Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, & The London Symphony Orchestra

The album "Promises" kept popping up all over the place for me yesterday.  A collaborative effort between electronic artist Floating Points, The London Symphony Orchestra, and legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, i guess the universe was trying to tell me something.  So i checked it out and was floored, just a beautiful and sublime mix of orchestra, synthesizer, and sax.  At moments it feels like the soundtrack to some neon noir while at others it's stargazing.  Just a wonderful, immersive experience.  Listen to the album opening "Movement 1" below and get the record here from Luaka Bop.

Alice Coltrane

Next month, David Byrne's Luaka Bop label will release a collection of rare songs from the late, great Alice Coltrane.  The record, "World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda," features songs that the artist recorded in the early 80's while living at the Sai Anantam Ashram, a kind of meditation center, that were originally only available on cassette tapes passed around that community.  These tracks feel like exploring the outer cosmos or the inner mind, looking for God, but keeping one toe firmly aground back on Earth.  Listen to "Om Shanti" below.

Javelin

Brooklyn electro-weirdos (creators of "Lindsay Brohan," one of our favorite songs of the last 5 years) Javelin are back in March with new album "Hi Beams."  Listen to "Nnormal" below and download (it will cost you an email address).  Get the album from Luaka Bop.