Given that Brandon Hocura and Gary Abugan run one of the premiere reissue labels and record stores when it comes to obscure, forgotten music, it was naive to think their playlist for us would be run of the mill. Donning their philosophy hats and getting all self-reflective about the concept of lists, Invisible City spread wide for this one, from Mexican ambient to Indian acid house, Estonian reggae to Alaksan minimal. Get ready for a schooling.
Huntleys + Palmers host Invisible City in Glasgow (8th Sep) and London (9th Sep).
We were joking the other day that, as you get older, more and more of your daily conversations devolve into simply making lists. I once heard my father, stuck with me for hours in a record shop in Detroit, talk to the owner of the shop for nearly the entire duration of my dig about supermarkets. “Did you guys ever have an A&P up in Canada?” Yep. “Dominion?” Yep. Sadly and self-consciously we find ourselves doing the same thing with records. “You have any new wave from Zimbabwe?”. Yep. “Reggae from Kuwait?”. Of course.
Eblen Macari – Planetarios (EMI, 1987)
Ambient from Mexico? Yep.
Willow and Pops – Do What You Wanna Do (West Indies Records, 1985)
AOR Wave from Trinidad? You bet.
Dr Wize – Study Carefully (Invisible City Editions, forthcoming)
DIY Industrial Rock from Jamaica? Check.
EP-4 – ‘Five to One’ (Hot Records, 1984)
Mutant Disco from Japan? Got it.
Charanjit Singh – ‘Raga Bhairav’ (His Master’s Voice, 1983)
Acid House from India? Indeed.
Gary Sloan and Clone – ‘Harmonitalk’ (Cache Cache, 2012)
Minimal Wave from Alaska? Filed.
Prisoners Go Go Band – Live! At The Butchery With Special Guests On Fire (Cheep, 1982)
Industrial No Wave from South Africa? Of course.
Raviv Gazit – ‘Things Hafazim’ (Head Arzi, 1988)
Avant Fairlight Compositions from Israel? Uh Huh.
Velly Joonas – ‘Stopp, Seisku Aeg!’ (Frotee, 2015)
Reggae From Estonia? Sure thing.
Unknown – ‘Chants des Pêcheurs de Perles Muharraq’ (Ocora, 1984)
Doom Metal Choir from the Persian Golf? Couldn’t live without it.
