Klaus Schulze uses the alias Richard Wahnfried to record different music with notable guests. Time Actor is one of his best Wahnfried discs. The featured guests are Arthur Brown (as in ” … I am the god of hell fire and I bring you …”) on vocals, Michael Shrieve on percussion and Vincent Crane on keyboards.

Discogs.

Sayat-Nova (Armenian: Սայաթ-Նովա; Persian: سایات‌نوفا; Georgian: საიათნოვა; born Harutyun Sayatyan; 14 June 1712 – 22 September 1795) was a Georgia-born Armenian poet, musician and ashugh, who had compositions in a number of languages. His songs and poems are in the Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, and Persian languages.

Manchester’s Lack lands on Livity Sound with the ‘Inside’ EP following on from recent releases with UK labels Cong Burn and Blank Mind.

This new record distills the Lack aesthetic across four tracks. The title track’s pulsating drift channels Chain Reaction and vintage Kode 9; ‘Machine Club’ brings a thumping deep techno sprawl; whilst the grit laden ‘Rrrush and ‘Shifter’ build and innovate on UK rhythm styles. The ‘Inside’ EP is a window in to the world of Lack and a major statement of intent from one of the UK’s most promising rising producers.

January 20, 2020 saw the surprise release of David Lynch’s short ‘What did Jack Do?’ on Netflix. If you watched the grainy, police procedural over the last few days, you most likely found yourself saying aloud ‘who is Jack Cruz and how can I get more of his music?’ Now, just in time for the Grammys, Sacred Bones is announcing the release of the short’s featured original song ‘True Love’s Flame’ by the primate star crooner of yesteryear; Jack Cruz. Not much is known about Cruz’s career prior to his involvement with Lynch, but fortunately, we have not just one song, but two: ’Dancin’ in the World of Love’ is the B-side to the short’s single…uncovered recently and an excellent example of Cruz’s emotional prowess and magical, gold-dipped vocal cords. Both songs were written by Lynch and Dean Hurley and are available for pre-order in both black and clear vinyl 45s with artwork carefully crafted by Lynch himself.

Composed and performed by João Pais Filipe. Out on Holuzam.

Limited Edition Cassette beats by FarragoL.

Irmgard Hermann (4 October 1942 – 26 May 2020)

Manchester-based Thugwidow makes its debut detonator for Infinite Audio with an explosive ep that takes us back in time to the golden age of breakbeat.

They are only 20 units in clear vinyl pressed.

Der Mensch hat den Planeten so grundlegend verändert, dass Forscher eine neue erdgeschichtliche Epoche ausrufen. Das Zeitalter des Anthropozän zwingt uns, Begriffe wie „Natur“ vollkommen neu zu denken und eine angemessene Ethik zu entwickeln.

Eva Horn im Gespräch.

Sitting at the sea, watching a slow motion of our crazy life sailing by.

Out on Stroom.