Joachim Nordwall + Aaron Turner : Malign Seeds I had no idea what to expect when I blindly ordered the album Malign Seeds by Joachim Nordwall and Aaron Turner. I’m a fan of SFI Recordings who had released a beautiful vinyl pressing of the…

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Repeated Viewing Returns 2/21 With ‘Break The Faith’ : Listen to The FRenetic “Flying Ointment” Alan Sinclair is one of the OGs of the imagined soundtrack world. For years he’s been releasing era-perfect records as Repeated Viewing, slabs of haunted and cursed wax that emulate a world o…

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Much appreciated, Caleb. Yeah, this cold and flu season can move right along.

New Discovery : Yob I’m always looking for new music to get into. That’s the forever music lover in me. You’re never late to the party when it comes to music, as there’s so much of it out there…

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Took Some Days Off, So I thought I’d get Sick At this point now it seems like it’s a given that if I take some time off I’m going to get sick. It’s the vacation playbook; take a couple days off for a nice 4-day weekend and 24…

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Mandy, Indiana : URGH Mandy, Indiana’s debut I’ve Seen A Way dropped back in 2023 and was quite the listening experience. Mixing post-punk’s jagged hard edge with dance-heavy moments, all delivered in …

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Wishful Thinking(Monday Thoughts) I had a dream late last week that I’d gotten a call at work from someone wanting to hire me. It was the company that we currently share a building with. This medical company out of Kentwood, MI act…

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Long Week, Quiet Weekend, Another Throat Punch From Jack Frost, Another Brick In The Wall It’s been a long week. The cross training continues at work, with my second week learning the many laborious facets of shipping. I’m done already with this crap, and there’s still more to be dumped…

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It’s Cold. Stay In. Drink Coffee. Make Art. Just a little reminder that we’re going thru a bit of a cold spell here in the Midwest. Supposed to last through the week. Currently in the pre-Dawn hours the windchill is making it feel in the neg…

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‘Emergency!’ : The Tony Williams Lifetime Tony Williams was my first jazz drummer hero. I discovered him on Miles Davis’ Nefertiti, which was the first Miles Davis album I bought. I loved his nuanced playing; intricate and informed w…

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Check IN : Greetings From Thunderdome The only thing missing from America’s post-apocalyptic dystopia would be that big old mushroom cloud to give us the right amount of burnt-up mutants, rebuilt 70s muscle cars into destruction …

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I'm the same way. I want to experience their downfall.

Set The World Afire Just when you think you’ve gotten past one major calamity, of course another decided to pop up and say “Hold my beer…”. What’s going on in the country that I call home…

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Lost Transmissions : Songs From The Ether, by j. hubner 8 track album

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Greetings From Planet Flu Well it didn’t take long to catch one of the many awful viruses that are floating around. Started the week out okay coming back from the holiday break, but by Monday evening I started feeling…

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Songs From Dreams, New Year Here, And What Else Is New? Hello all, we’re officially out of the holiday season and back to the grind. I’m not terribly excited about getting back to the grind, but what are you gonna do? Nothing, that’s i…

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2025…Smell Ya Later…2026…Be Gentle We are at the last day of 2025. It wasn’t the worst year for me, but it most definitely pushed me to the brink a few times. I know there is no perfect year, but since 2021 there have been mor…

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Daniel Lopatin : Marty Supreme Soundtrack I was always kind of got bent out of shape when a period movie would use contemporary music for it’s soundtrack. Or even if it was a movie that took place in the 30s and they used music from …

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Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums Of 2025 : All The Rest We’re getting real close. It’s been an incredibly vital and fruitful year for music. I’ve bought as much jazz and experimental records as I have anything, which made me think I sh…

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Film Scores of 2025 There were times years past that I had an entire post for my favorite film scores of the year. I’m not really sure what happened, as I don’t really have a list of film scores. I’v…

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Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums of 2025 : Electronic Edition We’re back. This time I’m talking all my favorite electronic albums of 2025. There were some amazing electronic records released this year…some you’ve heard, and probably so…

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Been A Minute… Man, it’s been a whirlwind of a few days. From early last week’s series of surprise anxiety attacks, to finding out my grandma passed away Saturday, to an arctic blast of sub-zero temps…

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Complex Distractions Presesnts : Favorite Albums Of 2025 – Jazz/Ambient/Experimental I’m kind of at a loss for words regarding the fact we’re about 2 weeks away from the beginning of 2026. It feels like we’ve traveled through an entire year; ups, downs, outs, ins,…

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Hello Anxiety My Old Friend For the last five days I’ve been dealing with my good old friend anxiety. It started Thursday when I hurt some muscles in the middle of my back, which if you’ve had muscles between you …

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Back In Business Hello everyone. It’s been a minute since we talked. It’s actually been one whole week. That’s the longest I’ve gone without posting in a very long time. I’ve been on v…

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Filippo Diana : The Haunted Palace Italian musician and composer Filippo Diana works in the dark corners. His music feels pulled from some Gothic nightmare; dark corners, monolith castles hid in ancient forests, and existential drea…

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SML : How You Been SML is a supergroup of sorts. A supergroup for those in-the-know. Comprised of Anna Buttress(bass), Josh Johnson(saxophone), Jeremiah Chiu(synths, electronics), Gregory Uhlmann(guitar, sampler, ele…

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From Overseas : Thinking Like A Mountain From Overseas (aka Kévin Séry) makes the kind of bold, engaging, and ethereal music you can’t help but get lost in. Like some crystalline forest in a dream, you’re surrounded by a beaut…

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Oneohtrix Point Never : Tranquilizer Discovering the musical world of Daniel Lopatin known as Oneohtrix Point Never was a revelation. Much like stumbling across Boards of Canada, you feel like you’re coming across something comp…

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Overcast Brain On A Friday Morning While glad that it’s Friday, I’m not feeling the same amount of joy and excitement knowing that the weekend starts at 2pm today. My brain has an overcast feel to it; kind of gray, misty…

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