A two-hour excursion through ambient environs, slow-burning jazz, new age and other bits in between. This month’s Balamii show coincided nicely with Bandcamp day, so consists almost entirely of music to come out in the past couple of weeks. There’s a strong Australian influence, with music from Moonshoe, Bedroom Suck Records and a bunch of local artists we admire including James Harbard, felt body, Mindy Meng Wang and The Die Youngs. You’ll also hear new music from Japanese ambient duo and environmental music pioneers INOYAMALAND, who released SWIVA last month. It’s their first new album in 22 years and at the moment doesn’t seem to be widely available outside of Japan, but you can listen to a track on the show and buy a digital copy on iTunes.
Thanks as always for listening; we’ve been around for one year now and being able to play the music we care about on radio has been one of the most rewarding things we’ve ever done. In our opinion, radio and mixes are still probably the best way to come across new music, or listen to something you’ve heard before framed in a different context. Hopefully there’s a few bits and pieces you haven’t come across before in this month’s show. The full tracklist, including labels, is available below. Enjoy.
Tracklist:
Blue Divers - Wholly [Bedroom Suck Records]
James Harbard - Noarlunga Leisure Centre Pt. 1 [Self-released]
Other Joe - I Was That Book [.jpeg Artefacts]
Patrick Timothy - A Drink at Berta's [Cottesloe Studio]
felt body - i feel it in all my senses [Self-released]
INOYAMALAND - Amefuru Shima [ExT Recordings]
Motohiko Hamase - Plateau [Shi Zen]
Shelter - Variation Abyssale (Part 2) [Growing Bin Records]
Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 - Forbidden City, A Cold Moon 故宫 . 冷月 [Music in Exile]
Meitei / 冥丁 - Gen'ei / 幻影 [KITCHEN, LABEL]
Knopha - Stretch [Ran Music]
Cass - Atlon [Home Normal]
Duval Timothy - Morning [Carrying Colour]
The Die Youngs - Time Answers [Moonshoe]
GODTET - Struck Bamboo Pipes No.2 [La Sape]
bdrmm - (The Silence) [Sonic Cathedral]
CORBEN - An Eye, For I [Pacific Rhythm]
Satoshi & Makoto - Reconstruction [Safe Trip]
Schmo - Alphabetical [FLAU]
Christian Kleine - Bury Oceans with Sand [A Strangely Isolated Place]
Khotin - WEM Lagoon Jump [Ghostly International]
Saskia - You Left Your Soul Behind [STROOM.tv]
Fly Kin Mountain - Under Dim Light [Lillerne Tape Club]
G.B. Beckers - Herzschläg [Music from Memory]
Jörgen Kjellgren - Infinite Portals [The Slow Music Movement]
Spirituals - Hospital Harpist [Doumen Records]
Bill Orcutt - All Your Buried Corpses Begin To Speak [Palilalia]
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Diabaram [Virgin]