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Omni171Atom™ (& Friends): The Eccentric Electrics Of Atom™ (& Friends)

German born, Chilean resident Atom™ is the maverick wunderkind of 21st century electronic music – a blazing one-man Technicolor factory of outlandish and fastidiously crafted arresting productions. Stealthily operating under a head-spinning number of pseudonyms and projects, Atom™ subverts dominant musical paradigms into a unique mélange of robo-funk, slapstick glitch-t...
More Info....Omni170Verdelle Smith: Tar And Cement: The Complete Recordings 1965-1967

Verdelle Smith’s star shone brightly.
And then she disappeared.
Responsible for two of the most sublime moments of ‘60s pop-soul (“In My Room” and “Tar And Cement”) her hits were covered by titans Scott Walker and Nancy Sinatra, she cut an engaging LP (and follow-up 45s), and then vanished, seemingly overnight.
Raised as a devout gospel s...
More Info....Omni169Bobby Bare: The Real Thing/I Hate Goodbyes/Ride Me Down Easy

It is the great forgotten Bobby Bare album.
Recorded at a time of intense fracture with RCA Victor (Bare would indeed leave the label and sign with Mercury before these recordings saw release) ‘The Real Thing’ limped briefly onto the market in 1970 before vanishing for decades.
It shouldn’t have been that way.
Album highlights “The Chicago Story...
More Info....Omni168Brother John Rydgren: Silhouette Segments/Cantata For New Life/Worlds Of Youth

At the very zenith of Psychedelia and Christianity stands the imposing figure of Brother John Rydgren.
An ordained pastor of the American Lutheran Church, Rydgren laid out a heady trip of lysergic spiritual philosophy. Sincere, profound and yet deeply playful, Brother John’s mesmeric baritone waxed poetic about the big questions – Love, Sex, Death, War and Drugs (and God's...
More Info....Omni167Various Artists: Freedom Is A Hammer

In the tumultuous 1960s the powerful voices of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and others shaped the political and musical landscape for many. Less known, but no less strident and artful, were the folk singers from the other side of town. For the very first time the hyper-patriotic voices of conservative folk music mavericks Janet Greene, Tony Dolan and Vera Vanderlaan are rei...
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