The Falling Rocket by Stephan Mathieu
Alright, yo, my name is Ruben de la Huerga. I hail from the little burg of Albuquerque, New Mexico and right about now I’m studying it up in the Portland. Over these past few years I’ve made it my mission to just consume as much music from as many genres, eras, and nations as possible, taking inspiration from my one and only idol, my main man Scaruffi. If you haven’t heard about that dog, ignore this shit and go Askjeeves that, fast. If you have, lemme continue. Now, I know that the infallible Scaruffi is nearly flawless but I gotta admit that the man has fallen off a bit, hasn’t even given a single album from the 21st century the label of ‘masterpiece.’ And I’m just like, whoa hold the phone, what about that Centipede Hz?!?! Anyway I was reading up on the guy and I found out the way his whole franchise got fired up was due to his homies always on his jock, begging for music recommendations, so he just went & threw up some essential lists on the net. But you know what, that personal level of recommendation sounds a little attractive to me, a little beautiful. So I’mma come out and say it: I’m opening up shop!!! If you’ve been looking for that one artist to open you up to a whole new world, if you’ve had it up to here with the barrage of mediocrity that you’re surrounded by, if you just love a band and ever wondered where their influences came from, I’m here. Just pop a message in my ask box with your preferences in genre, instrumentation, whatever mood you’re in or anything else and I hopefully got you covered for a nice little album you could throw down while stroking your honey or whatever else you do. Ya man yeah, let’s get this popping. I mean we can start it off small, sure, but we should be thinking big, like multimedia corporation ‘cross the globe in 1nite. All I can really say at this moment is that The Doctor Is In. Get at me.
It Must Be a Camel - Frank Zappa
Screenshot: Attack of the Mutant Camels
N.N. End - Mars
Big Drop - Black Dice
Endless Happiness - Black Dice
Thankyoubranch - The Books
It’s amazing how subtly sadness takes over this originally jovial track. The first time I heard it I didn’t even recognize the transition, just that something had changed.
All Our Base Are Belong to Them - The Books
She Brings the Rain - Can
Mother Sky - Can
“They Watch the Universe” by Glass Planet
Recoder - Bügsküll