The Pentagon Faceslap 10th June 2023

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IN FOCUS: ROY MONTGOMERY

New Zealand guitarist Roy Montgomery's music was once described by NPR journalist Lars Gotrich as "swimming through phantoms" – it may sound like an overwrought analogy at first, but simply spend half an hour enveloped in Montgomery's tones, and you'll understand. Originally a part of Pin Group in the 1980s, releasing Joy Division-indebted post-punk on the revered Wellington label Flying Nun records, Montgomery eventually unmoored himself from the strictures of verse-chorus-verse songwriting, and other musicians entirely, composing drifting, gauzy guitar instrumentals that channeled his own personal grief and loneliness into a seductively baleful magic.

Ectotherm w/ Ida & Asmus Odsat

An ectotherm is an organism reliant on environmental sources of heat to regulate body temperature. Ectotherm is also a Copenhagen-based record label founded by Courtesy and Mama Snake, home to releases from Schacke, Rune Bagge and Ibon.

The Pentagon Faceslap’s Ethan Saunders & Tim Smith play dusty hip-hop, soul, no wave, Krautrock and more.

Tracklist

Ebo TaylorEbo Taylor
Peace On Earth
Jorge BenJorge Ben
Xica Da Silva
Willie ColonWillie Colon
Laugh

Angel CanalesAngel Canales
EL Cantate
Gal CostaGal Costa
Reliance
Milton Nascimento, Milton Nascimento, Lô BorgesLô Borges
Trem De Doido
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Junius PaulJunius Paul
Baker's Dozen
MetersMeters
It Ain’t No Use
Ike WhiteIke White
Antoinette
Merry ClaytonMerry Clayton
Southern Man
Gary Clark Jr.Gary Clark Jr.
Numb
feat. Smoke DZA, Smoke DZA, Wale, Wale, WestsideGunnWestsideGunn
Hurt Business
Hamza El DInHamza El DIn
El Hewatu
The Descendents Of Mike And PhoebeThe Descendents Of Mike And Phoebe
Coltrane
Horace Tapscott, Horace Tapscott, The Pan-Afrikan Peoples ArkestraThe Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
The Call
Woody ShawWoody Shaw
The Awakening
Roy HaynesRoy Haynes
Guadalupe
Chico HamiltonChico Hamilton
Man From Two Worlds
Joki Freund SextetJoki Freund Sextet
Caravan
Aphex TwinAphex Twin
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