The Sonic Cloth

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Episodic dives into the recesses of deep music. Thrust yourself down the rabbit hole. *On a break. Free Palestine.

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TSC07: Ecstatic Music (The Teachers)

This episode is the first of a two-parter where we jump down a rabbit hole that’ll have you surrendering your feeble mind, arrhythmic bodily function, and normie spirit to ecstatic music. You are the cobra that is being charmed. The palm bending in the hurricane. The Teachers and their Teachers have preserved these rituals. From Balinese gamelan to guitar armies to Jbala Sufi trance, ecstatic music is all about locking you in and rejecting the daily grind. Forthcoming in part two, we will see ho...

Jul 11, 2020•1 hr 44 min

TSC06: The Flenser feat. Dan (Create & Destroy Podcast)

In our first guest episode, Dan Donnarumma of the fantastic Create & Destroy Podcast joined me as we worship at the altar of gloom powerhouse record label, The Flenser . We agonizingly compiled eight track selections to get you started on the best label in the game. Prepare to get bummed out, blissed out, freaked out, and thoroughly Flensed. and remember to throw all your cash at The Flenser’s webstore. Follow @ thesonicclothpodcast on Instagram to grab the tracklist...

May 27, 2020•2 hr 25 min

TSC05: New Spiritual Jazz, a Reawakening

If cool cat jazz makes you cringe and you’re too dumb for free jazz then come on into the welcoming church of spiritual jazz. Albert Ayler once said ‘Trane was the Father, Pharaoh was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost’. I don’t know what that means exactly but we back it 100%. The old guard (Sun Ra, Pharaoh Sanders, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Don Cherry, Idris Muhammad, etc) faded out with their astral, consciousness-shifting music in the mid 1970’s but these sounds eventually got picked up by ne...

May 15, 2020•1 hr 20 min

TSC04: Messin with the Middle East

This rabbit hole hits close to home. We’re heading eastward to the Levant, North Africa, and Central Asia to chase down independent artists who are drawing out both modern arabic and age-old oriental sounds in singular and badass ways. Kinda like “Desert Rose” by Sting but listenable. Follow @ thesonicclothpodcast on Instagram to grab the tracklist

Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 20 min

TSC03: Ambient Americana

Saddle up, chuds. In this one, we listen to the only type of drone you can let out a big ol’ yeeeehaw to. This rabbit hole leads us to the contemplative side of cowboyin’. Pour yourself some bourbon, strap on your facemask, and watch the empire decay. Let’s get errrrr dun. Follow @ thesonicclothpodcast on Instagram to grab the tracklist

Apr 18, 2020•59 min

TSC02: Nasty Prog

What's the most popular genre of music in the Czech Republic? In this episode, we take a huge steaming shit on prog rock only to give it a second chance by focusing on the weirdo prog bands who are the only thing preventing decent people from condemning the whole genre. Follow @ thesonicclothpodcast on Instagram to grab the tracklist

Apr 06, 2020•52 min

TSC01: Deep Soul (Eccentric Soul from The Numero Group)

Six tracks of heartbroken, melancholic, deep soul music to compliment chainsmoking, crying into your beer, and eventually phantom slow dancing with your departed lover. Most of these gems culled from the inimitable Numero Group's "Eccentric Soul" compilation series. Head on over to Numero Group to buy any record in their "Eccentric Soul" series. Follow @ thesonicclothpodcast on Instagram to grab the tracklist...

Apr 02, 2020•34 min

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