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Music Tuesday #026: Not on Spotify or Deezer

It is getting harder to discover music nowadays. There is just too much going on one hand and on the other hand you have a limited number of channels controlling what everybody hears.  So this is where I come in. Consider this a form of syndicated information or a redacted music channel,whatever.

Meet Alex Meets Sand, a slightly better band name than “Pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs”, I kid you not (https://pigspigspigspigspigspigspigs.bandcamp.com/).
Alex Monk is a musician and producer based in London. Monk draws on influences from the 60s and 70s acid folk movement combined with a curiosity to experiment with ambient music, found sound and electronics. His work has been compared to everything from Brian Eno and John Balance to Robert Wyatt and Islaja.

His latest album is an ideal soundscape during work or as the album cover suggests the perfect accompaniment to daydreaming.  Nothing you would expect that I would listen to, but that is to be expected by now, no?

Alex Meets Sand - The Magicians Saw (Full Album 2018)
https://eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-magicians-saw


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