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6/7/2020 / Issue #031 / Text: AA

Music tip top 4

Picked with care but you can do the judging yourself. Tips and links to releases are always welcome (music@amsterdamalternative.nl). 
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Peenoise
Forevergem
Label: Gong Ear
Release date: 28-02-2020
Genre: Electronic, ambient, organ
Format: Digital, Vinyl
Peenoise blend buzzing minimal synths with washes of experimental guitars, topped by the voices of the brothers. Always leaving room for the songs to breathe, the result is a mysterious kind of Avant pop; captivating, spacious and vulnerable at the same time.

Dijf Sanders
Puja
Label: Unday records
Release date: 23-03-2020
Genre: Electronica, instrumental
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Multi-instrumentalist and composer David ‘Dijf’ Sanders combines a broad mix of styles with a boundless approach full of multicultural blends.
Expect a sound trance where monk chanting, eclectic beats but also mantra style techno will be fused. Namaste!

Einstürzende Neubauten
Alles in Allem
Label: Potomak
Release date: 10-07-2020
Genre: Experimental, Alternative, Indie
Format: Digital, vinyl
This band, like nearly no other, has managed to create a musical cosmos. It has, in fact, built up its own genre by uniquely combining edgy sound with sophisticated poetry.
Einstürzende Neubauten’s first regular studio album in 12 years, presents an incomparable band that defies categorization to create a genre all its own.

Various artists
Against Police Brutality
Label: Suzanne Kraft
Release date: 06-2020
Genre: Electronic
Format: Digital, Cassette
This compilation has been created to express our solidarity with the black community and people of color. We wish to financially support organizations that have worked tirelessly to break the racist systems that have been in place for so long. All profits will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and National Bail Out. The compilation can be purchased online in a digital format of your choice and as a limited edition cassette.