The year is 1982. I am recently graduated from high school and embarking on my college experience. I haul my entire, cumbersome component stereo system to my new dorm and reassemble it there. This is the first record I drop onto the turntable.
I Advance Masked is a collaboration between Robert Fripp and Andy Summers. This record was and still is a tour de force of guitar work by two quiet giants of the art.
Apparently this is music day.
Aquarium Drunkard is a fantastic amalgam of music, and writing about music. There is so much here it’s overwhelming in the best possible way.
Originating in 2005 and based in Los Angeles, Aquarium Drunkard is an eclectic audio journal focused on daily reviews, interviews, features, podcasts and sessions. Digging globally, AD bridges contemporary sounds with psych, jazz, avant-garde, folk, garage, funk and beyond. For heads, by heads.
There is a lot here: Podcasts, SIRIUS/XM broadcasts, writing, and reviews. It’s a treasure trove, but don’t take my word for it. Go take a look at the lists of guest contributors, and interviews. This is the real deal.
There is also a Patreon page.
Hollow Earth Radio is an old-school, freeform, indie radio station broadcasting an eclectic mix of things you won’t hear on traditional radio.
“Our focus is on audio not often heard on the traditional radio dial, including: found sound, field recordings, forgotten music, local musicians, bedroom recordings, lo-fi demos, dreams, storytelling, conversations from within marginalized communities and things that feel real.”
I found the station on my SONOS via TuneIn radio, but there are several other ways to listen right here.
Arctic Outpost Radio via MessyNessyChic.com
“Spinning the 78’s from 77° latitude. Playing great shellacs from 1902-1958. Big Band, Jazz, Vintage Country, and Blues broadcast from the top of the world.”
Good morning!
The sound of 500 year old choral music in the Hagia Sofia.
“Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia” is the first vocal album in the world to be recorded entirely in live virtual acoustics. It brings together art history, music history, performance, and technology to re-create medieval sacred sound in the cathedral of Hagia Sophia as an aural virtual reality.“
Found via this excellent write-up by Kottke.
