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Everyone Is Making It Up by Semispecific Ensemble

The latest EP from Semispecific Ensemble is an intriguing exploration of sound, filled with fun and familiarity. It artfully blends innovative rhythms with a nostalgic nod to the early ambient works of Hawkwind and the serene soundscapes of Fax music. There's a sense of déjà vu in the air, a distinct flavour in the music that feels both new and comfortably familiar. This project isn't just a collection of tracks; it's a scholarly yet playful journey through the realms of ambient, jazz, and early electronics / techno influences.

Maraka – May East (1985)

A lost pulse of Brazilian night heat, 80s flickering neon with a good dose of jungle in the background. East’s voice is sweet —half synthpop siren, half rainforest whisper—dancing over drum machines is that the Linn?  So much innocence, here it taste like sweat and stolen kisses.   Maraka   is the sound of 1985 dreaming in analog: ecstatic, electric, drenched in the delirium of a dancefloor that no longer exists. It was happening all over the world at the time. It's nice we can find these gems, and savour them still, but I didnt know about this in the 80's as I was in the UK, and this was distant.  #BrazilianNewWave #SynthpopGhosts #LostElectronic #1985Forever #MayEast #AnalogDreams #DancefloorSorcery  

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain | Broccoli and magical 368 bus of Stockport

This one goes uptoday for Luke my nephew. If my mind serves me well, about 20-25 years earlier in my life,  I was also taking that very same bus up Birdhall Lane to Cheadle Hulme and back, whilst listening to cassettes with the likes of Juan Atkins, and earlier classics like  Cybertron - Clear.   Here we are some 25 years later and Luke is inserting Maggot Brain into his playlist whilst on that same path that the 368/9 takes from Cheadle Hulme to Stockport.  What a sequence of events, cyclic yet, no PHD can calculate that one.  I am greateful that we both took time today to talk, listen and share.  Day 1, 2021, quite remarkable.