JJEMMEIII - FreePee (2011)

Deep South via NY implant and musical expressionist JJEMMEIII compiles 6 left-of-center organ improvisations for your psychological pleasure. Some of this reminds me of being a passenger on a slowly drifting autopiloted space craft, daydreaming out of the window as large nebulas and planets stroll by. Despite its limited sonic pallet of simply organ, his improvisations leave a lot to be digested.

He has it available for download on his BandCamp page, found here:
jjemmeiii.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
1. Rummikub
2. Tourqouise
3. Stride
4. My Corner Of The World
5. Cumulus
6. Drone Of Time

Ice Cake - S/T (1997)

This was a favorite of mine back in high school. A friend had it and copied it on tape for me, and I played it until there was no flux left on it. Later I managed to find it at a local record/memorabilia shop that happened to be in the home town of this artist. I always loved it because the whole record is pretty much just a guy playing guitar and bass through delays and other various effects, with random samples thrown in for good measure. It's so laid back and simple. Each piece is different from the last while still drawing from the same palate of tones. Ice Cake manages to produce a record that, although short, still holds much musical depth while keeping its minimalistic ambiance. Good luck if you could find a physical copy these days.

Tracklist:

1. That Train Is So Spacy

2. Fountains

3. Reality And You

4. Vertical Pines

5. Pour Vous

6. On Soft Ground I Sleep

7. The Astral Body

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Niels Van Hoorn - Colours (2002)

Niels Van Hoorn (a.k.a. Niels Van Hoornblower) is the horn player for The Legendary Pink Dots. Way before my plunge into the vast LPD discography, I kept hearing the track "Strange Dream" from Mr. Hoorn's solo album on a compilation I recieved in the mail from Soleilmoon Recordings. For a long time I mistakened it for a different track on the disc from the collaboration People Like Us & Kenny G, since there was a sax involved and all. Once I caught on to my mistake, I picked up the full album and it proved to be quite interesting. Solo horn improvisation; recorded, processed and looped in a variety of new combinations and arrangements, mixed with percussion, and sometimes analog synth. It's an experimental ambient record built from a jazz perspective, which makes for a very refreshing listen.

Tracklist:

1. Landscape

2. Indian Dakota

3. Space Horns

4. Desert Walk

5. Traffic Jam

6. Grand Canyon

7. Heritage Part 1 & 2

8. Mist

9. Mellow

10. Strange Dream

11. Klaverland Sunset Jam

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