Shfl Update, July 28
Cecil & Margouleff, Afrofuturism, Blaxploitation soundtracks, plus new recommendations from Beatriz Miranda, John Dale, Nate Patrin, Jeff Treppel, Philip Freeman, and Sean Wood
Recommendations
Beatriz Miranda on a classic and a contemporary charmer
Jon Dale with a clutch of solo Tom Verlaine albums
Them, Komeda Quintet, Love, Mulatu Astatke, The Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet and Jackie McLean from Nate Patrin, Astigmatic is really something else
Jeff Treppel on Puffy AmiYumi, Blue Öyster Cult, Gatecreeper, Fields of the Nephilim, Acid Bath, Focus, and the album that’s soundtracked my last couple of days, this polka-metal masterpiece
Philip Freeman on Fushitsusha, Full Blast, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nohome and Peter Brötzmann
Ensemble Pamplemousse, Yarn/Wire playing James Diaz, John Williams, Louise Farrenc, and Cara Stacey & Camilo Ángeles from Sean Wood
Guides
Harold Heath on the wizards behind the T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer setup that underpinned Stevie Wonder’s classic 70’s run of albums, Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff
Miles Marshall Lewis on Afrofuturistic music
Blaxploitation soundtracks by Harold Heath — Trouble Man is a longtime favorite, but Sheba, Baby was a real discovery for me
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