01/07/2023
For those who don't know it (but I presume that most of you know it), it's been many years that I update a database about electronic, experimental, noise, free improvised music (etc.) from Asia and Africa.
Because I'm travelling much less than usual at the present time, I started to do some real massive updates.
Between April and June, 97 references have been added (mostly artists, a lot from India and South Africa by the way) and since last night, I've been encoding a lot and listening to really a lot of noise music (hint : zillions of artists from Indonesia). Today, I added 47 artists (mostly, some labels too) and there will be many more this month. 3752 references, so far and I still hear people telling that "they didn't know there was such music in Africa or Asia". Whatever... --> http://syrphe.com/african&asian_database.htm
I'll play a few of these artists on my next radio show and will prepare some mixes for Mixcloud too.
Also, last but not least, for those who follow the scene a bit : Yin who used to run an experimental music label called Mirror Tape (in Kuala Lumpur, the label published artists like Maurizio Bianchi, Thomas Bey William Bailey, Conrad Schnitzler, Lionel Marchetti, The New Blockaders, etc. --> https://mirrortapes.blogspot.com/ ) between 2010 and 2011 is back to the scene and she just published a solo album.
You can stream / purchase the album from Khatulistiwa's Bandcamp page :
https://khatulistiwa.bandcamp.com/album/the-silence-that-does-not-exist
You can order the CD from Soundohm (free postage for members!):
https://www.soundohm.com/product/the-silence-that-does-not
13 track album