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The Sonic Bloom

Nov 23, 2023 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

folky, punky, poppy, jangly, post-punky, and psychedelic goodness of the musical variety coming out of your speakers courtesy of moi. oh yeah, and occasional show tunes.

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

Happy Thanksgiving!

12:03 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
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12:08 PM		ESG My Love for You ESG Come Away with ESG Fire Records 2010 Formed at the end of the '70s by three sisters and a few friends, ESG have gone on to release five albums in the decades since. The first of which, Come Away With ESG, was an irresistible debut of minimalist, funk-inspired post-punk.
12:12 PM		Vocoder What Happens Now? Vocoder Cuadro Sinóptico - EP Dark Entries Records 2012 Vocoder formed in Zaragoza, Spain in 1981. Dark Entires has been releasing some great stuff from them.
12:15 PM		Kris Baha Into the Dark Kris Baha Into the Dark - Single Power Station 2021
12:20 PM		PALE COCOON Mizutamari Pale Cocoon Mayu Incidental Music / Conatala 2020 There is also the name of an OVA (original video animation) from Japan. This musical outfit started in the early 80s in Japan. As far as I know they are not related (the music and anime)
12:25 PM		Xmal Deutschland Qual (12" Remix) Xmal Deutschland Fetisch 4AD 1983 Founded in 1980 with all-female line-up, in Germany.
12:30 PM		Vogue.Noir Segments (feat. DRIFT.) Vogue.Noir N Vogue Noir - EP 847670 Records DK 2022 Melancholic synth pop from the UK.
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12:37 PM		Hapax Truth or Lie Hapax Monade Swissdarknights 2019
12:38 PM		Sydney Valette Safety Net Sydney Valette Brothers - EP iMD-SV 2020
12:42 PM		Cindy Lee Plastic Raincoat What's Tonight To Eternity W.25TH / Superior Viaduct 2020
12:46 PM		Freak Heat Waves The Time Has Come Freak Heat Waves N Mondo Tempo Mood Hut 2023
12:49 PM		La Luz Oh, Blue La Luz La Luz Hardly Art 2021
12:52 PM		Kate Bollinger I Found Out Kate Bollinger N Look at it in the Light - EP Ghostly International 2022
12:55 PM		Bauhaus The Man with X-Ray Eyes (Live @ Hammersmith Palais, London) Bauhaus Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape Beggars Banquet 1982
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1:00 PM		Christian Death Stairs - Uncertain Journey Christian Death Only Theatre of Pain Frontier Records 1982
1:01 PM		Specimen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Specimen Azoic Jungle Records 2006
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1:10 PM		Boards of Canada Reach For The Dead Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest Warp Records 2013
1:15 PM		Molchat Doma Судно (Борис Рижий) Molchat Doma N Этажи Sacred Bones Records 2023
1:18 PM		Kraftwerk Computer World Kraftwerk Computer World (Remastered) Rhino/Elektra 1987
1:23 PM		Peder Mannerfelt Request Line Peder Mannerfelt Transmissions from a Drainpipe - EP Peder Mannerfelt Produktion 2016
1:26 PM		Land Of Giants Cannibal Dolls Land Of Giants Cannibal Dolls/Seven Men ebk-ink creative 2008
1:31 PM		Opera Multi Steel Où est quand ? Opera Multi Steel Movement One, Vol. 3 Str8line records 2011
1:34 PM		The Vyllies Whispers in the Shadow The Vyllies Lilith Fun after all 1986
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1:42 PM		La Femme Elle ne t’aime pas La Femme Mystère Disque Pointu 2016
1:44 PM		Tempers Capital Pains Tempers Private Life Dais Records 2019
1:51 PM		Linea Aspera Preservation Bias Linea Aspera Preservation Bias Dark Entries Records 2019
1:55 PM		Ritual Howls Dark Ceiling in Tennessee Ritual Howls N Virtue Falters felte 2023
1:59 PM		She Past Away Kasvetli Kutlama She Past Away Belirdi Gece Metropolis Records 2019
2:01 PM		Scott Crow, Clan of Xymox & Dissonance Orphee (Corrosion Verison) Scott Crow, Clan of Xymox & Dissonance N Orphee (Corrosion Verison) 2023
2:09 PM		Psychic TV The Orchids Psychic TV Dreams Less Sweet Sony Music UK 1983
2:12 PM		Cabaret Voltaire Red Mask Cabaret Voltaire Red Mecca Mute 2013 Originally came out in 1981.
2:20 PM		Olivia Newton-John Everything I Own Olivia Primary Wave Music 1972
2:22 PM		Optic Sink Live Illusion Optic Sink N Glass Blocks Feel It Records 2023 Optic Sink is the post-punk project from Natalie Hoffmann (NOTS), Ben Bauermeister, and Keith Cooper.
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2:30 PM		ACTORS Love U More ACTORS Acts of Worship Artoffact Records 2021 Actors (stylized as ACTORS) are a Canadian post-punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2012. The band consists of founder Jason Corbett (vocals and guitar), Shannon Hemmett (keyboards and backing vocals), Kendall Wooding (bass and backing vocals), and Adam Fink (drums).
2:33 PM		Soft Kill Behind the Rain Soft Kill N Metta World Peace Cercle Social Records 2023 From Chicago.
2:37 PM		Cold Cave Godstar Cold Cave N Godstar - Single Heartworm Press 2022 Psychic TV cover.
2:40 PM		Mort Garson & Captain DJ Disco UFO Pt. 1 Mort Garson N 2023 Sacred Bones 2023 Mort Garson brings his unmistakable synthesizer aboard this alien ship. “DISCO UFO” is a retro-sci-fi rainbow madness, with a euphoric mood and a space age atmosphere. Disco UFO’s two tracks traverse space age funk, proto hip-hop, and psychedelic disco grooves. This very rare 7" was originally released in a limited edition on Garson’s own record label G-Note in 1978, now seeing its digital wider release on Sacred Bones Records. Produced and arranged by Mort Garson, and released under one of his many monikers: Captain DJ. Written by Mort Garson, D. James & A. Rose.
2:45 PM		Daniele Ciullini + De Rezke Ancora Icone Daniele Ciullini + De Rezke Mutazione - Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground 1980-1988 (Compiled by Walls) V/A Strut 2013
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2:50 PM		Tropical Fuck Storm Moonburn Tropical Fuck Storm N Submersive Behaviour Joyful Noise Recordings 2023
2:55 PM		Selofan Give Me a Reason Selofan Vitrioli Fabrika Records 2018
2:59 PM		Drew McDowall & Tempers Agalma VI Drew McDowall & Tempers N Agalma VI (Tempers Rework) - Single Dais Records 2022