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Gene Gol
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Gene - the rater of either 3.0 or 4.0,

Shabaka Possession
Shabaka minus the Ancestors has always struck me as too loose and non linear (whether any lines or swirls ever applied) to strike gold in memorability. And this EP finds him compromising the ambient jazz spirituality even further to accommodate features that sometimes feel either put of place or too anonymous, no matter how star studded.		2.0
12.08.24
Masai Bey Art of the Covenant
Preachy to a point of dangerously approaching lyrical miracle cringe, but like in a hotep way.		2.5
12.06.24
Fange Privation
Is this Health.? 		2.5
12.06.24
Fange Pantocrator
Although none of their work after 'Punir' has quite reached that album's absolute devastating high, I like that Fange just keep doing their thing. Year in, year out they drop another gargantuan project. This time around it is two long-ass tracks, both difficult to stomach musically as well as time-wise.		3.0
12.06.24
Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
At the very least, if nothing else positive can be said about perhaps the peak of obnoxiousness in musical and human form, this album of theirs was actually pretty good.		3.5
12.06.24
Agent Fresco Destrier
This sounds like how gentrified burger joints feel: cold and passionless, delivering oblique product, too polished to have character, too pricey to justify its existence. I dont get this at all.		2.0
12.06.24
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians [Nonesuch 1998]
Words I constantly kept coming back to in thinking about this recording are, to my own surprise, youthful and curious. Both in a sense of juvenile whimsy, as well as its adventurous spirit, in even its primal-most tones needing exploration and play.		4.5
12.06.24

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  • Pikazilla check rope sect's album from this year, have a feeling you might dig it
    December 7 08:14 PM
  • Sunnyvale The post is up - thanks again!
    November 4 02:48 PM
  • Sunnyvale Thanks! I did just sent a request for access, as I can't currently view the document
    November 3 05:50 PM
  • Sunnyvale If you have Google Docs, just please put the link in my Shoutbox and I'll take it from there. Thanks!
    November 3 12:51 AM
  • Sunnyvale Fine by me, much appreciated!
    October 30 12:01 PM

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