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Songs you should check out.

Ball of Wax 68 Songs: electric bird noise – “si ti sa”

I’m always happy to have some new loopy guitar weirdness from our pals electric bird noise in my inbox, and “si ti sa” does not disappoint. Despite its pop song run time, this piece is just as compelling and fully … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: The Luna Moth – “Lamb”

Years ago at the graduation celebration of a friend’s daughter, I stood over a fire grilling salmon and chatting with the recent graduate’s father. He was from Greece and curious about how to cook salmon over a grill. I thought … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: sceneries placements w/ nonetheless notwithstanding – “complex city”

Swirling layers of warm, static-like fuzziness are turned into something cohesive by a few simple bass notes. Then, like coming up from a subway at night, the white noise of the underground gains a new life on top of that … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Lake Mary, Drew Danburry, zweiton – “You Say Love”

“You Say Love” is the title track from a collaborative album by our pal Drew Danburry, Chaz Prymek, and Dylan McGuinn. I don’t know much about the other folks, but based on what I’m hearing in this track, this seems … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: THEATH / MANNING – “The origin of consciousness”

Our old pals THEATH and Marc Manning have returned with another collaborative piece designed to expand and interrogate our minds. This particular piece is, according to the duo, from an upcoming collection of songs inspired by the concepts of Julian … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Squanderers – “Musics of the no sex trio #4”

One day (I’m not sure when), a musician (I’m not exactly sure who) found a copy of Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly (I don’t know which one) while flipping through the shelves at the St. Vincent De Paul thrift shop … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble – “Twilight Blue”

What happens if you throw This Heat and Chico Hamilton into a mixer, shake vigorously, and serve to a spirited group of musicians wielding drums, guitars, bass, french horn, trumpet, and other assorted instrumental oddities? Our Portlandian pals the Vardaman … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: David Forlano and Dave Moir – “Clown’s Lament”

There’s already been a lot of talk about soundtrack music in relation to the tracks on this all-instrumental volume, but it turns out David Forlano and Dave Moir’s “Clown’s Lament” was actually created to be used in a film to … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Bike Monday – “Sweepers”

With “Sweepers,” Bike Monday – the spoonerized pseudonym of Mike Bundy (of many things, but most currently half of Orion) – gives us the retro-futuristic movie theme we didn’t know we’d been waiting for. I know there’s already been a … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur”

Virgin of the Birds’ “And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur” – named (minus an exclamation mark, for some reason – I mean, how could you say that sentence without exclaiming?) after a visionary painting by Leonora Carrington … Continue reading

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