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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3h

Loved the Hugo trilogy but every time I bring it up people assume i'm talking about the weird Danish troll. Never!

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 3h

Spooky season continues. 🎃 #DOSGaming

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 3h

#albumshuffle Day 683: Natalia Beylis - Variations On A Sewing Machine [Beartown Records, 2021] Five varied soundscapes created with nothing more than a contact mic, Singer sewing machine and loop pedal. The hum of the motor, rhythmic variations from the motion of the needle and mechanical whines.

Album Cover: Natalia Beylis - Variations On A Sewing Machine [Beartown Records, 2021]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#albumshuffle Day 682: Various - Pier Paolo Pasolini [Mediane Libri, 2007] CD that came with a book on Pasolini containing soundtrack excerpts from Arabian Nights, Medea, Pigsty, Mamma Roma, Teorema, Salò etc. Ansaldo Bracchi's Son Tanto Triste plays in the empty halls of my mind all the time.

Album Cover: Various - Pier Paolo Pasolini [Mediane Libri, 2007]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The story as old as time plays out once more: got my credit card blocked for potentially fraudulent activity because of bandcamp friday.

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quake Rooftops is out now! Download below and go gib some shamblers! www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#albumshuffle Day 681: Thee Wand - Test Ov Eyes [World Domination Club, 1991] Murky ritual music cassette pushed through one of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth's sublabels. Z'EV, Gini Ball and Genesis P-Orridge with processed & cut up Tibetan singing bowls, african drums, temple bells and violin.

Album Cover: Thee Wand - Test Ov Eyes [World Domination Club, 1991]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#albumshuffle Day 680: Ray and His Court - Ray and His Court [Sound Triangle Records, 1973] Nice mix of afro-cuban rhythms and funk from Ray Fernandez and band. Enjoy the blessed cover showing Ray, his wife and two sons in full court regalia - his family all being members of the band. Wholesome.

Album Cover: Ray and His Court - Ray and His Court [Sound Triangle Records, 1973]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 679: The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life [Capitol, 1956] One of the most beautiful country albums ever recorded. The blood harmonies, Ira's mandolin and a fabulous selection of tunes - Mary Of The Wild Moor, Let Her Go, God Bless Her & In The Pines.

Album Cover: The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life [Capitol, 1956]

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These formidable 1962 “hard Gospel” tracks by the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, featuring a trance-like, fluid and sensuous collective intensity and harmonic tension, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/09/unit...

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can't keep a count straight in my head, not the best look for the guy who handled the money eh?

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 678: Bei San Q Nan - 大胃王 THE BIG EATER [Tailnia, 2025] Four distinct slow moving pieces from a Taiwanese noise musician. Onigiri is 25 minutes inside a tunnel of slow shifting rumbles, roars and murmurs like a ghostly choir. Ramen is a simple wall of guitar based feedback.

Album Cover: Bei San Q Nan - 大胃王 THE BIG EATER [Tailnia, 2025]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 676: Various - Free Percussion [tsss tapes, 2019] Twelve solo percussion pieces from different improvisers. Wide range of moods, rhythms and approaches from Will Guthrie's resonant bells, Ted Byrnes's spinning vortex of clattering metal junk or Rie Nakajima delicate glass tapping

Album Cover: Various - Free Percussion [tsss tapes, 2019]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I played the demo for the Hellraiser game which was a rather gnarly condemned-like survival horror thing and followed it up with Strange Jigsaws which is a short game full of whimsical clever puzzles, none of which involve meat hooks or sexual violence.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 675: Orchestra Dendera Kings (Marxist Brothers) - Dendera Resango Title Track [Musi-Oa-Tunya, 1986] Nice album of upbeat guitar-driven dance music from Zimbabwe from Simon Chimbetu and his three brothers. Repetitive bright rhythms and nice vocal harmonies with his brother Naison.

Album Cover: Orchestra Dendera Kings (Marxist Brothers) - Dendera Resango Title Track [Musi-Oa-Tunya, 1986]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 674: Ohne - 1 [Ohnemego, 2002] An absurdist 60 minutes of electroacoustic fragments, glitch, noise and grotesque assemblages of bodily functions from a quartet including two members of Schimpfluch-Gruppe - Dave Phillips and Daniel Löwenbrücke with Reto Mäder and Tom Smith.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Last Salvage Squad was a cute diversion. You can break it in half if you play mildly aggressively and unlock the currency magnet and thing that makes them give you health back. The arrange versions of all the levels are also a lot of fun. There's a lot of potential there.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

word on the street is that the gug is coming back

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've stopped buying records because they are becoming increasingly expensive and I still have no job, but I'll make an exception for the latest an'archives releases. Irresistible silk screened artwork.

Two latest an'archives records with silk screened covers: Archeus' spiral code and la scène's futaishitsu souzou.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Getting 30/32 achievements was worth it for the bonus mode:

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N a i t e l v e n i @naitelveni.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The start map for Quake Rooftops is ready soon! Ty for your patience! 💜

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cracked five million on the standard mode of Raindrop Sprinters 😌🐾

Screenshot of Raindrop Sprinters showing the end screen for score. It says "Your legendary performance is still talked about in school today! You nailed it! We genuinely respect you!!"

Unfortunate JPEG compression thanks to steam!

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 673: Den Sei Kwan - Pocket Planetaria [Vanity Records, 1981] A series of tracks consisting of a a simple looped beat and the various mystery sounds you can get out of a shortwave radio. All the abstract burbles, buzzes, pips and modulated fading communications that entails.

Album Cover: Den Sei Kwan - Pocket Planetaria [Vanity Records, 1981]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

lord help me i'm playing for score now

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 672: Hector - L'intergrale [not on label] An unofficial compilation pulling together three EPs with band Les Médiators and the 60s solo work of French theatrical rocker in the mould of Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Indeed, there are even covers of Hong Kong and Alligator Wine here.

Album Cover: Hector - L'intergrale [not on label, ????]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 672: Various - Christmas Special Edition Vol. 1 [Remaco Record] Rolling Christmas in September (doesn't it just start earlier every year?) with this cassette of Indonesian artists singing various carols. Particularly enjoyed Broery Pesulima crooning out I'll Be Home for Christmas.

Album Cover: Various - Christmas Special Edition Vol. 1 [Remaco Record]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Grinding away at Raindrop Sprinters. The raindrop speed at max level makes me feel like how nan must have felt when you let her have a go on new console on Christmas morning.

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 671: Maher Shalal Hash Baz - NHK [not on label, 2025] Lovely archival release that popped up on Tori Kudo's Bandcamp, MSHB's session for NHK-FM's Live Beat program in 2004. An hour of perennial favourites like Sunrise and Open Field and a bunch of other fragmentary pieces.

Album Cover: Maher Shalal Hash Baz - NHK [not on label, 2025]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 670: Bad Livers - Horses In The Mines [Quarterstick Records, 1994] Hard driving bluegrass rhythms and some country ballads. Slides in a little tuba and accordion amongst the fiddling and banjo so naturally. A bit of a punk ethos, good fun.

Album Cover: Bad Livers - Horses In The Mines [Quarterstick Records, 1994]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 669: No-Neck Blues Band - Gitanjali + The Nascent Stigma [Ri Be Xibalba, 2020] Three free form improvisations. Solipsistic Circles is an unstructured, open-ended exploration across many instruments - odd guitar noises, metal rattles, horns, twinkling tones, growls & bells

Album Cover: No-Neck Blues Band - Gitanjali + The Nascent Stigma [Ri Be Xibalba, 2020]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 668: Various - At the Free Music Meeting (於自由音楽集会) [The Fifth Column, 1980] Members of the Fifth Column/Minor scene freely improvising in various combos at an event in an old classroom at Kyoto University on August 1st/2nd 1980. The usual cast including Onnyk, Bide, Geso & Yasei.

Album Cover: Various - At the Free Music Meeting (於自由音楽集会) [The Fifth Column, 1980]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 667: Hoots and Roots - Life And Death [Ayler Records, 2009] Percussionist Ken Hyder and vocalist Maggie Nichols present a shifting collage of yodels, fragmentary highland song & poetry, squeals, chants and domestic drama in mixed Scots and Gaelic over freely improvised drumming.

Album Cover: Hoots and Roots - Life And Death [Ayler Records, 2009]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 666: The Magnificent Majestic Male Choir - At The Throne Of Grace [Savoy, 1966] An infectious, uplifting bit of soul stirring gospel from the agreeably alliterative male choir from Atlanta. The various leads are incredible, I'd love to have a breakdown of who sung what.

Album Cover: The Magnificent Majestic Male Choir - At The Throne Of Grace [Savoy, 1966]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 665: Various - Field Recordings of Fridges [KIKS/GFR, 2018] Field recordings of fridges from a variety of sound artists. All the stars are here - the fitted Ikea CKF660, the budget workhorse Beko TDA531W fridge freezer, and even posh wanker's choice, 50s throwback Smeg FAB32LNC.

Album Cover: Various - Field Recordings of Fridges [KIKS/GFR, 2018]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 664: Clara Rockmore - Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album [Bridge Records, 2006] Archival release of recordings from 1975, roughly the same time as the sessions for her 1977 Theremin album. Various classical pieces accompanied by her sister on piano and some with cello ensemble.

Album Cover: Clara Rockmore - Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album [Bridge Records, 2006]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 663: Various - Come, Let Us Sing [Death Is Not the End, 2022] A cappella renditions of folk songs, half remembered and fragmentary captured by Herbert Halpert in North Carolina, 1939. The interviewed performers describe how these songs were passed down orally through generations.

Album Cover: Various - Come, Let Us Sing [Death Is Not the End, 2022]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 662: Will Gaines - Rappin & Tappin [Incus, 2005] Tap dancer Will Gaines with improvised steps while he provides amiable conversation and anecdotes about his career as a hoofer for huge names in jazz starting back in the late 40s. Really remarkable hypnotic rhythms.

Album Cover: Will Gaines - Rappin & Tappin [Incus, 2005]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Okay it has been three months, I think I can admit the disintegration of my career and life plan has been somewhat of a negative event in my life. Back to morrowind...

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 661: Golden Crowns of Charlotte, N.C. - Have You Got Oil In Your Vessel [Savoy, 1965] Mighty lead vocals and fantastic harmonies on this golden age gospel record. The Golden Crowns existed in various forms from 1953 to the late 70s, leaving this record and a handful of singles.

Album Cover: Golden Crowns of Charlotte, N.C. - Have You Got Oil In Your Vessel

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 660: Sunn O))) - The Grimmrobe Demos [Double H Noise Industries, 2000] Super slow, heavy riffs best heard at chest-pulverising volumes. Serene as the bottom of the ocean. I respect the purity of these three demo tracks - nothing extraneous, just the drone.

Album Cover: Sunn O))) - The Grimmrobe Demos [Double H Noise Industries, 2000]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Fixed the toilet. Monumental victories.

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Dollar Country (he/him) @dollarcountry.org · 10/09/2026

This week I've been updating the Australian Music department of Dollar Country. You can view all the records and artists and locations I have at this link. Much more to come. dollarcountry.org/items/browse...

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Browse Items · Dollar Country

Dollar Country is a radio show hosted by Frank the Drifter. It primarily features country 45's that I find in dollar bins around the country. Featuring everything from old hits to b-sides, common reco...

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 659: Banetoriko - Katabira ga Tsuji [Idiopathic Records, 2015] Banetoriko is an atmospheric noise project conceptually centred around yokai. This cassette's cover is a lovely depiction of carrion birds feasting on the body of Empress Danrin plucked from the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari.

Album Cover: Banetoriko - Katabira ga Tsuji [Idiopathic Records, 2015]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 658: Various - Indonesia Pop Nostalgia - Pan-Indonesian Pop, Folk, Instrumentals & Children's Songs 1970s-1980s [Sham Palace, 2012] Ace comp of pop & kids songs from Indonesia compiled by Mark Gergis. Wide range of styles andinfluences; dangdut, bollywood, wild synths, organ etc

Album Cover: Various - Indonesia Pop Nostalgia - Pan-Indonesian Pop, Folk, Instrumentals & Children's Songs 1970s-1980s [Sham Palace, 2012]

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#albumshuffle Day 657: The Bass Collective - 瞬く森 (Mabataku Mori) [Nagalu, 2024] A double album from Japanese double bass trio consisting of Masao Tajima, Takashi Seo & Kazuhiro Tanabe. Gorgeous compositions and freely improvised pieces that exploit the full range of the instrument.

Album Cover: The Bass Collective - 瞬く森 (Mabataku Mori) [Nagalu, 2024]

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Diva @hyxpk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1571. Summer is over…

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