Reddit mentions of Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3

Beach Brat - Beachview Avenue EP

Breezy island beach party simulacrum.


Hans Reichel - Yuxo

Kind of like Pink Floyd's Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict but on different drugs and played almost entirely with contact-miked bowed wood.

"Why is Hans Reichel a genius? Because he invented the daxophone, one of the strangest, most fascinating instruments of the 20th century, but also because he has been able to use its full potential in pieces that bridge avant-garde composition and family entertainment. Released in 2002, Yuxo picks up where Shanghaied on Tor Road had left ten years before. Subtitled 'A New Daxophone Operetta,' it is performed solely on Reichel's wailing microtonal instruments -- actually, an array of these in different shapes and sizes, multi-tracked to create a virtual orchestra of daxophones. The term operetta has not been chosen innocently. Reichel keeps from the classical genre its song format (albeit instrumental here) and lightness. The melodies are playful, the arrangements deceptively simple. At the core of it all resides the sound of the instrument, throaty but clear, an impossible cross between the violin and the human voice." – François Couture


Beauty Pill - Describe Things As They Are

Kind of all over the place but coherent, Thor Harris of the SWANS made probably the most insightful comment about it: "This is not a record made by kids. No offense, kids."


Ambitious Lovers - Greed

Arto Lindsay (DNA, Lounge Lizards, etc.) had this band in the 80s. They put out 3 albums. No compelling reason they shouldn't have been huge, but they weren't.


DOPETHRONE - Dark Foil

Not one of my main genres, but this EP is 100% premium grinding stoner sludge that scratches the itch when nothing else will.


Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders - Ptah, the el Daoud

No idea how obscure this is or isn't. I have a friend who's a walking jazz encyclopedia. Tells me about stuff to check out and I do. That's all I know about jazz: I know what he tells me and I know what of that I like. AFAIK Alice Coltrane (John's wife) isn't on most non-aficionados' radar, but apologies if this one's common knowledge. Anyway, this album (and a lot of her other stuff) is fantastic if you like that spiritual, kind of outish but still coherent stuff.


Bodenständig 2000 - Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3

(Obscurity: questionable? Popular in a small circle?) Took me a few listens through but after that I think this might be the best electronic record since Kraftwerk. It presents as a kind of goofy chiptune thing, which is it, but that's definitely not all it is.


Toby Twining Music - Shaman

Seriously crazy-ass wordless a capella like I've never heard it before or since. Particularly partial to the title track.