A beautiful account of modern day of post-kosmische. Ending the year with a bang! Highly recommended, enjoy!

Die Grune Reise

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Possibly one of the most overlooked bands in Kraut rock, A.R. & the Machines tripped out masterpiece debut Die Grune Reise. A highly recommend journey! Enjoy.

And their refinement of the Decline

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Austin's Stars of the Lid 2007, and possibly final album, And their Refinement of the Decline. Let slow drones of guitar, strings, horns and piano float you through space and time. Enjoy!

A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid and Dustin O'Halloran, Berlin-based pianist/composer and member of the dream pop band Devics, highly anticipated droned, soundscape beauty A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Composed with droning strings, melodic piano, and swelling of guitar, A Winged Victory for the Sullen composes a solace, that in my opinion drone has been missing since the demise of Stars of the Lid. Highly recommended for a long night drive. Enjoy!

A side note, Kranky is on fire in 2011!

Exile

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Houston, Texas's own Charalambides, 2011 Kranky release Exile. Marking their 20 year anniversary, Enjoy!

"Deeply imbued with the full historical spectrum of American folk and blues song form, Exile is a tapestry of suppliant invocations directed at the heart of the unseen spiritual forces surrounding us. Dense arrangements and thickly-overdubbed tracks sit side-by-side with material that ranks among the sparest and most skeletal the group has recorded, giving Exile the psychic scope of their classic Market Square album while building on the refinements of the more recent Likeness and A Vintage Burden releases."-Kranky

Get Lost

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Mark McGuire of Emeralds, 2011 release, Get Lost. Glorious synthy/ambient kraut influenced pop-songs, possibly McGuire's strongest release to date. Enjoy!

Dropped Pianos

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Tim Hecker's Dropped Pianos consists of sketch pieces recorded in 2010 in preparation for what would become the Ravedeath, 1972 album. All of the compositions are piano driven and minimal in nature. Enjoy!

Ósvör

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"New Zealand's God Destroyer release yet another EP, containing three overwhelmingly atmospheric and drastically different drone pieces. Wayuu (Ósvör's final track) shows a darker side to God Destroyer, replacing the usual choir-like reverb with doom-filled chords and an obvious feeling of depression."-Exp Etc.

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Destination Out!

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Jackie Mclean's 1963 Blue Note classic Destination Out! featuring Grachan Monchur III on trombone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Larry Ridley on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Enjoy!

Church of Anthrax

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John Cale & Terry Riley's 1971 collaboration, Church of Anthrax. Enjoy!