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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1h

Lovely mix of dances and gospel pieces in his ebullient style. Masterful finger picking, keeping time with his feet and singing along with his unique hum/growl. Everybody loves Joseph Spence.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1h

#albumshuffle Day 346: Joseph Spence - The Complete Folkways Recordings 1958 [Smithsonian Folkways, 1992]

First recordings of Joseph Spence made in 1958 by Sam Charters. Originally issued as 'Bahaman Folk Guitar' in 1959 & the first side of '64 'Folk Guitar / Bahaman Ballads & Rhyming Spirituals'.

Album Cover: Joseph Spence - The Complete Folkways Recordings 1958 [Smithsonian Folkways, 1992]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 16h

Peter Watkins is dead. Big fan of his work, had an odd fixation on the gladiators for a while way back when.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

I've never heard this one, thanks!

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

Me too Agongo, me too...

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

#albumshuffle Day 345: Agongo - I Am Suffering [Chop Time Music, 2016]

Album from a Ghanaian kologo player mentored by King Ayisoba, also featured on a track here. Backed by traditional percussion, flute, chants and a gnarly horn at one point. Hypnotic yet repetitive. One hell of a voice, mind.

Album Cover: Agongo - I Am Suffering [Chop Time Music, 2016]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

This is turning out to be an all time stressful one.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

Loath as I am to say "that sounds a child [me] mucking around on a casio keyboard" - it genuinely seems fitting at first... But slowly things develop and suddenly there's compositions with complex free percussion sections, the conventional Psalm 1964 and the cacophonous pieces for duo/trio... Oh my.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

Curious because it starts off with and keeps returning to this meandering structureless mode. You expect melody and purpose from an instrument where you need to laboriously punch out compositions, but here there's a lot of running scales, odd percussion, dissonant chord clusters & ponderous bits.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 1d

#albumshuffle Day 344: Willem Breuker - Lunchconcert For Three Barrelorgans [Instant Composers Pool, 1969]

A concert on the streets of Amsterdam in 1969, taking three humble barrel organs and feeding them dissonant, difficult free compositions to the bemusement and mainly disinterest of passersby.

Album Cover: Willem Breuker - Lunchconcert For Three Barrelorgans [Instant Composers Pool, 1969]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 2d

Compiled from a variety of official & unofficial sources, quality varies, but it's funny stuff. Also included is a comparatively slick & lush lounge rendition by the Zip Code Revue, the more professional of the two bands formed in the wake of a staged breakup in the 90s. Fun story for another time.

Zip Code Rapists - "Touch Me" music video

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 2d

Amusing punk duo with John Singer on electric guitar while Gregg Turkington barks out aggressive renditions of Touch Me, with a side of Riders on The Storm & Light My Fire. Very short, often breaking off to engage in antagonistic crowdwork. Full Neil Hamburger abusive flow on the 2006 reunion track.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 2d

#albumshuffle Day 343: Zip Code Rapists - Zip Code Rapists Sing And Play “Touch Me” And Other Songs By The Doors [No Label, 2012]

Not an official album - a compilation that a nice person put up on tumblr, drawing from various releases & live sets that somehow worked its way into my main library.

Album Cover: Zip Code Rapists - Zip Code Rapists Sing And Play “Touch Me” And Other Songs By The Doors [No Label, 2012]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

Mars released another map in 2020 called The Forgotten Nightmare that has this unforgettable platforming section that just keeps going and going: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_4i...

koren's quake awards - best platforming segment of 2020

YouTube video by Korendian199

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

The combat is very full on and it commits the sin of having custom monster variants without unique skins. Rough traps, walls of monsters & awkward sniper crossfire. There's also very little ammo in the first half of the map - without the secret stashes & quads you're gonna have a rough time of it.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

A fun but uneven experience that took me hours. Abstract & hostile architecture like a doom map or warpspasm. When I wasn't plunging into the void, I spent most of my time lost. But it was so satisfying finding another hidden path that opened the map up further, feeling the layout click into place.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

It took a week but i'm now all in on Corrosive Eternity's nightmare mode making all monsters barely visible for no reason. An idiosyncratic design idea that suits the general excess that comes with a huge abstract map, 50 secret switches, instant-kill platforming on tiny platforms over a void, etc.

Corrosive Eternity

Very long metal themed map with high monster/secret count. Based on progs_dump mod 3.0. Monster count 845/1155/1509/1512 (Easy/Normal/Hard/Nightmare), 67 secrets. There are different music tracks on e...

www.slipseer.com

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

Only downside is it using a single fixed camera angle. There should be multiple ones for those big jobs with internal/external regions etc.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

Now i've completed the PowerWash Simulator campaign, I think that the secret to it's success lies entirely with the little timelapse it provides upon completion of a given level. Immensely satisfying and it made me want to plan and structure my cleans in very specific ways for aesthetic reasons.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

Pulverising noise giving way to deep bass drones with tape loops & distorted whispering on the first untitled track. The sickly high pitched whine and distorted roars on Genocide, gurgles and chittering of Maggot and general ambient murk. Rich shifting textures and a glacial pace - it worked for me.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3d

#albumshuffle Day 342: Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass [Release The Bats, 2009]

A real ugly compilation of dark ambient and harsh noise pieces. One of the few instances for me where a group has successfully cultivated a sinister and bleak atmosphere.

Album Cover: Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass [Release The Bats, 2009]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 4d

As is common, the best source of information about this record that I could find was from a family member in a youtube comment. Thanks to the great-nephew of Mrs Miles, Rhythmicons for the story. I'm glad she was able to get out there and fulfil her dream.

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Mossilene Miles - Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing [Whistling Gospel]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 4d

Rest of the album consists mostly of instrumental tunes she whistles along to, often with birdsong like ornamentation. The second side being more gospel focused, there's more singing on tracks like The Love of God.

The backing band is solid and it's nicely produced. I think it's all very sweet.

koren @korendian.bsky.social · 4d

It opens with eponymous track, a 1932 novelty waltz & Fleischer Screen Song which she sings in a faultering voice before transitioning to a whistled birdsong, which is equally uneven in delivery. It's a bizarre one that I think I first heard through WFMU probably via Beware of the Blog.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 4d

#albumshuffle Day 341: Mossilene Miles - Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing [Not On Label]

Interesting little private press record from an amateur whistler, from Luthersburg, PA. Story goes, after her husband died, she travelled down to Tennessee and recorded it with a professional backing band.

Album Cove: Mossilene Miles - Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing [Not On Label]

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