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Secluded Bronte

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Secluded Bronte is Adam Bohman , Jonathan Bohman , and Richard Thomas . Apparently, they've been together as Secluded Bronte for over 20 years but I only found out about the project today because they are going to be playing at Le Non Jazz in Paris this month and I'm on the Le Non Jazz mailing list. Of course, I've known the Bohman Bros for a long time (20 years, in fact) but Secluded Bronte was unknown to me. Anyway, I've been exploring the project today and it's great stuff! Really inspiring! I'm going to include the same list of links here that Le Non Jazz provided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c6vahmDcy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRaf9rhmybw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zpg5E-72Gc https://soundcloud.com/secluded-bronte https://thebohmanbrothers.bandcamp.com/ https://fforddallan.bandcamp.com/music https://fortevilfruit.bandcamp.com/album/in-their-70s https://www.richardthomascreative.com/   I grabbed the photo of the band from the Cafe OT
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irr. app. (ext.)

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Well, it figures that I don't get around to posting anything about my friends until they've done something that I'm involved in. What a creep. Anyway, my involvement aside, the music and art of my good friend Matt Waldron , aka irr. app. (ext.) , is most definitely a suitable inclusion here. He's put out a lot of really great material that you should seek out (all on the good side of "weird")! His status as a member of the touring version of Nurse With Wound , and as a chief collaborator of Steve Stapleton , doesn't hurt either. What I'm writing about today is Matt's current "monthly digital single." Matt has been using the Bandcamp platform over the past few years to put out regularly scheduled, short releases (singles or EPs). Past monthly single series have included "Vesicular Distributor" (2020), "Legends Of Frogtown" (2021), and the hilariously odd "Attention Dear" (2022) where Matt recites the texts
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Stactorm Radioo 2

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Episode 2 of my radio art series "Stactorm Radioo" (originally broadcast/published on Mixcloud in 2017) is available as a free/PWYW digital album on Bandcamp! https://w-a-davison.bandcamp.com/ - W.A.Davison
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Surf Nazis Must Die

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John McCallum's great electronic score for the 1987 Troma Entertainment film "Surf Nazis Must Die" was issued on vinyl a few years ago (actually, almost ten years ago). I watched the film for the first time recently and immediately searched down the soundtrack. This is the first official release of this material in any format (there have been bootleg versions floating around for decades). Strange Disc Records did an excellent job working with McCallum to produce the ultimate vinyl edition of this soundtrack, which, if you're not familiar with it, is very much in the vein of Tangerine Dream or John Carpenter . https://www.strangedisc.com/ And, yes, I am a fan of 70s and 80s electronic movie scores. I can't say the same for the synthwave genre which those scores have inspired in more recent years. I'm not writing off all of synthwave, mind you, I just find it's pretty hit and miss. - W.A.Davison
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Plyas Het Giutra

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I have reissued my 2006 noise guitar album "Plyas Het Giutra" on Bandcamp. And just in time for tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday ! Yay! - W.A.Davison
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RIP Tom Verlaine

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Very sad to hear that Tom Verlaine of the band Television has just passed away. Television's "Marquee Moon" occupies a peculiar spot in my listening life. It's not an album that immediately springs to mind as a favorite, and yet I've listened to it hundreds of times over the past four decades or so and it never fails to move and inspire me! So, clearly, it IS a favorite album and one I return to over and over again. And, of course, the guitar playing of both Verlaine and fellow Television member Richard Lloyd has left its mark on me as a musician, as it has on countless others. Mr. Verlaine will be missed! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/arts/music/tom-verlaine-dead.html - W.A.Davison
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Snatch Tapes

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Philip Sanderson (a.k.a. Storm Bugs , Ice Yacht , etc.), who has run the UK-based Snatch Tapes label since the late 70s, is having a sale and it is well worth checking out! On now at the Snatch Tapes Bandcamp, each release is available for £1 GBP, and all 16 digital albums can be had for around £10 GBP! I bought the complete catalogue for just over $20 Canadian and am thoroughly enjoying it! Hurry now, sale ends Jan. 31st! https://snatchtapes.bandcamp.com/ - W.A.Davison
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