Shfl is a random sampler of album recommendations from musicians and music critics.
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“Heard continues to excel at making music that teeters on the very crest of a sonic wave without ever breaking”
Harold Heath on Mr. Fingers — Leev Ur Mynd
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“An under-rated high quality moment in Donald Byrd's catalogue.”
Harold Heath on Donald Byrd — Thank You… For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)
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Harold Heath: “An unfriendly, challenging, acerbic, and dissonant catalogue, but one that also contains audacious beauty, power and depth.”
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“A lush, light, club-derived funk-fusion treat of an album.”
Harold Heath on Lay-Far Dance Orchestra — Sky Break.
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“And who better to helm this endeavor than renowned British reggae writer, journalist, historiographer, and archivist, Steve Barrow?”
Andy Beta on Blood and Fire.
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ALT Album cover: Dub Gone Crazy: The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby’s 1975-1977
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Hey. I made a list of 40 leftfield Japanese pop albums for @the_shfl. Every record here has been my favorite record in the world at some point in my life.
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“The new UK sound includes plenty of straight-up jazz, but also an abundance of hybrid, fresh new takes on the genre, which drew on broader influences than the traditional jazz canon.” @HaroldHeathDJ on the UK Jazz Renaissance
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“But in another, more tangled sense, Salsoul’s story hinges on both incredibly fortuitous luck and inexplicable star-crossed tumult…” @natepatrin on Salsoul Records
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“The Bakersfield sound is country at its most hardcore; it’s music for drinking, crying into your beer, and maybe getting into a fight, because you’ve got to be back behind the wheel of your truck the next morning.” -@burn_amb
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“Hyperdub can’t claim sole responsibility for every major development in early 21st century dance music, but you wouldn’t be entirely wrong if they came to mind first.” @natepatrin on @Hyperdub
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“Norwegian black metal: an extremely problematic genre where the problems both detract from and add to its appeal.” @JeffTreppel on Norwegian black metal
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“A warning before we begin: this guide is far from comprehensive — it’s deliberately partial and full of major omissions. The thing is, it could only be that way.” @joemuggs on the Balearic aesthetic in music
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My latest genre guide is up at @the_shfl -- this one might seem a little obscure, but trust me. The music is life-changing.
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“It could be rigid and robotic, loose and funky, introspective or celebratory: of all the electronic music genres, Italo-disco seemed to leave no mood unexpressed.” @HaroldHeathDJ on Italo-disco
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“…the individual members of Stereolab had so many side projects themselves that the sheer scope of what they did isn’t always understood.” @NedRaggett on Stereolab side-projects
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“This guide gathers together just a few of the funkiest jazz that the label put out during this period...” @HaroldHeathDJ on 70s funk on Prestige
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“With its emphasis on collective effort and mutual support, its insistence that its members compose their own new music, and its focus on education ... the organization reshaped avant-garde jazz in its own image.” @burn_amb on the AACM
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“…the 90s commercial grunge explosion was an ultimately frustrating simplification and rewritten history of a deeper reality.” @NedRaggett on 1980s Seattle underground rock
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